The Straits Times, 5 January 2010

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 TUESDAY, JANUARY 5 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 45 1 SINGAPORE websites are becoming increasingly risky to visit because they expose their users to viruses and malicious software. Online security software firm McAfee has ranked sites here as the 10th worst in its study of 104 domain names. PRIME PAGE A3
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    • 36 1 ALL United States-bound travellers will now face increased random screening, and all passengers from at least 14 terrorism-prone nations will be patted down and have their carry-on bags searched. PRIME PAGE A5
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    • 41 1 UNUSUALLY cold weather continued to hamper transport in Beijing and Seoul, with the Chinese capital calling on residents to help clear icy roads. In India, a cold snap left over 100, mostly homeless, people dead. PRIME PAGE A6
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    • 41 1 SEVERAL government agencies are encouraging their staff to go for Influenza A (H1N1) vaccinations by promising to foot the bill. They include the Ministry of Education, Nanyang Polytechnic and Central Provident Fund Board. HOME PAGE B4
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    • 35 1 JTC is looking to radical ways of getting around Singapore’s limited land. The industrial land agency has come up with what it calls a cluster industrial complex with space-saving features. MONEY PAGE B16
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  • 69 1 It’s the first day of school for these children, but it was a big day for their parents too, as they whipped out cellphones, cameras and videocams to record the occasion. The little ones, who are pupils of Yangzheng Primary, were
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  • 714 1  -  Year’s total increase amounts to 8%; private home prices too are up BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg HOUSING Board (HDB) resale flat prices continue to climb ever higher, with prices in the fourth quarter of last year setting a new record. Flash estimates released
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  • 703 1  -  BY FIONA CHAN SINGAPORE’S economy hit a snag towards the end of last year when the manufacturing growth that had been powering the rebound abruptly stalled. But a sustained turnaround in the key services sector in the fourth quarter means the recovery will stay
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    • 104 1 TRAVEL Live the high life on largest cruise ship ROHIT BRIJNATH ON CLIMBING K WITH UNKETT Pulling Britain out of its doldrums You’ve got to have faith REVIEW, PAGE A17 SPORT, PAGE B10 LIFE! PAGES C4&5 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 IFRA INCQC
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 91 2 WE SAY American quarters are going on about Yemen as if it is ripe for the taking, to squash a growing source of terrorism. Be afraid, be very afraid. Yemen merits attention as it is an incubator of jihadism. But sober minds can see the
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      • 31 2 COLUMNS Is Singapore a nation? Not yet it’s a society in transition, says Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in an interview with National Geographic. REVIEW PAGE A16
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      • 35 2 Why are cash-strapped US airlines wooing near-bankrupt Japan Airlines to join their respective alliances? The answer lies in code-sharing, a workaround for restrictive bilateral air accords, says Ivan Png. REVIEW PAGE A17
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      • 22 2 OUR READER SAYS Singapore needs a national coordination body to address food crises, says Liu Fook Thim. FORUM PAGE A18
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      • Article, Illustration
        33 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow discusses how January will set the trading trend for the rest of the year. Stacey Chia says turning red means your body can’t cope with the alcohol.
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    • 1026 2  -  Data overload, and how to separate chaff from wheat, presents problem BY JONATHAN EYAL STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU jonathan.eyal@gmail.com PRESIDENT Barack Obama is meeting his top intelligence officials in the White House today at the start of the inquiry into the circumstances which
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  • prime.news
    • 677 3  -  Global security study by software firm ranks them 10th riskiest BY TAN WEIZHEN tanwz@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE websites are becoming increasingly risky to visit because they expose their users to virus attacks and malicious software. A global study on the security of 104 web domains by online
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    • 398 3  -  JESSICA LIM BIGGER, brighter and better. This year’s River Hongbao celebrations, held to mark the Chinese New Year, promise to be all that and more. The nine-day festival, into its 24th year, will also have longer operating hours, and will see people transported by bus
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    • 640 4  -  Fourth quarter’s rise brings increase for last year to 1.7%; mass market the star BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg PRIVATE home prices shot up 7.3 per cent in the final three months of last year, allowing 2009 to finish in positive territory after a
      Source: URA; ST GRAPHICS  -  640 words
    • 525 4  -  BY CASSANDRA CHEW THE Council of Presidential Advisers has a new face. He is the chairman of Singapore Totalisator Board, Mr Bobby Chin Yoke Choong, who has been appointed for a six-year term. Yesterday, Mr Chin, 58, received his instrument of appointment
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    • 768 5 Citizens of 14 countries face body search NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: All United States-bound travellers will face increased random screening, and all passengers from at least 14 terrorism-prone nations will be patted down and have their carry-on bags searched,
      NEW YORK TIMES; WASHINGTON POST; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  768 words
    • 557 6  -  Residents called to help clear snow; schools are shut and traffic crawls WINTER WOES HIT ASIA BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Schools were shut, flights were delayed and Beijing residents were urged to help shovel snow yesterday as the Chi- nese
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    • 373 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: Seoul residents battled the heaviest snowfall in modern Korean history, forcing airports to cancel flights and paralysing traffic in the capital. A winter storm dumped more 26cm of snow yesterday. The snowfall, which began at about 1am, was
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  373 words
    • 321 6 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: At least 100 people have died in a cold spell sweeping across the northern and eastern regions of India, media reports said yesterday. Deaths have been reported since last Wednesday from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the eastern
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  • WORLD.
    • 180 7  -  TEO CHENG WEE SINGAPORE’S Foreign Minister George Yeo was at the Indonesian Embassy yesterday morning to sign the condolence book for the late former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid. The man better known as Gus Dur was Indonesia’s president from 1999 to 2001. He
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    • 756 7  -  Call to name Gus Dur a hero spurs Suharto supporters to seek the same BY SALIM OSMAN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT salim@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: An attempt by supporters of former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, who died last Wednesday, to have him named a national hero has set off
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    • 101 7 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE China officials go for nip, tuck Parlours offering nude massage MOST COMMENTED ON Overseas base vital in piracy fight: China official. Says GhostRider666: “China may face protests against the building of such bases from locals who label the
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      • 79 8 A woman shaking a bell to purify businessmen during a Shinto ceremony to pray for a good business year, at the Kanda shrine in Tokyo’s central business district yesterday. Japanese stocks started the new year on an upbeat note yesterday, rising 1.17 per
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      • 643 8  -  Hatoyama risks being dropped by strategy master Ozawa if he wilts under opposition attacks BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, his popularity on the wane, told a New Year press conference yesterday he had no
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      • 632 9 Don works within system to improve his minority’s lot ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Young men climb a railing at the back of the room for a better view. A woman in a headscarf snaps photos on her cellphone. Every Friday afternoon, students pack a college classroom
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      • 540 12 Move comes as KL govt files appeal, seeks stay of execution on lifting of ban AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERNAMA REUTERS BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Muslims are planning a nationwide rally on Friday over the “Allah” issue, despite appeals for calm from top government leaders. The
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      • 333 12 DIESEL SPILL IN YELLOW RIVER ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of Chinese were told yesterday to stop using water from the Yellow River after a pipeline leaked diesel fuel into a tributary. The leak is the latest environmental disaster to
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ST GRAPHICS  -  333 words
      • 524 13  -  Political parties meeting today to discuss call for Andhra Pradesh split BY P. JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: From software moguls to real estate tycoons and the political class, attention is focused on an all-party meeting to be held in New Delhi today
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      • 211 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI: Five Mumbai police officers were suspended over claims that they spent Christmas Eve partying with some of the city’s most notorious criminals from the Indian mafia, the state government said. Grainy photographs and security camera footage broadcast by the Indian media
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    • world.international
      • 757 14 Obama team defends decision not to treat alleged airline bomber as military prisoner WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser has defended the administration’s decision to charge the alleged Christmas Day airline bomber in federal
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      • 673 14  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India has completed its first year in more than a decade without suffering a major ter- rorist strike, drawing on the lessons from the Mumbai attacks, some luck and
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      • 153 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SARGODHA (Pakistan): Five Americans facing terror charges for allegedly plotting attacks in Pakistan appeared in court yesterday, telling a judge they wanted to help Muslims in war-torn Afghanistan, lawyers said. The young Muslim men, aged 19 to 25, were arrested here
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      • 586 15 It joins other European states in reselling doses as demand falls short AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: France has joined other European countries in selling off millions of its emergency Influenza A (H1N1) vaccine doses, with the government announcing it had bought far
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 85 15 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA: A legislator has urged the Indonesian government to consider constructing a bridge connecting Batam and Singapore as part of efforts to boost economic development in Batam. Mr Harry Azhar Azis, from the Golkar party, said yesterday the Indonesian government should
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        • 117 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: India has strongly condemned the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old Indian graduate in Melbourne, Australia the latest in a series of assaults and warned yesterday the incident could affect bilateral ties. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna called on Australian authorities to speedily
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        • 77 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is planning to build a “Space City” project near Seremban that will cost up to RM13 billion (S$5 billion). The project, to be financed by a Dubai-based private pension fund from India, would be implemented as early as the
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        • 123 15 MESA (Arizona): Police said a teenage girl accidentally ran over and killed her 17-year-old brother as the two played around in an Arizona shopping mall parking lot. Mesa police spokesman Ed Wessing on Sunday identified the brother as Dwight J. Brock Jr and his sister
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        • 115 15 HONG KONG: Police in China have shut down a popular Internet site that enabled millions of clients to chat with naked young women online for a fee, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The Hong Kong-based newspaper said the Internet police in Jingzhou city in
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      • 93 15 Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (third from right) unveiling the Twizy Z.E. Concept, a Renault electric car, in New Delhi yesterday. With her are Renault executive vice-president Katsumi Nakamura (right), who leads the company’s Asia-Africa management committee, and the Ambassador of France to India, Mr Jerome Bonnafont
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 447 16 STUNG by a Yemen point of origin in the “underpants bomber” case, American intelligence people already speak of the Arabian peninsula nation as a new front in the anti-terror campaign. They could calculatedly be right, on the same surface logic that Afghanistan and Pakistan are
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    • 1787 16 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was interviewed by Mark Jacobson of the National Geographic in July last year. We carry today Part One of the edited excerpts from the interview. Part Two will appear tomorrow. On World War II IT WAS one of
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    • review.
      • 843 17  -  ECONOMICS WATCH BY IVAN PNG The writer is the Lim Kim San Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, and professor of economics and information systems at NUS. JAPAN Airlines (JAL) is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, as the Japanese government
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      • 1713 17  -  TABLE TALK WITH DAVID BLUNKETT BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg A STRONG-WILLED workaholic, British MP and former minister David Blunkett still relishes “the idea of four days of doing nothing” when he and his new wife, Dr Margaret Williams, 50, honeymooned in
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    • forum.
      • 205 18  -  Chong Yuen Foong (Mdm) AS A graduate housewife, I feel that I am unappreciated by the tax authorities. It is as though giving up everything to raise the next generation is unimportant. Whenever tax breaks are rolled out for working mothers, housewives get nothing.
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      • 419 18  -  FISH FARM WOES Liu Fook Thim I REFER to Sunday’s report, “Fish farms in west spared from plankton woes”. Reports of more than 1,000 dead fish washing up on Pasir Ris Beach first surfaced on Dec 29. The figure jumped to 200,000 on
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      • Article, Illustration
        81 18 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MRS LIM AH KIAW: Horrifying experience at travel agency 2 MR GOH WHYE LIANG: Library user’s thoughtful act comes to nought 3 MS WOO WAI LING: Many govt websites Mac-friendly but not LTA’s 4 MR VINCENT LOH: Over-enthusiastic landscaping obstructing motorists’ vision 5
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      • 312 18  -  Thomas Krummer I HAVE been visiting Singapore for the past 20 years and following its exciting development. This time, I spent two weeks over Christmas and the New Year here and observed a few negative trends. Singapore’s hawker centres are legendary. Encouraging hawkers to settle
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      • 149 18  -  Loke Jun Jie SEVERAL hawkers, even some who have rented stalls from the 1990s, are enjoying subsidised rentals meant to mitigate the hardship faced by hawkers in the past. It is not an even playing field when they compete with those paying full rentals. What vexes customers
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      • MY POINT
      • 35 18 Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg.
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  • HOME.
    • 107 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Online petition to Romanian Embassy MOST COMMENTED ON All is not well with the family in Singapore. Says sgan44:“ It might be difficult to understand or accept their children’s behaviour, but parents should not give up on them.
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    • 429 2  -  BY AMELIA TAN STUDENTS at the School of the Arts (Sota) will share their campus with members of the public and arts practitioners. The school’s concourse will host regular exhibitions and performances open to the public. Areas such as its recital
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    • 280 2  -  AMELIA TAN THE pioneer batch of 200 Secondary 1 students at the new School of Science and Technology have been asked to come up with their own school song, the school flag and even their uniform. The school, which opened the doors of its temporary
      ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  280 words
    • 419 2  -  LEOW SI WAN NEMO, the lead character in the hit animation movie Finding Nemo, was on hand yesterday to welcome the first batch of pupils to Horizon Primary School. The 120 pupils in the new school in Punggol, including 84 in Primary
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    • 774 3  -  He is censured, fined $10,000, but not found guilty of misconduct BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg GENERAL practitioner Zubin Medora, 37, has once again been rapped for misleading people into thinking he is a trained plastic surgeon. He has been censured by the Singapore
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    • 486 4  -  Five govt agencies will be picking up the tab for selected employees BY JESSICA JAGANATHAN jessicaj@sph.com.sg SEVERAL government agencies are encouraging their staff to go for the Influenza A (H1N1) vaccinations by promising to foot the bill. One million doses of the vaccine
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    • 456 4  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG EVERY two months, workers at optical products maker Qioptiq wait with bated breath for its sales figure. Should the figure exceed the target, all executives and rank-and-file workers, making up 99 per cent of the company’s 733-strong workforce, will each get a
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    • 445 6  -  Customers of failed spas able to redeem balance of treatments at 3 chains ABRUPT SPA CLOSURES BY CAROLYN QUEK carolynq@sph.com.sg NEARLY 100 stranded clients of failed spas Wellness Village and Simply Spa have taken up bailout offers made by three established chains on Christmas
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    • 380 6  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH AFTER a night out drinking, a 56-year-old man punched a bus driver for not giving him change for his bus fare. For the offence, plumber Soh Lai Seng was jailed for a month yesterday. A district court heard that
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    • 285 6 DUE process must be allowed to take its course in the case of the Romanian diplomat linked to a hit-and-run accident. Responding to questions posed by The Straits Times yesterday, Foreign Minister George Yeo described the Dec 15 incident which has claimed the life
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    • 378 1 New beginnings It was the start of a new school year for thousands yesterday, ranging from kindergarten to secondary levels. The Straits Times takes a look at three schools which marked a new beginning yesterday. The School of the Arts moved into its new campus and new schools Horizon Primary
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    • 103 7 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Wenger ready to spend in January Leeds stun Man United Taylor wins 15th world darts title MOST COMMENTED ON Wenger confident Arsenal back in race Said Eagle2004: “Indeed, the strongest teams always build from the back. Even
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    • 1028 7  -  Indra Sahdan may quit international football after Asian Cup qualifiers BY WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg IN HIS most revealing interview yet, Singapore captain Indra Sahdan said that he was ready to quit international football two months ago and could still leave the Lions in March. Yesterday,
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    • 419 7  -  CHAN U-GENE IRAN displayed slick one-touch passing and off-the-ball running at their first training session at the Bishan Stadium yesterday. The three-time Asian Cup champions and three-time Asian Games gold medallists were putting the final touches to their preparations ahead of tomorrow’s Asian Cup
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    • 508 8 Manager’s attack on his players masks Man United’s real troubles THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Alex Ferguson launched a scathing attack on his Manchester United players after they were sent crashing out of the FA Cup by League One (third division) side Leeds United on Sunday. The manager
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    • 513 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Eliminating Manchester United from the FA Cup provided Leeds fans with a reminder of past glories and evidence that the team are on the way back following the most dramatic collapse in English football. By clinching a first victory at
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    • 186 8 LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims Leeds have done Manchester United a big favour by knocking them out of the FA Cup. The Frenchman insists that United will now have enough time to prepare his team for the Champions League, where they will next
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    • 174 8 LONDON: Manchester United should consider extra driving lessons for their stars after Park Ji Sung became the latest player to crash his car. On Saturday, he drove his £70,000 (S$159,000) Porsche Cayenne through a fence and onto a training field at United’s Carrington training site, reported
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    • 393 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Belgium’s Justine Henin made a triumphant return to professional tennis yesterday with a 7-5, 7-5 upset win over Russia’s Nadia Petrova in the first round of the Brisbane International. Playing her first official match in 20 months, the 27-year-old Henin showed
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    • 387 9 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger admits he is ready to make a splash in the January sales as he searches for the right player to improve his title-chasing squad. Arsenal are in the hunt for three
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    • 117 9 Southampton (III) v Ipswich Town (II) Reading (II)/Liverpool v Burnley Millwall (III)/Derby County (II) v Brentford (III)/Doncaster Rovers(II) Bristol City (II)/Cardiff City (II) v Leicester City (II) Stoke City v Arsenal Notts County (IV)/Forest Green Rovers (V) v Wigan Athletic Scunthorpe United (II) v Manchester City
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    • 457 9  -  Former national sprinter Cheah Kim Teck may contest SAA presidency BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg IN THE 26 years that he has helmed the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA), Loh Lin Kok has faced only four challenges to his reign. But there could be a fifth at the SAA’s biennial
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    • 144 9 Today Cricket 2nd Test, 3rd day: Australia v Pakistan (Live, Ch110, 7.28am and 10am). Tri-Nations Series, 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka v India (Live, Ch109, 4.30pm). Tennis Hopman Cup: Australia v USA (Live, Ch24, 10am). Tomorrow Cricket 2nd Test, 4th day: Australia v Pakistan (Live, Ch110, 7.28am and
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    • 374 9 Basketball NBA Charlotte 91 Cleveland 88, NY Knicks 132 Indiana 89, Toronto 91 San Antonio 86, Philadelphia 108 Denver 105, LA Lakers 131 Dallas 96. Cricket 3rd Test 2nd day In Cape Town: South Africa 291. England 241-7 (A. Cook 65; M. Morkel 3-57). 2nd Test 2nd day In
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    • 235 10 SYDNEY: Pakistan took a 204-run lead over Australia in the second Test yesterday, after reaching 331-9 at stumps on day two, thanks to 71 from Salman Butt. After embarrassing the hosts for just 127 in Sydney, Pakistan began the day on 14-0 and the
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    • 802 10  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg ON SUNDAY morning, I looked up at a never-ending wall at Safra that seemed like a ladder to heaven. It scared me. After 33 years, I was back at a rock-climbing face, roped but not ready. At 14,
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    • 230 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: The Mavericks could not do anything right. The Lakers could do no wrong. Jordan Farmar led seven players in double figures with a career high-tying 24 points, and Los Angeles trounced Dallas 131-96 on Sunday night in a National
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    • 447 10  -  Singapore claim 2 more golds in Aussie C’ships, thanks to Koh, Elizabeth BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg HE HAD to settle for second place in 2003. But there was no stopping national sailor Koh Seng Leong from winning his first Radial title at the Australian Laser National
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      • 67 10 MADRID: Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola may leave his job at the end of the season and take a break from football, said his father. Valenti Guardiola said last year’s sweep of six trophies has taken an emotional toll on his son, reported The Independent.
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      • 48 10 LONDON: Athletes at the London 2012 Olympics could have their rooms searched by police performance-enhancing drugs under a planned new law. British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan has drawn up a draft bill to clamp down on drug cheats, reported the Daily Express.
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      • 538 12  -  Bullish investors are confident economy is back on growth track BULLS AND BEARS BY GOH ENG YEOW engyeow@sph.com.sg RETAIL investors made up for time lost over the holidays by rushing into penny stocks to give the new year an octane fuelled start.
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          99 12 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.21 billion shares worth $1.38 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 374 Losers: 136 Unchanged: 740 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials 5.78 705.22 Utilities 6.48 13.08 561.29 1.16 3.79
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        • 233 12 REUTERS Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,654.79 (+108.35) Japanese stocks closed 1 per cent up as investors cheered a weaker yen and the government’s plan to expand a credit line for Japan Airlines. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1275.75 (+2.97) Malaysian shares rose 0.2 per cent, pushed up by
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      • 426 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: A former employee of Swiss banking giant UBS may leave prison a rich man after he blew the whistle on a huge US tax fraud, CBS television said. The US Justice Department is also weighing whether
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        • 419 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 4,2010 Top Rises Jan 04 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 759.0 5.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4675 287.1 4.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4753 180.6 2.8 GLD 10US$ ***** 173.6 1.2 DBXT DJE50 10US$
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        • 423 12 Top Rises Jan 04 CENTS SIA.ES.1001 1492 26.0 1.8 SC Global W*****0 112 13.0 13.1 Asiatravel W*****7 45.5 7.5 19.7 Kep Corp.ES.1001 830 6.0 0.7 Goodpack W*****0 51 5.5 12.1 Ezra MBLeCW*****3 37.5 5.0 15.4 Ezra MBLeCW*****5 29 4.0 16.0 SembMar.ES.1001 371 4.0 1.1 FirstResMBLeCW*****3 9.5 3.5
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        • 105 12 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Jan 04 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2490 1.2880 Can dollar 1.3270 1.3450 Euro 1.9980 2.0240 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4106 0.4116 NZ dollar 1.0060 1.0290 Sterling pound 2.2510 2.2810 US dollar 1.3960 1.4140 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      • 571 13  -  Boardroom tussle over removal of the two and chairman of the firm BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg TWO out of three directors at main-board-listed HG Metal Manufacturing who faced an ousting bid by a fellow director have thrown in the towel. The steel company
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      • 323 13  -  BY DICKSON LI THE chief executive of life-science company Transcu will find out on Thursday whether his 26.68 per cent stake in the company is going to be seized for non-pay-ment of a debt. If the seizure goes ahead, chief executive officer (CEO)
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      • 495 13  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK INDEPENDENT directors at beleagured Si-no-Environment are keeping tight-lipped about the company’s future despite some startling weekend developments at the company. Three executive directors stunned market watchers by quitting over the holiday while the threat of a mass walkout by union workers
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      • 267 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: China said yesterday it would soon launch a stock index covering 500 firms listed in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan to enhance financial cooperation in the Greater China region. China Securities Index (CSI), established by the mainland’s two
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      • 501 14 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Manufacturing in the United States expanded last month at the fastest pace in more than three years, capping a 2009 rebound that helped pull the economy out of the worst recession since the 1930s. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose
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      • 614 14  -  It rose to 53.3 points in Dec on surge in new orders, production, inventory BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE factories have continued to crank up production and look set to move full steam ahead this year. According to the forward-looking Purchasing Managers’ Index
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      • 484 14 REUTERS BEIJING: Factories in Asia stepped up production last month, with China’s output growing at its fastest pace on record, suggesting economic activity is gathering pace in the region that is leading the global recovery. Manufacturing activity hit a seven-month peak
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      • 814 14 COMMENTARY NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The next employment report could show the US economy adding jobs for the first time in two years. The next gross domestic product (GDP) report is likely to show solid growth in late 2009. There will
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    • 548 15  -  Markets’ stability lends optimism but there is also greater caution now BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg THE financial market rebound has put a spring in the step of Singaporeans. They are now showing a greater willingness to take risks with their money. Investors who had
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    • 245 15 REUTERS LONDON: Goldman Sachs has begun a review of its London operations that could result in entire departments going overseas to avoid paying increasing British taxes, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The newspaper, which quoted unnamed sources, said the United States bank was
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    • 475 15  -  BY ESTHER TEO HIS penchant for innovation has helped transform Singapore Post (SingPost) from a straightforward postal company to a key regional provider of mail, logistics and retail solutions. But after slightly more than two years at the helm, SingPost group chief executive
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    • 411 15 REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesia may lodge a formal request with its South-east Asian neighbours to delay some tariff reductions under a free trade agreement with China, an official from the country’s Trade Ministry said yesterday. The pact between China and Asean forms a
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    • 448 16  -  Use of mega-hoist and ‘plug-and-play factory’ being studied by JTC BY HARSHA MOHAN harshamj@sph.com.sg JTC is looking to overcome Singapore’s chronic land shortage problem by using two radical land-optimisation concepts. The industrial land agency has come up with what it terms the “cluster industrial
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    • 111 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE US growth prospects bleak MOST COMMENTED ON Economists to ‘blame’ for financial crisis. Says PATZGI: “Rating companies like S&P and Moody’s play a big part and should share the blame as well, since they rated some of the
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    • 360 1 Stinky goodness From Barbie to wrestling On the trail of fish sauce in Vietnam Mattel to sell wrestler figures C8 Billion-dollar man James Cameron makes box-office history C2 C10 This is a The Oasis Of The Seas is the world’s largest pleasure craft, boasting attractions such as a full-size carousel,
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      • 1222 2  -  Visiting a fish sauce factory in Vietnam is like going on a wine-tasting tour of a vineyard, only a more pungent experience gemma price stlife@sph.com.sg Gemma Price is a freelance writer based in Ho Chi Minh City. When cruising through Normandy in France, you might
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      • 847 5 Associated Press New York One night in August, Ms Debra Dawson and her boyfriend Joe Sinagoga, were vacationing on Jonathan Island, off the coast of Narragansett, R.I. Their motorboat had broken down and they had no way of getting to the mainland for dinner. A
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      • 93 6 ‘Women like bad boys. Being a good boy never worked for me’ Actor Jude Law (right), who recently reconnected with former fiancee Sienna Miller ‘I am angsty. I’ll be angsty until I’m 80 years old. I think that keeps things fresh’ Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen
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        • 106 6 It is not too late to start planning for an extended Chinese New Year holiday to Japan or North America. Delta Air Lines is offering round-trip, all-inclusive fares to Japanese cities such as Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka from $604. Flights to American cities such as Los
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        • 95 6 Dubai-based Emirates will launch a daily flight to Prague from July. It will be the airline’s 24th European destination. Passengers can choose from three daily flights from Singapore to Dubai before connecting to EK 139, which leaves Dubai at 10.30am and touches down in Prague
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        • 113 6  -  Cheryl Tan tcheryl@sph.com.sg Celebrate Easter with a 12-day Naples and Amalfi Coast holiday in Italy. The tour, organised by Ergo:Travel, is from March 26 till April 6. It costs $3,450 a person and does not include flights there. The package includes visits to four Unesco World Heritage
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    • 296 7 GQ magazine names British Prime Minister Gordon Brown worst-dressed man of the year Agence France-Presse London British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received a pre-election kick in the pants, being named the worst-dressed man of the year by the British edition of GQ magazine. Mr Brown, who
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    • 381 7  -  reviewconcert MAHLER 1: MEMORIES OF YOUTH Orchestra of the Music Makers Victoria Concert Hall, Sunday chang tou liang After a year of over-achieving, the Orchestra of the Music Makers has hit the ground running in the new decade. In a promising beginning to a Mahler symphony
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    • 1021 8 Watch out, Barbie. A new line of figurines modelled on wrestlers, including the gigantic Big Show, has hit the stores New York Times New York After all these years of marketing Barbie in all her glorious incarnations and outfits Mattel is about to gear up to
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    • 292 8 Agence France-Presse Mumbai An 11-year-old Indian girl who had appeared on television reality shows apparently committed suicide after her parents withdrew her from a dance school, local media reported on Monday. Police were called to a flat in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai last Saturday
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      • 376 10 Reuters, Agence France-Presse New York Times Los Angeles Avatar (right) sped past the US$1-billion (S$1.4billion) mark worldwide after three weekends in release, becoming the fourth-biggest movie of all time, data released on Sunday showed. James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi epic earned US$1.02 billion, powered by global sales
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      • 388 10 Guangzhou In rare remarks on his marriage, pop star Andy Lau says that as a husband, he is accountable not to the public but only to his wife, Carol Choo. He came under fire last year when reports revealed he had secretly wed Choo in
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        • 45 10 Pop queen Faye Wong is ending her five-year hiatus with the theme song for the biopic Confucius. Adapted from ancient poet Han Yu’s eulogy to orchids, the track was finished on New Year’s Eve and will be released globally tomorrow.
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        • 60 10 The National Society of Film Critics in New York has picked The Hurt Locker as Best Picture of 2009. The war movie also won Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow and Best Actor for Jeremy Renner. Yolande Moreau (Seraphine) was named Best Actress and Joel
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        • 48 10 Lady Gaga’s single Poker Face was the biggest-selling hit last year in Britain, with more than 880,000 copies sold, the Official Charts Company said. Susan Boyle had the biggest-selling album, with I Dreamed A Dream shifting more than 1.5 million copies.
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    • 644 6 361 VEHICLES FOR HIRE Rent a Quality Car $48 Onwards! No Deposit/ No Insurance Charge/ P-Plate Welcome 3 yrs Mitsubishi Lancer (1.6A) Nissan Sunny (M).................Fr $48 Toyota Altis/ Rush/ Axio (New) Nissan Latio..........................Fr $55 Honda Fit (New)...................Fr $65 Toyota Camry (3 yrs New).Fr $68 Hyundai Avante (New).......Fr $68 Mazda 5/
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    • 404 6 363 VEHICLES WANTED BEST SERVICES, PROBLEM selling your car? Name your price, Buying all pre-owned cars. No obligation discussion Peter *****477 WANTED!! HIGH for all models, pte commercial. Immed cash payment! *****905/ *****789 VEHICLES WANTED: VIOS/ Altis/ Sunny/ Fit/ Jazz/ Civic/ any other Japanese models. *****040 ’1970-’2006 SCRAP Cars Specialist!
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    • 762 6 387 LORRIES FOR SALE THINK ONE AUTOMOBILE TRADING PTE LTD 25 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 TEL: 6467-3300 www.thinkone.com.sg CASETRUST ACCREDITED 10FT LORRY 12/05 Hyundai 2.5 L/D COE 2015 3/08 Toyota Dyna 100 M COE 2018 12/05 Toyota Dyna 150D COE 2015 9/03 Toyota Dyna 150D COE 2013 11/00 Toyota Dyna
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    • 802 6 391 VANS FOR SALE THINK ONE AUTOMOBILE TRADING PTE LTD 25 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 TEL: 6467-3300 www.thinkone.com.sg CASETRUST ACCREDITED DIESEL VAN 12/07 Toyota Hiace 2.5 COE 2017 6/07 Toyota Hiace M COE 2017 5/00 Toyota Hiace 5dr COE 2017 2/01 Toyota Hiace COE 2017 6/99 Toyota Hiace COE 2017
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    • 574 7 402 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST HOUSES FOR SALE BLAIR CONSERVED WITH pool? 3800 sq ft conserved. Near Integrated resorts. www.isabelred rup.com. IR 29. $4.5m. IR 32 $3.5m. *****055. No agts SOUTH BOUNA VISTA 5750 sqft. Boarding hse. 16 rms. $5M/ 3-storey Bunglw 5511sqft. $3.6M. F’hold. MRT. Agt *****927 CHEAPEST OCEAN DRIVE
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    • 607 7 403 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND HOUSES FOR SALE QUEEN ASTRID PK *****/ ***** sqft. Elevated wide frontage, regular land, panoramic view, s/pool. Nice big gdn. 9452-9837 JLN MERAH SAGA, Semi-D, f’hold, land 4050sqft, built-up approx 3500sqft. Renovated. 12 yrs. Beautiful mature gdn. 9147 5957 JERVOIS HILL S$2,150 p.s.f. Elevated land 15,150
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    • 702 7 406 D15-16 EAST COAST HOUSES FOR SALE OPERA ESTATE TERRACE F’hold S/Storey, 2 units side by side, Good for rebuilt. Each Approx 1800 sqft. Eric *****201 INOVA WOO MON CHEW Rd 2-storey bunglw. Rare! 5-bdrms. Approx 7900/ 3500 sqft. View to appreciate. Serious seller. 9782-1003 1. ONLY $2.88M Conservation Hse.
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    • 820 7 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE The Sail Marina Bay #0x-19 775sqft bayview 1950psf #2x-10 592sqft poolview 1960psf #6x-17 678sqft cityview 2050psf #1x-04 936sqft bayview 2600psf #5x-22 1313sqft cityview 2100psf #6x-06 3bdrm bayview 2700psf Marina Bay Residences Studio stack 4,5,6 fr 2200psf 2bdrm stack 7,8 fr 2600psf 3rm
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    • 543 7 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE
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    • 361 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE Tate 1890 sqft, 3+1, high flr, prestige residence.........$3000psf Sixth Ave Res 1781/ 2400 sqft, 4+1+patio, new, choice unit Waterfall Gdn 2583 sqft, 4+1 +patio, MRT, TOP soon...$1550psf I m p erial 1808 sqft, 2+1, low flr, quality finish, greenery..$1800psf Parc Steven 1722
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    • 352 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE PIER. 1+1. 732 sqft. $1600 psf. Parc Emily. 1000 sqft. $1400 psf. Parc Sophia. 664 sqft/728 sqft. $1550 psf. Freehold. 9712-1828 ONLY $1092 PSF! Regency Lodge off River Valley 1281 sqft, 3+1, morn sun. Great World City/ Orchard. Selling vacant *****931 RHAPSODY
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    • 289 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE ARDMORE II. 2023 sqft. 4+1. TOP soon! High flr. Prime location! Near Orchard. $2800 psf nett. Serious seller! Urgent *****303 COSMOPOLITAN 3-BDRM 1324 sqft. High flr. Almost brand new. F/facilities. Near Great World City/ Orchard. Call 8355-5393 BALMORAL PK. VICINITY. 818 sqft.
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    • 643 8 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE D11 THOMSON. F’hold 1/2/3/4rm /Sky Villas By Renowned Developer. Register for Pte Preview www.susanwee.com 9632-2893 RARE!! LUXURY CONDO with Concierge! F’hold! Studio/ 1/2/3/4/5 bdrm! Shoppings/ MRT/ 1km ACS! Upside Potential! YOYO THE BLOSSOMVALE 1744/ 1711/ 1435 sqft. 4+1/ 3+1. Good
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    • 592 8 417 D15-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS FOR SALE CLEARWATER. 3+1.1378 sqft. High flr. Pool/ reservoir view. Good layout. Bright. Marble flr. N.S. Facing. Quiet. call *****266 PARBURY CLOSING SOON! Hilltop f’hold condo, 2 rm with garden, offer negotiating! $800K to close! View today! *****918 TROPICS HAIGSVILLE, Dunman Rd. 2bdrm, Modern! Stretched
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    • 594 8 418 D17-18 CHANGI/PASIR RIS PTE APTS FOR SALE DON’T MISS!!! SEASIDE Living The Lighthouse. 1970 sqft. 3+1. Ground flr lovers. Well maintained. Call Han Wee 9791-7476 EDELWEISS CONDO F’HOLD 3+1, 1281 sqft, mid flr, partial pool view. The Gale 1+1, 64 sqm, TOP 2014. Hurry! Michael *****466 MELVILLE PK 2-RMS.
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    • 514 8 426 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 420 D22-24 WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE WESTMERE 3+1, 1205 sqft. High flr. Beautiful
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    • 494 8 428 BUKIT BATOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 3’A’ 203 HIGH flr, move-in. MRT. 3’A’ 340 High flr, simple. neg. 4’A’ 536 Corner, low flr. Move-in. 4’A’ 185 High flr. *****845 LV 4’A’ BT BATOK St 21. Blk 211. Dr to dr. #02. Nicely renovated. 5 mins walk to MRT/ amenities.
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    • 616 8 MRT. to mins Valued flr. shops. level. Corner. LRT/ 291D. Aircon. flr, upCan unMkts/ 9141-0402 Ameni64. Level, Well Central. unblockLRT. Pool Park, LRT 171, 503, ameLow All locacomplex. corner. races/ 97 Renovat-9005-7801 Move-in. ac82sqm Near Genuine *****222 flr. doorstep. 9844-0400 NS. ctr. Build to to West Maamenities. 434 CLEMENTI HDB
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    • 353 8 439 KALLANG/ WHAMPOA HDB APTS FOR SALE 3’I’ BLK 67 Kallang Bahru. Nicely renovated. Lift level. NE facing. Near NTUC/ amenities/ PIE. Valued. All races. 9667 0607 ERA 3’NG’ BLK. 6 St George’s. High flr. Unblocked. Nicely renovated. Near MRT/ eateries. Very rare, Don’t miss! Pls call: 9009 3233 3RM+
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    • 450 8 443 PUNGGOL HDB APTS FOR SALE BLK 132 EDGEDALE Plains. 5-rm. High flr corner unit. Unblocked. Mee Toh Sch. Carmen *****692. 5-RM. BLK. 652 D&B Unblocked. Low flr. Renovated. Valued $390K $25K. *****046 WTG 444 QUEENSTOWN HDB APTS FOR SALE BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED 3-RM Pt Blk 160, high floor, upgraded utility
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    • 429 8 5-rm. #02 MRT. Corner High Ave. ratio Marble All 407. ralevel. sea Sun Fernvale childSimple. RenPremium flr, corner. Tampines. All 448 TAMPINES HDB APTS FOR SALE 4’A’ BLK 212. High flr. Corner. Orig, simple, move in. Near amenities. Valued $350K. View Today 730-830pm. Jac 9199-1442 4’A’ BLK 231 Simei. Low
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    • 705 8 450 WOODLANDS HDB APTS FOR SALE 5’I’ BEST SELECTIONS For Immed Viewing! Lift Level. High Floor. Beautiful! View To Appreciate! neg! Buyers Only. 9856 3473 5-RM BLK 576. Mid flr. Nice hse. Near amenities. Valued $350K. Cobroke welcome. Call Sabri 9371-2671/ 9239-9550 ERA 5-RM BLK 897C. High flr. Beautiful. Unblocked.
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    • 648 9 457 CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT JLN KG CHANTEK Swiss Club vicinity California-style Bunglw. *****/5500sqft 4+2 Renovated kitchen. Pool. Patio.............. $20K EMERALD HILL. Peranakan shophse. Retrofitted. Contemporary design. 6000 sqft. 4+2 rms. Pte carpark... $22K DENHAM CLOSE. Tropical Bunglw. *****/***** sqft. 5+2 rms. Pool. Patio................................$30K LEEDON PARK. Ranch style Bunglw. *****/*****
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    • 713 9 457 CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT NASSIM BUNGALOW, 5 1 family, 9,925 19,849 sq ft. Owner: *****818 *****408. ONE TREE HILL New minimalist Semi-d. Suitable for couple. HE 9818-2128 SIXTH AVE RES. Brand New. 3 bedrooms. 3 units Must See!!! Sole Agent Robert *****011 GREENBANK PK. COUNTRY charm Semi-D. 4000 sqft.
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    • 620 9 460 MIXED DISTRICTS HOUSES FOR RENT D.19 KOVAN MRT. 3-storey semi-d 6+1. Big land. Renovated. $6.9K D.10 Mt Sinai Walk 2-storey semi-d 3+1. $3.8K. 9668-2840 OPEN HSE TODAY 3-5pm 3-storey Semi-d 6 rms. Windy. Hilltop. Pile footing. Rent/ Sale. 9615 5547 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT The
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    • 566 9 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT **THE SAIL STUDIO $3.3K $4K. 2-rm, 893-1033 sqft $4K-$6K 3/4-rm 1313-2200 sqft, $6K-$12K Penthse Bay view. *****121 REA 3-RMS KENTISH GREEN. F/furn/ 3-rms City Square Res. Move-in immed/ Oxford Suites 1/2 rms. Also for
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    • 625 9 CARIBBEAN KEPPEL Bay. 3+1. Expat’s choice! 1300 sqft. With pte lift. F/furn. Immed. Mins to Harbourfront. Call 9145-1568 NEAR IR/ MRT. Emerald Gdn. 3+1, 1346 sqft. Spacious. 100% move in. Immed. Amenities/ eateries. Prime location! Call 9145-1568 CARIBBEAN 890 SQFT 2rm F/furn Waterway sea view. Excellent cond. $4.5K. Immed *****579
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    • 403 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT SynergyOne Power Of Leveraging District 09 STUDIO Visioncrest......$4.9k 1RM Robertson Edge........ $2.8k 1RM 8 Mt Sophia 861sft$4.2k 2+1 Mackenzie 88 807sft.$3.7k 2+1 Mackenzie Regency...$4.6k 2+1 Suites Central.........$6.2k 2+1 Visioncrest Res...........$5.9k 3+1 Aspen Hgt 1350sqft...$5.3k
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    • 581 9 One Jervois 2+1/3+1/4+1 room. Just TOP.........................$4.2K-$9K Lewis Lodge 2100 sqft 4+1....$6.3K Glentrees 1991 sqft 3+1 with roof terrace. Immediate...............$7.8K Gallop Gables 1184 sqft 2 rms. Quiet facing. F/furn..............$4.2K Beverly Hill 5+*****sqft....$16.5K Tresor 990 sqft 2+1...............$4.8K Fifth Ave 1340 sqft, 3+1............$5K Carol Lee 9456-8842 INOVA Richmond Pk1300 sqft 2+1 Cairnhill Res
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    • 609 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT RARE! TANGLIN PK. 1598 sqft. 3+1. High flr. Balcony. Renovated. Min to Orchard/City. Bright/ airy. Serene/greenery. Appt 9684-6633 ASPEN HEIGHTS 3+1 bdrms, 1324 sqft. Fully furn. Full condo facilities. Avail immediate. Richard *****062 ERA PALM SPRING PENTHSE. Spacious 4+1+1. 3000 sqft. Balcony.
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    • 818 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT ONE JERVOIS, JUST TOP! 2/ 2+1/ 3rm 990sqft/ 1087sqft/ 1292 sqft. F/facilities. Orchard City. Fr $4200. Call Eric 9090-1177 BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. SOMMERVILLE Park 1320sqft. Hotel quality renovated. Central Holland Farrer/ MRT. Bee 9656 0810 RI ASTRID MEADOWS. 2600 sqft. 3 bdrms. Well
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    • 906 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT SPRING GROVE 1012 sqft 2+1. Spacious, f/furn. Avail Feb. Mins Orchard. $4.xK. 9383-9025 Agt GOOD SIZE! CASA Jervois. 1636 sqft 3 bdrms. Renovated, spacious. Only $3.xK 9383-9025 Agt MODERN EXQUISITE LIVING! 33 Robin 1800 sqft 3+1+1+balcony. Exclusive. Immed. *****025 Agt ONE TREE
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    • 706 10 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT CENTREPOINT APT 2-RM. 1 common bathrm. 1100 sqft. P/furn. Renovated. Immed. *****900 RIVERPLACE 800 SQFT. Furn. Quiet. Pool view. Bright. Avail end Jan. $3.8K. 9847 6900 Ion D.10 THE LEGEND 2228 sqft 3+1 rm. P/furn. Pool/ gym. $9.5K neg Call *****088 x
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    • 743 10 464 D11 21 NEWTON BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT AMARYLLIS VILLE 1239 sqft. 3+1 rms, high flr, full/ p/furn, city view, full condo facilities, well kept.Newton MRT. End Jan. $neg $2.6K-$3K! HUME PK II. 3+1, 1250-1485 sq.ft. Unfurn. Spacious. A1 layout. Marble flr. Quiet. Facilities. Immed. 9456-8980 HILLCREST VILLA.
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    • 619 10 465 D12-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS FOR RENT 3RM 1400SQFT MACPHERSON Apts! MRT 3mins (Tai Seng) Painted! $2.5K neg! S/pool BBQ, call David *****883 Now! D.14 GUILLEMARD ROAD. 3 bdrm walk-up apt, unfurn, convenient. Rent fr $1200. Tel: 6337-2165 AVA TWR 3RM, 1227 sqft, furnish, aircon, new paint, pool/ gym,
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    • 817 10 466 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT PARK COURT LOR 102 Changi. Near Eunos MRT, 3 bdrms. attached toilet bath utility. 1000 sqft. F/furn. Call 9746-8758 MAYA STILL Rd. 1281 sqft. 3-rm. with pool. F/furn. Brand new. Designer decor. Heart of East Coast. Hurry! Call: *****218 CASA MERAH Penthouse
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    • 728 10 467 D17-18 CHANGI/PASIR RIS PTE APTS FOR RENT FERRARIA PARK 2 Bedrm. Mid floor. P/ furn. Avail Jan 2010. Asking $2.4K Agt-*****230 LOYANG VALLEY CONDO 1500/ 1900 sqft 2/ 3+1+ gdn. Part/ f/ furn. Quiet. neg. *****887 Agt STUDIO EASTPOINT GREEN. Simei MRT. F/furn. Single/ Couple. Only $1400. No Co-broke.
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    • 563 10 472 SERVICE APTS 472 SERVICE APTS 469 D22-24 WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT 3+1 LAKESHORE HIGH flr. F/furn. Pool view. 2 mins to Lakeside MRT. Near amenities/ schs. Full facilities. Immed. *****006 ERA NORTHVALE 2+1 F/FURN. Well kept, nice view. F/facilities. Next to CCK MRT/ shpg mall/ amenities. Immed. Lynn
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    • 698 10 473 SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION 2+1 YISHUN AVE 6 blk 283. P/furn. Low flr. Near amenities. $1100. Available from Jan to end March. *****994 No co-broke. ORCHARD RD CENTREPOINT Apt. 2 mins Somerset MRT. Furn. Weekly/ mthly. 9451-3168/ 9451-1312 NEAR ORCHARD MRT. Rms rental $650 $850. Man Share rm $230. Furn aircon.
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    • 827 10 475 ROOMS FOR RENT (HDB) BLK 330, NEAR Sembawang MRT/ amenities. 2 rms in a unit for rent. Furn. Aircon. Can cook. For ladies only. Immed. *****712 COMMON RMS Hougang 502/ 648, S’goon 309. Master rm Joo Chiat. Furn. Aircon. All races. Amenities. Immed. 9002 5959 TIONG BAHRU, REDHILL, Q’town,
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    • 855 10 476 NORTH/NORTH-EAST HDB APTS FOR RENT 3+1. BLOCK 521/ 690/ 718/ 744 Woodlands. Furn/ Unfurn. All races. MRT. Suits workers. Avail Mid Jan. Call: *****393 APPROVED HOUGANG EXEC Mais blk 429. Huge 3+1. Beautiful. 3 rms aircon. Immed. Opp MRT/ mall/ Interchange. *****147 APPROVED! CORNER 4‘NG‘ blk 139 Yishun. High
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    • 751 10 478 CENTRAL HDB APTS FOR RENT 1+1/ 2+1. F/AIRCON. Orchard/ MRT/ CBD/ Town/ Tiong Bahru 1+1/ 2+1 Outram Rd, MRT. Immed 2+1 T Payoh Central. *****018 2+1+1 TOA PAYOH F/furn/ aircon. neg. Student/ Couple preferred. No co-broke. *****077 3+1 UPPER BOON keng 13 (Kallang MRT). Furn. Aircon. Nice. Immed. $2.5K.
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    • 768 11 479 EAST HDB APTS FOR RENT BLK.534 BEDOK NORTH, 2+1. Fully furn. Approved. High flr. Immed. Near Sheng Siong. 9100-8801 2+1 BEDOK S Blk 71. Furn, aircon, MRT/ mkt. lady owner. $1650. Immed *****182 Already co-broke 2+1 +UTILITY BLK 83 Macpherson Lane. #11. Aircon. Furn. Near Tai Seng MRT. 9763
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    • 736 11 527 HDB/HUDC APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) 527 HDB/HUDC APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) 481 MIXED HDB APTS FOR RENT 2+1 AMK 728 MRT Aircon...... $1.6K 2+1 Bt Merah 136 p/furn........ $1.5K 2+1 Boon Lay 212 unfurn....... $1.4K 2+1 Sembawang 403 furn...... $1.5K 2+1 Bt Panjang/ Teck Whye... $1.3K 2+1 Marine Parade
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    • 478 11 OWNER NO COMMISSION! Advance Rental Immed Deposit....$$$$ Ready Professional/ PR fr USA, UK, Korea, Japan Urgently needed whole unit in all areas *****608/ *****595 2 PR LADIES/ Couple with high budget urgently looking for whole units in all areas. Co’s lease avail. 8163-3888 (No Agts) KOREAN LADY MANAGER urgently looking
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    • 441 11 531 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT 531 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT SINGLE-STOREY FACTORY WITH MEZZANINE FLR FOR OFFICE: Located in Loyang Way Land area about 15,000 sqft Own loading space Own parking area for about 8 cars Interested, pls call Colleen H/p: 9850 2802 Email: kensales@singnet.com.sg FACTORY SPACE KIAN TECK Over
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    • 501 11 NORTHLINK BLDG 3584 sqft. High ceiling. Fitted/ Bare (few units avail) Suitable for most trades. Hurry!!! Don’t Miss!!! *****705 JURONG FTY/ WAREHSE/ Office. 1560/ 3050/ 6300/ 25,000 to 50,000 sqft. Open space 5500 to 70,000sqft. 9820-8575 DTZ OPEN SPACE Benoi ***** sqft/ Sungei Kadut 4000/ 5600/ ***** sqft. Immed. Fty
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    • 300 11 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Eunos Technolink Unit sizes from 2,766 sq ft Vehicular ramp allows direct access to units Easy access to PIE and ECP Near Eunos and future Macpherson MRT Stations <2
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    • 145 11 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT SHOWROOM FOR RENT Mova Building Face To Main Road Location: Off Jln Bt Merah Size: 4200 sq.ft Interested pls call Owner 9367 3377 (Agents welcome) Value Price MRT! Well-Fitted! Full Range of Offices/Sizes/Prices Free: Mkt Rental Guide Report Raffles/ Tg Pagar/ Chinatown Orchard Rd/ D.
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    • 502 11 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Office at UE SQUARE Low Rental Unlimited carpark lots Free Shuttle bus to MRT Just outside ERP zone Be amongst MNCs Corporate Image 7,000sqft onwards United Engineers Ltd *****256/ *****133/ *****372 Japan Company Break lease 4 units (1200 to 8900sqft) Clementi/ Changi biz pk Ubi/
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    • 283 11 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT RESTORED SHOPHOUSE CBD. Unique character. Fitted. Own aircon, meeting rm, pantry etc. Charming features. 3 sizes! Club St/ Tg Pagar. 9382-2223 ERA OFFICE FOR RENT at First Centre, S’goon N/AMK. Total space of 1561 sq.ft. includes Office Area 700 sq.ft.
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    • 1929 12 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT TANNERY LANE MID flr. 2852 Sqft Renovated with conference rm. Built -in cupboards. aircon. convenient. Asking $4.5K *****620 470 SQFT FITTED. Bt Batok Unity Ctr. Next to PIE. Move-in ready.
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    • 263 12 535 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE A REVOLUTIONARY NEW WAY TO LIVE, WORK PLAY Small Office Home Office in The Central 581 to 872 sqft Above Clarke Quay MRT Face Fort Canning Park/ Singapore River S/pool gym Restaurant/ pub/ shpg ctr Tenanted/ vacant Call Samuel Eyo 9815-3223 SAVILLS PRESTIGE HOMES CITILINK
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    • 124 12 536 OFFICE SPACE WANTED CO-SHARE OFFICE 150-200 sqft, Required by consultancy firm. Near MRT. Call Steve *****318 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT PanAvail pricargo 2 sqft. 3unit ofMins Cold f/fitted Balance move 0693 units. yield. Excelsqft. Vacant. 883 tenantoffice 1200 2000/ Vacant. Bldg. 55,265/ High Feb fitcity. Hong Heng Mansions
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    • 198 12 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT CHINA SQUARE CENTRAL Prime shop space ground floor looking for unique retail trades Flexible sizes, competitive rent Enquiries, contact 6513 9269 6513 9268 SHOP/ SCH/ F&B. Bugis, Orchard, Raffles Place, Holland, Dempsey, Novena, Clark Quay, Chinatown. 400 to 7000 sqft.
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    • 239 12 HEAVY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC Causeway Pt, Northpoint, Orchard, Bugis, Jurong Pt, Tampines Mall, Bedok, S’goon Central, Hougang, Raffles City, Plaza S’pura, Tiong Bahru Plaza, City Square. New Listing Attractive Rental Suits Retail, Fashion, F&B, Cafe, Kiosk, Showroom, New Interesting Concepts Jacqueline 9431-3994 ARAB ST, 2 storey, 1410sqft, best for F&B, Pub,
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    • 691 12 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT SUPER PRIME UNIT! #B1-12 Lucky Plaza partial 420 sqft. Face Orchard. Heavy human traffic. $30K neg. *****088 x 25 *****795 SUPER PRIME! #B1-12 Lucky Plaza Double frontage 280 sqft. Face Orchard Rd. Heavy traffic. $25K
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    • 1244 13 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 538 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE Sim Lim Sqaure #04, 400sqft. Priced to sell #04, 260sqft. Good returns Bt Timah Plaza #B1, 1530sqft. Heavy traffic #02, 510sqft. Facing atrium Midlink Plaza
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    • 396 13 543 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT OPEN YARD 3,800-72,000 sqft in Jurong. Hard ground/ elect Water Supply. Immed. *****966 AMTECH/ TG BLDG. 2900/ 1787 sqft. office/ warehse, passenger cargo lifts. Immed. *****888 DEFU LANE 8. Ground flr 2500 sqft warehse container office/ vacant land. Immed. 9818-0063 JURONG/ P PANJANG Warehse
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