The Straits Times, 6 January 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 164 PAGES IN SEVEN PARTS
    • 59 1 FAIRPRICE yesterday announced it will stop selling shark’s fin products from April. The move by Singapore’s largest supermarket chain follows an outcry over a post on the Facebook page of one of its suppliers. The post hit out at diving enthusiasts who have been campaigning
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    • 55 1 MORE Singaporeans with terminal illnesses will in future get treatment to relieve their pain and more care and companionship in their final days. There will be a country-wide strategy to deliver palliative care in a coordinated way instead of piecemeal as is the case now. L PRIME
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    • 72 1 A NEW United States defence strategy will involve massive cuts to its defence budget that include downsizing its army and pushing back the acquisition of expensive weapons. But the navy’s 11 formidable aircraft carriers will not be reduced, reflecting America’s intentions to continue to
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    • 42 1 SINGAPORE’S Optimist sailors have been crowned world champions in Napier, New Zealand. The quintet of Ryan Lo, Yukie Yokoyama, Jessica Goh, Kimberly Lim and Jillian Lee beat Peru in the best-of-three team final yesterday. L SPORT PAGE D7
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  • 849 1  -  Both sides to explore PM Lee’s proposal for industrial cooperation BY LYDIA LIM DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg PUTRAJAYA: Singapore and Malaysia are poised to broaden the scope of their cooperation in Iskandar Malaysia with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s proposal to explore industrial
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  • 601 1  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE $1.1 million entry-grade benchmark salary for new ministers is not an easy sum to make in the private sector, but it is not that rare either. Industry and human resource experts yesterday said the people who make that
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  • 1060 1  -  BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg AT LEAST 200 DBS Bank and POSB customers have been hit by an ATM fraud that has seen some $200,000 stolen from their accounts. The stolen funds were withdrawn from ATMs in Malaysia, DBS said yesterday. This was done
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    • 251 1 FIRST OF 3-PART GUIDE Looking good: Who you gonna call? Lim Yau quits SSO IN URBAN Singapore returns to Malaysian soccer LIFE! PAGE E4 SPORT, PAGES D1-3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WAHipIFUA INCQC 2012 The Straits Times is taking part in the
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 88 2 WE SAY For all its efforts, the committee formed to review ministerial salaries should be commended, since it has effectively reached a shrewd compromise between pragmatism and the philosophy of public service. Several lessons are instructive here for example, even the most elegant formulae should enjoy
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      • COLUMNS
        • 39 2 With most of its mentally ill people lacking access to medical treatment and sufferers routinely shackled, Bruce Gale says Indonesia should rid itself of the stigma associated with mental illness. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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        • 56 2 There is an abundance of forecasts and predictions for the year ahead, but Geraint Wong suggests that, no matter how much we yearn to see the future, we content ourselves with what we actually know is going to happen and just take each day as
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      • 48 2 OUR READERS SAY The ministerial pay issue is primarily about emotions, says Ng Ya Ken, who warns of a vicious circle of criticism and recrimination, while Phillip Tan Fong Lip urges people to be appreciative when ministers do their jobs well. L FORUM PAGE A28
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    • 1057 2  -  New year sees rising Iranian assertiveness, precluding compromise BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE new year could not have started on a more ominous note in the Middle East. Iran concluded its naval war games in the Gulf on Tuesday with blood-curdling threats
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  • prime.news
    • 782 3  -  He forged e-mails to fund shopping spree, buying up luxury items BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A CIVIL servant pocketed $617,000 of public money splashing out on luxury goods such as bags and jewellery. Liew Chee Meng’s job involved helping to buy gift vouchers
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    • 720 6  -  BY LYDIA LIM PUTRAJAYA: Temasek Holdings and Khazanah Nasional yesterday reported progress in their $11 billion project to jointly develop six plots of land in Marina South and Ophir-Rochor. The two investment companies are in discussions with banks to provide financing for
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    • 889 7  -  He accessed files of two not under his care BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg IN THE first such case here, a doctor from the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) has been fined $10,000 and censured for accessing the electronic medical records
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    • 765 10  -  At least 38 Singaporeans have lost tens of thousands of dollars to the conmen BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities in Malaysia have warned Singaporeans to avoid falling for a scratch-and-win scam which conned at least 38 Singaporeans out of
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    • 306 10  -  BY ELGIN TOH A 29-YEAR-OLD who was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) was released last month, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) yesterday. Muhammad Zamri Abdullah was held in December 2007 after he was judged to have become self-radicalised through publications, videos and websites.
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    • 860 12  -  It accepts recommendations on integrated system, training for caregivers, public education NATIONAL STRATEGY BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg MORE Singaporeans with terminal illnesses will in future get treatment designed to relieve their pain in their dying days. They will also be given more care
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    • 824 13  -  Students can combine liberal arts degree with law or environment-related studies BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE Yale-NUS College will offer two programmes that combine a specialisation in law, or in environmental science or management, with its liberal arts education. It was announced last year
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    • 881 18 Aircraft carriers spared in budget cuts as US intends to act as counterweight to China NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: A new Pentagon strategy guided by the largest cuts to the United States’ defence budget since the end of the Cold War envisions
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    • 660 20  -  Slide could continue as currency weakens: Analysts BY AARON LOW, MAGDALEN NG aaronl@sph.com.sg songyuan@sph.com.sg THE euro sank to a near 10-year low against the Singapore dollar yesterday on renewed fears over Europe’s ability to battle its debt crisis. It fell to $1.6595 against
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    • 666 21  -  SOR is 1.23 percentage points higher than last August BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg A KEY interest rate that determines how much home owners pay on their mortgages is continuing to rise and is likely to increase further. Borrowers could be facing hundreds of
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  • prime.ministers' salary review
    • 266 8 More than 1,000 senior executives earn at least $1.1 million. Here are 10 who earn around this benchmark annual pay packet of an entry-grade minister Mr Bill Chang Company: SingTel Designation: Executive Vice-President (Business) 2010 pay: $1.4 million Industry: Telco Revenue: $18 billion
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    • 722 8  -  BY RACHEL CHANG MINISTERIAL salaries will be slashed by a third. But a day after the revelation, some dwelled on the fact that political pay will still be pegged to what the high-est-paid Singaporeans make, rather than the average Joe. As
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    • 715 8  -  BY JANICE HENG ECONOMISTS have welcomed the new National Bonus for ministers, saying it is a step in the right direction. It encompasses a set of four so-cio-economic outcomes that is broader than the existing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Bonus,
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    • 232 8  -  BY TOH YONG CHUAN AMONG civil servants, only those in the Administrative Service and the Intelligence Service are still on the pension scheme. The Public Service Division in the Prime Minister’s Office told The Straits Times yesterday that this is because in these two
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    • 789 9  -  Grace Fu’s remarks on pay cut draw ire BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A DAY after recommendations were made to cut ministerial pay packets, an online controversy erupted over a Facebook post by Senior Minister of State Grace Fu on the hot-button issue. It drew around
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  • prime.people
    • 1117 16  -  More are leaving, and at a younger age BY SIM CHI YIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES chiyin.sim@gmail.com Additional reporting by Carol Feng BEIJING: Last year, Beijing resident Lee Yangang packed up his two-bedroom apartment in the heart of Beijing’s financial district. His wife quit
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 450 22 SEVENTEEN years after the 1994 White Paper on ministerial salaries, a new committee has taken another stab at a perennially tricky issue that has exercised the best minds here and elsewhere: What price political leadership? It should be commended for its efforts, given that the very
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    • 1186 22  -  BY KOSTAS ROSSOGLOU, SVENN RICHARD ANDERSEN The first writer is a senior legal officer at the European Consumers’ Organisation based in Brussels and leads its digital team. The second writer works with digital services for the Consumer Council of Norway’s policy department. MUSIC,
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    • 818 22  -  MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg MENTAL illness is rarely discussed openly in any society. In Indonesia, however, the stigma seems particularly acute. In November last year, when the BBC’s Indonesia service highlighted the case of Mr Sukidi, a
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    • review.
      • 873 23  -  BY SAJJAD ASHRAF FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer was Pakistan’s high commissioner to Singapore from 2004 to 2008. He is now an adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast
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      • Article, Illustration
        826 24  -  P H R A S E W O R T H Y BY GERAINT WONG gerwong@sph.com.sg HUMAN beings have always yearned to know what lies in the future, so as to make plans, take precautions or seize opportunities. But, alas, the human mind has not been endowed with
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    • review.insight
      • 2531 26/27  -  Insight looks through records of parliamentary debates to find out when ministerial pay first became a contentious issue, and how the debate has shifted over the years BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg 1970 MINISTERS’ salaries are raised for the first time in independent
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      • 1304 26/27  -  BY ANDREA ONG Additional reporting by Janice Heng ON WEDNESDAY, a committee commissioned by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to review ministerial pay issued a report recommending a raft of changes to how salaries should be calculated. This is the second major
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    • forum.
      • 180 28  -  Lu-Ann Ong (Ms) POLITICAL observers who gave their views to the media on the review of ministerial salaries refer to the jobs of local politicians as entailing some “sacrifice” defined by the political observers as the loss of family and personal time. By that
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      • 62 28 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 250 28  -  Ng Ya Ken UNDERSTAND the irony of the ministerial pay review (“Ministers’ starting pay cut to less than $1 million”; yesterday) If a citizen cannot find fault with a minister, he can always find fault with his pay. When setting up his team in
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      • 146 28  -  Phillip Tan Fong Lip A BRAVE new world in Singapore politics will be ushered in now that the Prime Minister has accepted the recommendations by the committee to review ministerial salaries (“Ministers’ starting pay cut to less than $1 million”; yesterday). Clearly, it
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      • 208 28  -  Simon Grange I HAVE been visiting Singapore for over 10 years and in the past two years I have noticed a steady decline in the state of cleanliness of the environment. I used to sing the praises of Singapore as a
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      • 170 28  -  Dr Evan Sim Head, Clementi Polyclinic National Healthcare Group Polyclinics WE THANK Mr Tiong Choon Hin for his feedback (“Holiday queues”; Tuesday). We do not close early on the eve of public holidays. It was a full house on New Year’s
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      • 76 28 1 MR LEONG SZE HIAN: How will pay review affect lesser politicians and civil servants? 2 MR ANDREW PEREIRA: All citizens should benefit from S’pore’s success 3 MR NIAM CHONG LEE: Living in East Coast, charged for roaming calls from Indonesia... 4 MR PAWAN KUMAR MODI: Simple solution
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 117 28 “My son felt at home in his last days.” MRS RENA LEUNG: “My family and I thank Dr Alex Chang and his team of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, administration personnel and social workers at Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre for their genuine care of my son Daniel over
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        • 102 28 “I thank Amy and her crew for keeping my newspapers when I was away, even though I forgot to stop the delivery.” MR KIONG KIAN SOON: “I thank my news vendor Amy and her crew in charge of Bishan for using their initiative and being proactive in keeping
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        • 61 28 “I thank Team Charlie, Airport Police, for helping us retrieve my sister’s bag.” MRS JESSIE LIM: “I thank Special Constable/Corporal Xu Jiaming and his colleagues Special Constable Choo Kian Loong and Special Constable Zubtir of Team Charlie, Airport Police, Terminal 1, Singapore Changi Airport, for helping us retrieve
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    • 495 1 THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 2012 FRASERS CENTREPOINT MALLS The Centrepoint Causeway Point Compass Point Northpoint Changi City Point Bedok Point YewTee Point Anchorpoint Robertson Walk Valley Point 4 i S o > r i m 5 f 1 A THE DRAGON SOARS THE LION DANCES IN HAPPINESS THE
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  • HOME.
    • 808 1  -  FairPrice to stop selling shark’s fin products after... BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S largest supermarket chain, FairPrice, yesterday announced that it will stop selling shark’s fin products from April this year. The move follows an outcry over a post on the Facebook page
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    • 102 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L 36% pay cut for PM, 37% cut for entry-level ministers proposed L 8 more long-weekend opportunities beckon L 2011 GCE O-level results to be released on Jan 9 More Forum letters
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    • 659 2  -  Keen competition sees most operators opt not to raise charges despite rising costs BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg SOME school bus operators have opted to raise bus fares this year, but most have decided not to because of keen competition among the operators. Singapore
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    • NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
      • Article, Illustration
        73 4 Source: Ministry of Health RISING NUMBERS Number of people with these diseases at the time of death 2007 2020 (projections) Disease Cancer Stroke End-stage renal disease 4,639 1,783 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Congestiveheart failure 479 38 increase (2020 v 2007) 6,131 2,461 841 489 468 225 111
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      • 291 4 PALLIATIVE care aims to reduce suffering and give dying patients the best possible quality of life for their remaining days. It also provides support for their families. In Singapore, such care and its quality is sporadic. The team tasked to look into the situation and
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      • 455 4  -  Palliative care report shows more than half who die will be afflicted by chronic illness SALMA KHALIK MOST people do not go easy into the night. Last year, more than 17,600 people died in Singapore, with most suffering from worsening illness and disability
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      • 520 5  -  Patients, families need to discuss dying and care options, say experts BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg THE report outlining what is to become Singapore’s national strategy to develop palliative care has called for greater awareness and understanding of end-of-life health care. Health-care professionals have
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      • 408 5  -  MELISSA PANG PALLIATIVE care here has received a boost with the expansion of Dover Park Hospice. The non-profit organisation, which admits about half of all palliative-care inpatients, now has 10 more beds, making it 50 in total. It now also has the manpower and
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    • 528 6  -  Law Society fears allowing more Queen’s Counsel will send wrong signal to public BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE Law Society has raised concerns about a proposal to allow more Queen’s Counsel (QCs) to argue cases in Singapore courts. It said that making
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    • 389 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) premiums ended mostly lower in the first tender of 2012 yesterday, continuing a slide that started in November. Those for cars of up to 1,600cc fell by 6.2 per cent to close at $46,889 the first
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    • 225 6 FURNITURE chain Ikea is recalling faulty children’s high-chair belts. The company said in a press release yesterday that the belts on some of its Antilop high chairs can open unexpectedly, making them potentially dan- gerous. It has received eight reports of belts opening, and three
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    • 559 8  -  He is the sixth person to be dealt with over gang fight that left one man dead and another injured BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg THE teen was told to show up at Chill Bar not for a night of carousing, but
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    • 301 8  -  ELIZABETH SOH A WORKER plunged 4m to the ground after a truck driver clipped the raised platform he was standing on. Mr Asgor Ali Late Sona Miah Soiwal was left with a broken nose and dislocated shoulder after Kwok Ah Tong tried
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    • 339 9  -  KEZIA TOH A SINGAPORE container ship collided with a Malta-registered ship on Wednesday night, causing about 5 tonnes of marine fuel to spill into the sea 10km off southern Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) received a report on
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    • 472 9  -  Varsity resets passwords and delinks server; says info is ‘not confidential’ BY LIN ZHAOWEI zhaowei@sph.com.sg A WEB server that hosted research papers and publications at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was found to have been hacked into yesterday, a spokesman said.
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    • 91 10 A tourist tossing a mandarin orange wishing charm on Monday, in an attempt to hang it on the Chinatown Wishing Tree in Kreta Ayer Square. Inspired by the Hong Kong Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree tradition, members of the public get three chances to toss a charm
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    • 342 10  -  S’pore welcomed most visitors ever in a month at 1.27 million and hotel occupancy hit 94% HUANG LIJIE IF SINGAPORE seemed very crowded last July, one reason could be that it welcomed the most tourists ever in a month, with 1.27 million visitors arriving here.
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    • 229 12 POLICE are looking for a man who fled the scene after being involved in a four-car collision on Wednesday night. The accident happened at around 10.25pm, at the junction of Marymount Road and Bishan Street 22. The missing driver left his
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    • 608 12  -  Customers complain of hidden costs, additional fees in $199 Bangkok travel package BY FIONA LOW fionalow@sph.com.sg AT LEAST 40 people are learning the hard way that if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. Enticed by an advertisement for a four-day
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    • 572 13  -  Modified towing craft seized by police after illegal transfer of diesel from tanker is foiled BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THE tugboat had a nondescript name TK501 and looked like one of many that plied the busy waters of Singapore. But
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    • 157 13 POLICE have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with a series of mobile phone thefts. The man is believed to have approached victims in the Jurong East area between Dec 22 and Jan 4, asking to borrow their mobile phones so he could make an
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    • 684 1 Counselling ordered instead, amid outcry over police conduct AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PALU (Sulawesi): A teenager whose theft case touched off a “sandals storm” across Indonesia, in what has been seen as a protest against police high-handedness, has been found guilty. But the judge decided
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    • 87 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Canadian man uses iPad, instead of passport, to enter US L Britain probes murder of woman found on Queen’s estate L US soldier says he forgot explosives in carry-on More Forum
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      • 146 2 TAIWAN’S current legislative elections have raised the profile of people such as Ms Lai Yen-hsueh (at left in picture), a representative in central Nantou county’s legislature nicknamed “Little Swallow”. The 47-year-old, who claimed to be a farmer’s daughter and was a housewife and bookshop owner, is
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      • 594 2  -  Held on same day as presidential election, polls determine which party heads parliament BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: With the presidential race and its three contenders hogging the media spotlight, legislative elections to be held also on Jan 14 have largely
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      • 583 3 Property slump triggers slowdown in sales of appliances and furniture BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s home prices fell for a fourth month in December, leading would-be buyers to hold back at a time when the domestic and global economies increasingly depend on their spending.
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      • 37 3 A woman bleeding from a cut on her face after she swam through a frozen portion of icy water during a winter swimming competition at Songhua River in Harbin, China’s Heilongjiang province, yesterday. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 315 3 HONG KONG: Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping has called on universities to step up ideological control of students and young lecturers ahead of the keynote 18th party congress this autumn, reports have said. “University party organs must adopt firmer and stronger measures to maintain
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      • 608 4 Kim Jong Il’s death has cast spotlight back on issue AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea is setting up a fund this year to prepare for eventual reunification with North Korea, as the death last month of the North’s long-time leader Kim Jong Il refocused
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      • 331 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SEOUL: The United States has urged China to stress the need for restraint to its North Korean allies as Pyongyang undergoes a leadership transition, a senior US diplomat said yesterday. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who arrived in South
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      • 50 5 Contestants showing off their calligraphy skills on banners during the 48th annual competition in Tokyo yesterday to celebrate the new year. A total of 2,999 calligraphers selected from 5,902 entrants took part in the contest, in hopes of winning the Prime Minister’s Prize. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 401 5 Project to boost land for housing gets slammed HONG KONG: The city’s government has proposed creating three man-made islands off its coast and reclaiming land at 10 other locations in an effort to ease land shortage for housing, local media reported. One of
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      • 276 5 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG NAYPYIDAW: British Foreign Secretary William Hague yesterday welcomed a pledge by Myanmar to continue reforms and release more political prisoners, saying such progress, if sustained, would lead to deeper economic and political ties with the West. The two-day visit
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      • 813 8 But public outrage and govt response show country’s attitudes are changing ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan. The teenage bride’s eyes were swollen nearly shut as she was
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      • 270 8 BEIJING: China’s biggest airlines will not pay a new European Union tax aimed at cutting carbon emissions, the country’s trade body has said. On Jan 1, the EU brought airlines under its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which levies a charge on flights
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      • 495 10 10,000 soldiers already deployed; relief centres set up BANGKOK: Thailand will dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers to assist in flood rescue and relief operations in the south of the country if the situation worsens, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has said. “The
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      • 186 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUCHING: Two people are missing after a continuous downpour over 12 hours, coupled with high tide, led to heavy flooding in various parts of Kuching city in Malaysia yesterday. The missing are a schoolgirl who reportedly fell into an open drain
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      • 390 11 REUTERS NEW YORK: Natural disasters, led by earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, cost a record US$380 billion (S$490 billion) last year, more than the previous high of US$220 billion in 2005, insurance experts reported. Insurance industry losses from these disasters reached
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      • 359 11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: At least 25 people were killed in the southern Philippines yesterday when a landslide buried gold prospectors who had refused to leave an area declared too dangerous for habitation. Up to 150 people were missing after the landslide hit a
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      • 723 16  -  BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India’s Defence Ministry and its army chief were working out a compromise yesterday in a bid to resolve a year-long row over determining the four-star general’s year of birth. The issue,
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      • 319 16 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BERLIN: German President Christian Wulff fought back yesterday against a barrage of criticism over his handling of a private loan scandal, insisting in a nationally broadcast interview that he would not step down while admitting he had
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      • 582 18 At least 68 dead, 100 wounded in explosions AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: A wave of bombings targeting Shi’ite pilgrims and neighbourhoods in Iraq killed at least 68 people yesterday, as the country grapples with a weeks-long political row that has stoked sectarian tensions.
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      • 302 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: The prosecution in the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak yesterday demanded the death sentence for him and other defendants, including his two sons and the former interior minister. Mubarak, 83, is facing charges of ordering the killing of around
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      • 652 20 Latest salvo comes one day after US vessel was warned not to enter gulf FACE-OFF IN THE GULF BLOOMBERG NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Iran’s Parliament has said it is preparing a Bill that would prohibit all foreign warships from entering the Persian Gulf
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      • 423 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES TEHERAN: Iran yesterday played down the impact of new Western sanctions targeting its vital oil sector, after European diplomats said they had reached preliminary agreement on an EU ban. The National Iranian Oil Company said demand was so high
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      • 627 22 Michele Bachmann quits race after taking sixth place in Tuesday’s battle AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER (New Hampshire): Republican war hero John McCain has backed Mr Mitt Romney to be the party’s 2012 standard bearer, after a bruising Iowa battle reshaped the unruly field, forcing
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      • 939 23 Studies show they enjoy less economic mobility than peers in Canada, Western Europe NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And US life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins
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      • 602 24 Weapon turns out to be pellet gun; boy given many chances to drop it ASSOCIATED PRESS BROWNSVILLE (Texas): Police shot and killed an eighth-year student in the hallway of his middle school in the United States on Wednesday, after the boy
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      • 282 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG PARIS: Pentagon-supported physicists have devised a “time cloak” that briefly makes an event undetectable. The laboratory device manipulates the flow of light in such a way that, for the merest fraction of a second, an event cannot be seen, according to a
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      • 468 24 WASHINGTON POST PARIS: The French government was forced to backtrack on an effort to tighten visa regulations for foreign students who want to stay on and work in France after graduating from elite French schools. The shift back to a more open policy came
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      • 682 25 British commission also urges that law against assisted suicide be scrapped LONDON: Doctors should be allowed to help terminally ill patients kill themselves in cases where they have less than a year to live, a major report in Britain published yesterday says. The independent
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    • world.at a glance
      • 120 26 Mr Kiyoshi Kimura (centre), president of Kiyomura Co, cutting a bluefin tuna at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo yesterday. The restaurateur shelled out 56.5 million yen (S$940,000) for the 269kg fish at the market’s first auction of
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 95 26 REUTERS BEIJING: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will reach out to millions of Chinese in the most curious of ways singing on the online version of China’s annual Spring Festival gala. The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, best known in China for his investment in automaker BYD,
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        • 101 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday ordered the transfer of the US military prison in Bagram to Afghan control within a month, citing reports of human rights violations there. Mr Karzai issued the order after receiving a report detailing “many cases of violations of Afghan
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        • 95 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Two Indian traders who claimed they were abused and detained during a business dispute in China have been freed and were travelling to Shanghai, India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said. The two are embroiled in a civil suit for non-payment
          AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  95 words
        • 103 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: The Chinese authorities agreed yesterday to review a fine imposed on a firm linked to controversial artist Ai Weiwei, who has said the US$2.4 million (S$3.1 million) penalty is an effort by the government to stifle his activism. Ai disappeared into custody for
          AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  103 words
        • 107 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI: Vietnam has culled more than 2,500 chickens from a farm in the Mekong Delta area in an effort to contain an H5N1 bird flu outbreak, officials said yesterday, amid heightened fears about the virus. Tests were carried out after several of the animals were
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        • 114 26 REUTERS PARIS: Engineers have discovered minor cracks in the wings of a limited number of A-380 superjumbos, but their safe operation is not affected, planemaker Airbus said yesterday. Tiny cracks had appeared on the wings of five aircraft, including two in service, one with Singapore Airlines
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      • 242 26 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: For sale: an idyllic wooden cottage with a nuclear missile silo attached. The upstate New York property, listed by Sotheby’s for US$1.76 million (S$2.2 million), looks like a typical weekend chalet in the majestic mountains. At least, that is
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    • 425 1  -  All of team’s matches to be shown on StarHub and free-to-air TV ugenec@sph.com.sg BY CHAN U-GENE ALL Singapore residents will be able to catch ‘live’ telecasts of the LionsXII’s Malaysian Super League (MSL) matches. While StarHub was announced as the team’s official broadcaster and principal sponsor yesterday,
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    • 78 1 The LionsXII official kits were unveiled yesterday. The home jersey (held by Football Association of Singapore president Zainudin Nordin) features red stripes on a white background with red shorts. The away kit (held by StarHub chief operating officer Tan Tong Hai) has white stripes on a
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    • 87 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Ferguson beyond compare, says Newcastle manager Pardew L Redknapp admits Spurs could be set for title bid L Spurs fan dies after White Hart Lane heart attack Get your free breaking
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    • 913 2  -  FAS chief hopes rejoining M-League will rekindle spirit and spur interest S INGAP O RE S RET U RN T O MALAY S IAN F OO TBALL VIEW FR O M THE T O P BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg ON THE surface, it is a brazen
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    • 576 2 THE MALAYSIAN TEAMS TO WATCH Rest of the MSL teams Felda United FC Position last season: 11th Coach: E. Elavarasan (Mal) Homeground: Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca (40,000) Johor FC Position last season: Seventh Coach: K. Devan (Mal) Homeground: JCorp Stadium (15,000) Kuala Lumpur FA
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    • 209 2 The leagues The Malaysian Super League (MSL) and Premier League consist of 14 and 12 teams respectively, each playing one another on a home-and-away basis. The MSL is the top tier. Promotion and relegation The MSL will be reduced to 12 teams after the 2012 season.
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    • 195 2 Home games (Jalan Besar Stadium) L Price: Gallery $7 ($2 for students and senior citizens above 60). Grandstand $12. L How to buy: Available at the stadium (North Gate) and on match day (5pm onwards at North South Gates). L Who can buy: Only Singapore
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    • 786 3  -  S-League stakeholders worried about threat from Malaysian venture SINGAPORE’S RETURN TO MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL: VIEW FROM THE S-LEAGUE BY FABIUS CHEN JONATHAN WONG fabiusc@sph.com.sg jonwong@sph.com.sg TODAY marks the dawn of a new era for Singapore’s professional football league. Along with the announcement of a sixth chief executive officer,
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    • 581 3  -  VIEW FROM MALAYSIA BY VIJESH RAI SPORTS EDITOR NEW STRAITS TIMES rai@nstp.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: A trip to Singapore for a cousin’s wedding last month showed that there is excitement across the Causeway on the Republic’s impending return to
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    • 1026 4 But United boss sees no reason to panic despite second straight defeat THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Alex Ferguson insisted it was not time to panic after watching Manchester United hand the Premier League title initiative back to Manchester City. A shocked Ferguson saw his
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    • 363 4 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: It was supposed to be Landon Donovan making the headlines on his return to the English Premier League on Wednesday, but clearly Tim Howard did not get the memo. Howard, Donovan’s teammate in the US national team,
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    • 585 4 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Roberto Mancini’s personal plea for Yaya and Kolo Toure to be allowed to play for Manchester City in Sunday’s FA Cup third-round tie against Manchester United have fallen on deaf ears. Francois Zahoui, the Ivory Coast manager and a
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    • 673 6 Anti-racism campaigner slams striker, who says he used ‘negro’ once LONDON: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez’s attempt at a half-hearted apology for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has been branded “lamentable”. In his statement on Wednesday, the Uruguayan player did not address Evra and
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    • 654 6 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: The identity of the players at the forefront of Chelsea’s “solidarity” goal celebration in their last game on Monday against Wolverhampton was illuminating. The relative newcomers, Raul Meireles, David Luiz and Ramires, led the way in attempting to corral
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    • 228 6 INTER OFFER $44M FOR TEVEZ INTER Milan are trying to scupper cross-town rivals AC Milan’s bid to sign Carlos Tevez by working out a £22 million (S$44.3 million) deal with Manchester City, reported The Sun. Milan have been after the striker for weeks but they favour a loan,
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    • 379 6 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is preparing to offer Blackburn Rovers £15 million (S$30.1 million) for Christopher Samba and Junior Hoilett in an attempt to bolster his side’s challenge for the Premier League title. He is concerned at the lack of depth in
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    • 468 7  -  Optimist sailors defeat Peru to win second World Championship BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg AFTER a string of near misses, Singapore’s Optimist sailors are once again world champions. The quintet of Ryan Lo, Yukie Yokoyama, Jessica Goh, all 14-year-olds, and Kimberly Lim and Jillian Lee, both 15, emerged victorious
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    • 584 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: This is the Year of the Dragon in China, one for bold decision-making and strong leadership, and one that may see the country emerge as the political power of Asian football. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) can hold elections for its
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    • 512 8 Heat return to winning ways against Pacers even with Wade injured REUTERS MIAMI: The Miami Heat hardly missed Dwyane Wade on Wednesday night. LeBron James had a lot to do with that. He had 33 points and 13 assists, Chris Bosh added 22 points and Miami
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    • 223 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DOHA: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a meeting in the opening ATP final of the tennis season, as both eased into the quarter-fi-nals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Federer, the world No. 3, delivered a smooth
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    • 341 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian medal winners failed drug tests at last November’s SEA Games, but no action has been taken against them, according to a Malaysian newspaper report yesterday. The New Straits Times did not name the athletes but
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    • 785 8  -  HORSE RACING Written by Michael Lee WHILE trainerMichael Freedman is enjoying the ski slopes with his family in Canada, his righthand man James Peters is tasked with the high-pressure job of keeping the yard gliding away in Singapore. The young British senior track rider
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    • 213 8  -  Written by Michael Lee RACEGOERS would be hard-pushed to put a line through any of the small but select seven-horse field facing the starter in the $95,000 Open Benchmark 97 race over 1400m tonight. American-bred sprinter Rapido Star probably ticks about as many boxes as his
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    • 635 9 Winning more crucial than setting records for Aussie skipper after 329 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: While India’s effigy sellers are licking their lips at the prospect of booming business as their cricket team struggle in their shambolic tour of Australia, opposing captain Michael Clarke continues his rise
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    • 275 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: A ticketing mix-up by London Olympic organisers will pay off for some buyers because they will get to watch the men’s 100m freestyle final instead of synchronised swimming. Organisers said on Wednesday that they accidentally oversold 10,000 tickets for synchronised swimming
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    • 252 9 Today Badminton Korea Open: Q-finals (Live, StarHub Ch211, noon). Basketball NBA: Sacramento v Milwaukee (Live, StarHub Ch216,11am). Cricket 2nd Test: Australia v India, day 4 (Live, mio TV Ch123, 7.30am). 3rd Test: South Africa v Sri Lanka, day 4 (Live, StarHub Ch235, 4pm). Golf Africa Open: Day
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    • 29 9 ROBERTO MANCINI, the Manchester City manager, admits striker Mario Balotelli still remains a mystery to him
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    • 412 9 Badminton Korea Open In Seoul, 2nd rd (selected) Men’s singles: Jan Jorgensen (Den) bt Chen Jin (Chn) 15-21 21-16 21-12, Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Shon Wan Ho (Kor) 13-21 21-14 21-15, Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Ashton Chen (Sin) 21-10 21-13, Lin Dan (Chn) bt Lee Hyun Il (Kor)
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      • 53 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: Retired Brazil football striker Ronaldo says he has dengue fever. The 35-year-old wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that he is recuperating following a stint in hospital. He apparently contracted the mosquito-borne disease while on holiday at a beach town in the
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      • 66 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Queens Park Rangers say their appeal against captain Joey Barton’s sending-off for an apparent head-butt during a Premier League football match has been rejected. Barton appeared to head-butt Bradley Johnson during QPR’s loss to Norwich on Monday. The 29-year-old midfielder must now
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      • 70 9 LONDON: British sprinter James Ellington believes he may have been the victim of a scam after an anonymous bidder pledged £32,500 (S$66,000) on eBay to sponsor him between now and the London Olympics, reported The Telegraph. The 26-year-old had auctioned himself online to raise money
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      • 100 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA: After having been initially ruled out with the ’flu, Lionel Messi showed no signs of illness when he netted a pair of second-half goals in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Osasuna in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. He came on after
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    • 828 16  -  Company’s non-compliance with SGX directive reason behind notice JANUARY 5 BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SUSPENDED counter China Sky Chemical Fibre appears to have taken its unprecedented act of defiance of Singapore’s financial regulators to a new level. By press time last night, the firm had
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    • 98 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L New chair tipped to lead BlackBerry maker L Starbucks raising prices in US North-east, Sunbelt region L Bank fires employee over leak of SNB chief’s data More Forum letters online at
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      • 480 11  -  Gloom for property stocks, but positive for regional industrials BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SO MUCH for the New Year rally. Normal service resumed yesterday with fears over the European debt crisis forcing investors to curb their enthusiasm. The cause of
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 79 11 GUANGXI Yuchai Machinery Company, a unit of China Yuchai, said it plans to sell 568,000 diesel engines this year, up 9.1 per cent on last year’s figure. Deputy general manager Yuwei Zhong said the company would need to adopt more sophisticated operational techniques and beef up its range
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        • 66 11 A COSCO Corp unit has won a US$220 million (S$283 million) contract to build two self-propelled pipe-laying vessels. One is due for delivery in the fourth quarter of next year and the other in early 2014. The contract is not expected to have a material impact on the
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        • 119 11 CAPITAMALLS Asia (CMA) has closed the placement tranche of its bond issue earlier than expected after being more than two times oversubscribed. The offer for the callable 10-year step-up bonds was launched on Wednesday, with an interest rate of 3.8 per cent a year. This will be raised
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        • 85 11 THE High Court has appointed Mr Steven Yit of FTI Consulting as the liquidator for China-based Celestial Nutrifoods, which is being wound up. The move comes after several company directors resigned last year, advising the court that they will not contest the winding-up application. Celestial, a maker of
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          99 11 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 847 million shares worth $710.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 176 Losers: 157 Unchanged: 446 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change 3.64 602.08 0.84 406.82 1.07 651.10 0.88 562.00 0.47 228.05 0.82 193.93 -9.63 603.09
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        • 210 11 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,488.71 (-71.4) Tokyo stocks fell 0.8 per cent, hit by profit-taking and as the yen continued to rise against the debt-hit euro. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,514.43 (+10.21) Malaysian shares rose 0.7 per cent, snapping a two-day decline on bargain-hunting. HK Hang Seng
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    • 282 14  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK JETSTAR Asia chief executive officer (CEO) Chong Phit Lian (right) will join developer Singbridge when she steps down from the airline next month. Ms Chong, who announced last month that she would leave the budget carrier, will lead one
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    • 232 14 EMERITUS Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong is on a six-day visit to Saudi Arabia beginning today to renew his ties with key Saudi leaders and to meet prominent figures in the Saudi financial services sector. Mr Goh will meet Vice-Speaker of the Shura Council,
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    • 497 1 Singer-songwriter Feist, widely praised for making the best rock album last year, will be playing here next month. The introspective artist has a hardcore soul and is working with heavy metal band Mastodon. EDDINO ABDUL HADI reports. E8&9 A different Bond girl Infernal affairs Passing the baton Actress matches Daniel
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    • 1171 2  -  While casting for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher knew Rooney Mara was perfect for the role will lawrence in cancun, new mexico london stlife@sph.com.sg Director David Fincher knew that Rooney Mara was a special talent from his 2010 movie, The Social Network.
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      • 671 4  -  The conductor who has been with the orchestra for 30 years will take up a lecturing position at an arts academy akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg After nearly 30 years as a conductor with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), maestro Lim Yau has moved on. The 59-year-old stepped
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      • 1932 8  -  She has an angelic mien and her most famous tune is a cheery 1234, but Feist is a heavy metal rock chick waiting to burst out eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg She pens and performs folksy guitar tunes with introspective lyrics. Her frame, while not
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      • 948 12  -  Three Singapore acts take their music to the Web and show that home-grown music can travel sound bites yeow kai chai kaichai@sph.com.sg Depending on who and where you were, 2011 was either the beginning of the end or the start of a promising new era.
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      • 1067 6  -  Psychological thriller Homeland scores with its unexpected twists and excellent cast couch grouch tay yek keak stlife@sph.com.sg An American prisoner of war had been turned. He’s coming home to carry out an attack,” claims an alert but highly strung CIA analyst, Carrie Mathison (played by
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    • 625 14 With the success of an Hindi-language comedy on the mainland, India wants to tap the market there Agence France-Presse Mumbai India’s Bollywood film industry is eyeing its Asian rival China as a potential market, after a successful run of 3 Idiots, the coming-of-age comedy starring Aamir
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    • 358 14 New York Times New York For the beleaguered United States music industry, any positive news about sales is cause for celebration. And last year, the numbers were slightly up, for the first gain since 2004. Sales of albums, the industry’s most profitable product, reached 330.6
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    • 932 16 The race is on as young starlets look for ‘that one major dress’ to stun at this year’s awards season New York Times At last year’s Golden Globes ceremony, when Hailee Steinfeld, then 14 and a star of True Grit, traipsed down the red carpet
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      • 6615 18 art NASI CAMPUR South-east Asian art gallery Taksu displays paintings, photographs, sculptures and mixed-media works by established and up-and-coming talent from the region and elsewhere. Artists include Budi Agung Kuswara from Indonesia, Choi Jong Woon from South Korea and Joe Fleming from
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        • 96 18 gig eddino abdul hadi recommends New York’s most popular glam/pop/rock outfit Scissor Sisters play their first show in Singapore and it promises to be one campy, dynamic and fun show. With accolades such as Brit and Ivor Novello Awards, and No. 1 songs on
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          65 18 visual art akshita nanda recommends Chinese artist Jia Haoyi’s wild, random brushstrokes create powerfully natural visuals in the old-school style of ink painting. Enamoured of free-spirited horses and wide open landscapes, he captures old-school hunts and modern-day gallops in thick, colourful inks. Where: The Luxe Art Museum, 6
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        • 87 18 food eunice quek recommends Ring in the Chinese New Year at Manhattan Fish Market outlets with their festive menu sets. Their Happiness Feasts ($62.80 for four, right) include a Flaming Seafood Platter and fried calamari while the Prosperity Feasts ($74.80 for four) include a Grilled
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      • 630 18  - an hour the museum In this weekly column, we visit museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see if you have only an hour to spare. Deepika Shetty Early Singapore Art, an exhibition of works by first- and second-generation Singapore artists, features more than 30 artworks ranging from
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        280 19  -  Denise Cheong “For the past six months, most of my weekends were spent on post-production work of my film Waiting. The film is about four people waiting for things to happen in their lives. Aside from post-production video editing, I designed the exhibition panels, produced the DVD and
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    • 960 20 Cultural entrepreneur Tyler Brule goes against the grain by launching a radio station in an age of digital downloads New York Times New York On a rainy Thursday last month, Tyler Brule huddled over a cappuccino in Greenwich Village, offering a peek at
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    • life!.buzz
      • 466 22 Reuters Los Angeles Actress Demi Moore, who recently ended her six-year marriage to actor Ashton Kutcher, says her worst fear is finding she is “not worthy of being loved”. In an interview conducted just one week after she filed for divorce in November, she opened
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      • 145 22 Hong Kong A beaming Andy Lau has confirmed that his wife Carol Choo is more than four months pregnant. “When I announced it online, she was three months pregnant. Now, it’s four months plus,” he said on Wednesday. The 50-year-old actor was meeting the media
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      • 170 22 Reuters Los Angeles Irish singer Sinead O’Connor says she has reunited with her fourth husband after a short-lived marriage and an even shorter split. She said on her new Twitter account that after a night of lovemaking, she and therapist Barry Herridge had decided to
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        • 52 22 Singer Mariah Carey’s husband, America Got’s Talent host Nick Cannon, was hospitalised with “mild kidney failure” in Colorado on Wednesday, she posted on Twitter. Cannon, 31, was taken to hospital while the couple were on holiday in Aspen, Colorado, a ski resort town and hotspot
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        • 101 22 Manila is taking steps to help super-spy Jason Bourne with the nightmarish traffic, when the fourth film in the action franchise starts shooting in the Philippines later this month. Some of the major roads in the trafficclogged city will be used for car chases,
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        • 36 22 Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway as escape artist Harry Houdini in the musical Houdini, which is expected to debut in the 2013-14 season and will be written by Aaron Sorkin.
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        • 35 22 Goth-pop-rock band Evanescence will perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Feb 27, and evergreen Taiwanese crooner Fei Yu-ching at Resorts World Sentosa on March 17. Tickets are available from Sistic.
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    • 1351 9 TO D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale TO D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20 Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20 Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale COASTAL TOWN OF THE 21 ST CENTURY s kf.-S Register now to select choice units! Watertown
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    • 285 9 PARK GREEN. 3+1.1356 sqft Pool view. F/facilities. Face NS. $1.15M Peter *****332 NUOVO. 1281 SQFT. 3+1, High flr, unblock. Serious seller! *****831 James BOONVIEW CONDO 1518 sqft 3+1 Duplex. Marymount MRT. Aspac 8383-2040 GUILIN VIEW 1572 sqft. 4+1+1. Rare! MRT. Owner stay $1.25M/ Chantilly Rise 1249 sqft, #01. F’hold. Vacant.
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    • 365 9 YEW TEE RES 3-rm. Reno. Pool/ city view. MRT/ mall your doorstep. From $1M. Claire 8322-8058 YEW MEI GREEN. 3 bdrm study. 1410 sqft. high flr, unblock, windy, spacious. $980k. Veron 9155 3875 FIRE SALE! THE Madeira 3 bdrm. 1238 sqft. Near MRT. View by appt on Sat. *****482 SC
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    • 892 9 |RV D25-28 North |R| D25-28 North Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale ‘hfew Launch... Condominium Licence No: L*****82K Rosewood Drive > Full Condo facilities > Walk to MR!/ Causeway Point/ Civic Centre > Close proximity to Singapore American School/ Sports School > Choice of 1/ 2/ 3 bedrooms
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    • 578 9 BLK 216 5RM 121sqm. 200% move in cond. Serious seller. Price neg. View by appt Dennis Kwok 9689 6653 EA BLK 142 Corner 148 sqm Valn $555K. View to offer. Simple. Low flr. MRT/ sch. All races. Ratha *****063 GOOD LOCATION! ALL races M’sian PR Blk 341 3’A’ 73 sqm,
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    • 425 9 EA BLK 483 High flr, corner 128sqm. Reno. Move in. All races. LRT/ amenities. Val $490k. Yeo KC 9749-5768 EM 532 JELAPANG. 141 sqm Reno. High flr, amenities, near pk, LRT. All races, val. Musa *****537 Re/max MUST VIEW! 4-RM 476 Segar. Design Build. #15. Corner, gdn view. 100% reno
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    • 1514 10 Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES
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    • 287 10 4’A’ BLK 772. High Floor 105 Sqm. Unblock. Windy Reno. Move-In Condition. Call Shawn *****099 5I BLK 768 mid flr. Corner, reno. Spacious. 125 sqm. N/E. Value $485K. View to offer. Call Mus 9029 4215 EA BLK 646. Mid flr. Well kept. Near amenities. Val $560K. Sandra 9237-7773 5’I’ CORNER
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    • 493 10 C’WEALTH DR. OPEN-HSE Sat 2-4pm. Blk 65, 3’S’, 46 sqm. Move-in cond. Valn $285K. Near MRT, wet mkt NEW LIST! 44. 3’I’ Tanglin Halt. Well kept. Amenities. Val $300K. Ask $38K neg. Call 9144-6688/ 77 David 154 MEI LING St. 3’I’ utility. 67 sqm. High flr. Unblocked. Well kept. Val.
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    • 377 10 NEW DBSS LAUNCHING! Near MRT. View of Punggol Park/ S’goon Res. No resale levy. Upto $40K grant. No COV. Hurry call EA 506B S’GOON N. High flr,move in, 147sqm, $585k Val. Sch. Serious seller James Chua *****038 EM 520 S’GOON N Ave 4. 4 bdrm. Lift/high flr. Unblock Rosyth sch.Amenities.
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    • 509 10 4A #09 360. 107 sqm. Val $410k. Move in. Tampines Mart. Bright. Spacious. All races. Eric *****081 4’A’ 256 SIMEI 101 sqm #02 All Races. PR Eligible. Mins MRT. Val: $480K, View To Offer. Zain 9021 4055 CTH 4’A’ BLK 465 Mid flr. Simple. Val $418K. Walk to amenities. All
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    • 493 10 RARE! JUMBO, BLK 405, #01, corner, reno. 4-rm. All races. MRT. Val $575K. 173 sqm. Joseph 9060-5000 4’A’ BLK 535 Design build. High flr. Reno. Other PRs ratio filled. Valued. Suriani *****431 Re/max. 4’A’ BLK 754 Woodlands Circle. 103 sqm, low flr, can contra, val $370K. View to offer. Max
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    • 569 11 BALI RESORT HOME Bradell featured in Home Decor. Land&Built in 5500 sqft. 6+1+1. Huge pool gdn. Walk to Aust/SAIS Int’l Sch. Owner *****642 SOO CHOW 2-STOREY Terr 1800/2200 sqft 3+1. 3mins Thomson Plaza. $3.5K/mth 1st Feb *****623 Colliers UPP THOMSON TERR. 5 rms. 3000 sqft. P/ furn. Cosy, Peaceful area.
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    • 409 11 GENTLE VILLA BRIGHT 3-sty semi-d. 5+ family 1. Mins Novena. neg. *****153 HOLLAND GREEN BUNGLW 5+1 w/patio. 4400/ 5000 sqft. $14K. *****082 Jess JLN MERLIMAU 2½STOREY bunglw 4100/5000sqft 6+1 $13.8k neg. HB *****944 HILLCREST VILLA. 3154 sqft 5+1. Choice unit! Avail Jan. $9.8k. CK Ng 9009-4802 EMERALD HILL. RENOVATED 3800sqft,
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    • 522 11 3 STY Inter terr, East Coast Ave. 4+1. P/ furn, aircon. $5k. Clinton 9851-2159 BEDOK PL 3-STY terr, 5+1, 3261sqft f/furn, $7.5K neg. End Jan. Owner *****929 ROCHDALE BRAND NEW 2½storey semi-d 4800 sqft. 4+1+1. Aspac 8383-2040 JLN HAJI SALAM Quality Townhse. 5 bdrms. 2500 sqft. $4K Karen *****389 THE
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    • 533 11 |fS|D01-08City |R1 |iH& South-West liH Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES River Place at Havelock Road 3+1 4+1 bedrooms, 1,281 to 3,649 sq ft Private Jacuzzi for selected Maisonettes Minutes walk to CBD Clarke Quay MRT Station Lifestyle restaurants
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    • 451 11 THE BERTH 1658 sqft 3 rms Just reno. Face waterway/ pool. Vacant. Immed. Also sale *****827 Cindy Tang CARIBBEAN 2 BDRMS. f/furn. F/facilities. MRT/ shops. Avail Mid Dec $5K. Tom Leow *****193 DTZ REFLECTIONS. TOP JAN. 905 sqft. 2-rms. High flr. Hill/ sea view. Nice reno. $7.xK. Quek HY *****020
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    • 651 11 IMMED. BURLINGTON SQ/ Bencoolen. 2 bdrms 936 sqft. Beautiful cond. High flr $4.3K. CT Ong *****301 THE BERTH Sentosa. 1650 sqft, 3+1 waterway view, immediate. $5.9K. *****228 *****118 THE ROCHESTER. MANY units. Studio, 1, 2 bdrms avail immed. MRT. neg. 9368-9118/ 9790-5310 REFLECTIONS KEPPEL Bay. Multiple units. 2bdrms $6K $8K./
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    • 533 11 SAIL MARINA Bay Studio Nicely furn. Very high floor $4K! Fiona 9028 8374 Agt THE COAST Sentosa Penthse 4040sqft/balcony Sea view 5+1 HB *****592 CARIBBEAN 3-RM. 1281 sqft F/furn. Pool/ Canal view. Immed. Susan *****221 RIVER PLACE 2rm $4.8K 3 rm $6K/ 4 rm $8.8K. MRT. Chan 9677-3551 ROCHESTER LOFT
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    • 1412 12 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Tanqlin/Hoi Pte Apts for Rent D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent M Serviced Residences AND SHORT STAY APARTMENTS a llH'J liL I "r "'H iuM >,.3 I Orchard
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    • 677 12 PARC EMILY 3+1 bdrm 1227 sqft. 3yrs old. Good cond. Walk to MRT. Pool view. F/ facilities. Ho KY *****366 BOTANIC ON LLOYD 3600 sqft 4+1+balcony. Low rent Takeover lease. $12.5K P/furn. Details: 9815 2000 ONE OXLEY Somerset/ Dhoby Ghaut MRT. 1 study store. New. 2 yrs lease. 9782-1968 Doris
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    • 564 12 MARTIN PLACE RESIDENCES 1 bdrm $4.2k, 2bdrm $6.5k, 3+study $9k 4bdrm $10.5k Penthse $20k! Brand new! ILLOURA CLUSTER HSE 4+1. Master rm with terr. 4000 sqft. Facilities. Asking $14.9K. Lauren 9790-2323 NEW DUKES RES. 1900 sqft, 3+1 family halls 1 maid, Immed. Near Botanic Gdns, MRT. Rhoda Lim *****199 ASTRID
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    • 640 12 PINEWOOD GDN 3+1. 1650 sqft Tastefully reno. Quiet. Avail immed. 9639-8434 ARDMORE PARK 4+1. 2800 sqft. High flr. Ask $15.5K Near town. Agt *****685 JERVOIS LODGE 1350 sqft. 3+1 rm, unblock, greenery, quiet bright. *****085 DORMER PK APPROX 2600 sqft. 4+1 all attached. Immed. Catherine *****118 PARC EMILY 2+ patio
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    • 575 12 Brian Yee *****158 DTZ Soleil. Doorstep MRT. Resort living. Best views 1rm $4.xk 2+study $6.xk. 4rm $9.xk. Trevose Rare Penthse. Quiet/Greenery............$9.xk Gardenvista. 3+1. Quiet/ Greenery. Pte Lift........$4.xk Thomson 800. 3+1. Greenery reservoir view. MRT... $5.xk Buy/ Sell/ Rent Welcome! D’CHATEAU SHELFORD. Brand new 2-sty mais, 2000 sqft, 3+1 bdrm, pool
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    • 546 12 1) NEWTON EURO-ASIA 4+1 1593 sqft. P/furn. Immed. 2) Dunearn Gardens 3+1 1250sqft. P/furn. Pool view THOMSON EURO-ASIA 2-RM 1min to Novena MRT. High flr. P/furn. $4.xK. Immed! Sun 2pm. Ken 8500-5522 AMANINDA 1-BDRM 614 sqft. F/furn, resort style. Near MRT. Immed. $neg Janet Leow *****332 THE CLAYMORE 3+ store
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    • 610 12 NOVENA MRT, 8 Lincoln Rd 1/2rm balcony 872/ 1153 sqft. Shpg. 9234-9234 FP SOUTHAVEN II, 3 rms, 1539 sqft. Full/ p/furn. High flr. Immed. Susan 9008-8221 POINCIANA. NEWLY RENO Face SE. 3+1+1. 2200 sqft. Airy. Lincolns 6338-6767 MRT GLOUCESTER. 3+1. 1184 sqft. P/furn. High flr. City $4.8k. Gary 9366-9088 LA
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    • 568 13 CASA FORTUNA. BEAUTIFUL 2 bdrm, high flr, bright breezy. MRT. Avail Feb. $4.2K. Carolyn *****223 DAKOTA RES 2-BDRM. High flr, pool view. Well maintained $4.5Kneg. MRT/ eat eries. Aileen 9641-4098 THE HELICONIA 3+1+1. P/ furn. MRT, unblock, quiet, facilities, Nice layout, immed. Margaret *****007 LE CRESCENDO. PENTHSE. 3393 sqft. Unblock.
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    • 309 13 D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent 9 The property data is obtained from URA's website; any use in any manner of
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    • 247 13 D.15 ATRIA Meyer. 3 rms. 1346 sqft. Very high flr. Great view. P/furn. Immed. $4.5K. Jack *****239 KF COSTA DEL SOL. 4 bdrms. Impeccable cond. Spacious High flr, scenic. Face ECP/ Pk.$6.8KHarn *****227 FORTUNE JADE PENTHOUSE 2293 sqft. Unblocked. Part f/furn. Mins all amenities. neg. Daniel 9488 5556 VIEW SAT
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    • 343 13 BAYSHORE PARK 2-BDRM. Pearl Twr. F/furn. Aircon. High flr. Unblocked. Avail end Jan. Hugo *****484 ARTHUR 118. 893 sqft. F/ furn. Immed. Nicely reno. Near town. Don’t miss! Call Adele Ong *****276 KF. COUNTRY PARK CONDO. 2+1. Balcony. Unfurn. Near amenities. Avail 2nd wk Feb ’12. Dorryn *****789 PEBBLE BAY
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    • 322 13 BAYSHORE PK, 3 rms 1292 sqft Seaview. P/furn. High flr. immed. *****199 Lim D.15 SANCTUARY GREEN 3+1 No west sun. P/ furn. well kept quiet. *****128 Alan THE BAYSHORE 947 sqft 2rm. City view F/furn $3.3K neg. Blessly 9752-2319 MANDARIN GDN. 1528 sqft. 3+1 rms. Sea view P/furn. $4800. Lynn
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    • 335 13 AZALEA PK ESTELLA Gdn 3bdrm. F/furn, near Airport Changi Biz Pk. Fran 9818-4107 9625-9090 ESTELLA GDNS 936 sqft. 2rms, high flr, unblocked. f/furn, PIE/ TPE, free shuttle svc. Immed *****737 FERRARIA PARK. 3+STUDY. A1 decor/ Avila Gdn 3 rm. Avail Jan Jenny *****869 **BALLOTA PK. 3 bdrm 1421 sqft. Immed.
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    • 505 13 RIO VISTA *****020 3RM mid floor, p/furn pool viewavail immediately! Dont miss! call *****148 JUST TOP! 3RMS, Wembley Res High flr unblock, windy Facilities, Walk to S’goon MRT *****889 Puay Kiang SPRINGBLOOM 3+1 1432sqft High flr, unblocked. NS. Australian sch. Mins MRT 1st Feb. *****801 Wendy COMPASS HGTS, 4-BDRM. 1551
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    • 1086 13 D22-24 West Pte Apts for Rent D22-24West Pte Apts for Rent yo:hA juRONq Triple quad sharing room (with aircon). Rates include aircon, utilities internet 200 Jurong East Ave 1 (Near Lakeside MRT) Facilities: Gym, tennis court, BBQ pit PROPERTY INC PTE LTD Pis call *****442 Email: enquiry@propertyinc.com.sg La PARC OASIS
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    • 671 13 COMMON RM FOR rent Jln Membina for 2 ladies professional couple, f/furn, immed. Owner *****925 ALJUNIED 95 TELOK Blangah 67 Yishun 396/419 Circuit Rd 45 f/furnished Teo *****444 COMMON RM AT 365 Clementi, prefer professional. F/furn. MRT, Nisa GPS *****927 can co-broke CLEMENTI MASTER RM for rent Blk. 109 Blk.
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    • 1109 14 North/ North-East HDB Apts for Rent ■a BUY IT* SELL IT* FIND IT North/ North-East dfi North/ North-East North/ North-East HDB Apts for Rent HDB Apts for Rent HDB Apts for Rent HDB MEDIAN SUB-LETTING RENTS in 3rd Quarter 2011 Notes: 1. indicates no subletting transactions in the quarter. 2.
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    • 618 14 APPROVED 5’I’ BLK 51 Chai Chee St. Fully aircon. Designer decor. Convenient. Immed. Daniel 9797-0202 4’A’ 284 TAMPINES, Immed F/furn, Corner, lift level. 2 yr lease, new aircon, flooring paint, no noon sun. 180 BEDOK NORTH 4’A’ high flr. F/furn, aircon, reno. MRT, market. Avail 1 Feb View Sat. Tricia
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    • 466 14 5-RM 654C JURONG W St 61. $2800 designer decor. EA 701 Jurong W St 71. $3100. All races. 8381-3681 BLK 663C JURONG W. 5-rm 3+1. Furn. 3 aircons. $2.7K Near MRT. Available Feb. Michael Chua 9487-9443 BLK 22 GHIM Moh/ Blk 410, C’wealth Ave, 2+1, fully furn, aircon, asking $2.XK.
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    • 475 14 SFfss Spa |®s» Spa Wo Dorm Itof-i# 9712 3579/6558 7757 JAPANESE/ KOREAN/ FOREIGN expat family urgently looking for all areas, whole unit for rental. High budget. Call *****994 Lee WP MANY HIGH BUDGET tenants/ buyers looking to buy/ rent HDB in any area with ready deposit. Call now! *****678 Irene
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    • 530 14 THE SPIRE. APPROX 1000 sqft. Near Bt Batok MRT. F/fitted, beside cargo lift. Immed. Jo 9634-1191 OT PANTECH 3724 SQFT Blk 192. #06-06 Bare. Blk 194 #07-20. Renovated. Fitted. Fully Aircon. 9139-0654 *****-*****0 SQFT. Ramp up. 8M. 15kn/ m2. Pioneer. *****338 Damien.C Land+ WORKERS DORMITORY Tuas. Approved by MOM. F/facilities.
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    • 886 14 gCf Factory Space Factory Space fUF for Sale for Sale Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Invest in Industrial Property Unit sizes from 2,153 sq ft Along Eunos Link, near PIE/KPE/CTE Proximity to MRT stations, bus interchange and population catchments Limited ground floor units available, suitable for showroom or production
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    • 558 15 WCEGA TWR. OFFICE $2.8K, nice view, high flr, reno, p/furn. Immed. *****318 BLK 82 MARINE Parade Central. 700 sqft. Aircon. Immed. 9617 0400 Shirley SUNTEC 4779/ 4532 sqft. Harbourfront 21k sqft.Park Mall 3961 sqft. *****982 ICB MIDDLE RD, 2087sqft, nicely fitted, aircons /rms immed Nancy *****887 NEWTON MRT. 517 sqft
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    • 84 20 Co. Regn No: *****2267E TENDER NOTICE him. TENDER NOTICE PSA Corporation Limited invites tenders for: A. CONSTRUCTION WORKS (1) Tender No: CD/BC/11/048 MODIFICATION AND RELOCATION OF EXISTING TRAFFIC LANES, BUS STOP SHELTERS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ISLANDS AND ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION BOARD ALONG PPT AVE 2 PPT AVE 3, PASIR PANJANC TERMINAL Cost
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    • 124 20 TENDER FOR PRINTING AND DELIVERY OF MENDAKI TUITION SCHEME (MTS) 2012 CURRICULUM Tender Documents can be obtained from the Reception Counter from 6 January 2012 onwards at MENDAKI SENSE Pte Ltd at 1, Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore *****6. Tenderer may purchase a non-refundable document fee of $10.70 (inclusive of
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    • 680 21 TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from EPPU Registered Companies for the following projects: A. APPOINTMENT OF TOWN COUNCIL’S ENFORCEMENT AGENT FOR OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREAS (ODA) AT SHOP FRONT, PERMIT FOR FESTIVE TENTAGE, ILLEGAL MOTORCYCLE PARKING AND OTHER INFRINGEMENTS FOR KEBUN BARU, TECK GHEE AND YIO CHU KANG DIVISIONS, ANG MO
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    • 1020 22 m WATS RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.cats.com.sg/recruit Classified Jobs Executive Appointments CATS Recruit Guide Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email: cats@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/Infocomm 715 Lecturing/Teaching 718 Tutors 721 Nursing/Health Care 724 Art/ Creative 727 Marketing/ Communications 730 Sales 731 Retail
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    • 849 23 Sales Engineer (Lighting), Singapore, attractive package www.abacuslighting.com Abacus Lighting (Singapore) is a leading int’l lighting orgn with UK based HQ. We are looking to increase our market share for the Asia/Pacific, Australasia and Indian Sub Continent regions.The candidate needs to regionally promote and secure additional biz for Abacus Lighting’s larger
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    • 591 23 Lighting Company Balestier requires 1. RETAIL SALES No experience required. Salary 1700+Commission. 2. LIGHTING ELECTRICIAN/ INSTALLER Class 3 license will be an advantage. Vehicle will be provided. 3. WAREHOUSE PACKER Working Changi area Working hour 9am-6pm. Contact Desmond 6296 0080 Full/ Part-Time Retail Sales Associates *Possess positive attitude with a
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    • 261 23 WALK-IN INTERVIEWS 6th Jan 2012 (Fri) from 11.00am 5.00pm Singaporeans only need apply Service Crew (Full Part-Time) Cook Senior Cooks Supervisor Shift Manager 15 Beach Road, #04-07 Beach Centre (City Hall MRT Station) KITCHEN STAFF/ RESTRN CREW needed for Asian Restn near Tg. Pagar MRT. No experience reqjuired Local/ PR/
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    • 325 23 MWR in Sembawang is recruiting: Cook/ Kitchen Helpers Western Food (Flexible Part Time/ Weekend) r No experience required as training will be provided r Preferably staying in the north of Singapore r Good interpersonal skills able to work in a team environment r Fluent in English r Only Singaporeans and
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    • 105 23 ADMINCUMTENDER COORDINATOR •Degree holder (Local University) •Basic knowledge of tender processing is a plus •Excellent written and oral communication skills •Ability to work independently without constant supervision •Only S’poreans PRs M’sians need apply Interested candidates,please email your resume recent photo to elainekoh@supersms.com.sg Logistics Clerks 1) Staying west area 2) Microsoft
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    • 949 24 CTff Administrative/ Cff k I Administrative/ W Clerical |Hf Clerical A well established International Freight Forwarding Company Invites suitable candidate for the position of: SEA FREIGHT OFFICER Experience Operations staff needed Minimum GCE ‘O’ level with positive attitude Bilingual computer literacy are added advantages A good team player with strong
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    • 414 24 A Shipping/ Forwarding Co urgently requires ACCOUNTS ASST Having experience in Accounts. Knowledge of tally software will be preferred. Interested pls email: das.sin@iicglobal.com AC/S ASST REQUIRED near Tai Seng MRT Min 2 yrs experience independent. Full set of ac/s.Email to: susan. ling@timeplus.com.sg FINANCE EXECUTIVE/ ASST S’porean/ M’sian with Full Set
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    • 492 24 An Established Electrical Contractor Company in the construction Industry requires: 1) Estimator/ Quantity Surveyor Contract Officer Nitec in Electrical Technology Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering Diploma in Electrical Electronic Engineering or equivalent 1 or 2 years working experience but fresh graduate are also welcome to apply 2) Admin Accounts Assistant
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    • 249 24 QAInspector Min GCE‘N’ Level and above At least 6 months’ related experience in quality assurance Familiar with ISO procedures Good communication and interpersonal skills Willing to work on rotating am/pm shifts Able to start work immediately Only Singaporeans PRs Malaysians may apply CONTAINERSPRINTERSPTELTD No 83 Joo Koon Circle Singapore *****9
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    • 158 24 Security Hougang, Seng Kang Shenton Way, Orchard, Bt Batok, Yishun, Choa Chu Kang, Tuas, Penjuru, Jurong Island, Other areas 1,700 -1,900 (Perm) Walk in Interview 625 Lor 4 Toa Payoh #05-01 Gen Magnetics Bldg S(*****9) 6259 6696 SECURITY GUARD (TUAS) NSRS WSQ trained with relevant experience Must be registered with
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    • 424 24 -IMMEDIATE VACANCYDAY SHIFT Orchard (Shpg Mall).. $1600 Jurong E (Shpg Mall)..$1700 Bukit Timah (Condo).. $1750 Jurong West (Condo). $1800 Tampines (Shpg Mall) .$1825 Marina Bay (Condo) ....$1900 -SUPERVISORSBt Timah (Condo).... $2K neg Bencoolen (Hotel)...$2K neg NIGHT SHIFT Orchard (Shpg Mall) ...$1600 Jurong E (Shpg Mall)...$1700 Jurong West (Condo). $1800 Relief
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    • 356 24 FULL-TIME ROAD CLEANER (Day Shift) 0Mon-Sat 7am-5pm 0Salary: $1200 0Physically Fit PART-TIME ROAD CLEANER 0Mon-Sat 7am-5pm 0Salary: $5/hr (not less than 4hr per day) 0Physically Fit Tel: *****800 *****123 1. CLEANERS $53 per day 2.LEAD CLEANERS with class 3 driving license $69 per day Street and Beach Cleaning Walk-in interview:
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    • 704 25 CLEANERS required NUS University Town (Opp New Town Secondary School) S’porean/ PR Only Tel: 9737 5881 DISHWASHERS/ PLATES COLLECTORS required at City Sq Mall/ SGH/ Katong Mall/ ION Orchard/ Rochor Centre (Part-time/ Fulltime) S’porean/ PR/ M’sian Pls Call 6457-0843 9753-9020 9090-5582 CLEANERS REQUIRED School of The Arts near The Cathay
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