The Straits Times, 1 March 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 THURSDAY, MARCH 1 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 64 1 PRIME PAGE A4 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at yesterday’s official signing ceremony between Lasalle College of the Arts and London’s Goldsmiths College. He announced that the Government would provide subsidies for students who took up the new degree courses at the private
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  • 367 1  -  BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT CHANGI Airport’s Budget Terminal will close in September to make way for a new and bigger facility, The Straits Times has found out. Tiger Airways, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, Southeast Asian Airlines and Berjaya Air, now housed there, will move to
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  • INSIDE 116 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS
    • 51 1 DR ANDREW Chew Guan Khuan, who spent 52 years in the public service, died of heart failure yesterday, at 82. The former head of the civil service also held positions such as director of medical services and permanent secretary in a number of ministries. LPRIME PAGE
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    • 45 1 TO MEET the critical demand for beds, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is converting one of its rooftop gardens into another general ward. Work will start in July, and is expected to be completed by early next year. LPRIME PAGE A6
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    • 62 1 SINGAPORE paddlers Gao Ning (right) and Yang Zi captured the men’s doubles title at the Asian Table Tennis Championships yesterday. They upset South Korea’s world No. 4 pair in the final in Macau. This is Singapore’s first title since Loh Heng Chew and Poon Weng Hoe
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    • 46 1 HONG Kong kicked off a month of campaigning in its quest to find a new chief executive yesterday. Analysts say former chief secretary Henry Tang, 59, and former government adviser Leung Chun Ying, 57, are the leading contenders. LWORLD PAGE A13
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  • 613 1  -  Putting off change will lead to job losses, lower wages BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg THERE is no avoiding the pain of economic change, and trying to put it off would lead to bigger problems down the road for companies and workers, said labour
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    • 134 1 LIFE! THEATRE AWARDS Best dressers SWELLING IN BLOOD VESSEL SPECIAL REPORT Fewer people hanged ‘I was a walking time bomb’ LIFE! PAGE C8 IN MIND YOUR BODY HOME PAGE B8 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg T NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WAN ifra INCQC 2010 The Straits Times
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 81 2 WE SAY Singapore has come a long way since new housing estates, the business district and shopping malls represented the pinnacle of success and modernity of a global city. The emphasis has broadened beyond material achievements to include softer aspects of liveability. The
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      • COLUMNS
        • 40 2 The number of diabetics who do not know they have the disease is staggering, says Salma Khalik, who wants to see the problem addressed through a nationwide programme of free screening. L REVIEW PAGE A26
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        • 54 2 A woman is free to call herself Miss, Mrs, or even Princess in her private life, says Adeline Chia, but when it comes to official business she would like English speakers to follow the French lead and replace Miss and Mrs with the marital-status neutral Ms.
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      • 50 2 OUR READER SAYS The low number of Singaporeans giving up citizenship is reassuring, says Christopher Chong, as it indicates that despite complaints most see Singapore as home, but he is afraid naturalised citizens who give up their ICs may be exploiting the system. L FORUM PAGE A27
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    • 1035 2  -  Speculation with easy money is creating inflation risks for Asia BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg ONE day Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets the rap for surging oil prices; the next day an improving global economy gets the credit for it.
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  • prime.news
    • 642 3  -  LTA seeks contractor to run on-road tests for new ERP system BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is moving a step closer to a satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system, with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) seeking a contractor to provide vehicles to test technologies
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    • 87 3 MIND YOUR BODY, PAGE 23 Actress-producer Tan Kheng Hua, recently nominated for Best Actress in the Life! Theatre Awards, shows off her acrobatic moves on the pole. The 49-year-old is challenging her friends, actress Irene Ang and actor Hossan Leong, in a pole-dancing
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    • 760 4  -  Govt will give subsidies to the 200 students offered places each year BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg ASPIRING Singaporean artists or fashion designers will have the chance to get a top-notch degree right on their doorstep with Lasalle College of
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    • 696 4  -  BY PHUA MEI PIN THE former head of the civil service here, Dr Andrew Chew Guan Khuan, died early yesterday of heart failure. He was 82. The medical doctor had a 52-year career in public service, including stops as director of medical services, permanent secretary
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    • 767 4  -  BY ANDREA ONG THE Workers’ Party (WP) has asked the Government to call a by-election in Hougang “as soon as practicable” because it is compulsory by law to hold one, it said. The Constitution makes clear that a by-election to fill a
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    • 785 6  -  Two-year-old KTPH to add 32 beds by early next year to meet demand BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma IN YET another sign of how critical the public hospital bed crunch situation is, the two-year-old Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) is
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    • 1352 6  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI, MELISSA PANG chpoon@sph.com.sg melpang@sph.com.sg A PAY revision for health-care professionals in the public sector is on the cards, but will it stem the flow of doctors leaving for the private sector? On Sunday, Minister of State for Health
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    • 227 6  -  POON CHIAN HUI MELISSA PANG DOCTORS quit the public sector for a variety of reasons, said MPs and health-care experts. They range from poor work-life balance to a higher risk of complaints and legal action by dissatisfied patients. Rarely, they say, does salary figure high up.
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    • 736 10 Survey split on whether tech-savvy youth will be bright or shallow REUTERS WASHINGTON: There is a good chance that young people growing up in today’s always-wired world will eventually become bright, nimble decision makers that is, if they do not wind up
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    • 112 10 Six local sculptors (from left) Joyce Loo, Shiah Chyi Yun, Teo Huey Ling, Priscilla Teoh-Stoute, Chua Boon Kee and Chang Wei have pooled more than $30,000 of their savings to rent and refurbish a canteen at the former River Valley swimming pool. The 161
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    • 285 10  -  ELENA CHONG A TEENAGE girl and her boyfriend, who allegedly threatened to upload a video on the Internet of a man in the nude, were yesterday charged with extorting $6,000 from the man. Yap Siew Ting, 17, and Alexander Soh Zhi Ren, 21,
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    • 680 10  -  BY AMELIA TAN HUI FANG, CHERIE THIO AN UNDERGRADUATE at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been accused of sexually harassing female students online. The case came to light on Tuesday after a female student posted a note on Facebook, warning others not to
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    • 469 11 Media mogul’s son resigns as head of beleaguered News International amid scandal THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON: Mr Rupert Murdoch’s son James has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, the British newspaper subsidiary that is embroiled in police and judicial inquiries into
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    • 333 11 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The United States economy grew a bit faster than initially thought in the fourth quarter on slightly firmer consumer and business spending, helping to allay fears of a sharp slowdown in growth early this year. Gross domestic product (GDP)
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    • 489 12  -  One of the construction workers is a Chinese, the other a Bangladeshi BY THAM YUEN-C, LEE XIN EN yuenc@sph.com.sg xinen@sph.com.sg TWO construction workers were killed yesterday in separate worksite accidents. The first, involving a 36-year-old Bangladeshi, happened at the Upper East Coast Road site
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    • 424 12  -  With additional reporting by Poon Chian Hui NEW YORK: Health regulators in the United States have added new safety alerts to the prescribing information for statins, the cholesterol-reducing drugs used all over the world, including in Singapore, citing rare risks of memory loss,
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  • WORLD.
    • 797 13  -  No open endorsement from Beijing; run-off voting not ruled out BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg HONG KONG: The race to choose a new chief executive for Hong Kong is under way but while the final slate of candidates has become clear, the outcome
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    • 92 13 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Patient dies after quadruple limb transplant in Turkey L Plane makes emergency landing at Newark Airport L Gunman kills 2, wounds 3 in Ohio school shooting More Forum letters online at
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    • 305 13 HONG KONG: Public servants must be whiter than white, says Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang as he fights to clear the air over claims that he received inappropriate favours from businessmen. Mr Tsang is meeting lawmakers today to address questions about his
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    • world.regional
      • 479 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The Philippines yesterday said it will push ahead with plans to expand oil and gas exploration in offshore areas near the South China Sea, despite protests from China which also claims the areas. Energy
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      • 569 16  -  Details of Xinjiang clashes still sketchy due to media blackout BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: The Chinese government yesterday accused an overseas Uighur group of instigating Tuesday’s riots in far western Xinjiang region, and promised to strike hard against
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      • 551 17 It reaches deal with US for food aid, will also allow nuclear inspectors NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: North Korea has agreed to suspend nuclear weapons testing and enrichment, and allow international inspectors to verify and monitor activities at its main
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      • 346 17  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG HONG KONG: Language instructor Sharon Wong travelled an hour on the packed subway from her New Territories home to a Wan Chai bookshop to be among the first to buy a new book launched yesterday by retired Straits
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      • 1182 18  -  Analysts say they need to overcome own interests and work with govt on nation building NEWS ANALYSIS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg CHIANG MAI (Thailand): Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups are divided in the face of the government’s new conciliatory approach to ending
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      • 339 18 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Cambodia has asked the United States government for help in recovering a thousand-year-old statue of a mythic warrior that remains in limbo at Sotheby’s in New York. Some experts believe the statue was looted amid the
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    • world.international
      • 682 20 Ahmadinejad’s allies, ruling clerics locked in a power struggle ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHERAN: Iran’s hardliners have been so effective at crushing the opposition that they are now left brawling among themselves. That is the messy political scramble in this week’s parliamentary elections the first major vote
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      • 339 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: An Egyptian with the same name as a long-sought senior Al-Qaeda leader was arrested yesterday in Cairo, but he denied any link to the terrorist network and said it was a case of mistaken identity. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi
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      • 828 22  -  Arizona, Michigan wins possible turning point in campaign: Supporters U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg NOVI (Michigan): Mr Mitt Romney survived another major scare in his bid to clinch the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, narrowly winning his home
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      • 113 22 Source: New York Times, CNN L Super Tuesday: All eyes are now turned to next week, when 10 states vote in primaries and caucuses on March 6. STATE DELEGATES Alaska (caucus) 27 Georgia 76 Idaho (caucus) 32 Massachusetts 41 North Dakota (caucus) 28 Ohio
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 76 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: The captain and navigating officer of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year pleaded guilty yesterday to operating the vessel in a dangerous manner and altering ship documents after the crash. The vessel Rena hit the
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        • 104 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Islamist militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday blamed the US for increasing his jail term, two days after Indonesia’s top court reinstated his 15-year sentence for terrorism. Appearing in public before undergoing cataract surgery at an eye hospital in Jakarta, the 73-year-old defiantly called
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        • 63 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: Taiwan’s military said it has detained an air force officer on suspicion of passing military secrets to China. The unidentified officer passed information about Taiwan’s early warning radar system and other secrets through a Taiwanese businessman working in China, local reports said. The
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        • 108 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ALGIERS: Algeria has signed a deal with China State Construction Engineering Corporation, a state-owned enterprise, to build a vast ¤1 billion (S$1.7 billion) mosque that is expected to be the third-largest in the world after those in Mecca and and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
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        • 127 24 PETALING JAYA: The opposition has now alleged that the scandal-plagued National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) is setting up a high-end supermarket in Singapore, local reports have said. This follows allegations that the family-owned company misused a RM250 million (S$104 million) government loan to buy condominium units in
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      • 70 24 Pedestrians walking past artist Ben Wilson (above) as he paints on a piece of discarded gum on the Millennium Bridge in London on Monday. He has painted miniature works of art (left) on discarded chewing gum in London and Europe over the past seven years
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      • 302 24 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA: Japanese women are so fond of their phones, they even use them in the shower, say manufacturers. This makes waterproofing a must also good against accidents while texting in the toilet. “In Japan, you can’t sell a phone if it’s
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 432 25 THE Round Island Route, a seamless green corridor that will link heritage areas, coastal spots and rustic greenery, is very much a new aspect of Singapore’s unfolding tapestry. On gaining independence in 1965, the country faced the task of surmounting monumental economic, security
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    • 994 25  -  Funds for more buses will ease transition as system is reformed BY PAUL A. BARTER FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches
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    • 965 25  -  BY CLIVE CROOK The writer, a former Financial Times and Economist journalist, is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG THEORISTS of American decline are preoccupied with the surging growth of emerging rivals, especially China. That is an important issue, I do not doubt. But
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    • review.
      • 975 26  -  An Iranian Jew reflects on her joint heritage BY ROYA HAKAKIAN The writer is the author of Assassins Of The Turquoise Palace NEW YORK TIMES “IF A war were to break out between Iran and Israel, whose side would you be on?” someone asked me on
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      • 907 26  -  BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg ANEW survey in Singapore reports that one in three unmarried persons aged between 15 and 34 here has been in an abusive romantic relationship. Among this group, two-thirds had their first such relationship in their teens. At
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      • 748 26  -  BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma THE Government has made a major commitment to health care: to double its annual spending from $4 billion to $8 billion over the next five years. A large chunk will go towards boosting much needed
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    • forum.
      • MY POINT
        • 183 27 “Unlike standard ATMs, which are fairly similar around the world, AXS stations are unique to Singapore.” MR CHIN MUN CHUNG, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Business, AXS: “We thank Mr Edward Lim for his feedback (‘Tighten security at AXS stations too’; Forum Online, Monday). Unlike standard ATMs supplied by
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        • 155 27 “The future is installed and mobile-embedded GPS systems.” MR MICHAEL DEE: “Forget maps (‘How GPS devices can make us lose it’; Tuesday). Many Global Positioning System (GPS) problems are the result of incorrect destination inputs and out-of-date map software. All GPS needs is a way to reconfirm the
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        • 173 27 “Many retailers are honest businessmen.” MR VIJAI PARWANI: “While the lemon law should be welcomed, let us not get ahead of ourselves (‘Lemon law’ won’t get rid of all the lemons’; yesterday). As the commentary rightly pointed out, there are many unanswered issues. I am especially concerned about
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        • 61 27 “What about motorcyclists?” MR VESUVASAM PERIANAR: “Some electronic signboards on expressways, which read ‘Drive safely for our loved ones’, seem to be targeted at car drivers only. What about motorcyclists, who form the majority of victims of accidents? The message should read: ‘Ride and drive safely for our
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      • 74 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR PAUL CHAN: Hawker centres shouldn’t be social enterprises 2 MS YONG LEE SEN: Calling East Coast Park and vicinity ‘home’ 3 MADAM LIZHEN ZEHNDER-ZHANG: Don’t forget retirees living in private properties 4 MR NG KENG NAM: No choice but to pay up
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      • 185 27  -  Christopher Chong TWO points stood out in Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean’s revelation that an average of 1,200 Singaporeans renounced their citizenship annually from 2007 to 2011 (“1,200 Singaporeans renounce citizenship every year”; straitstimes.com, Tuesday). One, the renunciation rate of 0.1 per cent is reassuring and
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      • 122 27 “Can the Government offer figures showing a ready pool of Singaporeans to take up the slack in a 5-percentage-point reduction in foreign worker quotas?” MR SIOW LEAD KEONG: “Many MPs in Parliament (‘Ease pain of economic makeover, urge MPs’; yesterday) and bosses of small enterprises have voiced their
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      • 121 27 “Language purists tell me 'hawker centre’ is a misnomer and should be dropped. It is uniquely Singaporean and endearing to thoroughly native citizens.” MR SHANKAR RAJAN, Principal, Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society: “Singapore has a special nomenclature for its food centres, calling them ‘hawker centres’. Some
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      • 99 27 “Insist that hawkers offer a healthier alternative to palm oil.” MS MOLLY TEO: “Hawkers use a less-than-ideal cooking oil palm oil to cook because it is the cheapest available. If the health authorities want us to eat less saturated fat, they have the resources to insist that hawkers
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      • 244 27  -  Murali Sharma THE proposals by the committee advising the Government on new hawker centres which focused on the operation of centres, the hawker fare and prices are long overdue and should be implemented quickly (“Future hawker centres: Keeping food cheap”; Tuesday). The changes
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      • 330 27  -  Charlene Chang (Ms) Director, Community Relations and Engagement Division Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports WE AGREE with Mr Bryan Chow’s suggestion to encourage more people to volunteer (“Create better eco-system for social work”; Monday). The National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) was set
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      • 334 27  -  Daniel Masih Jalal Manager HR Business Development (Asia Pacific) PestBusters WE THANK Ms Kelly Fu Su Yin (“Unproductive to stereotype older staff”; Tuesday) for her response to the remarks by our chief executive officer, Mr Thomas Fernandez (“Subsidy
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    • 901 1  -  ‘Passports in hometown only’ rule may also add to costs BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja SINGAPOREANS who want to employ an Indonesian maid will face a longer waiting period and possibly pay a higher processing fee, following a new ruling
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    • 201 1 Cerebos set up its Health Science Centre in Singapore in 2008 because of the good infrastructure and the Government's emphasis on the life sciences. This regional research centre has the facilities and capabilities to conduct biochemical, cellular and clinical research. The Chief Scientist and Head of the Cerebos
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    • 333 1  -  Cerebos Health Science Centre discovers the health benefits of two peptides in chicken extracts BY GLORIA CHAN A special feature brought to you by Cerebos Health Science Centre has highlighted its recent discovery about the health benefits of two peptides, ProBeptigen® and Carnosine, which are
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    • 92 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Maid clung onto hands of duo before death plunge L Prices of resale properties dip for second month in a row L Yaw’s Hougang seat now vacant, says Speaker of Parliament
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    • 564 2  -  Renovation to start next week; revamped mall to have wider F&B range BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE new landlord at Turf City is keen to start its tenancy on a fresh note after a month-long battle with the former master
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    • 223 2 COMFORTDELGRO has been voted the top taxi company in Singapore by viewers of online news portal AsiaOne. The category is a new addition to the annual AsiaOne People’s Choice Awards, which is now in its fourth year. Another first-time winner is Mr Teh Tarik,
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    • 426 2  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI HAND, foot and mouth disease cases have hit epidemic levels for the second week running. Nearly three times as many youngsters have reported falling ill over the last two months compared with the same period last year. Three
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    • 434 3  -  From today, banks must provide fact sheet to potential borrowers BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg HOME buyers will now be in for a reality check before they sign off on their mortgage. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has mandated that from today, banks
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    • 261 3  -  BY MAY CHEN NATIONAL bowler Remy Ong, who was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident in which a stray dog was killed, will not be adopting the puppies that it may have given birth to. The 33-year-old was responding to netizens’ call for him
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    • 198 3 THE foreign ministers of Armenia and Singapore met this week, during which they discussed ways to promote economic and cultural cooperation. Mr Edward Nalbandian and Mr K. Shanmugam also reaffirmed the friendly ties between their countries and exchanged views on developments in Asia and Europe,
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    • home.budget debate
      • 1059 4  -  They welcome social aid but want more done to alter mindsets BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE aspires to be a fair and inclusive society, but the reality is still some way off, MPs said yesterday. Many of the 31 MPs who spoke on day
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      • 442 4  -  RACHEL CHANG AN INCOME gap that shows no sign of narrowing and is instead widening was an urgent source of concern for Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) and Dr Amy Khor (Hong Kah North) yesterday in Parliament. Both pointed to the fact that Singapore’s
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      • 711 4 ON THE AGENDA It was Day 2 of the debate on the Government’s Budget proposal for the financial year April 2012-March 2013, as presented by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Feb 17. Yesterday, 31 members in the House rose to speak. Highlights: A new social
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      • 774 5  -  Major shift from focus on economy to the people, Workers’ Party chief notes BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg WORKERS’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang yesterday described this year’s Budget as “special”, saying that the Government had taken a big step towards a
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      • 743 5  -  BY RACHEL CHANG PAP MP Vikram Nair (Nee Soon GRC) was almost unrelenting yesterday in his attack of Workers’ Party MP Chen Show Mao (Aljunied GRC). He accused Mr Chen as well as other WP MPs of scoring political points by
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      • 232 5 “WP suggested having different industry clusters for dependency ratio ceilings. I noted with some interest that they suggested one cluster should perhaps be finance, aerospace, biomedical and professional services which I would loosely term as the high-end services and for those you can cut
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      • 920 5  -  FROM THE GALLERY BY CHUA LEE HOONG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR leehoong@sph.com.sg IT WAS past 7pm, and Parliament had been sitting for eight hours. But Nominated MP Faizah Jamal, a new face in the House, struck a chord deep in me when she spoke. Her theme
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      • 577 6  -  Award contracts based on good practices, not lowest prices, say MPs BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg THE Government should take bolder steps in boosting the pay of low-wage workers by leading by example, said MPs yesterday. Three MPs urged the Government to lead
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      • 330 6  -  ROBIN CHAN THE Government’s productivity drive appears to have passed by middle-class workers, said labour MP Patrick Tay (Nee Soon GRC). Incentive schemes such as the Productivity and Innovation Credit and the increase in absentee payroll are “too employer-focused”, he said in Parliament yesterday. He
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      • 170 6  -  TEXT: TEO WAN GEK For more than 30 years, Mr Tony Ng Tong Chin, a polio victim, worked as a goldsmith. But he was retrenched five years ago. The 60-year-old went for many job interviews and waited by the phone for good
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      • 367 6  -  MELISSA PANG AS SINGAPORE’S elderly population increases, doing away with the retirement age has found a champion in Mr David Ong (Jurong GRC). This would allow employees to work beyond the current retirement age of 65 “without prejudice or
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      • 169 6  -  TEXT: TEO WAN GEK Even at night, Mr Joe Wah Hing sits in the dark in his three-room flat in Bukit Batok. The 68-year-old and his two younger sisters never switch on the light as all three are blind, from a genetically inherited
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      • 353 6  -  DARYL CHIN A SINGLE mother, who has to stay in to take care of her child and frail parents, runs a catering business from home to support the family. When the authorities catch wind of her activities illegal because a licence is required, her sole source
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      • 800 7 Dr Janil Puthucheary, an MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, spoke about combining socialist and capitalist approaches in policymaking. He focused in particular on public transport. Here is an edited excerpt: SPEECH OF THE DAY THERE has been a lot of thought and discussion about
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      • 385 7  -  BY GOH CHIN LIAN IF THE Government is giving $1.1 billion to help the two public transport operators run 800 more buses, it should pin them down to higher service standards. And it should also ensure that public funds do not
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      • MPs’ SUGGESTIONS
        • 59 7 MR PATRICK Tay (Nee Soon GRC) wants goods and services tax (GST) vouchers for low-income families to be pegged to inflation to help them deal with rising prices. The vouchers, a permanent aid, were introduced in this year’s Budget to help the low income with
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        • 47 7 SENIOR Parliamentary Secretary Sam Tan (Radin Mas) proposed creating a Youth Parliament to let young people give their views on public policies and propose ways to improve the country. It will build cohesiveness and allow them to devote themselves to Singapore’s future, he said.
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        • 82 7 MS LOW Yen Ling (Chua Chu Kang GRC) called for an inter-ministry task force to be set up to help children with learning difficulties. About 2,000 preschoolers a year could have learning difficulties, or 5 per cent to 6 per cent of each cohort, she
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        • 47 7 DR LILY Neo (Tanjong Pagar GRC) called for policymakers to consider whether their feedback channels are adequate. Better communication and explanation of policies can help make “even the most bitter pill” more palatable, she said. This is even as Singaporeans’ expectations increase.
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        • 84 7 MR ANG Wei Neng (Jurong GRC) said one way to encourage the hiring of disabled people is to make each of them count as two people in the foreign worker dependency ratio. Under this policy, companies must hire a specific number of Singa- poreans before they
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        • 63 7 DR FATIMAH Lateef (Marine Parade GRC) wants the Transport Ministry to hire elderly Singaporeans as “public transport ambassadors”. They can help bus drivers, particularly foreign ones, with crowd crowd management at busy bus stops and during peak hours. They can ask people to move to the back
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        • 72 7  -  CAI HAOXIANG, TEO WAN GEK MR DESMOND Lee (Jurong GRC) hopes the Government can set up “innovation hubs” to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) share ideas and innovations. This is because traditional SMEs may not be fully aware of the many schemes that the Government
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      • 207 7  -  TEXT: TEO WAN GEK The way Singapore neglects its home-grown bands so riled musician Daniel Sassoon that he went to see his MP, Ms Indranee Rajah (Tanjong Pagar GRC). It led to a free, outdoor concert featuring six local indie bands last November at
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    • home.thursday special report
      • 1334 8  -  LDrop in murders LShift away from drugs that attract death penalty LMore appeals allowed BY FIONA LOW THAM YUEN-C fionalow@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg EXECUTIONS are on the decline in Singapore as the changing face of crime and falling rates of offending mean fewer criminals are condemned
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      • 407 8  -  THAM YUEN-C SOME criminals have been spared the gallows after they lodged appeals. Anyone sentenced to death has one chance to appeal to the Court of Appeal, which has overturned death sentences by ordering retrials or even throwing out the cases. If the appeal fails, the
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      • 1029 8 Tan Chor Jin, 42 L HANGED: Jan 9, 2009 L NATIONALITY: Singaporean L OFFENCE: Discharging a firearm TAN was a former triad leader with a larger-than-life personality. His trial gripped the country, with people following every detail. The 42-year-old had gunned
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    • 480 9  -  No chance of parole for secret society member BY ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg VIOLENT fugitive Tan Giam Koon enjoyed two decades on the run from justice. But he will spend the next 10 years be- hind bars after
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    • 152 9 POLICE have busted an online vice syndicate, arresting nine people. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and the Police Intelligence Department were part of a 12-hour operation yesterday. Raids at various locations, including Balestier, Bukit Purmei and Lengkok Bahru, led the police
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    • 606 10  -  More RI and HCI students get places in top institutions using internal certs BY STACEY CHIA staceyc@sph.com.sg EVEN before the A-level results are released tomorrow, many students at two top schools have already relied on their own school diplomas to gain entry into prestigious
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    • 390 11  -  Pioneer freshmen batch of 500 in May will stay at hostel for a year AMELIA TAN FRESHMEN of the Singapore University of Technology Design (SUTD) can soon call a block of four-room HDB flats in Dover Drive home. The 12-storey block, a three-minute walk
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    • 310 11  -  TEO WAN GEK, JENNANI DURAI FOODCOURTS that declare they are halal-certified are misleading people because only individual stalls can get the halal certificates, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. The certificates, issued by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis), are given
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    • 106 12 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Trademark dispute looming over who discovered Jeremy Lin L Man Utd’s Macheda charged over alleged homophobic tweet L Spurs shaken but not stirred: van der Vaart Get your free breaking news
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      • 716 12  -  BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg NATIONAL paddlers Gao Ning and Yang Zi could not have chosen a better occasion than Feb 29, the day that marks the leap year, to take a giant stride forward. The duo beat South Korea’s world
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      • 511 12  -  MAY CHEN THEY were dealt the worst possible hand to begin their campaign with at the Yonex German Open, but Singapore badminton players Yao Lei and Shinta Mulia Sari showed yesterday that the luck of the draw is secondary. The doubles
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    • 558 13 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Andre Villas-Boas’ future at Stamford Bridge has never looked more uncertain. A day after he admitted to fears that he could be sacked as Chelsea manager, his fellow Portuguese Jose Mourinho flew into London. The Real Madrid manager is reportedly house-hunting
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    • 609 13  -  Group of 7 blind cyclists will take part in OCBC Cycle BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg CAROLYN Toh has lived in a world of darkness. While she is quite adept at moving around with her other senses, the blind 37-year-old intern readily admits she has many fears. And
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    • 501 13  -  CHAN U-GENE CYCLING royalty arrived in Singapore yesterday as three-time Tour de France Green Jersey winner Robbie McEwen touched down at Changi Airport. The Australian sprint king is here for this weekend’s OCBC Cycle Singapore. He will be joining teammates Fumi Beppu
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    • 494 14  -  BY CHAN U-GENE AN OPEN invitation for a post-Olympics cash bonanza in Singapore has been sent out to the world’s top track athletes. Organisers of the Trax Championships an upcoming four-day track meet with a record prize purse of US$700,000 (S$871,177)
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 58 14 S-LEAGUE football club Woodlands Wellington will offer fans free admission to their top-of-the-table clash against Albirex Niigata tonight. The Rams, who finished in bottom spot last season, have opened the campaign with two wins and their Japanese rivals also have six points. The match kicks
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      • 69 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The World Boxing Council (WBC) suspended British boxer Dereck Chisora indefinitely on Tuesday. This followed his brawl with former World Boxing Association champion David Haye after a title fight against Vitali Klitschko in Germany, which the WBC considers “one of the worst behaviours
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      • 57 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS ST GALLEN (Switzerland): Brazil needed an own goal in injury time to defeat BosniaHerzegovina 2-1 in a football friendly in Switzerland on Tuesday. The late winner came after a cross by Porto striker Hulk deflected off defender Sasa Papac in the first
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      • 54 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: A Brazilian newspaper has reported that Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello, 39, has reached a deal with a sponsor that will allow him to race in IndyCar this season. An official announcement that Barrichello will be joining KV Racing Technology is
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    • 551 14 Ex-swing coach Haney makes point in new book which golfer denies AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Tiger Woods considered quitting golf to follow in his father’s footsteps by joining the United States military, the golfer’s former swing coach Hank Haney revealed in his new
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    • 470 14  -  BY SANJAY NAIR THE Lions ended their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on a whimper, going down to a 1-7 hiding at the hands of Iraq yesterday. The result gave Singapore an unwanted 100 per cent record, as they have lost all
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    • 328 14 CALLING all children between the age of six and 12: Do you enjoy sports? Do you have a favourite sport? If your answer to both is a resounding yes, then you stand a chance of winning a free trip to London in July to
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    • 35 15 The last of 11 points in a “moral” contract agreed upon by the Cameroon football team, in a bid to revive their flagging fortunes and restore morale
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    • 289 15 Basketball NBA (selected) Cleveland 83 Boston 86, Indiana 102 Golden State 78, Detroit 68 Philadelphia 97, Houston 88 Toronto 85, Milwaukee 119 Washington 118, Dallas 92 New Jersey 93, Sacramento 103 Utah 96, LA Clippers 97 Minnesota 109. Cricket 2nd ODI In Napier: New Zealand 230 in 47.3 overs
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    • 750 22  -  Global economic woes, natural disasters in 2011 hit bottom lines hard BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg COMBINED profits at Singapore-listed companies fell last year for the first time since 2008 as the stuttering global economy and natural disasters overseas battered bottom lines. Total earnings of the
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    • 95 22 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L 880,000 pensions hit by Japan investment scandal L Sales of new homes remain robust L HSBC profit spikes to $21b on Asian gains More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your
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      • 501 17  -  Wall Street’s rise and American optimism lift markets in region BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE stars lined up again yesterday to give the local market another good day and leave it even closer to the 3,000 mark. Wall Street’s
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      • COMPANYBRIEFS
        • 138 17 THE Straits Trading Co has posted a 62 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $45.6 million, thanks to higher profits from both tin mining and smelting operations in Malaysia as well as higher average tin prices. Operating performance from its hospitality operations also contributed
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        • 123 17 HONG Leong Asia yesterday reported a 33.5 per cent drop in full-year net profit to $83.8 million. Revenue for the year ended Dec 31 fell by 9.3 per cent to $4.63 billion. The fall in revenue was due largely to the difficult operating environment in China as
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        • 138 17 GUTHRIE GTS has doubled its full-year net profit to $235.1 million from $116.6 million. A significant part of the boost in net earnings came from a 117.1 per cent rise to $122.4 million in fair value gains on investment properties. Excluding these gains, net profit from operations surged
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 131 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.81 billion shares worth $1.9 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 205 Losers: 197 Unchanged: 375 STRAITS TIMES INDEX 3,500 Feb 29, 2012 2,994.06 +24.33 3,200 2,900 2,600 2,300 52-WEEK HIGH: LOW: 3,215.27 (Aug 1 ’11) 2,528.71 (Oct 5 ’11) April Feb’11 June Aug Oct Dec Feb ’12
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        • 232 17 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,723.24 (+0.72) Japan’s Nikkei ended flat, failing to top the key 9,800 level as investors took profits before a liquidity operation by the European Central Bank. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,569.65 (+12.92) Malaysia’s key index advanced 0.83 per cent on optimism ahead of
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        • 235 17 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 29,2012 Top Rises Feb 29 CENTS Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 9352 586.8 5.3 (0) DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5915 205.6 2.9 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3284 162.0 4.1 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3010 83.5 2.3 9352 DBXT
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        • 323 17 Top Rises Feb 29 CENTS Kep Corp.ES.1202 1104 12.0 1.1 (0) SembMar.ES.1202 538 10.0 1.9 DBS RB eCW*****6 57.5 6.5 12.7 Kep Corp.ES.1202 IndoAgri.ES.1202 164 3.5 2.2 Genting SP.ES.1203 162 3.0 1.9 KepCorp RBeCW*****8 49.5 3.0 6.5 SIA.ES.1203 STI 2850BPeCW*****9 35.5 2.0 6.0 SembMar.ES.1203 538 2.0 0.4
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        • 58 17 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 29 2012 Selling Buying Feb 29 2012 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.378 ..,.1.313 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.279 1.23 1.713 Malaysian ringgit 42.406 40.775 Sterling pound 2.024 ....1.947 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0144
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      • 457 18  -  Earnings up 25% to $1.3 billion, thanks to Indonesian subsidiary BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg AUTOMOTIVE-based Jardine Cycle Carriage (JC&C) turned in another sterling year with underlying profit up 25 per cent to a record US$1.02 billion (S$1.28 billion). Powered yet again
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      • 431 18 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) reported yesterday a fourth straight quarterly loss on rising fuel costs and provisions for returning leased aircraft early. The net loss of RM1.28 billion (S$533 million) in the three months ending last December compared with a
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      • 284 18  - Drew Napier named best legal firm here BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW firm Drew Napier was named Singapore’s best legal company at an awards event honouring the Asia-Pacific region’s top legal eagles. The practice clinched the Singapore National Law Firm of the Year gong at the event in New Delhi organised
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    • 643 19  -  But they must promote inclusive growth: Iswaran BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SOURCE: CNBC ASIA’S evolution from a low-cost manufacturing base into a major destination market in its own right makes a powerful case for global firms to boost their regional presence. Second Minister for
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    • 466 19  -  BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ASIAN markets celebrated the leap year by heading north on the back of a wealth of good news from all points of the compass. Investors cheered as the European Central Bank (ECB) released even more cheap cash to
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    • 378 19  -  BY MELISSA TAN BANK lending grew sluggishly from December to January, with most segments recording either small increases or contractions in amounts lent. Total bank loans rose 0.4 per cent to $422.1 billion in January, up marginally from $420.4 billion in December, according to
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    • 1016 20 IN THE BLACK As of 3pm yesterday, 378 companies had reported their full year results ended Dec 2011, with 321 in the black and 57 in the red. They recorded combined profits of $33.34 billion, down 3.8 per cent from the $34.66 billion they made previously. Here
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    • 222 20  -  BY GAN YU JIA ROBUST returns from its civil engineering work helped construction firm Yongnam Holdings increase its full-year net profit by 16.5 per cent. Earnings came in at $63.4 million for the 12 months to Dec 31, up from $54.4 million
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    • 532 20  -  Govt’s cooling steps not designed to crash the market, developer says BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg THE luxury property market has been sluggish in the past few months but developer City Developments (CDL) believes it will have its day in the sun again. The
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    • 252 20  -  LENNARD ONG MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels’ (M&C) British properties are expected to perform well this year due to a surge in tourists in London for the Olympic Games. The group’s chairman Kwek Leng Beng said that while M&C’s London hotels will benefit from the event,
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    • 510 21  -  Bank’s new subsidiary in Singapore reaffirms commitment to growing business here, says CEO BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg STANDARD Chartered Bank will set up a subsidiary for its consumer and small business banking operations in Singapore, it announced yesterday. The remaining wholesale banking
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    • 631 21  -  BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER THE charges that developers pay to enhance the use of a plot of land have finally been reduced or left flat for some sectors, as the slowing property market takes its toll. The new development charges, which are
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    • 226 1 Life! Theatre Awards Beauty and illness Best Costume Design nominees C8 Artist Donna Ong’s fragile world C7 Theatre smoking ban lifted Exception made for award-winning director C10 Lasalle’s distinguished alumni include (from left) visual artist Shubigi Rao, fashion designer Nicholas Wong, theatre director Natalie Hennedige, advertising agency artistic director Lim
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      • 1057 2  -  Mixed reactions to this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival which dealt with art and faith adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta True to its experimental nature, this year’s M1 Singapore Fringe Festival divided critics and audiences, even as it hit its highest attendance in recent
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      • 856 3  -  Children’s musical is a twist on The Three Little Pigs and imparts values such as hard work and perseverance toh wen li tohwenli@sph.com.sg Broadway Beng is back, this time in a fur suit as the Big Bad Wolf in children’s musical The Three Little
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      • 1885 4  -  Lasalle College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts are coming into their own, with tie-ups with prestigious institutions clarissa oon senior writer many clare@sph.com.sg With recent tie-ups with prestigious international arts institutions and prominent campuses in Singapore’s downtown arts triangle, things have never looked better
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      • 1482 7  -  In the first of a 10-part series, artist Donna Ong talks about the dreamy quality of her creations deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Fragile. Fleeting. Artist Donna Ong’s installation works, such as transparent pieces of acrylic with a collage of plants and flowers floating inside, often feature these
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      • 1089 8  -  From the solemn tradition of Japanese Noh theatre to the lavish loudness of Lady Gaga’s wardrobe, this year’s nominees for Best Costume Design have raided diverse closets for inspiration. CORRIE TAN talks to the nominees CORRIE TAN The 12th annual Life! Theatre Awards ceremony, which will be
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      • 621 10  -  Exception made for Tsai Ming-liang’s works which were cancelled because of smoking scenes adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta A trilogy of plays by acclaimed film-maker Tsai Ming-liang, which was earlier cancelled because the authorities refused to allow scenes of smoking in them, will come
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      • 732 10  -  deepika shetty Woodblock printmaking may be one of the lesser known arts in the Singapore scene but its profile is getting a boost with the launch here yesterday of a new book. After eight months of toil, curator and author Bridget Tracy Tan
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      • 121 18 ‘You know how hot yoga got started? Bikram was teaching a class in Japan, in the winter, and a woman sitting near the window asked if she could bring in a space heater’ Yogi Greg Gumucio on former mentor Bikram Choudhury’s supposed invention of hot yoga
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      • 1040 18  -  The French move to do away with Mademoiselle is an important symbol of gender equality culture vulture adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta I used to take French as a third language in secondary school. Like in any typical classroom, we had to stand and greet
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        553 18  -  Chen Shanshan backstagepass SING TO THE DAWN NOW A MUSICAL I Theatre has turned Ho Minfong’s 1975 novel Sing To The Dawn into a musical. Helmed by British playwright-direc-tor Brian Seward, the musical tells the story of Dawan, a Thai village girl who fights for her right to
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      • 722 20 An exhibition in New York shows how writer Gertrude Stein and her family nurtured the careers of Picasso and Matisse Reuters New York Few people have had more influence on the impact of avant garde art in early 20th-century Paris and the careers of Pablo Picasso
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      • 450 20  -  reviewconcert TRUMPET RECITAL William Theis and Loo Bang Hean Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall/Tuesday marc rochester The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra may be lurching from crisis to crisis, its local support dwindling and its future uncertain, but for its players, life must go on. And
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    • Special CAREER 2012
      • 360 12  -  Students, fresh graduates and job seekers can find employment and training courses at Career 2012 by hazel tan A TOTAL of 30,000 jobs and 30,000 educational course placements are available at the annual Career 2012, which opens today at Suntec City. The four-day event, Singapore’s largest education,
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      • 289 12  -  Mr Tan Chuan-Jin Minister of State Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of National Future-ready on the education front to ensure our students today will be ready for the workforce of tomorrow that is one of our top priorities. To that end, Continuing Education and Training or CET is
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      • 656 13  -  Mr Colin Koh Chairman Career 2012 Advisory The annual Career series is the long-est-running event of its kind in Singapore since 1988. With Singapore’s limited human resources, the main thrust of the event is Career Guidance, which is the pillar of the event, with Recruitment and
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      • 306 13  -  Ms Theresa Gan Group exhibitions director IIR Exhibitions WelCOMe to Singapore’s largest and most established education, recruitment and training exhibition, Career 2012. This annual event aims to provide job and course seekers a platform to explore available options and to equip them with the information and guidance
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      • 612 15  -  The satisfaction allied educator Ilyana akbar gets from counselling troubled youngsters is her greatest reward by april chong BEING a “big sister” is all in a day’s job for Ms Ilyana Akbar (below), an allied educator in Counselling at Bukit Merah Secondary School. More popularly
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      • Article, Illustration
        535 15  -  The flexibility and resources at rockwell automation make work enjoyable and fulfilling for Mr Chua Lai Ti by lynn seah SyNErGy permeates the regional headquarters (HQ) of American industrial automation company rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Centre at Corporation road. A wide range of professionals work here
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      • 667 16  -  Nursing veteran Dr Tiew Lay Hwa finds exciting opportunities and challenges at Jurong Health Services by janice goh EvEry day, Dr Tiew Lay Hwa, deputy director of the nursing division at Alexandra Hospital (AH), makes her rounds in the ward, knowing that her personal philosophy
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      • 475 17  -  NEA engineer Steffe Tan Jie Ing plays a part in keeping Singapore clean and green by teo kuan yee With the gradual privatisation of the waste-to-energy incineration industry by the Government and expansionary projects undertaken by the private sector, there are now more career opportunities in
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    • 620 19  -  Nostalgia ruled the night, and even a technical glitch could not ruin the sentimental mood reviewconcert THE GREATEST HITS TOUR: BLUE, JEFF TIMMONS OF 98 DEGREES AND A1 Singapore Indoor Stadium/Tuesday kimberly spykerman kimspyke@sph.com.sg Barely 10 minutes into the concert, there was already a hint of trouble.
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    • life!.buzz
      • 509 22  -  annabeth leow leowhma@sph.com.sg Tickets to Lady Gaga’s two sold-out shows here in May are being sold on the black market for more than twice their original prices. A scalper who runs local website Deal For A Steal said he sold two $291 tickets
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      • 360 22 Jolie’s leg’ goes viral Reuters Los Angeles Angelina Jolie’s bare leg was the butt of many post-Oscar jokes and by Tuesday, it had gone viral. The actress attended the Oscars on Sunday in a black Atelier Versace dress with a daring slit, and struck a brazen pose with her right
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      • 147 22 Beijing Bai Jing (left), a Chinese actress training to be the next Michelle Yeoh, was killed in a domestic dispute with her husband on Tuesday, said NetEase news website. Bai, 29, was stabbed at her home in Beijing’s Chaoyang district by husband
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      • 386 22 Associated Press Kuala Lumpur Soul singer Erykah Badu says she holds no grudge against Malaysia’s government for barring her from performing after a photograph of her body art offended some Muslims. More than 1,500 people had bought tickets to watch the Grammy-winning
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        • 35 22 Actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed their third child, a baby boy, People magazine said on Tuesday. The couple, both 39, wed in 2005 and have two daughters.
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        • 66 22 Singer Kao Ling-feng announced on his 62nd birthday on Tuesday that he and his third wife would stay together, ending a six-month marital crisis that started with sightings of her with a younger man. Kao said he and his wife would “maintain the status quo”
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        • 66 22 The television ballroom contest Dancing With The Stars took a step back from controversy with its new cast unveiled on Tuesday, including tennis champ Martina Navratilova and singer Gladys Knight. Last year, the show courted controversy when it cast Chaz Bono, the transgender child of
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        • 42 22 Hip-hop duo LMFAO, who shared the stage with Madonna at the Super Bowl halftime show, will play at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 9. Tickets will go on sale through Sistic from March 5.
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        • 42 22 Singer Celine Dion has cancelled more shows at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace, citing a virus causing vocal-cord inflammation. She has been ordered to rest her voice for six to eight weeks and will resume performances on June 9.
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        218 18 RECIPE (Serves four) INGREDIENTS 4 shallots 2 cloves garlic 12 dried red chillies, soaked 1½ tbs dried shrimps, soaked 5 sprigs chye sim 2 tbs canola oil 3 tbs tomato ketchup with reduced sodium tbs tomato paste 150g minced chicken 9 medium-sized prawns, peeled deveined 200g mixed frozen
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      • 459 19  -  The noodle dish sans gravy is a healthier choice and even more so when made with wholegrain noodles, says Lee Hui Chieh Lee Hui Chieh huichieh@sph.com.sg Any self-respecting plate of hor fun (flat rice noodles in Cantonese) would come drenched in glistening, gooey gravy. The
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    • 212 6 OPEN HOUSE TODAY Ming Teck nostalgic 2 storey 33XX sqft semi-d. Nice quiet plot. Privacy! 400m to Henry Pk!.......only $5.Xm! Holland Grove quaint 82XX sqft bungalow. Nice quiet! Wide frontage! Stay, rebuild or subdivide!......only $11.Xm! Coldwell Banker Realtors CYC *****337 Sole Agent OT Landed Team (AGA) Bt Timah Semi-D Near
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    • 230 6 GREENLEAF 2800 SQFT. 5+1 Swiss Club 10K sqft Quiet Gallop 15K sqft. Exclusive Jervois ***** sqft. Hilltop! Tanglin 75k-120k sqft Land Rare plots! LMH *****777 BEAUTIFUL LAND FOR Rebuild Jervois Hill *****, 30k sqft. Wide frontage, panoramic view. Motivated seller/ Rochalie Dr 17K sqft. K H Tan *****348 OPEN HSE
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    • 482 6 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Houses for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Houses for Sale IM1 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi I Houses for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Houses for Sale Iffll Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi I Houses for Sale REGISTRATION OF INTEREST II, greenwood TO mews Exclusive cluster terraced
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    • 279 6 ZEN MODERN LIFESTYLE Bunglw. 4700 6500 sqft. 6 rms, ensuite. Nice entertainment, pool, patio. Must view! Dan Lim 9853-4988 FIRE SALES! F’HOLD. Renovated 3-sty terr house Jalan Kechot. Near Eunos MRT. 5-bdrm. Val. $2.8M. Ong HS 9824-8822 TOP MACPHERSON NICE A&A 2½ storey Semi-d 3750/ 5100 sqft 7+1/ New corner
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    • 269 6 THE TEASER CONSERVED Unique one of a kind JCP with outhouse and garden. Super Cool! Land 3500 sqft 3+2. Hip Black/ metal/ Wood finishes. Freehold. isabelredrup.com/ir8.php $5.2m. *****055. Susan WILKINSON 5000 SQFT. A1 Goodman. ***** sqft land Branksome 9000 sqft rare Crescent 6011 sqft. Modern Pool. 5-rm. LHM *****777 BUNGLW
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    • 197 6 CLASSIC AND CHIC. A rare tudor 3 sty semi-d 5000 sqft with high wooded ceilings 2 indoor bright airwells. Enchanting.Worthing Rd. Gary Fong 9111 7777 GARDEN PARADISE. OPENLIVING 2 sty semi-d 5400 sqft with wooden decking, koi pond lush greenery. Brighton. Gary 9111 7777 SERENADE WALK 2-sty Terrace. 2109 sqft.
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    • 310 6 $588 PSF ONLY! Cluster Hse Chuan Hoe. 4080 sqft. 2½ sty. 5-rm. Mins to S’goon Gdn.*****079Joel BUNGLW PONGGOL. 6367 sqft regular land. Charming. Serene. Near sea, park LRT. *****062 Ricky BLANDFORD DR 2½ storey Land 2430/ 3700 sqft. 5+1. Roof terr. Park 2 cars. $3.18M. *****638 Albert. UPP THOMSON Jalan
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    • 431 6 Reflections Keppel Bay This week’s Best Buys 2+Study est.1200sqft...$2M 3 rm 1300sqft........fr $1.95M 2+1 rm 1055sqft.......Villa blk 3 rm 1292sqft...full sea view 3 rm 1500sqft...full sea view 4 rm 2600sqft.nice sea view good layout....only $2050psf Buyers Sellers Welcome Soo Cheng 9322 7788 CBRE **REFLECTIONS KEPPEL. A class above the rest!
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    • 537 6 PEAK BALMEG. (MRT) 3+1. 1507 sqft. Balcony/ Greenery. Vacant $2.4M Connection 9680-7799 D.05 PASIR VIEW Pk, 3+1. 1335sqft F’hold. F/facilities Quiet. Mins Pasir Panjang MRT. Jane Lee 9781-4322 76 SHENTON 624 sqft. 1bdrm/ Altez 1012 sqft. 2bd rm. MRT, city/ seaview. F/ facilities. Karen *****284 CARIBBEAN, $1355 PSF. 3rm Duplex
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    • 1406 7 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/Clement! Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/Clement! Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/Clement! Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ Clement! Pte Apts for Sale
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    • 312 7 NOVA 88 F’HOLD. 549 sqft. SOHO Studio. Natural light design. Equipped. Mins to MRTs. Helynn 9637-4687 BELLFORTE 2+1 VERY high floor. Tenanted 1023 sqft. Good size land. Only 74 units! $1350 psf. *****751 D.12 THE ARTE. Brand new 3+1. 1528 sqft. F/facilities. F’hold. High flr. Unblocked. Breezy. 9621-0757 DTZ TREVISTA
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    • 444 7 COSTA DEL SOL Good units 1)3rm 1313sqft Pool $1.4xm 2)3rm 1313sqft Sea $1.6xM 3)4rm 1475sqft Sea $2.1M Riviera Res. F’hold. $9xxk. SantuaryGreen 3rm $1.5xM Pool view. 9005 5981 Dan COSTA RHU 1647 sqft. 3+1+ balcony. Beautiful pool/ river view. Tenanted. neg The Bayshore 1012 sqft. 2+1. High flr. Tenanted. neg.
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    • 506 7 THE COTZ F’HOLD Studio. Corner. 398sqft. Unblock Balcony. Good Investment. Call 9656 5678 KM Chua PARC ELEGANCE 1+1. 474 sqft. Priced to sell. Near MRT. F/facilities. F’hold. TOP soon. Alan 9851-1599 THE DAFFODIL 568 Upp East Coast Prime unit (732 sqft) showflat interior 2+1 F’hold. $780K. *****686 **SEAFRONT MEYER Premium
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    • 721 7 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale MM FREEHOLD CONDOMINIUM Approx 5 mins walk to NEX Mega Mall/ Serangoon MRT Station 198 residential units 1 bedroom from $579K 2 bedroom from $707K 50m lap pool/ Gym/ BBQ Call NOW for Special Discount 10% 5% 3%
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    • 967 8 ffljl Ang Mo Kio HDB Ang Mo Kio HDB #T Ang Mo Kio HDB Ang Mo Kio HDB iBf Apts for Sale Apts for Sale Hgf Apts for Sale Apts for Sale HDB MEDIAN Resale Prices in 4th Quarter 2011 Resale transactions take place on a "willing buyer-willing seller" basis.
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    • 436 8 2 MINS MRT, Eunos Cres Blk 9, 4’NG’ lift level, val $455K. Corner, reno. All races/ PR Joe *****991 3’I’ BLK 52 Sims pl. High flr Excellent. 2 mins shelter to MRT, food, shop, mkt. Val $323K. Patrick 9626-7006 3-RM+ UTILITY 95 Aljunied Cres. Low flr. Reno. MRT/ food ctr/
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    • 455 8 4’A’ PASIR RIS Blk 113, high flr. unblocked. 113 sqm. 4rm. Nicely reno. 9271-9428 HSR PAXEL!! VIEW To Offer!! 4-rm premium Blk 636B! Future Waterfront Nearby! Lifestyle Living! Bring cheque! *****887 CORNER 4RM PREMIUM Blk 633A High flr,face N,windy Unblock sea view,well reno LRT. Vince *****640 OT EA @PUNGGOL CENTRAL
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    • 502 8 JasonDorai *****007 MUST SELL! 5A 349. #07 Corner 4bdrms. Val $495K 5’I’ 388. #09. Corner. All races. Reno. Val $495K. amenities Tampines Mart /schs/future MRT. Sole agt 5’I’ 888/ 494C High flr, lift. Val $485K, near amenities. David Lau *****000 PW BLK 7, 5-RM. 120sqm. High flr. Unblocked. 14 yrs.
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    • 479 8 COUNTRYSIDE LENTOR 2 sty corner terr 3600/ 2860 sqft 4+1+patio Inter terr 1800/ 2200 sqft 3+1. YCK MRT. Marc *****480 YIO CHU KANG Semi-D 5 rm Unfurn. Simple. Spacious. Walk to Greenwich. $5K up Kimberly, HSR 9691 0314 D.20 THOMSON GREEN tropical Semi-D 5+study+1 Nice patio. Face playground. Immed. Cannes
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    • 902 8 fffl Central Houses tSM Central Houses |||f for Rent for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Townerville Colonial, ethnic style Conservation Terrace Minutes drive to Australian International School and Stamford American International School Minutes walk to Boon Keng MRT station Near Kallang Riverside Park 2, 3 4-bedroom units with
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    • 482 9 JUST RENO! JLN Ishak 2 sty terr hse. 5 rm 2500/ 2500 sqft, large outdoor area, p/ furn. Ann Kwa *****938 3 STY Inter terr, East Coast Ave. 4+1. P/furn, aircon. $4.8k. Clinton 9851 2159 $7.5K. BT TIMAH/ Clementi Semi-d 4+1 ensuites. Canadian German European sch. Pauline 9328-8858 CORNER HIGHGATE
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    • 878 9 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent Luxurious waterfront residences for lease within walking distance. to VivoCity and 5 minutes drive to Centre Business District Fully furnished 2 3 bedroom apartment suites and 4 bedroom penthouse Kitchen equipped with built-in appliances and washing
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    • 594 9 THE BEACON 2-BDRM 807 sqft. P/furn. Immed. Walk to Tanjong Pagar MRT/ amenities. *****749 Sue REFLECTION 1840 SQFT 3+1 Villa Blk. Marina/ golf view. ronaldwee.com *****220 NORMANTON PK. 1270 sqft. Biopolis. Renovated.$3.5K. Cheng N.T. 9710-1320 SKF REGENT PK #03. 2 rm 954 sqft. Avail 5 Apr. $3.8K ono. Call 9742-1234
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    • 1523 9 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Tanglm/ Hoi Pte Apts for Rent iRI D09-10 Orchard/ IWf ■ill Tanqlin/ Holland 11|| Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/Holland Pte qlm/ Holland Apts for Rent »v v* rV fV N !1 -A-. ©T HE COLONNADE 82 Grange Road 5 mins to Orchard Road CBD
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    • 504 9 PARKVIEW ECLAT, 4+1 rms Four Seasons Pk 4+1 rms 1 Devonshire 3+1, high flr 1216 sqft Yap CC *****190 VISION CREST. HIGH floor, 2 bdrm, Unblocked View, 904 sqft, Full furnished. Call *****957 (Ivan) THE LEGEND 2164 sqft. 3 bdrm, all ensuite. Maid’s rm. Facilities. P/furn $7.4K Immed. *****148 CK
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    • 618 9 VALLEY PK 1216 sqft 2 rms $4.5K; 1356 sqft $5K Studio 3, 1 rm $3.6K UE Sq 2 rms $5K. *****900 Kelvin FIFTH AVE CONDO 1582 sqft 3+1 balcony, resort style Cold Storage/ amenities Jeffrey *****909 APPC VILLA AZURA 1600 sqft. 3+ maid’s, spacious/ quiet, Cold Storage, amenities. Jeffrey 9688-6909
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    • 480 9 RARE! LINCOLN MODERN. 3storey penthse, 3+1+walk in wardrobe, beautifully reno, digital home entertainment, 3555 sqft. View today! Anthony *****188 PARK INFINIA @NOVENA 1582 sqft 3 bdrm. Pte Lift. Superb view. Squarish, spacious layout. A1 facilities. $8K. Max 9145-3003 NOVENA LODGE 3-BDRM Just reno. White decor. A1 ambience. Pool view. Near
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    • 895 10 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Rent Wffik Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Rent Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Rent Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Rent Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Rent S’ WAT-3 Private Apartment Rentals ■in Districts 14
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    • 160 10 TG RHU. RIVEREDGE. 3 rms. 1453 sqft. Flyer Bay view. Unblock. F/facilities. $5.8K neg.Immed. Eric *****888 SEAFRONT ON MEYER- 4 rm, 2300 sqft, stack 14, beautiful sea view, new, $9500. George-*****628 THE VERTE 3/ 4 rms *****625 sqft. Neg! Near MRT. Spacious. P/furn. Call Cheryl Sim *****482 BEACON EDGE. GOOD
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    • 550 10 SEAFRONT MEYER, 4+1, 2314 sqft. High flr. NS facing. Sea/ pool view. Immed. Wendy Ang 9068-1108 **SEAFRONT MEYER Premium 4+1. Full seaview. 2121 sqft High flr. Balcony $10K Immed 9068-6500 SANCTUARY GREEN BLK 183 3+1. 1152 sqft. Mid flr. P/ furn. Near MRT. Avail early April. Janet 9791-0080 JOO CHIAT
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    • 446 10 $3500 UP! 3+1 Bishan Pt/ Rivervale Crest/ Quartz. P/furn. Pool view. Immed. MC Teow 9857-1412 DTZ SUNGLADE NEXT TO S’goon MRT/ Australian Int’l sch. 3+1. Mid flr. Avail Immed. Call Doris 9754 5665 DTZ GRANDEUR 8. 3+ study. 1259 sqft. High flr. Unblock Bright, breezy. AMK Hub/ MRT. Sandra 9851-9223
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    • 582 10 #tIW Mixed Districts tfRI Mixed Districts Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Binjai Park 20,000ft land/8k built up. 5rm, pool, lush garden ...$18k Teneriffe 6th Ave, 3200sqft, 5rm, renq, full condo $10k The Belmont 31 OOsqft, 4+1 rm, exclusive 10unit condo, design reno $1 Ok ThePark Vale -1700sqft,
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    • 552 10 SPACIOUS RM F/FURN. Wifi, SCV, MRT, amenities. Avail weekly/ mthly. *****895 ALL NEAR MRT Aljunied, Tampines, Jurong E, CCK, Woodlands, Master/ common. No owner. Call /SMS 9833 4049/ 9858 3922 MASTER RM 264 Tampines, w/toilet, kitchen facilities. No owner. For workers. MRT/ shop 9022 7112 Shah TAMPINES/ PASIR RIS. Master/
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    • 599 10 BLK 426, AMK, 4 rms. 3+1. Furn. 2 aircons. $2600. MRT. All races. Immediate. Michael Chua 9487-9443 3+1 BLK 132 Punggol Edge dale. High flr. Furn with aircon. Immed, $2.3K. All races. Rachel 8133-6388 5’I’ BLK 324 Sembawang Close. Corner. P/furn. High flr. Good cond. Immed. Sharlyn 9007-3438 APPROVED RARE
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    • 463 11 APPROVED 2+1 BLK 302 Jurong E aircon, $2.3K. 2+1 Blk 234 CCK furn $1.7K *****900/ *****410 PN BLK 852 JURONG West 3+1, f/furn, aircon, all races. Indian owner. Avail Immed. 9029-2242 Sathya HSR 4+1 YEW TEE MRT, Blk 561 EM. Furn, aircon. Immed. 3+1 Bt Panjang 143. Immed. Victor 834
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    • 467 11 MRT! UBI TECHPARK. 1100/ 1300/ 1600/ 1800/ 7800 sqft. Fitted office cum store. 9654-2170 CJ ALJUNIED MRT SHORT term Warehse/ Fty. 2200-***** sqft. 9666-5555 Davies *FR $0.70 PSF. Open, warehse, showrm Pandan, Jurong. *****800 Lucas LIBERTY WAREHSE (THOMSON) 1109 1500 sqft Immed. neg. *****599 PANTECH. 200, 320, 1636, 2250, 3724sqft
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    • 719 11 Factory/lndustrial Sj Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Westlink Two at Tuas South Sizes from 2,390 sq ft Exclusive carpark lots at door step Ramp-up vehicular access to all levels High ceiling and heavy floor loading For logistics, marine and other B2 industries
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    • 229 11 MUST SELL! NORTHLINK B2 5188 sqft Ramp up. Vacant Approved for carpentry. Sell val! Alan 9146 5252 PAYA UBI. 3K/5K/7K sqft. Ground floor terr. 40’ container. Ramp up. High ceiling. *****777 Lee CW LENG KEE RD Bldg for Car showrm/ workshop/ office ***** ***** sqft. Bal 42 yrs. CB Sim
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    • 587 11 ULTIMATE HOME OFFICE near Outram Mrt 3500sqft isabelredrup.com/ir32.php$9k. *****055. Susan JOO CHIAT/ SENANG Cres. Vacant offices. 70-1290 sqft. Immed. Cheap! $1600 up. David 9321-5000 BT BATOK/ TOH Guan 722,120 sqft. Fibre-optic network. Fitted. Fr $650. Free parking. Janet *****616 RAFFLES PL. 1608 sqft. Nicely fitted. With meeting conference rm/ work
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    • 520 11 SUNTEC 1200/ 1500/ 1700/ 2000/2500/ 3000/ 4300/ 14K sqft Mavis *****436 1 MIN MRT Fook Hai Bldg. 194 sqft. Own access. 9696-9015 6312-4160 PEOPLE’S PK. 1012 sqft Fitted rm/Int’l Plaza 473/937 2357sqft. HB *****273 WINTECH BLDG, OFF Paya Lebar, near MRT, aircon, carpet. Call *****588 MINS TO BUGIS MRT Offices
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    • 1063 12 w Office Space for Sale m Office Space for Sale Far East Organization Small Offices for Sale at Central Sizes from 646 sq ft Located above Clarke Quay MRT station Tenanted units with immediate rental yield Panoramic views of the city and Marina Bay Foreigners eligible to purchase No additional
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    • 546 12 D.09 ORCHARD PLAZA #03 376sqft Window unit. Shop Office. 6535 1792 Kellyn ORCHARD TOWER, SHOP for rental. 258 sqft. Reasonable John 9678 0865 TOA PAYOH CENTRAL Blk 520, HDB Hub. Prime location. *****629 Kelvin Goh 245 JLN BESAR. Shop spaces, suit all trades. Pls call: *****108/ *****920 LUCKY PLAZA #04.
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    • 456 12 AMK ST 22, 2-sty 1430 sqft Near NTUC/ cafe. Only $1.43M. MRC 9620-2318 FORTUNE CTR, GROUND flr. 2 frontage. Heavy crowd. Jess 9100-7981 Sole Agt CRANE RD (OFF Joo Chiat) Ground flr. 1740sqft 999yr $8xxp.s.f.HB *****592 CHANDER RD/ CLIVE St. $2.Xm. Crane Rd Geylang F’hold. Alice *****909 READY BUYERS LOOKING
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    • 372 12 TUAS AVE SELF-CONTAINED fty/warehse. 10K/15K sqft. Fitted office ample parking. Wong 9455-6947 OT TYRWHITT ROAD. 2-STY all trades, ample parking, Walk to Lavender Farrer Pk MRT. *****579 Mark ALJUNIED 1500 SQFT 5600 sqft. High ceiling. Warehse cum office. MRT. Immed. Michelle 9114-4553 PANTECH WAREHSE. EASY loading. Free parking. 1163 sqft
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