The Straits Times, 26 March 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, MARCH 26 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon ‘S’pore bid’ for Rangers
      45 1 A SINGAPORE-based consortium has reportedly put in a bid to take over Scottish football club Rangers. Administrators of the Glasgow club, which entered administration last month following tax disputes, yesterday confirmed receiving the offer on Friday afternoon. L SPORT PAGE B7
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      Lock icon All from a centipede bite
      59 1 A MAN had his right leg amputated below the knee after he suffered a centipede bite. The cuts in the skin allowed flesh-eating bacteria to invade and poison his body. Mr Tan Khian Seng has since had a prosthetic leg fitted and is on the
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      Lock icon Obama warns N. Korea
      54 1 UNITED States President Barack Obama stared across the demilitarised zone into North Korea yesterday as it prepared for a rocket launch. Warning the reclusive nation from its doorstep, he said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the global community if it proceeds with the planned launch.
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s cabby woes
      53 1 TAXI drivers in Malaysia continue to suffer a bad reputation for cheating passengers or being rude. The government launched yet another campaign last week to teach them basic etiquette, but consumer rights bodies and taxi associations say unless the authorities tighten enforcement, it will be futile. L
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    Lock icon Singaporeans first in new P1 registration rule
    647 1  -  Citizens will get priority over permanent residents no matter where they live BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN children will now have a further edge over permanent residents (PRs) during Primary 1 school registration. From this year, available places in registration phases where balloting
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    Lock icon Leung wins HK polls but faces many challenges
    486 1  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG HONG KONG: Former government adviser Leung Chun Ying will become Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive, after he defeated his nearest rival Henry Tang in a highly controversial election that threatened to drag the Chinese territory into a leadership
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      83 1 Keep on playing SSO’s Alexander Souptel not ready to retire Shock at Sepang Alonso wins Malaysian GP SPORT, PAGE B7 Doing good They switched careers to social work HOME, PAGE B4 LIFE! PAGE C6 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE
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        Lock icon Making sense of dollar matters
        68 2 WE SAY The United States and Canada use a National Financial Literacy Month to promote skills that help ordinary people make important financial decisions for their own benefit. Financial literacy efforts are being undertaken here too. In these uncertain times, more should be done, perhaps
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      • COLUMNS
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          Lock icon Bo Xilai’s grave errors
          35 2 In advocating a Maoism revival, former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai made a serious error in policy direction that led to his political demise, says Ching Cheong. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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          Lock icon Worry over market calm
          47 2 Extreme swings in mood between hope and fear have usually been preceded by periods of calm, so when the market turns extremely quiet like now, investors are wary that another bout of turbulence is lurking, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B14
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      • Article
        Lock icon Keep green spots in mind
        30 2 OUR READER SAYS Edwin Lim urges urban planners to retain enough green spaces to make for a more pleasant living environment. L FORUM PAGE A19
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        13 2 www.straitstimes.com L Joel Cooper gets wound up over “relaxing” spa treatments.
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      Lock icon See the world of needy kids through their eyes
      1042 2  -  To help them, teachers must first understand what motivates them BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg A FEW years ago, I was roped in to advise a single mum who had pulled her eight-year-old daughter out of school. My friend had
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      Lock icon Sponsorship doubts for top events
      1052 3  -  Future of 4 sports events uncertain as sponsors remain non-committal BY MAY CHEN CHAN U-GENE maychen@sph.com.sg ugenec@sph.com.sg A CLOUD hangs over the future of four major sports events here, following doubts over sponsorship deals. The Straits Times understands that Chinese sportswear firm Li-Ning wants sportswear
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      Lock icon Leung has to play healer to boost support
      742 4  -  He must unite factions in pro-establishment camp or risk upheaval NEWS ANALYSIS BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg HONG KONG: The Chief Executive election may be over, but its repercussions on Hong Kong society could be long-lasting, with much hinging on how Mr
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      Lock icon Enigmatic leader with a humble start
      795 4  -  KOR KIAN BENG HONG KONG: A man should resolve to do something significant, but not to secure a top official position. These words, made famous by Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat Sen, can be found on Chief Executive-designate Leung Chun Ying’s Facebook page. For
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      Lock icon Resignation and indignation over polls
      408 4  -  KOR KIAN BENG HONG KONG: The Chief Executive election triggered two extreme reactions among Hong Kongers either a sense of resignation or one of indignation. Some people attributed their lack of interest in the election to the fact that they had played no part in
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      Lock icon China signals approval
      392 4  -  BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China congratulated Mr Leung Chun Ying within hours of his election as Hong Kong’s new leader, making public its swift approval of the incoming Chief Executive. It is a clear sign, say analysts in Beijing, that although Mr Leung
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      Lock icon Singaporean parents cheer new rules for P1 registration
      1380 6  -  But some PRs dismayed by ‘absolute priority’ being given to citizens BY CAI HAOXIAN G, ELIZABETH SOH haoxiang@sph.com.sg esoh@sph.com.sg TWO mothers in Marine Parade both want to get their children into Tao Nan School, a brand-name school in the area that sees
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      Lock icon Seven new primary schools next year
      526 6  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG SEVEN new primary schools will open for registration this year for Primary 1 pupils starting school in January next year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced yesterday. All seven are located in new towns, with three in the fast-growing town of
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      Lock icon Centipede bite leads to loss of leg for man
      686 8  -  BY LEE XIN EN A CENTIPEDE’S bite led to a man having his right leg amputated below the knee. The bites in motivational speaker Tan Khian Seng’s skin allowed flesh-eating bacteria to invade and poison his body. In his case, his
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      Lock icon Obama warns N. Korea over rocket launch
      702 8 Bad behaviour won’t be rewarded, he says before nuclear summit AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS SEOUL: Warning North Korea from its doorstep, United States President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risked deepening its isolation in the international community if it went ahead with a
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      Lock icon PM Lee in Seoul for N-security summit
      425 8  -  BY CHUA LEE HOONG SEOUL: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in Seoul this afternoon to attend the second Nuclear Security Summit. The two-day meeting hosted by South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will review progress made in measures to enhance nuclear security
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Drive to polish Malaysian cabbies’ image
      886 9  -  KL worries taxi drivers’ rudeness, dishonesty are hurting tourism ‘BASIC ETIQUETTE’ CAMPAIGN BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Taxi fares have been raised to improve cabbies’ takings. Numerous campaigns have been held to improve taxi service. Passengers who have a complaint can
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      85 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Queensland’s resorts going out of business L Want to age at a snail’s pace? L Europe eyes Britain’s civil service pay revamp More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE
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        Lock icon What ails China? It’s antibiotics abuse
        925 10  -  It will work with EU to fight gross overuse that leads to drug resistance BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: It is not often the head of a top Chinese hospital draws a parallel between a medical threat and nuclear weapons. But the
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        Lock icon Cherry blossom time in Taiwan
        483 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of Taiwanese are planting cherry trees to revel in their blooms for a few precious moments each spring, just like in Japan. “When you see the flowers, you almost feel as if you’re in Japan,” said businesswoman Susan Wu,
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        Lock icon South Korea scales back e-textbook revolution
        696 11 Officials fear students too reliant on devices will miss out on life WASHINGTON POST SEOUL: South Korea has rolled back its ambition to swop traditional textbooks for digital ones in schools, concerned that students would have little experience with real life and also develop
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        Lock icon Celebs’ wax figures used in scam
        191 11 HONG KONG: Six people who swindled investors of around three billion yuan (S$601 million) through an investment scam have been charged in China, including a “chief sales officer” whose online pictures with Hong Kong celebrities had been found to be all a sham, shot
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi falls ill, cancels campaign travel
        377 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MYEIK (Myanmar): Ill health has forced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to abruptly cancel further campaign travel, just a week before by-elections that are seen as a key test of regime reforms in Myanmar. The Nobel Peace laureate, who is
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        Lock icon Taleban ‘training French Muslims’
        701 12 Pakistani officials say dozens have trained in militant camps ASSOCIATED PRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan): Dozens of French Muslims are training with the Taleban in north-western Pakistan, raising fears of future attacks following the shooting deaths of seven people in southern France allegedly by a man
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        Lock icon French gunman’s brother charged
        258 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG PARIS: The older brother of the French Islamist who shot dead seven people was presented yesterday to a Paris judge to face charges of complicity in murder and of planning terror attacks, prosecutors said. Abdelkader Merah, 29, has denied involvement
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        Lock icon Rally over shortage of Chinese teachers
        371 12 KAJANG (Selangor): Thousands of people from across Malaysia turned up at a rally yesterday to protest against the acute shortage of Chinese teachers, with many jeering at Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong who made a surprise appearance at the event, according to local
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        Lock icon Afghan rampage: US pays $63k per death
        430 13 Those injured in mass shootings get cash too ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KANDAHAR: The United States has paid US$50,000 (S$63,000) in compensation for each Afghan killed and US$11,000 for each person wounded in the shooting spree allegedly committed by a US soldier
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        Lock icon Indonesian maids set for return to Malaysia
        135 13 JAKARTA: The first batch of 106 Indonesian maids bound for Malaysia after the lifting of a ban are undergoing training for 21 days and they will be paid at least RM700 (S$290) a month. This was concluded at a Malaysia-Indonesian joint task force
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        Lock icon Livelihood all sewn up
        58 13 Afghan government officials giving a sewing machine to the wife of a former insurgent during a graduation ceremony in Laghman province yesterday. Dozens of former insurgents and their families took part in the ceremony after completing various livelihood training workshops given by the provincial government and
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        Lock icon Arms sales to China: Russia in a quandary
        948 14  -  Such deals are lucrative and help maintain ties but security is a risk BY VLADIMIR RADYUHIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES V.Radyuhin@gmail.com MOSCOW: In a twist on the dilemma facing Shakespeare’s Hamlet “to be or not to be” Russian arms exporters now ask
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        Lock icon Clogged arteries: Seeing is believing in lifestyle change
        303 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS CHICAGO: People who see images of their badly clogged arteries are more likely to lose weight and take anti-cholesterol drugs than people who do not see severe disease on a computerised scan, researchers say. Two studies presented at the
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        Lock icon Donations for access to PM: Co-treasurer of Tories quits
        682 15 Cameron pledges inquiry after secret video shows aide sought up to $502k REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged yesterday to hold an inquiry after a key aide was caught offering access to the government leader in return
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        Lock icon Farmland deals land foreigners in the soup
        655 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Is it investment? Or a land grab? Within a few years, acquisition of foreign farmland has become an issue with plenty of explosive potential for the environment and security. Priming it is a rush by China, India, South Korea and
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        Lock icon San Francisco killings may be ‘targeted attack’
        157 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: Police in San Francisco believe the brutal mass killing of five people in a home last Friday could have been a targeted attack and not a murder suicide as previously thought. Some reports said the attack may have been
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Santorum wins primary
          97 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW ORLEANS: Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum cruised to victory in the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday. He established a strong 49.1 per cent lead, with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney trailing far behind with 26.6 per cent of the vote. Former House speaker
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          Lock icon Cheney has heart op
          76 16 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Former United States vice-president Dick Cheney is recovering in hospital in Virginia after undergoing heart transplant surgery on Saturday. The 71-year-old, who has suffered five heart attacks, had been on the cardiac transplant list for more than 20 months before he received the heart
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          Lock icon Russia pledges support
          121 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria yesterday that his mission may be the final opportunity for Syria to avoid “a protracted bloody civil war” and promised Russia’s full support. Mr Kofi Annan was in Moscow for
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          Lock icon 2 women for space trip
          82 16 BEIJING: China has selected two female astronauts among seven candidates for its next manned space mission that will launch between June and August. According to the Space International magazine, the identity of the two, who were chosen from among 15 women, will be released only
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          Lock icon Dalai Lama ‘akin to Nazi’
          100 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Chinese news media has sought to equate the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, with the Nazis and their genocidal war on European Jews. The commentary on China Tibet Online, also carried by the official Xinhua news agency on Saturday, accused him
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          Lock icon PAS chief not contesting
          89 16 KAJANG (Selangor): The president of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, said yesterday he was not a Terengganu Menteri Besar candidate for the party and will not contest a state seat there in the upcoming elections. He said PAS has already
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        Lock icon Value in ‘cash mobs’
        306 16 SLICEOFLIFE REUTERS CLEVELAND (Ohio): Flash mobs have been blamed as a factor in looting during urban riots. But now online activists are harnessing social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to get consumers to shop at locally owned stores around the world in so-called Cash
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Making sense of dollar matters
      408 17 NO SOONER had some upbeat economic outlook news surfaced lately than World Trade Organisation director-gen-eral Pascal Lamy cautioned that the economic crisis was not behind us. While global stock markets and local car dealers might be driving up the indices for shares and certificates of
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      Lock icon Let’s help every Singaporean to move up
      1666 17 Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Minister for Manpower, made a speech last Tuesday at the Singapore Business Awards 2012, calling on companies to inculcate greater inclusiveness in their operations. We provide an edited excerpt below: WE ARE seeing
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        Lock icon Lies, more lies and damned by lies
        1001 18  -  BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN NEW YORK TIMES THE historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote a brutally clear-eyed piece in The National Review, looking back at America’s different approaches to Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan and how, sadly, none of them
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        Lock icon In-depth study of the deep sea
        875 18  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. MOST people live and work on land. Some journey by air, or go out to sea. But all return to the land.
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        Lock icon Bo Xilai’s three grave errors
        744 18  -  BY Ching Cheong SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com THE terse Xinhua dispatch announcing Mr Bo Xilai’s summary sacking as Chongqing party boss earlier this month did not provide any reason for his removal. Ranking provincial and ministry officials were subsequently told that he had committed three grave
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        Lock icon Keep green spaces in mind
        277 19  -  Edwin Lim WITH the need to house a burgeoning population, many green spaces in existing housing estates have, in recent times, given way to private and public housing developments. This creates a more congested urban living environment where existing amenities are not simultaneously expanded to
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      433 7  -  BY MAY CHEN Additional reporting by Sanjay Nair A CONSORTIUM based in Singapore has become the fifth group to put in a bid to take over Scottish football club Rangers. Administrators of the Glasgow giants, which entered administration last month following tax disputes, yesterday confirmed
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        93 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league on Saturday, surpassing former record-holder Ferenc Puskas with a brace in the 5-1 thrashing of Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
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      395 13  - Old hands young talent united in Spirit reviewconcert DAUNTLESS SPIRIT Singapore Chinese Orchestra Youth Orchestra Singapore Conference Hall Last Saturday chang tou liang If one thought that Chinese instrumental music appealed mostly to the older generation, this concert is proof to the contrary. There exists a vast pool of young
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      641 14 Associated Press Islamabad Pakistan is better known for bombs than bombshells, militant compounds than opulent estates. A few enterprising Pakistanis hope to alter that perception with the launch of a local version of the well-known celebrity magazine Hello!. They plan to profile Pakistan’s rich and
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        396 16 Hong Kong A randy producer’s wife divorces him after attending a movie premiere with him and finding out that the film brings up his fling with an actress. This is a true story shared by the male protagonist, entertainment billionaire Albert Yeung, 68, in an interview with
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        146 16 Reuters Las Vegas Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has, in his own words, behaved like a “Neanderthal” for much of his life. But next month, he hopes to become a “controlled artist, a disciplined artist” when he takes to a Las Vegas stage
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          48 16 Aretha Franklin is reuniting with one of her mentors, music mogul Clive Davis, for a new album. At her swanky 70th birthday party last Saturday, she said she and Davis, who helped engineer her comeback in the 1980s, would be working on new music.
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      550 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 41 of 2012/Q IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) And IN THE MATTER OF PRIMUS VENTURES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (RC No. *****5457K) Between 1. LEETHENGKIAT (NRIC No. S*****27F) 2. LIM MEI YING VERONICA (NRIC
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      724 11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWU Originating Summons No. 39 of 2012/V In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the Matter of AVGO ASIA PTE LTD (RC No. *****0335Z) Between THE HONG KONG DELIVERY COMPANY LTD (Hong Kong Company) (Reg No. *****172)
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      1290 11 ASCOTT RESIDENCE TRUST (Constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 19 January 2006 (as amended, varied or supplemented from time to time)) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the unitholders (the “Unitholders”) of Ascott Residence
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      340 12 Positions for Project Jurong Island: 1) Site Manager B.Sc Civil Engineering 10 yrs relevant experience 2)Quantity Surveyor 3)QA/QC Diploma Holder 4 yrs experience in construction industry 4)Site Engineer B.Sc Civil Engineering 5-6 yrs experience in Civil Engineering 5) Site Supervisor Building Trade Cert. 5-15 yrs experience in Civil Engineering 6)
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      154 12 Asia’s Leading Luxury Furniture Company requires 1) SALES EXECUTIVES 2) ADMIN ASSISTANT Attractivebasicsalary&commissionpackage Basicexperiencesandinterestedinfurniture(Forposition1only) Basiccomputerknowledge AbletocommunicatewithEnglishandMandarinspeakingclients Abletoworkonweekend&preferablyabletostartworkASAP Workinglocation:UpperBukitTimah SingaporeansorPRspreferred Interestedapplicants,pleasecontact StephyorWinnieat*****333 We are expanding! Looking for more... Sales Designer (income approx $30K pa) Strong interest in sales Motivated, positive independent Good communication skill Eloquent able to handle Chinese-speaking clients Good
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      82 12 A well established largest floor mat company has immediate vacancy for the following position. SALES EXECUTIVE Requisite: Preferably with 1 year experience in sales ind Dynamic, motivated and hardworking Own vehicle S’porean PR Preferred Interested applicant, pls email detailed resume CV nico_chew@ princeston.com.sg Out-door Sales Promoters *Basic salary commission +target
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      377 12 Paper Distributor requires SALES EXECUTIVE •Basic allowance commission •Class 3 licence with own vehicle •Self driven results orientated •5 days work week Send resume to: scanpap@singnet.com.sg Optical Shop requires 1) Optometrist 2) Optician 3) Sales Asst With/without experience Bilingual, male/ female Can work independently S’porean/M’sian welcome Interested, call 6454 7515
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      368 13 RECEPTIONIST-CASHIERS REQUIRED Jantzen Salon. S’pore/PR. Training provided. Call: Choa Chu Kang (Lot1) *****820; Woodlands Causeway Point *****802 An Int’l Organisation located at Shenton Way TELEMARKETERS ÇHandle English and Mandarin speaking clients ÇSelf-motivated/ Energetic ÇPositive working attitude Ç5 day work week. Ç$1700 High Commission Monthly Incentive Singaporeans only 6223 5384 Urgently
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      434 13 TIRED OF C.S.?!TIRED of the customer service? Time for a change! Sales Execs Wanted! Events for Telco. FULL Training provided. Great Incentives! Min. ’O’ level above. S’poreans/ PRs only. SMS *****374. TELEMARKETER DIRECT Marketer needed. No experience will be considered. Walk in interview: No. 3 Woodlands Ind Park E1, #05-04.
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      526 13 a “hotel-style” service apartment invitesa service apartment invits qualified qualified candidates for the followingcandidates for the following positions: positions: candidates for the following positions: 1. Guest Services Assistant (Front Office) 2. Junior Sous Chef (Experience in local cuisines) 3. Leading Cook 4. Cafe Supervisor 5. Senior Security/Concierge Officer 6. Security/Concierge
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      490 13 Admin Asst General Clerk *Basic computer knowledge *Speak English *Work: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm *Paya Lebar MRT *S’porean/ PR/ M’sian Pls Call 6312-1213 ADMIN CLERKS 5½-days work week Good in Mircosoft, able to work independently Bilingual (able to handle English Chinese speaking clients) Walk in 57 Joo Koon Circle *****530 Fax *****534
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      351 13 ADMIN ASSTS REQUIRED. Min ’O’ level. PC literate. Local/ PR. Please Email CV: recst12@yahoo.com.sg ADMIN CLERK NEEDED by Car Traders. Car provided. Good income $1.3K-$2K. Interview call *****630 ADMIN CLERK REQUIRED admin work knowledge of Quickbook software. Pls call *****717 Monica **MKTG EXEC. BILINGUAL T Payoh. 5-day. 9182-6871 Email bncy333@gmail.com
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      664 13 We are an ISO9001, ISO*****, OHSAS*****, bizSAFE Star, People Developer and Singapore Quality Class certified leading mechanical engineering service provider. OPERATORS To operate and maintain a government water plant at the eastern part of Singapore. Work will be an 8 hours rotational shift. Possess NTC or equivalent. Interested applicants please
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      493 13 General Production/ Operators General Production/ Operators [Sunshine (A division of Auric Pacific Food Industries Pte Ltd) We have immediate vacancies for: BAKER •1-2 years’ of baking experience preferred PRODUCTION OPERATOR Experience in bakery/food manufacturing preferred Only Singaporeans/SPRs/Malaysians with SPM will be considered. WALK-IN INTERVIEW Mon Fri (9 am -12 noon;
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      417 13 WOODLANDS FTY REQUIRES Operators. 8am-8pm $62/ 8pm-8am $71. Daily cash payment. S’porean/ PR. *****188 T L (00C3641) JURONG S’POREAN/ M’SIAN Rotate shifts gross $1.2K 5-day Lots of OT. *****688 9680-2555 Vision, Lic: 02C5351) CHANGI/ HOUGANG: NORMAL $45, 1st $46. 2nd $51, 3rd $54. Start immed 6347-7688 *****292 (Vision, Lic: 02C5351)
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      335 14 TUAS HARDWARE SHOP requires S’porean/ M’sian Store Keeper Cum Driver. Stay west area. Class 3 lic. Immed. Call: *****919 WAREHOUSE AT CLEMENTI need Warehouse Asst with forklift licence. 5 days/ week. Contracts welcome 9023-7408 No agts pls. 4X STORE ASST. No expere ince. Fit. Liase with Chinese speaking clients. Local
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      394 14 Security A AETDS Security Security Your Career Your Future Secure it with AETOS Hotline; 1800-5646-273 (Mon Fri 9am 6pm) E-mail: recruit@aetos.com.sg AETOS Auxiliary Police Officer Earn up to $2,800* monthly Joining Bonus Service Bonus up to $8yOOO* (Singaporean Only) Requirements: Benefits: GCE ‘N’ Level/NITEC/3 SPM PES A or B Singaporeans/Malaysians
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      158 14 SECURITY OFFICERS “WORK NEAR YOUR HOME” Up to $1600 /month •Weekly Advance Pay •Weekly Off •Annual Leave Free Training Provided* WEEKENDS GUARDS $65/dayRELIEF OFFICERS (6 days/wk) up to 1700 RELIEF SUPERVISOR (6 days/wk) up to $1900 Call: 6748 4233 9839 3718 Walk-in Interview Geylang Road Lorong 39 Join-In Bonus $1000
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      467 14 Grade A SECURITY Joining Bonus $2,000 OPERATIONS OFFICER NEEDED★ ADMIN OFFICER NEEDED★ School guards needed at Hougang, Edgedale Plains and Marymount area. Security Supervisors •Gross up to $2,250 Security Officers •Gross up to $1,750 4 and 5 Days Work Week •Gross up to $1,500 IMMEDIATE VACANCIES Tai Seng, Sembawang, Bishan,
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      420 14 $1700 PERM NIGHT/ $65 Day Relief Security Officer. Orchard Cathay Cineleisure. Pls call 9386-8075 $2K DAY SHIFT Snr Officer required Sentosa/ Scotts Rd/ River Valley. Call 96 352 352 Kent $1.9K-$2K SECURITY OFFICER Required Sentosa/ Orchard various location. call Rusli 82 999 555 PAY AFTER WORK. Condo Guards Loyang. #25-03
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      562 14 FULL-TIME CLEANERS 1) School Taman Jurong Monday-Friday, 9am-6pm. Saturday 9am-1pm. 2) Office Jurong Port Rd Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Saturday 8am-12pm. Salary $1000 Physically fit with experience S’porean/ PR welcome Please call *****451 SPECIAL BONUS PACKAGE for ’’Cleaners’’ at Sentosa (Fit to work). Students are welcome. Call 6577 6096 *****280 *****422 *****644
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      322 14 Non-halal chilled meat co requires VANSALES REPRESENTATIVE 2 years’relevant experience Class 3 driving license/chill truck Please call to: Toh Li Food Products Pte Ltd 10 Senoko South Road.Tel: 6758 7874 (Pls take bus no. 169 856 to our office) FULL-TIME DESPATCH RIDER needed with own bike. S’porean/ PR only Earn
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