The Straits Times, 10 April 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • INSIDE 78 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • 58 1 EARNINGS of taxi drivers have gone up by up to 30 per cent after a fare revision was rolled out last December. Cabbies say passengers, who initially shunned taking taxis, have since accepted the fare increase. But industry observers caution the gains will be eroded if operating
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    • 72 1 THE Malaysian government yesterday tabled an amendment to a 40-year-old law in Parliament, which would free up political space for university students. An amended University and University Colleges Act, one of a series of political reforms promised by Prime Minister Najib Razak, will allow students
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    • 56 1 A LARGE study in Singapore has revealed some startling results: Asian women do not face the same risk of getting breast cancer as women in the West. The risk level rises if they have a close relative with this type of cancer, but falls if they
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    • 55 1 ACEHNESE will get a new governor after former rebel leader Zaini Abdullah (right), 71, garnered 56 per cent of the votes in the justconcluded elections. His main opponent, 51-year-old incumbent Irwandi Yusuf, got 29 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results announced yesterday. L
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  • 674 1  -  One key focus will be to spot defects sooner, says Lui Tuck Yew BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg THE maintenance regimes of the ageing MRT lines need to be tightened, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday. For a start, the Land Transport
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  • 479 1  -  BY MELISSA TAN A LEADING economics professor has called for a radical shake-up of pay that would involve huge raises for low-in-come earners and salary freezes at the top. Professor Lim Chong Yah told an economics gathering yesterday that his three-year restructuring proposal would
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 63 2 WE SAY Education policy makers were right to invest vigorously and set the bar high in developing the Institute of Technical Education, which marked its 20th year last week. As an intermediate pillar of the skills economy, it contributes to the right mix of skills
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      • 52 2 COLUMNS While globalisation and open markets have certainly benefited small countries over the last few decades, David Skilling says it is the quality of government that has shaped the extent to which they have reaped the benefits and managed the risks of this process. L REVIEW
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      • 59 2 At any contested Masters, says Rohit Brijnath, The Shot is inevitable, one decisive stroke of effrontery, luck, courage, and desperation, whose only guarantee is the divot it makes in a rival’s heart. And this time it was the turn of Bubba Watson, a lumberjack lookalike with the
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      • 59 2 OUR READER SAYS The Yale-NUS College is a forwardlooking venture to broaden the horizons of curious minds on both sides of the Pacific, says Toh Cheng Seong, so it is ironic that some of Yale’s liberal minds are quick to invoke moral superiority and suppress ideals that
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    • 829 2  -  Reforming political funding instrumental in bid to curb corruption BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg UMNO veteran and former minister Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir resigned from the party last month after 56 years. His reason: He could no longer tolerate the practice
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  • prime.news
    • 644 3  -  Drivers’ takings up by as much as 30% since December, say operators BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg CABBIES’ earnings have risen by up to 30 per cent since a fare revision last December, which had initially dampened passenger numbers. ComfortDelGro, the biggest operator
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    • 757 4  -  Chief censor’s portfolio split for first time; Amy Chua to remain at MDA BY BOON CHAN MEDIA CORRESPONDENT bchan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has a new chief censor or chief classifier, as the authorities prefer to call it. Ms Chetra Sinnathamby, 45, has taken over from
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    • 744 6  -  Economics prof says income gap approaching dangerous levels BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg ONE of the architects of an economic restructuring exercise that overhauled Singapore’s wage system in the late 1970s said yesterday that the country now “needs shock therapy to wake up its
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    • 722 6  -  BY MAGDALEN NG THE proposal to increase pay for the lowest income workers over three years while freezing salaries for top earners was deemed impractical and “economic suicide” yesterday. Economists maintain that the plan would be nearly impossible to implement while possibly resulting in unintended but
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    • 510 6 LONDON: A British scientist may have fathered 600 children after making donations to a fertility clinic he and his wife set up in the 1940s, British media reports said. Biologist Bertold Wiesner ran the controversial clinic with his wife Mary Barton until
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    • 803 10  -  Tharman’s comments re-ignite island’s foreign talent debate BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: A longstanding debate on Taiwan’s immigration policies has resurfaced following a speech by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in which he cited Taiwan as a cautionary tale to highlight
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    • 779 12  -  Doctor’s victory on ticket of party which holds most assembly seats set to improve stability BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg BANDA ACEH: Aceh will get a new governor after former rebel leader Zaini Abdullah, 71, garnered 56 per cent of the votes
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  • prime.parliament
    • 581 7  -  All drivers must be properly qualified: Lui BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to bus safety, what matters is that drivers whether local or foreign are properly trained and qualified. That was the response of Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew after
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    • 409 7  -  GOH CHIN LIAN MALAYSIA has informed the Singapore Government that it has yet to decide whether to introduce toll charges for the new Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) in Johor Baru, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday. Mr Lui gave the House
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    • 867 8  -  Discomfort and habit cited as reasons for not doing so, despite dangers BY ROYSTON SIM, AMELIA TAN HUI FANG, PETER WONG roysim@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg petewong@sph.com.sg SOME drivers and passengers still persist in not wearing seat belts, despite the very real possibility that they could be
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    • 860 9 WORKING is a regular newsletter by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). In this issue, we discuss the re-employment of older employees. Building a globally competitive workforce and a great workplace are MOM's business outcomes in its vision to develop A Great Workforce; A Great Workplace for Singapore. Continuing A Time-Tested
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  • WORLD.
    • 724 13  -  Call to end India-Pakistan conflict grows even as hopes for survivors fade BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: The argument for ending the India-Pakistan conflict over a glacier in the Kashmir Himalayas gathered momentum even as hopes faded yesterday over the survival
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    • 84 13 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L US Mega Millions “winner” says she misplaced ticket L Invisible Children releases Kony video follow-up L New photo of serial killer Charles Manson released More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO
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    • world.regional
      • 751 14  -  University students will soon be allowed to join political parties BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The government yesterday made a long-awaited move to free up political space for university students, tabling in Parliament an
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      • 98 14 Finishing touches being added to the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the installation of the country’s new king Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah for the second time tomorrow. The Sultan of Kedah, who in 1970 was proclaimed the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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      • 551 15 British PM to meet her and Thein Sein on Friday REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG YANGON: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in Parliament for the first time on April 23, following her historic election victory earlier this
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      • 229 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA SHANGHAI: China has set up a rare-earth industry group, the government said yesterday, in a bid to streamline the sprawling sector and fend off complaints about Beijing’s seemingly monopolistic control. The United States, European Union and Japan last month
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      • 88 15 Thai soldiers in traditional uniforms pulling a royal chariot carrying the remains of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi during a royal cremation ceremony in Bangkok yesterday. Princess Bejaratana, the first cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died of a blood infection in July last year at the age of
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      • 697 16 Young liberals can upset ruling conservatives’ chances in polls tomorrow REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and the power of social media, could spring a surprise win in tomorrow’s parliamentary elections, despite opinion polls that show it tied with
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      • 483 16 SEOUL: South Korea’s police chief resigned yesterday following public fury at a bungled case in which a woman was killed and dismembered despite her frantic call to police for help. National Police Agency chief Cho Hyun Oh said he
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    • world.international
      • 479 17 US federal funding gap leaves employers unable to find staff NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: With the economy slowly reviving, an executive from Atlas Van Lines recently visited Louisville, Kentucky, with good news: The company wanted to hire more than 100 truck drivers ahead of the
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      • 314 17 MOSCOW: A row involving some of Russia’s biggest film stars tarnished a glitzy awards ceremony after the presenter accused a popular actress of making an election video for Mr Vladimir Putin to protect her charitable fund. The dispute erupted late on Sunday at the
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      • 459 17 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Michigan State University president Lou Anna Simon contacted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in late 2009 with an urgent question. The school’s campus in Dubai needed a bailout, and an unlikely saviour had stepped forward: a Dubai-based company that offered
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    • world.money
      • IN BRIEF
        • 76 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China’s inflation rate edged up last month, driven by rising food costs, official data showed yesterday. But analysts said there was still scope for Beijing to stimulate the slowing economy. The consumer price index rose to 3.6 per cent last
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        • 95 18 REUTERS TOKYO: Sony is cutting 10,000 jobs, about 6 per cent of its global workforce, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday, as new chief executive Kazuo Hirai looks to steer the electronics giant back to profit after four years in the red. Sony said last month
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        • 71 18 REUTERS NEW YORK: AOL said it would sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft and grant the software giant a non-exclusive licence to patents it retains for slightly over US$1 billion (S$1.26 billion) in cash. AOL will continue to hold more than 300
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      • 578 18 No response to calls to end discrimination against women in club BLOOMBERG AUGUSTA (Georgia): Corporate executives connected with Augusta National Golf Club ducked the issue of its all-male membership throughout the four-day Masters Tournament that concluded on Sunday. Their silence persisted even after President
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      • 301 18 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA: DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, must sell shares of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia back to the public if it owns more than 80 per cent of the lender after a takeover, according to the Indonesian bourse. DBS offered to
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 81 19 SINGAPORE’S Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean will visit the United States on a four-day trip starting today, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Mr Teo will meet US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Attorney-General Eric Holder, as well as other
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        • 89 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANAND (India): An Indian court yesterday convicted 23 people over the massacre of nearly two dozen Muslims during religious rioting in Gujarat state in 2002 that left more than 2,000 dead. Hindu mobs seeking revenge rampaged through Muslim neighbourhoods in several cities across Gujarat during
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        • 80 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: A Taiwanese husband led an assault on a Facebook user who had flirted with his wife online, beating him to death with baseball bats. Chou You-huang, a 34-year-old resident of south Taiwan’s Pingtung county, told police he had requested a meeting with 40-year-old
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        • 79 19 KUALA LUMPUR: The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) threatened yesterday to expose a scandal that could bring down top state and federal officials in a RM400 million (S$164 million) timber graft scandal. It issued a one-week deadline to the government to haul up those responsible or face
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        • 90 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KILIS (Turkey): The conflict in Syria spilled across two borders yesterday, killing a cameraman in Lebanon and wounding at least five people at a refugee camp in Turkey as gunfire flew across the tense frontiers. The violence came as a peace plan brokered by
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        • 97 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Turkey’s Prime Minister oversaw the signing of two nuclear agreements with China yesterday on a trip to the Asian nation that also saw him make an unprecedented stop in ethnically tense Xinjiang. Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first official trip to China by a
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      • 75 19 A soldier standing guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, north-west of Pyongyang, during a guided media tour on Sunday by North Korean authorities. North Korea has readied a rocket for launch from a
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      • 298 19 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: Ever wanted to be protected by your own personal policeman? Well now that wish can come true for a modest fee of ¤30 (S$50) an hour. As cash-strapped Greece struggles to find new ways of raising revenues, the authorities have deemed
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 395 20 THE high worth of vocational and technical education has been validated many times by employers, who know best the needs of industry. Hence, education policymakers were right to invest vigorously and set the bar high in developing the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) which marked
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    • 1689 20  -  Thirty years after Singapore’s major wage restructuring, eminent economics professor Lim Chong Yah calls for Economic Restructuring Round 2: a pay hike for the low-income and a pay freeze at the top for three years. Lim Chong Yah SINGAPORE went through a formal
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    • review.
      • 1269 21  -  INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS BY PANKAJ MISHRA The writer is a novelist and essayist based in London and Mashobra, India. The Bloomberg View columnist’s new book, From The Ruins Of Empire: The Revolt Against The West And The Remaking Of Asia, will be published in August. BLOOMBERG RECENTLY
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      • 971 21  - Government the secret sauce of small country success BY DAVID SKILLING FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is director at Landfall Strategy Group, a Singapore-based government advisory firm. This is a monthly column on issues faced by small countries in a global world. SMALL advanced economies developed countries with populations
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    • forum.
      • 297 22  -  Toh Cheng Seong IT IS startling to discover how a few bright sparks from Yale University have missed the wood for the trees (“Yale to proceed with NUS college tie-up”; last Saturday). The Yale-National University of Singapore College aims to pioneer a
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      • Penalty for this high-risk work? A written warning
        • 224 22  -  Dorothy Cheung (Ms) Public Relations Manager Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council WE THANK Mr Cheong Tiong Hua for his feedback (“High risk: Maids not the only ones”; last Wednesday). Toh Yi estate is currently undergoing a repair and redecoration programme. The contract
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        • 157 22  -  Farah Abdul Rahim (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower WE THANK Mr Cheong Tiong Hua (“High risk: Maids not the only ones”; last Wednesday) for his civic-mindedness in reporting the incident (left picture). The Ministry of Manpower’s occupational safety and health inspectors
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      • 217 22  -  Chang Yue Chang ESTATE management committees play it safe unnecessarily (“Frequent fogging and insecticide concerns in mosquito control” by Dr Ong Siew Chey, March 20; “Fogging used sparingly, safety procedures in place: Association” by the Singapore Pest Management Association, March 27;
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      • 133 22 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS LIM LAY SAN: Don’t let guard down or cry wolf about child kidnapping 2 MADAM RACHEL LAI: Ripple effect of raising blue-collar workers’ pay 3 MRS SIM KIM YANG: Worried by recurrence of mosquito bites in preschool 4 MR GILBERT GOH: Pedestrian-first
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      • 216 22  -  Loh Cheng Mun (Madam) FIVE years ago, my husband and I and our two sons returned to live in the home of my parents in-law after they died. The flat is in a convenient location. Wet markets, supermarkets and a
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      • 62 22 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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    • 837 1  -  Major local study shows using Western model overestimates risk here BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A LARGE local study here spanning more than a decade has revealed some startling results: Asian women do not face the same risk of getting breast cancer
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    • 95 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L OpenNet starts legal action against Government L Gardens by the Bay entry fees lower for residents L Spat over dog poo: Veteran TV actor fined $3,000 More Forum letters online at
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    • 551 2  -  A series of interconnected risks can bring down a whole system: DPM Teo BY BRYNA SIM byrnasim@sph.com.sg THE global risk landscape today is highly complex and will be increasingly so in the future, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday. Instead of a
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    • 487 2  -  SARA PUA AVID travellers take note: There will be an opportunity for seven long weekends next year, with just two days of leave. Five out of the 11 public holidays fall on Friday or Sunday, allowing for five long weekends. Plan ahead by
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    • 407 3  -  BY GRACE CHUA BRYNA SIM THE schoolboy tripped while dashing across a pedestrian crossing. But before he was able to pick himself up, an SMRT bus hit him. Nine-year-old Muhd Rafyuddean, a Primary 4 pupil of Greenwood Primary School,
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    • 730 3  -  Such content caters to the elderly, say MPs, clans after decision by Rediffusion to close BY IRENE THAM itham@sph.com.sg A DAY after iconic radio service Rediffusion announced its decision to sign off, listeners, clan associations and even MPs are calling for dialect programming to
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    • 322 3  -  BY Felicia Choo MRS Suzy Egan has become a master of various dialects and Mandarin all because of Rediffusion. The Chinese-Singaporean housewife, who can speak Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hainanese and Hakka, fondly recalls her childhood days spent around the box. “It was always
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    • 261 3 SCHOOL transport workers who are part of the national school transport association will now get benefits such as discounts and insurance coverage under a new agreement with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The agreement was signed yesterday by
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      • 537 4  -  8 MPs call for more to be done to make firms more energy-efficient BY FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg A BILL to make energy-guzzling companies more accountable drew a lively debate in Parliament yesterday, with no fewer than eight MPs rising to ask for more to be
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      • 532 4  -  FENG ZENGKUN LAWS have been tightened to regulate the quality of used water entering Singapore’s drainage system, as part of moves to reduce pollution and protect the country’s water supply. Under a pair of Bills passed by Parliament yesterday, regulations have been tightened and
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      • 478 4  -  BY LEONARD LIM STUDENTS and their parents need to figure out which learning style suits them best, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Sim Ann said. “Is it one that is more self-directed or independent? Or would it be one that
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      • THE SITTING IN 2 MINUTES
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          52 4 Normal business resumed in the House yesterday, as Parliament convened for its first session since passing the Budget last month. During the one-day sitting, MPs posed questions on a range of issues, from transport and housing to business and education, and the House also approved several Bills.
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        • 119 4 What appeared to be a straightforward Bill aimed at making energy-guzzling firms more accountable sparked a long and somewhat unexpected exchange, with eight MPs taking turns to discuss the Energy Conservation Bill. Many of them wanted the Bill to cover more scope and be given more teeth, but
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        • 66 4 While the House did not manage to cover all the 67 oral questions tabled for yesterday’s sitting, it did go through a number that covered a wide range of issues. On housing, for example, MPs asked about lift upgrading programmes, HDB rentals and bomb shelters, while
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        • 100 4 An MP’s question about student figures for the Integrated Programme (IP) sparked a debate on whether the “through train” concept should be expanded to take in more students, a move many parents support. Senior Parliamentary Secretary of Education Sim Ann said, however, that students and parents
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        • 111 4 The issue of rising rentals for industrial land faced by SMEs, which featured prominently during the Budget debate, came up again after Nominated MP Teo Siong Seng queried the Trade and Industry Ministry on JTC Corp’s divestment of industrial property. In his response, Minister Lim Hng Kiang gave
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        • 73 4 Several concerns were raised over public bus services, especially in the light of recent accidents and a government plan to put more buses onto the roads. Some MPs worried about competition for bus drivers, and the possible impact on safety if more foreigners were hired. The
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        • 102 4 What is a “major” disruption on the MRT? Anything that goes beyond 30 minutes, answered Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew, as he outlined what the authorities would do to minimise breakdowns on the train network following a series of high-profile disruptions. MPs yesterday called for more to be
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      • 480 5  -  Govt considering move in effort to moderate rents for SMEs BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg THE Government is considering selling its smaller flatted factories via trade sales, which means it will sell individual buildings to business owners or a collective body of companies.
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      • 458 5  -  JESSICA CHEAM SINGAPORE’S persistent inflation poses a complex challenge for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), as the country’s open economy makes it vulnerable to prices of goods from abroad and money inflows that raise house prices, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng
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      • 1001 5  -  FROM THE GALLERY BY CHUA LEE HOONG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR THERE was something deeply ironical in the juxtaposition of the first and second questions asked in Parliament yesterday. Mr Baey Yam Keng (Tampines GRC) wanted to know how procurement guidelines ensure that neither
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      • PARLIAMENT SHORTS
        • 223 5 PARLIAMENT yesterday approved a motion to raise the Government’s borrowing limit from $320 billion to $490 billion yesterday. Explaining the need for the increase, Minister of State for Finance Josephine Teo said the Government is close to reaching its current ceiling of $320
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        • 108 5 TWO out of three government contracts valued below $100,000 go to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). And one in around five government contracts is won by SMEs with net tangible assets of less than $250,00 0. Minister of State for Finance Josephine
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        • 169 5 THE Housing Board is looking to shorten the time taken for lift upgrading at its estates, said Minister of State for National Development Lee Yi Shyan yesterday. This will be done “without compromising quality and safety”, he added. HDB will also study whether
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        • 123 5 SINCE 2003, only three families have been evicted from their HDB rental flats, said Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development. HDB tries its hardest to help families that are unable to pay their rent, including giving financial
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        • 119 5 THE Government has monitoring systems in place to ensure that the food and water coming to Singapore is safe. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan gave this written reply to a question from Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Nee Soon GRC)
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      • 508 6  -  Tharman gives clear idea of benefits to the low-income BY PHUA MEI PIN mpphua@sph.com.sg TO GET back nearly five dollars in government benefits for every one dollar paid in taxes over a lifetime, a person should be part of a four-member
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      • 189 6  -  LEONARD LIM SINGAPORE’S drive to be an international arbitration centre received a boost yesterday, with the passing of four main amendments to the International Arbitration Act. These will: L broaden the definition of an arbitration agreement; L provide recourse against negative jurisdictional
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    • 519 7  -  Move is to assess response to emergencies and standardise how medical assistance is given BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) wants to standardise the way assistance is given to a soldier in a medical emergency such as breathing difficulties or
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    • 80 7 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will be conducting an operational exercise at Toa Payoh Hub tomorrow. The exercise will begin at 2am and end at about 4am. Around 160 personnel and about 25 SCDF emergency and supporting vehicles will be involved. The
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    • 615 8  -  Designers’ society reportedly says sorry for not knowing outfit is for religious purposes BY LEE XIN EN xinen@sph.com.sg JUST one week after an events company riled Catholics here by advertising a party with posters of women in nun costumes, another organisation
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    • 434 8  -  BY JENNANI DURAI THE wall surrounding the compound of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd was defaced during the Easter weekend. A single word possibly “Grow!” or “Growl” was spray-painted in black across the white wall near the front of the church facing Bras
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    • 377 9  -  Businessman head-butted policeman after being arrested BY ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A BUSINESSMAN who drank alcohol and fell asleep in his parked car became violent after a policeman woke him up and arrested him for drink driving. When he was inside the police car, Auric
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    • 379 9  -  PETER WONG AT FIRST, neighbours thought the foul smell came from a rubbish chute. But when the stench worsened, they pinpointed it as coming from a specific flat, and the Jurong Town Council was informed. The decomposing body of
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    • 292 9 THE body of an unidentified man was found in Sungai Serangoon yesterday. It was floating about 4m from the riverbank, near Block 119 in Rivervale Drive. Police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted at around 10.20am. Paramedics who retrieved the
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  • SPORT.
    • 761 10 While Young’s penalty is controversial, United’s huge lead is deserved THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Patrick Vieira will have been self-combusting. The Manchester City executive complained last month that Manchester United receive preferential treatment from referees at Old Trafford and nothing he witnessed on Sunday will have
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    • 474 10  -  EYEONEPL BY ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg STUPID that is the only word to describe Mario Balotelli’s behaviour. Once again, the Italian has made headlines for all the wrong reasons and it comes as no surprise that manager Roberto Mancini has hinted that Sunday’s defeat at Arsenal
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    • 88 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Manchester City’s Balotelli escapes unhurt from car crash L Barcelona not invincible, says Kalou L Muamba walking again, says Bolton manager Coyle Get your free breaking news from ST iPad and
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    • 352 10 LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could barely contain his delight at effectively ending Manchester City’s Premier League title challenge on Sunday. Ever since owner Sheikh Mansour first turned City into the richest club in world football, Arsenal have suffered the most. City built their success on
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    • 733 11  -  BY FABIUS CHEN FIRST was Akon, then Neymar; tonight, Khairul Nizam has promised to improvise his own dance if he finds the net against Perak at the Jalan Besar Stadium. With top scorer and captain Shahril Ishak out with a swollen left ankle, the
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    • 776 11 Newcastle catch Spurs in battle for Champions League AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Newcastle moved level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham as the battle for Champions League qualification from the English Premier League intensified yesterday. The Magpies’ 2-0 win over strugglers Bolton combined with Spurs’ 1-2 loss at
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    • 345 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Stuttering Real Madrid have Barcelona breathing down their necks, after their La Liga lead was cut to just four points following Sunday’s 0-0 draw with third-placed Valencia. Now the worry is they may suffer the kind of implosion that
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    • 704 12 Watson is all emotional after nullifying a rare shot from Oosthuizen THE MASTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA (Georgia): In the end, Bubba Watson was the albatross around Louis Oosthuizen’s neck. If anyone in the entire field of the 76th Masters should have been immobilised by Oosthuizen’s almost
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    • 455 12 REUTERS AUGUSTA: One step forward, two steps back. For former world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods, the long road back to the top looks further away than ever. Just two weeks after he won his first PGA Tour event in more than 21/2
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    • 227 12 Today Basketball NBA: Milwaukee v Oklahoma (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am). Cricket IPL: Bangalore v Kolkata (6.30pm), Delhi v Chennai (10.30pm) Live, StarHub Ch231. 1st Test: West Indies v Australia, day 4 (Live, Ch235 and Ch122, 9.50pm and tomorrow, 12.40am). Football Malaysian Super League: LionsXII v Perak (Jalan
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    • 46 12 STEVE KEAN, Blackburn boss, hoping Liverpool will have one eye on Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final with Everton when the sides clash today
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    • 928 12  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg MEN have hit golf balls on the moon, but Bubba Watson suggests he could hit one to the moon. He is 1.91m and once hit a drive 427 yards, yet ironically The Shot we’ll remember from Masters
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    • 216 12 Basketball NBA New York 100 Chicago 99 (OT), New Jersey 122 Cleveland 117 (OT), Miami 98 Detroit 75, Boston 103 Philadelphia 79, Oklahoma 91 Toronto 75, San Antonio 114 Utah 104, Sacramento 87 Houston 104. Cricket 1st Test In Barbados, 3rd day at lunch: West Indies 449-9 dec (K.
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    • 747 13  -  Two pairs of siblings combine to earn their schools twin honours SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg BRIAN and Brandon See are about as different as two brothers can get. Brian, 16, supports Liverpool, but the only red-shirted team 14-year-old Brandon recognises are Manchester
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      • 78 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Formula One teams have put in place contingency plans in case the Bahrain Grand Prix is called off due to the violent unrest in the Gulf state. The race is scheduled for April 22. But hundreds of F1 engineers, mechanics and catering staff
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      • 69 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI: Bahrain “did nothing wrong” in their 10-0 win over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifier that has sparked a Fifa probe, the team’s national coach insisted yesterday. Peter Taylor, who managed England as caretaker in 2000, blamed the lopsided result in February on Indonesia
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      • 58 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia national football team coach Frank Rijkaard has been criticised by members of a council advising the country’s monarchy, after the team failed to advance in 2014 World Cup qualifying. Saudi daily Al Eqtisadia reported yesterday that members of the Shura council said his
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    • 361 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Carmelo Anthony was dancing, spinning, hopping and hollering, a star on a mission, a force unleashed. The moment suited him. The Knicks wobbled, and Anthony stabilised them. The Chicago Bulls charged, and Anthony turned them back. And when he had fired the
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    • 324 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Six days removed from surgery, an upbeat Jeremy Lin said on Sunday that he nearly had full range of motion in his left knee and was cycling and walking with ease. Basketball, however, remains some way off. The
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    • 248 11 THE STRAITS TIMES CATS RECRUIT CAREERGUIDE2012 ALL-NEW EDITION STRAITS TIMES. 2012 ALL-NEW EDITION Completely revised with extra features Hot jobs in demand Salaries Changes in the labour market Best Employers Industry overview Job profiles An essential guide to the good jobs in Singapore A Samsung Galaxy Note worth $998 Tci
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      • 509 15  -  Rise in China inflation also hits trading mood; regional bourses fall too BULLS AND BEARS JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE Singapore market fell to its lowest level in about a month yesterday after investors took fright at last Friday’s underwhelming jobs data from the
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      • 371 15  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK MOVES to ready the local market for the Asean trading link were put forward by the Singapore Exchange yesterday as part of reforms to its regulatory regime. The Asean link is slated to be up in June and
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      • 644 16  -  Prospectus states Bumitama Agri boss got MBA from defunct US varsity BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg IT WAS just one line in a prospectus running to 448 pages long, but it has raised the eyebrows of at least one sharp-eyed investor. The prospectus in
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      • 298 16  -  BY YUNITA ONG GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) has leased out 52,000 sq m at three facilities in Greater Tokyo, bringing occupancy rates for the group’s Japanese portfolio to 98.8 per cent. The latest signings also bring the facilities at Narashino City and Funabashi
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      • 577 16  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT APPLE’S new iPad 4G feature has stirred up a hornet’s nest among technology users as only those in the United States have compatible networks. That means iPad buyers in Singapore and places like Australia and Hong
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      • 338 16 SINGAPORE’S non-executive directors were among the highest paid in the region between 2008 and 2010, according to a report. Management consultancy Hay Group conducted a study of 200 large firms in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, and found that staff here were the second
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    • 477 17  -  CEO: Carrier’s stake in Mandala not a problem as market is big enough BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE boss of Garuda Indonesia said he does not have a problem with Singapore’s Tiger Airways operating in the Indonesian national carrier’s backyard. Competition is
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    • 321 17  -  BY LO YEE A PROGRAMME to teach young adults the finer points of finance and money management will be rolled out early next year by Citi Singapore and the Singapore Management University (SMU). Citi has pledged $278,000 towards the programme in its first
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    • 681 18 MAS seeks court order to stop any withdrawals from Singapore account BLOOMBERG THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking a court order to freeze the funds of Mr Huang Zhong Xuan, the former chief executive officer of China Sky Chemical Fibre
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    • 333 18  -  BY GAN YU JIA FAR East Organization’s Hillsta project in Choa Chu Kang has sold 109 out of the 193 units released at last Thursday’s launch. About 90 per cent of the buyers of the Japanese-inspired development, which combines condominium, Soho (small
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    • 365 18  -  BY LENNARD ONG A FREEHOLD condominium right next to the Istana is up for collective sale at an asking price nearly $200 million under the level the owners aimed for in 2007. Back then, the Cavenagh Gardens owners asked for $650 million but
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    • 650 19  -  Local firms to develop Japanese research into marketable products BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE government agency has signed a deal with scientists and engineers on the Japanese island of Hokkaido that is aimed at turning their tech-based ideas into commercial products. Local
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    • 693 19  -  GRACE CHNG THE mission was simple: Help local technology companies globalise by using Singapore’s 30 years of experience developing e-government systems. Since it was set up in early 2009, the Infocomm Development Authority-Inter-national (IDA-I) has helped Bahrain develop a business registration
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    • 283 1 Grammy winner’s ambition Titanic memorial Descendants of victims retrace tragic journey Still on fire The Hunger Games dominates box office Jazz singer wants a bigger band C10 C8 C14 A great looking building is good, but what the new Terminal 4 at Changi Airport will have inside counts for more,
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        • 60 2 Give your mum a treat for Mother’s Day to Bali with CheapTickets.sg’s promotional return airfare of $236 on selected airlines including AirAsia, Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines. Book by April 30 and travel from May 11 to 14. To book, visit CheapTickets.sg The charms
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        • 85 2 Insight Vacations is offering last-minute discounts of up to 15 per cent for selected Europe and North America land tour packages with departure dates from April 22 to June 24. Itineraries include the nineday Glorious Switzerland tour departing on May 12 for US$3,090 (S$3,895, usual
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        • 65 2 Get a free pair of tickets to the Singapore Flyer (right) with The Quincy Hotel’s Qool Flyer Weekend Package. Priced from $368 a night for a studio room, the rate includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening cocktails. A two-night minimum stay applies. Terms
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        • 96 2 If you are visiting Bangkok for the Songkran festival starting tomorrow to Monday, The Ambassador Hotel Bangkok located at business district Sukhumvit Road is offering a Songkran summer package in which room rates start from 1,899 baht (S$77) a night for a superior room. It includes breakfast
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        • 106 2  -  Huang Huifen The Far East Hospitality group is offering an iSavers rate plan ideal for business travellers or those hosting foreign clients or delegates, where the deluxe room rate includes unlimited Internet access. The plan is available at eight hotels including Orchard Parade Hotel
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      • 531 4 Fitted with features such as reading lights, the Taxis Of Tomorrow will hit the road next year New York Times Bloomberg New York It is not just the surprisingly pleasant new-car smell that differentiates New York City’s new Taxi Of Tomorrow from its taxi of yesterday,
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        • 770 9  -  Perak packs plenty of good local food, natural attractions and fun besides the restful retreat in a town for those who want a quiet getaway by philip lee ONCE a tin-rich state in northern peninsular Malaysia, Perak has never been a holiday destination for me. But
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      • 659 8 A cruise ship sets sail to retrace the route of the ill-fated liner with descendants of its victims Agence France-Presse Southampton, England Descendants of some of the 1,500 people killed when the Titanic sank a century ago were among the passengers on a cruise ship that set
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    • 128 10 ‘I saw Leo the other day and in some ways, our dynamic is absolutely the same, but then it’s like, “Oh, but wait, we’re big fat grown-ups!”’ Claire Danes (right), 32, on the ageing of Leonardo DiCaprio, 37, her co-star in Romeo Juliet (1996) ‘Skin products
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    • 844 10  -  Last year’s Best New Artist Esperanza Spalding says she now gets more offers to perform chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg Winning the Grammy last year for Best New Artist has opened more doors for Esperanza Spalding, though not quite loosened the purse-strings for her musical ambitions. The jazz
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    • 694 11 TV interviewer Mike Wallace made 60 Minutes a must-watch for many Obituary Associated Press New York CBS newsman Mike Wallace, who died last Saturday, did not just interview people. He interrogated them. Sometimes he eviscerated them pitilessly. His weapons were many: thorough research, a cocked eyebrow, a sceptical
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    • 417 11 Bloomberg Paris/Jerusalem Google has expanded its virtual tours to more than 150 of the world’s major museums, featuring highresolution close-ups of masterworks by Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Botticelli but not the Mona Lisa. The latest additions that went online this month include the Musee d’Orsay
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    • 821 12 In celebration of the Olympics, the British capital is staging a huge arts festival to rival the sports event New York Times London Seventy Shakespeare productions from companies around the world, performed in 30 theatres all over Britain. A 10m-high puppet of Lady Godiva (wearing
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    • 239 12 L Work No. 1197: All The Bells In A Country Rung As Loudly As Possible For Three Minutes, by the Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed, will be on from 8 to 8.03am on July 27, the first day of the Olympics. The idea is to encourage
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    • 186 5 PORSCHE FOR SALE Jan 07 Cayman S Manual Jul 11 Cayman R PDK Sep 09 Boxster S PDK Jan 06 911 C4S Coupe Tip May 10 911 C2 Coupe Manual Jul 09 911 C4 Coupe PDK Aug 10 911 C4S Coupe PDK May 09 911 C2S Coupe PDK Jul 10
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    • 295 5 Vehicles 96 NISSAN CABSTAR. COE 4/2016. New paint. Well kept. High loan. *****399 09/’04 NISSAN CABSTAR Lorry hood. Good cond. $24,800. Call 6256-7600 11/’00 ISUZU NPR66LU lorry box. 7.5 ft. 1 owner. $48,800. Call 6256-7600. 7/2000 ISUZU 10 tons Metal Deck lorry+ 8 tons crane COE 6/2020.. 9732-8678 1/08 MITSUBISHI
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    • 753 6 Properties Classification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Landed Homes for Sale 402 D01 -08 City South-West 403 D09-10 Orchard/Tanglin/ Holland 404 Dll &21 Newton/BtTimah/dementi 405 D12-14 Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang 406 D15-16 East Coast 407 D17-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris 408 D19-20 Serangoon/Thomson 409 D22-24 West 410 D25-28 North 411 Mixed Districts
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    • 220 6 BERRIMA *****/ ***** SQFT, 5+1. Tropical hse, go od privacy, lush greenery. Potential for subdivde. Jo anne *****025 Newsman BUNGLW CORONATION Rd. 999 yrs. 5400/ 8000 sqft. 3 sty basement 20m pool. 6 bdrms maid’s. *****028 Shirley GCB LAND FOR rebuild. Rectangular plot, 23,000 sqft. Atmost privacy. Total greenery. $1500
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    • 261 6 MARGOLIOUTH ***** SQFT 1 sty charmer motivated/ ACS Bunglw 6500sqft rare 9-6pm RealStar *****000 EMERALD HILL CONSERVATION hse. Award winning 1500/ 4100 sqft. 4 study. Rent also. PLP 9637-9608 BT TIMAH HILLTOP New Huge 10,000/ 8,000 sqft. Lovely infinity pool. Must view! Harvest *****888 3 STOREY SEMI-D near Holland Rd.
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    • 425 6 ***BRAND NEW! 9738-1680 MRT! A Pair of Semi-D Potong Pasir F’hold 2½ sty Plot I 2334 3596 sqft Plot II 2571 3613 sqft Deferred Special Promo! ECG Landed Development F’HOLD 2-STY INTER Lichi Ave. Land approx 1700 2100 sqft. 3+granny. Aircon Patrick CSH 9223-9317 MACPHERSON 2½STYSemid. 3750 sqft 7+1. Nice
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    • 331 6 ABSOLUTELY STUNNING SEA VIEW Large Penthouse in Sentosa Cove Exclusive Residential Enclaves Berth For Luxury Boats, Experience The Spectacular Vibrant Lifestyle Private Pool With Magnificent View Of The Sea Superior Master Junior Suites Entertainer’s Delight, Ideal For Pampering Your Guests With A Stylish Party Fit For The King In This
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    • 255 6 DLV STUDIO 753 sqft. A1 decor, furn. Pool, gym, near Future Downtown line, Orchard, Top sch. Ask $1600 psf. Max *****003 YONG ANN PK 3229 sqft, Newly renovated. 4+1. High flr. Bright. River view. neg. 9636-7374 Neeta THE LADYHILL PENTHSE 5+1 3843sqft Award winning! Luxury. Greenery. Orcha rd. Fhold. *****338
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    • 204 6 RIDGEWOOD 4+1, VARIOUS units, high flr. neg. Open House. Alvin *****407 VI CAIRNHILL RES. 3+1, 1421 sqft, nice patio, face pool. Tenanted. Annie *****556 THE WILSHIRE 4 bdrm. 2315 sqft. Quiet facing/ 2960 sqft. Pool.Annie *****556 $3.5M PENTHSE. THE Sierra 2900 sqft. 4+2 mais. (947 yrs). Dollars *****969 Pre-launch-F’hold project
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    • 491 6 Properties m MAPLEWOODS LIFE STYLE? Call David 9693-2500 www.ResidentAgent.sg 2/ 1+1 BDRM Penthouse Newton. F’hold 807/ 1055/ 1184 sqft. Call 8305 6577. RES EVELYN near MRT 3+1. Unobstructed Panoramic view! 9732-7001 GK D14 Dakota Residences -Resale units just out in Mkt -4+1bdrm with huge balcony -Spectacular/unblock view -Mins walk to
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    • 407 7 PARBURY HILL CONOD, 3rm, 1453 sqft, View today 5pm, nicely reno, greenery view, quiet. Call for appt. BUNGLW IN THE air, Bedok Ct, 6200 sqft, 5+1, f/ reno, MRT/ amenities. Good potential. S.S Lee 9387 0913 MAKENA 3+1 BDRMS. 1636 sqft. Full Sea view. F’hold. High Flr. Breezy. Best Buy!
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    • 956 7 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale li I 172/3/4 bdrms penthouse 409 units: 1 to 4bdrms/ penthouse Sky pool 38th-storey > Unique/ Iconic design > WIP Preview booking now!! i ERA License I EM No: L*****82K ft A gCEA Reg No:R*****8JB Alice Bloodworth *****838
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    • 351 7 5-RM 338. HIGH flr. Corner. Unblocked pk view. Bright. Windy. 100% move-in. Mins to MRT, amenities schs. 5RM BLK 333 Sembawang Close. Corner. Simple reno. Well kept. Near amenities, Mrt. Val. Lee LG *****530 ANCHORVALE RD, 310 EA. (Design Build). 1356 sqft. 3 rm. LRT. Val $570K, COV $60K. Tom
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    • 930 7 North Houses 4RI North Houses for Rent ||if for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES i Whiteshores Cluster Homes for Lease Minutes drive to International schools Close to Punggol Marina and Town Centre Cluster bungalows with outdoor terrace and private spa 4+1/5+1 bedrooms, 5,952 to 6,039 sq ft Call
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    • 237 7 COTSWOLD CL. CHARMING s/sty bunglw. ***** sqft. 5+1. Pool. Reno. Australian American Sch. *****897 WATTEN RES SEMI-D. 5-bd rms, 4 bathrms, 4822 sqft, facilities, P/furn, Jacuzzi. $14K. Sebastian 9831-0391 SWETTENHAM GCB TROPICAL resort P/furn *****/ ***** sqft 8+rms, sauna $32K neg Neo *****875 CLUNY RD 2-STY reno tropical bunglw. *****/
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    • 233 7 CHANCERY LANE 3-STY 4+1 Bunglw. 4400 sqft. Patio. Dip Pool! Kat T *****009 JLN UNGGAS 2 sty hse 4+1, 5500 sqft, greenery/ quiet Orchard, $9k. *****223 GENTLE RD 2½-sty bunglw 7+1, 7000sqft, pool, May $18k neg, 9660 5711 Jane WHITLEY 3-STOREY SEMI-D 3300sqft, 5+1+1 reno, nice! $8.8k. Lynda Ng *****300
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    • 156 7 D.13 SUNDRIDGE PK 5500 sq.ft 2½ sty bunglw 7+1 Dunsfold Dr ***** sq.ft s/storey bunglw. 4+1 Both pool 6225-6802 owner PEAKVILLE AVE 2-STY Inter terr. Fully reno. 4+1. Quiet Furn. MRT. *****072 ERL 2-STY INTER-TERR Toh Tuck, 3+1 rms. P/furn. Gdn, carporch Near amenities. Immed. SMS 9382-3206 WEST COAST RISE.
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    • 236 7 The Sail D01-08 City 2 rm, 861 sqft....$5.5k-$5.8k 2 rm, 1033 sqft, bay....$6.5k 3 rm, sea/bay.......$6.5k-$9k 4 rm full bay view$8.5k-$11k Marina Bay Residences 3 rm, bay view...... $11K-$13k 4 rm, bay view......$15k-$18k NL Neo *****121 Century21 The Reflections 3+1. 1528 sqft. High flr. Greenery, unblock view. P/furn.. $6.8K The
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    • 1077 8 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 Residences at Reflections Kitchen equipped with built-in
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    • 1005 8 |MBayro at home in the city Double frontage at 49 St Thomas Walk& 13 Devonshire Roa 5 minutes walk to Somerset MRT Orchard Road 2 3 bedroom apartments Unit sizes 872 1,432 sq ft Pool, gym, 24-hour security Viewing by appointment only Jelena 6672 7732 Clara 6672 7735 KnightFrank.com.sg Agency
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    • 557 8 TESSARINA 3BDRM 1356 sqft Highflr. Windy. P/furn. Unblocked. immed $4.5K neg. Ivy Teoh 9108-6609. LEONIE TWR 4+1. New reno/ aircon. 2900 sqft. #06. Greenery. P/furn, Immed Rachel *****877 SEVEN HOLT RD 2,160 sq.ft. 4+1. Pool, gym. Unblock view. Avail immed. $8.9K. Savills Willy *****686 ELIZABETH TWR BEAUTIFUL Newly renovated. Bright
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    • 666 8 ONE DEVONSHIRE/ SOMERSET MRT. 3-rm, new! Angie 9835-9149/ 9062-0835 HOLLAND HILL PK 1650 sqft 3+1. Greenery. Reno. Furn. $6,200. Owner: 9647-4871 HELIOS RES. 2+ study rm. 1281 sqft. P/furn. $8.5K. Orchard *****062 James VALLEY PK. BLK 479. 1,216 sqft 2rm High Flr Nicely Furn. LPM 6839 3847 NEW! 2+1+BALCONY. 1281
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    • 515 8 THE MEDGE, 2+1, 861sqft, well kept, MRT, Avail May, Ask $3.7k. 9660 5711 Jane HUME PK II 1475 sqft, 3+1+1 Mid flr. Pool view. Nice. $3.6K. 9738-9979 Irene HILLVIEW GREEN 1700SQFT, neat 3+study+1 unfurn quiet. $3.8K. MRC *****318 THE STERLING. 1950 sqft. 4+1. Nicely reno. Quiet. F/ facilities. RTR: 9668-3228.
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    • 547 8 THE SOVEREIGN. 2637 sqft. 4-bdrms ensuite, p/furn, full facilities. Immed. $7.8K Nisha *****759 DTZ COSTA DEL SOL 3+1, 1227 sqft. low flr F/furn. breezy Greenery view, Avail Apr. $4.5K. Yuen SE *****664 ELLIOT EAST Coast, 4+1, 2604 sqft. Pte Pool, $8.3K The Hacienda, 3+1, 1894 sqft. Selena 8387-6766 MARINE POINT
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    • 426 8 HOUGANG GREEN. PENTHSE. 4+1. Greenery view. P/furn. MRT. Eateries. Super Mart. Immed. Linda 9747 8188 RIVERVALE CREST 1539 sq ft 4+1, P/furn. Huge. LRT/ Mall. $4.xk 9672-1382 EVR COUNTRY ESQUIRE 3-RM P/ furn. Condo. Beautiful condition. *****068 EC10 HAZEL PARK, 4+1, elevated patio. 1938 sqft, pool view, p/furnished. $4.3K. Avail
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    • 636 8 NO COMMISSION ON tenant Potong Pasir Moonstone 1+1/ 2+1 $1450-1900, Robin *****861 *****067 CLOVER BY THE Pk. Brand new. 4-bdrm. Beautiful. F/ furn, aircon. 3½ mths. Ask $5.7k neg. 9161-6593 Zoe SHORT LONG TERM rental @Balestier nearby areas. Units rms from $2k-$6k. Liza *****177/ *****500 NO COMMISSION ON Tenant 3bdrm
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    • 618 9 MASTER ROOM. NEAR Bt Gombak MRT. No cooking. Avail immed. 9061-3445 COMMON RM WOOLANDS blk 701 near MRT. Furn. Chinese owner 9731 9872 Lau MARYMOUNT MRT MASTER/ common rm. F/furn Aircon $1300/ $900. 9770 5288 HOLLAND V, 2 common rms Newly furn. Aircon, Wifi. MRT. Immed. 9771-7739. TAMPINES BLK 122,
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    • 764 9 Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE Franklin# Rutherford# Chadwick Curie Cavendish Aquarius (fitted) Alpha Kendall Teletech Park LOGISTICS SPACE Changi Logistics Centre* Logistech 6 Changi South Street 2* 7 Changi
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    • 324 9 PRIVATE/ HDB COMMON Master rm urgently wanted at all areas, with ready clients. Navaa 9010-4177 MANY CLIENTS URGENTLY seek master common rm 1-5 rms all areas. Owners call Tony Chan *****667 HIGH BUDGET TENANTS looking for Condo/ HDB/ common/Master/ Small rm *****012 *****911 Tey GENUINE SERIOUS Tenant seek HDB Pte
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    • 718 9 Business Centres ESj Business Centres Biz Park Space THE COMTECH Off Alexandra Rd, 10 min from CBD/Orchard Rd Cozy landscape, office-like environment Walking distance from Labrador MRT Free shuttle bus service to HarbourFront Centre Good tenant mix and profile Self contained amenities Ample carparking facilities Website:www.mapletree.com.sg mapleiree Tel: 6377 6177
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    • 425 9 OFFICE WAREHSE Central. 1000 sqft. F/furn. $neg. 9144-1244. No agts. HENDERSON 3200 4370 sqft. Water pt. Fitted/ bare $low. 9632-9096 Wong SF KIAN TECK DRIVE Factory: Approx. 15,600 sqft. Call Owner H/P: 9297-1150. EUNOS TECHPARK 1302/ 2271 sqft. Fitted. Goldpine 1500 sqft *****556 Benny *FR $0.70 PSF. Open, warehse, showrm
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    • 816 9 Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale S eUing c F M? 80% SoldWOOD) LRNDSll Your Premier Business Gateway ’A f inal Phase ased! Rele >*• I I i WLl r’rtL ..Skis M y i Convenient Drive-up B1 Business space Ground
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    • 650 10 S Office Space Office Space Office Space for Rent dif for Rent (gif for Rent TOA PAYOH UBI 19 Ubi Road 4 •Office space: Approx. 3,930 sq ft •Move-in condition •Fitted with carpets 17 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh •Officespace:Approx.3,628sqft •Minutes from Toa Payoh Central •Fitted with carpets and partitions 2
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    • 505 10 SIMS AVE OFFICE space for rent. Multiple units. Just TOP. Lift landing. Immed. Near MRT. MBS view. Free parking. Jes 8233-9095 D.1 AMOY ST/ Telok Ayer D.7 North Bridge Ctr/ Sultan Plaza; D.15 East Gate 205 1249 sqft. Central aircon. Owner 6226-5373 SAMSUNG HUB, 4,500 sqft, Excellent location, City view,
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    • 580 10 MIDVIEW BLDG. 1227 sqft, Reno. Fitted. 3 rms. Carpeted. avail Immed $2.9K neg, Yuen FY 9682-6664 RACE COURSE 800 sqft $3500 incl utility/ Beach Rd 1665 sqft $6200 neg. Reno. Immed. *****036. 164 KALLANG WAY. Takeover. #02. 1600 sq.ft. Rental $2.7K. Well reno. Avail 1/5. Alan *****055 SHENTON HSE 710/
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    • 473 10 Office Space for Sale 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 buyer’s stamp
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    • 497 10 Tampines 287 ½-shop Bt Batok 271/ Farrer MRT Toa Payoh Ctr 190, 192 250, 1000 sqft Pearl Ctr People’s Pk Ctr Braddell MRT Bubble Tea T Payoh Blk 8 AMK 632 City Sq Nail salon takeover Fernvale Point 170 sqft Assignment: Rivervale 200sqft Tampines 473/ Woodlands 818, 888 Jurong East
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    • 177 10 Shops sizes from 132 sq ft to 484 sq ft Kiosk 146 sq ft to 151 sq ft suitable for sporting fashion and goods, fashion and accessories, hobbies, telecommunications, lifestyle related trades and F&B takeaway directly above Novena MRT station and easily accessible by CTE and PIE catchment of shoppers
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    • 54 10 TG PAGAR MRT. Ground flr 4000sqft Suits beauty/ m anicure/ showrm/ tuition. Immed 9382 3928 WL Tan ART HERITAGE space at Sultan Gate. 650 sqft MRT Suits antiques, gallery cum office. 9627 6895 Angela SIM LIM SQUARE. 409 sqft. Immed. Suits most trade. $4800 neg No GST. #02 Yew P.
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    • 553 10 DUNLOP ST. 2 sty 1600 sqft $7K/ #01 930 sqft. $5K Retail/ Handphone/ Audio Vincent Goh *****663 NEW CONCEPT BUGIS Village Litte Red Dot. 8 shops space for rent. $2750 mth. Edmund 9834-3222. *THOMSON PLAZA #01. High traffic. For clothes alteration, houseware, fountains, clothings. *****001 HIP BLAIR GALLERY/ Wine bar
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    • 400 11 GOLDEN LANDMARK SHOP. 485 sqft, #03. Water pt. Face escalator. $700k neg. MRT. 8468-0084 Owner $1.86M. SHOPHSE@ BLK 161 Bt Merah. With 2yrs tenancy. High traffic. Excellent location! Lee 9386-6226 WOW! F’HOLD SHOP. Fr $5XXK. With Super Market doorstep. Hurry Hurry! Call 8198-2091 Jason Yip LAST CALL SNACK Cafe Rent
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    • 479 19 Transport company at Changi requires Class 3/ 4 Drivers Delivery Assistants Must work OT Interview 1-5pm Blk E #01-31 Airline Rd TEL: 6542-1938 CLASS 3 DELIVERY DRIVERS Handle Eng Chinese speaking customers Stay near Jurong area. Good pay overtime allowance. S’porean PR Pls call for an interview *****048 Non-halal chilled
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