The Straits Times, 13 April 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 FRIDAY, APRIL 13 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 689 1  -  CAMERON ON MYANMAR: BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg PUTRAJAYA: British Prime Minister David Cameron has hinted that he might push for a relaxation of European Union (EU) sanctions on Myanmar, if he is able to see “real change” when he visits the
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  • 62 1 Banda Aceh prison officials surveying the damage at the prison’s wall yesterday. The powerful earthquakes off the coast of Sumatra on Wednesday had caused the wall to collapse. The quakes caused panic but damage was limited. It was a successful test of warning systems and evacuation
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  • 298 1  -  BY GOH CHIN LIAN A WATCHDOG body has raised concerns about “underlying weaknesses” in the way government agencies make purchases and manage contracts with vendors, and mooted a central agency to handle procurement across the Government. In a report focusing on financial lapses committed by
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  • INSIDE 140 PAGES IN EIGHT PARTS
    • 55 1 FROM Jan 1 next year, Central Provident Fund members can enjoy tax relief when they make cash top-ups to the CPF accounts of their parents-in-law and grandparents-in-law. Currently, tax relief is given if they use cash to top up the accounts of their spouses, siblings, parents
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    • 48 1 TALKS with insurgency leaders in the south will continue despite recent bomb blasts there that may have been aimed at derailing the discussions, Thailand says. The blasts last month in Hat Yai (above) killed 14 and injured hundreds. LPRIME PAGE B1 PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    • 70 1 AWARE that staid corporate websites and dull Facebook pages are not getting many fans, government agencies are ramping up their efforts to use social networking more effectively. Some are aiming to lure more netizens to their Facebook pages, while others are ordering tools to
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    • 61 1 Drug JOHNSON JOHNSON and a subsidiary misled doctors and patients about the risks of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, said an Arkansas jury, and must pay more than US$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion) in fines. It is one of the largest penalties ever for a fraud case involving
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    • 120 1 Romney’s to-do list Rock ‘n’ upload YouTube stars hit Singapore LIFE! PAGES D4&5 From salesgirl to billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakely Tough road ahead for the Republican WORLD, PAGE B12 IN URBAN 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 OR GO
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 63 2 WE SAY In the face of criticism from some Yale academics in the Yale-NUS College debate, an open-minded response is needed. Differences and open debates will serve students well. The college will show foreign students what works and why in Singapore, while Singaporean students will have
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      • 37 2 COLUMNS Some may argue that the US is attempting to contain China, but William Choong says the geopolitical duel to the death that suggests just does not exist. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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      • 35 2 OUR READER SAYS John Yeo says that if Singapore aspires to be an inclusive society, it cannot regard basic social services as being too expensive to provide. L FORUM PAGE A24
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    • 121 2 IN THE article “Dutch military to store anti-piracy arms in Singapore” on Monday, we reported that there was an agreement between the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Netherlands Armed Forces (NAF) to allow the Dutch military to store small arms and ammunition here with
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    • 931 2  -  British PM’s visit can pave way for new engagement with Yangon BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THERE is a certain degree of irony in the fact that British Prime Minister David Cameron will today become the first head of any Western government to visit Myanmar since
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  • prime.news
    • 591 3  -  Members who top up in-laws’ accounts can get up to $7k tax relief BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg FROM Jan 1 next year, Central Provident Fund members can make cash top-ups to the CPF accounts of their parents-in-law and grandparents-in-law as well. This extends the list
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    • 132 3 Free high fives were on offer at Raffles Place MRT station yesterday during the morning peak hour. Commuters riding on the escalator were met by cheery Project Hello Stranger members holding placards and sticking out friendly palms for a high five. The placards had
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    • 943 4  -  Bo’s fall casts spotlight on politicians and their growing links overseas NEWS ANALYSIS BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: The downfall of former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai has thrown the spotlight on China’s political elite and their increasing foreign connections. Mr
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    • 781 4 NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: At St Mary’s Church in London, mourners who gathered for Mr Neil Heywood’s memorial service a few days before Christmas were perplexed by the instructions laid down beforehand by one of his classmates from Britain’s elite Harrow boarding
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    • 412 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China has closed 42 websites and deleted more than 210,000 posts since mid-March in a crackdown on online “rumours” surrounding the Bo Xilai scandal, state media said yesterday, At the same time, the top Communist Party newspaper urged
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    • 464 6  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: This week’s earthquakes off the coast of Sumatra make preparations for a large temblor and tsunami that could hit the coastal city of Padang all the more urgent, scientists warn. Even though the movements of tectonic
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    • 730 6  -  Systems work despite hiccups, test holds lessons for improvement BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS zakirh@sph.com.sg wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Sirens blaring throughout Sumatra after Wednesday’s massive earthquake to warn residents of a possible tsunami provided a successful true-life test of warning systems set up
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    • 174 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: KFC Thailand has apologised for trying to sell more buckets of chicken as fears of a tsunami gripped the nation. While people in the country’s beach areas rushed to reach higher ground in the wake of
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    • 481 8  -  Proceedings to begin on Monday and they are expected to last 8 weeks BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg SOME 100 witnesses and experts will testify at the MRT breakdown Committee of Inquiry (COI) starting next Monday. COI secretary Sidney Koh said
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    • 230 8 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH: Thousands of security personnel will police a mass rally for ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra this weekend, officials said yesterday. He is set to address tens of thousands of “red shirt” supporters tomorrow in north-western Siem Reap province, after
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    • 732 8  -  BY GOH CHIN LIAN SOME government agencies were grossly overcharged for items or services they ordered. Others commissioned and paid for projects that did not meet specifications, or worse, for materials that were never delivered. In some cases, the bidding for project tenders
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    • 374 8 THE appeal by the AttorneyGeneral’s Chambers (AGC) against an open-court hearing, on a Hougang resident’s bid to order the Prime Minister to hold a by-election within three months, will be held next month. Yesterday, at a closed-door session, Judge of Appeal Andrew Phang
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    • 1103 10  -  Ex-NWC chief says radical wage restructuring plan is workable and more sustainable BY AARON LOW MELISSA TAN aaronl@sph.com.sg melissat@sph.com.sg PROFESSOR Lim Chong Yah responded yesterday to critics who have dismissed his radical wage reform plan as unworkable. He gave a stout defence of his ideas,
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    • 119 10 The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece The Scream has gone on show in London for the first time before it is sold at auction in New York. The famous picture is on display at Sotheby’s for a week and is expected to
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    • 431 12  -  Nigerian man arrested in Kuala Lumpur after cheating at least five women of $30k BY PETER WONG petewong@sph.com.sg A NIGERIAN believed to have swindled at least five women after romancing them online has been extradited to Singapore from Malaysia. The 32-year-old made a
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    • 318 12  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN who robbed a 13-year-old student of his mobile phone in a lift last month was sentenced to the minimum two years’ jail and six strokes of the cane yesterday. A district court heard that the victim returned home after
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    • 740 13  -  Hougang United chairman questions last-minute meeting by Scottish Premier League BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg HOUGANG United chairman Bill Ng has questioned the motives behind a hastily arranged Scottish Premier League (SPL) meeting that threatens to derail his bid for Rangers Football Club.
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    • 845 16  -  Online games, polls and contests being used to engage citizens better BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg FROM a rock-blasting Facebook game to interactive polls, government agencies are upping their game in an effort to engage Singaporeans better through social networking media. Some, like
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    • 742 17 Johnson Johnson, subsidiary fined $1.5b Arkansas court finds they had ‘minimised or concealed dangers of antipsychotic drug’ NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG LITTLE ROCK (Arkansas): A judge in the US state of Arkansas has ordered Johnson Johnson and a subsidiary to pay more than US$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion) in fines, after
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 398 18 THE robust exchange of views over the proposed Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) College pits several members of the Yale faculty, who are worried over the degree of political freedom in Singapore, against those upholding Singapore’s right to its own way of life. This is a
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    • 855 18  -  FOREIGN MATTERS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg THE Australian media went on a scramble recently, after it was reported in the Washington Post that Canberra had invited the United States military to use an idyllic island chain in the Indian Ocean for
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    • 832 18  -  BY VOLKER PERTHES The writer is the director of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin. NEW YORK TIMES IT IS not certain that the talks scheduled to begin in Istanbul tomorrow between the “P5-plus-1”
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    • review.
      • 851 20  -  MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg JUST what is going on in Indonesia’s half of New Guinea? In response to persistent reports of human rights violations by security forces, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono went on record in January
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      • 871 21  -  PHRASE-WORTHY BY GERAINT WONG gerwong@sph.com.sg SOCIETY is constantly changing, and language changes along with it. Many of these changes are, naturally, in response to advances in technology. So terms such as “tweet” and “surf” have taken on fresh meanings; new words such as “blog”
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    • review.insight
      • 2218 22  -  There will be a by-election, the Prime Minister has said. Insight takes a closer look at the factors he has to weigh in deciding when to call it BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg TODAY, the Elections Department updates its voter rolls to reflect the new addresses of those who
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      • 874 22  -  By-elections have been held in 31 constituencies since self-governance in 1959. Of these, the PAP lost three times: Hong Lim in 1961 and Anson in 1961 and ANDREA ONG L 1960s From 1959 to Independence in 1965, by-elections were nail-biting fights which saw the
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    • forum.
      • 348 24  -  EDUCATING SPECIAL STUDENTS John Yeo THE LATEST figures released by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention show that the prevalence of autism is still on the rise. It is now one in 88 children or more than one per cent
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      • 62 24 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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      • 217 24  -  Tan Tian Chor MY YOUNGER son, who is 18, studies in a special school run by Minds or the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore. He will be graduating this year, and Education Ministry rules render him ineligible to continue studying
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      • 338 24  -  Lee Chiu San PROFESSOR Lim Chong Yah has bravely prescribed strong medicine, and like cold turkey, it will hurt (“Time to restructure Singapore for the future”; Tuesday). But the economy and politicians must be weaned off their addiction to cheap labour. There is no
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      • 133 24 “Those in this category should not object if it is going to help solve a nasty problem.” MR LEE HIN PENG: “Closing the inequality gap is a pressing issue that all Singaporeans should support (‘Cheers and fears over wages shake-up plan’ and ‘Timely reminder of need to tackle
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      • 118 24 “The wage proposal aims to treat the root of the problem by doing away with cheap foreign labour and accelerating the rate of change for the local labour force.” MR TAY XIONG SHENG: “If the side effects of social tension are not properly addressed, this will spell trouble
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      • 101 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR KOH YAU LUONG: Smile, Singapore... 2 MR LEE HIN PENG: Let’s give wage proposal a serious try 3 MR TAY XIONG SHENG: Avoiding a potential class divide 4 MR JOSEPH LIM: Service, subsidies and couple’s autistic child 5 MRS SHERLEY SERVOS: Kind
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      • 137 24  -  Ramesh Ramchand HAVING to re-register medical devices already approved for use by agencies in the United States, European Union, Japan, Australia and other advanced nations again in Singapore is counter-productive (“HSA willing to review costs, risk categories”; yesterday). Instead, the Health Sciences
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 200 24  -  Lee Kok Pin READING last Friday’s report (“Saints rule the roost”) makes me proud to be a Saint or a St Andrew’s Secondary alumnus. My pride was not only about the Saints beating Raffles Institution (RI) for the B division rugby title.
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        • 92 24 “Inspiring to read of the generosity of lecturer Lee. It is exemplary.” MR BENNIE CHEOK: “It is inspiring to read of the generosity of lecturer Lee Chu Keong, who uploaded maths solutions on his personal website (‘Maths is no problem at this website’; Monday). This is for
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        • 102 24 “Mr Raja reminds me of bus drivers in Australia and Britain. They do not swerve or jerk the bus violently and ensure that all passengers have alighted before closing bus doors.” MRS DOREEN LOW: “I commend SMRT bus driver Raja (badge number *****) for his consistent quality driving.
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        • 136 24 “Ms Anita’s speed and competency spoke volumes of her professionalism.” MR RAHMAT ALI: “My gratitude to Ms Anita, a customer service officer at the Woodlands Civics Centre branch of the Singapore Post. I had gone there last Thursday to pay my utility bills and buy a postal order. Ms
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  • WORLD.
    • 764 1  -  Govt won’t allow attacks to derail talks with insurgents in the south BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Thailand’s National Security Council (NSC) has said it will continue to hold talks with insurgency leaders in the south, despite recent bomb blasts there
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    • 89 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Baby alive after 12 hours in Argentine morgue L Nude maid service raising eyebrows in Texas city L Santorum quits race, handing Romney Republican crown More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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    • world.regional
      • 515 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG ANAND (India): A court in India has sentenced 18 men to life imprisonment over the killing of 23 Muslims during religious riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 that left more than 2,000 dead.
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      • 564 3 Criminal code articles do not violate Constitution: Court JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has rejected a motion by Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to have several articles of the Criminal Procedures Code repealed. The court ruled that Article 21.1 and Article 95.1 of the code,
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      • 722 4 Move comes as Manila pulls out warship from hot spot AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: China deployed a third ship yesterday in an area of the South China Sea, stoking tension with the Philippines, which had just withdrawn its biggest warship amid
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      • 321 4 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considering changes to either the 2014 timetable for the presidential election or the planned transition of security to Afghan forces that year, to avoid overloading the country with simultaneous change. Under Afghanistan’s
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      • 589 5 East Asian nations on alert with four days left in lift-off window ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PYONGYANG: Fighter jets roared over downtown Pyongyang yesterday as the world watched to see whether North Korea would defy international warnings and launch a long-range rocket over
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      • 415 5 QINGDAO: A notice posted online has generated a buzz in China, not because of its flashy newspaper front-page design, but what it says: “Looking for Bi Huade” the edi-tor-in-chief of a tabloid who has gone missing for nearly a month. The notice
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      • 733 10  -  Poll win credited to leader Park Geun Hye, boosting her presidential chances BY LEE SUN YOUNG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES milaya@naver.com SEOUL: South Korea’s embattled ruling New Frontier Party (NFP) retained its parliamentary majority after securing a win in Wednesday’s election that is widely
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      • 240 11 KUALA LUMPUR: A new series of banknotes will be released into circulation from July 16, Malaysia’s central bank said yesterday. In a statement posted on its website, Bank Negara Malaysia said the fourth banknote series, themed “Distinctively Malaysia”, comprises denominations of RM1 (S$0.41), RM5, RM10,
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      • 443 11 Energy prices to rise by up to 35%, hurting economic recovery ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to raise electricity rates, ending a long-standing government subsidy in a bid to conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions. However, the move could slow its economic recovery.
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      • 1280 12  -  After a topsy-turvy primary race, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney finally has his party’s nomination in the bag. But he has a lot more work to do if he wants to beat President Barack Obama in November’s election. Chua Chin Hon
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      • 451 12 WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES SANFORD (Florida): George Zimmerman, the Hispanic neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin in February, has been charged with second-degree murder. The move marked a turning point in a case that has provoked
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      • 815 13  -  But some see red over move to keep channel with public broadcaster BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: In a bid to further spread its message and soap operas to homes across Singapore, India and China and eventually the
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      • 400 13 WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK: Lack of sleep or erratic slumber from working late-night shifts or travel may lead to diabetes and obesity, according to a Harvard study that is the first to tie abnormal sleep patterns to disease. In a trial of
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      • 62 13 A monument to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, being given a wash at Gagarin Square in Moscow ahead of Aviation and Cosmonautics Day. Russia held national celebrations yesterday to mark Gagarin’s first manned space flight on April 12, 1961, in which
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      • 530 14 Three-year rate of 3.89% shows markets still bothered by Europe REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Italian three-year borrowing costs jumped to 3.89 per cent at a bond auction yesterday, a rise of more than one percentage point compared with a month ago and the
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      • 79 14 Fugitive Italian banker Vito Roberto Palazzolo being escorted by Thai immigration officials at a Bangkok criminal court when he arrived for his extradition hearing yesterday. Palazzolo, 64, who is wanted in Italy, was implicated in the “Pizza Connection” drug and money laundering trial. He was detained
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      • 220 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: The US trade gap shrank in February, driven by a drop in imports, mainly from China as it celebrated the Chinese New Year, according to Commerce Department data released yesterday. The trade deficit fell to a seasonally adjusted US$46
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        • 109 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The Indian government yesterday approved a restructuring plan aimed at turning around the fortunes of debt-laden national carrier Air India. “The Cabinet has cleared Air India’s restructuring plan,” Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told reporters in New Delhi. At the same time, the
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        • 69 14 REUTERS BEIJING: The World Bank yesterday cut its forecast for China’s economic growth this year to 8.2 per cent, as slack foreign demand and a government-induced real estate slowdown restrain a recovery. China will announce its growth data today. Chinese banks ramped up lending last month
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        • 84 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has moved to distance itself from reports that it would ban children from the top deck of its new Airbus A-380 aircraft when it enters the fleet in July. News of a child-free section of the plane first emerged in the
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 101 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The publisher for British author J. K. Rowling, who penned the Harry Potter series, yesterday unveiled plans for her first novel in more than four years. The 408-page novel, The Casual Vacancy, will be about a fraught parish council election in a quaint
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        • 95 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith was caught in a dramatic scare in war-torn Afghanistan when rockets were fired as his plane sat on the tarmac at Kandahar Airbase. Reports said the minister’s air force Hercules C130 transport plane came under threat on Tuesday,
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        • 102 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean and his wife have been convicted by a court for hitting their friend with a cane, with the man sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Hawkers Wong Khee Fatt, 54, and his wife Sian Lai Fong, 52, were charged
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        • 108 15 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Malaysia’s High Court will not examine a government decision to allow Lynas Corp to open a controversial rare earth plant, leaving the review in the hands of a minister, the Australian company said yesterday. The firm said the court has ruled that it
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        • 100 15 REUTERS BEIRUT: Syria has accused “terrorists” of planting a roadside bomb that killed one officer and wounded at least 24 cadets and officers in an attempt to sabotage a United Nations-backed ceasefire. The official news agency Sana said a “terrorist group” in the northern province of
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        • 93 15 REUTERS LONDON: Senior London police staff linked to the News Corp phone hacking scandal showed poor judgment, made bad decisions and got too close to journalists working for Mr Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers, an independent watchdog said yesterday. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was highly critical
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      • 106 15 The first of nine trapped miners to be rescued from the Cabeza de Negro mine in southern Peru, Mr Jacinto Pariona (centre), is escorted out following the group’s seven-day ordeal. The miners emerged from the caved-in copper mine in the Ica region one by one on
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      • 283 15 SLICEOFLIFE JAKARTA: A school book supplement triggered controversy yesterday because it featured a story suggesting adultery, a taboo subject considered unfit for elementary schoolchildren to whom the copies were distributed. The controversy began when Hana, eight, a pupil at SD Angkasa elementary school
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    • 690 1  -  Majority of residents support bid to keep out loitering foreigners BY GOH SHI TING stgoh@sph.com.sg A RESIDENTS’ Corner at a Little India void deck is likely to be cordoned off. Residents of four HDB blocks in Klang Lane want a permanent
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    • 100 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Free SMS, iPhone alert service for NEL train disruptions L Singaporeans feel tremors from 8.6-magnitude Aceh quake L Government revises health-care subsidies for PRs More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Members
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    • 956 2  -  Former shuttler was preoccupied with cash woes, say ex-colleagues BY BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg FORMER national shuttler Fatimah Kumin Lim was a talented player, but she always seemed to be preoccupied, recalled former colleagues. Those who probed found out that she
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    • 763 3  -  It will take in just 80 students, and offer the IB programme BY STACEY CHIA staceyc@sph.com.sg ST JOSEPH’S Institution (SJI) students will not get priority when the school rolls out its junior college programme next year. It will take
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    • 395 4  -  He had been in coma since he fell on Tuesday when home alone BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg FOUR-YEAR-OLD Muhammad Afiq Dannie never woke up from coma after he fell five storeys from his home, and died on Wednesday. He was alone in
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    • 181 4 A NEW, single-lane flyover will be ready in the Braddell Road area by the end of 2015. Beginning on the left of the existing Toa Payoh North flyover, the one-way viaduct will circle right at the junction of Toa Payoh Lorong 6 and
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    • 157 4 THE Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces was presented with Singapore’s highest military award yesterday at the Istana. Major-General (MG) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin received the Darjah Utama Bakti
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    • 170 4 OFFICERS at the Woodlands checkpoint detained a 24-year-old Malaysian man after seizing nearly 1kg of illicit drugs from his car yesterday. The drugs are believed to be heroin and weigh approximately 920g. The estimated street value is $138,000. At about 5am yesterday, the officers
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    • 533 6  -  Six needy law students, two top postgraduates are first beneficiaries BY MATTHIAS CHEW mattchew@sph.com.sg MONEY is tight at home, so to help pay for her law studies, Ms Mak Shin Yi gives private tuition. But now, the 21-year-old daughter of a cabby and
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    • 398 6  -  ELENA CHONG A FIFTH man was put behind bars for 18 months on Wednesday for his role in the $12 million Singapore Land Authority (SLA) scam. Tan Meng Teck, 43, now unemployed, admitted to three charges of plotting with four others
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    • 465 6  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI WOMEN who suffer from heavy periods can now seek relief from a drug called Qlaira. The drug by Bayer HealthCare, which was first approved for use here in 2010 as a contraceptive, got the nod from the Health Sciences Authority
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    • 368 7  -  Her World is voted Magazine of the Year for the second year running JUDITH TAN MAGAZINES published by Singapore Press Holdings have claimed most of the top spots in the latest set of industry rankings. They were No. 1 in 10 out
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    • CASE FILE
      • 145 7 A DISPATCH driver who offered $100 to a traffic policeman to avoid a ticket was jailed for four weeks yesterday. Lim Kim Seng, 68, pleaded guilty to the corruption charge. He was also fined $800 and banned from driving for four months after he admitted
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      • 113 7 A VEGETABLE seller moonlighting as an illegal football bookie was arrested with $146,000 in his possession. Goh Weng Soon, 38, was yesterday jailed for a year and fined $390,000. As he could not pay, he will serve an additional 191/2 months. He pleaded guilty last month
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      • 196 7 A PIMP was jailed for five years on Wednesday for harbouring and living on the earnings of 15 Vietnamese prostitutes. Four were underage. Seng Swee Meng (right), 42, is also the first Singaporean pimp to be sentenced for abetting commercial sex with a minor. Pleading for
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    • 329 7  -  BY LESLIE KAY LIM MERCY Relief and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) yesterday pledged to work more closely together by signing a memorandum of intent. Aimed at expanding the scope of their humanitarian cooperation, the document also formalises existing collaborations
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    • 407 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A FORMER secret society leader who spent 12 years overseas to avoid capture by the police for a 1999 gang clash was jailed yesterday. Chan Keng Hee, 51, pleaded guilty last month to voluntarily causing grievous hurt to
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    • 461 8  -  Clients to gain from commoditisation, but law firms will face challenges BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg HIRING a lawyer for routine tasks such as arranging divorce papers is likely to be cheaper in future, industry figures say. Prices are already starting to
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    • 522 8  -  BY LIM YAN LIANG A RECLUSIVE former patient at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) was led away by the police while threatening suicide from her flat yesterday evening. The drama began, eyewitnesses said, when the 61-year-old woman started flinging her personal belongings out
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    • 78 8 Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam greeting Yuhua CSC auditor Roger Foo (right) yesterday in an ice-breaking activity cheekily dubbed the “New Zealand handshake” as he joined 300 residents at Jurong Green Community Centre before the constituency’s Community Games kicks off on Sunday. The top two teams
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    • 165 8 A TRAVELLING exhibition on Singapore’s void decks was launched in Bendemeer yesterday by Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim. It shows how void decks have been used over the years, including as bird singing corners and defence shelters, as well
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    • 86 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Carroll the hero as 10-man Liverpool sink Blackburn L Balotelli escapes action over tackle L F1 chiefs powerless to force teams to go to Bahrain Subscribe to and sync the ST
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    • 293 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are locked in a duel for European scoring records that is carrying Barcelona and Real Madrid toward a tantalising finale in the fight for the Spanish Primera Liga title. With the two powerhouses set to
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    • 758 10 Liverpool sack their director of football after signings flop LONDON: Talent-spotter Damien Comolli, blamed for the failures of a host of big-money signings, has become the first victim of Liverpool’s sorry Premier League season. He was sacked yesterday. Two years ago, he had been recommended
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    • 343 10 LONDON: Two former Manchester City youth players have gone on trial over allegations that they had raped a drunken 19-year-old woman in a hotel bedroom, as a friend filmed the assault on his mobile phone from a window. Sheffield United striker Ched
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    • 764 11  -  Some refs feel 10 years is too harsh, others say it’ll remind them to take duties seriously BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg THE 10-year ban slapped on silat referee Jasni Salam has divided the local refereeing community. The 52-year-old created a stir at last year’s SEA Games
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      • 682 11  -  Written by Michael Lee A realistic Steven Burridge is brutally honest about Akubra's chances of improving his third placing from the third Leg of the Singapore Golden Horseshoe series four weeks ago as he tackles the fourth Leg tonight. Though Akubra is meeting his
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      • 304 11 TONIGHT'S fourth Leg of the Singapore Golden Horseshoe will see third-Leg winner Master King spearhead the charge, but a serious challenge may be mounted by new kid on the block Super Good. The Fastnet Rock two-year-old is the latest buy from the same team responsible for
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    • 309 11  -  BY FABIUS CHEN BARELY a month after making his return to the national football team, goalkeeper Hassan Sunny is facing another lengthy spell on the sidelines. The Singapore Armed Forces FC man will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament
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    • 546 12 Teams thinking more of Bahrain GP during this week’s Shanghai race REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: The Bahrain Grand Prix has so dominated Formula One’s news agenda this week that teams and drivers in China for Sunday’s race could almost be wondering whether they have landed in the wrong
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    • 408 12  -  SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY LESTER WONG THEY may not have had the gleaming high-end canoes some of their rivals were using. However, Gan Eng Seng School’s B girls’ canoeing team showed yesterday that it is not about the boat you use, but how
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    • 316 12 Today Basketball NBA: San Antonio v Memphis (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8.30am). Cricket IPL: Kolkata v Rajasthan (Live, StarHub Ch231, 10.30pm). Football S-League: Hougang v Albirex (Hougang, 7.45pm), DPMM v Tanjong Pagar (Brunei, 8.15pm). German Bundesliga: Stuttgart v Bremen (Live, StarHub Ch222, tomorrow, 2.25am). Golf Malaysian Open: Day
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    • 39 12 PELE, the Brazil legend, claiming that Barcelona star Lionel Messi is not the world’s best footballer currently much less of all time
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    • 371 12 Basketball NBA Cleveland 98 Indiana 104 (OT), Toronto 75 Philadelphia 93, Memphis 104 Phoenix 93, Houston 91 Utah 103, Oklahoma 98 LA Clippers 100, Milwaukee 107 New York 111, New Orleans 105 Sacramento 96, Boston 88 Atlanta 86 (OT), San Antonio 84 LA Lakers 98, Denver 113 Minnesota 107,
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    • 349 12 REUTERS SHANGHAI: Backmarkers beware: Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has been limbering up for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix with some gongfu fighting. After calling Indian tail-ender Narain Karthikeyan a ‘cucumber’ following a clash at the last race in Malaysia, the Red Bull
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      • 77 12 BALESTIER Khalsa are the new leaders of the S-League after their 1-0 victory over Singapore Armed Forces FC at Toa Payoh Stadium last night. Substitute striker Andrew Tan hit the winner in the 69th minute, just seven minutes after coming on. Balestier now have
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      • 105 12 ASPIRING local footballers will get a chance to showcase their talent in front of Manchester United legends Denis Irwin and Paul Parker later this month. The duo will be guest judges alongside LionsXII coach V. Sundramoorthy for Nike’s “The Chance” talent search. The Ministry of
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    • 637 13 Smith’s basket means New York are almost certain of play-off spot NEW YORK TIMES MILWAUKEE: The battle for eighth place would not be determined by awe-inspiring defence, or brilliant playmaking, or any qualities that typically define great teams. This was, after all, a tussle for the National
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    • 377 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: South Africans Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen worked out their Masters frustrations and shrugged off a gruelling travel schedule as they made a sizzling start at the Malaysian Open yesterday. Schwartzel, last year’s Masters champion who finished tied for
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    • 468 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO: While Kobe Bryant again sat out, Andrew Bynum cleaned up. Pulling down the first 30-re-bound game in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in more than two years, Bynum made Bryant’s third missed game in a row an afterthought by the time
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    • 398 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Jealousy could be the reason for negative attitudes in England towards the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), England batting star Kevin Pietersen has said. The Twenty20 IPL was an instant hit when it began in 2008 as a mix of glamour, entertainment
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      • 532 15  -  It says bond buying still an option, dampening fears over rising yields BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares mirrored the rebound in Europe and the United States overnight after the European Central Bank (ECB) spoke out to calm the
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      • 626 16  -  The key reason: Their valuations are lower than those of firms in China BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg LOCAL retail investors have been shunning S-chips for a while but fund managers in China are increasingly turning their attention to these Singapore-listed mainland counters. They cite
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      • 277 16  -  BY GAN YU JIA ROBUST returns from its subsea service projects, offshore support work and joint ventures helped marine firm Ezra Holdings boost second-quarter profit by 117 per cent. Earnings for the three months to Feb 29 came in at US$22.1 million (S$27.7 million),
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      • 289 16 BLUE-CHIP companies StarHub and CapitaLand have said that they do not endorse Profit on Land, despite their names being linked to promotional efforts by the landbanking outfit. The Straits Times reported on Wednesday that StarHub had recently included mailers for Profit on Land’s
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    • 243 17  -  BY YUNITA ONG THE hunt is on again for Singapore’s best entrepreneurs. The annual awards will crown an overall gogetter of the year, as well as top performers in the areas of enterprise, infocommunication technology, innovation and social contribution. Candidates will be assessed on
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    • 504 18  -  7.4ha campus will ramp up Singapore’s medical device manufacturing BY LENNARD ONG lenong@sph.com.sg A NEW centre to serve the fast-growing medical technology sector was opened at Tukang Innovation Park in Jurong yesterday. MedTech Hub, as it is called, will host local and international
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    • 431 18  -  BY ESTHER TEO DBS Bank has pumped at least $80 million into its transactional banking unit over the past two years while increasing the headcount by 25 per cent. Mr Tom McCabe, head of global transaction business at DBS Bank, told a briefing yesterday
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    • 648 19  -  Share closes 32% above offer price; analysts see revival of IPO market BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SHARES in palm oil firm Bumitama Agri surged as much as 37 per cent on debut yesterday as investors clambered for a piece of the largest initial
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    • 394 19  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK A HOTEL trust with properties in the Asia-Pacific region is planning to list here. M&L Hospitality Trusts, as the vehicle will be called, will initially hold 2,509 rooms over six hotels. These will be the Ibis Hotel on Bencoolen Street and
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    • 615 2  -  This bangsawan a Malay opera is different from the others because its lines are said in a rhythmic way chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg After a two-year hiatus, a local bangsawan troupe is performing the tale of a consort as a tribute to its late founder. Sri
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        • 254 7  -  Chang Tou Liang BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 String Quintet, Romance Vadim Gluzman, Violin Bergen Philharmonic Andrew Litton BIS SACD-1852 The evergreen First Violin Concerto In G Minor by Max Bruch (1838-1920) has been so over-exposed and over-recorded that each new recording needs to be special in order
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          197 7  -  Ong Sor Fern RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY Esperanza Spalding Heads Up In 2010, bassist/singer Esperanza Spalding’s (above) breakthrough album Chamber Music Society clinched her the Grammy for Best New Artist. With a similar-sounding title, this new album features the same complex musicality and happy genre mash-ups which defined that
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      • 6740 8  -  Compiled by Magdalene Lum art SACRED GARDEN This exhibition features paintings and sewn mandalas, done during A Tapestry Of Sacred Music community workshops, that represent the community’s idea of a sacred garden. By Tan Bee Aye and various community groups. Held in
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        • 117 8 food eunice quek recommends After a sold-out event last year at The Regent Singapore, pastry chef Yoshihide Hamamoto of Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi is back with a spectacular array of Japanese-inspired Western desserts. Savour sandwiches such as teriyaki chicken salad with bonito
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        • 107 8 books akshita nanda recommends Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam (left), a contemporary of writer Edwin Thumboo, shares his work and stories in this latest instalment of The Arts House’s World Voices showcase of literary figures. Wong, 77, began publishing while an undergraduate at the then-University
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        • 133 8 music melissa kok recommends Formed in 1986, American post-hardcore pioneers ***** Magnet (right) are recognised as a significant influence in the music of several big-name indie and alternative acts such as Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, American indie rockers June Of 44 and experimental rock group Battles.
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      • 625 8  - an hour the museum In this weekly column, we visit museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see if you have only an hour to spare. Deepika Shetty Curated by artist Jason Wee and Give Art gallery director Tolla Sloane, The Subject Shall Remain Anonymous was inspired by
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        253 9  -  Toh Wenli “During my weekends, work goes on the back-burner as I take things easy and relax with family, friends and my boyfriend. After spending the morning reading the newspaper, I join my family for lunch. We eat at Imperial Kitchen at Ion Orchard quite frequently as my
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      • 1174 10  -  Based on the Sarah Palin saga, Game Change shows the stress she faced in the campaign yip wai yee in los angeles yipwy@sph.com.sg She is the brown-haired, controversial American politician instantly recognised the world over, and you either hate her or love her Sarah Palin. Now,
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      • 978 10  - Palin saga tales retold couch grouch tay yek keak “It’s not about you, it’s about the country,” John McCain’s campaign strategist Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) warns an increasingly uncontrollable Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore), the vice-presiden-tial candidate he himself had recommended after a shabby vetting rush-job of just five days. Because
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    • 480 12 The 71-year-old was the ex-wife of actor Ko Chun-hsiung Taipei Chang Mei-yao, the 1960s Taiwanese beauty who gave up her acting career to marry a younger man, actor Ko Chun-hsiung, and stood by him after their split, died on April 1. She was 71. Her
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        108 4 Home-grown jeweller Goldheart has launched a free iPhone app (right) that lets customers view its latest collections, get updates from the brand and take part in contests. The Goldheart iPhone App is pitched at the modern woman and features an e-magazine with articles on topics such as food
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        130 4 To raise awareness of the plight of those in war-torn countries, three young Singaporean entrepreneurs have set up a jewellery line called Saught (right). The trio teamed up with students of Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Designs to create the pieces. The designs were then sent to Cambodia and
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    • 223 6  -  These two head-turners were spotted at The Butter Factory on April 7 IMRAN JALAL Maha Maran, 24 assistant retail manager WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? I got this dress by an Indonesian designer for about $65 from a store in Seminyak, Bali. The clutch is from Forever 21 and
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      106 6  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR ZHOU XUN At Chanel’s Fine Jewellery Exhibition at the China Millennium Monument last month, the 37-year-old Chinese actress looked elegant in a white ensemble from the label’s haute couture collection. The star, who is regarded as one of the four fine young actresses in China, is
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    • 391 7  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR susses out 10 bright pieces from malls taking part in Fashion Steps Out Orchard, an event to promote Singapore’s premier shopping belt that runs till April 29, to get you ready for cocktail hour ROHAIZATUL AZHAR FRAME BAG, $3,150, FROM MIU MIU, 01-01 PARAGON Add
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    • 332 10 / 11 G Its first store (right) in Ginza, Tokyo, had a soda fountain. Shiseido founder Arinobu Fukuhara installed a soda fountain behind the counter and sold ice cream sodas in imported American dishes, glasses and straws. The soda fountain and ice cream were so
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    • 355 10 / 11 1FukuharaToothpasteCake In the late 1800s, a horrible-tasting mix of burnt salt and limestone was used to clean teeth. The coarse powder was also messy to use. So in 1888, Shiseido founder Arinobu Fukuhara came up with the Sanitary Toothpaste Cake (above), which tasted and smelled better. It
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    • 1333 12  -  Spanxfounder Sara Blakely, the youngest self-made woman to make Forbes’ World’s Bill ionaires list, started with US$5,000 GLADYS CHUNG gladysc@sph.com.sg Call it world domination, one bottom at a time. With her estimated fortune of US$1 billion (S$1.26 billion), Spanx shapewear founder Sara Blakely is small beer on
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      636 16  -  The shapewear market in Singapore has ballooned to match demand. reports GLADYS CHUNG gladysc@sph.com.sg Once thought of as something that only middle-aged women wore to hold in their bulges, body-contouring underwear is now big business. Women as young as in their early 20s count shapewear as a must-have
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        715 18  -  Urban editor TEE HUN CHING squeezed into shapewear to hide her stubborn jelly belly TEE HUN CHING hunching@sph.com.sg Pregnancy, gravity and the sheer lack of physical activity have all conspired to give me a jelly belly that seems to be growing with every passing year. People look at
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      • 331 18  -  Shapewear may be uncomfortable, but ROHAIZATUL AZHAR is willing to don it to look trimmer ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg Standing at 1.89m, my height may make my weight seem less obvious. What many don’t know is that I have tricks to streamline my
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      • 655 20  -  A post-holiday belly can be smoothed away if you are willing to suffer for vanity’s sake, says GLADYS CHUNG GLADYS CHUNG gladysc@sph.com.sg Ever since a holiday to Shanghai last December, where I pigged out on stewed pork belly, Sichuan lamb rack and other goodies for eight
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      • 389 20  -  Even though the shapewear tested was a tight fit, IMRAN JALAL still could not get rid of his love handles IMRAN JALAL I have the paunch of Homer Simpson. My 36.5-inch waistline is by far my biggest problem as the rest of my body is
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      • 334 22 Wearing shapewear that is too tight or for too long can have adverse effects on your health: GNerve compression, which might lead to numbness in the lower limbs and back pain. GThe excessive pressure can cause stomach acids to flow back to the oesophagus, leading to
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    • 168 19 It’s time for a spring fling at Marina Square till 22 April. They’ve got closets full of oh-so-trendy stuff to spruce up your wardrobe. From statement making prints to cool new colour combos, there’s plenty of fresh ideas for the season’s hottest looks. Here
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    • 1015 24/25  -  With the rising popularity of photo sharing on the Internet, women are taking no chances when it comes to make-up. reports BEE-SHYUAN CHANG THE NEW YORK TIMES Before a photo shoot with Katy Perry for the March issue of Interview magazine, Revlon’s global artistic
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      • 900 26  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR meets Nine West founder Vince Camuto in Connecticut and finds out what it takes to be a shoe designer VINCE CAMUTO ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg Want to become a successful shoe designer? “You have to pay your dues first by working on the shop floors,”
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        788 27  -  GLADYS CHUNG ince she became the standout face of Poh Heng Jewellery in 2008, Sheila Sim has been touted as Singapore’s top model. Now, she has cemented that status by being the first Singaporean to be named a global ambassador for SK-II. Recalling her delight at an event
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    • 401 6 98 Namly Place Stunning Brand New! û Premium Cul-De-Sac "Link Bungalow" on elevated ground û BRAND NEW with GCB Finishing. White Volakas Marble (Living Room Bathrooms), Hansgrohe Axor range, Hoffen wardrobe, Poggenpohl designer kitchen, LED lightings û 4 en-suite Bedrooms. Roof-top terrace with unblocked view. 12m Lap Pool. Regular plot.
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    • 234 6 PEIRCE HILL GCB. Approx. *****/ 7500 sqft. 5+1. Wide frontage. Botanic Gdn. Sole agt. Samuel *****223 JERVOIS RD. *****/ ***** sqft. Large living/ dining. 6+1. Pool. Move in. Near Orchard. Samuel *****223 SWETTENHAM RD *****/ 8500 sqft. 5 ensuite rms 1, 2-sty basement. Tenanted. Samuel *****223 OPEN HSE! PEIRCE Hill
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    • 318 6 ORCHARD *****, ***** ***** sqft rare mega-plot A record pink diamond. Enquire: RealStar 6100 0080 MARGOLIOUTH ***** SQFT 1 sty charmer motivated ACS 6500 sqft, rare hse. 9-6pm RealStar *****000 PARAGON PATERSON area 2 sty inter 1650 sqft $5m/ 3700sqft renovated $6.xm View: RealStar 6100 8000 $1088 PSF BASED on
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    • 223 6 GCB LAND FOR rebuild. Rectangular plot, 23,000 sqft. Atmost privacy. Total greenery. $1500 psf. Savills, Philip 9798-1812. REBUILD 20,000 SQFT. GCB Olympic pool, gym, pond, 7 rms ensuites, park 10 cars. *****812 Vernon Realstar www.vernonteo.com BINJAI PK. 2-STY bunglw. Land 12,200 8000 sqft. F’hold. Well kept. 5+1 pool. Landscape gdn.
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    • 298 6 FREEHOLD SEMI-D NOVENA. Almost new. 4000 sqft. build with 5+1rms, lap pool. Good *****000 Jim WATTEN RES. 3 Sty Semi-D, 4004 sqft. Just Top. Cluster hse. 4+4 baths, $4M neg. Jooli DTZ 8118-2506 NOVENA, BUILD 4000 sqft Modern Design, Mall, MRT Bank Value $5M, Closing. Hurry! 8383-9800 James SUNSET, 4600/6200
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    • 408 6 HILLTOP BRADDELL HEIGHT. Bali resort lifestyle. ***** 7000 sqft. Price reduced! Grab now! Closing soon! Sole agt Dan Lim *****988 WOLSKEL BUNGALOW SIZED 2-sty corner Semi-d. 6318 sqft. F’hold. Elevated. 4+1, big gdn. $6.2M. 8181-8322 VIEW 2-5PM Matlock Rise 2.5-sty detach on elevated land 5110/ 5800 sqft. MRT F’hold Ben
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    • 312 6 Properties Deferred Payment ★Freehold ★Branded Finishing MIIIIIP1 HiimiBi JooChiat A pair of 3 h Storey Inter-Terrace (Left) 1,356/3,194sqft (Right) 1,347/3,174sqft 4 Ensuite Maid's Room Easy Access to PIE&ECP ECG LANDED PROPERTY Developer: Sales Gallery 33 Ubi Ave 3, J #01 -54 Vertex, S*****8 GROUP OF COMPANIES www.ecg.com.sg 9738 1680 ECG
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    • 242 6 BROADRICK/ WILKINSON *****, ***** sqft nice plot charming stay/ subdivide. View: Jimmy 9338 8989 RIVER VIEW SEMI-D $4.xm 4800 sqft reno, parks 4-5. One of a kind. River view! 9-6pm RealStar *****000 PALM RD 3-STY 6+1 Semi-D. 5822/ 5500 sqft. F’hold. Pool. Newly reno. Face E. Rented. $7.5m. *****390 BRAND
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    • 472 7 $3.XM MARVELOUS SIZE d16 F’hold 3 storey corner terr 5+1 Nice Reno/Gdn Privacy View: Steeve*****000 OPERA EST 2-STY terr, well reno. kept. 4 bdrms 1321/ 2400 sqft F’hold. Must view! Dayana *****631 18% BELOW VALUE. Onan Rd 3570sqft, 12m frontage Suits rebuild. Near Katong Regency, asking $3.6xm TEMBELING RD newly
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    • 276 7 ***RARE! HILLTOP BUNGLW. Move in. 6400 sqft. 5+1. Can develop 2 semi-D. Val $6.8M. $6.68M close. Only $1050 psf! Best price, Must view! *****611/ *****988 KENT HOMEGURU *****594 Open Hse. Sun 2-4pm. 28 Tai Hwan Gv. 2.5 sty. Corner 3400/ 4400sqft. New reno. Spacious! greenery! www.homeguru.com.sg ECG DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Casuarina
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    • 343 7 LI HWAN CL 2-Sty bunglw 7045 sqft land, Elevated basement, ample parking MRT, Phang YH *****668 PARK VILLAS RISE. 3 storey inter Land 1636/3000 sqft. 6+1 $1.6xm. 1 km to Rosyth sch. Richard 9647-9755 999 YRS 2-STY Inter terr Tagore Ave. 1800 sqft land 4 rms. Renovated. $2.xm. Sat/Sun 2pm.
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    • 301 7 CHUAN VIEW 3-STY corner terr 99yrs. 3440/3770sqft 4+1. Nice reno, lush gdn, pool,patio.Gwee 9617-1878 2-STY INTER TERR, F’HOLD Near Kovan 2050/ 2500 sqft 4bdrmMRT/ amenities Steven Teo H/P *****279 THRIFT DRIVE Tai Keng Gdn. 2-sty corner terr. 2600 sqft. MRT. F’hold. $2.86M. Angela 8126-6107 GOLDEN HILL BUNGLW. 7000 sqft. Full
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    • 398 7 ***BRAND NEW! 9738-1680 Platina Rd Corner-Terr x 2 Freehold 3 sty 6+1+1 bdrm Plot I 2159 3514 sqft Plot III 2294 3713 sqft Deferred Special Promo! ECG Landed Development 999 YRS. BRAND New semiD/ bunglw. Near Chong Pang/ Sembawang Shpg Ctr. 3965/ 5500 1500 sq ft. Below val’n. Bring cheque.
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    • 470 7 POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS WE ADVERTISE 4X WEEKLY Project Sqft Psf The Sail 2rm 861 $1900 The SailStudio 614 $2050 The Sail 1rm 893 $2000 Clementiwoods 1410 $1205 Horizon 2rm 990 $1680 Residences Vista Pk Studio 645 $1007 Icon Studio 570 $1909 Icon 1 Loft 700 $1850 Icon 2 Loft 1227 $1580
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    • 328 7 REFLECTIONS VILLA UNIT, 3993sqft, 4rm, best facing paranomic view, spacious living rm, pte lift. Viewing By appt: Jason *****377 THE BERTH BY THE COVE. Penthouse, 4-bdrms, 3025 sqft, roof terrace, jacuzzi, cove view. Zen *****933 THE AZURE, SENTOSA. 3-rm nicely reno. Resort style. Great Sea/ Fireworks’ view alankoh.com *****226 REFLECTION
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    • 415 7 RIVER PLACE CONDO. River View. Renovated and high floor. 2841sqft. 4-bedrms. Asking $3.6m. Dont miss! BLUE HORIZON 2-bdrm. 969 sqft. Mid flr. Modern Reno. Mins West Coast Pk/ mkt/eatery 9680-1166 Ken REGENCY SUITES. F’HOLD. 3-bdrm, 1421 sqft, high flr. Magnificent view. Mins walk to Tiong Bahru MRT!! 76 SHENTON 1RM
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    • 411 7 D.02 76 SHENTON. 980 sqft 2 rms. High flr. Unblocked sea view. Spacious. MRT. TOP 2014. Ray 9009-1122 ANCHORAGE 1507; 1550 sq ft; 1765 sqft 3+1 $1.8M up Queens 1410 sqft 4+1 rms $1.85M. 9109 8900 Kelvin $1.6XM. REFLECTIONS. 2 bd -rms, 1012 sqft, squarish, no pillars, twr blk, low
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    • 435 7 (Agy Lic. No. L*****26E) STUNNING DEVT IN D9 •Freehold immediate occupation •Mins to ION, Orchard MRT, Takashimaya S.C. •Breathtaking view of city, MBS, Reflections. •4 bedders 2530 sqft (2 balconies) •Never before affordable pricing μ Co-broke welcome KEITH LIM 8128 6663/ CEA Reg. No. R*****1H Sale/rent by owner Skypark Somerset
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    • 342 8 THE LADYHILL PENTHSE 5+1 3843sqft Award winning! Luxury. Greenery. Orcha rd. Fhold. *****338 Astro ROBERTSON 100, 3 utility pool view, huge, 1152 sqft, move-in $2.08m Rare! Future MRT. *****207 Kevin EDGE ON CAIRNHILL. 3175 sqft. 4 rms. Duplex. Reno $100K Mins Mt. Elizabeth/ MRT. Sylvia 9222 4685 LATITUDE 3+1, 1615
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    • 394 8 THE LEGACY, 4RM Penthse F’Hold 2604sqft. Unblock. Near Future Stevens MRT Move-in. Andy *****806 QUEENSBERRY SHANGHAI Rd. 614 sqft. 1-bdrm. #02. $855K. View Sat 12-2 pm. Clement Ngo 9669-3383 ONE JERVOIS 1066 sqft 2+ study. F’hold. High flr. Serious seller. View Sat 10.3012noon. Patrick *****887 URGENT! INSPIRA 3-BDRM 1216 sqft.
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    • 552 8 CHEAP BOTANIC GDN View. 3-rm. F’hold. Prime. Greenery. Fresh air. Lifestyle Quiet. $2.XM. 9369-9635 **2RVG MODERN 2-BDRM 893 sqft. Reno. Quiet greenery view. Vacant. $1.75M. Chia 9068-6500 VENTUNO BALMORAL 3+ balcony, 1313 sqft, $2.xM Belmond Green, 4+1 Pent hse. Nice view. 9819 8872 ZENITH 2 RMS, 753 sqft High flr,
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    • 513 8 Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ HU BtTimah/Clement! Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/ dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ Hfii BtTimah/dementi Pte
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    • 270 8 MAPLEWOODS BEST BUY! Only $12XX PSF, 1324 sqft, 3+1, Serious Seller! Hurry! Viewing Daily. Sole Agent. ROCHELLE NEWTON. TOP obtain. 2/ 3/ 4/ penthouse. 1012-3283 sqft. Fr $1.6xxM Call to view actual unit. IRIDIUM 2/3RMS. 1066 sqft MRT, malls. Tenanted. Ask 1.63M. View Sat 3-4pm. Rick 9780-5303 ERA IRIDIUM PENTHSE
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    • 278 8 GLOUCESTER MANSION 2RM Newton, MRT/ good sch. F/furn. F’hold. Renovated. $1.25M. Tean 9877 5566. PINE GROVE 3+1 1755 sq.ft. High/lift level. Orig $1.56m. Pandan Valley 4+1+ terr. 3500sqft Reno. 9819 8872 **ASTOR GREEN. DIRECT Pool view. 3+1. 1528 sqft Spacious. No noon. sun $1.6M. Chia 9068-6500 RAINTREE 1420 SQFT 3rms;
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    • 341 8 new PROJECT PREVIEW Special VVIP Discount* Only For This Weekend Retail, Office, Residential mM onwards SbXXK 35% sold Freehold before •Quality Finishing launch- ‘Minutes to Orchard/CBD High Investment Yield 1 *1KM to SJI Junior 1 All Co-broke Welcome Visit us at 238 Balestier Road Now ECG *****214 GROUP OF COMPANIES
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    • 435 8 GEMS EUNOS, as good as landed. serenity. 2 bdrm MRT. Fr $5XXK only! Beat Inflation. 9144 4166 Ng **WATERBANK DAKOTA 3-bdrm, 1130 sqft. High flr. Premium stack. MRT, sch. $1.6xM. Jane 9022-0928 CITY REGENCY F’HOLD. 2bdrm penthse. Reno. City view. Serious seller. Near MRT. Eileen Lau *****681 GEYLANG LOR 17
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    • 774 9 IIR D15-16 East Coast ftVM D15-16 East Coast fffM D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale sg.centanet.com f" Centaline (Singapore) Property Agency Pte. Limited CENTALINE PROPfflTY CEA Licence No.: L*****36Z Clarke Quay Branch HOTLINE 6438 7557/*****770 Serene Lim *****892 R*****4B (cHUlCliliWltfa? pMjjGsilSiiEJl
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    • 409 9 FAIRMOUNT 1959/ 3+1 Pen thse.A1 decor.200% movein.Don’t miss! $1.6xM.$840 psf yet neg! ERA *****919 24% 3% disc till 15th Apr LaVida 1/ 2/ Penthse Premium units avail. $5xxK up. Call Jessie 9852-0848 TANJONG RIA 3+1 1206 sqft $1.35m. High Flr. Mins MRT MBS City Skyline. Sea View Sole agt Justina
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    • 481 9 CHEAPEST! COSTA DEL Sol 4-bdrm. #08. 1475 sqft. Vacant. $1.6xm/ $1138 psf neg. Call YK 8382-7972 WATERPLACE 3+1. 1453 sqft High flr. Golf course view. F/ facilities. Good investment. Kris 9338-9368 COSTA DEL SOL. 1313 sqft. #22. $1.68M. Full sea view. Tanjong Ria 1206 sqft. #07 $1.35M. Crystal 9004-7717 SUNHAVEN
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    • 457 9 THE SEAVIEW. PENTHSE. 2928 sqft. 5+1 rms. Asking $4.1M neg. Call Derrick 9769-1071 NEW LIST! MAKENA. 1593 sqft 3 bdrm. Greenery.Face NS Well-Kept. Serious seller! Stefanie *****389 HERITAGE EAST 1+1, 463 sqft. Nice balcony. Pool/ gym. High yield. *****368 www. joannehomes.com EAST PALM F’HOLD Pent hse 3+1, 1323 built-in 442
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    • 373 9 946 YRS, CASA Pasir Ris, 3+1, 2207 sqft. Penthse w/ Big Roof gdn, Sea view, Privacy. Vivian 9117-5567 EDELWEISS 3+UTILITY 1281 sqft. F’hold. Open view. Quiet. Renovated. Breezy. Call Tay CH *****868 RIS GRANDEUR 1066SQFT 2+study, Ferraria Pk 1249 sqft. 3rm/915sqft. 2rm. Reno. A1 condition. All F’hold FERRARIA PK 1023/
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    • 451 9 BD19-20Serangoon/ D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Thomson Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale ft $5XXK!! freehold s ‘Approximately500mto MRT NEX Mall!! Exclusive 36 units with gym pool facilities Type of 1/1+Study& 2 bedrooms Penthouses. 3m*, Huttons realestategroup Huttons Asia Pte Ltd h M St i EH SKYHA BI TAT MBS architect
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    • 294 9 D’HIRO HILLSIDE Dr. 999 yrs. 2 rm, $800k up. 3 rm $1.28M. Immed occupati on. MRT. Other listings available. Carol *****524 KOVAN RESIDENCES MRT. 1970 sqft with patio. $2M Penthses. 3380/ 4693 sqft Also for rent. 9751-8811 $5XXK!! PRESTO Upper S’goon. F’hold. 1/ 1+study/ 2 rms penthse. 420 915 sqft.
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    • 2398 11 WATS CLASSIFIED Properties BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT I toll free 1800-289-9988 www.cats.com.sg SP i Rent a house Move your family into landed property in the central areas of Singapore. class 457 Your CATS Classification Guide M 13 Bukit MlraR W, dm± H i i :ht «si; 'Check out various units
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    • 300 12 FLAMETREE PARK F’HOLD. Very high floor. Unblocked. 3-bdrm. 1593 sqft. Call Rachel *****103 ERA GARDENS AT BISHAN 2bdrms. 883 sqft. Unblock gdn view. High flr. Bank $900K. Jane *****618 NEW LIST! NUOVO. MRT. 1389 Sqft 3 bdrm. No noon sun. 2 yrs reno. excellent cond. Stefanie *****389 D.19 ROSYTH VILLE
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    • 429 12 GARDENS BISHAN. 3 rms, 1152 sqft, reno, bright, near Ai Tong Sch. Good rental yield! 9793-7517 Carol Lim GRANDEUR 8. AMK Hub. 1593 sqft, cosy, 3+1+patio. Ground flr. Greenery. No noon sun *****947 Wong WHY PAY $17++?? City Fringe. The Interlace. Spacious. $11++psf. Iconic Res. Call Stevie 9743-4668 HOUGANG GREEN
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    • 432 12 $7XXPSF PALM GDN 1209 sqft 3+1 f/facilities, pte lift, #02. CCK MRT 5% rental return. Desi *****151 PN THE MAYFAIR. 3+1, 1227 Sqft, Unblocked, Windy Bright. Pool view. Private lift. Dennis *****811. MAYFAIR. POOL VIEW. 3+1. MRT. Nice. Bright. Windy. Sell with/ without tenancy Call Fraser 9022-3875 KF REGENT GROVE
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    • 426 12 FIRE SALE Northwood, F’Hold, Resort Style, Quiet 3+1, 1335 Sqft Greenery/ poolview *****222 Pat Su MEADOWS PEIRCE F’hold 3-rm, Ground flr. 1722 sqft Viewing 2-4pm. $10xx psf. Call *****290 Tan MEADOWS PEIRCE F’hold 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 bdrm fr $1100 psf.635 to 2702 sqft. TOP. Call Thomas 8338 7555
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    • 459 12 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS Vv YISHUN BUY IT* SELL IT* FIND IT KAf JAt JURONG WEST PUNGGOL SENGKANG A A
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    • 305 12 5’I’ BLK 99 Bedok N Ave 4. High flr, unblocked, val $570k. Amenities. Good cond. Darren 9823-8986 272 4’A’ BISHAN. 103 sq.m. #11. Lift out 1st unit. Val $508K. All races/ PR. All welcome! Chew 9851-1036 3’S’ BLK 132 Quiet, lift upgraded, all races/ PR, val. Edwin Lim 9640-7220 Rel
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    • 312 12 ALMOST SOLD! 128 Bt Merah View 3’I’. MRT/ amenities. Low flr. Val $30K neg. *****602 Ken BLK 14A, T.BLANGAH Cres, 5I, A1 Deco. Spacious Living Dining. Well Kept. Greenery. Collin *****821 EN-BLOC BLK 6 Redhill Close. 3-rm. N/S facing. Near Redhill MRT. F/ benefit. Tess *****730 (PA) MUST SELL! 3’I’
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    • 175 12 BEAUTIFUL HSE 627 Senja 4-rms. High flr. Unblocked. Near amenities Valn $475k Daniel Lin 9047-9741 HIGH FLR. 5RM Blk 483 Segar Rd. Val $420k All race/PR reno. View 15/4. 11 am-1pm. Brenda*****467 $18K COV ONLY! 4’A’ Senja Rd Blk 621 #11 Unblock. Lift level. Jelapang LRT. Move in. Can contra.
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    • 287 12 EM 287 SPACIOUS 146 sqm. Reno. Windy. Near MRT, Lot 1 Shopping, good sch. Martin Liew *****144 ERA FIRE SALE! 4’A’ 689B. $400K up to close. All races/ M’sian PR. Must Sell! Priya *****178 ERA GRAB NOW! 4’A’ Blk 470 All races/ PR eligible. Mid flr. 101 sqm. Reno. Val
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    • 297 12 5-RM BLK 619 CCK. MRT. Mid flr. 134 sqm. All races. Val $500K. View to offer. 9029-2242 Sathya. Grab It 5’I’ BLK 687D Choa Chu Ka -ng. All races. COV: $25K. $490K. Micah 9004-1643 WNER. 3’NG’ BLK 379. Next to corner, low flr lift. MRT. Val $365K. Ask $395K ono.
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    • 387 13 ACT FAST! 3’S’ Blk 57 Circuit Rd High flr. Mins MRT/ Mkt. *****980 Eastview 3A 128 GEYLANG E.Aljunied MRT. COV $20K. Chinese ratio filled. Lau *****237 BLK 169 4-RM, high flr, unblocked view. Move in cond. All races. View Wed by appt. Veron *****337 BLK 362 5’I’. Chinese ratio filled.
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    • 395 13 NEW LIST! RARE! 5’I’ pt blk 239. Very high flr, unblock. Renovated. Lift level. Near amenities. Don’t miss! 3’NG’ BLK 304. Mid flr. Unblocked. Simple move-in. Mins to all amenities. Valued. Simon Tong *****123 HSR PAXEL!! WE Cobroke 3A 440 103sqm All races! 3A 511. 74sqm Lift level! 4A 541
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    • 526 13 5’I’ 609 JURONG Pt MRT Val $475K. View to offer. High flr. Gary 9635-1339 5’I’ 625 Pioneer MRT. Mid flr. Reno. ($490K). 4A 673A Sandy *****741 RC 5’I’ 652C PIONEER MRT Mid flr. Valued. 100% move-in Amenities. *****323 Joey 5I CORNER 658B mid flr all races valued $466K MRT. Teo
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    • 412 13 109C EDGEDALE PLAINS. 5’I’ 110 sqm. Good cond. Lift level. COV view to offer. Call Annie *****259 5’I’ 176C. HIGH flr. Corner. All races/ M’sian PR. Val $500K. sch/ LRT. Can cobroke. Call BK *****909 5-RM 161B PUNGGOL Ctrl. High Flr/ Unblock View. Modern Renovated Design. No West Sun Val
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    • 425 13 4-RM CORNER 265D. Very high flr, f/reno. Unblocked. face sch. Valued. Viewing Sat/ Sun 4-5pm by appt. Call Simon Tong 9026-1123 ANCHORVALE 5-RM Design Plus. Blk 313C. Beautiful, Spacious, well reno MRT/ Park. Call Kris *****006 EA, 291C, COMPASSVALE St, 3+study, 125sqm #09, MRT Well kept. Val $555k COV $40k.
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    • 496 13 3’I’ 305 #11. NEX/ MRT. $325K. Chinese ratio filled. 3’I’ 108 #10, next to corner mkt*****900 Joyce Kuah ERA TOP 40 Achiever 2011 5’I’ Simei St 1 Blk 130, #10, 121sqm, Val $560K, Corner /Lift flr. Lift upgrading pay Can contra/ Early move in. BLK 135 SIMEI 4’S’, Low flr.
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    • 521 13 3A BLK.161. 1 min MRT. Move-in. Open to all. Upgr aded fees paid. Sun 2.30 3.30pm by appt. *****303 3’NG’ BLK 24 721 sqft. Val $265K Simple, well kept. Living rm faces South. Causeway, food ctr. neg. 4’A’ 743/4’NG 104. Corner units, high/ lift level, mins to MRT/ amenities. Valued.
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    • 529 13 ©North Houses North Houses for Rent ||Hf for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Banyan Villas and Florida Park For Lease Minutes drive to International Schools 3-storey landed houses 4+1 /5+1 bedrooms, 2,939 to 3,035 sq ft Call *****223 Visit www.fareast.com.sg Singapore's largest private residential landlord 4-RM BLK 737
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    • 423 13 RESIDENTIAL STATE PROPERTY FOR RENT OPEN HOUSE ON 14 APR 2012 (11AM TO 3PM) www.landapplications. gov.sg/spioweb 18 KAY SIANG RD Property type Bungalow No. of storey 2 Built-in flr area: 371.85sm Guide Rent $15,000 Lawson Toh *****014 FOR LEASE Good Class Cluster Bungalow on Chatsworth Road Viewing by appointment only
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    • 525 13 SWETTENHAM GCB TROPICAL resort P/furn *****/ ***** sqft 8+rms, sauna $32K neg Neo *****875 HILLCREST VILLA CLUSTER hse, 4+1. 3154 sqft. Facilities /amenities/ Top schs. $10k. 9487 6258 Kelvin TENERIFFE, GENTLE REFLECTIONS. Expat’s choice. 5 rms. $10k. Great location! 9836 6468 Lindsay CARMICHAEL RD S/STY Hse 2800 sqft 4+1+ Attic.
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    • 509 14 LEEDON S/STY DETACHED 5+1. Pool. Rustic/ charming $20K. Quek *****225 18 EAST SUSSEX Lane. Avail for rent early July. Contact owner 9326 6163 **2-STOREY SEMI-D. 5200 sqft. Opp Bishan MRT. Immediate. Owner 9616-0937 GREENVIEW CRES. 2-STY bunglw. 4+1, big gdn patio. $10K neg. Lu 9001-0882 RENO BUNGLW Chancery. Pool. 2
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    • 387 14 BALINESE-INSPIRED BUNGLW. Chestnut Dr. 4+1 Reno. 7000 sqft. Inground pool. $15K neg. Agt 9820-4173 stellakonghomes.com/52 2-STY INTER-TERR Toh Tuck, 3+1 rms. P/furn. Gdn, carporch Near amenities. Immed. SMS 9382-3206 WEST COAST TERR, $5.5K. 2-storey, 4 rms, nice decor Almost close! Near sch /mkt, immed. *****333 CLUSTER HOUSE Pasir Panjang. 4+2.
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    • 426 14 ICE! THE ICON. 1+1. 570sqft. F/furn. With aircon. High flr. 5 min walk to Tg Pagar MRT. $4000 neg. Prefer 2 yrs lease. Single/couple. Move -in immed. Ron 9067-1438 N THE SAIL @MARINA Bay. 1rm bay/sea, p/furn. $5K 2rm bay/sea, p/furn. $6.2k 2rm bay/sea, furn. $7500 3rm bay/sea, furn. $7500
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    • 488 14 ONE SHENTON 2-BDRM. 1098 sqft. Pool facing. Immediate. Partly Furnished. Call Edmund *****290 ONE SHENTON BRAND new 2-rm 904 sqft, #38. Nice view/ nice layout $6K. Call AlisonYew *****940 TYF CARIBBEAN 4+1, 1676 sqft. 2 ensuites, water channel Marina views, quiet, immed Rare! $8.xk neg. *****013 REFLECTIONS!! NEW! STACK 91.
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    • 473 14 CENTRAL GREEN/ ROCHESTER. 3+1. Full condo facilities/ furn. Mins to MRT. Immed. *****108 Wendy QUEENS MRT ABOVE #30. 1184 sqft. 3+1. F/furn. $5.5K neg. Prefer 2 yrs. Carolina Lau *****933 PN SOHO CENTRAL Studio Apt. Reno. F/furn. Pool/ gym. Short/ long-term. MRT. $7K. *****525 Jac REFLECTION KEPPEL Bay. 4+1, 2357sqft
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    • 547 17 $2.3K. APPROVED. LIFT flr. 3’I’ Corner. 506 Bt Batok MRT/ 5’I’ 12 CCK. 2 mins to LRT. Michelle 9668-2840 5-RM 522 JURONG West. Corner. F/furn. Well kept. Near NTU, amenities. All races. Celine 9383 2265 3+1 4 RM 688A. Near Yew Tee MRT. F/furn. Aircon. Family welcome. All races Immed.
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