The Straits Times, 15 October 2013

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  • 596 1  -  Strong showing due to recovery in manufacturing, expansion in services By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S economy has outperformed for the second quarter in a row, thanks to a gradual recovery in manufacturing and continued expansion in services. Growth was a better-than-ex-pected 5.1
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  • 95 1 TOP OF THE NEWS A8 A man carrying his bicycle through the waters of the overflowing Swarnrekha River in India’s Jharkhand state yesterday, in the wake of Cyclone Phailin. Hundreds of thousands of people are beginning to return to eastern India after escaping
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  • 71 1 CHURCHES in Malaysia are worried that the government will try to expand a ban on using Allah to refer to God, after Kuala Lumpur won a court appeal to stop the Roman Catholic Church from using Allah in its Malay-language newsletter.
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  • 361 1  -  By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg INFLATION has kept low in the past few months, but has picked up and is likely to head higher soon, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. It expects consumer prices to rise 2.5 to 3
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 699 2 / 3 Senators on both sides remain at odds in talks to avert debt default ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON M ar k e t s slipped and the US dollar fell yesterday with little sign of progress in Washington on averting an
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    • 182 2 / 3 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Reneging on its debt obligations would make the United States the first major Western government to default since Nazi Germany 80 years ago. Germany unilaterally ceased payments on long-term borrowings on May 6, 1933, three months after Adolf Hitler
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    • 102 2 / 3 A car burst into flames on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) yesterday evening. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call about the incident at 7.15pm. Officers arrived to find the car burning on the PIE towards Tuas, after the Eng Neo exit.
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    • 438 2 / 3  -  But some are not happy that they will not be offered fee waivers SINGTEL FIRE By DERRICK HO derrickh@sph.com.sg SINGTEL said it would compensate as many as 60,000 home customers whose broadband Internet was crippled for days due to a fire at one of its
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    • 389 2 / 3  -  DERRICK HO SINGTEL’S nationwide fibre network remains robust, and its contingency plans meet international standards, the telco said yesterday, as it sought to quell criticism in the wake of the outages caused by last week’s fire. The telco’s chief executive of the consumer division
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 46 4 SINGAPORE’S economy grew 5.1 per cent for the July to September period compared to the same quarter a year ago, based on advance estimates from the Trade and Industry Ministry, beating economists’ tips of a 3.8 per cent expansion. TOP NEWS A1
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      • 45 4 THE lack of progress in the US towards averting a debt default continues to put pressure on jittery markets. With mere days to go, there is still no agreement on raising the borrowing limit or reopening government. TOP NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
        • 34 4 AUSTRALIA is looking at imposing tighter restrictions on foreign investment in the country, but there are signs that countries with existing free-trade deals, such as Singapore, may be exempt. PAGE A10
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        • 45 4 RECENT changes to the voting system in Umno party elections to allow more members of Malaysia’s largest political party to have a say may have inadvertently given a big advantage to the candidates favoured by Prime Minister Najib Razak. PAGE A12
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        • 55 4 CHINA has announced several pacts with Vietnam to build on economic cooperation between the two countries. The deals, in maritime, onshore and financial cooperation, are seen as part of China’s bid to warm ties with regional neighbours jittery over its military might and territorial claims in the
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      • OPINION
        • 39 4 THE nightmare that the United States economy might run out of borrowed money is likely to keep recurring, until it fixes either its finances or its politics, says senior economics correspondent Fiona Chan. PAGE A22
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        • 39 4 WITH a rapidly ageing population in Singapore, elderly abuse looks set to become an increasingly important issue. Senior Writer Andy Ho says it is time to introduce a specific statute for elder abuse. PAGE A23
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      • 53 4 Whatever the domestic pressures, the new head of the United States central bank should be mindful of the impact of the Federal Reserve’s policy decisions on the wider world. The linkages are beyond dispute, especially given the reach of the quantitative easing. The Straits
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      • HOME
        • 57 4 DESPITE raising only $13 million of the $35 million needed, the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore’s oldest Roman Catholic church, is pushing ahead with urgent repairs and the construction of a new annexe building. PAGE B1 An artist’s impression of the completed design for the Cathedral
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        • 35 4 TO HELP social enterprises scale up, the Government is piloting a mentoring programme, in which experienced entrepreneurs will dish out advice on business practices ranging from strategic planning to marketing. PAGE B2
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        • 43 4 THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is diving into the arts with its new Centre for Contemporary Art at Gillman Barracks. The centre, which opens on Oct 23, will study subjects such as the impact of art. PAGE B5
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      • MONEY
        • 41 4 DEVELOPED and emerging economies are often seen to be at cross-purposes, but they actually face similar issues, says Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, which advises the IMF’s board of governors. PAGE B11
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      • LIFE!
        • 50 4 AMERICAN writer Jhumpa Lahiri (right) tells Life! that it took her 16 years to write her new novel, The Lowland, because it was inspired by a real-life tragedy that took a long time to research. Lahiri’s book may well win the Man Booker Prize today. PAGE C3
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        • 58 4 AUSTRALIAN actor Hugh Jackman threw himself a birthday party with 4,500 guests, but they had to pay to attend. He spent his 45th birthday last Saturday holding a benefit concert in aid of the Motion Picture Television Fund. PAGE C18 Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness at
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      • SPORT
        • 37 4 AFTER two defeats against Jordan and Oman in their 2015 Asian Cup qualifying campaign, Singapore’s national football team face another tough Middle Eastern opponent in Syria at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. PAGE B22
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        • 63 4 ENGLAND conclude their World Cup qualification campaign against Poland tonight. A point clear at the top of Group H, Wayne Rooney and Co need a victory to reserve a berth in Brazil, with second-placed Ukraine likely to beat San Marino. PAGE B21 Wayne Rooney and Co
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        • 54 4 VIEW pictures of Rio Tinto’s rare pink-hued diamonds, which attracted unprecedented interest during the annual Argyle Pink Diamonds tender. The highlight was the Argyle Phoenix, a 1.56 carat gem and one of three Fancy Red diamonds on offer, which sold for more than US$2 million (S$2.5 million)
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        • 60 4 AN EXTREMELY rare parasitic fungus is proving to be worth its weight in gold, but it has also sown discord, and even death, among neighbours seeking to cash in on it high on the Tibetan plateau. www.stasiareport.com A man digging for fungus in Gannan, in Gansu
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        • 44 4 ST ONLINE’S Gurveen Kaur says Gravity is a technological marvel that is well-balanced by a poignant storyline. ST Online’s Shea Driscoll, however, thinks the paper-thin plot brought the film back down to earth. Read both their reviews on stcommunities.sg
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        • 64 4 VIEW a photo gallery showing American and foreign visitors at the Statue of Liberty in New York on Sunday. The emblem of the American dream reopened to the public for the first time since falling victim to the United States government shutdown two weeks ago. The Statue
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        • 45 4 THIRTEEN women who overcame breast cancer, a mastectomy and breast reconstruction are strutting the runway to raise awareness for breast reconstruction. Breast cancer survivors taking to the catwalk at the Paragon mall to raise awareness for breast reconstruction. PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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        • 52 4 HUNGRY customers waited hours just to be among the first to get their hands on doughnuts at American chain Krispy Kreme’s first outlet in Singapore. Over the past six years, the doughnut craze has come and gone. Will Krispy Kreme be able to revive the popularity of
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        • 30 4 STOMPER Lynnette has penned a “thank-you” note to Stomp after the citizen journalism website played a part in tracking down her friend from Malaysia who went missing.
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    • 605 6  -  Word is not an integral part of faith in Christianity, appeals court rules By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN PUTRAJAYA yyennie@sph.com.sg THE Malaysian government has won an appeal to stop the Roman Catholic Church from using “Allah” to refer to
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    • 557 6  -  By DARYL CHIN PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT darylc@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board has moved to curb speculation in its commercial and industrial properties in a bid to prevent the cost from being passed on to customers. This will be done by restricting business owners
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    • 471 6  -  By CHEONG POH KWAN, YEO SAM JO cpohkwan@sph.com.sg yeosamjo@sph.com.sg MS JADE Teng and eight others from Singapore were slurping chendol at a roadside stall in the centre of Ipoh on Sunday, when a bull came charging from across the road. By
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    • 531 8  -  Better preparedness leads to fewer lives lost compared with 1999 storm By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg IT WAS the worst cyclone to hit eastern India in 14 years, leaving massive destruction in its wake flattened houses, overturned cars and damaged
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    • 321 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI Vietnam is evacuating tens of thousands of people in the path of Typhoon Nari, state media reported yesterday, after the powerful storm left at least 13 dead in the Philippines. Nari is expected to slam into central
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  • WORLD
    • 663 10  -  Controls that Nationals want may not apply to all nations, Treasurer says By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail AUSTRALIA’S new government is facing a deep split over foreign investment, with the debate set to decide the fate of future investment
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    • 512 10  -  By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA country.” wahyudis@sph.com.sg EVERY Hari Raya Haji, Muslims who can afford it will buy a goat or cow for the ritual korban, or sacrifice, and distribute the meat to the poor as an act of
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    • 291 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RATANGARH (India) Outrage mounted in India after at least 115 devotees were crushed to death or drowned near a Hindu temple which was the site of a deadly stampede only seven years ago. As survivors of Sunday’s tragedy on a
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    • ASIA
      • 733 12  -  Change in Umno system allows PM greater control over division chiefs By REME AHMAD ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR IN KUALA LUMPUR reme@sph.com.sg WHEN Umno changed its voting system in a bid to stamp out vote buying, it vastly expanded the number of those
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      • 339 12 PETALING JAYA Fresh graduates in Malaysia have been hit particularly hard by a shrinking job market, said Malaysian Employers Federation’s executive director Shamsuddin Bar dan. Some of the reasons for the drop in job openings are the recent extension of the retirement
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      • 123 12 More than 1.5 million people converged on Manila yesterday for a powerful Christian sect’s evangelical event, causing traffic chaos that shut down large parts of the city. The gathering of the politically influential Iglesia ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, in the historic
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      • 332 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan neglected to carry out safety checks on at least 40 per cent of nuclear reactor parts exported over a decade, a report said yesterday, in the latest controversy to strike its troubled nuclear industry. Nuclear reactor parts including
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 77 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH Cambodia’s United Nations-backed war crimes court starts hearing from tomorrow final statements from former leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, which wiped out up to two million people in the late 1970s. Nearly four decades after the country’s “Killing Fields”
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        • 93 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON Police in Myanmar investigating a series of bomb blasts that left two people dead and several wounded recently, said yesterday they suspect that a single person or organisation is responsible. Two were killed and one was injured in an explosion last Friday
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        • 64 12 REUTERS BEIJING China yesterday denounced the Spanish National Court’s decision to indict former Chinese president Hu Jintao for genocide as part of an investigation into whether his government committed abuses in Tibet. The court had accepted a Tibetan advocacy group’s appeal last week, in
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      • 473 14  -  Closer maritime, onshore and financial cooperation pledged amid sea disputes By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg CHINA and Vietnam have pledged to set up joint working groups to boost maritime, onshore and financial cooperation, raising the prospect of closer economic ties
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      • 360 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Britain says it will make it easier for China’s citizens to obtain visas, as it seeks a bigger share of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese traveller market against stiff European competition. Finance Minister George Osborne, who is in China leading a British trade
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      • 725 15 China projected to have 636m people aged over 50 by 2050 ASSOCIATED PRESS FUSHENG (Chongqing) Madam Zhang Zefang, a tiny 94-year-old with blotchy skin, hardly looks like a vindictive matriarch. But many assume she must be after she became known in Fusheng
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      • 236 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s government will allow Kawasaki Heavy Industries to sell engine parts for use by the British navy, deciding that it would not violate a long-stand-ing ban on arms exports, Japanese media reported yesterday. Kawasaki Heavy will
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    • 544 16 Police also arrest hundreds in unrest sparked by death blamed on migrant AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BLOOMBERG MOSCOW Police in Moscow detained about 1,200 people in a raid yesterday, a day after arresting hundreds of people following the worst outbreak of anti-mi-grant unrest in the
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    • 408 16 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REUTERS ROME Italy is planning to step up naval and air patrols in the southern Mediterranean to try to prevent repeats of the shipwrecks which have drowned hundreds of African migrants in two separate disasters in little more than
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    • 642 18 Image change, voter anger helping party to gain ground AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS France’s mainstream political parties are scratching their heads over what to do about a surge by the Front National (FN) after a breakthrough by-election win for the far-right party. The
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    • 451 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS STOCKHOLM Three scientists have jointly won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research that has improved the forecasting of asset prices in the long term and helped the emergence of index funds in stock markets,
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 76 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS Luxury shoe designer Christian Louboutin has won his battle to stop an anti-Islam ad campaign in Belgium that features a pair of his iconic stiletto heels. An Antwerp court ruled yesterday that the posters by a far-right Flemish group had to be
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      • 69 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY A German bishop has gone to Rome to explain himself to Pope Francis after facing multiple calls to resign over his big-spending lifestyle. Bishop of Limburg Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, 53, arrived on Sunday. He had used church funds for a
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      • 70 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British police are questioning four men on suspicion of terrorism after they were arrested in raids across London on Sunday that were aimed at preventing an alleged terror plot, media reports said. The BBC quoted officials as saying that the raids took
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    • 269 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Swiss radiation experts have found traces of polonium on clothing used by Yasser Arafat that “support the possibility” that the veteran Palestinian leader, who died in 2004, was poisoned. In a report published by The Lancet medical journal over the weekend, eight
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    • 56 18 The Argyle Phoenix, a 1.56-carat diamond on offer at a sale of Rio Tinto’s pink-hued gems, was sold to Singapore-based buyer John Glajz, for over US$2 million (S$2.5 million), The Australian paper said. It is the highest per-carat price for a gem from Rio’s Argyle
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    • 237 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The International Herald Tribune (IHT) has published its final edition under its own name, marking the end of an era for the 125-year newspaper that was a lifeline for American expatriates. The newspaper, headquartered in Paris but printed throughout the
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    • 533 19 Govt will try its ‘level best’ to avoid busting debt ceiling too, says Najib BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he believes the country can avoid a cut to its credit rating while the government will try its “level best”
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    • 474 19 REUTERS DAEGU (South Korea) Coal, propelled by rising use in China and India, will surpass oil as the key fuel for the global economy by 2020 despite government efforts to reduce carbon emissions, says energy consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie. Global
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 86 19 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON China, Switzerland, Germany and Japan are among nations close to reaching arrangements with United States regulators to ease the dismantling of failed banks, said Federal Deposit Insurance Corp chairman Martin Gruenberg on Sunday. US regulators are working with their German and Swiss counterparts
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      • 60 19 BLOOMBERG ASIA-PACIFIC nations will need US$11.7 trillion (S$14.6 trillion) of investments in the 25 years to 2035 to meet energy demand as power consumption more than doubles, according to the Asian Development Bank. Spending on electricity and heating will account for about 73 per cent
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      • 41 19 BLOOMBERG TAIPEI HTC has unveiled a new handset with a fingerprint sensor, joining Apple in featuring the security technology. One Max has a 5.9-inch high-definition screen and uses Google’s Android 4.3 operating system, said HTC yesterday.
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    • 239 19 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK A decade after Mr Sanford “Sandy” Weill stepped down as Citigroup’s chief executive officer amid a cascade of regulatory investigations and lawsuits, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s legal expenses are surpassing those of his one-time mentor. Facing probes into mortgage bonds, energy
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    • 495 20 Rise, driven by higher food prices, limits govt’s scope for policy easing REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING China’s annual consumer inflation rate increased to a seven-month high of 3.1 per cent last month as poor weather drove up food prices, limiting the
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  • OPINION
    • 456 22 MANY nations whose fortunes are yoked to the United States economy have practically a proprietary interest in Dr Janet Yellen being the presumptive next governor of America’s central bank. Why a personnel change in the Federal Reserve system should matter outside of
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    • 1468 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Even if the United States manages to avert a debt default this time, its steep debt pile and flawed debt ceiling approval process all but guarantees a similar crisis will occur again By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg IT HAS been
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    • 982 23  -  By ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg IN THE past three years, 8 per cent of all personal protection orders (PPOs) issued each year were taken out by parents against abusive offspring. This is an increase from 6 per cent of all PPOs
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    • 609 23  -  The US government shutdown has real social and public health consequences for America and the rest of the world, say two writers. By ANN MARIE OLIVA The writer is director of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Special Needs
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    • 654 23  -  By DAVID SATCHER The writer, a physician, is director of the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute. He was director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention from 1993 to 1998 and US surgeon-general from 1998 to 2002. He serves on
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      • 396 24  -  Paul Sim Ruiqi (Lieutenant NS) I READ the results of the Institute of Policy Studies survey on public perceptions of national service with much caution (“Poll reveals changing perceptions of NS”; last Wednesday) in particular, the finding that more people viewed NS as a way
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        • 120 24  -  Tan Peng Boon LAST Wednesday’s report (“Women could do their part to defend S’pore: Poll”) said eight in 10 people would like to give women the chance to contribute to Singapore’s defence. Why not extend national service such that women can serve as nursing and teaching
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        • 126 24  -  Hong Chou Hui THE Ministry of Defence should heed the call for first-generation permanent residents to serve national service (“Poll reveals changing perceptions of NS”; last Wednesday), as this will allow more able-bodied men to defend our country. In this way, PRs will be
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      • 101 24  -  Wong Khai Sheng I AM surprised that operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) are required to pay for their own accident insurance when they go for in-camp training. Can the Government consider footing the cost of this insurance and upgrading the benefits? We
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      • 67 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 the letters. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 215 24  -  Tai Ji Choong Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE THANK Mr Heng Cho Choon (“Rent out kiosks in parks to illegal hawkers”; Sept 30) and Ms Chan Chwee Leng (“Give illegal hawkers a lifeline”; Forum Online, Oct 3) for their feedback. Illegal
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      • 268 24  -  Ang Hin Kee Executive Adviser National Taxi Association THE National Taxi Association fully agrees with Mr Chua Kok Nam (“Consider paid medical leave for cabbies”; last Friday) that more can be done with regard to the health and safety of our taxi drivers. In
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      • 240 24 Do Singaporeans have the necessary skills to take up PME jobs here? Is it necessary to work abroad to gain these skills? While overseas working experience is valuable for PMEs to be successful in their jobs, many Singaporeans also acquire the necessary skills while residing here and travelling
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      • 82 24 1. MR GERARD ONG: NS is about training fighting soldiers. 2. MR GEOFFREY KUNG: Those who are no longer operationally ready can still volunteer. 3. MR YEOW HWEE MING: It makes sense for women to serve NS. 4. MR CHRISTOPHER ONG: Increase focus on computer science. 5. MR
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      • 324 25  -  PROPOSED OPENNET SALE Ng Sook Fun (Ms) Director, Corporate Marketing Communication Division Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore VIEWS expressed in last Saturday’s article (“SingTel fire puts spotlight on proposed OpenNet sale”) suggesting that the proposed sale of OpenNet would somehow reduce the resilience
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        • 112 25  -  Priscilla Kumari (Ms) I VISITED Woodlands Polyclinic with my son three weeks ago to make an appointment for a dental consultation. We were told that we could be seen only in May next year, and then face another longer wait to get the required treatment
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        • 143 25  -  Ng Kim Boon I BOUGHT a seven-year-old car from a dealer two months ago, with the agreement that it send the vehicle for evaluation and the grading had to be “B” or better (“Grouses about car dealers speeding up”; Oct 5). The car was given a “B”
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        • 49 25  -  Mak Seck Hong IT IS laudable that Singapore Post will be introducing lockable and water-resistant canvas bags (“SingPost to deliver better mail security”; Oct 6). The bags should also be fire-resistant, so their contents will not be damaged in the event of a fire.
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      • 242 25  -  Daniel Ho Director of Business Development and Communications OpenNet OPENNET understands Ms Ng Yoke Yin’s concern (“Risky to rely on only one fibre network provider”; last Friday) over the need for resiliency and reliability in the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network’s fibre network.
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    • 646 1  -  Last services will be held on Oct 27; work expected to take two years By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg FOR the past eight years, Singapore’s oldest Roman Catholic church has struggled to raise funds to urgently repair its crumbling building in Queen Street. But
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    • 656 2  -  Pilot scheme aims to help them scale up operations, achieve greater impact By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg WHEN social entrepreneur James Teh’s company had a workforce of five, including everybody in meetings was a simple matter. But as T.Ware grows, Dr Teh is
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    • 336 2  -  By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A SIGN in Tagalog seeking volunteers for a Filipino residents’ sub-committee has sparked controversy online, prompting the area’s MP Teo Ser Luck to clarify that it was a mistake and that no such sub-committee was formed.
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    • 485 4  -  Offence took place at same junction as fatal Ferrari crash a year later By ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A 21-YEAR-OLD was yesterday sentenced to two weeks in jail and banned from driving for five years after he ran a red light
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    • 316 4 COMMUTERS at the stations on the North East Line (NEL) will have access to free Wi-Fi while they wait, in a trial commencing in the middle of next year to improve connectivity at stations. The plan was unveiled in the Land Transport
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    • 295 5  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg A NEW set of stamps featuring local tradesmen such as cobblers, goldsmiths and milkmen is going into circulation. Postal service provider SingPost is launching the Vanishing Trades stamp collection to preserve the memories of these trades, brought to local
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    • 398 5  -  It expands horizons with new contemporary art centre in Gillman Barracks By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which in the past has been traditionally known for its focus on engineering, is extending its research capabilities into a surprising arena the arts. On
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    • 355 7  -  Taxi driver wanted for allegedly killing wife’s lover, attacking wife By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN police are still looking for the Singaporean man who allegedly murdered his wife’s lover in Malaysia on Sunday morning. Quah Tee Keon, a taxi driver here, understood
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    • 63 7 Hindu devotees watching priests performing the closing ceremony of the Navarathiri festival at the Sree Maha Mariamman Temple in Yishun last night. The Navarathiri festival, which lasts for nine nights, is a significant Hindu festival that centres on the worship of the Mother Goddess Shakthi, who
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    • 362 7  -  By JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg THAI opposition leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has warned that populist policies in Thailand could jeopardise the country’s economic and political prospects. Though speaking to a predominantly international audience in Singapore yesterday at an International Institute for
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    • 418 7  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg “JUSTICE for Tammy” is what a group of indignant animal lovers in Singapore is calling for. As a show of support for the sev-en-month-old mongrel which was put down for aggression, there was a flurry of activity on social
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    • 472 8  -  Victim died in hospital from multiple injuries following clash in park toilet TIONG BAHRU PARK BASHING By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg SIX men, including a pair of twins, were yesterday sentenced to at least five years in jail and four strokes of the cane
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    • 292 8  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg PARALLEL importer Chong Ah Choy evaded nearly $800,000 in taxes on 469 Japanese cars, by un-der-declaring each by $6,000. He ended up paying more than four times as much yesterday when he was fined $3,509,000 for defrauding the
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    • 312 8  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A COUPLE dumped soya sauce, chilli sauce and rubbish on a neighbour’s car in an attempt to force him to change his parking space, as his headlights shone into their home when he parked. But Lau Kin Kee and her
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    • 644 10  -  Romscraj’s portable device is one of the world’s first By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg HOME-GROWN company Romscraj has developed one of the world’s first portable 3-D printers, called Portabee Go. When folded, the 2.8kg Portabee Go is only 8cm high and 22cm long
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    • 438 10 STPROPERTY SEMINAR STRATEGY FOR THE SMART INVESTOR HOW TO CAPITALISE ON CURRENT MARKET TRENDS POLICIES With the new measures and developments plans in place, how should a property investor respond to the ever-changing investment landscape in Singapore and beyond? m f if r-~ p »ii I 1: rs: ill f
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    • 537 11  -  They must fix finances, deregulate, open up labour markets: Tharman By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg DEVELOPED and emerging economies are often seen to be at cross-purposes, but they actually face similar issues, says the head of the International Monetary Fund’s policy steering
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    • 474 12  -  42% plunge in motor vehicle revenue drags retail turnover down 8% By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg TAKINGS at retailers here fell 7.8 per cent in August from the same month last year, dragged down by very sluggish car sales. Motor vehicle
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    • 386 12  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg LIFE insurers will provide information on products for a new comparison website to be set up by the end of next year so consumers can do their own research. Ms Annette King, president of the
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    • 434 13  -  Nearly half of the target amount to come from Chinese property tycoon By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg VIVA Industrial Trust is seeking to raise $463.3 million through a Singapore Exchange listing, with nearly half of the target amount to come from a Chinese property
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    • 482 13  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg YOUNG people have been urged to consider a career in logistics, an industry described by the Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Health as an “exciting and interesting” one that offers an invaluable service to businesses. Associate Professor
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      • 503 14  -  Higher sales in this market lift telco’s third-quarter profit 20% to hit $40m By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S smallest telco M1 has posted a 19.4 per cent jump in third-quarter net profit to $39.6 million. The healthy boost in the bottom line
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      • 265 14  -  MELISSA TAN THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking public feedback on proposals that aim to make it easier for investors to understand company prospectuses. It released a consultation paper on the topic yesterday on its website. The ideas laid out in the paper
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      • 393 14  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg KEPPEL real estate investment trust (Reit), which owns a portfolio of office buildings, has posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.97 cents for the third quarter. The DPU was 0.5 per cent higher than the
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 447 15  -  Quiet day ahead of public holiday as investors opt to sit on the sidelines BULLS AND BEARS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE stocks fell on ra-zor-thin volumes yesterday as the few traders left in the market fretted about the US inching closer to
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      • 331 15  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg A FIRM that invests mainly in green infrastructure assets like waste management, water treatment and renewable energy lifted its net profit in the third quarter. K-Green Trust (KGT), which is run by Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management, recorded
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        • 18 15 STI TRADING VOLUME 83 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 3 Losers: 21 Unchanged: 6
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        • 21 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.85 billion shares worth $499 million UP DOWN Gainers: 108 Losers: 291 Unchanged: 403
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        • 55 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change -4.63 2,020.27 2,237.77 1,097.06 1,784.76 1,459.84 5,207.86 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 9.63 9.62 -0.99 2.06 SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 -23.01 Yesterday’s close Index Change Friday’s close Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Jakarta Comp Dow Nasdaq 23,218.32 14,404.74 4,519.91 15,237.11 3,791.87
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        • 165 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 14, 2013 Top Rises Oct 14 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 600.2 5.0 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 8314 484.4 4.9 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1323 48.6 3.0 DBXT MSASPAC 10US$ 375 31.1 7.1 IS MS
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      321 18  -  Local swimmer Tao Li wins silver bronze in Moscow By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE swim queen Tao Li enjoyed a fruitful two days in the Moscow leg of the 2013 Fina Swimming World Cup last weekend, finishing on the podium in both events she competed in. Up
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    • 472 18 Athletics Chicago marathon Men: 1 Dennis Kimetto (Ken) 2hr 3min 45sec. 2 Emmanuel Mutai (Ken) 2:03:52. 3 Sammy Kitwara (Ken) 2:05:16. Women: 1 Rita Jeptoo (Ken) 2:19:57. 2 Jemima Jelagat Sumgong (Ken) 2:20:48. 3 Mariya Konovalova (Rus) 2:22:46. Badminton Dutch Open In Almere, finals Men’s doubles: Wahyu Nayaka Arya
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    • 300 19 REUTERS SUZUKA (Japan) With Sebastian Vettel’s fourth successive Formula One title now just a formality, the more intriguing question is whether the Red Bull driver can go on to match a record that has stood for 60 years. The 26-year-old should become the sport’s youngest
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    • 617 19 Top golfer ending relationship with tennis star in bid to salvage career BELFAST World No. 6 Rory McIlroy has signed off on his two-year relationship with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in a bid to regain his status as the top-ranked golfer, according to multiple media
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    • 893 19  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg WILL he make a speech, this retiring Sachin Tendulkar, in his home city of Mumbai next month during his last Test and is it the closest we’ll come to a nation crying? Will grown men snivel,
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    • 389 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS Adrian Peterson would have been forgiven for sitting this one out. Two days earlier, the National Football League (NFL) star’s two-year-old son died in hospital because of injuries allegedly caused by abuse from a man who was dating the child’s mother.
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      • 86 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHICAGO Dennis Kimetto out-duelled Emmanuel Mutai to win the Chicago Marathon in a course record of 2hr 3min 45sec on Sunday. He pulled away from fellow Kenyan Mutai (2:03:52) in the closing stages to win the first major US marathon since the bombings at
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      • 57 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson said yesterday she will train under new coach Antony DrinkwaterNewman after parting ways with long-term mentor Sharon Hannan. Drinkwater N e wman currently runs a junior training squad on Australia’s Gold Coast but previously was an assistant
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      • 66 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON A road adjacent to Manchester United’s Old Trafford is to be renamed Sir Alex Ferguson Way in honour of the club’s long-serving manager who retired in May after nearly 27 years in charge. The 71-year-old Ferguson, who is now a director at the
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      • 60 20 REUTERS TRIPOLI (Libya) Egyptian football coach Hossam Al Badri was shot at in Libya on Saturday, hours after his team Al Ahli Tripoli had drawn a league match. “Three men in a car shot at (him). The police have launched a full-scale investigation,” the Libyan
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      • 38 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMPHIS Tony Allen scored 19 points and Marc Gasol added 17, as the National Basketball Association’s Memphis Grizzlies beat Israel’s Maccabi Haifa 116-70 in a pre-season exhibition game on Sunday.
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      • 95 20 REUTERS NAPLES Mario Balotelli is tired of being in the eye of a hurricane, the president of the Italian football federation (FIGC) said yesterday after the maverick international became embroiled in another row. “It’s a demanding period for Mario and we have to understand the media
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    • 534 20 Del Bosque calls for more incisive play as they wrap up against Georgia REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Even though Spain just need a point against Georgia today to qualify for next year’s World Cup finals, Vicente del Bosque has demanded more goals from
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    • 242 20 MADRID Victor Valdes has hinted that his next club could be French Ligue 1 outfit Monaco a move that will see English Premier League leaders Arsenal miss out on the Barcelona goalkeeper. Valdes confirmed in the summer that he will leave
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    • 461 20 REUTERS PARIS Striker Olivier Giroud, who has grabbed his chance for automatic selection, will be a key figure today when France seek victory over Finland and a probable place in next month’s play-offs for the World Cup finals. Giroud, 27, is set to make
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    • 330 20 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Gareth Bale is at the centre of a fierce argument between Real Madrid and the Spanish media over the extent of his back injury. The Wales player has been restricted to playing a total of 132 minutes in three matches for
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    • 264 20 REUTERS SARAJEVO Ethnic divisions will be put aside today as the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina unite behind their football team’s bid to seal a place in next year’s World Cup. After several narrow misses, Bosnia can reach their first major tournament as an independent nation with
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    • 401 21 LONDON Borussia Dortmund’s Robert Lewandowski has spoken of his desire to play in the English Premier League ahead of Poland’s World Cup qualifier against England today. Scoring, or helping the al-ready-eliminated Poles get a result at Wembley, is unlikely to endear him to fans
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    • 572 21 But Hodgson plays down mind games as he warns against complacency THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Amid mind games by Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko, Roy Hodgson has warned his England side against complacency in today’s decisive World Cup qualifier against Poland. Ukraine, one point behind Group H
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    • 638 22  -  Coach insists Lions ‘must’ qualify for next Asian Cup, says results will come By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg With qualification for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup all but written off by their coach, Singapore will look to embark on the long road to qualify for the 2019
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    • 500 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSTON (Jamaica) The world’s anti-doping authority is launching an “extraordinary” audit of Jamaica’s drug-testing agency, following allegations that its policing of the island’s sprinting superstars led by Usain Bolt all but collapsed in the months before they dazzled at the
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    • 321 1 Singapore Writers’ Festival Long road to Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri took 16 years to write book Culture Vulture Women take charge in arts and heritage Treasure hunts and walks spice up festival C3 C4 C6 C Who is afraid of contemporary art? This year’s Singapore Biennale boasts works made by people
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      • 758 2  -  Naoko Tosa experiments with sound and paint to convey the emotions of the passing of seasons Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Japanese artist Naoko Tosa’s latest work is the sort of art that makes one stop and stare. Ribbons of variegated paint in hues ranging from blush-pink
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      • 602 2  -  Lisabel Ting If you have wondered what you would look like with another skin tone, you can now find out without having to spend a day in the sun or a fortune on whitening creams. At Skins, a multimedia exhibition at visual arts
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      • 426 2 Agence France-Presse London Take a Monet, a Turner and other paintings worth millions of dollars and lend them to schools for a day. It may sound like a looming disaster, but not to British organisers of a project bringing great art to kids. At Addey
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      • 590 5  -  Move will give the public easy and full access to the Tamil literary heritage of Singapore Eve Yap eveyap@sph.com.sg In the course of moving house several times, veteran poet K.T.M. Iqbal figures he has misplaced a couple of his books and has had to borrow
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      • 616 5 New York Times New York There is conventional wisdom about what kind of material will go viral on the Internet celebrity slide shows, quirky kitten antics and lists such as 10 tips for losing belly fat. Then there is the path of Upworthy.com,
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        1537 7  -  Community collaborations, such as those with students and prisoners, are featured in this year’s Singapore Biennale Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg A traditional flower bath might not be something you associate with contemporary art, but Malaysian artist Sharon Chin’s Mandi Bunga is the first performance piece of the
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      • 322 7 24That is the age of Singapore artist Guo Yixiu, the youngest participating artist at the Biennale. Guo’s artwork, Paranoia (right), features a banal object raffia string of different colours formed into portraits of people who inhabit current habitat. See it at: Waterloo Centre Singapore’s civic district. The work
        PHOTOS: ANGGUN PRIAMBODO, GUO YIXIU, KEN + JULIA YONETANI, KUMARI NAHAPPAN, TAY BEE AYE, TONI KANWA, VU HONG NINH  -  322 words
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        1531 8 / 9  -  In this year’s Singapore Biennale, artworks will be concentrated at venues in the Bras Basah and Bugis areas, making it more convenient to move from one exhibition venue to another. HUANG LIJIE maps out the various venues and highlights must-see works at each location HUANG LIJIE Art Singapore
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      • 996 8 / 9  -  With a bumper crop of 82 artists and artist collectives participating in this edition of the Biennale, who’s who? Here are five established ones from the region Huang Lijie 1KHVAY SAMNANG Age: 31 Nationality: Cambodia Part of Cambodia’s new wave of contemporary artists, Khvay Samnang often
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        1475 10  -  DEEPIKA SHETTY highlights shows opening the Singapore Biennale week DEEPIKA SHETTY Get wired On the move with your smartphone? Get your Biennale updates on these platforms: SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2013 SMARTPHONE APP Download this app to plan your visit and find out more about the artists and artworks. Choose
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      • 428 10  -  HUANG LIJIE tells you how not to let this knockout art show knock you out HUANG LIJIE 1B IS FOR BIENNALE NOT BINGE Be warned: If you gorge, you will puke. This art buffet is best enjoyed in bearable doses, which varies according to each person’s threshold
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      • 830 15  -  Huzir Sulaiman’s Atomic Jaya was written in response to ambitious projects in Malaysia during the Mahathir era Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Home-grown company Checkpoint Theatre took to the streets of Singapore to ask the question: What happens when Malaysia decides to build an atomic bomb?
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    • 1406 3  -  Jhumpa Lahiri’s shortlisted novel was inspired by real-life tragedy and took her 16 years to write Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg American writer Jhumpa Lahiri took 16 years to write her new novel, The Lowland, which may well win the Man Booker Prize today and got onto
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    • 523 3 New York Times Doha, Qatar The art-world equivalent of McDonald’s golden arches, Damien Hirst’s candy-coloured spots, now covering the exterior of the exhibition space Al Riwaq, glaringly mark this Persian Gulf city as a player in the increasingly branded art world. And the
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    • 708 4  -  Adults and children get to experience books in fun ways, including retellings and walking tours Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Books will come to life this November, thanks to a slew of programmes led by homegrown authors at the Singapore Writers Festival. Listen to a macabre
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    • 886 4  -  Corrie Tan Australian playwright Jessica Bellamy (right) thought she had lost her late grandmother’s recipes forever, and with them, the tastes of her childhood. So when she found scraps of her Ukrainian grandmother’s traditional Jewish recipes, they were the perfect starting point for a play, Shabbat
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    • 655 4 New York Times Associated Press New York Oscar Hijuelos (below), the Cuban-American novelist who wrote about the lives of immigrants adapting to a new culture and became the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1989 book, The Mambo Kings Play
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    • 130 6 ‘I had a very expensive education, I went to Cambridge. Not everyone did that and there are plenty of perfectly intelligent people out there who have not been trained in Shakespeare’s language choices’ Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes (left) on why he has altered the language
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    • 1248 6  -  Leadership is not genderspecific but new crop of women chiefs bodes well for the scene Culture Vulture HuangLijie lijie@sph.com.sg Gender inequality is not taboo in the progressive art world. Plays, paintings and literature have long been vocal critics of such social bias. Pulitzer
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      • 140 6 Professor Ute Meta Bauer, 55, has been appointed founding director of Nanyang Technological University’s Centre for Contemporary Art at Gillman Barracks. The centre, which is supported by the Economic Development Board, is due to open on Oct 23. Prof Bauer, who has more than
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      • 104 6 The Ageless Theatre presents Faces (Phases) Of Love, a show about the power of love and the search for that special someone. It comprises four short skits, including one about a lonely widow’s love for her deceased husband, and another about four mahjong buddies reminiscing about love
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      • 65 6 Indonesian artist Dedy Sufriadi (above) will hold a solo exhibition of new works here, titled Between Intelligence And Intuition. His works feature bold colours, words and numbers, and explore the confinements of society. Where: Ode To Art, Raffles City, 252 North Bridge Road, 01-36E/F When: Nov
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      • 93 6 Registration for the Singapore Dance Theatre’s (SDT) scholars programme 2014 audition is now open. The programme is for those who want to pursue a professional dance career. The course covers ballet techniques, variations, contemporary and theory lessons. The cost is $3,000 per academic year. Successful
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    • 440 6 Associated Press New York The colourful palette of Spike Jonze’s wistful, slightly futuristic digital romance Her had an unlikely inspiration: Jamba Juice. Jonze premiered his highly anticipated film last Saturday at the New York Film Festival, where he and his cast, including star Joaquin Phoenix,
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    • 582 16  -  K-pop group Girls’ Generation rev up the Indoor Stadium crowd with lots of flashy effects Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Review Concert 2013 GIRLS’ GENERATION WORLD TOUR GIRLS AND PEACE IN SINGAPORE Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday As South Korea’s pop machine relentlessly churns out new bands, it
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    • 438 16 Associated Press Rockland, Maine Far from Kansas, far from any yellow brick road and all the way to Maine, fans of The Wizard Of Oz can catch a peek of Dorothy’s blue gingham dress, a pair of her ruby slippers and even a
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      • 324 18 Associated Press Los Angeles Hugh Jackman (right) threw himself a birthday party with 4,500 guests, but they had to pay to attend. The actor spent his 45th birthday last Saturday at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, where he sang, danced and told stories for One Night
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        • 74 18 TVB supporting actor Fred Cheng (right) on Sunday won the Hong Kong station’s singing contest for its B-list and C-list entertainers, The Voice Of The Stars, after gaining a second wind in his career with his previously little-known vocal prowess. Cheng, 29, was voted
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        • 66 18 The Hills star Lauren Conrad, 27, announced on Sunday that she is engaged to musician William Tell, 33. They have been dating for nearly two years. She posted a photo of her engagement ring on her blog and wrote that she was “beyond thrilled”. Her
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        • 85 18 American singer Miley Cyrus, 20, became the first person to simultaneously notch up a No. 1 single and a No. 1 album on the British music chart this year, the Official Charts Company said. Her track Wrecking Ball, went straight to the
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      • 313 18 Los Angeles British stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have spoken about their deep friendship while promoting a rare appearance together on Broadway. The bond between them is well known McKellen famously officiated at Stewart’s marriage to singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell, 35, last month. Now the
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      • 478 3  -  ACTIVITY BY SHERYL QUEK ST, Oct 7 NTU scientists find way to bend ceramic By David Ee Ceramic is famously strong, yet brittle. No one can bend a ceramic bowl like one might a metal spoon or a disposable plastic cup it would simply crack. But Singaporean
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    • 199 7 WATERLOO APT, 999 years. 3 bdrms, 1356sf, high flr. Tenanted. Good location, Attractive 8222 2977 THE INTERLACE 20% Disc! Just TOP! 3+1/ 4/ 4+1 rm $2.2xM-$3.3xM. Must Grab! Star buy units available! WESTBAY 2 RM 893 sf, mid flr, reno, pool view, NS facing, leasehold, near sch shpg /mkt. *****568
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    • 192 7 ABOVE 4% YIELD! 1bdrm Icon 570sf Pool view. Corp tenancy $4.2K till May 2014. Serious seller. $1.2M! DUO RESIDENCES LIVE work play 4-in-1 integrated devt. Bugis MRT. Register now Agnes Yang 9186-9815 DUO RESIDENCES, 4-IN-1, integrated devt. Bugis, 2 MRT lines. Andrea Chua 8606 6964 for preview PREVIEW SOON Bugis
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    • 193 7 MARINA BAY SUITES 3/4rm 1604-2680sf. High low flr TOP soon! $2600 psf up! Act fast! Delvin 9022 9949 CARIBBEAN. 3-RM. $1.9XM. 4-rm penthouse. 3580 sf. $6M/The Coast 4-rm. 2357 sf. $4.6M. Sam 9008-8251 DUO RES Ophir/ Rochor rd, next to Bugis MRT. 660 units with 1/2/3/4/penthse register with VVIP preview
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    • 394 7 QUEENSWAY TWR F’HOLD. 1658sf. 3 bdrms. High flr. Orig. Ikea/shpg. Mins town. *****794 Esther, ERA DUO RESIDENCES@BUGIS. 49-sty Twr Integrated devt 660 units. Studio, 1 to 4rm. Register now for VVIP $1388PSF ONLY! HERTFORD Rd. Brand new FH 2+study, 1,346sf, Designer decor furnishing incl! *****897 RARE! 1 #18 Normanton Pk
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    • 709 8 Hilltops. A botanical retreat in the city. h HILLTOPS miii niimu A}’ mrt m uxl it iX mx i 11 -d 111 0. ‘‘'jar L i s« -j ir*. sr a a r n j "I Set above the pulse of Orchard Road and composed of acres of verdant greenery,
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    • 321 8 REGENCY PARK F’HOLD 3+1. Huge land. No noon sun. 3175 sqft. Designer decor. Pic www.*****626.comAJ $1.8XM JERVOIS 1500SF. 3+1 well renovated/ cosy. $4.xM Orion FH 4+1/MRT/ tenanted Veron*****898 15 ARDMORE PK 2885sf 4+1 High flr, best stack. Rare! Pool view. $10.3M. Tenanted. Hurry! Lynn 9297 7251 D’LEEDON DEVELOPER/ RESALE, 2bdrm
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    • 349 8 URBAN SUITES. BEST Stack 2002sf. 4+1. High flr. Just TOP. Priced to sell. Immed rent. Urgent! *****788 OMLINSON 2368 SF 3+1. Greenery view vacant. Designer decor $5.xM. *****025 Joanne T BIRD’S EYE VIEW! 1399sf 3 bdrms Ridgewood. Orig Breezy. Best val $1.66M $1185 psf. *****555 AC BOTANIC GDN MANSION FH.
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    • 286 8 SHERWOOD TOWER 1830SF Mais. 3+1. Reno. Pei Hwa/ MGS. MRT. Serious seller. $1.4xM. Cheong *****888 PANDAN VALLEY BLK 2, 3+study, 1646 sqft. $1.98M. Blk 4 3bdrm, 1464 sqft. $1.78M neg Lee *****578 GOODLUCK GDN 1701 sqft. 3bdrm, spacious, pool view enbloc potential, $2.05m neg. John Goy *****740 SUITES NEWTON 1/2
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    • 274 8 D12-14Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang Pte Apts for Sale D12-14Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang Pte Apts for Sale Freehold f,: ‘Foreigners Eligible The Beauty eCegance of the Jrencfi IncCocfune fi Contemporary style French colonial architecture 15-minute drive to CBD I City 1 to 4-bedroom units, lofts penthouses Walking distance to various MRT Within 1km
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    • 320 8 EIGHT RIVERSUITES. 1-4RM, Strata/Penthse. 2nd phase release. MRT. 99 yrs. $9XX psf up! www.johnokb.com $1050 PSF ONLY. Below Val 999 yrs Mar Thoma Mansion 1453 sf. 4+1. Well kept. MRT. Jason 9027 4466 EDEN Z LOFT. Only 6 units left. 1 bdrm $5xxK up. Near MRT. Good investment. Benny Peh
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    • 281 8 BRAND NEW. JUST TOP. FH. 2 rm Penthse, 1248 sqft. 2+Study Penthse, 1754sqft 3+Study Penthse, 1819 sqft Sat/Sun 3-7pm. *****747 F’HOLD/ SEA VIEW! Only $1300psf! Cosy Hawaii Twr Good layout, 2239 sf, 3+1. Renovated.Breezy. Serious seller. S. Ho 9382-2223 PENTHOUSE $888PSF ONLY Villa Marina, 2024sf/4rms, Tastefully reno. Walk to siglap
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    • 245 8 FIRE SALE! OPTIMA. 2 bdrm 861sf. High flr. Quiet facing Excellent cond 100% move in. Serious seller. Grab now NEPTUNE CT, 3+1. 1636 sf. High flr. Unblocked Good view! Big balcony. Best 9323-2120 cj-property.com CHEAPEST IN THE Seaview 3+1, 1410 sf, immaculate greenery view quiet, privacy $2.35M neg *****583 CHEAPEST
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    • 346 9 GREEN LANE APT, FH, 1615 sf, 4+1, Top flr,good layout, N/S facing. Only $1.58M. Allan Tan *****922 THE CARPMAELINA 3+1 Penthse. FH. 1927 sf. Walk to Paya Lebar MRT. Beautiful reno Sell with tenancy SANCTUARY GREEN. 2 bdrm 775 sf. Low flr. New paint. F/facilities. Keys on hand. Must view!
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    • 294 9 D17-18Changi/ PasirRis Pte Apts for Sale D17-18Changi/ Pasir Ris Pte Apts for Sale 0 D17-18Changi/ Pasir RIs Pte Apts for Sale SHOWFLATOPEN Free Shuttle Bus to Showflat Pickup Point (Between Tampines One MRT Walkway) From 11 am 5pm 22- Study 4-463-495sf Fr $4xxK 743-818sf Fr $6xxK 818-993sf Fr $7xxK 1033-1109
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    • 225 9 THE INFLORA Flora Drive Most Affordable Condo fr $4xxK 396-Units. Near Sch Airport *****333 Ong AP D17 THE INFLORA @Flora Dr 1bdrm fr $4xxK. Low Rise Devt Condo EC Price! 396units. Mimi *****223 THE INFLORA Flora Drive Condo EC Price fr $4xxk Future SUTD/JapSch/Expo fr$8xxpsf *****093 Alvin D17 THE INFLORA
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    • 312 9 WATERCREST 999 YRS 1324 sf. 3bdrm+Utility. Well kept Quiet, peaceful. Near beach. Agnes 9615-8171 FR $4XXK ONLY THE Inflora Flora Dr. Pte condo EC price! Preview by appt www.theSGhomes.com THE MINTON. TOP 4Qtr ’13. 1bdrm 549/614sqft $758K. 2 bdrm 980 sqft $1.22M. 2+Patio 1458 sqft $1.3xM. 2+ Study 1109 sqft
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    • 368 9 LA FIESTA $882K u p 2/3/4/5 rms. 2 mins walk to MRT/ Compass Point. Call 9177 8000 JT Chia SPRINGBLOOM CHOICE UNIT 3+1, 1304 sf. Beside MRT. High floor. Designer decor. Face Pool. Julie *****075 THE SCALA 2-BDRM 829sf TOP Soon. Min Lor Chuan MRT/ Nex Mall. No noon sun.
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    • 313 9 THE WARREN 1238 sf. 3+1. High floor. Pool facing. Vacant possession. Mins to MRT, mall. $1.25M neg. MAYSPRINGS CHOICE unit! 3 bdrm 1410sf. Top flr, New reno, Unblock MRT/ Malls. Below $1K psf. 9776 8977 FLORAVALE 1249SF 3+1+1, mid flr, nice reno, breezy. School mkt. *****086. www.calineproperty.com PARC OASIS 3+1,
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    • 285 9 NORTHOAKS/ WOODSVALE $860K+. 3+1 #01/ 05/ 06. Lacasa. 2+1. Nice. Near Mrt. Tony Kwek *****270 EUPHONY GDN @SEMBAWANG. Serious Seller 1216 sf. 3+1, Balcony Quiet facing. Call Marc 9457-8480 ROSEWOOD DRIVE 2+STUDY 1001 sf Poly/ Sport/ American Sch/ MRT Thomson Link. 8133-4112 Jermain Ng CASTLE GREEN 2+STUDY. 947 sf. Unblocked,
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    • 364 9 BLK 211 3’NG’ Mid flr. Well reno Walk to Sch/MRT. Val $350K. VTO. Today Open Hse 4pm-5pm. 8686-0553 BLK 587 3NG, HIGH flr, next to corner. MRT/ Amenities. All races. Val-$355K, Low COV. Chua BH 9743-9068 BLK 625 4’NG’ Mid flr. Corner. Walk to MRT/ Sch. Val $470K. VTO. Today
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    • 360 9 BEDOK PT BLK 19, 1281sf, big hall. Mins to MRT, mkt, Val $620K only $655K Call Sole agt *****688 Joseph LOW COV. 4’NG’ Blk 108 Bedok N. Low flr. Corner. Simple move in. Sch/ future MRT. Lena *****584 LOW COV 5I corner Blk 648 #02 Jln Tenaga 121 sqm val
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    • 331 9 5I BLK 164 with 4rms 121 sqm, mins to wet mkt/MRT 100% move in, mins to Bishan park.Call *****939 ALL RACES/PR, A1 Reno. 4A Blk 391 mid flr Val $500k Blk 391 Low Flr Val $488k Corner, Privacy, Windy BLK 363 4-RM Corner. Mid flr. Near MRT amenities. Valued $420K
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    • 350 10 105 HENDERSON CRES 3-Rm utility. High flr. Unblock. F/reno. Val $396K. All race Roger 9386-6634 REA 133 BT MERAH 3’I’, 59sqm, well kept, orig. Val $295K. Near amenities, city. Low COV. Ethan 9769 0125 $15K COV! 5’I’ Blk 83 Redhill Lane. 4 bdrms. 124 sqm. Corner. Val $725K. Redhill MRT.
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    • 371 10 4-RM 671B KLANG Lane. High flr. Windy. Rochor, Little India Bugis MRT. Mins CBD. Alan *****055 52 KENT RD 4NG /980 sqft Farrer Pk MRT, Amenities Nicely reno. Val $503K Rare! Terence 9681 9523 BLK 444 CHOA Chu Kang Mid flr Lift, North facing Corner unit. 101 sqm. Value 408k.
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    • 325 10 3’NG’ CLEMENTI AVE 2 Blk 365 #08/ 351 #02 Lift upgraded. All races/ SPR. Serious seller. 9743-6568 4A CORNER BLK 28A Dover Cres 95 sqm. #14. Unblock windy. Val. $650K. ACJC/ Poly. 9763-4164 Joanne JOSEPH ERA 9001-1508 Corner 36 Eunos Cres 4A1 High Flr, Quiet, TOP 2006 Doorstep MRT/ Amenities
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    • 372 10 BLK 570 4’A’ 100 sqm, reno good layout. Val $440k. All races.Near Hougang Green mall/ coffeeshop/ Giant. BLK 692, 3’S’. 64sqm. Lift level. Bright. Windy. Move in cond. Amenities. All race /PR ok. Lance 9889-8892 BLK 911 4’A’ corner, high flr. Lift, Valued $420K. All races/ All offer welcome. Call
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    • 369 10 3’NG’ BLK 231/ 242. Lift level. Simple. Bright breezy. All races. PRs eligible. Linda Low 8139 1282 3’NG’ BLK 256 MRT/ mkt/ sch. All races/ PR. Low flr Lift level. Simple move in val $315k Johari *****767 4’A’ BLK 328. COV $5K. 105 sqm. #12. Marble flr. Near amenities. All
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    • 335 10 4’A’ 919 St 91 Val $392K can contra all race /PR Amenities Serious offer consider!! Lee 9624-9749 4’A’ BLK 258 Boon Lay Dr. 111sqm Mid/Lift flr All races /PR. Quiet. Valued $445K. Low COV. Alex 9452-5120 4’A’ BLK 464. Mid flr. 102 sqm. Unblocked/ Walk to MRT. All races/ PR
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    • 404 10 4RM 17 JLN Tenteram, Corner, reno,shops. Val $480k Low COV, Chinese ratio filled. Francis 9818-4107 77 LOR LIMAU, 3 rm, valued, ask $360k, windy, whampoa mkt, mins to town, Joycelyn *****629 3’I’ CORNER BLK 59 Marine Terrace. Mid flr. Near Tao Nan. Val $445K. VTO. Clifford Oh Hp: *****003 3-RM
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    • 326 10 PUNGGOL, SIMPLY THE Best 5I 197B #05 bag of styles 4A 638A potion of horizon 4A 643 #1 wok of big land 4A 299 poetry of nature 4A 168B hues of refreshed 5’I’ BLK 134 Mid flr, corner, 5’I’ Blk 176D High flr, corner A1 decor, serious seller 4’A’ Blk
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    • 294 10 BLK 49 4’A’ Strathmore Ave. Mid flr. Well kept. Val. Chinese ratio filled. neg. Call Lawrence *****675 LOW COV! BLK 58 Strathmore Ave. 4’A’ 96 sqm. Low flr corner. No west sun. Near MRT. *****757 3’I’ 169, #06. Mins Q’town MRT/ coffeeshop/ IKEA/ Anchorage/ ABC market. Call Neo CS *****124
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    • 302 10 Open House Always There For You 4’A’ BLK 425 Canberra. 91 sqm Mid flr. Unblock. Good cond. MRT/ amenities/ sch. Val $398K. Irene *****367 5’I’ 421 CORNER, high flr, 110 sqm. Val $475K. Nice decor, all nationals/ races. MRT. Call Lily *****700 5RM BLK 356B. Admiralty Dr. 1 min to
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    • 326 11 4’A’ 296C. CORNER. Quiet Low Cov. Urgent. $405K. 5’I’ 298C High Flr. Unblock Reno. PR Eligible. $490K 4’A’ FIRE SALES! Buangkok MRT! Below valn! 91 sqm, Squarish layout! Renovate! New bathrm! Immed regn! 4RM, BLK 204A, Compass Dr. High flr, bright windy, Amenities MRT. Serious Seller. Ong TL 9027-1377 4RM
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    • 394 11 WALK TO MRT! 3’S’ 406 Mid /lift flr, amenities. All race/ PR. Val $335k+COV Priced to sell *****685 Ryan OT 3’A’ BLK.420 74SQM. mid flr. NS facing. Clean well kept. 600m to MRT. Val $370K. 9188 7966 Ronald 3A BLK 813/ 219. Face NS, high flr.Valued. Future Mrt. 4A Blk
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    • 344 11 BLK 316, 3’A 73 sqm. Mid flr. All races. Reno. MRT/ amenities. Can contra. Val $350k www.paulineho.com BLK 638 WOODLANDS Ring Rd. 5’I’. Val $455K. COV $35K neg. Near amenities. David Cheang 9479-6199 BLK 790, HDB 5’I’. 1323 sqft Low flr. 5 mins to MRT. Val $453K. View to offer.
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    • 373 11 3’NG’ 124, #05 Val $310K 4’NG 124, #12 Val $405K 4’A’ 306, #03 Val $405K 4’A’ 332, #10 Val $405K 4’A’ 642, #04 Val $418K 5’I’ Blk 314 #08 Val $470K EA Blk 326 #10 Val $555K. Call Jin ERA *****898 4’NG’ BLK 211. Val $435K. 4’A’ Blk 860. Val
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    • 449 11 1) BURGHLEY DRIVE Semi-D 2 sty basement attic, 5rm 3600sf. Immed $6.8K! 2) Cooling Close Semi-D 2 sty, 5rm 4800sf. $8K! UNIQUE BALINESE RESORT style living Gardenia Rd. 2½-sty corner terr w pool. 4bdrm. Open kitchen neg POH HUAT CRES. 2 sty terr. 2400 s.f 4 bdrm. F/aircon. Huge living/
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    • 381 11 D.11 THE CHANCERY Res! 4+1 3400sf cluster hse, 4 levels/ s/pool/ security. Novena MRT/ mall. Immed. SWISS CLUB/ BINJAI Approx land *****sf ***** sf. Immed Caline *****86 www.calineproperty.com D.10 DALVEY TROPICAL bunglw. Lots of greenery. *****/ ***** sf. Large pool/gdn. $3xK. *****780 BINJAI WALK Bunglw 4+1 swimming pool. renovated kitchen
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    • 346 11 EXPAT CHOICE! BEDOK Ria region. Great for small family, quiet, spacious, 4rm terr, Windy, amenities NICE RENO! SEMI-D Jln Sotong, land 3800sf build 3500, 4+1. Park 2 cars. Ask $6.XK. 9437-2662 Jason SIGLAP LOVELY 2-STY cor ner terr+attic. 3300/ 2900 sf. 4rm Nice gdn 2 kitchen Immed $8K Dan *****818
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    • 332 11 THE SAIL 1-RM. $4.3K-$5K 2rm City/Sea view $5K-6K 3/4 rm, bay view $6.5-10k Marina Bay Suites 3/4rms Call Neo 9384-2121 REA TODAY 11-3PM INTERLACE brand New 3-rm 1744 sf. High flr. Windy. Sea/ greenery views. P/furn Immed $7300. Juvena *****006 CITYLIGHTS 2 RMS 893sf, Super Convenient, Fantastic facilities, Mins to
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    • 276 11 THE CLIFT CBD area. 1rm Loft 775 sf. Very high floor F/furn. MRT. Immed $5.5K neg. 9848 3062 Ricky Tan ***THE BERTH Sentosa 3rm 1615 sqft P/furn $6.5K Good layout. Boat berthing Pool. Ricky *****062 THE BENCOOLEN. 2+1 rms. F/ furn. High floor, Bugis MRT/ shpg mall. Pool, gym tennis.
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    • 413 11 LE HILL 1400SF, 3+1. Pool/ gym/ BBQ/ Sauna. P/furn. Quiet. Hilltop. Sea view. $4.2K. Lili 9101-8896 ERA THE PARC 2-RM Part/f/furn near Clementi MRT, high flr, sea view, newly reno. Immed. Annie *****326 SEASCAPE, BRAND NEW Premium Stack 4 bdrm, 2680 sf. P/Furn immed Exclusive. Audrey *****172 REGENT PK 2-BDRM,
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    • 532 12 DORSETT RES. 2RMS Face pool bath unblock F/furn MRT$5k Immed *****643 THE BENCOOLEN, 2RM. High flr. F/furn. Walk Bugis MRT /Nafa,call *****373 Garry INT’L PLAZA 1/2-BEDROOM 600/ 904/ 1474 sf. Above MRT. 9650-3273 Chua SB THE SAIL STUDIO, avail immed 614/ 678sf. P/furn Urgent! Vic *****511 KVM THE SAIL. FULL
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    • 278 12 3+1. THE GRANGE 1765 sqft High flr. Well kept P/furn Unblock view Move-in $10k Sharon Lee 8101 5665 BALMORAL RES 1744/ 2400 sf 3+1/ 4+1+balcony. Quiet, Great facilities, Amenities/ MRT. Ann 9626 2337 ERA 90 HOLLAND RD 1894 sf 3+1 $6K/ Cairnhill Res 2443 sf 3rm $8.4K/Belmond Green 4+1 $8.5K.
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    • 291 12 URBANA 4-BDRM 1475 sqft high flr, face city f/aircon P/furn f/facilities. amenitie -s. $8K. Andy 9022-2266 PARC SOPHIA, NICE 1-bdrm esuite, pool view, balcony. Kitchenette f/furn, >$3.38k Vivace chic 1-bdrm, $3.5k. 7 HOLT RD 2250 sf 4+1 high flr, unblock view. Balcony. Excellent cond. Immed 9684 6633 Ng Kok Leong
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    • 450 12 THE MONTANA RIVER Valley 1-bdrm 560sf. F/furn. Wellkept. Unblocked greenery. Wendy 9026 0020 REA MELROSE PK. 4-BDRM, 1701 sf. Like new. City view. New aircon/ appliances $7.5K 9145-0009 Cheryl NO COMMISSION ON tenant Orchard Dalvey studio/ 2+1 $2000-$2950. Free wifi/ carpk *****477/*****615 KILLINEY 118, STUDIO, high flr, unblocked, fully furnished.
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    • 347 12 D.11 AMARYLLIS VILLE 2rm study 980 sf, #11, f/furn. Pool view. MRT. Immed. The Chancery Res cluster terr 4+1. P/furn. 3477 sf. Pool. Novena MRT. Immed ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Newton Suites, 797sf, $5k Newton One, 1216sf, $7.Xk Park Infinia, 1582sf, $8.Xk Soleil Sinaran, 2+1, $6.xk Pauline Vong 9620-1215 ARCADIA GDN
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    • 376 12 SYMPHONY HGT 3+1+ balcony, 1280 sf, #04, unfurn. f/facilities, quiet. Mall. Immed. 9889 2189 Betty 3+1 SIGNATURE Park, Bt Timah, Toh Tuck 1421 sqft, Low Condo facilities. Amenities. Andy *****339 SOLEIL NOVENA MRT. #26 Unblock view of MBS. 3 rm 1475 sqft. Pte lift. $7.5K. Immed. Ben 9765-4329 THE CASCADIA.
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    • 324 12 BRAND NEW IMMED Suites Topaz. 1464 sf. 2+1 Penthse. Mins to MRT. Pte Jacuzzi pool. Designer decor. CASA SARINA. SPACIOUS 1rm utility 743 sf. F/furn Min MRT. Avail immediate. Ask $2.9K. 9431 2080 YKK ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Windy Heights 4 rm, f/furn high flr, 2 attach bath, full aircon. Alan
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    • 309 12 EMERALD EAST Tanjong Rhu 1076 sf. 3+1, 3 toilets. High floor. IR view. Mins walk to MRT Easy access to ECP/ Parkway Parade/ airport 10mins to Suntec negotiable Koh SC 9383 1931 OT ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM 38 Amber, 2/3rm $3.5k up Costa Rhu 2/3+1 rm $4k up Parkshore 3 rm,
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    • 285 12 BAYSHORE PARK 2 bdrm. $3k. P/seaview. p/f/furn. High flr. Avail Immed. Cobroke. Joshua 9270-7830 CORALIS. BRAND NEW. 2bdrms Unblocked. Pool view.P/furn. Near Parkway I12. Open hse. 9790-7288 THE SEAVIEW 3/4RM, best stack, poolview, quiet, high flr. Opp Parkway. Freddy *****038/ *****270 WATERSIDE RENOVATED 3+1 4+1. Well appointed UNITS. View today
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    • 511 12 ESTA 1560SF 4+1 high flr Pool view. No road noise/ wes sun. Reno. *****170. www.garyteng.com D.16 BREEZE BY The East Condo. 3 bdrms. P/ furn. Pool view. Windy. Immed. Tommy 9222-8848 AMBER RES 2 bdrms 1163 sf. mid flr, p/furn, near amenities. Avail immed. neg. Joseph 9783-4542 THE MAKENA Meyer.
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    • 405 13 SAVANNAH CONDO. 1453 sf. High flr, Windy. Pool facing Reno. Well kept. Amenities. Immed. 9229-3093 Ken 1+1 FERRARIA PARK Condo. 645 sf. New. Clean. Full facilities. Near Expo. Immed. $2700. Sara 8180-3137 BRAND NEW. F/FURN Cosy 3+1, high flr Pasir Ris. Near amenities, MRT. Nice owner. *****627 Wendy ELIAS GREEN,
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    • 380 13 Near Mall Always There For You DAIRY FARM 2 bdrm. Reno. Nice. Face green/ Linear 3+1. Quiet facing. Near Rail Mall. 9237 2175 Lee H L NORTHVALE 3+1, 1270 sf. High flr. Unblocked. F/furn. Guilin View 2rm. F/furn. All near MRT. 9679-5568 Teo NEW LIST! THE Warren, 2+1 +study, 1076
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    • 414 13 CASHEW PK 3+1 1200 sf, unfurn, painted. Immed $2.7K. Johnny 9389-8708 $3.6K, LAKESIDE TOWER, 1950 sf, 3 rm, lakeview, high flr, reno, *****033 OT **MAYSPRINGS 3+1. PARC Oasis 2/3 rm. MRT. $3.2k$3.6k. Loy 9386 8188 CASHEW PK 2/ 3 rm. $2.6k Glendale Park 4-rm 1600sf $3.6K. June 9387-8442. HILLINGTON GREEN
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    • 445 13 HOUGANG MRT, EVERGREEN Pk. 2 common rms. Condo facilities. Wifi. Own bathrm $850 neg! David 9451 1821 BRAND NEW F/FURN Master/ Common Rms Pasir Ris. Near amenities. Nice owner. *****627 Wendy F/FURN COMMON RM St Michael Rd. Cosy. Nice Indian Male Owner. No cooking. *****627 Wendy PALM GDN CCK, 1
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    • 448 13 5-RM BLK 686C Woodlands. Walk to MRT, shpg mall. Furn, aircon, cosy. Immed *****110/ *****547 Tom G BLK 199A PUNGGOL 3+1, well reno. LRT/ foodcourt/ Giant. Avail 1/11. All races $2.7K neg. Alex 9452-5120 4A BLK 298C Compassvale St. Approved. 3 aircons. F/ furn. Near LRT. $2.5K neg. Immed. 9848
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    • 436 13 5I BLK 155, 121 sqm, 2rms, near eateries/wet market/ CTE. 120% reno. Fully furn, family only. *****939 BLK 640 ROWELL, 2+1 move in 1 Nov. Near Farrer Pk/ Little India MRT/ City Sq. $2.2K+. Ronald *****055 BLK 28 BENDEMEER. 2+1. Pt Blk. Privacy. Aircon. Furn. 1min to Boon Keng MRT.
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    • 483 13 BLK 135 SIMEI. 5’I’ 1250sf. High flr. P/furn. Move-in cond. Near MRT. $neg. Call Hussein 9786-2724 DTZ 4-RM 2+1 249 Tampines. P/furn. Aircon. Reno. Prefer family. $2.8K. Avail 15 Nov. Louis Loh 9067-2143 9 PAX, 121 Paya Lebar Way. 3+1. MRT/ market. 3rd Nov. $2400. Eddy 9627-1388 $NEG BEDOK N
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    • 440 13 CASH RICH INDONESIAN/ China buyers looking for Prime Condo/ Apt in all areas. *****980 Mr Ching TENANTS, BUYERS WANTED Apt, condo, cluster hse, etc Owner call *****801 Ram TENANTS JUST ARRIVED! Urgently looking for whole units High budget. Personal/ co lease. Call 969-***** Pan LHG PROPERTIES INVITES you to sell
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    • 323 13 MAPEX FH B1. 1 min Mary mount MRT. 100% effective usable area, no void/ airspace. 1636-1959 sf. Low maintenance. Column free layout. Ramp up avail. Attractive price fr $1.xxM. Hurry!!! 9762 1449 Belle LINK@AMK #01. 2153 sqft #02, 2153 sf/ 3 sty terr fty 8000 sqft. Woodlands 11, #01, 2583
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    • 267 13 9 TAGORE. FH. B1. Ramp up, 2433 sf. Mezzanine office. Carpark. Tenanted till 5/2015. Wilkie Tay *****191 $5M NEW CANTEEN Yishun $3.72m 3-sty New Factory AMK. $621k. 926sqft UB1. www.*****200.com Tohst UBI AVE 3@VERTEX 2239 sf Direct access, own carpark space. Fully fitted, Attached toilet. OT 9791 6225 TAGORE 8.
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