The Straits Times, 8 July 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 86 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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  • 773 1  -  Its plans also include placing more cameras and officers in hot spots By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg ALL eight recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the Little India riot to minimise the likelihood of similar incidents in the future have
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  • 118 1 WILL the combative David Luiz (left), Brazil’s new captain, step up in the absence of the injured Neymar and the suspended Thiago Silva? The weakened hosts take on a confident Germany in the first semi-final tomorrow (4am, Singapore time), knowing that nothing less than a win
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  • 467 1  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A LITTLE India rioter responsible for some of the most “shocking” and “wanton” violence was sentenced to 21/2 years in jail and three strokes of the cane yesterday. Sarangan Kumaran (right), 36, is the
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 730 2 / 3  -  New haze Bill raises penalties and widens net to cover parties involved By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg IF A new Bill to fight transboundary haze here is passed, errant firms can be fined up to $2 million, nearly seven times what was
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    • 390 2 / 3  -  DAVID EE IF YOU have been holding your breath for the haze to hit Singapore and wonder why it has not, it is because of favourable wind conditions and recent rains. Over the last two weeks, prevailing winds have blown largely
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    • 466 2 / 3  -  All govt agencies in nationwide effort to study impact on infrastructure By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is embarking on a nationwide effort to study how climate change will affect every piece of state infrastructure on the island from roads and power stations
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    • 369 2 / 3  -  By CHERYL FAITH WEE cherylw@sph.com.sg A BUDDING teacher thought to be missing in Cambodia last week has been found and is said to be healthy and well, said the authorities in Cambodia. National Institute of Education student Sanjay Radakrishna, 26, had been on a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 45 4 ALL eight recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the Little India riot to minimise the likelihood of similar incidents have been accepted by the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament yesterday. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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      • 37 4 SECURITY has been stepped up across Indonesia to prepare for potential disorder from tomorrow’s presidential election. Riots are likely if the result is very close, according to observers. TOP OF THE NEWS A10
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      • WORLD
        • 54 4 CHINESE President Xi Jinping has hit out at Japan again for revising its wartime history and moving to remilitarisation. China’s commemoration of the full outbreak of war on July 7, 1937, was for the first time attended by its President a sign of concern over developments
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        • 64 4 SYARIAH courts in India will stay although such courts and their orders do not have legal sanction, the country’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision came after a dispute filed by a lawyer claimed that such courts are unconstitutional. PAGE A16 Syariah courts can stay, but
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        • 42 4 SOME Malaysians fighting in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are independent jihadists not allied to any Islamist militant group. These “freelancers” said their motivation is simply to defend Muslims against injustices, not the cause of any organisation. PAGE A18
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        • 45 4 TAIWAN-BORN Sharon Yuan will put to use her fluency in Mandarin when she is in Beijing this week with five other US Treasury officials for an annual dialogue, which includes persuading China’s government to allow greater market access for US businesses. PAGE A21
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      • OPINION
        • 43 4 IT HAS been touted as an affordable real estate investment destination but is the property boom in Johor’s Iskandar region coming to an end? Finance correspondent Yasmine Yahya looks at the issues concerning many current and potential investors. PAGE A22
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      • HOME
        • 68 4 SIX in 10 people do not give feedback when they get bad service, a study has found. Instead, four in 10 of these people who do not lodge complaints say they will patronise the retailer less or even boycott them in future. PAGE B1 Parents queuing
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        • 39 4 ABOUT 80 parents stood in line outside the popular Mee Toh School in Punggol yesterday for a shot at becoming a volunteer and increasing their child’s chances of landing a place in the school. PAGE B2
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        • 46 4 SINGAPORE has beefed up money laundering laws and raised the maximum jail term for the offence from seven to 10 years. The number of convictions for the offence has gone up from 18 in 2010 to 39 last year. PAGE B6
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          47 4 IS IT a snake with legs? A giant tadpole? Actually, it is a giant salamander that went for a stroll in Kyoto, Japan, and became an unlikely Twitter star as photos of it went viral. Read all about giant salamanders at http://bit.ly/1lN6iKH PHOTO: TWITTER/@SASSA1002
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      • MONEY
        • 40 4 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has placed Brazilian property developer EcoHouse Group on its Investor Alert List, which shows unregulated firms that may have been wrongly perceived as being licensed or authorised by the MAS. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
        • 82 4 HAVING lost five of his last six Grand Slam tennis finals, Novak Djokovic had doubts of adding to his six major titles. But after beating Roger Federer in Sunday’s Wimbledon final, the new world No. 1 is more confident of catching Rafael Nadal (14) and the Swiss
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      • LIFE!
        • 69 4 XINYAO singer Dawn Gan may be 51 this year, but she is as bubbly as when she first sang Youth 1,2,3, the theme song for the 1986 local TV drama The Happy Trio. She was performing on Sunday at a concert at Bras Basah Complex held
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        • 65 4 CENTRE 42, which is run by an independent team of theatre practitioners, opened yesterday and unveiled three scripts that will go into development in the inaugural round of its Boiler Room initiative. It also announced two other new schemes. PAGE C5 Playwrights Suzanne Choo (from left), 40;
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    • 662 6  -  Move is a change from previous shifts in focus away from riot control By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S riot police will double in strength, with 300 more officers to be added in the next two to three years. These members of the
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    • 745 6  -  HOE PEI SHAN THE police will review and tailor the training and equipping of their frontline officers at a level appropriate for first responders and their mission, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. This includes, among others, plans to improve their capabilities
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    • 340 6  -  WALTER SIM TRAFFIC in Little India will be smoother, crowd control will be improved and overall safety will receive a boost with the trebling of police cameras. These were among the measures outlined by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean to improve
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    • 247 6  -  By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Home Affairs will consider giving commendations to the men and women who performed outstandingly on the night of the Little India riot. Said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday: “The Government will
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    • 599 6  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg MOST foreign workers are highly satisfied being in Singapore and plan to continue working here after their current stint, according to a survey by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Migrant Workers’ Centre. Citing the study in Parliament yesterday, Manpower Minister
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    • 898 8  -  FROM THE GALLERY By ROBIN CHAN ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR chanckr@sph.com.sg THE first Parliament sitting after the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report was noticeably tamer than the questioning that took place during the investigation itself and the Parliament debates that preceded it.
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    • 842 8  -  This will help keep new contracting model financially sustainable By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg FARES must go up regularly for a new bus contracting model to be financially sustainable, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew. Speaking for the first time in Parliament about the new
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    • 433 8  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg A SYSTEM vulnerability was not to blame for the breach of 1,560 SingPass accounts discovered last month, Parliament was told yesterday. Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim said experts had scanned different layers of protection
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    • 623 10  -  Fears of unrest ahead of presidential race expected to produce close result By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg INDONESIA’S military and police have stepped up security across the archipelago as a precaution ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election, which many expect will
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    • 273 10 IF A quick count after polling closes tomorrow yields a margin of victory too close to be accurate say within 1 percentage point Indonesians will have to wait two weeks for the official results. And if these results are disputed, the
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    • 754 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Air travellers with smartphones or other electronic devices must be able to turn them on to take them aboard under new security measures, the US authorities have said. US-bound travellers from Europe and the Middle East have faced
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    • 277 10 TOMORROW, some 190 million eligible voters will go to the polls in Indonesia’s third direct presidential election. As Indonesia has three time zones, voters in Papua will cast their ballots first at 6am Singapore time, while voting in Jakarta will end at 2pm
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    • 404 10  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg A MAJORITY of Singaporeans have heard of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Minimum Sum and CPF Life annuity but many do not know the specifics of these schemes. A poll by the Government’s feedback unit Reach found that eight
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    • 108 4 JAPAN HAS VITAL ROLE IN ASIAN PEACE Japan’s move towards a wider military role abroad under the principle of collective self-defence has to be put on the right footing by its leaders. It would seem a logical step to take in light of the security situation, but an unresolved past
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  • WORLD
    • 807 12  -  Second time in three days Chinese leader has blasted Tokyo’s actions By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg CHINA will not agree to any efforts to “deny, distort or beautify” history, President Xi Jinping said yesterday, as he hit out
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    • 518 12 REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING Germany yesterday signed several agreements with China, including a memorandum of understanding between Air China and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, a deal for new car plants in China for FAW Volkswagen Automobile, as well as a helicopter order with
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    • ASIA
      • 644 14 Chinese military woos city’s residents with patriotic displays at open house BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Three weeks after a former Chinese official raised the prospect of troops being deployed to quell civil unrest in Hong Kong, soldiers from the People’s
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      • 336 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Super typhoon Neoguri was barrelling towards Japan’s Okinawa islands, packing violent winds and torrential rains as officials warned residents to stay indoors, while the biggest US Air Force base in the Pacific evacuated some of its aircraft. The
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      • 518 15  -  Fearful Muslims remain indoors in wake of sectarian violence By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg MANDALAY is limping back to normal after last week’s Buddhist-Muslim riots. But the “normalcy” as Myanmar knew it may well be a thing of the past. The
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      • 72 15 A robbery victim gets police protection and some shade while waiting for the ambulance in the financial district of Philippine capital Manila yesterday. The victim, believed to be a company messenger, was on his way to a bank when a man tried to snatch his bag, which
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      • 260 15 REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s military government said peace in the Muslim-dominated south is an “urgent national priority” for the Buddhist-majority country, following a decade of unrest blamed on separatists. The message comes a week after the start of the Muslim holy
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      • 542 16  -  But it rules such religious courts or their orders have no legal sanction By Y.P. RAJESH INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI yprajesh@sph.com.sg INDIA’S Supreme Court has refused to ban syariah courts even as it ruled that such Islamic courts or their orders
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      • 164 16 REUTERS HANOI A military helicopter crashed into a residential area on the fringes of Vietnamese capital Hanoi, killing 16 people and seriously injuring five, the army said. The Soviet-era MI-171 helicopter was on a training flight when it went down early in the
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 94 16 REUTERS BEIJING China has taken down more than 40 groups it calls “violent terror gangs” and arrested more than 400 people in its restive western region of Xinjiang since the authorities began a crackdown in May, state media said yesterday. The figures are the latest tally
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        • 75 16 REUTERS MANILA A former Philippine congressman has filed an impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino for bribery and violating the Constitution, but analysts said the popular leader could defeat the motion, thanks to his grip on the legislature. It is the first time that
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        • 90 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s government has accepted New Zealand’s guarantee that a Malaysian diplomat who is set to return to the country to face burglary and assault charges will be treated fairly, said Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein. “I have received their
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      • 438 17 Fraud allegations plague presidential run-off vote REUTERS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL Afghanistan’s election officials declared former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month’s second round of a presidential election with 56.44 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Mr Abdullah Abdullah,
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      • 346 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI An extra 100 million Indians have been classed as poor by an expert panel that has redefined the country’s poverty benchmark after a storm of protest, reports have said. The government-appointed panel estimated nearly 30 per cent of India’s mammoth population
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      • 80 17 A damaged AirAsia plane sitting off the runway of an airport in Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan after it veered off the runway upon landing at about 4pm yesterday. The Airbus A-320 was on a flight from Kuala Lumpur. All 102 passengers and seven crew
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    • 506 18 They claim no allegiance to ISIS or other militant groups, report says PETALING JAYA Some Malaysians said to be fighting alongside Syrian rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime claim they are “freelance jihadists” with no allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq
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    • 484 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA AUCKLAND The thorny issue of whaling dominated Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe’s whistlestop trip to New Zealand yesterday, with Prime Minister John Key saying they had agreed to disagree on the matter. New Zealand and Australia hauled Japan before the
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    • 492 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has acknowledged that the suicides of clerical sex abuse victims weigh on his conscience during a long-awaited first meeting with victims, as he thanked them for shining a light on the “terrible darkness” at
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    • 68 18 REUTERS CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he wished the imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists, convicted of aiding “a terrorist group”, had been deported and not put on trial, a newspaper reported yesterday. The comments sparked hope for the family of Australian reporter Peter Greste
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    • 99 18 WASHINGTON POST TBILISI Mr Eduard Shevardnadze (left), the foreign minister who helped Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev open their country to the West before the fall of communism in 1991, died yesterday. He was 86. His life tracked the political turbulence that swept the Soviet Union before
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    • 82 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Nearly 400 passengers had to be evacuated from the Channel Tunnel yesterday after a power failure caused their train to stop mid-tunnel, sparking major delays and cancellations on the Eurostar, which runs the passenger trains. The Eurotunnel car shuttle from Britain to
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    • 63 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A 3.7m-long crocodile yesterday attacked his keeper during a school holiday feeding show at an Australian zoo, dragging him into the water before the man managed to break free. Handler Trent Burton was feeding male croc John when it grabbed him by the
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    • 414 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD A crucial Parliament session kick-starting the government formation process was delayed and an Iraqi general was killed yesterday as solutions to the country’s worst crisis in years appeared increasingly distant. The developments highlighted bickering among political leaders despite calls for
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    • 357 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG JERUSALEM Israel’s Prime Minister phoned the father of a murdered Palestinian teenager to promise the attackers would be prosecuted, the government said, as anger over the killing fuelled Arab street protests. An Israeli police spokesman, Mr Micky Rosenfeld,
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    • 603 19 Separatists vow to make a stand after govt forces score series of wins AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS DONETSK (Ukraine) Retreating pro-Russia insurgents dug in yesterday in Ukraine’s sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk as the country’s richest man pleaded with the government not to bomb the
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    • 584 20 Nigerian female captives fled while Islamist militants were away fighting AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MAIDUGURI (Nigeria) More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria have escaped their captors, sources said, but more than 200
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    • 311 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY/COLOMBO Asylum seekers intercepted by the Australian navy and returned to Sri Lanka are set to be charged today, a move bound to fuel concerns about Australia’s hard-line policy and rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The 28 men,
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    • 249 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The US authorities are increasing deportations of illegal migrants along the American border, as a top official defended the White House’s handling of a flood of undocumented children. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson told NBC television’s Meet The Press
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    • 462 20 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JOHANNESBURG Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial resumed yesterday after his lawyers said an Australian television station illegally obtained footage of the athlete re-enact-ing how he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The video, aired by Channel Seven’s Sunday Night
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    • 376 21 But govt measures still needed as economy faces downward pressure REUTERS BEIJING China’s economic growth quickened in the second quarter from the previous three months, but further modest government support measures will still be needed, Premier Li Keqiang said. Speaking yesterday at a news
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    • 527 21 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Among the half-dozen US Treasury officials travelling to Beijing for talks with their Chinese counterparts this week, Ms Sharon Yuan will, as usual, carry the heaviest suitcase. Ms Yuan’s stuffed grey Travel- pro befits the scope of her two
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    • 369 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI Two of Britain’s most senior ministers have arrived in India to seek stronger trade and investment links with the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne landed
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 118 21 REUTERS SEATTLE The US air safety regulator is drafting rules to permit small drones to be used for commercial purposes, a step towards allowing remote-control planes and helicopters to be deployed for everything from TV news coverage to monitoring crops. Various groups, including media and energy
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      • 76 21 BLOOMBERG MADRID Let’s Gowex, the Wi-Fi provider that was seen as a rare success story of Spanish entrepreneurship, will file for insolvency, and its CEO has resigned after admitting he presented fictitious accounts for at least the past four years. CEO and founder Jenaro Garcia has
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    • 310 21 REUTERS SEOUL The billionaire founder of Web portal operator Naver Corp beat back Google to leave South Korea one of the few countries where the US search engine does not dominate. Now, Mr Lee Hae Jin is stepping on to
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    • 458 22 ASIA’S security landscape will be changed profoundly as Japan asserts what it says is its right to an expanded military role beyond defence of its territory, nearly 70 years after its World War II defeat. Whether the change to a “collective self-defence”
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    • 1489 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Recent news about mega developments in Johor’s Iskandar region has investors asking: Will there be an oversupply of homes? Perhaps. But no one knows for sure because no good data exists. By YASMINE YAHYA FINANCE CORRESPONDENT yasminey@sph.com.sg IT HAS been
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    • 998 23  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com WHEN Indonesians go to the polls tomorrow they will be conscious of participating in the country’s closest presidential race, a genuine two-horse cliffhanger that could trigger repercussions if the margin of victory is ra-zor-thin. Most June polls
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    • 911 23  -  By ROULA KHALAF The writer is the Financial Times’ foreign editor FINANCIAL TIMES HE CROWNED himself caliph of the Muslim nation, successor to Prophet Muhammad, and chose a religiously charged day the start of the holy month of Ramadan to deliver a landmark speech to
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    • 891 23  -  By KAI HE, HUIYUN FENG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writers are associate professors of political science at Utah State University and currently visiting fellows with the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
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      • 300 24  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi I AGREE with Mr Jeremy Lim’s observations on MediShield Life (“Making MediShield Life even more robust”; last Tuesday). Society should not allow the insurance industry to raise prices without justification, and it should demand “performance warranties” from the profitable health-care industry. Mr
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      • 246 24  -  Christopher Chong THE civil service should be applauded for increasing its contributions to its employees’ Medisave accounts, over and above the 1 per cent extra employer Medisave contribution announced in this year’s Budget (“Civil servants, unions cheer extra Medisave contribution”; last Saturday).
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      • 67 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MS LI DAN YUE: Residents can help in fight against dengue. 2. MR KHIEW YONG MENG: Clogged drains pose dengue risk. 3. MR CHEW KOK LIANG: Is IPPT serving its purpose? 4. MR FRANCIS CHENG: Keep on supporting the police. 5. MR DARREN
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      • 310 24  -  Jackalin Er (Ms) Director (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE THANK Mr Lim Tong Wah for his feedback and the opportunity to clarify whether banks can step in to recover tax arrears owed by their customers (“Do banks have absolute
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      • 111 24  -  Ong-Ang Ai Boon (Mrs) Director The Association of Banks in Singapore WE ASSURE customers that banks operate based on customers’ mandate (“Do banks have absolute authority over customers’ funds?” by Mr Lim Tong Wah; last Thursday). Banks do not unilaterally transfer
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      • 354 24  -  Shirlena Soh Wee Ling (Dr) AS THE mother of a 10-year-old child who suffers from serious eczema, I can empathise with the parents of the children in the report (“Camp hopes to scratch out stigma from eczema”; June 30). Though the condition
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      • 151 25  -  Ada Chan Siew Foen (Ms) MR CHIA Eu Foong suggested having a “closed” sex offender database, accessible only to certain schools and businesses, following reports of inappropriate sexual relationships between educators and students (“Consider ‘closed’ sex offender database”; last Wednesday). While this may protect
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      • 342 25 Should Singapore launch a sex offender database for prospective employers in youth-related industries to conduct checks on job applicants? It could be misused. We talk about the Yellow Ribbon Project and giving people a second chance; why do we want to regard past performance as being indicative of
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      • 333 25  -  Corinne Fong (Ms) Executive Director Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Singapore THE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) affirms the national effort to reduce the number of stray cats by sterilising/neutering them humanely (“Islandwide plan to sterilise
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      • 67 25 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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    • 29 25 PUNCHLINES tlvwGS cUM times change! We can’t afford three cars... But we can have three maids Yah... good thing our agents slashed their fees ST I LLUSTRATION ADAM LEE
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    • 643 1  -  Most unhappy customers won’t speak up, but simply take their business elsewhere or gripe about it to others: Poll By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg IRRITATED by rude service staff but cannot be bothered to lodge a complaint? You are in good company a study has
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    • 533 2  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ho Ching, paid their respects last night to their former principal Lim Kim Woon, who was the founding head of National Junior College (NJC). They turned up at Mr Lim’s
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    • 517 2  -  More than 80 parents line up for 50 volunteer slots at popular school By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg QUEUES for Hello Kitty dolls, pre-school places and, now, for the chance to be a parent volunteer at a popular school. More than 80 parents lined up
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    • 550 2  -  By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg INDUSTRY-RELEVANT skills, career counselling, structured internships and mentorships are hot topics of discussion these days in publicly-funded universities. Private school M2 Academy, which opens a campus today in Orchard Gateway to offer University of
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    • 573 3  -  Group effort containing 25 essays by the ‘Men In White’ to be launched today By LEONG WENG KAM SENIOR WRITER wengkam@sph.com.sg A BOOK of autobiographical essays by 25 former People’s Action Party MPs about the stories of their lives and their
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    • 448 3  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg WHEN long-time journalist Ee Boon Lee celebrated his 79th birthday last September, he told friends and family that he had a feeling it might be his last. His prediction unfortunately came true he died early on Sunday
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      • 519 4  -  Educators will be told of professional boundaries that cannot be breached By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg EDUCATION Minister Heng Swee Keat addressed for the first time the spate of sexual crimes involving teachers and their students, saying his ministry will step up efforts
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      • 369 4  -  By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has moved a step closer towards boosting its nuclear security, with the second reading of amendments to the Radiation Protection Bill in Parliament yesterday. Chief among the proposed changes: toughening the penalties for stealing or harming the public with
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      • 464 4  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg STRIKING the right balance between protecting borrowers and preserving their access to credit remains a key priority for the Government, said Senior Minister of State for Law Indranee Rajah yesterday. She revealed that since a moratorium on the
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      • 447 4  -  CHARISSA YONG ON THE AGENDA THE Government responded to the Committee of Inquiry’s report on last December’s Little India riot, and ministers fielded questions on a new bus contracting model and a recent breach of accounts used for government transactions. New security measures THE Government
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      • 542 5  -  Content owners can then seek court orders for ISPs to block piracy sites By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT Ministry itham@sph.com.sg A PROPOSED copyright law aimed at piracy websites like The Pirate Bay is expected to come into force by the end of next
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      • 348 5  -  By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg HOUSING Board precincts built in the early 1990s could be eligible for a major makeover under the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP). Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament yesterday that his ministry is looking into expanding
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      • 337 5  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg THE Elections Department (ELD) has reviewed and tightened its work processes to ensure all used and empty ballot boxes are accounted for and disposed of after every election. The change was announced by Minister for Social and
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      • PARLIAMENT SHORTS
        • 293 5  -  RACHEL AU-YONG STILL basking in the afterglow of his 37th wedding anniversary a fortnight ago, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday doled out relationship advice to young couples when asked about repayments and penalties should they break up after booking a flat together. Mr
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        • 165 5  -  RACHEL AU-YONG ABOUT 700 patients have benefited from the Interim Caregiver Service so far, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in a written reply to Mr Chen Show Mao (Aljunied GRC). The service provides seniors with personal care for up to two weeks after they
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        • 134 5  -  RACHEL AU-YONG ABOUT 15 per cent of apartments with an impending “disposal deadline” remain unsold, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. Developers must sell all units in a development within two years of obtaining the Temporary Occupation Permit. If they do not, they must pay
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        • 225 5  -  ANDREA ONG SINGAPORE takes a serious view of human trafficking crimes and has made “significant progress” in its fight against them, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday in a written reply. He was replying to Dr Fatimah Lateef (Marine Parade GRC) who had asked
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        • 89 5  -  RACHEL AU-YONG OVER the past five years, about 7,200 secondgeneration permanent residents (PRs) who were liable for national service fulfilled their obligations. Over the same period, about 2,600 of such eligible PRs renounced their PR status, prior to serving NS. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen,
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      • 445 6  -  Law amendments passed to make crime easier to detect and prosecute By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has beefed up its laws against money laundering by amending existing legislation to make the crime easier to detect and prosecute. Among other things, the maximum
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      • 171 6  -  CHARISSA YONG THREE Bills were introduced in Parliament yesterday, including one to make the process of acquiring land more efficient. The amendment to the Land Acquisition Act will let the management corporations of strata-titled developments act on behalf of individual unit
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      • 302 6  -  By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg TWICE yesterday, the Parliament sitting was interrupted because too few Members were present in the House to pass two Bills. A quorum of one-quarter of the total number of 87 MPs, excluding the Speaker, is needed for
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    • 511 7  -  He left in Sec 4; sat O levels as private candidate; went on to Catholic Junior College By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg HE QUIT his religious education days after starting Secondary 4, feared he would flop in his O-Levels and admits he gets “distracted
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    • 282 7  -  PEARL LEE WHEN he was just seven years old, Samuel Chong was diagnosed with bone cancer. He had chemotherapy and a major operation to do a bone graft on his left arm. But a relapse led to his left arm being
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    • 464 8  -  It wants to recover monies from three S’pore-based firms with Turkish links By K C VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg AMERICAN phone giant Motorola is seeking to enforce a US$2.65 billion (S$3.3 billion) US court judgment here, the biggest reported foreign judgment sought
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    • 582 8  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg A NEW health facility that will try out a model of care that encourages patients to be more self-reliant will open its doors in Simei in December. Jointly managed by Changi General Hospital (CGH) and St Andrew’s Community
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    • 754 9  -  S’pore investors in EcoHouse say they have not been paid promised returns By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has placed Brazilian property developer EcoHouse Group on its Investor Alert List. EcoHouse, which attracted hundreds of Singapore investors with its
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    • 898 10  -  Developers will have to wait till prices of mass-market homes drop further NEWS ANALYSIS By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg PROPERTY investors hoping for a lift in the ailing real estate market were likely to have been disappointed last week. The Ministry of National Development
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    • 571 10  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A SPACE crunch in the Central Business District (CBD) and the completion of new suburban developments drove up office rents islandwide in the second quarter, consultants said. The data underlines two key trends: One is that
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    • 373 10  -  MELISSA TAN A LOCAL real estate agency’s $55 million deal to acquire a Singapore property developer has collapsed before it even got off the ground. GPS Alliance, which operates here but is listed in Australia, announced on June 2 that it
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    • 549 11  -  Firm goes for recycling technology that cleanses engine lubricant oil for reuse By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg VETERAN investor Eddie Chng is used to hearing quirky ideas, most of which sound great in theory but are unworkable in practice. For instance, an intrepid entrepreneur once
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    • 424 11  -  RACHAEL BOON WEALTHY business owners are more concerned about expanding their companies than increasing their own personal wealth or undertaking succession planning, according to a new report. It found that 79 per cent of respondents in the poll of
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 537 12  -  Group’s Reit buys first serviced residence in Malaysia and two more in China for $174m By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg FIRMS in the Ascott serviced apartment empire are keen on acquiring assets in the United States but they are treading carefully. Mr
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      • 358 12  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE consortium is overseeing the development of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Myanmar that could eventually become a base for local companies in the rapidly developing nation. CPG Consultants is leading the consortium, which includes DTZ Debenham
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 447 13  -  Index rises in line with New York surge but the turnover is modest BULLS AND BEARS By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg LOCAL shares rallied yesterday on the back of a Wall Street surge late last week, ignited by unexpectedly strong United States
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 118 13 A UNIT of Keppel Land will acquire an additional 43 per cent of a housing project in Vietnam, lifting its total stake to 98 per cent. Keppel Land Estate has entered a conditional share purchase agreement with Vietnamese partner Tien Phuoc to buy the stake in phases two
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        • 137 13 A TAT Hong Holdings unit is selling and leasing back five Australian properties. The company said that it wants to use the cash proceeds to reduce the unit’s borrowings and for working capital. The unit, Tutt Bryant Group, has entered a conditional sale and leaseback agreement with
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        • 17 13 STI trading volume 97.77 million shares STI up down Gainers: 20 Losers: 7 Unchanged:3
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        • 85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 178.95 515.68 872.70 827.57 1,387.04 828.66 743.70 749.29 0.88 1.00 4.30 1.44
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        • 21 13 Stock trading volume 1.39 billion shares worth $668 million Up down Gainers: 195 Losers: 205 Unchanged: 406
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        • 55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change -5.44 -57.69 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 23,540.92 15,379.44 2,005.12 2,059.927 1,111.825 1,892.5 -4.54 0.552 -1.727 7.59 Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Thursday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,989.031 1,503.21 5,518.905 17,068.26 4,485.925
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        • 40 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS GlobalYellowPgs 5.4 58,373,000 Transcu Grp Compact Metal ....................4.7 40,311,000 67,744,000 GlobalYellowPgs 5.4 58,373,000 SIIC Environment ..............17.2 28,473,000 KimHeng Offshore ................28 27,301,000 Mirach Energy 19.8 27,190,000 4.7 40^311^000 Adventus 4.5 37^987^000 Vallianz 13.9 37,939,000
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        • 20 13 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 9 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 53 13 Jul 07 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1666 1.1673 0.9358 0.9363 1.1702 1.1704 0.9388 0.9387 1.6939 1.6943 1.3588
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        • 231 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 7,2014 Top Rises Jul 07 CENTS Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 9115 370.2 3.4 (e) Jul 07 CENTS DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1447 57.3 3.3 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 57.3 0.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2797 39.9
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        • 137 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS 314 254 Global Logistic 272 cd +2 8329 273 270 1.5 14.9 *****.4 NET P/E 710 565
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        • 141 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 194 156 ARA Asset Mgmt 174.5 +1.5 139 175 174 2.9 19.9 1474.8 CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET
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        • 153 13 Top Rises Jul 07 CENTS Sinarmas eW*****8 46.5 14.8 6.0 GlobalYellow W*****5 0.8 14.3 0.1 CompactMetal W*****0 2.6 8.3 0.2 UOB MB eCW*****1 14.8 5.7 0.8 KepCorp MBeCW*****1 12.2 1.7 0.2 SGX MB eCW*****5 13.6 1.5 0.2 DBS MB eCW*****5 16.4 1.2 0.2 TechOil&Gas eW*****9 41.5 1.2
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        • 473 13 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last 108.9 94 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US106.9 -0.2 82 1403 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1351 +11 1300 927 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1084 +9 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** -12 116 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 115.2 3096 2879 DBXT
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    • WORLD CUP 2014 • JUNE 12 – JULY 13 • BRAZIL
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        299 21  -  TEXT: RICHARD JOLLY Two things they must do: 1. Stop Germany controlling the midfield. The Germans have the better passers. Brazil have the energy defensive and defensive instincts to disrupt their game. 2. Bring the best out of Fred. The striker, top scorer in the Confederations Cup last
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      • 961 21  -  With final spot at stake, free-flowing action is likely to be given the boot OUR MAN IN BRAZIL By MARC LIM SPORTS EDITOR IN SAO PAULO marclim@sph.com.sg STmarclim Semi-final: Brazil v Germany BRAZIL will be on familiar ground when they host Germany in the first
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      • 222 17  -  By FABIAN KOH fabkoh@sph.com.sg THE Straits Times’ resident hamsters Tiki and Taka have made perhaps their boldest call yet for the World Cup. After their streak of correct “predictions” was halted by Germany’s defeat of France, the rodent athletes went head to head for the semi-final
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      • 588 17  -  OUR MAN IN BRAZIL The World Cup may be over for these players. But as far as their football careers go, a new and exciting chapter is about to kick off. By MARC LIM SPORTS EDITOR IN SAO PAULO James Rodriguez
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      • 335 18 BELO HORIZONTE Brazil’s team doctor Jose Luiz Runco has quashed speculation in the Brazil media that Neymar could make a miraculous return to action if the team make the World Cup final. The striker has been ruled out for
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      • 545 18 Higuain’s return to form partly makes up for di Maria’s injury REUTERS BELO HORIZONTE Sergio Aguero has been declared fully fit for duty by Argentina’s team doctor, and the striker is likely to slot straight into the starting line-up for their World Cup semi-final clash
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      • 281 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BOGOTA Tens of thousands of people gathered in the streets of Bogota to get a glimpse of their heroes as Colombia’s World Cup squad arrived home on Sunday after their historic run to the quar-ter-finals. The Colombian capital threw a massive party for
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      • BRAZIL BRIEFS
        • 121 18 Germans battle hosts voodoo GERMANY will have to contend with black magic as well as Brazil’s Selecao in the World Cup semi-final, as a voodoo priest plans to “curse” Die Mannschaft. Brazil will be without injured superstar Neymar in Belo Horizonte but black-magic enthusiast Helio Sillman from Rio de Janeiro
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        • 83 18 DUTCH defender Ron Vlaar is rated a doubt for the semi-final against Argentina with a knee problem. The 29-year-old Aston Villa centre-back, who is out of contract at the end of next season, has impressed in the tournament so far. Media reports say
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        • 76 18 FORMER Italy World Cup coach Cesare Prandelli will replace Roberto Mancini as the next coach of Turkey’s Galatasaray. Prandelli, 56, who resigned from the Italy national team after failing to get the Azzurri past the group stage, will replace fellow Italian Mancini, who left the club
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        • 89 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS VAHID Halilhodzic confirmed his resignation from the job of Algeria coach despite presidential pleas that he stay on after taking the north African country to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time. The Bosnian received a personal plea
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      • 671 19 Brazil and Germany have embraced a change of their styles in order to win AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Semi-final: Brazil v Germany BELO HORIZONTE As Brazil and Germany prepare to do battle in their World Cup semi-final, old stereotypes of both countries’ football
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      • 451 19  -  GUEST COLUMNIST By GERRY ARMSTRONG stsports@sph.com.sg THERE has been a lot of debate about where Philipp Lahm’s best position for Germany is. Having played as a right-back for most of his career, the 30-year-old has instead been deployed as
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      • 356 19 REUTERS BELO HORIZONTE Germany’s coaching staff have fended off criticism of Mesut Oezil and said they are more than satisfied with the way he has adapted to his new role in the team. The 25-year-old previously played at the heart of Germany’s high-scoring 4-2-3-1 system,
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      • 251 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BELO HORIZONTE Marco Rodriguez, the referee who missed Luis Suarez’s bite on Giorgio Chiellini in the group stage, has the task of keeping order in Belo Horizonte for today’s game. Germany have already suggested the Mexican official should watch out for fouls by
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      • 15 20 Semi-finals Brazil v Germany Tomorrow, 4am* NOTE: All in Singapore time. Also on okto
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      • 7 20 Semi-finals Netherlands v Argentina Thursday, 4am
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      • 85 20 6 James Rodriguez (Col) 4 Lionel Messi (Arg), Thomas Mueller (Ger), Neymar(Bra) 3 Robin van Persie (Ned), Arjen Robben (Ned), Karim Benzema (Fra), Xherdan Shaqiri (Sui), Enner Valencia (Ecu) 2 Andre Ayew (Gha), Asamoah Gyan (Gha), Mario Mandzukic (Cro), Ivan Perisic (Cro), Wilfried Bony (Civ), Tim Cahill (Aus),
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      • 12 20 4 Juan Cuadrado (Col) 3 Daley Blind (Ned) Toni Kroos(Ger)
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      • 1264 20 Dante, filling in for Silva in defence, could face Bayern club-mates THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Semi-final: Brazil v Germany TERESOPOLIS Brazil’s training base, up in the hills 90 minutes’ drive from Rio de Janeiro, is in Teresopolis, where one of the
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      • 457 20 Luiz has new role to play captain against Germany AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BELO HORIZONTE Frizzy locks flailing and eyes bulging, David Luiz charged towards the corner flag and karate-kicked it after sending Brazil into the World Cup semi-finals with a stunning free kick against Colombia. His celebration a caricature of his
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      • 136 20 QUICK-SERVICE restaurant chain McDonald’s is inviting Singaporeans to celebrate the World Cup together, with another live screening this time, of the semi-final clash between Argentina and the Netherlands. The Straits Times, in partnership with McDonald’s, is giving 20 lucky readers a special invitation
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    • 368 15  -  Maori All Blacks’ game against Dragons is a boost for rugby here By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE will hear an authentic “Haka” war cry in November when the Maori All Blacks rugby team arrive as part of a three-city Asian tour. Comprising the best New Zealand
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    • 555 15  -  IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT By DAVID TREMAYNE stsports@sph.com.sg RACING drivers have nerves of steel and battle wheel-to-wheel at 320kmh without batting an eyelid, right? Well, yes and no. And no race this year highlighted better than the British Grand Prix just how
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    • 304 15 Cricket 1st ODI In Colombo: South Africa 304-5 (H. Amla 109, A.B. de Villiers 75; A. Mendis 3-61). Sri Lanka 229 in 40.3 overs (K. Sangakkara 88; I. Tahir 3-50). South Africa win by 75 runs and lead 3-match series. Cycling Tour de France 201km Stage 2 from York
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    • 414 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Tour de France contenders Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Sunday’s second-stage winner Vincenzo Nibali agreed there would be tougher tests ahead after the first shake-up in the overall standings. The Italian took the leader’s yellow
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    • 400 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano, one of the greatest footballers in history, died in a Madrid hospital yesterday aged 88, the Spanish football federation announced. He had been in a coma since suffering a heart attack on Saturday.
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    • 504 16 Wimbledon win reignites bid to win top honours after previous stumbles WIMBLEDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Novak Djokovic admitted he feared he would never bag another Grand Slam, but with a second Wimbledon title wrapped up, the new world No. 1 is now planning on catching Roger
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    • 797 16  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg IN THE end, romance bent to precision and the better story had fallen to the better man. After four hours as awe and mourning stood entwined on Centre Court whose grass was danced on, cried
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    • 74 16 With just two weeks to go before the start of the Commonwealth Games, Team Singapore athletes have moved into high gear for their Glasgow preparations. But there was time for a light moment yesterday, when British High Commissioner Antony Phillipson hosted a reception
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    • 139 1 Centre 42 Venue opens to groom new playwrights C5 Excess baggage Emerging choreographers get busy in new show C5 Dawn Gan Glory days a blur for xinyao veteran C13 Masters from the past Breaking contemporary art’s obsession with the new, several art institutions here have thrown the spotlight on forgotten
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      • 4115 2 / 3  -  Chieu Shuey Fook, Goh Ee Choo and Wee Kong Chai have left important marks in Singapore’s visual arts history Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Art of the here and now is often an obsession with what is hot, new and young. From budding artists bursting onto the
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      • 1022 4 New York Times London A pair of Primark cargo shorts made at a Bangladesh sweatshop that collapsed last year, killing more than 1,100 people. The first 3-D printed handgun. An Occupy Sandy sign made by grassroots organisers in New York
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      • 941 5  -  Three newcomers will be part of the centre’s inaugural scheme to nurture scriptwriting Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Follow Corrie Tan on Twitter @corrietan Predestination and Schrodinger’s Cat, the birth of Singapore literature and a close look at a fictional Singaporean theatre company between 1990 and 2002
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      • 594 5  -  Lisabel Ting Differentiation. Playing the piano. Cycling. All of us have different skills, most of which we rarely get the chance to use. Dancer-choreographer Hwa Wei-An calls these underutilised skills “extra baggage”, which is also the name and theme of his piece that will be part of
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      • 522 5 Reuters Tampa, Florida In its latest superhero caper, Marvel will expand its comic empire to live audiences in the United States this summer with a tour packing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man and two dozen characters into a family-oriented show filled with fight scenes and
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      • 1144 6  -  ArtJog and the Dhaka Art Summit both have a clear focus, bold programming and sales model which set them apart Culture Vulture Deepika Shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg I started my recent three-week holiday by booking a ticket to Yogyakarta for an art fair. Indonesian artists, collectors and
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        • 151 6 The internationally renowned choral festival Orientale Concentus will come to Singapore for the first time. Launched in 2008 by local company Ace 99 Cultural in Suzhou to promote cultural exchange in choral music, it has been held in China, Taiwan and South Korea. The five-day event includes
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        • 103 6 Osaka-based theatre group Gumbo and local collective Hatch Theatrics are staging their collaboration Ring-a Ring-o’ Rosie in Singapore after its debut in Osaka last September and Hong Kong tour in February this year. Set in a hospital, the comedic tale revolves around vampires, angels and humans played
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        • 70 6 Classic Chinese fairy tale The Legend Of Nezha gets a modern makeover by Paper Monkey Theatre with handcrafted puppets (above), martial arts and and a live Chinese percussion performance by local talents SA Trio. Where: Drama Theatre, School of the Arts, 1 Zubir Said Drive When:
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        • 81 6  -  Cheryl Mui German cellist Jan Vogler will join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Shui Lan to play a masterpiece of the cello repertoire, Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo, a work inspired by the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes. In the second half of the
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      • 505 6  -  Review Concert WHO’S AFRAID OF CLASSICAL MUSIC? Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra School of the Arts Concert Hall, Sunday Chang Tou Liang Every artist and arts organisation knows the value of building audiences for the future. The Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra, under its music director
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      • 1053 9  -  Seow Kai Lun enjoys the scrumptious delights and lovely sights in this South Korean city Seow Kai Lun THOUGH often overshadowed by Seoul (the popular destination where all things K-pop related are located), Busan the second biggest metropolitan city after Seoul in South Korea is a great
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        1130 10  -  Jac Woo learns to row a barrel and drum up a storm on Sado island in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture Jac Woo “RUB a dub-dub, three men in a tub…” this nursery rhyme came to my mind when I saw people sitting in some wooden tubs floating on
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        469 11 Korean Air expands Airbus f eet Korean Air introduced the ninth A380 aircraft to its fleet. South Korea’s flagship airline operates the A380 on Incheon–Los Angeles and Incheon–New York 14 flights a week each and Incheon–Paris seven flights a week. Last Sunday, the carrier began operating the A380
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    • 105 12 ‘I don’t know if we can do what we do when we’re in our 70s because playing one of our songs is equal to playing eight Stones songs in terms of physical energy and intensity’ Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, 51, on why the heavy metal band
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    • 597 12 Baseball team Brooklyn Cyclones celebrate 25 years of the comedy with a sell-out crowd New York Times NewYork–Playerstookbattingpracticeinpuffypirate shirts. A fan reeled in a slice of marble rye bread with a fishing rod from the suite level. George Costanza announced the third inning. And the
      New York Times; PHOTOS: NEW YORK TIMES  -  597 words
    • 967 13  -  Xinyao singer Dawn Gan’s voice may be lower now but she is still a bright and bubbly performer Ho Ai Li hoaili@sph.com.sg I am Liming. I bring sunshine and I bring hope,” the woman with waist-long tresses, a white dress and pink heels told the crowd
      ST PHOTOS: ONG WEE JIN  -  967 words
    • 412 13 Reuters Tel Aviv Homeland may have lost its sleeper terrorist anti-hero Nicholas Brody to the Iranian gallows, but the Emmy-winning United States television show will continue to thrill, its creator says. Howard Gordon described surviving cast members, led by the gutsy yet emotionally troubled Central Intelligence
      Reuters; PHOTO: SINGTEL  -  412 words
    • LIFE! Buzz
      • 277 14 London British rock band Pink Floyd (right) will be releasing their first album in 20 years in October. Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson last Saturday leaked the news on Twitter, surprising fans, reported Consequence Of Sound, an online music
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      • 174 14 London The BBC reported that two young unknown actors have been cast in lead roles in Star Wars: Episode VII following open auditions last November in the United States and Britain. British actor Pip Andersen and American actress Crystal Clarke, both 23, were chosen from
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      • 238 14 New York Times Los Angeles It opened against very light competition, and over the Fourth of July holiday weekend no less. Warner Bros pumped it with marketing support. Its star, Melissa McCarthy, aggressively trotted the publicity circuit. And yet, Tammy arrived on tiptoe. Extending a
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      • Buzzing
        • 46 14 Paul McCartney, 72, resumed his Out There tour last Saturday night in Albany after being sidelined for seven weeks by a virus that saw him hospitalised in Tokyo. His rescheduled tour continued yesterday in Pittsburgh and goes to Chicago tomorrow.
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        • 88 14 United States singer-songwriter Ariana Grande, 21, topped Britain’s singles chart on Sunday with her track Problem featuring Iggy Azalea, becoming the first performer to head a new-look chart based on Internet streaming and physical sales data. The Official Charts Company said Grande had made history
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        • 59 14 Jennifer Lopez, 44, on Sunday provided the star power at Paris fashion as designer Donatella Versace kicked off six days of haute couture catwalk shows. The singer, wearing a strapless white gown, posed with Versace on the steps of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and
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      • 401 2  -  ACTIVITY BY AMANDA PHOON ST, June 30 Calling pet owners to ‘join the club’ By Lee Jian Xuan Squawks, barks and whistles greeted the launch of a pet owners’ club in Serangoon yesterday. About 4,000 visitors went for the two-day event over the weekend, as
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      • 460 15  -  ACTIVITY BY JENNIFER CLAUDINE LOOI ACTIVITY Activity 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box. Kawasaki A Japanese robot-maker has (1) suits which can be controlled by their wearers through thoughts, as it said it was (2) up with an industrial city
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        112 17 1. marred (say “mar-d”): a) spoilt b) improved c) illegible 2. perceived (say “per-seeved”): a) trampled b) laughed c) understood 3. legitimate (say “leh-ji-ti-mit”): a) invalid and wrong b) tall and hefty c) valid and keeping to the rules 4. mesmerising (say “mez-mer-eye-zing”): a) fascinating b) boring c)
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    • 968 9 Property Prices r- “iiH iiffl mi* Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in June 2014. This week: 1-10 PROJECT NAME PRICE (SI SO FT District 4 Corals At Keppel Bay 1,515,000 581 PROJECT NAME PRICE (SI SO FT
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    • 93 9 CASCADIA BUKIT TIMAH Penthse 2/3 bdrm fr 1.92m Penthse Duplex $4.497m 2/3/4 Bdrm from $1.566m D21 FH CASCADIA 2-4bdrm fr $1.9xM, roof terr for gdn /outdoor lovers! Jane Ang *****576 Luxury Homes FH CASA FORTUNA 2 bdrm High flr, unblocked. windy. Zhong Shan Pk. $1.28M *****585 Mavarick Chng **EIGHT RIVERSUITES.
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    • 188 9 WOW! CASSIA EDGE One Only 2+Study Dual Key up to Triple Key @Guillemard Rd fr $9xxK only yet f’hold Amenities. 9431 2080 YKK HIGH RENTAL YIELD! Mins to MRT! 1-3 bdrm fr $7xxK! FH. New! Investors’ choice! Catherine Ong 9756 6678 SIGLAP V 2RM Dup $1.43m Crystal Rhu 3rm $1.7m.
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    • 173 9 THE GLADES NEXT to Tanah Merah MRT, near airport/ Biz ctr. Star buy units avail Call *****978/*****083 THE BAYSHORE 2/ 3 bdrms Pool/ sea view. Renovated. Bayhore Park 4 rms, Sea view. bayshoreliving.sg GREAT INVESTMENT! THE BAYSHORE, 2BDRMS, 1012sf, high flr, p/seaview, full facilities, good condition. *****668 Michael BAYSHORE PK.
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    • 148 9 JADE RESIDENCES@S’GOON Mins to Nex/ MRT. FH. 4rm DualKey with almost $179K Savings $1,616,938 Now! Last 3 units *****080 Ykk LA FIESTA. A City in a town next to MRT, shpg mall opp with 3rm/ 4rm dual key Only below $1100 psf! Limited units. 9431 2080 Ykk ***THE SCALA, JUST
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    • 231 9 **$998K NEG! 2-BDRM Parc Vista. 1055 sqft. Tenanted. Corner. Good investment. Unblocked. Eric 9107 7960 CITY LIVING BY The Lake. Condo w/exceptional lake view. Fr $7xxK. 1-5 bdrms Mavarick Chng *****585 LAKEHOLMZ 4-RMS 1507/ 1572sf Cosy MRT fr $1.4XM 5rms. PH. 2450 sf. Beauty. $820psf. Grab! *****000 LAKEHOLMZ 3-RMS 1238
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    • 201 10 3’NG’ BLK 119. Mid flr, lift level, unblocked nicely reno, NS facing. Hub, MRT. Call Kym Tan 9022 1906 3’NG’ BLK 213 High flr, well kept. Vacant. Can contra. All races. Immed regn. Price neg. 9144-4038 CK 3’NG’ BLK 463 AMK Ave 10 High floor. Lift level. Near amenities. Quiet.
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    • 134 10 Serious Seller 3NG BLK 551 Bedok N, top flr, 68 sqm, reno, LUP, near Sheng Siong Mc Donalds, Nancy 9733-9190 DON'T MISS 3-RM BLK 221B Bedok Ctrl Next to Bedok PT swim cmplx. MRT/ Bedok Mall Amenities *****966 HSR 3’S’ BLK 176, St 13. High flr. A1 reno. Near MRT
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    • 124 10 3NG BLK 244/ 3I blk 267 high flr. Mkt/ Nature park greenery. Serious sellers $300k. *****279 Steven OPEN HSE BY Appointment. 4’A’ 114 Bt Purmei. High Flr Spacious. Unblocked view. Corner. Lift flr. Must view! BLK 621 SENJA 4A. High flr. Windy. Beautiful. Marble. Move-in. Amenities. Must Sell! Ken Ng
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    • 151 10 3I+UTILITY BLK 95 Aljunied Cres High flr, unblock, MRT mkt,ntuc, amenities,vacant HP: *****279 Steven C21. 4’S’ 314 UBI mid flr Recess area paid. Asking $410K. Call Dean, Agt 8577-2989. F EA, RARE PT Blk 375 Hougang St 31, New list, 4 bdrm 141sqm high floor, windy/ unblock, Kovan MRT/ mall
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    • 142 10 BEST BUY 5I BLK 351. NS facing, face greenery, windy, f/aircon. Motivated seller, good cond. Gina 9382 1123 NEW LISTING 5’I’ BLK 643, 120 sqm. Lift level, low flr. All races/ PR. Corner, simple, spacious. neg. Call *****345 Eddie 661 HOUGANG AVE 4. 3’A’ 74sqm. Spacious layout. High Flr. Viewing
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    • 293 10 FIRE SALE! EA 656B. 2 unit corner, 4rm. MRT. $508K 5’I’ 323 Tah Ching. $486K. 3’A’ 489. 73 sqm. Low flr. SERIOUS SELLER PT BLK BOON Lay Drive Blk 264, 4’A’. 1227 sqft. Well kept. Quiet. $450K neg. All races. Wendy 8533-5398 4’A’ BLK 454 Jurong W. Mid flr. Windy.
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    • 274 10 5’S’ CORNER 26 Dover Cres 123sqm Squarish. Sell only 3’I’ 169 Stirling Rd. High flr. (70 sqm corner)/ 60 sqm. NEAR MRT MUST SELL! 5’I’ corner 418 Canberra. Face NS. Move in. All races. MRT/ mkt/ shpg. 9387 7434 Eddie NEW! JUST 5 yrs! 4’A’ 488 Admiralty Link. NS facing.
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    • 294 10 4’A’ 283. UNBLOCK. Windy. 4’A’ 271. Mid flr. Breezy. 5’I’ 874. High flr. Unblock. EA 230H. Well kept. VTO 4A BLK 489A. 104 Sqm. Tampines St45 High flr unblock future MRT Dunearn sch VTO. Eric 8228-9988 5RM CORNER,732 Tampines St 71. High-flr Unblk. Mins MRT. Amenities. Serious seller. Carina 9366-7778
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    • 411 10 3’I’ BLK 503 Bedok N St 3. Ask $325K. 3’I’ Queens Rd Ask $380K. 3’NG’ Blk 705 Clementi West Ask $325K. 4’A’ 620 CCK St 62, Ask $450k. 4’A’ 657A Jurong W St 65, Ask $420K. 5’I’ Blk 861 Woodlands St 83, Ask $450K. Must view! RARE BT TERESA old
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    • 306 10 1) ROCHALIE DRIVE *****/ 5000 sqft. 6+1. New. Reno 2) Naroma detach bunglw 7800/5500sf. 6+1. All with gdn pool. Goh 9177-0189 CHANCERY D/STY BUNGLW $21k p.m. Nice pool gdn. Rustic charm. Est 7900 sf Cosy 5 rms ensuite maid. Avail Sept. 9003-5080 WHITLEY, BEAUTIFUL, HUGE Spacious, Semi-D 5+1. Gdn Gd
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    • 331 11 LOVELY EASTWOOD FACING River 4+1/Detached/3 level isabelredrup.com/ir61.php $12K. *****055. Susan KEWGREEN 3-STY CLUSTER 3057 sf, 4+1, stunning renovated home.Near UWC $7.2k. NH *****973 Marie JLN LIMAU NIPIS charming old 2 sty Semi-D 4+1. Quiet $4.6K neg Sally *****398 MODERN BRAND NEW Terr Kovan. 5350sf 5+1. Pool Park 2 cars. MRT.
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    • 393 11 THE CLIFT, 1-BDRM, high flr, very good views,mins walk to MRT/CBD. Fully furnish Call owner 9448-7057. EXPAT’S CHOICE MARINA BAY RES. 1066SF. 2rm.Furn.Balcony. High flr Spacious. Pool/ Bayview, Immed. Lilian 9689-3013 MARINA BAY RES. 2bdrm. 1076sf. Spectacular sea view. P/Furn. MRT Immed. $6.3K.Jess*****313 DWG THE CENTRAL, SOHO loft unit 603sf.
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    • 312 11 Banyan Condo Chwee Chian Road μ 3-storey clubhouse, swimming pool, gym and outdoor fitness area μ 3+1 bdrms, 1,528 to 1,593 sq ft μ Minimum 6 months lease available Royal Palm Mansions Pasir Panjang Road μ Swimming pool and underground car park μ 3+1 bdrms, 1,227 to 1,238 sq ft
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    • 329 11 DREAM HOME BUGIS MRT. THE Bencoolen 2/ 3 bdrms. Nicely furn. LaSalle/ SMU. Early Aug. $4.1K. Wendy 8686-2768 BEAUTIFUL BALI STYLE new studio. Fully furn. Cable internet. Near amenities MRT. Immed. 9694 0740 CITYLIGHTS 1+STUDY 678SF F/furn. Avail Immed. $3.8K Mins Lavender MRT. Windy F/facilities. Vic *****900 2BDRM APT. HIGH
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    • 690 11 Brand New Residence for Lease Spacious 4-bedroom residences (3186 sq ft) with luxurious designer fittings spectacular vistas that span the horizon. Full recreational facilities including swimming pool,Jacuzzi,gym,spa, children’s playground,BBQ terrace and Clubhouse with gourmet kitchen. Residence Concierge by Capella and complimentary Handyman service. A luxury residential development by Pontiac Land
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    • 426 11 Expat'sChoice BALMORAL HILLS PENTHSE 3+1, 2700 sf. Unblocked. Roof terr pte jacuzzi. Quiet. *****433 Serena 3-RM 982 SF Langston Ville. F/furn, new aircon/ fridge/heater/ washer, quiet, MRT. $3.9K. *****116 THE LEGEND #07-08. 2228 sf 3+1 bdrms. High ceiling. P/furn. Immed. $7.5K neg. Call 6235 1716 9818 8795 Expat's Choice SOMMERVILLE
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    • 427 11 ALLSWORTH PK. UBLOCKED 3+1bdrm. Well reno. $6.4K. Sole Agt Audrey *****128 NASSIM PARK RES 5200 sf, 4+study nice Gdn Pte pool Lift, quiet, 9234 9234 FP WATERFALL GDNS. 3RM 4+study nice Gdn Pte pool 1830 sf. F/facilities. P/furn $8000. Trevose 9851 2821 REGENCY PK 3+1. 3175 sf. Mid flr. Unblocked.
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    • 291 11 **CASCADIA @BUKIT TIMAH 1 Bedroom, 570 sqft, $3.2K 2 Bedroom 990 sqft, $4K 3 Bedroom 1236sqft, $5.2K 4 BedrOOm 1410 sqft, $6K RENO 4+1+1 $4K Bt Regency. 1659sf German Sch, Beauty World Plaza. Lush greenery view. 9382 8038 HIGH OAK 3+1, 1399 sf. Grd flr w/ orchid patio. P/furn. Cosy.
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    • 393 11 MANDARIN GDN 1572SF 3rm $3.9K/ Sanctuary Green 1711sf. 4-rm. Sea view. $5.2K/ Costa Rhu. 1970sf. 4-rm. $6.9K/ Elliot East. 4-rm penthse. $9.2K. GRACIOUS MANSIONS AT Jalan Rendang! 3/4 bdrms Greenery! S/pool! Gym! Marine Parade/ Tao Nan CHIJ. Call 6236 0246 3-BDRM THE Belvedere. Avail end July. 1367 sf. High flr.
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    • 315 12 RARE BAYSHORE PK. 2 bdrm ensuite. New reno Open concept kitchen f/furn. Para *****074 EXPAT'S CHOICE! THE BAYSHORE, 2BDRMS, F/furn. High flr, p/seaview, full facilities, good cond. Immed. *****668 Michael expat’s choice SUNHAVEN COSY GRD floor. 2-rm Spacious 1399 sf. No noon sun. Quiet F/furn Good location Ho *****411 AQUARIUS
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    • 339 12 VIEW TO OFFER! 2 bdrms, Hillview Hgts. 1000 sf, big hall with balcony. Furn. Immed. 9383 0096 Lina CHU LIN ROAD Hillview. 2-sty Semi-D. 3300 sf 4rm Vacant. Just reno. $4K. Call Tony Kwek *****270 MAYSPRINGS. 3-BDRM. NICE Direct Pool View. Fully furnish $2.8k only! Avail immed! Sherlyn *****777 EXPAT’S
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    • 335 12 NEAR MRT BLK 621 SENJA Rd 5’I’. 1292sf. F/furn, aircon. All races. Quiet. Immed. $2.2K neg. Wendy 8533-5398 3+1 APPROVED. 4A lBk 442 fajar LRT. Bt panjang shpg, mkt, s/pool complex Full/P furn. Hp *****279 Steven 4RM BLK 13 Cantonment Cl High floor. F/furn. Aircon. Near MRT. Avail Sep. Ask
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    • 457 12 BLK 207 TOA Payoh N. 2 bdrms. Aircon. Furn. High flr. Immed. 5 mins MRT. Richard Mak 9062-8418 DTZ 2+1+1 BLK 115 Nicely reno/ furn. F/aircon. Near to Braddell MRT/ amenities. Immed Kym Tan *****906 MRT YISHUN BLK 205. Opp Northpoint shpg. 2Rm 1Hall F/Furn, renovated, Aircon. Quiet, $2000+ 8222-2060
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    • 300 12 fill Factory/lndustrial 071 Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial AS Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! Techplace l/ll Techplace II Blk 5008 (NEW) Tampines Biz-Hub 25 Ubi Road 4 27 Ubi Road 4 84 Genting Lane 53 Serangoon North Ave 4
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    • 239 12 No. 6 Kampong Ampat Singapore *****6 Grd flr of corner terr fty Self contained with ample open space of 4500 sf, Partially covered Built in 2900 sf. with own toilets Avail from 1st August ’14 Owner:6282 6366 Fax: 6282 1780 Henderson BLK 203,211,215 4900 sf Suits warehse cum office. Avail
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    • 237 12 YISHUN IND PK A independent warehse/ fty (B2) with ample parking. loading/ unloading facility. 11K sf open 7k sf. Call *****550 ATTRACTIVE RENT KAKI Bukit. 4,000sf onwards. Near Expressway. Ample loading. Call *****312 NEW HI-TECH B1 Serangoon Nth. Ceiling height 6-8m. Ground flr avail. Air-con. *****727/*****485 ATRIX ALJUNIED B1 warehouse
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    • 252 12 PIONEER PT. B2. Just TOP. #02, 6m. Est. 1066/2130/ 3190/4260sf. 20ft. Immed. Fr $2.4k. Annie 9819-3326 AVAILABLE ROOMS MOM Approved Workers Dormitory in Jurong West area Soon Lee Rd. 6261 1887. AZ@PAYA LEBAR, RARE New Ind B1 for Rent/ Sale 1195 sqft. Macpherson MRT. Call Owner 8138-1140 OXLEY BIZHUB 1
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    • 326 12 best price **AZ PAYA Lebar Ground flr Corner 1141sqft. Aircon. 6m High ceiling. Immed. $neg. SM Chia *****500 ENTERPRISE HUB 3111SF. B2 Oxley Bizhub 2238 sf. B1. Primz Bizhub, 1141/ 1162/ 1298sf. Melvin 9733-6340 PIONEER POINT 1066 sf X 2 Ramp up. Elite 1 (Kallang) 2734 sq.ft. Near MRT. $neg.
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    • 350 12 *HARVEST WOODLANDS. B1 ramp up. 1906 sf. P/fitted. Immed. $760K. *Zervex B1 ramp up. #02. 1615sf bare, immed. $850K neg. Patricia 9793 6097 FH HILLVIEW BLDG. No GST Free parking Bare $6xxpsf Pantech Ind 1350/ 1900 sf. Fitted. No GST. $450psf. Primz Bizhub 1160 sf. TOP soon. $580K. 9008 4000
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    • 721 13 Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial RW Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale The Index High-image Business Space in Tuas Lu iJl, Ground floor units available Well-connected B2 hub with 40-footer ramp-up access to all floors High floor-to-floor height of up to 10m Unit sizes from
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    • 587 13 GuocoLand Group 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 700 sq ft 2,734 sq ft 6428 7884/853I6534 3132 D.1 TONG ENG 463 s.f 2rm/ D.1 TONG ENG 463 s.f 2rm/ D.7 North Bridge Ctr 409 431 s.f; Sultan Plaza 1130/ 1649 s.f near MRT. Owner *****802/*****373
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    • 392 13 CENTRAL SOHO Clarke Quay MRT, fitted, immed neg High ceiling MBS. 624 1248 sf. Vin 9006-8683 INT’L PLAZA/ GB Bldg. 473/ 936/ 1000/ 1453/ 1900 sf. Sea/ city view. High flr. Reno, $neg. Matt 9668 9337 FORTUNE CTR MIDDLE Rd. 350/1100/1540sf nicely reno F/fitted/furn w/ aircon. Move in cond. 8233
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    • 461 13 GB BLDG. MINS to MRT. Cecil St. 2700 sf/ 5500 sf, immed. Any reasonable offer. Owner (Yeo) *****185 BURLINGTON SQ, 549/ 1098 sqft, Near Bugis MRT Sim Lim Sq Avail immed. Call Doreen 9018 7667. EASTGATE NEAR PARKWAY/ Katong I12. Suit A/cs/ Law firm/ schs etc. 1185 sqft. neg. Owner
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    • 393 13 CENTRAL SOHO Clarke Quay MRT/ Retail. 624 1248 sqft. MBS view. Serious Seller. Vin 9006-8683 JOO CHIAT BLDG Retail Office) Strata title, 17,556 sf. $18M ($1025 psf) Rudy 9002-0878 9686-9943 $75K PA. OFFICES worker dorm Kaki Bt. Approved 40 pax. 3046sf. Future Mrt $1.5M. Owner 9299 6999 RARE PREMIUM OFFICES
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    • 409 13 (1)F&B@ CRAIG RD: 1500SF. (2)F&B@ GEYLANG LOR 15. corner: 1600sf (3)Retail/ Office Pagoda St. 1400sf (4) 3 Sty Whole Shophse Craig Rd: 4400sf/ Photos: ww w.sgrealtor.com appstore+playstore HOLLAND V, PRIME Locale Just next to MRT. 7040sf additional outdoor space Restn/ Pub/ Wellness or Fitness Club/ Tuition Centre. Doreen *****667 MAYSPRINGS
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    • 634 14 Marketed by: www.fareast.com.sg email: retailleasing@fareast.com.sg PEOPLE’S PARK COMPLEX. Grd flr. All trades, no water pt. $3K up/ avail for sale. Agt welcome. 9650-7878 BEAUTY SALON. BEAUTIFUL reno. 2 facial rms, office toilet Changi Rd. No takeover fees. *****119 EXCELLENT LOCATION Bugis. Heavy crowd. Good frontage, 500sf 250sf for takeover. 9322-6636
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    • 205 14 MACPHERSON MALL F’HOLD Shop Restns fr $3500psf Anchor tenant NTUC, Ibis style Hotel, Mins MRT. Free shuttle bus *****080 YKK 3% YIELD Siglap! 2sty shophse. Reputable Cafe§| Tenant, 2300/3500 sf FH, Limited no. of cafe license $7.1M. Kristy 9873-6994 2-STYS FH SHOPHSE near Jln Besar MRT/ Mustafa. 1800sf. Last offer
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    • 266 14 ALEXANDRA CENTRAL F&B #01 344sqft #02 689sqft Newest #01 Shop 151sqft 409sqft. Jeslyn *****711 CITYGATE LAUNCH TODAY! F&B/ retail/ food ctr. Good frontage.Various sizes. Cheque submission call me AUCTION 30/7 SIN Ming Rd Blk 22, Shophse 2-sty built up 1453 sf, balance 58 yrs, Vacant *****639 Michelle THOMSON V ONE
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    • 338 14 Restaurant/Lounge Restaurant/Lounge Restaurant/Lounge Restaurant/Lounge Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent F&B SPACE FOR RENT 1,600 sqft suitable for restaurants, cafes, coffee chains and etc. Opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT Ample parking Catchment of office retail community For enquiries, please call 6908 0311 6908 0331 96
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    • 227 14 EAST VILLAGE SEMPANG Bedok, built in kitchen. $10 psf excl GST/ maintenance Call Tony Tan *****124 CLEMENTI COFFEESHOP 8+1 stalls. With huge Outdoor Recreational area. Faces main road. Good frontage. HDB/ office crowd. Ample parking. $3.xM. Agts welcome. Owner *****572/ *****328 SMALL AIRCON WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE Eunos Kallang *513 881
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    • 432 14 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 42,000 60,000 sqft Up to 11 m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics DEPOT LANE 1,000 1,500 4,300 4,900 sqft Column Free Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess CALL6578 9966 WE HAVE SPACE 110,000 sf open yard Kian Teck
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    • 435 16 THE STRAITS TIMES NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices SHERIFF’S SALE VESSEL “INJYNN CAPTAIN” In The Cause Of Admiralty In Rem No. 73 Of 2014 By Virtue of Warrant Of Arrest In Admiralty Action No. 23 Of 2014 PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel “INJYNN CAPTAIN” IMO Number *****38
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    • 191 18 For herbivores, carnivores, and everything else in-between. 1. ASST. MANAGERS 2. SUPERVISORS 3. TEAM LEADERS 4. TEAM MEMBERS 5. SALAD MAKERS 6. DISHWASHER 5 days week (Off Sat and Sun) Training provided Part time available (up to $9.50/hour) Email resume to: hr@thesaladshop.com.sg ***ALL ARE WELCOME! F&B Mgr, Floor Supervisor, Svc
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    • 268 18 1. Shift Leader 2. Service Crew An established upmarket cosmopolitan cafe (part of a larger international group) with outlets mainly at business-parks large office complex seeks potential candidates for its business expansion diversification. Shift Leader:min ’N’ Level, with 2 yrs experience in a similar capacity or in other F&B jobs.
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    • 148 18 Requires (Commence on 15/7) Barista X 2 Service Crew X 2 8 hours per day Benefit: Medical/ Annual Leave With/W/o experience (Training provided) Location: 430 Upper Changi Rd, S*****8 HP: 8182 0933 Bistro Restaurant Bedok Reservoir Park MacRitchie Reservoir As our business continues to expand, we have immediate vacancies for
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    • 691 18 SHIPPING CO-ORDINATOR Handle all shipping documentation Co-ordinate with freight forwarder transport companies Relevant experience in logistics an advantage SALES CO-ORDINATION CLERK Handle customers’ enquiries, order processing and data entries, and general admin Follow-up on delivery schedule update order status to clients Requirements for all posts: GCE ‘O’ level Bilingual 5-day
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