The Straits Times, 9 October 2014

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  • 87 1 For once, Fandi Ahmad had to vie for the attention of his wife Wendy Jacobs with a younger version of himself, in wax. The 52-year-old’s verdict on his own Madame Tussauds waxwork? “He has the same smile as me and looks younger than me.” The Singapore
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  • 36 1 LOCAL tech firm Consistel has announced intentions to become Singapore’s fourth telco, with its *****! brand of services. It said it can roll out an islandwide network in 12 months.
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  • 43 1 A LIBERIAN man who was the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States has died. Thomas Eric Duncan’s death came as five more people in Spain were hospitalised, raising fears of the disease spreading. L TOP
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  • 609 1 Turkey keeps powder dry as battle rages and pressure to act mounts REUTERS BBC ANKARA A battle that appeared all but lost has sparked to life again as a flurry of United States-led air strikes yesterday pushed fighters from the Islamic
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  • 321 1  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg COMMUTERS could soon find it easier to connect to free Wi-Fi while travelling, as the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is looking into providing Wi-Fi access at more MRT stations, at bus interchanges, and on buses too. Parliamentary
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 404 2 / 3 Super Typhoon Vongfong to make landfall over the weekend: Experts AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A super typhoon on course to hit Japan over the weekend is as powerful as the deadly storm that ripped through the Philippines last year, killing thousands
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM REUTERS  -  404 words
    • 302 2 / 3  -  By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg STARGAZERS here were left cursing the haze yesterday as the total lunar eclipse was obscured by a smoky sky. While onlookers in countries such as the United States and Japan were treated to the visual spectacle of a “blood
      PHOTO: REUTERS; ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN  -  302 words
    • 491 2 / 3  -  222,000 employees gave $14.5m from their salaries to ComChest last year By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg EMPLOYEES are digging deeper into their pockets and giving more to charity each month. Some 222,000 workers contributed $14.5 million directly from their salaries to the Community Chest
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    • 390 2 / 3  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg *****! A new contender has entered the ring in the latest telco wars. The prize: becoming Singapore’s fourth telco and grabbing a share of the multibillion-dollar business. Local tech firm Consistel has
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 58 4 AIR strikes led by the US have pushed back Islamic State in Iraq and Syria fighters to the edges of Kobane, the Syrian border town they tried to seize. The town is the focus of international attention after 180,000 people fled into adjoining Turkey due
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      • 43 4 WORKERS are giving more to charity each month. About 222,000 contributed $14.5 million to the Community Chest last year from their salaries, the highest amount from participating workers in the last 10 years. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
        • 52 4 CHINA has deployed thousands for rescue and relief operations after a shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Yunnan left one person dead, more than 300 injured, and over 100,000 displaced. About 3,200 troops and more than 800 firefighters and 35 sniffer dogs have been dispatched to the area.
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        • 64 4 MORE Chinese are choosing to travel and shop at overseas destinations during the annual “Golden Week” break, in a bid to avoid crushing crowds at popular attractions back home. An increase in the number of visa-free countries for Chinese tourists has made such trips more convenient. PAGE
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        • 51 4 INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to step on the toes of the nation’s hyperactive media, by engaging them in a limited manner and relying instead on social media to reach out to the public. Critics say the new Prime Minister is simply discouraging debate. PAGE
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        • 54 4 MYANMAR has thrown open its doors to foreign banks, but weak credit protection and tight restrictions on lending mean it is not yet a warm welcome. The country presents a huge opportunity for banks with an annual growth forecast of 8.5 per cent over the next
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      • 63 4 It is ironic that the short journey across the Causeway is associated with tit-for-tat policies that inhibit travel, when bigger plans are afoot for a high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to do just the opposite. Both sides should review the
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      • OPINION
        • 48 4 SINGAPORE’S trash is mounting, and with more waste being recycled, there is a need for better machines and systems to deal with the waste. Technology in the form of machines that automatically sort waste can help, says environment correspondent Feng Zengkun. PAGE A32
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      • HOME
        • 59 4 THE owners of the popular Boon Lay Raja Restaurant in Jurong East are looking to sell the space for around $15 million and retire. The four friends who started the eatery in 1979 are in their late 60s and 70s. PAGE B1 Patrons dining at the popular
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        • 41 4 IN MONDAY’S article, “Moving musical tribute to Shakespeare’s women”, errors in the programme booklet named Angela Cortez as the actress playing Hermione instead of Sherilyn Tan, while Cortez was, in fact, the soprano who sang Juliet.
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        • 45 4 A SINGAPOREAN man in a bitter divorce is stuck in London. His passport was impounded after his wife alleged he raped her during their marriage. His Mongolian wife has been sentenced to jail in Singapore for entering the country illegally. PAGE B2
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
        • Article, Illustration
          41 4 VETERAN actor Lim Kay Tong has been cast as former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew for an upcoming drama, 1965. Find out who else Life! media correspondent Boon Chan thinks could have played the role. http://bit.ly/1sa1oPB ST FILE PHOTO
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        • PHOTOS
          • Article, Illustration
            23 4 TAKE a behind-the-scenes look at how Madame Tussauds Singapore put together a wax figure of local football legend Fandi Ahmad. http://bit.ly/1vLUfoX
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        • WEB SPECIALS
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            26 4 SINGAPORE is not the only country that has an interesting abbreviation. Find out which other airports and nations have equally eyebrow-raising codes. http://bit.ly/1yMhGCY
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      • MONEY
        • 44 4 UPCOMING changes to the regulatory fees that companies are required to pay are generally positive, business leaders said yesterday. Some fees will be higher but others may be decreased or removed, and the system could become more convenient. PAGE B15
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      • LIFE!
        • 75 4 VETERAN actor Lim Kay Tong admits he had to overcome cowardice before agreeing to play Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in the local movie, 1965. The $2.8 million movie is slated for release next year to mark Singapore’s 50 years of independence. PAGE
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        • 53 4 ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence spoke publicly for the first time since naked pictures of her were hacked and posted online last month, angrily slamming the leak as a “sex crime”. She said she had sent the photos to her then boyfriend while they were in a long-distance
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      • SPORT
        • 52 4 JULES Bianchi has a serious brain injury, said his family, as the F1 driver remains in intensive care after a horrific crash in the Japanese Grand Prix. The chances of the French racing driver making a full recovery from such a condition are slim, said observers.
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    • 677 6 Meanwhile, a touch on her face may have infected Spanish nurse AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON POST DALLAS The Ebola panic went up a notch yesterday as the first patient diagnosed on American soil died and it emerged that a mere touch on
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; WASHINGTON POST; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: FACEBOOK PAGE OF VILLA PEPA PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION  -  677 words
    • 285 6 WASHINGTON If the ongoing Ebola outbreak continues to spread in West Africa, the economic impact of the epidemic in the region alone could hit US$32 billion (S$41 billion) by the end of next year, according to a new World Bank report. On
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    • 441 6 WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONROVIA (Liberia) Berlinda Clark, four, arrived by ambulance at Redemption Hospital, a hellish holding centre for the sick and the dead. Also in the back of the vehicle was the corpse of her mother, who died before the child’s
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    • 317 6  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg AIR quality will range from fair to poor today, as hot and dry conditions continue to fuel fires in Sumatra and prevailing winds blow smoke haze this way. Conditions today should be similar to yesterday, when air quality deteriorated
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    • 555 6  -  By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg ANOTHER wealthy elderly person said to be suffering from dementia. Another Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). Another lawsuit. But this time, the person in the eye of the storm is not a previously unknown tour guide, but
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    • 621 8  -  It seeks public help to spot suspects, works with groups to engage youth By MELISSA SIM US CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON simlinoi@sph.com.sg THE United States is taking added steps to stem the flow of American fighters joining ISIS, even as another
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    • 537 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA The looming release of hundreds of militants from Indonesia’s prisons, hotbeds of radicalism where influential Islamists openly preach extremist ideology, is ringing alarm bells and raising fears some will join forces with the ISIS group. About 200 convicted militants are due
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  537 words
    • 270 8 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and China are identifying areas believed to be used as grounds for militant activity and will work together to fight militancy, Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said. “We are working across divides and fault
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    • 389 8 BLOOMBERG LONDON One of the four men arrested by British counter-terror-ism police has travelled to Syria before and may have ties to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group, the Times newspaper has reported. London police had arrested the
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    • 661 9  -  Govt sidestepping issue of free elections, say activists By RACHEL CHANG IN HONG KONG rchang@sph.com.sg THEY will meet for talks tomorrow afternoon but that is the only thing the Hong Kong government and pro-democracy protesters could agree on as their stand-off entered its 12th day.
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    • 356 9 SYDNEY Hong Kong’s embattled leader Leung Chun Ying (left) reportedly received millions in secret fees from a listed Australian company in return for his support for its business plans in Asia, a Fairfax Media report said yesterday. The arrangement was outlined in a
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  • WORLD
    • 598 10 Widespread destruction, 124,000 people displaced AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING Thousands of rescuers have been deployed in south-west China after a strong earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured with over 100,000 displaced. The shallow 6.0 magnitude tremor hit late on Tuesday
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP  -  598 words
    • ASIA
      • 549 11 He faces 4-year jail term; mother and two uncles also face charges AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL The eldest son of the South Korean tycoon blamed for April’s ferry disaster has appeared in court on embezzlement charges in the first court appearance by any member of
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      • 139 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Beijing has completed a runway for military aircraft on a South China Sea island also claimed by Vietnam, state-run media reported, as it asserts its territorial claims in the area. The newly built facility stretches across Woody Island, part of the
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 73 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA At least 17 people from a wedding party, including three children, have died in a boat sinking on the way to Bali, an official said yesterday. Officials called off the search at sunset, with eight of the 49 people on
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        • 64 11 FOREIGN Minister K. Shanmugam will attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association 14th Council of Ministers Meeting in Perth, Australia, today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said. He will take the opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with some of his foreign counterparts, the MFA said
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      • 165 11 PHNOM PENH More than 100 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists in Cambodia have ended a five-day protest against a former Vietnamese diplomat, but vowed more protests in the future, Xinhua said. Protesters burned Vietnamese flags, dong bills and leaf hats in front of the
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      • 827 12  -  More Chinese citizens opt for trips abroad to avoid crowds at home By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg EVEN as China geared up for its 65th National Day by dressing up Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Ms Zhou Xiaohong decided that she would celebrate
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      • 370 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Bowing before an altar in a Hindu temple, 12-year-old Dharmishta Ramachandran prayed for strength and wisdom before taking high-stakes Malaysian school exams that have a huge bearing on her future. She looked weary, and for good reason:
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      • 519 14 Hurried court process criticised by UN, rights groups AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL Five Afghan men have been hanged for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling for new president
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      • 355 14 REUTERS DUBAI An Iranian woman convicted of murdering an alleged rapist as a teenager was set to be hanged yesterday unless she wins forgiveness from the victim’s relatives. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was sentenced to death for stabbing dead a man seven years
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      • 178 16 BLOOMBERG HANOI A Vietnamese oil tanker missing for five days may have been hijacked after sailing from Singapore last week, say maritime officials searching for the vessel. The Sunrise 689 vanished from radar at 1.21pm Vietnam time last Friday, about 20 hours after leaving
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      • 572 16  -  He’s active on social media but ignores journalists By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg DURING his trip to the United States last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to ignore the large posse of journalists from the country’s hyperactive
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      • 263 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI A paramilitary officer charged with guarding a nuclear plant shot and killed three of his colleagues in a shooting spree at their base in southern India, the authorities said yesterday. It was not immediately clear what provoked the attack, which
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      • 457 20 Politicians, NGOs say beer fest ignores Muslim sensitivities, promotes vice PETALING JAYA German-style merrymaking with steins of foaming beer has fallen foul of some Malaysian politicians and non-governmental organisations, who are demanding that an Oktoberfest event this weekend at a Selangor shopping mall
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      • 621 22 Casualties mount as border fighting intensifies REUTERS SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD Five civilians were killed and thousands took refuge in camps in the disputed region of Kashmir yesterday after some of the most intense fighting between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India in a decade. A
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      • 332 22 REUTERS HANOI An increase in Thailand’s major rice harvest has weakened its export prices to 11/2-month lows and made the grain more competitive against varieties from Vietnam, where prices have been steady due to limited stocks, traders said yesterday. Thai common grade
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    • 509 23 They took microscopes to a new level, allowing for deeper insight into cells REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STOCKHOLM One German and two American scientists have won the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual
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    • 588 24 Consumer items cost more or vanish from shelves as recession looms BLOOMBERG MOSCOW There are many ways to measure the deepening financial crisis spreading across Russia. The rouble is sinking more than any other currency in the world, foreign reserves have slumped by some US$55
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    • 302 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Struggling Air France yesterday revealed that a recordlong pilots’ strike last month will cost it around 500 million euros (S$809 million) in a dire profit warning that sent its stock price into a tailspin. The
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    • 318 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta has become the first sitting president to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC), with his lawyer seeking an acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity. Kenyatta, who handed power to his deputy before flying
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    • 426 27 They point to carbon emissions as a cause and warn of damage to marine organisms AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS Ocean acidification has risen by a quarter since pre-industrial times as a result of rising carbon emissions, casting a shadow over the seas as
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    • 386 27 LONDON Squirrels make a “good food source” and should be served up as a way of controlling their population, the organiser of a controversial squirrel burger cooking contest has said. Ms Rachel Thomas staged the challenge at the Forest Showcase Food and Drink Festival
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    • 565 28 REUTERS MONTREAL A retired US naval officer who hired an accused Canadian killer as a C$150 (S$171) an hour male escort recalled him as a “plain simple kid” who brought his puppy along to one of their meetings. But the accused Luka Magnotta,
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    • 588 28 President losing popularity even in core constituencies as mid-term elections loom NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHICAGO When he soared to victory by almost 10 million votes in 2008, United States President Barack Obama won in states such as Virginia that Democratic candidates had
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    • 440 30 Strict licence terms, slow economic and political reforms are concern REUTERS YANGON/SINGAPORE Myanmar has thrown open the door to foreign banks, but weak credit protection and tight restrictions on lending mean it’s not a warm welcome at least not yet. Nine banks
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    • 397 30 NEW YORK TIMES LONDON The European Commission has added Amazon to the string of multinational companies whose tax activities it is questioning. The inquiry will explore whether Luxembourg broke the European Union’s (EU) competition rules; similar investigations have looked into the tax arrangements of Apple
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    • 178 30 BLOOMBERG LOS ANGELES Symantec is exploring a break-up, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining other large technology companies that are trying to make their businesses more focused and nimble. The California-based software company is in advanced talks to split up its
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    • 518 31  -  Three strategies raised to tackle issue that has reached “critical levels” By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is calling on countries to shift funds away from oil subsidies towards social safety nets and policies
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 93 31 REUTERS Digital LONDON British companies spent a record £3.5 billion (S$7.2 billion) on digital advertising in the first half of this year, helped by the increasing use of smartphones and tablets. The study, which was published yesterday, said overall advertising on the Internet and
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      • 86 31 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Golden China Fund, the best performing hedge fund investing in the nation over 10 years, exceeded US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) in assets for the first time with bets on financial, real estate and technology stocks. It had US$1.1 billion in assets at the end
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  • OPINION
    • 452 32 IT IS ironic that the short journey across the Causeway is associated with tit-for-tat policies that inhibit travel, when bigger plans are afoot for a high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to do just the opposite. By a quirk of timing,
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    • 1611 32  - Manual sorting of waste? Trash that go high-tech EYE ON SINGAPORE Singapore’s trash is mounting, and with more waste being recycled, there is a need for better machines and systems to deal with it. By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE produces mountains of trash a day but, with this
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    • 1041 33  -  S.E.A. VIEW Militaries matter in evolving democracies, as two South-east Asian countries show. By TERENCE LEE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg IN LESS than two weeks, on Oct 20, Mr Joko Widodo will be sworn in as Indonesia’s seventh president the first without ties
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    • 1004 33  -  By LI XUEYING REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg ON THE afternoon of Sunday, Sept 28, I was right where it first started behind the police cordon in front of which tens of thousands of protesters had massed in Hong Kong. Minutes before, the sea of people
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    • 769 33  -  By MARK GILBERT BLOOMBERG VIEW ALL three of Britain’s major political parties have pledged in recent weeks to boost the availability of apprenticeships paid employment incorporating both on- and off-the-job training that leads to a nationally recognised certification. It’s a welcome counterbalance to the
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    • FORUM
      • 252 34  -  Yeap Soon Teck Deputy Director (Licensing) Council for Estate Agencies MR KEVIN Quek Swee Poh expressed concerns about the information in marketing brochures for commercial properties (“Area of concern in marketing commercial properties”; Oct 1). The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) regulates the
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      • RELATIONSHIP BUILDING PROGRAMMES
        • 365 34  -  Chong Kian Wee I AM the father of a school-going teenage boy. My wife and I are huge advocates of good family values. Besides imparting knowledge and skills to children, education is about inspiring them to become upright men and women with sound characters. In this
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        • 170 34  -  Yong Kai Chang APART from the issues of sexism and bigotry, I have a few other concerns after reading yesterday’s report (“Charity defends workshop after student complaint”). First, what is the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) position on the influence, direct or indirect, of
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      • 147 34  -  Robert Lim I APPLAUD the Government for taking steps to raise the re-employment age to 67 (“Public service takes lead in raising rehiring age to 67”; last Friday). This benefits older workers who are still employed. But what about those who are unemployed, such
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      • 75 34 1. MR NG YA KEN: Remove ‘traffic jams’ in productivity marathon. 2. MR DESMOND CHEW: Relationship workshop Charity’s response inadequate. 3. MS TANG SIEW NGOH: Help people with special needs enjoy the arts, museum visits. 4. MR CHAN YEOW CHUAN: No strong case for legislating gender diversity on
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      • MY POINT
        • 117 34  -  Tommy Lee Kheng Huat I AGREE with Ms Pang Cheng Lian (“Pioneer subsidies: Not all specialists are equal”; yesterday) as I am in a similar situation. On receiving my Pioneer Generation card, I made inquiries at the information desks of hospitals and was given the same
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        • 92 34  -  Derek Chan Hon Kuan CURRENTLY, if a car owner wishes to transfer a vehicle registration number to an existing vehicle, he has to pay a fee of $1,300. Why does a purely administrative procedure cost so much? After all, the owner has already paid
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        • 133 34  -  Martin Lee MR JIMMY Ho Kwok Hoong raised a good point (“Price to pay for ‘good-looking’ mainboard”; Tuesday). Penny stocks are more prone to speculative activities because of their low market capitalisation and lack of institutional interest. It just happens that many companies with low market
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      • 393 35  -  Marissa Lee Medjeral-Mills (Dr) Executive Director Disabled People’s Association THE Disabled People’s Association (DPA) agrees with the points raised by Mr Wee Yeong Wei (“It’s about the kids with special needs”; last Saturday) and Mrs Leaena Tambyah (“Kids with special needs
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      • 157 35  -  Kang Choon Hwee THE 24-hour parking fee cap of $20 for cars parked at Changi Airport will be removed. This means leaving a car overnight at the airport would cost more than $50, based on hourly rates. According to the report Changi’s
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      • 163 35  -  Francis Cheng MR K. S. Rajan asked why the Government does not offer subsidies or tax deductions for personal development courses (“Subsidise personal development courses too; Sept 30). Such courses often attract well-heeled participants drawn to renowned gurus who charge high fees. Why should
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      • 168 35  -  Lim Lih Mei (Ms) WHILE insurers have the right to deny coverage for travel to a particular place if a travel advisory has been issued, where does that leave travellers who planned their trips and bought travel insurance well in advance (“GE, Income stop HK
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      • 67 35 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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    • 34 33 VIEWS VIDEO ST OPINION ONLINE Jeremy Au Yong: Why Modi fasted while Obama feasted William Choong: Regionalism with Chinese characteristics Violent or peaceful? Video of street protests in Hong Kong Find these at www.straitstimes.com/news/opinion
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    • 70 34 Premium Perspectives Everyone has a different way of looking at things. The new Business Times taps into a wide network of opinion leaders to bring you views that matter. When you open your mind to collective intelligence, you will see new possibilities. www.BusinessTimes.com.sg www.facebook.com/TheBusinessTimes follow us ©BTbreakingnews To subscribe, call
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    • 558 35 MORE SEATS MADE AVAILABLE! THE THINK BIG ENTREPRENEURS CONVENTION 2014 KNOW TODAY’S CUSTOMER Discerning. Connected. Has choices. Whether you are in retail or B2B, service or F&B, your customer today is an evolved entity. Understanding her profile is only the first step to closing a sale. The more important question
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  • HOME
    • 670 1  -  Partners put old-time foodie favourite on market due to lack of successors By MOK FEI FEI, AMELIA TAN feimok@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg THE owners of the popular Boon Lay Raja Restaurant in Jurong East are looking to sell the space for around $15 million
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    • 485 2  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg THEY say it takes a village to raise a child. In Ms Adeline Koh’s case, it took a pre-school to help her look after three children and enable her to complete a degree at SIM University (UniSIM). The pre-school teacher,
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    • 715 2  -  Man in custody battle had passport impounded after wife accused him of rape By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg A SINGAPOREAN man undergoing a bitter divorce in London has found himself stuck in the British capital, unable to return home, even as his son was
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    • 742 3  -  300 sign petition slamming ‘portrayal of gender stereotypes’ UPROAR OVER RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP By PEARL LEE, AMELIA TAN leepearl@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg A WORKSHOP on managing relationships for junior college students, which has been under mounting criticism this week for being sexist and promoting gender stereotypes,
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    • 222 3  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER A CUSTOMER in today’s age can be picky, with access to a wealth of information and a large number of options. Such a customer will be the focus at the Think Big Entrepreneurs Convention, to be held tomorrow by Singapore Press Holdings’
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    • HOME PARLIAMENT
      • 540 4  -  Any test for licensing scheme not meaningful before that: Yaacob By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg A SCHEME to let arts groups classify their own performances will be shelved until the disparity in views on co-regulation between them and the Government narrows,
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      • 431 4  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg FOREIGNERS tend to steer towards bigger cars, but Singapore citizens still make up the bulk of new car purchases. Citizens, who make up 61 per cent of the total population, accounted for more than
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      • 330 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN A REVISED version of a scheme to persuade business owners to replace their old, pollutive diesel vehicles is gaining traction at an “encouraging” rate. As at the end of last month, 3,212 vehicles were replaced under the Early Turnover Scheme (ETS) after it
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      • 779 4  -  FROM THE GALLERY By ASSOCIATE LYDIA LIM ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg YESTERDAY was the second day in a row that censorship came up for discussion in the House. At issue is the NAR or Not Allowed for All Ratings
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      • THE DEBATE IN 2 MINUTES
        • 36 4 SIX Bills were debated and passed yesterday, the second day of the Parliament sitting. The House also covered issues such as free Wi-Fi service at MRT stations and the replacement of ageing lifts.
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        • 49 4 A CONTROVERSIAL scheme to let arts groups rate their own works was dropped from the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Bill passed yesterday. Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said co-regulation of the arts would not be pursued for the “foreseeable future”.
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        • 37 4 STUDENTS in privately funded schools and madrasahs, as well as homeschoolers and Singaporeans abroad, will be eligible for Edusave grants. They will get $200 or $240 a year, depending on their age.
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        • 39 4 THE Government will pump $100 million into the Selective Lift Replacement Programme to replace old lifts in HDB blocks in Choa Chu Kang and Pasir Ris. These lifts were installed between 1987 and 1997.
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        • 46 4 FREE Wi-Fi will soon be available in buses, at bus interchanges and at all MRT stations too. The Land Transport Authority is looking at providing the service in all these places if an ongoing trial at some MRT stations proves successful.
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        • 52 4 THE bulk of new cars sold in Singapore is bought by citizens. Although they make up 61 per cent of the population, they accounted for more than 80 per cent of new car registrations in 2012, last year, and the first eight months of
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        • 53 4 PUBLIC companies can issue shares with different voting rights, with the passing of the Companies (Amendment) Bill. The change applies to 800 public non-listed companies, but the Singapore Exchange and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are reviewing whether listed firms should also be allowed to issue
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        • 56 4 ALL full-time university, polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education students could soon qualify for cheaper train and bus rides. Public transport operators said they would consider a request from the Public Transport Council to offer concessionary rates to each and every tertiary-level student, even
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        • 46 4 ABOUT one in 10 child safety cases referred to the Ministry of Social and Family Development each year involves parents or caregivers with mental illness and who exhibit violent behaviour. This works out to fewer than 20 cases a year.
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      • 543 5  -  Questions related to rules applying to listed firms and pricing issues By YASMINE YAHYA ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR on Tuesday. yasminey@sph.com.sg TWO MPs raised concerns yesterday that changes to the Companies Act allowing certain firms to issue shares with different voting rights could affect
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      • 239 5  -  THAM YUEN-C A TRAIN or bus ride could get cheaper for some full-time students of tertiary institutions who do not qualify for concession fares. Public transport operators said they would consider a request from the regulator to offer such fares to these
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      • 404 5  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg AN ONGOING study into reverse mortgage schemes in other countries has shown that their take-up rates are low, Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. Still, the Government will continue to study the
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    • 637 6  -  NEWTON FOOD CENTRE By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg THE touts at Newton Food Centre are still around, despite repeated attempts by the authorities to clamp down on them. What is different, though, is that they appear to be less aggressive than before. When The
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    • 487 7  -  GHIM MOH MARKET AND FOOD CENTRE By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg GHIM Moh Market and Food Centre is famed within the local community for dishes such as hor fun and yong tau foo. Less well known has been its rat problem, which became so bad
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    • 261 8  -  LIM YAN LIANG SLIGHTLY more than a month after honouring Singapore’s first president Yusof Ishak at the National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hosted his widow, Puan Noor Aishah, to lunch at the Istana yesterday. Also there were her son, Dr
      PHOTO: FACEBOOK PAGE OF PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG  -  261 words
    • 436 8  -  Service staff expected to benefit from pledge to keep workplace harassment-free By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg THE customer may be king, but workers have rights, too. That is the main message a group of 43 companies from the retail and service sectors want to
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    • 120 8 GOING into detox by drinking tea, fashionably referred to as “teatox”, is in vogue now. Besides helping you to lose weight, the products mostly peddled on- line claim to also detoxify the body, suppress appetite, increase energy levels and boost metabolism. But are they
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    • 373 10  -  2-week sentence for retiree who had previous arms-related convictions By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg IN APRIL last year, retiree Lee Chee Kum was jailed for six weeks after he accidentally shot a neighbour with an air rifle in 2012. He was also fined $5,000
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    • 342 10  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN, CAROLYN KHEW tohyc@sph.com.sg kcarolyn@sph.com.sg A FORMER China tour guide embroiled in a legal battle over a widow’s estimated $40 million assets saw his wife pulled into the dispute yesterday. Madam Hedy Mok, the niece of 87-year-old Madam Chung Khin
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    • S SPECIAL TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE TOWARDS BETTER PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY
      • 1487 11  -  Productive and efficient staff will mitigate manpower shortages and rising costs by ahmad osman BY 2030, one in five Singaporeans will be 65 and older and many will need long term care services in the community, says Dr Jason Cheah, chief executive officer, Agency for Integrated Care
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      • 437 12 / 13  -  Lions Home for the Elders uses transfer aid equipment to encourage clients to be more independent by hazel tan ALL too often, healthcare personnel in nursing homes who have to lift elderly clients from a sitting to standing position risk injuring their own backs. But
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      • 641 12 / 13  -  With video-conferencing capabilities, geriatricians from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital can provide better care for elderly patients in nursing homes by lai yi ming RESIDENTS at several nursing homes in Singapore get enhanced care via a video-conferencing system which allows them to consult with geriatricians from Khoo
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      • 462 12 / 13  -  An electronic system helps to cut down errors and food wastage at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Hazel Tan SINCE 2011, meal ordering at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) has been made easy, thanks to an electronic meal ordering system (eMOS) developed by the hospital.
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      • 562 12 / 13  -  A 3D software that can measure wounds accurately benefits patients and staff of St Luke’s Hospital Geraldine Ling NURSE manager Josephine Tan (left), now has more time to spend with her patients, thanks to a new wound imaging system introduced in St Luke’s Hos pital last
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      • 416 12 / 13  -  Nursing home nurses can now crush pills at the push of a button DY geraldine ling SIX seconds is what it takes a new machine used by the Sunshine Welfare Action Mission Home (Swami) to crush pills. The nursing home has been using the First Crush
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      • 401 12 / 13  -  New payment service cuts workload for counter staff at TanTockSengHospitalandwaitingtimeforpatients by mike lee TAN Tock Seng Hospital’s (TTSH) new Zoom payment service helps reduce workload and work stress for staff, and at the same time improve overall patient experience and satisfaction. Zoom was introduced in August
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      • 1276 14 Ren Ci Hospital’s chief executive officer Loh Shu Ching and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s CEO Chew Kwee Tiang share insights on productivity issues in the healthcare sector Ms Loh Shu Ching, CEO, Ren Ci Hospital Why is productivity important to the healthcare sector? The
        PHOTO: REN CI HOSPITAL; PHOTO: KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL  -  1,276 words
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    • 194 14 TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE National Productivity Month 2014 Enhancing Care through Quality and Productivity 9-10 OCTOBER 2014 I 9.00AM 5.00PM I MAX ATRIA@SINGAPORE EXPO The inaugural National Seminar on Productivity in Healthcare and the Intermediate and Long-Term Care (ILTC) Quality Festival 2014 kicks off! Over the next two days, overseas and local
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  • MONEY
    • 733 15  -  Businesses say hikes unlikely to hurt them, while removal of some fees could result in greater efficiency By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg UPCOMING changes to regulatory fees that businesses are required to pay are generally positive, business leaders said yesterday. Some fees will rise but
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    • 547 16  -  Softening market bumps Republic off list of top 20 cities for global real estate investment By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE, with its softening property market, has fallen out of a ranking of the top 20 cities in terms of the volume of global
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    • 589 16 THE potential of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is tremendous, but will it be driven largely by the vision of just one man, founder Jack Ma? Or can it become an institution in its own right? That was the main topic of discussion among
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    • 515 17  -  Highest number for private residential plot in over a year; top bid is $173.6m By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg A PRIME site in the Thomson area has drawn a crowded field of 18 bids the highest number for a private residential plot in more than
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    • 318 17  -  RENNIE WHANG FINDING a way to reduce the amount of wood used to make its products helped LHT Holdings clinch a new award last night. The company was one of 16 in the manufacturing sector honoured for efforts to innovate and achieve sustainable
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    • 321 17  -  By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg LOCAL manufacturers risk falling behind global rivals as few know how to introduce new ideas or rethink their business models, according to preliminary results of a survey released yesterday. Only 6 per cent of the 250
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    • 484 18  -  Rising rents at renewal prompt SBF initiative to ensure fairer deals By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg ONE of the country’s leading business groups is drafting a framework to help local firms negotiate fairer tenancy agreements as a way to offset the crippling rent
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    • 315 18  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg DEALERS selling precious stones and metals costing more than $20,000 will have to report the transaction to the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), if the sale is settled in cash. This applies even to foreign currency transactions that work out
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    • TECHNOLOGY START SINGAPORE
      • 216 18 SINGAPORE venture capital firm Neoteny Labs was awarded the VC Exit of the Year gong by the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity (SVCA) Association earlier this month. Neoteny reaped a windfall after a company it invested in, Viki, was acquired by Japanese e-tailer Rakuten for
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      • 240 18 SINGAPORE start-up MyHero is producing short video clips to teach stock trading techniques. It has already produced three video clips online and the start-up expects to complete a total of 45 by next year. Co-founder and chief executive Dinesh Bhatia said that the animated videos
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      • 126 18  -  GRACE CHNG UNITED States-based accelerator 500 Start-ups has appointed Malaysian Khailee Ng as managing partner for South-east Asia. He will focus primarily on investing in consumer Internet start-ups. Mr Ng is a former entrepreneur who founded Malaysian deals site GroupsMore, which was acquired by Groupon in
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        • 18 19 STI trading volume 157.1 million shares STI up down Up: 4 Down: 24 Unchanged: 2
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        • 85 19 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 751.62 524.73 848.73 847.06 221.77 189.93 253.13 -3.01 -3.98 -0.51 2.27 -0.48 -0.69 -1.64 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 152.08 509.68 807.44 826.42 1,233.72 797.27
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        • 21 19 Stock trading volume 1.14 billion shares worth $834.3 million Up down Up: 126 Down: 257 Unchanged: 403
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        • 55 19 Yesterday’s close Index Change -159.19 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 23,263.33 15,595.98 1,965.25 2,382.794 1,351.824 1,824.32 -187.85 -7.66 18.924 18.32 -9.22 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday’s close Dow Nasdaq -74.322 4,958.519 1,543.39 5,241.266 4
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        • 121 19 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has acquired two logistics warehouses in China for 402.8 million yuan (S$83.9 million). It bought Mapletree Yangshan Bonded Logistics Park, a grade-A logistics facility, in Shanghai for 197.2 million yuan. In Zhengzhou, it acquired Mapletree Zhengzhou Logistics Park for 205.6 million yuan. The
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        • 44 19 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS APAC Strategic ....................5.8 39,821,000 IHC Compact Metal ....................5.1 29,810,000 92,389,000 Mirach Energy 16.5 26,963,000 5.8 Charisma Energy 3 22,725,000 China New Town 7.1 22,130,000 0.7 29.854.000 29.810.000 Golden Agri-Res ...................50 18,501,000 26.963.000 5.1 1.4 Mirach Energy 16.5
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        • 59 19 Oct 08 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1237 1.1240 0.8792 0.8793 ***** 1.1444 0.8953 0.8947 1,6168 1.6174 1.2650
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        • 88 19 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 209 180 CapitaMall Trust 191 unch 4311 192 190 5.4 6623 +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 565 HongkongLand USD US676 +4
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    • 608 26  -  South Africa keen to play at National Stadium as IRB gives S’pore plaudits By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg RICHIE McCaw and the All Blacks squaring off against arch-rivals Springboks in a competitive clash at the National Stadium in Kallang? Rugby fans in Singapore have long dreamed of seeing
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    • 729 26  -  By TERENCE ONG terong@sph.com.sg STEPPING onto the ITE College Central football pitch yesterday morning, Fandi Ahmad eyeballed the player who stood in front of him. Sizing up the figure from head to toe, the former Singapore captain paid attention to the
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    • 654 22 Chance to cash in on Russia’s consumers overrides politics THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Formula One risks political condemnation when President Vladimir Putin makes a personal appearance at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix on Sunday. The race, held during outrage over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine,
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    • 569 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YOKKAICHI (Japan) Jules Bianchi is suffering from a serious brain injury after a weekend crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, his family said yesterday, as specialists warned that the chances of a recovery from this kind of condition are slim. The Formula
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    • 448 23  -  By TERENCE ONG terong@sph.com.sg THEY were voted for by tennis fans as the game’s future stars and accordingly, they will compete in Singapore next week to justify that tag. The quartet of Zarina Diyas, Zheng Saisai (both 20 years old), Monica Puig and
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    • 284 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Disgraced Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita will be banned from competing for around 18 months over his theft of a journalist’s camera during the Incheon Asian Games, the nation’s swimming authority said yesterday. The Japan Swimming Federation said that its committees were
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    • 432 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAPA (United States) Rory McIlroy seeking a third consecutive Major triumph and Tiger Woods making his comeback from a nagging back injury will highlight the 2014-15 US PGA season that begins today. Just 25 days after American Billy
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    • 122 23 BLOOMBERG FRENCH Open champion Rafael Nadal lost at the Shanghai Rolex Masters yesterday after playing with appendicitis. The second-ranked Spaniard was defeated 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) by countryman Feliciano Lopez who will take on John Isner of the US in the third round. Nadal was diagnosed with the
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    • 303 23 Baseball National League play-off In St. Louis St. Louis 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (St. Louis win series 3-1). In San Francisco San Francisco 3 Washington 2 (San Francisco win series 3-1) Cricket 1st ODI In Sharjah: Australia 255-8 in 50 overs (D. Warner 43, S. Smith 101; W.
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    • 575 24 Clubs weigh up backlash by debating prospect of playing games overseas THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON English Premier League football clubs have discussed the revival of plans to play matches overseas. The concept of a “39th game” was dropped six years ago, after widespread opposition, but several
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    • 265 24  -  OLIVER KAY THE TIMES, LONDON Nothing has changed. It was a bad idea six years ago and it is a bad idea now. The Premier League and some of its clubs may feel that staging matches overseas is the future, but the moment
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    • 389 24 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Alf-Inge Haaland has likened Roy Keane (pictured) to Saddam Hussein after biting back in their long-running feud. Keane, the former Manchester United stalwart, had reignited his ugly dispute with Haaland, the former Manchester City and Leeds United midfielder, by
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    • 367 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has spoken up in support of Kevin Pietersen’s (pictured) allegations of a “bullying” culture within the England cricket team. Pietersen, in one of several con- troversial claims in his recent-ly-published autobiography, accused England’s senior bowlers and
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    • 870 24  -  By MATTHEW SYED THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg KEVIN PIETERSEN and Roy Keane must be exhausted. Goodness only knows how they managed to keep going for as long as they did. The football and cricket were not the half
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    • 265 25 REUTERS BARCELONA Four-time European champions Barcelona would not be allowed to play in La Liga if Catalonia broke away from Spain, the country’s football league chief Javier Tebas said on Tuesday as tensions mounted in the region over a possibility of an independence referendum
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    • 390 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The campaign to qualify for Euro 2016 intensifies with two rounds of matches played over six days, starting from today, offering a platform for those countries who started badly last month to play catch-up. That is the case for Guus Hiddink’s
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      • 59 25 STARHUB will carry a live telecast of Tuesday’s Brazil versus Japan friendly match at the National Stadium on their free-to-air SuperSports Arena (Channel 112/205 and 76.25Mhz). The cable TV provider will also screen the Brazil versus Argentina clash on Saturday and Hong Kong versus
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      • 43 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN French winger Franck Ribery has returned to training with German football giants Bayern Munich and is on track in his recovery from a knee injury. The 31-year-old was put through his paces by Bayern’s fitness staff.
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      • 79 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON England’s David Howell has been named as the fifth and final member of the panel who will select the European captain for golf’s 2016 Ryder Cup in the United States. Howell, who played in Europe’s wins in 2004 and 2006, joins three previous
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      • 33 25 EVOLVE’S Kirstie Gannaway will make her debut on One Fighting Championship’s mixed martial arts show at the Indoor Stadium on Nov 7. She will face Malaysia’s Adek Omar.
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    • 1090 2  -  Many feel Lim Kay Tong is a good choice to play Singapore’s founding prime minister in film 1965 Gwendolyn Ng, Yip Wai Yee nggwen@sph.com.sg yipwy@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Bryna Singh Despite an almost unanimous verdict among Singaporeans on social media and in the film, TV
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        • 250 6  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi A relative unknown in the local music scene, 19-year-old Singapo- rean Reuben Tan seemingly came out of the blue with his debut single My Sunshine, which topped the local iTunes chart upon its release on National Day. With an old-soul voice that belies his young
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    • S SPECIAL TRAVEL MALAYSIA 2014
      • 1153 7  -  Langkawi and Kuala Lumpur are as different as night and day, discovers David McMahon David McMahon YOU CAN see the cresting waves even before you drive away from Langkawi’s airport. They are deep blue, with foaming white crests, and they curl so high in a perfectly
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      • 943 8 / 9  -  Carolyn Hong enjoys the fresh air and warm hospitality of Kampung Sinisian Carolyn Hong TO MANY people, Borneo is a land of rugged adventure. That, it is, for sure. Borneo’s raw landscape is made for pure adventure but that doesn’t mean you have to be raw muscle to
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      • 770 10  -  Legoland Malaysia is a fantasy world with buildings and buses, firemen and joy rides by daphne ling STEPPING into Legoland Malaysia in Nusajaya, Johor Bahru, feels like walking into a child’s fantasy world, where everything is made from colourful Lego bricks. The attention to detail
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      • 253 10 Travel Malaysia 2014 will have a dedicated food section promoting the country’s delicacies FOR the first time, Travel Malaysia 2014 will include a food segment featuring a variety of cooked and dried food from various Malaysian states, such as Penang Laksa (right) and Nasi Kandar, an Indian Muslim
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      • 367 2  -  Poon Chian Hui Editor chpoon@sph.com.sg On Sunday, it was reported that Singapore scientists have discovered that green tea can be used to fight cancer. A chemical extracted from the tea, when combined with an anti-cancer protein, lasted longer in the bloodstream and was better
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      • 864 8  -  DR TOH HAN CHONG dmothc@nccs.com.sg Dr Toh is the deputy director of the National Cancer Centre, Singapore and a senior consultant in its division of medical oncology. Six years ago, Pei was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. he had breast cancer surgery, then chemotherapy
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      • 1208 18  -  Legal counsel Chen Mingming is often in a good mood after a long run. Joan Chew reports reports Joan Chew Joanchew@sph.com.sg How do you keep fit? I run six days a week at East Coast Park and Changi Coast Road and, occasionally, at
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    • 276 7 AUCTION 30/10 ORCHARD Scotts 3 bdrm, 1873 sf, Newton MRT, luxurious living. 9766 7797, 9147 1409 HALLMARK RES@D10 FHOLD Additional 10% Disc! Hurry Last unit (PES) corner 2+ study 1335sf $2.49M (Was: $2.86M)/ Star Buy 3 rm poolview 1572 sf $3.02M (Was: $3.44M)/ 3rm greenery view 1432 sf $2.86M (Was:$3.1M)
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    • 255 7 999-YR, 2110SF LA Suisse I. Only for home-proud buyers. Forest view. $2.6M. Quiet, high flr, exclusive. CASCADIA. PRICE REDUCED. Super value Penthouses from $8XXpsf. 2 3 bdrm. FH. King Albert Park MRT. Irvin ERA 9760 4706 CAVENDISH PK 2RM. High flr. Tenanted. Dover MRT Henry Pk Pri Ghim Moh Wet
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    • 303 7 New Launch 70 St. Patrick’s More than 50% Sold! Freehold Cosy Development! Good Efficient Layout! Marine Terrace MRT! 1km to Tao Nan/ CHIJ Katong 2 to 4 Bdrm Penthses Call for Grace *****237 ONE AMBER 4+1 $13XX psf One Amber 1442sf $2.08M Haig Ct 4rm Pool $1.97M Seaview 3 4rm
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    • 354 7 Bedok/ Dig Upp East Coast Pte Apts For Sale Bedok/ 015 Upp East Coast Pte Apts For Sale Bedok/ 015 Upp East Coast Pte Apts For Sale Townhouse Loft Suite Condo SOHO The New SOHO t t—.■ Spacious 1-bedroom study apartments with sizes from 614 to 635 sq ft Prices
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    • 120 7 THE MINTON. BEST-DEAL!!! 1-bdrm 560sf, Only $828K <#10 facing pool Garden 200% Move in w/ $30K ID FIRE SALE Rio Vista 1249 sf, 3-bdrm. Spacious layout Unblocked. Hougang MRT. VTO. Sean 8300-3838 DON’T MISS BEST VALUE!!! FAR Horizon Gdns 2rms 1152 sf $780 psf. Spacious. Future MRT. Hurry Call Keith
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    • 158 7 **$980K NEG! 2-BDRM Parc Vista. 1055 sqft. Corner. Reno. Good investment. Unblocked. Eric 9107 7960 THE SKYWOOD AFFORDABLE price. nice layout. 5 mins MRT. 15 mins Orchard Selling fast. By appt only Panoramic View ***LAKE LIFE, VERY high demand,lake view, 2/3/4/5 bedrms, application opens till 12Oct. Lau ES *****168 Must
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    • 303 7 Call Now LAKE LIFE, SG’S 1st Active living Residence. Next to Jurong Lake. Apps ends 12 Oct. Rebecca *****248 REGISTER NOW 9455-9220 Lake Life, 1st active living EC. 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 rms/ PH. Deferred payment avail. LC. NEW CONDO NEAR Lakeside MRT. Nice lake view layout. Many amenities. Good
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    • 417 7 3’I’ 1 Chai Chee 32. Reno. High flr. Unblock. $360K. 3’NG’ Bedok N. 412. Near central. High flr. $360K up. 5’S’ Bedok N. 137. Unblock. Windy.Good layout. $595K NEW LIST 543 4’NG’ Corner, squarish, lift level, all races, near amenities. No noon sun, selling only!!! 3NG BLK 525 Bedok North
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    • 1285 8 HDB Resale Price Index 240 220 200 180 160 140 Index 120 100 80 60 40 20 1Q94 1Q95 1Q96 1Q97 1Q98 1Q99 1Q00 1Q01 1Q02 1Q03 1Q04 1Q05 1Q06 1Q07 1Q08 1Q09 1Q10 1Q11 1Q12 1Q13 3Q 1Q14 2Q 3Q Qtr/Year Notes: 1) The index is based on average
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    • 300 8 CHEAP! CHEAP! 5’I’ Blk 135 4 bdrm 1 Utility 1367 sf. Corner. Low flr, orig cond Don’t miss!! *****688 FP 4’NG’ BLK 116 S’goon N Ave 1. High flr. Lift level. Move in. Face park. Convenient, all amenities. Ask $395K. 5’I’ 212 S’GOON Ave 4 Recess. High floor. Nice reno.
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    • 317 8 810 3’A’ RENO. High flr. Next to corner. 73sqm. MRT. Cosy/ bright/ breezy. Binson 9655-5788 SPZ 3’I’+UTILITY BLK 114 3-min Braddell MRT High flr. Nice! VTO! Must sell! 8161-0413 û DON’T MISS 3’I’ UTILITY Blk 4 Toa Payoh 731 sf. Convenient. Sheng Siong/ Doctor Pei Chun Sch. Keith *****226 5’I’
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    • 331 8 BLK 840 3’A’ 73sqm. #09 up. Face NS. Reno. Well kept. Opp. MRT NTUC. Pure selling! $370K neg. EM 326. 4-BDRM. 145 sqm. #02. Nice reno. Mins MRT, North Pt, Integrated Hub, Junc 9. Khuna 9879-2925 NEW LIST YISHUN Ave 3 11 4A 1119 sqft 771 corner good layout serious
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    • 330 8 LORNIE 18 CLUSTER bunglw Resort Living. Superb layout with home lift. 4500sf onwards. 4+1+1 rms. 2 yrs lease. Rental $11K neg. *****036/ *****518 CHANCERY CLUSTER HSE Exclusive. 5+1+1. 3800 sf. Pte pool. Greenery. Mins walk to MRT. Avail Nov $12.5K. Owner 9866-7762 NATURE PARK 3 sty Semi-d Bunglw 4+1 bdrm
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    • 244 8 NEAR SIMEI 3-STOREY inter terrace 1643/2400sf. 4+1 F/aircon. Autogate. Early Nov. Ronnie 9615-5922 NEAR MRT BEDOK TERR 2-STY Inter Terr, land 1965sf, Spacious 3+1 rm Well kept Face Park $4k neg. 9001 2881 Allan 27A TOH AVE Semi-D Newly rebuilt 3500/ 5000 sf 2sty attic. 5+1 pool. Immed Call *****635/
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    • 3241 9 District 1 8/12-14 Property Rental Values R en t a l s f or non l an d e d p r i va t e res id en t i a l p ro p er t i es i n A u g us t 20 14 Project
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    • 199 9 8 Tomlinson Road New Luxury 4 Bedroom Residences For LEASE Conveniently located in expat enclave of Tanglin and steps away from Orchard Road. Exclusive one unit per floor with private plunge pool and panoramic views around. Designer finishes with both wet and dry kitchens. Clubhouse with bespoke Residence Concierge provided
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    • 434 10 38 DRAYCOTT 1442 sf Quality 3+1 10 mins to Orchard MRT Full comm to agt. Christine Foo *****093 best price *HERITAGE APT Ardmore Park. 4+1 3156sqft $14K. Duplex PH4+1 4392sf $18K P/furn.SM Chia *****500 YGK GARDENS AT Belmont 3+patio, 2540 sqft $8000. 3+1, 2067 sqft, $7000. Call Sandy Chia 9388
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    • 349 10 D.11 NEWTON.GEMS 1871 sqft 4+1 partial furnished, immediate, $6800. Sandy Chia 9388 8660 BEST LOCATION THE SPRINGS 2+1. 1076sf. F/furn. High floor. Near Novena MRT Shpg Ctr. Avail end Oct. 9619 3133 SOLEIL SINARAN 2rms Only $4.9K 958 s.f Avail mid Nov. High flr. Good cond. Daniel *****611 LINCOLN SUITE
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    • 382 10 EUNOSVILLE 4BED 1700SF 3min to Eunos MRT. P/furn Aircon. Nice reno. Immed. $3.7K neg. Zen 9229 1910 EAST SHINE LOW rise 1087 sf. 3 bdrms. F/furn. $3.2K. Min 2 yrs. Near MRT. Immed. 9386-6197 Chan CASSIA VIEW, 3-BDRM 1206 sqft. High flr. Reno. MRT. $3.8K. Jasmine *****230 MEYERISE 2~4RM NEW
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    • 377 10 TM Billy Ong 9230 9575 MEYERISE, 2RMS JUST TOP Unblocked, bright windy Beautiful landscape with comprehensive facilities. PALLADIUM 2-RM 883SF Designer decor $4k immed The Modules Soho 1+study 500sf f/furn $2.8k neg. LAGOON VIEW 3+1 1640 sf. High/ low flr. $2.9K-$3.3K. F/Part furn. Good facing. Well-reno. Kwek *****227 SIGLAP 1
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    • 326 10 Must View Care Honesty MELVILLE PARK 3+1. 1300 sf. Unfurn/ p/furn, mid flr. Well kept. Near amenities/ MRT. Joshua 9028 5092 Near Mrt TROPICAL SPRING 1388SF 3+1 poolview, spacious. Excellent cond. MRT/amenities $4K. *****977 Shyan MELVILLE PARK 3+1. Reno. Fresh, bright,greenery unit Fully furn. Avail immed. $3.2K. Mital 9857-6737 SIMEI
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    • 352 10 Must View Care Honesty SELETARIS 1206 SF, 2+1, p/furn, f/aircon quiet. Feeder bus to Sembawang Immed. Joshua *****092 ORCHID PK. 3+1 $2.9K. Twr 1, mid flr, furn, well-kept. Immed. *****155 Grace GREENWICH 1-RM LOFT unit Brand new. Unique layout. Pool view. Nice cosy. Rarely avail!!! 9815-1188 ADAM GREEN, SOPHIA Flats,
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    • 362 10 5-RM APPROVED 629 Senja #14 $2.3K. Furn. Professional pref. Leo 9450-5788 $2777 ONLY! TOH Yi Dr 5rm Blk 9. P/furn Mid flr, A/C. Immed Amenities. AAM/Chang 9765-0377 3-RM HDB BLK.46 Owen Rd. 68sqm. Partial furnished. Room aircon.Good location Immed. Ronnie 9615-5922 5-RM BLK 372 Clementi. F/ furn. Aircon, Supermart. coffee
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    • 390 10 BLK 157, 3’NG’ Tampines. Opp MRT. High flr. F/furn. Immed. Foreign quota filled. Johnson 9062 4838 5’I’ BLK 716 Tampines. #03. F/furn. 3-rms with AC Avail immed. Prefer family. Saadiah 9005-1985 PN 5’A’ 842B TAMPINES Nice 3 bdrms. High flr. Windy. Direct bus to MRT, Tampines Mall. Koh LH 9851-5444
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    • 388 10 205 BUKIT BATOK Master Bdrm. Quiet, clean. P/Furn Single/Young couple. Owner weekend hse.Don’t miss BLK 23 BEDOK, 10 Chai Chee, 452/803 Yishun, 98 C’weath, 124 Toa Payoh, 56 Strathmore. 195 615 Punggol, Silvia 9750 8318 HDB/ CONDO, MASTER/ com -mon rms/ studios wanted by Asian professionals students. 9165-3319 CJ. CONDO/
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    • 403 10 FTY LEVEL 1. Yishun Corp Bldg Subdivisible or whole 25,000 sf. High 6m ceiling with Mezzanine Flr. 20KN flr. Interested Call *****161 /*****223. Agts welcome. CORNER TERR FTY (B2) for Sale/ Rent, approved dormitory/office. Immed. The Nordix Woodlands Ind. Pk E2, 6211 sf. Call Rendy Low at *****085 Don't Miss
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    • 421 11 prime location GOOD SPECIFICATION CORP image. Mins walk to MRT/ amenites 20/ 40ft loading immed. Chan 9112 2063 B1 INDUSTRY SERANGOON North Ave 520,000 sqft Asking rental $40K. Immediate. Shirley 9680 3883 OXLEY BIZHUB B1, 1335 sf #02 Westlink 2 Tuas, B2, 2368 sqft #04. Both immed. Owner 9675 4877
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    • 439 11 Hotline: 9025 5757 LAST 60YEARSFACTORY! DEVELOPER SALE! Hurry before its GONE! Prices from ONLY$3XXpsf! No Void Area! Ramp-Up, 40ft Access, Up to 7M Ceiling, 830 Parking Lots CEA Lic. No: L*****18D Mainline: 6238 1012 ùù Single Storey Terrace ùù Pandan 5800sf...........$1.13m Tuas 6.3ksf 44yr URA $2.8m ùù Detached ùù Senoko
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    • 199 11 TOH GUAN CTR, #01. Showrm 2776sf. B1 fty. For sale with tenancies fr 2120sf. Mark Lee *****828 REA BEST PRICE KAKI BUKIT 3-STY Terr Fty 5057sf MRT/amenities 24hr security With tenancy $1.95M. Felicia 9736 0712 NORTHSTAR AMK 2x unit (#02&#03) Good Reno, Fully fitted, AC, 1874 1948sf Patrick *****772 FH
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    • 294 11 ’FREEHOLD’ ELDIX 1862SF Ramp up, good size corner unit. Value for Just TOP. Goh 9022 8286 KF JOO KOON LAND 38K sf. Joo Koon 38k sf bal 23 yrs Gul Land 45K sf bal 11 yrs. JTC fty. Peter *****126 TAGORE 8 F’HOLD. New Ramp up B1 fty 1800-2400 sf.
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    • 431 11 HENDERSON BLDG. 980 sf. FH. Central a/c. Ample car park. $933K/1200-3000 sf Sale/ Rent. Call 9733 3368 $515PSF $515PSF $515PSF! B1 ind. MacPherson area Freehold. Size: 8,720 sqft, Whole Floor. Near MRT. GUL B2 LAND 9 0 ,0 0 0 12,000 sf (2 unit) 1 level. Lease 30 yrs. Regular
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    • 413 11 OFFICE FOR RENT Fully-Fitted Near MRT Attractive Rent Tanglin Road 417 501 1,002 4,443 16,580 sqft Lush Greenery with Extensive Landscaping Tanjong Pagar 260 634 770 990 1,600 2,200 4,050 sqft Near Tanjong Pagar MRT. Great Layout. Pasir Panjang 520 to 7,000 sqft (sub-dividing allowed) Suitable forTraining Centre,Ancillary Office, Storage
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    • 860 11 fit? Office Space Office Space gH Office Space for Sale Hff for Sale Hlf for Sale Over 91 sold Prices from $2.2m Office units from 624 sq ft S r r CENTER rj WMMMffrT A BCA Green Mark Platinum commercial development in CBD, located at 160 Robinson Road Rare strata-titled
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    • 373 12 PRIME CBD OFFICE. New! Grade A spec. Column free Tg Pagar MRT. Freehold 600-7000sf. Robinson Rd Developer sales *****888 F’HOLD OFFICES ROBINSON 6xxsqft/10xxsqft. 86 Units. Facilities/Retail. Near MRT. TOP 2015! Limited Supply! #07 BURLINGTON SQ. office 700sf renovated, tenanted $4.5K near MRT/amenities Goh *****286/ 9001 4110 HIGH ST CENTER, 2nd
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    • 388 12 ®»r |®»r |®a s „r |®a s r e |®»r Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES orchardcentrai Shops Restaurants for Lease Hip and trendy location at the heart of Orchard Direct access from Somerset MRT Station Orchard Gateway Catchment of shoppers from Somerset precinct comprising tourists, residents and office executives
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    • 151 12 CBD WILKIE/ NIVEN Rd corner. Grd flr shop office. Area 6000 sf. Can be subdivided. Rental fr $7 psf. Call Owner 6251 3460 BRAS BASAH CPLX 800sf Grd Flr. Immed. Attach toilet. Suits most retail trades Near Mrt $10K. 8200 0032 PAYA LEBAR MRT Geylang Shophse. Grd flr. Approx 1000
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    • 198 12 AMK 449/ Geylang Bahru 66 half/whole shop. Dental Hair/ Beauty Nail/ Minimart. Sharon 9858 8090 EIL RD Tg Pagar 1200/2400& 3500 sf Immed. Ample car pk Joan 9383-9025 Sole agt N Near MRT Care Honesty ICON CHANGI. FH, 172-183 sf. #B1. Rent $1250 up. Also sale $6xxK. Eunos MRT. 9821-2887
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    • 337 12 Excellent location 24 RAFFLES PL. Retail shop for immed takeover. 358sf with store. Good crowd. MRT. Jessie 9168 6133 Excellent Location BLK 36 BEO Cres, whole shophse for rent, 2-sty Suitable for all trades. Immed. 9006 8001 Ali MARINE PARADE CTRL Blk 82. Heavy crowd! Mkt/ hawker. Shophse 1500sf, immed.
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    • 374 12 BEST PRICE BLK 24 SIN Ming Rd 780 sf Good frontage. Convenient Suits all retail trade. Avail immed. Call Keith *****131 WHOLE SHOP. 211 S’goon Ave 4, Reno. Suitable for tuition, pizza, clinic, TCM, dentist. 9001-1176 Huang CAR SHOWRM @UBI area for takeover w/office on 2nd flr. Approx 2500 sf.
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    • 328 12 ***YOUR OPTIMUM CHOICE Thomson V Two 2 Unique Commercial Space *FREEHOLD* Good Tenant Mix Excellent location Mins to MRT 291 Sqft Cobroke greatly welcome Kenn Chu *****611 SPACEZ REAL ESTATE UPP PAYA LEBAR. Tai Seng MRT. 2 X 2-sty FH Shophse. JOO CHI AT. Land: 2395sqft. 2 Adjoining Shophouse. 2
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    • 275 12 BLK 51 TOA Payoh Lor 6 HDB shophouse, single sty, 603 sf, renovated, Asking $1.25M. High rental yield. UPP THOMSON. 2-STY FH. 1570/2720sf. Tenanted. No ABSD SSD. High human traffic. J Foo 9226-0978 SHOP THE Plaza 743sf x 2 units. Tenanted till 2016. Rental yield above 4%. Ask $1.5M. Mr
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    • 596 12 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 345 14,000 sqft Up to 4.6m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics TUAS SOUTH 3,500 to 140,000 sqft Up to 10m High Ceiling Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess Suitable For Factory Use CALL6578 9966 FULLY RENOVATED equipped F&B@GB
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    • 325 17 Admin Asst (Operation Dept) •GCE ‘O’Level •Equivalent working experience •Singaporean only •Location:13APandan Crescent Email: recruit@jpn.sg (Mon-Sat) Trading Company has Immediate vacancy for ADMIN ASST μ Computer Literate μ Relevant experience with simple shipping knowledge μ Work independently Call Mon Fri: Theresa Tel: *****055 or Fax Resume: *****113 Shipping Company requires
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    • 696 18 French MNC in Changi North has vacancies for PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS Handle production planning supervision of staff PRODUCTION OPERATORS Packing of finished goods, other duties as assigned 5 days week OR 12-hour shift work available Air con environment, transport provided at various MRTs Call 6830 7062/6221 9044 or walk-in interview (Weekdays:
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    • 793 19 Cleanersneeded Changi Airport Terminal 1 1st shift: 7am-3pm; 2nd shift: 3pm-11pm; 3rd shift: 11pm-7am $1100 above; 5 day week Performance Bonus 9002-5223 Cleaners Pest Controller NUS (Dover Rd,opp New Town Sec Sch) 1st shift: 7.30am-4.30pm; 2nd shift: 3.30pm-9.30pm $1100 above; 5/6 day wk 9479-7734 9678-5305 Block Sweeper Handyman($1200 above) Road
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    • 356 19 SCHOOLS AT JURONG West require Supervisor and Cleaners. Call Mr Tan 9768 1509 (No agent pls) FLOATERS. TOWN AREA. Experienced. Mon-Fri. Salary $1300 transport. S’poreans. Pls call 9719 8737 WAREHSE OLD Tampines Rd needs Full time Supervisors Cleaners. 5.5 day week. Call 9489-3584 CLEANERS AT BT B a t o
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