The Straits Times, 28 October 2014

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 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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  • 581 1  -  Move set to lower cost of doing business and boost trade links By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN SUZHOU esthert@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE and China will start direct currency trading today, in a move set to lower the cost of doing business. It will also
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  • 42 1 INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo swore in his Cabinet yesterday, notifying his ministers that they are to work for his vision and mission and that they must not be caught up in their own sectoral interests.
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  • 36 1 MR ROBERT Chow (below), who leads a group bent on ending the road blockades by students in Hong Kong, has got his supporters to collect signatures from people who oppose the protest.
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  • 81 1 A FLEET of planes and helicopters airlifted the last American and British forces from a key base in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, a day after the Nato coalition closed the massive facility and handed it over to the Afghan military. The withdrawal came 13 years after a
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  • 439 1  -  By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has set aside $45 million to boost its power systems and industry, and will also create the Singapore Institute of Power and Gas to train people. In addition, more consumers will, from next July, be able
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    • 84 1 S’PORE WRITERS FESTIVAL OUTSPOKEN AND OUT THERE LIFE! C4&5 FINAL VOYAGE MORE CHOOSE SEA BURIALS HOME B6 L TOP OF THE NEWS A2 L TOP OF THE NEWS A6 NIESSING The bejeweled trinity of heritage, beauty and perfection. The finest craftsmanship of Niessing’s Tension Ring combines with the perfection of
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 647 2  -  President tells his team to step on the gas, focus on delivering the goods By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg TWO hours after swearing in his ministers yesterday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo began his first Cabinet meeting on a
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    • 335 2  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA they zubaidah@sph.com.sg PRESIDENT Joko Widodo’s Cabinet lacks the “wow” factor, but it is the cleanest slate in years and a realistic combination, given the compromises and political bargaining that inevitably went into the selection,
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    • 445 3  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg SIX people, including activist Han Hui Hui and blogger Roy Ngerng Yi Ling, were yesterday charged with committing a public nuisance act at Hong Lim Park last month which disrupted a charity carnival. Han, 23, and Ngerng,
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    • 441 3  -  National Museum’s new exhibition traces key aspects of S’pore’s past By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg THE wail of an air raid siren pierces the air as visitors sidestep a bomb prop that has “crashed” through the floor of the National Museum, in a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 47 4 CHINA will begin trading its yuan currency directly with the Singapore dollar from today, in a move set to lower currency conversion costs and boost strong trade links. China has launched direct trading with several currencies. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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      • 42 4 PRO-WESTERN parties look set to dominate Parliament in Ukraine, as President Petro Poroshenko began talks on forming a new coalition government after Sunday’s polls gave his party a 23 per cent mandate. TOP OF THE NEWS A8
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      • WORLD
        • 56 4 CHINA will set up a national anti-terrorism intelligence system, according to a new law devoted to fighting terrorism which is set to be passed this week, following an upsurge in violence in the far western region of Xinjiang. PAGE A10 Police taking part in an anti-terror drill
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        • 52 4 LEADERS of China and Vietnam met yesterday to patch up ties amid escalating tensions over new territorial disputes. China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi warmly shook hands with Vietnam’s Foreign Minister, Mr Pham Binh Minh, months after relations reached a nadir over the South China Sea dispute.
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        • 49 4 INDIA’S government yesterday revealed the names of three prominent businessmen accused of illegally stashing funds in foreign bank accounts as it seeks to recover billions of dollars parked abroad. But critics slammed the government for not revealing names of politicians on the list. PAGE A15
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        • 45 4 THE story of what happened in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) underground network of prisons in Syria is one of excruciating suffering. Beheaded journalist James Foley and his fellow hostages were routinely beaten and subjected to waterboarding. PAGE A18
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      • 54 4 HDB’s planned reduction in supply might seem to contradict the effort to correct prices that had soared during the property boom. But changing circumstances call for some recalibration, while striving for a fair balance between the interests of existing owners and buyers. The
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      • OPINION
        • 50 4 SINGAPORE’S growth numbers are starting to reflect the double blow of a world economy that has failed to get back on track since the global financial crisis, and a productivity drive at home that has struggled to take flight, says senior economics correspondent Fiona Chan. PAGE A22
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        • 47 4 EVEN with 1.7 mobile phones per person, there’s room for a fourth mobile telco operator. That’s because expansion is driven by the rise of machine to-machine connections where devices, and not people, are going to be connected to the Internet. PAGE A23
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      • HOME
        • 50 4 A SOFTWARE that allows lawyers to work on court documents online is being used for the first time in a case in the High Court here, helping save paper and cost. Operated by a London-based firm, the software has helped courts overseas go almost paperless. PAGE B3
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        • 62 4 MORE people are opting for sea burials, where their bodies are cremated and their ashes scattered into the sea. Undertakers say many are doing so to give their descendants freedom to decide where to pay their respects. PAGE B6 Sea burials involve the scattering of the
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      • MONEY
        • 43 4 CORPORATE governance experts debated yesterday over whether listed companies should purely aim to maximise returns for shareholders or account for other factors, such as the environment. The panel discussion was organised by the Securities Investors Association Singapore. PAGE B8
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      • SPORT
        • 71 4 JOSE Mourinho praised his Chelsea team for their performance against Manchester United but was not happy with the referee’s handling of the heavyweight clash that ended 1-1. However, he was careful not to go into specific details, saying that some managers could get away away with what they
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      • LIFE!
        • 75 4 BOOKS Kinokuniya’s new fourth-floor location in Takashimaya Shopping Centre is 10,000 sq ft smaller than its old premises one floor below. The Chinese and Japanese sections will decrease by about 40 per cent in floor area and 20 per cent in range, but the range of English
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        • 52 4 HONG Kong star Chow Yun Fat appeared nonchalant when asked about a rumoured mainland ban on pro-Occupy Central artists, who include actor Chapman To and singers Anthony Wong Yiu Ming and Denise Ho. He has criticised the police for using tear gas against the demonstrators.
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
        • 33 4 They detect explosives, sniff out drugs, and help fight crime. Catch the elite police dogs from the K-9 Unit in action in this video. http://bit.ly/1wuvpu0 ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
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        • WEB SPECIALS
          • 49 4 GOING on a trip? You can take great pictures without lugging along heavy equipment, like this shot of a humpback whale’s tail taken by ST picture editor Stephanie Yeow using a compact camera. She shares more tips at the new ST Travel Community. http://bit.ly/1DjddF4
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          • 42 4 CONDOR hero, cabby and convict Christopher Lee has played it all. We size up the actor, whose latest role as a workaholic husband won him the Best Lead Actor award at the prestigious Golden Bell Awards. http://bit.ly/1wuvrlD
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    • 760 6  -  Battlefield moves to court of public opinion for opposing camps in HK By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg AS HARRIED Hong Kongers go about their business in the Central financial district on a Monday afternoon, they are accosted by grey-haired men and
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    • 381 6  -  By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN SUZHOU esthert@sph.com.sg A JOINT ministerial committee has met over the weekend to firm up the “terms of reference” of a proposed third government-led project between Singapore and China, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo
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    • 443 6  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg THE multibillion-dollar trade between China and Singapore will become less costly from today, thanks to a landmark decision by China to allow direct trading of its currency and the Singdollar. Local companies and banks say the move is
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    • 391 6 REUTERS BLOOMBERG HONG KONG The stalled linkup between the Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses hit financial stocks on both exchanges yesterday, left investors in the dark about the scheme’s future and raised more questions about Beijing’s patchy record on delivering reform. The Stock
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    • 838 8  -  Talks begin on coalition govt, but parties are riven by personal rivalries By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON jonathan.eyal@gmail.com UKRAINE’S President Petro Poroshenko has begun talks on the formation of a new coalition government, after Sunday’s parliamentary elections provided what
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    • 408 8  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg A POWER network that connects the national grids of all Asean countries could boost energy security, increase energy supply and, ultimately, make electricity cheaper for people. But to reap the benefits of an Asean power grid, the groundwork
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    • 411 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIO DE JANEIRO Leftist President Dilma Rousseff has vowed to reconcile Brazil, reboot the economy and fight corruption after narrowly winning re-election in the most divisive race since the return to democracy in 1985. Ms Rousseff, the first woman president of the
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    • 431 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A mysterious Chinese tycoon who plans to dig a US$40 billion (S$51 billion) canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific is spreading his reach into space, with ambitions for a network of satellites, said reports yesterday. Mr Wang
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    • 111 2 Scanning in Bladeless Cataract Surgery Gleneagles Hospital recently introduced the new iris and blood vessels scanning system which maps out the smallest details of the eye and transfers the data to the operating room. Coupled with the Femtosecond Laser, this system enables better precision in placement of the lens implant
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    • 332 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE MALAY MOVIES Local film-maker sees the lighter side B <T ■x IA ■J So what is Heuristics? There are systematic frameworks to achieving the ultimate A* in PSLE Maths and Science. One framework is heuristics. Heuristics equips students with higher-order thinking skills to
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    • 31 6 Can India under Modi rise as Asia’s next growth engine? T N Ninan Renowned Indian editor and business commentator Find out on Nov 21, Shangri-La Hotel To register, please visit: www.straitstimes.com/outlook
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    • 127 9 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE presented by SCglobal CONGRATULATIONS SERENA WILLIAMS OUR HEARTFELT COMPLIMENTS TO THE ELITE EIGHT FOR THIS SMASHING WEEK. F i. 4» Ns. X i M ss mem 17^ Ik a?,'? i 2S ■39? 5C w -«afflE£LL,u s vi Mii iriS i*. i a -v.1 l m
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  • WORLD
    • 539 10 Facility is part of new law to boost sharing of information across agencies XINHUA REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China will set up a national anti-terrorism intelligence system, according to a new law devoted to fighting terrorism which is set to be passed
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    • 207 10 XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING China’s legislature is considering abolishing the death penalty for nine of the 55 crimes punishable by death, state media said yesterday, including illegal fund-raising, which has attracted capital punishment in a number of cases. Crimes that could be exempt
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    • 395 10 REUTERS TAIPEI Taiwan is moving ahead with plans to build its own submarines, with an initial design to be completed by the year end, after lengthy delays in getting eight vessels under a 2001 US defence deal and as China’s navy expands rapidly. While major obstacles
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    • ASIA
      • 409 12 They agree to use border dispute mechanism after China envoy’s visit REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI China and Vietnam agreed yesterday to use an existing border dispute mechanism to find a solution to a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, saying
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      • 93 12 An 800-year-old mural drawn on the walls of the ancient Yongle Palace, a Taoist temple in northern China’s Shanxi province, has gone on “tour” thanks to a replica by Chinese painter Liu Yong. It finally went on display in a stadium in central Hubei province’s
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      • 332 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Chinese defence officials are meeting a Japanese delegation in Beijing this week for informal talks on preventing simmering territorial disputes from erupting into armed conflict, the Japanese foundation hosting the talks said yesterday. The announcement came as Japan’s coast guard said it
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      • 263 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GWANGJU South Korean prosecutors yesterday sought the death penalty for the captain of the ferry that capsized in April, leaving 304 people, most of them schoolchildren, dead or missing. Standing trial are also 14 other crew members who abandoned the
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      • 398 12 BLOOMBERG SEOUL Mr Lee Jae Wook raised the scoop of his mud-spattered tractor as he braced himself for a scuffle with activists trying to fly balloons carrying leaflets urging a revolt against Mr Kim Jong Un across the border to North Korea. “I won’t
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      • 512 14  -  Opposition leader expects jail time, leaving fragile coalition on the rocks By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA’S opposition alliance may end up rudderless and facing an uncertain future as its leader Anwar Ibrahim expects to be imprisoned, despite today’s final
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      • 35 14 Mr Zheng Feng, an amateur climber, has wedding pictures taken with his bride on a cliff in Jinhua, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, on Sunday. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 347 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians who earn more than RM10,000 (S$3,900) a month will not enjoy any fuel subsidy under the subsidy rationalisation scheme, set to be implemented next year. In announcing this yesterday, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said the new subsidy
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      • 460 14 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE PHNOM PENH The 18cm-long scar runs diagonally across the left flank of his skinny torso, a glaring reminder of an operation he hoped would save his family from debt but instead plunged him into shame. Chhay, 18, sold his kidney for US$3,000 (S$3,800)
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      • 386 14 NIBONG TEBAL (Penang) Penang police discovered the body of a man with his throat slit over the weekend, in a case reminiscent of 16 other murder victims in the state this year. The decomposed remains of the man, believed to
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      • 553 15  -  Modi’s govt criticised for ‘selective list’ that excludes politicians By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg IN THE run-up to the general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), then still in opposition, promised to bring back money that rich Indians
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      • 286 15 NEW YORK TIMES YANGON Lawyers in Myanmar are well accustomed to paying out a stream of bribes to clerks and judges as part of a widely acknowledged culture of graft. But when word spread last year about a judge’s wife demanding US$150,000 (S$191,000)
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      • 191 15 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK The fields of Thailand’s Chao Phraya river basin are lush green this month as the region that grows about 30 per cent of the country’s rice supply is fed daily by a complex network of irrigation channels. That
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 51 15 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE BANGKOK Thai prosecutors charged two people already held for more than 70 days with defaming the monarchy. Student Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and activist Porntip Mankong, 25, were each charged yesterday with one count of lese majeste linked to a play in October last
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        • 57 15 REUTERS JAKARTA Workers at Freeport McMoRan’s giant Indonesian copper mine plan to go on strike for a month from next week, a union official said yesterday, after the firm failed to make changes to local management following a fatal accident. Prolonged disruption could support the
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        • 51 15 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE LUCKNOW (India) Officials in one of India’s most populous states were left red-faced after a video emerged showing children cleaning up a medical college to prepare for a top politician’s visit. One of the children said they were being paid 200 rupees
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    • 580 17 Decision comes as boy who arrived from Guinea is isolated for checks EBOLA CRISIS BLOOMBERG REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK The governors of New York and New Jersey have stuck to new plans to quarantine health workers returning to the United States from countries
      BLOOMBERG; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  580 words
    • 278 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ON THE KAPITAN BORCHARDT (Spain) Standing at the helm of a three-masted schooner, Ms Alina Koralewska is having no trouble staying the course to Barcelona despite being able to see neither compass nor stars. The 59-year-old Pole is
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 58 17 REUTERS JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s state prosecutors said yesterday that they will appeal against the culpable homicide conviction and five-year jail term handed down on track star Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius was convicted over the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine’s Day last year. Pistorius’
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      • 70 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Some 130 people were taken to hospital and more than 100 schools closed yesterday in south-east Iran after an incident at a sewage works caused an outbreak of poisonous gas. A man has been arrested on suspicion of dumping expired pesticide
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    • 371 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TUNIS Tunisia’s secular Nidaa Tounes party has won the most seats in a milestone parliamentary vote, dealing a blow to Islamists who had prevailed since the 2011 ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Nidaa Tounes’ main rival, the
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    • 1534 18 Former ISIS hostages say jailers singled out American James Foley NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The hostages were taken out of their cell one by one. In a private room, their captors asked each of them three intimate questions, a standard technique used to obtain proof
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    • 292 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OTTAWA The shooter who rampaged through Canada’s Parliament took a video of himself just before the attack. He was inspired by ideological and political motives, police said, contradicting his estranged mother’s claims. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who was shot dead inside Parliament in
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    • 373 18 NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD From the battlefield near Baiji, an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighter fired a heat-seeking missile and blew an Iraqi army Mi-35M attack helicopter out of the sky this month. Days later, ISIS released a chilling
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    • 548 19 Storied clan rallies behind Jeb Bush as he nears decision to seek office NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON When Mr Jeb Bush decides whether to run for president, there will be no family meeting a la Mitt Romney. No gathering at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine
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    • 107 19 Visitors walking, standing and sitting on a giant chalk artwork called Wasting Time at the Chalk Urban Art Festival in Sydney last Saturday. The gigantic artwork has transformed the forecourt of Customs House at Circular Quay into an incredible sight. The 350 sq m drawing is
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    • 364 19 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON A dozen Nobel Peace Prize laureates are urging President Barack Obama to make “full disclosure to the American people of the extent and use of torture” by the United States, including the release of a
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    • 100 20 The coffin of oil firm Total chief executive Christophe de Margerie being taken to his memorial service at the Saint Sulpice Church in Paris yesterday. Mr de Margerie, 63, died in a plane accident in Russia on Oct 20. He was killed when the
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    • 567 20 Entrepreneurs, investors seek greener pastures WASHINGTON POST MOSCOW Mr Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a start-up designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better
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    • 398 20 REUTERS LONDON London’s financial services industry is leaving its “old boys’ club” image behind, after sharply increasing the recruitment of women and overseas staff over the last year, research showed. Over the past year, the number of women working in London’s City and
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    • 485 21 Budget chief responds to Cameron’s insistence that London would not pay AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS Britain must contribute an extra €2.1 billion (S$3.4 billion) to the EU budget or face fines, the European Commission said yesterday, after a furious David Cameron insisted that
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    • 286 21 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Apple’s mobile payment technology ran into a roadblock a week after its introduction when two retailers disabled Apple Pay in their drugstores. CVS Health and Rite Aid are among 220,000 merchants in the US that already have technology in place to
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    • 75 21 Fantasy and lots of costume drama were on parade at the MGPIN 2015 Mao Geping makeup trends launch during China Fashion Week in Beijing yesterday. As many as 88 designer brands and agencies from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy and the Netherlands are participating in the
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    • 292 21 REUTERS SEOUL Samsung Electronics said it will cease its light emitting diode (LED) lighting business outside of South Korea, scaling back what was identified as a key growth business just four years ago. The pullback announced yesterday comes on the heels of Dutch rival
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 117 21 REUTERS ISTANBUL Malaysia Airport Holdings may sell a minority stake in Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport after it takes full ownership of the business in the coming months, a senior official said yesterday. The company, which already owns 60 per cent of Istanbul’s second airport,
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      • 80 21 REUTERS BANGALORE Hard-disk drive maker Seagate Technology’s quarterly profit and revenue beat the average analyst estimate as demand increased for its personal computer and cloud storage products. Seagate shares were up 1.8 per cent in pre-market trading. The company gets about two-thirds of its revenue from
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    • 457 22 FEWER applicants for new flats and five consecutive quarters of resale price falls have seen the Housing Board market going off the boil. The operative word is “going”, denoting an incomplete market correction. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s view that control measures for the
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    • 1064 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg THIS year has been a tough one for Singapore’s economy, for reasons that were summed up in recent remarks made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Early last month, IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned
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    • 829 22  -  By JANAN GANESH THE FINANCIAL TIMES HANGING on in quiet desperation is the English way, sang Pink Floyd in 1973. Stoicism was a national trait back then and Britain, the sick man of Europe, needed it. There is no longer anything quiet about this
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    • 1036 23  -  With 1.7 mobile phones per person, Singapore can still have room for a fourth telco operator. That’s due to the rise of machine-to-machine (M2M) connections where devices, not people, are connected to the Web. By GREG MITTMAN, LAWRENCE CHAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES
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    • 1003 23  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com AFTER being promised a free hand to choose his Cabinet, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo discovered perhaps not to his complete surprise that it was anything but free in a be-hind-the-scenes tussle with both Indonesian Democratic
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    • 765 23  -  By MEIDYATAMA SURYODININGRAT THE JAKARTA POST/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK INDONESIA now has its very own Hillary Clinton. Well, at least of the same gender. The fact that President Joko Widodo chose a career diplomat was no surprise. But eyebrows were raised when Ms Retno L.
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    • FORUM
      • 280 24  -  Geoffrey Kung THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed that real estate investment trust managers should have a statutory duty to prioritise unitholders’ interests over those of the manager and directors, if a conflict of interest occurs (“Proposed Reit rule changes timely
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      • 299 24  -  Wee Wei Loong THE Gifted Education Programme (GEP) will remain controversial as long as there is no clear objective for it (“Is the gifted stream still relevant?”; last Saturday). What are we assessing? Are we looking at academic grades, speed of learning, or former students’
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      • 230 24  -  Dino Trakakis Founder Autism Recovery Network IT IS good that many people, including Mr Wee Yeong Wei (“It’s about the kids with special needs”; Oct 4), are calling for people with special needs to be integrated into the mainstream. I am aware
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      • 69 24 1. MR JEFFREY LAW: Explain significance of Singapore Pledge. 2. MR RAYMOND KOH: Electric transport devices paving way to the future. 3. MR DAVID POON: World faces more pressing issues. 4. MS HELEN CHEN: Why are cleaning contractors not doing their job? 5. MS LI DAN YUE: Cinema
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      • MY POINT
        • 171 24  -  Nigay Oleg DRIVERS here are required to switch on their headlights after 7pm, but there are still quite a number who flout this rule. Some drivers probably forget to switch on their headlights because newer cars are fitted with dashboards that light up automatically
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        • 70 24  -  Linton Phoa Zhi Sheng TRAFFIC light countdown timers will better help drivers judge if they have enough time to pass a signalised junction. This way, they will not end up running a red light. Placing amber warning lights before the signalised junction on downward slopes
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      • 188 24  -  Grace Tan (Ms) I WAS glad my five-year-old daughter was not with me when I visited the new public library in orchardgateway mall, as it has no books appropriate for young readers like her (“library@orchard scores with books and looks”; last Friday). The
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      • 48 24 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg.
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      • 178 25  -  Chan Yeow Chuan I SUPPORT the Land Transport Authority’s restrictions on motorised bicycles, in view of adverse overseas reports on these devices. In China, for instance, there has been a surge in motorised bicycle-related deaths over the past few years, in tandem with their growing use. A
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      • 131 25  -  K.H.K. Rangan I AGREE with Mr Francis Yeow Ghim Chye (“Keep electric transport devices off footpaths”; last Tuesday). Other writers who gave reasons justifying the use of electric-powered transport devices on pavements missed the most important point pedestrian safety. Footpaths are meant for pedestrians. That is
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      • 366 25 Is cycling truly a viable and safe mode of transport in Singapore? What can be done to encourage more people to cycle to school or work, or to run errands? Our entire road and pedestrian infrastructure needs to be changed. There is just not enough space for motorists,
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      • 227 25  -  Martin Lee MR VINCENT Khoo (“Share consolidation is good for retail investors”; Oct 20) asked why I am against share consolidation if it is a neutral exercise. I disagree with his view that “if penny stock companies consolidate their shares, there will be
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    • 44 25 PUNCHLINES I’m starting Gifted education programme prep classes what’s the name of your tuition centre? K A c h i n g$ t u i t i o n c e n t r e S T ILL US TRATI O N ADAM LEE
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  • HOME
    • 606 1  -  Survival instincts kick in as sluggish property market takes its time reviving By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg FACED with a tepid property market, Mr Nicholas Chia, 28, decided to go from selling
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    • 635 2  -  Employers finding personal touch increasingly crucial for staff retention By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg NATIONAL Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive Edmund Kwok often asks his employees: “What is my number?” He wants to make sure they have his mobile phone number, and they do.
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    • 275 2  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S aspiration to be Asia’s premier cruise hub has been given a boost. A panel of experts across the global cruise industry picked Singapore as Destination of the Year, over contenders from the Mediterranean. Singapore was
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    • 503 3  -  They use software that also facilitates convenient access to material in battle over IP By AMIR HUSSAIN amirh@sph.com.sg A COMPUTER software that allows lawyers to save paper, time and cost is being used in a court case here for the first
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    • 296 3 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to the late Colonel (Retired) John Morrice, a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) pioneer who died last Thursday of a heart attack. He was 79. Writing in his Facebook page last night, he said Col Morrice
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    • 451 4  -  Animal-related businesses will have grace period to meet requirements By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg ANIMAL-RELATED businesses would be given time to ensure that their staff meet the new training requirements under proposed laws for better animal welfare. A grace period of one to two years
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    • 485 4  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg A PINK dolphin kept at Underwater World Singapore is suffering from a “non-contagious form of skin cancer”, the attraction’s spokesman has clarified. “Health checks are conducted regularly and the results show that, apart from the cancer, which is being specifically
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    • 311 4  -  CAROLYN KHEW READERS can now search for items or services on The Straits Times (ST) Classified on their phones. The ST Classified app, which was relaunched yester- day, now allows readers to search for items or services quickly and easily on its epaper
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    • 249 4 FIVE electronic road pricing (ERP) rates will be lowered, while two will be raised from next Monday. In its latest periodic review of ERP rates, the Land Transport Authority said car charges will go down by 50 cents each for the 8.30am
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    • 775 6  -  Buddhists and Hindus form majority of those wanting ashes scattered there By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg HE HAS spent more than three decades of his life navigating the sea and, when the time comes, Mr Ong Kai Cheng, 63, hopes he can do the
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    • 372 6  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE can expect more rain and less haze in the coming weeks, as the south-west monsoon season comes to an end. It will be followed by an in-ter-monsoon season typically lasting from October to November and characterised
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    • 502 7  -  32-year-old found guilty of having commercial sex with underage girl By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MAN was sentenced to 16 weeks’ jail yesterday after a court found him guilty of engaging in commercial sex with an underage social escort,
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    • 315 7  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTORIST who drank some wine at a birthday party before causing a fatal crash at a signalised cross junction was jailed for four weeks yesterday. Ng Cheng Guan, 56, whose breath alcohol level was found to be
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    • 359 7  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg AFTER meeting a 13-year-old girl through a mutual friend in January this year, Muhammad Nur Hakim Abdullah, 20, asked her to be his girlfriend. She agreed and, days later, he pressured her into having unprotected sex
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  • MONEY
    • 627 8  -  Lawyers, finance experts disagree on importance of shareholders’ interest By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A PANEL discussion about corporate governance yesterday morning was so heated even the fire alarm went off. While the latter turned out to be a false alarm, there was plenty of
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    • 478 10  -  Anti-competition watchdog looking into move to acquire RadLink for $137m By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg PARKWAY Holdings’ proposed $137 million acquisition of outpatient diagnostic chain RadLink Asia is being scrutinised by the anti-competition watchdog. The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is seeking public feedback on the
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    • 460 10  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg ROBUST revenue growth in the health-care and hospital services units gave earnings a healthy boost at Raffles Medical Group in the third quarter, it reported yesterday. Net profit rose 11 per cent to $15.5 million, while
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    • 515 12  -  Minister lauds restaurant for using technology to boost productivity By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg A NEW restaurant has found a clever way to eliminate the tediousness of getting a waiter’s attention place your order via a mobile phone. The three-week-old Food Glossary
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    • 644 12  -  By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg LOCAL bar brand Harry’s has gone all showbiz for its latest watering hole with the opening of an outlet in Mumbai’s Bollywood film district. The bar the gastropub chain’s seventh in India is in the bustling area of
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    • 470 12  -  By ANN WILLIAMS ann@sph.com.sg BNY Mellon has launched a foreign exchange dealing room in Singapore to facilitate trades in G10 currencies and the Korean won. The American investment giant said the move reflects Singapore’s growing regional and global significance as a
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    • 543 13  -  Spring Singapore has several schemes to help businesses develop their capabilities and improve themselves. In the fourth of a six-part series Ang Bee Lin looks at two companies which have taken advantage of such schemes to improve innovation and two others which strengthened their
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    • 402 13 SHIN-SAPPORO Ramen has worked to set itself apart from other Japanese eateries since it started in 2010, by preparing its noodles and soup broth in-house. However, the local market is growing saturated, so founder and director Chiam Wee Leong is seeking growth abroad.
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    • 404 13 LIKE many small and medi-um-sized enterprises in Singapore, Globi Gewinn International (GGI), which makes door control systems, was faced with challenges such as labour constraints, hikes in business costs and competition from multinational corporations. As the company, established in 2001, turned towards regional
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    • 433 13 NANYANG Optical, now more than 60 years old, is enjoying a facelift. Known as the optical shop for families and children, it launched a new retail concept last year targeted at the millennia generation time-poor executives and trend-conscious shoppers. Managing director Bernard Yang
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 459 14  -  PwC cites penny stock’s huge loss, lack of info about CAD probe By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg ONE of the counters at the centre of last October’s penny stock debacle, LionGold, has failed to get a clean bill of health from auditors PwC
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      • 525 14  -  By DENNIS CHAN DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR dennis@sph.com.sg HUTCHISON Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) yesterday reported a 9 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to HK$490.7 million (S$80.7 million). This was despite the port operator chalking up a 1.7 per cent rise
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      • 346 14  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg OKP Holdings’ third-quarter results were weighed down by lower revenue from its construction business as more of the firm’s projects reached completion. Net profit for the three months to Sept 30 was $281,000, down 2.4 per cent from the
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      • 517 14  -  By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg A MAJOR property developer will soon be listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) after formalising the injection of its assets into nightlife firm St James Holdings. The developer, Perennial Real Estate Holdings (PREH), which has assets in
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 478 15  -  Policy meet expected to yield clues to timing of US interest rate hike BULLS AND BEARS By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares drifted sideways yesterday, with investors mostly sidelined ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting. The two-day meeting, beginning today, could
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 18 15 STI trading volume 187.92 million shares STI up down Gainers: 16 Losers: 13 Unchanged: 1
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        • 85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 745.58 513.37 820.28 783.93 222.85 186.88 237.27 -2.08 -0.88 -1.66 -5.78 0.07 -0.47 -4.24 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 150.46 507.21 793.22 833.22 1,196.93 802.76
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        • 21 15 Stock trading volume 1.11 billion shares worth $953.7 million Up down Gainers: 180 Losers: 214 Unchanged: 397
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        • 55 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI -158.97 23,143.23 15,388.72 1,931.97 2,290.437 1,302.392 1,823.15 97.08 6.28 -11.843 5.749 4.29 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq -48.776 5,024.292 1,547.89 5,458.954 7.98
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        • 45 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 5 86,537,000 Artivision Tech ...................8.6 26,349,000 OLS Enterprise ...................1.1 24,999,000 75^693^000 IHC Mirach Energy 14.4 19,714,000 64,249,000 Compact Metal ....................4.6 17,282,000 Golden Agri-Res ................49.5 17,079,000 372 HPH Trust USD ..................68.5 14,615,000 Sino Grandness 45 14,539,000 8.6 26,349,000
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        • 242 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 27, 2014 Top Rises Oct 27 CENTS SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 358.4 1.4 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 182.4 0.9 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5765 102.0 1.4 DBXT iBoxxKR US$ ***** 93.1 0.5 DBXT
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        • 78 15 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 195 xd unch 4531 196.5 194.5 5.3 6761.7 +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 565 HongkongLand USD US693
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        • 91 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 194 163.5 ARA Asset Mgmt 168 +0.5 91
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        • 20 15 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 9 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 59 15 Oct 27 Against S$ 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: 1.1209 1.1217 0.8789 0.8794 1.1352 1.1359 0.8906 0.8901 1.6185 1.6189 1.2690
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        • 19 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol ('ODD) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.9 -0.2 20 CityDev NCCPS 104 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS
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        • 202 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale Vol (’000) 118 139.4 108.3 119 ABF SG Bond ETF CIMB APAC Div S$D 117 128 +1.2 113 1 110.5 1397 94 1222 CIMB APAC Div USS CIMBASEAN40 S$D US99.9 1338 +0.5 -4 1300 927 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US1049
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      • 334 15  -  By DENNIS CHAN DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR dennis@sph.com.sg SECOND Chance Properties wants to turn its apparel business into a Malay equivalent of the internationally successful H&M retailer, following a dismal fourth quarter. Earnings plunged 88 per cent to $5.7 million in the three months
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    • 229 1 love the Deepavali light-up at Little India. It is during this time when all its nooks and crannies come alive. My favourite is Tekka Centre one of the nation’s oldest food centres which is famed for cheap and good multi-ethnic offerings. There, I tuck into dum briyani
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      • 516 2  -  ACTIVITY BY NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL ST, Oct 17 Month-long Chingay 2015 to mark SG50 By Jermyn Chow To mark Singapore’s golden jubilee, organisers say next year’s Chingay festivities will be the biggest and grandest in the event’s 42-year history. For the first time,
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      • 1497 6 / 7  -  Nine teachers were honoured during the Inspiring Teacher Of English Awards last Tuesday. The annual award, currently in its seventh year, is co-presented by the Speak Good English Movement and The Straits Times, and supported by the Ministry of Education. Nur Syahiidah Zainal and Ang Yiying speak to
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    • 160 9 5I BLK 313 corner #02, 121 sqm NE unblock, move in, mins to MRT/ Sun Plaza/ Park Pri School. nego URGENT SALE! EA Blk 202B #14. 130 sqm. 100% reno. Walk to MRT, mall. All race PR. Call Parry 9637 4450 439B SENGKANG WEST 4’A’ Mins Seletar Mall/ Fernvale Pt/
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    • 240 9 BEST VIEWS ON Sunset. Bright, Modern, Strata Bunglw. 5+1+ pte pool. 4000 sf Sunset Expat Community. $10.8K. Immed. Owner Tel *****600/*****984 CHARMING INTER-TERRACE Angsana Park. 5+1 Huge Rms Patio! 1750 /2850 sf. Nature Reserve Expat Community. $5.9K. Owner Tel 6466-6600/9150-6618 721 BUKIT TIMAH Road (Near First Ave) 3-Storey Townhouse, 2800sf,
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    • 300 9 JUST RENO! S’GOON Gdn terr. 5rms. Alfresco dining. Chomp Chomp. French sch $9.5k. Cheong 9837 9888 NEAR KOVAN MRT 3 sty Terr Nicely renovated 5+1 gdn 1900/3500sqft. $5.8k nego. Phelia 9173 3138 CHARMING 2 STY Semi-D Westlake Ave. 3+1, 2600sf. Near MacRitchie Reservoir 2 Sty terrace Fulton Rd, 3+1, 1800
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    • 283 10 CITYLIGHTS 1+S/1RM $3.5K 678/570sqft F/furn. Nice Southbank 1Bdrm $3.3K F/furnMRT Tan *****900 CITYLIGHTS 2 BDRMS. Unblocked river view. MRT. $3.7K. Fance 9380-9697 Cuscaden Royal 1604 sf 3+1 Hillcrest Villa 3391sf 5+1 rm Honolulu Twr 5800sf 4+1 rm Parkview Eclat 3251sf, exclu -sive balcony, Tanglin mall Paterson Res 2766 sf...$14K Rivergate
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    • 534 10 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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    • 384 10 D.10 DUET. 1744 sqft 3+1+ balcony, Immediate. Partially furnished. $6K. Call Sandy Chia 9388 8660 EXPAT’S CHOICE. DUCHESS Royale with pte pool. 3+1 rm. 2024sf. Like new. Avail now. Hurry! Foo-*****488 PARVIS 2-STY PENTHOUSE 4-rm Balcony. 2800sf. P/furn. Pte lift. F/facilities. Call Owner 6225 6802 38 DRAYCOTT 1442 sf Quality
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    • 260 10 Excellent Location ST MICHAEL’S PLACE 3+1 1259sf. Furn, AC. Boon Keng MRT/ Shops. Immed. $3.5K Alice *****628 BEST PRICE TREVISTA 3+1+BALCONY, 1130 sf. High flr. Bright. Unblock. Mins to MRT, mkt. $4.xK. Claire 9683 5830 RIVERINE KALLANG MRT 2bdrm. P/furn. 980sf. Nice view. Almost new! $3.xK. Immed. *****821 Penny BALESTIER
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    • 243 10 New Listing THE MEYERISE, F/FURN brand new unit, 3 bdrms. Immed. Move in. VTO. Call for appt Wallace *****137 EMERALD EAST 2+ study+ maid 1087 sf. MBS. MRT Amber Pk 3+ maid 1744 sf amenitie Melvin *****340 VENTURA VIEW 2-BDRM, 2 toilets, spacious, balcony. Squarish layout. P/furn. $3K. Immed. Daily
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    • 652 11 HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 2nd Quarter 2014 Town Classcode 3-Room 4-Room 5-Room Executive Ang Mo Kio 482 $2,000 $2,500 $2,800 Bedok 483 $2,000 $2,400 $2,600 Bishan 484 $2,100 $2,650 $3,000 Bukit Batok 485 $1,910 $2,400 $2,550 Bukit Merah 486 $2,250 $2,900 $3,300 Bukit Panjang 487 $1,800 $2,000 $2,200 $2,300
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    • 138 11 2+1 BOON LAY 168, unfurn, $1.9k/3+1, 268C/660D furn $2.6k up, MRT. 9008-1003 WHAMPOA DR BLK 89 3rm HDB, aircon, avail 1st Nov, call Chia WL *****470 TOP Near Amenities EA 203 PASIR Rris St 21. Spacious, well kept. Walk to supermart/ eateries. All welcome. Jon 9800-3880 EA BLK 241 Pasir
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    • 322 11 GOOD LOCATION APPROVED 3’A’ FERNVALE Rd. 436C. Tastefully reno. F/furn.Family/professional $2.2K. Wendy 8686-2768 5-RM BLK 374 Tampines 3+1 Approved. Aircon furn Near sch, food ct. Avail 10 Nov. Karen 9696-2692. 3 MINS MRT/ mall! Blk 159 Approved, 4’NG’, unfurn, 1 AC, 3 big rms, 8522-5748 2+1 TOA PAYOH MRT Blk
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    • 341 11 Excellent Location Care Honesty $2400 UP. MACTECH Bldg Macpherson. 1130/ 1216/ 1334 sf. Ready office/ ware -hse. Immed.*****411 Ade GORDON WAREHOUSE, 1722 sqft. F/aircon/ Partition/ Carpet. $1.85 psf. Immediate. Jenny 9615 7418 PREMIER @KAKI BUKIT Ave 4. New B2 flatted. High flr w/toilet windows. Immed 1087sf. Eddie 9636 8506 SENANG
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    • 1175 12 Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale 1 i-tc iror" m so 0.? ert> e 51 10^ LINK@AMK FACTORIES zYEARS TERRACE $4XXPSF QECQdE Located at Ang Mo Kio Street 62 Within walking distance to YioChu Kang MR! Station •With private lift,
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    • 588 12 fill Office Space Ulr for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES I v I SCOTTS Medical Center For Lease Located along prime Scotts Road Medical suites suitable for clinic use and various medical professions Current medical services available include: Dermatology, Dentistry,
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    • 620 12 FULLY FITTED OFFICE FOR RENT Near MRT •Attractive Rent Tanjong Pagar 260 531 634 770 990 1,600 2,200 sqft Complimentary Season Parking Tanglin Road 482 501 1,002 4,443 15,233 sqft Colonial Style Building with Lush Greenery Pasir Panjang 520 to 7,000 sqft (sub-dividing allowed) Suitable for Training Centre,Ancillary Office For
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    • 424 12 GOLDEN MILE TOWER 630 sqft. High floor. Unblocked sea view. Call 6535 1792 D13 3020/ 1336/ 1390 F/furn. Corp image. Pte flr Immed. Owner *****888 LOFT@NATHAN. 370 sf, $3k Viva Vista Pasir Panjang 170sf. $2k *****808 Linda ***LOOKING FOR A virtual office in CBD? 6725 8088 Visit virtualoffice.com.sg FAR EAST
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    • 428 13 NOW $1.4XM, WAS $1.7xM. F’hold Office/ Retail/ F&B. Limited units left Grab fast Mins MRT. Irean *****250 ZERVEX AZ PAYA Lebar 1000 1200 sf/ immed/ F/fitted Owner *****732, Agts Welcome. E-CENTRE REDHILL 1880 sf. B1 ind. Beautiful. Corner Tenure 99 yrs. $1.48M neg. No GST. Boon 8383-8048 GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX
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    • 407 13 67 s«sr 167 s*sr 169 a»r n 3B mi *2 //her /]n/-H Tim a/ Newest Retail Hub In A Sought-After Neighbourhood Hillview Avenue A mixed-use development with 528 units of SOHO apartments (100% sold) nestled above the retail mall Two levels of retail space of approximately 54,000 sq ft Near
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    • 276 13 PEOPLE’S PARK CENTRE Shop. #B1-52 50. 355 sf 904 sf. Asking $7.60 $9 psf. Call 6437 3812 AMOY ST SHOPHOUSE F&B Office Fitness ctr. Level 1 2050sf Level 2&3 3330sf Immed. Owner 8338 0863 Excellent Location Care Honesty FAR EAST PLAZA. 200-420 sf. Near escalator. Heavy human traffic. Immed.$$$ neg.
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    • 421 13 Upper Bt Timah Road Shophouse Units for Lease Newly renovated 2-storey units Unit sizes approx. 2280 sq ft each Next toThe Linear, MaySprings Hazel Park Condo Units facing main road bus-stop Ideal for retail, clinics, banks, beauty services etc Call6868 1888 3 STY DUNLOP St F&B Near MRT. Crowded tourist
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    • 310 13 In Restaurant/Lounge Space for Rent In Restaurant/Lounge Space for Rent 10LI AT T©WERS Prime F&B Space Approx. 1,000/2,500/3,500 sqft Street level Prominent frontage 5 mins to Orchard MRT station L. Call Landlord at *****-784/ 785/ 776 RETAIL@ADELPHI. BANK val $14M. Sell $12.5M. 4100 sf. Suits restn/nightclub. MRT 999yrs. Owner 9299
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    • 232 13 YISHUN 2-STY SHOP. Fire sale! 4% return p.a. 1646sf Bring cheque! 6759-2886 YCK. FH 1-STY 1600 sf. Potential rebuild. Tenanted. $3.xM. 9620-2318 MRC MIDPOINT ORCHARD SHOP FH. 280sf. Somerset MRT. Rental asking. *****204 CANTEEN AT PANDAN Cres Partial equip, aircon, facing main road, bus stop infront, easy access to AYE.
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    • 343 13 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 345 to 14,000 sqft Up to 4.6m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics TUAS SOUTH 882 to 110,000 sqft Up to 10m High Ceiling Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess Suitable For Factory Use CALL6578 9966 UBI. SUITS INDIVIDUAL
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    • 212 13 CHANGI STH WAREHSE/ office 4.5K/5.4K sqft. Facing Xilin Ave. Call 8500-0657 YISHUN WAREHSE 3300 sf $0.70psf. Clean light Immed. Call *****371 VERTEX 1485 SF. Bare immed. Tai Seng MRT. $2.50 psf.JL 9005 2048 FOR SALE AT PENJURU Property A Type: Part 3/Part 10 sty warehse with office LA: approx 140,588
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    • 2391 15 THE STRAITS TIMES NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices PRE-QUALIFICATION EXERCISE NOTICE 1. Bank of China Ltd would like to invite pre-qualification applications from qualified contractors for consideration as tenderers for carrying out the Bank’s renovation, A A and reinstatement works etc. at our Main and Sub Branches as
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    • 624 16 1. Sales Executive Possess minimum 3 yrs experience in marketing cooking oil Possess own vehicle Familiar with provision shop operations 2. Sales Merchandiser Must have experience in supermarket operations Responsible for stock display stock take Own motorbike Salary approx $1700 3. Sales Promoter Full/ Part-time Station at various supermarkets Able
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    • 655 17 Hotel Royal, a well established and expanding public-listed organization, invites you to join us as: LEADING COOK/COOK (Local Western Cuisine) •Min 2-3 years experience WAITER/WAITRESS 3 rotating shifts HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR •Min GCE'O' Level, computer literate •1-2 years experience in hotel preferred, 3 rotating shifts FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT •Min GCE'O' Level,
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    • 506 17 ALeading Manufacturing Company invites suitable candidates to apply for the following position: ADMIN SALES CO-CORDINATOR Sales Coordination Prepares Tax Invoice Data Entry Administrative duties Experienced in Microsoft Words, Excel, QuickBooks &Accpac Min. 2 years of relevant working experience Interested applicants, pls walk-in interview email 461, Macpherson Road. Singapore *****9 Tel:
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    • 361 17 DENTAL ASST/ RECEPTIONIST Orchard. Bilingual. No experience needed. $1.7K. Pls call 6735 5635. BUSINESS SUPPORT DATA Entry Clerk.Only S’poreans welcome. Min GCE ’N’ level above Call: 6297 0800 GENERAL CLERK REQUIRED at Geylang East. With/ w/o experience. Call *****910, no agents please ADMIN ASST. FULL/ parttime. NutritionPark.com Walk-in 1-4pm: 48
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    • 416 17 MACHINISTS Responsibilities: Set up jigs, fixtures and tooling required for machining Ability to operate CNC Grinding CNC Milling machine (3 Axis or 5 Axis) is a must Requirements: NITEC Technical Certificate or equivalent 1 to 2 years’ relevant experience Able to work on rotating shifts (7.30am to 4.48pm or 7.30pm
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    • 252 17 Plastic Injection Moulding Pte Ltd We invite you to join our growing organization as: QC SUPERVISOR Requirements: Technical Diploma or equivalent certificate 3-5 years relevant experience in quality control function Knowledge of ISO 9001:2008 Responsible for implementing inspection procedures Supervise Q.A. Inspectors in maintaining performance discipline Able to read blue
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    • 453 17 Senoko Rd Now Hiring PRODUCTION OPERATOR Process of chemical for detergent Assist in Warehouse Picking, Packing Sorting Ability to carry up to 20kg NoAir-con Environment What we offer Salary $1600 $1800 Transport provided Medical Dental benefits Interested, kindly CALL6752 4846 for an interview Full Time/Part Time Laundry Operator Salary: $1300
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    • 660 18 Telford Industries Pte Ltd QA INSPECTOR (Located near Lavender MRT Station) Perform inspection on the taped or programmed parts Able to read and write simple English Able to perform simple calculation Some working experience preferred Secondary 2 and above Interested applicants are invited for a walk-in interview. Or you may
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    • 453 18 PACKERS WOODLANDS Expanding Operations in Singapore 8.30am to 5.30pm (Monday to Friday) Salary from $1100-$1300 Annual leave Medical leave Completion Bonus Air Con Environment items less than 500g Walk in: Jurong CPF Building #02-03 (5mins walk from Jurong East MRT) Look for: Jared Pun Jun Ren (R*****69) Tel: 6562-1700 Recruit
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    • 347 18 BORDER ACCESS CONTROL Assignment East, West Central Areas also available Gross Salary $2,500 *Terms Conditions apply Call us 8421 2088 9199 2699 8375 7850 9052 0863 WSQ training provided Minimum Sec 2 Transport allowances Come for interview at 145 West Coast Road, S(*****7), Mon Fri, 9am 5pm Sim Lim Square
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