The Straits Times, 19 April 2015

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  • 528 1  -  Visitors will get to see giant attractions when museum opens doors to public on April 28 Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg Singapore’s newest museum, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, yesterday unveiled its prehistoric stars Prince, Apollonia and Twinky. The three diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, among the biggest
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    • 275 1 VALENCIA’S HERO Billionaire Peter Lim gets rock star treatment TOP NEWS PAGES2&3 MUM’S HAD ENOUGH More older women getting divorced TOP NEWSPAGE6 HONOURING LKY BEHIND THE SMILES Faith Ng beat Normal (Academic) stress Pauline Ng made her first million before 30 Felinda Soh battles illness every day SundayLife!PAGE8 SundayLife!PAGES4&5 THINKPAGE41
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    • 1126 2 / 3  -  S’pore billionaire feted by Valencia football club’s fans, staff and players as its saviour PETER LIM Wang Meng Meng In Valencia, Spain meng@sph.com.sg Singapore billionaire Peter Lim used a private side gate to enter Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium quietly last Monday, accompanied by his wife Cherie, trusted
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    • 854 2 / 3  -  Amir Hussain amirh@sph.com.sg After 46 years of marriage, the last thing 70-somethings Raelene Tan and Tan Soo Ren expected was to become an instant celebrity couple. Friends have called and sent e-mail. When Mrs Tan went to Huber’s Butchery in Dempsey Road, the cashier hugged her.
      PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG, COURTESY OF RAELENE TAN AND TAN SOO REN  -  854 words
    • 525 4 Kuala Lumpur There is no place for the so-called “crooked bridge” project in Malaysia’s development plans, at least in the near future, federal ministers told the New Straits Times after a recent Cabinet meeting. The project was envisioned by Tun Dr
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    • 779 4 The youths were planning to strike during ceremonies this week to remember those who served in Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Reuters AFP Bloomberg Melbourne Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged Australians not to avoid Anzac Day events this week after police
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    • 1462 6  -  Rising number of women in their 50s and 60s getting divorced after children grow up Theresa Tan theresat@sph.com.sg A steadily rising number of women in their 50s and 60s are getting divorced after decades of marriage. Most say they are done putting up with years of a
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    • 369 6  -  Amir Hussain Amos Yee, whose online rants against Christianity have landed him in trouble with the law, will spend the entire weekend in remand after no one turned up to bail out the 16-year-old yesterday. A spokesman for the AttorneyGeneral’s Chambers (AGC) yesterday
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    • 381 6  -  Amir Hussain amirh@sph.com.sg Smoking should be banned at coffee shops, urged several participants at a public consultation yesterday. They pointed out that the yellow line demarcating the smoking area does little to protect other patrons from second-hand smoke at such establishments.
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    • 796 7  -  He will deliver keynote address at World Economic Forum hosted by Jakarta, with talks centred on trust Bhagyashree Garekar Deputy Foreign Editor bhagya@sph.com.sg At this year’s gathering of some of East Asia’s key policymakers, corporate brass and analysts, all eyes will be on
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    • 306 7  -  Kash Cheong kashc@sph.com.sg Morale was high as 20 runners joined ultramarathoners Lim Nghee Huat, 61, and Yong Yuen Cheng, 43, yesterday in their quest to run 50km daily for 50 days to mark the country’s 50th birthday. Most of the 20 runners
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    • 1147 8  -  Singapore start-up developing giant ‘stickers’ to retrieve debris Grace Chng Senior Correspondent chngkeg@sph.com.sg About 22,000 items of space junk from defunct satellites to spent rocket engines, metal fragments and other things larger than 10cm are floating in space, 600km above Earth. They pose
      PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  1,147 words
    • 1093 8  -  Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg In 1948, a year after India became independent, the Intelligence Bureau led by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru started snooping on the family of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. Several of his family
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    • 386 9 Syndicate used phone calls to swindle victims Kuala Lumpur Malaysian police have busted an international syndicate running a “Macau scam”, after a series of raids that led to the arrest of 52 Chinese nationals, Malaysian media reported yesterday. The raids at six high-end
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    • 505 10  -  Dinosaurs, animals and fossils among natural history museum’s treasures Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg From bones of the extinct dodo bird to a 1.75m-long specimen of a leatherback sea turtle caught on Siglap Beach in 1883, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum showcases “the weird and
      PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES  -  505 words
    • 1000 12  -  Productivity is boosted and man-hours are saved as automation eases manual workload Salma Khalik Senior Health Correspondent salma@sph.com.sg facebook.com/ST.Salma Ms Evelyn Soh used to spend every day picking medicine, packing it and then dispensing it to polyclinic patients. But since the Bukit Batok
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    • 984 14  -  On-demand delivery start-ups use apps and websites to link their clients with third-party drivers Jessica Lim Consumer Correspondent Adrian Lim limjess@sph.com.sg adrianl@sph.com.sg As well as working as an engineer, “Warren” works as a part-time courier, delivering cakes, sandwiches and coffee in his Toyota Wish
      ST PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN  -  984 words
    • 204 14  -  Melody Zaccheus Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli is in the Persian Gulf for four days to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Kuwait and Bahrain. Mr Masagos’ visit is part of Singapore’s efforts
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    • 597 15  -  Reasons for young couples renting include having to wait for new flats and desire for privacy, say experts Yeo Sam Jo, Look Woon Wei yeosamjo@sph.com.sg lookww@sph.com.sg Living with their parents may seem like a cheaper alternative for young couples than renting their own place. However,
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    • 323 15  -  Yeo Sam Jo Singaporean couple Nicole Wong and Clinton Leicester were just 21 and 22 years old when they started renting their own place five years ago. They first moved into a three-room Housing Board flat in Eunos, before moving to a
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    • 130 15 Young people arranging close to 19,000 tins of canned food to form a map of Singapore in a multi-purpose hall at the Kampong Chai Chee Community Centre. The art piece was created as part of Project K.AN, an initiative led by the centre’s youth
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    • 430 16  -  Adrian Lim adrianl@sph.com.sg At the age of 13, when her peers were embarking on a new phase of life in Secondary One, Theresa Thang was battling brain cancer. In January 2006, she had surgery to remove a tumour growing near her optic
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    • 574 16  -  PAP Women’s Wing to address changing needs and aspirations of women in coming years: Grace Fu Walter Sim waltsim@sph.com.sg Thanks to the foresight of Singapore’s pioneer leaders, women here have made great strides over the last 50 years, said Minister in the
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    • 594 17  -  Training opens doors for performers and offers them new employment opportunities Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg For decades, Ms Lydia Khit yearned to be a singer. But because she was never professionally trained, the 36-year-old who has congenital cataract and is fitted with a
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    • 312 17  -  Adrian Lim adrianl@sph.com.sg A warrant officer with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has died after being found unconscious in camp, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. Master Warrant Officer Jude Sebastian Vincent (left), 49, was taken to the medical centre in Stagmont Camp
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  • world
    • 505 18 It commits $369m following UN appeal for funds to help millions affected by conflict AFP Xinhua Riyadh Saudi Arabia, which is leading a three-week-old air war against rebel forces in Yemen, yesterday announced US$274 million (S$369 million) in humanitarian aid for the chaos-wracked country.
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    • 479 18 AFP Reuters Teheran Iran’s military is purely for defence and should not be seen as a threat to the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday amid rising tension with Saudi Arabia. With a Saudi-led air campaign against Houthi rebels in
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    • 433 18 AFP Teheran Australia’s foreign minister yesterday hailed Iran’s campaign to crush the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), saying on a rare trip to Teheran that the militants can be defeated. Ms Julie Bishop is Australia’s high-est-ranking official to visit Iran
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    • 466 19 33 killed and over 100 injured as bomb explodes while dozens queue outside bank to collect pay AFP Reuters Kabul (Afghanistan) The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group claimed to have carried out a deadly suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan yesterday
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    • 258 19 AFP Paris Greece and its international creditors met yesterday in Paris to discuss Athens’ massive debt bailout programme and reforms it must adopt in exchange for urgently needed funds, sources said. Progress in the talks has so far proved elusive while Athens is running out
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    • 317 19 Reuters Colombo Sri Lanka has imposed a three-month ban on overseas travel by central bank governor Arjuna Mahendran, who faces an investigation over alleged insider dealing, an official said yesterday. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe set up a three-member panel to investigate the alleged
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    • 662 20 Handling of 1MDB saga shows premier is incompetent, says former strongman Kuala Lumpur Former premier Mahathir Mohamad has said that Umno must remove Mr Najib Razak from his post as prime minister if the ruling party wants to avoid losses in the 2018
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    • 294 20 The Star/Asia News Network Petaling Jaya Veteran Democratic Action Party (DAP) leader Lim Kit Siang has said he is prepared to look beyond his past rivalry with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and work with the former premier if that is what it takes
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    • 294 20 (2nd Edition) The Star/Asia News Network Petaling Jaya Veteran Democratic Action Party (DAP) leader Lim Kit Siang has said he is prepared to look beyond his past rivalry with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and work with the former premier if that is what it takes
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    • 83 20 Afghan girls competing against one another during the Afghanistan National Juggling Championship held in Kabul last Friday. The contest was organised by the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC), a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young people. The MMCC was set up in
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    • 83 20 (2nd Edition) Afghan girls competing against one another during the Afghanistan National Juggling Championship held in Kabul last Friday. The contest was organised by the Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC), a non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young people. The MMCC was set up in
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    • 311 20 Kuala Lumpur It’s out with skimpy outfits and mixing with the opposite sex at pop concerts, as Malaysia releases new rules on dress, behaviour codes and gender segregation for performers. Entertainers performing in the country will now have to adhere to seemingly rigorous rules
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    • 311 20 (2nd Edition) Kuala Lumpur It’s out with skimpy outfits and mixing with the opposite sex at pop concerts, as Malaysia releases new rules on dress, behaviour codes and gender segregation for performers. Entertainers performing in the country will now have to adhere to seemingly rigorous rules
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    • IN BRIEF IN BRIEF
      • 70 20 San Francisco Billionaire mall developer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, who launched the mall business Taubman Centres in 1950, died on Friday of a heart attack, his son said. He was 91. The late Mr Taubman, whose net worth was estimated at US$3.1 billion
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      • 86 20 Bloomberg Tokyo Mr Shinzo Abe no longer ranks among the world’s most influential leaders, according to Time magazine. In fact, the Prime Minister is not even the most influential Japanese. Mr Abe lost his spot even as Chinese President Xi Jinping and
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      • 56 20 The Star/Asia News Network Kuala Lumpur Two-term assemblyman Hasan Arifin, 62, will contest the Rompin parliamentary by-election on the Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket. The by-election on May 5 is to fill the seat left vacant due to the death of Dr Jamaluddin Jarj is in
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      • 70 20 (2nd Edition) San Francisco Billionaire mall developer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, who launched the mall business Taubman Centres in 1950, died on Friday of a heart attack, his son said. He was 91. The late Mr Taubman, whose net worth was estimated at US$3.1 billion
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      • 86 20 (2nd Edition) Bloomberg Tokyo Mr Shinzo Abe no longer ranks among the world’s most influential leaders, according to Time magazine. In fact, the Prime Minister is not even the most influential Japanese. Mr Abe lost his spot even as Chinese President Xi Jinping and
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      • 56 20 (2nd Edition) The Star/Asia News Network Kuala Lumpur Two-term assemblyman Hasan Arifin, 62, will contest the Rompin parliamentary by-election on the Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket. The by-election on May 5 is to fill the seat left vacant due to the death of Dr Jamaluddin Jarj is in
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    • 667 20 (2nd Edition) Move by former leader believed to be first explicit call to Umno to take firm action Kuala Lumpur Former premier Mahathir Mohamad has said that Umno must remove Mr Najib Razak from his post as prime minister if the ruling party wants to
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    • 493 21 Police use pepper spray, water cannon on protesters trying to reach President’s residence AFP Seoul Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Seoul yesterday after families of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea were prevented from marching to the President’s residence. A
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    • 246 22 AFP Jakarta Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian domestic worker just days after beheading another woman from the South-east Asian country, prompting the Indonesian foreign ministry to summon the kingdom’s ambassador, Jakarta said. Karni Medi Tarsim, 37, was convicted of murdering a four-year-old girl in
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    • 500 22 HK lawmaker recounts on Facebook complaints by foreign wives about the maids seducing their husbands Hong Kong Hong Kong lawmaker Regina Ip was accused of racism after she made comments about sexual relationships between Filipino domestic helpers and their male
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    • 365 22 Reuters Shanghai Members of China’s elite fugitive-hunt-ing team are young, well-educated and speak foreign languages, a Chinese official said, giving rare details of the secretive operation. The government launched Operation Fox Hunt last year to chase down suspects who have left China to seek
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    • 835 23  -  ‘Body farm’ to study human decomposition is first such lab to open outside the US Jonathan Pearlman In Sydney For The Sunday Times jonathanmpearlman@gmail .com At a high-security site in dense bushland just outside Sydney, forensic scientists are preparing for the somewhat
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    • 304 23 Bloomberg Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the governor of Okinawa that expanding other US military facilities on the island is the only way to shift a Marine air base out of an urban area. The two met in Tokyo on
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    • 243 23 AFP Manila The US Pacific Command has banned its troops in the Philippines from bars and nightclubs, with the trial underway of a US Marine accused of murdering a transgender Filipina he met in a bar. Tomorrow, thousands of American and Filipino soldiers will kick
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    • 237 24 AFP Saint-Paul (France) Reunion, once a haven for surfers from around the world, has become a deadly black spot for the sport now plunged into even deeper mourning after a shark mauled teen surfer Elio Canestri to death. The 13-year-old, one of the Indian Ocean
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    • 474 24 Police nab over 30 as xenophobic unrest simmers; President Zuma cancels Indonesia visit Bloomberg AFP Johannesburg South Africa is facing a backlash from African nations that aided the fight against apartheid after mobs repeatedly attacked foreigners and looted their stores. At least six people
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    • 254 24 AFP Daegu (South Korea) Way back in 1999, before he became China’s premier, Mr Wen Jiabao warned that water scarcity posed one of the greatest threats to the “survival of the nation”. Sixteen years later, that threat looms ever larger, casting a forbidding
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    • 204 24 AFP Washington US President Barack Obama said yesterday that climate change is the world’s biggest single threat. “Today, there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change,” Mr Obama said in his weekly address, which had an environmental theme to mark Earth
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    • 454 25 Former senior member of Spain’s ruling party being probed for alleged money laundering AFP Madrid The Spanish tax authorities searched the offices of former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato for the second consecutive day on Friday in a money-laundering probe, as the
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    • 457 26 Prices fall in fewer cities as easing loan policies and interest rate reductions kick in Bloomberg Beijing Fewer Chinese cities saw home prices fall last month as demand was boosted by two inter-est-rate cuts since last November and the removal of property curbs.
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    • 324 26 Reuters Shanghai China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has been fined 800,000 yuan (S$173,770) by the price bureau in eastern Zhejiang province for violations by third-party sellers during promotions on its e-commerce platforms. Since Alibaba turned “Singles’ Day”, a November 11 Chinese response to Valentine’s
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    • 208 26 Reuters Shanghai China central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said Beijing would accelerate reforms to push for the yuan’s inclusion in the International Monetary Fund’s currency basket, known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Mr Zhou made
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      • 35 27 Don’t be mistaken. China’s growth may have slowed, but the economy is far from sputtering and its stock markets are on a roll, says Goh Eng Yeow. See >>Page 30
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      • 28 27 The London rental market still has legs as there is a growing pool of people looking to rent, says a CBRE report. See >>Page 31
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      • 74 27 Private tutor Gary Ang has a head for maths which put him in good stead when he set up a tuition business. See >>Pages 32&33 Mr Gary Ang, 36, owner of numberskill Math Tuition, stumbled into options early on in his investing journey in his
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    • 1335 27  -  More can invest without having to be certified as experienced investors Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Investing in exchange traded funds (ETFs) will get easier soon, with regulatory changes that could be announced as early as this week. The changes from the Monetary Authority of
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      • 1025 30  -  Massive bull run In Hong Kong market may signal good times ahead Goh Eng Yeow Senior Correspondent engyeow@sph.com.sg For a raw display of China’s financial prowess, all you have to do is visit the heart of Shanghai’s financial centre. Coming out of the Lujiazui subway
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    • 480 31  -  Rising property prices are leading more people to rent homes rather than buy them Stephanie Heng hsteph@sph.com.sg Singaporeans investing in the London property market could be in for better returns, with residents moving away from buying to renting. The number of households renting privately has
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      • 1711 32 / 33  -  Passion for maths serves Gary Ang well In complex business of options trading Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Being a whiz at mathematics has not only shaped private tutor Gary Ang’s career and business his gift for numbers has also given him a heads up
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    • 496 34  -  Ong Kai Xuan Singapore investors who are exposed to foreign currencies have been warned to be careful, given current foreign exchange market volatility. ABN Amro’s senior foreign exchange strategist, Mr Roy Teo, told The Sunday Times that the Singdollar is expected to outperform
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    • 471 34  -  Survey also finds 61% believe S’pore will be the Asean market with best investment returns this year Ong Kai Xuan ongkx@sph.com.sg Asian equities remain high on the wish lists of Singaporean investors, according to a survey. It found that 33 per cent expect the region
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    • 842 35  -  Relying solely on a will could lead to complications, especially if a family business is involved Ian Martin The writer is chief executive officer of HSBC Insurance (Singapore). Asia’s, and specifically Singapore’s, wealth is growing. The population of high net worth individuals
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    • 613 37  -  watch:Singapore property investors looking abroad have a range of options to mull over this week, from the historic university town of Cambridge in England to leafy Armadale in Melbourne. Stephanie Heng hsteph@sph.com.sg In Britain, Cambridge Property developer Weston Homes’ latest offering is a residential development in the
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    • 324 38 EDITORIAL Pirates rarely give a hoot about the morality of their actions or the loss suffered by creative people like musicians and authors or techies like software writers. They cling to a Third World mentality that sees ripping off as an acceptable practice and even,
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    • 835 38  -  That would be the best response to his passing, says Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter Lee Wei Ling On April 6 a journalist from the Chinese evening paper Lianhe Wanbao sought to interview me about my father Lee Kuan Yew. This was two
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    • 948 38  -  Denise Chong denise@sph.com.sg We still feel the emotional tug of that huge turnout at Parliament House and along Singapore’s roads four weeks after our founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died. We still feel it as we talk in the streets and in Parliament about how best
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    • 1225 39  -  There are valuable life lessons to be learnt through spending time with our elders Sunday with Lydia Lim Associate Opinion Editor lydia@sph.com.sg I remember the evening 18 months ago when my parents and I returned home after my grandmother’s cremation. As the car pulled up,
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    • 1025 39  -  Han Fook Kwang Editor at Large hanfk@sph.com.sg These days when I want to take refuge from the real world and indulge in fantasy, I read the financial newspapers. Seriously, there’s sometimes more make-believe in Wall Street and the City of London than in
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    • [ This week in 1965 ] A look back at the events that shaped Singapore 50 years ago
      • 508 40  -  Jennani Durai jennanid@sph.com.sg Malaysia launched its first National Language Month on April 24 in a bid to get all citizens to speak a common language. The “month” actually ran all the way from April 24 to Aug 28, and eight news reports about it
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      • 554 40  -  I REMEMBER: BEO CRESCENT AFTER THE FIRE Jennani Durai On the day his neighbourhood went up in flames, 13-year-old James Seah was out with his mother in the morning, thrilled to be out of school on a public holiday. When they returned at
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      • [PEOPLE]
        • 217 40 Professor Gordon Arthur Ransome was in the news this week 50 years ago when he expressed his strong hope that Singapore would one day become a “great medical centre from an education point of view”. The professor of medicine at the then University of
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        • 183 40 Siblings Alex, Roy and Patricia Chan (right) made the news on April 20, 1965, when they captured 12 out of Singapore’s 14 gold medals at the first Malaysian Junior Swimming championships. The children of legendary swimming coach Chan Ah Kow took home four medals each in
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      • 228 40  - A vintage year with first grapes grown here Research by Doris Goh, Information Resource Centre, Singapore Press Holdings Workshop manager Tony Teo made the news for producing what were described as the first grapes grown in Singapore. A single vine in the front garden of his Seletar Hills Drive house
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      • 70 40 SOURCES: SINGAPORE FACTS AND PICTURES, YEARBOOK OF STATISTICS, SINGAPORE TOURISM BOARD TOURIST ARRIVALS THROUGH THE YEARS A report in ST on April 23, 1965 says the number of foreign visitors to Singapore increased to 54,249in 1964 from 53,944 the year before. Here’s a look at how international visitor arrival
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      • Article, Illustration
        89 40 “With the labour movement tuned to this well-organised pitch, there is little doubt that Singapore has improved enormously since my last visit some 30 years ago. I must say Singapore is living up to its status as the nerve centre of this region.” MR ERICH KISSEL, general secretary
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    • 2091 41  -  IT services boss hides her many health woes beneath her well-put-together exterior Wong Kim Hoh Senior Writer kimhoh@sph.com.sg Ms Felinda Soh’s shoul-der-length hair is teased into soft glossy curls, her eyelashes artfully mascara’d and her shapely legs set off to advantage in
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    • 1187 42  -  Pressure for elite US college students to appear perfect could affect mental health Melissa Sim US Correspondent In Washington simlinoi@sph.com.sg When Stanford University medical student Tarub Mabud, 24, gets together with his fellow students, they never talk about how hard they study or the
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    • [ YOUR LETTERS ]
      • 347 42  -  Aaron Low Chin Yong Some days ago, I saw an elderly woman in her 70s selling tissue paper at a coffee shop. She was limping as she went round the tables to sell her tissue paper. When she finally managed to
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      • 203 42  -  Joseph Wang Yingjie The importance of learning, from a young age, about good habits regarding money management is well stated in last Sunday’s report (“In the business of teaching kids about money”). Not having the right mindset, and subsequently habits, could easily lead
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      • 274 42  -  Ivan Goh The Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FST) is a scheme used by sports organisations in Singapore to scout and facilitate the migration of non-Singaporeans deemed to possess sports talent to play in Singapore colours. Before 1999, women’s table tennis was not
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      • 279 42  -  Yap Chung Lee (Ms) Director Land Operations (Public) Division Singapore Land Authority Tony Teo Director Environmental Public Health Operations National Environment Agency We thank Mr Lee Chiu San for his feedback (“Why did govt agency order regular fogging?”; last Sunday). We believe Mr Lee
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      • 180 42  -  Lam Zi Hui (Ms) The lemon law is an amendment to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act and the Hire Purchase Act, which gives consumers more protection against defective products. However, this law is biased towards the consumers. There is a loophole that consumers
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    • [ science ]
      • 1084 43  - Man-made crystals the next wonder material? Perovskites can be put to many uses and could revolutionise solar power industry Feng Zengkun zengkun@sph.com.sg Imagine being able to charge your smartphone by turning its display screen to the sun, or having malls along Orchard Road act as giant power generators by layering
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      • 89 43 Mosquito larvae from two different lines fluoresce in different colours, thanks to genetic tags inserted through a particular “gene editing” system. Researchers at Rockefeller University in the US used a technique known as CRISPR-Cas9 editing in the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which infects hundreds of millions of people annually
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      • 91 43 “Our study shows that being exposed to sweat produced under happiness induces a simulacrum of happiness in receivers, and induces a contagion of the emotional state. This suggests that somebody who is happy will infuse others... with happiness. In a way, happiness sweat is somewhat like smiling it
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        • 257 43 Twitter users who post information about their personal health online could have a role to play in helping hospitals gear up for patients. Researchers in a new study looked at the chronic condition asthma, and how asthma-related tweets, analysed together with other data, could help
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        • 302 43 Dietary deficiencies in the type of fatty acids found in fish and other foods could limit brain growth during foetal development and early in life, according to a study by the University of California, Irvine. The findings suggest that women should have a balanced
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        • 201 43  -  Compiled by Chang Ai-Lien Memory and connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer’s disease after they were given an experimental cancer drug. The drug, AZD*****, developed by biopharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca, proved disappointing in treating solid tumours, but appears to
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      • 257 43  -  Feng Zengkun Other materials that capture scientists’ imagination include: Graphene In 2004, University of Manchester researchers Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were playing around with Scotch tape and a lump of graphite when they discovered they could make sheets of carbon one atom thick. The material, called graphene,
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    • 266 47 TV times BADMINTON China Masters GP Gold Finals (StarHub Ch201, 1pm). BASKETBALL NBA Conference Play-offs Eastern, Game 1: Chicago v Milwaukee (StarHub CH202, 7am). NBA Play-offs, 1st rd (StarHub Ch216, midnight). BOXING HBO Boxing After Dark WBC interim super lightweight world title (StarHub Ch201, 9am). CRICKET IPL Rajasthan v Chennai
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    • 460 51  -  Defensive deficiencies condemn Fandi’s men to a mauling from MSL-leading Selangor Wang Meng Meng meng@sph.com.sg Selangor 4 LionsXII 0 In a Malaysian Super League (MSL) season that started with so much hope and promise, the LionsXII remained without a win since the first day of the
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    • 1134 51  -  HEART OF FOOTBALL Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg Managing the modern footballers is money for old rope, right? I mean, millions now play Fantasy Football or Football Manager, imagining themselves equal to, or smarter than, say, Brendan Rodgers or Tim Sherwood who get
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    • 738 46  -  Stunning scenery and food pitstops reward anyone who wakes up early to hit the roads Chua Siang Yee siangyee@sph.com.sg I’m not going to lie here. The main reason I woke up at 6am on a Saturday is that I thought food would
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    • 255 46  -  Afiq Roslan Teen cycling enthusiasts now have a new cycling team to develop their skills and give them a chance to be sent for regional and international competitions. Pro Development Project (PDP), a joint venture by Singapore and Terengganu, was launched yesterday at the Shimano
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    • 416 47  -  S’porean had made waves in NCAA meet with 3 wins, including 2 individual triumphs Charles Ong ocharles@sph.com.sg With fewer than two months to go before June’s SEA Games, Joseph Schooling has received a big boost after a stellar first year at the
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    • 316 47 Reuters AFP Mesa (Arizona) Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps suffered his first setback in his return to the pool after he failed to qualify for the 400m freestyle final in Mesa on Friday. Phelps, competing for the first time following a six-month ban for
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    • 388 47 BADMINTON China Masters In Changzhou, s-finals (Chn unless stated): Men’s singles: Wang Zhengming bt Wei Nan (Hkg) 21-12 21-12, Huang Yuxiang bt Tian Houwei 21-15 21-11. Doubles: Wang Yilv/Zhang Wen bt Liao Min-chun/Tseng Min-hao (Tpe) 21-7 21-13, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen bt Kang Jun/Liu Cheng 17-21 21-17 21-13. Women’s singles:
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      192 47  - HOT BODS Text and pictures by Wang Hui Fen Tan Chun Leng, 24 Student Height: 1.76m Weight: 80kg Exercise regimen: I train up to 10 times a week four dragonboat, three canoeing and two weightlifting sessions in the gym. Dragonboat and canoeing training is mostly cardiovascular in nature and keeps
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 100 47 AFP Jakarta Indonesian football chiefs and the government were locked in a stand-off yeterday as the sports ministry sought to oust the current football association, in an escalating row that risks provoking the game’s governing body Fifa. The ministry announced it was suspending the football association,
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      • 52 47 AFP Los Angeles Legendary former Lakers centre and NBA Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is expected to make a full recovery after quadruple coronary-bypass surgery. He was admitted to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles with cardiovascular disease and had surgery on Thursday his
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      • 77 47 Reuters North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda) James Anderson became England’s highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he claimed his 384th victim in the drawn first Test against the West Indies in Antigua on Friday. The 32-year-old fast bowler surpassed Ian Botham’s haul of 383 wickets
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      • 80 47 Reuters Shenzhen (China) Kiradech Aphibarnrat dropped three shots in his last two holes yesterday to finish on one-under 71 with a 204 total but will still take a two-shot lead into the final round of golf’s Shenzhen International as the Thai bids for his second
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      • 63 47 AFP Monte Carlo Tomas Berdych (below) reached the final of tennis’ Monte Carlo Masters yesterday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils. The Czech won the opening set in just 23 minutes. He then emerged with a 2-1 lead as the second set
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    • 491 48 Ecclestone tells Briton to consider possible move from Mercedes to drive for Scuderia The Times, London Reuters Manama (Bahrain) Bernie Ecclestone has urged Lewis Hamilton not to sign away his career at Mercedes and to leave the door open for a move to Ferrari. Formula One’s
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    • 616 48  -  Charles Ong Asia is football-mad, yet it lags far behind the likes of Europe and South America as a hotbed for top players. To be precise, male footballers. Because when it comes to the women, the most populous continent has
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    • 371 48  -  Charles Ong When Cheryl Ho started visiting a gym last June, she merely wanted to tone up her body for her dancing hobby. Instead, the training piqued her interest in shaping up the 19-year-old has found it so beneficial that she now commits
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    • 339 48 AFP Reuters Rio de Janeiro Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt has insisted that his sights are on an unprecedented “triple-triple” at next year’s Rio Olympics, with a new world record in the 200m also a major goal. “The 200m (world record) is definitely on
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    • 289 49 Reuters Kuala Lumpur Former badminton world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei is confident that he will be cleared from a failed dope test and find a place in the Malaysian squad for the SEA Games in June. The two-time Olympic silver medallist is provisionally
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    • 1031 49  -  Is there anyone in the Philippines who is not a fervent Manny Pacquiao admirer? Apparently not Rohit Brijnath In Manila rohitb@sph.com.sg On the North Luzon Expressway, some distance from Manila’s claustrophobic traffic and a kilometre short of a town called Mexico,
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    • 414 49 Reuters Hilton Head Island (South Carolina) Jordan Spieth bounced back from a Masters hangover by firing a nine-under 62 on Friday, but fellow American Troy Merritt went one better with a record-tying 61 to take a four-shot lead at golf’s RBC Heritage tournament. Merritt made
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    • [ inside peter lim’s valencia ]
      • 866 50  -  Nuno says self-belief and team spirit, not purchasing power, will lead to major success Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim’s Valencia have gone from the brink of bankruptcy to fighting for a Champions League place in six months. Wang Meng Meng spent a week in the Spanish city
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      • 497 50 [THE PLAYERS] In Shkodran Mustafi’s world, the future of football will be dominated by two teams clad in white his native Germany and his club Valencia. Just 23 years old, the cen-tre-back, who can also play as right-back, is already a world champion after
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      • 508 50 [THE PRESIDENT] One of the key figures behind Valencia’s recent resurgence is a 51-year-old woman. The soft-spoken Chan Lay Hoon helps billionaire owner Peter Lim manage the club after her appointment as president of the board last December. “Sharp”, “analytical” and “fast
        PHOTO: AFP; PHOTO: LAZARO DE LA PENA/VALENCIA CF; ST PHOTO: WANG MENG MENG  -  508 words
      • 475 50 [THE YOUNG ONES] Like many teens around the world, Fran Villalba and Antonio Latorre have fashionably gelled hair and love playing football. They have taken that first step towards stardom by working hard for a decade at Valencia’s football academy, earning their
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    • 526 1 RACHEL CHANG Adventures with my braces PAGE25 BABY-WEARING BALLET New way to bond with baby PAGE6 STEP BACK IN TIME Untouched Laos PAGE20 Pauline Ng’s beauty business grossed $1 million in revenue when she was 27. ANKITA VARMA meets five bosses whose companies made over a million dollars before their
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      • 1002 2  -  You can pick up novelty skills such as mastering the trampoline, swim wearing a mermaid’s tail and card shuffling Benson Ang bang@sph.com.sg In June, Cara Nicole Neo, 23, is opening a mermaid school in Singapore. The specific location has not been decided yet, but
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      • 2882 4  -  Meet five young local bosses who have built companies with more than $1 million in revenue annually Ankita Varma JONATHAN YANG, 29, OWNER OF BURRITO BAR MUCHACHOS AND SALAD BAR THE DAILY CUT When it comes to making big life decisions, Mr Jonathan Yang is
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      • 1093 6  -  Carry a child correctly in a sling or carrier to reduce the likelihood of strain and discomfort Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg In the past, every time she cradled her newborn baby girl in a sling, yoga teacher Juliana Phua felt a strain on her shoulder. “I could
        ST PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG, TIFFANY GOH; Source: UK Sling Consortium  -  1,093 words
      • 349 6 Every Sunday afternoon, a group of ballet students can be seen doing plies and releves at a studio in Claymore Hill near Orchard. This is no regular class. The dancers, mostly women, are wearing their babies in baby carriers. Ms Debbie Wee, 28, a regional campaign
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      • 952 7  -  Seriously Kidding Clara Chow stlife@sph.com.sg The ex-swampland is alive with the sound of thwacking typewriter keys. At least, it is in the little corner of Potong Pasir I call home, where I have trained my elder son to hunt and peck out words
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        173 7 YOUNG PARENTS PRIMARY 1 SEMINAR Join the seminar and learn what academic and life skills your child needs to thrive in primary school. Where: Holiday Inn Orchard City Center, 11 Cavenagh Road MRT: Somerset When: Sat, 1 4pm Admission: Early-bird rates till today: $10 a person, $15 for
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      • 1085 8  -  Coming from the Normal (Academic) stream made playwright Faith Ng an overchiever in junior college Relatively Speaking Venessa Lee venessal@sph.com.sg Playwright Faith Ng’s parents remember her stressful secondary school days in the Normal (Academic) stream. Her mother, tutor Stefanie Yeo, 55, says she accompanied Ng to Changi
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    • sph newspapers: special Education Special
      • 686 9  -  Pursuing his ideal career in hospitality at EASB helps Mr Daniel Kueh bring out the best in himself Hazel Tan FROM a young age, Mr Daniel Kueh (right) had the opportunity to experience first hand great reception service at top-notch hotels in the region. Travelling on
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      • 817 10  -  The myriad opportunities at SIM Global Education enable Ms Clara Cheong to become a self-driven and independent learner Uma Venkatraman AT SIM Global Education (SIM GE), Ms Clara Cheong Wei Shan has been given many platforms to serve the school community and develop herself into a responsible
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      • 679 11  -  A degree through Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre helps nursing educator Vivienne Lim hone her skills and open up opportunities April Chong DESPITE her years of experience, senior nurse educator Vivienne Lim (right) was not content to rest on her laurels, and embarked on a nursing degree
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      • 653 12  -  PSB Academy’s overseas education programmes enable Ms Hilda Low to pursue an Australian degree in her favourite subject locally April Chong NOT being able to get into a local university did not deter Ms Hilda Low from pursuing a higher qualification in the subject she likes.
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      • 640 13  -  The flexibility of the KaplanMurdoch University programme is a perk for Mr Kenny Yeo Xiu Ming who is pursuing a degree while holding a full-time job Yannling Lim THANKS to the flexibility of being able to choose his modules and classes on weekdays or
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      • 527 14  -  Taking up a part-time course despite family and work commitments makes Mr Tan Yong Ming stronger Steve Thompson FOR many, the thought of juggling part-time studies with work and family commitments can be daunting, but assistant marketing manager Tan Yong Ming (right) relished the challenge. In 2013, he
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      • 721 15  -  Real-world education gives young professionals like Ibrahim Ali an edge over their peers Hazel Tan WHEN associate engineer Ibrahim Ali decided to go back to school and further his education, he wanted a course of study that offered a real-world approach to learning. The 27-year-old has
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      • 916 16  -  Discover a Baroque palace, mediaeval weapons and spas in and around the Austrian city of Graz Simone Caprari’s TRAVEL BLACK BOOK Lydia Vasko vlydia@sph.com.sg Who: Italian Simone Caprari, 32, sales director of Hairdreams Singapore, a haute couture hair salon in Cuppage Road Favourite destination: Graz, Austria
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        419 16  -  Lydia Vasko KRISFLYER REDEMPTION From this month, members of Singapore Airline’s KrisFlyer frequent flyer programme will be able to use their miles to redeem vouchers to offset the cost of travel or select products on Scoot and Tigerair flights. With 5,300 KrisFlyer miles, one can redeem a $50 voucher,
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      • 736 17  -  Day or night, there’s plenty tosee, do and taste on the Quantum of the Seas Eve Yap MANY new and most free that’s the tagline I would give to the multiple first-at-sea features you will experience on the Quantum of the Seas. Whether it is having
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      • 358 18  -  Deborah Lee A husband’s sharp eye has resulted in his wife’s dream coming true. When Mr Marcus Lim, 36, a physical education teacher, noticed a Straits Times contest highlighting a free trip to the Maldives as a prize, he immediately thought of his wife
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      • 809 18  -  Wandering around without knowing where you are in a foreign city can often yield unexpected pleasures Stephanie Rosenbloom New York Times Lost in the Latin Quarter, I ended up at the foot of Michel de Montaigne. A bronze statue of this French Renaissance philosopher balding, with
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      • Going Places with SGTRAVELLERS THE ULTIMATE TRAVEL RESOURCE
        • 1050 19  -  A self-drive holiday in southern Queensland is a great way to see some of the most beautiful places in Australia, suggests Steve Thompson Steve Thompson GET away from the hustle and bustle of city living to Southern Queensland and unwind in spectacular natural surroundings. Opting for
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      • 1643 20  -  Leslie Koh stlife@sph.com.sg The writer, a former Straits Times journalist, is an editor in a publishing group. For many independent travellers, Laos has long been the darling of Asia, with its laid-back ways, untouched landscapes and exotic village scenes. Drop by the capital of Vientiane,
        PHOTOS: LESLIE KOH; ST GRAPHICS  -  1,643 words
    • 25 Years Of Service To The Nation
      • 826 21  -  Guided by its public sector ethos, SNEC has not only offered best possible eye care for over two decades, but also seeks to lead in research, training and innovation Aaron Tan PUBLIC sector ethos has always guided the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) in its efforts to
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      • 629 21  -  Aaron Tan THE Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) hopes to raise $25 million for a new Vision Fund over the next five years to support its community outreach and research activities. The fundraising effort, says Adjunct Associate Professor Lee
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      • 897 22 / 23  -  Backed by landmark research and global talent, the Singapore Eye Research Institute aims to be one of the top five eye research institutes in the world in the new decade Kai Tamin-Goh LANDMARK research by the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) over the last decade or so has
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      • 526 22 / 23  -  Kai Tamin-Goh MR STEVEN Wong is delighted with the results of a new nanomedicine treatment for his glaucoma, and encourages others to take part in future clinical trials as there is “minimal risk and it saves you a lot of trouble”. A portfolio consultant
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      • 661 22 / 23  -  Eve Yap DR MARCUS Ang, an aspiring clinician investigator, believes that research should translate to benefits that go from bench (research) to bedside (patient). The associate consultant, Corneal and External Eye Disease Service Department, at the Singapore National Eye Centre, and clinical research fellow at the
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      • 671 22 / 23  -  Aaron Tan EYE doctors at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) once scheduled their surgeries using pieces of paper with stickers of patient names. That cumbersome way of scheduling ophthalmological procedures has since been replaced by a more efficient information technology (IT) system that
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      • 770 22 / 23 SOURCE: SNEC 1990 World-renowned eye surgeon Professor Arthur Lim was appointed as SNEC’s first medical director. SNEC saw its first patient in October. SNEC hosted the 26th International Congress of Ophthalmology for the first time with 8,000 delegates, the largest international conference in Singapore. ***** SNEC was officially
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      • 631 24  -  SNEC trains young doctors in multi-faceted care for all eye conditions Audrey Ng, Eve Yap THE Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) admits eight new doctors into its training programme each year, honing the skills of one in two of the opthalmologists here. Given that it also trains
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      • 208 24  -  Audrey Ng SNEC is a tertiary ophthalmic referral centre under the SingHealth cluster. The wide variety of clinical case-mix and surgical cases that span all ophthalmic specialties offers trainees a wide breadth of clinical material and research opportunities. In the first three years, junior residents learn
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      • 225 24  -  Audrey Ng WORKING with four colleagues, Mr Joseph Ho, principal ophthalmic imaging specialist, in the ophthalmic imaging department at SNEC, sees around 200 patients a day. Mr Ho, 51, has been with SNEC since 1995. The team, that assesses diseases that affect the retina, has
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      • 192 24  -  Audrey Ng AS ASSISTANT director of nursing in the nursing department, Ms Loh Huey Peng, 46, ensures the smooth running of the operating theatre schedule and manpower coverage, among other things. She also sees to it that organisation practices and processes are synchonised across
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      • 1066 25  -  Wearing invisible braces requires discipline, which I have in spades until the day I dropped them in the toilet Rachel Chang rchang@sph.com.sg Idon’t know when exactly it happened or why, but some time in the last decade, my incisors begin twisting and angling out of what
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      • 694 25  -  Yeo Sam Jo yeosamjo@sph.com.sg It all started with, as Luther Vandross once sang, a dance with my father. One moment, we were prancing around at a talent show and the next instant, I was asked to be one of Cleo magazine’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors
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      • 760 25  -  Sharon Loh sharonl@sph.com.sg A feature last Sunday about a documentary to record life on the southern islands for posterity got my attention. It had never occurred to me that there were sizeable communities in these places, now mainly uninhabited, living full lives we can
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    • Mother’s Day I
      • 1573 29  -  Four women pay tribute to the most influential woman in their lives Lai Yi Ming Esther Teo “Mum made me an all-rounder” Ms Sulian Tan-Wijaya, 49, senior director of retail and lifestyle at Savills Singapore, has many things for which to be grateful to her mother
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      • 579 31  -  Peach Garden offers a unique Mother’s Day experience for families at Gardens by the Bay this year Esther Teo NOTHING pleases Mum more than great food, the company of loved ones and basking in a garden of blooming flowers. For her special day this year, whisk
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          52 31 Personalise your gift to mum with complimentary two-to-three letter monogramming with every purchase of a 90ml My Burberry EDP. You can monogram your mother’s initials on the bottle and make it extra special. Monogramming is available in Burberry stores at Ion Orchard and Tangs from May 8
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        • 187 31 Take your mother to a buffet meal at Concorde Hotel’s Spices Café. Expect plenty of local flavours at the Weekend Afternoon Tea Buffet, including otah, satay, popiah, kway chap and durian pengat. When: May 9 and 10, noon to 4.30pm. Price: $35++ (adult), $17++ (child, between three and
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          53 31 Treat your Mum to something sweet. Bakerzin has an array of cakes: Pure Love, Classic Love and Tender Love. Topped with fruit and covered in white Chantilly cream, Pure Love ($55.65) encases a red dragonfruit sponge cake with a layer of white cream cheese. Order at Bakerzin stores
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          55 31 Honour your mother with Soo Kee Jewellery’s new capsule collection. Made of 18-karat white, rose or yellow gold, the new Floret collection flaunts a modest blossom accented by a round brilliant dia- mond as the centre of attention in its range of pendants, rings and earrings. Available
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      • 885 33  -  PP Wong’s novel of a British-Chinese schoolgirl was longlisted for the Bailey Women’s Prize The Read Interview Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Born to Chinese-Singaporean parents in London, writer Ping Ping Wong knows all about being stereotyped and the butt of racist jokes. Her experiences of alienation inspired
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        343 33  -  Sarah Giam Who: Antonio Vargas (right), 74, artistic director and choreographer for Singapore-based flamenco group, Flamenco Sin Fronteras. He will be directing dance performance Journey Of Time: A Dance And Musical Journey Of Three Cultures, which is part of the Singapore Flamenco Festival 2015 line-up. The performance will be
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      • 816 35  -  Toni Morrison’s powerful novel shows how terrible hurts in childhood can affect people as adults Michiko Kakutani New York Times New York One of the great themes that threads its way through Toni Morrison’s work like a haunting melody is the hold that time past exerts
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    • taste
      • 1455 36  -  Local bakeries are selling breads such as sourdough which are denser and have a chewier texture Kenneth Goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg Soft and sweet breads are common in bakeries here, but heftier Europeanstyle loaves such as sourdough and rye are fast rising in popularity. On top of
        ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN; ST PHOTO: DANIEL NEO; ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN; PHOTO: BREAD AND HEARTH; PHOTO: DO MAIN BAKERY; PHOTO: MOONSTONE BAKERY  -  1,455 words
      • 1415 37  -  Celebrations for cognac house Martell’s 300th anniversary are a blend of the past and present Grace Sung In Cognac graces@sph.com.sg A menu from the 1956 wedding dinner of Monaco’s Prince Rainier and actress Grace Kelly. Late 19th-century print advertisements evoking the good life. n 1808
        PHOTOS: GRAHAM UDEN/MARTELL, THOMAS DE MONACO, TRISTAN FEWINGS/GETTY IMAGES FOR MARTELL; ST GRAPHICS  -  1,415 words
      • 376 37 Cognac is a type of brandy produced from grapes grown in the Cognac region in south-western France. It is made by double distilling white wines from specific grape varieties in copper pot stills. The distilled spirit eau de vie must be aged for at least
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      • 792 38  -  The Miraval Rose that Famille Perrin created for the Hollywood couple was named Best Rose in the World by Wine Spectator magazine Kenneth Goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg It is not everyday that a winemaker gets to work with Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, so it was
        PHOTOS: FAMILLE PERRIN, BOOZE  -  792 words
      • 659 38  -  Sarah Giam One of Japan’s most popular cooking schools, ABC Cooking Studio, will open a branch here this Friday on the third floor of Takashimaya in Orchard Road. More than 1,200 people have signed up for its two-hour trial lessons, which run till May
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      • 1200 39  -  Chef Nicky Ng, who specialises in Cantonese cuisine, is also an expert at carving vegetable figurines Kenneth Goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg Intricate and whimsical vegetable figurines that adorned dishes in Chinese restaurants were all the rage back in the 1980s. Just ask chef Nicky Ng, who once spent
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      • 191 40  -  Posh Nosh Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun A Posh Nosh item on sardines some months ago garnered an unexpected flood of e-mail from readers and that tells me that this humble food is still very much a favourite. At Little Provence, I find four
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      • 149 40 The thought of having biscuits for breakfast sounds terribly decadent, like having cake for the first meal of the day. But Marks Spencer’s Breakfast Biscuits are not the sweet, crisp treats you devour at tea time. They are a lot more substantial, so the individual packs of two
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        218 40 Maybe it is the retro styling of the bottles or the names of the sauces, but when I clap eyes on these at the supermarket, I know I have to get them. They are perfect with grilled sausages or as a dip for fat chips. Sweet Curry Sauce
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      • 94 40 Green tea latte in sachets are everywhere these days, but I stumble on something a little different, perfect for breakfast. It is roasted green tea latte from Muji. Hojicha, as it is called, has a wonderful smoky flavour from the roasting process and that
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      • 1216 40  -  Avid cook Gladys Foo learnt to make ang ku kueh so she could give the rice flour cakes to her mother on her 70th birthday Singapore Cooks Kenneth Goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg Growing up, Ms Gladys Foo found cooking a chore. At 13, she had to cook
        ST PHOTOS: DANIEL NEO  -  1,216 words
      • 832 41  -  The Naked Finn has moved to bigger and better premises and the food is just as good but be prepared to pay more Restaurant Review Wong Ah Yoke Wong Food Critic ahyoke@sph.com.sg Follow Wong Ah Yoke on Twitter @STahyoke The food at The Naked Finn has
        ST PHOTOS: WONG AH YOKE  -  832 words
      • 392 41  -  Cheap Good Thng Lay Teen As a teenager in the late 1950s, Mr Pak Lah, as he prefers to be known, remembers eating nasi ambeng at a function his mother took him to in a village in Lorong Marican. Now 68, the owner of Satay Power in Bedok
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      • 491 41  -  Sarah Giam BURRITO BOYS This 50-seat Mexican restaurant allows you to have your food in three ways: in a burrito; in a bowl, where the filling is placed atop rice and/or lettuce; or in tacos (two small flour tortillas). Choose from five types of fillings the signature
        PHOTO: BURRITO BOYS  -  491 words
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        590 41  -  HOW TO NAVIGATE THE FOOD WORLD LIKE A PRO CHEAT SHEET Text and photos: Chris Tan Sometimes called cellophane noodles, these translucent Asian transparent or translucent Asian pantry staples are sold in many different forms and gauges in Chinese, Japanese and Korean supermarkets. L Cooking glass noodles: Cook
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    • 429 8 8 connect thesundaytimes April 19, 2015 More than Normal Coming from the Normal (Academic) stream made playwright Faith Ng an overchiever in junior college Relatively Speaking Venessa Lee Playwright Faith Ng’s parents remember her stressful secondary school days in the Normal (Academic) stream. Her mother, tutor Stefanie Yeo, 55, says
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    • 235 5 SERIOUS SELLER! $2.9M up! West Coast Cluster Semi-d 8330sf 6 large bdrm. Pool DanielLing *****605 C&H SEMI-D WEST Coast Rd, FH, Land 3235sf/ 3500sf, 2-sty Orig, Wide frontage, Face South, Can build Attic $3.XM WEST COAST 3237sf $4.xM Faber Grove 3610 sf Quiet. Mins Nan Hua/ MRT. Daniel Ling *****605
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    • 197 5 HOLLAND RESORT $1.2K psf Tanglin GCB $19m 30K sf wide frontage $1.4K psf. Brand new GCB zone $25m. Cable Rd. location V.T.O. 9762-9233 MF best price SERIOUS SELLER! GCB Bt Sedap Off Holland. Elevated. Approx 20k/ 10k sf. 100% privacy. Pool. $1300 psf neg.SMChia *****500 D.10 URGENT! TANGLIN GCB 15K
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    • 187 5 PRICE REDUCED VIEW 1-5pm D10 Modern Brand New FH land 3800sf, 5+1 rm, lift. Call Bernard Wu *****139 HOLLAND HILLTOP GCB 15,100sf 7+1 rm, Nice View, Spacious, Quiet Almost New BernardWu *****139 HOLLAND MODERN 3-STY Semi-d. 5+1. Elevated 3446 3920 sf. Genuine seller. $6.xxM. Joseph 8201-1181 ESTRIVILLAS 5 BDRM Town
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    • 213 5 $3.XM! TERRACE WITH park view! 1800/ 2300 sf, Wide frontage, 4+1, quiet. 1-6pm Call *****000 sole agent $5.XM SEMI-D! WALK to MRT, GCB locale. 3100 sqft 3 sty 4+1 rm. Serious seller Call *****000 sole agent Open House SAT/ SUN 2-5PM, 5200 sf Princess of Wales detach wide frontage, near
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    • 273 5 $3.XM BEST VALUE Terrace 2200sqft wide frontage, Near good school, park, quiet. 9623-4620 Shirley DYSON RD. 2-STY Bunglw. Land ***** sf. Pool. 30m wide frontage. Near future Mrt. Samuel Eyo *****223 BUNGALOW D10 MODERN 2.5STY detach 6+1 ensuite Beautiful ingrd pool, gdn. 7500 7500 sf. $15M. Keith 9842 6808 MODERN
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    • 209 5 EW! 2.5-STY MODERN semi-d off Binjai Pk. 3400/4200 sf. Good Joanne 9383-9025 N Shandy Tong 8288 8078 2.5STY 4520/ 7000SF FH Bunglw+basement. 1 yr old 4+1+1 Lift, Koi Pond, Pool. SCGS/ Raffles Town Club. NANYANG GIRLS LOCALE Semi-d 3700/ 2500 sqft, spacious living rm,matured garden *****000 sole agt NEW LIFESTYLE
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    • 186 6 A) JOO CHIAT Conserve hse 3776sf 4bdrm+pool $4.xM b) 3 sty Inter Terr 3000sf 5bdrm. Reno. Nice. $2.xM LANDEDSINGAPORE 7007 FRANKEL, 6680 6635 sf, excellent bunglw land plot layout. Call 8828-7007 OPEN HSE 2-4PM. $2.xxM 2-sty FH terr Tembeling Rd. *****078 Tay CW Open House 3-5PM. 1 UNIT under Nego!
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    • 457 7 New Listing RARE! LOYANG RISE inter terr. Approx. 1615/ 2500sf. 4-rm. Well kept. Bright breezy. Elphine *****832 TERESA TAN 9667 7772 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Lovely Corner Terr $2.Xm All brand new Semi-D $3.Xm Rebuild land 5000 sf $4.Xm Detach Grand Home $4.Xm R*****7F) L*****48F/ Nick Beh 9328-7772 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE
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    • 500 7 20A Richards Place OPEN HOUSE 2-5PM Walk to KOVAN MRT! 4 Luxurious Semi-D, TOP Obtained! SOLD! 1 Unit Left! Fully Furnished Showhouse 3.5 Sty With Lift And Pool 3800sqft/6000sqft, Freehold High Ceiling, Spacious Rooms Sole Marketing Agent! *****000 Jenice CEA Reg No. R*****6G T HE LEADING BU NGALOWSP ECIAL IS
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    • 185 7 LANDEDSINGAPORE 7007 VALUE for money! Kovan FH Semi-D 8xxx sf, Serious seller. Call 8828-7007 Near MRT 3-STY SEMI D Kang Choo Bin Rd. 2163 2900 sf 4+1, Spacious layout. Well kept $3.3M. Phelia 9173 3138 NEW SEMI-D, S’GOON MRT Jln Labu Ayer. 3½ sty. 3571/5500sf. 8+1, lift/pool. $5.xM. Phelia 9173
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    • 159 7 2STY TERR@ UPP Thomson FH 1560/ 2500 sf. 4bdrm F/reno, unique layout. Potential upsize. Mall/ MRT MAYFLOWER TERR $2.XM. $300K reno. Land 2030sf. Like brand new. 4rms. MRT 1km St Nicholas *****855 RARE THOMSON LAND 10,500 sqft. Freehold, suit rebuilding to few houses. Don’t Miss *****644 Jas Open House M.O.R.E
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    • 197 7 RARE OPPORTUNITY BRAND NEW 3½ Sty Semi-D The Rail Mall, near Bt Timah Reserve. 5 mins to Future MRT. 6+1 bdrms. 2668/ 4063 sf. Bal 31 yrs $2.18M (Land $1.2M, build up $1.3M) o.n.o. Co-broke welcome. Des 9672 0214. 999 YEARS 3 STY Terr Toh Tuck area. 6 bdrm+1 maid
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    • 178 7 CACTUS 3-STY TERR $2.3M Lentor 3-sty semi-d $3.5M Jln Kuras 3sty terr $3.4M *Land for rebuilt Low DON’T MISS $4.2M Below bank value! Brand New Semi-D 3200/ 5600sf 6+1 +granny w/lift. 9853-4988 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Cactus Rd FH 2sty Inter basement, back yard, huge 2668sf.Liew 9006-3331 Don't Miss D.28 JLN
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    • 144 8 Best Deal $2.3M MIRO Novena MRT 2 rms 1302 sf Loft, Tip Top, Unblock Modern Motivated Seller! Vivian *****696 Jane Lim 8222 0800 SHELFORD 23, 2 bdrm, 829 sf bright excellent cond. Sell vacant. 1KM to NYPS RGPS. Asking $1.4M only! Ulu Pandan/ Clementi Rd/ Sunset/ Bukit Timah Pte Apts
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    • 262 9 VILLA MARINA 1130 sf 2rms Spacious. Bright breezy. Good cond. Michael Ng *****623. mnprop.com.sg BANK AUCTION 2540SF Esterina Haig Ave Penthse 2-sty. F’hold. 4+1. Good cond. 9181-1819 Colliers SERENITY BREEZE F’HOLD. Last 6 unit from $13XXpsf. 2-rm $949k. 3-rm $1.23m. Raymond Chng *****210. RIVEREDGE 1335SF. $1.68M. King’s Mansion 1808sf. FH.
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    • 302 9 Star Buy 4-BDRMS CASA MERAH 1572sqft #09 $150K nice reno. $1.79m neg. Near MRT. MK 8113 1360 ERA. HOMELY BEDOK CT. Rare good stack. 2411sf. Covered courtyard. 3+study. Good cond. quiet. $1.88m. Mabel Khiew 9190 1688 $1.628M NEG 4+UTILITY PH Stratford Ct Tanah Merah 1873sf No West Sun, Well kept.
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    • 292 9 Jay Choong 9005 1250 WATERBAY, APR STAR Buy! 1bdrm 474sf #04-18 $517K 2-rm 614 sf #04-05 $650K 3-rm 850sf #02-06 $893K 4-rm 1033sf #03-55 $1.1M Cheapest in SG! Call now! realestategroup Bring Cheque PREVIEW HILBRE 28 999yrs LH. 28 exclusive units surrounded by landed enclave 2/3/4/5 bdrms. Functional layout. Call
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    • 137 9 Florence Wong 9794 0033 HORIZON GDN, NICELY reno cluster. Face pool, 5 bdrm 3016sf. St. Nicholas/ YCK MRT 2carpark lots $2.08m Reduced Price VERY CHEAP! SELL below value. Clover By The Park 3+1. Very high flr. Superb view. Reno. *****812 Joy Lydia Low 9030 9094 1) BISHAN LOFT 1345sf 4rm
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    • 130 9 WESTWOOD RES. RARE EC in Jurong. 2-5rms, unique devt, upto $30k grant 1st timer. Fauziah *****593 POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS Floravale 3+1 rm fr $830K Parc Vista 2-bedrm $1.0XM Lakefront Penthse $2.XM Marlon Cheng 9384 0998 ECO SANCTUARY TOP 2016 Face NS, Beautiful views, 3.4m ceiling high flr. 2-4rm marloncheng.irealtor.sg Serious Seller
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    • 138 9 Jas Ng 8666 0118 WOODHAVEN/ LA CASA 1-3/ Soho. Official Exclusive agt for Many Units. Also Rent. www.jasngproperty.com CASABLANCA 2+1, 936 sqft Facing greenery. Mid floor. $888K neg. Call *****231 YVE ONG 9101 0096 DOOR STEP MRT Air Cond Bus Interchange Shpg everything! North Park Res!!! Studio, 1+Study 2/3/ 4/5
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    • 122 9 New Listing THE ESTUARY NICELY renovated patio 3bdrm Asking $1.55M! VTO. Fully Furn. Amy Choong 8666 2493 RESORT LIVING 8 COURTYARD 2+BALCONY 872 sf, quiet, Full condo. Near future MRT. $865K neg. Lina 9451-6369 Vivian Wang 9450 1886 SELLING BELOW VALUATION The Estuary 1-bdrm. 604sf. Mins to MRT. Facing greenery.
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    • 172 9 Mr Tamil 9389 9880 SELETAR SPRINGS CONDO 1012sf. 2+1. F/ aircon. Move in. $890K. Quiet resort. Gerald Drive. F/facilities. Near MRT BLK 313/ 301 3’NG’+ utility. Move in. Amenities, AMK hub Move in Serious seller. Maria Heng *****166 CORNER 4-RM 596A Unblock. 5-min walk to MRT, Ctrl, mkt, park. Good
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    • 1122 10 Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED HDB Resale Price Index -BUV IT SELL IT. LIND IT120.0 115.0 110.0 105.0 100.0 Base 2009
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    • 275 10 CHEAP!!! 3’I’ BLK.1 Haig Rd #02 near facilities. All race PR eligible. $305K. Doing contra. 9025-7378 ERA 10 JLN BATU 5’I’ 129 sqm. All races/ PR. Ask $708K. 27 Balam Rd 5’I’ 126 sqm. $650K. Evan 8233-5053 Don't Miss 3 HAIG ROAD. 3’I’ $345K neg. Lift level. Utility rm. All
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    • 164 11 realestategroup Choice Unit 5’I’ BLK 538. 4 bdrm. Corner unit. Mid flr, orig, well kept. Near amenities/ sch/ childcare. Chin 9009-9856 New Listing ALL RACES. 1) 269 St 21, 3’A’ 79 sqm. Good cond, mid flr, reno, MRT shpg 2) 869 St 83 4’A’ low flr, sch. Nellie Lim *****518
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    • 252 11 NAMLY WELL RENO Modern 3500/ 3300 sf. 4+1 rms. Nice gdn. Beautiful kitchen $10.5K. Jackie 9851-5268 SWISS CLUB INTER Terr 3 sty 4000sf 5+1 reno, quiet Swiss/ German Sch. $7.xk. Johnprop.sg 9688 8585. VICTORIA PARK VICINITY Bunglw 8600/4400 sf. 6 rm ensuites study. Lush gdn. Koi pond. 9108-2208 83 DUCHESS
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    • 284 11 MARINA BAY SUITES. 1615 sqft, 3-bdrm, P/furnished MBS View. Expat’s Choice. Calvin Chao 8123.8888 Expat's Choice Care Honesty (1)THE SAIL 4 Bdrm 1647sf Bay View F/Furn $nego (2)The Sail 1/2/3rm $nego Immed. Nelson 8328 5599 SAIL MARINA Bay 2 bdrm 1033sf. #30 up. Full Marina view. F/furn. Beautiful. Ask $6.5K!
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    • 322 11 REFLECTION, 3 BEDROOM Villa 1604 sf. Face Marina. Close to club house. Avail Immediate. Call 8123.8888 Victor Ho H Y 9858 6078 CARIBBEAN 2BDRM, 870 sf. MRT, Vivo City, Int’l Sch. High flr, windy, pool view. Ample facilities. By appt. PRICE DOWN! REFLECTIONS. 3/4 bdrms/ PH. All new. 1 call
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    • 222 12 Victor Ho H Y 9858 6078 OLEANDER TOWER 2-BDRM Near MRT T Payoh Hub. F/facilities. High flr. Windy. Spacious. Furn. Immediate. BEST PRICE THE MEZZO 840 sqft, 2+1 Brand new cond. High flr, F/furn Windy Immed $3.5K neg. Wong 9853-0307 expat’s choice NOVENA MRT, 2BDRM study, 980sf, high ceiling, high
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    • 250 12 near mrt D’PAVILLION, 4BRM, 1647 sf P/furn, spacious rooms w 2 ensuite. Cosy apt, ideal for family. *****237 Grace THE RIVERVALE 3RM 1313 sf Spacious living rms hall. Full facilities. Walk to MRT. $3.1K! Ricky 9848 3062 ideal for small family BAYOU RESIDENCES 3RMS. F/ furn Immed. Full aircon. Near
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    • 310 12 Victor Ho H Y 9858 6078 PARC ROSEWOOD 2-BDRM. New! P/furn. Windy. MRT shuttle, many facilities. Avail immed. View by appt. CANBERRA RES. 3+STUDY 1539 sf. PH. Near shpg mall/ eateries, $3.8K neg. 9387 9978 Alice ERA Mr Tamil 9389 9880 SELETAR SPRINGS CONDO 1300sf. 3+1, 3 toilets. F/ furn/AC.
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    • 237 12 BLK 672A 5RM Beautiful! Like Condo. 1184 sf. F/furn. Walk to MRT. $2.8k neg *****330 Moses HTNS JLN TENTERAM 5’I’ Blk 18. Approved. Designer decor, 200% reno. 3 aircons, $2750, f/furn, avail 15 May Excellent Location NEAR PARKWAY. 5-RM, very high flr. Panoramic sea city view. P/furn, AC. Immed. Helen
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    • 376 13 Henson Pang 9107 8070 ***PAYA LEBAR SQ Grade A Brand new. Squarish 1130sf Column free. Nice unit view $2.6M Integrated Mall 1) Blk 201D Tampines St 21 2) Blk 208 Bedok Central 3) Blk 164 Bt Merah Central 4) Blk 164 Bt Batok St 11 5) Blk 301 Ubi Avenue
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