The Straits Times, 14 March 2003

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  • 627 1  -  KAREN WONG Between 1999 and 2001, 624 lawyers left their practice, citing long hours and too much stress for what they were paid §1 COURSE CORRECTIONS LAWYER Aaron Lee, 31, quit less than a year after he started practising. He was offered a post
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  • 166 1 KARANG guni man Oh Ow Kee has been swinging around town and his neighbourhood with strings of wooden balls he calls Woodball Woola Chains. A friend brought him the fitness device from China three years ago, and the 60-year-old loved it. "I exercise and have fun at the
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  • 373 1  -  BEN NADARAJAN *L 3 OTHER CASES: Victims knew killers MURDER 1: Last Friday, a Cisco officer was shot dead in Bukit Panjang. His ex-colleague Ismail Abdul Rahman, 37, was charged with his murder. MURDER 2: On Monday, a woman fell from a Chua Chu Kang
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 103 2 'MOT READY TO BE MUFTI' THE man who was expected to become Mufti Singapore's top Islamic religious leader says he is quitting to go into business. Mr Mohamed Murat Mohamed Aris, 41, also denies that his decision had to do with any rift between him and Muis officials. He
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    • 90 2 TECH SCIENCE TESTS ON BRAIN IMPLANT RESEARCHERS m America are about to cany out tests on a silicon chip designed to be implanted into the human brain. They hope it could eventually replace a damaged part of the forebrain called the hippocampus vital for storing long-term memories. Tests on the
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    • 72 2 WAR AS RALLYING CRY WHY does the United States want to wage war against Iraq? Washington has given its reasons, and so nave sceptics. The US president might well view the benefits of war as a way of rallying his nation. The Sept 11 attacks had coincided with a
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    • 90 2 SCOOTER BAN OVER-ZEALOUS? IF MOTORISED scooters with a top speed of 25 kmh are seen as dangerous, shouldn't there be a speed limit on cyclists, since bicycles can reach speeds of 30-40 kmh? Reader Ivan Tan wonders if the authorities are being over-zealous m banning these scooters from public
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    • 47 2 NEW BEAT FOR ZOUK BASH A DISUSED power station will throb with new life for a Zouk bash on March 29- And looking after music at the refurbished St James Powerhouse will be Talvin Singh, the tabla maestro and electronic-music producer from Britain. LIFE! L 2
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    • 98 2 Bukit Timah bypasses ready LONG traffic jams at Upper Bukit Timah Road and nearby Jalan Anak Bukit could soon be a rare sight. The new underpass and flyover m the area, which have been under construction for more than three years, are finally finished. Both will open at 3
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    • Article, Illustration
      135 2 Heartland hotel for China visitors? IF TOURISTS from China can get more than a superficial glimpse of Singapore, then more of them might come here and even stay longer. And that is why tourism officials are starting heartland tours for these visitors. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is even
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    • 92 2 Indian IT pros shaken MANY m Malaysia's community of 2,000 young Indian IT professionals are thinking of returning home to India. They are badly shaken by the arrests and alleged manhandling by the police of 40 of them on Sunday. They had arrived m the country after seeing advertisements
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    • 99 2 NO BUSINESS HELP FROM GOVT' TWO Singapore entrepreneurs agree with an MP's statement that the Government is more concerned about helping multinational companies than local businesses. Mr Ron Sim of Osim International and Mr Kenny Yap, an ornamental-fish breeder, say they made it on their own without a helping
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    • 82 2 DUTCH QUEEN AND PRINCESS FEUD THE quarrel between Queen Beatrix of Holland and her niece is riveting the Dutch Sublic and edging out even important ebates m parliament. MPs questioned why Cabinet ministers were not told that Queen Beatrix had ordered the secret service to investigate Princess Margarita's husband
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    • 145 2 COASTAL PROVINCES RACE AHEAD GUANGDONG m China and two other coastal provinces, Jiangsu and Shandong, are so far ahead of the inland regions m the production of goods and services that this is creating uneasiness among state officials. Delegates at two national conferences were concerned that the widening gulf
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    • 59 2 JUVEHTUS SHOWS ITS QUALITY THE last-minute 3-2 win by Juventus over Deportivo La Coruna confirms the Champions League as a hunting ground {it only for teams with pedigree. Only a huge 0-5 defeat by Basle can stop Juventus now from going into the quarter finals, to join the likes
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 438 3 Killer disease takes life of American in HK Businessman became ill m Vietnam; so many staff were infected m the hospital where he was first treated it had to close HONGKONG An American businessman died here yesterday and more than 60 hospital staff here and m Vietnam have been infected
      AP; Reuters; REUTERS  -  438 words
    • 419 3  -  LEE HUI CHIEH IN SINGAPORE §1 THREE women who visited Hongkong late last month have come down with pneumonia since returning here. But the Ministry of Health said that no link has been established between their illnesses and the recent outbreak of severe pneumonia
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    • 180 3 US company sends man's phone bill to cemetery AUBURN (Massachusetts) A man's phone bill has followed him to his grave. A local cemetery received a phone bill last week for Mr David Towles at his correct address Hillside Cemetery, Evergreen Section,
      AP  -  180 words
    • 778 4 Taken at gunpoint from her bedroom nine months ago, the 15-year-old is found with the man who abducted her FAMILY members overwhelmed teenager Elizabeth Smart with hugs and tears, after she was found more than nine months after being snatched at gunpoint from her Salt
      REUTERS; AP  -  778 words
    • 209 4 THE Straits Times begins a new mobile-phone news-alert service via SMS today. Called The Straits Times Mobile News Alert, it will send out text messages giving the latest on world, Singapore, business or sports news to readers who put m SMS
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    • 56 4 IN OUR report headlined "S'porean gets on China govt advisory body" on March 5, we said that Mr Patrick Choy is a holder of a master's degree m business administration. Mr Choy has clarified that he does not hold a master's degree m business administration.
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    • 661 6  -  LORNA TAN Consumer body hits out at AlAs silence on the critical-year fiasco, calling on it to honour its promise to policyholders By SPEAK UP "Policyholders will lose faith if insurance companies appear sluggish and unresponsive... this will tarnish the image of
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    • 423 6 OIL CRUNCH FROM AN IRAQ WAR THE world faces a shortfall m oil later this month if war breaks out soon, an energy watchdog warned yesterday. The shortfall could amount to nearly a million barrels of oil a day, said the International Energy Agency (lEA). The world
      Reuters; Bloomberg News  -  423 words
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  • WORLD
    • 413 8 Military Preparations DEMMN PERDU, our roving correspondent m the Middle East, homes m on an American military facility m Qatar with high-tech equipment that will track every missile, aircraft and troop unit deployed when war breaks out DOHA Come war, the shots are going to
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    • Article, Illustration
      302 8 Doha seized the opportunity. For several years it had been trying to force a strategic alliance with Washington. It had seen what had happened to Kuwait and knew what Iraq was capable of. Viewing the US as its main protector m a volatile region, the tiny sheikhdom
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    • 105 9 US President George W. Bush has spoken to several leaders over three days m what aides called the "final moments" of diplomacy over Iraq MONDAY China's President Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Soutt Africa's President TnineMnikl Turkey's then prime minister Abdullah Gul Senegal's President Abdoulave Wade Nigeria's President
      AP; AFP; REUTERS  -  105 words
    • IRAQ BRIEFING
      • 37 9 The White House said yesterday it was open to seeing UN action on a resolution authorising war on Iraq slip to next week but insisted the Security Council would have to vote.
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      • 36 9 France has said new British proposals on disarming Iraq do not address the key issue of seeking a peaceful solution to the showdown with Baghdad and that Paris rejects the "logic of ultimatums".
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      • 55 9 US Air Force B-2 "stealth" bombers, which are designed for strikes on heavily defended targets on the opening night of any war on Iraq, left their base m Missouri, m a sign that the US military was putting m place one of the last pieces of
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      • 37 9 Iraq will deliver to the UN today a report on the anthrax quantities it says it destroyed 12 years ago, and more documents on VX m the next few days, diplomats said yesterday.
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      • 42 9 US officials have told CNN that America is engaged m "secret surrender" negotiations with key Iraqi military officials, m the hopes that some units will not fight m case of a war. The US State Department has disputed the report
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    • 73 9 BRITAIN'S six benchmarks for Mr Saddam Hussein: k tiwfislw Mwear mcc fey Mr Siwim to rwounce wtiyMs of miss destruction Mi encourage Ms citizens to cooperate with inspectors. At least 30 Iraqi scientists selected by the inspectors must be interviewed outside Iraq. The destruction "forthwith" off 10,000 litres
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    • 492 9 US open to delay in vote over Iraq The White House announcement is a reversal of past vows that a vote would take place this week WASHINGTON The White House said yesterday that it was open to seeing UN action on a resolution paving the way for war on Iraq
      Reuters; AP; AFP; Los Angeles Times; Washington Post  -  492 words
    • 460 10  -  ALFRED LEE By THE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has put his political future on the line by defiantly declaring that Britain will join the United States m a war against Iraq even without United Nations approval. He crashed
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    • 305 10  -  Alfred Lee LONDON In the elegant plazas, the smoke-filled pubs and the noisy tapas bars of Madrid, the Spanish are wondering what has Happened to their Prime Minister, Mr Jose Maria Aznar. He used to be regarded as a non-controversial leader, with a rather colourless
      REUTERS  -  305 words
    • 302 10  -  KWAN WENG KIN By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is trying his best to avoid stating categorically that he favours a United States-led attack on Iraq for fear his domestic popularity will plummet. Polls show that some 80 per cent of the Japanese
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    • 284 10  -  ROGER MAYNARD By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard hit back at critics yesterday as pressure mounted over his unequivocal support for Washington's hardline stance against Iraq. In an impassioned address to the nation, Mr Howard appealed to Australians who oppose
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    • 807 12  - 'Council of the willing' idea tempts a frustrated US LEON HAD AR BVVHVHHRBi Restructure the Security Council ill If I J V*v by replacing France witn India EmUmMMMMIBmI or Japan as permanent members Create new security system with all I 1 1 J kll nations that share US interests and
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    • 480 12 Iraqi military 'in secret surrender talks with US' BUYING OFF SADDAM'S MEN They will be spared if they don't resist an invasion WASHINGTON The United States is engaged m "secret surrender" negotiations with key Iraqi military officials m hopes that some units will not fight should there be a war,
      AFP; REUTERS  -  480 words
    • 108 15 REFORM-MINDED Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic played a large part m the downfall of former president Slobodan Milosevic. Jailed as a dissident student m the *****, frustrated as a popular protest leader m the *****, Mr Djindjic rebounded m 2000 m a lightning street uprising to become
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    • 576 15 Serbia suspects ex-police chiefs hand in PM's killing The hunt is now on for the former commander turned criminal gang leader, believed to be behind the assassination of Zoran Djindjic BELGRADE The Serbian government yesterday was looking for a former commander of a special police unit^Milorad Lukovic, now said to
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    • 179 15 THE assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Diindjic was the latest m a long list of killings, many of them still unresolved. Other cases include: February 2003 Mr Djindjic survives when a truck tries to run into his motorcade near Belgrade's airport. June 2002 Gen Bosko
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    • 221 15 BAGHDAD Iraq and Iran have signed an agreement to release prisoners from their 1980-1988 war as well as "common criminals" from Iran held m Iraq, an Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The deal would involve 941 Iraqi prisoners of war being held
      AP; AFP  -  221 words
    • 388 19 Dutch PM grilled by lawmakers as royal feud rages Princess Margarita is suing Queen Beatrix, who ordered the secret service to spy on her niece's commoner husband AMSTERDAM The Dutch Parliament put aside such issues as Iraq and forming a new government to focus on a family quarrel a feud
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      111 19 THE royal squabble m the Netherlands has resulted m Princess Margarita's "revelation" of a string of alleged royal indiscretions: The queen's father, Prince Bernhard, had an affair with his secretary, Cocky Cilles, for 20 years. The princess' own father, Carelhugo de Bourbon Panne, sired an illegitimate son
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    • 505 21 $47 million reward for man who turned in Khalid US to pay Egyptian for terror chiefs capture WASHINGTON The man who turned m the mastermind of the Sept 11 terror attacks is to receive US$27 million (Ss47 million) as a reward, US$2 million more than the bounty on the head
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    • 115 21 GAZA CITY Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has distributed U*****,000 (*****,000) to 26 families of Palestinians killed m 29 months of fighting with Israel, including a US$lO,OOO cheque to the family of a Hamas suicide bomber. Israel said the move proved Mr Saddam's link to terrorism,
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    • 443 22 The commando-style raid to free an accused killer and robber is the second high-profile jailbreak m France m less than a week PARIS A commando-style gang used rocket-propelled grenades and other military arms to blast their way into a prison here on Wednesday
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    • 61 22 AN INVESTIGATOR checks the scene at the destroyed entrance of Fresnes prison near Paris after gunmen used rocket-propelled grenades and explosives to blast their way m to free notorious gangster Antonio Ferrara. The French government is considering tougher jail security. Justice Minister Dominique Perben said authorities
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    • PEOPLE
      • 154 24 Colombian drug lord nabbed again FREED ONLY 4 MONTHS AGO BOGOTA One of Colombia's most notorious drug lords, former Cali cocaine cartel boss Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, has been arrested four months after he was freed from prison. The crime boss once known as "the Chess Player" for his ability to
        Reuters; REUTERS  -  154 words
      • 115 24 AMSTERDAM British Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has accused a Russian writer of copying her work and asked a Dutch court to block publication of one of his books, her lawyer said. Ms Rowling has asked an Amsterdam court to prevent the publication of the
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      • 101 24 CAPE TOWN South Africa's former first lady Winnie MadikizelaMandela is facing a public reprimand m Parliament after becoming the first member to be found guilty of contravening its code of conduct The ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela failed to disclose donations of 50,000 rand
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      • 97 24 REEVE REGAINING NORMAL BREATHING NEW YORK Christopher Reeve, the Hollywood actor who has been paralysed and on a respirator since breaking his neck m a riding accident eight years ago, has had electrodes implanted m his diaphragm m an effort to restore his ability to breathe naturally. The results are
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      • 55 24 Peru's Congress has approved embezzlement and illegal enrichment charges against ex-president Alberto Fujimori, accusing him of secretly shifting Defence Ministry funds to pay for intelligence activities. Michael Fawcett, senior aide to Britain's Prince Charles, has resigned after being accused of disposing of unwanted royal gifts and keeping up to 20
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    • The Straits Times
      • 586 26 IN LAST year's debate on the Budget and again this week, MPs dissatisfied with the slow growth of indigenous businesses spoke with passion about tight funding and the regulatory hurdles businessmen face. PAP backbencher Inderjit Singh went as far as disputing the continued focus on multinational
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      2 26 CHIT CHAT
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    • 924 26  - When three blind mice don't see eye to eye JANADAS DEVAN FOREIGN MATTERS THE unprecedented crisis of legitimacy m the United Nations Security Council today is due to three men French President Jacques Chirac, UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix and United States President George W. Bush. 'Three blind mice,
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    • 1201 26  -  EVELYN GOH *l WHY does the United States want to attack Iraq? As the world watches and waits for the war which many now believe to be inevitable, this question remains at the forefront of most minds. The "why" question is crucial because the
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    • 716 27  - Three nations, a hidden motive and an explosive link with Iraq WELLIAM SAFIRE By THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON France, China and Syria all have a common reason for keeping American and British troops out of Iraq: The three nations may not want the world to discover that their nationals
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    • 748 27  -  DENNIS CHAN By ASSISTANT MOSEY EDITOR TOO TROUBLING QUESTIONS Where is the quality control on the accuracy of information supplied by banks to the credit bureau? Does a centralised database that tracks only one key but skimpy piece of information work against borrowers, at
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  • FORUM
    • 176 28 Bicycles can travel faster than this scooter I READ with interest the article, "Wait a minute, Madam Postman... This scooter's a no-go" (ST, March 12). If a scooter zipping around at 25 kmh is deemed to be dangerous, should we also put a speed limit on cyclists as a bicycle
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    • 83 28 IF THE Land Transport Authority has all along not approved the use of the motorised scooter on roads and pavements, why are shops selling it? What are those who bought the mini-scooter going to do with it? Some cost more than $250. I believe the same applies to the electric
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    • 145 28 A FEMALE postman was asked to stop using a motorised scooter. I find this absurd. For decades postmen have been riding Vespa scooters around Housing Board estates without much of a problem. They can be seen zipping around void decks, so if safety is a concern, why not ban those
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    • 307 28 Silence is golden in the library PATRONS SHOULD SWITCH OFF THEIR MOBILE PHONES AND SPEAK SOFTLY AT ALL TIMES. HELP US MAKE THE LIBRARY A QUIETER AND MORE PLEASANT PLACE. WE REFER to Mr N. Nageswaran's letter (This That column; ST, March 10). The National Library Board (NLB) shares his
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    • 194 28 WE THANK Ms Wu Zhihui for her feedback ("Give torn mags away"; ST, March 5). The National Library Board (NLB) would like to take this opportunity to urge library users to handle our materials with care and to show consideration for other users. As
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    • 233 28 I REFER to the reports about AIA policyholders being unhappy over the continued deduction of premiums after the "critical year". ("AIA clients cry foul over premium extension", ST, Marf h 7; "Unhappy policyholders may resort to group action", ST, March 11). While
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    • 340 30 Credit Bureau, Depository Of Credit Information I REFER to the letter, "Amex error caused me to be a poor credit risk",byMrChua TeckKeong(ST, March 12). Credit Bureau (S) Pte Ltd (CBS) deeply regrets Mr Chua's predicament. As a central depository of credit information for consumer banks and credit-card
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    • 214 30 WHAT AMEX SAYS 1 WOULD like to thank Mr Chua Teck Keong for bringing the issue up with American Express. American Express deeply regrets the inconvenience caused by die delayed reversal of his annual membership fees and we communicated this to him on Wednesday. In Mr
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    • WHAT CARDHOLDERS SAY
      • 198 30 Card cancelled but not demand for annual fee MRCHUA Teck Keong is not alone m his experience with Amex. I, too, faced the same predicament last year. As I am now based m Australia and have not been using my Amex card, I decided not to renew it when it
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      • 197 30 I, TOO, had some unpleasant experiences with Amex. Due to poor customer service, I decided to cancel my Amex card. I called and also wrote m. The account was cancelled, but the following year's annual fee was charged to the account. I had to call
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      • 205 30 ON SEPT 2 last year, I rang Amex customer service to stop a payment made m late August because of fraudulent misrepresentation. I was assured by the customer service officers that payment had not been made to the merchant and they would see to
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    • BOUQUETS
      • 96 30 I WAS boarding Service 89 (SBS 811 C) with my family on Sunday at around 1 pm when my son accidentally dropped his ez-link card. The card landed under the bus and I was unable to reach it We informed the driver and he immediately got off the bus to
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      • 65 30 I WAS able to board SBS Service 124 along Scotts Road at about 9.46 pm recently, even though the bus was full and there were passengers standing on the steps, thanks to the driver. He allowed me to tap my ez-link card at the entrance and board by the exit
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      • 75 30 ON TUESDAY I dropped my mobile phone on board SBS Service 21 while on my way home. I called the SBS Lost and Found helpline, and my service provider to suspend my line. To my joy I received a call from my dad later that evening to tell me that
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      • 77 30 I WOULD like to say a big "Thank You" to Comfort taxi driver Andy (SHA 2899 X) and the passenger who found my mobile phone m his taxi on Wednesday. To the passenger, for his honesty m passing the phone to Andy. To Andy, for the time and trouble he
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      • 73 30 ON BEHALF of National University Hospital (NUH), I would like to thank Madam Belinda See Mcc Ing for complimenting our nurses, especially the nurses at Ward 63 (Bouquets; ST, March 4). We are glad to know that Madam See's mother had a very positive experience during her stay here. NUH
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      • 90 30 T WANTED to join I People's Association X Retirees' Club, but I could not access the Senior Citizens page of PA's website. I e-mailed PA for help and PA rectified the problem within hours and even e-mailed to apologise for the inconvenience caused. A security guard, a receptionist, one Ms
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    • 51 1 SHRINKING LEGAL PIE 'Our rice bowl is getting emptier and the cake is getting smaller. Lawyer David Ng, who says business is shrinking for smaller law firms because services like debt collection and drawing up of wills are being taken over by non-professionals Friday, March 14, 2003 The Straits Times
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      673 1 dfdf sdfsdfsdf sdffsdf i TASTE OF TRUE SINGAPORE LIVING, AT BUDGET PRICES k l i This is what the Singapore Tourism Board is thinking of doing to draw more Chinese tourists here. TRACY QUEK looks at the novel idea to offer a heartland experience. TOURISM officials are hoping
      TERENCE TAN; MIKE M DIZON  -  673 words
    • 613 3  - Deputy Mufti says he quit to go into Business ARIJNA ARSHAD to be the next Mufti, the 41-year-olds surprise resignation prompted talk of a rift between Mm and Muis which he dismissed at THE man who was slated to take pver the job of the Mufti says he because he
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    • 455 3 SIA EMERGENCY LANDING IN NEW ZEALAND Why can we still see houses? *'I was thinking, we don't usually see houses, we're usually up m the air by Mow.' Mrs Tone, 59, a housewife, seen here with husband Alan after arriving m Singapore yesterday THE first
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • BUDGET DEBATE – DAY 4
        • 770 4 Budget: $235 m 0.8% of total Budget Up 172% DPM Lee also rejects call to open up Cabinet proceedings but agrees a CPIB report could be made available to MPs DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he was at a loss
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        • 828 4  -  TAN TARN HOW FROM THE GALLERY THE Hardest Working Person Award m the House yesterday must, without doubt, go to Mr Chandra Mohan. The Nominated MP would also easily be hands-down winner of two other honours: The Mystifying Suggestion and Most Pointed Question
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        • 319 4 THE Cabinet is divided over the issue of equal medical benefits for men and women m the civil service, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed yesterday. Its younger members favour equality, because they feel "we ought to move witn
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        • 131 4 No way you can miss the debate SINGAPOREANS can go to the Parliament House and see their MPs debate. Or they can watch the television highlights or read the newspapers. No need for webcasts. No need for wider media coverage, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday to Non-Constituency
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        • 463 5 High debt among S'poreans awonying trend BUDGET BUZZ MPs urge Finance Ministry to do more to protect consumers as many are not savvy m managing their finances BUmQCK 5607 III 2% of total Budget Up 19.9% THE high debt culture m Singapore was a worry for several Mrs yesterday, who
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        • 278 5 SINGLES hoping to enjoy tax relief on the foreign maid levy, as married and divorced women do, may get a break. Without making a firm promise, Health and Second Finance Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday that he understood their
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        • 483 5 Budget: $276 m 0.9% of total Budget Down 35.9% PEOPLE who break certain regulations may not end up being classified as criminals, as happens now. Some of these "victimless crimes" may be taken out of the hands of criminal courts. In
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        • 317 5 What's good for the big boys is good for small firms too HAVING good corporategovernance practices benefits all companies, big and small. So while there is only one code now for listed companies a study will be made to see if a simplified version of that code can apply to
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        • 311 5 Temasek companies doing reasonably well COMPANIES linked to Temasek Holdings have done "reasonably well" on the whole. But like other firms here, Temasek-linked companies (TLCs) are not immune from a slump, and so not all can be expected to be profitable year m, year out. Their performance should be judged
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    • 162 6 $30,000 IT boost for rural folk in the region INTEL Technology Asia has donated $30,000 to fund five Singapore International Foundation (SIF) programmes to help rural communities m South-east Asia bridge the digital divide. One such effort will see 23 students from the Institute of Technical Education, Tampines, and two
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    • 558 6  - Legal eagles fly to bigger firms to survive SELEVA LUM In the industry's first census, 251 of 631 law firms surveyed here reported falling profits, while 41 firms said they were operating at a loss By LAWYER Andrew Hanam, 36, gave up his sole proprietorship and started work this week
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    • 109 6 MS MARIA DAS NEVES, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, will be on a working visit to Singapore from today till Tuesday. During the visit, her first to Singapore, she will meet Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Foreign
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    • 219 6 MR AARON Lee, 31, started and quit legal practice within a year for personal reasons, he said. He turned down another law firm to be in-house counsel for an aviation company. He's still there after four years, doing an "interesting, challenging and enjoyable" job. Mr Lee,
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    • 506 8  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Group of 12 Chinese nationals may act against her as she has not complied with a court order to pay up rent money owed Ba 12 are not the only ones ABOUT 100 people complained last March to the police and
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    • CASEFILE
      • 82 8 A 52-YEAR-OLD Malaysian motorcyclist died after a collision with a mini-bus at the junction of International Road and Pioneer Road North on Wednesday morning. Mr Tok Tee Ngu, a shipyard worker, suffered serious head injuries m the collision which took place at 6.40 am.
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      • 73 8 AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged m a district court yesterday with murdering his friend. lim Ah Cheng, 46, is accused of killing Mr Tan Chin Guan, 65, at the void deck of Block 90, Pipit Road, off Circuit Road, on Aug 18 last year.
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      • 82 8 AN EXPENSIVE red arowana fish, worth about $900, was stolen from a locked cabinet outside an aquarium shop at Jurong West Street 52 sometime between. Monday night and Wednesday morning. The owner of the shop, located m the market at Block 505, kept the
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      • 89 8 POLICE are investigating the death of a two-year-old Hougang boy who was found motionless m his bed on Tuesday afternoon. A police spokesman said they have classified the case as one of unnatural death. An autopsy was conducted before the body of
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    • 290 8  -  KAREN HO Brt NINE motorists returned to their cars on Tuesday night to find they had been broken into. Eight of the cars had their windows smashed. The cars were parked at a country club, two hotels and a commercial building m different
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    • 548 10  - Diesel hawkers in business again HARLEEN KAUR Some cabbies and lorry drivers are heading to Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park to top up with cheaper, low-quality fuel from illegal suppliers By ILLEGAL diesel suppliers are back. This time, they were spotted doing brisk business from "tankers" parked on a quiet
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    • 448 11  -  KARAMJIT KAUR But while more are timing their drives to save under graduated scheme, others still wait at the roadside illegally for the charges to drop By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT ABOUT 900 motorists a day appear to have changed their travel patterns to take advantage of
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    • 35 11 Kave home a little early and endup ing about $15 a month, not much; but it's still money. wr Biduund U, 3S? m finaorr Moager who nju Uned his drive
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    • 586 12  -  KARAMJIT KAUR A flyover and underpass opening tomorrow will cut travel time; however, those bound for Npee Ann Poly along Clementi Road must take U-turn By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THOSE bottlenecks at Upper Bukit Timah Road and nearby Jalan Anak Bukit during rush hour may
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    • 1776 13  - From dropout punk to wizard of 77th Street SUSAN LONG Venturing Out By Purple hair. Grunge clothing. Top 10 from the bottom m school. A study m contrasts, Elim Chew gives half her income to church, counsels wayward youth and has a successful streetwear business. Our senior correspondent catches up
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      • 445 14 If tests on animals go well, people who have lapses m memory, like those with Alzheimer's, may stand to benefit PARIS United States researchers are poised to carry out the first tests of a silicon chip designed to replace a damaged part
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      • TECH BITS, SCIENCE BYTES
        • 129 14 SMART telephones may one day sense when you are too busy to be interrupted and ask the caller to leave a message. Carnegie Mellon University scientists are working on the technology that could be used m instant messaging systems and office and mobile
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        • 188 14 GENETIC detectives believe they have identified a group of genes that may make an individual susceptible to emphysema. University of California scientist David Morris and colleagues say they have traced the path that leads to Mmpl2, a gene that has been long fingered m
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        • 109 14 CHILDHOOD vaccines do not cause sudden infant death syndrome, according to a study by the the Institute of Medicine. The report found no link between unexplained infant deaths and either new or old vaccines, and recommended no change m the childhood vaccine schedule. In
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        • 167 14 PAINKILIERS MAY TREAT ALZHEIMER'S COMMON pain pills like ibuprofen may dissolve the Drain lesions that clog the brains of Alzheimer s patient, American researchers reported. This may help explain studies that suggest people who take the aspirinlike pills often seem to have a lower risk of Alzheimer's, which affects four
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      • 792 16 It's true, as a study has found that it has almost four times the number of freshwater species m America or China RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) A new study shows that Brazil, thought to have the world's greatest variety of freshwater
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    • 56 1 SAFE NO MORE When the Prime Minister says he is not safe, who will feel safe?' Thai Democrat MP Thavorn Senniem, on the impact of PM Thaksin Shinawatra's statement that he faced death threats on his countrymen's sense of security Friday, March 14, 2003 The Straits Times asia Friday, March
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    • 601 1  -  REME AHMAD Police Raid Aftermath 40 IT professionals leave XL after alleged harassment by police By IN KUALA LUMPUR Indian enclave INDIANS are noisy, pack the apartments m the building with 15 people to a unit and litter the area, say other residents at the Palm Court condominium
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    • 319 1  - Angry Chinese resorting to extreme measures CHUA CHIM HON ASIA DEBRIEF By THE STRAITS TIMES CHISA BUREAV BEIJING He may have only threatened police and journalists with a fake bomb, but there's no doubt unemployed driver Fang Qjnghui got the result he wanted rattling a government that he felt had
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    • CHINA
      • 705 2  - Fears grow over China 's widening rich-poor divide JASON LEOW Govt advisers call for measures to narrow the economic gap between rich coastal provinces and poor inland regions By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Provinces with runaway growth The combined output of Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong exceeded one trillion yuan (SS2 I 3
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      • 562 2  -  GOH SUI NOI Western province wants to catch up with its richer coastal cousins By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING The Sichuan government wants to attract talent from outside the province as part of its strategy to catch up economically with the
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      • 716 3  -  JASON LEOW Despite great powers bestowed by the Constitution, lawmakers m China are yet to show much bite By CHINA CORRESPONDENT 'I HAVE NO DOUBT MANY ARE SINCERE IN THEIR DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATION, BUT THEIR COMPETENCE IS QUITE ANOTHER MATTER.' writer
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      • 319 3 BEIJING Mr Jia Qinglin, protege of outgoing President Jiang Zemin, was voted m yesterday as the head of a top advisory body despite an alleged link to China's worst corruption scandal m recent history. The new chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
        AFP; AP; Bloomberg News; REUTERS  -  319 words
      • 71 4 TWO motorists and a construction worker lie crushed to death m a shopping district of Yoshiwara, m the Japanese city of Fuji. The deaths occurred when a section of the concrete wall of a ouilding that was being demolished collapsed. The huge square concrete slab, part
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      • 523 4  - Tokyo sends spy ship to area near N. Korea KWAN WENG KIN Reports of unusual activity around North Korean missile bases unnerves Japanese ruling party By JAPAN CORRESPONDKNT TOKYO Japan has dispatched a high-tech surveillance ship to the Sea of Japan near North Korea. The Japanese move comes amid media
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      • 540 5 New US Warning Pyongyang's uranium-enrichment programme is not far behind its plutonium one, says top official Policy on talks 'illogical' SOUTH Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young Kwan has described Pyongyang's objections to multilateral talks He said the eventual solution of the nuclear
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      • 35 5 AFP Newly recruited sales clerks for Japan's largest supermarket chain, Ito Yokado, practise sign language for deaf customers prior to a ceremony initiating them into the company at a Tokyo hotel.
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      • 127 5 Quake shakes Tokyo buildings TOKYO A strong earthquake shook large buildings m the Tokyo area yesterday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake, which registered 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck at 12.13 pm. It was centred 50 km underground m Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of
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      • 172 6 Bomb on train kills nine in Bombay BOMBAY A bomb m a train killed nine commuters and injured 75 others m Bombay last night, said police. The blast occurred on a local commuter train at the suburban Mulund station. Panic swept through the station and traffic on the route was
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      • 38 6 An Indian militaiy police rider crashes through a brick wall during the inauguration of the three-day International Military Sports Council (CISM) meeting m New Delhi yesterday. CISM represents the armed forces of 128 member nations. AFP
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      • 452 6 Rising salaries of professionals and rupee appreciation could be a big blow to the industry, say experts BANGALORE India's ware industry will come competitive advantage of under serious threat m being able to provide two years as its currency cheap labour to the
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      • ASIA FILE
        • 70 6 ABOUT 500 business representatives, Chinese officials and other experts will take part m next month's China Business Summit m Beijing, the World Economic Forum has said The WEF-organised event on April 14-15 will examine capital markets, the banking and telecoms sectors, intellectual property and corporate
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        • 44 6 JAPAN has disciplined 69 prison guards for abusing prisoners since 1996, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday. This follows the arrest last month of a warden who allegedly tortured and killed an inmate two years ago with a water cannon. AP
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        • 65 6 A MOBILE-PHONE company clerk convicted of sending a mail bomb that killed his boss last year has beentxecuted m southern China, the government said yesterday. Van Liang, 31, a clerk at the Quzhou branch of China Unicorn, was executed "earlier this year" m Zhejiang province,
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        • 78 6 THE trial of a US marine accused of trying to rape a woman m Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa began yesterday, a court official said. Prosecutors alleged that Major Michael Brown, 39, tried to rape a Filipina m a car on Nov 2 last
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        • 52 6 INDIAN Defence Minister George Fernandes said yesterday that 63 former and serving army officers were found to have links with Pakistani secret service agents m the past three years. In a written reply to a question m Parliament, he sajd the officers had been
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 532 7  - Manila considers other venues for US war games LUZ BAGUIORO A planned counter-terrorism exercise m a combat zone on Jolo may be moved following protests «v PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Wary of a possible political fallout if United States troops join combat missions against Muslim rebels, President Gloria Arroyo has asked
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      • 229 7 MANILA Malaysia has asked both the Philippine military rebels to exercise restraint amid fresh fighting that has claimed more than 200 lives m the country's troubled south, a special envoy said yesterday. Malaysian Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi made the appeal to President
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      • 164 7 MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, a devout Catholic, has admitted to have taken birthcontrol pills even though the Church bans artificial contraceptives. "For all you know, I became ill-tempered because I took pills," the 55-year-old grandmother told reporters m reference to her reputation for crankiness.
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      • 517 8  -  ROBERT GO Critics urge Jakarta to be less reliant on foreign loans because corruption has made the cost of borrowing money too great By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Pressure is growing on the Indonesian government to reduce its
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      • 119 8 PHNOM PENH Cambodia cannot afford to pay Thailand the US$5O million (SsBB million) it wants m damages for riots that destroyed the Thai embassy and plunged bilateral relations to their lowest level m decades, parliament chief Prince Norodom Ranariddh said yesterday. The comment by the
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      • 237 8 BAN NONGSUE (Thailand) Life has become a routine of bubble, bubble, toil and trouble for a couple living m a village just north of Bangkok since they discovered a purported miracle cure two months ago. People from all over the country have
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 511 9  - Billions at stake in palm oil battle over orang-utans REME AHMAD Malaysia fears a campaign pushing plantations 9 environmental threat will rock key export industry By IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA is worried about the economic impact of a campaign by Western non-govern-mental organisations (NGOs) seeking protection for orang-utans whose habitat,
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      • 211 9 Women in bikinis in school CD sparks outcry KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Youth Council has complained about a CD-ROM teaching aid used m schools, saying it had pictures of women m bikinis. MYC deputy president Abdullah Abu Bakar said parents and teachers m Pahang had complained about the CD, used
        The Star; Asia News Network; New Straits Times; Bernama; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  211 words
      • 479 10 Ship piracy 'may be linked to Al-Qaeda' Rising acts of piracy m the Malacca Straits and m Indonesian waters have potential links to the terror network, say maritime experts LONDON Increasingly frequent acts of piracy and ship hijackings on the high seas could have links to militant groups such as
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      • 260 10 Schoolboy talks to girl both whipped 25 times KOTA BARU A 17--year-old student of a religious school m Kelantan was whipped 25 times by two seniors for allegedly committing a sin by talking to a female student. Both the schoolboy and his female schoolmate of Khairiah Arab Secondary school, Pasir
        UTUSAN MALAYSIA  -  260 words
      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 60 10 NATIONAL SERVICE DETAILS OUT IN MAY THE government will announce the methods of operating the National Service programme m May, Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak said on Wednesday. "Proposals on operation of the National Service are still being considered. We will hand over the final report to the Prime Minister
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        • 45 10 ALL property owners are now required to put m place security measures m car parks located within their buildings to ensure the safety of patrons, Housing and Local Government Minister Ong Ka Ting said. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 63 10 THE Spanish embassy has alerted Malaysians to a syndicate out to deceive people by claiming they have won a major lottery prize m Spain. Spanish Ambassador Alvaro Iranzo said several people had received congratulatory letters purportedly from a Spanish lottery operator asking the "winners"
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        • 37 10 A SENIOR Employees Provident Fund officer has failed to report for work for the past 10 days. Police believe he can shed light on fraudulent withdrawals from the EPF. New Straits Times
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    • The Straits Times sports
      • 855 11 Pedigree counts in Europe SOCCER Juventus' win ensures it is within touching distance of a q-final spot TURIN Juventus' last-minute win over Deportivo La Coruna is proving that the Champions League is a hunting ground fit only for teams with European pedigree. The 3-2 comeback win on Wednesday virtually guaranteed
        REUTERS  -  855 words
      • 369 11 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson blamed himself for Manchester United's struggle to draw 1-1 with Swiss side Basel m the Champions League on Wednesday. "It was a bit difficult m the first half purely because of the number of changes I made," said the
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      • 364 11 MADRID Despite an impressive 3-1 win over AC Milan at the Bernabeu Stadium, Spanish Primera Liga leader Real Madrid has not quite made it into the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The defending champion still needs a good result against Lokomotiv Moscow m its last
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      • 482 12  -  YAP KOON HONG CRICKET By SPORTS EDITOR IF THERE is any doubt among non-cricket obsessed Singaporeans about Kenya's sensational Qualification for the semi-finals of the current one-day World Cup, here is a hypothetical South-east Asian soccer analogy that puts it all m perspective.
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      • 585 12 'They are confident but that can bea weakness as well/ New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, whose team beat India two months ago Today's match offers them the chance to avenge recent tour thrashing CENTURION (South Africa) India, assured of a relatively easy opponent
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      • 174 12 CENTURION —The main target for New Zealand's bowlers against India today is Sachin Tendulkar. The batting maestro has been m sublime form, scoring a record 571 runs from eight games m this World Cup. "Tendulkar has probably got 75 per cent of the runs for India,"
        Reuters  -  174 words
      • 371 12  -  JOHN BELL HOUSE RACING Written By THE newly formed Orange Racing Trust (ORT) looks on the verge of instant success following the brilliant barrier trial victory of their grey gelding Crossing Time at the Singapore Racecourse yesterday morning. The Laurie Laxon -trained three-year-old showed
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      • 445 12 Track: Good Raw* 1 Class S 1650 m 6 OH GREAT. G Mosse 1. 10 Best Ever, S Dye t 7 Mission Impossible, 0 Dottuze 3. Margins: 1-1/2 len x sht hd. Time: 1:421 Nos. 6, 10, 7. Win: $17. Place: $7,
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      • 152 12 SOCCER RIO DE JANEIRO World Footballer of the Year Ronaldo will divorce his wife Milene Domingues, the Jornal do Brasil reported yesterday. The couple were married on Dec 24, 1999, amd have a three-year-old son, Ronald. After denying past reports of a split, they
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      • 140 12 LONDON It is all right to hate referees after all. According to the British Psychological Society, referees exhibit anti-social tendencies that would be frowned upon m polite society. That makes them uniquely suited to the job. They suffer, apparently, from illusory superiority, which
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        87 13 Dunk bikini-clad model Tania Jones (above) m a tub ot water and get a year s extension of the sponsorship. This was the challenge to the S-League as it announced a one-year water sponsorship deal worth $500,000 with POLAR natural spring water yesterday. But the League's fate was
        BERITA HARIAN  -  87 words
      • 451 13  -  PEH SHING HUEI MARCLIM SOCCER Bu and THE clock at Jurong Stadium read 86 minutes, and Sinchi appeared to be cruising to its first win m the NTUC Income S-League last night. But with his team leading Sembawang Rangers 1-0, He Hongji
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      • 381 13 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia Indiana 93. Utah 111 Orlando 108. Boston 93 New Orleans 65. Atlanta 111 Milwaukee 92. Detroit m LA Lakers 88. Memphis 124 Chicago 95. San Antonio ill Minnesota 99. Houston 118 LA Clippers 114 (OT). Portland 125 Toronto 103. ICE HOCKEY MM_ Carolina 3
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      • 477 13 BASKETBALL Malone reaches 36,000-point milestone as he leads Utah to victory ORLANDO Karl Malone became only the second player m National Basketball Association history to score 36,000 career points after Utah beat the Orlando Magic 111-108, but "the Mailman" was more concerned about
        Reuters  -  477 words
      • SPORTS FILE
        • 118 14 NATIONAL and zone champion Greenview Secondary School trounced Bedok Green Secondary School 10-1 m a C Division East Zone match m the Schools' National Soccer Championships yesterday. This year, the competition is a seven-month-long league format where each school plays at least seven matches, instead
          AZIZ HUSSIN  -  118 words
        • 95 14 TIGER WOODS and Ernie Els, the top two golfers m the world, will team up to take on world No 3 Phil Mickelson and No 8 Sergio Garcia m a televised match on July 28. Dubbed the Battle at the Bridges, the fifth
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        • 73 14 THAI star Thongchai Jaidee (left) and Japan's Nobuhito Sato will lead their Asian and Japanese teams at the Dynasty Cup which tees off at Mission Hills Golf Club m Shenzhen, China, today. Organisers have decided that the inaugural Ryder Cup-style event will have an outright
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        • 107 14 THAILAND has pulled out of the Sudirman Cup, a world mixed-team badminton championship, m protest at being drawn with holder China and another powerhouse, South Korea, m their sub-division. Sweden will now take its place m Group One, which consists of six countries drawn
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        • 70 14 INTER Milan striker Christian Vieri has denied allegations that* he made racist remarks to Newcastle United's Democratic Republic of Congo forward Lomana Lua Lua during Tuesday's Champions League soccer match at the San Siro stadium. The Italian, who will be investigated by European soccer's governing
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        • 85 14 AUSTRALIAN world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the third round of tennis' Pacific Life Open on Wednesday at Indian Wells, California, with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov even as seven men's seeds led by No 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero of
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      555 14 LING SOON TENG I LIM SOON TIAN I I passed away jpeacefuCCy I I on 12 March 2003 Ceaving behind Coved ones. I Wife: Koh Kah Kirn Kwoh Kah Kirn I I Son: Daughter-in-law: I I Lim Chai Boon Chu Sook Ching, Eunice I Daughters: Sons-in-law: I Lim Chui
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      • 65 19 PHILIPPINE Airlines, the nations biggest carrier, slashed its profit forecast by half because of higher fuel prices and other operating costs, company president Avelino Zapanta said. The airline expects to post net income of 500 million pesos (5516.1 million) m the fiscal year ending this
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      • 97 19 NEWBRIDGE Capital, a US$l.2 billion (552.12 billion) San Francisco-based fund, and a Softbank fund will each take a 24.5 per cent stake m Asia Netcom, which gained control of bankrupt cable operator Asia Global Crossing. China Netcom, a unit of the country's second-largest fixed-line
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      • 89 19 1,600 JOBS TO GO AS PHILIPS SHUTS PLANTS ROYAL Philips Electronics, Europe's biggest consumer electronics maker, plans to shed 1,600 jobs as it closes two United States factories m a bid to help its semiconductor business become profitable m the fourth quarter. The job cuts and other plans to focus
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      • 63 19 MALAYSIA yesterday gave the nod to Telekom Malaysia and Maxis Communications to begin building third-gen-eration (3G) mobile networks. The keenly awaited approvals are expected to trigger deals with international suppliers such as Ericsson, Motorola and Alcatel. Malaysia, which is among South-east Asia's fastestgrowing mobile
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      • 88 19 THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said its 240 member firms that do business with the public lost US$2lB million (*****.2 million) m the last three months of 2002, their first quarterly loss m four years. The broker-dealers' combined loss, which compares with profit
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      • 73 19 ACCENTURE, the fourthlargest United States com-puter-services company, is tiring about 760 managers and partners or 1 per cent of its staff as demand falls for technology consulting and software installation. Accenture had 76,000 workers before the cuts, spokesman Roxanne Taylor said. Most of the positions
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      • 518 20  - Just a hop apart, but what a difference location makes SOH WEN LIN They're two condos by Spore River, but The Pier at Robertson may cost $100 psf more than Robertson 100, thanks to its frontage and swanky neighbours By PROPERTY REPORTER IT MAY be just a hop, skip and
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      • 214 20  -  LEE SU SHY AN fiy THE organisers of the Singapore Promising Brand Award yesterday announced refined guidelines for participating companies this year. For example, the maximum value of a participating company's fixed assets, excluding building and land, will now be $30
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      • 408 20  -  BRYAN LEE Bu ABOUT 10,000 entrepreneurs, innovators and venture capitalists will meet m Singapore m October at a marketplace designed to bring together the buyers and sellers of ideas, technology and innovations. Singapore is pinning much of its hopes for future economic growth on
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      • 207 20 Ocean S ky's IPO shares priced at 23 cents each APPAREL-MAKER Ocean Sky yesterday entered the initial public offering (IPO) market m a bid to raise $21?1 million to fund its expansion and related plans. The IPO of 92 million shares at 23 cents each represents 23.86 per cent of
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      • 629 21  -  IGNATIUS LOW JustLo9in.com alleges that the hank's withdrawal from an agreement led it to lose at least $5.6 million m cash By .DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR IK ISSUE Just Login (website at fe/£) alleges that OCBC pulled out of a deal which the IT
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      • 385 21 Mr Ang is not the only member of SingTel's top management picking up its shares recently STOCK markets may be jittery, but that did not deter Sing Tel chairman Ang Kong Hua from forking out about $650,000 to increase his stake m
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      • 286 21  - BIL suffers interim loss of $31.6 m KELVIN WONG By INVESTMENT firm BIL International yesterday said it sank into the red with net losses of US$lB million (5531.6 million) for the half-year ended Dec 31, compared with net profits of US$5.l million previously. Turnover, however, more than doubled to US$B.7
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      • 460 21  - N. Korean missile fears weigh down STI and Asian bourses AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK Hi, MARKETS COHRF.SPOM)K\T REPORTS that North Korea may testfire another missile prompted traders m Singapore to cash m on whatever little gains they had chalked up over the past two days, causing the market to end
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    • 203 21 Telstra to seal Yellow Pages deal 'in days' SYDNEY Telstra's deal to buy SingTel's phone directory business may be wrapped up within days, an Australian newspaper reported. The Australian Financial Review did not identify the investment bankers who said asset sales are likely to conclude soon. Telstra is m talks
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 71 21 NEPTUNE Orient Lines' (NOL's) liner division APL yesterday appointed a senior executive, Mr Goh Teik Poh, to head its operations and network division. The post was held previously by acting APL chief executive Ron Widdows. Mr Goh, who began his career at NOL
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      • 68 21 HOTEL PROPERTIES' PROFITS DIP 59% HOTEL Properties yesterday reported a 59 per cent fall m net profits to $16 million for the year ended Dec 31 as revenues fell 31.9 per cent to $348 million. Earnings per share fell to 3.53 cents from 8.63 cents m 2001 while net tangible
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      • 57 21 CITY e-Solutions reversed losses of HK535.7 million (558.06 million) m 2001 to post net profits of HK$2O.5 million for the year ended Dec 31 while revenue fell by 20.8 per cent to HK$77-8 million. Earnings per share was 5.35 HK cents compared to a
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      • 46 21 ANIMATED feature producer Colorland Animation remained m the red with net losses of HK$B.3 million (Ssl.BB million) for the year ended Dec 31 compared with net losses of HK$l6 million m 2001 as turnover dipped 2.3 per cent to HK$295 million.
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      • 856 22  -  BRYAN LEE The experiences of Osim's Ron Sim and Qian Hu's Kenny Yap reinforce the perception that the Govt goes the extra mile for MNCs but not for local firms Bu TWO of Singapore's more established entrepreneurs yesterday endorsed a popular perception
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    • 27 1 The Straits Times Friday, March 14, 2003 Life! CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE Monday ARTS Tuesday TRAVEL Wednesday MOVIES Thursday FASHION Friday MUSIC Saturday DESIGN Sunday LIFESTYLE
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      • 389 2  -  SAMUEL LEE i* ZOUKOUT is still two months away, but that is not stopping Zouk staff from staging another off-site party this time at a former power station. On March 29, the Jiak Kirn Street nightspot and the adjoining Phuture club will shut its doors and
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      • 138 2 HOMEGROWN Chinese pop-rock band Pink Punk comprising (from left) singer Shun, bassist Xiao S, drummer Benji (Benjamin Heng) and guitarist Tang (Kelvin Tong) will be adding some flavour to UFM 1003's Local Spice Concert tomorrow. Formed m late 2001 by Tong, a journalist-turned-director, and
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        259 13 Counterstrike is not the only computer game on the market, as much as parents think it might be. This wildly popular game, which has drawn fire for its mindless violence, has its benefits. Not only will you appreciate the importance of teamwork, but you can also improve your
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      • 237 13 F riday-sunday march 14-16 2003 The Internet has become die time-saving libraiy and resource centre for the youth of today despite the problem of information overload. "I type m the keywords but many other things only remotely related pop up," says Karima Syahirah, 18, an ex-RJC student.
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      • 724 16  -  TAN SHZR EE The New Music Forum tonight will present reworked versions of old pieces oy Singapore composers By ARTS CORRESPONDENT FOR a concert tided New Music Forum, nothing, ironically, is quite new. Today, composers Er Venn Chwen, Leong Yoon Pin, Phoon Yew Tien, John Sharpley
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      • 504 16  - He can make rude noises on the organ Tan Shzr Ee AMERICAN musician Carlo Curley is not called Pavarotti Of The Organ for nothing. The gregarious 1.93 mtall artiste, a self-confessed "big specimen" by any standards, twirls a white handkerchief everywhere he goes, just like the opera star. "But that's
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    • 428 24  -  SAMUEL LEE m DID Hongkong actress Shereen Tang make a pass at SPH Media Works artiste Bryan Wong m China? Wong, who returned from filming the period drama A Chinese Ghost Story on Wednesday night, told reporters yesterday that he might have missed a romantic rendezvous
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    • 115 24 TAKUYA KOMATSU (right) hated his producer Li Sisong when he was recording his Mandarin album last year. Although the 25-year-old Japanese is now grateful for Lis high standards, he remembers how he took three to four hours to perfect some lines m his songs. Did he
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      • 731 13 CHOICE HOMES •Banyan Condo 3+l/3+I+PES. 1475-1 8735q ft •Gold Coast Condo 3+l rms. 1572-1830sqft Landmarti Tower 2/3rms. 1033/1 399aq ft Royal PafenManalon 3+l rms. 1227/ 1238aq ft aharttaiM 1M:WBM11 FAR EAST ORGANIZATION I i 2*l/3+l /4+l /S+l Penthse Most choke units available S2K to 56.5K viewing available anytime •2+l/3*l/4+lrm •Panoramic
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      • 974 13 RTSm OOt-08 Ma CITY SOUTH-WEST PTIAm-R£HT APTS AT CONCOURSE. 1184 sqft .2 rm luxuriously furn. F/facilities i mins to MRT. owner 6390 1088 THE OUEENS BLK 10/ 12/ 16. 3 rms. New condo. MRT. P/furn. $2500--$3OOO. Immed. 9817-5019 D.03 EMERALD PN Greenery. High fir. F/facilities. F/furn. Nice decor MRT/ shpg
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      • 791 13 ■Vffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ flffl Dt)9-10 ORCHARD/ Em TANGUN/ HOLLAND MMI TANGUN/ HOLLAND I PTEAPTS-RENT I PTEAPTS-RENT BwH BIH Cavenagh Lodge For long and short term lease A short walk to Orchard Road ■■iElwaffli^^-RfcA. 4m3 p^^r VflßdD^B^K^^*^^Bl ■Bk <b^ 'P*' I H /Bl Bk^bl BB^bb^bm^^^^ '~i 2 *^B BBbBBJ BT W
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      • 713 13 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT DE' LENTE HoiMnd Rosd District 10, only 30 units 3 bdrms. 936-TI4O sqft Partial/ F/furn Walk to Holland Village Pool, Saunas, BBQ pits playground Rent fr $2200 Kum Wan 9819 1967 Steven Tnam 9100 1088 Knight Frank Pte Ltd Commission to Agents AVALON (Shanqrl-la vicinity)
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      • 877 13 ■ffll 009-10 ORCHARD/ Mhl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND U PTEAPTS-REMT VALLEY LODGE (257 River Valley I Rd). Newly painted, cosy spacious apt with 3 bdrms servant's rm m a small development block. Within walking distance to Orchard Rd Clarke Quay. Immed occupation. Furn at $2,000 above. Interested, pis call ownj ertel at:
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      • 3233 13 gfrtrvhybytb tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ iTSffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ifjffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ iffl DOHOORCHAM/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KiUJ TANGUN/ HOLLAND KU|I TANGLIN/ HOLLAND till TmSm/HOLLAMD PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PTE APTS -RENT I PTE APTS RENT BALMORAL GATE. 1650 sqft. 3+l j EXPATS RICHWOOD 3-RM. $3000. D.09 OXLEY RISE. Walk up apt. 2 NEAR DHOBY GHAUT
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      • 843 14 rs hjgj dfh tDli S 21 NEWTON/ BTTHUH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT M bdrnv6l4sqft SXOK up •2 bdrm- 807/9? 6sqft 52.7K up •2/3+ l bdrm- 98*1 249sqft I Designer showfUt S3 JK-SS.SK •Brand New, Full Facilities l*Top Quality Finishing, MRT HI Hillview Hqts $950 2+l Sherwood Condo STIOO M Dairy Farm SIMM
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      • 941 14 iff! miS 21 NEWTON/ ■kOj BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT VERY NICE SOUTHAVEN 11. 900 sq.ft. 2 bdrms. Mid fir. P/ furn/ facilities. Pool view. Amenities. Immed. SI.3K up. *****745 C&H BLOSSOMVALE. 1500/ 1600/ 1750 sq.ft, 3+l/ 4+l. Pool/ greenery view. Attractive rent! 9588-5181 D.ll MINBU RD. 1163 sq.ft. 3 bdrms.
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      • 790 14 ■Hi Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ mjjjji NACPNEIKON/6EYLAN6 PTE APTS- RENT GEYLANG HERITAGE. LOR 34. 3+l. high fir, brand new, fully aircon. Toneview Mansions. Lor 29. 3rm. F/furn. MRT. 9385-2888 PN AVA TWR. (AVA Rd). 1281 sq.ft. High fir. 3 rms. Unblocked. Unfurn. Facilities. Pool. Aircon. Amenities. Susan *****905 PN SUNNY SPRINGS
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      • 795 14 ■jlfi Dl 5-16 EAST COAST mj PTEAPTS-RENT i ATTRACTIVE PENTHOUSE WITH full resort facilities. Panoramic view. 4 bdrms ensuite, study, i large kitchen, maid's rm. *3 large balconies. Owner relocatI ing overseas. Call: 6743 5533 NEW) PEBBLE BAY/ Costa Rhu/ Makena/ East Meadows/ Atria/ Simsville (MRT)/ D'Ecosia/ Bayshore. 91 units.
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      • 952 14 H!T!| Dl 5-16 EAST COAST mj PTE APTS -RENT CHANGI GREEN 712A. 2+l rms. 870 sqft. P/furn. F/facilities. F/aircon. Immed. Expo/ SIA training Ctr Susan *****905 PN D'ECOSIA NEW. BALINESE style resort. Re lift. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4+l. Nice fittings. Pool. Parkway/ Suntec. Immed. Also sale. Jul *****822 RS EXPAT
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      • 935 14 ■ffil DIS-16 EAST COAST Hrn PTE APTS -RENT D.IS TG RIA 1399 sqft. 3+l/ Part/ f/furn. Full condo facilities. 5 I mins to CBD. 9679-2840 PR 3*l*l MARINE VIEW. High fir. 2000 sqft F/facilities. F/furn. i Face shpg ctr. Immed. 9851-7634 j HACIENDA WALK-UP. #04. F'hold. 2 rms. Facilities. Rent
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      • 870 14 WTft Dl9-20SCRANGO0N/ ■till THOMSON Bflfl PTE APTS -RENT 0.19 HIGHLAND RD. Cosy. F/furn. Aircon. Quiet surroundings. Pool. Security. *****641/ *****758 CHILTERN/ SEASONS PARK/ Hougang Green. 100s more at Okoku: 6440-9788/ 9304-6239 KENSINGTON PARK 1700 sqft. 3+l. High fir. F/furn. $2,400. Owner 6563-7772 $I.IK NEC Chuan Pk. 3 rms. P/furn. F/aircon/
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      • 811 14 B 022*28 WEST&NORTH PTE APTS RENT I REGENT GROVE. 3+l. *03. F/furn. I Full pool view! Immediate move I m. 2 mins to MRT. 9487-9737 j SI.3K PARC VISTA. 2-bdrm apt. Unfurn/ P/furn. Immed. H/P: < *****625/ Home: *****166 Agt $***** PALM GARDEN. Full condo facilities bowling alley, pte lift.
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      • 1487 14 Pflj| HOUSES FOR RENT KM HOUSES FOR KMT CHOICE HOMES* TOWNERVILLE RUSTIC COLONIAL HOUSES Located at Towner/ McNair Road (mins from city) Near MRT station Spacious 2/3/4 bedroom units With balcony, roof deck and courtyard Showhouse at 43 McNair Rd is open from 1 to 6 pm on every Friday
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      • 870 15 B HOUSES FOR RENT WORKERS/ FAMILIES. GEYLANG, MacPherson. East Coast, Jurong, Joo Chiat. $1100. 9455-9951 EXPATS GOLDHILL/ DYSON semi-d 5000 sqft. s+l. Patio, quiet, greenery. Louis 9237-8817 LCM WORKERS ACCOMODATION 2-50 workers. For all races. Near future MRT. Call owner: *****035 D.19 PARK VILLAS Green. 3-storey corner terr. High ceiling.
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      • 911 15 ■RS HUDC/HDB m| APTS FOR RENT HI AMK 637, 542/ Yishun 734, 270. T. Payoh 29/ Bt Batok 367. 2+l Bedok, 420/ M Parade 33/ Paya Lebar 22/ Jurong 281/ Teban 33/ Tampines 305/ AMK 578. 3+l Bishan 103/ Jurong W 413. Pasir Ris 540. *****297. HI CIRCUIT ROAD/ 1-rm
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      • 1048 15 ■RS HUDC/HDB H^l APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 2+l YUNG Ping Rd. Blk 6. High fir. Newly renovated. Move m cond. Near MRT/ Mkt. Call 9255 1178/ 9685 7633 PN 4 'NG' YISHUN BLK 425 f/furn. immed. Approved 3 'NG' AMK blk 110 f/furn. All races. Near food ctr. Rental neg.
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      • 966 15 a HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT 4-RM. VISHUN BLK 646/ 806. Near MRT/ amenities. High fir. F/furn. Immed. 9522-8688 Agt. i ALJUNIED MRT. 2+l. Incl PUB/ high fir/ designer decor/ furn/ aircon. Mkt. Immed. *****297 APPROVED 5-RM/ EXEC Apt Bt Ba- tok. Full/ p/furn. Aircon. Near MRT/ amenities. 9009-4656 agt
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      • 2096 15 RBi SERVICE Wffl SERVICE Rfl SERVICE FAR EAST PLAZA Service Apartments m the Heart of City At the doorstep of the hustle and bustle of exciting Orchard Road. Near Orchard MRT Station. Luxurious penthouses and one bedroom units available. Swimming pool, tennis court, billiards room, gymnasium, tropical garden, jogging track
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      • 909 15 Kffl DOl-08 mUM CITY SOUTH-WEST j^J PTEAPTS-SALE TOP-OF-THE-WORLD INTL PUZA. 1 3-rm. 1367 sq.ft. City/ Sea view. i 99 yrs. Tenanted. MRT/ Central 1 Area. Peter 9388-4922 CBre NEWI FABER CREST. Best unit! 3+l rms. Top fir. Very breezy. Ouiet. 1 Renovated. Near Nan Wan pri j sch. neg. 9109-3869
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      • 1271 15 hgsdg shh 1009-10 ORCHARD/ Iff! 009-WORCHATO/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Kglj TANGLnVHOuSd NOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE OAK VILLAS BRAND NE* low plot ideal to build your Luxurious FrtthoM Bungalows dream home. 15,000 to 35 000 In District 10 sqft. Call Jon 9635-5486 Approx 'Buildup 1 4 slSQft KING'S RD 2^-STOREY. 5 bdrms. 5 116
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      • 703 16 fgsdg hghgfh df tDO9-W ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE MCLROSE PK seldom avail. 1 level suite 3080 sqft. s+l. High fir. UnClocked. F/ facilities FONTANA HGTS 3500 sqft. 4+l rms. High fir. Good view. F/ facilities. Big balcony VENUS MANSION 3050 sqft. 3+l+tamity. Renovated. S/pool VALLEY PK 1733 sqft. 3+l. High
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      • 821 16 liH DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Ikiijl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ■B-IjriPTLiAlL— k HOUSE 2-SPM (SAT) HOLLAND Hill 1518/ 1593/ 3337 sqft. Showrm cond. Facilities. Nice layout. Nanyang Pri. *****007/ *****020 Rl KATSURINA LODGE. F'HOLD. 2 units. 753/ 1141 sq.ft. 2 bdrms. I Near Great World City. Beautiful decor. S6OOK up. 9388-5956 SUM SECURE! HOLLAND
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      • 798 16 IffVl 009-10 ORCHARD/ biJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SAl£ D.lO SPRING GR. Face pool/ morn sun. Greenery. 3+l. 1389 sqft. Tenanted. S9BOK. 6338-6767 D.lO ASTRID MEADOW. Face greenery. 3+ big terr. F'hold. 1800 sqft. 9619-3638 KYBERN D.lO TANGLIN PK. Face greenery. 3+1. 1600 sq.ft. Facilities. Tenanted. 51.58 M. 9619-3638 KYBERN
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      • 2309 16 tD11& 21 NEWTON/ RR| Dll &21 NEWTON/ VRI Oil &21 NEWTON/ VRI 011 &21 NEWTON/ PHI Dll &21 NEWTON/ PRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Kgl BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI KfiJ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |fl| BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI iQI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |Q| BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE NNNNbNL B^
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      • 615 16 PTEAPTS-SALE CASAMEYFORTttOOtftt SUM FLAMINGO I442 sqft. $820* HACIENDA. 2195 sq.ft $980K HACIENDA. 1894 sq.ft S6SOK RICH EAST. 2525 sq.ft $J.OSM VILLA MARINA 2350 sqft $9SOK PARADISE PALMS 1200 14 ft S9IOK Manna Realty 9761 1261 FULL SEA VIEW Amber Pt 2562 sqft. 4+l $1.6 M Poach Gdn 2766 sqft 51.65
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      • 840 17 a 015-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE WATERSIDE 2142 SOFT 3+l f'hold. Very high fir. Sea/ park/ river views. Sole Agt 9808 6868 BEST SEAVIEWI COSTA Del Sol 78. *18. Facilities. 1561 sq.ft. 3+l+l. TOP soon. Good 9200-9075 AQUARIUS BY THE Park. 1206/ 893 sq.ft. 3+l/ 2 rms. High fir. Un- blocked.
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      • 701 17 |Tfl 017-18 CHANGI/ bl±J PASIRRIS |^^_PTEAPTS-SAU___ THE TROPIC*. CHOICE unit! 4+l. High fir. Pool/ reservoir view. 100% like new! Urgent seller. No noon sun. Dave 9105-7777 PN BALLOTA PK (2 units) 3+l. No noon sun. Bright airy. Wellkept, renovated. F'hold. Face pool. Best view! *****767 PN A RESORT HOME. Good
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      • 736 17 Iffll 019-20 SERANGOON/ UUI THOMSON BRAND NEW SEMI-D (1 pair) S'goon Gdn area 3623/ 4386 sq ft. 2400/ 3666 sq.ft. Granite fir. 999 yrs. TOP soon. 9607-3411 RS D.19 CHEPSTOW CL. S/storey semi-d. 4749/ 2300 sq.ft. 4 rms. 999 yrs. Face S. E. Quiet. Can rebuild to bunglw. 9801-1622 C&H
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      • 786 17 t 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTEAPTS-SALE ROSALIA PK. F'hold 3-rm. 1475 sq.ft./ Compass Hgt. Brand new. I i 3+l. High fir. Pool view. MRT/ j j shpg. $650K up. 9027-2800 PN I 'A PLACE TO come home to!' i Warm! Cosy! Renovated! Just bring your luggage! Chiltern PK. 3+1+1. 1500 sqft.
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      • 1716 17 t 022-28 jm 022-28 WEST&NORTH EIU WEST&NORTH HOUSES-SALE [J PTE APTS -SALE INTER TERR. VALUE for money! I I i Westville, built-up approx 2600 j 1 i sq.ft. Great ambience. Must view! < S neg. Call Daniel 9488-5556 DW LENTOR LOOP 2-STOREV inter ter- BBH *1 race 2,200/ 2,600 sq.ft.
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      • 886 17 Bfl D 2 2 "28 ■diJ WEST&NORTH JJ_PTEAFTS-SALE__ URGENT SALEI REGENT HGTS. 3+l. #18. Pool view. Move m. Breezy. Amenities/ MRT. *****726 ROSEWOOD. 2 UNITS. High flr. 1773 sq.ft. 3+l. Nice layout. TOP end '2003. Call 9146-2656 agt. HAZEL PARK. 1517 sq.ft. 4+l. High flr. Face pool/ South East. Cosy.
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      • 2369 17 gsdfgsdfgfsdgfsd gfs WSk HOB APTS FOR SALE Pffl HDB APTS FOR SALE iflfl HDB APTS FOR SALE |m WMM mXLM 3BBS) 431 PT BLK 5 T renovated, move SSK BELOW BANK value!! 5 T cor- m cond, S facing, quiet serene, ncr Blk 140, 137 Bedok North. 6 1 windy,
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      • 3426 18 df gdsfgdsfgsdf BHWAPTS FOR SALE ijfl HDB APTS FOR SALE IRI HDB APTS FOR SALE fffffl HQB APTS FOR SALE IWI HDB APTS FOR SALE WWt HDB APTS FOR SALE (MDOK/OWCHg) mUM «^»V^'-^rx ««^f/ru,.r»tr» fc^l /-t^irui, rurrv CHAI CHEE) UjO(aEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) 1 1 1 1 _H__l__Blill_nl------r d _-_^^^r^_^ c
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      • 760 18 ■ffjl HDBAPTS FOR SALE ■^(CHOACHUKANG) 4 'A' 296A. Design built. Move m. Sch. Below HDB valuel 5 'I' Corner 296E Mid/ high rlr Unblock Mkt. Below HDB value! 5 167 1 Pt Blk. #10. A1 cond! 4rms unblock Below HDB value 5 'I' Corner 297 C. High fir. A1 cond!
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      • 1064 18 O HDBAPTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG) 4 'A' CORNER Blk 485 CCX. Low floor, valuation S2O3K. 5 yrs old only. Renovated. Near amenities. OTC *****796/ *****301 4 'A' BLK 119 Teck Whye. High fir. N.S. facing. 100% move-in. Good renovation. Amenities. Valued, i Serious seller. *****008 C2l. 4 'A' CORNER CCX.
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      • 1020 18 ■Til HDBAPTS FOR SALE KiLU (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) BEST! 3Vfc-RM BLK 5. High fir. 5 mins to MRT/ Holland Village. Fully upgraded. Valuation SIBOK. H/p: 969-333-03 RH CLEMENTI 3 'NG' Blk 374. High fir, unblocked, well kept, bright, near MRT/ amenities, schools. Fiona 9383-8016 C2l GOOD LOCATION BUY! 3 T
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      • 884 18 IjfSn HDBAPTS FOR SALE I MACPHQBON) Executive Maisonett BELIEVE OR NOTI $0 cash. Blk 132 Geylang East. Balinese design m corner unit with recess area. 152 sq m. Valued SS3OK! 9280-8999 GEYLANG BAHRU PT blk 53. High fir, 100% move m, windy, unblocked. Rare! Dont Miss! Almost Sold! Call now:
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      • 817 19 a HOB APTS FOR SALE (HOU6AN6/ S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) OON'T MISS! 5 T corner Blk 956. Beautifully renovated. 100% move-in. Near amenities/ sch. 9848-3012 C&H EXEC MAIS 429. Ground fir. Unblocked. MRT. Like landed property with carpark space. Reasonable price. Call 9006-0865 PN EXEC AFT 234A corner, S'goon Ctntral. 5 yrs.
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      • 1029 19 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOU6ANG/ S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 5 'I' CORNER Blk 512 S'goon N Aye. 4. Mid fir. Move m cond. Near Rosyth Pri Sch. Co-broke welcome. 9688-3137 PN NC. 5 'I' CORNER 524 S'goon N. High fir. Well kept. Near Rosyth Sch/ market. Low cash. Don't miss! *****-989
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      • 961 19 VfTl HDB APTS FOR SALE i •ERA«Prov«n Jurong Specialist* j Sam Wh 6479-0012 ERA Extc Apt 753 »09.$100Kdtcorl Exk Apt 2878. High/ low fir. SOI Extc Apt 216 »12 corner. Move-in. I Exk Mais 918 801. Ground flrll i Exk Mais 556. Face gdn. 4-rms. Exk Mais 410 »B.AI view/
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      • 2054 19 [fjfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Iffl HDB APTS FOR SALE |9|f| HDB APTS FOR SALE RH| HDB APTS FOR SALE fjai Kjjj^ m j j B^BH^BUI^HMi^^BMMMMMMBM^MMMMM j aHI 5 T TOH Guan 265 Corner. High j 4 'A' CORNER Jurong W. 513. Low i HOB D/STOREY TERR with gdn. 57
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      • 1104 19 D HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) i ■pm i SELL TODAYI EXEC Apt 540. 2nd owner. MRT/ pond. Renovated. j Valued 5442 K. Exec Mais 537. 1 Unblocked. BGA 9026-6880 j $01 5 T 747. Corner. Nice. #07. I $0! EXEC APT 644. Corner #06. $0! Exec Apt 504 Near
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      • 891 19 sdf hgfg fdg Rffl HDB APTS FOR SALE I i Seller/ Buyer Call w sfit}s i BT^nrjTtTPfflrHMiTTjNß BEST BUY IN TAMPINES 3 'A' 469 High fir. Low cash 4 'A' corner 249 Mid fir. MRT 4 'A' corner 446 Mid fir. Unblock 4 'A' 659 High fir. Windy 5 'I'
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      • 926 19 811 HOB APTS FOR SALE I 'A' TAMPINES Blk 346. High fir 4 "S 1 Tampines Blk 833. High fir Jnblocked. Simple. New list! Low :ash yet neg! 9005-1555 DTZ 'A' CORNER 498 L Design Duild. #06 up. Beautifully renovated. F/ aircon. Wardrobe/ cabinet. Unblock. 7 yrs. *****516 'A' 255
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      • 2389 20 gdfsgsdfg sdfg What's a Jumbo flat? Written by PcviynKoh In 1990, some new three- and four-room flats m Yishun were combined and sold as jumbo flats lay the Housing Development Board. The floor areas varied from 149 sqm to 181 sq m and prices ranged from $122,000 to $149,000 for
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      • 777 20 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE m (WOODLANDS) i VHiILHLH^B^LHLi M9Bj|twHHB9HH BLK 7888 EXEC Apt. Uncover this gem! A stone throw to MRT. No- i tice this when still available. I Don't miss! Jason 9066-2626 I j I BWJPWwKB^pi^B^B^Bj CREATE YOUR OWN Beautiful home. 4 'A' spacious. Ground flr Blk 272
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      • 828 20 Rfl HDBAPTSFORSALE B^J .^^,\^r, 4 'A' BLK 880. 100% move m. Lift level. Sch, mkt. MRT, 888 Plaza. 5 'I* 791 Lift level. Jumbo 834 High flr. Can co-broke *****739 j DebenhamSl j Tie Leung NEAR.SQ MRT^« 4 'A' SEMBAWANG Vista Blk 316. 5 yrs only. Valued S2I3K S2SK (neg)
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      • 3250 20 D HDBAPTSFORSALE RfSI HDBAPTSFORSALE HJjl HDBAPTSFORSALE RJ! HDBAPTSFORSALE R9H HDBAPTSFORSALE (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) ||y iui«nmruw wtitki J^jj^ /u.vrn/nTucp cct.tc» B^ ™£ton*.~,*™ BM PICKVOUR DREAM ARMffA/effATHDBHUBNOW! BB*Bfl BBru fl Bl —^H; flle jM3£^^^dß| i BBi BIHHHi BHRflflflHß B JEjß>'-*^^""* BLZflr B^Bf^riicaSi^sl »t-BBBWBPBBbWßßßßb^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bßßßßßß I B9r" Ml BjJf am a*m wm mm*. wl *%m
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      • 1393 21 LRXI FACTORY SPACE ■XII FACTORY SPACE ■jUFORRBff MUFOrVRENTf CHOICE FACTORY SPACES Richfield Industrial Centre 122 EUNOS AYE 7 Area 1518 -1636 sq.ft Loading capacity 7.5KN/sq.m Ceiling height 3.8 m Near amenities expressway Attractive rental from $0.90 psf Suitable for woodworks, carpentry, light industry, repacking, garment manufacturing, printing bookbinding, interior decor
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      • 1365 21 men factory space nn factory space ■Wl FOR SALE ■*£74 poRSALE Special Package Flnt 8 PurcfupMTs of 2003 (Commencing 10 February Ending 15 March) Bil OFFICE SPACE Ril OFFICE SPACE [3wl I OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT llJj At Attractive Rentalsl At various locations Commercial school, tuition centre etc can also
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      • 941 21 EEfi OFFICE SPACE KUforrefw HENDERSON BLDG. OFFICE for rent. 2175/1238 sq.ft. High fir. Please contact owner *****490 BRAND NEW BUSINESS Ctr with office rms. 100 sq.ft. With f/facilities. Bugis MRT. *****225 TRENG6ANU ST. 785/990/1380 sqft/ Pagoda St. 1740/ 2150 sqft, fitted, aircon. Call 9144-0027 ORCHARD MRT, TONG Bldg. 1390 sq.ft.
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      • 780 21 Rn OFFICE SPACE D.Ol FAR EAST Finance Bldg. Next to Raffles MRT. 4327 sq.ft. Give me your offer! AP 9006-8651 RSI SHOP SPACE ll____ll Location at central commercial area. Fir area 600-2600 sq.ft. F/ facilities. Near MRT, bus-stops Supermkt. Heavy human traffic. Ample parking surronded by condo sch II J
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      • 1525 21 wrn shop space nn shopjpace •CHOICE SHOP SPACE* Lucky Chinatown 211 New Bridge Road Young, Fun Trendy retail shops under one Arena Next to Chinatown MRT station Attractive rental •Area 97 to 4106 eg ft I Bl Tel: *****411 HI FAR EAST ORGANIZATION I CHOICE SHOP SPACE Far East Plaza
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      • 742 21 g sdfg sdfg sdf BH SHOPSPACE LUCKY/ FAR EAST Plaz< 400-3000 sq.ft. Good Frontage Reasonable rent. 9007 3277 GYt YISHUN. CHONG PANG Area 81l 106. 220 sq ft. Good human traf fie. Suits all trades. 9027-1607 ORCHARD. 390/ 592/ 818/ 160: sqft. Raffles 172/ 474/ 1318 sqft Parkway/ dementi. *****072
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      • 960 21 B|!| SHOPSPACE ■b^ml for sale 3 D.07 CRAWFORD LANE. Excellent t frontage. 2-storey. 1500 sq.ft. (2 rms) Outside CBD. Lavender MRT Valued S6SOK. 9450-5100 DW AMK CENTRAL BLK 722. D/storey shophse. 51.63 M. Value for mon- ey. 350/ 700 sq.ft. for rent. Suits 1 all trades. *****535 Phua C&H JURONG
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      • 1457 22 gsdfgsdfg sdfgdfs BRESTAWANT/ RVN RESTAURANT/ RR WAREHOUSES/ Rfl WAREHOUSES/ LOUMSC Em LOUNGE Bfifil STORAGE Kfifil STORAGE SPAg FOR KENT J^JPACEFORREN^ J^SPACEFORREN^ J^JPACEFORRENT CHOICE RESTAURANT FOR LEASE /^T^ RUBY WAREHOUSE FAR EAST PLAZA g <!j^ COMPLEX 402-08/13; 2110 sqft I HpL-^T. Fitted up restaurant space with commercial \'rf M ll q
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      • 1846 22 HU^atSaa HSMaml l!XaM_Bi Affordable Land Parcels For Sale I Eiiiiii^ ■■■■■■■■bHHHHBHII^BBBJK senior citizen fly cruise |2f^V|r^V"VV ß^m^^M KmaV Cruisefor I 10D Alaska tVaßcwvw Bb> I k\w^WJ L^m.* J Bm.^Xt J 1 1 1 fJ 1 1 L^^B^B^B^B^B^BW^S* MbW 1 Crais«Sp«<M JOM9T ■HHH LH^LMMHHbIIIBbI LV^ Lk mTT^I lOOHfwallfta^ i««fr(-5232« K?^^»^^r^^^^^^l^Ba^T^^va^^aaK^^[^Bßß^l^^^^C^7S^Bfl B^B^^^y
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