The Straits Times, 17 December 2004

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  • 626 1  - Private sector job openings at 3½ -yr high Lydia Lim 18,900 vacancies m the third quarter, with jobless rate at a three-year low By THE private sector had 18,900 job openings m the three months from July to September, the highest level of vacancies m 3 '/•> years. At the
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  • 444 1  -  Devi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIAN authorities have launched a nationwide security clampdown after warnings by several countries that terrorists are preparing to strike again m the run-up to Christmas. An operation involving nearly 17,000 police personnel was m force yesterday,
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  • UPFRONT
    • 303 1  - Glitzy Shanghai's good life on The Bund Chua Chin Hon By China Correspondent In Shanghai IN A city overrun by skyscrapers, a stretch of colonial buildings from the swinging days of Old Shanghai is hoping to take the lead m showing China how to celebrate its wealth m style and
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    • 831 2 the Bund restaurant offers much-raved-about continental dining and a spectacular view of the futuristic cityscape of the Pudong New District. Further down, Bund 18 is preparing for its official opening next March as the city's latest stop for luxury brands like Cartier and
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 36 2 Family wealth The growing wealth of Thaksin's family is raising eyebrows and questions. PAGE 6 Jetstar hits Taiwan S pore-based Jetstar Asia becomes the first budget carrier to make inroads into Taiwan's market. PAGE 7
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    • 27 2 Abdullah warns Arabs Malaysia's PM Abdullah warns Arabs of falling behind, saying they should educate their people as oil and tourism is not enough. PAGE 18
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    • 25 2 Casino's high costs The integrated casino project may look enticing on the surface but the economic and social costs outweigh the benefits. PAGE 36
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    • 71 2 Testing for HIV Most the pregnant women m XX Women's and Children's Hospital have agreed to be tested for HIV since the procedure was made routine on Dec 8. PAGE HI More sex charges Man accused of molesting young girls m Choa Chu Kang is charged with three more
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    • 51 2 Compromising English Focusing on Mandarin will compromise the learning of English. The better policy i$ to focus on the proper use of both languages, writes teacher Michelle Kwelc Tsui-Lin. PAGE H2B Be grateful, S'poreans S'poreans should stop griping and be thankful for they live a good life, writes reader.
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    • 21 2 Soccer's greedy agents Football agents wheel and deal on players' transfers worldwide and help to bleed :he sport dry. PAGEH3I
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    • 18 2 Another acquisition China-linked computer monitor maker TPV is buying a unit of Dutch electronics giant Philips. PAGEH44
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    • 55 2 In yesterday's report "Music to the winners' ears", we said that the 2004 National Chinese Music Competition saw a total of 410 entries almost double the 225 m 2002. This is wrong. This year's competition attracted a total of 244 entries involving 410 participants. We
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    • 38 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-16 World 18-35 Review 36-39 Insight 40-41 FYI 42 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H27 Forum H2B-H29 Sports H3O-H34 Obituaries H35 Money H36-H44 UFE! Buzz L2&L2O Fashion L4-L7 Music LB&LI2 Movies L16&L17 Events &TV L18&L19
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  • PRIME
    • 527 3  -  Arti Mulchand Tourism board readies gifts and return ticket to Singapore By SINGAPORE has broken its record of 7.69 million visitors and looks set to hit the eight million mark next week, based on the latest projections by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). This is
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    • 573 3  -  Laurel Teo By AS MORE people make a beeline to learn Mandarin m the hope of doing business with China, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong last night chose to focus instead on the cultural value of learning a language. He noted that Singapore was still
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    • 452 4  -  Buenos Aires UN report warns of more extreme weather ahead due to global warming THE world is getting hotter and sizzling records were set this year. The United Nations' World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said m its annual report that this year would be the fourth
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    • 116 4 NATURAL disasters will end up costing insurers a record US$35 billion (5557.5 billion) this year. Statistics released at the climate change conference m Buenos Aires showed that hurricanes, typhoons and other weather -related natural disasters m the first 10 months of the year cost the
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  • ASIA
    • 801 6  - Thaksin's billions under scrutiny Nirmal Ghosh His family's wealth has swelled since he took power; critics see it as proof of cronyism By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE growing wealth of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family is raising eyebrows and debate. The combined wealth of his family swelled by
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    • 165 6 Curbs on high-priced toys Students at a Chinese university have to choose between owning a cellphone and getting a tuition grant. PAGE 8 i In the Spirit of the Festive Season, we'd like to Celebrate the Tradition of Giving with all our Loyal Customers. I 15% off storewide I Except
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  • CHINA
    • 471 7  - All eyes on Jetstar debut touchdown in Taiwan Lawrence Chung Local carriers and aviation watchdog monitor budget airline's first flight By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei SINGAPORE-based Jetstar Asia made its inaugural flight to Taiwan yesterday, landing at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport at 5.30pm. The budget airline's first such flight was
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    • 429 7 Beijing CHINA protested angrily against Japan's decision yesterday to allow a sightseeing visit by former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui. Beijing warned that this could further strain Sino-Japanese relations. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman urged Tokyo not to issue a visa to
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    • 214 7 Beijing CHINA continued a reshuffle of provincial Communist bosses yesterday, removing the party chief of Anhui province and replacing him with the leader of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Xinhua news agency reported. Mr Wang Taihua, 59, a native of Jiangxi province who had
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    • 296 8 Cellphone or tuition grant students can't have both Beijing A UNIVERSITY m Shanghai has barred students who own cellphones, computers, MP3 players or other "extravagant products" from applying for government tuition grants. The move has sparked protests by students and parents. Donghua University announced that starting this semester, students who
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    • 151 8 Beijing PAKISTAN has recognised long-time ally China as a market economy. Beijing reciprocated by promising visiting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz US$l5O million (Ss2so million) m aid to build a nuclear power plant. There were no details of Wednesday's announcement, but the move would help China strengthen
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    • 390 8  -  Beijing Man expelled from Chinese party, which has issued warning "In the future, when government officials are found gambling they will be sacked. If they are found gambling abroad they will be expelled from the party." OFFICIAL WEBSITE A CHINESE official is
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    • 90 8 Two small children standing inside an enormous porcelain vat at the workshop ofchinaware maker Yu Pengfei m Jindezhen city, eastern China's Jiangxi province. The huge vat, with a diameter of 1.9 m and a height of 1.26 m, is the fruit of six months of labour from
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  • ASIA
    • 363 9 Face-to-face bilateral talks must be part of six-party format he stresses Washington THE Bush administration is willing to hold limited face-to-face talks with North Korea and will continue to help feed the country, but will not sweeten a proposed trade of economic concessions
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    • 58 9 Mr Wujiancheng, creator of a Chinese surname board, showing off his work, which is 25m long and 1.83 m high. The board, on display m Changchun, Jilin province, is composed of 125 smaller boards onto which 503 Chinese surnames have been written m calligraphy. Mr
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    • 107 9 CHINA yesterday urged Japan and North Korea not to do anything to complicate the resumption of six-party nuclear talks, cautioning Tokyo against imposing sanctions on Pyongyang. "We hope both sides' actions will not complicate the process of the six-party talks," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liv Jianchao. North
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 101 9 TAIPEI: Nobel laureate Yang Chen-ning, 82, plans to marry a 28-year-old Chinese woman next month, according to China Times, quoting a bi-monthly magazine. He is a lecturer at China's prestigious Qinghua University, while Ms Weng Fan, a divorcee, is pursuing a master's m translation at
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      • 105 9 SEOUL: A South Korea-designed bullet train yesterday broke the 350kmh barrier m a test run, putting the country at the forefront of highspeed railway technology, officials said. The train, based on French technology and developed jointly by South Korea's Rotem and Hyundai Heavy Industries, recorded
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      • 122 9 SHANGHAI: More than 8,000 firms m Shanghai have been told to stagger their working hours and roster staff to avoid peak periods to conserve energy, China Daily reported yesterday. The measures to ease peak-time winter power demands, which include asking more staff to work weekends, will
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      • 99 9 KUALA LUMPUR: A military training plane crashed m northern Malaysia, killing a trainee pilot and his instructor, officials said yesterday. The Pilatus PC7 aircraft crashed m a rice field m the rural district of Kepala Batas m Kedah, a military official said. No one
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    • BRIEFING INDIA
      • 585 10  -  Ravi Velloor They have potential to rival China m costs, productivity and market size By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi BLUE Scope Steel, Australia's largest steelmaker, is spending US$77 million (Ssl26 million) on building three plants m India to supply carmakers and
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      • 66 10 SEOUL: Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh yesterday proposed an Asian common market encompassing India and East Asian countries. The offer came at talks between Mr Singh and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun m Seoul. Mr Roh welcomed the proposal, but said "further discussions are needed
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      • 92 10 NEW DELHI: The government ha s come out with the Vision 2010 document for the textiles sector, which aims to double India's share m global textile trade from 4 per cent to 8 per cent m the next six years. The document also envisages trebling
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      • 82 10 NEW DELHI: The first underground section of New Delhi's metro opens on Sunday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate 4.12 km of track under the congested north of the city. The first stretch of New Delhi's metro opened m December 2002 and the second m
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    • 436 11  - Indian industry to back FTA with S'pore Ravi Velloor One of country's oldest industry groups sees it as a win-win deal By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIAN industry is convinced that a free-trade agreement with Singapore will benefit both sides and now stands ready to give full backing
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    • 280 11 Karachi THE husband of Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto yesterday said the government has rejected his request for a new passport, following his release on bail after eight years m jail for corruption. Asif Ali Zardari, 52, who was granted bail
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 654 12  -  Salim Osman GOLKAR CONGRESS Alleged attempt carried out by disgruntled party elements, aides say By In Nusa Dua Bali DISGRUNTLED elements opposed to Vice-President Jusuf Kalla's anti-corruption stance or his decision to stand for Golkar's top post could be involved m the
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    • 148 12 ROARING BUSINESS FOR TRADERS FOR TRADERS FOR the Golkar national congress, parts of the hotel's convention centre of the hotel have been turned into a marketplace with traders selling their wares which run the gamut from Golkar memorabilia to prayer beads. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the annual congress of
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    • 170 12 IN AN eye-catching red dress, former president Megawati Sukarnoputri made a grand appearance at the convention hall at The Westin hotel to lend moral support to Golkar's current chief Akbar Tandjung, who accompanied her as she walked m. Her husband, Mr Taufik Kiemas, and daughter Puan
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    • 428 12 Nusa Dua (Bali) GOLKAR chairman Akbar Tandjung yesterday made a strong pitch for the party's chairmanship at its national congress by reminding members it was his leadership that turned the party into a strong political machine. Five years ago Golkar had been dismissed by
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    • 479 13 VIOLENCE IN THAI SOUTH All four are Islamic teachers; hunt on for 1 00 other leaders, says PM Thaksin Bangkok THAI security forces are hunting for almost 100 people suspected of key roles m a wave of violence that has claimed more than 500 lives m
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    • 342 13 Yangon MYANMAR'S opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) accused the military regime yesterday of endangering party leader Aung San Suu Kyi's life by restricting her access to a doctor and non-junta security. The famed pro-democracy leader's access to her doctor has been
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    • 168 13 Jakarta THE mysterious disappearance of singer Reza Artamevia, whose life is like a soap opera, is the talk of the town. Reza, who is m a bitter divorce and custody battle with legislator Adjie Massaid, went missing at the busy SoekarnoHatta International Airport on Sunday.
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 608 15  -  Reme Ahmad Party formed to take up Anwar's cause faces a sea change of political mission By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THE recent release of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has been a shot m the arm for Parti Keadilan
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    • 150 15 Kuala Lumpur AN OFFER of immunity from disciplinary action has encouraged some Umno members to come forward with evidence of money politics during internal party elections m September. Umno's disciplinary board is reviewing evidence against candidates who tried for senior posts during the party's general
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    • 451 15 Higher charges for all vehicles The toll charges for all classes of vehicles will go up from 1.24 sen per km for cars and light vehicles to 2.47 sen per km for heavy vehicles with three axles or more. With the
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    • 380 16 Mohd Yusof Abu Bakar recaptured after being on the run for three years Petaling Jaya MALAYSIA'S most-wanted criminal and leader of the notorious Mamak gang has been caught m an early morning police raid at Puchong Perdana, near here. Mohd Yusof Abu Bakar
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    • 145 16 MOHDYUSOF ABU BAKAR, 40 LASTofthe39-member Mamak gang to be arrested. Also known as Jefri, he managed to elude police for more than three years after leaping from a moving car. KHAIRULAFFENDIE MOHDNOOR.27 DESCRIBED as being more ruthless than any of his six Mamak gang uncles, Khairul Affendie
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    • 386 16 Indian Muslims upset over racial slur Johor Baru PLEASE don't call us mamak. That is the plea from three Indian Muslim groups with more than 10,000 members m Johor to Home Affairs Minister Azmi Khalid. They sent him an open letter on Wednesday expressing their dismay at his reference to
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    • 217 16 Three flood-hit states to get $2.6 m in aid Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian federal government has allocated RM6 million (552.6 million) m disaster relief to three flood-stricken east coast states. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang will each get RM2 million for immediate relief for affected
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  • WORLD
    • 647 18 MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH BADAWI (left), speaking to Arab leaders at the Arab Strategy Forum m Dubai Oil and tourism not enough, he says, focus must be on training and education DUBAI WARNING the Arab world that it was m danger of falling
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    • 671 19  - Turkish presence runs deep in German society Derek Scally Migrants, tourism and trade make Berlin a strong EU ally for Ankara By For The Straits Times In Berlin OPPOSING VOICE "We will do everything, m conjunction with partners like France, to prevent full Turkish membership m the EU." MR EDMUND
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    • 259 19 Brussels THE European Parliament has called on European Union (EU) leaders to open membership talks with Turkey as soon as possible. It also urged Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms and move towards recognising Cyprus. At a meeting m the
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    • 777 20  - Storm brewing over Aussie maritime security zone plan Roger Maynard NEWS ANALYSIS Scheme will likely anger neighbours and breach international law By Australia Correspondent In Sydney NO LEGAL BASIS "With the exception of pirate ships and ships that are not flying flags and one or two very minor exceptions, there
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    • 333 21 Jakarta says plan breaches its jurisdiction INDONESIAN REACTION Jakarta INDONESIA said yesterday it could not accept Australia's proposed new maritime security zone, saying it infringed on Indonesian waters and violated freedom of navigation. "We can't accept this concept because it breaches our maritime jurisdiction," Foreign Minister Wirayuda told reporters m
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    • 60 21 "I think there's been a massive slip-up m communication. But this isn't aimed at New Zealand. There has always been good cooperation there. I think they are just trying to lead the way m being as compliant as possible against terrorism, even if that includes part of
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    • 31 21 "We can't accept this concept because it breaches our maritime jurisdiction. We view this concept as having the potential for violating international maritime laws." INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WIRAYUDA
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    • 273 21 NEW ZEALAND REACTION Wellington NEW ZEALAND said yesterday it will seek urgent clarification from Australia about a new maritime security zone which it said stretched into its own territorial waters and even onto its coastline. Acting Transport Minister Harry Duynhoven said Wellington will ask
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    • 252 21 A MAN identified as Osama bin Laden praised an attack earlier this month on a US consulate m Saudi Arabia and bitterly criticised the Saudi regime as weak and controlled by the United States, m an audiotape posted on an Islamic website yesterday. The voice .sounded
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    • 340 21 Exiled dissident's call for march against kingdom's monarchy fails to gather steam Riyadh HUNDREDS of Saudi security forces kept an iron grip on central Riyadh yesterday to thwart protest marches planned by an exiled dissident against the kingdom's absolute monarchy. Riot police with helmets, batons
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    • 446 24 US general says military operations and supply lines disrupted Washington A BOLD, innovative insurgency is becoming more effective against US supply lines m Iraq, and explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, according to a senior American general. "They have had a growing understanding that
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    • 541 24 Bush warns Iran, Syria against 'meddling' "We will continue to make it clear to both Syria and Iran as will other nations m our coalition, including our friends the Italians that meddling m the internal affairs of Iraq is not m their interest." PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH. Teheran, especially, has
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    • 280 25 "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time." US DEFENCE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD 'FAILURE* "I think there are increasing concerns about the secretary's leadership of the war, the repeated
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    • 684 25 Rumsfeld under fire for harsh remarks to troops like it or lump it' response to soldier's query over armour draws flak from Republicans Washington US DEFENCE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's terse response last week to a soldier's concern about lack of battle armour m Iraq has set off a sharp round
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    • 364 27 Consumers chalk up $10b shopping bill m first two weeks of December alone Sydney AUSTRALIANS have gone into a pre-Christmas spending frenzy, having spent more than AsB billion (Sslo billion) during the first two weeks of December. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index reported yesterday
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    • 399 27  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney A TEENAGER died instantly when a shark tore him m half off a beach m Adelaide yesterday, the second fatal attack of its kind m Australia within the past week. The 18-year-old surfer, who
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    • 413 28 "In general, married adults were the least likely to experience health problems and the least likely to engage m risky health behaviour, with the notable exception of being overweight." HEALTH STATISTICIAN CHARLOTTE SCHOENBORN Washington MARRIED people are healthier than other adults, though husbands have a tendency
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    • 532 28 Disciples of low-carb diet losing interest; next big craze is glycaemic index diet London THE celebrated Atkins diet is on the wane m America and experts predict Britain will soon follow as slimmers tire of its rigid regime. More than half the disciples of the high-pro-tein,
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    • 357 29 London THE Cabinet reshuffle that followed the resignation of the British Home Secretary saw Ms Ruth Kelly being called upon to be the next education supremo, a stunning rise to power for the 36-year-old mother of four. It made the former
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      • 149 30 KIEV: Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said yesterday that he was sure he was poisoned by the government. For the first time, he pinpointed the time and place of his dioxin poisoning: A Sept 5 lunch with the head of the Ukrainian security service and his
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      • 87 30 SYDNEY: A Pakistani man responsible for smuggling hundreds of would-be asylum seekers to Australia was sentenced to 12 years' jail by a court yesterday. Hasan Ayoub, 34, organised two boatloads of people who landed at Australia's Christmas Island m the Indian Ocean m March and April,
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      • 130 30 PARIS: A French court yesterday sentenced 10 people to prison terms of up to 10 years for taking part m a foiled conspiracy to blow up a Christmas market m Strasbourg. Mohamed Bensakhria and Slimane Khalfaoui, who were said to be the group's leaders, were
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      • 111 30 VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul II yesterday called violence an unacceptable evil that never solves problems as he deplored the continuing conflicts m Africa, the Holy Land and Iraq. He also urged the international community to ease the debt burden of African countries and offer
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      • 107 30 MUSTANG (Oklahoma): Voters incensed over an official's decision to remove a nativity scene from an elementary school Christmas show have taken out their anger at the ballot box. They defeated this week two bond measures worth nearly US$ll million (SslB.l million), one of which would
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    • 142 31 London A SIKH who plotted to kill his daughter and her boyfriend as well as the boyfriend's father because he disapproved of their interfaith relationship has been jailed for 14 years after being convicted of soliciting for murder. Kalvinder Dosanjh, from Rochester m
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    • 585 31 Two armed gunmen, believed to be Albanian, release hostages unharmed and surrender Gerakas (Greece) A DRAMATIC 19-hour hostage siege on board a bus near Athens has ended without bloodshed. Two apparently Albanian gunmen freed the last six hostages out of a group of 23
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    • 1132 32 OSAMA'S NEW U.S. PLOT Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, eluding capture somewhere m the rugged mountain frontier of north-west Pakistan, is m control of an elite terrorist cell with affiliates around the world. While the search for him remains stalled three years after the Sept 1 1 attacks, US intelligence
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    • 420 33 Jakarta AFTER Imam Samudra was charged with engineering the devastating Bali nightclub bombings two years ago, he taunted his police accusers m court, then greeted his death sentence with the cry: "Infidels die!" So when Samudra published a jailhouse autobiography, it was not surprising
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    • 345 33 London BRITAIN'S highest court ruled yesterday against the detention of foreign terrorism suspects without trial m a major judgment on how far human rights can be restricted m the "war on terror". The Law Lords were deciding the cases of nine Muslim
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      • 306 34 IT WAS the social ticket of the year, a star-studded charity gala where the glitterati ate gourmet food prepared by Britain's top chef. But for one partygoer, the curry house across the road just looked more tempting. Mr Ivan Massow, a flamboyant arts
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      • 147 34 STUDENTS at a Scottish university have elected Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu as their official spokesman. University of Glasgow students on Wednesday chose Mr Vanunu as their rector, a venerable role that has gone to 19thcentury prime ministers William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, and antiapartheid activist
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      • 165 34 FOR a while, it appeared that Ms Jenna Bush might be mimicking her father's youthful taste for the partying lifestyle. She was caught with a fake identity card m a restaurant and photographed fallen on the floor at a party, cigarette m hand. But
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      • 146 34 ICELAND says it will give a residence permit to chess legend Bobby Fischer, who is being held by Japanese immigration authorities while the United States tries to extradite him. Mr Fischer, who became an American hero for wresting the world chess crown from Soviet
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    • 63 35 THE Federal Communications Commission bans in-flight use because cellphones can communicate with more than one cell tower when m the air, as opposed to one at a time on the ground. This could disrupt cellphone services on the ground. PHOTO: REUTERS RISKING AIR SAFETY: Cellphone signals could interfere
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    • 284 35 Federal agency is considering lifting ban as mobile technology improves Washington AIR travellers have moved one step closer to being able to talk on cellphones and surf the Internet from laptops while m flight, thanks to recent steps by the US Federal
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    • 266 35 Paris WEARABLE solar panels that can be stuck to clothing to charge mobile phones, music players or light batteries are likely to be on sale within three years. Britain's New Scientist magazine says the panels will be pliable and cheap because they can
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    • 406 36 THE Middle East is known worldwide for oil and terrorism. But the truth is that government after government m the region is looking beyond economic models fuelled by petrodollars to embark on a market-based approach to growth. What is going for the region is the vast
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    • 1796 36  -  Yeoh Lam Keong By For The Straits Times The integrated casino resort project: Weighing the scales PROS: Only 30 to 50 per cent of the project is centred on gaming. The bulk of the revenues from the $2 billion investment should come
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    • 1618 37  -  Chua Mui Hoong COMMENTARY By IF YOU read some of the reports coming out from the Malaysian media on the recent talks between Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, you might be forgiven for thinking that all bilateral issues
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    • 1260 38  -  John Feffer Wary Asian consumers may decide how much genetically modified food will reach the world's dinner tables By In Maryland THE transatlantic brawl between the United States and Europe over genetically modified (GM) food is attracting much of the media's interest. Billions
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    • 757 39  -  Kwan Weng Kin FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: JAPAN By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo BICYCLES are for Third World nations, not for a country that produces some of the world's bestloved automobiles, from the classy Lexus to the down-to-earth Corolla. Or so most people think. But m fact,
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      • 1162 40  -  Lydia Lim By Senior Correspondent LOOKING AT THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE "We are born with a happy gene, you know. We are the Ministry of Enjoyment. I hope we can play a part m creating a more relaxed atmosphere m Singapore by introducing
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    • 1011 41  - Varsity rankings they don t tell all Linda Lim FRIDAY MATTERS By The outcome of any ranking process depends entirely on what variables the rankers choose to include, how they measure them, and what weight they assign to each factor m the ranking, all of THE Times of London's recent
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    • 759 41  -  Peh Shing Huei »THEPOST- f 6SERS By I STRODE into the coffin chamber of Dr Sun Vat Sen's mausoleum m Nanjing earlier this month, admiring his sarcophagus as travel guides filled the cool wintry air with anecdotes about the man
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    • 33 42 HELLO. HELLO It's OK to use cellphones m hospitals, study shows IN HOME HELPING HANDS Muslim groups assist families of arrested J I members IN INSIGHT PRODIGAL GIRL StefanieSun returns home IN LIFE!
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    • 461 42 Singapore today Showers with thunder are likely m the afternoon over many areas. SINGAPORE WORLD «Af w* ATUrD TfC/iiriEiv ciear ■■■Kj^^^r^g^^ "p^p outlook life flßlte JL3pgg^ j Afternoon and early Partly ifc'y y-^BHKmSiRpS >^- evening showers couoy pIIkSELJIHN P^''^Es^^^^tvo:lSE?jßß ymfr with thunder can I'.liMfl^W W ,'m be expected for the
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    • 274 42 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IFind out who will win the Choir Act carolling contest. The participants will be judged on vocals and harmony as well as stage, rhythm, choreography of movement and style. Singapore Expo Hall 4, 1 Expo Drive. 7pm. Free. Tel: 6580-8309. 2 At Asia Pets
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    • 898 1  -  Salma Khalik Figures of expectant mothers who opt out vary among hospitals By Health Correspondent ALL TREATED EQUALLY "When we advise a mother to go for the test, we're not saying or suspecting she is high-risk. We give the same advice to all mothers." MR
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    • 418 2  - Alleged molester now accused or targeting six girls Chong Chee Kin Latest sexual offence charges date back more than two years By A MAN accused of molesting young girls m Choa Chu Kang was charged yesterday with sexual offences against another three, bringing to six the number of girls he
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    • 374 2 OVER a2 j -year period, former claims assistant Koh Siew Ling cheated her employer of more than $180,000 m false medical claims. Yesterday, a district court sentenced the 22--year-old to two years' jail after she pleaded guilty to 11 charges of cheating APIC Integrated Care
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    • 166 2 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a $34 million contract to Japanese contractor Sato Kogyo for the construction oi a viaduct linking Braddell Road with Lornie Road. The contract covers expansion and widening of the existing Macßitchie viaduct, and construction of a pair of two-lane
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    • 407 3  - Crackdown on street pirates this Christmas Chua Hian Hou By MPA gets tough on those selling pirated shows and those buying them STREET hawkers selling pirated movies and people who buy from them have been warned that authorities are adopting a "zero tolerance" approach this festive season. In its biggest
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    • 290 3  -  Selina Lum By A 41-YEAR-OLD man became so angry when his six-year-old daughter took a doughnut meant for her younger brother, that he splashed not water on her legs as punishment. Yesterday, the man, a store detective, was jailed for six months after he pleaded guilty
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    • 105 3 A Central Provident Fund Board employee was charged yesterday m a district court with accepting bribes for providing particulars of CPF members Kamsiah Abdul Aziz, 44, is accused of taking a total of $200 from Mr Abdul Halim Sulaiman, believed to be an acquaintance,
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      • 47 3 A FULL-TIME national serviceman was killed after his bike collided with a bus on Wednesday. At 9am, Mr Mohammad Ilyas Abdul Wahab, 20, was riding along Upper Serangoon Road towards Ponggol Road when he collided with a bus turning right into Serangoon Central.
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      • 57 3 A TWO-STOREY terrace house m East Coast Road was burgled on Tuesday. The 74-year-old occupant left the house at 11am. When he returned at 4.30pm, he found the dining hall window and grille forced open. The living room and bedrooms on the second floor were
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      • 54 3 A FLAT m Bedok Reservoir was broken into on Wednesday. The occupant's mother left the house at 7am and when the 24-year-old man returned to the flat m Block 715 at 2.15pm, he found the bedroom window grille forced open and the house ransacked. A $250
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      • 58 3 A SECONDARY school student suffered head injuries after she was knocked down by a lorry at Toh Guan Road m front of Block 284 yesterday. Police said she was crossing the road at 2.40pm when she was hit by the lorry from Jurong East Avenue
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    • 600 6  -  Serene Goh By More than 400 home-brew kits sold since the laws were relaxed m March MOVE over, Tiger beer, Singaporeans are moving their breweries into the kitchen. Since laws were relaxed m March allowing people to brew up to 30 litres of beer at
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    • 427 10  - Horrific find in dog farm in Pasir Ris Tanya Fong By 3 maggot-infested Shih Tzus feed on carcass of canine EIGHTY per cent of their fur gone, their skin and private parts crawling with maggots, they whimpered and scavenged on the carcass of their companion. This was the horrific condition
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    • 464 13  - Medical students learn with e- device Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent Like flight simulators, e-stethoscope helps m simulated examinations INGENUITY UNDER STRESS "It was a critical tool during the Sars outbreak last year, when more than 200 third-year medical students couldn't go into hospitals." PROF HO, on the device A
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    • 8 14 SOURCE. GRAPHICS: CPG CONSULTANTS G. CHANDRADAS
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    • 406 14  - S'pore link in Asia- Europe tunnel proj ect Tan Hui Yee By Ex-PWD subsidiary is designing underwater railway connection m 1 .65 b Turkey project A SUBSIDIARY of what was formerly the Public Works Department has won a deal to design one of the world's deepest underwater railway tunnels, which
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    • 432 16  - More elderly to go on home -safety scheme Chai Hung Yin By Outfitting of homes with safety features, started m Southwest area, to be extended TWICE, m two months, Mr Subramania Mudaliar Nanjjan, 89, fell m the toilet of his home because the floor was slippery. Now, he moves with
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    • 520 18  -  Liza Lin By GOING SOLO "When climbing alone, you have to manage your mind, body and emotional state on your own and adopt a very resourceful mental state." MRLIM David Lim will go solo m his second attempt to scale the world's highest volcano
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    • 186 20 POLICE detained 110 China women m an eight-hour anti-vice blitz m Geylang that ended at 4am yesterday. The Chinese nationals, aged between 20 and 35, were rounded up after police swooped on several KTV lounges and lodging houses m Geylang, including Lorong 3,
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    • 556 20  -  Daryl Loo By Only 1 1 ,686 home offices now, down from over 1 4,000 m first 14 months FIRST-YEAR BLUES "In the normal business world, a lot of companies fail m their first year." MP INDERJIT SINGH, who is not surprised by the
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    • 242 21 IN JUST over a year, Madam Siti Mastura Alwi's cookery classes have outgrown the kitchen of her five-room HDB flat m Bishan. Madam Siti Mastura, a former secretary who started baking classes at home after being laid off, is moving into a shophouse m Upper Thomson Road
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    • 189 21 NOT a single deal has passed through the door of his four-room Bedok flat since Mr Roland Charles Rozario started his home office m August last year. But Mr Rozario, 60, is not giving up his human resource and payroll business. He
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    • 690 22  -  Mfxissa Kong Eunice Teo CAR CRASH IN NZ By Two ST Media Club members learn more about a selfless teacher MAY WE MEET AGAIN "If ever there is a next life, I would like you to be my teacher all over again and
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      • 145 23 HEALT^ equipment manufacturer Osim has offered one of its iSymphonic massage chairs worth $5,980 to be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the "GIVE" charity auction organised by Hotel Phoenix Singapore. The auction began yesterday. Mr Vincent Tan, 46, who submitted the highest bid(so
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      • 132 23 AROUND 200 elderly folk had an early Christmas treat when members of the Rotary Club organised an outing to Far East Square yesterday. Miss Teresa Ec, m charge of community services at the club, said: "Our focus is on fulfilling their wishes." The group was taken
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      • 136 23 A month after a man bought a pair of branded shoes for $195, he discovered water seeping through the front of the shots on rainy days. Upon close examination, he found wet stains inside the front of the insoles. A few days later, he took the shoes back
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      • 70 23 1. Under the law, it is an unfair practice to represent that goods and services have sponsorship, approval or performance characteristics, accessories, ingredients, components, qualities, uses or benefits that they do not have. 2. Goods sold carry the implied condition that they are of "merchantable quality" meaning that
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    • 505 24  -  IZAD SALEH An By But ST fund needs $700,000 more to help needy children SEAGATE Technology's donation to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund yesterday was a welcome contribution, but the fund is still short of its intended $3 million target. Another
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    • 183 24 BY CHEQUE To "The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund" Mail to: The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, Singapore Press Holdings, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Please write your name, IC number and address at the back of the cheque. »BY PHONE Call 1900-914-0005 for
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    • 247 26 In 1 988, Tanjong Rhu was a rundown and mostly forgotten part of the Kallang Basin. It was an industrial area, with shipyards (above) and factories cramped haphazardly on the jagged piece of coastline by the Kallang River. However, m the late
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    • 350 27  -  HoKaWei By He beats 2,000 others for second year m a row m a regional digital photo contest SINGAPOREAN William Lam makes creepy crawlies look good. Good enough, that is, to win the top prize two years m a row at the National Geographic
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    • FORUM
      • 569 28 THE LEARNING OF MOTHER TONGUE I READ with avid interest the article, "Good Mandarin starts at home, says MM Lee" (ST, Dec 14). In it, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew exhorts the value of good Mandarin and advises parents of the post-1965 generation
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      • 81 28 I WRITE m support of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's advice, to those who pick up Mandarin late m life, on the 25th anniversary of the Speak Mandarin Campaign. Mr Lee said the secret is to use our mother tongue often at markets,
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      • 200 28 I REFER to Mr Daniel Chng Li Kwan's letter, "Hit by projectile from fun ride m Orchard Road" (ST, Dec 14). We apologise for the accident and would like to assure Mr Chng that we place tremendous emphasis on safety at the park. We
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      • 507 28 I WISH to contest statements made m the letter, "Fully liberalise CPF unit trust rules" (ST, Nov 29), by Mr Loo Fook Kay. First, Mr Loo asks whether CPF funds are really outperforming the non-CPFIS ones for the last one-, threeand 10-year periods. He
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      • 243 28 I REFER to the article, "Family gives up ski trip to help orphans m Medan" (ST, Dec 10). The Indonesian Embassy acknowledges witi pleasure the kindness and generosity of Dr Peter Lee's family, which sent three o their children to experience: first-hand
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      • 319 29 SEEING IS BELIEVING Go see the rest of the developed world, and you will find that Singapore is really a good place m which to live. RECENTLY, my overseas friends visited Singapore. When asked how they felt about Singaporeans, they replied that
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      • 338 29 I REFER to the article, "Average m Spore but tops m world" (ST, Dec 15), about Singapore pupils being ranked No. 1 m maths and science m a global study. Congratulations to the pupils who did Singapore proud. I never doubted that Singaporeans'
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      • 268 29 THE decision of the police not to give a licence for the Christmas "gay party" planned by Fridae.com ("It's no go for planned Christmas 'gay party' ST, Dec 9), as this undermines the public interest, is to be strongly commended. Given the alarming
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      • 161 29 WE REFER to the letter, "Critical illnesses not covered" (ST, Dec 13), which suggested that the statement "life insurance gives you and your family financial protection against death, permanent disability and critical illnesses" from the newly-launched Money Sense Guide To Planning For Your Family's Financial
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      • 677 30 SOCCER Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool have hands full finding a decent goalkeeper London MANCHESTER United's Tim Howard has gone from American idol to idle American. Arsenal's Jens Lehmann is now better known as Jens Lemon. And Liverpool's expensive English goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has had
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      • 6 30 ST GRAPHICS
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      • 1090 31  - Hush hush soccer agents at work Rob Hughes IN GOOD CONSCIENCE By In London They wheel and deal on players' transfers worldwide and help to bleed the sport dry THIS weekend, Carlos Tevez, one of the two brightest young talents m the world during 2004, leaves Boca Juniors m Argentina
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      • 251 31 SOCCER Madrid SPAIN coach Luis Aragones may be sacked over his racist remarks about Thierry Henry. The country's football federation has belatedly started disciplinary action against Aragones for what he said two months ago. The remark, which was intended to motivate Jos e Antonio
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      • 627 32 DRUGS IN SPORT She accuses Balco head of malice after his claims of seeing her inject drugs HE'S THE UAR "Conte's statements are false and malicious." MARION JONES, m her lawsuit against Conte SHE'S THE LIAR "The lawsuit is nothing more than a PR
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      • 390 32 BASKETBALL HOUSTON YAO Ming would not let the Houston Rockets lose another home game, especially to the reeling Atlanta Hawks. So he produced on both ends of the floor. Yao scored 23 points and blocked a season-high five shots as his team posted an
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        • 40 32 SYDNEY: Australia will fall m line with the majority of the world and no longer call football "soccer". The Australian Soccer Association saic it would change its name to the Football Federation Australia. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        • 65 32 LONDON: World No 1 golfer Vijay Singh has been named European Tour Player of the Year, despite not winning a title m Europe m 2004. The Fijian was US PGA Tour Player of the Year with nine titles m America, topping the money list with
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        • 47 32 SYDNEY: Olympic tennis champion Justin HeninHardenne will re: urn to action m next month's Sydney International. The Belgian has not competed since losing her top world ranking at the US Open m September, taking time out to shake off a virus. REUTERS
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      • 513 33  -  Marc Lim SOCCER By Tiger Cup Semifinals Dec 28: Indonesia v Malaysia (Senayan Stadium, Jakarta) Dec 29: Myanmar v Singapore (Cheras Stadium, Kuala Lumpur) Jan 1: Malaysia v Indonesia (Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur) Jan 2: Singapore v Myanmar (National Stadium, Singapore) Final Jan
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      • 466 33 London JERMAIN Defoe has urged Tottenham to snap up his old West Ham team-mate Joe Cole, who is out of favour with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Spurs have already captured three of the West Ham team that were relegated from the Premiership
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      • 98 33 P W 0 L F A Pts Indonesia 4 3 1 0 17 0 10 Singapore 4 2 2 0 10 3 8 Vietnam 4 2 1 1 13 5 7 Laos 4 1 0 3 4 16 3 Cambodia 4 0 0 4 2 22 0 P W
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        • 52 33 MARDAN Mamat managed a two-over 73 m the opening round of the Okinawa Open yesterday. The Singapore golfer is m 74th place, eight strokes behind leader Charlie Wi of South Korea. Lam Chih Bing, Singapore's other representative, shot a 75 and is m 104
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        • 46 33 MALAYSIAN golfer Airil Rizman Zahari won the Singapore PGA Championship with a one-under 71 at the Raffles Country Club yesterday. His three-under 141 (70, 71) aggregate gave him a onestroke win over compatriot Shaaban Hussin. Singapore's M. Murugiah was third on 143.
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        • 52 33 SINGAPOREANS Goh Kun Yang and Choo Tze Huang moved up to seventh after the third round of the Asia Pacific Junior Masters Golf Championships yesterday. Both shot level-par 72s for a 219 total at the Royal Thai Air Force Golf Course, 15 strokes behind
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        • 47 33 THE Singapore Hockey Federation is holding a Four Nations tournament from today to Sunday at Delta Stadium. Singapore, Taiwan, Macau, and Sri Lanka will compete m the men's event, while the women's event will feature Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.
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        • 37 33 SINGAPORE pair Loong Chee Jun and Sylvester Wee qualified for tennis' Singapore International Junior Open semi-finals yesterday. The duo defeated Canadian Neil Rajpal and Indian Samriddh Burman 6-3, 6-2 m the quarter-finals.
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      • 188 33  -  Peh Shing Huei BADMINTON By SINGAPORE'S top mixed doubles pair scored an unexpected "upset" m the Indonesia Open yesterday, when they had a walkover against England's world No 1 duo of Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson. Li Yujia and Hendri Kurniawan Saputra advanced
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      • 401 34  - Sacrifice starts to pay off for Zahid Alvin Foo SILAT He cruises into men's individual artistic final with 458 points By ZAHID Saaban, 22, trained full-time and deferred his national service specially for the World Silat Championships. Yesterday, those sacrifices paid off as Singapore's reigning South-east Asia Games champion cruised
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      • 145 34 BASKETBALL NBA: Denver 100 Boston 99, Cleveland 112 Portland 88, Miami 98 Washington 93, Toronto 96 Minnesota 90, New Orleans 98 Golden State 89, Detroit 94 NY Knicks 93, Chicago 96 Memphis 88, Houston 92 Atlanta 69, San Antonio 94 Orlando 91, Phoenix 108 Utah 86. CRICKET First day
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      916 34 "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell m the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23 MDM LEONG Ol YOON (Beloved Wife of Mr Henry W. Mok deceased) was called
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      944 35 PETER JOACHIM SAHETAPY AGE: 94 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 December 2004, leaving behind loved ones Wife: Maude Mary Bareman Children Spouses Christopher James Georgina Sant Chester Lucius Florence Pang (Colwyn David, deceased) Conrad Peter Siti Alijah Ali Selina Mary Gan Cedric Francis Anna
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      • 548 37 SEC intends to boost automated trades and take price-focused approach to orders System overhaul The proposed regulation would extend the "trade-through" rule, which bars brokers from bypassing the best price offered for a stock when executing an order, across all markets for quotes
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      • 343 37 Time Warner settles probes for $845 m New York TIME Warner, the world's largest media-entertainment company, said it had agreed to pay US$5lO million (SsB4s million) to resolve federal probes into accounting irregularities at its America Online (AOL) units. The company said on Wednesday that US$2lO million would be paid
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      • 246 37 Dec 16 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen SOc 0.30 1.070 +0.010 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.44 0.955 -0.020 Capita Land 1.35 2.020 -0.050 Chart SemiCond 26c 0/0 0.920 -0.110 CityOev SOc 2.27 6.900 -0.100 Comfortoelgro2sc 1.8 1500 Cosco Corp 20c 131 1.070 +0.010 Creative T 25c
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      • 65 37 Chart SemiCond 26c 54.964.000 CreativeSGAeCWosos3o 42.058.000 UniFiber 10c 37,791,000 KepCorpSGA eCW*****2 25.928.000 Suntecßeit 21,036,000 KepCorpSGA eCW051)418 16,658.000 HorizonEduc 5c 15,142.000 Sing Tel 15c 13,396.000 CharteredDßeCWos)62o 11.805.000 Jaya Hldgs 10c 8,415,000 Capita Land 7,522.000 SingPostsc 7,433.000 STATSChP 25c 6,994,000 KepCorp OB eCWOSO4I I 6.880.000 STATSChPSGAeCWOSO627 6.727,000 ComfortDelgro 25c 6.687.000
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      • 147 37 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREI6N CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2460 ***** Can dollar 1.3310 1.3470 Euro 2.1860 ***** Malaysian ringgit* 0.4322 0 4325 NZ dollar 1.1690 1.1930 Sterling pound 3 .1680 3.2020 US dollar 1.6310
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      • 1804 37 Bonds, Loans Warrants: TRUtSACTIIW DATE DECEMBER 16 2004 SI-WEEK TB, :UMEKY LAST rOUIUt Mf LAST BWTE HISH IOW COOt CtMN-T 1U» SUE +M- IM MM 10W MYEI SEUfI 126 71 360? Aartak W*****0 89 unch 17 89 71 75 86 18 5 7 5 3795 Autron W*****3 8 -1 4811
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      • 492 38 The President will work with Congress to reduce government's huge budget deficit Washington PRESIDENT George W. Bush has pledged to work with Congress to reduce the United States government's huge budget deficit as a key step m assuring the world that his administration supports
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      • 292 38 Washington THE United States current account deficit widened to a record U*****.7 billion (*****.6 billion) from July to September, as Americans bought more imports, a government report showed. The gap, the broadest measure of trade because it includes income from investments and transfer payments, follows
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      • 371 38 Johnson Johnson agrees to buy Guidant for $42b Philadelphia JOHNSON Johnson (J&J) has agreed to buy Guidant for U5525.4 billion (5541.9 billion) m cash and stock, giving the health-care products maker a foothold m the fast-growing market for implantable devices that regulate heartbeats. The long-rumoured deal, sealed on Wednesday, ranks
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        • 62 39 HONG KONG: United States private equity firm Carlyle Group and insurer Prudential Financial are buying about 25 per cent of China's third-larg-est life insurer for up to US$4OO million (*****.6 million), the latest foreign investment m Asia's financial sector. They will acquire the maximum
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        • 78 39 WASHINGTON: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Wednesday that Fannie Mac misapplied accounting principles and called on the mortgage finance company to restate earnings. Fannie Mac said the SEC ruling, which could trigger a multi-billion-dollar restatement, cast doubt on
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        • 72 39 VIRGINIA: Google won a major legal victory when a federal judge ruled that the search engine's advertising policy did not violate federal trademark laws. District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Wednesday rejected a claim by car insurance giant Geico Corp, which argued that Google should not
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        • 66 39 AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands' biggest bank, ABN Amro, said yesterday it was cutting more than 4,000 backoffice and technology staff as it aimed to bring its cost base m line with its competitors. It said it would take a charge of 790 million euros
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        56 39 GLOBAL economic growth, and particularly strong demand for passenger travel and cargo carriage to and from Asia, will lead airlines to require 1,250 aircraft seating at least 400 passengers and 652 cargo planes through 2023, says Airbus. The 555-seat A3BO, which enters service m 2006, will be the
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      • 410 39 Airlines will need about 2,000 jumbo planes over the next 20 years, it says London AIRBUS, the world's biggest maker of commercial aircraft, has said airlines will need 1,902 jumbo planes over the next 20 years more than double the forecast of rival
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      • 411 39 Cold US weather pushes oil to 2 -week high OIL prices jumped yesterday to the highest level m two weeks, buoyed by a cold weather front m the United States and below-average stocks of winter heating fuels. US light crude rose to an intraday peak at U5544.55 a barrel, the
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      • 473 39 LONDON MR JEROEN van der Veer, the chief executive of Royal Dutch/ Shell, has admitted that his "head is on the block" unless the company gets to grips by the end of the year with the way m which it books
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      • 656 40 S. Koreans economic miraplp miracle long over Central bank chief warns of extreme pain m transition to new growth phase Tough year ahead INVESTMENT bank Morgan Stanley says South Korea faces its biggest challenge next year since the 1997 Asian financial crisis and may slip into recession. A further appreciation
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      • 349 40 China' s fixed- asset investment growth eases Beijing ANNUAL growth m China's fixed-asset investment eased further las': month, extending a cooling trend that analysts said will take pressure off Beijing to clamp down further on credit. Fixed-asset investment, which covers spending on items like roads and buildings, was 24.9 per
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      • 319 40 Moody' s hands out better rating to Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S foreign-currency rating was raised to A3, the highest level since 1998, by Moody's Investors Service, which commended efforts by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's government to reduce its deficit. Moody's raised the rating on South-east Asia's third-largest economy by one
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      • 244 41  -  Rachel Chang By IF YOU'RE stranded m the rain on Orchard Road with an armful of Christmas shopping, don't be surprised if a stranger with a big umbrella offers to ferry you to your destination. But there is a catch to this yuletide
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      • 568 41  -  Bryan Lee By But telcos say the upgrade is necessary to keep pace with the latest advances IT IS finally here but 3G mobile phone technology is unlikely to ring up huge sales and profits, despite tech-sawy buyers making a beeline for the
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      • 263 41 KL-S'pore business council outlines priority DEVISING strategies to increase business m other countries tDok centre stage at the inaugural meeting of the Malaysia-Singa-pore Business Council m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The council, made up of 10 leading business figures each from both countries, regards the so-called third-country initiative as a key
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      • 240 42  - Asian banks launch bond fund Arthur Poon By SINGAPORE will be contributing more than US$2OO million (*****.8 million) as part of the second stage of an Asian Bond Fund (ABF) launched yesterday by 11 central banks from the Asia- Pacific region. The US$2 billion fund, known as ABF2, will invest
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      • 553 42  - CEOs and chips are a dicey mix, say investors Lorna Tan By Finance Correspondent Having a high roller at the corporate helm could be a liability, market players say "I will want to steer clear because of the fear that one day, the company will be involved." MR SHAH, an
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      • 318 42  -  Nicholas Fang By Transport Reporter BRITISH engineering giant Rolls-Royce, which marks is 100 th birthday this year, is gearing up its research activities m Singapore. The company signed an agreement with Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A* Star) yesterday to provide
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
        • 53 42 JURONG Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, yesterday said it will build an oil rig worth US$l3l million (Ss2l6 million) for Petrojack. Work on the rig is expected to begin m the first quarter of next year, with delivery scheduled m the second
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        • 66 42 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has hired State Street Corp to provide investment services for fixed-income and equity trading m the United States and Canada. State Street, the world's biggest service provider to institutional investors, will offer solutions supporting the Singapore
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        • 39 42 SESDAQ-LISTED Sincere Watch yesterday 5 aid it has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to upgrade its listing to the mainboard. The effective date of the transfer will be announced later.
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        • 72 42 JARDINE C C UPS STAKE IN ASTRA JARDINE Cycle Carriage (Jardine C&C), the sole seller of Mercedes Berz cars m Singapore, has raised its stake m Astra International to 47 per cent and may acquire a majority holding m Indonesia's biggest car distributor. "Astra International will maintain its don man
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      • 599 43  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent Building a global venue for listings The Singapore Exchange (SGX) responded yesterday to earlier criticism that it had been too hasty m opening the doors to China and foreign listings. The exchange argued that Singapore is
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      • 391 43 CHINA'S state assets regulator is to step up monitoring of state-owned companies' risk management systems as the China Aviation Oil (CAO) debacle throws an unfavourable international media spotlight on these companies. In a bid to repair the nations corporate reputation, the
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      • 356 43  - News of dispute batters Hong Leong Asia shares Grace Ng By SHARES of Hong Leong Asia (HLA) slumped 9.2 per cent to an all-time low yesterday m reaction to news that its China unit is embroiled again m a boardroom tussle with Chinese shareholders of its subsidiary Guangxi Yuchai Machinery
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      • DIRECTORS' TRADES
        • 241 43 IN A strong show of confidence m Midas Holdings, insiders have been picking up shares m the company since early this month, even as China plays came under heavy selling pressure, following the collapse of China Aviation Oil. Filings with the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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      • 421 43  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By AFTER the trauma of China Aviation Oil (CAO), the Singapore stock market was rocked by a new fear yesterday that a price war may break out among chipmakers and send Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing further into the red. This
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      • 78 43 Top Rises Dec 16 CENTS R01yW*****l 5 66.7 2.0 Benefun2ok HKIc 1.5 50.0 0 5 BBR Hides 5c 2 33.3 0.5 North 22 USlc 2 33.3 0.5 China Infra 5c 4.5 28.6 10 Inno-Paclc 2.5 25.0 0 5 OverMen 15.5 19.2 31 ITechGrp4c 3.5 16.7 0 5 Plate 3c 3.5
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      • 74 43 Top Falls Dec 16 CENTS CreithreT2sc 2310 500 2.1 FM 1590 50.0 3.0 Venture Corp2sc 1530 30.0 1.9 HKUnd USIOc 243 21.4 5 1 SIA 200 1130 20 0 1.7 JMHUS2Sc4OO 1610 164 0.6 HL Asia 20c 129 13.0 9.2 Chart SemiCond 92 11.0 10 7 AVJennings A2sc 146 100
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      • 81 43 Top Falls Dec 16 CENTS CharteredSCAeCWtH 8.5 414 6 0 SIA SGA ePW*****4 14 40 4 9 5 CharteredOßeCWOS 10 286 4.0 PM Data 18c 6 20.0 15 HorKewSc 4.5 18.2 1.0 Kingsmen 7.5 c 14 17.6 30 Intl Prtss Sottcm 12 17.2 2 5 WahShing HK2Oc 15 16 7
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      • 616 44  -  Bryan Lee Another example of fast-growing Asian group buying over Western assets By No impact on Spore ops The 400 staff at Philips' TV development operation m Toa Payoh can rest easy as the Dutch company said they will not be affected
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      • 186 44 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE THE red tape tying up aircraft repair and maintenance companies m Hong Kong and Singapore was cut away m a deal signed yesterday. A new memorandum of understanding (MOU) will now allow certified companies to work on components of aircraft registered m
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      • 34 2 PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM (From left) Allan Wu, Sharon Au and Adrian Pang offer jots-slfcks at a praytr ceremony before starting work on their new film, I Do I Do.
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      • 253 2 MEDIAWORKS actor Adrian Pang's star looks set to rise when he officially joins MediaCorp next year. The 38-year-old actor is already slated to appear m a blockbuster 100-episode Chinese drama serial. He is also starring m Jack Neo's new film, I Do
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      • 132 2 LONDON David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly hired a butler, at 1 ,000 (553, 1 60) a day, to help open the family's presents on Christmas Day. They bought so many gifts that they expect to be unwrapping them for over four hours and need
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      • 83 2 LOS ANGELES Pictures of Alias star Jennifer Garner looking rounder than usual have sparked speculation that she is pregnant with boyfriend Ben Affleck's baby. (The couple is pictured above.) After the pictures came out last week, she was snapped covering her stomach when she spotted
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        521 3  -  Clara Chow Think jade is old fashioned? An exhibition of jade and jadeite jewellery hopes to change that impression OVER 1,000 jade pieces will be displayed at an exhibition of classic jadeite and jade jewellery from today. Jadeite is a silicate of sodium and aluminium found only m
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        1027 4  -  Lionel Seah IN TOKYO No one can do it like Karl Lagerfeld, the 'Most Industrious Man In Fashion' HE IS one of the most recognisable and parodied figures of the fashion world. All thanks to his powdered hair, the alpaca wool-thick German accent, and the wraparound shades, which
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        194 6 In April, Sven Tan 's Raffles LaSalle graduation collection won him the Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion A ward and m May, it was showcased at A ustralian Fashion Week m Sydney. The 25-year-old 's collection was later retailed at The Link boutique, making Tan the first Singaporean to be
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        205 6 SBTG (which stands for Sabotage) is a sneaker customisation company founded by Mark Ong, 25, last year. Today, Ong charges up to US$35O (Sss 74) to customise a pair of sneakers. Since winning Niketalk. com 's sneaker customisation contest m June last year, he has been flooded with requests
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      • 256 6  - Street wars Leong Su-Lin The Street Style Awards honour the best m the creative industry. Life! profiles four nominees m the fashion category A GRAFFITI artist, a turntablist, a sneaker and clothing artist and a breakdancer are among the nominees for an award celebrating individual expression. Sponsored by Nike, the
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        268 10  -  Samuel Lee asianpop BETTER known as Xiao Gang or the Godfather of Ballads, Taiwan's singer-songwriter Steve Chou Chuan-hsiung is a legend m his own right and for a variety of reasons, too. At his concert here m July, Chou was visibly m tears after putting on a
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    • 170 15 LOS ANGELES Madonna's Re-Invention tour was the highest grossing world tour of 2004, according to Billboard Boxscore. Twenty years into her career, the 46-year-old star earned US$l25 million (SS2O6 million) m box-office earnings from the tour which ended m September, selling out 55 out of 56
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      • 353 20 TAIPEI Nicolas Cage has laid to rest the urban legend that he met his new wife Alice Kirn at the sushi bar where she was a waitress. In fact, they met at a Los Angeles nightclub m February this year, he
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      • 71 20 NEW YORK Autopsy results have ruled the death of rapper ODB (OP Dirty *****) to be accidental, resulting from a lethal mix of cocaine and a prescription pain killer. ODB collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio last month, aged 35. Death was the result of
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      • 853 12 Wfk DOl-08 ti|jj CITY ft SOUTH-WEST W PTE APTS RENT r CARIBBEAN KEPPEL BAY "LIMITED SEAVIEW UNITS LEFT» I Type Sq.ft Price 2-rm 840-893 fr $2.3K 2+patio 1270 frs2.sK 3+l 1206-1281 fr $3.2K 1668/1894 frs6K 3+patio 1378 53.5K J (pte jacuzzi) 2300 $8K t3+study 1335.1356 frs3.sK 1647 fr $5K 4+l
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      • 827 12 ■k DOl-08 Li|Z| CITY ft SOUTH-WEST If PTE APTS RENT PEARLBANK. STUDIO: $9001 Outram Pk MRT. Small cosy. New aircon. 2 rms: SI.4K. *****738 CARIBBEAN 3-RMS. BEAUTIFUL Sea view. High floor. $4K neg. Hurry! Owner's Rep: 9239-2298 TERESA VILLE CONDO. 1350 sq.ft. 2+l with balconies. F/furn/ aircon. Mins to city.
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      • 869 12 ■aY DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ till TANGUN/ HOLLAND U PTE APTS -RENT ASTRIDVILLE 2450 SOFT. 3+l. Renovated. High ceiling. Quiet. Balcony. Immed. 9733-3918 RC UE SO. 1375 sqft 3+l. Excellent cond! P/furn. Orchard/ Clarke Quay. $2300 neg. 9271-6099 3*l THE Regalia. F/furn. High fir. Vacant. Near MRT./ Leedon 2. F/furn. 3+l.
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      • 958 12 WK Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ LnJBT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS -RENT NOVENA MRT. BRAND new! 1 bdrm $1.5K, 2 bdrms $1.6K- $1.9K, 3 bdrms $2k-$2.5K. 4 bdrms- $3K. Penthse $3.5 K. Pool. *****936 D.ll BRAND NEW! Mandale Hgts. 1/2/3/4 rms. Big pool, Jacuzzi, playground, security. MRT. Immed lease. neg! 9855
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      • 734 12 ifh Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST y^f PTE APTS RENT CHOICE BRAND NEW §> Malvern Springs/ Butterworth 8. 2/ 3/ 4+ l. Modern resort-like living. 5 mins to Parkway Parade. $I.BK up! *****877 LOCATION OCEAN PK/ MANDARIN Gdn. 3+l/ 2+l. Full condo .facilities. Spacious living/ dining, near ameni- i ties.
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      • 962 12 IRS Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST Ur PTE APTS RENT Inttmottonoi Property AdviJtn WATER PLACE/ Sanctuary Green/ Cote D Azur. 2/ 3/ 4 rms. Brand new. Pool/ sea view. Daily viewing. SI.BK up. Eric 9237-8889 THE BAYSHORE. PANORAMIC Sea view. High fir, breezy, f/facilities, 4+l rms, 1432 sq.ft. $2.6 K.
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      • 781 12 ■fck D1 7-1 8 CHANGI/ Wk. Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ UIA PAS R RIS DQ PASIR RIS PTE APTS RENT U PTE APTS RENT THE TROPICA. 3+l. Nicely furn. Condo fact ities. Shuttle bus to MRT. Immed. neg. 9101-2724 5 MINS MRT! Eastpoint Green/ East vale/ The Tropica 3+l. F/facilities/ fun.
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      • 493 12 ■k D 22-24 DO WEST |F PTE APTS RENT GUILIN VIEW. GOMBAK MRT/ ame nities. 2 bdrm. Furn. Pool, tennis, gym, etc. $1300. SGS *****030 NORTHVALE 3+l RM High floor Unblocked. F/ furn. CCX MRT/ Lot 1. Immed. Jo 9857-9888 CHESTERVALE 3+l F/FURN. Full condo facilities. Near Bt Panjanq shpg
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      • 1130 13 HJV HULK/ HDB iff? APTS FOR RENT YISHUN APPROVED EXEC Apt Blk 387. Windy, prefer family, vacant, master 1 rm aircon. Immed! neg! 9862-6734 (No agts) 1-5 RM HOUGANG 212. 531. Teck Whye 13. Bedok 417. AMK, MacI pherson, Simei/ others. All areas workers quarters. 9740-5959 CCX EXEC APT Approved
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      • 679 13 ¥§X SERVICE WQK SERVICE |p/ APARTMENTS |pf APARTMENTS I Located above Ginza Plaza, I c^liSS** West Coast Rd. I 4 wl| Mm. lease period: 1 month I Kf !'Blli? Minutes to Clementi MR I LIS f B Holland Village, NUS if flhl 3- bdrm apts with seaview siri Suitable for
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      • 321 13 ■k 001-08 till CITY ft SOUTH-WEST AN EXOTIC HAVEN!!! $563 psf up l Fhold! 1/ 2/ 3rm Loft Apt Greenery view. MRT/ 24 hr shpg. TOP. Foreigners eligible. Early bird discount!!! 9001 9868 Tay HOME OFFICE! F'HOLD. 958/ 1012 sqft. 1 mm to MRT. TOP soon. View by appt. Ideal
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      • 840 13 ■k DOl-08 Hk DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Llil ci nr a south-west IIM tanglin/ Holland PIEAPTS-SALE HOUSES -SALE D.05 VISTA PK. S32OK. 99 yr. 1076 sqft. 2 rms. New kitchen. Sea view. F/facilities. *****126 D.05 GOLD COAST. Modern 3+l Wf\ Rl^HICi Resort condo. 1500 sq.ft. Pool I I I Hl IVI
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      • 1670 14 ffh DO9- 1 0 ORCHARD/ ifh 009- 1 0 ORCHARD/ h*d TANGLIN/ HOLLAND U) TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE IV APTS SALE a. (P HM &O FARRER CT. 1453 sqft. 3+l. High fir. Unblocked view. Well kept, i Ouiet tranquil. Near future MRT/ good schs. Julian 9111-3355 $675 PSF UPI
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      • 750 14 8011 821 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HOUSES -SALE 60 WATTEN VIEW 2-storey exclusive link bunglw. Gdn/ patio. 4000 sq.ft. Mark *****786 HTN BARKER RD. ACS. Elevated 2-sto-rey bunglw. 8500/ 5000 sqft. Pool. s+l. F'hold. Agt 9060-2992 JLN JURONG KECHIL terr. 2250 sq.ft. 3+l. Orig. Near MGS. F'hold. Good price. *****973 D.21 3-STOREY
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      • 858 14 ■t Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ LIB BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI WJ PTEAPTS-SALE PANDAN VALLEY. CUL-DE-SAC ground terr. 4100 sqft. s+l. Resort nature ambience. *****139 F'HOLD LOR. KILAT, opp Beauty World. Future MPT. 2088 sqft. Near shpg/ mkt. *****323 ERA D.ll THE HILLSIDE F'hold. 2+l. 1044 sqft Greenery/ resort living Good layout. SSBOK *****033
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      • 1386 14 ■LX Dl 2 BALESTIER/ Rfc 012-14 BALESTIER/ U±J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG LED MACPHERSON/GEYLANG FREEHOLD Foreigners EHgtole Deterred Payment Scrume Expected TOP In earty2oos Final few 2-bedrm cholc* units (947 sf) at SPECIAL PRICE All UnHs Mutt 00l View actual showflat via route leading to 82 Jalan Taman ■y appointment only can. 9239
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      • 975 14 f&k Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST |pP PTEAPTS-SALE F'HOLD DEVT. EAST Coast Park way/ beach/ resort living. 21 3 rm/ penthse avail fr $6xxK. Haig Rd Townhse 1771 sqft. *****932 CHELSEA LODGE F'HOLD. 3+1. 1227 sqft. TOP 2000. Near amenities. Great view! Great location! Hurry! Call Chin Fatt: 9385-8553 COTE
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      • 757 14 ■t 17-1 8 CHANGI/ E3 PASIR RIS IV PTEAPTS-SALE FREE-|#| HOLD HUM D.17 EDGEWATER Exclusive Con do. Brand new. Close to nature! 2+l. Ground fir. Pool. 1000 sq.ft. 2+l roof terr 1880 sqft *****318 CASCADALE FREEHOLD 5599K up! Must sell! 1615 sqft. Huge 3+l with facilities. Pool view. Ouiet serene.
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      • 776 14 ■k Dl9-2OSERANGOON/ QD THOMSON IF PTE APTS SALE BESTigj BUY HH EVERGREEN PK CONDO. 3+l rms. Showflat cond. High fir. Huge living. Full condo facilities. Motivated seller. Hurry! 9144 5318 GOLDENHILL PK KEITH *****226 *2-rm. High fir. $688<, F'hold. *3-rm low fir. pk view SB2OK neg •4-rm Low fir. Pool.
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      • 658 14 ■k D 22-24 LHj WEST HOUSES SALE PHOENIX GDN 2-STOREY semi-d. 3200 sq.ft. 4+l+ family hall. Gdn. F'hold. Amenities. 9021-4173 PN ■k D 25-28 Qy NORTH HOUSES FREE-I^l HOLDJIIJ ALL D.281 HURRYI Ivy 9455-1714 Semi-d 4198/ 3497 sqft. 6-rms. Saraca Ville corner terr, New! Corner terr New 8 rms 3000
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      • 735 15 Pfh D 22-24 WEST Mir PTE APTS SALE ■BHapaMß^H SS6BK ONLY! THE Warren. 3 bdrm High fir. 1216 sq.ft. Lot 1/ MRT. This one wouldn't last! Immed view! Hurry! Audra 9488-5663 GREAT VIEWI 2 Bdrms Parkview Apt. High fir. Full condo facilities. Ready to move-in. $450K neg. Call *****706 ERA.
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      • 910 15 IR\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Iffr? (ANG MO KIO) bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbP' ibbbbP^ *"^lbbß 5T 552 CORNER! Designer decor! 5T 430 Corner! MRT! Beautiful! 4'NG' 105 Corner! Huge recess! 4'NG' 463 Corner! 101% move-in! i 3'NG' 252 High fir! Next to corner Quick Tip Don't underestimate how important it is to clean
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      • 995 15 PK HDB APTS FOR SALE Uj? (ANG MO KIO) 3'NG' 151/ 153/ 155. SI6OK neg. 3 1 2-rm corner 441. Low fir. Nice. 4'NG' 633. Opp MRT. 9027-8228 3'NG' BLK 418/ 534. AMK Near MRT/ mkt. Renovated. neg. Tel: APC 6455-7161/ *****870 3'NG' 8LK.624 MID/ lift floor. Mins MRT. Low
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      • 1030 15 Kjfek HDB APTS FOR SALE Hjf (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) BLK 130. 4 NG' Bedok N. High fir, unblocked. Central/ MRT. neg. Call Diana 9185-3915 TEXAN CHEAP BEAUTIFUL! 3 NG' Bedok N 554. Near Sheng Siong/ Mac Donald. SI7OK. 9239-9738 EN-BLOC 4 'NG' Bedok S. Blk 49. Mid fir. 100% Mcve-in.
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      • 1108 15 ijh HDB APTS FOR SALE Ph HDB APTS FOR SALE |||P (BISHAN) Ufcr (BISHAN) Ah* 263, 4 'A'. Very high fir. Fantastic view. Move-in. Well kept. Owner upgrading. Lengson 9238-6056 3 NG-305 Shunfu Rd. Renovated. Mid fir. Lift level. Bright, windy mkt can contra *****764 3S. BLK 406. Sin Ming
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      • 1134 15 •dyS HDB APTS FOR SALE Upf (BUKIT BATOK) 4 'A' CORNER 537 Bt Batok High fir. Bright windy. Very near j MRT/ amenities/ pk *****708 pn i i 4 'NG' 226 #09. Lift level. MRT!!. 3 'NG' 146. Mid fir. $148 K. MRT 3 'NG' 422. Lift level. *****646 4
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      • 1076 15 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE LEQ(BTMERAH/Q'STOWN/ W TELOKBLANGAH) 3 T BLK 98 C'wealth Cres. Orig cond. Upgraded. Near mkt, food ctr. Serious seller! *****135 3 T 138 Bt Merah. Mid fir. 5 T 1068 Depot. Move-in. Renovated. Aircon. Near Mkt. 9027-3130 PN 3*l' *1 FARRER Rd Blk 8. Upgraded, #11.
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      • 900 15 o*s Buy it. sell it. Find it. LmmXf^BSajOßtk Written hy Goh Mci Vi BUDGET BASICS 'Hidden 1 costs of buying a house Buying a home requires other expenses that may not be apparent at first, but it all adds up to the total cost of owning a home. Although some
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      • 595 15 I^liJ fpun i run yamd i lIIJ 4'A' BLK 346 windy, no noon sun. i Spacious hall, 3 mins to Lot 1/ CCX MRT. #02 All races. ExcelI lent location. View to offer 1 H;l J ;T«n i It flaM ;MIJ J F/AIRCON. 163 JLN Teck Whye 1 Exec Mais
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      • 578 15 »^^r\ nLNj Arl j rOK jALh RAYMOND m^rju 9105 ***** W* I 4 'A' CCK Blk 486. #07. Lift level. Corridor. Very Well Kept Malay Home! Nice oakwood kitchen. Unblocked. Near Sunshine Place. 4 'A' 678 Corner. Ground fir. 111 sqm. Move-in. Unblocked. Gdn. Near amenities. Must sell! $250K Grab
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      • 905 17 I I llHernat ional I I PPJ bß* B^BmCSSS X^l IHbbU bH H^ hIbKiI I'm I\2 1? I B»^B^^SB^Bm.^ffiff^Mfßjß|B KM> HI I^^^HHf Permanent I c*e 1 HSU I Bbh B^k. I b?9 S^^^^^^^ IB^ *BR^ i facial Treatment: ■Hb^b^bV BS3H^ hi^lbl .^bS b^bw I ■•^ffr^^WSPPPP'^Bi 1 A°™cTs C v r
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      • 798 18 E&\ HDBAPTS FOR SALE IiIrMCHOACHUKANG) 4 'A' CORNER Blk 484A. High fir. Fully renovated. Near amenities/ sch. 9387 1055 ERA 4'A' BLK 614 CCX new listing. high/ marble fir. unblocked, ren- i ovated, move m, MRT. *****616 4 'A' BLK 443. High fir. Lift level, j Well/ new renovation. Near
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      • 849 18 Wk HDBAPTS FOR SALE m (CLEMENTI/ IP WEST COAST] 5 'S' 27 Dover Cres. New list! #20th fir above, panoramic unblocked view, face SE. Upgraded, Near schs. Best unit! 9001-4264 3' 2-RM 379. HIGH fir. S2OSK neg. 3 'NG' 310 high floor. Renovated. 3 NG' 728 mid floor. Unblocked. 3
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      • 918 18 ■k HDBAPTS FOR SALE (GEYIANG/EUNOS/ urui I?KI.:I USTINC|gj 5T JLN BATU, Blk 11. Mid lift fir. 5 T Jin Batu Blk 11, high/ lift fir. Renovated, spacious, Stadium view. Near amenities. 9030-1424 EXEC MAIS 846 Eunos Aye 3 bdrms. Mid fir, unblocked, bright. Near MRT. Convenient. Pis call Martin *****537
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      • 853 18 ■aY HDBAPTS FOR SALE liy (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ V YIOCHUKANG) aHaHL^H^H*I jni#i W~l V *,',v V j 2-MIN HOUGANG CENTRAL/ MRT. 5 T Corner 837 463, 460, 466. 7 yrs. With 4 bdrms balcony. All high/ lift level. Totally unblocked. Fantastic view. Bright windy. Ai-decor. 100% move m All races 1 a^P%,
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      • 729 18 ■LV HDBAPTS FOR SALE UjlJ (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ |V YIO CHU KANG) 4-' A' CORNER BLK 574 Hougang High/ marble fir. Unblocked 4 'A' BIK 135 Lor Ah Soo. Reno vated. Helen 9022-5448 ERA 4'S' BLK 613 Hougang, high fir well maintained, 100% move-it cond. Windy, near amenities sports complex. *****771
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      • 1108 18 ■k HDBAPTS FOR SALE I^l (HOUGANB/ S'GOON/ V YIO CHU KANG) i S 'I' BLK 698-B Hougang St 61. AI I. i renovation. Move m cond. Amei- nities. All races eligible. Not to be missed! Manjeet 9850-4888 PN R.LALETHA S&A 9147 3436 ST^M J l^B^B^B^fc "^B^'V. 1 5 T BLK
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      • 1117 18 Wlf\ HDBAPTS FOR SALE fa*/ (JURONG) •ERA* Proven Juronq Specialist Sam Wee *****135 ERA JURONG EAST/ WEST Exec Apt 912, 4 rms. AI! $288K Exec Apt 859 #7. A1 decor. $-20K Exec Apt 841, 830 #11 AI 1 $310K Exec Apt 323 #8. AI! Lift. $-20K Exec Mais 910, 558.
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      • 1038 18 PPS HDB APTS FOR SALE feti? (JURONG) 5 T BLK 749 corner Jurong W. Opp G*k Poh Shpg Ctr. 5 T Blk 288 Jurong East. Near amenities/ IMM/ MRT. Call *****994 "TO SELL 1 5-RM 322 *11. Renovated. Split I aircon. New Kitchen toilets. Near mkt/ food centre/ Chinese Gdn
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      • 830 18 HflS HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 3'2-RM CORNER 506 Jurong W Well renovated. Move m cond. MRT. neg. Robin 9638-0723 IV 3' j-RM 433 94 sqm 801. Move-in. 3 T Block 6. Taman Jurong 801.. 5 T 240. High fir. 9007-7077 3-RM. 167 BOON Lay upgraded. 70 sqm. Spacious. 100%
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      • 802 18 fff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Ufcr 1 (MARINE PARACE) 3 T BLK 31. High fir. Sea view. F/Renovated. SAP sch. $22 3K up 5 T 29. 5 yrs new decor. Low Can Co-broke. *****733 Orion 4 T BLK 55 Marine Terr Dr to dr Corner. High fir. Well renovated. 200%
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      • 1019 19 HK HDB APTS FOR SALE \Uf (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) Prop^xHMjßß 5 T BLK 192 760. Corner. Well renovated. Low fir. 100% movein. Near amenities/ MRT. From S3OOK! Call 9799-7765 PN 5265K UPI 5 T Corner blk 254.. Pasir Ris St 21. Lift level. 2nd owner. 126 sqm 4 rms, 2
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      • 963 19 Rfv HDB APTS FOR SALE \iif (SEMBAWANG) E R t A 5 T BLK 311 Canberra Rd. 6 yr. High fir. Move m. Near MRT/ shpg ctr. Below S3OOK. Hurry, don't miss this one! Near ERA MRT II i ESTITf 5 T BLK 5038 Spacious living hall/ kitchen. High fir.
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      • 768 19 Hfi HDB APTS FOR SALE Uj/ (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) RICHARD NG 'J 9186 0613 A 4 'A' CORNER 249 MRT Amenities 4 'A' 341. Renovated/ 7-yrs only, i i 4 'A' Corner 370 New, 7-yrs only. 4 'A' 733 Renovated/ 7-yrs only, j 4 'A' Corner 813 Well renovated. 5 T
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      • 822 19 fff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Mfrf {TAMPINES/ SIMEI) M I #ib 1 Ivl 3'A' 269 $10K below value. MRT. 3'A' Blk 107 $195 K. Renovated. 4'A' 113 S26OK. Move-in. Quiet. No commission fr direct buyers mustl#l BUY Mil 4'A' 320 Whether you are young or old, whether it is day
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      • 1058 19 RK HDBAPTS FOR SALE HP (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5 T 393. High fir. Large living area. Unblocked. NS facing. Next to Tampines Mart, sch. Easy access to TPE. Vicktor 9694-6213 EPA j 5-RM TAMPINES 411 high fir. Lift level. NS facing. Big. 4 bdrms. Aircon. Vacant. Early move m. i MRT/ polyclinic.
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      • 1023 19 ■t HDBAPTS FOR SALE HQ (TOAPAYOH/ POTONG PASIR) P^^^ipLiij'i I v iKsm 3-RM BLK 59 T Payoh upgraded with extra rm, fee paid. Quiet facing. Clean. Mid fir, unblock, windy. Food/ shpg neg! *****226 ■■■I $173K ONLY! 3T Blk 206. Up graded. Mid floor. Beside MRT. 3T Blk 113. Upgraded
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      • 968 19 lift HDBAPTS FOR SALE |||f (WOODLANDS) ■h %i E R V Jf± ■Hi iititi .ammWW k\WW JUMBO CORNER BLK 141 Marsiling High fir. Lift level. 4 rms. 2 attached. Large hall. 176 sqm. Indian owner 100% move m. MRT AJOULMAUKUUff ~M 91 77 7663 j^ 3 'A' lss 803 simple
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      • 936 19 lift HDB APTS FOR SALE |i|r (WOODLANDS) CHOICE UNIT 5T CORNER. S2BOK. Woodlands Ring 655. Condo layout. 4-bdrm with aircon. Beautiful cond. Admiralty MRT. 9680-2244 I Pro NexUnipl 5-RM BLK 711 corner Woodlands Dr 70. Designer decor. High fir. move-in. Unblock. Best facing, privacy, view to offer! *****050 L^L^L^B iidt
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      • 1072 19 Wfti HDB APTS FOR SALE Hlr (WOODLANDS) •*$225K LAST CALLI 5T Blk 216 Marsiling. Seaview. High floor. APC 9853-4870/ 6455-7161 $25K BELOW VALUE! 5 I Corner Blk 541/ 546. F/renovated. Near Vista Pt/ sch. *****002 Kaizer 3'A' WOODLANDS BLK 314 mid fir, lift level, near MRT/ mkt. Cobroke welcome. *****917
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      • 764 19 Rfv HOB APTS FOR SALE Mfc/ (YISHUN) Prop^xUtMl 4'A' CORNER 320. High fir, 104 sqm. Quiet. Move-in. Mm to MRT/ Northpoint. neq. *****863 Owner Buying pis call Chris PN urgentlSJ IT 166 HIGH fir. Designer decor. F/aircon. MRT/ amenities/ mkt. Exec Mais 836. $100K decor, x 2 4'A' 840 High
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      • 752 20 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE lly (SENGKANG/ PUNGGOL) BELOW HDB VALUE!! 4 A Blk 185 C Rivervale Cres. High/ lift level. Windy. 100% move-in. Near Rivervale Mall. LRT. All races. neg. mustl#l SELL Egg! YEAR END SALE!! 5 T corner blk 255. High fir. Tastefully renovated. Near MRT/ Compass Pt./
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      • 862 20 ■t HOB APTS FOR SALE tiiJ (SENGKANG/ PUNGGOL) 4 'A 1 CORNER 1208/ 185 C/ 187A, renovated, open view. 5 T 245/ 2588/ 262A. MRT. High fir. Designer decor. 6747-7444 agt 4 'A' BLK 200 D Sengkang East. Renovated, move m cond. High fir. Near amenities. Nan Chiao Sch. Kash
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      • 700 20 HK PRIVATE APTS UNWANTED (RENT/ BUY) TENANTS URGENTLY NEED Apts/ Condos. Reliable! Legal documents. Immed. Call 9146-9140 CO. WANTED 10 CONDO/ Apt units for rent for its foreign employees, SIK-3K. Mr Lum 9856-0661 •■a RENTAL SPECIALIST. RENT out J within a week! Ready family, couple, students, Air-Stewardess, urgently looking 1-5
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      • 700 20 RK FACTORY SPACE HK FACTORY SPACE \Hf FOR RENT |||r FOR RENT Area 1 .518 sq ft to 1 .636 sq ft Loading capacity 7.5KN/sq m Ceiling height 3.8 m Near Paya Lebar MRT PIE expressway Suitable for woodworks, carpentry, light industryrepacking, printing bookbinding, interior decor design Also a 5856
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      • 506 20 i /n--up nt--0 >ar cc. I ?d. I sl ra0/ !nt f t i j m. 40 IS r laV j gh ng >m gh >nTZ ng ne so I kit ox I for al--52 jet for .ft. 00 lor :er ith Rd nt I ion •use Rd or |ft),
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      • 756 20 HjV FACTORY SPACE HK FACTORY SPACE fffi FACTORY SPACE iitfFORSALE BJJfORSALE [0? FOR SALE T 1 9* ri^^. i^i^i^i^i^i^^^^^^^^B iKi^M* X -h^^^^Sf •^^a^b^Va^LSkW I# A *!l P| i mMfr J t I a>^|B I I S att m^b Term* and CondWon* apply |^^^j^VaT/aT/aV#/KTaT^M Easy access to PIE ECP and the
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      • 567 20 CONSERVATION TERR. STURDEE j Rd. 2-storey 3200 sqft. Spacious. Suitable for storage cum office use. Avail immed. 9237-9888 RS CHANGI RD NEAR AIA bldg. Various office spaces for rent. Facing main rd. New 5-storey bldg. $1.80-$2.60 psf. Rayy *****962 OPP IMM 800/ 1000/ 1750/ 3000/ 5000 sq.ft. Fully aircon/ carpet.
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      • 797 20 Wk OFFICE SPACE \ijj FOR RENT $750, 600 SQ.FT. Geylang Rd. Newly built. $900, 800 sqft. Bt Merah. F/furn. Call 9338-3559 THE PLAZA. HIGH fir. Sea view. 720 sqft. Partitioned rm. GP 6469-8543 (to hp) ORCHARD BLDG. PRIME unit 2215 sqft. Opp Centrepoint. F/fitted. Immed avail. 9001 2410 agt JLN
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      • 720 20 fl^ SHOP SPACE Ifff FOR RENT Near Bugis MRT Station Raffles Hospital Ground floor unit available 248 sq ft to 1 1 73 sq ft Daniel Wong 9639 3879 SamPoi 9632 8288 FAR EAST PLAZA #02. $3900 398 sqft, window face busstop, heavy traffic, suitable for all trades. Immed ANZ
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      • 897 21 RtV SHOP SPACE Pf^ SHOP SPACE Silr FOR RENT fatt/ FOR RENT Choice shop units available Excellent Location shops Good Human Traffic Size from 66 sq ft to 904 sq ft Melvin Poh 9666 6764 Priscilla Low 9101 6778 Sam Poi 9632 8288 West Coast Rd, Opp West Coast Community
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      • 665 21 MARINE PARADE CENTRAL blk 81. half or whole shop. 350 or 700 sqft. All trades, owner *****423 FAR EAST/ LUCKY Plaza. Rent/ sale. Prime. Richard Kong Shop Specialist 9688-3543 FAR EAST PLAZA low rental $2200. Crowded. Fashion shop for takeover. Call 9002-9682 1 2 SHOP SPACE for rent at Jin
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      • 747 21 lff\ SHOP SPACE \fjj FOR SALE UPP. S'GOON SHPG Ctr. Facing main road. Approx 313 sq.ft. F'hold. tenanted. 9852-8882 MOSOUE ST. RARE oppty. Below value. F'hold 3-storey shophse. 1176/ 2779 sq.ft. *****209 PL FU LU SHOU shop, hair salon for sale. 3rd fir. Near escalator. Pis call 6339-1294/ 9671-3650 RACE
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      • 683 21 ■k RESTAURANT/ CD LOUNGE JJ SPACE FOR SALE SOHO FARRER. Eating hse with superb frontage. F'hold. 1646 sqft. Ground floor. Next to MRT. 5 stalls. $1.5 M neg. 9383-6132 flk WAREHOUSES/ CD STORAGE W SPACE FOR RENT Ruby Land Complex 52/54 Genting Lane I V ""TW^ 7^ (irdflr- 2854, 3500
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      • 637 28 IMMEDIATE:^ VACANCYJ& INDOOR SALES ASST. Bilingual m Eng Mandarin. Young male environment. Salary $1.7 K. Walk n 501 Balestier Rd, «01-01 Wai Wing Ctr between Ilam-6pm. mmoom) OPTICAL SHOP IN Yishun requires Optician Optometrist. Bilingual m English Mandarin. Female environment. Call 9375-9656 PART-TIME SALES ASSTS (Morn mg/ night shift). Tel:
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