The Straits Times, 17 May 2006

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  • 618 1 Ministers also agree to speed up plans to turn regional grouping into single economic entity Manila ASEAN and South Korea signed a deal yesterday to set up a free trade agreement (FT A) the second such pact that the grouping
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  • 109 1 A prisoner m a jail m Parana, Brazil, holding a guard hostage on Monday, the fourth straight day of gang violence m the country's Sao Paulo state that left almost 100 people dead. The violence appeared to wane yesterday, after prisoners ended their revolt m 70 jails,
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  • 575 1  -  Bryan Lee By SINGAPORE'S Creative Technology has taken its fight with its rival Apple Computer over the MP3 music player market to a new level by seeking a legal ban on Apple's sale of its best-selling iPod m
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1189 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent JOO Chiat resident Chee Huit Teck remembers a time when he could leave his Keppel Road office m the evening and reach home m under 15 minutes. That is a feat he has not performed m a long
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    • IN A FLASH
      • 12 2 Prime 3-4 Asia 6-15 World 16-21 Review 22-25 FYI 26
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      • 70 2 Small hikes, if any If bus and train fares go up this year, any increase will be capped at 1.7 per cent, lower than the 2.4 per cent hike last year. PAGE HI Bowing out? Defeated PAP candidates Eric Low of Hougang and Sitoh Yih Pin m Potong Pasir
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      • 10 2 Movies L2-L4 Mid Life! L 7 Events TV... LIO-Lll
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      • 19 2 Energy boomtowns Persistently high energy prices are fuelling the growth of resource-rich places across the globe. PAGE 16
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      • 45 2 Nurturing Ike Reader urges Mindef to allow violinist Ike See to defer his NS so he can take up a prestigious music scholarship. PAGE Hll Doctors' role m AMD Readers question why doctors are refusing to be witnesses for Advanced Medical Directives. PAGE Hll
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      • 26 2 Counting on Henry Thierry Henry will win the Champions League for Arsenal tonight because there is too much at stake for him to fail. PAGEHI3
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      • 12 2 Home Hl-HlO Forum Hll Sports Hl2-Hl5 Obituaries Hl6 Money Hl7-H22
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      • 49 2 Polls date rejected Thailand's top three judges have rejected the Oct 22 date proposed by the Election Commission for the next election. PAGE 6 United by demolition Indian lawmakers are setting aside their differences to stop a court-mandated demolition drive against illegal constructions m New Delhi. PAGE 12
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      • 52 2 STI down again The market continued its slide yesterday, dropping below the psychologically important 2,500 mark briefly to hit an intra-day low of 2,487.64. PAGEH2I Match-making service A innovative "dating" service that match-makes SMEs with MNCs needing specialised services has been launched by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
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      • 37 2 Dollar downhill A falling US dollar is good for some things, bad for others. For America it means a need for tighter consumer and fiscal discipline, not just hope to reduce its trade gap. PAGE 22
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      • 26 2 Educating children A recent controversy over racial abuse m the UK shows that children are often caught m the web of adult tensions. PAGE 22
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  • PRIME
    • 88 3 Sentosa's Undenvater World is now home to 43 sand tiger sharks from South Africa, m what is believed to be the largest display of such sharks m the world. Also known as the ragged tooth shark, these sharks may look menacing, but they are generally harmless
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    • 605 3 Authorities appear set on making example of him m push for proper corporate governance Si DUI. SOUTH Korea yesterday indicted the chairman of Hyundai Motor on charges of embezzling company funds, part of a drive to crack down on allegedly shady business practices at family-run
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  605 words
    • 331 3  - 2 women jailed for harassing debtors with graffiti Elena Chong By TWO women who helped an illegal moneylending syndicate harass debtors by defacing the walls of staircase landings with graffiti against them were jailed yesterday. Housewives Ho Bee Hoon, 43, and Kwan Lay Choo, 30, are the first women to
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    • 585 4  -  Meng Yew Choong Entrepreneur finds way to run truck on biodiesel and plans to start selling it next month B\ A LOCAL entrepreneur has come up with a way to run diesel-powered cars on biodiesel made out of used cooking oil, and
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    • 117 4 ALCOHOL and biodiesel are the two main kinds of eco-friendly biofuel. Alcohol, chiefly m the form of ethanol, is produced by the fermentation of products containing carbohydrates, such as corn, potatoes, wood, waste paper, wheat, brewery waste and food wastes. Ethanol is usually mixed with petrol when used
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    • 348 4 Washington PRESIDENT George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard underscored their alliance m wars m Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday and pledged determination to defeat the forces of terrorism. The pledge came five years after the two leaders met at the White House on
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  • ASIA
    • 257 6 THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has resumed some official duties quietly, six weeks after stepping aside amid street protests m Bangkok, his deputy said yesterday. "Prime Minister Thaksin is now involved with many issues, such as arranging state ceremonies to mark the King's 60th
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    • 588 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Election panel had no quorum to make decision, top judges say By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok DAMAGE DONE "The four commissioners have already committed gross damage to the country, so if we let them hold another poll, we won't be able
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  • CHINA
    • 580 8  -  Peh Shing Huei MM LEE'S VISIT TO CHINA From dark streets to modern buildings, the city has come a long way By In Shanghai EXACTLY 30 years to the month after first visiting Shanghai, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday he could not imagine
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    • 683 8  - Chance for new MPs to see MM on world stage PEH SHING HUEI Shanghai THREE days after the polls, six newly-elected MPs have found themselves up close on a daily basis with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, listening m on meetings and having meals with China's leaders. From canvassing for
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    • 403 9 Four reporters arrested for demanding cash from companies Beijing THE Chinese authorities have arrested four newspaper reporters for extortion and called on the press to ensure such incidents do not happen again, the state news agency Xinhua has reported. The journalists worked for
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    • 552 10 Chinese media mum on Cultural Revolution "This self-deceiving silence is a tragedy to our nation. ..and is dangerous from a historical point of view." JOURNALIST LU YUEGANG, on official reluctance to talk about the Cultural Revolution 40th anniversary of the troubled era is greeted with silence m China Beijing CHINA'S
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    • 198 10 Hong Kong HONG KONG and Taiwan are bracing themselves for Typhoon Chanchu, with Hong Kong issuing its first major storm alert of the year and Taiwan sending out sea warnings yesterday. The Hong Kong Observatory said on its website that it was likely
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 457 11 His comments come after US Republican expresses misgivings on Koizumi's visits Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo shrine are not the subject of widespread criticism among US lawmakers, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said yesterday. In the latest
      REUTERS  -  457 words
    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 97 11 JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's public support rating has plunged by more than 50 per cent m his first 18 months m office, with Indonesians citing his administration's poor handling of the economy as their biggest concern, a survey group said yesterday. His overall approval rating fell
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      • 89 11 TAIPEI: Mr Chao Chien-ming, the son-in-law of Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian, said his family will donate some of the gains from stock market transactions that triggered an insider trading probe by the Taipei prosecutor's office. But he did not say who would receive the money,
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      • 91 11 BEIJING: Environmental officials m Beijing asked residents yesterday to stop driving their cars to work one day a month m an effort to clean up the capital's air pollution and ease traffic jams. More than 200.000 drivers m up to 100 Beijing automobile clubs have agreed
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      • 90 11 TOKYO: Exhausted Japanese workers m need of a pick-me-up will soon, be able to get a hit of canned oxygen at their local convenience store. Seven-Eleven Japan will start marketing the new product, O2 Supli, at select stores m the Tokyo area later this
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      • 94 11 TOKYO: About 400 litres of coolant water containing radioactive material leaked from a nonactive nuclear power reactor m western Japan, but there was no danger of radiation escaping from the plant, its operator said yesterday. The leak was discovered by a worker who rushed to
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 419 12  -  P. Jayaram Parties jointly counter court ruling on illegal Delhi buildings By India Correspondctit In New Delhi FEAR of alienating their voters has brought India's diverse political parties together m a rare show of consensus to stop a court-man- dated demolition drive against illegal constructions
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    • 190 12 Kathmandu ABOUT 2,000 people demonstrated here yesterday to protest against delays m a parliamentary vote on a proclamation that will strip Nepal's king of his political and military powers. The protesters burned tyres and chanted slogans against the delay, caused by differences within
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 589 13 Yudhoyono visits Merapi to urge villagers to evacuate Repeated warnings fall on deaf ears as residents stay put m the face of ash rain "Only God knows what will happen. We can only ask for his protection." MS RISKANI, a villager Mount Merapi (Indonesia) INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono flew
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG; REUTERS; G. CHANDRADAS; AFP; BBC  -  589 words
    • 331 13  -  Tania Tan By MOUNT Merapi might blow its top, but Singaporeans are safe, it seems. Associate Professor David Laurence Higgitt of the National University of Singapore said there was little chance of the island being affected by any eruption as it was "too
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    • 132 13 MOUNT MERAPI: The caddies have fled. Two cleaning ladies squat beneath the shade of a tree close to the 18th hole. Club manager Sukirman sits and smokes, knowing he is m for a quiet couple of weeks. He said the caddies that ply the Golf Merapi
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    • 93 13 MOUNT MERAPI: As thousands of people flee Mount Merapi. the 80-year-old man entrusted by royalty to watch over the volcano's spirits is going nowhere and insists the mountain is safe. "There is no risk," Mr Maridjan said outside his home just 6km from the crater.
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    • 88 13 WONOKERTO: For one local resident, the appearance of the "shaggy goats", as the locals call the searing clouds of volcanic gases, ash and dust, brings back terrible memories of Merapi's last eruption m November 1994 which killed 66 people. Mr Maryoto, 50, has every reason
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
    • 495 14  -  Reme Ahmad DVD shows former premier running down current leaders and slamming bridge decision By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied any association with the purported distribution of a DVD that shows him criticising
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    • 157 14 Hanoi PRIME Minister Phan Van Khai, the first Vietnamese premier to have visited the United States since the end of the Vietnam War m 1975, said yesterday that he was retiring. Mr Khai, 72, has served two consecutive fiveyear terms m communist-run Vietnam's top government
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 414 15  -  Carolyn Hong XL condemns group for disrupting meeting on non-Muslim rights By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has condemned a protest by a group of 500 Muslims which forced an abrupt end to a forum organised m Penang last Sunday to
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    • 177 15  -  Shah Alam (Selangor) PHOTO HE LOOKED nothing like the priest he claimed to be. The 19-year-old youth was the centre of attention m court on Monday when he was brought m to answer charges of cheating. He was arrested for allegedly conning several people into
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    • 261 15 KIJ \l.\ I.UMPUR ASEAN will sign a pact to set up a power grid amid rising oil prices and surging demand for energy, reports said yesterday. The deal will be signed at an Asean energy ministers meeting m Vientiane m July to
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    • 189 15 M m mm W I l<- mKKM^tO LAUNCH PUBLIC FORUM Organised by Singapore Cancer Society Cervical cancer is currently the sth most common cancer m Singapore women. About 200 new patients are diagnosed yearly. Fortunately cervical cancer may be prevented. Pre-cancer and early cancer of the cervix are often without
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    • 394 15 MWMKfJ SCfcCESS ISWYOU In certain areas of my life, I always achieve success. However m the other areas I constantly struggle. No matter how hard I work and follow good advice, my life just isn't the way I want it to be. I want to be healthy and also have
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  • WORLD
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      716 16 BOOM TOWNS I Calgary, Perth and Nagoya I are some cities benefiting from I high energy prices L.^,^..........^......«...........................................m Los Angeles THE prospect of persistently high energy prices has fuelled the latest wave of boomtowns across the world. Calgary, Canada; Nagoya, Japan; Perth, Australia; and the US cities of Casper, Wyoming
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    • 517 17  -  Eugene Low Plan for temporary work permits for illegal immigrants gets mixed response By US Correspondent In Washington AN EMBATTLED President George W. Bush has pushed for broad reform of US immigration laws m a move to salvage his sliding popularity and heal the
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    • 138 17 PRESIDENT George W. Bush outlined the following steps on immigration reform: Deploy up to 6,000 National Guard troops on the southern US border initially for one year. Increase federal funding for state and local authorities assisting the Border Patrol. Ask Congress for funding and legal authority
      REUTERS  -  138 words
    • 251 17 Moscow THE lone surviving hostage-taker m the 2004 Beslan school massacre m which 331 people were killed had committed an act of terrorism, a Russian judge declared yesterday. "The court has established that Kulayev took part m an armed attack and a hostage-taking... that
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    • 551 18  -  Sao Paulo Almost 100 people killed m violence after gangs carry out attacks REVOLTS m 70 jails m the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo came to an end after four days of bloody violence m which almost 100 people were killed. But pockets
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AFP  -  551 words
    • 130 18 GANGS like the First Capital Command, allegedly behind a wave of deadly attacks on police m Sao Paulo, effectively run prisons from where they organise crimes m Brazil's major cities, said experts. The First Capital Command, known by its Portuguese initials PCC, is the most powerful
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    • 424 19 Washington also calls on North Kores and Iran to reap similar benefits Washington THE United States has restored full diplomatic ties with Libya, rewarding the longtime pariah nation for scrapping its weapons-of-mass-destruction programmes and signalling incentives for Iran and North Korea if they do
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    • 376 19 Beijing CHINA said yesterday it supported a European plan to resolve the Iranian nuclear stand-off and urged Teheran to respond positively. The European Union plans to offer Iran enhanced incentives to halt sensitive nuclear activities that the West suspects are aimed at producing
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    • 724 20 Powerful old-boy network linked to smear campaign against politicians Paris THERE are at least 160,000 living alumni of Oxford University, and more than 320,000 people with degrees from Harvard. So exclusive, m contrast, is France's elite Ecole Nationale d'Administration that fewer than 6,000
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    • 175 20 Washington THE Pentagon has released a list of all 759 "war on terror" detainees who have been held at a US naval base m Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under the control of the US military, a spokesman said on Monday. But Pentagon spokesmen would not say
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    • 33 21 SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE PHOTO AFP ARTIFICIAL LIMBS NO BARRIER: Mr Inglis conquered Mount Everest with prosthetic limbs. His legs were amputated below the knee m 1982 after he suffered frostbite m a climbing accident.
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    • 287 21 Double amputee's top of the world feeling NEW Zealand mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost both legs 24 years ago, has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his wife said yesterday. He called her to say he had made it to the top
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    • 108 21 SOUTH Korean climber Park Young-seok redefines the adage, never say die, reaching the summit of Mount Everest for the second time after nearly getting killed on previous attempts. Mr Park, 43, made the 8,850 m summit on Sunday, a Nepalese Tourism Ministry official said
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    • 93 21 BUSINESSMAN Ravichandran Tharumalingam has become the first Malaysian to reach the top of Mount Everest solo. He reached the peak of the world's tallest mountain at 4.15pm on Monday. Mr Ravichandran, 42, began his climb on April 1. His effort has been dubbed a
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    • 28 16 Brazil gang attacks Security on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, remains tight after four days of gang attacks and revolts m 70 jails. PAGE 18 fdff• f
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    • 414 22 US$: Policy mix needed THERE is little disagreement among economists as to whether the United States dollar should fall it should. With the US current account deficit at a record 6.4 per cent of its GDP, the dollar's fall is inevitable. What is worrying is the possibility of that fall
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    • 825 22  -  William Pesek Jr By A FUNNY thing is happening to China on its way to ruling the global etonomy: It's realising the power of a man named Mr Ben Bernanke. Federal Reserve chairman since Mr Alan Greenspan stepped down m January, Mr Bernanke has continued the
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    • 739 22  -  Sunanda K. By Datta-Ray For The Straits Times IT IS never too early to learn. That message, even more succinctly put by Napoleon who declared that a child's education should begin 20 years before its birth with the mother's training, lies at
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    • 1252 23  -  Anthony Paui CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION ByX, Senior Writer CHINA'S Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which began 40 years ago this week, was a turbulent time for Chinese citizens. My memories of it, however, are two moments of great quiet. I witnessed the first m October 1966, during
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    • 1033 24  - Beating the midlife gloom Lucy Kellaway By TROUBLED LIVES Tens of millions (m the US workforce) are middleseent: variously burnt-out, bored or stuck m a bottleneck. Middlescents are valuable because they have a lot of experience, though they are also restless, dissatisfied and tend to have a bad attitude. I
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    • 800 25  -  John Tierney 1^g ghg fgfgf IF YOU'VE been tracking the blogosphere, you know that Americans are struggling through the year's most emotionally cataclysmic event. I refer, of course, to the ejection of Chris Daughiry from American Idol. •Why, America, WHY?" asked Kelly, one of
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    • 193 26 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Listen to a concert featuring music by Mozart and Schumann. The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane. 7.30pm. Tickets: $25, $48. Call 6332-6919 or e-mail tickets@toph.com. sg for tickets. 2 Learn more about diabetes management at a talk to be held this Saturday.
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    • 66 26 THIS DAY IN HISTORY SEGREGATION OUTLAWED 1954. The United States Supreme Court outlaws racial segregation m all schools and stops the practice of separating classes according to race. FIRST WATCH FACTORY 1968. Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee opens Singapore's first factory making Swiss watches m Jurong. Owned by Swiss firm
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 2006*
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    • 459 1  -  Christopher Tan TRANSPORT FARES Cap is 1.7°/o, lower than 2.4% last year, and any rise will take effect m October By Senior Correspondent IF BUS and train fares go up this year, any increase will be capped at 1.7 per cent, lower than the
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    • 392 1 THE year-old fare adjustment formula is expressed mathematically as 0.5 CPI 0.5 WI- 0.3%, where CPI is the change m the Consumer Price Index (or inflation), WI is the change m average wages and the third element is the productivity gain of transport companies, fixed at 0.3 per
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    • 515 2  -  Khushwant Singh Man acts as Spore citizen for six years with lookaiike stranger's IC By INDIAN national Moorthy Pugalendhi has masqueraded as a Singaporean for nearly six years with the help of an identity card he had bought for $500. He
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    • 273 2 IN THE past five years, an average of 30,000 identity cards have been reported lost every year, with some sold to foreign workers here for up to $500. A pub owner m Serangoon Road believes only small-timers are involved presently. The 49-year-old, who declined to
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    • 494 2  -  Elena Chong By A PRISON officer, who drowned when his boat collided with a Police Coast Guard (PCG) patrol vessel off Punggol Jetty two years ago, died by misadventure, a coroner's court ruled yesterday. Mr Abdul Rahim Junid, 47, a corporal attached to Admiralty West Prison,
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    • 255 2  -  ELENA CHONG GUN 'HANDOVER' CASE FOUR more charges were filed against unemployed Lai Chin Yeong, who has been accused of pointing a pistol at a police officer. The 31-year-old was first charged m court two months ago with illegal possession of a
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    • 274 2 A DOCTOR alleged to have performed an illegal abortion is under investigation by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for reportedly carrying out the procedure without a licence. The probe on the general practitioner, whose clinic is m the eastern part of Singapore, follows
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    • 573 3  -  Roger Maynard SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER Pictures of bloodied scene shown m court; others describe Tiwary's behaviour By Australia Correspondent In Sydney GRAPHIC photographs of the bloodied scene that the police found on entering the apartment where two Singaporean students lay murdered were shown m
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    • 335 3  -  Arti Mulchand By WHAT next after diseased gums, a cancerous lung, a brain oozing blood? Smokers will be seeing more disturbing images and warnings on cigarette and tobacco packs by year-end. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) confirmed yesterday that a new set of warnings was being
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    • 735 4  -  Salma Khalik Bausch Lomb product voluntarily taken off shelves for good 3 months after Spore alert By Health Correspondent RAISING THE ALARM "I'm glad we made the right choice, and forestalled a lot of other infections." ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DONALD TAN of the Singapore National Eye
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    • 884 5  -  Maria Almenoar LEE KUAN YEW MODEL STUDENT/TRAINEE AWARD Mr Ricky Lim is one of six winners of this year's LKY Model Student Award By WHEN he was m Secondary 1, Ricky Lim found school "so boring", he skipped class three times a week.
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 94 6 EGYPT'S Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ahmed Aboul Gheit will give a lecture at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy today. In Singapore for an official visit, he will call on President S R Nathan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh
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      • 107 6 TO TIE m with the Great Singapore Sale, SMRT Taxis has launched a promotion to reward those who book its cabs from now until July 23. During this period, anyone who books an SMRT taxi through the company's taxi-booking hotline or website stands
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    • 1350 6  -  Ken Kwek KEN KWEK Eric Low and Sitoh Yih Pin are non-committal on whether they will be contesting again m the two opposition wards, but have cancelled most services they used to provide to residen By WHY BE A FOOL? "I want
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    • 628 7  -  Karamjh Kaur It's waiting for Chinese authority's nod; also seeking second base m Asia By Aviation Correspondent IT IS just three weeks since Tiger Airways roared into the Chinese market but seats are selling so well it is raring to
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    • 415 9  -  Tania Tan Researchers here use DNA studies to ensure safe, good-quality herbal medicine By TRADITIONAL medicine used to be the stuff of old wives' tales but modern science is lending credence to ancient remedies. Researchers at the National University of Singapore are
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    • 177 9 SINGAPORE'S national flower is more than just an ornament it is a mainstay m traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University have been studying the plant's therapeutic properties. Used m Chinese remedies for hundreds of years, close to 250 Chinese orchids have been
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    • 144 9 MOST stories about having a baby through assisted means tend to be the happy, successful ones. But for every success, there are the heartbreaks. Even at the best fertility centres, there are many more failures than successes. Following the Mind Your Body series on
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    • 418 10  -  Yap Su-Yin New portal to matchmake young helpers with community work By HEARTFELT APPEAL "With such a system m place, we network the hearts of volunteers. There's no more excuse for our youth to say they don't know how or where to volunteer their time." MR
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    • 407 10  -  Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent AN EXCHANGE between a junior college student blogger and a top civil servant m the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has caused a stir m the local blogosphere. In her popular blog, i-speak.blog-drive.com, Anglo-Chinese Junior College student
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    • FORUM
      • 356 11 PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP TO U.S. INSTITUTE 1 READ with great pride of the prestigious scholarship offered y the Curtis Institute of Music to violinist Ike See. Only two other Singaporeans have at- tended the institute m Singapore's post-independence years. If Ike is not granted
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      • 143 11 I READ with dismay that 17--year-old violinist Ike See may have to turn down a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music m the United States because he has been denied deferment from national service. I have had the
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      • 179 11 1 REFER to Miss Fawn Lee Peck Ham's letter, "Refuse fees vary: Why?" (ST, May 12). The refuse-collection service for domestic and trade premises was privatised m 2001. For the privatisation of the service, Sin- gapore was divided into nine sectors. The National Environment
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      • 118 11 I REFER to the letter. "Pay $2,000 for niche upgrading" (ST, May 6), by Miss Kek Ah Eng. The National Environment Agency would like to clarify that it does not control prices for niches at Taoist, Buddhist, Christian or other columbaria. Being
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      • 217 11 MY EXPERIENCE with the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) was the reverse of that of Mr Trevor Reginald ("Doc won't witness medical directive"; ST, May 15). My sister, who is semiambulant, has been treated at a polyclinic for a long time. I take her there to
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      • 170 11 I REFER to the letter, "Is politics all about pursuit of party interests?" (ST, May 16), by Mr Jason Phan Shiaw Hwa. I am not sure why Mr Phan thinks I am making a "serious and derogatory claim" when I stated the fact
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      • 595 11 Join hands to take Malay community forward MR ALFIAN Sa'at ("Why Malay voters back Malay PAP candidates"; ST, May 12) felt that I had '•summarily dismissed" some Malay issues as "old grouses". Having been involved m community work for many years as a volunteer and now looking forward to working
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      • 85 11 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial .com. sg/forum Access to letters online is free. >> Honouring mother: Review policies to help children take care of aged parents \S deferment: Spore will gain by letting gifted young people develop their talents abroad Musical talent should be
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      • 154 11 I REFER to Miss Chua Hwee Yong's letter, "'Sale price was normal retail price" (ST, May 5), and thank Guardian Pharmacy for its prompt response. We would like to remind companies that under the Singapore Code of Advertising Practice (Scap), when a
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    • SPORTS
      • 967 12  -  Rob Hughes CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: WHY BARCELONA WILL WIN He's the catalyst to Barca's momentum against an Arsenal who peaked early By Probable line-ups ARSENAL Goalkeeper: Jens Lehmann Defenders: Emmanuel Eboue, Kolo Toure, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole Midfielders: Aleksander Hleb, Cesc Fabregas, Gilberto Silva, Robert Pires
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      • 380 12 Paris MOST footballers would be unhappy at swopping the glamour and glitz of Spain's Primera Liga for the backwaters of the Swedish First Division. But Henrik Larsson has never been like most footballers. Barcelona's loss will become Helsingborg's gain when the 34-year-old packs
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      • 129 12 TWO masked gunmen burst into a late-night meeting m a town hall north of Paris on Monday, taking 13 people hostage and demanding tickets for the Champions League final. The attackers broke into the premises m the Paris suburb of Saint Denis site
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      • 1060 13  -  Abdul Hafiz WINNING'S THE MOST IMPORTANT "You have the players to put on a show, but it's all about winning at the end. 1 ARSENAL STRIKER THIERRY HENRY NOT JUST AN ATTACKING FORCE "Instead of just pressing forward, we have learnt to adapt to
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      • 283 13 Barcelona Their fifth appearance m the European Cup final. They won the European Cup for the only time m 1992, and were beaten finalists m 1961, 1986 and 1994. It is also their 15th European final, one short of Real Madrid's record. Their last European defeat was m
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      • 395 13 Paris ARSENAL coach Arsene Wenger has been to the Stade de France many times. But tonight's Champions League final against Barcelona will be the first time he is on the touchline. The Arsenal coach has a regular seat m the commentator's
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      • 549 14  -  Beunos Aires »world cup 2006 Argentina coach Pekerman ditches ex-captain and gambles on youth DEEP POOL This is a very strong group. Here's a historic potential, and that's because of the richness of Argentine football." ARGENTINA COACH JOSE PEKERMAN GONE are Argentina's losers, tainted by the
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      • 149 14 UNWANTED at Liverpool. Now, Jerzy Dudek is left out of Poland's World Cup squad. One year after his saves helped Liverpool win the Champions League, the goalkeeper found himself out of the World Cup squad on Monday. Dudek has lost his place to Jose Reina at
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      • 385 14 SOCCER London LEST anyone thinks that getting Andriy Shevchenko to Chelsea is mere formality, Jose Mourinho has set the record straight. The Chelsea manager is interested m buying the AC Milan striker, but says it will be "very difficult" to reach a deal with
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      • 156 14 Rome ITALY'S soccer federation, shaking from match-fixing allegations, is set to be placed under emergency administration, just 24 days before the start of the World Cup finals. The country's national Olympic committee met yesterday to plan for an administrator m charge of the federation. Both
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        • 161 14 CHARLEROI (Belgium): The European Union's highest court will rule whether Fifa's practice of refusing to compensate clubs for releasing their players for international team duty is legal. A Belgian commercial court decided on Monday to refer the case of a local club seeking
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        • 57 14 BERLIN: Togo are entering their first World Cup with six uncapped players an attempt to rejuvenate the 23-man squad after a disappointing snowing at the African Nations' Cup m January. Nearly all of the six are defenders needed to shore up their porous backline. They
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        • 59 14 BANGKOK: Bangkok police put the city's bookies on notice yesterday, announcing they have set up some 100 special units to crack down on football gambling during the World Cup m Germany. Thais are avid gamblers, who bet on everything from kickboxing to cock fighting. Football
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        • 82 14 TAMPINES Rovers qualified for the next AFC Cup stage after beating Hong Kong side Happy Valley 4-0 m Hong Kong last night. Noh Alam Shah scored a hat-trick before Ibrahim Noh completed the rout. Selangor, who could have overtaken Tampines with a 9-0 win
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      • 474 15  -  Alvin Foo ATHLETICS They will receive top support m competitions to prepare for Doha By Squad Men: Poh Seng Song (100m), Shameer Ayub (100m, 200m), Kenneth Khoo (400m), R. Muthukumaran (400m), Abdul Hakeem (110m), R. Subaish (800m), Dong Enxin (shot put), James Wong
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      • 266 15  -  Marc Lim »SWIMMING By Sports Correspondent STRONG showings at recent international meets augur well for the future of Singapore swimming. While the Singapore Swimming Association elects a new president and office-bearers at its annual general meeting today, the new man at
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      • 209 15 BASEBALL MLB: Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota 3, Boston 1 1 Baltimore 1 Texas 4NY Yankees 2, Atlanta 1 1 Florida 8, San Francisco 10 Houston 1, LA Dodgers 5 Colorado 4, Arizona 6 San Diego 5 (10 innings) BASKETBALL NBA play-offs, Conference s-finals East: Cleveland 74 Detroit 72
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      • 666 15  -  hia Han Keong IN THE HOOP By' TO EVERY wretched sports team: Every dog has its day. It is the Los Angeles Clippers' turn. The perennial laughing stock of the NBA, the team are so bad that they have
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      • 273 15 BASKETBALL Dallas THANKS to Jason Terry, Dallas are on the brink of eliminating the NBA champions. The Mavericks' latest play-off star made a crucial basket with 23 seconds left m regulation. He then opened overtime with a lay-up and protected the lead they
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    • OBITUARIES
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        240 15 MDM KOH JOON NGOH Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 1 5 May 2006, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: (Lim Poh Swee, deceased) (Koh Ah Joon, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Chin Hock Wendy Lee Siew Vow I Lim Kirn Hai Chua Choo Neo Lim Kirn Hong
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        308 16 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 2 3 LORE SEX PHOOI Age: 67 Was lovingly called home to be with the Lord on 15 May 2006. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Wong
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        389 16 PRITAM SINGH S/O SABHU SINGH (Mehta Chowk) Age: 84 (Wife: Sita Rani, deceased) passed away peacefully on 15 May 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Darshan Singh Scran Kaur Gurmit Singh Mahinder Kaur Jagjit Singh Daljit Kaur Charnjit Singh (CJ) Baljit Kaur Sukhbans Singh Kiran Kaur Daughters: Sons-in-law: Balbir
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        107 16 The Family of the late TAN CHENG HUAT Departed on 1 3 May 2006 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths gifts during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Rev. Derrick Lav Rev. Raymond Sim Toa Payoh
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        367 16 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be m want.... and I will dwell m the 1 house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 t i i ANDREW TAY TIANG SONG Age: 86 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 May 2006. Dearly missed and always
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        • 72 17 52-WEH lEL CURRENCY LASt VBl MY GR'S N£T M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +M- DM) HIGH LOW DIV P/t iMi ***** ***** 6065 Diamonds USlolsocd 6095 IS DJ US Tech U***** 6097 IS MSCI Spore U5555 6101 ISS&PSOO U***** 6170 SPDRS USll2oOcd 2744 2190 6235
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      • 662 18 But experts view falls as short-term correction rather than a meltdown London COPPER and zinc prices eased further yesterday, a day after commodities from oil to gold fell sharply m a global sell-off. Experts said oil and metal prices may extend their sudden
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      • 72 18 18.000 w Yesterday s close: JL 16.158.42 \\i (-328.49 points) 1 The index average |i fell 1.99 per cent as 16,500- ft f energy stocks like I J Sumitomo Metal n I ill Mining fell on lower 16.000 -J j Jyy commodities pnces 1 1 i II
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      • 53 18 Yesterday's A close: 959.94 J (-4.68 points) Malaysian stocks i^l Af fell 0.49 per cent, \f\^ with investors J v unnerved by further kj falls on regional IV markets, a tumble in TWi commodity prices J and fears over US interest rates. 875 AFP Dec Feb Apr
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      • 69 18 17.500 Yesterday's *****- fl close: jjj 16.393.11 16,500- (-101.73 points) T1_ _1_ f_ll l_ i' ineinaexrentoa i one-month low. CNOOC slid after a i r\ Jf slump in pnces of 15 500 itt V ravv matena,s raised I V concerns that *A expectations for 15.000 y'j
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      • 55 18 13.500 Yesterday's close: "•soo- k 11.873.73 J (+51.53 points) 11,500- pl Indian stocks recovered from early />* losses and closed up 0.44 per cent to break a three-day slide linked to a droD 9.500 -JV in global metal jr prices and selling by v overseas funds. 8 500
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      • 59 18 Yesterday's 1.650- close: J 1.613.25 j (-50.84 points) Chinese stocks 1450 i closed sharply lower. losing 3.07 per cent 1350 A on profit-taking as aj/\f investors reacted to 1.250 f V heavy losses in the r commodities markets 1.150 -J and a fall in oil f prices.
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      • 56 18 1.600 Yesterday s i close: A 1.427.81 f\ (-1.72 points) J Indonesian stocks closed flat on 1,300- K bargain-hunting in «J scrips like Bank lynyw Mandin and 1.200 j Perusahaan Gas rr Negara after the market fell more than 13 per cent in two days. 1,000 AFP
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      • 40 18 5.400 /Yesterday's close: 5,217.4 (-16.7 points) Australian stocks fell 0.32 per cent due to a sell-off in resources and energy stocks triggered by an overnight correction in commodity prices. 1.400 Dec Feb Apr May AFP OS 06
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      • 52 18 800 Yesterday's J close: In F 1 ***** 750- Mm (-4.1 points) y UW >» Thai stocks closed 0.54 per cent lower in line with other 700 J regional markets amid worries about the impact of oil prices on the global economy. 650 Dec Feb Apr May
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      • 268 18 May 16 Stock Name Wt Close Change Aligreen 50c 0.30 1.380 -0.040 Ascendasreit 1.07 2.160 -0.020 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.41 1.430 Capita Land 4.10 4.520 -0.080 Capita Mall 0.76 2.30Q -0.020 Chart SemiCond 26c 1.23 1.630 -0.010 CityDev 50c 2.65 9.800 -0.100 ComfortDelGro 25c .1.45 1.470
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      • 35 18 GoldtronO.ic 76,695,000 Sing Tel 15c 53,366,000 Wee Poh 0.5 c 46,120,000 Hengxin 43,998,000 Sunßusiness 5c 35,494,000 FJBen W*****G 35,414,000 Capita Land 33.772,000 UTAC USISC 32.608,000 Chart SemiCond 26r 26,897,000 China Sun HK25c 24,708.000
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    • 717 11 P§k 011 ft 21 NEWTON/ iLj BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |P HOUSES -SALE DUNEARN VICINITY Freehold Detached *****/ 8000 sq.ft. Within Ikm to ACS SCGS Tranquil, lots of greenery Inground pool. Approved for sub-division CBRE 9626 5755 COPTHORNE NEW COMTEMPORARY 4-storey bunglw. 4800/ 6000 sq.ft. Impeccable finished. Pool with Jacuzzi. $5.xM neg./ Narooma
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    • 290 11 Pfe Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ EBj MACPHERSON/GEYU\N6 gP HOUSES -SALE urn p^lFjMtjl RARE! 3-STOREY TERR on Hiqn ground. Jin Punai. Italian Marble. 4+l+roof terr. 2100/ 2400 sqft. NS, sell i> value. $I.IBM only SEMI-D i KEMBANGAN 5400 sqft Wan Tho corner terr 5700 sqft Terr Jin Cheng Kek/ Woodsville/ Jin Gembira/
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    • 512 11 |fsk Dl 2- 14 BALESTIER/ 123 MACPHERSON/6EYLANG JP PTEAPTS-SALE NEW LAUNCH! F'HOLD apt with fa- I cilities. 818 to 2100 sqft. Spa- cious 2/3/4-rm Penthse. $3XXK up! Walk to MRT/ Ikm Kong Hwa. Hurry! Good Esther 8180-7788 STARVILLE STUDIO, FREEHOLD 1 rm with patio. Just TOP. 667 sqft. #01 face
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    • 432 11 Wffa Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST IP HOUSES -SALE NEAR MRT CORNER SEMI-D JLN Angin Laut 2-storey. 5400/ 2700 soft. 4+l. Spacious gdn. Good cond/ facing. Sole agt. Jimmy 9838-3000 Best fM Buy '^sfl WILKINSON BUNGLW/ SEMI-D. Brand new 8000/ 5700 sqft. Pool. Modern Balinese. TOP soon S4.XM/ $2.KM. *****611
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    • 356 11 Properties PIS Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST |pr HOUSES -SALE D.16 UPP EAST Coast, 2-storey i semi-D. 6800/ 2900 sqft, good for rebuilt. 4+l. SE. F'hold. 51.68 M. Ken 9488-5202 CBS PARBURY 2-STOREY terr. 3+l with I attic. Front back balcony. Car porch. Ouiet. $900 K. *****474 2 UNITS! 3-STOREY
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    • 215 11 ifh Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST Ipr PTE APTS -SALE ImTQ Listing WATERSIDE F'HOLD 2142 5 #07. Egyptian marble, water feature, master w/jacuzzi/ dresser/ walk-in w/robe. DaVinci furn. LG Plasma TV kitchen appliances. For the discerning. 9027 3963 NEW CONDO PREVIEW f'hold. I+l/ 2/ 3 rm/ Penthse. $400K up. 5
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    • 683 11 Fh Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST \jjf PTE APTS SALE D.15 5399K LAUNCH c 1/2/3/ penthse with balcony. Amenities/ MRT. S/pool. Cobroke welcome. 9106-6901 PENTHOUSE SEA/ POOL-VIEW!!! Riviera Res. Approx 4500 sq.'i. s+l with roof terr. Facilities. Mms to Beach. TOP '2007. 9199-0111 ESTA BRAND NEW. 2/3-bedrooms Very high floor.
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    • 2108 12 Dl 16 EAST COAST Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST fh Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST IRk Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST f&k Dl 5-1 G EAST COAST ifli Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST Hy PTE APTS SALE §|£r PTE APTS SALE |pf PTE APTS SALE gj£f PTE APTS SALE $$j&
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    • 435 12 GOOD BUY CHARLTON RD. WALK-UP 3-rm. Spacious 1500 sq.ft. Orig. F'hold. Near Kovan MRT. Bright breezy. #02. Rare! 9040-9596 $365K UP! RIO Vista/ Compass Hgts/ Rivervale Crest 1/2/3 rm penthse. Near shpg ctr/ bus terminal/ MRT. Richard 9850-3419 REGENTVILLE 1152 SOFT 3+l. 6 yrs old. F/facilities. Mid fir. Face NS.
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    • 735 12 ttk D 22-24 Qy WEST HOUSES BEST BUY! WESTWOOD Terr 3-sto-rey. Approx 2500 sqft. 5 rms. Big gdn 99 yrs $698K neg *****223 ffik D 25-28 hj NORTH HOUSES PropNex DANIEL CHNG I 9384 001 2 ik F'HOLD. ONLY Sl.O6M+! Nearly 3200 sqft. Cactus Rd. Corner terr 2'i-storey. $13OK renovation.
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    • 744 12 Properties Ifh D22-24WEST Ulr PTE APTS -SALE CHOICE UNIT HILLINGTON GREEN 3 STUDY+I. 1528 sqft. Showroom cond. Like new! 999 yrs. Pte lift. Pool view. Full facilities. Karen 9684-0838 HILLVIEW HGTS 3+l. 1276 sqft. Mid fir. Designer decor. No noon sun. Breezy. Full Condo Facilities. F'hold. Serious seller. *****500 THE
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    • 1002 12 P*S HDB APTS FOR SALE jjjf (ANG MO KIO) PropNex f KEVIN TAN 9455 0929 JT" i 3'NG' 108 High fir move-in nice no 3'NG' 214 High fir designer decor 3'NG 1 573 High/ fir. Mkt/ MRT 4'NG 1 325. High/ lift fir. MRT A****MEGA FORCE****A ANG MO KIO SPECIALIST
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    • 859 12 HDB APTS FOR SALE Ift^ (BEDOK/' CHAI CHEE) PropNex 4pNM 5T JALAN TENAGA 5 k 645 i fir. Lift level. Corner. Spacious. Al renovation. Near amenities. Hurry! Call Ivick *****075 Now 4'A 1 LIFT LEVEL 660 Jin Tenaga. Cosily renovated. 4 aircons. No noon sun. Sch/ childcare/ food Call 9688-1726
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    • 549 13 DKDBAPTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 1 1 TCI I T m L^k am "^L^cl! I j 363 3'NG 1 RENOVATED. Near MRT 705 3'NG 1 Orig. Selling cheap! 333/ 348 4'NG 1 dr-dr. Renovated 336/ 337/ 413. 5-Rm. Renovated Low, mid high floors. MRT!! 704 Jumbo renovated. (5 bdrms)
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    • 965 13 WBk HDBAPTS FOR SALE tLa (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ Wf MACPHERSON) 5T CORNER SIMS Dr Blk 40. #02. Renovated. 4 bdrms. 120 sqm. Valued. Serious seller. All races! Pis Call Max 9061-0477 BLK 22 EUNOS Cres. 5 T Dr-dr. Upgraded. 123 sqm. Renovated, Below value! *****801 CS EXEC MAIS 8LK.132/ 4'A' Corner Blk
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    • 1017 13 Properties B HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S"GOON/ Y!0 CHU KANG) MUST SELL 4'A' CORNER 169 Lor Ah Soo. Ground fir lovers design your gdn. 103 sqm. Good sch/ new mkt. Breezy. Donald *****283 3T CORNER 303 S'goon Aye 2. Lift level. Unblocked. Move m cond. Amenities/ 3T Hougang Blk
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    • 918 13 Whk HDB APTS FOR SALE (Iff (JURONG) BELOW VALUATION 3 T BLK 186 Boon Lay. #07. Orig. MRT/ mkt/ schs/ shpg food ctr. Convenient. All races. Serious j seller Must sell neg *****277 MOTIVATED SELLER 3 'NG' BLK 302 Jurong E. Mid fir. Simple. Well kept. MRT/ mkt/ schs. Convenient.
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    • 690 13 ff^ HDB APTS FOR SALI. fgff (JURONG) IT* UTILITY BLK 120 Ho Ching Rd Upgrading paid MRT mkt shop Vacant Valued $133 K. *****852 IT 187 819 Move-in. Below $6K 4'A' 909 #06. Lift Level. Below 4'A' 759 #12, 425. 6219-1646 3'NG 1 BLK 102 Jurong E. High fir. Best
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    • 971 14 (IK HDB APTS FOR SALE f (PASIR RIS/ CHANG!) Qlj NLU I LISTING International Property Advisers 5-RM 627 HIGH 111 unblocked view. 122 sq.m. 3 Study. Spacious living kitchen. Near mall/ sch. View to offer. 9006 2181 RARE CORNER! 5M 1 Blk 143. New listing) Only unit not facing TPE.
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    • 934 14 PfjH HDB APTS FOR SALE iJO (TAMPINES/SIMEI) ACE TEAM MARKETING (ATM) A PROVEN TAMPINES SPECIALIST JOSEPH *****244 PN New! 4'S' 423.... High fir, MRT/ ctr New! s'l' 229 High fir. unblock 3'NG 1 2010 Move m. Mkt/ sch 3'NG 1 201E Urgent! Below value 3'A 1 212/ 271 High fir.
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    • 926 14 ffh HDB APTS FOR SALE iyP (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5T CORNER 716. High fir. 4 bdrms. 120 sqm. Valued $320 K. Exec Mais 335. 15t owner. Valued. Serious seller! *****993 DW COSY 3 'A' Blk 930. Mid fir. NS facing. F/aircon. Good schs, MRT, amenities. neg. *****799 EXEC MAIS 149 high fir.
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    • 763 14 Wtk HDB APTS FOR SALE UP (WOODLANDS) Imr 9^ l I MINS MRT/ SHPG wet mkt/ sch. s 'A' corner blk 836 lift level, big sq hall. Nice layout. Dr face East. Living rm NS facing. Unblock. Al decor. Greenery. Value S29OK $262K nett. Only Chinese eligible PropNex iE*"^JB TIFFANY
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    • 1076 14 Iffo HDB APTS FOR SALE yjl (WOODLANDS) EXEC APT BLK 6818 High fir. Corner. 4 big rms. Opp MRT, mkt. Valued 5352 K. 9005 5590 Henry NEW LIST! 4-RM Blk 520 Dr 14. Design Build. Mid fir. F/renovated. Near MRT/ amenities. *****620 URGENT! 4'A 1 758 immed S2l5K+ 3'NG' 202
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    • 777 14 flflh HDB APTS FOR SALE ip? (YISHUN) PropNex m MAR3A A.1 .1 9027 3074 W^ DON'T MISS! NEXT to corner! 4'S 1 Yishun St 22 Blk. 276. High fir. renovated, move m, windy. Amen ities. Malay owner. Value $167K PropNexwyili MUST SELL! 3 'A' Blk 114 Yishun Ring Rd. High
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    • 753 14 HDB APTS FOR SALE (SENGKANG/ PUNGGOL) hfriiNQw "LEWIS HO- SENGKANG/ Pun No.l Sales Team. Call 9435-1710 Ist m Service!! Ist m Results!! Punggol corner units for sale. 5T 103A/1038/102C/ 107 D A1 5T 106 C Penthse, high ceiling 4'A' corner 1010/ 117 #11 unblock Best Sengkang units for sale. s*l'
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    • 1677 14 Properties Wh FACTORY SPACE f&h FACTORY SPACE ffh FACTORY SPACE £$F FOR RENT Ijjr FOR RENT FOR RENI luEliUlfid Cap/taLand Prime Location For leasing enquiries, Call 6826 5847 537 lP liyPßfil Technopark@Chai Ch<-< jatjjfj ■H^W Close to Bedok MRT Station I r\A pP"" home to aspiring established IT MM*. ~*J*~g^'
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    • 721 15 Psh FACTORY SPACE y^ FOR RENT FOOD FTY 3017/ 3015/ 3020. F/renovated. Freezer, chiller. Suits all trades. 800-***** sqft Container. AVA Lie. 9386-3780 FOOD FTY AT Eunos. Newly f/renovated. 6000 sq.ft. Freezer chiller. Easy loading unloading. Suits mfg/ catering. *****785 FTY/ WAREHSE/ OPEN Yard 9 Sungei Kadut/ Woodlands/ Senoko. 2000-150,000
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    • 557 15 fffV FACTORY SPACE Wfi FACTORY SPACE IfK FACTORY SPACE Hfc? FOR SALE §11? FOR SALE |jj? FOR SALE 8m ceiling height ~~~i iP^^^—PrJ Full glass facade C>* t t^ lAM tSSuB 15KN/m 2 floor JSSS^ P^^B ioading capacity jflrt**£ &*\jjffc!jr^m Ideal for clean SSBS^J^'^*!^ "»sM light industries m 2^^^'^?*" "jflvfl
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    • 157 15 Rh OFFICE SPACE fa? FOR RENT •291/3,089/ 3,886/8,844 sf Fitted/bare units Column free Immediate occupation Above Raffles Place MRT station Food retail shops nearby Spa Club, pool and tennis within building For viewing, please call OUB Centre Ltd 6491 9224 6491 9222 Prime office space 700 sf- 15,000 sf i,200
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    • 203 15 Wh OFFICE SPACE \jjy FOR RENT [INSTANT OFFICE) SPACE! v M •NearNovenaMßT(3mins) •Work Station from SB/day Attractive rental only $550/mth •Offices with 24 hours access •Individual air-cond control Fully furnished with broadband Equity Plaza 20 Cecil Street Raffles Place location Kroni 980 sf 27,000 sf on three highest floors Negotiable
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    • 555 15 HJK OFFICE SPACE Wh OFFICE SPACE lIP FOR RENT $0 FOR RENT OFFICE SPACE AT THE HEEREN 260 ORCHARD ROAD -700 sqft to 1,600 sqft Column free layout Raised flooring 5 mins. walk to Orchard Somerset MRT Jelena 6839 7223 PREMIUM OFFICE PSA VISTA Modern office building Panoramic sea view
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    • 606 15 ffh OFFICE SPACE UUP FOR RCNT enquiryaspacenetwox.com Raffles PI/ Shenton/ Cecil St $1.50 $2.50 psf neg Tg Pagar/ Neil Rd/ Chinatown $1.50 $2 psf neg Orchard/River Valley/ Tanglin $2.50 $4 psf neg Bugis/middle rd/nth bridge rd $2.50 $3.50 psf neg Beach Rd/ Lavender/ Jin Besar $1.50 $2 psf neg Various
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    • 588 15 Properties Wf\ OFFICE SPACE Ij^r FOR RENT NEAR MRT SHENTON HSE. 1600/ 2283 sqft. Fitted/ bare. Sea view. High fir. Central aircon. Immed. Rental $3 psf neg. Call Janice 9105-1840 Value Lj BRAND NEW 300S0FT. Ready to move-in. Aircon, carpet, lightings, broadband. Own entrance. $680 neg mcl PUB. 9823-0338 .Good
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    • 916 15 ffh OFFICE SPACE 110? FOR RENT Intemationol Property Adviiw* LOOKING FOR OFFICE/ Retail space? CBD/ Orchard/ Suntec City. Avail immed fr $3 psf onwards. Enquiries, call 9107-5155 MUST VIEW RAFFLES PL/ BUGIS/ Suntec. 1500/ 2000/ 3000/ 4000/ ***** sqft. For SME/ MNC/ professional setup. *****777 BUGIS BEST LOCATION! Tan Quee
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    • 767 15 Wh OFFICE SPACE \JO FOR REN7 TEXTILE CTR 915 sqft. Carpet par titioned/ aircon/ toilet. Immed. SI.6K neg 9682-6211 No agt pis KELANTAN LANE 450-700 sqft renovated, move-in, aircon. Toilet attach. Immed. *****280 ÜBI CRES. HOLA Ctr. 1000-1600 sqft. Light factory office. Pte toilet. Immed. $1.30 up. 9839 0773 TRAS
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    • 798 16 Fffk SHOP SPACE Rh SHOP SPACE ff*\ SHOP SPACE Wti SHOP SPACE Wfi SHOP SPACE Hi? FOR RENT (0F FOR RENT FOR RENT &f FOR RENT |gfcF FOR RENT snuarE 2 The hottest new MRT shopping mall with twice the potential for success. An invitation to tender for shop units
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    • 314 16 ALL IN AMKi Call Tan *****062 Blk 226 Aye 1. 2-shop $2X neg Blk 233 h-shop Immed. $1.4K neg Blk 163/ 20?/ 133/ 726/ 728/ 629/ 631. Vil Whole. neg Immed ODEON TOWERS 1,346 sq.ft. prime ground floor space. Suitable for retail, beauty/spa, dental/clinic and showroom etc. Opposite Raffles Hotel.
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    • 2737 16 Properties ffh SHOP SPACE ¥5h SHOP SPACE FfK SHOP SPACE ffK SHOP SPACE Pfh SHOP SPACI [pW FOR SALE 1^ FOR SALE FOR SALE fp^ FOR SALE |j^ FOR SALE SUNS N N PLAZA j^. ShOpS Buflingtor. V«egB Bugt M^ a^— jjiii. i SpUfiTß Jun I Strategically positioned to capture^^v^^^v.
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    • 627 16 BESTI.nfA;, HDB SHOP WITH i 1442 sqft Bedok North Blk 84. Near mkt. Heavy human traffic. All trades. $3xxK. 9139-0080 BEsm)ovnoM MRT. MUSTAFA CTR. Futl Sq. 2700/ 4300 sqft. 2-storey shophse. Tenanted. Good Investment Potential! 9771-4598 "MOTIVATED SELLER! Shophse storey. Land 1877 sqft. F'hold. High growth area. Enbloc potential. 9739-8167.
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    • 1063 17 f/k WAREHOUSES/ f/k WAREHOUSES/ fcID STORAGE tiy STORAGE H? SPACE FOR RENT jpF SPACE FOR RENT MODERN WAREHOUSE BLOCK PASIR PANJANG DISTRIPARK Immediate Access to PSA Port Terminal Flexible sizes from 4500 sf onwards High ceiling of 6 metres Ample loading and unloading facilities Ancillary office units with ceiling boards
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