The Straits Times, 24 August 2006

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  • 795 1  -  Li Xueuing By Urgent need to boost the population is underscored together with measures to increase births MORE immigrants could arrive here as entry rules for suitable newcomers are eased and Singapore markets itself overseas as a desirable place to set
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  • 200 1 SINGAPORE gave citizenship to a record 12,900 people last year, compared to the 0,000 to 7,000 becoming citizens annually m the previous four years. The upswing will likely continue this year as already 6,800 have become citizens between January and June. The new
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  • 413 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is undertaking a comprehensive review of the bus and rail systems. It has asked consultants with "in-depth knowledge and understanding of the dynamics and economics of the mass public transport industry m an urban
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1211 1  -  Grace Ng By WHEN Laurent Junique set up a call centre here in 1995, his friends were taken aback. The call centre industry was just starting to take off in India and the Philippines, which showed great promise of becoming the thriving call
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 43 2 KMT's assets revealed Kuomintang chairman Ma Ying-jeou shows his resolve to start on a clean slate by making public party assets. PAGE 9 Thai fistfights Prime Minister Thaksin orders police to take action after fights between pro- and anti-Thaksin supporters. PAGE 12
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    • 31 2 Israel's sex scandal Israeli leaders, already under fire over the war, face more pressure after a key ally of prime minister Ehua Olmert was charged with sexual harassment. PAGE 15
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    • 45 2 Get moving The Lebanon ceasefire can wait for no nation to decide on how and when to enforce the peace. If France which has been taking the leading role is not up to the task, let some other nation do it. Quickly. PAGE 26
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    • 27 2 Lebanon's legacy After the Lebanon war, the Middle East is entering a new era m which radical Islamism sets the ideological and Political agenda. AGE 27
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    • 24 2 Older but weaker Singaporeans are living longer but not better, with increased rates of disability among those aged 75 and above. PAGE HI
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    • 22 2 Women panel needed Reader says the Government should appoint a national all-woman coiiftnittee to address the baby shortage problem. PAGE Hll
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    • 28 2 Crouch saves Reds A goal from an in-form Peter Crouch ensured that Liverpool beat Maccabi Haifa 3-2 on aggregate to qualify for the Champions League. PAGE Hl2
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    • 28 2 Shortest chairmanship Lim How Teck became one of the shortest serving chairman of a listed company when he was voted out after just two weeks. PAGE H2l
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    • 84 2 WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN In Qur story, "If you're young, it's free entry to these places" yesterday, we reported that "eligible visitors need to produce their passports at the entrance of each attraction to get m free. Tourism Malaysia has clarified that Singaporean youth visiting Malaysia will need to
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    • 173 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-14 World 15-23 Review 26-28 FYI 29 SECTION TWO Home Hl-HlO Forum Hll Sports Hl2-Hl5 Obituaries Hl6 Money Hl7-H22 LIFE! Arts L2-L8 Events TV Lll *?>■ s^^^^^^^^^^^^B O'J^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B&^w- mry^aAm WWmi^^aX W ~..^j|hhh WaWKwAKwm mX**^^~^m\y***i 00 THE VOLVO S6O. NOW SPORTING A SPORTIER NEW LOOK. EYE-CATCHING
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  • PRIME
    • 671 3  -  Krist Boo By A COOL $1.3 billion was zapped electronically into the national coffers yesterday when Las Vegas Sands paid up for the 21 -ha plot on which will rise Singapore's first integrated resort (IR). The payment, coming three months after the
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    • 622 3  - Khoos top first Forbes' list of rich in S'pore Erica Tay By The top 5 Here are the top five richest people m Singapore and their net worth: Khoo family US$5 billion Ng Teng Fong USs4.9b Kwek Leng Beng USs3.6b Wee Cho Yaw USs3. 4b Lee Seng Wee USsl.7b The
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    • 580 4  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Alor Star Mahathir seeks to address party; he could seize the chance to attack Abdullah TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad is setting the stage for a showdown with his successor m front of Umno's top brass. He said yesterday
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    • 93 4 AUSTRALIAN architect Faheem Khalid Lodhi was found guilty m June on three charges: Collecting maps of Sydney's electricity grid; Acting m preparation for a terrorist act by gathering information about bomb-making and; Possessing documents with information about how to manufacture poisons. He was acquitted on
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    • 332 4 Sydney A PAKISTAN-BORN Australian architect was yesterday jailed 20 years for planning bomb attacks m Sydney. Faheem Khalid Lodhi had planned to detonate homemade bombs m Australia's largest city as part of a "holy war", the New South Wales Supreme Court was
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    • 372 4 DC JEOPARDY ill siSs Wli Will higher development charge rates come September knock the wind out of en bloc sales? It depends, say property consultants Trick Parents teH teen: Let's go for Chinatown lunch trap She ends up m handcuffs after parents file court complaint QgTJ SINGAPORE'S $S3^» T CONSUMER
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  • ASIA
    • 736 6  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In Nathu La (Sikkim) Rules weigh down Sino-lndia border commerce SITTING m his office overlooking the Nathu La Pass at 4,300 m, Indian Customs Superintendent P. Yolmo suppresses a yawn. Barely two vehicles and fewer
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    • Article, Illustration
      79 6 PHOTO: "I brought two thermos flasks and I met some Indians who wanted to buy them off me. But the authorities told me I could not sell them because they are not authorised items. I have to take them back." MS TSERING PEDREN, A SMARTLY DRESSED TIBETAN WOMAN TRADER PHOTO:
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    • 192 6 No fizz yet Ban on Coke, Pepsi and Sprite stays m some Indian states although New Delhi has cleared them of pesticide contamination. PAGE 1 1 i Over 20,000 Votes Here Is Readers' Choice! m*m^+\WmWW of all the finalists featured m the SPH Ink Awards 2006 Readers' Choice Contest, 'You
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  • CHINA
    • 321 9  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing SINGAPORE'S Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday met a Chinese provincial leader who had nothing but praise for an industrial park developed by both countries. Mr Li Yuanchao called it a "fresh flower" that
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    • 652 9  - KMT comes clean about assets to shed tainted image Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei Move will improve presidential chances of Taiwan's opposition chief Ma THE leader of Taiwan's biggest opposition group yesterday demonstrated his resolve to restart his party on a clean slate by making public for
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    • 340 9 Kinmen (Taiwan) TAIWAN'S President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday that he plans to visit Palau on Sept 3, m an effort to shore up relations with the island's shrinking number of diplomatic allies. "This is a scheduled visit. I'll be going to Palau to attend
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 460 10 Top leaders also agree at meeting to boost trade and economic ties Beijing CHINA and its southern neighbour Vietnam have agreed to finish demarcating their border by 2008, state media said yesterday. The border is a contentious area that has been the
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    • 338 10 Beijing THE abbot of China's famed Shaolin Temple has caused a stir by accepting a gift of a 1 million yuan (S$200,000) luxury car and even suggesting that he is hoping for a bigger present next year, state media yesterday. Abbot Shi
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    • 311 10 Tokyo JAPAN has suspended US long-grain rice imports after supplies were found to contain a genetically engineered variety not approved for sale. The discovery the first time that unmarketed genetically modified (GMO) rice has been detected m commercial samples has also aroused
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG  -  311 words
    • 361 10 Seoul SOUTH Korea yesterday warned North Korea not to conduct a nuclear weapons test, saying it would further isolate itself, while countries launched new efforts to persuade Pyongyang to resume stalled disarmament talks. South Korea's Foreign Min- ister Ban Xi Moon said a
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    • 196 10 Tokyo JAPAN aims to make a prototype supersonic jet that is quieter and more fuel-efficient than the retired Concorde, officials said yesterday. The next-generation airliner should be able to fly between Tokyo and Los Angeles m about three hours, Japan hopes. The country
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 202 11 Karachi A SUSPECTED Indian national stole a railway engine m Pakistan to drive it into a passenger train m an attempted terror attack, police m the southern city of Karachi said yesterday. The man drove the locomotive at full speed for
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    • 69 11 A Sri Lankan refugee safeguarding his family's belongings at Arichal Munai m Ramanathapuram district, PHOTO: 638 km from the southern Indian city of Chennai. Every day, boatloads of Sri Lankans arrive on the shores of southern India, to flee the growing violence on the
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    • 537 11 Indian states keep ban on Coke and Pepsi Federal government's dismissal of pesticide claims fails to convince local authorities New Delhi SEVERAL Indian states said yesterday that they had no plans to reverse a ban on the sale of soft drinks such as Coke, Pepsi and Sprite, even though the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 467 12  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean expects ties to strengthen further SINGAPORE and Indonesia have invested much m building up close bilateral ties and the effort has proved to be of mutual benefit, said Defence Minister Teo
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    • 303 12 PHOTO: SINGAPORE'S Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said the Indonesian navy has made many efforts to step up security m the Malacca Strait. "I'm glad to see that the actions taken by the Indonesian Defence Force, TNI, both at sea and on
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    • 259 12 Jakarta POLICE m Indonesia yesterday announced the arrests of two men accused of using computer technology to aid terrorists. Agung Prabowo, 23, was accused of helping to create a website that suggested ways to assassinate foreigners m the capital, said Colonel Petrus Reinhard Golose of
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    • 514 12 NO FEAR OR FAVOUR "If the rule of law is not enforced and respected, people may resort to use of force to settle conflicts. Law enforcement officers must do their job, regardless of whether they are (my) supporters or opponents." GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SURAPHONG
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    • 307 12 Jakarta STRONG winds yesterday helped thin the thick haze from ground and forest fires m the hardest-hit province of Riau on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said. Winds of between eight and 10 knots from the south-east were blowing the smoke m the
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 599 14  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur More developed members will ensure no one is left behind ASEAN'S more developed members will do their best to ensure that their less prosperous neighbours are not left behind when the grouping speeds
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    • 84 14 Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi (centre) hosted lunch for the Asean Charter Eminent Persons' Group (EPG) yesterday. Shaking his hand is Singapore Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar, who is attending the meeting m his capacity as Singapore's representative to the EPG. The group is conducting its
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    • 372 14 Putrajaya CIVIL courts m Malaysia have not been usurping the functions of the Syarian Court and will not do so, said Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim. He said judges interpreted the provisions m the federal Constitution based on the
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 98 14 BEIJING: China has returned around 100 tonnes of US-made milk powder found to contain excessive amounts of nitrite, which can cause cancer if ingested over a long period of time, state media said yesterday The powder, imported between July 10 and Aug 10 by a
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      • 98 14 BEIJING: China and Russia plan to launch a joint mission to Mars m 2009 to scoop up rocks from the red planet and one of its moons, a Chinese scientist said yesterday. Russia will launch the spacecraft, while China will provide the survey equipment to carry
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      • 91 14 BANGKOK: Thailand has arrested 175 North Koreans, mostly women and children, who entered the country illegally and were found hiding m an abandoned home m Bangkok, police said yesterday. The 136 females and 39 males were held on charges of illegal entry after failing to
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      • 97 14 JAKARTA: Eighteen prisoners broke out of an Indonesian jail by spraying guards m the face with water mixed with fiery chillies, police said on Tuesday. Armed with plastic bottles filled with the improvised weapon, the convicts temporarily disabled two guards before fleeing the state jail
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      • 82 14 JAKARTA: Lawyers for three Islamic militants condemned over the 2002 Bali bombings yesterday delayed filing the last-ditch appeal that saved them from execution this week. The lawyers for Amrozi, -Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, who had been due to face the firing squad on
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      • 123 14 BANGKOK: More than 800,000 health volunteers will be sent door to-door m 30 Thai provinces to educate people on bird flu prevention, liiai Health Minister Pinij Jarusombat said yesterday. The volunteers will visit each house m 30 provinces that have been affected by the deadly HSNI
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      • 85 14 BEIJING: A proposed law that would be the first to protect Chinese private property rights is back before Parliament after being withdrawn earlier this year amid ideological disputes, state media said yesterday. The fifth and latest version of the legislation would give private property
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  • WORLD
    • 547 15 ISRAELI OFFICIALS UNDER FIRE SCANDAL 1 SLEAZE First President, now PM' s ally faces sexual harassment charges Jerusalem ISRAELIS' view of their leaders already dimmed by scandal and the costly war m Lebanon soured further yesterday as a key ally of the Prime Minister was charged with sexual harassment. Former
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    • 875 15  -  Jonathan Eyal By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London SCANDAL 2 MILITARY DEFEAT ISRAEL'S top general met the Cabinet this week to make the stunning admission that his army had failed to knock out the Hizbollah militia despite more than a month of
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    • 812 18  -  William Choong NEWS ANALYSIS By For The Straits Times In Canberra IRAN'S MOMENT 'The Iranians, correctly or otherwise, perceive that their moment m history has arrived. And for the United States, like its Western allies, there are few meaningful options left
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    • 482 18  -  Delphine Minoui By For The Straits Times In Teheran MOTIVATED by the Hizbollah "victory" m Lebanon, qualified as the first Israeli failure m "58 years of aggression" by Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran seems to be determined to confront the
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    • 253 18 Brussels ITALY was expected to press wary fellow European Union members yesterday to support its pledge of troops by sending their soldiers to join a UN peacekeeping force m Lebanon. Rome said on Tuesday that it could provide as many as 3,000 troops
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 289 20 JOHN Mark Karr is anxious to travel to Colorado to face the allegations against him m the slaying of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, an attorney for Karr says. The authorities, however, have been tight-lipped about when he will be transferred from California. Karr
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      • 153 20 A CHINESE court has awarded a Nanjing massacre survivor 1.6 million yuan (553 16,000) m compensation, ruling against two Japanese historians who claimed she fabricated her account, reports said yesterday. The Nanjing court ruled that 76-year-old Xia Shuqin, who was eight at the time of the
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      • 162 20 CUBAN leader Fidel Castro is resting for the first time m his life as he recovers from surgery, says brother Ramon. Dr Castro handed over the reins of power to his younger sibling Raul on July 31, after undergoing emergency surgery to stop intestinal bleeding
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    • 461 20 Reclusive scholar turns down award for solving 100-year-old puzzle Madrid IF YOU love maths, you will really love this one: a 100-year-old brain-twister over what happens when 3-D space wraps around itself. Dr Grigory Perelman, a reclusive 40-year-old Russian scholar, won the mathematics world's
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    • 548 22 Bush okays move to fill up critical manpower needs m war on terrorism Washington THE US Marine Corps has said that it has been authorised to involuntarily call up 2,500 members of its inactive reserves for duty m Iraq or Afghanistan. The
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    • 539 22  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By A BORING UFE "He leads a boring life. I think he is living m a house, not moving about very much...he cannot go out, he is a very recognisable person...Has two bodyguards, is spending a lot of
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    • 259 23 Some passengers on Northwest flight to Mumbai 'posed a threat' Amsterdam A NORTHWEST Airlines plane with 149 passengers en route from Amsterdam to Mumbai was escorted back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport yesterday by two fighter jets because of fears that some passengers posed
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    • 448 23 Washington THE hole m the ozone layer of the Earth's atmosphere above the Antarctic appears to have stopped widening, US scientists say, according to BBC News. The ozone layer blocks the sun's ultraviolet rays, which are harmful to humans, animals and plants. International
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 119 23 SUKHA BALK A Ukraine): Investigators have found the black boxes of a Russian airliner which plummeted into a field m Ukraine with 170 people on board after flying into a severe thunderstorm. Distraught relatives were being flown to the crash site from St Petersburg,
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      • 88 23 LONDON: British police yesterday applied to hold for a longer period some of the 11 suspects detained, but not yet charged, over a plot to blow up US-bound airliners, prosecutors said. Without a judge's approval of more time, they would have had to
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      • 128 23 BAGHDAD: Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has been adjourned until Sept 11 after a request from defence lawyers, Judge Abdullah Al-Ameri told the court yesterday. The adjournment marks tne first interruption m the trial after only three days of testimony against Saddam and six
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      • 100 23 PARIS: France is preparing to ban smoking m bars, restaurants and other public areas from next year, the Le Figaro newspaper reported yesterday. The measure, which cduld be applied nationally from Jan 1 next year, would bring France m step with Britain, Ireland,
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    • 441 26 Eveiyone realises, and says, that the current ceasefire m Lebanon is "fragile". Everyone realises, and scrys, tliat the presence of a strong international force m the area is of vital necessity if peace is to be maintained. Everyone realises, and says, that a resumption
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    • 878 26  -  Ong Soh Chin By Senior Writer OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN With Singapore positioning itself at the forefront of new, pioneering industries, the need to draw m foreigners who are talented but willing to work for lower pay is even more urgent POPULATING SINGAPORE THE Prime
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    • 894 26  -  Jonathan Eyal By IN HIS National Day Rally speech this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong compared Europe's immigration experience with that of the United States. In America, he said, "they take people from all over the world". Most of them do not integrate
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    • 1149 27  -  Mohamad Nawab »THE POLITICS OF ISLAM By For The Straits Times Key significance THIS conference, and the network that appears to have been formed out of it, is m itself of immense significance. It marks the first time that Islamist groups have coalesced
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    • 1297 28  -  John McBeth By Senior Writer With the border issue settled, both sides turn to tackling economic concerns FOR three years now, the small white house across the street from the football field m the heart of the frontier town of Atambua has been used as
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 2006
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    • 797 1  -  Radha Basu By EARLY DIAGNOSIS HELPS 'Too often disability occurs because chronic conditions are left unchecked or untreated for long." PROF KUA EE HEOK, head of the psychological medicine department at NUS A heavy burden on caregivers and on the health care system,
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      • 600 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Amount owed reduced bys2l7Kbutshehas to pay legal costs too THE woman sued by Parkway Hospitals over her mother's outstanding $537,000 medical bill managed to convince the court to reduce the amount by 40 per cent but she still has
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      • 152 2 PHOTO: A crane working on the site of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway toppled over yesterday. Mr Tan Ho Meng, a 22-year-old Singapore Institute of Management student, said that he heard the loud crash of the crane keeling over. From his seventh-floor flat m Paya Lebar Way,
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      • 659 2  -  Leong Su-Lin BEN NADARAJAN YAP SU-YIN YOUTH CHALLENGE By THE seven members of the management committee of Youth Challenge the charity body under probe for possible management irregularities stepped down yesterday, but m a twist late last nignt, its founder Vincent Lam told The Straits
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      • CASE FILE
        • 73 3 POLICE are looking for the driver of a white lorry suspected of having hit a motorcyclist, who was sent skidding and crashing into a road divider along the Seletar Expressway on Tuesday morning. The rider, a 22-year-old civil servant who was heading towards the Bukit Timah
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        • 58 3 TWO boys were relieved of their mobile phones m a lift at Block 253, Tampines Street 21 on Tuesday. The teenagers were grabbed by their necks from behind by a tattooed robber m the void deck and forced into the lift. On the 10th floor, he
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        • 42 3 A BUSINESS manager lost six watches valued at about $15,000, when thieves broke into his Sixth Avenue home on Monday. The 38-year-old also found his laptop and digital camera stolen when he got home m the evening.
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      • 130 3 pnsrc- A taxi driver was apparently so drunk he fell asleep at the wheel and slumbered on even after he had hit a parked van while trying to park m Kallang Bahru on Tuesday morning. I TIP-OFF i ***** The impact dented the back of the
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      • 473 3  - Man jailed for sham marriage Khushwant Singh By Dispute over payment led him to report the ruse to obtain entry visa for Chinese national TAXI driver Heng Chaw Chew turned himself m to the police early this year and confessed to having a sham marriage with 24-year-old Chinese national Van
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      • 146 3 A CUSTOMER at a petrol station who beat up a pump attendant after being flashed an obscene gesture was yesterday jailed for five months. The court heard that the Feb 11 incident at an Upper Serangoon Road Caitex station was sparked when pump attendant Paul
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      • 450 4 BMW's design arm gets a studio here A STUDIO that is wholly owned by BMW, and looking to put out cut-ting-edge designs for lifestyle products, opens here tomorrow. Located on the 15th floor of Keppel Bay Tower at Harbour Front, the all-white facility of DesignworksUSA is sited next to BMW's
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      • 132 4 "President S R Nathan viewing a group portrait of himself 9 i°rime Minister *Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, with Tamil Murasu chairman Chandra Das. The portrait, by Tamil Murasu artist K. Manoharan, was presented to him during a
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      • 417 4  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent Interest m new car models and speculation of possible cut m COE quota fuel demand COE premiums ended higher again, partly on the arrival of several new cars and partly on talk that the supply of certificates will be
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      • 504 4  -  T. Rajan By FOR about 10 days next month, housewife Chan Juat Hong, 47, might just get to park her Nissan Sunny and slide behind the wheel of a sleek BMW 7 series. She is one of 700 people vying to chauffeur
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      • 95 5 NUS students tried to set three new marks on Tuesday m the Guinness Book of Records and the Singapore Book of Records. For the latter, National University of Singapore students folded 9,037 PHOTO: paper cranes m an hour and also drank 350 litres of Milo
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      • QUICK NEWS
        • 127 5 MR LIM Biow Chuan, an MP for Marine Parade GRC, financial columnist Larry James Haverkamp and Dr Chew Siang Thai, deputy executive director at Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, have joined the national consumer watchdog's decision-making apparatus. They are among the six new faces
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        • 72 5 THE South West Community Development Council is holding a job fair for people witn disabilities tomorrow. Some 300 jobs, both blue- and white-col-lared, are up for grabs. The job openings run the gamut from restaurant crew, sales assistants to professional positions such as teachers and
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        • 91 5 SINGAPORE and Poland are undertaking science and technology projects that will see more than 50 senior researchers, scientists and engineers from both countries working together. The eight projects, jointly funaed r>y Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Poland's Ministry of Science and Higher Education,
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        • 105 5 SHOPPERS can now find out about the latest bargains and happenings on Orchard Road from a new online magazine, Orchardroad.sg. The website is a partnership between the Orchard Road Business Association and Asia One and contains news articles from Asia On e's online publications, such as
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        • 103 5 TRANSPORT Minister and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim is on a working visit m Beijing until Saturday. He will call on Minister Yang Yuan Yuan of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China and meet companies m the aviation sector. He will also
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      • 513 5  -  Salma Khalik By: Health Correspondent Gives hope to over 100 who die of liver failure yearly FOR the first time, scientists have succeeded m growing liver cells m the laboratory, giving hope to the more than 100 people who die
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        • 884 8  -  Li Xueying OVERSEAS SINGAPOREANS By TAKING PRIDE IN THEIR SUCCESSES "Our overseas Singaporeans are our ambassadors and valuable assets overseas. When they do well, they do us proud. We should celebrate their successes and welcome them home when they so decide
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        • 341 8  -  Peh Shing Huei By NOT just A Levels and polytechnic diploma holders anymore. Australian universities and other educational institutions are now widening their search for Singapore talent by reaching out to Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students too. Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng disclosed
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          • 223 8  - He wants to bring home what he's learnt overseas Keith Lin By GRADUATE student Dale Tan, 24, is doing a master's m biomedical engineering at Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) m Sydney. He heads the university's 250-member Singapore students' association. Why did you go overseas? UNSW offers a
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          • 252 8  - Greater sense of bonding in Beijing than in New York KEITH LIN MR NICHOLAS Song, 35, is a Beijing-based attorney working m an American law firm. Before that, he had worked m New York for four years. Why did you go overseas? New York University gave me a full scholarship
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          • 229 8  -  KEITH LIN MR LOKE Wai San, 38, is managing director of an American global fund management company. He has been living m the United States for the past 12 years, and is president of the Singapore American Business Association. Why
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        • 723 8  -  Yap Su-Yin YAP SU-YIN By THE majority of young Singaporeans are comfortable with foreigners working here, and having them as neighbours. Slightly fewer would like to see the foreigners become Singapore citizens and compete with them for the same jobs. Seven out of
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        • 310 9  -  LI XUEYING IMMIGRATION SHOULD a carpet-repairer get Singapore citizenship? A man who specialises m mending expensive carpets was turned away when he appUed for citizenship. But Singapore could have done with his rare skill, said Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. "It's not
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        • 365 9  -  By Zakir Hussain LETTING more immigrants into Singapore will not shrink the proportion of Malays here any time soon, said Minis-ter-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. Concern that the proportion of Malays m the population here would dip below the current 14 per cent
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        • 835 9  -  Keith Lin BABIES By Despite 400 more babies last year, Spore has had '30 years of under-replaeement' BIRTH rates among all the three major races here have fallen to below replacement levels, despite the Government's measures to encourage couples to
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        • 254 9 GUIDELINES to combat job discrimination are to be announced soon, said labour MP Halimah Yacob. They wiU signal to employers that they need to adopt fair employment practices, she told The Straits Times yesterday, following a dialogue with the Ma-lay-Muslim community. A worker
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        • 155 9 Tomorrow: DPM Wong Kan Seng on immigrants taking the final step to citizenship More than 60 Ikea employees, Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers, police and grassroots volunteers staged a demonstration that involved a bombexplosion scenario yesterday morning. The Ikea and Queenstown
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      • 508 10  -  Adeline Chia By Illegal hawkers like him persist, but bookings issued are down, says NEA MR TAY Ah Leek is one tough nut. Despite having been fined and jailed several times for Ulegal hawking, he returns to his spot outside Choa
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      • 193 10 S'porean in court for helping illegals FIVE illegal immigrants from India were fined or jailed between three and six months last week for bribing a Singaporean to obtain licences and rent space so they could operate food stalls here. Yesterday, it was the turn of the 48-year-old Singaporean to appear
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      • 335 10  -  Leong Su-Lin By AN ATTACK by a stray cat left a three-year-old girl's face so badly wounded that she required 15 stitches. Nicole Lee was stepping into her parents' flat m Yishun Avenue 6 at about 10.30pm on Monday when the
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    • FORUM
      • 431 11 PUZZLE OF THE MISSING BABIES THE report, "Help solve the puzzle of missing babies: SM Goh" (The Sunday Times, Aug 20), is both challenging and worrying. We must take renewed action to determine what has happened to the "missing babies". The
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      • 541 11 I REFER to the letter by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming, "Outlook on baby shortage not rosy" (ST. Aug 22). My wife and I have two girls, aged three and two. We are working parents and do not have a maid to help
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      • 115 11 I REFER to Mr Raymond Anthony Fernando's letter, "MediShield claims: Make it easier" (ST, Aug 17), regarding the deduction of MediShield reimbursable amount from the patient's estimated biU m order to reduce upfront cash payment. Our records show that the vast majority of our patients
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      • 359 11 POSITIVE SOURCES Let us stress our comparative advantage while generating compatible and positive sources of revenue I REFER to the article, "Lively city means more tourists and jobs: MM" (ST, Aug 19). As a Singaporean, I am grateful that our city-state is, as described and
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      • 605 11 I WOULD like to thank Mr Raymond Lo Wan Mou ("Major review of taxi services needed urgently"; ST, Aug 5), Ms Yik Ching Fong ("Long queue of cabs m busy Hong Kong"; ST, Aug 14), Mr Lim Yao Ho ("Show hotline numbers
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      • 155 11 NHG institutions do share patient data I REFER to the letter, "NHG clinics, centres should share patient data" (ST, Aug 17), by Mr Van Dawei. Mr Van would be pleased to know that the National Healthcare Group (NHG) does share patient information, not only among the NHG institutions but also
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      • 128 11 I REFER to the letter, •'Looking for a housing loan? Don't forget to bargain" (ST, Aug 18), by Ms Jaclyn Chen Mei-Chi. Firstly, we would like to thank Ms Chen for choosing her housing loan from OCBC Bank and for her feedback. Given the
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      • 151 11 1 REFER to Mr Steven Lim Soo Huat's letter, 'Sent from pillar to post at LTA" (ST, Aug 5). Mr Lim had visited our Sin Ming Drive office on March 4. That was the first Saturday after we switched to a
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    • SPORTS
      • 616 12 LIVERPOOL QUALIFY FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE His away goal sees off Israel's Maccabi, but Sissoko and War nock are injured KIEV FAILURE was simply not an option for Liverpool on Tuesday. So it was a good thing that a nerve-wracking 1-1 result thanks to a
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      • 317 12 LONDON PORTSMOUTH manager Harry Redknapp was hauled before Football Association watchdogs probing an alleged £16-million (5546.4-million) betting sting, and told to produce his bank statements and phone records on Tuesday. He was warned officially that failure to comply with the de- mand
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      • 339 12 GOALS by evergreen Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi and former Dutch international Clarence Seedorf were enough to see AC Milan through to this season's Champions League. They beat hosts Red Star Belgrade 2-1 on Tuesday to win their qualifier 3-1 on aggregate. Milan were playing
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      • 881 12 CRICKET The nuts and bolts of ball-tampering BALL-tampering is one of cricket's most emotive issues. Under Law 42, sub-section 3 of the Laws of Cricket, the baU may be poUshed without the use of an artificial substance, may be dried with a
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      • 599 13 Berbatov begins business SOCCER Lennon also stars as Spurs stroll to 2-0 home win over Sheffield Utd London WHITE Hart Lane was the site of a reversal of fortunes m the Premiership on Tuesday. Sheffield United's hopes of surviving the season, inflated by their 1-1 draw with Liverpool on the
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      • 116 13 WATFORD thought they were set for victory m their first English Premiership match at Vicarage Road m six years, but visitors West Ham United equalised within two minutes to secure a 1-1 draw m London on Tuesday. Jamaica striker Marlon King scored
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      • 261 13 London CHELSEA'S new defender Khalid Boulahrouz has dismissed suggestions that he faked an injury so he could secure his £7-million (Ss2l-mil-lion) move to the Premiership champions from Hamburg. The Netherlands defender pulled out of the German club's Champions League qualifying game against Spain's Osasuna two weeks
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      • 149 13 REAL Madrid president Ramon Calderon was set to meet AC Milan officials last night to discuss the Italians' interest m acquiring Ronaldo. He said he did not plan to transfer the Brazilian striker, even though Milan had approached the player. However, he also suggested the
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      • 639 13 Madrid AFTER three seasons without a trophy, m which the bankruptcy of their Galactico recruitment policy was cruelly exposed. Real Madrid believe the arrival of coach Fabio Capello is the key to a revival m their fortunes. But that means having to depose
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      • 509 14 ATHLETICS Raleigh (North Carolina) OLYMPIC and world champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for up to eight years. The move follows his agreeing that his positive drugs test constituted a doping violation, the United States An-ti-Doping Agency (Usada) said on Tuesday.
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      • 642 14 TENNIS Li and Zheng are the first Chinese players to be seeded m this Slam Beijing LI NA and Zheng Jie have provided China witn two seeds m a Grand Slam singles draw for the first time at the US Open. Li
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      • 334 14 2004 Zheng Jie and Van Zi become the first Chinese to reach the doubles quarter-finals of a Grand Slam at the Australian Open Zheng becomes the first Chinese to reach the last 16 m a Grand Slam at the French Open Li Ting and Sun
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        • 75 14 ROME: Italy's football federation, bowing to pressure from Fifa, has warned Juventus of further disciplinary proceedings, if the club appeal against their demotion to Serie B with civil courts. Fifa, whose rules forbid appeals to civil courts, said Italian clubs and their World Cup-winning national team
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        • 87 14 BEIJING: Students at a sports school m China's north-east have been caught using perform-ance-enhancing drugs m a doping raid. Officials from China's Olympic Committee An-ti-Doping Commission and other high-level sports administrators paid a surprise visit to a training base used by the Liaoning Anshan Athletics
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        • 108 14 LONDON: Alex Ferguson has admitted his chase for Owen Hargreaves is turning into a nightmare. English Premiership soccer club Manchester United are trying to lure the Bayern Munich star to Old Trafford, but the German giants do not want to sell the player. Hargreaves was set
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      • 313 14  -  Leonard Lim SEPAK TAKRAW By PROMOTE sepak takraw internationally and make it an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport, said Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday night. His proposal was backed immediately by International Sepak Takraw Federation secretary, Abdul Halim Abdul Kader
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      • 568 15  -  Marc Lim »GOLF By Sports Correspondent He will undertake 4-year programme at the University of Washington FROM Singapore Open Amateur champion to a spot on the ?restigious United States PGA our. That is what Choo Tze Huang, 19, hopes to
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      • 510 15 BASKETBALL Sapporo LEBRON James wants to be the world's first billionaire athlete. To do that, he knows he has to win over Asia. That is why he has been doing exclusive press conferences for Chinese and Japanese media on days Team USA are off
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      • 246 15  -  Mahmood Gaznavi CRICKET By SINGAPORE failed to advance to the semi-finals of the Asian Cricket Council Trophy competition m Kuala Lumpur. The Republic went down by six wickets to Hong Kong m a quarter-final clash on Tuesday, despite posting 235-7 m the 50-overs contest. In
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        • 54 15 GOMBAK United succumbed to a late Peres de Oliveira goal, losing 0-1 to defending champions Tampines Rovers m an S-League soccer match played at Queenstown stadium last night. The Brazilian midfielder struck m the 88th minute, making Gombak pay for not converting their large amount of
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        • 80 15 MAXIMILIAN Soh occupies seventh place after five races m the laser event at the Qingdao International Regatta m China. In the women's 470 class, Toh Liying and Elizabeth Ong are m 18th place, while Dawn Liv and Deborah Ong are 11 positions behind after three
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      • 535 15 BASEBALL MLB: Baltimore 6 Minnesota 3. Detroit 4 Chicago White Sox 0, Florida 7 Washington 5. Toronto 4 Oakland 3, Cincinnati 14 Houston 0, NY Mets 8 St Louis 7. Tampa Bay 5 Texas 3. Pittsburgh 5 Atlanta 3. Milwaukee 4 Colorado 1, Philadelphia 6 Chicago Cubs 3, Kansas
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        563 15 SOON GEOK LAN 1 SOON NYUK LAN Age: 78 Passed away peacefully on 22 August 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Mah Guan Leong (deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Mah Lin Siew Kevin Yu Nit Ching Esther Mah Kah Hoe Vincent Daughters: Sons-in-law: Mah Poh Choo Annie (deceased)
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        1135 16 PEGGY ANG PECK GEOK Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 23 August 2006, dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Husband: Dicky Tan Son: Desmond Tan Daughter: Lynette Tan Mother-in-law: Lily Tok Mother: Ong Siew Brothers Sisters-in-law and their spouses Brother Sisters and their spouses all relatives and loved ones Wake
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      • 589 18 This month's pause gives central bank time to study data, according to Chicago Fed president Bloomington (Illinois) CHICAGO Federal Reserve Bank president Michael Moskow has said more rate increases could still be needed to cut inflation, adding that this month's
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      • 274 18 Existing home sales dive to 2 ½-year low Washington SALES of previously owned homes m the United States plunged last month to the lowest level m 2 x h years. And m more fresh signs that the housing market has lost steam, the inventory of unsold homes climbed to a
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      • 31 18 ,,,UJK Yesterday's close--16.163.03 (-18.14 points) Japanese stocks eased back from three-month highs, as investors took profits amid concerns about United States interest rates and Iran s nuclear programme.
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      • 39 18 ~W\ Yesterday's close: 17,088.39 (-61.36 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 0.36 per cent down after a United States Federal Reserve offcia) suggested that higher US interest rates may be needed to ward off inflation AFP
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      • 28 18 L;PKL Yesterday's close: 1.612.4 (-0.96 point) Chinese stocks closed flat amid some profit-taking, with metals and telecommunications stocks coming under pressure m thin turnover AFP
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      • 35 18 Sydney S&P /ASX 200 AFP JYI Yesterday's close: 5.082.3 ,+6.1 points) >» Australian stocks closed 012 percent higher, as investors awaited the full-year profit report of index-leading resource stock BHP Billiton after the market close. AFP
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      • 37 18 in Yesterday's dose* 948.26 (+3.24 points) Malaysian stocks closed higher as worries over higher interest rates eased on a central bank assurance that inflation will moderate m the second half of the year. AFP
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        33 18 ~#n Yesterday's close: 11,406.65 (-95.97 points) Indian stocks closed down 0.83 per cent slipping for a second straight trading session, amid continued profit-booking after a sharp run-up m previous weeks. AFP
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      • 27 18 Yesterday's close: 1.438.63 (+3.6 points) >» Indonesian stocks closed 0.25 per cent higher on bargain-hunting led by index heavyweights Gudang Garam and Inco. AFP *n
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      • 32 18 V Yesterday's close: 698.01 (-8.29 points) Thai stocks closed 1.17 per cent lower below the 700-point mark due mainly to profit-taking and uncertainty over Thailand's new election date. AFP
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      • 220 18 Aug 23 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.31 1.390 +0.020 Ascendasreit 1.03 2.050 BlLlntl 0.42 1.450 Capita Land 4.24 4.580 -0.020 Capita Mall 0.81 2.410 +0.010 Chart SemiCond 0.95 1.230 CityDev 2.65 9.600 ComfortDelGro 1.57 1.560 CoscoCorp 0.75 1.600 +0.050 Creative Tech 0.35 9.600 +0.150
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      • 52 18 MFSTech 40,981.000 Synear 37,025,000 Sing Tel 28,605,000 Gallant 23,831,000 Sing Post 22,315,000 Longcheer 20,702,000 Wilmar 17,548,000 ASTI 16,650,000 Ascendasreit 16,503.000 Allcoßeit 15,305,000 Aug 23 Wee Poh 14,673,000 UniFiber 14.596,000 UTAC 14,178,000 MOR 13,936,000 SSH Corp 12,132,000 Labroy Marine 11,938,000 Capita Mall 11,322,000 Xl Ventures 11,309,000 Thai Beverage 10,403,000
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      • 142 18 Aug 23 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Source: HSBC Bank USA, Spore Branch (*M'sian ringgit: Interbank rate by OCBC) UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Chi renminbi 19.60 20.00 Danish kroner 26.70 27.30
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      • 457 18 PHOTO: New York THE United States Justice Department's failed attempt to convict Mr Frank Quattrone, the former Credit Suisse Group banker, highlights how Wall Street executives have largely escaped a government crackdown on corporate crime. Mr Quattrone, 50, won a decisive victory yesterday
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      • 488 19 They say Beijing has not given signals it is ready to ease controls by end of this year Washington CHINA is unlikely to live up to its World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitment to provide full market access to foreign banks
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      • 497 19 RESULTS IN OCTOBER 'Two months should do. The investigation will take some time because there is a lot of related information. We will seek all data from Temasek and its Thai units to help the probe." MR YANYONG, chief investigator, on
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      • 680 20  -  Bryan Lee By STRONG PUSH "It's safe to say that under President Bush, the US trade agenda has been more active and has accomplished more than any other president I can recall." MS SCHWAB, on the firm commitment to free trade by
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      • 403 20  -  Dennis Chan By Deputy Money Editor THE Salim family is making its second investment m two days m Singapore-listed companies. Mainboard-listed Food Empire Holdings announced on Tuesday that the Indonesian group was taking a 21.6 per cent stake m the company for $53.1
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      • 398 20  -  BRYAN LEE UNITED States-based KLATencor, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of chipmaking equipment, has opened its first Asian factory m Singapore. The move will create at least 200 jobs over the next two years. KLA will outsource up to US$2OO million (Ss3l6
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        • 94 21 INVESTMENT company kl Ventures yesterday said its net profit more than trebled to 175.6 million for the full year ended June 30. Its profit was boosted by a one-off $145 million gain from the sale of The Gas Company m Hawaii. Revenues rose
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        • 73 21 SHIPBUILDER Jaya Holdings yesterday said that its full-year net profit climbed by 25 per cent to $107.3 "million. Turnover for the 12 months ended June 30 jumped 81 per cent to $306.2 million. Earnings per share rose to 14.2 cents from 11.5
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        • 83 21 ELEC ELTEK'S EARNINGS CLIMB A FIFTH TO $82M PRINTED circuit board maker Elec Eltek International has posted a 22 per cent jump m full-time net profit to US$52 million (5582.3 million). Sales for the 12 months ended June 30 rose by 8.8 per cent to U*****.9 million. Earnings per share
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        • 75 21 KIAN Ann Engineering yesterday announced that its full-year net profit rose 9.63 per cent to $7.4 million. Turnover for the full year ended June 30 inched up 0.63 per cent to $113.5 million. Earnings per share climbed to 2.55 cents from 2.33
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        • 82 21 TAI Sin Electric Cables Manufacturer yesterday said its full-year net profit more than doubled to $11.2 million from $5.3 million. Turnover for the 12 months ended June 30 rose 36 per cent to $183.4 million from $134.3 million previously. Earnings per share
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      • 389 21  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent RIVAL developers from here and overseas are expected to be m the race for SingTel's ageing Robinson Road building, which was put up for sale yesterday. The seven-storey block at No. 71 once
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      • 456 21  -  Lee Su Shyan TAKING STOCK By THE Singapore market ended weaker yesterday on uncertainty over rising crude oil prices and fresh fears that US interest rates might rise further. The Straits Times Index eased 8.73 points to 2,472.26, while volume
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      • 67 21 Top Rises Aug 23 CENTS Keppel Corp 1550 30.0 2.0 SembCorpDßeCWo6l2ll 74.5 17.0 29.6 Creative Tech 960 15.0 1.6 Longcheer 99.5 15.0 17.8 Spore Land 675 15.0 2.3 SC Global 191 13.0 7.3 UOB CS eCW*****0 87 5 115 15.1 SC Global Wt 01 210 56 11.0 24.4 oCBCCap3.93%Preflo 9660
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      • 294 21 DIRECTORS' TRADES SHORTLIVED TENURE Explaining his removal, Mr Lim How Teck, named as independent chairman just two weeks ago, says he was appointed to inject new ideas. However, he was considered part of the old board, "although as chairman I would be impartial". Three other directors were also ousted at
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      • 561 21  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent Lim How Teck becomes one of shortest-serving board members SHIPPING veteran Lim How Teck has earned the unfortunate distinction of being one of the shortest-serv-ing directors of a listed company here, when he was voted out by a group
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      • 64 21 Top Rises Aug 23 CENTS C2O Hides 11.5 91 7 5.5 Falmac 3.5 75.0 1.5 SembCorp D8eCW*****5 19 52.0 6.5 KepCorpMßL XCWO6OB3I 6 5 44.4 2 0 Semitech 5 429 1.5 LabroyMarMßLeCW6loO3 14 40 0 4.0 •JOB BNP eCW*****9 10.5 40.0 3.0 LabroyMarMßLeCW6o9oB 19.5 39.3 5.5 LabroyMarDßeCWO6loo2 145 38.1 40
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      • 64 21 Top Falls Aug 23 CENTS JSH 1070 47.2 2.7 CapitalanMßLXCWK 94.5 36.5 27.9 DBSGrp 1790 30.0 1.6 MFSTech 80 17.5 17.9 JMH 1830 15.7 0.5 OBS SGA eCWO6IOO2 19 12.0 38.7 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 ***** 10.0 0.1 SIA 1330 100 0.7 SIA2OO 1330 10.0 0.7 Venture Corp 1150
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        1106 2  - Art attack Clara Chow ARTS CORRESPONDENT From a party at the Padang to an attempt to levitate' City Hall, Singapore's all set to show the world it can pull off a behemoth m the upcoming Singapore Biennale EIGHTEEN months m the making, the inaugural Singapore Biennale is a logistical behemoth.
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      • 92 3 Singapore Biennale numbers How long: 72 days Who's who: 95 artists and collectives from 38 countries What's on show: 195 works, more than 100 of them new Where: 19 different sites m Singapore Preparation time: 18 months Budget: $6 million to $8 million Promotional budget: $800,000 Number
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      • 1808 4  - Your A to Z guide to the biennale Clara Chow Hong Xinyi By" and is for angels. No. not cutesy cherubs. Inj^L stead, think sublime, angelic grace. Indian m^\ artist Alwar Balasubramaniam's EmergIfj in g Angels (2006) at the Church of Saints 1 Peter Paul m Queen Street is made
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      • 831 6 Seventeen months of life m China's capital have mellowed me. I have made my peace with Beijing There is no better place than Beijing to watch China's progress A YEAR ago, as I sat on the rooftop terrace of one of Shanghai's premier high-altitude bars, dazzled
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      • 266 6  -  Krishna Tom BOOK a date with Israeli writers when Singapore's firsl Sefer Festival kicks off this evening at the National Library. The event, which endsnext Thursday, features ovei 300 books, visiting Israeli authors and exhibitions covering topics such as the history of the Hebrew script. Sefer,
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      • 632 7  -  Hong Xinyi APTS PEPOPTEP Can't tell your Biomechanics from your Beckett? Relax. Life! gives you a guide to these obscure arts terms THIS month, two theatre productions will up the ante m challenging audiences with experimental techniques and content. Starting next Thursday, home-grown troupe Drama Box will
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      • 163 8 > backstage In this fly-on-the-wall column, we bring you the buzz m the arts world THEATRE lecturer K.K. Sect has launched his own website, www.kkseet.com. Readers are greeted by a homepage that quotes I-S Magazine's description of the flamboyant National University of Singapore lecturer as
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        197 8 THE creators of dance drama Celebratory Song Of The Dead are feeling quite gung ho about staging a work about death during the ongoing Hungry Ghost Festival. A quirk in this year's lunar calendar has resulted in two seventh months from Julv 25 m to Aug 23 and
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        50 8 VANITY PROJECT: See Dr Sect m various soft-focus photos on his website. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: (From left) On his site are photos taken with actor Mark Richmond and actress Beatrice Chia; MP Baey Yam Keng and theatre practitioner Lim Hai Yen; and artists Pierre et Gilles.
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      • 290 8  -  Kristina Tom ARTS REPORTER WITH the increasing use of English as the lingua franca m the Peranakan community, many of the younger folk are losing touch with thenroots. A new 222-page dictionary was launched on Tuesday m the hopes of countering this trend. A Baba Malay
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      • 367 8 A SLIGHT from the Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) judging panel m 1995 may have driven home-grown poet Boey Kirn Cheng away to Australia. But the Eoet who bested him isn't all that appy either. In a LifeStyle interview published last Sunday, Boey, 41, a 1996 Young Artist Award
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    • 466 6 WB\ SERVICING/ IP WORKSHOP Khang's Automatic Transmission Specialist YOUR GEAR BOX? JERK? VIBRATE? LOSE POWER? NO GEAR CHANGE? SUP? DELAY SHIFTING? Come for: FREE CHECK ADVICE Blk 21 #01-34/36 Sin Ming Hp: 9777-5200 Raymond PRND432I jWBkl GEARBOX jw PROBLEM* 12 mths warranty for atr mmr^ continental Auto-Gear Box a/haul. Mere,
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    • 762 6 HJh SCRAP VEHICLES NEW CAR DEALER wants PARF, scrap paper, COE rebate, vehicle body. *****919/ *****919 Tay SCRAP CAR WANTED 96 to 2004. Any models. Car/ van/ lorry 10 ft. View at your doorstep *****227 ALL MAKE WANTED. Export welcome. Parf/ COE also. High price assured. 6-*****97/ 9-*****91. HIGH PRICE
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    • 430 6 Vehicles U) FOR SALE W FORSALE Q) FORSALE L?SIL mm M ear a(^ aX coach 1 Year Free Servicing gf^AfJi m\ Terms Conditions apply \!M(V Sole Distributor: X I AutO Pte Ltd Cmmmatutml iftmUdtm Defu \jßtm 6383 Q036 Lavender 6457 8484 WK MINI BUSES fjjjj FORSALE ToyotaUtace- mUmaWm ToyotaDynaWjmp GPlate
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    • 833 6 Bft VANS FOR SALf An advanced partner for all light transport professionals. aA mm\^. SCUDO 2.0 JTD Paytoad of Normal HDB season Load capacity Mskg partcingf— of 4.om' BRLnc.fli Tht Hat %emm». Immwwn Your Em taw Profit* VEHICLES I Adjustable steering wheel mmmmmmnmm. Remote control locking Power [Wl SSffJlL 1
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    • 762 7 WK 001-08 ILU cmr ft south-west WW PTEAPTS-RENT CITY~ APARTMENTS CONTEMPORARY URBAN LIVING AT ITS BEST! Unchallenged views Available 1 2 bedrooms On high tloors 25 28 5 mms walk to CBO 5 mms walk to 2 MRTs Clarke Quay City Hall Restaurants/ Pubs/ Cafes Esplanade at your doorstep Available
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    • 692 7 ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ WA DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Lj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND klli TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT SKY SUITES SKY VILLA 0 LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS WITH CONCIERGE SERVICES <4B» W lii<g ■k. m pt* fmm WWT m W aa\aammM. ,tt tm\ T H"*B Prestigious brand new apartments for lease -Sizes (1,200 -4.069 sqft)
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    • 611 7 WA DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Llil TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT ASTRID MEADOWS. RECONSTRUCTED 2 bdrm suite with patio overlooking greenery. 1700 sgft of sheer pleasure. Spacious master with walk-in wardrobe and wooden firs. $4K. *****721 FOUR SEASONS/ 8 Orange Grove. 2876/ 5500 sgft. 4+l/ 4 or s+l balcony. Beautiful. Unblocked. No noon
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    • 768 7 WfK DO9-10 ORCHARD/ tIJ TANGUN/ HOLLAND WW PTEAPTS-RENT a ~ML f > H VSJk H I \t% Wo'V o'* V 1 I aMAu. mmmmmmmm Mm EMILY RES 667 sq.ft. Studio $3K. Avalon 1324 sq.ft. 2 bdrms 54.2 K. Elizabeth Height 3 bdrms. $SK. Kirn Yam Hgt. 4 bdrms 55.5K ono
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    • 961 7 WfK 009-10 ORCHARD/ mmm TANGUN/ HOLLAND WW PTEAPTS-RENT VALLEY PARK. 2 bdrms! High fir. Unblocked, f/furn/ facilities. Great World/ Orchard 9388-6831 i D.09 ASPEN HGTS 1600 sqft. High fir. Beautiful 4+l. F/facilities. Un- j blocked, f/furn. neg. *****318 IMPERIAL 2+l. 980 sqft. High fir. I MRT. $SK. F/furn (SIOK budget
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    • 690 7 WfA Dll a2l NEWTON/ QUJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI MAPLEWOODS SARACA CONDO 3+l /4+l. 1400/ 1800 sqft. Balcony. P/furn. Greenery view. *****282 SURREY CT. NEAR Novena MRT 2-3 bdrms $2.BKS3K. Pool/ gym. Owner *****328 GARDEN VISTA 3+l/ 2+l rm. New The Sterling 3+l. Others, Novena, Newton, Bt Timah. 9169-0817 30 UNITS.
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    • 750 7 Properties Dfc Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST PH 015-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT \/jjf PTE APTS RENT Dunman View (Haig Road) •3+l bedrooms, 1173-1324 sqft Pool, Gym, Playground Clubhouse Near Paya Lebar MRT, minutes to city Near Parkway Parade, East Coast park Gold Palm Mansions (Telok Kurau) •2/3+ l bedrooms, 947-1582
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    • 492 7 WfK 19-20 SERANGOON/ QD THOMSON SUNGLADE PENTHSE. 1800 sqfl 4+l. Roof terr. VI P/furn. Unbloc Pool view. F/facilities. MRT/ Aus tralian Int'l sch. *****170 Gary FUME TREE PK 1850 sqft Furr 3+l Huge rms spacious living Fantastic breeze unblocked view Vacant $2.4 K. 9839 4959 DTZ FLAMETREE PK. 3*l Mid
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    • 744 7 WK D 25-28 NORTH Hif PTE APTS RENT RENT/ SALE*! SELETARIS 3+ F'hold. Facilities, quiet Shutti> to MRT 9843 8815/ 9029 8164 NORTHOAKS PENTHSE (ADMIRAL TV MRT). 3+l big patio 234' sq.ft. Pool view. *****401 Aqt 3*l WOODGROVE SCH/ MRT $l.j+ 3+l Northoaks Penthouse Ma Almost New'! MRT *****80? WORKERS
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    • 866 8 WK HOUSES FOR RENT LAUREEN G. A I 9183 9911^^^ D.19 JLN KESOMA 2 terrace. 3+2 Built up. Approx 2400 sqft. immed. Near Serangoon G ess to CTE. S6K EVERTON CONSERVED 3+2 old world charm, modern Shenton isabeired--*****055 No agt KATONG, LOR STANGEE d/storey XXV 2000 sqtt. Reno3ualitv finishings. P/furn.
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    • 1004 8 WK HUDC/ HDB lip? APTS FOR RENT ADMIRALTY BLK 669 2+l/ 3+l. F/furn. 2 aircons. Near MRT. $950/ Sim. View 7pm 9pm All welcome. *****887/ *****665 JLN DAMAI. BLK 662 (Bedok) SJ.2K. 4+l. 21 3+l Toa Payoh. Jurong West. Tampines. AMK. CCX. Woodlands. Bt Batok. 9182-6632 I+l/ 2+l/ 3+l S'goon
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    • 888 8 lift ROOMS FOR RENT jjjjjt (PRIVATE) FOREIGN STUDENT FEW aircon rms. Near Somerset MRT. Free internet. $700. 9025-0397 SOMERSET MRT! CONDO common room for rent. Nice hse. F/furn. $800. Immed. *****532 PAYA LEBAR PLACE 2 rms. $550. F/furn. Near S'goon MRT. Immed. 9488-7258 Chris. KVM S2OO-S2OOO WITH/ W/0 Owner. Master/
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    • 789 8 WfK DO I-08 CD CITY a SOUTH-WEST WW PTEAPTS-SALE Oceanfront 1711 sqft $2.57 M Azure 3165 sqft $4.5 M Azure penthse 2121 sqft. $3.0 M Azure (sea view) 1765 sqfts2.3BM Berth (sea view) 6028 sqft. 55.2 M Berth (sea view) 2034 sqft. $2.8 M Berth sea view) 1668 sqft $2.09
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    • 824 8 WfK DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ EJ TANGUN/ HOLLAND Jj HOUSES -SALE BUNGLW LAND FOR REBUILD Belmont ***** sqft, elevated Binjai Pk ***** sqft elevated. Cornwall *****,***** sqft Chatsworth *****,***** sqft, j best plot, elevated Dalvey ***** sqft rectangular, greenery, quiet, good deal Ewart Pk ***** sqft, greenery Jervois Hill *****, *****
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    • 639 8 WfK DO9-10 ORCHARD/ C 3 TANGUN/ HOLLAND WW HOUSES-SALE 1 H^^V mm^Am [DON^TIISSI BT TUNC jM 15,000 sqft. 2 storey bunglw. s+l. Pool/ gdn. $7.8 M. Victoria Pk 8200 sq.ft. Elevated Nice gdn/ pool $5.5 M. 9842 3232 OUEEN ASTRID PARK. Superb bunglw. Ultra green/ exclusive/ pte. 6+l. 27,000 sqft.
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    • 898 8 WfK DO9-10 ORCHARD/ MM TANGUN/ HOLLAND Wf PTEAPTS-SALE Calrnhlll Crest 1970 sqft. 4+l. Face S. Windy. Pool S3.KM Ardmore Park 2885 sqft. 4+l. Blk 9/11/15 Few unit s..ss.3M up The Ladyhill Penthse 3800 sqft s+l. Posh ambience $6.KM Riverqate 1690 sqft 3+152.45 M Riverqate 1894 sqft. 4+l. High fir. Deferred
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    • 711 8 Properties B\ 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND J PTE APTS- SALE THE PIER. 2 bdrms, brand new, good layout with huge balcony. Next to corner with fantastic pool river view. NE facing. Last call 9 $1.36 M. Sell with tenancy. 9430 8653 Jordan Heng MIRAGE TWR. 1227 sqft. High fir. r
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    • 851 8 WK DO9-10 orchard/ Mil TANGUN/ HOLLAND $1K PSF UP! Brand New Freehold Imperial/ Caimhill Crest. 3+l/ 4rm. Great view. Good layout. Mins to Orchard Rd. 9029-4988 SILVER TWR. BANK'S Auction 30/8. F'hold. 3-storey penthse pool. 5995 sqft. 5 rms roof terr. Somerset MRT. 9188-9908 D.lO EXCLUSIVE/ OUIET. Tasteful ly Renovated
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    • 773 8 WK 009-10 ORCHARD/ U TANGLIN/ HOLLAND WW PTEAPTS-SALE JERVOIS LODGE 2-BDRMS. F'hold 947 sqft. Face greenery Ouiet. Tip top cond. $745*. 9819-8872 DlO DORMER PK. 4+l. 2500 sqft Greenery F/facillties. F'hola Good facing. $1.95 M. 9791 2668 WArn Dll a2l NEWTON/ Liy BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI JW HOUSES -SALE D.ll CHEE
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    • 2202 9 ■k Dl Ift 2l NEWTON/ Ok Ul 1 ft 2l NEWTON/ |fe Dl 1 ft 2l NEWTON/ WK Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ Ik Dl 1 ft 2l NEWTON/ Bk Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ Lil BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI LHI BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI IIQM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTT [ill BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI tai BT
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    • 375 9 PEBBLE BAY NICE, new spacious studio. Low Near Amenities/ Suntec City/ Raffles Place/ Orchard Road. Rare! 9012-3383 D.15 E7 LODGE, Lor Melayu. 5 mins to Kembangan MRT. Newly renovated. 10 yrs. High ceiling. Windy. Unblocked. 9456-8048 VIEW OCEAN PK 2110/3260 sqft. 3/ 4+l. Breathtaking sea/ city/ pool view Beautiful cond.
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    • 623 9 ifft Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST A& PTEAPTS-SALE Tzcrmmmwm [View Mmmmm Property Mmm BAYCOURT 4+l. 1658 sqft. pool view! Ouiet. $838 K. Exclusive! Parkeast ground fir patio face pool 2077 sqft $1.06 M *****722 D'ECOSIA 1280 SOH/ 3+l. Ouiet. D'Ecosia 2174 sqft/ 3+l+ terrace. Villa Marina 2100 sqft/ 4+l rms.
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    • 688 9 Properties Bk 17-1 8 CHANGI/ j PASIR RIS f PTEAPTS-SALE **rrm > jji ~i m PREVIEW NOW! 999 yrs apt near Downtown East. 1 mm walk to beach. 2 3-rms, 753-1615 sqft. Fr $4XXK! Resort living. Designer fittings. Esther Realty *****788 Best fM Value L~J 4 BDRM. PENTHOUSE 9 Carissa
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    • 760 9 Wfk Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ UU THOMSON WW HOUSES -SALE S'GOON GDN LANDED! 2 detached 2 semi-d. Fr 3700-5400 sqft. Ask $I.BM-$3.6M. 9843-6689 RR 0.19 CHARLTON LANE T*rr 4 rms F'hold. Kovan MRT/ park/ sch/ hawker ctr renovated *****939 D.19 LOVELY 2> 2-STOREY Semi-D. s+l. Granite/ parquet. F'hold. 51.34 M neg.
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    • 735 9 8D25-28 NORTH HOUSES -SALE CHARMING DETACHED HSE. 2 stc rey. Live by the sea. F'hold. 250 C sqft Below value *****288 C T WfK 022-24 WEST fHW PTEAPTS-SALE REGENT GROVE 3 bdrms. Vacan' 1163 sqft. Move iR S36BK up' PARKVIEW APT 3-bdrms Vacan: 1130 sqft. High floor $420K up! REGENT
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    • 669 10 PlfV D 25-28 NORTH mtf PTEAPTS-SALE CASABLANCA 3*l CHEAPEST! >336-5935 SELETAR SPRINGS/ SERENITY PI J yrs/ f'hold. Both units ground fir with Katies. 9100-2228 BELOW VALUE! NEW! Casablanca ?jrm high fir. pool T he Woodgrove 3-mn apt. 873 -10K. *****939 Sole Agt HCall Now 3*l RMS 25 sqfl. Hamt MRT/
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    • 722 10 F^v HDB APTS FOR SALE W*i HDB APTS FOR SALE IRS HDB APTS FOR SALE WK HDB APTS FOR SALE Wfck HDB APTS FOR SALE Wtoi HDB APTS FOR SALE y^MBEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) Upi (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) |£Jf (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE)
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    • 575 10 PH HDB APTS FOR SALE Ifi? (BUKIT PANJANG) A. Call 6316-6006 Steven (Roof) 5T 168 Pt Blk Al decor 820 Valued S3O2K. Near Plaza shpg ST IBI Next to Plaza. 820 up 5T 174. 513 High fir. LRT Exec Apt 180 Beautiful view 820 up. Marble fir. Unblock Exec Apt
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    • 466 10 Bp\ HDB APTS FOR SALE 11^ (CHOA CHU KANG) s'A' BLK 568 129 sqm. Corner. MRT/ mkt/ shpg. Move-in cond. Exec Apt Blk 561. 147 sqm. Mid fir/ Corner. Tip-top. MRT/ mkt. Can contra/ enquiries: 8198 1511 M !Hb Choi 9021 21*1 BEST BUY! 4 'A' 485A, Well renovated. Unblocked.
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    • 614 10 WK HDB APTS FOR SALE fc2) (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) Ms Yong *****109 Ben Low Assoc HOUGANG 3-rm 110/ 619/ 623 Lift fir. Al 4'S' 514 Corner. MRT. Nice 4'NG' 242/ 325™ simple. At value 4'A' 239/ 334... Corner. S2OOK up 4'A' 444/ 451. High fir, corner am' 528/
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    • 542 10 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE EJJ (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) 4'A' CORNER BLK 979A Buangkok Cres, High fir, totally unblock, move-in Value S24OK *****456 4'A 1 CORNER HOUGANG 322/ 910. 4'NG' Dr to Dr S'goon Blk 101. Sch/ Mkt/ Amenities. *****649 4'A' 836 VALUED 5275 K. MRT 3'NG' 220
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    • 643 10 WK HDB APTS FOR SALE WJW (JURONG) 4'A' 746 JURONG W. Low fir. Face NS. Windy. Vacant. Bright. Immed. Move-in. Mkt, MRT, sch. Value SI96K. Ask SI9OK. *****705 4 'NG' 251 Jurong E. 804. Below value. Unblocked. Breezy. Vacant. Near amenities/ mkt/ sch. Serious seller. 9451-6555 5T CORNER 330 Tah
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    • 1056 10 Properties WK HDB APTS FOR SALE i^W (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) TOP FLR! ST Blk 482. Corner. NS facing. Unblocked. Super breezy bright. Move-in. $300K neg. MinsonTan.com 9383-3382 W KM w^*** m ■■■■■I 4'A' BLK 106. High fir. Upgraded. Lift level. Mell renovated. Bright windy. Move-in. Near MRT/ amenities. Call Darryl
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    • 1065 10 WfK HDB APTS FOR SALE mW (WOODLANDS) Damien 9270-2580 4'A' 510 86. Corner. 105 sqm. MRT 4'A' 665 Corner Marble MRT2OBk 4'A" 678, 792 812 movein MRT 4'A' 749 Mcl! kept. windy2l6k neg 4'A' 759 Unblocked, MRT2I4k neg 4'A' 105, 750, 752 89™ MRT IT 5A 813 5 yrs. Decor...
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    • 835 10 WK HDB APTS FOR SALL fIW (YISHUN) PETER TAN V£. A 9023 3095 V A 5-RM 644, 872, 864 41 Exec Apt/Mais 828. 877, 791. 391 4'S' 635, 812/ 4 'A' 806. MRT Jumbo 665, 641/ 5-Rm 841, 809 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED 4'S' 425 806. Lift level. Vacant. Near Orchid CC
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    • 743 11 fWm HDB APTS FOR SALE tly (SENGKANG/ Wf PUNGGOL) 4-RM BLK 31K. Anchorvale. High fir Sea view. Nicely renovated. With balcony. Mins to LRT/ Ame nities. Bright. S Neg. 9621 2405 9684-***** SKM ONLY* New List! I 1 Edgedale Plains. Valued S3I4K. $60K decor. Move m cond. 5 mins to
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    • 680 11 WK HUDC/HDB APTS UW WANTED (RENT/ BUY) IT PROFESSIONAL LOOKING FOR whole unit, any area. High budget Owner Lina 8183-8722 URGENTLY LOOKING FOR Whole unit/ rm m all areas/ all types. Owners please call 9816-7729 URGENTLY WANTS 3*l Woodlands HDB. Rent within 2 days. Ready tenants, no obiigaiton. *****855 2
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    • 1144 11 WK FACTORY SPACE WK FACTORY SPACE mW FOR RENT Hif FOR RENT HIGH-TECH SPACE 1 THE COMTECH 1 0-storey high-tech building High redundancy, dual power feed Ceiling height 5.8 m Floor loading up to 25KN/sm Free Shuttle bus to Harbour Front MRT High power supply up to 400 VA sm
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    • 370 11 IIK OFFICE SPACE WK OFFICE SPACE iff FORRENT mW FORRENT PREMIUM OFFICE SPACE PSA BUILDING Office 8 mins drive to CBD Panaromic seaview Column free layout, raised flooring Flexible size up to 16,0005f/flr Retail Shop Choice shop unit available Size: 500sf onwards Good anchor tenants m the building Website www.
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    • 264 11 Changi Road Carpark Well maintained Convenient transport and eateries 1.181 3.853 sq ft. Call 6466-2555 90 sf to 7,000 sf. Office space Warehousin^Storag^s23o up Free Carparking Lots 244jt Access with Security Immediate Move-in Short-term Lease Available 9858 4097 Michael 9681 7119 Annie 380 D/ 5200 sqft Nicety fitted/ Move m
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    • 2063 11 Properties A WK OFFICE SPACE fff FOR RENT F/FURN SERVICED OFFICE from $480. Free: Local calls/ Internet/ Clubhse hi-tea. *****000 APOLLO CENTRE JUST renovated 1360-2400sqft gd 4 MLM/ Training aircon 9pm 9636 7165 TELOK AVER 2ND fir office space, corner shophse, 1,372 sg.ft, bright, aircon. Owner *****688 SPACIOUS WEU turn
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    • 391 11 WK OFFICE SPACE mW FOR RENT LITTLE INDIA. 1000 sgft. New Own toilet. 3 aircons. 3 phase power. Re»onable *****020 HAVELOCK RD. 4230 sqft Fitted with rms. Central aircon. 3 car park free. MRT. 9632-9096 Aqt 500 SOFT WINDOW unit/ carpeted aircon, furn. Own entrance. Near bus interchange. *****733 WK
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    • 831 12 WK SHOP SPACE WK SHOP SPACE ff FOR RENT \ff FOR RENT Albert Court Hotel Suitable for retail Area from 172 sf (Indoor) Minutes walk from Little India MRT Ample carparking lots 24-hr Security Attractive rental For lease, please call us at *****670 *****308 or visit www fareast. com.sg 4
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    • 716 12 WfK SHOP SPACE }ff FORRENT 111 VinTbn 9118 3833 PEACE CENTRE 9 Ist Level. Good facing. Wide frontage. Good human traffic. Built-in 420 sqft. Rent neg. No water supply. POTONG PASIR BLK 146. Shop for rent. 250 sq.ft. Near MRT/ coffee shop. Good crowd. Suit all trade. Immed. Steven 9748-4722
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    • 532 12 Rh SHOP SPACE |gir FORRENT 53.5K! CLEMENTI CTR. 350 sqft. Suits hp, F&B, hair beauty, Chinese sinseh. Call 9824-8822 TOP Dl PEOPLES PK Complex. 2nd fir 624 sqft heavy traffic. See to appreciate. Immed. HFP 9666 4567 SHOP CUM OFFICE. Lower Delta. 450 sqft. Convenient. Free parking. Immed. Call *****663
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    • 368 12 WK SHOP SPACE mif FORRENT LUCKY PLAZA «81/ #01/ #02/ #03 Prime! Rare! Richard Kong Shop Specialist. HP: 9688-3543 FAR EAST SHPG Ctr. 900 sqft. Roof gdn. Newly renovated!!! Suits cafe/ retail. 9195-8195 PRIME SPACE 9 1 Nassim Rd (opp Tanglin Shpg Ctr). 17.000 sqft 2 firs. Ravi 9455 1153
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    • 373 12 WfK SHOP SPACE lIP FORSALE FAR EAST PLAZA #02/ #04. Face Escalator. Wide shop front. Wa- I ter. Potential high rent! Come to #*****. Hp: 9673-6477 Ginza GOLDEN LANDMARK SHOP for sale 1 #02-38 280 sqft, #02-39 280 sqft #0306 340 sqft. Good frontage. *****003 ERA KATONG PLAZA EAST Coast
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    • 226 12 WWrn RESTAURANT/ Wk RESTAURANT/ WfK RESTAURANT/ WA RESTAURANT/ till LOUNGE ED LOUNGE ED LOUNGE [ID LOUNGE W SPACE FOR SALE ff SPACE FOR SALE ff SPACE FOR SALE W SPACE SALE I i J^ An Exciting Location In the B^^3 Heart Of Orchard Road fct wfll 9,741 sq.ft the perfect
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    • 749 12 Properties Far East Square F&B Space Minutes walk from Raffles Place MRT Chinatown MRT Housed m conserved shophouses Sizes from 360sqft 4,4oosqft. Outdoor seating area also available. Ample carparking lots 24-hr Security Attractive rental For lease, please call us at *****340/ *****670 or visit www.fareast.com.sg. fl Tl j Far East
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    • 322 12 IStorHubl [self »to«ao¥]| KALLANG, CHANGI. T.PAYOH facil I ities. 100 sizes. 10 to 800 sqft Mthly or yearly. Biometric 24-Hr access. Hi-security. 6337 2000 GROUND WAREHSE MACPHERSON/ Paya Lebar. 1800/ 3600 sgft. High ceiling. Near loading bay Food Ct. Immed. 9336 5559 OT ONE-STOP BUSINESS SOLUTION! Trpt. storage, pick pack,
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    • 682 13 g|WNO ORCHARD MEXT TO Wt Enzdbeth Hospital. 3-6 units. Approx 1200 ;-nmercial/ Res. F'hold. MS m 184 e~e LAND URGENT! 3 GENUINE buyers want Ml land/ old nouses tany district ->ouses. 25 vrs Specialist. Aie» 9836-5433 GUILLEMARO RO F'HOLD 300 .Jdhist assoc/ home for •:are/ community institution. Pts call *****201
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    • 617 13 JfK AIR TICKETS WK AIR TICKETS S.NGAKKE AIRUNES QANTAS/BRfTCH MALAYSIA AIRUNES BwgkofcVumm him Bai h'.M LangkaWPenang frsM' Chma frfaa Perw |r!3«KjAng frsl3S* PefTvTa^e. fr|34t Adtlade fr 498 <ota KTnabaiL «rslsf r<i,a, p star Ir 5461 3rsoane Svoney fr 591 Australia Ir $325 KUKROYAL DUTCH/ CanberraTas™™ fr 77t Audiand fr Sls
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    • 386 13 WK FREE ft EASY mtf TRAVEL mm. r .e^*Mm**m jMk. z/ /m^SmmmmAmaSlMmmm 2DNkwana Resort JH 20 Mearnnf Sari] 2D_AngsanaKes2rlS^3^ 'SSX 30/40 Phukat/ Phi Phi Island SnorttHinj Kland Tour Lunch, City Tour Und* Sw Aqwrim (Lataat) gjm.mm Dm: 01 SEP Ot OCT frss!o TlWo».24No».2SMoy.3oHov 4D Bangkok FNE HoM: BIS. ASIA PATHUMAN
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