The Straits Times, 6 January 2011

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1 22 The Straits Times

  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 62 2 WE SAY The inclusion of private hospitals’ billing data for additional procedures in the latest Health Ministry’s cost update is essential in ensuring fair and healthy competition. Greater transparency would help hospitals identify which costs are in need of containment as they
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      • COLUMNS
        • 30 2 Governments should publish statistics on trends in the well-being of their citizens to formulate policies that add to people’s happiness, says Derek Bok. L REVIEW PAGE A29
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        • 27 2 L REVIEW PAGE A30 Thanks to the integrated resorts, world-class shows are coming to Singapore at last, but far too slowly, says Ong Soh Chin.
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      • 38 2 OUR READER SAYS Singapore certifies practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, but has not put in place clear regulations for them as it has for practitioners of Western medicine, says Ong Siew Chey. L FORUM PAGE A31
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      • Article, Illustration
        25 2 www.straitstimes.com L Goh Eng Yeow observes the buoyant mood among investors. L Grace Chng updates from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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    • 973 2  -  Social media offers opportunity to groom engaged citizens BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg IT IS often said that Singaporeans are politically apathetic. Younger citizens, who did not experience first-hand the tumultuous birth of our nation in the 1960s, usually bear the brunt of this accusation. We don’t
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  • prime.news
    • 479 3  -  SALMA KHALIK DR LIM Suet Wun, head of the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), is leaving to join Parkway Health. He is the second senior public health-care administrator to leave for the private sector this year. The other
      ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  479 words
    • 609 3  -  Suggestions include letting them refer patients to TCM physicians BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma DOCTORS could be allowed to refer patients to a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician under changes proposed by the Singapore Medical Association (SMA). They could also be
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    • 538 4  -  Owners of Whitley Heights apartments hope to rake in $210m BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg A HUGE redevelopment site in one of Singapore’s prime neighbourhoods, District 11, has just become the first collective sale offering to hit the market this year. But for
      ST GRAPHICS; ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  538 words
    • 591 6  -  Partnerships with top global research centres already bearing fruit BY LESTER KOK lesterk@sph.com.sg A “CARPET cloak” that can render everyday objects invisible to the naked eye by bending light rays as they enter and exit the calcite crystal. This latest breakthrough in optical cloaking
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    • NEWS ANALYSIS
      • 634 6 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES LAHORE: As thousands gathered for the funeral of assassinated Punjab provincial governor Salman Taseer yesterday, 500 moderate Pakistani religious scholars issued a blood-curdling warning: Anyone who expressed grief over his death could suffer
        REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  634 words
      • 701 6  -  BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: The murder of Punjab governor Salman Taseer by his bodyguard is a chilling reminder of the creeping Islamisation of Pakistan’s security forces. It also removes a powerful liberal voice in a nation where mainstream politicians are
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    • 642 8  -  Family demands explanation from Najib on court ruling BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg SHAH ALAM: The family of Mr Teoh Beng Hock yesterday demanded an explanation from Prime Minister Najib Razak after a coroner’s court recorded an open verdict on
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    • 448 8  -  BY MAVIS TOH A MAN was found dead yesterday morning in the compound of the Church of St Mary of the Angels in Bukit Batok. He was lying on a grass patch near a row of classrooms and a children’s playground and had facial
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    • 88 8 THE results of the 2010 GCE O-level examinations will be released on Monday. School candidates can collect them from their schools from 2pm that day. Private candidates will be informed by post. They can also access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board
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    • 672 10  -  Their displays at international flora show in Taipei had come under fire from visitors BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Two Singapore groups which are taking part in an international flora show in Taipei have defended their exhibits against criticisms that they are “shabby”
      PHOTOS: LEE SEOK HWAI, TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL FLORA EXPOSITION, REUTERS  -  672 words
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  • WORLD.
    • 716 12  -  Project Qianhai aims to reap benefits of ‘one country, two systems’ BY CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com AFTER Shenzhen marked its 30th anniversary as China’s pioneer and most successful Special Economic Zone (SEZ) last year, China is embarking on another experiment in the same southern city
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    • 98 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Crocodiles, snakes are a danger in flooded Australia L US murderer gets inheritance from victim YOUR SAY L China appears to have completed a prototype of its first stealth fighter, merely days after talk that the Chinese
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    • world.regional
      • 459 13 China is putting marriage records online so people can check for cheats ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China’s exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives. Now, officials are putting marriage records online so lovers and spouses can check for
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      • 352 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Police in China appear to be trying to improve their often harsh public image. One city is trying to do it with more fashionable red raincoats for their female traffic officers. State media yesterday said the new raincoats made
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      • 61 13 Nearly 3,000 people gathered in Tokyo yesterday for a new year calligraphy contest. At the start of a year, the Japanese traditionally write out resolutions, wishes or auspicious characters. Participants came from as far as Brazil and ranged from young kids to people in their
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      • 306 18 Incident in Shandong is rare as firearms are strictly controlled ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: Two men shot dead three policemen and staged a series of carjackings on Tuesday, in a rare case of gun violence in a nation where
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      • 203 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A man has been jailed for one year in what state media said was believed to be China’s first prosecution of a male rape. A Beijing court convicted the 42-year-old man, identified by the alias Zhang Hua, of intentional injury
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      • 544 20 Many weavers going out of business as Chinese imitations flood market AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, but an influx of cheap
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      • 237 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the United States navigation network, officials said yesterday. In September, Japan launched a rocket carrying its first satellite intended
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      • 287 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Pigs are not known for being the most immaculate of creatures, but these mucky mammals will be taught a thing or two about bathroom etiquette by the environmental authorities in Taiwan. The authorities said yesterday they are planning to promote potty
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      • 383 22  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim yesterday hit out at the “awful, ugly and wicked lies” being spread, which allege that he had raped his Indonesian maid in 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. In a statement released
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      • 700 22  -  Outrage over decision to let ex-general facing plunder rap plead guilty to lesser charges ALASTAIR MCINDOE MANILA: The Philippine government’s chief lawyer has filed an urgent motion with an anti-graft court asking it to void a plea bargain deal struck between
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      • 566 23  -  Sultan dragged into dispute between federal and state govts over top civil servant post BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The appointment of a new top civil servant for Selangor has turned into a full-blown tussle after the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
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      • 350 23 ALOR SETAR (Kedah): Mr Ahmad Mohamad Isa, 110, who said last month that he was looking to remarry, now has to choose between two women who have responded to his search, according to Utusan Malaysia. However, he might never get to fulfil
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    • world.international
      • 564 24 Dirty run-off from eastern coast could damage ecosystem AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS ROCKHAMPTON (Australia): Australia’s floods have spread to more than 40 towns and are threatening the iconic Great Barrier Reef as tonnes of sludge pour into the sea, officials and
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      • 436 24  -  BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Northern India was in the grip of a bone-chilling cold wave this week as the Indian capital and its neighbouring states grappled with heavy fog and travel chaos. More than 40 people died in various parts
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      • 332 24 REUTERS BEIJING: Torrential icy rain across five provinces in southern China has forced 58,000 people to evacuate from their damaged homes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday. Freezing rain has pummelled the provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou in
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      • 167 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The death toll from landslides and floods in the Philippines rose to 25 yesterday, with people trying to profit from the disaster by salvaging flotsam falling victim themselves, officials said. Although major highways are now open, regional civil defence chief Blanche
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      • 523 25 Schools laud device’s versatility, but critics want less costly options NEW YORK TIMES ROSLYN (New York): As US students returned to class this week, some were carrying brand-new Apple iPads, provided not by their parents but by their schools. A growing number of US
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      • 282 25 REUTERS LONDON: Want to know your chance of having a baby through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)? There is an app for that. It is already online and will soon be available on iPhones and other mobile phones. British researchers have devised a formula they say
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      • 438 25 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The United States Navy has removed the commanding officer of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, citing his “profound lack of good judgment” for creating and starring in a series of coarse and sexually explicit videos. Captain Owen Honors was
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      • 358 25 LONDON: Experts say they have discovered what they believe is the root cause of male pattern baldness. It is not simply a lack of hair, but rather a problem with the new hair that is made. Researchers in the United States say the
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      • 422 28 Whale meat stockpile hit record last year, but endangered bluefin tuna still in demand ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan may be losing its famous appetite for whale meat but demand for another icon of its cuisine, the bluefin tuna, is as strong as ever.
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      • 251 28 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives took power yesterday and vowed to open a legislative battle with President Barack Obama over government spending. Incoming House Speaker John Boehner warned that Congress will have to make “tough decisions” on
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 140 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama met China’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday, ahead of a visit by President Hu Jintao in which a currency dispute is to top a wide-ranging agenda. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was at the White House discussing issues ranging from
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        • 78 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH An Indonesian maid who has accused her Saudi employer of stabbing, burning and beating her appeared in court for the first time yesterday and showed her wounds to a judge, an Indonesian official said. The Saudi woman, who is accused of breaking the maid’s
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        • 65 28 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday again raised the price of the premium grade RON97 petrol. With the latest price hike, RON97 now costs RM2.40 (S$1.01) a litre, an increase of 10 sen. The price was last increased by 15 sen on Dec
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        • 95 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (Massachusetts): The youngest son of the late shah of Iran committed suicide in Boston on Tuesday, weighed down by sorrow at the loss of his father and the upheaval in his homeland, his family said. Prince Alireza Pahlavi, 44, died from an
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        • 141 28 TAIPEI: A Singaporean middleman involved in Taiwan’s failed bid to forge official ties with Papua New Guinea in 2006 was indicted yesterday on breach of trust charges. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of 41/2 years for Wu Shih-tsai for embezzling US$29.8 million (S$39 million) in
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
    • 427 29 PATIENTS may not see an immediate reduction in price, but the inclusion of private hospitals’ billing information for additional procedures in the latest Health Ministry’s cost update is essential in ensuring fair and healthy competition. Thanks to Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s
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    • 941 29  -  BY LEE HSIEN LOONG The writer is the Prime Minister of Singapore. BLOOMBERG THEworldhasrecoveredremarkably quickly from the financial crisis. But growth is now on two tracks: Developed economies are still struggling with fiscal, financial and structural problems, while emerging economies, especially in Asia, are
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    • 697 29  -  BY DEREK BOK The writer, a former president of Harvard University (1971-91 and 2006-07), is the author of The Politics Of Happiness. PROJECT SYNDICATE POLITICIANS look to economic growth as the centrepiece of their domestic policy programmes. Gross domestic product is taken to be the
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    • review.
      • 1468 30  -  LABOUR CRUNCH BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg LAST September, a horrific accident at an expressway construction site in central Taiwan killed seven workers. A 50m-tall, 80m-wide section of steel scaffolding collapsed, bringing down with it tonnes of concrete and steel that crushed
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      • 906 30  -  THE WAY I SEE IT BY ONG SOH CHIN SENIOR WRITER sohchin@sph.com.sg When the proposal for Singapore to have two integrated resorts (IRs) was first mooted some six years ago, one of the reasons cited in their favour was their ability to bring in world-class
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    • forum.
      • 265 31  -  CERTIFYING TCM PRACTITIONERS Dr Ong Siew Chey WHEN the Health Ministry followed China’s example by registering and certifying practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it opened a Pandora’s box by not defining the limits of practice and putting in place clear regulations to safeguard patients’ welfare
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      • 403 31  -  Subhas Anandan President Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore THE Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore disagrees with the headline and drift of Monday’s article (“Chief Justice urges criminal lawyers to be ethical”). The article was culled from a report in
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      • 205 31  -  Chong Kwek Yan AN INFOBOX (“Rare and endangered species in Singapore”; Dec 25) that accompanied a recent report got me thinking about naturalist Ivan Polunin, who died last month. One of the species mentioned was the Singapore freshwater crab (Johora singaporensis), found only
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      • 87 31 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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      • 344 31  -  Bridget Tan (Ms) Founder President Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics WE HAVE housed about 20 underage maids. Of these, two attempted suicide, one was convicted of theft, one will be on trial for child abuse, one was persuaded by her employer to have an
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      • MYPOINT
        • 94 31 “What is the rationale for using the same key for all gates when a thief can unlock all?” MR CHUA TECK KEE: “Banks have implemented additional steps to beef up the security of Internet banking. Users are required to enter a one-time password generated by a token device
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        • 85 31 “By allowing improper attire, fast-food firms are ignoring measures to protect life.” MR LIM CHEE KONG: “Fast-food companies know their riders spend most of their time on the roads (‘Fast-food rush risks delivery riders’ lives’; last Friday) and should give them a set of protective gear. I see
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      • Article, Illustration
        50 31 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 IRAS: Reviewing red tape on parent relief 2 MR WONG HON KHUAN: Rude bus driver 3 MR ALBERT TYE: Flies back at hawker centre 4 MR SEOW JOO HENG: More hygienic way of clearing plates needed 5 ACRES: Another hotline for wildlife rescue
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  • HOME.
    • 799 1  -  Like fine-dining outlets, they say children disturb patrons BY HUANG LIJIE JESSICA LIM lijie@sph.com.sg limjess@sph.com.sg THE ban on children at restaurants here is extending its reach from fine-dining establishments to include even casual restaurants. Such eateries cite the same reason their more upscale brethren
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    • 121 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Pricey Chinese New Year goodies for Singaporeans L Would you notice if your bonus payment was wrong? MOST COMMENTED ON L Cyclist dies, another hurt in accident. Says MeDennis: “The sentence ‘Changi Coast Road is a double-lane
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    • 520 3  -  Law Society receives petition for EGM to debate travel policy for president and V-Ps BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg LAWYERS unhappy over the Law Society’s recent move to allow the president and two vice-presi-dents to travel business class on approved official trips abroad
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    • 338 3 CALL it a booster shot for 25,0 00 taxi drivers. A new scheme to bolster their Medisave account savings was launched yesterday with the support $4 million a year of seven taxi companies. This is the first major initiative of the National Taxi Association
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    • 408 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN THE three Iranian ships detained in Singapore waters since September over mortgage-default payments were yesterday ordered released by the High Court. But Justice Quentin Loh ruled that the owners of the container ships, carrying some $5.53 million in bunker fuel, should
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        1258 4  -  More people are trying these medically unproven treatments, but the authorities urge caution Alternative therapies BY MELISSA PANG, POON CHIAN HUI, FIONA LOW melpang@sph.com.sg chpoon@sph.com.sg fionalow@sph.com.sg ONCE a fortnight, Mr Richard Gavriel turns up at a Tanjong Pagar spa, lies under a pile of towels and allows
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      • 346 4  -  MELISSA PANG OPENED in 1987, the Sports Acupuncture Centre in Hougang Central is run by Mr Justin Morais, 79, one of the pioneers of complementary and alternative medicine here. The acupuncturist, homeopath and bioresonance therapist has a PhD in alternative medicine from Medicina Alternativa
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      • 239 4  -  POON CHIAN HUI AT SUNDARDAS Naturopathic Clinic, patients can get an array of assessment tests and treatments for ailments ranging from allergies to chronic pain. Mr Sundardas Annamalay, 47, a naturopath, opened the clinic 20 years ago. He is president of the Society of
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      • 228 4  -  FIONA LOW WHILE most women afflicted with menstrual cramps pop a few painkillers, Ms D. Yeo goes for a massage and steam session at Inizio Face.Body.Spa in Teo Hong Road. The salon’s Traditional Gang Gang Body Ritual Treatment touts itself as an Indonesian practice that can
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    • 470 6  -  Ex-rugby player now gets about $400,000; judge rules previous award unjustified BY SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A FORMER member of the national junior rugby team who was hit by a taxi six years ago has had his monetary payout for the accident halved by the
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    • 245 6 A BUILDING designer was charged yesterday with sending insulting and threatening messages via e-mail, voice mail and a letter to a journalist. Amy Chua Kwan Ming, 34, is said to have sent Ms Joanne Lee Li Li, 36, five e-mail messages that harassed or
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    • 316 6  -  FIONA LOW THE Singapore Medical Council yesterday suspended a doctor for three months and fined him $3,000 after an inquiry found him guilty of professional misconduct. Dr Thomas Seng Tee Kiat, 50, pleaded guilty to 25 charges of professional misconduct over his failure to
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    • 564 7  -  In police statements, he says they had consensual sex at his flat RAPE TRIAL BY ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MAN accused of raping a woman he met while clubbing at Zouk claimed the alleged victim tried to seduce him on the
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    • 363 7  -  ELIZABETH SOH A MOTORCYCLIST has died after colliding with a bicycle, in the second fatal crash involving cyclists this week. The accident took place in Admiralty Road West in the direction of Sembawang Road at around 6.40pm on Tuesday. Police said the motorcyclist was
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    • 431 8  -  ST school magazines beefing up content for new year SHERYL QUEK SCHOOLS which subscribe to Straits Times magazines IN and Little Red Dot (LRD) can expect beefier weeklies this year. LRD, for primary school pupils, has been overhauled while IN, for secondary school
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    • 549 8  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG THE town of Maotai in Guizhou province is best known as being home to the potent alcoholic drink of the same name, a virtual staple at Chinese state banquets. But Chinese officials starting one-year study programmes at the Nanyang Technological
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    • 275 8  -  DARYL CHIN THE top bid for a condo-style public housing site under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) in Jurong has come in at $131.6 million. The consortium trio of Hoi Hup Realty, Sunway Developments and SC Wong Holdings beat five other
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    • 414 9  -  Bolt that seriously hurt man came from thunderstorm over 5km away, says weatherman GOLFER HIT BY LIGHTNING JALELAH ABU BAKER NO ALERTS were sent out before a bolt of lightning struck golfer Chen Yuk Fu because the thunderstorm it came from was
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    • 117 9 Undergraduates (from left) Tan Wai Jia, 23, Dominic Lim, 23, and Wang Chenwei, 22, were among seven honoured as Young Outstanding Singaporeans yesterday, at an award ceremony held by the Orchid Jayceettes of Singapore. The non-profit organisation is affiliated with Junior Chamber International, a global
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    • 401 9  -  MELISSA KOK TEH JOO LIN THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is investigating a construction firm that allegedly received kickbacks from foreign workers. It is believed more than 50 workers from China paid $6,000 each to Highsan Lim Enterprise for hiring them, and to
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    • 118 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Wenger wants title bid nailed against City L Ancelotti keeps faith as Wolves await Chelsea L Ronaldo double helps Real to 3-2 win at Getafe MOST COMMENTED ON L Redknapp moving fast in bid to snap
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    • 846 10  -  Tanjong Pagar United likely to replace Chinese team for 2011 season BY TERRENCE VOON LEE MIN KOK tvoon@sph.com.sg mklee@sph.com.sg AFTER their part in one of the worst moments in the S-League’s 15-year history, Beijing Guoan have pulled the plug on their participation in the new football
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    • 567 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Kolo Toure has dismissed his training ground bust-up with Manchester City teammate Emmanuel Adebayor after the former Arsenal players had to be pulled apart during training. Photographs published in several British newspapers yesterday showed the duo clashing on Tuesday the day before City
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    • 592 11 His form will give Fergie a selection headache when Rooney returns THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Alex Ferguson has admitted that the form of Javier Hernandez may relegate Wayne Rooney to the substitutes’ bench, after the Mexican and Nani scored in Tuesday’s Premier League 2-1 home win
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    • 828 11  -  BY MATTHEW SYED THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg IS THERE any point in complaining about Alex Ferguson’s serial abuse of power? Is there any use in chronicling the episodes of personal spite? Why bother when those with the responsibility to confront the
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    • 310 11 LONDON: Blackburn’s chances of signing Ronaldinho in an audacious £20 million (S$39.8 million) deal is unlikely to happen, but manager Steve Kean insisted this was more than a PR stunt. Indian chicken company Venky’s Group has regularly been ridiculed after replacing Sam Allardyce with the inexperienced
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    • 233 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admits he is lucky not to have been sacked after his side’s dismal run. Blues owner Roman Abramovich sacked Jose Mourinho, Luiz Felipe Scolari and Avram Grant after far less disappointing results than Ancelotti’s current
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    • 373 11 LONDON: The Los Angeles Galaxy have agreed to allow David Beckham to go on loan this month, but Tottenham’s offer for the midfielder must satisfy the club’s demands. The American club are demanding that his wages, insurance and other costs are met by
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    • 487 12  -  Bowling chief wants backing for plans to build 2 training centres BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg ON AN evening which honoured the best in Singapore bowling, the governing body for the sport also made an impassioned plea: Give us not one, but two new homes. Singapore Bowling
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    • 141 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki beat Li Na of China 6-4, 6-3 at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tennis tournament yesterday to earn her first win of the year. The 20-year-old Dane broke the Australian Open semi-finalist in the eighth game of the first
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    • 346 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAPE TOWN: Jacques Kallis hit his second century of the match to put South Africa on top on the fourth day of the series-de-ciding third and final Test against India at Newlands yesterday. Kallis, in pain from a side injury which kept
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    • 354 12 REUTERS SYDNEY: Even Alastair Cook is finding it hard to believe his prolific form in the Ashes series, which continued with another dominant innings to put England in control of the fifth and final cricket Test yesterday. The left-handed opener scored 189 in England’s
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      • 74 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH: Fifa could reintroduce golden goals to decide matches in extra time at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fifa president Sepp Blatter said in an interview published on its website yesterday that other possible moves aimed at improving the quality of
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      • 81 12 LONDON: Daniel Agger has threatened to quit Liverpool if manager Roy Hodgson does not give him a regular first-team place, reported The Daily Mail. The Danish centre-back, who returned to action in the New Year’s Day win over Bolton following a three-month layoff
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      • 72 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRISBANE: Queensland flood victims will be hoping Andy Roddick (above) retains his Brisbane International tennis crown and serves plenty of aces along the way. The American has jumped on board Samantha Stosur’s idea of donating US$100 (S$129) for every ace she served
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      • 49 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: France winger Hatem Ben Arfa has turned his season-long loan to Premier League football club Newcastle into a permanent deal. Newcastle announced yesterday that the 23-year-old has signed a contract till June 2015 after they agreed an undisclosed fee with Marseille.
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      • 73 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Ferrari’s Chris Dyer, blamed by the Italian press for a strategy error that cost Fernando Alonso last year’s Formula One world championship, has been replaced by Pat Fry as head of race track engineering. Alonso went into the Abu Dhabi season-ender
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      • 48 12 REUTERS KAPALUA (Hawaii): Ernie Els will launch his season at this week’s Tournament of Champions with a new caddie, in a bid to spark a fresh approach to his golf game. The 41-year-old triple Major winner has recruited Zimbabweborn Mike Kerr.
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      • 59 12 LANGKAWI (Malaysia): Singapore’s Ryan Lo is in second place after 11 races at the International Optimist Dinghy Association World Sailing Championships. The 13-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist had two podium finishes out of three races yesterday. There are four more to go The regatta
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    • 603 13 Miami survive first-half scare to post their 19th win in 20 games ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: Throughout their sizzling turnaround of the past few weeks in the National Basketball Association, the Miami Heat have made the game look absolutely easy at times. This one was different.
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    • 456 13 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Gary Neal is a vital role player for the National Basketball Association team with the best record, one of the top rookies in the league and the name most likely to elicit this one-word response: “Who?” It is okay to
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    • 325 13 Today Badminton BWF Super Series Finals: Day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch211, 5pm). Basketball NBA: Milwaukee v Orlando (8am), LA Lakers v Phoenix (11.30am) Live, StarHub Ch202, Denver v LA Clippers (Live, Ch201,11.30am). Cricket 5th Ashes Test, day 4: Australia v England (Live, mio TV Ch123, 6.58am). 3rd
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    • 385 13 Badminton BWF Super Series Finals In Taipei: Men’s singles, Gp A: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 21-12 21-17. Gp B: Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 21-18 18-21 21-7. Women’s singles, Gp A: Bae Youn Joo (Kor) bt Salakjit Ponsana (Tha) 19-21 21-17 21-11,
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      • 514 15  -  Index inches up 4pts but volumes a marked climb from December’s average BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg ON THE third day of the trading year yesterday, the Singapore market consolidated solid gains notched up on the first two days. Some
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      • 362 15  -  GABRIEL CHEN IT WAS a mixed bag for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard last year with fewer stocks changing hands but there was a higher dollar value to the total trades. And just to muddy the waters, the opposite was true for the
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        • 132 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.03 billion shares worth $2.1 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 247 Losers: 244 Unchanged: 754 STRAITS TIMES INDEX 3,400 Jan 5, 2011 3,254.25 +3.96 3,100 2,800 2,500 2,200 52-WEEK HIGH: LOW: 3,313.61 (Nov 9 ’10) 2,650.61 (May 25 ’10) Jan ’10 March May July Sept Nov Jan
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        • 244 15 Bangkok SET Index Yesterday’s close: 1,050.78 (+8.37) Thai counters added 0.8 per cent to finish at their highest level since October 1996. Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10.380.77 (-17.33) Japanese shares shed 0.17 per cent, as commodities were sold to lock in gains following the Nikkei’s rise to a
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        • 431 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 5, 2011 Top Rises Jan 5 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6055 125.0 1.6 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4499 25.8 0.4 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3205 20.6 0.5 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4538 18.1 0.3
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        • 415 15 Top Rises Jan 5 CENTS Goodpack W*****0 150 6.0 4.2 DBS BNP eCW*****8 100 4.0 4.2 NOL MBL eCW*****2 43.5 4.0 10.1 CapitalaMBLeCW*****3 23.5 3.5 17.5 OCBC Bk MBLeCW*****3 57 3.5 6.5 CapitalaMBLeCW*****2 8 3.0 60.0 CoscoCorMBLeCW*****1 21.5 3.0 16.2 DBS BNPeCW*****4 37 3.0 8.8 SGX RB
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        • 174 15 By Volume CENTS Vol MDR 0.5 0.0 0.0 90,283,000 LeaderEnv 28.5 2.0 7.5 82.820.000 GentingSP 219 -4.0 -1.8 76.908.000 Golden Agri 80 -1.5 -1.8 65.122.000 GLP 216 2.0 0.9 58.381.000 Gallant.. 49.5 0.5 1.0 42.097.000 ChinaGaoxian 41.5 -2.0 -4.6 37.199.000 Noble Grp 227 0.0 0 0 36.863.000
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        • 102 15 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Jan 5 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.339 1.264 Can dollar 1.315 1.265 Euro 1.745 1.678 Sterling pound 2.046 1.968 NZ dollar 1.016 0.968 US dollar 1.309 1.259 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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        • 399 15 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 249 183 CapMallsAsia 190 +3 ***** 192 187 0.5 9 5 7379 6 444 346 5606 CapitaLand 386 +10 ***** 390 375 2.7 14.7
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      • 550 16  -  Part of bid to reinvent itself after bumpy year BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg HOME-GROWN marine supply and logistics firm Sinwa is gearing itself up for a comeback after several setbacks last year, including a sharp profit slide. The company announced yesterday that it
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      • 380 16  -  BY CHUA HIAN HOU STARHUB’S former chief executive Terry Clontz has steadily sold down his stake in the company, whose stock is popular for offering one of the highest dividend yields of a locally listed blue-chip. On Monday, Mr Clontz, who left the
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      • 260 16  -  KARAMJIT KAUR THE new boss of Singapore Airlines (SIA) has made big changes on the corporate floor to more closely align some of the company’s operations. Mr Goh Choon Pong, who took over as chief executive on Jan 1, announced yesterday that all commercial
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    • 517 18 Strong sales a sign of recovery in US economy ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG DETROIT: Vehicle sales rose in the United States last year for the first time since the recession, and hit the highest rate in 16 months in December. Major automakers
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    • 501 18 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: United States Federal Reserve officials have signalled they will probably push ahead with unprecedented stimulus until the recovery strengthens and many of the 15 million unemployed Americans find work. The jobless rate has not fallen below 9.4 per cent since May 2009
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    • 377 18 BLOOMBERG REUTERS SHANGHAI: China’s stocks may slump for a second year as the central bank raises interest rates to tame inflation, according to Mr Zhang Kun, the strategist at Guotai Junan Securities who correctly predicted last year’s drop. “There will be no gains
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    • 459 19  -  Property firm’s offer beats seven others; its $86m bid works out at $1,072 psf ppr BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg A PROPERTY investment firm has trumped bids from seven other developers in a tussle for a prime hotel site on the corner of Robinson
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    • 304 19 REUTERS PERENNIAL Real Estate, a firm set up by former CapitaLand retail chief Pua Seck Guan, has hired Goldman Sachs, DBS Bank and Standard Chartered Bank to help it raise as much as $1 billion in a property trust initial public offering
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    • 241 19  -  BY CHERYL LIM MAISON Royale condominium, a 20-unit freehold development in District 11 near Newton Circus, has been sold to developer Giant Land for $46 million. The 14,107 sq ft development was sold last month, with the sale brokered by Urban Front Real Estate. Up
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    • 911 20  -  Market perception may be distorted by these tiny homes’ high psf prices BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg SALES of “shoebox” units went through the roof last year and are expected to stay robust this year, but some observers wonder if their
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    • 109 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Motorola to officially split into 2 companies MOST COMMENTED ON L Don’t take low interest rates for granted. Says silent_citizen: “This is a case of interest rate parity. But this theory fails in the case of the
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    • 290 18 SINGAPORE SWEEP Draw No. 01/2011 and 4-D Draw No. 3112/2011 Date of Draw: Jan 05, 2011 1st Prize ($2.2 million): 209 3354 2nd Prize ($500,000) 365 7632 3rd Prize ($250,000) 300 2571 SUPER SWEEP PRIZE $1,300,000 *****38A If there is no winner for the Super Sweep Prize, $50,000 will be
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    • 97 1 Culture Vulture I’ll stop eating cute mammals C4 Vulture cute Brassy strings T’ang Quartet teams up with brass ensemble C5 Rarely seen works from private collections are going on show as part of a new international art fair next week. Also coming to town are big names such as Japanese
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      • 980 2  -  More than 30 rare and privately owned art pieces will be on show as part of a new international art fair deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg For years, they have been ensconced in private collections, tucked away in homes, warehouses and galleries of private individuals who acquired them. Now,
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      • 423 2 Who: Jackson See, 50, general manager of a trading firm What he collects: South-east Asian, Chinese and Korean art by artists such as I Nyoman Masriadi and Jumaldi Alfi from Indonesia, Lee Jung Woong from Korea and Tu Zhiwei from China Mr See’s first art
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      • 489 2 Who: Anupam Poddar, 36, hotelier What he collects with his mother Lekha Poddar: Started with Indian art before acquiring art from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Central Asia and Iran. Prominent Indian art collector Anupam Poddar says his love for art was inspired by his mother’s extensive
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      • 644 3  -  Deepika Shetty Big names from the contemporary art world will be coming for the opening of Art Stage Singapore, a high-profile international art fair that opens in Marina Bay Sands next week. Expect to see top artists such as American celebrity photographer and film-maker David
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      • 569 3 Who: Deddy Kusuma, real estate developer What he collects: Focuses on Indonesian art and also collects Chinese and South- east Asian contemporary art. Business may be in his blood but real estate tycoon Deddy Kusuma is better known as one of Indonesia’s biggest art collectors.
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      • 448 3 New York Times Associated Press Montgomery, Alabama A new edition of Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn is missing something. Throughout the book 219 times in all the word “*****” has been replaced by “slave” by publisher NewSouth Books in Alabama, which plans to release
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      • 112 4 ‘I’ve decided that I am totally against jewellery. So I have all fake. There’s no reason to have real diamonds. People think it’s real anyway’ Singer Liza Minnelli (left) ‘It’s hard to really balance myself. A regular kid, if he catches the flu, he just gets
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      • 1082 4  -  I want to stop eating meat for ethical reasons, but love it too much to go fully vegetarian culture vulture stephanie yap ysteph@sph.com.sg It is customary to start the New Year with some well-intentioned resolutions. So here goes: I will not eat any mammals this
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        454 4 NOISE-TIMBRE MUSIC PROGRAMME Aspiring singers and songwriters, take note. Annual youth arts festival Noise Singapore and live music bar Timbre are launching a programme for such talents aged 18 to 35. To enter, make a video of yourself, solo or as part of a duo, performing an original
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      • 532 5  -  Chamber ensemble T’ang Quartet will put on a show with Boston Brass from the US in an unusual concert magdalen ng songyuan@sph.com.sg Brass music and string music may sound like chalk and cheese, but they will be coming together in an unusual concert next Saturday. Presented by American
        PHOTOS: CHIP LITHERLAND, ALOYSIUS LIM  -  532 words
      • 492 5  -  Corrie Tan A beautiful concubine and attacking swordfish will be returning to the stage. Malaysian playwright Kee Thuan Chye’s socio-political play, The Swordfish, Then The Concubine, was a headline act at the OCBC Singapore Theatre Festival in 2008. This month, the youth division of theatre company
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      • 499 5  -  corrie tan Hook-nosed, immoral and miserly these are some of the nasty Jewish stereotypes propagated in a lot of anti-Semitic propaganda. American dancer and choreographer Rebecca Pappas, who is half Jewish, was inspired by these cruel misconceptions and decided to name her dance performance thus: Monster. For this
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      • 522 6  -  Singer Sophie Fournier identifies with the feisty Carmen she will play in Singapore Lyric Opera’s production magdalen ng songyuan@sph.com.sg Fiery, feisty and a little fickle. Since Georges Bizet’s beautiful gypsy Carmen first flounced her skirts imperiously on a Paris opera stage in 1875, some women have secretly
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      • 483 6 Agence France-Presse, Reuters London Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, who enjoyed huge success with 1970s hits Baker Street and Stuck In The Middle With You, has died after a long illness, his agent said. Rafferty, who was 63, reportedly died peacefully at home on Tuesday in Dorset,
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      • 208 6 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has cancelled concerts in his home country as he will have surgery later this month for a back problem, organisers said on Tuesday. The 75-year-old honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra had planned to direct the Mito Chamber
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      • 981 8 Associated Press Agence France-Presse New York Times Reuters Los Angeles Choreographer Kenny Ortega, who worked with Michael Jackson on his illfated concert tour, told a judge on Tuesday that he clashed with the singer’s doctor and others over the superstar’s health six days
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        • 61 8 Chiling Lin’s mother said on Tuesday that the model would wed businessman Scott Chiu “at the end of the year”, reported China Times. Her confirmation came a day after she criticised Lin’s ex-boyfriend, actor Jerry Yan, for tearfully referring to his ex-girlfriend in an interview
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        • 72 8 Actress Lindsay Lohan completed her courtordered rehab on Monday but her legal troubles were far from over. Police said she should be charged with battery for violating her probation in a skirmish with a worker at the Betty Ford Center. She is accused of pushing
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        • 46 8 Hebe Tien of girl group S.H.E is slotting in an extra solo show here on Jan 15, just before her sell-out showcase at Resorts World Sentosa. Tickets to the additional show at 2pm will be available from Sistic from tomorrow.
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    • 22 9 THINGS TO DO: To find out what's happening in and around Singapore, go to www.straitstimes.com CALL US: Life!/LifeStyle, tel: 6319-5416 fax: 6319-8276
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    • 135 9 The weather Partly cloudy, showers with thunder over western, eastern and southern Singapore in the afternoon. SUNRISE 7.09am MOONRISE 8.30am SUNSET 7.12pm MOONSET 8.49pm AIR QUALITY PSI 28 (GOOD) 31/24 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES TODAY FIRST
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    • Editorial
      • 381 2  -  Lee Hui Chieh huichieh@sph.com.sg On the cusp of a new year, I was mulling over whether I should make any New Year resolutions. On the last day of last year, a friend asked me: “So, what are your New Year resolutions?” I replied: “I don’t
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    • Feature
      • 995 4/5  -  A fitness frenzy among Singaporeans has sparked a growing demand for protein shakes. BENITA AW YEONG reports reports BENITA AW YEONG sthealth@sph.com.sg Working out is ranking high on the priority list of Singaporeans these days. The fitness frenzy has spurred the growing popularity of protein shakes made
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      • 868 6/7  -  This new year brings Singapore into its imminent flu season. JONATHAN LIAUTRAKUL finds out what you should do to protect yourself and your family JONATHAN LIAUTRAKUL jonliau@sph.com.sg Catching the flu was the last thing that full-time national serviceman W.S. Ng, 21, wanted for
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      • 323 6/7 A seven-year-old boy infected with the Influenza A (H1N1) virus has died, marking Sweden’s first death linked to this flu strain this season, a health official said last Saturday in a report by news agency AFP. The boy, who died in Helsingborg last Friday, was one of
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      • 262 6/7 The New York Times The claim: Hot, humidified air can help to cure a cold. The facts: Inhaling steam or humidified air a cold remedy as old as the steam kettle supposedly clears congestion, improves breathing and kills cold viruses,
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      • 1125 10 / 11  -  JOAN CHEW looks ahead and gives a preview of health policies and programmes to come JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com. sg 1 Subsidy cut for permanent residents In a nutshell: From this year, the size of the health-care subsidy for permanent residents will be
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      • 713 14 / 15  -  More seniors are taking up strenuous sports like mountain biking and dragon-boating and are competing in these sports too. LEA WEE reports reports LEA WEE leawee@sph.com.sg More seniors are taking the plunge into physically challenging sports, from scuba diving and dragon boating to
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      • 496 14 / 15  -  Geraldine Ling Mrs Charan Singh climbs mountains, treks and cycles. She is 71. Once a month, the retired primary school teacher leads a group of about 20 people from the Mariners Adventure Club, an interest group from Marine Parade Community Club, on overseas trekking
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      • 390 14 / 15  -  Lea Wee Former navy medical chief Jimmy How sports muscles that a younger man would envy. The 71-year-old retiree hits the gym three times a week. He jogs on the treadmill for 30 minutes and exercises on the machines for another half hour. On
        PHOTO: DR JIMMY HOW  -  390 words
      • 399 16  -  Lea Wee To find out if a sport is safe and suitable for a person, look at his “body age”, and not his actual age, said a geriatrician from Raffles Hospital, Dr Carol Tan-Goh. The more diseases a person has and the less fit
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    • Doc Talk
      • 765 8  -  Dr Ho Kok Yuen ho_kokyuen@rafflesmedical.com Dr Ho Kok Yuen is an anaesthesiologist and the clinical director for pain management at Raffles Hospital. He is honorary secretary of the Pain Association of Singapore, a fellow of Interventional Pain Practice and an examiner with the World Institute of
        ST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE  -  765 words
    • Health Bite
      • 578 8  -  Poon Chian Hui Patients of a sports medicine clinic in Novena Medical Centre that used to be privately owned can now choose to go to Changi General Hospital (CGH) instead, after the hospital bought over the clinic. This may be more convenient for patients who
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      • 468 17 Reuters Women who eat a lot of red meat may be putting themselves at increased risk of stroke, a new study involving more than 30,000 Swedish women suggests. The study team found that those in the top 10 per cent of amount of red meat
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    • Cover Story
      • 736 12 / 13  - My New Year Resolution Stick To Resolutions! One in four people abandon their New Year resolutions after one week. BENITA AW YEONG finds out how you can stay on track to achieve your goals BENITA AW YEONG sthealth@sph.com.sg Say “New Year resolutions” and a rinse-repeat cycle of making them, breaking
        PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM, ISTOCKPHOTO  -  736 words
      • 488 12 / 13 The problem For most people, marriage marks a significant milestone in life. For administrative executive Y. C. Lian, 30, life changed after she tied the knot in November 2009 but not quite in the way she imagined. Marriage turned her exercise regimen topsy-turvy
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      • 724 12 / 13 The problem Hair-twirling and nail-biting are two common preoccupations that idle fingers tend to engage in. For Kate (not her real name), her habit is more peculiar: She picks compulsively at the dead skin on the heel of her left
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    • Living
      • 728 18  -  Gary Hayden gary@garyhayden.co.uk Gary Hayden is a freelance writer who specialises in education, science, philosophy, health, well-being, travel and short fiction. In my previous column, I discussed the rights and wrongs of telling little white lies in order to spare other people’s feelings. This week, I
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    • Ask The Experts
      • 413 19  -  JOSEPH THAMBIAH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR senior consultant at the division of spine surgery at National University Hospital QI am 46 years old and I have felt pain under my left breast for more than a year. It started when I pulled myself up against a panel. On
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      • 526 19  -  DR CHEE JING JYE medical director of The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Centre, a subsidiary of the Singapore Medical Group QI am 45 years old and had a tubal ligation a sterilisation procedure in which the fallopian tubes are severed and sealed done after my last child
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      • 309 22 The Health Promotion Board has worked with several restaurants here to come up with healthier versions of 150 dishes. To help you prepare for Chinese New Year next month, we will be featuring a series of recipes, one every fortnight. This week, sample
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    • Fit &Fab
      • 510 23  -  Architect Paul Yeo thinks there is nothing wrong with hitting the gym for vanity’s sake. JOAN CHEW reports reports JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg Brought to you by What do you do to keep fit? I keep to a simple exercise regimen where I hit the gym
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    • 445 2 Contents HEALTH DIARY 4 Protein shake craze SATURDAY, JAN 8 6 ‘Tis the season of the flu bug 8 Doc Talk: Pain, pain, go away 9 CGH buys Novena sports clinic How a nerd metamorphosed into a gym buff. Page 23 Age-Related Eye Problems: Eye doctors talk about glaucoma, cataract,
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    • 27 22 by Adam Lee How’s the New Year resolution coming? Fulfilled... The one about getting in shape? See... I have the perfect shape for an XXL size See...
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    • 494 6 THINK ONE AUTO: 9898-6033 12/’07 Nissan Sylphy 1.5A. $55K 9/’07 Nissan Latio 1.5LT $49K 11/’06 Nissan Murano 2.5A $69K Excellent cond. In-hse-loan avail 9/’04 SUNNY 1.6A. Black. A1 cond Full agt maintained. 1 owner. Ask only $24.9K. 8383 7700 4/07 SYLPHY 1.5A 1 owner OMV$***** *****km Agt maintained $52.8k 6472
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    • 684 7 OPEN HSE SENTOSA COVE 6200/ 7000 sqft. Brand new. Tastefully renovated. Best layout. Just tenanted $32K. Ask $13.8M yet neg. Call 9456-7348 NEWSMAN OPEN HSE FULL sea view, Sentosa Cove. ***** sqft, best frontage, park 8 cars, 30m porch, just TOP, motivated seller 9456-7348 Newsman Sole Agt BEST INVESTMENT! VERY
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    • 718 7 NEWTON/ NOVENA MRT vicinity. Brand new 2½-storey semi-d. 5+1 rms, Lap pool. F’hold. Below $5M. Unbelievable! 6345-8888 TREVOSE CRES NEW Bunglw. 5+1, inground pool. Balinese style. Vacant. $10M. 9117-4845 Nets D.11 ANDREW RD. 15,000 sq.ft. $14.8M/11,000 sq.ft. $11.4M. Ideal for rebuild. Agt *****927 CALDCOTT VICINITY 2/STOREY bunglw, 9500 sqft, 7+1,
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    • 1901 8 BLOSSOMVALE 1335 SQFT. 3+1. BLOSSOMVALE 1335 SQFT. 3+1. Pool. Well kept. Mid flr with pte lift. Near future MRT amenities neg. Gladys 9646 0726 PN NEWTON 18 PENTHOUSE 1776 sqft, f’hold. 3 bdrm, unique impressive design, beautiful roof gdn. A1 furn City view $3.1m neg. MINBU COURT F’HOLD 1300sqft, high
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    • 371 8 CASUARINA COVE (TG Rhu). 3+1. 1528 sqft. High floor. Bay sea view. MRT/ amenities. Serious seller. 9029-3332 DTZ LOR K TELOK Kurau (Sunny Parc) 11 units. 1-rm 700sqft. 2-rms 980sqft. 3-rms 1497sqft, MRT F’hold. TOP Jan 2011. 9177-8019 DUNMAN VIEW 1216 sqft 3+1. High flr. Pool/ gym. MRT. $1.15M neg.
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    • 258 8 AUSTVILLE RESIDENCES S’PORE 1st ever exec condo with an Australian theme design, high quality compressed marble flooring. ROSEWOOD SUITES Woodlands. 2-storey penthse. 2303sqft. 4rm Pool view. Full facilities. MRT. $630psf only!! Alex 9363-5995 NORTHOAKS 3 BDRMS. High flr. 1238 sqft. Motivated seller. Full condo facilities. Quiet. Hurry! View to offer.
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    • 1926 9 BEDOK J HDB APTS FOR SALE BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE CATS Classified BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG BUY IT- SELL IT- FIND IT WOODLANDS YISHU X PUNGGOL
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    • 190 9 NEW EXEC CONDO Austville Residences Australian Resort Style Living with Full Condo Facilities. $30,000 CPF Grant. No Resale Levy. Call now for Preview! ALL ARE WELCOME. 9028-0263 4’A’ 259B unblock, MRT, valued 5’I’ 134 big 120sqm. Value $403k 5’I’ 262A unblock/MRT/shpg ctr ATTN! LOW CASH. 4’A’ Blk 259B mid flr,
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    • 735 9 3-RM SERANGOON NORTH blk 153. Upgraded. Amenities. PR eligible. Valued $255K. 9631-6127 4’A’ TAMPINES BEST unit. Blk 262 St. 21, High flr, windy, quiet, bright, good view. Newly renovated. No corridor, corner unit. Walk to MRT. 2 toilets upgraded. Valued $430K. Almost sold. Serious seller. SMS/Call Owner 9297-9990 Agt Welcome
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    • 649 10 PASIR RIS AVE 2½ storey corner terr 7rm 3400/46xx sqft 2mins to Park. See to believes huge rms. Immed. Call *****817 MARIAM WALK 4+1 3-storey. Approx 1700/ 2700sqft. Nice house. Co-broke welcome. Avail immed. $4.3k. Call *****778 EXPAT’S CHOICE! NEW, Aston Res Cluster hse 4700 sqft. 6 bdrms. Jacuzzi/ pool/
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    • 663 10 DOVER PARKVIEW CONDO with f/ facilities. Near MRT/ amenities. 1249 sqft. 3+1. P/ furn. Immed. Asking $4.3K. Call 9863-4960 CARIBBEAN 2RM $5-5.5K! 3rm $6K up! Penthse, patio, 7 units avail, short/ long term. The Sail 2rm $5.5K. Nicole H. 9003-8103 MARINA BAY RESIDENCES Brand new. Balcony with full seaview 1981sqft
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    • 892 10 $2.9K CONSERVATION STUDIO Outram MRT. Incl utilities. Furn. $3.2K Bugis service studio. Incl broadband/ cable. 9386 2684 ANCHORAGE 1464; 1550; 1830 sqft $4.5K/ 1238sqft 2+1 $4.0K/ Queens 3 rm $5K/ Twin Regency 1442 sqft 3+1 $6.8K. 9109 8900 ASIA GDN 2 ensuite+ balcony+ maid+store. Big apt, p/furn, near Outram MRT/
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    • 716 10 RIVER PLACE, 1 brdm. Direct pool view. F/furn. Resort facilities. Next Clarke quay Mrt *****722 THE AZURE Sentosa. Fantastic breathtaking seaview pool view. 1690 sqft 3+1 *****898 THE BERTH 1600 sqft. 3+1. Full sea view. P/furn. Immediate. $7K only! Charissa 9271-6099 Vision Crest. 915 sqft 2 bdrms sea view. P/furn.
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    • 218 10 AMARYLLIS VILLE, exclusive 4bdrm 1690 sqft, high flr. F/furn. Near MRT. Co-broke welcome. Alvin *****570 SV 8 MOUNT Sophia, 3-bdrm with patio. 1453 sqft. 3 mins MRT. F/facilities. Co-broke. welcome. Alvin *****570 SV 2RVG 2BDRMS. HIGH flr. P/ furn. Food/ amenities, avail immed. Cornwall 2bdrms. P/ furn. Resort living. Cosy.
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    • 536 10 URBANEDGE 3 BDRM, 1774 sqft Serene, Cosy Windy. Next to Holland Village. Asking $6.xK p/mth Call Andrew Soh *****282 ERA 27 BALMORAL PK. F/ refurdished 1800sqft with superb views quiet locations. 3bdrms. $7000 per mth. Nick 9686-2660 TIARA Great World City. 2 rms. 893 sqft. High floor. $4.8K Mins to
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    • 618 10 BRAND NEW THE Trillium 4+1, Best unit, 2220sqft, low flr, Bright greenery Great World City, $11.8K, 9797-9995 Aspac FOUR SEASONS PK 5+1. 3821 sqft. Renovated. Immaculate. High flr. Panoramic view. Autumn Blk Immed. $neg. 9487-0396 CRE ***ROBERTSON 100 (1+ study) Near pubs restaurantsExpat’s lifestyle. Cosy home near CBD. Nicely furn.
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    • 875 10 WATERMARK BEST STACK, 3+1 terr. Full/ p/ furn. $7K. *****181 OPS. VALLEY PARK RENOVATED. Quiet High floor. 3-bdrms. 1356 sqft. Nicely furn. Lincolns *****767 CORNWALL@HOLLAND, 2 BDRM 1044sqft Balinese resort living. Expats choice! Call 9772 6289 D.10 RIDGEWOOD. FULLY renovated. 1600 sqft. 3+1 rm. F/ facilities. $4.5K. CLS *****627 D.09
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    • 727 11 RESIDENCES EVELYN, 4+1, 2249sqft, balcony, panoramic view. Pte lift. P/furn, f/facilities. Newton MRT. Immed. *****311 WATTEN EST. COSY. Quiet 3 storey townhse. 3 bdrms. Roof terr patio. Botanics MRT. Immed. P/furn. 8488 7272 KF BEAUTIFUL 3+1/ GROUND flr/ high flr/ penthouse 3 units. high Oaks, Parc Palais. Pool view. P/furn.
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    • 812 11 MEYALODGE POTONG Pasir 3+1 rm. 1200 sqft. High flr. 5 mins walk to MRT. Asking $3K. P/furn. Avail Feb. Eddie *****788 PN BLISSVILLE (KEMBANGAN MRT) 3+1+1. Brand new/ Grandlink Square 3+1 (Paya Lebar MRT). Very convenient. *****318 PN NEW LIST! TRELLIS Twr 4 bdrms Approx 1485 sqft. Nicely renovated. F/facilities.
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    • 779 11 PARKSHORE (TG RHU) 1367 sqft. 3+1. High flr. Good view. Bright Breezy. P/furn. F/facilities. Mins to City, Mall, MRT. 9066-7361 AALTO 3 BDRMS $6k sea view. Idyllic Residences 2rm/ 947 sqft, $3.5k. 9336 3168 8339 9003 enquiry@mli.com.sg MANDARIN GDNS 1572 sqft, 3+1 rm. P/furn. Nice facing breezy. Renovated. Avail immed.
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    • 797 11 COSTA RHU 2-RM, 1011 sqft. Pool view. No noon sun. Good cond. Furn. Immed. $3.8K. 9108-5488 SAVANNAH CONDO PARK 1453 sqft 3+1 Big living/ dining. Tastefully renovated. Immediate. Fully Furn like hotel. View! *****922 www.savannahcondopark.com THE EDEN Tampines 1647 sqft. 4+1+patio. Only $3.8K.Pool view yet pte. F/furn. Near amenities Immed.
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    • 511 19 Develop, Grow and have Fun: Aggressive expansion plans, WSQ training, Work Study programs. Opportunities for career and personal growth. 24 Outlets, exciting new concepts, all waiting for you. Join Us! Staff Meal Allowance Medical Benefits Career Advancement 1. OUTLET MANAGER 2. ASSISTANT MANAGERS 3. MANAGEMENT TRAINEE 4. BARISTA 5. WAITERS/WAITRESSES
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    • 440 19 FLOOR MANAGER REQUIRED for Hindi Pub at Circular Rd. S’porean/ M’sian/ PR preferred. Please call 9174-2829 or email to yvonne_joseph@ymail.com FIKA SWEDISH CAFE Beach Rd Cook, Kitchen Helper, Asst Mgr, Supervisors, Servers. S’porean PR only. 9002-3853 (Tas) TURKISH RESTAURANT LOOKING for Full/ Part-Time Waiter/ Waitress. Walk in interview 48 Arab
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    • 586 19 A spa wellness company has immediate vacancies for: 1) RECEPTIONISTS (Full-time) 2) EXPERIENCED COOKS (Full-time) 3) KITCHEN ASSISTANTS (Full-time) 4) CLEANERS (Full/Part-time) 5) SERVICE CREW (Full/Part-time) 6) CERTIFIED MASSEUSE (Full/Part-time) 7) FOOT REFLEXOLOGISTS (Full/Part-time) 8) RUB-BACK PERSONNEL (Full/Part-time) •With without experience •Medical benefits, meals, uniform and training provided •Able to
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    • 433 19 Nopest Pte Ltd, a pest control company is looking for suitable candidates to fill the position of: PEST CONTROL WORKER Inspect premises to identify infestation source. Spray/dust chemical solutions. Assist to eliminate control rodents, insects weeds. Full Vector Control Worker Cert/NEA Pest Control Technician licence. Class 3 driving licence. Walk-in
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    • 880 20 7, Senoko Crescent, Singapore *****3. Tel: *****822 Bus Nos: 169 856 from Woodlands Bus Interchange, 169 from Yishun MRT Station or 856 from Yishun Bus Interchange Kikkoman (S) Pte Ltd, an established leading soy sauce manufacturing company, has immediate vacancies for the following position: WALK-IN INTERVIEW 6 7 January 2011,
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