The Straits Times, 21 February 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Latest Orchard Rd victim
      49 1 THE keen competition for a slice of the Orchard Road retail pie looks to have claimed its latest victim. Fashion and accessories store ALT, launched at The Heeren Shops by department store chain BHG Singapore in July last year, has closed. L HOME PAGE B1
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      Lock icon Software vs teacher
      35 1 HOW would a software program and a teacher rate English essays submitted by four people, including a well-known writer? The Straits Times finds out by conducting an experiment. L HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon North readies for N-tests
      65 1 NORTH Korea appears to be preparing for another round of nuclear tests. It has started digging tunnels at its nuclear test site for a possible underground atomic test, a report said yesterday. The report came as South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said he wants “genuine”
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      Lock icon Chinese buy local abroad
      63 1 CHINESE tourists are known for snapping up foreign branded luxury goods when they go overseas. But now, they are also buying some Chinese brands, because they are cheaper overseas. The price of a bottle of Maotai, the famous Chinese liquor, for instance, in the United States
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      Lock icon Firms sharing the spoils
      32 1 SHAREHOLDERS here have plenty to smile about as scores of Singapore-listed companies report fatter profits in the resurgent economy and pay out more dividends. L MONEY PAGE B20
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  • Article
    Lock icon PM Lee: Not many can do Budget, S’pore style
    671 1  -  Surpluses enable Govt to dish out goodies but economy must grow BY ELGIN TOH RACHEL CHANG elgintoh@sph.com.sg rchang@sph.com.sg THE new Budget, with hongbao to help Singaporeans cope with the rising cost of living, took an approach that very few countries can,
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    Lock icon A DIFFERENT KIND OF NETWORKING
    68 1 PARTICIPANTS at the Men’s Health Urbanathlon scrambling across a rope web strung over a 3.2m-high lorry. The unusual obstacle was one of nine that the 2,000 runners had to overcome in an endurance race in the heart of the Central Business District. It was jointly
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    Lock icon China clamps down on ‘Mid-East’ demos
    682 1  -  BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: A mysterious online call for protests in 13 Chinese cities sent nervous security forces here rushing to major urban hubs across the country yesterday to snuff out any potential pro-democracy demonstrations. Activists were also quickly
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    Lock icon Govt to help singles find partners and couples to have children
    517 1  -  BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg THE Government will look at ways to help single men and women find partners, in a bid to tackle the problem of falling birth rates. More people are staying single and those who are married
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      210 1 WORKERS’ PLIGHT Made in China; Maid in Manila COMPANIES BY THE BOOK LEGAL EAGLE TURNED BUSINESSMAN The man behind KhattarWong Glossy books mark history of firms MONEY, PAGE B19 WORLD, PAGES A10&11 LIFE!, PAGE C4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO
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      Lock icon Paternity leave – yes, but ...
      50 2 Paternity leave yes, but VIEWPOINTS WE SAY The recent proposal by Aware to give fathers legally mandated paternity leave is laudable. But from a wider perspective, we should disabuse ourselves of the notion that throwing more money at the problem will suffice to solve the problem. L EDITORIAL PAGE A20
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      251 2 THERE were errors in our reports on the Singapore Budget last Saturday. We said the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) was introduced last year to benefit smaller firms that pay little or nothing in tax. This is incorrect. It is the cash grant option under
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon An aural lesson in tolerance
      918 2  -  The sounds of my early childhood taught me to share my environs with different communities BY ONG SOR FERN sorfern@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/OngSorFern SOUNDS can be as evocative as scents, I have come to realise recently. I have been paying more attention to the way soundscapes affect
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      Lock icon More new PAP faces at constituency events
      738 3  -  Seven potential new candidates spotted with MPs over the weekend BY RACHEL CHANG ELGIN TOH rchang@sph.com.sg elgintoh@sph.com.sg POTENTIAL new election candidates from the People’s Action Party (PAP) continued to be spotted out and about at community events yesterday. At a town council event
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    • Article
      Lock icon New citizens, influx of foreigners worry Tampines residents
      637 3  -  BY LI XUEYING THE question of when new citizens are “Singaporean” enough to enter politics and help govern Singapore came up at a dialogue in Tampines yesterday. The controversial issue of the influx of foreigners was raised several times during the hour-long
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    • Article
      Lock icon Libyan forces fire on funeral mourners; death toll now over 170
      424 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TRIPOLI: Libyan security forces yesterday opened fire again on mourners at a funeral in Benghazi, as the death toll from the bloodiest revolt now rocking the Arab world rose above 170. On Saturday, commandos
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      Lock icon More off-peak car cheats nabbed after tighter checks
      712 6  -  Electronic surveillance enables LTA to better enforce red-plate rules BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg OFF-PEAK car offences hit an all-time peak of 12,000 last year ten times more than the year before, Transport Minister Raymond Lim revealed in Parliament last week.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Owners prefer new electronic system
      340 6  -  JENNANI DURAI MOST owners of off-peak cars (OPCs) prefer the new electronic system they now use to apply for licences to drive during peak hours. In a poll of 50 owners conducted by The Straits Times, 39 gave the nod to the new procedure, which
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      Lock icon Wide-ranging aid for low wage earners
      440 8  -  Assistance will help them now and when they retire: Swee Say BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg THE Government has taken a comprehensive approach to help low-income workers cope with the wage gap, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Swee Say. He added that
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      Lock icon Gains from utilities rebate, scrapped TV, radio licences
      481 8 Mr Mohamad Rashid, 56, security officer; Madam Umirah Sahrwan, 49, works odd jobs; Mr Mohamad Shahrin Rashid, 30, safety officer; and Mr Mohamad Shafiq Rashid, 20, national serviceman. They live in a four-room HDB flat in Block 248, Kim Keat Link. L
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      Lock icon Residents at dialogue have Budget tweaks in mind
      710 8  -  BY RACHEL CHANG THE Budget was on the minds of Tampines residents yesterday as they peppered Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew with questions, comments and suggestions. Of the 10 residents who posed questions at a dialogue during
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      Lock icon Bosses scrambling to do with fewer workers
      674 8  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT A DAY after Budget 2011 was announced, Jian Huang Construction managing director Annie Gan said she would hit the drawing board again to find new ways to raise the productivity of her workforce. “I will probably need to
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      Lock icon Bulk of money goes to rent and groceries
      465 9 Madam Leow Lay Yeong, 49, and her two daughters, Yeo Jing Ying, 15, and Yeo Jia Ying, eight. She is unemployed and divorced, and currently rents a room in a two-bedroom Toa Payoh rental flat. L Household monthly income: $600 L Household
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      99 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Europe’s tapestry of multiculturalism frays L Smaller, cheaper iPhones in the pipeline MOST COMMENTED ON L Cambodia and Thailand take spat to UN. Says kokoobird: “By refusing to sign a peace treaty with Cambodia, Thailand is creating
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    • Plight OF THE migrant worker
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        Lock icon MADE IN CHINA: S’pore woes start at home
        1569 10  -  BY SIM CHI YIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES chiyin.sim@gmail.com Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING/SINGAPORE: When welder Zhu Baonian packed his bags and boarded a plane for the very first time, he dreamt of earning three times more in pay when he
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        Lock icon MAID IN THE PHILIPPINES: From maids to drug mules
        687 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: “Maid in the Philippines” was how its top export commodity used to be known, with millions of women from the impoverished country hired abroad as domestic workers. But as menial jobs vanish in the global recession and opportunities
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        Lock icon N. Korea likely prepping for third nuclear test
        443 12 Tunnels dug at known test site, source says, citing intelligence reports REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korea is digging tunnels at a site where it has launched two nuclear tests, suggesting it is preparing a third, the South’s Yonhap news agency said
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        Lock icon Thai, Cambodian military chiefs sign truce deal
        322 12 BANGKOK: Military commanders of both Thailand and Cambodia have reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, Thai media reported yesterday, citing army sources. The agreement was signed by the Thai Army’s Chief of Staff, General Dapong Rattanasuwan, and Cambodia’s General Hun Manet, eldest son of
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        Lock icon Halong Bay boat sinking: Human error blamed
        270 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI: Vietnamese police said yesterday that human error was to blame for the sinking of a tour boat in Halong Bay that killed 12 sleeping passengers. The vessel’s captain and a crew member have been arrested. They also confirmed media reports
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        Lock icon PAS switch? Malays ‘priority’ in wooing voters
        521 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Leaders of Malaysia’s Islamist party over the weekend appeared to signal a change in political tactics by saying it would now “prioritise” the wooing of Malay voters. In their comments at a convention to discuss strategies in Selangor, leaders of Parti
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        Lock icon Chinese brands sought in foreign markets
        582 13 Buyers are mostly Chinese as nation’s demand for luxury goods raises prices at home XINHUA NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: For many years, Chinese tourists have swooped down mainly on foreign brand-name luxury goods when they head overseas. But now, they are also buying up
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        Lock icon Soaring chilli prices sting business
        884 14  -  Vendors, restaurant owners reel from surging costs of basic food items BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: The past few months have been tough for street vendor Jojo, who sells fried tofu eaten with small but very hot chillis called cabe rawit in Indonesia.
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        Lock icon Food price hikes spark concern in Russia
        533 15 Staples like cabbage, potatoes pricier than imported foods AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: At a bustling market on the north side of Moscow, shoppers are upset: After last summer’s devastating fires, food staples such as cabbage and potatoes are suddenly pricier than the fancy new
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        Lock icon Guess how many planets in Milky Way can support life?
        261 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. And at least 500 million of those are in the not-too-hot,
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        Lock icon Space storm may be tech’s ‘off’ switch
        589 18 Last week’s solar flare will recur, say experts, and wreak havoc in gadget-driven world AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A geomagnetic space storm sparked by a solar eruption, like the one that flared towards Earth last Tuesday, is bound to strike again, and could wreak
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        Lock icon Meat lovers may find it hard to stomach
        512 19 Experts advise eating less red, processed meat to cut bowel cancer risk LONDON: Eat less red meat and processed meat to reduce the risk of bowel cancer. That is the advice of British scientific experts, in a report due this week. Consumers
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Merkel’s CDU faces defeat
          52 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) braced itself for defeat in the polls in Germany’s Hamburg yesterday. Polls showed voters in the first of seven state elections would hand power to the opposition Social Democrats, ending nearly a decade of
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          Lock icon George Yeo in India
          135 19 SINGAPORE Foreign Minister George Yeo is on a two-day visit to New Delhi ending today to participate in the meeting of the interim governing board of Nalanda University. Chaired by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, the board is tasked to oversee the development of a new international
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          Lock icon Human touch for panda cub
          92 19 Researchers dressed as pandas putting a cub into a basket before transferring it to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Centre for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province yesterday. The six-month-old is being moved to a bigger environment with a higher
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          Lock icon Mumbai terror sentence
          47 19 XINHUA MUMBAI: The High Court in Mumbai will decide today the fate of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist who was sentenced to death by a special court last May for his role in the 2008 terror attacks on the financial capital Mumbai.
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          Lock icon Historic cross-strait meet
          95 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Deputy trade ministers from Taiwan and China will meet on the island this week in what is being hailed as a significant step forward in the normalisation of ties between the two sides. Taipei and Beijing launched a new body, the Economic Cooperation Committee,
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    • world.region in revolt
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        Lock icon Bahrain protesters mass again
        453 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MANAMA: Bahraini protesters camped out in the capital Manama’s Pearl Square yesterday, amid growing pressure on the Sunni ruling family to open meaningful talks with the Shi’ite-led opposition. “The night passed off without any problems,” said Tahar, a stu- dent who, with dozens
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        Lock icon EU disarray in dealing with Arab ‘dawn’
        834 16  -  Tough times for EU-Arab ties as Tunisia immigrants throng Italian islet BY JONATHAN EYAL STRAITS TIMES EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: It is an idyllic piece of land about 7km long, fringed by the Mediterranean Sea’s turquoise waters. But instead of hosting wealthy tourists,
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        Lock icon Turmoil drives oil prices to US$102
        495 17 Global jitters over energy costs but no significant disruptions to supply yet NEW YORK TIMES PARIS: The turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East has helped drive oil prices up to more than US$102 a barrel for an important benchmark crude, Brent, although
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        Lock icon Saudi rulers fear rival Iran will gain
        259 17 NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: As pro-democracy uprisings spread across the Middle East and North Africa, the rulers of Saudi Arabia the region’s great bulwark of religious and political conservatism are feeling increasingly isolated. Saudi Arabia is far less vulnerable to democracy movements
        NEW YORK TIMES; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  259 words
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        Lock icon Iranian naval ships to enter Suez Canal
        207 17 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISMAILIA (Egypt): Two Iranian navy vessels were approaching Egypt’s Suez Canal yesterday, before making the first passage by Iranian naval ships through the waterway since Iran’s 1979 revolution. Egypt’s military council, facing its first diplomatic headache since taking power, approved
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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        717 21  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg DEVELOPMENTS involving Japan’s signals intelligence (sigint) and satellite reconnaissance capabilities discretely presaged Tokyo’s awakening to China’s military rise. Japan acknowledged China’s growing security impact in the 2005 National Defence Programme Guidelines (NDPG), its core statement on
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        292 22  - Bucking the trend a labour of love Lee Seck Kay LAST week, readers were treated to two contrasting reports on the family on successive days (“The kids are all right, and gone”, Wednesday; and “Living under one roof: The more the merrier”, Thursday). Families like the Yeos, described in Thursday’s
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        363 22  -  Teva Raj Director, Industry National Parks Board Michael Teh President Landscape Industry Association (Singapore) WE THANK Mr Jeremy Chen for his feedback (“Landscaping industry lacks accountability”; Feb 14).We share his concerns on the poor quality of “soil” in his parents’ garden. As landscape contractors are
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      464 6  -  BY CHERYL ONG SINGAPORE Management University (SMU) students were the beneficiaries of a community service project organised by seven of their peers. Last Thursday, a former commando was roped in to give self-defence advice to 100 students at a free workshop. The
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      145 8 GIVING back to the local community is what American International Assurance Company (AIA) encourages its staff to do. On Feb 11, the leading insurer organised a car rally as part of its 80th anniversary in Singapore. Eighty cars went in search of
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      525 9  -  Discus specialist wants another SEA Games title, despite being 42 BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg VETERAN discus thrower James Wong is gearing up for one last hurrah. The 42-year-old will attempt to qualify for his 12th South-east Asia (SEA) Games with one aim in mind. “I’m going
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      635 9  -  BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg LAST August, Timothy Lee suffered from a bad case of wobbly legs as he prepared for his maiden dive at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Hit by nerves, the 16-year-old finished dead last in his event, the 3m
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      369 9  -  TERRENCE VOON AFTER 51 days of defying strong winds, tall waves and treacherous swamps, the kayaking trio who paddled from Singapore to Thailand and back have returned home. Calvin Palyama, Andrew Chng and former national canoeist Elsie Lim arrived yesterday to loud
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      467 10  -  BY LEE MIN KOK THEY wanted this year’s run to be more garang (Malay for bold) and difficult. And all 2,000 sweat-soaked, mud-splattered participants at the Men’s Health Urbanathlon 2011 duly got their wish, after emerging from a longer route and tougher obstacles that tested
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        63 10 HUBARA (Kuwait): Singapore won their second consecutive Group A match by 10 wickets in the Asian Cricket Council Women’s T20 Championship in Kuwait yesterday. Vritti Sethi, the Player of the Match, bowled splendidly to help limit Oman to 44 in 18.4 overs. Singapore
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      481 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS PATTAYA: When Tseng Ya-ni returns to Singapore this week for the HSBC Women’s Champions tournament, she will be in red-hot form. The world No. 1 picked up her third win in three weeks with a comfortable five-stroke victory at the LPGA
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      489 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Big-hitting India opener Virender Sehwag is making no secret of the fact he went into Saturday’s World Cup opener against Bangladesh seeking revenge for a defeat four years ago. “I think so,” he said, when asked
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      418 11 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Bahrain’s Crown Prince will decide whether the country’s season-open-ing Formula One Grand Prix can take place next month, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday. Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Hamad Al-Khalifa, who is also
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      487 11  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY BY JEANETTE WANG jeanettew13@gmail.com BY THE time my mum reads this, it will be too late. Thankfully. The Hong Kong Marathon would have already been run, despite her constant nagging that I should take a few
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      107 11 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish League, UE Champions and UE Europe, please visit Singapore Pools website. LOTTERY L Jjl Draw No. 2616/2011 M. Vm J Draw Today. Monday, 21 February 2011 Group 1 Prize $800,000.. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools
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      82 12 Memora wanders as shadows fell Back to the days of h appiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep, A Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. Emily
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    1187 12 OBITUARIES TERESA LOHAH LEK Age:81 (Wife of the late Joseph Heng Swee Peng) was called home to the Lord on 19.2.2011. Fondly cherished and remembered by Sons: Daughters-in-law: Dr. Joseph Heng BoonWah Julia Chia Geok Lan Patrick Heng Boon Kiat Annie Chan Ai Lan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Mary Heng Gek Choo
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        529 14  -  Unrest in Arab world a reason for fund outflow from emerging markets MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg CHINA’S latest move to tighten up on bank lending to try to cool its red-hot economy is likely to sour investors’
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          2802 14 UNITS TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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          229 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS Kep Corp.ES.1102 1176 64.0 5.8 SembMar.ES.1102 538 26.0 5.1 CityOev.ES.1102 1112 24.0 2.2 KepCorp BNPeCWl ***** 53.5 13.5 33.8 KepCorp DBeCWl ***** 50 12 0 31.6 Wilmar.ES.il 02 546 110 2.1 KepCorp BNPeCWl ***** 29 10 5 56 8 SembMar BNPeCWl ***** 44
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          318 14 Currencies Feb 18 CHNG YR 2010/11 CLOSE FR Feb 17 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2751 +0.33 1.4219 1.2725 Euro 1.7314 +0.07 2.0153 1.6758 E 2.0646 -0.31 2.2831 1.9853 A$ 1.2897 -0.43 1.3145 1.1515 Yen* 1.5290 +0.17 1.6107 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.08 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands
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        402 14 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Americans are becoming more optimistic about the prospects for the economy, but are still concerned about their own financial situations. For the first time in six years, at least half of the Americans surveyed for the Thomson Reuters/University of
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      778 15  -  Turmoil in Arab world a reminder to firms C A I JIN LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg THE term “black swan” might conjure up the Natalie Portman ballet movie but in financial circles, it has come to mean an unexpected event with huge
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      574 16 Cities act to curb home purchases to rein in speculation across nation REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING: Several Chinese cities including Shanghai have followed Beijing in restricting purchases of multiple homes as the national government keeps up its campaign to curb property speculation. Locally registered
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      415 16  -  BY HARSHA JETHNANI THE economic turnaround has worked its magic on United Industrial Corp (UIC) and its unit Singapore Land (SingLand), with both companies announcing hefty full-year profits last year after falling into the red in 2009. Fair-value gains on investment properties were the key
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      369 17 He also denies role in thwarting its bid for Rio Tinto AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers yesterday expressed confidence in China’s economic management and denied that his firm had caused a Chinese bid for arch-rival Rio Tinto to fail. BHP posted
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      296 17 REUTERS PARIS: The Republicans’ legislative bid to slash federal spending this year would hurt efforts to spur growth and create jobs in the United States, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday. He was asked at a press conference following a Group of
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      939 17 BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR Weekly Forex Column The role of a foreign exchange (FX) broker is a straightforward one: To act as an intermediary between buyers and sellers, with round-the-clock phone and online trading facilities to encompass the 24-hour forex market. However, behind that
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      624 18  -  Lawsuit filed against HK distributor after six-year deadline for such cases H.K. RULING ON ANIMAL FEED FIRM BY K. C. VIJAYAN vijayan@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE-BASED plant of a major animal feed supplier lost about US$1 million (S$1.3 million) when its Hong Kong distributor sold
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      272 18  -  DHEVARAJAN DEVADAS THE monthly bilingual news magazine ZbBz, launched in late 2009, will now include an investment supplement. OCBC Bank and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which publishes ZbBz, yesterday jointly launched the new supplement, ZbBzi. The magazine, published in English and Chinese, offers articles
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        680 19  -  Firms ask staff to chip in to celebrate anniversaries and heritage in print BY DHEVARAJAN DEVADAS ddheva@sph.com.sg MOST companies like to do things by the book, so it is no surprise they see benefit in producing glossy coffee table tomes to celebrate their firm’s
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          54 19 DAVID CONNER: Appointed chairman of Lion Global Investors with effect from last Friday. Mr Conner (left), the chief executive of OCBC Bank, was previously the deputy chairman of Lion Global Investors. Mr Christopher Wei has been appointed Lion Global deputy chairman. He is the group chief executive
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          54 19 TAN CHOON HAN: Appointed group chief financial officer at Wearnes with effect from last Tuesday. Mr Tan, 45, takes over from Ms Victoria Ko, who is leaving to pursue other interests. Mr Eric Goh and Ms Jane Lim have also been appointed managing director, Auotomotive (China), and managing director,
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          42 19 QUEK BEE LIAN: Resigned from Dynamic Colours with effect from last Thursday to pursue other career opportunities. Mr Woon Seak Chin, 34, has been promoted to financial controller of the group to take over responsibilities for its overall financial management.
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          54 19 ZHANG YING: Appointed chief executive of China Auto Electronics Group with effect from last Monday. The company’s executive chairman cum chief executive, Mr Wang Laisheng, relinquished his role as chief executive but remained as executive chairman. Prior to this new role, Mr Zhang, 47, was vice-president at
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          48 19 ANDREW NGIAM: Appointed group chief operating officer and executive vice-president at Hyflux. Dr Ngiam, 56, joins Hyflux next Monday and will be in charge of the company’s global projects, execution, operations and maintenance and engineering resources. He was director and senior vice-president at WorleyParsons’ companies in Singapore.
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          33 19 TAN BIAN EE: Appointed as chief executive and executive director of MFS Technology. Dato Tan, 63, was chief operating officer at Avago Technologies from 2005 to 2009, after which he retired.
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      754 20  -  Shareholders enjoy better cash payouts as many firms report higher profits, lower debt levels BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SHAREHOLDERS here have plenty to smile about as scores of Singapore-listed companies report fatter profits in the resurgent economy. Companies, watching with satisfaction as their profit numbers head
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      91 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Fewer employers keen to hire working mums L Punggol site surprises with $1.02b top bid MOST COMMENTED ON L Insurance rates soar for firms in Mid-East. Says joey*****: “The higher the risk, the higher the insurance premiums.
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      30 18 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Feb 20 2011 FIRSTN6222 SECONDN8861 THIRDN5612 STARTERS 0698 1463 2080 2667 3515 5662 5898 6017 7476 9589 CONSOLATIONS 0563 0822 3690 5421 5817 6953 7209 7458 8202 9355
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      15 19 Value for This Friday issue carrys the full weekend race cards for Singapore, Malaysia Australia
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      39 1 MONDAY 21/02/11 THINKING IS IN Double life Student by day, anime princess by p10&11 GLEE MOB 80 wow Orchard crowd with their dancing MICA (P) 108/11/2010 p14 Partners with: BUDGET BASICS Where does your tax money go to? p20
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        422 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE G OH EDITOR When it comes to getting good grades in school, an A in mathematics could, in some ways, be easier to achieve than an A in a language. One is a matter of practice, something you can
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        231 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG This week, we focus on how you can improve your English. 1. What is your average English grade currently and what grade do you hope to achieve by the end of this year? 2. Which areas of English are you weak in? 2. Which
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        565 3 People who take the drug Ecstasy experience overwhelming feelings of sadness and depression the day after. Sources: Central Narcotics Bureau www.TalkToFrank.com The illegal drug Ecstasy, also known as MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), is sold in the form of coloured tablets with different logos stamped on them,
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        162 4 The Battlestar Galactica roller coaster at Universal Studios Singapore will be up and running again from today. The police have given Resorts World Sentosa the licence to run the ride. The roller coaster came to a halt on March 25 last year, just a week
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        194 4 After seven years on the run because he took part in a gang attack in which a young man died, Muhammad Sazali has been jailed for nearly four years. He was involved in a fight at Clarke Quay which left 19-year-old Mohamad Sadik Senin dead. He
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        447 4 Fathers should be allowed by law to go on paid paternity leave, a leading women’s group said. A recent survey showed that nine in 10 working parents supported the move. Aware (the Association of Women for Action and Research) said having two
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        768 6 BBC News Associated Press Agence France-Presse The New York Times ITALY THE NEWS Billionaire politician Silvio Berlusconi, 74, has been charged with having sex with a 17-year-old prostitute and abusing his position to get the police to release her. Mr Berlusconi has been in trouble
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        242 7 The wave of protests that swept Tunisia and Egypt recently have spread to other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, with tens of thousands taking to the streets in Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Algeria to show their unhappiness with their governments. Demonstrators say
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        209 7 Associated Press Eleven people were trampled to death in a stampede during a political rally by President Goodluck Jonathan another sign of mounting instability in the West African nation as it prepares for elections in April. The president was delivering a speech at a football stadium in the capital
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        246 7 A 61-year-old woman in Chicago has given birth to her own grandson, reports The Chicago Tribune. Ms Kristine Casey was acting as a surrogate mother for her daughter Sara Connell. The child was a test-tube baby conceived in a laboratory using an egg and sperm taken from Mrs
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        523 8 Meals should ideally be prepared by someone else, says Nicholas Lam, 13, who writes in about his experiences in Home Economics class. The first reaction from my family the moment I stepped into the house with two Home Economics books and an apron was one of utmost shock.
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        630 8 UP NEXT, THIS QUESTION Thomas, 14, says: “My best friend goes to a different school from me and we often go out with each other. However, the school he goes to has an intense rivalry with mine, and whenever we do go out, my classmates jeer at me
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        424 9  -  Take a break from homework with these relaxation tips from EISEN TEO. EISEN TEO 1 SAY IT WITH PICS That, in a nutshell, describes Instagram, an iPhone app released last October. You can upload snapshots and enhance them through a selection of 11
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        612 10/11  -  More teens turn to cosplay to express themselves as characters from anime, manga or video games. LENNE CHAI from ST Picture Desk reports. LENNE CHAI welve years ago, the now-defunct Miyuki Animation Club organised Singapore’s first cosplay event. Barely 50 participants showed up. Last year, Cosfest, an annual
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        301 10/11 I was 11 when I donned my first cosplay costume in 2002. It began when my neighbour, a fellow Digimon fan, invited me to attend a cosplay event with her. She wanted me to go in costume as a guy, but I steadfastly
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        489 12  -  BY MATTHEW HUI Daniel Chin knew he had a job on his hands when he volunteered to drum up support for an event to help the elderly. “Students are probably aware that there’s this group of people called the ‘elderly’ that exists and that some of them
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        156 12 Last year, 12,400 children who could not afford to buy food during recess got a helping hand from The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. Now entering its 11th year, the fund has paid for the bus fares and lunches of thousands of needy primary and secondary school
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        344 13  - Drawing in the light shade BY MATTHEW HUI As Japanese animation and manga comics become mainstream forms of entertainment here, more and more people are taking an interest in the manga art style, which differs a great deal from the more widely known western style of drawing comics. Yang Juin,
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        594 14  -  BY TAN XING QI That musical sitcom Glee became a hit in Singapore is no surprise, given the nation’s love for karaoke and 1980s pop songs. So it was also no surprise that the flashmob of young people at Ion Orchard last Saturday, which danced to
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        660 15  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY When are they fostered? It used to be mainly babies and children under six years old who were fostered, but now the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is extending the scheme to include children between the ages of
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        326 16  -  gamesRead “8 Questions with…” in today’s Life! section. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG In a telephone interview with Carlos Santana, the journalist wrote about the character and life work of the anchor person of rock group PART 1 A visual representation of Carlos Santana Mind maps are modelled
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        387 17  -  In the Home section today, there is a report about self-defence workshops at the Singapore Management University. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG Singapore Management University (SMU) has a compulsory core module, Leadership and Team Building, where teams of students have to think of projects that will benefit the
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        1477 18  -  Lesson activity by MARDIANA ABU BAKAR This article discusses how a growing number of women are taking up cycling as a sport. WARRIOR WOMEN ON WHEELS By Lin Yang The Sunday Times Feb 13, 2011 The skies are dark at 5.30am but dozens of
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        259 19/20  -  per person: $185.53 Revenue per $2,944.31 Expenditure per person: $279.76 $3,503.49 Expenditure person: Revenue person: political some Elections by form vote-buying. a and criticised General was parties it $7,111.15 EISEN TEO The Government allocated $5.5 billion to raise company and worker productivity. It wanted to I discover creative
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      273 5 Grab Your Copy Now! Straits times CareerTalk Career Databank Key Jobs in 25 Sectors WHAT'S NEW IN THIS EDITION Prospects in key industries Career tips for Gen-Y job seekers Salary scales in major sectors $6.80 MICA (P) 061/08/2010 an iPod Touch worth $428 and MacBook Air worth $1,488 [•■ATS Singapore's
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      68 1 Chicken rice bliss Brit DJ’s Singapore cravings C6 Taylor who? Don McLean says Swift is just a pin-up C3 Sat Pal Khattar built one of the most famous law practices here KhattarWong and was recently awarded one of India’s top honours. But the lawyer-turned-millionaire businessman tells AKSHITA NANDA that he
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        988 2  -  Latin-rock legend Carlos Santana, 63, says he feels like he has a body of a 24-year-old 8QUESTIONSWITH...CarlosSantana 8QUESTIONSWITH...CarlosSantana eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Latin-rock icon Carlos Santana is rattling off the names of renowned musicians he has worked with in his long
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        492 2 Reuters New York Radiohead surprised critics and fans by releasing their new album The King Of Limbs last Friday a day early, with a total of eight tracks clocking in at a short 37 minutes and earning mild early critical acclaim. The British band
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        735 3  -  The singer of American Pie says the era of songwriters is over john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg In his most popular song, 1971’s sprawling American Pie, folk singer Don McLean sings about “the day the music died”. That song is, today, more true than ever, the 65-year-old
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        321 3 Reuters Los Angeles Lady Gaga’s Born This Way has become the fastest-selling single ever on Apple’s iTunes store worldwide, racking up more than one million downloads in five days, Apple said last Friday. It said the song a Madonnainfluenced dance track that the 24-year-old singer performed
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        2065 4  -  the monday interview with Sat Pal Khattar Former lawyer Sat Pal Khattar is a role model to not only his kids but also his siblings and staff akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Lawyer-turned-businessman Sat Pal Khattar does not think his life is interesting enough for a memoir. “I’ve gone full
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      563 5  -  Actor Will Estes did a lot of research for his role as a policeman in drama Blue Bloods and his efforts have paid off rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg There is more to Tom Selleck than his famous moustache. So says American actor Will Estes, who plays
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      567 5 Associated Press Berlin Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s Nader And Simin, A Separation, a drama that centres on a disintegrating marriage, won the best movie honour and swept the acting awards at the Berlin film festival last Saturday. A six-member jury led by actress Isabella Rossellini
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      101 6 ‘My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs’ Actor George Clooney’s girlfriend, Italian model-actress Elisabetta Canalis (right), on not planning to have children ‘It kind of makes me feel safe that photographers are always outside my place. I live alone and if someone was to
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      561 6  -  British electronica trio Faithless like to feel that fans hate them it makes them perform better eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Imagine that everyone hates you. British electronica trio Faithless do it, just before they get on stage. “Then you go out on stage
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      294 6 Bloomberg Sydney Baz Luhrmann has signed a deal to shoot his remake of The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio (below) in the title role in Sydney, the Sunday Telegraph reported, without saying where it got the information. The director of Romeo Juliet
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      522 7  -  so it is a pity that Closer is let down in the end by few illuminating insights into love reviewtheatre CLOSER Pangdemonium! Productions DBS Arts Centre/Last Saturday boon chan bchan@sph.com.sg It was probably not a coincidence that Closer opened after Valentine’s Day. It is the antithesis of
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      137 12 An established cafe chain has vacancies for 1) MANAGEMENT TRAINEE 2) SUPERVISOR 3) SHIFT LEADER 4) SERVICE CREW μ Able to converse in English μ No experience needed μ CPF contribution μ Meals uniform provided μ No split shift μ Outlets at Lor Chuan, City Hall, Orchard Rd, Depot Rd,
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      258 13 Established (1983) Electronics Computer shop at Harbourfront has immediate vacancy for: ACCOUNTS CLERK CUM CASHIER Pleasant personality S’porean/ M’sian can apply (Min SPM) Qualified candidates will receive attractive remuneration WALK IN INTERVIEW 9.30-6pm, today tomorrow 1 Maritime Square #01-36 Harbourfront Centre ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE Must handle full set accounts Proficient in
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      700 13 Furniture Manufacturer requires 1. ADMIN ACCOUNTS ASST 2. SALES EXECUTIVE 3. PROJECT CO-ORDINATORS I Complete with related experience Send CV to: recruit.ev@gmail.com Co. in Bedok Chai Chee requires: Admin cum Sales Coordinator Requirement: At least 2 years experience in packaging sector. Able to work independently. Handle English Mandarin speaking co-workers.
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      660 14 ss PRECISION MAGNETICS Urgently requires 1) Store Assistant Packer Strong physically fit 2) QA Inspectors Operators Jumpsuit good eyesight Transport provided at designated points 5 days work week Singaporeans/PRs/Malaysians Walk-in Interview: Dates: 21 25 Feb 2011 Time: 9.00am 4.00pm Blk 1020 Tai Seng Ave #04-3504 (JTC Building) Tel: *****710 *****708
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      426 14 A growing 3rd party Chemical Logistics company seeking qualified Professional for its expansion in Asia:1.BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE Min 1 year relevant working experience in logistics Positive, outgoing, energetic strong interpersonal skills Valid class 3 license 2.HSE EXECUTIVE Min 2 years of working experience in similar field Qualified Health, Safety and
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      790 14 Grade A A Division of CBM Pte Ltd Joining Bonus $2000plyPaid Quarterly Terms conditions apply Security Supervisors Salary up to $2,250 Security Officers Salary up to $1,750 4 and 5 Days Work Week Salary up to $1,500 School Guards needed at Upper Bt.Timah, Marymount, Punggol and Sengkang Area. Part Timers
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      459 14 Get a Head Start APROAsianProtection With SecurityCareer OpenHouse Ifyouarelookingtoembarkonachallenginganduniquecareerinsecurity, APROAsianProtectionwillgiveyoutheheadstartyouneed. 25 February 2011, Friday AsSingapore'sforemostsecurityagency,thequalityofourstaffistheenvyofthe industry. Whichiswhyyourcareerprospectsandaspirationsareimportant tous. Our Accelerated Security Career Programme is designed for you to receive on-the-jobtrainingandWSQcertificationinanacceleratedandstructuredmanner. 2,JurongEastStreet21,#05-41G IMMBuilding,APROTraining CentrePte.Ltd. ComeondowntoourOpenHousetolearnmoreabouttheprogramme. SingaporeansandPRswelcome.Nopriorexperiencerequired. *****388 Forclarifications/registration,pleasecallChellanRajaat ENJOY SERVICE BONUS OF UP TO $10,600* (inclusive of $5200* joining bonus paid
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      383 14 VACANCY FOR FULL-TIME Cleaners Floaters. Attractive remuneration training provided upon commencement. S’porean/ PR/ M’sian are welcome to apply. Start immed. 8298-4850 HIRING EXPERIENCED DISH Washers cum Cleaners. Salary $1,100 incentive (5 work day/ wk)-S’porean PR only. Walk in: 21 Joo Chiat Pl or call *****704 CLEANERS REQUIRED URGENTLY South Buona
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