The Straits Times, 8 March 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, MARCH 8 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Petrol prices at a high
      60 1 78 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS ALL petrol grades have breached the $2 mark, hitting 21/2-year highs, following the latest price increase of four cents a litre last Friday. The price spiral comes on the back of rising crude oil rates, driven by the unrest in
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      Lock icon China denies harassment
      52 1 CHINESE police had nothing to do with the beating of foreign journalists recently, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday. Some foreign journalists were roughed up or assaulted two Sundays ago in central Beijing where Chinese were urged by online calls to gather for anti-government rallies. L PRIME
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      Lock icon Small investors, huge IPO
      43 1 SMALL investors are getting a chance to take part in what looks set to become Singapore’s largest initial public offering (IPO), launched by Hutchison Port Holdings Trust to raise up to US$5.8 billion (S$7 billion). L PRIME PAGE A8
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      Lock icon Kites pose risk to trains
      52 1 FLYING a kite? If so, make sure you are not too close to roads or railway tracks, transport chiefs said yesterday. The warning came after a large kite got tangled underneath a train at Lakeside MRT station on Sunday afternoon, causing a delay. L HOME
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    Lock icon Malay integration: MM stands corrected
    678 1  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday he stands corrected on how well-integrated Malay-Muslims are in Singapore. He issued a statement late last night, referring to comments he made in the new book, Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep
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    Lock icon School system ‘still best way to move up’
    996 1  -  Kids from poorer homes still emerge as top achievers: Ng Eng Hen BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg EDUCATION remains the great social leveller in Singapore society, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen declared in Parliament yesterday. He provided statistics to show that children from
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    Lock icon HOW HIGH CAN AMOS GO?
    159 1 PRIMARY 1 pupil Amos Leong lives in a three-room Housing Board flat, the elder child of a computer repairman, who earns $1,500 a month, and a housewife. He has a one-year-old sister. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen gave several reasons yesterday why a boy like
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      81 1 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Why so few women directors? ROHIT BRIJNATH TRAVEL And now, for good flexi-work practices COMMENTARY, PAGE A2 PRIME, PAGE A9 Fergie’s silence is sheer arrogance Tasmania’s art attractions SPORT, PAGE B10 LIFE! PAGES C2&3 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
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        Lock icon Builders forced to improve their craft
        30 2 WE SAY If the construction industry is slow to innovate despite the incentives that have been offered, use the stick. L EDITORIAL PAGE A22
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        Lock icon Singapore’s fair approach
        32 2 COLUMNS Singapore, which rejected the Western concept of welfare handouts, has had unparalleled success in achieving the broad-based uplifting of its people, says Noel Pearson. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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        22 2 Alex Ferguson’s silence is arrogant: Athletes and coaches have to speak, says Rohit Brijnath. L SPORT PAGE B10
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        Lock icon Embrace the competition
        29 2 OUR READER SAYS Singapore schools show a defeatist attitude by picking only sports in which they can win, says Yee Jenn Jong. L FORUM PAGE A24
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      89 2 IN YESTERDAY’S Life! article, In A Cloud Of Controversy, we said that Mr Ho Tzu Nyen was the artist behind Visible Cities. This is incorrect. Mr Ho’s work is called Invisible Rooms. Visible Cities was a collaboration between Singaporean playwright Chay Yew and Italian director/set
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      Lock icon Flexi-work benefits all, not just women
      1024 2  -  Such family-friendly practices can also help raise productivity BY CASSANDRA CHEW casschew@sph.com.sg IT’S hard for the average young woman in Singapore to imagine this, but just 50 years ago, polygamy was not only legal, it was common. And 10 years ago, it was still
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      Lock icon Cheapest petrol now over $2 a litre
      536 3  -  Prices hit 21/2-year highs; experts expect rising trend to continue CHRISTOPHER TAN ALL petrol grades have breached the $2 mark, hitting 21/2-year highs, following the latest price increase of four cents a litre last Friday. The last time petrol was in the $2
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      Lock icon Oil prices rise on fears that Libyan unrest may spread
      307 3 REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON: Brent crude rose to US$117 a barrel and US oil hit the highest in 21/2 years yesterday as fighting in Libya disrupted its supplies and reignited fears of wider disruptions in the Middle East. While the Libyan
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      Lock icon LIBYAN FORCES KEEP UP ATTACK ON REBELS
      101 3 REBEL fighters taking cover as a bomb dropped by an airforce fighter jet exploded near a checkpoint on the outskirts of the Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf yesterday. Libya was sliding into all-out civil war with fierce fighting raging in several areas.
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      Lock icon Beijing denies roughing up foreign journalists
      738 4  -  Minister’s remarks follow police checks on reporters’ homes BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister yesterday said that police did not beat up foreign journalists covering anti-govern-ment rallies, even as security forces stepped up checks over the weekend. Mr
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      Lock icon Hutchison Port trust launches S’pore IPO
      624 8  -  S’pore’s biggest IPO could raise $7 billion; offer closes next Mon BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SMALL investors are getting a chance to take part in what looks set to become Singapore’s largest initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to US$5.8 billion (S$7 billion).
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      Lock icon Pine Grove up for sale at record reserve price of $1.7b
      1027 8  -  BY CHERYL LIM THEY failed twice before but owners at the sprawling Pine Grove condominium in Ulu Pandan believe their next bid for a collective sale will work even with an unheard-of reserve price of $1.7 billion. If they
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      Lock icon Hyflux to build and run second desalination plant
      493 8  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT HOME-GROWN water treatment firm Hyflux has been chosen to build and run Singapore’s second and largest desalination plant in Tuas. When completed in 2013, it will add 318,500 cubic m of desalinated seawater a day to the
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      Lock icon Singapore lagging in appointing female directors
      793 9  -  Only 6.4% of board seats in 100 largest S’pore companies held by women, study finds BY TAN HUI YEE tanhy@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S top companies lag behind those in the region when it comes to female representation on their boards, according to a study on board
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      Lock icon Carving out GE turf the Facebook way
      578 10  -  Opposition parties stake claims to wards online BY JEREMY AU YONG, TESSA WONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg twong@sph.com.sg OPPOSITION parties have taken to Facebook to stake claims on the constituencies they wish to contest at the next general election. An online search turned up at least
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      Lock icon Ransom call made ‘after cabby’s murder’
      655 10  -  BY SELINA LUM WHEN cabby Yuen Swee Hong, 58, failed to return home the morning after his night shift, his wife called him on his cellphone. Madam Chan Oi Lin was alarmed when a man with a mainland Chinese accent answered the call, and
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      Lock icon Japan halts 2 vaccines after four infants die
      380 10  -  Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Himaya Quasem in Singapore AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s Health Ministry has suspended two widely used vaccines made by Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis as it investigates whether they are linked to the recent deaths of four infants. The
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      Lock icon ‘Yes’ to right to die, but not for her
      754 11  -  Indian court makes landmark ruling BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that life support for terminally ill patients could be removed in exceptional cases, in a landmark judgment allowing “passive euthanasia” for the first
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      1505 5 Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (a business trust constituted on 25 February 2011 under the laws of the Republic of Singapore) managed by Hutchison Port Holdings Management Pte. Limited under the laws of the Republic of Singapore) managed by SUBSCRIBENOW!IPO closes on4 M14 March 2011at 1at 10 a.m. (Singapore time) Hongkong
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      Lock icon MPs speak for kids from poorer families
      700 6  -  They seek reassurance that school system can help the kids move up BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE advantages that children from richer families enjoy over their poorer peers came into the spotlight yesterday during the debate on the Education Ministry’s budget. Six MPs
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      Lock icon Take someone like Siang Huat
      301 6 SiangHuatEducation Minister Ng Eng Heng calls Hong Siang Huat “a living example of social mobility”. He came from a poor family but is off to Britain on a government scholarship. Dr Ng said Siang Huat is a reason to be optimistic that Singapore’s education system
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      Lock icon The surgeon-turned-minister who grew up in a Queenstown flat
      108 6 DR NG grew most impassioned during his 45-minute speech when he spoke of a belief in social mobility that has defined his and older generations of Singaporeans. He grew up in a three-room flat in Queenstown with five other siblings, and
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      Lock icon Ensuring the S’pore Dream is not an impossible one
      1034 7  -  FROM THE GALLERY BY LI XUEYING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg SOCIAL mobility is the stuff that Singapore dreams are made of. It is a key motif in the national narrative, and a key refrain heard in many homes: Work hard in school,
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      Lock icon Enhanced bursaries to help more ITE students
      732 7  -  Education Minister reveals boosts to aid for needy students BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg INSTITUTE of Technical Education (ITE) student Timothy Tham, 16, is so keen on his visual arts course that he has sketched out his ambitions: a higher certificate, and
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      Lock icon ASIA'S TOURIST BOOM
      796 12 Wanderlust of region’s middle classes drives double-digit growth in sector AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: The sun is shining on the tourism trade in the Asia-Pacific region, with double-digit growth notched last year, spurred largely by the Chinese and Indian middle classes packing their bags for a break
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      101 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Spiders in fuel tank prompt Mazda recall L London School of Economics chief quits over Libya links MOST COMMENTED ON L China’s Web Masters. Says kian118chan: “If the three Web companies are efficient, why not have them?”
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        Lock icon Indian visitors fancy family-friendly spots
        370 13  -  Chinese and Indian travellers are boosting the region’s tourism figures. Ben Nadarajan profiles the tourists from these two Asian giants who come to Singapore. Ben Nadarajan INDIANS represented Singapore’s fifth-largest group of tourist arrivals last year, with 829,000 visiting. Most of them were families, typically
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        Lock icon Chinese tourists like the familiarity
        288 13 TOURISTS from China tend to travel here in big groups, and typically prefer organised tours rather than free and easy ones. Their itineraries would usually include visits to temples, jewellery shops, the zoo and, nowadays, the two recently opened casinos as well. They do not
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        Lock icon China to push consumer spending
        571 14 Imports should rise and trade surplus shrink as it reduces reliance on trade ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s imports will rise and its politically volatile trade surplus should shrink this year as Beijing builds up a con-sumer-based economy to reduce reliance on trade, the
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        Lock icon Fiscal priority to fight inflation
        289 14 REUTERS BEIJING: China will ensure that big increases in spending on social priorities from public housing to health care do not aggravate inflationary pressures that it has been trying to suppress, the finance minister said yesterday. In addition, China will use its fiscal policies to
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          Lock icon Rare earths concern
          156 14 REUTERS BEIJING: Economies that have come to depend on China for rare earths metals should accept that Beijing has real environmental concerns that make curtailing exports necessary, the Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said yesterday. China produces about 97 per cent of the global supply of rare
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          Lock icon Dalai Lama rapped
          209 14 REUTERS BEIJING: Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, does not have a right to choose his successor any way he wants and must follow the historical and religious tradition of reincarnation, a Chinese official said yesterday. It is unclear how the 76-year-old Dalai Lama, who lives
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        Lock icon HK residents take dim view of illuminations
        735 15 Apartment owners may sue over light pollution caused by neighbouring mall’s billboard REUTERS HONG KONG: Ms Chiu Mung Ngor and her husband paid US$3.3 million (S$4.2 million) for their unit in a Hong Kong luxury apartment block in 2009, lured into buying it
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        Lock icon S. Korean firm fined for forced slimming drive
        195 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: A South Korean company that penalised tubby workers for failing to lose weight was guilty of employment discrimination, the country’s human rights watchdog said yesterday. The National Human Rights Commission has accepted an appeal by a 31-year-old researcher at
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        Lock icon Pressure builds for polls in Japan
        651 16  -  But election now could hurt DPJ and LDP, with support levels low for both BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: The resignation of Japan’s foreign minister on Sunday over a political fund scandal may embolden the opposition to take further steps to
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        Lock icon Possible scenarios
        257 16 REUTERS L Premier Naoto Kan clings to his post for now Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara’s resignation takes the most popular of possible successors to Mr Kan out of the running and could increase the Prime Minister’s chances of hanging on for now. As the opposition parties are expected
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        Lock icon 113 held over HK budget protest
        327 16 REUTERS HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested 113 protesters after an anti-budget demonstration late on Sunday, as the government came under increasing pressure from activists who criticised the authorities for not doing enough to help the poor. The protesters took to the streets despite
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        Lock icon First Barbie concept store closes in Shanghai
        208 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: US toy maker Mattel yesterday shut the world’s first and only Barbie concept store after just two years, ending an ambitious marketing push to boost the iconic American doll’s sales in China. “Mattel Inc confirms that the ‘Barbie
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        Lock icon Pakistan PM calls for peace, tolerance
        487 17 Gilani tells Muslim scholars to help spread ‘true Islamic teachings’ and defeat terror AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday sought Muslim scholars’ help in curbing extremism, and urged the country’s youth to follow Islamic teachings of tolerance and peace. Mr
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        Lock icon Abhisit set to dissolve Thai Parliament
        272 17 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says he is likely to dissolve Parliament this month or early next month, clearing the way for a general election, according to a highly placed coalition source. The move comes against a background of mounting pressure against the
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        Lock icon No push for stricter Islamic agenda: PAS
        692 18  -  But ban on lottery before by-elections seen as hardline move to woo Malays BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) yesterday denied that a ban on the sale of lottery tickets in Kelantan, which it has ruled
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        Lock icon Gambling a choice for non-Muslims: MCA
        236 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK IPOH: Non-Muslims have the right to decide for themselves whether they want to gamble or not, Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Chua Soi Lek has said, adding that the party may haul Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) to court for banning
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        Lock icon Man acquitted of ‘enticing’ wife of businessman
        451 18 KUALA LUMPUR: A court saga that titillated Malaysians and drew attention to an archaic law ended yesterday after corporate figure Darren Choy Khin Ming, 46, was acquitted of “enticing” TV personality Daphne Iking. He agreed to apologise to her former husband for causing
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        Lock icon Over 16 million traffic fines unpaid
        174 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA: Only 4 per cent of the 17.3 million traffic summonses still outstanding at the end of last month have been settled, despite a second extension of the 50 per cent discount offer to clear fines, Malaysia’s Deputy Home Minister
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        Lock icon Islam not part of Germany, minister says
        530 19 New interior minister’s views spark fresh immigration debate ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: Germany’s newly appointed interior minister has sparked a fresh immigration debate by declaring that Islam is not a part of the German way of life in a country which is home to
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        Lock icon A Carnival spirit in the air
        80 19 Streets exploded in colour, music and dance on Sunday as revellers across continents celebrated the festive season of Carnival, which leads up to Lent, the period before Easter in the Christian calendar. In the western German city of Dusseldorf, people took to the streets
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        Lock icon Hackers hit French finance ministry
        326 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a “spectacular” cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, it was reported yesterday. The hackers were hunting for documents relating to the Group of 20 (G-20) developed and developing nations,
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        Lock icon Don’t lose sleep over these gadgets
        513 21 TV sets, phones, laptops are keeping Americans awake late into the night NEW YORK: Dependence on television sets, mobile phones and laptops may be costing Americans dearly in terms of sleep. The US penchant for watching television every evening before going to sleep, playing
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        Lock icon Going a head (and leg) ahead
        44 21 An African spurred tortoise with two heads and five legs on display in Zilina, north-west Slovakia, yesterday. The tortoise, which has been given two names, Magda (left head) and Lenka, is seven weeks old. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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          Lock icon Prince Andrew cops flak
          107 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britain’s Prince Andrew will have to decide whether he can continue his role as a trade envoy amid a controversy about his links to a convicted paedophile, a British Cabinet minister said yesterday. Business Secretary Vince Cable said Prince Andrew, the Queen’s second
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          Lock icon Political prisoner released
          111 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI: A Vietnamese human rights law- yer has been freed from prison after serving a four-year sentence for advocating a multi-party system in Internet posts, an official said yesterday. Nguyen Van Dai, 42, was released on Sunday from Nam Ha prison but still has to
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          Lock icon Bar fire: Owner arrested
          91 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Prosecutors in Taiwan yesterday formally detained a pub owner on suspicion of manslaughter after a fire ripped through his two-storey inn, killing nine revellers. Wang Ming-che, 61, was taken into formal custody pending possible charges of manslaughter and endangering public safety, prosecutors said.
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          Lock icon Sanctions ‘have failed’
          126 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Two decades of Western sanctions against Myanmar have failed to achieve their goal and need to be urgently overhauled, an influential international think-tank said yesterday. Myanmar’s first election in 20 years and move to a new political system, albeit one dominated by the military,
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        Lock icon Libya faces growing threat of civil war
        827 20 Fierce clashes in many areas; global concern over humanitarian disaster REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RAS LANUF: Libya slid towards an all-out civil war yesterday, with reports of fierce fighting in several areas between proand anti-Gaddafi forces, which provoked international concern about a
        REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  827 words
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          167 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THOUSANDS of community policemen rallied yesterday to demand a pay raise, breaching heavy security to reach Parliament in a rare mass show of dissent in the tightly controlled country. The protesters, estimated by organisers to number more than 10,000, braved a ban on demonstrations in the capital
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          124 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE oil-rich emirate is bracing itself for demonstrations today as youth groups promise to take their campaign to oust the Prime Minister to the streets. The Fifth Fence youth group has been using Twitter to urge its supporters to join a rally coinciding with Parliament’s first meeting
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        541 20 NEW YORK TIMES BAYDA (Libya): Far from the front, in mood and reality, Bayda, an eastern city that was one of the first to embrace the anti-Gaddafi revolution, has now also embraced the work of what might follow. On a
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      433 22 THE construction industry’s regulator is to be commended for thinking up a clever way of forcing process improvements on builders to reduce labour input. Productivity gain is the ultimate goal. By means of a “constructability score”, essentially a compliance count on the use of
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      1430 22  -  AUSSIE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY BY NOEL PEARSON The writer is director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership. This is an edited extract from his 2011 Sir Robert Menzies Lecture delivered in Melbourne last week, as published in The Australian newspaper
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        2486 23 Minister for Education Ng Eng Hen spoke at the Committee of Supply debate on his ministry yesterday. Below is an edited extract of his remarks on social mobility and education. FROM 1960 to 2010, Singapore’s per capita nominal GDP rose 100-fold, from US$400 to
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        256 24  -  CHANGE THIS ATTITUDE Yee Jenn Jong THE debate over the Singapore Sports School’s overwhelming dominance in inter-school sports (“Sports school bugbear”; last Friday) highlights a persistent problem: Schools pick only the sports they can win and fail to provide students with opportunities to
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        131 24  -  Bhavani Prakash (Ms) THE eagerness with which we want to make life easy for motorists is a narrow paradigm (“Faber residents squawk over road plan”; last Wednesday). The Land Transport Authority must design the city for people and not for cars. Perhaps
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        169 24  -  Ho Kei-Leong I AM doubtful about the effectiveness of anti-speeding checks by officers perched on overhead bridges. Regular motorists know of these locations and usually slow down as they approach them to ascertain if a traffic officer is there. They would then react appropriately.
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        224 24  -  Tan Kin Lian MANY elderly people opt to be insured under basic MediShield to cover their medical expenses at an affordable premium (“Stumped by low MediShield payout” by Ms Goh Poh Kheng; yesterday). They accept treatment in a subsidised ward and
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        231 24  -  Rosamund Loh (Madam) I DO not understand why employers must bear responsibility for the folly of maids (“Stop them from running away for trivial reasons” by Mrs Padmini Kesavapany, and “Hiking maids’ pay unfair, misleading” by Ms Alice Cheah; both Feb 24). If
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      101 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Hwa Chong boasts top student in Singapore L New Chief of Army for Singapore MOST COMMENTED ON L MacRitchie parking crunch irks residents. Says Baikinman: “Run or cycle to MacRitchie instead for a greener lifestyle.” YOUR SAY
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      469 2  -  BY JALELAH ABU BAKER RESIDENTS are calling for safety improvements along a stretch of road where a motorcyclist was killed last Wednesday night. They suggested speed humps, traffic lights and better lighting at the notorious spot on Yishun Ring Road. Mr Rasendran Balakrishnan,
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      494 2  -  BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT www.facebook.com/cheamjessica BUILDING costs could rise by about 3 per cent to 6 per cent in the coming year due to the increase in the foreign worker levy, say construction industry bosses. The cost could be passed
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      205 2 A NEW component introduced by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), it will require contractors to submit a proposal on the building methods they will use. Contractors will have to achieve this score before they can start work. It will come into effect in the
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        546 4  -  BY AARON LOW WATCHING your rivals grow faster and expand more aggressively may be galling for some bosses but for Mr Lee Chak Meng, it has become a sad reality. The reason: his WEC Engineers and Constructors has had to pass up the opportunity
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        557 4  -  AARON LOW FOR media production studio director Jeevan Nathan, the yearly process of filing taxes for his firm has always been a painful one. Not only do he and his partners have to collate all the receipts for the past year and account
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          140 4 THE Government will not change the way it taxes sole proprietorships and limited liability partnerships, even though a higher top tax rate is imposed on these entities than companies. The reason is that these sole owners and partners do not pay corporate income
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          109 4 AN ONLINE portal will be set up in the second half of this year to give people better access to government data. The portal, to be called Data.gov.sg, aims to help individuals and companies that want to create applications and services using
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          109 4 A HIGH-LEVEL accountancy council will soon be calling a tender to invite proposals to develop a new accountancy qualification. This Qualification Programme is expected to be launched early next year, in time for fresh accountancy graduates who will leave the local universities in May next
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        866 5  -  MPs and ministers also cite examples of racial cohesion MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH AND SPORTS BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN zakirh@sph.com.sg SIX MPs and two ministers yesterday gave upbeat views on the state of racial cohesion in Singapore and, in particular, the Malay-Muslim community’s
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        450 5  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN MINISTER-IN-CHARGE of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday gave Parliament a progress report on the Malay-Muslim community, saying it was doing well especially in education and employment. The number of divorces and early marriages had dropped significantly in the past five years,
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        418 5  -  BY CAROLYN QUEK THE People’s Association (PA) is now grappling with how to adapt its programmes to meet the needs of the growing number of Singaporeans living in private estates. Yesterday, PA deputy chairman Lim Boon Heng announced a new coordinating unit for neighbourhood
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        548 6  -  More funds for postgrad degrees, cash awards, part-time work on offer MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg CASH awards, part-time work as well as an all-paid-for postgraduate degree are being offered to teachers to return to the classroom to acquire new teaching skills
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        536 6  -  BY SANDRA DAVIE, AMELIA TAN WORKING adults who want to further their education or upgrade their skills will now find it easier to do so. The fee subsidies for part-time courses at polytechnics and universities will go up, resulting in course fees being
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        353 6  -  LEOW SI WAN BERNARD Low, nine, suffers from both cerebral palsy and epilepsy. The pupil at Rainbow Centre (Yishun Park School), a special education school, lives with his parents and two elder sisters one of whom is also a special needs student in
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        411 6  -  BY LEOW SI WAN THREE MPs spoke about the falling standards of the mother tongue language (MTL) in yesterday’s debate on the budget of the Education Ministry. Mr Ang Mong Seng (Hong Kah GRC), Mr Chan Soo Sen (Joo Chiat) and Mr Low Thia Khiang
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        355 6  -  AMELIA TAN ANOTHER 40 primary schools will be getting better facilities such as performing arts and dance studios, well-equipped classrooms and outdoor jogging paths. They are in the third phase of the Education Ministry’s $1.1 billion upgrading programme for primary schools, which will
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        277 6  -  BY JENNANI DURAI STATE spending on scholarships, bursaries and teaching awards for pre-school teachers will quadruple over the next three years. In a bid to raise the quality of preschool education, the Government will invest up to $21 million in these awards, up from
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      504 8  -  Initiative aimed at efforts to use interactive digital media to better lives BY FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg SOMEONE collapses on the street. A pas-ser-by whips out his mobile phone and activates a phone app which locates doctors in the area. Even before the ambulance arrives,
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      397 8  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH IN THE first case of its kind, a businessman was jailed 10 months for conspiring with a croupier to cheat a casino of $31,500. A district court heard yesterday that Tan Tiong Loon (right), 32, met Keith Yong Kee-Hwei, 24, of Marina
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      127 8 A MALAYSIAN man, arrested for shoplifting, racked up two more charges of attempted bribery for allegedly trying to pay his way out. The 31-year-old was arrested at Eng Hoon Street in the Tiong Bahru area last Saturday. As he was being taken to the Central
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      627 9  -  Motorsports Hub group sponsors GT300 team despite funding woes BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg DESPITE cash-flow problems that have stalled construction of the $380 million Changi Motorsports Hub, SG Changi the consortium in charge of the project is the main sponsor for a team competing in Japan’s
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      152 9  -  CHAN U-GENE MORE than three months after her gold medal-winning swim in the 50 metres butterfly at last November’s Asian Games, Tao Li has yet to receive her bonus $50,000 payout for a new record. Officials have not managed to certify the
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      375 9  -  BY CHAN U-GENE THE search for a new high-performance chief and vice-president (competition organising) for the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) is on, after the shock resignations of David Yeo and Ho Mun Cheong last week. High-performance boss Yeo will leave at the end of
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      154 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L In Pictures: Pele and Cantona watch S-League L Man City suspend Toure after positive drug test L Pele and Cantona light up S-League match MOST COMMENTED ON L Relief and joy for Arsenal Says Everton_Diehard: “The
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      411 10  -  BY LEE MIN KOK FANS longing to relive the heady days when the Republic’s then Under-15 football team clinched a bronze at last year’s Youth Olympic Games are in for a treat. For the revamped Lion City Cup, back after a
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      758 10 Defeat by Liverpool gives Premier League contenders new hope REUTERS THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Manchester United may have been left licking their wounds in silence after defeat by Liverpool asked serious questions about their Premier League title credentials which manager Alex Ferguson refused to answer. But
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      902 10  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg SPORT is decided by deed, yet has a place for words. They drive, inspire, remind. Athletes write them on their hands during competition. Coaches scrawl them on locker room walls. Seve Ballesteros left a note in Jose
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      353 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Arsenal’s bid to send Spanish giants Barcelona tumbling out of the Champions League suffered yet another blow when midfielder Alex Song was ruled out of tonight’s second-leg round of 16 tie at the Nou Camp with a knee injury. The Gunners,
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      143 10 LONDON: Mark Clattenburg, the referee who was embroiled in the Wayne Rooney elbowing controversy, is apparently contemplating quitting football. The Daily Mail reported yesterday that he had already thought of leaving before the incident as he was “discontented by the isolation felt by
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        81 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is hoping Gareth Bale will be fit for Tottenham’s Champions League last 16 second-leg football clash against AC Milan at White Hart Lane tomorrow night. The Wales winger strained his groin in the 3-3 draw
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        59 11 DEFENDING champions Etoile FC beat Hougang 4-2 at the Queenstown Stadium last night. Two goals each from Maxime Belouet (48th, 51st) and Jonathan Justin (68th, 90th) allowed the home side to clinch their second win in four games. Jordan Webb (52nd) and Carlos Delgado
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        43 11 REUTERS MADRID: Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid survived without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo to win 3-1 at Racing Santander on Sunday. Benzema and Emmanuel Adebayor led Jose Mourinho’s side to within seven points of Spanish leaders Barcelona.
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        52 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PALM BEACH GARDENS (Florida): South African golfer Rory Sabbatini held off Yang Yong-Eun of South Korea on Sunday to win the US$5.7 million (S$7.2 million) Honda Classic. Sabbatini fired a par 70 to finish on nine-under 271 and defeat Yang by
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            99 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY March 7 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.328 1.253 Can dollar 1.327 1.276 Euro 1.805 1.736 Sterling pound 2.098 2.018 NZ dollar 0.959 0.914 US dollar 1.286 1.237 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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          219 14 REUTERS, BERNAMA Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,505.02 (-188.64) Japanese stocks tumbled 1.8 per cent, as fears of more turmoil in the Arab world and higher oil prices overshadowed solid US jobs data. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,515.74 (-6.87) Malaysian stocks declined 0.4 per as the ongoing conflict
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        295 15  -  One employee already charged; S’pore-listed ASJ reviewing security BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg A LOCALLY listed firm that makes electronic components disclosed yesterday that inventory worth about $235,000 has been stolen from the warehouse at its factory in Senai, Malaysia. ASJ Holdings has reported
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      345 20 NEW YORK: The United States economy will grow above trend at a rate of between 4 and 4.5 per cent this year, says Dr Tony Tan, executive director of Singapore’s US$200 billion (S$254 billion) sovereign wealth fund. A Reuters
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      230 5 MID 07. ODYSSEY 2.4A Absolute. 1 Owner. 55,000KM. Mantained by Kah. Excellent Tip Top Cond. Low Interest 1.75%. 9877 8667. CARLINGUAL P/L *****777 08/’08 Civic 1.8A Agt maintain 1 owner Good cond. Pearl White Beautiful kit. Call to view. CHEAPEST 06/09 HONDA Civic 1.8A. High OMV of $28.7k, Black with
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      265 5 APR/08 LEXUS SC430 Hard Top Cabrio, Black, Low mileage, agent maintained. View to appreicate. Call: 9766 6706 06/’06 LEXUS IS250. Value buy! Lady owner. Excellent condition. Unique Grey. Mileage 90,000km. Agt maintained. Call: 9477-0616. 4/’08 MAZDA 6 2.5A. sunroof. Brown. 1 owner. Leather s/ rims. 100% accident free. Showrm cond.
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      207 6 NOV/07 PORSCHE C4S Cab Tip, Yellow, original accessories and specs, agent maintained. View to appreciate. 9185 5979 11/’06 PROTON GEN2 1.3M $20.5K 4/’06 Proton Wira 1.3M $16.5K. OPC, easy loan 1.88%. *****202 JAN ’04 WIRA 1.3 Manual. OMV: $8,188. COE: $24,251. View to offer. 6220-5779 (9.30am-5pm) 4/’08 SAVVY 1.2 auto,
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      382 6 CHIN LIAN SENG Mtr 6285-0822 1 owner 4/’08 Wish 1.8X A New leather,s/rim,tyres,accident free low km, sell cheap. 9699-5814 7/08 AXIO 1.5 A, Selling cheap, new cond, low mileage, accident free, warrranty extended, $0 drive away, Call *****159 THINK ONE AUTO: 9450-5050 2/’07 Toyota Camry 2.0A. Vicom evaluated. Showroom cond.
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      394 6 MPV, CAR, VAN, Kangoo, 10’’/14’’ Lorry, Minibus, Pickup Twincab. Visit: 588C Balestier Road. Tel: 6256-2002 9853-6716 KOFA VEH RENTAL $40 up. Van, Pick-up, Kangoo, Mini Bus, Car, Lorry. Visit: 34 Sin Ming Drive. #01-124. *****638 *****619 3 YRS E-CLASS $2800 per mth (package). New Cefiro Mthly $1500. 1.6A: $50 daily;
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      572 7 ORIGINAL BIGGEST BLAIR Heritage Conservation terrace 5000 sqft built. www.isabelredrup.com $5.2m. F’hold. Outram MRT. *****055. Sole agt/ No agts SEAVIEW WITH PTE berth. One only Sentosa Cove. *****/ ***** sqft. Corner house, beautiful, quiet, good layout. KH Tan *****348 NEWSMAN Sole Agt OPEN HSE! WATERWAY, Berth, top decor, pool, jacuzzi!
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      686 7 BINJAI SEMI-D move in $3.xm. Hua Guan 3900sqft right 5000sqft modern Semi-D $6.5m 10-6pm: RealStar 6100 8000 CLUNY VICINITY ***** sq.ft. Contemporary villa on elevated ground, most sought after $2xm 10-6pm: RealStar 6100 0080 MT SINAI AVE. 2-storey semi-d. 3332/2800 sq.ft. 4+1. Quiet. 999 years. Walk to MRT/Henry Park. HB
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      429 7 *Belmond Green 1700sqft 4+1patio *Costa Rhu 5400sqft IR View *Emerald Gdn 1259 sqft Pool view *Four Season 2260 sqft Pool view *Gisborne Light 947 sqft 2 rms *Mirage 1496sqft Highflr City view *Park Infinia 3218 sqft Penthouse 4+1 roof terr Amenities $1800psf *Palm Spring 1900/2659 sqft 4+1 Move-in. Renovated. ACS/SCGS
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      437 7 VALUE BUY! PRINCETON 3+1 3 toilets, 1087 sqft. F’hold. Breezy. Near to prestige sch/ future MRT. Sole agt, Karen *****865 DLEEDON NEW LAUNCH Near MRT fr $15xx psf 1+study/2/ 3/4/ Penthse great facilities, Excellent Location, Call for appt now PRESTIGIOUS! THE TOMLINSON 2368 sqft, 3+1, beautifully renovated, spacious. Vacant. $2300
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      431 7 RES KILLINEY 1500 sqft 3+1 Pool view/ Cosmopolitan 1399 sqft 3+1 tenanted. 9761-3482 agt TRILLIUM RIVER/ MARINA View. 2390 sqft. 5+1 rms. Pte lift. F’hold. $5.5M. TCN *****429 SOLITAIRE, 1550 SQFT. 3+1+ balcony/ 2rms patio. New. Pte lift.F/facilities.Aspac 9023-6389 ST THOMAS WALK ideal location to city Orchard area. 3 rms
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      372 7 8 WOODLEIGH. Best 4 bedrm! Unblock pool view. 1378 sqft. Min to MRT NEX mall. Last offer $1.45M. Closing soon!! *****733 AVA TWR, HIGH flr, 1227 sqft, 3 rms. F’hold. Full condo facilities. Near amenities. Quiet cosy. Mins to Novena MRT. 9154 4484 CASA FORTUNA Ah Hood Rd. F’hold, 1076sqft,
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      279 8 NEW LIST! EXEC Mais Blk 863 high flr, f/renovated, unblocked. MRT. Valued, can contra. Immed submission. Call Gina *****123 3’I’ BLK 85C Toa Payoh. Lift level. Unblocked. High flr. Move in cond. Near amenities. Immed submission. *****096 DWG 3S 59 2+1 upgraded. Lift level. High flr. Renovated. Amenities/ MRT. View
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      252 8 Gentle Dr 5+1 Semi-D MRT......$8k Holland Gr View Semi-D 5+1....$10K University 4200sqft 5+1 Greenery Black White 2600sqft Rare..$11k Watten 3800sqft 4+1 Serene..$12k Mt Sinai 5500sqft Pool/Gdn...$13k Swiss Club *****sqft 4+1.......$16k Hua Guan Modern Detach.....$16.5k Eng Neo *****sqft Privacy.....$17k Trevose Modern Detach 5+1....$19k Leedon *****sqft Tranquil....$20k Jelita *****/6000sqft 5+1...$22k GARY 9222
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      319 8 LOW RENT! NEAR Novena MRT/ shpg. 2-storey terr. Spacious 4+1 2350 sqft. F/aircon. P/furn. Well kept. neg. Immed. 9799-4445 BUNGLW LYNWOOD Gr. Great family home. Newly renovated. 6+1. Lap pool. *****/ 6000 sqft. Australian Int’l Sch NEX MRT BINJAI PARK NEW list 2 storey detached 4+1 bdrm, cul-de-sac, greenery, spacious
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      385 8 LIFESTLYE TERR Bt Timah Rd. Designer decor. 1700/4000 sqft. 3+family+study+1 out-dr, bright. $14K. Shirley Tan *****015 DW THIRD AVE BALINESE style bunglw. lush green. 5 rms. Quiet. Hill top. $30K. 9833 2020 D.10 STEVENS DRIVE. 2-storey semi-d. 4000 sqft. 4+1+1 rms. nice gdn. Immed. 9735-2166 DR SENTOSA BUNGLW (GCB) Land
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      629 9 MERAGI ESTATE. 2-STOREY SemiD. 5+1 3300 sqft, near Simei MRT/ Changi Biz Pk/ 4th U. Immed. $6.3K. 9111 1866 ERA BUNGALOW. 6000 SQFT. 5+1. Bright. Pool. Patio. Garage. Privacy. Quiet. Louis 9237-8817 LOVELY BUNGALOW WITH inground pool. 8rms. 2 kitchens. Quiet. $18K. Call *****332 LOYANG VILLAS 3000 sqft. 4+1. Furn.
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      419 9 ICON 2+STUDY 1230 sqft loft high flr, unblocked view, nice bright. Near MRT. $7.XK. *****855 BUGIS CONSERVATION LOFT $100K renovation. Heritage Pl 2rm, 1852 sqft, $7K. *****128 BLUE HORIZON 3 bdrm. Nice pool view quiet. Near shpg mall market. $4100. Alco 6280 3456 CARIBBEAN BEST STACK. F/ pool view. 2
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      1859 9 D.10 ARDMORE PARK 2885 r> Double frontage at 49 St Thomas walk 13 Devonshire Road y 5 minutes walk to Somerset MRT Orchard Road y 1,2 3 bedroom apartments > Unit sizes from 614-1,819 sq ft y Pool, gym, 24-hour security y Agents welcome 1 Viewing by appointment only ©Jelena
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      855 9 VALLEY PK 1356 sqft 3 rm $5.5K; 1216 sqft 2 rm $4.5K; 861 sqft 1 rm $3.6K Levelz 1100 sqft 1+1 study patio $3.9K. 9109 8900 BEST PRICE! SUI Generis. 4+1. Bal -cony. 2131 sqft. High end. Bright. Spacious. Quiet. Convenient. $12.5Kneg. Juliet *****725 CPM DUCHESS RES. 4+1 +balcony.2314 sqft.
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      723 9 HORIZON TWR 4+1, 2400 sqft, good cond, f/facilities, avail end Mar, p/furn, $8K. *****773 DTZ TRILLIUM RIVER/ MARINA View. 2390 sqft. 5+1 rms (granny rm) Pte lift. $15.8K. TCN *****099 ST REGIS. 2142/ 3757/ 5542 sqft Nassim/ city/ pool view. $14K$28K neg! 4+1. Immed. *****818 NASSIM MANSION 2852 sqft 4+1
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      715 9 D11 MONTEBLEU NEW 4bdrm, 1475 sqft, pool view, balcony, quiet, immed. Novena MRT. James *****711 SAVILLS HILLVIEW GREEN 2-BDRM. 1012 sqft. Quiet. Greenery. Full Condo facilities. F/furn. Excellent cond. Good Maggie 9018-0432 KF THE CASCADIA Bukit Timah. Brand new. 1/3bdrm. Immed move-in. Expat’s choice. F/condo facilities/ amenities. *****772 THOMSON EURO-ASIA
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      822 9 ASTORIA PARK 3+1 Renovated. High flr. Unblocked view. Quiet. F/Furn. $4k Agent *****990 WING FONG MANSION. 2+1, unfurn/ 4rms. Dakota Res. Near MRT. Immed.Ken Lim *****099 THE WATERINA, 2-RMS, 1100sqft, F/furn, MRT, $3.xxk up, move in, Amenities. Immed, 9630-1951 CASA FORTUNA 1-RM/ 1+study. Balestier 4rm/ Paradiso 3rm. $3.1K up. 9765-2500
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      713 10 THE BAYSHORE #09. 2/3+1, full P/ furn. Pool view, Unblocked. View 8pm-9pm. 9637-6635 ERA D.15 KINGS MANSION 3+1 high flr, unblocked, renovated. F/furn, mins to town, immed. *****888 D.15 TROPIC GDN. 1550 sqft. 3+1. Facilities. Lift. Quiet ambience. F/furn. $3.7K neg. Agt *****917 AZALEA PARK, 1,313 sqft, 3+1+1, 3 bath,
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      603 10 SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS Wilby Centra *****466 Wilby Bukit Timah *****505 I Studio 2-Bedrooms WILBY CENTRAL OPEN FOR BOOKING Newly Refurbished Modern Decor with High Tech Features 5 minutes’ walk to MRT Stations/ Shopping Malls Complimentary shuttle bus service to Orchard Road/Newton/Holland Village Complimentary broadband internet service local
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      654 10 COMMON RMS Bt Batok CCK/ Yishun. Near MRT/ amenities. Furn, aircon. Avail immed. $600 Call 9733-9190 PN AIRCON COMMON RM Whampoa. High flr. Broadband. Clean new. Prefer ladies/ couple/professional. 9237-0848 185B RIVERVALE CRESC. beautiful common rm. F/furn. No aircon. 1 female professional. 2 stops to Sengkang. 8188-8887 BLK 7, 220,
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      274 10 CLOSING SOON! CORNER Terr with open space Pandan Loop. 4316 sqft with mezzanine level, $580K. Suits engrg. 9101-0570 MANDAI EST INNOVATION Place. Light ind fty 1432 sqft. F’hold. Tenanted with no contract. BKE/ PIE. Joseph 9188 6988 ERA VACANT POSSESSION. HILLVIEW warehse. F’hold. 1800sqft. Sell value! Enbloc potential. Serious seller.
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      571 11 THE GATEWAY Outside CBD Easy access to financial districts, airport, Jurong. Area from 2000 sq ft. Available immediately. Contact: Singapore Land Ltd *****312 SINGAPORE LAND TOWER 50 RAFFLES PLACE 47 storey building Sizes ranging from 600 sq.ft. to approx 5,000 sq.ft. Ample carparking lots Next to Raffles Place MRT Contact:
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      541 18 ull time wanted• Good interpersonal communication skills• At least 3 y Beddings Gallery looking for Male/ Female enthusiastic SALES ASSISTANTS ù Singaporeans only ù Offering high basic high commission Interested applicants, walk in interview from 12pm-8pm at 180 Kitchener Rd City Square Mall #03-15/ 16/ 17 URGENTLY REQUIRE ICE-CREAM/ Bubble
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      361 18 BAYVIEW HOTEL SINGAPORE REQUIRE Front Office Clerk Senior Cook J Shift work required. J Singaporean, PR or Malaysian welcome. Pls walk in interview Bayview Hotel Singapore 30 Bencoolen Street S’pore *****1 Tel: 6550 9509 NAKED FISH SHOPPE requires 1 CHEF DE PARTIE 2 EXPERIENCED WESTERN COOK (Cuisine and Dessert) 3
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      875 18 Chef de Partie Cooks (Malay/ Indonesian cuisine) An expanding international F&B establishment has vacancies for chef de partie cooks for its Malay/ Indonesian cuisine section at its HACCP-certified Central Kitchen in Bedok. Experience in central kitchen and catering production an advantage. No split-shift; usually off-days are on Sundays Public Holidays.
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      304 18 FARRER PK MRT City Sq Mall Yong Tau Foo stall requires Food Stall Helper. Call *****168 STALL YISHUN requires Chef, can cook Peranakan food. S’porean only. 5-day work. *****027 SUNTEC CITY SALAD looking for Helper. Sun to Fri, 10am 4pm. $6 $6.50/hr. 9786-0060 COFFEE DESERT STALL requi res Helper Supervisor
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      362 19 Admin Executive/ Personal Asst needed in Real Estate Management Co. Proficient in MS office 5 day work week Experience preferred. $1500-$2000 Good communication skills *****558 LAW FIRM REQUIRES Paralegal/ Secretary/ Admin Asst. City area. Interested please send resume with last drawn salary to tsclex@singnet.com.sg SERVICE TECHNICIAN/ ENGINEER •Min. Higher NITEC,
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      1011 19 An Established Company requires SITE SUPERVISOR/ FOREMAN BCSS/ NCCS certification Min 3 years of working exp in Civil Engineering Works Possess Class 3 driving license Please call 6295 4623 x 101/ 103 (No Agents Please) 1. M&E CO-ORDINATOR •Degree/ Diploma/ NBQ or equivalent 2. ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN •Diploma/ LEW/ NBQ or
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      362 19 FULL/ PART TIME Warehouse Assts needed in Henderson area. Start immed. Call 6376-2878 for interview 9am-1pm/ 2-4pm. TUAS WAREHOUSE LOOKING for experienced Forklift Drivers. 5.5 days. Meals transport provided. Interested pls call *****400 JURONG/ CHANGI needs Store Assts for normal shift. Experienced in warehouse. *****499 S’poreans/PR/students welcome WAREHSE ASSTS, LOGISTICS
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      838 20 3? SECURITY SECURITY 3? SECURITY PROTECTION OFFICERS Earn up to $1700 No Bond for Trained Guards Free WSQ training provided** Completion Bonus $1000** **Conditions apply for 8-hour shift Anson Road Supervisory Cert, required) Other assignments also available at Tai Seng, Dhoby Ghaut, Orchard, Havelock Rd, Tuas, Changi Business Park islandwide
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      824 20 A leading Japanese JV company urgently requires: SECURITY OFFICERS LOCATION:TUAS BENEFITS: Opportunity for promotion Overtime opportunity AWS 7-day annual leave Medical insurance coverage Lodging is available for M’sians Attractive Starting Salary $1.6K WALK IN NOW 81 Toh Guan Road East #01-01 SECOM Centre OR CALL 8161-1130 Singaporeans, PRs Malaysians are
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      606 20 DAILY RATED LIC Guards required Jurong W islandwide. Attractive bonuses. 8494-5627 S1800-$2500. SUPERVISORS/ Senior Officers. Day/ Night. #2609 Int’l Plaza. *****648 DAY/ NIGHT/ RELIEF Officers River Valley, Newton Aljunied. Please call *****148 SECURITY OFFICERS FOR hotel private bldg at City area. Call 8162-3890, 9825-9616 UP TO $1720 p/ mth. Day/
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      662 21 CLASS 4/ 5 LORRY Driver. Physically fit. Preferably staying in the West. S’porean/ M’sian/ PR only. Call 9828-6818 No agts pls STORE CUM DRIVER. Fit and energetic. Familiar with roads. Able to start work immed. 9818 0080 CLASS 4 LORRY Driver. Mon Fri, 8.30am 5.30pm, Sat 8.30am 1pm. $1500. Call
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      427 21 APPT SETTING OFFICERS, fix appt Housewives welcome. Central. Good pay incentive. *****743 PART-TIMES PROMOTERS NEEDED islandwide. Good pay. Can start Immed. Call 9482-9913 PROPERTY PA/ AGENTS required Office/ home based. Make $2K$10K per mth. 9389-9598 DISHWASHER SENTOSA Resort. 6-11.30pm, no off day, food provided. $1000. Call *****903 TELEMARKETERS NEEDED in
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      241 21 An international Air Sea Freight Forwarder Is seeking suitable candidates to join our organisation as: 1. GENERAL CLERKS Dynamic Committed with Min. GCE ’O’ or ’N’ Level, able to communicate in English handle Mandarin speaking clients An Advantage Proficient in MS Office, Possess interpersonal skills. Hard working willing to learn
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      572 21 Woodlands Precision Machining Company Expansion Urgently Requires μ ADMINISTRATION CLERK μ MACHINE OPERATOR μ VISUAL PART CHECKER μ QC/ QA INSPECTOR μ CNC MILL TURN MACHINIST μ GIBBS CAM PROGRAMMER μ ASST. QUALITY ENGINEER NTC/DIP. MECH μ GENERAL CLEAN WORKER (For G) Resume/ Email to admin@jhp-tech.com.sg} S’porean/ PR/ M’sian with
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      605 21 Working in PSA Port PRIME MOVER DRIVER At least Class 3 driving licence Min. Primary 6 education Monthly Salary $1,800++ LASHING SPECIALIST Min. Primary 6 education S’porean SPRs only Ex-Port workers are welcome Call: *****926 (PMD) or *****914 (Lashing) Company at Jurong requires General Worker Physically fit Willing to work
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