The Straits Times, 22 March 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, MARCH 22 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon N-plant smoke scare
      58 1 86 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS WORK to reconnect power lines and restore cooling systems to stabilise a stricken Japanese nuclear plant stalled yesterday when smoke rose from two reactors. The problems surfaced as Tokyo halted some food shipments owing to radiation fears and rain further hampered rescue
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    • Article
      Lock icon KL sex video scandal
      59 1 A SEX videotape has emerged showing a man resembling opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and a purported prostitute, in the latest sex scandal to hit Malaysia. The graphic 21-minute video was shown to selected journalists, and was slammed by opposition politicians, including Datuk Seri Anwar who denied
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      Lock icon Personal data on ‘new’ PC
      56 1 CIVIL servant Hidayat Sudirman bought a notebook PC at an IT fair only to discover it contained 10GB worth of personal data. Retailer Newstead Technologies, told him it was a “mix-up”. The 14-inch Asus laptop belonged to another customer who had returned it for repairs,
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      Lock icon Costlier meals in schools
      53 1 SCHOOL tuckshop vendors, hit by the rising cost of food items such as rice and flour, are raising their prices, and students are feeling the pinch. Those given the clearance to do so by their schools have gone ahead. Others say they will shrink portions. L
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      Lock icon More foreigners buy ECs
      52 1 INCREASING numbers of foreigners are snapping up executive condominiums in the resale market. Foreigners, including permanent residents, bought 321 exec condos or 33 per cent of all resales last year, said Savills research and consultancy. This is up from 18 per cent in 2004. L MONEY
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    Lock icon Under-40s make up half of PAP new faces
    1179 1  -  Party is fielding its youngest crop of candidates since 1991 BY LI XUEYING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg THE People’s Action Party will be sending more than 20 fresh faces out to electoral battle, with half of them in their 20s and 30s. This
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    Lock icon Cracks in coalition as jets patrol Libya
    828 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Coalition jets patrolled the skies over Libya yesterday after pounding Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s command centres overnight, as the first fractures appeared in the international coalition backing the Western-led strikes on the embattled Libyan leader. While officials said
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        Lock icon Mission Libya: Handle with care
        92 2 WE SAY The United Nations remit on Libya is specific: Protect the civilians. If it is exceeded, such as excessive military force used and the unintended killing of civilians, a revolt within Arab ranks could undermine the mission. Worse, it could have echoes of Iraq.
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        43 2 COLUMNS The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s success in supplying all its residents with drinkable water 24 hours a day shows that the world’s urban water problems can be solved, say Asit K. Biswas and Leong Ching. L REVIEW PAGE A28
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        Lock icon Protect taxi drivers
        28 2 OUR READER SAYS Janelle Seah, whose father is a cabby, appeals to the authorities to ensure cabbies are safe at work. L FORUM PAGE A29
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      81 2 IN SATURDAY’S report, “Quality of air, water and food in S’pore all safe”, we said Singapore’s higher level of radiation was due to its proximity to the equator. This is wrong. The level of radiation varies from country to country depending on cosmic rays and
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      Lock icon Libya just part of bigger picture
      958 2  -  Washington needs to tackle burning issues in the Middle East BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE military offensive against Libya may be a multinational effort in which French aircraft actually fired the first shots. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that, ultimately, it will
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      Lock icon Effect of Japan quake may last for months: Tharman
      603 3  -  Reconstruction efforts will likely see demand for oil, commodities rise, says Finance Minister BY FIONA CHAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR fiochan@sph.com.sg THE natural and nuclear disasters in Japan are likely to have a negative impact on the global economy for months to
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      Lock icon Rebuilding may take 5 years: World Bank
      420 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that have caused up to US$235 billion (S$300 billion) of damage, the World Bank said yesterday. The March 11 disaster will likely shave up to 0.5 percentage
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      Lock icon Anwar slams sex video as ‘conspiracy’
      1188 4  -  Journalists shown video of man resembling Anwar having sex with a ‘Chinese prostitute’ NEW SCANDAL BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg PETALING JAYA: Malaysia was roiled by another sex scandal yesterday, after selected journalists were shown a videotape of a man resembling opposition leader
      PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  1,188 words
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      Lock icon Sex, ‘lies’ and video tape
      305 4  -  HAZLIN HASSAN PETALING JAYA: Flanked by his wife and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) politicians, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that the video was a smokescreen to cover the government’s failing case against him for sodomy. Saying he “condemned this latest attempt to slander me”,
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      Lock icon Drunk SIA passenger jailed 16 months for bomb threat
      358 4  -  BY ELENA CHONG WHEN the Singapore Airlines plane was taxiing to the runway for take-off to Perth, a drunken man suddenly stood up and threatened to blow up the aircraft. Eduard Gerard Jacobus, a 36-year-old Dutchman who had flown in from
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  • prime.GE 2011
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      Lock icon NSP ‘prepared to make way for Workers’ Party’
      614 6  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Tessa Wong THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) has taken to heart a call by political veteran Chiam See Tong for the opposition to avoid three-cornered fights. The NSP said yesterday it was prepared to
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      Lock icon Opposition predicts earlier election date
      360 6  -  KOR KIAN BENG TESSA WONG THE unveiling of the first group of new People’s Action Party (PAP) candidates yesterday has sparked a new round of the guessing game: When is Polling Day? Given the reported pace of the PAP introductions and the likely number of
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      Lock icon Man with a long-term view
      838 8  -  Labour candidate prizes long-term gain over short-term pain BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg IT WAS a move etched in the memory of Mr Ong Ye Kung. His eight uncles and their families were uprooted from their homes in Lorong Chuan as part of the Government’s large-scale
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      Lock icon ‘I’m staying, I’m fully invested’
      874 8  -  Newly-minted citizen wants to make a difference BY CASSANDRA CHEW casschew@sph.com.sg DR JANIL Puthucheary become a Singapore citizen just three years ago but believes his new-ly-minted status is not an obstacle to how he can continue to contribute here. Turning around a question put to
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      Lock icon Labour candidates on ‘symbiotic’ ties with PAP
      401 8  -  RACHEL CHANG TWO newly-introduced candidates yesterday defended the labour movement’s ties to the People’s Action Party (PAP), arguing that the only test which matters is whether workers benefited from PAP rule. “Investments have come in, jobs have improved, wages have gone up,” was
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      Lock icon Hougang man has a heart for the needy
      809 10  -  Teochew-speaking NTUC deputy director believes no one should be left behind BY TEO WAN GEK MID–WAY through the press conference, Mr Desmond Choo rattled off a line in Teochew. His switch from English to the Chinese dialect most frequently spoken in the
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      Lock icon Their dads were once PAP adversaries
      784 10  -  But Barisan Sosialis members support their sons’ candidacy BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN zakirh@sph.com.sg THEIR fathers opposed the PAP in the 1960s. Yet yesterday, Mr Ong Ye Kung and Dr Janil Puthucheary declared their candidacy under the PAP banner at the coming polls with their fathers’
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      Lock icon Class of 2010: More jobs, better starting pay for grads
      580 10  -  BY JANE NG WITH the economic recovery, the Class of 2010 from the three local universities is reporting higher employment rates and better starting salaries compared to graduates from the year before. In particular, graduates from the Singapore Management University
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      Lock icon THE ENDGAME
      678 11 Extent of Libya operation depends on what allies aim to achieve NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WASHINGTON: All the deliberations over what military action to take against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have failed to answer the most fundamental question: Is it merely to protect the Libyan population from
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      Lock icon GADDAFI’S GAMBLE
      487 11 REUTERS LONDON: Portraying his assailants as colonial bullies, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is gambling that a long war would allow him to play the role of victim and erode Western resolve, enabling him to negotiate some form of continued rule. However, for now, that looks like a very
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      Lock icon Oil prices soar on fears of supply halts
      376 11 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG: Oil prices jumped more than US$2 (S$2.50) a barrel yesterday as the Western military action in Libya and continuing unrest in a host of other countries in the oil-rich Arab world raised fears of possible disruptions
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  • tsunami.nuclear crisis
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      Lock icon WHO warns of ‘serious’ food radiation
      898 12 Govt tells villagers living near nuclear plant not to drink tap water REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Concern escalated yesterday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the detection of radiation in some food in Japan was a more serious problem than it
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTOS: REUTERS  -  898 words
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      Lock icon Where is the CEO of power company?
      434 12 REUTERS TOKYO: The head of the Japanese power company at the centre of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters has all but vanished from the public eye. And many Japanese, waiting anxiously to see if the problems at the stricken Fukushima nuclear
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  • tsunami.human tragedy
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      Lock icon Smoke scare at nuclear plant; workers evacuated
      811 13 No immediate reports of rise in radiation from wrecked plant AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS KITAKAMI (Iwate): Smoke belched from a stricken nuclear plant in north-east Japan yesterday, disrupting urgent efforts to repair the cooling systems as Tokyo halted some food shipments owing to
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  811 words
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      Lock icon $5 million in cash donations from Singapore
      373 13 CASH donations from Singapore to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have topped $5 million, and donations are still coming in, said aid agencies here. As of yesterday, the Singapore Red Cross has raised a total of $4.1 million. This
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      Lock icon State of the reactors
      196 13 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Engineers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant worked round the clock to re-establish cables to all six reactors, even as fire trucks sprayed water on most to help cool their fuel-rod pools. Here’s a look at how the reactors fared yesterday: REACTORS
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  196 words
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      Lock icon 10 days on... still no power, water
      705 14 Its staff work 24-hour shifts to keep the remaining patients alive HOSPITAL IN DIRE STRAITS ASSOCIATED PRESS TAGAJO (Miyagi): The temperature drops about 10 degrees when you walk into Senen General Hospital, which has not had gas, electricity or running water for a
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      Lock icon Most victims’ remains will never be found
      648 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIFU: An unbearable sense of conflict shadows visitors to a stadium-turned-morgue in north-eastern Rifu city, where hundreds of bodies in white-draped coffins lie waiting for identification. There is the natural wish that they will not find the remains of the missing
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      Lock icon Go online for Singapore Government updates
      188 14 FOR more on the Singapore Government’s response to developments in Japan, you can log on to: L www.gov.sg: The portal includes links to frequently asked questions, relevant ministries and agencies. Also available on iPhone and Android phones. Key updates are also being tweeted on
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Sarawak state assembly dissolved
      649 16  -  Opposition dismisses Taib’s retirement vow as gimmick MALAYSIA POLITICS BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak state assembly was dissolved yesterday to pave the way for election, as a fresh controversy involving opposi- tion leader Anwar Ibrahim and news that Chief Minister
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      101 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L We’re not running away: Fukushima worker L 6.0 quake shakes Tokyo region MOST COMMENTED ON L China’s patent strategy worries foreign firms. Says kian118chan: “Intellect occurs everywhere in human society. When a population is large and a
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        Lock icon Sunny side up
        51 18 Pre-schoolers at Zaozhuang city in China’s Shandong province had an “egg-o-nomics” lesson as they stood eggs on their ends to celebrate the arrival of spring yesterday. The Chinese tradition is usually observed during the vernal equinox that usually falls on March 21 each year. PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO:
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      • Article
        Lock icon Chinese schools go creative on fleecing parents
        677 18  -  Problem has become so serious that some parents are up in arms BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Chinese schools, from kindergarten to high schools, are coming up with creative ways to earn extra cash. Hapless parents find themselves forking out thousands
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        Lock icon MPs barred from going on public-funded study trip
        424 18 JAKARTA: An Indonesian political party has barred its parliamentarians from embarking on a taxpayer-fund-ed overseas trip it deemed “unimportant”, in an unprecedented move that has turned attention to such tours. Often derided by the public as a waste of funds, the study
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        Lock icon Pakistani mine blast toll hits 45
        260 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS QUETTA (Pakistan): The death toll from Sunday’s methane gas explosions in a coal mine in Pakistan’s south-western province of Baluchistan rose to 45 yesterday, government officials said, as hopes faded that there would be any more survivors from the
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: XINHUA  -  260 words
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        Lock icon Google says China blocking its e-mails
        567 20 Accused of trying to deter protests, Beijing denies it played any part ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Google said yesterday the Chinese government is interfering with its e-mail services in China, making it difficult for users to gain access to its Gmail programme, amid
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        Lock icon Tainted pork: Big recall of meat products
        412 20 CHINA DAILY ASIA NEWS NETWORK, XINHUA BEIJING: Supermarkets across China were busy taking tainted meat products off their shelves after news broke last week that farm pigs in central Henan province tested positive for a banned additive. In Xian, the capital of Shaanxi
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        Lock icon Beijing bans luxury ads over wealth gap worries
        273 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China’s capital has banned outdoor advertising that promotes hedonistic or high-end lifestyles as the government seeks to ease public concerns about the country’s widening wealth gap. The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce said in a recent statement that
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        Lock icon Man and elephant face off in Asia
        788 22 Their turf war escalates as forests and grasslands shrink ASSOCIATED PRESS JIA GABHARU (India): Here, in the north-east state of Assam, lies one of the hottest fronts of a heart-rending, escalating conflict. It is waged daily in villages, fields and plantations of 13
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        Lock icon Mullah caught in debate over modern schooling, tradition
        716 23 Religious leader advocates ‘moving forward’ and finds himself mired in controversy NEW YORK TIMES AKKALKUWA (India): On opposite sides of a dusty road, thousands of Muslim students in this remote farming town are preparing for very different futures. On one side, inside
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        Lock icon Errant drivers shamed on Nanjing roads
        231 23 XINHUA BEIJING: A Chinese city has come up with a new way to curb traffic violations. Early this month, the traffic management authorities in Nanjing set up 52 large LED display screens along busy roads to post text messages showing the licence plate numbers
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Egyptians say ‘yes’ to constitutional changes
        624 24 But referendum result raises fears among some that Islamists will hijack elections NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO: Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly approved a referendum on constitutional changes that will usher in rapid elections, with the results underscoring the strength of established political organisations, particularly the
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        Lock icon Florida pastor burns Quran
        293 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GAINESVILLE (Florida): A controversial American evangelical preacher on Sunday oversaw the burning of a copy of the Quran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book “guilty” of crimes. The burning was carried out by pastor Wayne Sapp under the supervision
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        Lock icon GERMANY: Merkel’s party stumbles
        546 26 EUROPE’S ELECTION SETBACKS BLOOMBERG BONN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party dropped votes and the Greens doubled their support in the first electoral test of Germany’s response to Japan’s atomic crisis and refusal to join military attacks on Libya. The results of Sunday’s election in the eastern state
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Car seat advice for kids
          115 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: Children should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, until they are two years old instead of one, according to updated advice from the American Academy of Paediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to a 2007 analysis of five years
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        • Article
          Lock icon Full face transplant in US
          117 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BOSTON: A cherry picker horrifically injured in an electric shock over two years ago has received the first full face transplant in the United States, a Boston hospital said yesterday. Mr Dallas Wiens, 25, can look forward to a new life with a
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          Lock icon Massage parlour ban
          86 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON: The authorities in Myanmar have announced a ban on massage parlours in the country’s remote capital, Naypyidaw. The privately-run Myanmar Times newspaper says there are also new restrictions on restaurants and karaoke lounges, in a bid to curb disguised prostitution. Entertainment venues have mushroomed
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          Lock icon ‘Lessons in selflessness’
          102 26 CHONGQING: The education authorities in China’s Chongqing city have explained that local college students are being sent to live and work with farmers so that they will develop a spirit of selflessness, the Global Times reported yesterday. Last November, the south-western municipality announced a city-wide campaign to
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          Lock icon Lese majeste charge
          86 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: A Thai man faces up to 15 years in prison for selling video CDs containing an Australian TV news programme about Thailand’s monarchy, his lawyer said. Akachai Hongkangwan was arrested on March 11 on the charge of lese majeste, or disrespect for the monarchy,
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        Lock icon FRANCE: Sarkozy’s party gets a drubbing
        400 26 BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: France’s Socialist Party led the first round of local elections, ahead of the anti-immigration National Front party and the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), in an electoral setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy. The elections held on
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        Lock icon Beefing up for biggest barbecue bid
        72 26 Participants grilling beef in a bid to create the “Biggest Barbecue in the World” in General Pico in La Pampa, Argentina, on Sunday. The attempt to break the Guinness World Record saw 13,713kg of beef being grilled. According to event organisers, General Pico broke
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    • world.region in revolt
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        673 25 They back ‘revolution’; it may spell end of the road for President Saleh AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANAA (Yemen): Tanks were deployed in the Yemeni capital yesterday as top generals pledged allegiance to the “revolution” and the country’s main tribal leader demanded President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s exit from
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      940 27  -  BY THITINAN PONGSUDHIRAK The writer is professor and director of Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok. PROJECT SYNDICATE AFTER three consecutive years of deadly street protests, Thailand has arrived at the point where it will need to hold new elections,
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        965 28  -  If Phnom Penh, with its serious constraints, can supply all its residents, both rich and poor, with clean and drinkable water 24 hours a day, there is no reason other major urban centres of the developing world cannot do the same. WORLD WATER DAY BY ASIT K. BISWAS,
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        695 28  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHETHER Japan’s nuclear reactor and spent fuel crisis is contained or becomes worse, it has raised concerns about the risks of generating electricity from atomic power, especially in places prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. If Japan,
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        154 29  -  Florence Heng (Madam) I AM puzzled why the Government has decided to change the minimum rate for interest earned on Central Provident Fund Special, Medisave and Retirement account monies to 2.5 per cent per annum with effect from next year. These accounts
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        157 29  -  Ang Yoke Loo (Madam) THE UPGRADING work at my daughter’s new place in Jurong West Street 42, where I shall be moving, is unsatisfactory. For instance, the “shelter” that was built at the lift lobby serves no purpose as it is only about a metre long and can
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        102 29 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DAVID LIM: One more thing about new property rules... 2 MR DAVID LOO: No nuclear reactors for S’pore, please 3 MR LIU ZHENGHAO: Anxious over Bedok’s vacant plot 4 MR CHIA BUK CHUA: Speaking dialect has its uses 5 MR TEO KIM-SEE:
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        191 29  -  DAUGHTER’S PLEA Janelle Seah (Miss) MY FATHER has been driving a taxi for more than 10 years. He is not welleducated, but he is determined to make a living and make ends meet for his family. And he put his three children, including me,
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        208 29  -  Allein G. Moore IT WOULD be such a wasted opportunity if Singapore does not develop the Tanjong Pagar railway track to provide a high-speed train service linking Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (“July 1 ‘firm’ date for railway station move”; March
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        301 29  -  Tan Kwong Moh I RETIRED two years ago at age 62 and now I am an unemployed low-income pensioner. With the rise in living standards and rise in food, transport and medical expenses, the Government should review outdated pensioners’ benefits for low-income
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      100 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE LWoman admits obscene acts with girl L‘Fukushima nuclear rain’ SMS a hoax MOST COMMENTED ON LShe’s filial but feels penalised. Says Carine Tong on Facebook: “There are many grey areas in situations like this. they should be assessed
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      267 2  -  BY JALELAH ABU BAKER A 45-YEAR-OLD with a parang terrified his family and tenants into locking themselves in separate rooms, with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) having to rescue them yesterday morning. Officers pitched ladders at the front and rear bedrooms of the fourth-floor
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      108 2 THAI Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya visited Singapore yesterday and met Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo. Mr Kasit offered Mr Yeo the help of his ministry if there were Singaporeans in the Middle East or other places who needed urgent consular assistance. A statement from Singapore’s Ministry
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      293 2  -  THAM YUEN-C THE Moon Mountain brand of cigarettes might not be familiar to smokers here, but the packaging will surely be. With health warnings, pictures of miscarried foetuses and oral-cancer sufferers even the quit-smoking hotline number prominently displayed it looks like any pack of
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      380 3  -  BY LEOW SI WAN A NEW co-ed secondary school should be set up so more pupils can be taken in from primary schools affiliated to St Joseph’s Institution (SJI). That was the recommendation made by a group set up to chart the future
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      512 4  -  Premium now $2,604; dealers expect it to soar as COE supply shrinks BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg WHETHER you are a motorcycle hobbyist or someone who relies on two wheels to get around, be prepared to pay more for your next
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      431 4  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI THOMSON Fertility Centre remains barred from performing assisted reproductive procedures even as Asia-Pacific’s first-ever fertility treatment training centre was launched yesterday at the National University Hospital (NUH). Thomson Medical Centre (TMC) was suspended by the Ministry of Health (MOH) after a
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      874 5  -  Efforts include screening them for risk factors and teaching them balance BY FIONA LOW fionalow@sph.com.sg ABOUT one in four people over the age of 65 in Singapore will have a fall, say doctors. And the older you are, the more likely it is
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      617 5  -  BY JUDITH TAN MADAM Lau Ah Mei, 57, never dreamt she would be able to hold her head high in public again. After she suffered a stroke in 1989, the right side of her face drooped badly. Only 35 then, she became despondent.
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      578 6  -  Family friend who kicked and stamped on six-year-old pleads guilty to causing death BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A FAMILY friend who kicked and stamped on a six-year-old boy he was looking after has avoided a potential death sentence, after the prosecution decided not to proceed
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      512 6  -  BY ELENA CHONG AN ASSISTANT manager of a fast-food restaurant posed as a monk and then as an anti-corruption officer to cheat a pair of National Environment Agency (NEA) officials he was told were under probe for suspected graft. Fong Wei
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      350 6 SUPERMARKET chain Sheng Siong is locked in a tenancy dispute with a landlord at the High Court. The disagreement began after the Housing Board rejected its plans to set up a supermarket in a building at 535 Kallang Bahru, the site of the
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      356 6 A FORMER car workshop supervisor has been jailed 31/2 months for criminal intimidation. Khoo Yee Thien, 26, admitted threatening to tarnish the image Toyota dealer Borneo Motors enjoyed with its customers last December if its service manager did not give in to
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      495 7  -  BY TERRENCE VOON MOHAMED Hammam’s bid to challenge Sepp Blatter for the top job at Fifa has come under heavy fire from his former lieutenant. Peter Velappan, who was the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) secre-tary-general from 1978 to 2007, claimed yesterday that Hammam, the
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        85 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PUNTA UMBRIA (Spain): Kenya dominated the World Cross-country Championships on Sunday, although Imana Marga spoilt the party by winning the men’s individual title for Ethiopia. The east African giants won six of the eight golds on offer, with Ethiopia claiming the other two
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      299 9  -  BY CHAN U-GENE A JAPAN Karate-do Federation (Goju Kai branch) director has called for an end to the infighting that has gripped Singapore’s karate community. Minoru Tanaka, 71, who is also the president of Jitsuekai Japan, a karate association, said yesterday: “The most
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        541 12  -  Japan’s fading nuclear threat also lifts mood; regional bourses up too BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg IMPROVING sentiment over the Japanese crisis and the irresistible lure of a bargain enticed investors back into the market yesterday. The renewed enthusiasm was evident across
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        436 12 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY: Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan dismissed newspaper reports yesterday quoting unnamed sources saying his government may reject the proposed takeover by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) of the main bourse operator ASX. “I have no idea where those reports have come from,” Mr Swan
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            446 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 21, 2011 Top Rises March 21 CENTS IS S&P500 ***** 355.1 2.2 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3913 263.8 5.6 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 4180 235.9 4.7 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ 2324 142.0 5.1 DBXT AUD
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            424 12 Top Rises March 21 CENTS CityDev.ES.1103 1088 62.0 6.0 Capitaland.ES.1103 324 9.0 2.9 SIMSCI355MBeCW*****9 18 5.0 38.5 SembMar BNPeCW*****4 48 5.0 11.6 SembMar MBLeCW*****1 28 5.0 21.7 KepCorp BNPeCW*****2 ...47.5 4.5 10.5 STI 3100 DBeCW*****1 29 4.5 18.4 KepCorp BNPeCW*****4 20 4.0 25.0 SGX MBL eCW*****3 16
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            185 12 By Volume CENTS Vol HPH Trust US$ 56 1 3 1 1 186,204,000 ChmaGaoxian 19 -6.0 -24.0 139,905,000 Golden Agri 64.5 0.5 0.8 74.033.000 Genting SP 191 3.0 1.6 52.450.000 SingTel 292 7.0 2.5 28.664.000 Sunmart 20.5 -1.5 -6.8 26.435.000 Thai Beverage 29 0.5 1 8 25.714.000
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            57 12 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY March 21 2011 Selling Buying March 21 2011 Selling 1.311 Buying ....1.237 Can dollar S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.837 ....1.267 ....1.767 Malaysian ringgit 42.781 40.744 ....2.023 NZ dollar 0.958 ....0.913 Indonesian rupiah 0.0152 0.0139
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            382 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 236 157 CapMallsAsia 167 -5 ***** 173 166 1.2 15.3 6488.1 425 308 CapitaLand 325 +11 ***** 325 316 1.8 10.9 *****.2 216 171 CapitaMall 177
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        520 13  -  It considers spinning off telco ops but that will need regulatory changes BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg HONG Kong-based telecommunications group PCCW is considering spinning off its telco operations and listing them separately as a business trust. However, this would require regulatory changes in Hong
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        475 13  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK TAIWANESE lender Financial One has defended its contentious delisting process ahead of a meeting to vote on the plan. The firm has come under fire for the price it is offering shareholders and the month-long trading halt it imposed
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        241 13  -  YASMINE YAHYA THE share market turmoil of recent weeks may have delayed the muchawaited debut of a unit of Mapletree Investments. Capital markets magazine IFR Asia reported yesterday that Mapletree Investments has put on hold plans to list a commercial trust. In an e-mail statement to
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      611 14  -  Huge inflow believed to be led by Bank of Japan in bid to stabilise market BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg JAPAN’S central bank was the driver behind a huge inflow of funds to the country’s shares last week in a
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      345 14  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT BUSINESS owners should not just rely on innovation to drive growth but look at enhancing existing products and services to achieve that winning edge, said Emlyon Business School president Patrick Molle. Mr Molle told a gathering at
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      211 14  -  GABRIEL CHEN DBS Group Holdings has set up a structured debt solution unit as part of a $250 million, five-year investment in its treasury and markets business. The unit was set up to secure a slice of Asia’s structured debt sector, which the bank believes
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      763 16  -  IMFC post will allow Tharman to play a key role: World Bank MD BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg IT IS time for Asia to become a leader in shaping global public policy, according to World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani Indrawati, a
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      502 16  -  BY CHERYL LIM A COUPLE have sued a unit of property developer Kheng Leong, claiming the apartment the firm delivered to them was unfit for occupation. Mr Benson Tan and his wife Amelia, who bought a unit at Oasis Garden condominium, have sued Peak
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      361 16 BLOOMBERG REUTERS TOKYO: Sony and Nissan Motor have said they are preparing to resume production at some factories as Japan’s manufacturers seek to recover from the strongest earthquake on record to jolt the country. Sony plans to resume work at a plant that makes rechargeable
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      836 17 Malaysia is hoping to attract more foreign investments into its property sector and with only an average of four percent of foreign ownership, there is certainly room for growth. Ivy Sam explores how developers are addressing this concern. The newly planned
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      738 18  -  They bought 321 ECs or 33% of resales last year; Indian nationals top list BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg INCREASING numbers of foreigners are snapping up executive condominiums in the resale market and helping to push prices to record levels. Foreigners, including permanent
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      494 18 Success takes more than just good products and services. For the YCH Group, the ability to innovate is what gives it an edge over the competition. Here’s how it found the key to innovation with help from the business excellence journey. This final feature of
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      107 18 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Owner gets nod to split penthouse L How rich is rich enough? $9.5m, survey shows L Japan quake’s impact on Singapore MOST COMMENTED ON L Race to roll out property projects. Says gemini58: “The recent ongoing calamities
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        411 2  -  ACTIVITY BY TAN XING QI March 5 Millennia scores with ex-rebel among its best By Jane Ng WHEN Kumaran Jothikumar was caught by the police for rioting two years ago, his teachers in Millennia Institute helped him by vouching for his character and attending court hearings with him.
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        556 4  -  ACTIVITY BY ANDREW DUFFY By Rachel Chang March 8 Kids from poorer homes still emerge as top achievers: Ng Eng Hen EDUCATION remains the great social leveller in Singapore society, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen declared in Parliament. He provided statistics to
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        372 6  -  Travelling swiftly across the ocean, a tsunami can hit coastlines with incredible force, destroying homes, trees, bridges and killing people. By Ellen Whyte MOST ocean waves are created by breezes pushing against surface water molecules. Although it looks as though the water is moving, the water molecules themselves
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        199 7 AUSTRALIA, the Philippines and Japan are trying to encourage students to learn a second language. WHY IT MATTERS Australia is trying to push for at least 12 per cent of 17-year-olds to be fluent in either Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese or Korean by 2020. In the
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        381 9  -  Pupils from Raffles Girls Primary spun a good yarn to win Story Challenge 2011. reports TAN XING QI FIFTEEN short minutes is just how long they have to come up with a good story. But contestants of the Story Challenge 2011 are unfazed by this time crunch. In
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        495 12  -  About 750 people in Singapore suffer from failing kidneys each year. Why are these organs so important and how do you keep them healthy? KIMIKO CHAN explains KIMIKO CHAN Sources: World Kidney Day website Kidshealth.org BBC Health The Star/Asia News Network MOST people have two
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        706 13 The 20 Nazis arrested for war crimes faced a tribunal that sought justice for their victims Nov 21, 1945, Nuremberg, Germany THE 20 men who sat in the courtroom yesterday were once some of the most powerful in Germany. But that was before Germany lost
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        295 14 ACTIVITY Here are some terms you may come across in news reports about disasters. Read their explanations and see if you can fill in the blanks with the correct answers. 1. Cyclone This is a general term for a violent storm in which the wind travels in at
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        308 17 ACTIVITY Guess (right), a Minnesota puppy, made headlines when it was saved from a likely deadly trip through the mail. The five-month-old schnauzer-poodle mix was saved from being mailed to Georgia three weeks ago when postal workers heard noises coming from a sealed box and saw it move.
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      51 1 is feeling Name Write your mood here Deadly waves What is a tsunami and how did it cause so much damage in Japan? page6 Stand by me Teacher’s unwavering support spurs ex-rebel to excel in A levels page2 Partners with: Nazi death squad members convicted of mass murder charges Guilty
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      54 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: ALL MIDDLE HIGH FOUNDATION Listening Speaking
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      380 3 The ASXC is back and the hunt for the physical science exhibit with THE X-factor starts now! We are looking for a team of three enthusiasts, eager to design and build an amazing exhibit that will express the marvels of the sights and sounds of science. The challenge starts now,
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      239 14 LITTLEREDI STRAITS TIMES. Little Red Dot Young Professor Challenges at TUI _> jEw JchtM AWs ACADEMY 2011 25 -27 March 2011 Suntec Singapore Hall 401 11am 9pm Daily Little Red Dot Young Professor Memory Challenge Presented by Mind Edge Learning Academy Ready for the ultimate memory challenge? Come join us
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      57 15 WATCH OUT FOR EUREKA! How did Marie Curie conquer the odds? How did the Wright brothers learn to fly? How did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone? Discover their tales in this storybook for young people, produced by the award-winning team from The Straits Times’ Little Red Dot. Available from
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      713 7 **CHEAP SENTOSA BUNGALOW Sell Below Value= $20.5M only $19.8M Neg! View: Sea City Waterway. Land: approx 8,585 sqft approx 1647sqft. Exclusive Waterfront Usage 9010-1186 SEAVIEW WITH PTE berth. One only Sentosa Cove. *****/ ***** sqft. Corner house, beautiful, quiet, good layout. KH Tan *****348 NEWSMAN Sole Agt SUPER ORIG. BLAIR
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      610 7 D21 3 STOREY semi-D Greenbank vicinity, land 4314 sqft, built in 3200sqft, pool, sell with tenancy till 1Q 2012, $1100psf. *****878 HILLTOP LAND Caldecott. Beautiful view. Huge 15,000 sqft. Best deal. HARVEST *****035 JALAN PARAS KEMBANGAN BRAND NEW 3 storey terr 1715/3300 sq.ft 5+2 rms Freehold Near amenties Believe it
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      476 7 3+1 SIMEI GREEN 1195 sqft. Mid floor. No noon sun. Bright. Good layout. Full condo facilities. Immed move in. neg. 9879 6488 RIS GRANDEUR PENTHSE. Sell Valuation. 5 bdrm. F’hold. Great View. Windy. Spacious. Must view 9220-0880/ rlre.myweb.sg SUMMER SCENT 999 yrs TOP mid-2013 Kovan MRT within 1 km $1.13m
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      769 8 BERTH SENTOSA Cove 3+1+ patio #01, 2045 sqft, sea/ pool view. Avail late April. $8K neg. P/furn. *****118/ *****228 OT INT’L PLAZA 1-BDRM F/furn. Walk to work. 1 min Tg Pagar MRT Shenton Way. With hsekeeping. Avail April. $2.8k. *****718. SENTOSA COVE SEASCAPE. Brand new. High flr. unblocked sea view.
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      646 8 OCEANFRONT SENTOSA. 1776 sqft. 3+1. Fantastic view. F/furn. $12K. Call 9634-1139 THE BEACON. NEW! Opp Pinnacle. 2 MRT, 3rm, Big balcony, Immed, Cheapest $4.xk! 9380 6474 TWIN REGENCY, 980 sqft #33, 2+balcony, fully furnished, mid april city view $5.2K 9817-0213 FLYNN PARK. 2013 sqft. 3+1 rms. Quiet ambience Full facilities.
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      1069 8 F/ Cairnhill Plaza 2300 sqft. 3+1. F/ fitted/ renovated. High flr. $15K Ardmore Pk Penthse 8800 sqft 5+1, Duplex. Mins to Orchard Rd. Richmond Pk 1300 sqft. 2+1. High floor. Unblocked Bt Timah view. Solitaire 1550 sqft 3+1+ balcony 2 rms+patio. Brand new, f/facility Paterson Suites New 1700 sqft 3+1
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      785 8 BE FIRST TENANT! ION Orchard Residences 2 Study 1808 sqft. Tastefully furn. F/facilities. $13K up. Immed. View daily 1pm-4pm. D.09 THE TIARA 2 bdrm. F/furn. F/facilities. Next to Great World City. Avail Mid May. Asking $4.6K. Tom Leow *****193 DTZ OLD WALK-UP APT River Valley 1000sqft. 3Rms. Mins to Orchard
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      878 8 THE PIER 990SQFT, 2rms with balcony, Spring Grove 1389 sqft 3+1/ 1012sqft 2+1, Greenery view, Full/ Partial furn. C21 9710 8489 FIFTH AVE CONDO 3+1, 1,600 sqft almost. spacious ground flr unit, face greenery, privacy. neg avail soon. Call Sam *****737 ASTRID MEADOWS 3+1, 2056 sqft huge balcony, nicely renovated,
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      871 9 METZ (MRT) 2 rm, $6.6K. Valley Pk 3+1. 1700 sqft. $5.5K. Orchard Res 3+1, $19K.Immed. *****963 $7.8K ONLY! HOLT Res. 4+1. 2056 sqft. Pool view, P/ furn Almost immed. 9067-6907 LG D.09 KIM SIA Ct. MRT. Balcony. Renovated. Big kitchen. F/furn. 3+1. 1450 sqft. Owner *****907 ST THOMAS SUITES. 4+1.
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      1985 9 SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS Wilby Central *****466 Wilby Bukit Timah *****505 I WILBY CENTRAL OPEN FOR BOOKING Newly Refurbished Studio 2-Bedrooms 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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      507 9 TRIVEX-NEW BUSINESS SPACE next to Tai Seng MRT. 775/ 872/ 969/1001/1012sqft ample parking food ct. C.H. Tan 9455-9111 OT REDHILL/ BT MERAH Ground/ Upper Flr. Clean light ind. Bus interchange. 915/ 1818/ 3636/ 9065 sqft. Call *****000 ALJUNIED MRT, CORP image, new bldg, 2143/ 4360/ 6540/ 8720/ *****/ ***** sqft.
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      1017 11 Set up your office in prime locations. Bukit Timah Toa Payoh 17 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh Officespace:Approx. 3,500 sq feet Minutes fromToa Payoh Central Fitted with carpeting and partitions 911 Bukit Timah Road Officespace:Up to 7,300 sq feet Ancillary space available for storage Strategic location minutes from PIE Convenient on-site
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      738 11 GOLDEN WHEEL BLDG/ Alpha Bldg/ LHK 200/ 1200/ 1350/ 1560/ 3000/ ***** sqft. $1.90 psf. Fitted. Vincent 9436-3663 NEAR CITYHALL MRT. 86/ 345/ 436/ 614/ 1001/ 1195/ 2175 sqft. Bare/ fitted units. Corporate image. Immed. *****909 Dennis PENINSULA PLAZA 2174SQFT! Priceless views of S’pore River/ Marina Bay! Delta Hse 3261
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      848 11 CHINA SQ CENTRAL 2 units, #02. 902/ 793 sqft. Bare. 2 attached toilets. Cheap! 9691-0686 SKR NEW BRIDGE RD. conservation office. 3300 sqft. $200K renovation. Pte lift/ toilet. *****720 COSY F/FURN OFFICE. Suntec $2750. Broadband, reception, utilities. Tel: 6838-0008 Ewiim OFFICE WELL RENOVATED/ bare/ F&B/ spa/ gym. Near MRT. Size
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      723 11 60 KALLANG PUDDING. F’hold Office cum Warehouse. Whole flr 4079 sqft. Light industry. Asking $1.65M. *****951 koh HENDERSON BUILDING, 980 sqft. Freehold, near Bukit Merah Bus Interchange/ MRT, tenanted, $686K. Jim Lee 9062-8300. TCH TECH CTR Toh Guan 1550 sqft, own toilet, column free. Partial fitted. Squarish layout, Free parking,
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