The Straits Times, 4 May 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 130 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS
    • 57 1 A COUPLE, who were once an item, are now locked in a dispute over the ownership of a condominium unit. The man used his money to buy the property, which was registered in the woman’s name. He wants to sell the unit but she says it is
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    • 80 1 THE best place in the world to be a mother is Norway. There, maternal and child mortality rates are low, women’s life expectancy and years in school are high, and the average maternity leave is about one year, a new study measuring the well-being
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    • 60 1 THE good times keep rolling for Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which plan to expand their operations over the next two quarters amid expectations of higher sales. The only slightly downbeat news is that cost pressures are building, according to the findings of a
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    • 57 1 NO LAVISH celebrations but support for education instead. Flour miller and food company Prima Group is marking its 50th anniversary with a $5 million donation to four universities. The new Singapore University of Technology and Design will get $2 million while NUS, NTU and SMU will
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  • Article, Illustration
    992 1  -  Govt could have moved faster to address housing, transport woes BY LYDIA LIM DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg THE Prime Minister yesterday said the Government could have moved faster to address shortfalls in housing and transport. He was sorry and he and his team were doing their best
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  • 522 1  -  BY LYDIA LIM THE current Cabinet’s way of working with Singaporeans to get results is different from Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s way, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. While the elder Mr Lee understands the need for a different approach in working with
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  • 640 1  -  BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday that it would investigate whether Pakistan helped shelter Osama bin Laden, as fierce questions about whether Islamabad helped the world’s most wanted terrorist escape detection were raised. The
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    • 160 1 A brighter, breezier, refreshed DIGITAL LIFE JAVIER BARDEM No fear of death despite dark roles LIFE! PAGE C4 Subscribe to The Straits Times. Get a gift and win cash prizes. Call 6388-3838 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 More reports: Prime Pages A2, A6-18
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 51 2 WE SAY Preparatory work towards building an Asean Community by 2015 will preoccupy Asean leaders at their summit this weekend. But they should overcome their coyness about “interference” and take a stand on the Thai-Cambodian habit of settling border disputes with violence. L EDITORIAL PAGE
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      • COLUMNS
        • 54 2 The death of Osama bin Laden does not end the terrorist threat from Al-Qaeda and its supporters, warns Richard A. Clarke. But Gwynne Dyer argues that Al-Qaeda has long been moribund and that Osama’s hopes of seeing Islamist regimes come to power died long before he did.
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        • 42 2 Plans by Laos to build a dam across the lower Mekong River to produce hydroelectricity are putting it at loggerheads with traditional ally Vietnam and nudging it closer to China and Thailand, says Bruce Gale. L REVIEW PAGE A36
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      • 58 2 OUR READER SAYS Former civil servant Lee Chee Koon, who has worked with Foreign Minister George Yeo before, says Mr Yeo has been key in extending Singapore’s economic influence and political space, and that it would be a loss to Singapore if he fails to be
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      • Article, Illustration
        20 2 www.straitstimes.com L Eleanor Wong says this General Election is an opportunity to stop thinking some things are unthinkable.
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    • 1128 2  -  PM Lee sets example as he presents new, humbler face of PAP BY CHUA MUI HOONG DEPUTY REVIEW EDITOR muihoong@sph.com.sg FIVE years ago, the People’s Action Party held a rally at Boat Quay. Hundreds milled around the river banks in the
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  • prime.osama's death
    • 1135 3 Agency tracked man detainees identified as close to Al-Qaeda leader NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: For a decade, terrorists in custody in secret prisons in Eastern Europe told American interrogators of a courier who had the trust of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. When the
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    • 670 4 Group gathered in White House Situation Room ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: From halfway around the world, US President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden’s compound in real-time, watching and listen- ing
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    • 412 4  -  BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER FOLLOWING the killing of AlQaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday, Singapore has tightened security at its borders and checkpoints, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday. Mr Wong, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security,
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  • GE 2011
    • 828 6  -  Ceiling for first-timers buying new flats could be raised to $10,000 BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg THE income ceiling for buying new HDB flats unchanged for the past 17 years for first-timers is set to be reviewed in the next
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    • 532 6 THIS is an extract from remarks Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made during a press conference on Monday: “The PAP represents a broad mass of Singaporeans. We have explained our help to the lower-income Singaporeans, but I think one group which perhaps
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    • 614 8/9  -  PM Lee to young voters PAP LUNCHTIME RALLY BOAT QUAY BY ELGIN TOH, JESSICA LIM elgintoh@sph.com.sg limjess@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday encouraged young voters to come forward and shape Singapore according to their dreams and ideals. But he
      ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE, JOYCE FANG; ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW  -  614 words
    • 734 8/9  -  BY ELGIN TOH SINGAPORE does not have a one-party system, as is evident by how open the electoral set-up is to contests from other parties, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. One party may be dominant, he noted, but there are six
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    • 469 8/9  -  BY TAN HUI YEE THE People’s Action Party’s (PAP) new face Heng Swee Keat (below), who was at the front lines battling to save Singapore’s economy in the global financial meltdown, gave Singaporeans a close look yesterday of the grave danger
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    • 723 8/9  -  BY FIONA CHAN WAGES in Singapore have not stagnated over the last 10 years, contrary to what some opposition politicians have been saying, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. He revealed that low-income workers have enjoyed a significant boost in their pay over
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    • 397 8/9  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE PAP newcomer Ong Ye Kung yesterday saluted bus drivers for their can-do spirit, commending what they and other low-wage workers have achieved through their hard work and the Government’s retraining programmes. He noted that
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    • 333 8/9  -  TEO CHENG WEE SINGAPOREANS are a proud people who do not want handouts if given a choice, said People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Sim Ann yesterday when she contrasted the opposition’s proposals on handouts to the PAP’s self-help programmes. Citing programmes such
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    • 376 8/9  -  BY LEONARD LIM THE ruling party’s moral authority to lead will take a hit if it does not address public frustration and angst, said Briga-dier-General (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday. The candidate in the People’s Action Party (PAP) team contesting in Marine
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    • BATTLEFIELDHOUGANG
      • 1435 10  -  Residents say they don’t know PAP’s Desmond Choo or WP’s Yaw well BY GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg THE men in white are at a temple dinner in Hougang Avenue 5, and People’s Action Party (PAP) Hougang candidate Desmond Choo is pressing flesh and
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      • 536 10  -  BY FIONA CHAN HOUSING Board resale flats in the Hougang single-seat ward have fetched lower prices than those in Aljunied GRC on average, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. He released figures aimed at refuting Workers’
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    • ALJUNIED GRC
      • 1466 11  -  George Yeo accuses WP chief of creating instability to further party ambitions BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg MR GEORGE Yeo yesterday threw down the gauntlet to his Workers’ Party (WP) rivals in Aljunied GRC, challenging them to take up the Non-Constituency MP
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      • 276 11 ALJUNIED GRC anchor minister George Yeo believes voters’ sentiment should improve following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s comments yesterday on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks that residents would “have five years to live and repent” if they chose the Workers’ Party. Mr
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      • 406 11  -  YASMINE YAHYA ALJUNIED GRC voters can produce a win-win outcome from the General Election if they vote for the People’s Action Party, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. That would retain the talent of Foreign Minister George Yeo in Government, while Workers’ Party chief Low
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    • PUNGGOL EAST SMC
      • 829 12  -  WP chief challenges party to report him if accounts not in order BY KOR KIAN BENG TEH JOO LIN kianbeng@sph.com.sg joolin@sph.com.sg WORKERS’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang last night defended himself against the PAP’s allegations of messy accounts in the
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      • 793 12  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN CHERYL ONG THE ruling party appears to have changed its tactics at this General Election, but voters should not forget that it governs Singapore based on fear and insecurity, the Workers’ Party’s (WP) East Coast GRC team
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    • 761 12  -  J OO C HI A T S M C NEE SOO N G R C BY CHONG ZI LIANG, RADHA BASU Additional reporting by Tham Yuen-C and Fiona Low STARTING with a blank slate is not a bad thing, said the Workers’
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    • CHUA CHU KANG GRC
      • 605 13  -  He said ‘sorry’ only because of pressure put on him, parties claim BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg OPPOSITION candidates yesterday seized on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s admission of PAP’s mistakes but made it plain his remarks held little sway with them. Five
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      • 263 13  -  JEREMY AU YONG FOR the second night in a row, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s controversial remarks on Malay integration were mentioned at a National Solidarity Party (NSP) rally. While NSP’s Marine Parade candidate Nicole Seah apologised to the Malay community on behalf
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      • 500 13  -  BY ANDREA ONG Additional reporting by Melissa Pang and Mavis Toh TWO Singapores are emerging in a nation formerly united by shared ideals, said National Solidarity Party (NSP) candidate Tony Tan Lay Thiam yesterday. One is an “exclusive Singapore” for the rich
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    • 681 13  -  BUKIT PANJANG SMC BY TESSA WONG, ESTHER TEO TRIPLE the current funding of the Health Ministry, and consider building healthcare facilities in Housing Board estate void decks to ease the strain on the healthcare system. These were some of the
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    • SEMBAWANG GRC
      • 930 14  -  Minister cites problems and trade-offs in the suggestions offered BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he is open to suggestions to improve health care, but is duty-bound to point out the pitfalls in the “strange
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      • 499 14 “I remember about a year ago when I came to Marsiling for the first time for the Meet-the-People Session. Outside, there were 100 cases. I thought to myself: ‘Wow, this is not going to be easy.’ We worked through the night and by
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    • 124 14 SINGAPOREANS can log on to Facebook tonight for an online chat with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. It will take place on the People’s Action Party’s Facebook page between 8pm and 9pm. In a minute-long video uploaded to the page yesterday evening, Mr Lee
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    • 200 14 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday accepted an apology from Reform Party (RP) chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam for misquoting what Mr Lee had said in a condolence letter in 2008. Mr Jeyaretnam told a rally last Saturday that in the letter sent following the
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    • 241 14  -  WHAMPOA SMC KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN AFTER going around single-seat Whampoa and meeting its residents, National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) Mr Ken Sun is convinced he stands a “good chance” of doing better this time than in the 1988 polls. That was the last time
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    • BATTLEFIELD MOUNTBATTEN
      • 1476 15  -  For voters in private estates, national issues could be deciding factor BY LYNN LEE, MELISSA SIM lynnlee@sph.com.sg simlinoi@sph.com.sg IT COULD be a scene out of Romeo and Juliet. Except that the unlikely Juliet is pri-vate-estate resident and Mountbatten voter Paul Lee, 64, who is leaning out
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      • 343 15  -  MELISSA SIM THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) candidate for the single seat of Mountbatten wants to revive the “Katong spirit” and aims to get there by focusing more on “heartware” than on infrastructure. Mrs Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, a 47-year-old lawyer born and bred in
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    • 844 16  -  Case of stone statues an example of engagement with residents, it says BISHAN-TOA PAYOH GRC BY KARAMJIT KAUR karam@sph.com.sg DO ANYTHING you want, but leave the ducks alone. That was the one request some Toa Payoh residents had when their estate was earmarked
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    • 613 16  -  MARINE PARADE GRC BY JERMYN CHOW NETIZENS and young people may have a negative impression of the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) youngest candidate Tin Pei Ling, but she will win them over in time, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. “Just
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    • 656 16  -  HOLLAND-BUKIT TIMAH GRC BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM TWO People’s Action Party (PAP) candidates for Holland Bukit-Timah GRC have taken the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to task for its manifesto, arguing that it was dangerous to Singapore’s future. Mr Christopher de Souza described the
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    • 877 17  -  They are excited to have a say in their new home’s future and take their vote seriously BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg AT THE age of 47, Mr Saw Han Win Aung is finally getting the chance to vote. The businessman was born in Myanmar, a
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    • 224 17 L People’s Action Party in Mountbatten SMC Open field opposite Mountbatten Community Centre, 35 Jalan Satu (7pm to 10pm) L People’s Action Party in Punggol East SMC Open field bounded by Sengkang East Avenue and Sengkang East Drive (7pm to 10pm) L People’s Action Party in Nee Soon
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    • 403 18  -  But Lui Tuck Yew won’t press charges despite nasty incident TEO CHENG WEE CABINET minister Lui Tuck Yew and his team of activists were verbally abused by a man in his 50s when they tried to call on residents living in private
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    • 376 18 THE People’s Action Party (PAP) team in Aljunied GRC has made two police reports of vandalism involving its campaign paraphernalia. To date, 29 of its posters have been vandalised with blue spray paint. Another 30 have gone missing. Meanwhile, three banners have been
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  • prime.news
    • 552 19  -  Call to punish serial and child rapists more severely raises eyebrows BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: A significant number of Indian women are routinely exposed to various indignities, but none so severe as rape, which officials say is the fastest-growing crime in
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    • 52 19 A rider, in samurai warrior dress, demonstrating his archery skill by shattering a wooden target with an arrow from a horse at full gallop. The demonstration kicked of the Aoi Matsuri festival at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on Tuesday. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO:
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    • 763 20  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN vijayan@sph.com.sg A FORMER cohabiting couple are now split over the ownership of a condo unit bought with the man’s cash but registered in the woman’s name after ties soured. Mr Ho Chee Chye wants the High Court to order the 27th-floor flat
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    • 787 21 Afghanistan the worst, with one in 11 women dying in childbirth ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: The best place in the world to be a mother is Norway, where maternal and child mortality rates are low, women’s life expectancy and years in school are high,
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  • WORLD.
    • OSAMA’S DEATH:THE FALLOUT
      • 818 22  -  Govt denies role in US raid on Osama residence BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg PAKISTAN is bracing itself for the fallout from having iconic terrorist Osama bin Laden killed by United States forces while he lived a comfortable life close
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      • 617 22  -  CHUA CHIN HON WASHINGTON: The Muslim American community welcomed the news of the fatal strike against terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, expressing hope that the emotional wounds from the Sept 11 attacks 10 years ago will begin to heal. “We hope this
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    • 95 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L US has killed Osama bin Laden: Obama L US tests bin Laden’s DNA, used facial ID: Official L Who was Osama bin Laden? MOST COMMENTED ON L Alarming exodus of the rich in China Says gemini58: “Our
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    • world.osama's death
      • THE FALLOUT
        • 697 23 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST KABUL: In Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden was based for many years and where his Al-Qaeda group helped to train and pay insurgents, there was relief but also uncertainty over how his death would play out
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        • 692 23  -  BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia, the South-east Asian nation worst-hit by Al-Qaeda-inspired violence, went on full alert yesterday, with police officers across the country mounting more stringent checks of people and vehicles in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden. The
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        • 414 23 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST BEIRUT: Osama bin Laden, the man who once vowed to liberate the Arab world, was reduced to a footnote after his death in the revolutions and uprisings remaking a region that he and his followers had struggled to understand.
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        • 337 23 KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Islam SeMalaysia spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat said Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s death would not make the world safer, as the United States is still terrorising Muslim states. “Those who say the world is safer with Osama’s death
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      • 815 24 More than one DNA sample used; Osama also visually recognised THE PROOF NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The United States used multiple means, including DNA testing, to confirm the identity of Osama bin Laden during and after the firefight in which he was
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      • THE THEORIES
        • 589 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: By killing instead of capturing Osama bin Laden, the United States has avoided a courtroom spectacle that could have given the Al-Qaeda chief a propaganda boost and created a political headache for President Barack Obama, analysts said. Though Osama was officially
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        • 810 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABBOTTABAD (Pakistan): Knowing there would be disbelievers, the United States said it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden’s identity during and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist
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      • 965 25  -  Osama hit squad drawn from elite Navy unit BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: They have been dubbed the “quiet professionals” and the “silent warriors”. Officially their unit does not even exist. They are the men of the so-called “Team Six” of
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      • SNIPPETS
        • 159 25 REUTERS ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani intelligence official said one of Osama bin Laden’s daughters had seen her father being shot dead by United States forces, and was one of about 10 relatives of the Al-Qaeda leader in custody, pending interrogation. The official, who declined to be identified,
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        • 114 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAPLES: Traditional artisans in southern Italy have put a clay statuette showing United States President Barack Obama holding Osama bin Laden’s head on sale in an unusual reaction to the Al-Qaeda chief’s killing. The statuette was fashioned by artisans who usually make religious figures and
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        • 187 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS EPHRATA (Washington): Middle school teacher Gary Weddle vowed after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks that he would not shave his beard until Osama bin Laden was caught, and he kept his word until Sunday evening. “I spent my first five minutes crying and
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      • 599 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: A soldier in Afghanistan learnt about the death of Osama bin Laden on Facebook. A blues musician received an e-mail alert from The New York Times. And a woman got the news on her smartphone while
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      • 420 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABBOTTABAD (Pakistan): An IT consultant who hoped for a quiet life in a resort town became an Internet sensation when he was the first to report the attack on the world’s most wanted man. Mr Sohaib Athar, 33, was just another
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    • world.regional
      • 657 26 Hackers steal data of 25 million users of its online PC games network REUTERS TOKYO/NEW YORK: Sony’s Internet security crisis has deepened, with the company revealing that hackers had stolen data of another 25 million users of its PC games system in a second
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      • 417 26 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Google’ s Seoul office was raided yesterday on suspicion that the Internet search firm’s mobile advertising unit, AdMob, had illegally collected location data, South Korean police said. This is the latest setback to the American tech giant’s South
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      • 388 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korea was to blame for a cyberattack that paralysed operations at one of South Korea’s largest banks last month, prosecutors said yesterday. The North brought down the computer system of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, or Nonghyup, by hacking
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      • 748 27 Nation needs US-made robots to grapple with nuclear crisis, despite its progress in robotics AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan may be at the forefront of robotics and its children raised on cartoons of robot heroes and villains, but the country has
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      • 75 27 Sand and dust blanketed the Pudong district in Shanghai yesterday, as the city was hit by sandstorms sweeping across northern China. Massive sandstorms on the first two days of the month had raised air pollution levels in the Yangtze River Delta and its surrounding areas, reported
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      • 443 27 HONG KONG: China’s top intelligence and security official has proposed a centralised population database that is based on the identity card information of every adult citizen. If the plan materialises, it would be the world’s biggest identity database, reported Hong Kong’s South China
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      • 220 27 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK FOSHAN: Officials and weather forecasters in southern China have come under fire after it was revealed that they sent hailstorm warnings only to officials and those who subscribed to weather forecast SMSes. At least 15 people were killed and many
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      • 575 28 Plane needed to meet strategic defence needs: State-owned broadcaster BEIJING: China may have test-flown its first warplane with vertical short take-off and landing capabilities earlier last month, state-owned broadcaster CCTV reported, citing Washington-based magazine Defense News. The CCTV broadcast, which was aired on
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      • 785 29  -  Rights group also slams leaders of protests last year BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday released a report highly critical of the Thai government and military’s conduct in last summer’s violent clashes in Bangkok, which
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      • 63 29 Greenpeace members and Citarum community activists unfurling a giant banner at the Citarum River yesterday, to symbolise their demand to know what is poisoning their waterway. The event took place during the launch of the Greenpeace Toxic Free Water project. Greenpeace says the Citarum,
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      • 249 29 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 83, who has been in hospital since September 2009, has undergone an operation to remove cerebrospinal fluid, the Royal Household said in a rare statement on his health on Monday. It was understood that the lumbar puncture
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      • 591 30 It wants Thai troops to pull out, military activity around temple to stop REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE: Cambodia has asked the United Nations’ highest court to order Thailand to withdraw troops and halt military activity around a temple at the
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      • 594 31 When taken from thighs it returns elsewhere: Study NEW YORK TIMES COLORADO: The woman’s hips bulged in unsightly saddlebags. Then she had liposuction and, hey presto, those saddlebags disappeared. Photo after photo on plastic surgery websites make liposuction look easy, its results transformative. It has
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      • 545 32 Supply lines often do not reach isolated rebel areas that are under siege REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI: People living in isolated rebel towns on Libya’s western mountains are on the brink of starvation as Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s troops continue to bombard them,
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      • 407 32 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BIRDS POINT (Missouri): Flames shot up and a loud boom was heard as the United States government blew a hole in a Mississippi River flood levee in a desperate attempt to protect an Illinois town from rising
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      • 556 33 Just targeting breeding areas may result in higher resistance in mosquitoes over time AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: The wrong approach to wiping out mosquitoes that cause dengue infections could lead to worse epidemics in the future, according to a study released yesterday. Targeting
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      • 80 33 A cast of the palate of the “Nutcracker Man” (left), or Paranthropus boisei, shows its large teeth compared with those of a human (right). A new study has shown that Nutcracker Man, an early human relative who lived in East Africa between 2.3 million
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      • 404 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIENNA: Europe’s troubled newspaper industry is keeping a close eye on experiments by English-language newspaper sites to charge for online content, but is reluctant to install “paywalls” for fear of losing readers. The New York Times (NYT), The Times of London and
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      • 141 34 Gaping holes are seen on the roof of a mall in suburban Auckland, New Zealand, after a freak tornado ripped through part of the country’s largest city yesterday. The tornado killed at least one person and injured 20, said a hospital official. The twister tore through
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      • 189 34 SLICEOFLIFE REUTERS SEOUL: Former South Korean president Roh Tae Woo was admitted to hospital with a bad cough, and ended up on the operating table to remove an acupuncture needle from his right lung. Local media reports said Mr Roh, 78, was discharged from Seoul National University
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        • 110 34 REUTERS OTTAWA: Canada’s Conservatives stormed to a decisive victory in the federal election, winning 54 per cent of the seats in Parliament and securing a stable four-year term after vowing to focus on the economy. The party grabbed 167 seats, well above the 155 it needed to
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        • 131 34 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE PARIS: Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) added Bahrain’s King Hamad Isa Al Khalifa to its latest blacklist of “predators” against press freedom in a report released yesterday. He entered a list of 38 state “predators” that “sow terror among journalists”, which included
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        • 77 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: French investigators yesterday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from an Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean almost two years ago, killing all 228 people. The machine was located on Monday and raised from the ocean depths yesterday, according to BEA, the
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        • 100 34 REUTERS LOS ANGELES: A mummified body believed to be that of an early Playboy Playmate has been found in a dilapidated Beverly Hills home after evidently being undiscovered for up to a year, the authorities said. The house was owned by Ms Yvette Vickers, a B-movie actress
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        • 74 34 XINHUA TAIYUANP: More than 200 people have been stricken by food poisoning in a restaurant in north China’s Shanxi province, the health authorities said. They suffered nausea, diarrhoea and other symptoms after they had lunch at the Ruizhou Grand Restaurant in Datong City. Four were
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        • 79 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Cabinet has approved the country’s first pornography law after public scandals over a string of celebrity sex tapes, an official said yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government said it would introduce a draft law in Parliament to make production and distribution
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    • 443 35 ASEAN leaders will have loads of ongoing business to get through at their summit this weekend in Jakarta. One big item is drawing outside investment into the “connectivity” plan so named as it is meant to link up the region logistically so as to remove
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      • 772 35  -  BY RICHARD A. CLARKE The writer, the counter-terrorism coordinator at the US National Security Council from 1993 to 2001, is the author of Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War On Terror. NEW YORK TIMES THE United States needed to eliminate Osama bin Laden to fulfil its
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      • 863 35  -  BY GWYNNE DYER The writer is a London-based independent journalist. DING, dong, the witch is dead. Osama bin Laden, the author of the 9/11 atrocity in the United States and various lesser terrorist outrages elsewhere, has been killed by US troops in his hideout in northern
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      • 1402 36  -  THINK-TANK BY HO KWON PING The writer is chairman of the board of trustees of Singapore Management University. Think-Tank is a weekly column rotated among eight leading figures from Singapore’s tertiary and research institutions. ANEW generation will decide Singapore’s future in a few days. One
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      • 863 36  -  BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg PLANS for the first of a series of dams across the lower Mekong River are putting Laos on a collision course with neighbouring Vietnam and Cambodia, in a way that could trigger important geopolitical realignments in
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      • 169 37 “Five of us in the family received a total of $3,000. A hefty sum. Thank you, PAP.” MR PALANI NATHAN: “I am 65 years old and have supported the People’s Action Party since I joined the then Harbour Board in 1964. I rose up the ranks to
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      • 136 37 “The freedom to choose who we deem competent to lead us.” MR STANLEY ONG: “To say that voting for the People’s Action Party is to serve our self-interest (‘Self-interest or true democracy? It’s up to voters’; Monday) demeans the wisdom of the people who have responsibly voted
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      • 70 37 “It is paramount to give voters informed choices.” MADAM YEAP KIN HAN: “It is hard to buy into the notion of voting candidates into Parliament and to be told of their plans subsequently. Can I trust such a candidate? On the other hand, I appreciate receiving information
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      • 90 37 LETTERS should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 119 37  -  Bennie Cheok THE killing of fugitive Osama bin Laden by the American military and Central Intelligence Agency operatives has closed a chapter in the hunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist (“Osama killed”; yesterday). The death of the Al-Qaeda leader
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      • 410 37  -  LOSING KEY MINISTER Lee Chee Koon HAVING alternative voices in Parliament is good because they offer greater diversity of views, better checks and balances, and encourage more competition. Be that as it may, I am not sure if Singaporeans are aware of
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      • 233 37  -  Kelvin Pereira WHILE I applaud the opposition candidates, some of whom deserve to be MPs, my greater concern is whether their parties can stay united. It was not too long ago that the founder and leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Chiam See
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      • 279 37  -  Ng Weng Jun I DISAGREE that the onus is on voters of Aljunied GRC to make political changes in this General Election. Just as one practises caution in business, one must also exercise political prudence. The Workers’ Party tends to be emotional. It
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      • 275 37  -  Jonathan Toh WHILE I agree with Dr Lee Hock Seng (“Self-interest or true democracy? It’s up to voters”; Monday) that a true democracy is one where elections are conducted freely and fairly, I disagree that voters for the People’s Action Party cast their ballots
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      • 273 37  -  Gerald Ang MY JOB has taken me to 20 countries and more than 40 cities, but each time my plane lands at Changi Airport, it is a good feeling because Singapore is the only country I call home. I will vote for the first
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      • 141 37 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR KONG YUEN HO: Still not convinced by the opposition 2 MR JEFFREY CHEW: Voters want substance 3 MR ANANDA PERERA: Three questions voters should ask... 4 MS FELICIA NG: Three replies for the opposition 5 MR DESMOND NG: Rating scheme for PAP’s
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      • 308 37  -  J. Bhaskaran (Madam) ONE group that needs more help is the mentally challenged. For instance, this group does not receive Medisave for treatments, apart from one-time government payouts. The mentally challenged cannot buy medical insurance either. One must remember that the
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    • 749 1  -  Furore over ads that highlight ‘ills’ of parallel imports BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg AN ADVERTISING campaign by Mer-cedes-Benz authorised agent Cycle Carriage warning consumers of the risks of buying from parallel importers has driven the competition to hit back. The Automotive Importers
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    • 105 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Time for PAP to go on offensive, says SM Goh MOST COMMENTED ON L The tissue issue that won’t go away. Says coolbeagle: “Fairness is not necessarily the ultimate yardstick for determining who should get a seat
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    • 440 2  -  It’s top in Asia, No. 18 in world, in global ranking exercise BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has received a booster shot, being named the 18th-best university in the world and the top in Asia for medicine. It also
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    • 518 3  -  Prima Group’s donation to four varsities comes on its 50th anniversary BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg THE recipe for flour miller and food company Prima Group’s 50th anniversary celebrations includes a $5 million donation to four universities. The beneficiaries are the National University
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    • 609 4  -  It has not been flagged by US govt despite calls to put it on blacklist BY CHUA HIAN HOU TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT chuahh@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/hianhou SINGAPORE has not been flagged by the US government for not protecting intellectual property (IP) rights, despite increasingly aggressive lobbying
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    • 706 4  -  BY IRENE THAM WITH options at the user’s fingertips wherever he or she goes, the mobile phone looks set to elbow out the personal computer as the preferred medium for online shopping. Twice as many people here, aged 15 to 64,
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    • 451 5  -  Senior technical officer ‘helped give business to contractor in return’ BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A SENIOR technical officer with the National Environment Agency (NEA) is on trial for allegedly accepting a total of $128,980 from a contractor to give him business. Oh Hian
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      • 194 5 A LORRY driver booked for alleged careless driving along an expressway tried to get himself off the hook by offering a bribe to a traffic cop. Toh Guan Keng alias Toh Ting Keng, 65, had pleaded with Corporal Roslan Abdul Rasip not to issue
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      • 126 5 TO AVOID paying a $100 levy, an engineer used his wife’s identity card to enter the Resorts World Sentosa casino. But Lim Chung Siong’s suspicious behaviour gave him away on March 4. A security officer inside the casino decided to check on the
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    • 347 5  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THE mystery of how a Bangladeshi worker died remains, eight months after he was found lying face down on a slip road leading to the Ayer Rajah Expressway. A coroner’s inquiry heard yesterday that investigations were unable to establish how
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    • 421 5  -  DRUG ABUSE CASE KHUSHWANT SINGH THE High Court yesterday ruled that the urine-testing procedures of the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) are according to the law, when it sentenced a part-time mover to 11/2 years in jail for abusing Ice. Justice Chan Seng
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    • 476 6  -  Project to recycle 15m into materials for artificial limbs BY LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg THINK twice before you toss out that drink can that ring tab on it could go to giving a disabled person artificial limbs. The Singapore Buddhist Federation and Kong
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    • 680 7 Team selection vital as United continue drive for the Double REUTERS LONDON: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson faces a delicate balancing act. He has to to pick a side strong enough to eliminate Schalke today and reach the Champions League final, while resting the players he
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      • 63 8 REUTERS NEW YORK: The Sacramento Kings will stay in the California capital for at least one more season after dropping plans to relocate to Anaheim, the National Basketball Association team confirmed on Monday. The owners, the Maloof family, had been thinking of a move to
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      • 45 8 REUTERS LONDON: Norwich City will return to the Premier League next season for the first time since 2005 after beating Portsmouth 1-0 on Monday. The Canaries made sure of promotion by finishing as runners-up to Championship winners Queens Park Rangers.
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      • 61 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHEFFIELD: Scotland’s John Higgins, 35, won snooker’s World Championship for the fourth time on Monday by beating England’s new star Judd Trump 18-15 in the best-of-35 final. This time last year, he was provisionally suspended over match-fixing allegations, of which he was
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      • 46 8 REUTERS LONDON: The FIA, motor sport’s governing body, has given Bahrain an extension till June 3 to decide whether the country’s Formula One race can be rescheduled this year. The March 13 Grand Prix was postponed after violent anti-government protests.
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      • 46 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Bolton’s Spanish defender Marcos Alonso, 20, has been charged with reckless homicide, a court said yesterday. He crashed his car in a drink-driving accident in Madrid on Monday, killing a woman passenger and injuring three other passengers.
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    • 445 8 REUTERS LONDON: Once bitten, twice shy. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has taken this to heart ahead of today’s Champions League semi-final against Germany’s Schalke at Old Trafford. It was 14 months ago when United were knocked out of the Champions League by
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    • 485 8  -  But AFC Cup match marred by death of Victory official earlier Tampines Rovers 4 Victory SC 0 BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers never shifted out of first gear, and they did not need to in booking a place in the last 16 of the AFC
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    • 485 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Wojciech Szczesny confirmed the fears of many Arsenal fans and the suspicions of sceptics by attributing Sunday’s 1-0 home win over leaders Manchester United to the absence of pressure. The Poland goalkeeper said that his teammates felt liberated by falling out
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    • 280 8 THE TIMES, LONDON MADRID: There was a fresh exchange of insults between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two bitter Spanish rivals, ahead of last night’s second leg of their Champions League semi-final. This time, the accusations took a racial turn. Real accused Sergio Busquets, the
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      • 591 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Even after the Los Angeles Lakers blew a 16-point lead in the second half, Kobe Bryant had two chances in the final seconds to erase the Dallas Mavericks’ big comeback with yet another game-winning shot. Instead
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      • 511 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: After staring down Superman and his Orlando Magic, the Atlanta Hawks did not blink against the Chicago Bulls, either. Joe Johnson scored 34 points and Atlanta beat top seeds Chicago 103-95 on Monday in Game One
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    • 690 9  -  IF there is one jockey who has accrued a cult following since his debut, it has to be Jose Verenzuela. HORSE RACING I Written by i Michael Lee A virtual unknown to many other than having also won "that Rocket Man race in
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    • 218 9  -  SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS Shirlyn Teo Shirlyn Teo, 16, Secondary 4 RGS Artistic Gymnastics Captain RAFFLES Girls’ School (RGS) emerged the B division girls’ champion at the Schools National Gymnastics Championships retaining the Challenge Trophy for the third year running. The competition was
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    • 208 10 Today Cricket IPL: Chennai v Rajasthan (6.30pm), Pune v Mumbai (10.30pm) Live, StarHub Ch231. Football S-League: Home v Balestier (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm). AFC Champions League: Tianjin Teda v Jeju United (Live, mio TV Ch115, 7.25pm). Champions League s-final, 2nd leg: Manchester United v Schalke (Live, mio TV
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    • 394 10 Badminton Malaysia Open In Alor Setar, qualifying rds (only Singaporeans) Women’s doubles: Fu Mingtian/Gu Juan bt Chin Kah Mun/Yap Cheng Wen (Mas) 21-9 21-14, Fu/Gu bt Erica Khoo/Vern See (Mas) 21-8 21-14. Mixed doubles: Soong Fie Cho/Mohd Shahrizam (Mas) bt Terry Yeo/Thng Ting Ting 21-17 22-20. Cricket IPL Delhi
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    • 49 10 ANDY RODDICK, the American former world No. 1 tennis player, after a shock 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 3-6 defeat by Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla in the first round of the Madrid Open
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    • 579 10  -  Taiwan stint and visit to old folks’ home over, paddlers aim for medal BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg THE adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is often the mantra of athletes who are reluctant to change a winning formula. Singapore’s national paddlers are no different
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    • 335 10  -  LIN XINYI NATIONAL table tennis player Li Jiawei yesterday shrugged off a funding snub, and declared her determination to compete in her fourth consecutive Olympics with or without any extra help. “I’m not on the Olympic Pathway Programme (OPP)? It doesn’t
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    • 362 10  -  BY MAY CHEN THEY may have lost both Test matches, but Singapore’s netballers still had small victories to enjoy after returning from a 10-day tour yesterday morning. A team of 12 players were in Botswana and South Africa last week for a series of
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    • 366 10  -  MAY CHEN SINGAPORE’S top netball shooter Tan Hui Yan is in a race against time to get fit for July’s World Netball Championship, which the Republic will host. Tan, arguably the national team’s best and most experienced shooter with 55 caps, is out with a knee
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    • 268 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The Formula One designer at the heart of the 2007 spy scandal will return to the sport next month to head an overhaul of the Williams team’s technical department. Williams announced yesterday that Mike Coughlan will join as chief engineer
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    • 731 11 Pacquiao’s technique and style evolved from watching the late star ASSOCIATED PRESS HOLLYWOOD (California): The boxing genius of Manny Pacquiao includes feet that belong in Riverdance, calves the size of grapefruits and deceptive power generated from his core. He creates angles unlike any other fighter, past
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    • 184 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Hashan Tillakaratne has vowed to name and shame match-fix-ers despite claiming to have received death threats. Tillakaratne, an opposition politician and a veteran of 83 Tests, told a television programme earlier this month that match-fixing has been common
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  • MONEY.
    • 616 24  -  After a string of scandals involving S-chips, some China firms listed here want an association to represent their interests BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg CHINESE companies listed here are preparing to fight back amid a string of scandals which have sent share valuations diving and sullied
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    • 106 24 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Aussie dollar surges past 110 US cents L US$ rises on reports Osama is dead MOST COMMENTED ON L Getting the most out of office space Says straitstimesjd1004: “How far mobile technology would change the world of
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      • 529 13  -  Higher greenback hits rig players like Keppel and Sembcorp Marine BULLS AND BEARS BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE local stock market failed to get much of a lift from news of Osama bin Laden’s demise, as traders returned to the
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 109 13 PACIFIC Andes Resources Development has submitted an application to the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the central bank to issue Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs). The mainboard-listed firm said yesterday that the proposed TDR listing on the stock exchange is an important step in allowing it to
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        • 111 13 WING Tai Holdings’ net profit for the third quarter jumped 157 per cent to $59.5 million. Revenue was 39 per cent higher at $205.2 million for the three months ended March 31, compared with the same period last year. Earnings per share for the
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        • 136 13 GLOBAL Testing recorded a US$598,000 (S$734,000) loss in the third quarter, reversing a US$1.8 million gain in the same period a year earlier. This was mainly due to a 16.1 per cent year-on-year fall in thirdquarter revenue to US$11.4 million. It attributed the drop to
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 132 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.12 billion shares worth $1.37 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 114 Losers: 391 Unchanged: 738 STRAITS TIMES INDEX 3,500 May 3, 2011 3,153.57 -26.29 3,200 2,900 2,600 52-WEEK HIGH: LOW: 3,313.61 (Nov 9 ’10) 2,650.61 (May 25 ’10) 2,300 May ’10 July Sept Nov Jan ’11 March
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        • 199 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Monday’s close: 10,004.20 (-154.46) Tokyo financial markets are closed for the Golden Week holiday. They will reopen on Friday. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,531.47 (-3.48) Malaysian shares lost 0.2 per cent amid cautious trading in regional markets. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 23,633.25 (-87.56)
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        • SINGAPORE STOCKS
          • 448 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 3, 2011 Top Rises May 03 CENTS DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 2508.0 9.2 GLD 10US$ ***** 190.2 1.0 JMH 4908 132.5 2.3 JSH 2940 122.7 3.5 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3929 78.5 1.7
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          • 331 13 Top Rises May 03 CENTS StraitsAMBLeCW*****2 47 9.5 25.3 StraitsABNPeCW*****2 22 5.0 29.4 CapitalaMBLePW*****1 26.5 3.0 12.8 SGX RB ePW*****9 9 3.0 50.0 SembMar RB ePW*****8 12 3.0 33.3 SIMSCI375MBePW*****1 28 2.0 7.7 STI 3100 DBePW*****1 23.5 2.0 9.3 SGX MBL ePW*****5 35 1.5 4.5 GentingSMBLePW*****2 13.5
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          • 177 13 By Volume CENTS Vol Genting SR 212 -5.0 -2.3 81,351,000 Golden Agri 66 -0.5 -0.8 69,162,000 Dyna-Mac 59 -4.0 -6.3 47,583,000 BerlianLaju 6 1.0 20.0 34,864,000 Yangzijiang 174 -7.0 -3.9 31,810,000 Noble Grp 215 -8.0 -3.6 27,140.000 Oceanus 26 -1.5 -5.5 24,021.000 HPH Trust US$ 91 -1.2
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          • 99 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY May 3 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.382 1.304 Can dollar 1.31 1.26 Euro 1.844 1.774 Sterling pound 2.074 1.995 NZ dollar 1.012 0.964 US dollar 1.241 1.194 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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          • 377 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 233 157 CapMallsAsia 174 xd -3 4192 178 173 1.1 16 6760 423 308 CapitaLand 332 cd -8 ***** 339 331 1.8 11.1 *****.7 216 171
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          • 627 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 186 88 5 ARA 172 cd -4 354 174 172 2.8 18.8 1201 4 125 99 Allgreen 116 cd -2 3337 118 116 4.3 8.2
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      • 612 14  -  Talking about corporate governance led to me being voted off, suggests Martin Huang PACIFIC HEALTHCARE BY LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg FORMER Pacific Healthcare executive director and well-known plastic surgeon Martin Huang, who was voted off the company’s board unceremoniously last Friday,
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      • 385 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA: The earthquake in Japan and turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East hit international air travel last month, wiping about 2 percentage points off demand, the top airline industry body said yesterday. According to the latest data
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    • 545 16 IntercontinentalExchange, Nasdaq OMX take $14b offer directly to shareholders NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The Nasdaq OMX Group and the Inter continentalExchange (ICE) are taking their US$11 billion (S$13.5 billion) takeover offer for NYSE Euronext directly to the company’s shareholders. The move is intended
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    • 461 18 Commodity giant set to raise up to $15b, world’s largest IPO this year: WSJ HONG KONG: Sovereign wealth funds from Singapore and the Middle East are in advanced talks to acquire shares in the Swiss-based commodity giant Glencore International’s dual listing on
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    • 245 18 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, China’s second-largest drugmaker, is raising US$550 million (S$675 million) from investors including Temasek Holdings and Pfizer to fund acquisitions in the world’s fastest growing major economy. The sale of shares to the investors, which also include Hong Kong-based
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    • 259 18 REUTERS MUMBAI: India’s central bank raised interest rates by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points yesterday and declared it would battle stubbornly high inflation even at the cost of some economic slowdown, casting doubt over the government’s ambitious growth targets. The rate rise was its
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    • 1001 19 Beijing realises the cut-rate yuan has led to rising local costs, possibly social discord NEWS ANALYSIS NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: For years, the chief source of tension between the world’s two biggest economies has been Washington’s concern that Beijing undervalues its currency to bolster trade. Now
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      • 876 20  -  Aussie business aims to open more shops, help Lenard’s chain expand BY MELISSA HO hmelissa@sph.com.sg ANY Australian girl growing up on a cattle station in the outback in Queensland knows the value of a good steak, so it was no wonder Mrs Joelle
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      • 116 20  -  MELISSA HO THE Butcher, a gourmet meat retailer, was set up in 2003 and it prides itself on its quality products and personal service. Founder Joelle Brittain, 33, modelled the store’s concept on butcheries in her native Australia. Its products include ready-to-cook meals like
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      • 428 21  -  Packaging firm invests in new technology and premises, with assistance from Spring S’pore BY MELISSA HO hmelissa@sph.com.sg HOME-GROWN packaging firm Jackway Convertor Industries has just unpacked its bags at a brandnew home after a $12 million investment. The cash injection, which included the purchase of state-of-the-art
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      • 264 21  -  BY JOANNE LEE A GROUP led by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is wrapping up a five-day visit to Oman aimed at exploring trade opportunities and improving ties between the two nations. This is the first business mission to the Middle East for
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    • 520 22  -  Industry consultancy firm sees growth of 10 to 15% this year BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg HOTEL room rates are expected to remain buoyant, thanks to the boost from the integrated resorts and the opening of the new International Cruise Terminal. Although more hotels
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    • 490 22 NEW YORK: French fashion legend Pierre Cardin has said he is ready to sell his group and will seek ¤1 billion (S$1.8 billion), the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday. “I want to sell it now,” Mr Cardin, 88, told the
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    • 401 22  -  BY CHERYL LIM THE price gap between uncompleted and completed private properties narrowed in the first quarter of this year, according to newly-released data. The figures from property consultancy SLP International’s first quarter residential market report show that
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    • 547 23  -  But rising costs mean they are less bullish about profits: Index BY GABRIEL CHEN FINANCE CORRESPONDENT gabrielc@sph.com.sg THE good times keep rolling in for Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which plan to expand their operations over the next two quarters amid expectations
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    • 328 23  -  BY HARSHA JETHNANI FORMER JP Morgan banker Toby O’Connor has been hired to helm the Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia), the syariahcompliant unit of DBS Bank. Mr O’Connor, 45, who took up the position yesterday, has extensive experience working in the Middle
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    • 67 1 Rail life story Train tracks inspire debut local film C3 The Lost Bladesman Directors find form after Infernal Affairs C6 Oscar-nominated Spanish actor Javier Bardem describes his latest film, Biutiful, as a ‘baritone’ work. But he refuses to be haunted by death despite playing dark characters. TAN SHZR EE reports
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    • 632 2  -  Aimed at raising awareness of whisky, the event has about 200 more spaces this year rebecca lynne tan rltan@sph.com.sg Last year’s sold-out whisky event Whisky Live is back with a bigger venue and new whiskies. To be held at One On The Bund at The Fullerton
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    • 443 2 International Herald Tribune New York Times New York Rihanna looked half-naked in a black lace Stella McCartney gown with a sheer panel on one side. Beyonce wore a form-fitting Pucci the shape of a pepper mill. Renee Zellweger’s gold lace dress by Carolina
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      • 720 3  -  Film-maker Liao Jiekai’s memories of hiking along railroad tracks inspired his debut film boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg WhenlocaldirectorLiao Jiekai wanted to make a film exploring the railroad tracks that fascinated him as a junior college student, he knew he had to do it quick. There
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      • 319 3  -  reviewdrama RED DRAGONFLIES (PG) 96 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Junior college students Rachel (Oon Yee Jeng), Tien (Yeo Shang Xuan) and Jun (Ong Kuan Loong) explore disused railway tracks and then an accident happens. Years later, Rachel (played by Ng Xuan Ming as an adult) and Tien
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      • 480 3 Agence France-Presse Reuters Los Angeles It is only a matter of time before Osama bin Laden’s killing by crack United States forces is made into a Hollywood film, and director Kathryn Bigelow (right) could be ahead of the game, reports said on Monday. Bigelow,
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      • 1190 4  -  Spanish actor Javier Bardem thinks he is too old to play heart-throbs tan shzr ee in london stlife@sph.com.sg He has played a mullet-head-ed, psychopathic contract killer who scrapes the blood of his victims off his shoes on porch steps (No Country For Old Men, 2007). He
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      • 477 4  -  reviewdrama BIUTIFUL (M18) 148 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Uxbal (Javier Bardem) is a man trying to make a living in modern-day Barcelona any way he can, even if it means dealing with those who exploit illegal immigrants from China and Africa. Meanwhile, his estranged wife
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      • 617 5  -  The spectacle and grandeur of the travelling circus is lost in the gritty tone of the movie reviewdrama WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) 120 minutes/ Opens tomorrow/ The story: Veterinary science undergraduate Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson) is about to graduate when his parents are killed
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      • 163 5  -  reviewaction UMIZARU 3: THE LAST MESSAGE 131 minutes/ Opens tomorrow/ Dave Chua The latest film in the Umizaru series centres around a group of Japanese rescue divers and their families. It is a melodramatic affair that almost drowns in sentimentality and saved only by strong performances by the
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      • 108 6 ‘She’s incredibly beautiful in the way that you think you could be if you got drunk enough and looked in the mirror just at the right angle’ Julie Bowen (left) on her Horrible Bosses co-star Jennifer Aniston ‘I’m beginning to wonder, do people really need to
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      • 615 6  -  The Lost Bladesman is an adaptation of Guan Yu’s tale in The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms reviewaction THE LOST BLADESMAN (PG) 107 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: This historical semi-epic is based on the story from The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms of Guan Yu crossing
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      • 333 6 Hong Kong Are Hong Kong leading ladies being squeezed out of the market? Apple Daily posed the question in a report yesterday, citing the casting of Chinese actresses opposite Hong Kong actors in recent major China-Hong Kong co-productions that dominate the market. The latest reboot
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      • 274 10 Bloomberg Washington NBC is continuing Donald Trump’s (right) TV series Celebrity Apprentice after the New York real estate developer said he intends to run for president. An ABC spokesman said “Nothing’s changed” when asked about the future of the show. Mr Trump, 64, said on
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      • 330 10 Reuters Paris French First Lady Carla Bruni has fanned rumours she is pregnant, clutching a shawl to her belly during a newspaper interview and fending off inquiries with the words “my lips are sealed to protect something...” Asked by Le Parisien, a daily, if the answer
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        • 72 10 Rick Springfield (right) was released from jail after being arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of drink driving. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department says the 1980s pop star was stopped after a deputy spotted him speeding in his 1963 Corvette on a highway. A test showed
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        • 57 10 American Idol host Ryan Seacrest is in talks with NBC to do a music-themed show that he says will not compete with the Fox juggernaut. Unlike Idol, the new project is not a traditional competition show nor is it clear that Seacrest would
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        • 69 10 American string quartet Kronos Quartet and rocker Patti Smith have won the 2011 Polar Music Prize. They each win 1 million kronor (S$204,000) in prize money. The award committee says the Kronos Quartet has revolutionised the potential of the string quartet genre, and Smith showed
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        • 50 10 A day after becoming parents to twins, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon renewed their vows at a hospital ceremony. Civil-rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton tweeted on Sunday that he conducted a brief ceremony at the hospital and blessed the twins a girl and a boy.
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      • 539 2  -  Grace Chng chngkeg@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/st.gracechng Few tech gadgets have grown as fast as the tablet, which according to GigaOm is set for a 54 per cent compound annual growth rate over the next five years. Some 145 million tablets are expected to be
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      • 198 2 On the breach in Sony PlayStation’s network two weeks ago: How can we remove our password or credit card information when we are still locked out of our PSN account? As for cancelling my cards, if I have many and do not know which ones I have
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      • 466 3  -  Google’s first Singaporean employee starts an endowment fund for two NTU students yearly DL EXCLUSIVE By Grace Chng AJolly Good Fellow (JGF) has decided to give out scholarships to two undergraduates who can suggest ways to “save the world”. He is Mr
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        • 75 3 Nokia has announced it will axe 4,000 jobs worldwide by the end of next year and move another 3,000 to Accenture to work on its Symbian phone platform. The announcements came after Nokia’s recent partnership with Microsoft on the Windows Phone 7 platform, which will
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        • 18 3 US$ 4.5 BILLION Revenue attributed to Microsoft’s Windows division in its 2011 fiscal third quarter ending March 31
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        • 130 3 Apple has responded to news about its 3G iPhone and iPad devices storing users’ location data by stating that it keeps only a database of Wi-Fi hot spots and cell tower locations, so that the phone can have quicker access to local information. However, the
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        • 14 3 Number of countries where the iPad 2 went on sale over the weekend
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        • 21 3 Number of PlayStation Network accounts, all of which could be at risk as the network was recently hacked into
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        • 189 3 Sony is facing lawsuits by its PlayStation Network users in the United States, after the online game network was hacked into. According to news reports, personal details like credit card information may have been lost to cyber-criminals. The suits claim Sony was negligent in
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      • 267 4  -  By Sherwin Loh The likes of Motorola, Samsung, Asus, Acer, Apple, Research In Motion and many more may have launched tablet devices, but the recent news that electronics giant Sony is entering the fray is being greeted with great enthusiasm by Digital Life
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        • 131 4 Korean electronics giant LG is launching a new line of 3-D TVs that works with the cheaper passive eyewear. Costing just $10 a pair, compared to the $150 active shutter 3-D ones, the passive glasses are lightweight and do not require batteries. Using
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        • 71 4  -  Compiled by Sherwin Loh SingTel’s mioTV subscribers can expect more stereoscopic content to come through their set-top boxes. The telco has recently started to offer 3-D movies and on Sunday, broadcasted its first 3-D English Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United. It
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      • 165 4  -  By Tan Chong Yaw When we are required to change passwords, the temptation to use simple passwords or recycle old ones is high. But doing so increases the risk of them being cracked. Here are a few tips on coming up with more secure passwords that are
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      • 502 6  -  DL EXCLUSIVE The hand-held device dedicated to PC games first turned heads when it was named one of the best gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January this year. Digital Life managed to snag an exclusive preview at Razer’s headquarters By Jasmine Osada
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        468 7  -  DL EXCLUSIVE Having found its footing with Android smartphones, Taiwanese hardware maker HTC is looking to create a presence in the tablet market with a device that has a mix of the old and the new By Sherwin Loh $1,068 HTC Sense As with its other Android phones,
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      • 3287 8 / 9  -  New machines sporting Sandy Bridge processors offer more power without you having to pay more Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph. com.sg This is the definitive word: The second generation has taken over. So if you are still using a laptop with the first generation Intel Core
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      • 476 12  -  By Oo Gin Lee 1. Know your Sandy Bridge chip Sandy Bridge processors come in three flavours: i3, i5 and i7. The way to tell the two generations apart is by looking at the model number. Sandy Bridge chips have
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      • 215 13 Price Processor (Intel core) Graphics RAM Hard disk Screen Battery rating USB ports Weight Acer 4750G $1,298 i7-2630QM 1 GB GeForce GT540M 4GB 640GB 14-inch 1,366 x 768 4,400 mAh 2 x 2.0, 1 x 3.0 2.2kg Asus N43SL $1,598 i7-2630QM 1 GB GeForce GT550M 6GB
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      • 46 14 Kitchen helper, music teacher, navigator and even a bank teller there seems to be nothing a smartphone can’t morph into these days. Our cartoonists take a look at how the smartphone has become indispensable in every part of our lives
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        813 16  -  By Oo Gin Lee By the end of the two-minute opening scene which saw dismembered bodies lying in pools of blood and vultures feeding off their remains, I had no doubt that Mortal Kombat was back with a capital “G” for gore. It is not just the violence
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      • 466 17  -  By Jasmine Osada Splinter Cell 3D is a remake of the best-selling Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which was released in 2005. But even though it has the latter’s same award-winning storyline and stages, this Nintendo 3DS version offers a very much watered-down experience. Playing the role of
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      • 416 18  -  By Melvin Seah Melvin Seah is a freelance writer Want to experience the thumping sensations of a dance club without leaving your house? Try the ATH-PRO700MK2, touted by Audio Technica to produce serious bass wrapped in a soundstage that “transports you to a clubbing environment”. With such
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      • 467 18  -  By Melvin Seah The Plantronics Voyager Pro+ is a giant among the sea of svelte headsets out there. This over-the-ear Bluetooth headset is almost as big as my palm, no thanks to a large battery pack and microphone boom. Its weight of 17g is also
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      • 383 20  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com.sg This Acer tablet is the second Android 3.0 device to land in Singapore, after the Motorola Xoom. Finished in polished grey aluminium, it comes with two bottom rear speakers and a docking port for Acer accessories. On the left is a
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        68 21 Price to be announced NOTEBOOK COMPUTER Any notebook user will be happy to be seen with this machine. The Asus U36 is in the featherweight class at just 1.44kg and 19mm thin. It sports an Intel Core i5 processor (2.53GHz) Nvidia GeForce graphics card, 500GB hard disk drive
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      • 84 21 $55 PERIPHERAL Make transferring large files from one device to another easier with this USB hub, which features four USB 3.0 ports. Data can be transferred at a rate of up to 5GBps. The USB 3.0 ports are backwards compatible as well and
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      • 133 21 From $1,299 NOTEBOOK COMPUTER Designed for people who love music, this entertainment notebook features the Beats Audio technology created by famed rapper Dr Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine. The result is audio playback that is tuned to deliver music just as the singer intended it to
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      • 81 21 $129.90 ACCESSORY This book-style case for the iPad 2 packs a unique feature the plastic holster on the inside of the case can be rotated 360 degrees, allowing the Apple tablet to be viewed in different orientations. The case’s cover can be flipped around
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      • 83 21 $32 ACCESSORY Equipped with a 2.4GHz wireless connectivity, this keyboard can work from as far as 10m away from its receiver without any signal loss. The receiver can also recognise a compatible mouse. The keyboard sports full-sized keys and a curved spacebar that allows for more
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      • 79 21  -  $758 MOBILE PHONE By Jasmine Osada Originally available only in plain old black, the Incredible S is now also dressed in fiery red. This Android-powered smartphone has a 4-inch screen and weighs a mere 135g. It packs an 8-megapixel rear camera that can capture videos
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    • APPS
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        167 22 / 23 Free, from the Apple App Store Panoramas are cool but they can be a pain to create. To do a good job, you have to move the camera carefully so that you are shooting from exactly the same spot and at the same height, just from a different angle.
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        71 22 / 23 US$0.99 (S$1.20), from the Apple App Store This is a silly but fun little app that you can use to put yourself on the cover of famous magazines like Vogue, Seventeen, Time, Esquire and GQ. There are 90 magazine covers to choose from. You can use a photo taken
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      • 60 22 / 23 Free, from Windows 7 Marketplace If Suzanne Vega’s Luka and David Bowie’s Let’s Dance sound familiar to you, then you will love the music on this Internet radio channel from Britain. Just install the app and the tunes will flow. Swipe to switch to other Absolute Radio
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        100 22 / 23 $1.59, from Windows 7 Marketplace Do not laugh at this app because it might end up having the last laugh. This app has about 300 quiz questions which any nine year-old can answer but there is a catch. The questions are designed to trick you and if
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        183 22 / 23  -  US$1.99, from the Apple App Store By www.imerlion.com Jimmy Yap By Jimmy Yap, who blogs about the iPhone at www.imerlion.com There is no shortage of Twitter clients in the App Store but Tweetbot by developer Tapbots is making waves. Even though you have to pay for it, Tweetbot is
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      • 54 22 / 23 Assassin’s Creed HD Altair Chronicles $7.99, from Windows 7 Marketplace This prequel to the hit console game of the same name offers gamepad-style action in splendid graphics. Using a virtual D-pad and virtual buttons, you control master assassin Altair in his quest to steal a magical chalice from the Templars
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      • 45 22 / 23  -  Free, from Windows 7 Marketplace By Oo Gin Lee If you have not completed Call Of Duty: Black Ops, this is a great step-by-step walk-through that makes sure you have got every nook and cranny covered in the hit console shooter game.
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      • GE 2011
        • 53 22 / 23 Free, from Android Market This no-frills app has a digital clock that counts down to the big day, basic information about the election process, a list of political parties and links to their websites. There is a section for the latest news updates, and one dedicated to
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          60 22 / 23 Free, from the Apple App Store This app by The Straits Times brings together election coverage from Singapore’s widest-read newspaper. It has news updates, blog posts and videos. There is also information on the locations of rallies and a table of the candidates running in the different wards.
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        • 44 22 / 23 Free, from the Apple App Store This iPhone app will keep interested observers up-to-date with the latest news on the elections. You can check breaking news as well as drill down to the commentaries and analyses about the different political parties.
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      • Article, Illustration
        199 22 / 23  -  Free, from Chrome Web store By Aaron Tan an infocomm professional Send large photos and documents to friends using this file-sharing app that is similar to YouSendIt and Dropbox. Large Document, which is also available as a Gmail gadget and Android mobile app, will take you through a
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      • 141 22 / 23 Free, from Android Market The Norton brand name, better known for its PC antivirus and utilities software, has come to the Android app market with Norton Mobile Utilities. Currently in beta, it lets you manage, stop and uninstall apps from a single interface. Advanced users will appreciate
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        94 22 / 23 Free, from Android Market This app shows what jobs are available in the Singapore Civil Service. Launched last month, Careers@Gov lists jobs in areas including accounting, education, engineering and IT. You can also search for specific jobs using job title keywords and limit the searches by entering your qualifications.
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      • 98 22 / 23  -  Free, from Android Market By Aaron Tan Block pesky phone calls with this handy app that automatically rejects calls from folks you just don’t wish to talk to. You can blacklist phone numbers and even set periods when you will take calls from only friends and family members. This
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    • TIPS & TRICKS
      • 1194 24 / 25  -  M K WONG shows you how to overcome the glitches and beat the browser blues M K WONG The writer, a freelance contributor with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, is currently an academic staff with Republic Polytechnic. According to the
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      • 167 24 / 25 If after upgrading to Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), you find that it is hampering the way you work and you are not able to find your way around, it may be time to go back to the previous version of the Microsoft browser. The only problem
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    • FORUM
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        698 26  -  Want to know what’s wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Answers by Chester Chen Answers by Chester Chen, a recognised Microsoft Valuable Professional specialising in Windows desktop experience. Can I upgrade my notebook OS? I have a Lenovo notebook that is about one-year-old, running on Windows
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      • 127 26  -  By Tan Chong Yaw HDMI mirroring HDMI mirroring lets you display the same image on your tablet or smartphone on a HDTV or projector screen using a HDMI connection. It supports high-definition video and audio over just one cable. Previously, video mirroring requires more than one cable and
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      • 936 27  -  This is the first of an eight-part series on social media “marketing”. By TANIA CHEW By TANIA CHEW Tania Chew is an accidental geek and social observer. She runs a communications consultancy, Word of Art, together with an ex-journalist partner-in-crime. It is
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    • DL digital life BUSINESS
      • 1277 32  -  With IPv4 addresses beginning to run out, Internet service providers here are starting to move to IPv6 to ensure there will be no lack of addresses in the future. HELLEN TAN reports reports HELLEN TAN tanykh@sph.com.sg Remember when Singapore ran
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      • 604 28  -  Compiled by Hellen Tan Microsoft 365 on StarHub broadband The beta version of the Microsoft 365 productivity suite is available for trial from StarHub, which is bundling the software with its broadband service. The suite comprises Microsoft Office, Sharepoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. This
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      • 466 29  -  Tech investor, who also started Kazaa, shares his experience. reports GRACE CHNG Mr Niklas Zennstrom realised that he had a lot to lose if he struck out on his own and failed. He was already 34 (old in digi-time). He had a good job with European
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      • 999 30  -  THE TECH INTERVIEW By Hellen Tan tanykh@sph. com. sg Tuesday mornings are sacrosanct for Professor David Srolovitz (right), the executive director of the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC). The 54-year-old American, who is a material scientist by training and who assumed this post
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      • 566 31  -  By Hellen Tan The current available crop of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses may be running out, but Singapore’s three major Internet service providers (ISPs) are ready for the eventuality. A check with M1, SingTel and StarHub showed that the three have already deployed “transition”
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    • 181 2 DL RERESHED Readers will find today’s Digital Life brighter and easier to navigate. This is because we have refreshed our content and design. The changes include bringing news and exclusive stories up front. We have also expanded our Apps section and added new columns and in-depth interviews. What do you
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    • 773 11 D.10 BRAND NEW Modern Bunglw. Just TOP. *****/ ***** sqft. 6+1. Tip top quality. Good pte. Immed $40K up *****025 SUNSET WAY CEO Bunglw. 7447 sqft. 6-bdrm Modern/ Beautiful Bunglw 7100 sqft. 5+2, inground pool. $25K/ $20K. 9386-0991 ONLY $1.20 PSF! 2nd Ave nice elevated s/storey 18,000sqft retreat! 4+1. Huge
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    • 595 11 ASTON RES BRAND new! Cluster house 4700 sqft. 6 bdrms. Jacuzzi/ pool/ gym. Quiet. $8k neg. Call Vivien 9668-9494 DTZ EAST COAST AVENUE 3-storey corner/Inter Terr. 5+1. 3541 sqft. Avail May/ June. 9639-7113 LLR BEDOK AVE BIG Bunglw, ***** sqft. 7 rooms. Quiet, renovated, air-con. $10K. Call *****932 D.16 SEAGULL
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    • 459 11 MERAPRIME 3-BDRM, QUALITY furnish, 3 mins to MRT, $5.6K neg. Available immed. *****118 MOUNT FABER LODGE penthse, 3700 sqft. 5+1. Avail Jun. Near MRT. $8500. Jo 9630 0808 DW VARSITY PARK 4 bdrm 1572 sqft. Pool view, bright/ windy. P/ furn NUS/amenities Immed *****343 ONE SHENTON DON’T miss! Stack 05
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    • 694 11 CITY SQ RESIDENCES, 3+1, 1200 sqft. Nice/ F/ furn. Pool view. Near amenities/ MRT. 9877-2131 7 Claymore Rd Prime District 9 *Only 5 mins walk to Orchard MRT/ shopping belt *2 3 bdrms, 800 1200 sqft *Partially/ Fully furnished *Pool, jacuzzi, gym, security *Available from March 2011 Call owner at
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    • 2090 12 D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ M TANGLIN/ HOLLAND El*i TANQLIN/ HOLLAND ET*! TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ETfrl TANQLIN/ HOLLAND Jgf PTE APTS FOR RENT f PTE APTS FOR RENT PTE APTS FOR RENT PTE APTS FOR RENT 'SOiV The Desired Address j; ir Cash Incentives 0.5 month to Agents*
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    • 270 12 THE TWINS Balmoral. 4+1+1 ensuite 2238 sqft. P/furn. Quiet Unblocked. Greenery. Exclusive with pte lift. Immed. 9686-0066 VIZ HOLLAND 2 storey penthse 3+1+ open terr. Unblocked view. St Thomas Suites 4bdrms. High flr. Just TOP. Pool city view. 1) ORCHARD RES. 1808sqft 3+1, #4x-06, city view, ask $16K 2)Regency Pk
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    • 289 12 ORANGE GROVE LUXURY Living! 4+1. Exclusive. 3488 sqft. Big patio. Ground floor. Pool view. P/furn. Immed. 9796-4384 ERA RIVERGATE 3+1 1388 sqft approx. High flr. Breezy. Huge balcony. Resort style facilities. Unblocked view. $8.xK. Sam *****737 MARBELLA, 3RMS, BALCONY, Corner. Bright Breezy, Unblock Faces Greens, Spacious, MRT, Aircon, schs, Tan
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    • 294 12 Living! paview. approx. balcony. Unblocked BALCONY, Unblock MRT, HOLLAND sqft devt. flr, furn avail *****332 Loft Pool Village sq.ft Near June. THE MERASAGA 1400 sqft, unblocked, 3+1+balcony, well kept. Holland Village/ Circleline, facilities. Avail June. LR 9003-9797 D.10 ROBIN APT. Easy access to Orchard, top schs, etc. 3+1 bdrm High
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    • 436 12 BALMORAL SPRING 1119 sqft, 3+1. High flr. P/furn. $4.8K. Owner *****027/ *****341 D.10 BEVERLY HILL. 3778 sqft. 4+1. Renovated. high flr. Best facing $15K. Immed *****468 RIDGEWOOD TOWNHSE 2½ storey 2800 sqft. 4+1. Renovated. Immed. $9K. Immed. *****468 D.10 THE BALMORAL townhse. 7600 sqft. 5+1. Face greenery/ pool. $18K neg.
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    • 893 12 SUI GENERIS. 4+1 balcony. Quiet. Convenient. 2131 sqft. P/furn. $12.5K. Juliet 9230-1725 CPM 8@ MT SOPHIA. Best facing quiet penthse. 2100 sqft. 3+1. Immed. $8.5K. Juliet 9230-1725 CPM DUCHESS MANOR. DUPLEX penthse. 3552 sqft. 4+1. Avail midMay. $8.2K. K.C. 9853-1001 CPM RIDGEWOOD CONDO 3-RM. 1400 sqft. High flr. White goods.
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    • 713 12 NEWTON EURO-ASIA 4+1+1. 1594 sqft. High flr. Facing MBS. Bright breezy. Mins walk to Newton MRT. neg. Wendy 9026-0020 ULTRA MANSION. SPACIOUS 3-rm 1604 sqft. High flr. Mins walk to mall/ Novena MRT. 1km SJI/ ACS Mid May. $3.8K neg. 9105-3308 **THE RAINTREE. GROUND flr 3+1+ patio. Approx 1450 sqft.
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    • 530 13 *NEW SVC SUITES Kembangan MRT. No cooking. New furniture/ aircon. 110 sqft. Incl utility bill. Very nice layout. Immed move in 8189-5132 AVAIL UNITS. 3 mths/ 2 yrs. 3+1 Balestier nearby areas. 6732-6768/ 9856-2577 NO COMMISSION ON tenant Balestier Kim Keat studio for rent $1450. *****117 *****615 ST MICHAEL’S PACDE
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    • 828 13 AMBER RES. 4+1. 2217 sqft. Beautiful unblock sea view. Very spacious layout. Mid flr/ Pte lift. Immed. 9182 2212/ *****007 $3.5K. CLEARWATER. 3+1. 1378 sqft. Beautiful cosy. Partial/ Unfurn. 2 years lease. Vacant. Immed. Tenants call 9825-8500. BREEZE BY THE East 1249 sqft 2+1 2045 sqft 3+1+ terr $6.5K The
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    • 685 13 SPACIOUS 3+1. BALLOTA Park. Cosy hse. Quiet facing. Full condo facilities. Shuttle to MRT. View 4-7 May by appt. *****297 AZALEA PARK 2-RM, f/furn aircon, new paint, move-in cond, available immediate. Cobroke welcome. Call *****175 SIMEI GREEN 3-RM, 1195 sqft. Well kept/ renovated. Immed. modena 3+1. 1410 sqft. High flr.
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    • 798 13 2+1 ASIA GARDEN/ Outram MRT. Short term avail. Newly renovated. High flr. aircon, windy, furn. 9021 8686/ 8307 8888 THE SAIL. BEAUTIFUL 3-Bdrm with sea view. 1313 sqft. MRT. Min 3 mths. $7.8K. 9386-2390. D.14 NEAR EUNOS MRT. Aircon rm in terr hse, $1.1K mthly. 1 expat professional. 9873 9384
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    • 784 13 S’GOON AVE 307/ AMK 618, 560/ Bt Panjang 180, 218/ Jurong W 268/ CCK 346, 117. 9008-1003 YISHUN BLK 205, Approve 2+1. Opp Northpoint/ MRT/ eateries/ shops. High flr, brand new furniture. Excellent cond. *****313 IMMED MOVE-IN. APPROVED. 3rm corner Blk 643 Hougang. P/furn. 3-4 mths rent 4A Corner. Blk
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    • 693 13 BT BATOK 3’NG’ 368, f/furn $1.9k p/furn $1.6K w/o aircon. MRT. Bt Panjang 172 4’A’ f/furn $2.3k expat/ professional. 8201-8787. BLK 918 JURONG West Exec Mais 4 bdrms. Beautiful. F/renovated. Aircon. NTU, amenities. 2 yrs. Max 8 pax $3K neg. *****457 IMMED. EXEC APT Blk 286 Toh Guan, Jurong E
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    • 518 13 HK FACTORY SPACE HK FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT |P FOR RENT Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Eunos Techpark 1 5 Storey Terrace factory at Kaki Bukit Place Unit size of 13,110 sq ft Suitable for warehouse showroom office use Easy access to PIE/KPE ECP Call *****422 www.fareast.com.sg CapfflLand Commercial
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    • 608 13 Business Space at Kaki Bukit μ Unit sizes from 1044 sq ft to 4,585 sq ft μ Suitable for warehouse showroom/ office use μ Near amenities μ Near Eunos Macpherson MRT station Call Landlord at 9478 8053 TUAS COVE 6243/ 7772/ ***** sqft, high volt, ceiling, 3.2ton Hoist, asking from
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    • 618 13 MIDVIEW CITY Sin Ming. 1432 sqft. Aircon, attached toilet. Parking/loading. William *****125 RICHFIELD INDUSTRIAL Eunos. 1518 sqft. Carpentry Workshop. $1.80 psf. William: 9435-7125 ONLY $1.30 PSF. 3000 sqft Sg Kadut. High ceiling. Suit all trades. Avail immed. 9857 6686 6500SQFT RARE CORNER Terr T.Payoh Ind. Pk. Renovated with mezzanine office,
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    • 1099 14 IP FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE |P FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE |P FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE |P FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE |P FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE i 1 Hi r WESTLINKONEL Strategically Located in Tuas Unit sizes from 2,594 sq ft Suitable for most general industries (B2) High ceiling height of
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    • 86 14 10 Raeburn Park (Off Cantonment Road) Office Space for Lease 350 sq ft 9,580 sq ft Lush Greenery and Extensive Landscaping 5 Minutes Away From CBD Area Ample Parking Space Individually Controlled Air-conditioning Immediate Occupation Call 6578 9966 FITTED OFFICE IN Macpherson. 960 sqft/ 1200 sqft. Move in cond. Convenient.
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    • 476 14 Tagore Lane μ Hi-tech office μ Sizes from 1000 sq.ft. μ Immediate occupancy μ Many optional facilities μ Ample basement carpark μ 24 hrs security www.singaporegodown.com Call *****266/*****944 CECIL COURT @138 CECIL STREET Office Space -1,133 2,825 sqft Bare Fitted units Prestigious address Near Raffles MRT Basement carpark Enquiries, Call
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    • 434 14 KALLANG MRT, 167 Geylang Rd. near bus terminal at Lor 1 Geylang 380/ 713.44/ 864 sqft, $1. 5K to $2.9k neg. Aircon, carpeted, own entrance, 24-hr guard, lift to all floors. Immediate. Call 6236 0246 100M FROM ROBERTSON Walk, 20,000 sqft building for lease, 50m from S¡¯poreRiver, columnfree design, ample
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    • 491 14 SHENTON. 1356 SQFT. Fitted office. 100% no renovation needed! Very nice! Avail Immediate. Best rate! 8322 8766 Miriam MIDVIEW CITY. NEW Bare unit, 149 sqm/ light industry, selfcontained, sanitary facilities, view to offer! Call 9616-0781 ONE COMMONWEALTH 1421 sqft ramp up. Ask $4500 bare unit. Near MRT. WCEGA Plaza 1500
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    • 890 14 BALESTIER PLAZA 250 sqft. Full glass frontage. Fitted. All trades. Novena MRT. Low rental. Avail immed. Call Patrick 9780-1122 HE PLAZA 441sqft. Renova te, partition,pool view, MRT outside CBD. Immed. $2.8K neg/ Sale $1600 psf. 9858-6777 T NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 3storey, 3175 sqft. Most trades. Good human traffic, neg!!! 9003-8996
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    • 895 15 OFFICE SPACE Bfck OFFICE SPACE fgjp FOR SALE FOR SALE Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Central Offices Strategically located at the heart of CBD Above Clarke Quay MRT Station Sizes from 646 sq ft to 13,337 sq ft 4.5m floor to floor height Column-free concept for more space efficient
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    • 290 15 For Leasing Enquiries: Call *****319/20/24 Email: retailleasing@fareast.com.sg www.orchardcentral.com.sg Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Far East Square In the heart of CBD Minutes walk to Raffles Place MRT Station Good catchment of PMETs Floor area from 240 to 1,800 sq ft with alfresco seating Ideal for beauty medical retail concept
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    • 50 15 NEW PUSHCARTS AVAIL for immed short term lease near Paya Lebar MRT. Good office crowd. Prominent location. Suitable for fashion, accessories, beauty, hsehold items, stationery etc. Email your interest corinelee@singpost.com or call *****268 *****153 û FAR EAST PLAZA 660 sqft. Water point. Good crowd. Retail. Asking $12K neg. *****058 Eastview
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    • 285 15 PEARL CENTER 50sqft 1390 sqft, F&B, #01/02/04 Fr $1500 Holland Rd Shpg Centre 280/ 290/ 570sqft #03 Fr $4200 Geylang corner F&B stall/shop 100/1500 sqft, main rd $2k/ $15k BALESTIER RD SHOPHSE, heavy traffic. 2000 sqft. For showrm/ designer firm/ all trades. Easy parking. Immed. 9688 8585 ERA MILLENIA WALK,
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    • 794 15 SHOP GOLDHILL Centre 2100 SHOP GOLDHILL Centre 2100 sq.ft approx. Suitable for Restn/ spa/cafe/bistro near MRT/heavy traffic. $20k neg. *****223 454 RACE COURSE Rd. Newly renovated. 2-storey. Aircon. 2400 sqft. $8.2K. Immed. Call Owner *****434/ *****391 D.8 LITTLE INDIA 2-storey shophse. 900/ 2000 sqft. Prime location! Good crowd! MRT. Also
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    • 621 15 SHOPHOUSES HOTELS IN LITTLE INDIA FOR SALE F Race Course Road, 2-storey refurbished shophse. Freehold Land area 1360 sqft. Tenanted. F Kerbau Rd, 5-adjoining units of 2½storey shophses with 31rms Freehold. Land area 5029 sqft. Commercial zoning. Opp MRT. Knight Frank Commercial Resale 9101 4747 INDIVIDUAL STRATA UNITS or to
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    • 277 15 B| RESTAURANT/ Bk RESTAURANT/ Bk RESTAURANT/ J LOUNGE SPACE EtTI LOUNGE SPACE Etlll LOUNGE SPACE f FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT Oasia Hotel V SVTA m Coming up at Novena is a prime development that integrates a 400-room hotel and a 69-suite specialist medical centre. F&B units suitable for
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    • 154 15 CBD CAFE FOR takeover. Low rent. Good location. Fully fitted/ equipped. Nice decor. DontMiss! 9021-3573/ 9238-7866 CHEAP! F&B OUTLET Suits central kitchen. 1500 sqft. Off Macpherson Road. Immed. Hurry, call *****866/ *****573 FOOD COURT Tai Seng for takeover, 5+1 stalls. Near Tai Seng MRT. Existing biz. Good lunch crowd. Well
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    • 161 15 NEW DEVELOPER SALES. Near MRT, eateries Major Road. Rental Yield 5-6%. Modern Nice. Call Nancy *****009 TUAS AMENITIES Ctr, new reno vation for restn/ food ct. 8858 sqft 2 (duplex), lease 20 yrs fr 02/’05 Alex Lee 9185 9921 CBRE BOON LAY SHPG Ctr Kopitiam 4000 sqft 250-seater. Tenanted $45K
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