The Straits Times, 2 June 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 THURSDAY, JUNE 2 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 54 1 A NEW exchange programme between Singapore and Germany will let their scientists work in research centres on both sides, visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced yesterday. She was speaking after talks at the Istana with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who described bilateral ties as important and
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    • 59 1 MALAYSIA’S central bank has given permission to Malayan Banking (Maybank) and CIMB to begin talks to take over RHB Capital. A bidding war is not only likely to result, as Malaysian banks work on their regional presence but the merger could also threaten the dominance
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    • 58 1 AN INDONESIAN student died yesterday after he walked into an overflowing drain during a heavy thunderstorm and was swept away. Singapore Civil Defence Force officers found the body of the 15-year-old whose name was given only as William floating in a waterway near Block 82 Whampoa
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  • 748 1  -  GEORGE YEO FOR PRESIDENT? BY LI XUEYING xueying@sph.com.sg FORMER foreign minister George Yeo is mulling over a run for the elected presidency. He sparked off immediate online discussion with just two short lines posted on his Facebook page in mid-afternoon yesterday. “Many
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  • 160 1 SEPP Blatter (right) was re-elected unopposed as president of world football body Fifa yesterday amid a flood of corruption allegations and unhappiness. However, the controversial Swiss vowed to steady Fifa, promising zero tolerance for corruption. The first step towards that would be changing the way World
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  • 910 1  -  Labour movement considers ways to meet citizens’ desire for better jobs and prospects BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE labour movement is shifting gears to put Singaporeans first on the jobs front, and is considering ideas on how to moderate the foreign worker supply
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    • 96 1 AFTER HOSPITAL Patients get treatment at home IN MIND YOUR BODY SPECIAL REPORT $216m for wider, better CTE by year-end SPORT PAGE B13 FRENCH OPEN Li Na in final four HOME PAGE B6 MOVIES From Xtra ordinary to extraordinary... LIFE! PAGES C2&3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS:
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 68 2 WE SAY Some grassroots leaders might not have given their MPs unvarnished feedback; others would have done so. The General Election results suggest that the Government will have to take the task of addressing feedback seriously. This is so particularly because the electorate has
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      • 36 2 COLUMNS If the Brics nations can bridge their differences and act with some cohesion, they could be a strong counterweight to strong counterweight the West, says Goh Sui Noi. L REVIEW PAGE A36
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      • 30 2 Malaysia’s Democratic Action Party is trying to expand its appeal to Malays, but the effort is unlikely to succeed, says Salim Osman. L REVIEW PAGE A36
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      • 42 2 OUR READER SAYS Slandering foreigners of any race is not only morally reprehensible but will also taint Singapore’s image and discourage talented individuals from moving here and contributing to our economy, says Yap Yien Li. L FORUM PAGE A39
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        32 2 www.straitstimes.com L Guest blogger Alicia Tan, a senior medical social worker at Singapore General Hospital, writes about elderly Singaporeans who die without any next of kin to claim their bodies.
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    • 999 2  -  Fans who ignore Fifa’s scandal are letting it sully the beautiful game BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg A FOOTBALL game, on a nearby field, is on as we walk to work. Anonymous amateurs running helter-skelter in the heat. But still we watch, just pulled for a
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    • 728 3  -  ...but not in ‘built-up’ Tanjong Pagar Not every mature estate has room for more flats, says Khaw BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/cheamjessica Additional reporting by Daryl Chin NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday gave a clearer indication of which mature
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    • 449 3  -  BY ELENA CHONG A FORMER OCBC Bank relationship manager was charged yesterday with 31 counts of cheating involving about $4.9 million, and 15 counts of transferring his crime’s proceeds to various bank accounts. Tan Wei Chong, 32, was arrested on Tuesday. He is
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    • 605 4  -  BY ANDREA ONG RACHEL CHANG ANOTHER candidate has emerged in the race for the presidency former executive chairman of hospitality company Global Ariel, Mr Mike Lee Kheng Siang. Mr Lee, 57, sent a representative to the Elections Department yesterday to pick
      ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  605 words
    • 852 6  -  ‘Vast potential’ of EU-Asean ties also still to be tapped, says Merkel during visit here BY CASSANDRA CHEW casschew@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S considerable economic clout and reach into South-east Asia makes it an ideal vantage point for German companies, visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel
      ST PHOTOS: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK  -  852 words
    • 536 8  -  Appointments necessary to train promising leaders: Labour chief BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg TWO union leaders have moved up the leadership ranks in the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). They are Mr Ong Ye Kung, 41, who has been promoted from assistant secre-tary-general to deputy
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    • 492 8  -  BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM IN A surprise move, newly elected MP Tin Pei Ling has left her job as a business consultant at professional services giant Ernst Young. She announced the move in a post on her Facebook page yesterday, adding
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    • 534 8 TWO weeks after a major Cabinet reshuffle, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has also re-organised its central executive committee (CEC) line-up. Top of the list is a new chairman. Mr Khaw Boon Wan, who is National Development Minister, takes over from Mr
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    • 44 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be on overseas leave from today until Monday. During his absence, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will be the Acting Prime Minister, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
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    • 571 9  -  China-Taiwan collaboration brings two halves of famous 14th-century painting together BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: A 7m-long Chinese painting torn into two 360 years ago was unveiled here yesterday, the sections brought together in the most high-profile cultural collaboration between Taiwan
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    • 857 10  -  Body found on waterway 8 hours after he walked into drain during rain BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THE body of an Indonesian student was found late last night, eight hours after he walked into an overflowing drain in Balestier during a heavy thunderstorm
      ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM; ST GRAPHICS; PHOTOS: LIANHE WANBAO, CHEW SENG KIM  -  857 words
    • 803 10  -  BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: The United States is looking to cooperate with China on a series of common projects in the Asia-Pacific this year, and hopes to dispel fears that competition between the two powers would
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    • 143 10 THE Singapore Embassy in the United States has helped raise about US$200,000 (S$246,000) for victims of the recent tsunami and earthquake that ravaged Japan. A fund-raising event, featuring food and drinks contributed by over a dozen Asian embassies as well as those from Australia and
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    • ASIA SLOWING DOWN
      • 773 12  -  Asia’s economic powerhouses China and India are losing a bit of their sizzle. In India, that’s worrying, but in China, moderation is seen as a positive instead. RAVI VELLOOR and GRACE NG report on economic data just released. RAVI VELLOOR and GRACE NG
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      • 633 13 graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: A long-awaited cool-off in China’s red-hot growth has arrived, with fresh data showing that its mighty manufacturing sector expanded at the slowest pace in 10 months. The data assured economists that the world’s second-largest economy will avoid the dangers
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    • 326 13 NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG: Wages are surging this year in China and in its main low-wage Asian rivals, benefiting workers across the region. But the increases confront trading companies and Western retailers with surging costs, and are making
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    • 563 14 Soon-to-be unveiled Internet service would allow users to access files on multiple devices NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is poised to announce new versions of the software that powers its computers, dubbed “Lion”, as well as a new Internet service that could
      NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  563 words
    • 657 16 Italian test on Spanish cucumbers is negative; source still a mystery as Madrid threatens to sue REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: The number of new E. coli cases continued to climb yesterday as the source of the killer bacteria remained a mystery,
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  657 words
    • 352 16 Compiled from Agence France-Presse, Associated Press and the CNN Wire OFFICIALS have identified the E. coli bacteria responsible for the health scare in Europe but the crisis raises other questions. What is E. coli and how is it transmitted? Escherichia coli (E. coli) lives
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    • 804 18  -  Fear among homosexuals fuels infections, says Australia’s first gay judge in Law Society talk here BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg AN AUSTRALIAN retired judge has urged tolerance and understanding for homosexuals so that they can be helped to save themselves and their
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  • WORLD.
    • 738 22  -  Lax enforcement and oversight mess hinder govt’s ‘most ferocious battle’ NEWS ANALYSIS BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: The Chinese government has launched what the state media calls “the most ferocious battle in history”
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    • 104 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Woman had babies after secretly using ex-husband’s sperm L Payback for two ‘secret’ Central Intelligence Agency deaths L French minister accused of sex misdeeds MOST COMMENTED ON L When money is not the key to happiness. Says
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    • world.regional
      • 328 23  -  IRENE THAM SINGAPORE: Taiwan’s MediaTek, one of the largest maker of microchips for cellphones in the world, has tied up with United States-based Internet search firm Yahoo to allow regular phones to have capabilities similar to those of smartphones without bearing hefty price tags. The
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      • 317 23 But there are no laws that can be used to sanction errant abattoirs AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday promised to investigate allegations of cruel and inhumane treatment of livestock in its abattoirs after Australia suspended live beef exports to 11 slaughterhouses. But it admitted
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      • 520 24 Opposition parties file motion with support from DPJ lawmakers REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan’s major opposition parties, supported by some lawmakers of the ruling party, yesterday submitted a no-confidence motion to Parliament against the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Voting on the motion is
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      • 626 25 They hope to spare younger people risky work at nuclear plant TOKYO: Call it a selfless gesture or a move driven by community spirit. Just don’t label it a suicide mission. A number of retired Japanese nuclear and civil engineers are hoping to report back
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      • 377 25 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: United Nations atomic safety experts say Japan underestimated the threat to its Fukushima power plant from a tsunami, and have urged sweeping changes to prevent a repeat of the crisis that triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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      • 269 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan’s government wants the country’s salarymen to be bold this summer: Ditch their staple ensemble of long-sleeve shirt, jacket and tie and go light and casual. Think polo shirts, khakis and sneakers. Japan’s “Super Cool Biz” campaign kicked off
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      • 522 26 Police say body bore marks of torture; family demands probe NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS KARACHI: Grief-stricken relatives yesterday demanded that Pakistan investigate the torture and murder of a journalist whose disappearance was blamed on the country’s shadowy intelligence services. Mr Saleem Shahzad,
        NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  522 words
      • 420 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON POST REUTERS CHICAGO: The leadership of Pakistan’s spy agency was not involved in planning the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, self-confessed plotter David Coleman Headley has told a Chicago court. Headley, who pleaded guilty to 12 terror
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      • 613 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ordered an investigation to discover “the full facts” of how Osama bin Laden lived undetected, likely for years, on its soil until being killed in a US commando raid on May 2. Prime Minister Yousuf
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  613 words
      • 355 26 WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Military prosecutors have re-filed capital charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants accused of orchestrating the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, restarting a process that the Obama administration had halted as part of
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      • 682 28 Death sentences so rare in India that qualified executioners are almost impossible to find ASSOCIATED PRESS GAUHATI (India): Mahendra Nath Das was convicted of a murder so gruesome that India’s courts gave him a rare death sentence and the President rejected his plea for clemency.
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      • 226 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The Philippines has summoned a Chinese diplomat to protest against construction activities on a reef it claims in the South China Sea, officials said yesterday. Territorial spats in the Spratlys have recently intensified, heightening tension amid worry over China’s
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    • 724 29  -  Move follows debate over selection process seen as unfair, opaque BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: A protracted row over the awarding of government scholarships in Malaysia appeared to have finally ended yesterday, when the authorities backed down to
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    • 257 29 KUALA LUMPUR: All political parties in Malaysia will eventually move away from being race-based as more people shift towards multiracialism, a senior Barisan Nasional (BN) politician predicted yesterday. Dr Chua Soi Lek, the president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), did
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    • world.international
      • 496 30 US and Singapore reviewing recently published studies AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States Food and Drug Administration is reviewing recently published studies which point to an increased blood clot risk associated with a certain type of birth control pill. The studies
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      • 270 30 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Moderate increases in temperature and rainfall can herald cholera epidemics, a new study has found, helping scientists to close in on a forecast model that may be able to predict cholera outbreaks in the future. The study of past data
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      • 560 31 Carmakers told to reduce devices as they are distracting drivers WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is determined to cut down on the hazard of distracted drivers even if it means applying the brakes on the in-car media revolution. The United States government
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      • 255 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth yesterday, closing out the next-to-last mission in Nasa’s 30-year programme with a safe landing. Endeavour touched down on the runway a final time under the cover of
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      • 598 32 Move covers political prisoners and Muslim Brotherhood; opposition says ‘too little, too late’ REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar alAssad has issued a general amnesty to Muslim Brotherhood members and political prisoners, after two months of deadly anti-regime protests threatened to
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      • 342 32 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANAMA (Bahrain): Bahrain lifted martial law yesterday in what the government hopes will be a sign to tourists and businesses of a return to normal, though the opposition fears repression is set to continue. The move came one
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      • 54 32 A 13m-long sperm whale that washed up on the beach in Redcar, northern England, on Tuesday has died despite efforts to save it. It is not yet known why the 20-tonne mammal was in the area, but some experts believe noise from shipping may have confused it.
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      • 740 34  -  Population shrinks up to 95%; calls to declare Aussie icon endangered BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Australia’s koala population has shrunk by up to 95 per cent and this much-loved marsupial is facing a serious threat of extinction,
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      • 309 34 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: Before things got out of hand it was a typical annoyance that happens once a flight gets airborne: A passenger hit the recline button and sent his seat intimately close to the lap of the guy sitting behind him.
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    • world.at a glance
      • 51 35 A massive yellow fibre net being assembled as part of a performance by Italian artist Donato Sartori, in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. The aim of the performance, called “Urban Masking”, is to cover the whole of Lisbon’s Rossio Square. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE PHOTO: AGENCE
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 140 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The patriarch of a powerful clan pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he had masterminded the 2009 massacre of at least 57 political opponents and journalists in the worst election-related killings in the Philippines. Andal Ampatuan Sr, 70, was charged in a
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        • 123 35 XINHUA NEW DELHI: The World Bank has approved a US$1 billion (S$1.2 billion) loan for cleaning the Ganges, also known as Ganga, which accounts for a quarter of India’s water resources, said the Press Trust of India. A significant part of the bank’s support will
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        • 105 35 REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING: China’s vast northern region began a month-long overhaul of its coal mining industry yesterday to ease public anger over the death of a herder struck by a coal truck. As the protests in Inner Mongolia morphed into broader demands for the protection of ethnic
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        • 106 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: United States government aviation officials said they will start imposing fines on people who point powerful lasers at planes and helicopters, which can temporarily blind pilots. Agency officials have released a new legal interpretation they said will allow them to fine people
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        • 95 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: South Korea’s Defence Ministry yesterday said it will tell military units to stop using photos of North Korean leaders as targets during firing drills. South Korean marines and some army units have been using pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, as
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      • 208 35 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON: Wellington Airport yesterday said it had put plans for a giant “Wellywood” sign on hold amid a public backlash against the idea in the New Zealand capital. The 8m-tall sign, to be placed across a hillside owned by the airport,
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 405 36 GRASSROOTSactivistshavebeenblamed for having contributed to the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) reduced share of the vote in last month’s General Election. The particular charge against them is that they shielded Members of Parliament by filtering out, from their feedback to them, unpalatable sentiments on the
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    • 911 36  -  BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg AT FIRST glance, the Brics, despite their collective heft, do not seem to add up to much because of the huge differences between the component states. A Financial Times report on the run-up to the grouping’s third
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    • 924 36  -  BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA’S Democratic Action Party (DAP) certainly sprang a surprise when it announced on May 23 that it was reaching out to the Malays in a very big way to win them over something unheard of before. It
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      • 1071 37  -  BY PAUL S. TENG, J. JACKSON EWING, MARGARITA ESCALER FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The first two writers are, respectively, professor senior fellow, and post-doctoral fellow, at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU. The thrid writer is a research fellow at the National
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      • 957 37  -  BY GARETH EVANS PROJECT SYNDICATE ONE of the most dispiriting features of today’s international debates is that the threat to humanity posed by the world’s 23,000 nuclear weapons and by those who would build more of them, or be only too willing to use
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    • forum.
      • 327 39  -  Yap Yien Li (Ms) AFTER studying abroad for five years, I am returning to Singapore with a sense of discomfort. As a Chinese-Indian Singaporean who appears more Indian than Chinese, I have grown up learning how to react to racist comments and can recognise xenophobes from
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      • 232 39  -  Wong Hui Leng (Ms) Chief Executive Officer Singapore Table Tennis Association Ang Lay Kwang (Ms) Director Community Sports Division For People’s Association Chief Executive Director WE REFER to Ms Sandy Cheng’s feedback (“Table tennis clubs: Why will they take until 2015
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      • 323 39  -  Chong Gek Syn (Ms) I WOULD like to recount my unpleasant experience when my father was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) for inpatient treatment from May 17 to 24. He was admitted at noon on May 17 but was wheeled out
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      • 304 39  -  Dr Eugene Fidelis Soh Chief Operating Officer Tan Tock Seng Hospital WE REFER to Ms Chong Gek Syn’s feedback and would like to apologise for her father’s long wait for a bed on May 17. Our bed occupancy rate reached a high over the long Vesak
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      • 313 39  -  LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION Angela Seah (Ms) Angelina Seah (Ms) SENIOR writer Sandra Davie’s commentary (“Give the liberal arts a vocational slant”; Monday) brings up an issue which aspiring liberal arts students and their parents would be concerned about whether liberal arts graduates will be
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      • 77 39 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR MERVIN GOH: Plug into invaluable skills 2 MS LIU MENGQI: Double-degree option will derail liberal arts idea 3 SMRT: Use red phone in an emergency 4 MRS SWETA AGARWAL: Gadgetdriven drivers putting lives at risk 5 MR ROBERT J. CRAIU: Take stringent
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      • 62 39 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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      • 172 39 “A ‘vocational slant’ even before the college is up and running would defeat the premise of experiment.” MR MICHAEL MONTESANO: “A lack of understanding on many levels continues to characterise the proposed Yale-NUS liberal arts college. Yale administrators have made little apparent effort to understand Singapore’s educational setting.
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      • 111 39  -  Venerable Seck Kwang Phing Secretary-General Singapore Buddhist Federation I REFER to Monday’s report (“‘Dying’ to live again”). According to Buddhism, one can mitigate the influence of bad karma through the practice of Buddhism and not through the method mentioned in the article. Lying
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    • 1132 1  -  Agencies say passing rate is much lower than MOM’s figure of 95% BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lim Yi Han ABOUT 50 maids sat the test and only five passed. That was the dismal result yesterday when the latest batch of newly
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    • 112 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Questions raised in oral sex case L RWS feels the heat as air-con fails YOUR SAY L Maid agencies have long blamed the compulsory English test as a key factor in maids’ unwillingness to work in Singapore.
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    • 226 2  -  BY MELISSA KOK THE Indonesian maid who tried to hang herself at a maid hostel last Saturday remains in intensive care but is in a stable condition. The Straits Times understands that Ms Sulastri Wardoyo, 26, who is warded at Khoo
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    • 291 2  -  JENNANI DURAI THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is looking at alternative ways to attract quality teachers to work in childcare centres. In addition to the existing schemes of scholarships and teaching grants, one way is to tap candidates who may have
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    • 358 3 TAMIL Murasu, Singapore’s only Tamillanguage newspaper, has a new editor. Mr Jawharilal Rajendran, the paper’s former deputy editor, yesterday took over the helm from Ms Nirmala Murugaian, who has been its editor since 2005. Mr Rajendran, 53, began his career 30 years ago as a
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    • 464 3  -  Suspect pretended to have no previous convictions, court told BY KHUSHWANT SINGH, DARYL CHIN khush@sph.com.sg darylc@sph.com.sg A MAN was yesterday charged in court with working as an unregistered property agent, in the first case of its kind. Tan Cher Peng is said to have
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    • 121 3 A SUSPECT has been arrested in connection with an attack in which a man suffered multiple slash wounds. The 53-year-old suspect was taken in- to custody at about 8.30pm on Tuesday. He is being held on suspicion of causing grievous hurt using a dangerous weapon.
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    • 324 3 BENDEMEER and Kallang Bahru. These are the two possible names for a new Downtown Line MRT station. The public is being offered the chance to vote for the one they prefer on the Land Transport Authority’s website. They will also be able to
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    • home.thursday special report
      • 1165 6  -  Traffic has to be kept flowing, without risk to workers or motorists BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg IT WAS 1am on Wednesday, May 18 time to bring the widening project on the Central Expressway another step closer to completion. The site of the buzz was
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      • 458 6  -  ROYSTON SIM THE Central Expressway (CTE) widening project will benefit thousands of motorists, but some people are less than thrilled about it. For them, the widening means the highway will be brought closer to their homes, and with that, comes concerns about higher levels
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    • 561 7  -  Tussle is over jobs for 16 members of the Potong Pasir Town Council staff who were served one month’s notice BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg A WAR of words has erupted between new Potong Pasir MP Sitoh Yih Pin of the People’s Action
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    • 310 7  -  ELIZABETH SOH BRITISH author Alan Shadrake, 76, surrendered himself at the Supreme Court yesterday to start his eightweek jail term for contempt of court. Carrying a black duffel bag and accompanied by his lawyer M. Ravi, he was in good spirits when he showed up at
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    • 255 7  -  BY ANDREA ONG THE Elections Department was a hive of activity yesterday as Singaporeans who did not exercise their vote in the recent polls flocked to restore their names in time to vote for their next president. Among more than 30 people who turned up
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    • 515 8  -  Public can get first look at new helicopters and other hardware in action BY CHERYL ONG ongyiern@sph.com.sg THE navy’s brand-new submarine-hunt-ing helicopters, the S-70B Sikorsky Seahawks inaugurated in January will feature in the National Day Parade (NDP) this year. Besides these
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    • 482 9  -  Parents had filed suit when he died 5 days after admission BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE parents of a 14-year-old leukaemia victim and the KK Women’s Children’s Hospital (KKH) have settled an alleged-negligence suit out of court. The terms of the
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    • 353 9  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH WHEN foreman Leow Choon Hock spotted what he thought was a trespasser on his construction site, he saw red. Arming himself with a hammer, he pounded the man repeatedly over the head. Unfortunately, the “intruder” turned out to be a deliveryman who
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    • 288 9 A 51-YEAR-OLD managing director has been jailed for 14 weeks and fined $25,000 for corruption. James Lim Hwa Chin dipped into funds belonging to the multimilliondollar company he has grown in the last 12 years to pay kickbacks in order to secure
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    • 111 10 The bigger, brighter and bolder Tamil Murasu gets up close and personal with the Indian community, reporting on social trends and cultural events. We thank you for 75 years of strong support that has made the paper enjoy the highest circulation growth in the SPH stable. Pick up your copy
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  • SPORT.
    • 130 11 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L FAS suspends Hougang and Etoile indefinitely L Part-time player receives shock Lions call-up L Chelsea want Drogba, not Anelka MOST COMMENTED ON L Tyre changes under red flag in Monaco slammed Says Les_Bleus: “There is nothing
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    • 880 11 Re-elected Fifa president Blatter pledges reform and to tackle corruption REUTERS ZURICH: Sepp Blatter, re-elected as Fifa president yesterday for another four-year term, has pledged “radical reform” of world football’s governing body which has been ravaged by corruption claims. “We must stop once and for all,
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    • 382 11 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: An expert in corruption has cast doubt on Sepp Blatter’s proposed reforms for Fifa, saying that they may make bribery at the organisation even more widespread. Sylvia Schenk, senior adviser for sports for Transparency International, the anti-corruption organisation, says
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    • 386 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Acting Asian football chief Zhang Jilong called for “revolution” yesterday and vowed to battle corruption after stepping in for suspended leader Mohamed Hammam, who is fighting bribery claims. “The Asian football environment is not that healthy,” he told Chinese state
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    • 39 12 Grace Jones, 63, singing for Fifa officials during the opening ceremony of the 61st Fifa Congress in Zurich on Tuesday. Multi-talented Jones appeared in 1985 James Bond movie A View To A Kill. PHOTO: REUTERS
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    • 312 12 REUTERS ZURICH: The turmoil in Fifa took a farcical turn yesterday when the whistleblower whose allegations of corruption put world football’s governing body under unprecedented scrutiny was accused of “waging war” with his own federation. On Tuesday, Chuck Blazer, the American general secretary
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    • 852 12 Rooney says Barca ace’s physique not suited for English football THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Andy Gray invited widespread ridicule last year when he suggested Lionel Messi would “struggle on a cold night at the Britannia Stadium”. Whether Wayne Rooney felt compelled to express similar sentiments
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    • 343 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Tributes to Paul Scholes have poured in after the Manchester United midfielder announced his retirement on Monday after 17 years, 676 games and 150 goals. “I was fortunate to play alongside him for many years,” former teammate David Beckham wrote
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    • Transfer talk
      • 43 12 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed Barcelona have yet to renew their interest in midfielder Cesc Fabregas. The Frenchman added: “My No. 1 wish is to keep Fabregas. For me he is the best midfielder in the world.”
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      • 20 12 Alex Ferguson has handed striker Michael Owen, 31, a one-year contract extension at Manchester United.
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      • 45 12 Luka Modric has admitted that he wants to keep playing in the Champions League. Although he is happy at Tottenham, a transfer “is of course possible” if the right money were put forward. The midfielder has been linked with Manchester United.
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      • 43 12 Sam Allardyce, 56, has been confirmed as the new manager of relegated West Ham and is understood to have signed a two-year deal. He replaces Avram Grant, who was axed minutes after the club dropped into the Championship.
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      • 25 12 Aston Villa have targeted Fulham manager Mark Hughes to succeed Gerard Houllier, who will stand down for health reasons.
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    • 501 13 Chinese stuns Azarenka to book date with the stylish Sharapova FRENCH OPEN REUTERS PARIS: Maria Sharapova and Li Na set up a French Open semi-final clash of different styles after Russian elegance and Chinese determination powered them past their rivals yesterday. Whether it was
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    • 582 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Now it is Roger Federer’s turn to be the spoiler, and there is much to spoil. For years, he has been the smooth-moving target, but for a change, a big one, his opponent in today’s semi-fi-nal will have
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    • 314 13  -  BY LEE MIN KOK SONY Dwi Kuncoro’s quest to retain his crown at the upcoming Li-Ning Singapore Open has met a major stumbling block the Indonesian shuttler has been drawn to face 2009 champion and world No. 8 Bao Chunlai in
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 65 13 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC kept pace in the S-League football title race last night with a 1-0 win over Balestier Khalsa. Croatian striker Mislav Karoglan scored the decisive goal at the Choa Chu Kang stadium in the 49th minute. The victory keeps SAFFC in
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      • 53 13 FORMER Lions Malek Awab, Razali Saat and Yahya Madon will put on their football boots today in a friendly against former players from Perak. The game at the Jalan Besar Stadium will feature three periods of 30 minutes each. Kick-off is at 8pm and
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      • 51 13 NATIONAL golfer Gregory Foo, 17, fired a stunning eight-under 64 in yesterday’s opening round of the Singapore Junior Golf Championship. The nine birdies against a single bogey at the Keppel Club by the Singapore Sports School student was two shots lower than the previous course
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      • 86 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS MONACO: World champion Sebastian Vettel and former champion Jenson Button are calling for Formula One to improve safety measures in the wake of the crash at the Monaco Grand Prix that hospitalised Sergio Perez over the weekend. Perez hit the tunnel wall
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      • 49 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: Former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori was among 16 people arrested yesterday for alleged involvement in a match-fixing and betting ring throughout Italy. The police operation was based in Cremona and arrests were carried out in more than 10 cities across the peninsula.
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    • 579 14 Heat take lead in NBA Finals, Dallas’ key man Nowitzki suffers injury ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: Dwyane Wade’s night began with a hug for his mum. It ended with an embrace from LeBron James. Nearby, Chris Bosh held up three fingers. No explanation necessary. The Miami Heat are
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    • 322 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OSTRAVA (Czech Republic): Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt easily beat this season’s fastest man over 100 metres, Steve Mullings, at the Golden Spike event on Tuesday. The 24-year-old clocked 9.91 seconds, the same time he ran in the Diamond League in Rome last week.
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    • 401 14  -  BY SANJAY NAIR A NEW-LOOK Singapore rugby team stormed into the Asian Five Nations (AFN) Division One final after thumping rivals Malaysia 52-17 in yesterday’s semi-final clash in South Korea. The Republic scored 33 unanswered points at one stage during the second half
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    • 334 14  -  BY JONATHAN WONG A WORLD champion and a triple Asian Games gold medallist. National bowler Remy Ong has won almost every major title in his sport. Only the Singapore Open crown has eluded him but the 32-year-old
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    • 360 14 Today Bowling Singapore International Open Finals: Youth Seniors Masters (Orchid Bowl, Orchid Country Club, 9.30am). Football Friendly: Singapore Veterans v Perak Veterans (Jalan Besar, 8pm). Golf China Masters: Day 1 (Live, mio TV Ch115, 2pm). Wales Open: Day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch213, 9.30pm). The Memorial: Day 1
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    • 49 14 ANDY MURRAY, the British tennis player who, despite a tear to the tendon in his right ankle, battled his way through a fifth-set decider against Viktor Troicki on Tuesday for a place in the last four of the French Open
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    • 126 12 NBA Finals Live (No Betting) Game 2 on 3 June from 9am at Livewire [Marina Bay Sands] SPORTS FIXTURES h This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LOTTERY L I JaI Draw No. 2645/2011 tM. Vl J Draw
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    • 79 21 US$754m to stem job losses LONDON BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged mt 5 killed in Baghdad blasts BAGHDAD A SPATE ot Monday morning an rush hour bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least five people and injured 14. an interior Fresh protests in Xinjiang GET THE STRAITS TIMES. iPhone
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    • 766 22  -  Concentration of such households here is the highest in the world BY GABRIEL CHEN FINANCE CORRESPONDENT gabrielc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has once again emerged as the country with the highest concentration of millionaires in the world. A total of 15.5 per cent of households here hold
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    • 100 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Singapore workers ‘world’s unhappiest’ L Resale property prices rise again L Rental gap set to widen MOST COMMENTED ON L Singapore workers ‘world’s unhappiest’. Says coffeeshoptalk: “If an employer has the best human resource practices, he or
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      • 496 16  -  But thin volumes show that traders are not ready to bite just yet BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares rose yesterday, on hopes that debt-laden Greece will receive additional bailout money. Fresh manufacturing data from China that arrived in line
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      • 457 16  -  JONATHAN KWOK THE Singapore Exchange yesterday proposed two initiatives to improve market transparency during the pre-open and pre-close trading periods. If implemented, traders will get access to real-time indicative prices throughout both routines, while the pre-close period will have a varying duration. The pre-open
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          99 16 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 949 million shares worth $1.22 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 204 Losers: 232 Unchanged: 809 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change -0.95 759.51 -0.76 528.38 2.24 775.47 702.58 1.51 1.18 299.76 -0.13 261.75 -4.00 751.13
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        • 208 16 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,719.61 (+25.88) Tokyo stocks edged up 0.3 per cent as investor sentiment remained cautious following weak US economic data. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,556.42 (-1.87) Malaysian shares were little changed as losses in Maybank and CIMB put pressure on the broader market. HK
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      • 427 18  -  The largest of its kind, it will produce 140,000 tonnes of Nd-PBR a year EXPANSION IN SINGAPORE BY IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg GERMAN chemicals company Lanxess yesterday announced plans to invest $350 million in Singapore in the largest synthetic rubber plant of its
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      • 491 18  -  BY CHUA HIAN HOU TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT GERMAN semiconductor company Infineon will pump ¤250 million (S$444 million) into Singapore over the next few years and will hire 130 new staff. By the end of this year, it will have invested ¤50
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        • 147 18 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has signed a deal with Australand Property with the aim of investing A$450 million (S$593 million) in the Australian logistics sector. GIC will hold an 80.1 per cent stake in the joint venture, while Australand will hold
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        • 120 18 THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has frozen all new loans to commodities trader Glencore and its subsidiaries, citing “serious concerns” over the group’s corporate governance. The EIB, the European Union’s lending institution, provided a loan of US$50 million in 2005 to Mopani
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    • 548 20  -  China’s ascent sees it overtaking Japan as a major engine: Study BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg THE United States economy may have taken a beating in recent years, but it remains by far the most important driver of growth for Singapore and
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    • 191 20  -  AARON LOW CHINA’S rise in the past decade has been so powerful that it altered Indonesia’s industrialisation path, said an Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) report yesterday. It noted that Indonesia had been on a path of rapid industrialisation in the 1980s and early 1990s,
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    • 348 20  -  BY MELISSA HO PRODUCTION at Singapore’s factories is continuing to expand, albeit at a slower rate. The closely watched purchasing managers’ index (PMI), based on expected factory orders, came in at 50.8 last month, down 1.7 points from April’s 52.5 reading. A PMI reading above
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    • 282 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Factory growth worldwide has eased, feeding concerns that the world’s main economic engines are cooling fast. Manufacturing activity in the United States slowed last month to its lowest level since September 2009, suggesting a loss of momentum in the economy in
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    • 714 21  -  This follows central bank’s move to let CIMB, Maybank begin talks to take over RHB Capital BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg THE battle for the top spot in Malaysian banking could threaten the dominance of Singapore banks in South-east
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    • 535 21  -  BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER A SHOPPING mall and office complex with a total development cost of $1.5 billion is set to be built beside Jurong East MRT station as rejuvenation plans for the area continue gaining traction. A consortium
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    • 288 1 Privacy muddle Nando’s in hot water Sistic gives out customers’ mobile phone numbers C4 Culture Vulture How long should a play be?C6 Actress Joanne Peh tweets about bad service C5 Meet the X-Men before they became the superhuman fighting force in X-Men: First Class. TAN SHZR EE meets their leader,
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    • 976 2  -  Professor X was a former beer-guzzling skirt-chaser, says James McAvoy, who plays him in X-Men: First Class tan shzr ee in london stlife@sph.com.sg Just for the record: Professor X, the world’s most formidable telepath and Gandhichannelling master of unbeatable calm, once chased pretty women and dunked his ale
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    • 567 2  -  reviewaction X-MEN: FIRST CLASS 110 minutes/Opens today/ The story: Meet Professor X and Magneto when they were just plain Charles Francis Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). This prequel to the hit X-Men franchise, based on the best-selling comic, tells the story of
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      356 3 THE HELLFIRE CLUB Before Magneto became the world’s most powerful evil mutant, there were Nazi experimenters and men in sharp suits who raised hell from posh nightclubs and glistening yachts. Meet the team. Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) Hollywood star Bacon (Mystic River, 2003) gobbles up his role as
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      • 562 4  -  Sistic ticket buyers are not aware that contact details can be revealed to shows’ organisers magdalen ng songyuan@sph.com.sg Regulatory affairs executive Amy Gan was startled when she received a call on her mobile phone reminding her to be punctual for an Arts Festival performance. She had
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      • 560 4  -  desiree khng deskhng@sph.com.sg That brown fizzy drink cleverly marketed as the It drink of happy, young people has been around a lot longer than its youthful image suggests. In fact, Coca-Cola is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, and also its 75th year in Singapore.
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      • 105 6 ‘He’s already coming up with excuses. Today, he said he was just auditioning to be the next head of the IMF’ Talk-show host Craig Ferguson (right) on former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s admission that he had a love child with a housekeeper ‘I don’t party, I don’t
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      • 1079 6  -  It is not the length of a play but what you do with it that counts culture vulture adeline chia chiahta@sph.com.sg Imagine this: You enter a theatre, settle in the darkness and surrender yourself to a compelling play. Real life recedes into the background. The
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        • 144 6 The wildly popular huge white rabbit, Walter, returns to the Singapore Art Museum, together with the interactive Art Garden as part of the museum’s Children Season. There will be a variety of artwork aimed at exposing kids to contemporary art and interactive activities such as
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        • 99 6 Composer Wang Jian Ming, head of the Chinese folk music department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, will present a premiere of his work, Ah Li Li. The erhu rhapsodies and guzheng solos will be played by distinguished performers such as Wang Ying from the
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        • 90 6 In his latest exhibition, Face Without Name, Malaysian artist Bayu Utomo Radjikin explores the meaning of personal identity, cultural and social identities through his charcoal and paint portraits. The works feature male figures wearing fighter pilot helmets (below), which are a way to mask identity. Through this
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        • 93 6  -  magdalen ng Local director and playwright Zizi Azah will trans- port you to the land of Peri-Pari, where the world is topsy-turvy with dancing trees, singing frogs and conniving cows. The play, Kunci Duniaku, is about three friends who are roped in to save Peri-Pari
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      • 430 7  -  T’ang Quartet’s performance intrigues with its dramatic flair and music coordination reviewconcert SOUL CAPTURE T’ang Quartet School of the Arts Concert Hall/Tuesday marc rochester stlife@sph.com.sg On to a stage littered with various lumps of wood and bathed in a golden autumnal glow, the T’ang Quartet surreptitiously creep,
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        432 7 On Soul Capture “I really enjoyed the performance because it had a very different style from the usual classical string quartets you would hear elsewhere. It had a modern touch and they made good use of the sound and lighting effects in the concert hall. Li Li Chia,
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      • 281 7 Agence France-Presse Hong Kong A collection of 25 works by Zhang Daqian, one of China’s leading 20th-century artists, sold at an auction on Tuesday for HK$681 million (S$108 million) in just over an hour. The top lot, Lotus And Mandarin Ducks, sold for
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      • 598 8  -  The updated I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change aims to show you that love is worth the trouble corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg One of the longest-running, off-Broadway musicals has been dusted off with new pop culture references and is now set in Singapore. I
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    • 684 5  -  Unhappy with Nando’s service when she asked for hot water, Joanne Peh tweets about her experience at the restaurant nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg A dispute at chicken eatery Nando’s over a request for hot water had popular actress Joanne Peh (right) walking out in a huff to
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    • 723 9  -  The convention is also moved earlier to August and lasts only two days akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Sooner, shorter, cheaper. If that sounds like a comic-book line, it kind of is. It is a description for Singapore’s upcoming popculture festival, The Singapore Toy, Games Comics Convention (STGCC), which
      PHOTO: REED EXHIBITIONS SINGAPORE  -  723 words
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    • 300 4 'Sill singaporeartmuseum w w w v\ •i a ■d Art Garden Children with Walter by Dawn Ng at the Singapore Art Museum. at the Singapore Art Museum Interactive contemporary art for children 3 June to 30 August 2011 The well loved Art Garden returns to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM)
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    • 171 7 SIGMA Congratulates Mr David Tay Poey Cher Singapore's first Cultural Medallion recipient for photographic art on the launch of his exhibition COMING OF AGE FORGOTTEN FACES OF A GREYING ASIA David Ta V Poey Cher i d W A m A <. < 3-12 JUNE 2011, 10AM 10PM ION ART
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    • 175 11 NDP military hardware preview Get a sneak preview of the Seahawk helicopter (left) and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, to be showcased for the first time at this year’s National Day Parade. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW NTUC changes direction NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say says
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      • 301 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg As a teenager, I harboured the hope of hitting a height of 1.7m the magic mark for models, or so I was told. Even if I could never be as beautiful as they were, I could at least be as tall,
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    • Feature
      • 832 4 / 5  -  A post-discharge service where doctors, nurses and therapists make house calls is winning over patients and caregivers. reports Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg Despite having to look after her bedridden father after he was discharged from hospital, life is now easier for Madam Choo Lay Yan
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        231 4 / 5 A diabetic patient credits Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s (TTSH) Post Acute Care At Home for helping him to walk again after he refused to have both his feet amputated. Mr Neo Ah Thian, 65, had gangrene in both feet. He had debridements where damaged tissue was removed from
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      • 786 4 / 5 SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL (SGH) The Home Based Intermediate Care programme serves as a bridging service to help families of patients who have been discharged from hospital. Doctors, nurses and therapists from SGH go to the patient’s home when needed. Each doctor’s visit costs $180, each
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      • 1372 6 / 7  -  Food which you have been eating for years may suddenly produce an allergic reaction. Lea Wee reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg Food-lover Ong Wei Ling, 30, was game when a friend asked her to sample soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles) in a restaurant six years ago. But five minutes
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      • 268 6 / 7 “I am allergic to onions, spring onions, celery and coriander. Sardine curry puffs and onion rings are a definite no. My eyes will tear and swell and my face will become swollen. I am also allergic to the smell of lavender, coconut oil
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      • 718 8  -  The thyroid’s production of hormones has to be just right too much or too little could prove fatal. reports Jonathan Liautrakul jonliau@sph.com.sg The production of the thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland, a small butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck which helps regulate
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      • 774 9  -  Smokers can seek help at free smoking cessation counselling sessions at pharmacies. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg At the age of 14, he reached for his first cigarette when his friends offered it to him after school. Before long, more than half of his $700 salary as
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    • Healthy Spaces
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        608 10  -  For the sake of your health, look out for eco-friendly paint. reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg hinking of painting your house? Choose paint that has low volatile organic compounds (VOCs), doctors here recommend. These compounds, which give paint its distinctive smell, emit vapours which can be harmful when
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      • 271 10 BUYING PAINT Choose a paint that has a low level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Choose water-based emulsion paint as it generally contains less VOCs than solvent-based paint. Do not use an exterior paint indoors as it may contain more VOCs. TYPES OF BRUSHES Use a roller
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    • Capsules
      • 246 11 Reuters People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be at a higher risk of heart disease, a study found. The study, published in the American Journal Of Cardiology, found that war veterans with PTSD were more likely to have heart disease
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      • 229 17 Reuters In a new report, a large group of American doctors urge children and teens to avoid energy drinks and consume sports drinks only in limited amounts. Dr Holly Benjamin of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who worked on the report which was published
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        1675 12 / 13  -  SavingLIMBS Amputation is no longer the norm for patients with cancer, accident victims and those born with deformed limbs JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg MadamNeoSuzhen,44,suffered a horrific worksite accident when her left leg was pinned under the tyre of a forklift, crushing her bones and muscles and ripping off the
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      • 875 14 / 15  -  By Joan Chew Madam Neo Suzhen (right), 44, told her doctor bluntly after being warned that her left leg might be amputated: “I will commit suicide if my leg is gone.” Life without her limb never once crossed her mind, not even
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      • 600 14 / 15  -  By Joan Chew For close to a year, engineer Leong Fook Chuen (right), 55, put up with an aching pain in his left ankle as he walked. The father of three children, aged 12 to 23, recalled: “It felt like something was pressing
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      • 696 14 / 15  -  By Joan Chew When Hazel (right) was born, the only sign that her right leg was abnormal were that three toes were fused together. But when she turned one, it became clear that her legs were unequal in length, recalled her mother, 50, who
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    • Doc Talk
      • 915 16  -  DR TAN KIAN TEO tan_kianteo@rafflesmedical.com Dr Tan Kian Teo is a specialist in dermatology at Raffles Hospital. His areas of specialty include general and aesthetic dermatological conditions and sexually transmitted infections. I am often asked why I chose urticaria, otherwise known as hives, as
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    • Eat To Live
      • 647 18  -  Tomatoes are full of nutrients and make for a tasty salad SYLVIA TAN wdspice@gmail.com Sylvia Tan is a freelance writer If you come into my kitchen, you will find a basket of tomatoes on the counter. They lend more than colour to the room they are
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      • 232 18  -  KITCHEN Sylvia Tan Wooden chopping boards may have come in from the cold, but I still use a plastic one several, in fact in the kitchen. I use one for fruit and vegetables and others for raw meat and seafood. They are colour-coded so that
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    • Herbal Help
      • 647 19  -  This herb is suitable for people with heaty symptoms such as sweaty palms and mild fever. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg Singaporeans are familiar with the orchid as the flower which epitomises the grace, beauty and diversity of Asia. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners also value
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    • The Pro
      • 791 22  -  Oncologist Wong Chiung Ing takes care of both the body and mind of a cancer patient. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg I specialised in oncology because... It requires holistic medicine that treats both a patient’s physical and mental health. Cancer is such an emotional disease it is devastating
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    • Ask The Experts
      • 362 23  -  Dr Watt Wing Fong Dr Watt Wing Fong, specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at Raffles Hospital QMy mother-in-law has been giving my 29-year-old wife multivitamins to consume on a daily basis. I would like to check whether the following vitamins are beneficial to
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    • Fit & Fab
      • 956 24  -  Not a day passes without Dr Derek Li exercising, even when he is ill. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg What do you do to keep fit? I exercise every day, alternating between swimming, cycling and running. I usually cycle at home for 11/2 hours on a regular bicycle
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    • 214 2 HEALTH DIARY FRIDAY, JUNE 3 We Are One: The Breast Clinic at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) hopes to draw 1,000 people to form Singapore’s largest human ribbon. This fund-raising event aims to raise awareness of breast cancer, the most common female cancer, in Singapore. Field along Akyab Road, near
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    • 316 2 CONTESTS Fans of Mind Your Body’s Facebook page stand to win a prize if they contribute the best comment on a discussion topic of the week. They have to first “like” the ST Mind Your Body Facebook page to post comments on it. Selected comments will be published in the
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    • 529 6 ROCHESTER, TOP SOON! 2bdrm #1x-05 Best price! $13xxpsf. Near MRT. Enjoy nice, unblocked view! Stanley 9677 3354 ONE SHENTON, 2RM, 11xx sqft, just TOP, friendly landlord, face IR sea, no noon sun. Key on hand. View anytime. Immed!!! OCEANFRONT SENTOSA COVE Penthse 7800 sqft, 5+1, pte pool. Extra-ordinaire luxury living!
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    • 612 6 D.03 EMERALD PK 1410 sqft. 2bdrm very high ceiling, good facing, f/facilities. Agt 9189 0860 MARINA BAY SUITES. 1615 sqft. 3+1, Stack 4. #30+. Bay/ pk view. Best secures. PMC 6285 2688 FIRE SALE! CLIFT 1 rm 527 sqft #2X-10 fr $2100 psf/ Southbank #3x-10 Sea $15xx psf. *****746 RARE!
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    • 564 7 CITIPROP PACIFIC Tribeca 2-bdrm penthse. Tenanted F’hold. 2285 sqft....... $4.11M neg The Inspira 3+1. 1216 sqft. Good layout. Mid flr. F’hold. Tenanted. High yield. Amenities $2.13M neg Duchess Res 4+1 duplex penthse, 2744 sqft. 3+1, 1604 sqft. 999 yrs. Tenanted.... $5.42M $3.2M Madison Res TOP 2014. 1776 sqft. High floor.
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    • 439 7 PATERSON RES. 4 bdrm. 1496 sqft. High flr. Nice view. Bright. Quality fittings. next to Ion Orchard. only $3.45M *****664 VIDA 527 SQFT, Studio. F’hold. High flr. Near Orchard/ Newton MRT. Great facilities. Modern chic. Price neg. 9066 2926 DTZ MARTIN PLACE RES 2 bdrm 1044 sqft. Best unit. Pte.
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    • 593 7 EXCELLENT LOCATION 8 Nassim. 3-storey penthse, Brand new cond. 5-bdrms, 3229 sqft, Near Tanglin Shpg. Asking $11M. DUCHESS CREST. 3+1 on elevated ground, greenery, quiet, unblocked view, good facing. Beautiful home. Call 9615-8888 PACIFIC MANSION 3RMS, enbloc potential, no noon sun, high flr, very rare! Huge square layout, renovated. Serious
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    • 509 7 D.10 D’DALVEY Botanic Gdn. 1680 sqft. 3+1. F’hold. $1500 psf ($2.55M) Don’t miss! *****085 ST. THOMAS SUITES 3+1, 1819 Sqft. #15. Tenanted till 31 Jan 2012. Ask $3.888M. *****933 RIDGEWOOD APPROX 1744 sqft. High flr, bright, windy, good view. Renovated. 3 rm *****532 URGENT! TOMLINSON. EXCLUSIVE. 2368 SQFT, 3+1, nicely
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    • 603 7 ASTOR GREEN CONDO. 1087 sqft. 2+1, f /renovated. move-in-able. Tenanted. Lower flr, Near schs, NUS, Biopolis, Holland-V SP. THOMSON EUROASIA 1292 sqft 3+1, best layout, high flr, mins MRT. View Sat 1pm to 2.30pm *****898 tinajames1.com SOLEIL@ SINARAN 2/ 3 bdrm approx 1475 sqft. Pte lift, pool view. Sun rise
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    • 590 7 ONE LEICESTER 2+1 F’HOLD. 1066 sqft, renovated, marble flr, near MRT/ St Andrew Sch. mins to city.. *****235/ *****839 BLOSSOMS WOODLEIGH 3rms, f’hold. 1205 sqft, high flr, unblocked, renovated, MRT/ Nex/ sch. Good Investment! *****755 AUCTION 29 JUN. F’hold Balestier Plaza, 3 bdrms, 1367 sqft, Great location, High flr, amenities,
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    • 594 7 fftk D15-16 EAST COAST 9fS D15-16 EAST COAST HK D15-16 EAST COAST Uf PTE APTS FOR SALE |||f PTE APTS FOR SALE |||f PTE APTS FOR SALE DE CENTURION Tg Rhu. 1 bdrm for sale. 570 sqft. F’hold. High flr. Renovated, Facing S’pore Flyer/ sea. Great view. Ask only $998K.
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    • 283 7 ALMOST NEW! THE Calypso. 1119 sqft. F’hold. 3+1 with good sized balcony. Quality finishings. Pool facing. neg. 9066-3388 THE WATERSIDE 2142 sqft $3.xM Amber Park 1744 sqft 3+1 Cote D’Azur 1421 sqft 2+1+patio +gdn Value $1.8M *****666 WATERFRONT WAVES TOP soon. 3rms, 1378 sqft, asking $1.39m. Quiet, corner, ground flr,
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    • 672 8 417 CASA MERAH 3+ New Condo next to Tanah Merah MRT. High flr, Quiet, S-facing. Tenanted: $4.Xk. Owner 9231 7496 SUNHAVEN F’HOLD CONDO penthouse. 2013 sqft. 3 bdrms. City view! Nicely done up! F/facilities. Serious seller. *****681 DW WATERPLACE 3BDRM 1227+ sqft. Face Pool. High flr. Quiet. Premium finish. Must
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    • 405 8 IP ANG MO KIO HDB APTS FOR SALE MATS HDB MEDIAN Resale Prices in 1st Quarter 2011 Resale transactions take place on a "willing buyer-willing seller" basis. Buyers need not pay any COV if the resale price negotiated and mutually agreed between both parties is at or below market valuation.
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    • 413 8 Selling fast/ cV oi£ e av *'M, e/ New Projects Launching In Your Estate Price From $6xxK Onward 172/3/4 Bedrooms Available Hotline: 9822 3755 IVORY HGTS NEW listing! 3+1 1668 sqft. High flr, unblocked. Newly renovated. 100% move-in. View to offer. Call 9745-5750 GUILIN VIEW, 2 bdrm, 861 sqft. Above
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    • 233 8 THE CALROSE *****070 C&H 2+1, 969 sqft windy/ unblocked 4+1, 1442 sqft, nicely renovated. 1km St Nicholas. Benjamin ROSEWOOD SUITES BRAND new. Penthse, 3+1. Balcony/ terr. Walk to MRT. Also for rent. *****738 SELETARIS 4+1. 1615 sqft. 2 ensuites. Unblocked greenery view. F’hold. $6xxpsf. 9455-2022 KVM BLK 218 3’NG’, mid
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    • 498 8 BLK 176 4’S’ corner. Simple Well kept. Chinese owner. Amenities. Valued $415K Viewing 8.309pm. Buyers call 9695 9009 RARE 4RM CORNER, near MRT, Also: 4A 251, 4NG Shunfu 308, 312, Exec Mais 231 5I 292 high flr. *****512 $22K CASH 5’I’ corner Sin Ming 408. High Flr. Renovated. Amenities, all
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    • 471 8 RARE CORNER 3NG Blk 233. Renovated. 82 sqm. Low floor. LIft. Near MRT/ amenities. Valued $325K. Call to view at 9366-1821. 5’I’ PT BLK 103, St 13. 120 sqm. Low flr. Value $500K COV $60K Near MRT. All races. *****941 3I BLK 114 Ho Ching Rd. Low/lift Flr. Upgraded with
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    • 520 8 BLK 322 4-RM. 101 sqm. New list! High flr. Bright cosy. 100% move in. Near MRT/ shops. All races. Serious seller. Can contra EXEC APT BLK 416. MRT. N/S facing. F/ renovated. Corner. Quiet. Unblocked. 9666-9068 EC10 NEW LIST! 5’I’ Premium Blk 267B Corner unit. Just turn 5 yrs. Amenities/
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    • 585 8 CENTRAL HOUSES Mfii CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT I UP FOR RENT Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Chancery Grove Townhouses at Chancery Lane Conveniently located near Novena Dunearn Road Orchard Road International schools amenities 3 4-bedroom utility, 1,862 2,939 sq ft Pool gym Call *****223 www.fareast.com.sg 2-STOREY TERR Leith Road
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    • 578 8 3-STOREY SEMI-D EVELYN Rd newly build. 5000/ 4000 sqft. 4+1, ensuite. Car porch. Pool. Newton MRT/ Novena. $19.5K BENG WAN RD. S/storey bunglw. 4000/ 2600 sqft. 4 bdrms, 3 attach. 1 common. F/furn. Mins to town. $6.3K neg. 9271-1167 ERA HOLLAND GREEN 3 storey bunglw 5 family 1 s/ pool.
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    • 556 9 CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT THE GREENWOOD For Lease Ini 1. Minutes from Orchard Road yet a world away. The Greenwood, situated along Greenwood Avenue, redefines luxury with its exclusive cluster homes with roof terraces set in verdant serene
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    • 429 9 LUMIERE 2 Mistri Road (Shenton Way) Studio 506 sqft $3.8k 1 Bedrm 678 sqft $4.6k 2 Bedrm 1,001sqft $6.1k Penthouse 2,325 sqft $16.0k 2,551 sqft $16.0k 5,091 sqft $30.0k *Fully Furnished with Sea View Units Above 40 Floor Call Owner at 9656 9562. Agents Welcome Ssagroup Leasing Dept The Clift
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    • 285 9 MONTEREY PARK. 3 bdrms. 1367 sqft. Beautiful, very well kept. Unblocked view. High flr. Breezy. Shuttle to MRT. Avail 1/6. neg. THE CLIFT, 2-BDRM. 775 sqft, mid flr, P/furn. Near MRT Food Centre/ Supermarket/ Eatery. Call Teck Hong 9147 8686 SV DOVER PARKVIEW 2-RM 969 sqft. High flr. F/ furn.
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    • 400 9 ICON 2BDRM. 904 sqft. Immed. Well kept. Cosy. Full or part furn. Amenties. Serious landlord. neg. Can co-broke. *****270 BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE PLAZA $5K! 3+1 Renovated. F/furn. Near MRT. Immed. Prefer professional family. 9459-5396 THE SAIL #2X-05. F/bay view 2bdrms 883sqft. F/furn. Designer deco. LCD TV. Bose Hi-Fi $6K. Today 1-6pm.
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    • 465 9 IMMED. CITYLIGHTS/ CITY Sq. 3+1. 1442 sqft. P/furn. Cosy. Greenery view. $5.xK. MRT; The Bencoolen 2/ 3 rms. *****301 SOUTHBANK 3 RM, 1313 sqft, #25 up, Sea/marina bay view. Opp MRT. 5 mins to Suntec/ Orchard F/furn. Immed. $6.5k. 9180-2563 QUEENS. LOWEST RENTAL. 3+1. Pool view. F/furn. No West sun.
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    • 416 9 LEHILL PASIR Panjang. 3 rms. Spacious living. Condo facilities. Immed. neg. Call *****118 HERITAGE VIEW 1313 sqft. 3+1+1. Panoramic view. Bright. MRT/ Biopolis. $5K. TRS *****389 MERAPRIME 3+1 RM, Good cond, F/facilities. 1 min to Tiong Bahru MRT/shpg mall $5.2k. *****000 ICON 2+1, 926 sqft. High flr. sea view. Tg
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    • 500 9 FELICIA *****800 DWG City Vista Res Cairnhill New 2800 sqft. 4+1. High flr. A1 $13K Trillium River Valley. 4+1, 2300 sqft. High flr. Quiet........... $11.3K Elizabeth Twr 3000 sqft. 4+1. High Trillium River Valley. 4+1, 2300 Elizabeth Hgts 2500 sqft 2 units. 3/ 4+1. New bath/ kitchen. $8.5K Spring Grove
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    • 1028 10 D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ M TANGLIN/ HOLLAND El*i TANQLIN/ HOLLAND Jgf PTE APTS FOR RENT f PTE APTS FOR RENT Brand New! 990 sqft, 2+study+l 1184 sqft, 3+1 1420 sqft, 4+1 Penthouse available! Asking rental from $4,200 onwards Prime location in BukitTimc Near Methodist Girls' School other top local/ international
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    • 765 10 THE MARBELLA 3+1 1474 sq.ft Mid flr. P/furn. F/facilities. Near Dover MRT. Avail end June. Sock Koon 9858-0022 DTZ GLENTREES 3+1, 1991 sq.ft Loft F/facilities. Resort living. Pool view. Well kept. Holland Village Sock Koon 9858-0022 DTZ GALLOP GREEN 3907 sqft. 5+1+ patio/ Paterson Res. Townhse. 3500 sqft. 4+1. $18K/
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    • 590 10 **SOMERSET MRT CLAREMONT Condo Killiney Rd. High flr 3+1. F/Renovated. $6K. *****191 AC BRAND NEW DUCHESS Res 3+1. 1464 sqft/ Bellerive 3 rms 1173 sqft. P/furn. $6.5K. 9387-0757 CAVENAGH HSE 3+1 1600 sqft, part/fully furn, near Orchard/ Newton mkt. $5.5K. 9154-3033 VALLEY PK 2-BDRM 1216 sqft, high flr, full pool
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    • 234 10 Alison Tay, ERA 9688 0185 AMBER RESIDENCES 2-bdrm Mid flr 1163sqft............$5k 2-bdrm Mid flr 1249sqft........$5.2k 3-bdrm Mid flr 1518sqft............$7k 3-bdrm High flr 1798sqft.......$8.5k 4-bdrm Mid flr 2217sqft..........$10k SEAFRONT ON MEYER 3-bdrm IR view 1615sqft........$6.5k HAWAII TOWER 3-bdrm Renovated 2238sqft$6.2k GERANIUM 3-bdrm Pool view 1002sqft...$3.6k AMBER RESIDENCES 3+1, 1518 sqft, high
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    • 577 10 AQUARIUS BY THE pk Bedok Res 893 sqft/ 2rm high flr unblock view future MRT station water sport. Call Nick *****845 THE SEAVIEW, BEST 3/4bdrms, high flr, sea/pool view, quiet windy. Near Parkway/ beach. May *****270/ *****038 D15. KING’S MANSION 1808 sqft. Big hall, 3+1rm, newly renovated ,beautiful, f/furn, immed.
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    • 1520 11 SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS SERVICE APTS c WdL RESIDENCE Wilby Central *****888 Wilby Bukit Timah *****505 m WILBY CENTRAL Newly Refurbished Studio 2-Bedrooms Modern Decor with High Tech Features 5 minutes’ walk to MRT Stations/ Shopping Malls Complimentary shuttle bus service to Orchard Road/ Newton/Holland Village Complimentary broadband internet service
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    • 697 11 Q’TOWN MRT. BIG common rm. F/furn. Near pool, food ctr, amenities. Immed. *****668 MASTER RM DOVER Blk 28. Furn. Aircon. Immed. Near poly/ NUH/ MRT. $1.3K. All races. *****200 ROOMS AVAIL FEW Locations. fully furn. Aircon. Near MRT/ bus stop. Please Call *****694 MASTER ROOM BLK 39 Bedok South. Aircon.
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    • 569 11 486A 3+1 CCK Ave 5. 5rm flat. High flr. Good cond. F/furn. air con. Immed. All races. Sunshine Plaza. $2.3K. Call *****035 3+1 BLK 250 CCK Ave 3. F/furn, aircon. Prefer family/ professionals. Near CCK MRT/ amenities. Immed. 9819-4755 Meena PN 3-RM BLK 528 Bt Batok. Next to Bt Gombak
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    • 799 11 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT PROPERTIES FOR LEASE A) ADMIRAX Good corporate image for light industries (B1! 2 mins drive to Sembawang MRT Size ranges fr. 2,000 sqft to 80,000 sqft ICONfaiBP ascendas Vivian 9816
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    • 173 11 TAI SENG IND. Estate, 2nd floor office 573sqm c/w office furnishing beautiful layout for Jul. takeover. Seah 9756-6341 TRIVEX-NEW BUSINESS SPACE next to Tai Seng MRT. 775/ 872/ 969/1001/1012sqft ample parking food ct. C.H. Tan 9455-9111 OT ZERVEX UBI RD.2 Area 936/980/ 1130sqft. Business space concept Attached toilets. Near Tai
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    • 1235 12 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE a 1 WESTLINKONE B2 Industrial Space in Tuas Unit sizes range from 2,616 sq ft to 3,003 sq ft, high ceiling height up to 6m Wide entrance with electrical operated
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    • 227 12 OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE (CBD Outskirt) Raffles Place........104-8800sqft Shenton Way....... 300-2600sqft Robinson Rd....... 743-*****sqft Cecil Street......... 359-5000sqft Anson Rd............. 549-4450sqft Redhill MRT......... 700-4000sqft C’wealth MRT.......700-4500sqft Fully Partial Fitted Your One-Stop Office Locator! SLP Int’l Property Consultants Hotline: 9339 0313 6 RAFFLES QUAY Corner unit High floor with partial sea view
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    • 949 12 BK OFFICE SPACE BK OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT Hong Fok Group (Tel: 6390 2425/ 6292 8181) OFFICE SPACE FOR 1-4 pax. Outside CBD. Near MRT. 24-hrs access. Good corporate image. Free broadband. Free flow of beverages. Move-in cond. Complimentary use of meeting rms, receptionist svcs. Affordable rates. Virtual
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    • 440 12 MIDVIEW CITY. NEW Bare unit, 1600 sqft/ light industry, selfcontained, sanitary facilities, View to offer! Call 9616-0781 OFFICE SPACE P. Panjang Rd. 1765 sqft, Immed. W/ pantry built-in cupboard. 5 mins MRT. Peggy Lee AE *****000 L2G CENDEX CORNER OFFICE. 1615 sqft, Fully fitted/ aircon. Own toilet parking. Only $3.8K.
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    • 523 12 RAFFLES MRT. TONG Eng Bldg 750sqft. bright, conference, new Paint, move in. Good amenities. Immed $3999. *****223 ERA IMMED. VACANT. MUST View. Amtech Bldg. 2500 sqft. Mins to CTE/ PIE, eateries, major banks, bus stop amenities. 9113-0100 **SHOPHOUSE OFFICE. MOHD Sultan. Approx 500sqft Nice $2.1K. Sago St. Approx 850 sqft,
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    • 1025 13 OFFICE SPACE HK OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE |p? 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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    • 546 13 SHOP SPACE SHOP SPACE HK SHOP SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT BUGIS STREET Mid Range, Pre-Owned Branded, IT Lifestyle Products Services New floor with cafe exhibition area for product launches and events •Sizes from 100 sqft onwards Little Red Dot Bugis Street One whole new floor of shops
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    • 531 13 **ORCHID HOTEL Tg Pagar MRT. Top retail shop. #01. *****73 sqft. Good frontage. Water pt. $23 psf up. Call 9754-0309 BLK 354 CLEMENTI Ave 2. Ground flr 721 sqft/ upp flr 882 sqft (3rms). Near mkt. All trades welcome. Immed. Call *****553 TEKKA HDB SHOPHOUSE wide frontage. For Provision Shop/
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    • 600 13 **$1500. CITY ½-SHOP. Aircon. Water. Next to laselle sch. Ideal for all trades. Immed. 8331-7958 TG PAGAR PLAZA 2nd flr. 678 sqft. Good facing. Salon/ retail/ F&B/ travel. $4K. Hp 9001-9060 SHOP FOR RENT Blk 462 Crawford Lane, 650 sqft. Contact 6295-8835 Michael 163 BT MERAH Central. 785 sqft toilet.
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    • 635 13 CHINATOWN AREA. 3200 sqft. 3storey shophouse. Suits F&B. Heavy human traffic. Near MRT. Good rental yield!!! 8498-8989 BLK 219 BEDOK Central Shop for sale. 37 sqm. High rental yield. Heavy human traffic. Suits all trades. $1.28M. Call 8133 7888 CLEMENTI 2-STOREY HDB shophse 1600 sqft left 70yrs lease, suits all
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