The Straits Times, 18 August 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sued after failed romance
      53 1 A WIDOWER in his 60s is suing his former girlfriend for $400,000 the value of the lavish presents and joint investments he splurged on while they were an item. He says he had spent that much on the understanding they were going to be married. L
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      Lock icon Jailed for online call to riot
      49 1 TWO men who used Facebook to try stirring up trouble in their neighbourhoods during last week’s rioting in Britain were each jailed for four years, police said. The terms sparked criticism from some people that they were too harsh. L PRIME PAGE A9
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      Lock icon Crisis over jailed protester
      44 1 PROTESTS have swelled across India in support of anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare fasting in jail, with the government offering him permission for an extended protest and alternate venues. Hazare has, however, insisted on an unconditional release. L WORLD PAGE A14
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      Lock icon Red Devils deep in the red
      55 1 MANCHESTER United is one of the world’s most successful football clubs, but huge debts have put its finances as deep in the red as the team’s colours. The reigning Premier League champs lost £83.6 million (S$164 million) in the year up to June 30,
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    Lock icon Another MRT train vandalised in depot
    706 1  -  BY ROYSTON SIM IN ANOTHER startling breach of security, an SMRT train was found vandalised yesterday, the second such incident in two years and one which comes after the operator was instructed to improve its security. Initial investigations indicate a breach in the fence
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    Lock icon Campaigns kick off in different styles
    1066 1  -  Four candidates announced, ending talk of late withdrawal PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY LI XUEYING xueying@sph.com.sg THE four men vying to become Singapore’s third elected president yesterday filed their nomination papers and kicked off their campaigns in markedly different ways that could foreshadow the shape of
    ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM, DESMOND FOO, MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; ST PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR STRAITS TIMES; ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI; ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG  -  1,066 words
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        Lock icon Creating more space for Singaporeans
        59 2 WE SAY In the three months since the General Election, the feeling among critics of the Government was that it had moved to make major personnel, but not policy, changes. The latter is what the Prime Minister has now done by changing policies on immigration,
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        Lock icon China’s basic flaws
        55 2 COLUMNS Ching Cheong says China’s recent rail disaster highlights some basic flaws in its socialist system. Among them: its software capability lags far behind that of its hardware; the Great Leap Forward mode of development guarantees disastrous results; corruption is the root cause of most of its
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        Lock icon Widen social safety net
        49 2 Malaysia’s religious authorities should look at widening the Islamic social safety net so that those with problems can fall back on the community for help instead of being forced to turn to the social network of other faiths, says Salim Osman. L REVIEW PAGE A30
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        Lock icon Thoughts on the election
        33 2 OUR READERS SAY Straits Times readers give their thoughts on the Presidential Election, and highlight some weaknesses in the election process for Singaporeans living overseas. L FORUM PAGE A31
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        27 2 www.straitstimes.com L Himaya Quasem blogs on her experiences of interviewing the poor and young people in UK gangs while previously working for a British charity.
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      Lock icon A harvest of political plays
      1045 2  -  Theatre here is now less about what it dares say, than how well it says it BY CLARISSA OON SENIOR WRITER clare@sph.com.sg ONE of Singapore’s bestknown playwrights recently expressed his disillusionment with writing political plays, saying in an interview with The Straits Times that political
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      Lock icon Supporters turn out in full force to back candidates
      650 3  -  They don colours and chant slogans as presidential campaign kicks off BY TEO WAN GEK JESSICA LIM wangekt@sph.com.sg limjess@sph.com.sg IT WAS 9am, an hour before the gates of the Nomination Centre for the presidential election would open to the public. But
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      Lock icon Tony Tan heckled; fellow candidates voice disapproval
      640 4  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG THE cheers turned to jeers as Mr Tan Jee Say left the podium and Dr Tony Tan stepped up to make his Nomination Day speech. The heckling came from a vocal group of people who were mostly supporters of Mr
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      Lock icon Stencils allow the blind to vote on their own
      312 4  -  BY THERESA TAN BLIND voters here will finally be able to vote on their own and in privacy during the upcoming presidential election. The Elections Department has produced special stencils to enable blind voters to mark their ballot papers on their
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      Lock icon Feelers put out asking me to step aside, says Kin Lian
      721 6  -  Jee Say and Cheng Bock deny any such bids to avert four-way fight BY ELGIN TOH RACHEL CHANG elgintoh@sph.com.sg rchang@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Hoe Pei Shan, Tessa Wong and Andrea Ong A LAST-DITCH attempt was made before Nomination Day
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      Lock icon Tan Cheng Bock pledges to promote multiracialism
      923 6  -  BY ANDREA ONG LEONARD LIM RECALLING his youthful abandon, Dr Tan Cheng Bock yesterday reminisced about a time when he played marbles and football with friends of different races. “I was colour blind. We never even knew what colour (we were),” he said.
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      Lock icon Tan Kin Lian aims to stretch ‘shoestring’ budget
      761 6  -  BY RACHEL CHANG ELGIN TOH MR TAN Kin Lian says he will have to make the most of his “shoestring” budget for the presidential election campaign, but is confident of getting more than the 12.5 per cent of valid votes needed to
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      Lock icon Jee Say queried about previous jobs
      894 7  -  BY TESSA WONG ON THE first day of his campaign, Mr Tan Jee Say found himself being posed tough questions about his career in the financial sector. Those 16 years of his life, from the time he left the civil service in 1990 to
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      Lock icon Tony Tan opts for ‘good old specs’ to share long-term view
      802 7  -  He says campaign symbol is one voters will associate with him BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN zakirh@sph.com.sg IN HIS three decades in public life, people recognised Dr Tony Tan by his thick, black-rimmed glasses. Yesterday, the presidential candidate made what he
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      Lock icon If I become president...
      2598 8 On the eve of Nomination Day, the four presidential candidates visited The Straits Times newsroom for a roundtable dialogue. Yesterday, we carried excerpts of their discussion on the president’s role; the management of the reserves; and their responses to readers. In the second and final part,
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        166 8  -  TEXT PHOTO: CAI HAOXIANG HAVING been together for more than 60 years, a little disagreement is inevitable especially on who to vote for on Aug 27. But yesterday morning, Mr Khoo Ah Ang and Madam Chia Siang Cheong (right) were of one mind on how to
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        Lock icon Support from minibonds investors
        136 8 SOME of the supporters for Mr Tan Kin Lian yesterday were beleaguered investors in the 2008 minibonds saga, like 70-year-old retiree William Tan. When United States investment bank Lehman Brothers went under and sparked the global financial crisis, local investors in Lehman-linked minibonds and High Notes
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        Lock icon Remembering a smile from years ago
        179 8  -  JESSICA LIM WAVING a purple fan and prancing onto the field to join other supporters of presidential hopeful Tony Tan, actress Abigail Chay (right) beamed with enthusiasm. “Look, a fan holding a fan. It’s a ‘punny’ thing,” she said, and pointed to her bright
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        Lock icon The return of the Returning Officer
        127 8 TO ENTHUSIASTIC chants of his name, Returning Officer Yam Ah Mee (below) reprised the role that shot him to fame during the recent General Election. His live announcement of the election results on TV in May delivered in a monotone and with a poker
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      28 8 Presidential election Watch videos from Nomination Day Catch all our videos of the ST Roundtable with the four Tans Read transcripts of the ST Roundtable Go to www.straitstimes.com
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      Lock icon 2 get jail over calls online to riot
      680 9 But critics say 4-year sentence is too harsh AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Two men who attempted to use Facebook to incite riots last week in Britain have each been jailed for four years, police said. The length of the jail terms
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      Lock icon Some fans keen to buy a stake in Red Devils
      684 10  -  BY MAGDALEN NG FANS are getting excited at the prospect of Manchester United listing on the Singapore Exchange, with some even ready to open their wallets. Entrepreneur Cheo Ming Shen, 28, who has been supporting the English Premier League (EPL)
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      Lock icon Man U’s finances floundering in the red
      533 10  -  Football club suffered $164m loss in financial year 2010 BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg MANCHESTER United is one of the world’s most successful and popular football clubs but huge debts have put its finances as deep in the red as the team’s famous playing
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      Lock icon Blueprint to mould young urban planners
      316 10 LEARNING trails are on a blueprint drawn up by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to further reach out to younger Singaporeans from next year. “Students will learn to think deeper about current issues and understand the many constraints and needs applied to urban design,”
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      Lock icon Listing could lure other big firms here
      358 10  -  MAGDALEN NG SCORING the Manchester United listing would be a publicity coup for the Singapore Exchange and could lure other high-profile firms to list here, industry players said yesterday. The anticipated initial public offering (IPO), which could raise US$1 billion (S$1.2 billion), would
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      Lock icon Tabloid’s executives ‘knew about hacking’
      842 11 Parliamentary panel releases damning letter NEW YORK TIMES LONDON: A high-profile parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid has released embarrassing new evidence that the practice of intercepting voicemail had been widely discussed at the newspaper, contradicting assertions by
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      Lock icon China cracks down on gender-based abortions
      502 12 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XINHUA BEIJING: China has warned of severe punishments for doctors or hospitals found to have performed gender-based abortions as males in the country continue to outnumber females by a wide margin. This is part of a campaign launched this week
      CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; XINHUA  -  502 words
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      Lock icon Berlin-Paris pledge fails to inspire stock market rally
      596 12 Lukewarm responses to German-French pledge of more integration for 17-nation euro zone FINANCIAL CRISIS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BLOOMBERG HONG KONG: Pledges from the German and French leaders to work towards closer political and economic integration in the 17-country euro zone failed to
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  596 words
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      Lock icon Europe duo marching lockstep into the unknown
      838 12  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: It was billed as nothing short of a revolution: At an emergency summit in Paris on Tuesday, the leaders of France and Germany vowed to create a “true European economic government” in order to
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      Lock icon MY TAKE
      257 12  -  HUGH YOUNG Managing director, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia “Volatility is part and parcel of markets, but this is a nervous time. People tend to get worried for justifiable macroeconomic reasons. Of course, people aren’t necessarily thinking that rationally, but to be fair they’re also thinking that the businesses
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      Lock icon High-speed rail: China slams brakes further
      550 13 Move to boost safety, officials’ expertise in safety management CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BEIJING: China has put the brakes on more high-speed trains to improve safety and give railway officials time to gain safety management expertise, according to Railways Minister Sheng
      CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  550 words
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      Lock icon Rail ministry’s spokesman ridiculed for crash remarks
      298 13 SACKED NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS CHINA’S Railways Ministry has dismissed its spokesman whose statements after a high-speed train collision in eastern China last month became a target of ridicule. Mr Wang Yongping is the latest official to be fired following the collision between
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon CRISIS in Manmohan Singh govt as anti-graft protests grow
      794 14  -  Police offer concessions to Hazare, but he seeks unconditional release BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Demonstrations swelled across Indian cities in support of anti-cor-ruption crusader Anna Hazare yesterday, as the government offered him permission for an
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      Lock icon ‘Lame duck’ PM is even more withdrawn amid battering
      887 14  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: His government is deep in crisis, thanks to a slew of scandals that have marked his tenure as the most corrupt in India. Key appointments to his office are guided
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      94 14 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L US man accused of decapitating disabled son, 7 L Warren Buffett signals successor has been chosen L In-flight film ‘explains’ mysteries of female pleasure MOST COMMENTED ON L Japan’s tsunami-hit towns fight to sustain folk arts. Says
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    • world.regional
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        Lock icon China speeds past India’s slow train to Himalayas
        889 18 India has managed to lay only about a quarter of its Kashmir track REUTERS KATRA (India): The country’s struggle to build a railway to troubled Kashmir has become a symbol of the infrastructure gap with neighbouring China, whose speed in building road
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        Lock icon Tanker’s drift exposes India’s security gaps
        559 18 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI: The oil tanker that India towed off a Mumbai beach this week after it had drifted undetected through coastal defences underscored the country’s continued vulnerability three years after a seaborne terrorist attack. Salvage tugs fixed lines to the 76m-long MT Pavit and
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        Lock icon Malaysia to consider reviewing law on print media
        368 20  -  BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday that the government will consider reviewing a tough publications law that places limits on print media, in the latest move to placate calls for reform. Datuk Seri Hishammuddin, responding
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        Lock icon KL rail link: Chinatown shops fight eviction
        876 20  -  Loss of landmarks, short notice among issues BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s large-scale mass rapid transit (MRT) project faces arguably its trickiest hurdle so far, as the authorities prepare to evict shop owners in the popular Chinatown tourist
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        Lock icon Bid to beef up KL transport
        129 20  -  TEO CHENG WEE KUALA LUMPUR’S mass rapid transit (MRT) project, announced last year, is the largest infrastructure project in Malaysia. The government says it will give a much-needed boost to public transport by significantly expanding the capital’s limited light rail system. The MRT consists
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        Lock icon ‘Strong case’ against Umar Patek
        632 21  -  Indonesia has enough evidence to convict Bali bomb-maker: Official BY LYNN LEE INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF lynnlee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Hardcore terrorist and bomb-maker Umar Patek will go on trial in Indonesia early next year and is likely to receive the death sentence, going by the strength of
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        Lock icon US slaps sanctions on three militant leaders from Indonesia
        239 21 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The United States Treasury on Tuesday announced sanctions against three Indonesian leaders of the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), blamed for deadly bombings across South-east Asia. The Treasury named Umar Patek, Abdul Rahim Bashir and Muhammad
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        Lock icon China urges Biden to ease debt crisis worry
        741 24  -  US Vice-President faces calls for Washington to shun ‘roller-coaster ride’ BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: United States Vice-President Joseph Biden arrived yesterday evening in China, where he was greeted by a chorus of voices from Chinese officials and economists urging
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        Lock icon Baidu may face tougher rules after media expose
        455 24 SHANGHAI: Chinese search engine Baidu Inc may face tighter regulations after facing a barrage of criticism from state media over its business practices at a time when it is cementing its dominance of the booming Internet market. Analysts and various state media
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        Lock icon Beijing lists plans to boost economic links with Hong Kong
        573 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS XINHUA HONG KONG: Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang has announced a series of measures to strengthen economic ties with Hong Kong, including making it easier for the city’s firms to do business in the mainland. Another key step
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        Lock icon 700,000 hit by Pakistan floods
        252 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KARACHI: Devastating rain has triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 from their homes, officials said yesterday. Villages have been flooded and crops destroyed in Pakistan’s bread basket of Sindh province, which was one of the worst-hit
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        Lock icon Beijing slammed for school closures
        612 25 Migrant workers angry after schools for their children are shut for ‘safety breaches’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING: A welfare group accused the Chinese authorities of discrimination yesterday after dozens of schools for the children of migrant workers in Beijing were shut down, leaving them with
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        Lock icon NZ cabby’s death: Chinese court jails killer for 15 years
        316 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI: A Shanghai court sentenced a Chinese man, who admitted to killing a New Zealand taxi driver before fleeing back to China, to 15 years in prison yesterday. Shanghai’s Second Intermediate Court handed down the sentence, citing Xiao
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        Lock icon Outrage over Pope’s $87m Madrid visit
        712 26 Critics protest against lavish celebration amid Spain’s austerity drive NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS MADRID: The church of Reverend Eubilio Rodriguez is a prefabricated building in an area of this city hard hit by Spain’s economic crisis. In front of the altar are a few
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        Lock icon More children living with unwed parents in US: Report
        542 26 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The number of Americans with children who live together without marrying has increased twelvefold since 1970, according to a report. The report released on Tuesday states that children now are more likely to have unmarried parents than
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        Lock icon Tech titans racing to be king of digital age
        738 27 But Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple each lacks something another has WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: Mr Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, has called them the “gang of four”. They are the four titans of technology: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. And they
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        Lock icon Obama fighting to retain hold on Midwest
        556 27 NEW YORK TIMES PEOSTA (Iowa): President Barack Obama pulled up to a bucolic community college in his armoured bus and spent much of the day closeted in a conference with farmers and small-business owners, hoping to sell them on his message that he
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        Lock icon Fund to rebuild riot-hit businesses
        363 27 Additional information from Reuters LONDON: Britain will seek to rebuild business confidence in riot-hit London by creating an enterprise fund for the worst-affect-ed areas, as ministers come under pressure to do more than just talk tough. The new fund is intended to help get businesses
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          Lock icon JB gang eyes S’pore bikes
          120 28 JOHOR BARU: A gang of thieves targeting high-powered motorbikes registered in Singapore is making big profits by re-selling its loot on the local market. On Aug 2, Johor police caught two men suspected of being part of a gang of at least six people that
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          Lock icon Tobacco giants sue FDA
          166 28 REUTERS NEW YORK: Four big cigarette makers sued the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking to void as unconstitutional new graphic labels and advertising that warn consumers about the risks of smoking and induce them to quit. The lawsuit by Reynolds American Inc’s R.J.
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          Lock icon Shark kills honeymooner
          95 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The widow of a Briton killed in a shark attack is mourning his death off the coast of Africa, saying it has left an emptiness in her life. Mr Ian Redmond died on Tuesday as he swam off a beach on the island of
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          Lock icon Seoul developing missiles
          109 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: The South Korean military is developing anti-ship cruise missiles, a news report said yesterday, after sea trials of China’s first aircraft carrier sparked regional security concerns. Development of the supersonic missiles is expected to be complete in three or four years, Seoul’s Chosun Ilbo
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          Lock icon Penguin to get ride home
          99 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON: A wayward Emperor Penguin that washed up in New Zealand will be shipped back to sub-Antarctic waters later this month on a scientific research vessel, Wellington Zoo said yesterday. The adult male penguin, nicknamed “Happy Feet”, was found wandering on a beach
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          Lock icon Suu Kyi meets DPP group
          172 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan’s main opposition party said yesterday that its top officials paid a rare visit to Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who praised the role of women in the island’s politics. The delegation of top female officials from the Democratic Progressive
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        Lock icon Look who's gone fishing
        94 28 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went fishing on the Volga river in Russia’s Astrakhan region on Tuesday. The two leaders, believed to be close to a decision on which of them will run for president in March next year, spent time
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      403 29 IN THE aftermath of the General Election, many critics of the Government felt that it had moved to make major personnel, but not policy, changes to address disaffection among the 40 per cent of the electorate who had voted against the ruling party. Their concerns
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        819 30  -  A S K:N U S ECONOMISTS BY PHUA KAI HONG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer teaches health and social policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the National University of Singapore. L How do we determine if health care
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        917 30  -  BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg SOME 25 dolphins are now being trained overseas to provide visitors with an interactive experience at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). But animal rights group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) is urging RWS to release the dolphins
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        191 31  -  Bernard Law THE Singapore I am familiar with, and one I so look forward to seeing develop, seemed to be drifting away. So it was with some relief that I listened to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announce measures to underscore even further,
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        226 31  -  PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Ng Ya Ken MR CLINTON Lim expressed concern that the “moral and political legitimacy” of the elected president would be jeopardised if he wins by a small margin (“Presidential election: Tweak system to ensure 50 per cent majority”; Monday). The first-past-the-post criterion governing the presidential
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        169 31 “They may be at their wits' end because of inefficiency and indifference.” MR DARYL SAW: “While I do not condone the abusive behaviour of some customers cited in yesterday’s report (‘Front-line officers take more flak’), I can empathise with their frustrations. They may be at their wits'
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        139 31  -  FLAK ATTACK Tan Swee Kheng (Miss) PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s plea for courtesy and respect struck a chord with me (“More cases of people being demanding”; Monday). I run a private company that pays rent and services a government agency as well as the public.
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        132 31 “It is hard to understand why it takes two months to reply to an MP’s letter.” MR LIM TIAN POH: “Here is the flip side to yesterday’s report (‘Front-line officers take more flak’). At the end of May, I had appealed to the Kolam Ayer MP against the
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        417 31  -  Lu Cheng Yang Director, Personnel Ministry of Education Edwin Lye General Secretary Singapore Teachers’ Union Lian Hwee Eng (Madam) President Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union Mohammad Thahirrudin President Singapore Malay Teachers’ Union/KGMS Samikannu Sithambaram President Singapore Indian Teachers’ Union WE REFER to the recent
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        87 31 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR LIONEL DE SOUZA: Puzzled by body find near Istana 2 MR CHAN HEAN BOON: He agrees with Rally on foreigners 3 MR RAYMOND KOH: Give S’poreans a leg up in reaching for the top 4 MR HARRY NG: Need for positivity online
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        155 31 “The criterion separating Dr Tony Tan from the other three is that he can hold his own as president.” MR ANTHONY GOH: “I am impressed by the unbiased coverage of the four presidential candidates in your newspaper (‘All four Tans set to contest election'; yesterday). All four have spoken
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        165 31 “We are denied the vote.” MR CHRISTOPHER CHAN: “My wife and I work in Hong Kong and are disappointed with the election process for Singaporeans living overseas. The online process of filing our application is onerous, even though we understand the need for safeguards to verify applications. For instance,
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      824 1  -  Woman says jewellery and other items, costing nearly $400k, were gifts BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A HIGH Court suit is set to be a test case for whether gifts in cash and kind are returnable after a romantic relationship hits the
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      96 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Decomposed body found near back gates of Istana cleared YOUR SAY L Certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums were mixed at the latest tender, with marginal increases in some categories and dips in others. Premiums dropped for cars
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      503 2  -  Beeping device will alert servicemen to reversing vehicles in the vicinity BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg BEEPING alarms will be installed in all vehicles of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and will sound when they are put in reverse gear, following
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      215 2  -  LIN ZHAOWEI RSS ARCHER, the most advanced submarine in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), arrived here for the first time yesterday morning. Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng and other senior naval officers were at Changi Naval Base to witness its arrival
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      483 2  -  BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT IN COFFEE shops, one can count on seeing motorists make a mad dash to their cars nearby when the coffee-shop keeper yells “Auntie lai liao!”. The call in Hokkien signals the arrival of the parking warden usually
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      200 2  -  JOANNA SEOW A NATIONAL flag was found partially burnt outside a flat in Marine Terrace on Monday. It had already burnt itself out by the time the Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived on the scene a little after 7pm. The police are looking into
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      447 4  -  Dips in 3 categories as buyers stay away, but taxi operators drive up Category A premiums ROYSTON SIM VOLATILITY in stock market prices has put the brakes on buying interest in cars, with certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums ending mixed at the latest
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      220 4  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN THE man charged with the murder of a law firm secretary, whose body was found after a fire gutted the office she worked in, was taken back to the scene yesterday morning. Govindasamy Nallaiah, 66, who was charged last
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      501 4  -  BY JANICE TAI BY 2030, six in 10 of people in the world aged 65 and older will live in Asia. To get a better grip on the challenges and possibilities, an Ageing Research Network will be set up at a three-day conference
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      319 5  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH WITHIN hours of robbing a goldsmith in Upper Changi Road of $857,441 worth of jewellery last year, a suspect is believed to have sold the stolen items to a jeweller in Geylang for $510,000. New Chee Seng, the 42-year-old
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      381 5  -  Programme manager guilty of negligence; cannot drive for 3 years KHUSHWANT SINGH A MOMENT’S negligence while at the wheel cost a woman her mother’s life in an accident in Chinatown a year ago. Ng Woon Kum, a 38-year-old programme manager with Hewlett-Pack-ard,
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      213 5  -  AMANDA TAN CITI Technology Groups raised more than $570,000 for two charity funds run by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) through a charity golf event and auction yesterday. Last night, top executives from the global financial services company presented a mock cheque to Mr
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        1233 8  -  More patients will soon be able to see GPs at lower polyclinic rates BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT POON CHIAN HUI salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma chpoon@sph.com.sg EVERY month, Dr Pauline Neow submits 120 to 150 claims to the Health Ministry for reimbursement of fees chalked up
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        741 8  -  SALMA KHALIK ELEVEN years ago, the Ministry of Health (MOH) embarked on a portable subsidy scheme to help the old and poor see a doctor near their homes when they were sick. For this group, the cost of visiting a general
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        562 8 L What does “per capita income” consist of? Does it include all income such as the money from renting out a room in my HDB flat? It includes income from work, renting out rooms as well as allowances from children. But it does not include bonuses
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      636 9  -  Poll shows these are among the needs of elderly residents in Marine Parade BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg VOLUNTEERS and grassroots leaders in Marine Parade are looking into fulfilling the wish-list of the estate’s elderly residents, on the back of early findings from a pilot
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      397 9  -  BY HUANG LIJIE TOUR guides will soon get a guiding hand to help them cope with the increasingly sophisticated demands of tourists. From next year, they can enrol in training courses offered by the newly launched Centre for Guiding Excellence. It is
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      872 13  -  Republic’s Feng leads line-up of top female table-tennis players BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg TABLE-tennis fans in Singapore are delighted, after it was announced at a press conference yesterday that world-class action is coming their way in October. Better yet, the Oct 28-30 Volkswagen Women’s World Cup
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      422 13 REUTERS WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is examining documents charting more than US$500,000 (S$602,000) in payments made by a Caribbean football group to a top American official of the sport that has been shaken internationally by corruption allegations. According to a United States law
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      165 13 TO CONTACT THE SPORTS DESK, E-MAIL: stsports@sph.com.sg www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Barcelona got Fabregas on the cheap, admits Wenger L Young athletes use YOG as springboard to London 2012 L Newcastle, Arsenal charged by FA over Gervinho-Barton clash MOST COMMENTED
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      575 14 Manager communicates with Arsenal bench despite touchline ban AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: The embattled Arsene Wenger could be in trouble with Uefa after repeatedly communicating with the Gunners’ bench during Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Udinese in the first leg of their Champions League play-off
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      910 14 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: From dodging bullets in the drug and crime-addled slum where he was raised in Argentina to reining in his love of meat, Coca-Cola and late nights at Atletico Madrid, Sergio Aguero’s path to stardom has been colourful
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      248 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILAN: Playmaker Wesley Sneijder is set to remain at Inter Milan despite reducing his pay demands to ensure his move to Manchester United goes through. The Sun reported that the desperate Dutchman, who wanted £200,000 (S$396,000) a week, is ready to take
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      215 14 REUTERS ZURICH: Manchester United earned the biggest share of Champions League prize money last season with ¤53.2 million (S$92.4 million) despite losing in the final, according to figures released by Uefa on Tuesday. Last season’s 32 Champions League teams received a total of ¤754.1 million from
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      817 15  -  Backline stalwart set to be first foreign-born Lion to win 100 caps BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg VETERAN defender Daniel Bennett is set to become the first foreign-born Singapore footballer to reach 100 international caps next Wednesday, joining an exclusive club that features centurions like Fandi Ahmad and
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      528 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI (Ohio): Tennis’ world No. 3 Roger Federer, warming up for the US Open, surged into the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-5. It was his first win over the
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      423 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG BARCELONA: Barring a breakthrough in Madrid tomorrow, the opening weekend of Spain’s top two football divisions is in jeopardy after talks yesterday between the league and players failed. The Association of Spanish Football Players (AFE) said they will not play in
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      420 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON: New Zealand fans have overwhelmingly rejected a tongue-in-cheek campaign urging them to give up sex to help the All Blacks break their 24-year Rugby World Cup drought. Just last week, adidas was forced to cancel a glitzy party and apologise
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        73 16 ETOILE beat Gombak United 1-0 in the first leg of their Singapore Cup quarter-final at Jurong West Stadium last night. The French club, the current S-League champions, were down to 10 men in the 64th minute when midfielder Theo Raymond was shown his
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        78 16 LONDON: Uefa will scrutinise Manchester City’s sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways to see whether it has circumvented European football’s incoming financial fair-play regulations, reported the BBC on Tuesday. The 10-year deal for the stadium and shirt is reportedly worth £400 million (S$787 million)
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        95 16 REUTERS LONDON: An FA Cup qualifying round tie that would normally attract a crowd of about 90 could boast a potential global audience of 700 million after an agreement was reached to broadcast tonight’s match on social networking site Facebook. The fixture between Ascot
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        32 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: Schalke’s former Spain striker Raul Gonzalez turned down a transfer to English Premier League team Blackburn Rovers, the German Bundesliga club said on Tuesday.
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        58 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRENTON (New Jersey): Nine-time Olympic track and field gold medallist Carl Lewis’ bid to join the New Jersey state Senate race is still in limbo. New Jersey’s LieutenantGovernor Kim Guadagno, a Republican, said on Tuesday that Lewis, a Democrat, does not
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      544 16  -  SAA boss dangles bonus for S’pore Open record breakers BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg ATHLETES competing in the 73rd Singapore Open Track Field Championships this weekend now have an extra incentive to perform well. Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) president Tang Weng Fei is dangling a $500 carrot for any
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      251 16 REUTERS KINGSTON: Jamaica have left 200 metres national champion Steve Mullings out of their 50-member team for the World Championships starting in Daegu on Aug 27, after local media reported that the sprinter had failed a dope test. Jamaican officials confirmed that Mullings, the year’s
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      401 16 Today Cricket 4th Test: England v India, day 1 (Live, mio TV Ch123, 6pm). Football Singapore Cup q-finals, 2nd leg: Home v Tampines (Bishan), Albirex v SAFFC (Jalan Besar) 8pm. Golf Czech Open: Day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch213, 8pm). Wyndham Championship: Day 1 (Live, Ch213 HD Ch255,
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      410 16 Cricket 3rd ODI In Hambantota: Sri Lanka 286-9 in 50 overs (U. Tharanga 111, T. Dilshan 55; D. Bollinger 4-42, M. Johnson 2-45, S. Watson 2-58). Australia 208 in 44.2 overs (M. Hussey 63; L. Malinga 5-28, S. Eranga 2-38). Sri Lanka win by 78 runs. Australia lead 5-match
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      73 16 ERNIE ELS, the South African former world No. 1, on making an unscheduled stop at this week’s Wyndham Championship. He is one spot shy of securing a place among the top 125 qualifiers for golf’s FedEx Cup play-offs that begin at the Barclays Classic
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    1040 16 OBITUARIES "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 TAN KWANG YIM Age: 57 Peacefully called home to be with the Lord on 17th Aug 2011 Dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved ones.
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      640 22  -  Biggest fall since October 2009 could signal technical recession in sight SHOCK FOR SINGAPORE BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg PLUNGING electronics sales sent non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) down last month, catching experts out and raising the spectre of a technical recession later this year. The
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      107 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Manchester United plans $1.2b IPO in Singapore L Australia’s Qantas unveils plans to launch new Asia airlines, cut jobs L Recession threat rising in the US, say economists MOST COMMENTED ON L IMF warns spending cuts will
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        491 18  -  Market dips for second day as investors shy away from risk-taking BULLS AND BEARS BY LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg THE panic might have gone, but as yesterday’s decline showed, investors are still wary of taking too many risks. The market lost ground for
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          41 18 OCBC BANK has set up a US$5 billion (S$6 billion) US commercial paper programme in a move that will allow it to issue unsecured commercial paper notes. These notes will be offered and sold only in the United States.
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          89 18 Friven Co FRIVEN Co International (FCI), a subsidiary of the Friven Co lifestyle group, has been placed under voluntary liquidation. FCI’s board of directors said they have reasonable grounds to believe that FCI, which retails bedlinen and household products, is unable to meet its liabilities and continue its business. The
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          219 18 THE High Court has dismissed former Teledata chief executive Christopher Pan’s claims that the company’s directors were conspiring against him as “frivolous and vexatious”. Mr Pan is suing Teledata for $1.305 million, claiming wrongful dismissal when ousted from his position in April last year. Teledata in turn has countersued
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          99 18 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.37 billion shares worth $1.3 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 278 Losers: 220 Unchanged: 730 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change 6.44 659.05 2.19 441.20 0.42 685.74 0.01 605.71 -1.41 243.86 0.27 209.87 0.88 606.39
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          216 18 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,057.26 (-50.17) The Nikkei fell 0.5 per cent, after a meeting between France and Germany failed to quell doubts about the euro zone’s ability to contain its debt woes. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,503.07 (+4.83) Malaysia’s stock index ended 0.32 per cent higher,
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            455 18 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 17,2011 Top Rises Aug 17 CENTS OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .***** 240.0 2.3 GLD 10US$ ***** 169.7 0.8 DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** 117.0 0.9 DBXT E50 10US$ 3726 71.0 1.6 DBXT FTVietnam
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            430 18 Top Rises Aug 17 CENTS CityDev.ES.1108 1009 9.0 0.9 STI 3150 DBePW*****1 66 6.0 10.0 SIMSCI335MBePW*****0 45.5 4.5 11.0 KepCorp MBLePW*****1 52 4.0 8.3 UOB BNP eCW*****4 11.7 2.9 33.0 GoldenAgr eW*****3 13.8 2.3 20.0 StraitsAMBLeCW*****2 15.7 2.2 16.3 STXOSV BP eCW*****2 17.7 1.6 9.9 SIMSCI375MBeCW*****0 5.5
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            180 18 By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri 67 3.5 5.5 162,723.000 ShengSiong 34 0.0 0 0 92.341.000 Genting SP 163 0.0 0.0 77,679.000 EuNetworKs 1.5 -0.1 -6.3 70,590,000 HSI*****MBeCW*****9 12.7 0.6 5.0 38,721,000 HPH Trust US$ 65 -0.6 -0.8 30.366.000 Noble Grp 144 -1.0 -0.7 28.819.000 SingTel 297
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            105 18 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Aug 17 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.299 1.226 Can dollar 1.245 1.198 Euro 1.76 1.693 Sterling pound 2.014 1.937 NZ dollar 1.029 0.98 US dollar 1.219 1.173 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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            379 18 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 233 116.5 CapMallsAsia 117.5 cd -0.5 ***** 120.5 117.5 1.7 10.8 4565 423 240 CapitaLand 254 +2 ***** 263 254 2.4 8.5 ***** 216 168 CapitaMall
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        508 19  -  This will help country remain competitive, says IE Singapore chief BY CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg LOCAL firms have been urged to look beyond the country’s borders, particularly to other Asian markets, to grow their business. Such overseas investment would help Singapore remain competitive in the global
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        435 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Qantas chief Alan Joyce vigorously defended the company’s Asia-focused restructuring plans yesterday, saying they were vital to keeping the carrier relevant, as a dispute with unions heated up. The airline has faced a firestorm of criticism over the revamp that will see
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      749 20  -  It calls for next EGM to purge board even before proposals fail BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE failure of European hedge fund Laxey Partners to unseat four directors of United International Securities (UIS) at a heated shareholder meeting yesterday has not brought the
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      346 20  -  JONATHAN KWOK KXD Digital Entertainment’s beleaguered former chairman and chief executive Liu Fusheng is fighting back and calling for a shareholder meeting to oust the current boss from the board. Mr Liu wants executive chairman and chief executive Robby Asianto removed from
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      439 20  -  BY MAGDALEN NG A THAI firm in which Temasek Holdings has a stake is divesting of part of its investment in Thailand’s Shin Corp. The International Financial Review Asia (IFR) reported yesterday that Cedar Holdings is selling up to 253.5 million shares at between
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      577 21 Analysts: Interest rate hikes unlikely for now BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: Inflation in the euro zone slowed last month, as Europe’s worsening debt crisis and a faltering global economy dampened growth outlook. The inflation rate in the 17-nation euro area fell to 2.5 per cent,
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      322 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Britain yesterday insisted that German and French plans for a European Union-wide tax on financial transactions must be applied across the world to be effective. The proposal by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy followed
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      402 21  -  BY AARON LOW THE strengthening Singapore dollar has made the Republic one of the most expensive countries to live in, according to a UBS report on wages and prices. The latest update from UBS’ cost of living survey has
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      381 1 CPART THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 2011 Arts apps ARTSingapore, the 10-year-old home-grown art fair, is closing. But the high end Art Stage and the populist Afordable Art Fair are returning with bigger and better versions. DEEPIKA SHETTY reports. C2&3 Arts groups roll out smartphone apps C3 Rembrandt retrieved Food as theatre
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        1572 2  -  Art fair ARTSingapore is bowing out, but two fresh newcomers Affordable Art Fair and Art Stage are staking their claim deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg One of Singapore’s longest running art fairs is closing after 10 years. ARTSingapore, which once had a monopoly on the domestic art fair market,
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        317 3 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR What: The fair which began in London made its Asian debut in Singapore last year. It will feature more than 70 galleries from Asia, Australia and Europe this year. It aims to make art accessible to the masses, with all offerings priced between $100
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        422 3 Reuters Agence France-Presse New York A new book about the life of Coco Chanel (right) published in the United States on Tuesday aims to strengthen claims that the French designer collaborated with the Nazis during World War II as a spy code-named Westminster. The book,
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        776 3  -  adeline chia arts correspondent Arts institutions and arts companies are wooing the mobile, tech-savvy crowd by rolling out smartphone apps. Both the Esplanade and the National Heritage Board have introduced new apps short for “applications”, or programmes for phones for their festivals
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        121 4 ‘She’s got three brothers that will take her, three brothers that will eat with her and three brothers that will bring her back home and a dad waiting for her. So yeah, we’ll see’ Footballer David Beckham (left), who insists his newborn daughter will be well-protected
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        599 4  -  Dutch artist explores society’s acceptance of violence and the taboo surrounding nudity deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.spg Make love, not war, has a new meaning, with an artist’s creation of whimsical bombs that look like a cross between missiles and are they, or are they not? breasts. Singapore-based, Dutch
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        489 4  -  Corrie Tan PLAY WITH SLEEPING BEAUTY Canada’s DuffleBag Theatre is putting on an interactive, comic version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. Recommended for children aged five to 12 years, the hour-long production will see audience members participating in group or solo parts on stage. The cast of
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        750 5 Dutch master’s sketch nicked from art show in a California hotel turns up in a church 32km away Associated Press Marina del Rey (California) It was not some bold theft carried out by burglars breaking into a heavily fortified museum with hightech alarms to swipe a masterpiece.
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        611 5  -  cheryl faith wee Most family reunions take place over nice meals or holidays, but not so for one extraordinarily talented Lim family. This Saturday, seven members of the clan all cousins, all professional musicians and all related somehow to renowned music conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
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        543 5 Reuters New York A haunted house, it is not. But for theatregoers including many celebrities from Natalie Portman to Justin Timberlake to Matt Damon hidden behind masks, Sleep No More certainly is haunting. Dubbed “immersive theatre” by directors Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle
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      844 6 Award-winning thespians are taking on a new act releasing their own music albums Washington Post Washington Actors Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Hugh Laurie have a passel of Oscars and Golden Globes. Could they be competing for a Grammy next? These men of a certain age,
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      644 6 Reuters Los Angeles In the most tragic event to befall a reality television show, the estranged husband of Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, 47, was pronounced dead on Monday evening
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      1349 8  -  At Chicago’s Next restaurant, diners are treated to themed meals, for which they buy a ticket online in advance sam sifton New York Times New York A challenge and temptation to ambitious chefs across the United States has arisen in Chicago’s near west side, south of
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      312 8 Agence France-Presse Los Angeles Actress Jodie Foster, who played an astronomer in the 1997 film Contact, was among donors helping to revive 42 radio telescope dishes at a California institute searching for extraterrestrial life. The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) Institute was hit by federal
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        400 10 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles The rock band Kiss was removed from the line-up for a Michael Jackson tribute concert in Britain after it was revealed frontman Gene Simmons had called the late pop singer a child molester, organisers said on Tuesday. The decision to
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        144 10 Reuters Associated Press Toronto Spies will get moviegoers’ adrenaline pumping at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, which will close with the British intelligence tale, Page Eight. David Hare’s contemporary spy film casts a critical eye on modern intelligence practices. The drama, which stars
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        241 10 Hong Kong Is Zhang Ziyi back in exboyfriend Eric Fok’s arms? Will they tie the knot soon? The wild rumours of the actress’ resumed relationship with the late magnate Henry Fok’s businessman grandson seem too irresistible to be ignored by the Hong Kong media. Yesterday, newspapers
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        296 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg Call me a stick in the monochromatic mud, but I am disturbed by the rising popularity of coloured contact lenses. The proportion of these cosmetic contact lenses bought in Singapore has grown from one in every five sets in the first half
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        1121 4/5  -  New study shows the popular local dish can worsen heartburn symptoms for acid reflux patients like Muhammad Afiq Roslin (above). reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg For as long as Mr Muhammad Afiq Roslim, 20, could remember, curry had been part of his daily diet. But in the last
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        320 4/5 Contrary to popular thinking, avoiding certain types of food does not seem to improve heartburn and other symptoms of acid reflux. This was the conclusion of a review by researchers from Stanford University in the United States, after they combed through all studies
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        748 7  -  A roving bus has mental health professionals to screen adults for depression. reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg Civil servant Choong Yoke Choy, 54, could not come to terms with the unexpected death of his 81-year-old mother in the operating theatre last month. She had been deemed fit
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        899 6  -  One of the big advances in treating incurable cancer is the use of targeted agents such as Herceptin and Iressa, which can remain effective for years in patients with metastatic DR ANG PENG TIAM angpt@pcc.sg Dr Ang Peng Tiam is the medical
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        505 8 Reuters A traditional Chinese herb mixture may relieve fevers in people suffering from mild cases of Influenza A (H1N1) almost as well as the antiviral drug Tamiflu, a study has found. The herbal mixture used in the study, published in the Annals Of Internal
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        1407 12 / 13  -  Nine in 10 contact lens wearers choose soft lenses over hard ones because they are more comfortable. But they open themselves to a higher risk of eye infections JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg DealerDanielNg, 28, discovered the price of looking good in March this year. He
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        654 12 / 13  -  Joan Chew A study published in January this year in American journal Eye Contact Lens found that most people suffering from eye infections wore soft contact lenses. Between April 1999 and March 2001, 93.7 per cent of lens wearers who sought treatment at public hospitals here wore
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        644 14 / 15 facebook. I once forgot to bring along my disinfecting solution for my monthly contact lenses when travelling and could not find it in any pharmacy. I was left with no choice but to rinse the lenses in tap water. Both my eyes became red and
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        509 16  -  DR KEVIN LEE medical director of the Singapore Medical Group’s Centre for Joint Cartilage Surgery and Singapore Sports Orthopaedic Surgery Centre QI am a 23-year-old woman who does low to moderate levels of exercise. Since I was a child, my shoulders and knees have
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        619 16  -  JOHN WONG ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR head and senior consultant at the department of psychology medicine at National University Hospital QFrom the time my daughter was born 10 years ago until last year, I had been making frequent trips overseas for work. Each trip ranged from six
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        650 17  -  MS LIM LAY BENG traditional Chinese medicine physician at YS Healthcare TCM Clinic QI am a 19-year-old girl. My body and my hands itch all the time. This itch started as hives in December last year and continued. I tend to scratch the itchy areas, but
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        616 18  -  This hawker stall in Jurong East mixes brown rice with white but you can hardly taste the difference, says Lee Hui Lee Hui Chieh huichieh@sph.com.sg Moist and fragrant, the rice smelt and tasted just like chicken rice despite its speckled hue. It was less oily
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        432 19 Dessert can be just as sweet but healthier with less sugar but more fruit. This Hari Raya Puasa, tuck into the Indonesian dessert of pisang rai, or boiled banana sprinkled with grated coconut, which is made using less sugar. Instead of1/4 cup of sugar, chefs I
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        659 22  -  GARY HAYDEN gary@garyhayden.co. uk Gary Hayden is a freelance writer who specialises in education, science, philosophy, health, well-being, traveland short fiction. Courage is one of the most admirable character traits a person can possess. We all stand in awe of the soldier who braves enemy fire, the
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        931 23  -  Dragon boating transformed this once scrawny and timid teen into an athlete with a mind of steel. reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg What do you like about dragon boating? I enjoy the intensity of the races. Contrary to what people think, dragon boating engages not just your
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      236 2 HEALTH DIARY FRIDAY, AUG 19 Advances In Spine And Scoliosis Treatment: A public forum by the Singapore Medical Group’s Orthopaedic Group and Centre for Spine Scoliosis Surgery on common degenerative spine conditions and their treatments. Paragon 09-09. 7pm. Free. To register, call 6887-5000. SATURDAY, AUG 20 Health Talks For Women
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      405 2 CONTEST 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 this
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      267 5 HYUNDAI FOR SALE I HYUNDAI FOR SALE HYUNDAI FOR SALE HYUNDAI FOR SALE Results of August 2011 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE [f:AT3 COE results for the last six months* (February July 2011) *This table will be updated monthly. END’07 HYUNDAI AZERA. 3.3(A) 1 Owner. Low Mileage *****KM. Nice
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      200 5 Shuang Hup Credit Pte Ltd Apr 10 RX350 Silver 25km $175K Mar06 RX300 Luxury Black$74.8K Feb 07 GS300 2 yrs wty $95.8K Jan 06 ES300F Pearl white$63.8K Tip top condition, Accident free Tel *****118 SAVE ON FUEL Greatest saving fr brand new 5/’08 Lexus RX400 Hybrid. 1 owner. Low mileage.
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      198 5 AUG’ 08 MAZDA RX8 1.3 (Auto) 1-Owner. 6 Speed. A1 Condition. 2K paint. 100% Accident free. New Road Tax. *****598 GV 100% INHSE loan ’06 Mazda3 luxury 1.6 auto. Low interest mthly only $598. Welcome trade-in. 1 owner. 9225-3670 JC 11/07 MAZDA 6 2.0A. Powerful Smooth Engine. Excellent Gear Box.
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      163 5 THINK ONE AUTO: 9450-5050 6/’06 Benz C180ML. C&C maintained. Vicom evaluated. Excellent cond. Ask $72K with 1 yr warranty Subsidise $500 insurance premium THINK ONE AUTO: 9450-5050 9/’06 Benz E200K. 1 owner. Fully svc by C&C. Vicom evaluated. Superb cond. Ask $86K with 2yrs warranty Subsidise $500 insurance premium THINK
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      392 6 HIGH PRICE FOR all used cars/ commercial vehicles. Scrap export. Call Arasan 9459-9696 YONG CHUAN MOTOR TRADING 50 UPPER CHANGI ROAD EAST Tel 6345-1777/ 9666-7137 Mr Ong 06 Fuso 6 ton Lorry 24ft Box 04/05 Mitsubishi L300 Van Diesel 11/04 Ssangyong Musso 4x4. Auto D/cab. 1 owner. New paint. S/rims
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      477 6 NEAR 04 PA Bus Toyota Hiace ideal for COE renewal price neg loan avail *****304 FEW UNITS ISUZU TFR54. 1 Owner. Power Engine, 4x4 Gear Box. Nice Cond’t. Call 9060 2524 9185 5979 7/’07 ISUZU TFR86 Diesel, blue, single-cap, flat bed, tax 1/’12, beautiful cond, 9660-1900 Chua 07 L200 SINGLECAB
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      442 7 REGAL ELEGANT CHINA Conserved 4500/3500 sqft Blair near Shenton. 4+1/ 3+Terr/ See www.isabelredrup.com/ir40.php Near financial dist $6.5m. Principals/Mrt/*****055/Susan SENTOSA SEAVIEW BUNGALOW Open Hse 2-5pm Lakeshore View. Buildup ***** sqft. Home lift, designer decor. greenery, Best of best!! MK Teo 9021-2384 ONLY BUNGLW WITH full seaview/ pte berth. Home lift, s/pool
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      391 7 RIVER VALLEY 2-STOREY Semi-D. F’hold. 5+1. Serious seller. 4215 sqft Land, 3100sqft built-in, corner elevated. Robin *****801 OPEN HSE 2-5PM Gallop *****/ 9000 sqft. Beautiful modern Elevated. 5 min to Botanic Gdn. *****025 Newsman Sole Agt WOOLLERTON PARK, ***** sqft Modern classic luxurious bunglw. Spacious, privacy and security. $4XM. Sam
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      474 7 *****772 ECG DYNAMIC Alliance Chun Tin vicinity, 3.5-storey terr, lift. 5+1 ensuites. Walk to MRT amenities. Sylvester Bai ALMOST NEW. 999 yrs. Bunglw Binjai vicinity. 5000 6000 sqft. 4+1. 2½ storey. Quality finishes. Amenities. 10m pool/ alfresco. D.11 ’NEW LIST! Cheapest! $3.xm! Charming Semi-D Off Binjai. 2 storey 4+1. Renovated.
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      318 7 F’HOLD 2-STOREY SEMI-D Changi Hgts 3315/3477 sqft. 4+1, 5 baths. $150K renovation. Sell value. Stewart *****986 ERA 2 STOREY SEMI-D Pasir Ris Ave. 3978sqft 999yr 4+1 Near beach/ pk. $3.3m HB *****990 Eugene *****772 ECG DYNAMIC Alliance Vanessa Kemajuan1300sqft$1.2m+ -Jln Mahir 2storey1750sqft$1.4Xm -Tai Keng 3-storey 1700sqft MRT -Paya Lebar 2200sqft.
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      213 7 STEVE TAY 9630-7741 ERA. Rare Kovan Rd Terr. 2-storey, 4+1, 2100/ 2000 sqft, wide frontage, park 2 cars, 5 mins MRT. F’hold. STAR BUY $893 psf f’hold semi-d 2½ Storey 4419/ 4500 sqft 5+1 Jansen Cl. Huge gdn. Park 3 car Elegant hse *****138 Phelia Yeo SUN OPENHSE 2-5PM! D.20
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      310 7 JASMINE *****086 GPS Modern european setting 2.5 storey corner terr Elevated land 2910/ 4500sqft. 5+1 ensuite. Face N.E JASMINE *****086 GPS View 125pm 57 Conway Grove. 2.5 storey corner land 2640/ 4100 sqft. 5+1 ensuite. Pool glass lift. JASMINE *****086 GPS. 3-5pm. Located on hilltop of S’goon Gdn. Modern open
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      442 7 *****772 ECG DYNAMIC Alliance Open house Sun, 230-530 pm Verde, 3-storey terr. 1600/ 3200 sqft. Closing soon. Sylvester Bai 2-STOREY CORNER TERR Hazel Pk terr. 5222/ 2662 sqft. 4+1. Spacious, swimming pool. 999 yrs. Home not to be missed! WESTWOOD CORNER 3 storey 2440/2500sqft 5 rms move-in. 99 yrs. $1.5xxm.
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      763 8 SCOTTS HIGHPARK *3466 sqft. 4+1 bdrm. MRT..$7.8M 1776sqft. 2bdrm. Top Flr ..$3.6M BELMOND GREEN 1281 sqft 3+1. Pool view.... $2.3M 958 sqft 2+1. Pool view...... $1.7M BeaufortNassim2153sqft.2+1..$7M The Grange 2293 sqft. 4+1..... $6M Melrose Park 4575sqft. 4+1.$5.9M Paterson Res. 2013sqft. 4+1$5.6M Scotts 28. 1733 sqft. 3+1..... $4.1M Cosmopolitan 1680sqft. 4+1.$3.7M
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      585 8 BALMORAL HILLS BALMORAL Park. F’hold. 4+1+ balcony. 1841 sqft. Bt Timah greenery. Vacant possession. Mak YM 9615 6013 ASPEN HGT/ VALLEY Pk Must sell 3+1. Premium stack/view Highflr. 4+1 Selling vacant Face pool nice 1rm 3.3%yield MH Ng *****868 138 MCKENZIE. HIGH flr. F’hold 484 sqft. 1 bdrm. No West
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      636 8 PATERSON SUITES. 1,680 sqft. Paterson Res. 1500 sqft. 4+1. Rivergate. 1500 sqft. High flr. F/renovated. Helen 9026-1800. LIGHT CAIRNHILL. 1689 sqft. Tenanted till mid 2012. 3+1 bdrms. Unblock view. Interested, pls call 8322-8181 Richard Hau HIGHPOINT CONDO. 2928 sqft. 4+1 bdrms. Face greenery. Tenanted till 2012. Interested, pls call 8322-8181
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      536 8 Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ BTTI MAH/CLEMENT! PTE APTS FOR SALE Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTI MAH/CLEMENT! PTE APTS FOR SALE Dll a21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENT! PTE APTS FOR SALE Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENT! PTE APTS FOR SALE Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENT! PTE APTS FOR SALE Dll a
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      258 8 NEWTON ONE 3+1/ 1808 sqft. MRT/ eateries/ malls/ 1km to ACS. Excellent size. Bright, top appliances. *****-665 Sharon THE SHELFORD 3+1, 1485 sqft, Pool. Greenery view. Renovated. Sky Eleven, 4+1, 2820 sqft, Polo club view. Vacant. $4.65M. NEWTON SUITES #28 flr, 2bdrm, 797 sqft. $1.83M neg. Call owner *****615/*****050. THE
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      362 8 B 012-14 BALESTIER/ D12-14 BALESTIER/ m MACPHERSON/GEYLANG [10 MACPHERSON/GEYLANG Jgf PTE APTS FOR SALE PTE APTS FOR SALE Habitat PC re •Tl Special Incentive for Early Birds! A Special Invitation to You and Your Family GPS presents a "Home Affairs" Event 18th August 2011,6.30pm EuHabitat Showflat Jin Eunos (off Foo
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      337 8 8 WOODLEIGH 2 rm/ balcony. 861 sqft. High flr. Unblocked. MRT/ int’l schs. Ng P H *****635 ERA URGENT SALE! LOR 17 Geylang. Freehold. 2196 sqft. 2 levels. Tenanted $5.7K. 6297-2035 F’HOLD TWIN HGTS. (Shaw Plaza Shpg) 3-rm. 1420 sqft high flr. nice view James Gan *****000 ST MICHAEL’S PL
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      332 8 NEW LAUNCH. NEAR Tao Nan Sch/ Marina Bay Sands, Easy access to Marine Parade/ E. Coast Pk. Last premium 1 bdrm stack release. Fr $5xxK. Jo *****589 NEW LIST! AALTO Blk 191. F’hold. 1442 sqft, 3+1, above 20th flr, Pte lift. Sea view. $2500 psf neg. Sole agt. Cindy Ang
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      275 8 FIRE SALE! D’FRESCO Penthse. F’hold. 2928 sqft. 4 bdrm. Unblock. Can see fireworks. Roof terr. The Cotz 452 sqft. Tenanted F’HOLD 2/3 BDRM. One Amber 958/ 1335 sqft. Almost New. Mountbatten Suites/ ESTA. Buyers pls call *****068 Veron Lim CASA MERAH 2 bdrms 947 sqft High flr. Unblocked. No noon
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      524 8 D.15 PENTHSE Versilia. 2200 sqft. Brand new. MRT!/ Parkway. 4+1. Superb view! F’hold. $2.45M. ABSOLUTE 6344-2266 THE BAYSHORE 2+1, 980 sqft. urgent sale. Open Hse Sat 20/8 25pm. Also avail 3/4 bdrms. Own stay/ invest. Daniel 8288 6000 COSTA DEL SOL Rare unit/ stack! Roof top penthse! 2045 sqft. 3+1
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      485 9 PENTHOUSE 4RM, 2754 sqft by Keppel Land. Next to Sengkang MRT, 2x master rm, 1km Nau Chiau. Davin Tan 9389-7776 KOVAN RESIDENCES. BEST Price Owner going oversea. MRT. High flr, bright, breezy. 1259sqft, best stack. Open view. No noon sun $1.2XM! QUARTZ-SOLE Agt. 1216 sqft. 3+1. Renovated. Large master rm.
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      595 9 RIVERVALE CREST. 990 sqft, 2+1 rm. High flr. Move-in. Bright, windy. F/facilities. Shpg Mall/ LRT. Leong HW 9624 8861 PN D.19 CHILTERN PK. 3+1. 1575 sqft. f/facilities. Doorstep MRT/ sch./ NEX. $1.45M. Angelia 8126-6107 $1.XM S’GOON MRT/ Stadium. New launch Penthse. 1098 sqft. Cheap! F’hold. James *****569 BISHAN LOFT 3+STUDY.
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      412 9 HDB Median Resale Prices JATjS in 2nd 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. The price is inclusive of COV if it
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      240 9 4’A’ 105SQM BLK55 Chai Chee High Floor Unblocked Coner. No West Sun/ Big Living Hall. Can contra/ Value $398K Cash SUN 3:30PM-5PM BY appt. Blk 105. 4’A’ corner. High flr, Unblocked. Simple. Mins to MRT/ shpg ctr. Good Joel 9066-6411 4’S’ BLK 106 High flr. Upgraded. Unblocked. Orig. Very near
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      206 9 ALL RACES/PR! BEAUTIFUL like hotel. 4’A’ 434. Just renovated 2 yrs, corner, #7. Serious seller. Valued $360k. View or regret. 3’S’ BLK 8 Seliege Road, Bright, Valued $365k+COV. View to offer. High flr, near 5 MRT stations Sat/ Sun 3-4pm. 9188 1762 AK 4’A’ 8 CANTOMENT Close. Valued $605K. Very
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      259 9 4’S’ BLK 324/ 345/ 348 Ubi. Valuation $325K. Lift level. Well renovated. Amenities. All races. PR eligible. View Sat 3-5pm. BLK 501, 3’S’, 70 sqm. MRT/ Hougang mall/ food ctr. Windy. NE facing. Orig, low flr. All races. Valued $276K. Call 9099-4455 CORNER 4A 979A Buangkok Cres Low Flr. Valued
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      541 9 CLOSING SOON! BLK 4C St George. 4’A’ High flr. Unblocked. Renovated. Christina 9026-5431 4A, 121 MCNAIR Rd 104sqm, high flr, unblocked, MRT/ Sch. Valued $478K. Lily 9222 2271 RC HIGH FLR. UNBLOCKED View. 3’I’ for sale. Blk 58 Marine Terrace. Open hse Sat/ Sun 12-2pm 20 21 Aug. Jared Koh
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      598 9 4’A’ BLK 268 High flr. Unblocked 101% move in. 5 yrs house. Mins MRT/ amenities. Valued $480K. Can contra. Call HSR HDB Resale 3RM BLK.1 LOR Lew Lian. Newly renovated. Mins to S’goon MRT Interchange/ Shpg Mall/ good schs. Selena Yap *****912 HSR 4’NG’ 230 S’GOON Central. Near MRT/ schs/
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      613 9 P£k NORTH HOUSES Mfe NORTH HOUSES FOR RENT W F0R RENT (2 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Banyan Villas and Lentor Modern at Lentor Plain Loop New 3-storey terrace houses Spacious layout with quality finishes 4 5-bedroom utility room Easy access to city via GTE SLE Minutes drive to
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      525 9 3-STOREY SEMI-D HOUSES at Greenwood Crescent, 4/5 spacious bedrms. Near playground, International schs, supermarkets restaurants. Call 6223 5223 FEO Corporate Leasing. LORNIE 18, CLUSTER bunglws with home lift. Fantastic layout. Resort style. Fr 4400 4760 sqft. $13K $16K. 2 yrs lease. Call 6296-6036/ 9670-0518/ NIVEN ROAD, 2 storey conservation terrace,
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      584 10 D11. BRAND NEW European Style Bunglw. 20,000/9000 sqft. Spacious luxury, 5+1, gdn patio. Pool. $30K. *****808 KeithGoh SWISS CLUB GCB Balilnese huge 4+1, pool pavallion $29K/ Hillcrest 6+1, $22K/ Eng Kong 6+1, $15K. Lim GH 9008-4018 PAL TUDOR CL. 3-STOREY Modern Bunglw. 6+1+ pool. Branded appliances. F/equip kitchen. Immed Simon
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      495 10 WORKER DORMITORY COMES with cooking/ per head charge. Agent welcome. *****579 THEBENCOOLEN 1 4 $B<% =>’) E9 O&,B% 6ID 1 5:>( H6@J5#8#JH&<E:. 1 7 A O:F(99$% 1 8&’’; N&(<B%G:F =BEG :K&B33:F )BE.G:< 1 ?9$3’B$:<E>(; +0CG( B<E:(<:EL .>!’: D* 7 cooking/ per head charge. Agent 1 8&’’ .9<F9 N>.B’BEB:% 1 6B<
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      698 10 D01-08 CITY D01-08 CITY ilM a SOUTH-WEST a SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT Jgf PTE APTS FOR RENT THE ESTRELLA T* trre S in a TUB «l W Pasir Fanjang Brand New Units For Rent 3 bdrms with balcony 1,100 to 1,600 sqft Partial I Fully Furnished Immediate Occupation 25m
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      680 10 ONE NORTH RES. 1335 sqft. 3+1 P/furn. Lovely quiet. Pool facing. MRT/ amenities. Avail end Sept. Anne Lee 9626-2337 ERA OCEANFRONT 4+1/ SEASCAPE Sentosa. P/furn. Full sea/ pool view. Immed. Pte lift. 9796-4384 (Seah) ERA ONE JERVOIS NEW 3-RM. 1300 sqft, bright, breezy, unobstructed view. Pool view. $8K (for sale
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      864 10 D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ D09-10 ORCHARD/ M TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Elftl TANQLIN/ HOLLAND ETFkI TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT f PTE APTS FOR RENT Jgf PTE APTS FOR RENT NASSIM REGENCY FOR LEASE 4 V The Prestige of Nassim Road Nassim Regency is an exclusive development set in lush greenery,
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      594 10 SPRING GROVE 1389sqft 3+1 cosy High flr, bright,great view,p/furn Spacious. A1 facilities. Immed Near Intl sch.Emi Chai *****879 THE MARBELLA Mt Sinai. New list Surround by lush greenery gdns. High flr, 4 rm. Min Holland, Orchard.Jasmine Lim *****749 PATERSON RES 1496 sqft. 4+1. P/furn. Balcony. Unblocked. F/facilities. Orchard MRT/Malls. Immed.
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      663 10 BELMOND GREEN PRIME unit. 3+1, 1302 sqft. Spacious living dining area. Pool view. Full or p/ furn. Fred Foo *****077 Colliers CORNWALL GDN 2-BDRM patio, approx. 1500sqft, spacious, tropical living, Holland Village/ MRT. $5500. Irene Lim *****137 OT ORCHARD TWR. 3+BALCONY. High flr. Approx 1907 sqft. Unblocked view. Orchard Shpg
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      756 10 FOUR SEASONS PK. 2260 sqft. 4+1. High flr. Immed. $12.5K. P/furn. Ben Woo *****918 RC ORCHARD SCOTTS 2 bdrms. apt. Resort living. F/facilities. Mins to Newton MRT. Immed. *****843 PARC CENTENNIAL 1550 sqft, 3+1. New! Breezy. Facilities. Newton MRT. $6.5K. Lisa *****678 NEW! DUCHESS RES. 3-rm. 1464 sqft. Cosy. F/facilities.
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      1401 11 Dll a 21 NEWTON/ Bill MAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT Dll a21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT Dll a 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT MATS Private Apartment Rentals
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      331 11 COSTA DEL SOL breathe taking view. 3 bdrm. Facilities/ shuttle to Parkway. F/furn. Well-kept. Avail Sept. $neg Jess 9182-3822 to Parkway. F/furn. Well-kept. COSTA DEL SOL 4+1, F/furnished, designer decor, pool view, bright and breezy, immediate. Bonn (PN) *****632 *****775 RITZ REGENCY 3-BDRM. F/furn, designer decor, MRT/ LRT/ shopping ctr,
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      693 11 SUNNY PALMS PENTHSE. Huge 3100 sqft. Mins to Parkway/ sch. $6000 pm. Eileen 9846-8045 SEAVIEW PT 1360 sqft. High flr. Panaromic sea view. Furnished. $4.8K. CVP 9694-5015 Sudha EAST MEADOW 3+STUDY+1 1356sqft. Pool view. MRT/ Mkt. Avail Oct. Damien.T *****035 CAMELOT PENTHOUSE 5000 sqft. Breathtaking sea view. Duplex. $15K neg.
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      703 11 EXPATS! PK NATURA Just TOP! 3/4/5 bdrm 1378/1410/1744 sqft Poolview. Quiet. No sun. $5k up! Furn. Sophia Choo *****030 PARK NATURA 3+1 Penthse. 2314 sqft. Just TOP. Greenery. view. Close to nature. F/facilites. Immed. $neg. Grace Z *****662 SUMMERDALE. 3+1. HIGH flr. Furn Unfurn. Avail 1st Sept. Prefer 2yrs lease.
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      704 11 9 SELEGIE UTILITY, 671 Klang Lane, 2D Boon Keng, 18 Cantonment, 32 Telok Blangah, 12 Holland, 315 Clementi master etc. Call Albert *****979 $200 UP! SEMBAWANG, AMK, T Payoh, Eunos, Hougang, Marine terr, Bedok, Pasir Ris, Yishun, Jurong, CCK. SN Lim *****127 466D SEMBAWANG DR. Common rm, f/furn, prefer single/
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      552 11 WOODLANDS 740 5RM. High flr, f/furn with aircon. move in cond. All races. Prefer family/ professional. Immed. Eriska *****339 BLK 184B RIVERVALE Crescent. High flr. No pm sun. Quiet. LRT/ Mall. Privacy. P/furn. Immed. View to offer. CW Ng 9105 1509 3+1 BLK 441 Fernvale, partial furnished, aircon, near LRT/
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      611 11 3+1 JURONG 749 Yishun, 3+1+1 Sembawang 340, 3rms Eunos 25, AMK other areas. All MRT. Furn. Aircon. Goh CM *****506 BLK 4 SAGO Lane 2+1, near. Chinatown MRT/mkt/city. Beautiful. Blk 470 Segar Rd, unblocked, 2+1, beautiful. Jeffrey 9018-2143 READY TENANTS LOOKING for rooms at Pasir Ris, Tampines, Bedok etc. High
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      1842 12 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT PROPERTIES FOR LEASE Ss. il liRP A) ICONfaiBP ADMIRAX Good corporate image for light industries (B1) 2 mins drive to Sembawang MRT Size ranges fr. 2,000 soft to 80,000 soft
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      351 12 NEARR MRT~ Northpoint Ind. Oxley Biz Hub UB.One, Ind, Office Shops. 1000-2000 sqft. psf *****666 Evon FREEHOLD ALJUNIED RD Flatted Factory. Approx 4400 sqft. #07. Near future MRT. Price neg. 9688-0819 Jenny Tan C&H HARVEST WOODLANDS. B2 Low Flr. 1906sqft. Ramp Up. Must Sell! Great Investment! Call Keith Choo 9184-7013
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      741 12 For leasing enquiries, please call 6333 4466 AlexandraTerrace BUSINESS SPACE FOR LEASE 400 52,000 sq ft (Large Floor Plate /Various sizes) Good Corporate Frontage Fitted Business Space Next to Mapletree Business City Easy Access to AYE 24-Hr Security Ample Parking Space Call 6578 9966 GUTHRIE HOUSE Beautiful Commercial Boutique Office
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      610 12 MOHD SULTAN RD from 4400 sqft, column-free design, ample parking, good corporate presence. 14 yrs lease. 6100 2002 GROUND FLR OFFICE/ showrm 2785 sqft $23k. Office 4800 sqft. $5psf. 63-200sqft $6.50psf wifi. Chang Charn Rd. *****002 INT’L PLAZA. 250/ 473/ 936/ 2357 sqft. Fitted Bare. Nice views. Near MRT. Also
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      601 12 PRESTIGIOUS OFFICE SPACE Orchard Rd. Superb view. 10,000 sqft. Fr $7.50 psf. Call Marcus Lee 8100-0038 (R*****8A) PROMINENT BUILDING IN Changi. Modern fully fitted office for rent, fr $2 psf. Newly renovated. Marcus 8100-0038 (R*****8A) ONLY $2.10 PSF! TradeHub 21. Ramp up, f/fitted, aircon, carpeted, 2 toilets. 2938/1453 sqft. Lift
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      519 13 HAIR DRESSING SALOON for sale Bedok North Blk 539. Well equipped/ furn. Good crowd. neg. Thomas Teng 9386 5900 .02 CONSERVATION SHOPHSE, 3½ storey, approx 4300 sqft, tenanted, near MRT, neg. *****934 Edwin D GOLDEN LANDMARK. RETAIL shop. 485 sqft with water supply. Facing escalator. Good human traffic. At value.
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      475 13 TAKEOVER JAPANESE RESTN West Coast. 1485 sqft incl. alfresco. F/equipped renovated. Good crowd. Immed. Good price! F&B SPACE FOR lease along Tanglin Rd. 2000-***** sqft. Outside recreation area, 5000 sqft. Avail 1 Oct ’12. Pauline 9105-1035 FOR TAKEOVER. 1) Cheong Chin Nam restn. 2) Coffeeshop (east) 3) western food stall
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      505 13 KAKI BUKIT PLACE. Warehse office. 4500 sqft. 24-hrs security, free parking, easy access to KPE/ PIE. Avail immed. $2.20 psf 5,520 160,000 sqft. Pasir Panjang Rd/ Warehse (general/ aircon)/ Factory/ Open space/ In-hse food ct. Owner *****966 GOLDEN WHEEL IND Kallang. 1475/ 700 sqft. High ceiling. $2 psf; Woodlands Ind
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      140 17 LCCI BOOKKEEPING 18-HRS $158/-. Dip in Accounting 4 subjects. 6 mths, $1588. Biz. Mandarin Course *****283 Uniapolis CERT IN PRACTICAL Import Export Documentation and Procedures. Pls call BMC 6273 5611 (BM) 6452 3885 (AMK) ITE HIGHER NITEC in Accounting/ Admin Nitec in Service Skills (full/ part-time) JE 6565-9786 *23/8 START
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      419 17 ***LEARN JAPANESE FAST... Patented method. Since 1985. Native teachers. Call Bunka: 6737-3601 www.bunkalang.com NYU LANGUAGE SCHOOL offers Pri Sec Prep Courses for Govt. Sch AEIS QT test for foreign students. 6338 3533. JAPANESE@PYAESS BASIC SUN 2.30pm 21/8, Mon 22/8, Wed 24/8. 14 Robinson Rd Raffles Pl MRT *****377. pyaess@edu.sg BEGINNERS
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      571 17 ONE TO ONE TUITION Professional Honest Experienced Primary/ Secondary/ JC Teachers All levels, all subjs, islandwide Tutors are interviewed monitored Good feedback from parents students Call 8152-4890 EDUCATION AVE S’PORE. Results g’teed. Experience, committed full-time tutors sch teachers. Specialised group tuition (small group) home tuition, all levels/ subjs areas. *****727
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      2395 18 A BEATS RECRUIT Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st701.com CATS Recruit Guide Classified Jobs Executive Appointments CLASSIFIED JOBS 1800-289-9988 E-mail cats@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 711 Finance 712 IT/Infocom 715 Lecturing/Teaching 716 Contract Executives 718 Tutors 721 Nursing/Health Care 724 Art/Creative 727 Marketing/ Communications 730 Sales
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      275 18 INTERIOR DESIGNER Dip/ Deg in Interior Design. Min 3 yrs of related experience Good experience in styling for contemporary designs. Strong capabilities in design concepts, space planning and material knowledge. Creative, independent, resourceful self motivated Has flair for creativity and eye for fine details. Good remuneration Commission Interested applicants, pls
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      647 18 Loan Specialist 1. Service Existing Clients 2. Acquire new clientele base 3. Result oriented $1.4K-$1.8K Attractive Commission Bonus Call *****531 or send CV to career@icomm.sg CONTACT SALES EXECUTIVE •Great career for the driven. •Min ’O’ levels •Sales experience not required. (fresh grad are welcomed) •Remuneration from 1.8k-3.2k •Depending on experience
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      874 19 3 SALES 3 SALES YUMMI HOUSE A leading international company specializes in retailing of natural health products. We seek for right candidates to join us in our local overseas operations ATTRACTIVE REMUNERATION PACKAGE (Basic Incentives Commission) SALES REPRESENTATIVE (5 positions) (Various Working Location; Island wide) Aggressive, self motivated and be
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      935 19 SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATES (Full Part Time) Requirements: Pleasant looking and service oriented Min ’O’/’N’ level holders Willing to work shifts weekends Public Holidays Only Singaporeans PRs need to apply Interested applicants are invited for a Walk-in interview: Giordano Originals (S) Pte Ltd 110 Paya Lebar Road, S’pore Warehouse #02-03/07
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      330 19 Asst Restaurant Manager/ Service Crew(Full Part time)/ Accounts Executive Responsibilities: •Responsible to provide efficient and quality service •Able to work in a fast pace environment and able to multitask. •Customer oriented with good initiatives. Requirements: •Able to perform shift duties (includes Sat, Sun PH) •Students are welcome/ Singaporeans and PR
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      552 19 ITALIAN RESTAURANT LOOKING for 1) Kitchen Staff 2) Cooks 3) Pastry Chef 4) Service Crew 5) Dishwasher 6) Part-Time Account Asst. Only S’poreans/ PRs Email: sapore.recruit@gmail.com ITALIAN RESTAURANT HAS vacancies for Supervisor/ Waiter Waitresses. At least 1yr experience preferred. Only S’porean/ PR need to apply. Interested applicants call Frankie 9006-1938
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      422 19 We are a Japanese equipment rental company looking for competent candidates to join us as ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATOR Able to work independently with Sales Dept Able to communicate with Mandarin speaking staff Daily co-ordination of deliveries and returns SALES CLERK Prepare quotation, replying sales enquiries Assist operation dept Both positions: Must
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      540 19 Interior Renovation Co Defu requires ADMIN Min ’O’ level Min 2 yrs experience PC Literate 5½days week S’porean/ M’sian Call 6282 8306 ADMIN ASST General Administration tasks ’N’ level, SPM or equivalent Handle Eng Mandarin speaking clients MS Office Friendly Pleasant S’poreanss, SPR M’sians 5 days week at Kian Teck
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      679 19 ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN Experience needed Able to handle AP/ AR, partial accounts GST S’porean/ PR Able to start work immediately Interested, pls call 9817-9883 or Interview at Blk 3014 Ubi Rd 1 #02-292 (After 2pm) ADMIN ASST/ EXEC. Immed. Handle phone calls, perform admin duties, good typing skills, good working
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      389 20 We are an ISO9001, ISO*****, OHSAS*****, bizSAFE Star, People Developer and Singapore Quality Class certified leading mechanical engineering service provider. OPERATORS To operate and maintain a government water plant at the eastern part of Singapore. Work will be an 8 hours rotational shift. Possess NTC or equivalent. Matured candidates are
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      381 20 Looking for Car Mechanic S’porean/ M’sian ’O’ level/ SPM Walk in interview: 1044 Eunos Ave 4, #01-133 or call: 9616-1359 Field Maintenance Technician NITEC Electrical/Electronic Exp Elect Panel Wiring Good Soldering Skill Only S¡¯porean/PR Class 3 Lic. Call *****417 QUANTITY SURVEYOR Min 2 yrs experience in Construction Field Degree holder
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      726 20 BK GENERAL BK GENERAL PRODUCTION PRODUCTION Immediate Vacancies: FORKLIFT OPERATOR PACKER DELIVERY ATTENDANT Interested applicants, please call *****563. FOOD PROCESSING WORKERS REQUIRED Night Shift Position Working Hrs: 9pm-7am Mon-Sat Work Location: Woodlands Previous experience with food handling an advantage English speakers required Must be able to handle Beef, Pork, Lamb
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      561 20 We are urgently looking for a Warehouse Assistant Ideal candidate should possess the following experience and skills Requirements: GCE ’N’ level or equivalent and above Experience in store daily issue and receipt (electronics industry preferred) Able to commerce work immediately preferred PC skills is necessary Able to converse in English
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      294 20 Your Career Your Future Secure it with AETOS Hotline: 1800-5646-273 (Mon Fri 9am 6pm) E-mail: recruit@aetos.com.sg AETOS Auxiliary Police Officer Earn up to$2,800* monthly Annual Basic Salary Package up to 15 months* Attractive Joining Bonus, Service Bonus and Profit Sharing Requirements: GCE ‘N’ Level/NITEC/3 SPM* PES A or B Singaporeans/Malaysians
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      678 21 Established company in Upper Thomson requires SENIOR SECURITY OFFICER NSRS/WSQ Certified Minimum Secondary 2 8-hour shift duty Rest days Off Interested applicants, please call9742-6789 from 9am-5pm for appt. $70 INCENTIVE Islandwide Part Time SECURITY OFFICERS Must work 10 days Incentive upon completion Walk-in Interview DANMAX SECURITY 188-6 Tanjong Katong Rd
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      394 21 Established Cleaning Company Requires Dishwashers/ Pot Washers Housekeeping Cleaners required to work in Hotels at Orchard Road areas Salary: 8hrs $1200; 12 hrs $1450 F Meals provided F Weekly 1 Off F Any ages welcome F Singaporeans/ PRs only Call Now! 9123 4385 A lot of Cleaners required at new
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      684 21 KSW SERVICES REQUIRE Assistant Sales Operation Manager for established cleaning company. Probation $1500. Use Company Vehicle. Pls Call 8111-9074 6 DAYS WEEK Full time Cleaners 3pm-11pm Simei/ Pasir Ris /Central Area. Good pay. Call 8188 2179. Airport Boulevard 3 shift avail (no agent) 9220 0375 CLEANERS ARE REQUIRED at town
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      610 21 CLEANERS URGENTLY REQUIRED at Changi. $800 above. PR/ S’porean/ M’sian. HP *****559 CLEANERS FOR CONDO Tiong bahru. 5 mins to Tiong Bahru MRT. Call 8359-8062 PART TIME KITCHEN Cleaner to work in river valley road. 6pm10.30pm. Please Call *****128 URGENTLY REQUIRES CLASS 3 DELIVERY DRIVER CUM STORE ASST UBI AREA
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      591 21 Prime Mover Drivers Full CPF Contribution Good remunerations attractive benefits Paid annual medical leave High trip incentive performance bonus Asst Traffic Controller (Container Haulage Operation) At least 5 years in related industry Customer service oriented û Location Penjuru Lane û If Interested, contact Mr. Lim *****573 Company in steel metal
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      591 21 CLASS 4 BUS Driver 9.30pm12.30am/ 11.30pm-2am/ 5.30am9.30am. Vocational lic. Stay nearby Hougang. Possess own bike preferred. Call 9818 5622 DISTRIBUTION CO. REQUIRES Class 3 Lorry Driver Preferable can handle Malay speaking. Walk in: 50, Kallang Pudding Rd, #0602 from 10am-1pm, Mon-Fri. GALLERY IN DEMPSEY seeks a general worker cum driver.
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      650 21 $7 PER HOUR! 50 Stock Takers required Carrefour Suntec City. Assignment on 23rd August (11pm-10am). Walk-in interview on 18th 19th August 2pm-5pm 8 Temasek Boulevard #04-01. Suntec Twr 3. Call 6211-3102 PRODUCTION CUM LOGISTICS Assistant. Stay Ubi and East Area. Fit and Energetic. Able to operate reach truck. Email CV
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      312 21 (1)PRIME MOVER DRIVERS Minimum Class 3 driving licence and no colour blindness 13 days training (ITE-accredited) will be provided EARN UP TO $2K A MTH BONUS UP TO $2.4K!! Attractive bonus for Ex-S’porean PM Driver (2)LASHING WORKERS Mentally physically fit with no fear of heights 9 days training (ITE-accredited) will
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      327 21 GENERAL WORKER West Coast. Shift Work, No experience, Start work immediately. Singaporean, PR Malaysian only. Call: *****509 (10am to 5pm) NETWORK ENGRS. ALL levels. Basic knowledge of LAN/TCP/IP or familiar with routing switches strategies. Local/ PRs. (JMC *****1H) agnes_chee@jmcsg.com HALAL FOOD COMPANY requires General Worker with Class 3 licence. 5-day
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      155 22 Thomson Medical, a leading medical organisation, invites applications from suitably qualifi ed dental clinicians for the following positions in our new dental centre: invites applications from suitably qualified dental clinicians for the following positions in our new dental centre: Candidates for the above Dental Specialist/Clinician roles must have minimum 5
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