The Straits Times, 22 December 2011

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon China’s stake in N. Korea
      42 1 CHINA has held talks with Japan and Russia, stressing the importance of maintaining stability on the Korean Peninsula, in a sign that it is working to retain its influence amid an uncertain leadership transition. LPRIME PAGE A8
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    • Article
      Lock icon 92FM to hit airwaves
      49 1 SPH UnionWorks has been awarded the rights to run a new radio station. Broadcasting in English at 92FM, it will be targeted at women aged 25 and above, as well as families. The new station will hit the airwaves late next year. LPRIME PAGE A6
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      Lock icon Hong Kong fights bird flu
      66 1 THREE birds have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the authorities to take more preventive measures, including culling 17,000 chickens and suspending live poultry imports for 21 days. Experts, however, have warned against panic, noting that increased
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      Lock icon No review of terms: PSD
      86 1 YESTERDAY’S report, “Public sector reviewing rehiring terms”, stated wrongly that the Public Service Division is reviewing the re-employment terms for its workers who turn 62. The PSD says it is not currently reviewing its re-employment guidelines. The report also stated wrongly that National Trades Union
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    Lock icon European banks get $830b lifeline
    649 1 But markets shrug off central bank’s most generous credit infusion REUTERS BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT: European financial institutions were thrown a lifeline after the European Central Bank (ECB) made an unprecedented move to supply massive amounts of money for an extended period of time at
    REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  649 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Driving holiday turns nightmare
    1258 1  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH, JALELAH ABU BAKER IT WAS supposed to have been a leisurely driving trip to a hilltop chalet in Endau Rompin National Park in Johor. But it turned into a nightmare for 21 Singaporeans after rising flood waters cut off their only exit route
    PHOTO: REUTERS; ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM; PHOTO: ANDREW FATIPAH; ST GRAPHICS  -  1,258 words
  • Article
    Lock icon No further damage on tracks: SMRT Train services almost back to normal
    794 1  -  BY ROYSTON SIM SMRT has not found any further visible damage on the tracks of the North-South and East-West lines, and is working to restore the lines back to normal soon. It has repaired and restored to service
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        Lock icon The scourge of the people smugglers
        85 2 WE SAY The capsizing off Indonesia of a boat carrying illegal migrants of Middle Eastern origin to Australia has drawn attention once again to the middlemen who ply this dreadful trade. The Indonesian authorities are probing the likelihood of organised rings that smuggle people
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        Lock icon The future of energy
        53 2 COLUMNS Cheong Suk-Wai speaks to Pulitzer-Prize winning author and global energy expert Daniel Yergin, who contends that the world’s largest energy source in the next half century will be, not oil, coal, nuclear or any green technology, but rather the efficient use of all these. L
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        Lock icon Do it the write way
        47 2 Amid phone-hacking scandals and the proliferation of online blogs, Yong Shu Hoong remembers the importance of adhering to the journalist’s code, and the sense of responsibility and ownership that should accompany the writer’s name attached to the text. L LIFE! PAGE C8
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      • Article
        Lock icon Be wary of rogue brokers
        38 2 OUR READER SAYS The Singapore Exchange’s decision to allow stockbroking firms to access clients’ Central Depository accounts creates opportunities for the rogue stockbroker to exploit, says Eng Tiang Chuan. L FORUM PAGE A33
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      Lock icon Take the green lead, S’pore
      936 2  -  Republic’s initiatives can nudge others towards deeper, binding targets BY GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg THE United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa, earlier this month resulted in what some have called “a plan to make a plan”: an agreement for all countries to negotiate a
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      Lock icon Some students fail to thrive on IP scheme
      1123 3  -  Some transfer to polys or other JCs, others do poorly in A levels BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg AS ABOUT 3,000 students yesterday celebrated winning a coveted place on the Integrated Programme (IP), others already on the scheme are about to
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      Lock icon Ringgit notes get a facelift
      214 6 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XINHUA KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian ringgit will be getting a new look, when new banknotes are issued sometime in the middle of next year, together with a RM20 note that is making a comeback. Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday launched the
      THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; XINHUA; PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  214 words
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      Lock icon New radio station for SPH Union Works
      489 6  -  92FM to start late next year and will target women and families BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg SPH UnionWorks has clinched the rights to operate a new radio station after 11 proposals were submitted by five companies for two stations at stake. But the
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      Lock icon $350,000 overseas phone bill shocker
      576 6  -  BY DARYL CHIN A GIGANTIC mobile phone bill has become a talking point on the Internet after a SingTel customer made a posting on his Facebook account. In a case that has highlighted high data charges users may face for using smartphones to surf the
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      Lock icon Tips on avoiding costly data usage abroad
      308 6  -  DARYL CHIN EXPERTS say it is quite easy for a mobile phone user to chalk up a hefty bill when roaming overseas. An instance where data charges could be racked up is using features like Google Maps, a map-based service that can be
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      Lock icon Ministers’ pay review committee to submit report soon
      636 6  -  BY RACHEL CHANG THE committee to review ministerial salaries has not handed its report to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as of yesterday, but will do so by the end of the year, said its chairman Gerard Ee. As for when the
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    • DEATH OF KIM JONG IL
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        Lock icon All that grief: Largely genuine, but...
        578 8 BBC NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL: The North Korean nation took its cue from the state television presenter, who was dressed in black and barely able to hold back the tears. There followed tears, wailing and fists beaten against the pavement but on a huge
        BBC; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  578 words
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        Lock icon China seeks to retain influence
        755 8 It reaffirms ties with N. Korea, talks to key nations about stability AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China has held talks with Japan and Russia stressing the importance of maintaining stability on the Korean Peninsula, in a sign that it is working to
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  755 words
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        Lock icon Veil of secrecy keeps foreign intelligence agencies in the dark
        608 8 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Mr Kim Jong Il, the enigmatic North Korean leader, died on a train at 8.30am on Saturday in his country. Forty-eight hours later, officials in South Korea still did not know anything about
        NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  608 words
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        Lock icon Testing time for young new leader
        664 10  -  Ready or not, North Korea’s youthful new leader will inherit a nuclear-armed nation whose economy is in ruins, a malnourished population and a political system that effectively stifles any attempt at reform. THOMAS LEE, writing for The Straits Times, examines some possible scenarios for
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Body to be embalmed
          200 10 REUTERS SEOUL: Like his father before him, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s body will likely be embalmed and put on display as a lasting reminder of the bloodline of the family that founded one of the world’s most reclusive states. The “Dear Leader’s” body is
          REUTERS; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS  -  200 words
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          Lock icon Activists launch balloons
          89 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS IMJINGAK (South Korea): South Korean activists and defectors yesterday launched giant balloons containing tens of thousands of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, opposing another hereditary power transfer there. The leaflets, sent by a small group of activists gathered at the border, are sure to infuriate
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  89 words
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          Lock icon Private messages allowed
          152 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: The South Korean government will allow private groups to send condolence messages to North Korea, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said yesterday, in its latest conciliatory gesture. The ministry, which by law must authorise all contacts between South Koreans and the North, will “basically allow” such
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          Lock icon Outcry over copycat act
          124 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: A Taiwanese news presenter has raised an outcry after she imitated a North Korean woman broadcaster announcing Mr Kim Jong Il’s death. The Chinese Television System said yesterday that a news manager will resign, following the over-the-top performance by news reader Liang Fang-yu.
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          Lock icon Mourners in China city
          124 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DANDONG (China): Hundreds of people in the Chinese border city of Dandong flocked to the North Korean consulate yesterday to pay their respects to Mr Kim Jong Il. Many of the mourners, who could be seen crying and placing wreaths and bouquets below a
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        Lock icon Hong Kong culls 17,000 chickens after bird-flu scare
        556 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG HONG KONG: Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens yesterday and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Health chief York Chow announced the measures late on Tuesday
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: CHINA NEWS AGENCY  -  556 words
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        Lock icon Risk to Singapore very low: MOH
        212 10 THE risk to Singapore from the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus is very low as no human cases have been reported in Hong Kong, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said in a press statement yesterday. The ministry has been in close contact with its
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  • WORLD.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon French breast implant cancer scare
      773 12  -  State offers to pay to remove faulty devices if study finds disease link Additional reporting by Himaya Quasem REUTERS PARIS: France will offer surgery to remove the breast implants of up to 30,000 women if a study due this week finds the silicone they are
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      100 12 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L France to order 30,000 women to remove breast implants L Software flaw ‘led to Qantas plane’s sudden plunge’ L Berlusconi scandal girl has baby with nightclub owner More Forum letters online
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  • world.regional
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      Lock icon Inquest into KL flood prompts new measures
      559 14  -  Flooding at main artery raises question over touted drainage tunnel BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Last week’s massive flooding at one of the capital’s major arteries, Jalan Tun Razak, has prompted City Hall to launch new flood mitigation measures. It
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      Lock icon Thai provinces on high storm alert
      261 14 BANGKOK: Thai health officials in eight provinces are on a high alert as tropical storm Washi, which killed over a thousand people in the Philippines last weekend, approached the southern part of Thailand. Thai Minister of Public Health Witthaya Buranasiri said Washi was expected
      ST GRAPHICS  -  261 words
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      Lock icon Rescuers find rotting bodies of asylum seekers
      404 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANYUWANGI (Indonesia): Indonesian rescuers have found the bloated and rotting bodies of dozens of asylum seekers from an overloaded boat that capsized en route to Australia, even as another boat sank near the island of Maluku. Four people, including two children,
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      Lock icon Philippines fears epidemic at evacuation centres
      503 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAGAYAN DE ORO (Philippines): The Philippine authorities yesterday warned of a growing threat from disease in crowded evacuation centres after devastating flash floods in the country’s south that left more than 1,000 dead or missing. Some 44,000 people who fled as huge
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      Lock icon Delhi’s anti-graft Bill fails to satisfy activists
      754 16  -  Social reformer Hazare to fast again; he calls for ‘fill the jails’ campaign BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government has readied an ombudsman Bill that failed to meet key demands of civil society
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      Lock icon Thai army chief warns lese majeste law protesters
      569 16  -  BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Amid rising concern over recent jail sentences under Thailand’s controversial lese majeste law, the country’s powerful army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has warned off those campaigning to have it changed. “Our country is democratic but things should
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      Lock icon Najib unveils new plans to boost financial sector
      429 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday unveiled fresh plans to liberalise the country’s financial sector in a bid to develop it as an international Islamic hub. “The financial system will have a key role in spurring new areas
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      Lock icon Protest ends after rare concessions
      635 20 Wukan stand-off ceases after talks succeed, but violence continues in Haimen clashes AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS WUKAN (China): A Chinese village protest that tested the ruling Communist Party for over a week ended yesterday, after officials made a rare compromise and offered concessions over
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  635 words
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      Lock icon Chinese hackers ‘hit US business lobby group’
      346 20 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Hackers in China broke through the computer defences of the US Chamber of Commerce last year and had access to information about its operations and its three million members, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The journal, citing unidentified people
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      Lock icon China to reduce emissions by 2015
      185 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China has ordered local governments to reduce emissions of “major pollutants” by as much as 10 per cent by 2015, amid growing public anxiety over the country’s bad air. The authorities will also start to monitor the smallest and most dangerous
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      Lock icon Olympus HQ raided in accounting probe
      465 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Police and prosecutors raided the headquarters of embattled camera-maker Olympus yesterday as a probe into corporate wrongdoing that has shamed Japan stepped up a gear. Nearly 10 weeks after allegations of massive corporate subterfuge emerged in the international media, the slow-motion
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      Lock icon ‘Decades needed to scrap N-plant’
      620 21 It may take up to 40 years as Japan uses as-yet uninvented technology to decommission it ROAD MAP ON FUKUSHIMA REACTOR AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan released a lengthy road map yesterday to clean up and fully decommission a nuclear plant that went into
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  620 words
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  • world.international
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      Lock icon Bird flu research may be censored
      761 23 Highly lethal strain of H5N1 influenza virus created in lab sparks security concerns WASHINGTON POST BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Scientists seeking to fight future pandemics have created a variety of “bird flu” so potentially dangerous that a federal advisory panel has for the first time asked
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      Lock icon Key to fiery chillies: Exposure to water
      323 23 PARIS: Scientists yesterday said they had solved a puzzle over why some wild chilli plants yield red-hot fruit but others have fruit which is mild. The answer lies in exposure to water, they reported in the British journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society
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      Lock icon EU’s top court upholds emissions permit rule
      549 26 North American airlines’ suit rejected; all carriers using European airports to buy permits from Jan BLOOMBERG REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LUXEMBOURG: The European Union’s highest court has upheld the EU’s right to impose its cap-and-trade scheme on international airlines using European airports, rejecting a
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      Lock icon Consumers likely to bear cost
      128 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS AS OF Jan 1, each airline that lands in airports in the European Union will be allocated pollution permits slightly less than its average historical emissions record. If it exceeds its limit, it can buy permits from other airlines that have emitted less
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      Lock icon Egypt military says sorry as women march in protest
      546 27 Generals express regret over beating of female protesters, fearing backlash as 10,000 marchers demand they quit AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Egypt’s military said on Tuesday it strongly regretted attacks on female demonstrators, as footage of soldiers beating women fuelled deadly
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  546 words
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      Lock icon Iran’s currency plunges amid fears of isolation
      290 27 NEW YORK TIMES TEHERAN: Iran’s currency, the rial, tumbled in value to its lowest level against the dollar on Tuesday, in panic selling caused in part by the country’s increased economic isolation from international sanctions. The rial’s value has been weakening for months,
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      Lock icon Piers Morgan tight-lipped on voicemail saga
      912 30 CNN interviewer insists he is not part of hacking scandal despite link to leaked McCartney mail ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: A tense and sometimes hostile Mr Piers Morgan has refused to disclose details about the most damning link between himself and Britain’s phone-hacking scandal his
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/LEVESON INQUIRY  -  912 words
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      Lock icon Frankincense may be doomed, scientists warn
      303 30 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: It could well be enough to make the Magi turn in their graves. Ecologists warned yesterday that the production of frankincense, one of the three gifts that the Wise Men gave to the baby Jesus in a key part of
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      Lock icon Plane skids off runway
      61 30 A Sriwijaya Air domestic aircraft laying on a field off the runway at the Yogyakarta airport yesterday. The Sriwijaya Boeing 737-300 plane carrying 129 passengers skidded off the runway during landing in heavy rain late on Tuesday. Passengers were quickly evacuated and no one sustained any
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      Lock icon Dutch TV to air duo eating each other’s flesh
      336 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS AMSTERDAM: A Dutch broadcaster renowned for testing the limits of good taste and the law says it will air a segment in which two presenters engage in cannibalism by eating a small chunk of each other’s fried flesh. A
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Shorter hours for pilots
        112 30 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Airline pilots will work fewer hours and get longer breaks between shifts under a revision to US regulations introduced yesterday. The Federal Aviation Administration measure, which was fought for years by airlines over cost and scheduling concerns, aims to keep flight crews as fresh
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        85 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: A Philippine court yesterday rejected requests by former president Gloria Arroyo to celebrate Christmas at home and use her mobile phone and computer in detention. Judge Jesus Mupas cited security reasons for denying Arroyo’s request to leave a military hospital where she is
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        850 32  -  BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg IN 1998, when global energy expert Daniel Yergin launched a book on leading the world economy, he was already renowned as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money And Power, which
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        526 32  -  CHEONG SUK-WAI TO READ Dr Daniel Yergin’s latest magnum opus, The Quest: Energy, Security And The Remaking Of The Modern World, is akin to sitting in front of a map of the world today as he pinpoints key locations on it and tells you
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        512 33  -  REVAMP OF CDP SYSTEM Eng Tiang Chuan I READ with apprehension the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) decision to allow stockbroking firms to access clients’ Central Depository (CDP) accounts in the name of giving better advice (“Big revamp of CDP system under way”; last Thursday). While the reason
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        348 33  -  Associate Professor Mak Yuen Teen NUS Business School THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) should be commended for its recent changes in rules relating to corporate governance (“SGX’s Plan A: To be a world-class bourse”; Monday). It has also clearly become more vigorous
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        199 33  -  Heng Chee How Deputy Secretary-General National Trades Union Congress YESTERDAY’S report (“Public sector reviewing rehiring terms”) said that I had confirmed that the Public Service Division (PSD) is in talks with the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE) and “is
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        84 33 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR ERIC J. BROOKS: Accepting other cities’ mediocre standards not the Singapore way 2 MR NG KOK LIM: Singaporeans intolerant? Think again 3 MADAM TAN BOON SWEE: IP may limit choices of the majority 4 DR SOH KAY CHENG: Advantage in learning two
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      626 1  -  But home-grown chain still operating in China, HK, Taiwan, Thailand BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg THE chapter draws to an end for yet another of Singapore’s bookstores. Page One, a bookshop known for its strength in art and design titles, will close in February.
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      104 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Woman, 54, in coma after fracturing her skull on board SMRT bus L A major disruption in 24 years is understandable and forgivable L Four more taxi operators to raise fares
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      568 2  -  Many fishing spots and resorts closed in wake of major storm alert BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THEY are normally a favourite fishing destination for Singaporeans in search of a relaxing getaway. But yesterday, Mersing’s kelongs were shuttered in the wake of a storm
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      415 2  -  ROYSTON SIM CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices dipped across the board at the close of yesterday’s tender. The biggest drop was in the open category, which can be used to register any type of vehicle but ends up mainly being used
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      281 2  -  SHULI SUDDERUDDIN HUNDREDS of members of the Jewish community gathered in Orchard Road last night for the first public lighting of a giant menorah in Singapore. The menorah, a candelabra with nine branches, was lit to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. The festival celebrates the recapturing
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      685 4  -  MOM to amend Act to hold employers more accountable BY LIN WENJIAN wenjian@sph.com.sg EMPLOYERS should continue to look after the welfare of migrant workers and treat them fairly, even as they tighten their belts in anticipation of an economic slowdown, Minister of State for
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      355 4  -  JESSICA LIM THREE supermarket chains here have promised to freeze the prices of their Thai house-brand rice till the end of February, amid concerns about rising rice prices following floods in Thailand. The first to announce the decision yesterday was NTUC FairPrice, followed by
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      136 4 A cement hoist crane toppled onto its side at a construction site in Grange Road yesterday. The arm of the crane crashed into a window on the fourth floor of a condominium block at 72 Grange Road which is next to the site. Police received a
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      530 4  -  BY KEZIA TOH RESEARCHERS from Ngee Ann Polytechnic have unveiled two inventions that allow people to reuse waste water and liquid food waste. The first, dubbed GLASSwater, is a filter made of glass ground from recycled bottles. The filtered water, while not safe
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        431 6  -  BY STACEY CHIA HE IS his school’s top Normal (Technical) student, but Woo Yi Jie once thought he was at a dead end. The Pasir Ris Secondary School student, 16, who scored 5As and a C, said: “I almost failed my Primary School Leaving
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        1192 6  -  Schools see innovative teaching methods and increased resources pay off N-LEVEL RESULTS BY AMELIA TAN LIN ZHAOWEI ameltan@sph.com.sg zhaowei@sph.com.sg SCHOOLS are putting in more resources and coming up with innovative programmes to help their Normal stream students shine. And their efforts are bearing fruit,
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        370 6 CLOSE to 40 per cent of each cohort entering Secondary 1 here are placed in either the Normal (Academic) or Normal (Technical) streams, which are for academically weaker students. The N(A) course is a four-year programme that leads to the N-level examinations. Students who do well
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      508 7  -  Unemployed man took bus for a spin with four teens before abandoning it in Queenstown BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THE bus went from Outram to Clementi, then to Bukit Batok before ending up in Queenstown. The driver had not lost his way
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      421 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A DRUNKEN cleaner shoved his wife against a shelf and whipped her with electrical cables after she advised him to sleep it off. Anandan Palnisamy Manikam, 45, turned up at the home of his estranged spouse and began
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      535 8 Concord’s trading practices unfair: consumer watchdog THE timeshare industry was dealt another blow yesterday when the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) filed a lawsuit asking the court to stop local firm Concord Developments from operating. The consumer watchdog said yesterday that Concord had breached
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      343 8 POLICE are urging the public to look out for suspicious activities at popular beaches. Since April, posters have been put up at beaches including Changi Beach and those at East Coast Park, Pasir Ris Park and Admiralty Road West. A police
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      256 8  -  JANICE TAI ONE of Singapore’s largest charity drives has fulfilled the wishes of a record number of needy people this Christmas. The Boys’ Brigade Share-a-Gift project ended yesterday, with enough presents donated to cater for 29,041 beneficiaries. Now in its 24th year, the
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      91 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Well-known Chinese football referee admits bribes L Mancini tells Man City to prepare for United battle L Arsenal and Chelsea could postpone fixtures due to train drivers’ strike Get your free
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      1201 9 British papers feel he deserves 8-game ban for racially abusing Evra THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Liverpool are furious that Luis Suarez was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and banned for eight games, accusing England’s Football Association of conducting a witch-hunt. But
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      471 9 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Chelsea and England captain John Terry will be hauled to court next year to face a criminal charge over alleged racist comments he made towards Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League game. British prosecutors announced
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      816 10  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOL’S Luiz Suarez has been banned for eight matches, but this triumph against racism is coloured by frustration. Especially if you wear red. One might say this is not quite a clear-cut case in black and
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      640 10  -  Tough start for LionsXII, but Sundram insists sequence not important BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg AFTER being handed a tough start to their Malaysian Super League campaign, the LionsXII may get to breathe a little easier come July. V. Sundramoorthy’s men will end their maiden M-League campaign
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      279 10 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Roberto Mancini has expressed his deep frustration with Wayne Bridge as the Manchester City manager condemned a culture in which he feels players make money a priority over a desire to play football. Bridge, who earns £92,000 (S$187,000) a week at
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      526 10 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Defiant Blackburn manager Steve Kean claimed he would be “100 per cent shocked” if Venky’s, the club’s Indian owner, sacked him today after Tuesday’s 1-2 defeat by Bolton sent the club to the bottom of the Premier League. Indian-based poultry
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      217 10 LONDON: Manager Andre Villas-Boas has again shown how sensitive he is by allegedly getting Chelsea TV’s lead pundit to be sacked. Tommy Langley, a former Chelsea striker, had made critical remarks about Villas-Boas’ treatment of out-of-favour players. He labelled the Portuguese “vindictive” for banning
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      601 11  -  SingaporeSailing to pick London team after a series of competitions BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg THEY had secured Singapore’s slots at the Olympics next year, but the battle for a berth at the London Games is far from over for sailors Scott Glen Sydney and Elizabeth
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      351 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Another high-profile Chinese referee confessed in court yesterday to taking bribes for fixing local football matches, amid a series of high-profile corruption hearings involving top officials. Lu Jun, nicknamed the “Golden Whistle” after refereeing matches at the World Cup and Olympic Games,
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      421 11 REUTERS YAOUNDE: Cameroon’s government is monitoring the situation after the decision by the country’s football federation to suspend captain Samuel Eto’o for 15 matches. The punishment, handed down last Friday after the federation said he had persuaded teammates not to travel to
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      397 11 LOS ANGELES: Bad enough for Kobe Bryant that his divorce from his wife of 10 years is being played out in the open. But now the rebuke he received from new Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown has also been widely reported. After the exhibition loss to
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        88 12 LOCAL golfer Gregory Foo continued his blistering form at the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday, posting a seven-under 65 to stay on top of the leaderboard at the SICC/DBS Junior Invitational Golf Championship. The 18-year-old now has a 12-stroke lead over compatriot Marc Ong
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        77 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH: Spain were again named Team of the Year by Fifa yesterday after finishing at the top of the world football rankings for the fourth straight year. The world and European champions have now been top for all but eight months since
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        103 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: South Korea sprang a surprise by appointing Choi Kang Hee as the new coach of the national football team yesterday when a foreign coach such as Guus Hiddink, Sven Goran Eriksson or Luiz Felipe Scolari was widely anticipated. Choi is the longest
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        64 12 BLOOMBERG LONDON: Former England football captain David Beckham has not made a decision on whether to stay in Los Angeles or return to Europe, his spokesman said yesterday. A report in Le Parisien claimed Beckham has given a verbal agreement to sign an 18-month contract for
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        73 12 REUTERS ASUNCION: Chile have suspended five national football team players for 10 matches for returning late and drunk from time off before a World Cup qualifier last month. Midfielders Arturo Vidal, Carlos Carmona, Jorge Valdivia and Jean Beausejour and defender Gonzalo Jara were dropped from
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      177 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAS VEGAS (Nevada): Undefeated American boxing star Floyd Mayweather will plead guilty to reduced charges in a deal to end two pending criminal cases, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Tuesday. He faced up to 34 years in prison over a domestic violence incident
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      557 12 Japanese star has mixed feelings over award as she won just one event ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO: If ever an award in golf needed an asterisk, it would be for Ai Miyazato winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) money list. The 26-year-old played in only
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      564 12 NEW YORK TIMES NORFOLK (Virginia): Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt, having resolved a case of accidental doping seldom seen in elite sport, has vowed to be on top of his game at London 2012. “In London, I’ll be in the best shape I’ve ever been in,”
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      21 12 Today Football English Premier League: Tottenham v Chelsea (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 4am). Tomorrow No listings
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      328 12 THE TIMES, LONDON PARIS: Teddy Tamgho, a main contender for the triple jump Olympic gold medal, will be able to compete at London 2012 despite being banned for an attack on a 19-year-old female athlete, whom he accused of fuelling rumours about a relationship
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      209 12 Cricket 2nd and final Test In Dhaka, 5th day: Bangladesh 338 and 234 (overnight 114-5: N. Hossain 79, M. Rahim 53; A. Rehman 4-51). Pakistan 470 (T. Umar 130, Misbah-ul-Haq 70, A. Ali 57, A. Akmal 53; Shakib Al Hasan 6-82) and 107-3. Pakistan win by 7 wkts and
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      49 9 NOT SO KEAN Blackburn fans call for manager’s head after another defeat. B10 HEAT ON KOBE Bryant accepts lashing from coach over friendly performance. B11 DESERVING MERRITT? Troubled Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt looks to London. B12 READ ALL ABOUT IT TOMORROW URBAN WIN! Guess Jewellery necklaces worth $966
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    1059 13 OBITUARIES "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 A devoted and loving mother Cynthia Theresa Lazaroo Age: 52 Was called home to be with the Lord on 21 December 2011, leaving behind loved ones. Loving daughters: Alyssa Lee
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      63 14 Be The First To Know BreakingNewsSMSAlert LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNewsSoccerNews The Business TimesNews The Straits Times SingaporeNews TheStraitsTimes WorldNews 06.12.2011 06:20:37pm Standard and Poor's hasd placed Germany,Franceeand 13 other euro zonee members on a negativeecredit watch,warningthatotheycould be hit with downgrades.FromSPHTHEBUSINESS TIMES Lianhe The NewPaperSoccerNews ZaobaoNews SUBSCRIBENOWFORSPECIALPRIVILEGES!† SingTelmobilesubscribers,call*155 M1mobilesubscribers,smsSPH to*****222 StarHubmobilesubscribers,smsSPHSMSNEWSto***** Ml mobile
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      160 16 Looking into 2012 :What to INVEST and how to hunt for the right investment opportunity? Learn how to become a savvy investor and empower yourself with the relevant investment knowledge in the year of the DRAGON! Keynote Speaker Song Seng Wun, Executive Director Regional Economist CIMB Research Pte Ltd Topic:
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      30 16 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Dec 21 2011 FIRSTN6740 SECONDN1946 THIRDN4328 STARTERS 0706 0976 1060 2074 2460 4393 4648 5227 7750 8690 CONSOLATIONS 0125 1090 2599 2655 4195 4644 7774 9444 9533 9752
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      1027 18  -  Firm releases exchanges with regulator, faulting officer’s conduct; shares to resume trading today BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg IN A dramatic show of defiance, China Sky Chemical Fibre has come out swinging in a strongly worded defence against a Singapore Exchange (SGX) reprimand over
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      103 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Apple buys Israel’s flash storage maker Anobit for $652 million L France confident Britain will support IMF euro zone bailout L GLP, Chinese sovereign fund jointly acquire logistics facilities in Japan
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        502 14  -  Regional markets rally on strong housing data, successful debt auction BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg UPBEAT United States housing data and a successful Spanish debt auction that beat its target rekindled optimism in Asian markets yesterday after a dearth
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          114 14 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) on Tuesday issued nine billion yen of 10-year notes to a financial investor. The debt is at a fixed interest rate of 2.71 per cent a year and will mature on Dec 20, 2021. The debt will be for refinancing the Japanese yen
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          136 14 NAM Cheong, a Malaysia-based builder of offshore support vessels (OSV), said yesterday that it had sold a RM84 million (S$34.4 million) accommodation work barge to CNN Capital, a new Malaysian customer. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of next year. The contract brings Nam
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          78 14 HANKORE Environment chief executive Chen Dawei has stepped down from his post, the firm said yesterday. Mr Chen, 42, remains its executive chairman and will focus on other areas of the business such as resource integration and strategy. In his place, Mr Nie Jian Sheng, 56, will take
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          99 14 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 602 million shares worth $721.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 247 Losers: 107 Unchanged: 428 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change 6.77 586.57 3.73 395.98 12.56 639.96 0.45 549.09 3.14 220.34 2.53 185.65 12.80 589.27
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          243 14 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,459.98 (+123.50) The Nikkei ended 1.48 per cent higher, encouraged by smooth debt sales in Spain and positive housing data in the United States. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1484.98 (+19.81) Malaysia’s KLCI jumped 1.35 per cent, rebounding as investors took heart in a
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            220 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 21,2011 Top Rises Dec 21 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5189 373.1 5.9 (0) Dec 21 DBXT E50 10US$ 3387 200.1 4.8 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 8915 178.1 1.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ DBXT MSTaiwan
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            400 14 Top Rises Dec 21 CENTS (0) Dec 21 CENTS KepCorp BPeCW*****4 52 11.5 28.4 UOB BP eCW*****3 37 9.5 34.5 SembMar.ES.1112 380 7.0 1.9 609 16.0 2.7 STI 2500BPeCW*****9 33.5 4.0 13.6 UOB MB eCW*****2 14.7 3.8 34.9 Capitaland.ES.1112 229 3.0 1.3 DBS MB eCW*****3 9.2 2.8
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            48 14 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol Golden Agri 70 1.0 1.4 30,190,000 Genting SR 153 2.5 1.7 30,023,000 PSL Hldgs By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value DBS Grp 1170 44.0 3.9 65,774,285 310 5.0 1.6 49,261,510 ODBC BK UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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            53 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 21 2011 Selling Buying Dec 21 2011 Selling 1.341 Buying ....1.278 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ....1.237 Euro 1.734 2.072 ....1.668 ....1.993 NZ dollar 1.027 ....0.979 Indonesian rupiah 0.0149 0.0136 1.318 Source: United Overseas
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            60 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 205 113 CapMallsAsia 116 unch 2319 117.5 116 1.7
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            80 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 118.5 +0.5 421 119 118.5
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        259 15 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: The Ascott, the world’s largest serviced residence owner-operator, may group its assets in Malaysia and float them on the local bourse. Malaysian newspaper The New Straits Times reported yesterday that the company might also inject the assets into Ascott Residence Trust
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        204 15 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings has increased its stake in Mosaic to become the biggest shareholder of the company, which is North America’s second-largest fertiliser producer. Temasek owns 17.9 million shares in Mosaic, according to a filing with the United States Securities
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        524 15  -  Chinese firm Yancoal said to be eyeing Noble’s Gloucester BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg REPORTS that Noble Group’s Australian unit could be a takeover target prompted the Singapore-listed commodities firm to stop trading in its stock yesterday. Noble requested the halt less
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      487 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS FRANKFURT: Risks for European insurance companies from the current debt crisis have increased in the past six months and up to eight groups have failed so-called “stress tests”, a new report showed yesterday. In a twice-yearly report on financial stability in the
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      560 16 It aims to lessen risk-taking, boost resilience of system REUTERS WASHINGTON: The United States Federal Reserve has proposed new rules to restrain risk-taking by the largest US banks and to make the financial system more resilient in future crises. The proposal includes new
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      Lock icon Bank of England lists powers it requires to stabilise banking sector
      404 16 REUTERS THE Bank of England (BoE) has set out the powers it needs to smooth out booms and busts in the banking sector, under a major shake-up of British financial supervision. The measures to keep the lenders in check
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      395 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s exports fell at their fastest annual pace in six months and the central bank lowered its assessment of the economy for a second straight month as weakening demand in Europe and Asia weighed on the outlook
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      321 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA SHANGHAI: China’s national pension fund has invested 10 billion yuan (S$2 billion) in the country’s stock market, as Beijing moves to boost support for flagging shares. The National Council for Social Security Fund injected the funds last Friday, the
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      635 17  -  They have the largest market share among foreign firms: Report BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN developers are diving into Australia in a big way and now hold the largest market share among foreign developers, a recent report has found. Property consultancy CBRE
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      495 17  -  CHERYL LIM RENTS of prime Orchard Road retail space are expected to hold steady into the first quarter of next year, going by retailers’ cautious sentiment, say consultants. A new report by property consultancy CBRE said rents in Orchard Road are unchanged at $31.60
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      448 17 REUTERS BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Credit Suisse is buying HSBC’s private banking business in Japan, raising its profile in the world’s third-largest economy where it began onshore private banking just two years ago. HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, said the value of the gross
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      507 17  -  BY MELISSA TAN PLANS by OCBC to buy a stake in the brokerage business of Malaysia’s KAFSeagroatt Campbell would take the company full circle if they come off. The bank aims to buy a 49 per cent stake in the entity at a
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      274 1 Benson Puah tops the Arts Power List for the third straight year, thanks to his influential roles as chief executive of the National Arts Council and the Esplanade. 27 Club a myth News in parody Idol takes gap year Comic revue to spoof SMRT C9 Study busts theory that rock
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        653 2  -  BENSON PUAH, 54 Chief executive of National Arts Council and the Esplanade Adeline Chia Sitting pretty in his two positions has never been the style of Mr Benson Puah (right), 54, chief executive of National Arts Council and the Esplanade which is why he is topping the Arts
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        611 2  -  Benson Puah is tops again in a year of dazzling art fairs and a lot of buzz in books adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta Shaking things up, revamping arts policies and reaching out to artists and audiences Mr Benson Puah is a force to be reckoned
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        544 2  -  WILD RICE Ivan Heng, 48, founding artistic director of Wild Rice; Tony Trickett, 55, its executive director Corrie Tan The numbers say it all for the third edition of the Man Singapore Theatre Festival, organised by Wild Rice. Over three weeks in August, 13,500 visitors the event’s
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        701 4  -  GAURAV KRIPALANI, 40, and CHARLOTTE NORS, 44 Singapore Repertory Theatre Adeline Chia You cannot blame the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) for being in a celebratory mood this end of year. After all, The Bridge Project sailed to a triumphant conclusion with Richard III, the Sam Mendesdirected production
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        413 4  -  LORENZO RUDOLF, 52 Fair director, Art Stage Singapore Deepika Shetty The sceptics doubted whether Lorenzo Rudolf could do it. But the inaugural edition of Art Stage Singapore, held at the Marina Bay Sands in January, won over critics and fans who swooned over its deep
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        413 4  -  AFFORDABLE ART FAIR TEAM Camilla Hewitson, 32, fair director Alan Koh, 28, marketing manager Florentine Horvath, 26, fair manager Deepika Shetty There are just three people behind the second successful Affordable Art Fair this year. Led by fair director Camilla Hewitson, 32, the team comprises the
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        482 5  -  LEE CHOR LIN, 49 Director of National Museum of Singapore Corrie Tan Balancing the populist with the critically acclaimed is no easy task for any museum. But with Ms Lee Chor Lin, 49, at the helm, the National Museum of Singapore, did it again this year.
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        452 5  -  PAUL TAN, 40 Director of the Singapore Writers Festival Akshita Nanda Writers and readers alike had high hopes for this edition of the Singapore Writers Festival. After all, it was being helmed by a published poet who won a commendation in the 1993 Singapore Literature Prize
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        462 6  -  EDMUND WEE, 59 Publisher and founder of Epigram Books Akshita Nanda For bringing back classic Singapore novels of yesteryear and preserving some of the best local plays in print, publisher Edmund Wee earns a spot on the power list for the first time. Though the designer and
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        355 6  -  VALENTINE WILLIE, 57 Gallery owner, Valentine Willie Fine Art Deepika Shetty Maverick gallery owner Valentine Willie has earned a reputation for his curating in the three years his gallery has been around. The shows may not always work. This year’s Singapore Survey, his annual survey of Singapore contemporary
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        426 7  -  BOOKS ACTUALLY Founders Kenny Leck, 33, and Karen Wai, 27 Corrie Tan In the six years of its existence, the little indie bookshop that could has proven to be a destination bookshop. Faithful customers follow the bookshop from a shophouse in Telok Ayer Street to
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        572 7 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Outlandish pannier skirts with layers of frilly lace, teenage girls with larger-than-life make-up, and a dash of sexuality and lashings of Victoriana are the order of the day for Japan’s Lolita girls. What began as a street fashion two decades ago as youngsters
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        117 8 ‘I feel like I got married or had a kid or something. I have never had anything like this happen to me before. My parents were actually crying’ Actor Jonah Hill (left), whose role in the sports drama Moneyball earned him a Golden Globe nomination ‘There’s
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        990 8  -  Whether one is writing for work or blogging, one needs to report the truth culture vulture yong shu hoong stlife@sph.com.sg At this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival, which I attended as a featured poet, there was a two-day conference called New News that discussed the
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        373 8  -  Denise Cheong A FAMILY REUNION IN PICTURES The Singapore Contemporary Young Artists, a local arts brand advocating art culture and education, is putting on a photo exhibition. Titled Family Pictures and curated by Benedict Chen, the show has a kinship theme and features monochrome and sepia-toned photographs from
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        682 9  -  The comedy sketch show is being rewritten to include the funnier side of the SMRT breakdown corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Where most people see red when public transport breaks down, Chestnuts creator Jonathan Lim sees jokes. Lim, whose latest and 15th instalment of the popular comedy sketch
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        365 9 reviewconcert LOST TO THE WORLD The Sing Song Club/The Arts House/Tuesday chang tou liang From the organisers of the first Singapore Lieder Festival in August and September came one final recital of art songs by Gustav Mahler and Franz Liszt, whose anniversaries are being
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        513 12 British study debunks myth that more rockers die at the age of 27 Agence France-Presse Paris Fame boosts the risk of early death for rock stars but the claim that the peril is greatest at the age of 27 is false, according to a
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        546 12 Bloomberg Berlin Art by Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol outperformed the Standard Poor’s 500 index over the past 10 years, according to a new measure by Artnet designed to rank the performance of art as an asset. Since 2002, Hirst’s prices have increased almost
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      655 10  -  Filipino Dino Ferrari paid attention to what judges asked for to be AFC’s Next Celebrity Chef rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Not being a professional chef gave him a winning edge, says the winner of an Asian Food Channel (AFC) reality cooking competition. Dino Ferrari, a 27-year-old hotel
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      288 10 Associated Press New York Rebecca Black’s (right) infamous Friday video has topped all other YouTube videos of 2011 with 180 million views. The Google video-sharing site announced its mostviewed clips of the year on Tuesday. Black, 14, became a viral video celebrity after her
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        311 14 Reuters Associated Press Salt Lake City, Utah American Idol runner-up David Archuleta will take a break from his singing career to be a missionary for the Mormon Church. He will serve a full-time, two-year proselytising mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He said
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        202 14 Associated Press Half Moon Bay, California Gerard Butler (right) is all right after being rescued from a treacherous California surf break known for storeys-high waves. The 42-year-old star was reportedly filming a surfing scene on Sunday for his new film, Of Men And Mavericks, when he
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        329 14 Reuters Beijing Christian Bale has been banished from the publicity campaign for the Zhang Yimou movie The Flowers Of War, as China slams the British star for “creating news” by trying to visit a blind activist, say reports. Bale and a CNN camera crew were
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        156 14 Agence France-Presse Red Bank, New Jersey Singer Jon Bon Jovi wants fans to know he is not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it. False reports of the New Jerseyborn musician’s death spread online after a fake news release surfaced on social media
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          45 14 Super Junior’s Super Show 4 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium will now be held on Feb 18, instead of Feb 17, due to a change in the Korean boyband’s touring schedule, the organisers said. Ticket sales will start early next month.
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          87 14 A CoverGirl ad featuring singer Taylor Swift endorsing NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara has been pulled, following a complaint that it was digitally altered. The National Advertising Division of the Council of Business Bureaus Claims in the United States had questioned Proctor Gamble’s claim that the mascara
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          79 14 Director Yoshimitsu Morita, whose films depicted the absurdity and vulnerability of everyday life in conformist Japan, died on Tuesday of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 61. He won fans with 1983’s Family Game, starring Yusaku Matsuda as a tutor who forms a
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          81 14 A doctor treating George Michael said the British pop star is “doing well” as he recovers from pneumonia, but could not say if he will return home for Christmas. Christoph Zielinski said on ORF radio “we know that he is doing well and we are generally optimistic”.
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      343 5 REMOVAL/ RENOVATION/ Disposal/ Storage/ Handyman/ Painting. 9186-5888 $20 PICKUP $30-$40 Lorry $55 Powergate. Call now *****710 8am-11pm $25 PICK-UP, $40 Lorry, $55 powergate, $65 crane. Tel *****269 CHEAPEST IN TOWN! Hse office movers/ disposal. 24-hr. 9183-8317 Richard CHEAP HOME REMOVAL svc! Covered lorry with labour. Ms Lee 9380 3289 (Daily)
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      245 5 1 OWNER ’09 Aveo1.4A (SS) Low mileage Agt svcs accident free, $0 drive away. Free warranty *****598 3/’06 OPTRA 1.6 S/wagon Low km. OMV $13.5K. A1 cond. $*****. *****922 2/06 CHEVROLET AVEO5. HB. 1.4M. 1 owner. Black. Accident free. 9687-6000 06/2008 CHERY V5 Crossover MPV 2.4 (A) Highest offer secures.
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      196 5 2007 CIVIC VTI-S 1.8A White. 1 Owner. Fully Maintain by Agent. 9060-2520 2006 1.6 HONDA Civic. 1 owner. Good cond. $50K neg Call Mr Lee *****444 7/’06 AIRWAVE 1.5A low km New tax. OMV $17K. Well kept. $*****. *****922 8/08 HONDA FIT 1.3G Black 1/08 Honda Fit 1.3G. Blue. Accident
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      355 5 IME DARBY SELECT. XF 3.0 V6 Luxury. Mar 11. Black 12,000 km. Call 6471 0077 S ’04 X-TYPE 2.0SE. Done 79,000km. Selling $39.5k. Call 9736 8339 04/’06, KIA PICANTO 1.1 M 1st owner, silver. $21.8k. Call Jimmy 9675 2262 6/06 RIO 1.6A 4Dr. Bodykit. A1 cond. Low km. Leather Rims.
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      253 5 JAN ’08 CLS350 AMG Sporty black with red interior. 1-yr pre-owned Mercedes Benz warranty. One owner. $169.8K neg! 9769 0851 6/07 CL500 COUPE full option OMV $*****4 1 owner 60kkm New tax C&C maintained ask $248.8k call 6472 2222 3 DAY DELIVERY! Mercedes E250 1.8 CGI $128,800 5yr warranty. San
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      228 5 1 i Business S Vehicles PERFORMANCE PREMIUM SELECTION Limited Jan 11 Cooper S HB 1.6L. Blue with Black leather. 18,890 km. Call 1800 2255 777 GV 100% in-hse loan. 1.99% pa. Low interest. ’06 Lancer 1.6A. Lowest mthly only $500. Pristine cond. Kindly view, call Desmond 8423-1652 asap 09/2007 MITSUBISHI
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      628 5 SUBARU What I want for Cmistmas is a Brand New Subaru Legacy Free Insurance Free 1 Year Road Tax ifl Free $1,000 Petrol Voucher i|l Free GPS Free 1 Year Grooming Free 3 Years Agent Servicing ifl 5 Years or 100,000Km Warranty ifl Cash Back $30,000 1.88% Interest Rate can
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      298 5 1 OWNER 10/06 RAV4 2.4A *****KM. Ask $54.8K. Orig. Paint. Service done Under warranty. *****731 1 OWNER 7/06 ESTIMA 3.5A 2 moonroof/auto sliding dr OMV $50K. Asking $82.8K Under warranty. *****731 8/07 VIOS 1.5AE 1 owner *****km yr rd tax 8/12 OMV $***** 5yrs agt Warranty $47.8k 6472 2222 1
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      1170 6 Other Commercial Vehicles for Sale Other Commercial Vehicles for Sale r Introducing The All New Forward Series Medium Duty Trucks with MAINTENANCE FREE Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) FRR90S GVW 10.8 ton FSR34S GVW 11.9 ton FVR34S GVW 16.0 ton FVR34U GVW 19.0 ton M uuzu r M Standard Cab (FRR
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      552 6 Vehicles $1K UP. SFF2277C,EJ900R, EN500R,SFJ1771C,SFv515u SFC500L. Call *****529 ’1970-’2006 SCRAP Cars for export. Immed cash deal! 9727-0300 Andrew CASH! HIGH PRICE for all cars commercial vehicles Pls call Kelvin 9009-8718 20 Ubi Road 4 Think One Building S(*****2) www.thinkone.com.sg 10ft Lorry 3/09 Toyota Dyna 150M 5/07 Toyota Dyna 100M 12/06
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      521 7 SEA VIEW WITH pte berth 1 only unit. Sentosa Cove 10K/ built up 12K sqft. Corner, very private. Lift. Sole Agt *****348 Newsman SENTOSA COVE UNIQUE bunglw *****/ ***** sqft 10 rms. V. Wee 9066-9766 8 EXCLUSIVE BUNGLW Sentosa Cove. Jason Yap *****534 isentosa.com WEST COAST. D/STY bunglw 9000/3000 sq.ft.
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      390 7 D25-28 North Houses for Sale D25-28 North Houses for Sale D25-28 North Houses for Sale Cluster homes for sale -V a •R Artist’s impression CABANA at Sunrise Way Surrounded by nature and easy access to CTE/SLE/TPE ‘Minutes to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, Seletar Aerospace Hub and numerous good schools
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      352 7 PRIME TEAM EAST landed Wareham Rd SemiD $4.5M Sea View Pk SemiD $5.6M Joo Chiat Pl Terr $2.5M D.15 MODERN 2-STY semi-d $3.8M. 4500 sqft land. Face NS. Alvin *****394 RARE! CORNER TERR @Near Thomson Plaza. 2½ sty. 6+1 bdrms. Approx 2934/ 2600 sqft. Near amenities, eateries. Chang *****186 2½-STY
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      304 7 MARSILING MRT TERRACE Beside American Sch. 99yr 3-Sty. 1619/ 3064 sqft. 4+1. Value$1.6M Ken *****455 SEMBAWANG WALK CLUSTER hse #01. 3000sqft. Angie *****835/*****149 SPRINGSIDE 3 STY Semi-D. 3800/3000sqft 5+1. F’hold $3.1M. HB *****927 PropNex. Service You Trust! The Peak Balmeg 2/3-rm. From $15xx psf. The Rochester 1/2/3-rm. From $15xx psf.
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      392 7 ilR Dll &21 Newton/ H|ff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ ■Uff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for
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      127 7 TRIBECA-F’HOLD 1BDRM Penthse #30 roof terr, Pte jacuzzi/ BBQ. F/ facilities Tenanted. *****737 Betty D9 PARC MACKENZIE F’hold 2 bdrms, 850 sqft, mid flr, Good investment! Genuine seller! Hurry! Don’t miss! MARTIN PLACE RES F’hold. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4rm. 592/ 1044/ 1420/ 2002 sqft. $1.18M up. MLI 9336 3168 REGENCY
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      214 7 TENERIFFE CLUSTER 3120 sqft Ridgewood 2119 sqft 4+1 Corner. $2.6M. June 9387-8442/9178-8845 ELIZABETH HGTS, HEART Of Orchard. F’hold. 2497 sqft. Well reno, unblocked. $4.68M. *****845 Joyce ARDMORE PK CONDO. 2885 sqft, 4+1, high/low flr, full facilities. Steve 9617-0316 SPRING GR0VE 1012 sqft. 2+1, high floor, f/facilities, $1.8M. Steve 9617-0316 VIZ
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      228 7 Properties HIGH OAKS CONDO 2-4pm Sat Sun. 2/3 rms. 3 units avail. 1 km to Pei Hwa Pri/ mkt/ MRT. Allen 9101-2294 GARDENVISTA 871 SQFT 2+1 designer decor, open view, opposite shpg/ future MRT Jeffrey *****909 APPC. LOOK! SHERWOOD CONDO 3+1 1206sqft. f’hold. $900 psf bring cheque *****011 HILLCREST VILLA
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      293 7 FREEHOLD Sell with existing Tenancy The Waterside, good cond. 3+1, 2141sqft Blk 1..$3.xm 4+1, 2411sqft Blk 7..$3.xm Casa Meyfort good cond. 3+1, 1765 sqft..........$2.6m Tennis, pool. No Gym Betty 9380 2737 Sole Agt Agents/ Buyers welcome 1.COTE D’AZUR 3RM Low flr. Tenanted Mar ’13, Blk 60. 2. Cote D’Azur 4rm
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      299 7 CHEAP ONE Amber best stack, nice poolview. 3bdrms. 1335 sqft, Don’t miss! Vic *****001 KVM **SEAFRONT MEYER Premium 4+1. Full seaview. 2121 sqft High flr. Balcony $3.85M. Chia *****500 MANDARIN GDNS 3 bdrms. 1528 sqft. Windy. Well kept. Call owner 9727-6811 F’HOLD. WATERSIDE. 2142 sqft. Choice blk, gdn view. $3M.
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      766 8 BD22-24West iff 1 D22-24West D22-24West Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale |fy Pte Apts for Sale Register now to select choice units! izr j Ora ill i V I* r Et L Stamp Duty Reimbursement Furniture Vouchers* Unique residential development nestled in Hillview Avenue New York and London
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      441 8 fftt Ang Mo Kio HDB fBft Ang Mo Kio HDB fftt Ang Mo Kio HDB fftf Ang Mo Kio HDB |Wf Apts for Sale Apts for Sale Apts for Sale Up Apts for Sale HDB MEDIAN Resale Prices n 3r D quarter 2011 L Resale transactions take place on a
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      62 8 3’I’ BLK 502 Bedok N. High lift flr. unblock, good facing, reno. amenities. PR eligible Kym Tan *****906 3’NG’ BLK 22 Bedok South Lift landing. Nicely reno. High flr. Good facing. Near MRT/mall Jarett *****241 BLK 291 4-RM. 122 sqm. $677K. High floor. MRT. *****750 Fan C.L. PW 4NG SHUNFU
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      341 8 3’A’ BT BATOK 130, reno/ nice new kitchen cabinet/ lift /5min MRT/ Mall/ polyclinic. Rohaya *****477 3A GROUND FLR corner, Blk 202, St 21, near MRT/ sch/ amenities. Ask $360K neg. Clement *****383 PN 3’I’ BLK 528 60sqm High flr, reno, near MRT/ mkt/ amenities. Val $278k. All races. Yong
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      364 8 4’A’ 435 CCK, walk to MRT Lot 1, f/reno. High flr, lift evel. Can contra. Valued $390k Shima OT *****140 4’A’ BLK 123 Teck Whye Lane. 3 mins to LRT. Well kept. Move in cond. Valued $350K. Rosma 9450 5494 RARE! 607 5’A’ corner/4rm best location. Motivated! MRT. Lengson *****056
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      281 8 SERIOUS SELLER! 5’I’ near Kovan MRT. Lift landing. Val $450k. (Open hse Sat 4-6pm). Mor 9165-3082 4’NG’ 406 HOUGANG. 93 sqm, high flr, reno, good cond, val $427k. View today 7-8pm. Lee 9147-2607 4’S’ CORNER BLK 681. Lift level. Upgrading to complete. Full amenities. Val $360K All races. *****168 CHEAP!
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      1575 9 Pasir Ris/ Changi HDB Apts for Sale HDB Apts for Sale HDB Apts for Sale gi HDB Apts for Sale Pasir Ris/ Changi HDB Apts for Sale Pasir Ris/ Changi HDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS BUY IT SELL IT-FIND IT YISHU
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      231 9 BLAIR RD, CONSERVATION. Roof terr. 4-rm. 4500 sqft. Bright. MRT. JC Prop 9692-4077 Jennifer MT ECHO PK. Hilltop GCB. New reno. 5+1+1. Patios, pool. 16k sqft. MRT. Immed. $28k. 9668 2840 Michelle SWISS CLUB NEW colonial bunglw. Cul-de-sac. Quality finishes. Huge rm. Lap pool $28K neg. Carol *****371 D.10 DUCHESS
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      531 9 BT TIMAH 2-STY bunglw. 9000/ 5200 sqft. 6 bdrms. Pool. $16K neg. 8309-1111 CORONATION RD W. Bunglw 5+study *****/ 6000 sqft. New Reno. *****723 Zoe HOLLAND GR VIEW 3-storey semi-d. 3600 sqft, 4+1+1. Furn. Aspac 9023-6389 PRETTIEST OF THEM all conserved gem off East Coast. Must see! 3100 sqft. isabelredrup.com/ir60.php
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      413 9 SPRINGDALE 2RM, ENSUITE Nicely reno. F/furn. Avail 01 Feb. Near amenities. Stephanie Tan *****045 EVERTON RD 1-BDRM spacious apt conserved terr hse. F/furn, near MRT, immed. Ka Sen 9619-6836 CARIBBEAN 4+1 PENTHSE. 3600 sqft with roof terr. P/furn. MRT/Vicocity. $12K Tom Leow *****193 DTZ THE SAIL 4 rm approx 1800
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      562 9 MINI STUDIO OUTRAM MRT F/furn. Aircon. Attached bath *****950 Landlord BOTANNIA 1249 SQFT, 3+1. F/furn. $4.5K. Avail 1 Jan. Amy *****900 THE ROCHESTER. 1,302 sqft 2bdrms f/facilities, p/furn, MRT. HFP 9632 5435 DOMAIN 21. 1033 sqft, 2+ study, balcony, bright. Trisha Lee 9672-9576 SUNSHINE PLAZA. 2 bdrms. Fully furnished. Avail
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      511 9 THE PATERSON PENTHOUSE 3 sty. 4+study. Reno, furn unblocked. Oversea Family Sch. Expat’s choice. Immed ST REGIS 4+1 rms, 2153 sqft Orchard Rd, pool view, hotel svcs. Amenities. $neg. Dinesh (Danny) *****142 HERITAGE, 3200 SQFT, 4+1/ Nassim Mansion, reno, $18k/ Arcadia, 4700 sqft, nice, $15k. Quek *****225 THE SIXTH AVE
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      1418 10 Tanqlin/Holland D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent IRH D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent Tanqlin/Holland 009-10 Orchard/ glin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent Tanqlin/ Holland 009-10 Orchard/ glin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent Tanqlin/ Holland 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent WAT3 Private Apartment
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      297 10 SKY ELEVEN 4+1, 2820 sqft Polo Club greenery view. $12k. *****872 Agt PAVILLION II MRT 2+1, 956 sq.ft Arcadia Gdn 4+1 3300 sq.ft Alice *****433 NEW DUNEARN SUITES. 764 sqft. 2 room balcony. Immed. *****519 Shirley BUKIT REGENCY. 1539 sqft. 3+1. Pool view. F/furn. immed. *****119 V Peh SPRINGDALE 2+1.
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      477 10 ONE LEICESTER. 2+1. 904 sqft. 8 mins to MRT. Nice. Cosy. Furn. Immed. $3.9K. Serene 9009-2472 Remax ST MICHAEL CONDO 2+1 rm. Boon Keng MRT. Furn, s/ pool. Feb 12 A&G *****124 ASTON MANSION CONDO. 3+1. High flr. A1. MRT. $3.5 $4k. Jeffrey *****261 D.15 EAST COAST Exclusive studio 1
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      526 10 OASIS@ELIAS JUST TOP! 3bdrm. 1270 sqft. pool view Free shuttle to MRT! $3.9k neg. P/furn. Also Sale! EASTPOINT GREEN 2+1, 958 sqft. P/furn. Avail 21 Jan. Lawrence *****004 ERA. LOYANG VALLEY Resort! 1100/1480/1870 sqft. 2/3+1 Reno. Sally *****398 Agt SAVANNAH 3-RM 1227 sqft. High flr. F/furn. Immed. $4Kneg. Allan *****922.
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      594 10 BRAND NEW SVC studios Bugis/ Great World City. F/furn, internet, housekeeping, amenities. $2.5K $4K. Andy Low 9027-5979 NEAR BUGIS/ LAVENDER MRT. 2 studios f/furn. Kitchen. Attached bath $2.6K. Immed. 9650-5367 SHORT LONGTERM NOW Balestier nearby areas. 2-3+rm. $3k-$6K. Maria *****980/ *****400 KOVAN MRT, AIRCON rms. Furn. Spacious. Near schs, playground,
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      536 10 298C COMPASSVALE ST. Walk to LRT. Approved 2+1 F/aircon, furn. Early Feb. View Sat 1-2pm. *****132 4RM ADMIRALTY FLAT. F/ furn $2300 neg. Near amenities/ MRT. Approved. Call Rau 9760-2234 BLK 259C COMPASSVALE 3+1. furn, aircon. Prefer professional/ family. Avail 1st Jan. Krishna *****721 2+1, 135 YISHUN Immed. No aircon.
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      532 10 EXEC APT PASIR Ris. 31 Dec 465/ 645/ 711, 4-bdrm. 136, 3-bdrm f/furn move-in Yvonne Yang 8121-6169 NEAR EUNOS MRT. Blk 16. 2rms aircon. Lift level. High flr. Near sch. Ask $2.3K. Ric Chia *****123 5-RM PT BLK Marine Cres. High flr, p/furn, near Tao Nan Sch/ Parkway. $2.9K$3.1K. Kath
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      322 11 ***WANTED RENT/ BUY. Professional tenants. Free valuation and ads. Immediate cash. Advance rental. READY TENANTS LOOKING for islandwide condo. Convenient location. Singaporean/expats. Good Owner call Kensy *****707 PTE APTS WANTED by local/ expats.Good budget. Furn/ unfurn. Benson *****839 BUYERS/ EXPAT/ CORP Clients need condo, townhse, clusterhse. Ram *****801 HELP!!! TAIWANESE
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      528 11 Factory Space for Rent Factory Space for Rent Factory Space for Rent Factory Space for Rent Factory Space for Rent PROPERTIES FOR LEASE 4 •B ICONfaiBP ADMIRAX THE KENDALL (Science Park 2) Suitable for Science, IT, R&D and business use Close proximity to Haw Par Villa and Kent Ridge MRT
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      376 11 Factory Space for Sale Factory Space for Sale PRIME B1 BUSINESS SPACE AT TradeHu b>2l '/lit' 2 storey Terrace Factory from 3,853sqft Ramp-up Units from 1,432 sqft F&B Units 2,500 sqft (For Rent Only) Doorstep Parking with 24-hrs security Easy access to PIE, AYE, BKE KJE SHIRLEY KONG 9680 3300
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      64 11 *JTC 2-STY CORNER terr Ubi. 3000 sqft +office. B2 Lease 11 yrs. *****755 DL AlexandraTerrace Office Space for Lease 112 sq.ft.-23,493 sq.ft. Good Corporate Image Fitted Office Space with Air-con Ample Car Parking Near Pasir Panjang MRT 24-Hr Security Call 6578 9966 TUNG CENTRE Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place
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      425 11 SfKr l®?«« pa Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Central Square Serviced Offices from $1,300 Fully furnished office suites Meeting and Conference rooms Business support services Flexible lease Minutes from Clarke Quay and Chinatown MRT Stations Complimentary Parking Utilities included For enquiries, please email reservations@fareast.com.sg Call *****600 www.fareast.com.sg MustardSeed^SG Serviced
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      335 11 BT. MERAH CENTRL, partially fitted fr 484- 829 sqft Start-up biz. (JT/ Media/ R&D) Move in. 6377 8000 **INT’L PLAZA 473/ 937/ 2357 sqft. Renovated. Move in cond. neg. Sale also. 9005-2048 Joanna KALLANG AVE 900 sq ft own entrance, aircon, carpet, immediate 10 min fr Lavender MRT *****715 PRIME
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