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Title Section18 2011-12-24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 1.0018 words
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Article55 2011-12-24 1 A MARRIED teacher seduced a 14-year-old student after wooing her with gifts on a school trip to South Korea. The 38-year-old ended up having sex with her regularly in the school’s co-curricular activities room and in his car. He told his wife he was giving “private55 words
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Article39 2011-12-24 1 A SERIES of strong earthquakes struck the New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch yesterday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. L PRIME PAGE A839 words
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Article40 2011-12-24 1 INFLATION was unexpectedly high in November, with consumer prices growing 5.7 per cent over the same month last year. A rise in food prices, transport costs and housing costs helped push inflation higher. L PRIME PAGE A1240 words
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Article, Illustration65 2011-12-24 1 A SENIOR Umno leader has been sentenced to one year’s jail for corruption, in a case that has been closely watched as a measure of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration's willingness to clamp down on graft. Khir Toyo, a former Selangor menteri besar, was found guilty of65 words
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685 2011-12-24 1 DARYL CHIN - HDB to expand parking spaces and consider mechanised carparks BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board (HDB) is looking at ways to ease a mounting carpark crunch that has become evident especially in old- er estates. It will build another 1,600 parking685 words
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Article, Illustration1014 2011-12-24 1 GRACE CHUA, FENG ZENGKUN; Lim Yan Liang - BY GRACE CHUA, FENG ZENGKUN caiwj@sph.com.sg zengkun@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lim Yan Liang CUSTOMERS at the Starbucks outlet in Liat Towers were taken aback by a sudden waterfall yesterday afternoon, in a scene reminiscent of last year’s flash floods. In less thanPHOTOS: STOMP - 1,014 words
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Advertisement78 2011-12-24 1 Trouble in Papua SPECIAL REPORT, PAGES A24&25 Life! reporters go undercover LIFE! PAGES D2-4 And the Car of the Year is.... Diving into Christmas frenzy LIFE! PAGE D16 Life in Pyongyang SATURDAY SPECIAL, PAGES C2-8 Home-buyers’ top districts MONEY, PAGE B12 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg78 words
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Article61 2011-12-24 2 WE SAY Although the idea of re-employing workers who reach retirement age has taken root here, there remain companies and bosses who adopt practices merely to fulfil their obligations under the law. They must be made to understand that embracing re-employment does not mean that they can61 words
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Article, Illustration36 2011-12-24 2 COLUMNS Carolyn Hong visits a mosque in Kuala Lumpur that is the first in the world to provide drug addicts with methadone to help them kick their heroin addiction. L WORLD PAGE A2636 words
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Article, Illustration34 2011-12-24 2 Carbon nanotubes are very toxic, so it is worrying that nanomaterials have already been introduced into the global food chain on the quiet, says Andy Ho. L REVIEW PAGE A3134 words
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Article52 2011-12-24 2 OUR READER SAYS Padmini Kesavapany says it is not practical to compare Singaporean responses to breakdowns in public transport with those in other countries, since the high cost of living here compels many to turn to buses and trains which they do not expect to fail. L FORUM52 words
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Article, Illustration20 2011-12-24 2 www.straitstimes.com L Photojournalist Desmond Lim talks about his experience working on a story about Chinese nationals in Singapore.20 words
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Article, Illustration1055 2011-12-24 2 ANDY MUKHERJEE - A reduced need to leave bequests may change how we use our money BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg HOW much, do you think, does it cost your friends and family to buy you Christmas presents? Professor Joel Waldfogel, a1,055 words
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Article, Illustration877 2011-12-24 3 KHUSHWANT SINGH; Elizabeth Soh - He had sex with her in school, in car; told wife he was giving tuition BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Elizabeth Soh SHE was a student aged 14. He was 38, married, and her teacher. But that did not stop himST PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: DESMOND FOO - 877 words
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Article, Illustration936 2011-12-24 4 TOH YONG CHUAN; Cai Haoxiang - They criticise fellow MP Seng Han Thong’s remarks on train drivers BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Cai Haoxiang ANOTHER two Malay People's Action Party (PAP) MPs have weighed in on the controversy that erupted over remarks made by fellow MPST FILE PHOTOS - 936 words
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Article20 2011-12-24 4 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday Jan 9 at 1.30pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.20 words
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Article, Illustration654 2011-12-24 6 KEZIA TOH, GRACE CHUA - BY KEZIA TOH GRACE CHUA THE day flash floods hit several areas, including Orchard Road, national water agency PUB also announced details of 10 new drainage projects that are meant to ease the problem. Yesterday, it said it would roll out the worksST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM - 654 words
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Article, Illustration784 2011-12-24 8 New quakes spark fear and panic but cause few casualties AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WELLINGTON: A fresh series of strong earthquakes rattled Christchurch yesterday, sending terrified Christmas shoppers and office workers fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating quake claimed 181 lives. TwoAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS; ST GRAPHICS - 784 words
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569 2011-12-24 8 LIM YAN LIANG - LIM YAN LIANG HOUSEWIFE Caroline Loo was picking out a leg of ham and doing some last minute Christmas shopping in Christchurch when she felt the ground shaking. “My immediate thought was to get the kids out,” said Mrs Loo, who was there with her569 words
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315 2011-12-24 10 ROYSTON SIM - ROYSTON SIM A QUARTERLY review has flagged 39 bus routes the most ever for showing service improvements. Operators SBS Transit and SMRT have either deployed higher-capacity buses or added trips along sectors that experience consistently heavy demand, said a Land Transport Authority (LTA) release315 words
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Article, Illustration839 2011-12-24 10 Shuli Sudderuddin - All passengers to be belted up from Jan 1; height to replace age criterion for restraints BY Shuli Sudderuddin shulis@sph.com.sg FROM Jan 1, all pupils on small school buses will be required to wear child restraints or seat belts. Drivers, conductors and attendantsST PHOTO: ALAN LIM - 839 words
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273 2011-12-24 10 SHULI SUDDERUDDIN - SHULI SUDDERUDDIN LEARNER riders hoping to get their Class 2B motorcycle licence will have to take not one, but two theory tests from Feb 27. This is part of efforts to enhance riding competency and to help reduce errant behaviour and accidents273 words
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446 2011-12-24 10 YASMINE YAHYA - BY YASMINE YAHYA THE war of words between China Sky Chemical Fibre and the Singapore Exchange intensified yesterday when a lawyer representing the firm said he had been defamed by an executive of the market regulator. Mr Leonard Chia of Asia Ascent446 words
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Article, Illustration389 2011-12-24 10 A MAN who operated Internet cafes was accused of running them as gambling centres and taking steps to ensure he would not get into trouble. Yesterday, Chua Chin Hoe, 55, was charged in a district court with 62 charges ofST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW - 389 words
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642 2011-12-24 12 MAGDALEN NG - Consumer prices rise 5.7%; weaker Singdollar makes imports pricier BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg TO TOP off a gloomy year for Singapore’s economy, November’s inflation figures have come in higher than expected, amid deepening concerns over slowing economic growth. Consumer prices grew 5.7 per cent over642 words
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Article, Illustration463 2011-12-24 12 CAI HAOXIANG - BY CAI HAOXIANG DONNING a white scarf, President Tony Tan Keng Yam yesterday joined 800 Sikh men and women in a prayer session at the newly renovated Central Sikh Temple. Everyone had their heads covered to signify that they were all equal, a hallmarkST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 463 words
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635 2011-12-24 14 SALMA KHALIK - Expanded programme lets more enjoy lower rates at family doctors BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A SCHEME that will allow more than 700,000 people to see family doctors at subsidised rates is now open for applications. Half of all Singaporeans aged635 words
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Article, Illustration838 2011-12-24 14 TEO CHENG WEE - BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT SHAH ALAM (Selangor): Senior Umno leader Khir Toyo was sentenced yesterday to a year’s jail for corruption, making him the first high-profile Barisan Nasional (BN) politician to be punished for graft under Prime Minister NajibPHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 838 words
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Article, Illustration885 2011-12-24 14 HO AI LI - BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: In 2006, Xiang Xiang became the latest panda bred in captivity in China to be released into the wild. Just 10 months later, the male panda was found dead, the victim of an attack by other pandas.PHOTO: CHENGDU PANDA BASE - 885 words
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Article, Illustration93 2011-12-24 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L US man wins Lamborghini, crashes it six hours later L Dutch TV hosts dine on fried human buttock, belly L Dad held after Facebook post showing bound girl More Forum letters93 words
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Article, Illustration639 2011-12-24 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: Holiday strikes in Europe have paralysed ground transport in Belgium, delayed flights in Paris, postponed a major football match in London and promised days of headaches for Christmas travellers. Workers across Europe are walking off the job to show their ire at budg-et-slashingASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 639 words
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Article, Illustration379 2011-12-24 16 LONDON: Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people are abandoning their homelands as job prospects look increasingly dire. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy. Many are heading for the southern hemisphere, according to Britain’s Guardian newspaper.PHOTO: NEW YORK TIMES - 379 words
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Article, Illustration376 2011-12-24 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: The leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church has promised to boost its campaign to provide free meals to the poor and homeless, amid the country’s deepening financial crisis. Archbishop Ieronymos said the Church was handing out 10,000 portions of food a dayASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 376 words
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700 2011-12-24 20 HO AI LI - Battle for supremacy worsens as Tudou, Youku spar over piracy BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: The fight for supremacy in China’s online video market just got nastier, with the top two websites going for the jugular and accusing700 words
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Article, Illustration619 2011-12-24 20 REUTERS BEIJING: A rich Chinese couple who had eight babies with the help of two surrogate mothers have been forced to move out of their villa following a public uproar, and could face a large fine for breaching strict one-child only family-planning laws.REUTERS; PHOTO: SHENZHEN SATELLITE TV - 619 words
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343 2011-12-24 20 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WUKAN (Guangdong): As journalists and bloggers began trickling into Wukan last week, residents decided to put to use a two-storey house, once the home of a family that left for Hong Kong some time ago. They turned it intoNEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 343 words
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Article, Illustration519 2011-12-24 22 Pyongyang request granted, but several nations shunned it AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly granted a request from North Korea to observe a minute of silence in Mr Kim Jong Il’s memory, which was boycotted by the US,AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 519 words
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212 2011-12-24 22 NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL: Researchers examining North Korea’s official images and lists of mourners paying their respects to its late leader Kim Jong Il have noticed two conspicuous absentees: the elder brothers of appointed heir Kim Jong Un. Identifying the mourners and absenteesNEW YORK TIMES - 212 words
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310 2011-12-24 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful military pledged yesterday to continue supporting democracy, reiterating it was not planning a takeover as tensions grew over a controversial memo alleging an army plot to seize power. At the same time, President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman saidAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS - 310 words
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Article, Illustration1031 2011-12-24 26 CAROLYN HONG - Patients hold jobs, stay in treatment with heroin substitute programme MEMO FROM KUALA LUMPUR BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg THREE months ago, Mr Mohd Hazarif was jobless, consumed by a drug habit that forced him to hunt for several heroin fixesPHOTO: DR RUSDI ABD RASHID - 1,031 words
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Article, Illustration455 2011-12-24 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her family after seven years as a street child, her parents said yesterday. Meri Yuranda, 14, took a busAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 455 words
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372 2011-12-24 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAGAYAN DE ORO (The Philippines): The number of people missing after devastating Philippine floods soared to more than 1,000 yesterday, doubling the feared toll from a disaster that swept away coastal shantytowns. As weary survivors prepared for a bleak Christmas, the authorities saidAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 372 words
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Article, Illustration2162 2011-12-24 24/25 WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA - Indonesia’s eastern-most province has been in the spotlight in recent months for rising political tension. Our Correspondent who visited the restive area this month, reports. BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg MIMIKA (Papua): Mimika’s population is just 184,000 but it is one of the top three richest regenciesPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ST PHOTO: WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA - 2,162 words
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Article, Illustration939 2011-12-24 24/25 WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA - WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA MIMIKA (Papua): Mysterious shootings have intensified along the route linking Freeport’s housing complex on the foot of a mountain to its Grasberg mine up in the mountains. In the latest incident last Saturday, a Freeport helicopter flying above thePHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 939 words
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371 2011-12-24 27 Company sets e-mail curbs to stop bosses from contacting workers at all hours of day FRANKFURT: Employees of Volkswagen who carry a company BlackBerry have been getting a reprieve from being chased by their bosses during non-work-ing hours. VW’s e-mail server has stopped routing371 words
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351 2011-12-24 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: France’s Health Ministry yesterday said there was no cancer risk from breast implants made by local firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), but recommended to women with implants to have them removed after eight cases of cancer. Women with PIPAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 351 words
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Article, Illustration71 2011-12-24 27 Christmas tradition beckons as lights go up at No. 1601 on Collingwood Road in Alexandria, Virginia, some 20km away from the United States capital of Washington D.C. The owner of the property and Collingwood Lights, Mr Bill Vaughan, began decorating the house for Christmas asPHOTO: XINHUA - 71 words
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627 2011-12-24 28 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: Iraqi political leaders were set for crisis talks yesterday after the country suffered its deadliest attacks in four months when a series of explosions ripped through the capital Baghdad. The speed with which securityNEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 627 words
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Article, Illustration720 2011-12-24 28 40 dead in attacks that come a day after arrival of Arab League team ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAMASCUS: Twin suicide car bomb blasts ripped through an upscale Damascus district yesterday, targeting security and intelligence buildings and killing at least 40 people. The blastsASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 720 words
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471 2011-12-24 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Ties between strategic allies France and Turkey abruptly unravelled after French legislators passed a Bill making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constitute genocide. TurkeyASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 471 words
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Article191 2011-12-24 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG MANY historians contend that the killings of the Armenians constituted the first genocide of the 20th century. Armenians say 1.5 million ethnic Armenians were killed in the chaos surrounding World War I and the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, fromASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG - 191 words
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461 2011-12-24 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Republican leaders have bowed to intense political pressure to extend a payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans, ending a tense stalemate and handing a win to US President Barack Obama. The deal on Thursday,AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; NEW YORK TIMES - 461 words
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Article, Illustration411 2011-12-24 29 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE: The Washington state ferry service isn’t going to start turning away hefty passengers, but it has had to reduce the capacity of the nation’s largest ferry system because people have been packing on the pounds. Coast Guard vesselASSOCIATED PRESS; ST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE - 411 words
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Article81 2011-12-24 29 XINHUA SHANGHAI: Da Vinci, a Singaporeregistered luxury furniture retailer based here, was fined 1.33 million yuan (S$272,000) yesterday, months after it was found to have deceived customers about its products. An investigation was launched after media reports in July said Da Vinci lied about where its furnitureXINHUA - 81 words
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Article92 2011-12-24 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHICAGO: US retailer Walmart has pulled infant formula from the shelves of its 3,000 stores after two babies in Missouri got sick and one of them died. Health officials have not yet determined whether the bacterial infection which sickened the newborn babies was linkedAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 92 words
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Article65 2011-12-24 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PRAGUE: Bells tolled and sirens wailed yesterday for Velvet Revolution icon Vaclav Havel as world leaders and ordinary Czechs bid farewell to the dissident playwright turned president. They bowed their heads for a minute’s silence to mark the start of the funeral service forAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 65 words
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Article103 2011-12-24 29 REUTERS BEIJING: Human rights advocate Chen Wei was sentenced to nine years in jail by a court in south-west China after a brief hearing yesterday in which he pleaded not guilty to subverting state power. Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining in Sichuan provinceREUTERS - 103 words
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Article79 2011-12-24 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Four out of five bottles of extra-virgin “Italian” olive oil are actually blended with oil from other countries in a ¤5 billion (S$8.5 billion) a year business, the La Repubblica daily reported yesterday. Cheap olive oil from Greece, Spain, Morocco and TunisiaAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 79 words
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Article72 2011-12-24 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi registered her opposition party and visited the national Parliament for the first time yesterday, as she prepares to enter the mainstream political arena. The National League for Democracy was given the green light by the authoritiesAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 72 words
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Article69 2011-12-24 29 BANGKOK: The opposition Democrat Party will launch impeachment proceedings against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul next week over the return of a passport to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The move comes after the Foreign Ministry said it had issued a passport to69 words
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Article56 2011-12-24 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesian police have arrested eight people in connection with an overloaded boat carrying 250 asylum seekers that capsized en route to Australia, as the confirmed death toll reached 95 yesterday. The boat carrying mostly Afghans and Iranians sank off the coast of easternAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 56 words
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Article, Illustration47 2011-12-24 29 This metallic ball fell from the sky, onto a remote grassland in Namibia last month. The 6kg hollow ball of 1.1m diameter has baffled the authorities, prompting them to contact Nasa and the European Space Agency. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 47 words
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Article422 2011-12-24 30 WITH a week to go before the Jan 1 start-date of the new re-employment law, it appears that the idea of keeping employees on the job beyond the retirement age of 62 has taken root here. First mooted in 2006, there has been a meeting of minds422 words
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Article, Illustration1861 2011-12-24 30 JOHN CHIPMAN - BY JOHN CHIPMAN John Chipman is director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. This article is an adaptation of a piece that originally appeared in Prospect magazine. THE year 2011 delivered a series of strategic surprises. From the onset of the1,861 words
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Article, Illustration963 2011-12-24 31 JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN, STEVEN PINKER - RISE AND FALL OF WARS BY JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN, STEVEN PINKER THE NEW YORK TIMES THE departure of the last US troops from Iraq brings relief to a nation that has endured its most painful war since Vietnam. But the event is momentous forTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 963 words
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Article974 2011-12-24 31 YOON YOUNG KWAN - BY YOON YOUNG KWAN The writer, South Korea’s foreign minister in 2003 and 2004, is now a professor of international relations at Seoul National University. PROJECT SYNDICATE ACCORDING to North Korean state television, the heart attack that killed Mr Kim Jong Il on Dec 17 was “duePROJECT SYNDICATE - 974 words
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Article, Illustration770 2011-12-24 31 ANDY HO - DAEDALUS BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg LAST month, a Nanyang Technological University study published in Biomaterials showed that nano-sized zinc oxide particles can enter human cells to cause cancer. This is the same finding as that of a 2005 study published in Environmental Science770 words
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Article223 2011-12-24 32 Padmini Kesavapany (Mrs - THANKS, BUT WE CAN DO WITHOUT... Padmini Kesavapany (Mrs) I RESPECT the sentiments expressed by Ms Anju Tiwari in her letter on Wednesday (“Be reasonable, like commuters elsewhere”). Thanks to political stability and good governance, Singapore enjoys a high standard of living where we Singaporeans are extremely proud223 words
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Article127 2011-12-24 32 “We do not accept inadequate explanations as an excuse for sloppy service.” MR LIEW YENG CHEE: “Ms Anju Tiwari must not assume that those who are complaining (including me) about the MRT disruptions last week are not appreciative of what our Government has been doing for us127 words
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175 2011-12-24 32 K.S. Thomas - K.S. Thomas AS AN Indian Singaporean who has had the privilege of working under Mr Seng Han Thong, I can testify that the Member of Parliament is not only kind-hearted but fair-minded (“Outcry over MP’s remarks on SMRT train drivers”; yesterday). As175 words
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Article163 2011-12-24 32 “While Mr Seng’s remarks were insensitive, the rude outbursts by netizens were extreme. We must find more effective ways of dealing with such issues.” MISS THARA RUBINI GOPALAN: “As a Singaporean, I am appalled at Member of Parliament Seng Han Thong’s remarks (‘Outcry over MP’s remarks on SMRT163 words
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213 2011-12-24 32 Narayana Narayana - Narayana Narayana AFTER the fanfare trumpeting English Premier League football club Manchester United’s projected initial public offering (IPO) to raise US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) months earlier this year, it looks as if it has, in the event, turned out to213 words
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202 2011-12-24 32 Liew Chin Wen - Liew Chin Wen ATTENTION on the recently increased cab fares has primarily been focused on the taxi operators when there is a greater need to focus on the relative inaction of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Ministry of Transport (“ComfortDelGro revises taxi202 words
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Article147 2011-12-24 32 “All the empty cabs had the ‘busy’ or ‘hired’ signs on. I tried phone-booking but could not get through.” MS KOH LEE SUAN: “I read with disbelief Tuesday’s report (‘Comfort cabbies say takings are still down'). I was one of several people waiting for a cab along147 words
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Article134 2011-12-24 32 “Can someone explain the rationale behind this? DR GIL SIMON SCHNEIDER: “I called for a taxi last Saturday at 1.50pm to go from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands. I paid $22.65 for a trip of 28km, including a $2.30 booking charge. This translates to about 81 cents a km.134 words
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Article117 2011-12-24 32 “Does this mean that 90 per cent of public sector officers will get a pay cut?” MR LEONG SZE HIAN: “The Public Service Division says that ‘Our guidelines allow public agencies to re-employ up to 10 per cent of retiring officers in a year at the last drawn117 words
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Article103 2011-12-24 32 “Why not give investors the option to receive company communications by e-mail?” MR LUCAS PNG: “SGX’s announcement that it plans to give investors the option to receive paperless transaction confirmations is a step in the right direction, but more can be done to help investors (‘Big revamp of103 words
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Article81 2011-12-24 32 “SBS Transit and SMRT need to retrain their bus drivers before another bad accident occurs.” MR ANTHONY LIM: “I have called SBS Transit twice in the last two months to complain about travelling in ‘jerky buses’ (‘Woman, 54, in coma after falling in bus’; Tuesday). Although these modern81 words
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152 2011-12-24 33 Chong Wan Yieng (Ms - Chong Wan Yieng (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Law UNDER the Supreme Court’s legal assistance scheme for capital offences, all persons facing capital charges are eligible to be assigned counsel free of charge (“Appoint ‘public defenders’ for equal access to justice” by Mr Houston152 words
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Article90 2011-12-24 33 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or90 words
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334 2011-12-24 33 Liew Kai Khiun - Liew Kai Khiun AS A frequent customer of Page One bookstore, I am disappointed that it is closing next year citing high rental as the main reason (“Page One bookstore to close in February”; Thursday). As an avid reader who looks for bookstores in334 words
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193 2011-12-24 33 Koh Wee Sing - Koh Wee Sing Head, Public Internal Communications Corporate Communications Division Immigration and Checkpoints Authority WE THANK Mr David Sia for his feedback (“Brighten and liven up Woodlands Checkpoint”; Dec 14). The Woodlands train checkpoint was constructed in 1998 to expedite movement of train passengers193 words
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242 2011-12-24 33 Karen Au Yong (Ms - Karen Au Yong (Ms) Deputy Director Corporate Communications Council for Private Education THE report (“Same face behind troubled schools”; Dec 15) gave the impression that the owner of the Tyndale Institute, Ms Guo Qiao Li, has been running the242 words
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Article91 2011-12-24 33 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR TAN KENG TAT: He’ll say it again with facts... Sharks aren’t endangered and don’t blame Asian tastebuds 2 MR JEREMY CHEN: First Borders, now Page One, what’s next? 3 MR TERRY LAI: Yes, stop the noise nuisance of TV adverts 4 MS91 words
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183 2011-12-24 33 Tan Kin Lian - Tan Kin Lian THERE was a stampede at the launch of a new smartphone in Central Jakarta in November (“BlackBerry maker’s woes in Indonesia”; Dec 13). In Singapore, there was a long queue for the launch of the Bedok Residences condominium (“Bedok project draws long183 words
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Article, Illustration784 2011-12-24 1 DARYL CHIN - High infrastructure cost and lack of competition may lead to exorbitant pricing, say experts DATA ROAMING BILL SHOCK BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg WHY are overseas data roaming charges so exorbitant as to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars for a couple of weeks? Blame overseasST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM - 784 words
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Article, Illustration98 2011-12-24 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L SingTel customer posts $350,000 overseas phone bill online L MP Seng Han Thong apologises for SMRT staff comment L Page One bookstore at VivoCity to close in February More Forum letters98 words
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Article, Illustration574 2011-12-24 2 LIM YAN LIANG; Daryl Chin - BY LIM YAN LIANG Additional reporting by Daryl Chin CUSTOMERS who get into data-roam-ing tangles with telcos have usually ended up paying at least a good portion of their bills. When they choose not to, they can end up mired in protracted disST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM - 574 words
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Article, Illustration629 2011-12-24 2 THAM YUEN-C - Investigations so far indicate Certis Cisco officer likely shot himself BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg CLEANER Liew Fun Fah was in a storeroom in VivoCity drinking tea after dinner on Thursday evening, when he heard what he thought was a loud crash. ForPHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO - 629 words
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121 2011-12-24 3 RESTAURANT manager Chia Tian Hock was jailed for 21/2 years yesterday after pleading guilty to forgery. The 39-year-old, who used to work at the Mount Faber outlet of Porn’s Thai restaurant, forged around 20 cheques worth more than $104,000. The cheques were121 words
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184 2011-12-24 3 SUSPECTS pretending to be Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers and selling fire insurance to members of the public have been making their rounds in local neighbourhoods. The SCDF said yesterday in a statement that the scam involves suspects going door to door trying184 words
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154 2011-12-24 3 A 54-YEAR-OLD man fell to his death on Thursday, while working on the Sakura Kobe cargo ship. Mr Lim Poh Soon was supervising a group of workers who were cleaning the storage area of a ship that day when he fell154 words
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550 2011-12-24 3 AMELIA TAN - It’ll continue to work with welfare groups to rehome stray dogs BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE authorities yesterday responded to complaints from animal lovers about stray dogs being trapped and culled at Punggol Waterway. They said they do not practise blanket550 words
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391 2011-12-24 4 KHUSHWANT SINGH - 36-year-old insurance manager couldn’t have been saved: Coroner BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THERE was no chance insurance manager Tan Boon Kiat, who died 15 hours after being struck by lightning while canoeing at Pasir Ris Park, could have been saved. Evidence indicated that the391 words
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Article, Illustration99 2011-12-24 4 A sign in Casuarina Road warning against feeding monkeys. According to shop owners in the area, it was put up nearly two months ago. Sightings of the primates have become more frequent in the past six months to a year. About 1,200 monkey-related complaintsST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 99 words
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507 2011-12-24 6 KEZIA TOH - Operators take steps to weather-proof premises to attract festive crowd BY KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg NIGHTSPOTS and restaurants are counting on customers to brave the unfavourable weather to paint the town red and celebrate the close of yet another year. On their part, operators have507 words
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Article, Illustration442 2011-12-24 6 SHULI SUDDERUDDIN - SHULI SUDDERUDDIN AS CONSUMERS scramble for last-minute Christmas buys today, retailers said they have been kept busy so far in the all-important year-end shopping season. Businesses told The Straits Times that predictions made last month for healthy sales have panned out despite uncertaintiesST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM; ST PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, KEVIN LIM - 442 words
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Article, Illustration473 2011-12-24 6 AMELIA TAN - BY AMELIA TAN FORMER Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) principal Ong Teck Chin has set up a tuition centre in Orchard Road. It offers classes from primary to A level and the International Baccalaureate (IB). In October last year, Dr Ong resigned abruptly from aBT FILE PHOTO - 473 words
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Article, Illustration717 2011-12-24 7 JUDITH TAN - First such facility here to help them return to living safely in society BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg A HALFWAY house will go a long way in helping children and young people with mental disorders get back to living safely in the community.717 words
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Article239 2011-12-24 7 JUDITH TAN - JUDITH TAN YOUTH-FOCUSED programmes have become a main target in Temasek Holdings’ outreach to fund charities. Since 2001, the non-profit philanthropic organisations (NPOs) that come under Temasek Trust have been pumping money into the community, including areas involving children and young people. Temasek Trust is the philanthropic239 words
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Article320 2011-12-24 7 JUDITH TAN - JUDITH TAN DAY-CARE centres and halfway homes serve as a bridge to reintegrate hospitalised mental patients back into the community. There are several such facilities here but they cater to adults only. They include: Simei Care Centre L A purpose-built psychiatric rehabilitation centre run by the320 words
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623 2011-12-24 8 POON CHIAN HUI - New procedure spares patients disfiguring, jaw-breaking surgery BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg A NEW robotic procedure could spare some patients with tongue, throat or tonsil cancer from a disfiguring surgery that involves splitting the jaw into two. They would also have little to fear623 words
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Article, Illustration253 2011-12-24 8 THE driver of a cement mixer that hit and killed a Bangladeshi construction worker in Tuas was fined $5,000 yesterday. Mok Nyeong Lock (right), 60, a Malaysian, was also banned from driving all vehicles for three years over the April 15 accident. He pleaded253 words
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546 2011-12-24 10 JANICE TAI - BB faces ‘humbling’ experience in granting girl’s perfume request BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg A BOYS’ Brigade (BB) committee vetting Christmas wish requests came across one from a teen in a girls’ home asking for a bottle of perfume. It seemed like an item546 words
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Article, Illustration245 2011-12-24 10 MORE than 100 elderly folk in Bukit Merah and Henderson Road have been getting free meals, five days a week, after the hawker centre near their estate closed for renovation. This is thanks to the Tanglin-Cairn-hill Community Caring and Sharing Programme, which hasPHOTO: JOSEPH LEE - 245 words
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Article121 2011-12-24 10 L Tag on some Christmas cheer THE Accor Singapore hotel group is selling Christmas tags, on which members of the public can write greetings to child beneficiaries of Touch Community Services. Tags are $2 each, with the money going to the non-profit. Hotels involved are Novotel Clarke Quay,121 words
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Article, Illustration653 2011-12-24 11 MELISSA TAN - BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A SLUMP in the electronics sector last month drove manufacturing output down 9.6 per cent a far worse result than had been expected. It was a sharp reversal from October, when output surged 22 per cent above levels in theSource: EDB - 653 words
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641 2011-12-24 11 JONATHAN KWOK - BY JONATHAN KWOK A UNIT of Asiasons WFG Financial formerly known as Westcomb Financial has lost its operating licence after failing to comply with certain financial benchmarks set by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Asiasons WFG Securities, as the unit is called, has ceased641 words
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Article, Illustration645 2011-12-24 11 MELISSA TAN - MELISSA TAN YULETIDE corporate gift retailers have reason to be merry this season as more orders are coming in this year than last despite the economic slowdown. Their clients say the reason is that their Christmas budgets had been determined before the economicST FILE PHOTO - 645 words
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Article, Illustration94 2011-12-24 11 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Apple buys Israeli start-up for $518m: Reports L China Sky hits out again at SGX L Prime retail rents to hold steady More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your free94 words
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Article, Illustration1751 2011-12-24 12 CHERYL LIM; Esther Teo - Demand for homes is among this year’s hottest issues. The Money Desk looks at what’s hot and what’s not in the private residential market. BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Esther Teo NEW home sales have proved remarkably resilient this year, withST FILE PHOTO; ST GRAPHICS - 1,751 words
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427 2011-12-24 12 ROBIN CHAN - BY ROBIN CHAN NOBLE Group expects to gain about US$200 million (S$259 million) after backing a proposed merger between its subsidiary Gloucester Coal and the Australian unit of China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining, the firm said yesterday. The A$700 million (S$916 million) deal, announced427 words
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Article, Illustration582 2011-12-24 13 Ratings down a notch to A1 due to banking and euro zone debt concerns ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES FRANKFURT: Moody’ s Investors Service has downgraded its credit ratings for Slovenia, saying the country’s government faces risks from the euro zone debt crisis andASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 582 words
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Article, Illustration325 2011-12-24 13 BLOOMBERG MILAN: Naples musician Floriana d’Andrea carries rolls of euro notes when she buys instruments and audio gear, a practice she will have to change as Italy sets new limits on cash payments in a bid to curb tax evasion. “I bought expensiveBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 325 words
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314 2011-12-24 13 YASMINE YAHYA - BY YASMINE YAHYA PALM oil giant Wilmar International has backed out of buying some land sites it had acquired in China in January. Wilmar’s wholly owned unit, WCA, and two joint-venture partners had bought six sites in Laobian District, Yingkou City,314 words
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634 2011-12-24 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS GREVENA (Greece): Not all Greek myths are ancient. In rural towns and villages, where millennia-old pottery shards and broken classical masonry are sometimes found, shepherds and farmers have similar tales to tell. They cite the buried golden sow with its seven goldenASSOCIATED PRESS - 634 words
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Article469 2011-12-24 14 YASMINE YAHYA - Encouraging US job data provides boost in pre-Christmas period BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg ASIAN stock markets ended the week in a jolly mood as better-than-expected job data from the United States helped to bring some Christmas cheer to investors. Singapore’s Straits Times469 words
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368 2011-12-24 14 REUTERS DUBLIN: Eircom’s owner Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) has withdrawn from the board of the struggling Irish telecoms firm after lenders rejected its proposal to restructure ¤3.75 billion (S$6.3 billion) of borrowings, Eircom said yesterday. Temasek unit STT bought 65 per centREUTERS - 368 words
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Article, Illustration99 2011-12-24 14 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 405.1 million shares worth $450.7 million UP DOWN Gainers: 179 Losers: 99 Unchanged: 504 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change 2.70 587.38 2.01 396.52 2.84 640.74 -1.12 549.93 0.31 221.01 0.65 186.16 12.13 603.4899 words
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Article206 2011-12-24 14 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Thursday’s close: 8,395.16 (-64.82) Japan’s financial markets were closed for a holiday yesterday. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,496.15 (+4.69) Malaysian stocks rose 0.3 per cent on better-than-expected job data from the US. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 18,629.17 (+250.94) Hong Kong shares ended 1.4206 words
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Article215 2011-12-24 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 23, 2011 Top Rises Dec 23 CENTS DBXT E50 10US$ 3410 130.4 3.1 Asia Pac Brew 2900 110.0 3.9 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2018 103.3 4.1 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2624 74.9 2.3 DBXT215 words
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Article57 2011-12-24 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 23 2011 Selling Buying Dec 23 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.34 ....1.277 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.289 1.24 Euro 1.718 Malaysian ringgit 41.635 40.034 2.064 ....1.985 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0148 0.013557 words
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Miscellaneous153 2011-12-24 19 A With Singapore Pools Feng Shui for 2012 Will the market rise in waves in the Water Dragon Year? -by Grand Master Raymond Lo 12 January 2012, 7.30pm Singapore Conference Hall Tickets available at all Branches and Selected Retailers. Talk conducted in English LOTTERY L fil Draw No. 2703/2011 Thursday,153 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-12-24 22 Captain’s late clearance saves point as fallout over race charge ensues ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Chelsea and England captain John Terry was booed on the pitch on Thursday by Tottenham’s supporters, his every touch jeered, with the unproven accusation of “racist” one of many names he wasASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 573 words
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Article161 2011-12-24 22 THE TIMES, LONDON TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp expects to be without Rafael van der Vaart for the remainder of the festive programme after the Dutch playmaker suffered a hamstring injury in the draw against Chelsea. Spurs’ ever-growing injury list is threatening to derail the club’s Premier LeagueTHE TIMES, LONDON - 161 words
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Article, Illustration93 2011-12-24 22 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Van Persie inspired by chance to break Shearer’s record: Wenger L Dutch football match abandoned after ’keeper kicks fan L Beckham set to play for Paris St Germain, say French press93 words
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Article, Illustration705 2011-12-24 16 They can win first Test series in Australia as hosts are in transition REUTERS SYDNEY: India, even if you will not hear their players say it, have never had a better chance of clinching their first cricket Test series triumph in Australia than over the next monthREUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 705 words
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209 2011-12-24 16 REUTERS MELBOURNE: A day after breaking into the Australian Test side, batsman Ed Cowan had his preparations for the Boxing Day cricket Test against India disturbed when a man broke into his parents’ Sydney home and refused to leave when police arrivedREUTERS - 209 words
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Article, Illustration417 2011-12-24 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS FIORANO (Italy): Coming off a miserable Formula One season in which they won only one of 19 races, Ferrari plan to introduce their completely revised 2012 car in early February. Fernando Alonso took Ferrari’s only victory this year at the British GrandASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 417 words
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Article, Illustration544 2011-12-24 17 MAY CHEN - Push to have only Asian, Olympic Games sports unlikely to take off BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg TRADITIONAL sports and unusual disciplines look set to stay in future SEA Games. Local sports officials say it is unlikely that future editions will feature just sports offered atPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 544 words
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Article, Illustration352 2011-12-24 17 REUTERS LONDON: Comeback kid Ian Thorpe has left his run too late and is unlikely to qualify for next year’s London Olympics, according to the former coach of Australian swimming great Grant Hackett. Denis Cotterell, who trained Hackett to gold medals in theREUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 352 words
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Article, Illustration548 2011-12-24 17 MOK YING REN - FITNESS BY MOK YING REN stsports@sph.com.sg THE Singapore marathon three weeks ago was the largest running event in Singapore. However, to some 300 people, it was last Sunday’s MacRitchie Runners 25 (MR25) Ultramarathon that they were really training for the entire year. Runners are given 12PHOTO: LOUIS WENG - 548 words
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Article35 2011-12-24 17 Today No listings Tomorrow Basketball NBA: New York Knicks v Boston Celtics (Monday, 1am), Dallas Mavericks v Miami Heat (Monday, 3.30am), Los Angeles Lakers v Chicago Bulls (Monday, 6am) Live, StarHub Ch202.35 words
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56 2011-12-24 17 NADA MOHAMMED WAFA, the first woman on Qatar’s national swimming team, on what it was like to compete at the Dec 6-23 Arab Games the Middle East’s biggest sporting event in Doha. The 17-year-old is56 words
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Article76 2011-12-24 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Carlo Ancelotti is on the verge of taking over at big-spending French football club Paris Saint-Germain, the club who are set to be star midfielder David Beckham’s next destination. PSG are widely expected to part ways with Antoine Kombouare despite leading theASSOCIATED PRESS - 76 words
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68 2011-12-24 17 REUTERS ROTTERDAM: AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado, sent off for kicking a fan who ran onto the pitch to confront him, had his red card rescinded by the Dutch Football Association on Thursday. Alkmaar’s Dutch Cup tie at Ajax Amsterdam was abandoned after 36REUTERS - 68 words
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Article63 2011-12-24 17 BLOOMBERG LONDON: Mark Cavendish won the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award, becoming the third cyclist to capture the honour. The 26-year-old from the Isle of Man, who had five stage wins in this year’s Tour de France, topped a public poll ahead of BritishBLOOMBERG - 63 words
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Article63 2011-12-24 17 REUTERS LONDON: The English Football Association appointed its first woman board member since it was formed in 1863, when it named Heather Rabbatts as one of two new independent non-executive directors on Thursday. The Jamaica-born 56-year-old is a former director at London club Millwall.REUTERS - 63 words
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Article69 2011-12-24 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Pep Guardiola showed Hospitalet no mercy as the Barcelona coach fielded a full-strength side that demolished the third-tier football team 9-0 to reach the last 16 of Spain’s Copa del Rey on Thursday. Argentinian star Lionel Messi’s absence made little difference as BarcelonaASSOCIATED PRESS - 69 words
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77 2011-12-24 17 LONDON: Italian football giants AC Milan and big-spending Spanish outfit Malaga have made Fernando Torres a transfer target, despite Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insisting the player is not for sale. The Daily Mirror says the Serie A side want to take the striker on77 words
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Article117 2011-12-24 17 Badminton India Open GP Gold In Lucknow (S’pore scores only), 2nd rd Women’s doubles: Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei bt Lotte Jonathans/Paulien van Dooremalen (Ned) 21-14 21-10. Q-finals Women’s singles: Gu Juan lost to Ratchanok Inthanon (Tha) 13-2119-21. Mixed doubles: Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Vanessa Neo lost to Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungthongkam (Tha)117 words
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Article, Illustration658 2011-12-24 18 TERRENCE VOON, CHAN U-GENE - Swimmers and paddlers eyeing places in Olympic funding scheme BY TERRENCE VOON, CHAN U-GENE tvoon@sph.com.sg ugenec@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S teenage sensations in swimming and table tennis are being tipped for success at the 2016 Olympics, and sports officials are hoping they will get the nod from aST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI - 658 words
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Article, Illustration675 2011-12-24 18 CHICAGO: Tseng Ya-ni won 12 tournaments around the world, added two Majors to her collection and earned twice as much as any other female golfer on the LPGA Tour. Yet, she ended up fourth when the Associated Press announced its Female Athlete of the YearPHOTO: REUTERS - 675 words
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Article, Illustration581 2011-12-24 18 BLOOMBERG ORLANDO: Dwight Howard is still in Orlando as the National Basketball Association (NBA) season prepares to tip off almost two months late. How long he stays there is among the league’s biggest questions. The 2.11-metre player is the dominant big man in aBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 581 words
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Article, Illustration614 2011-12-24 19 FABIUS CHEN - Starting today, LionsXII have to prove their worth in three friendlies BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg FOR the LionsXII, auditions for places in the starting 11 of the Malaysian Super League begin this evening. The closed-door friendly against Johor FA at the Jalan Besar Stadium is theST PHOTO: TED CHEN - 614 words
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509 2011-12-24 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: Judging by the French media, David Beckham’s arrival in Paris is only a matter of when, not if. While there has been no official confirmation that the former England and Manchester United star has reached a deal with Paris Saint-GermainASSOCIATED PRESS - 509 words
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476 2011-12-24 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: There were no mentions of dreams fulfilled or patriotic honour when Choi Kang Hee reluctantly accepted the job as South Korea’s new national football coach. Rarely has a man entrusted with such a position looked less excited to be givenASSOCIATED PRESS - 476 words
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Article, Illustration275 2011-12-24 20 REUTERS ACCRA (Ghana): Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the African Footballer of the Year. The 28-year-old finished ahead of Mali’s Seydou Keita and Ghanaian Andre “Dede” Ayew in polling by national coaches of the 53 member associations of theREUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 275 words
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Article, Illustration530 2011-12-24 20 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Robin van Persie has revealed the secret behind the prolific goal-scor-ing form that has helped to make 2011 the defining year of his career: a mixture of reliability, responsibility and risk. The Arsenal skipper’s emphatic penalty inTHE TIMES, LONDON; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 530 words
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Article, Illustration968 2011-12-24 20 Manager feels that will be enough for Man City to land the league title LONDON: Roberto Mancini has set his ta-ble-topping Manchester City side a target of 90 points to ensure that the Premier League title ends up at the Eastlands. Manchester United were champions lastPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 968 words
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588 2011-12-24 20 RICHARD LENTON - BY RICHARD LENTON The writer is mio Stadium host and an EPL broadcaster. Catch him every Friday at 10pm on mio TV Ch102 L WIGAN have enjoyed a recent renaissance with wins over Sunderland and West Bromwich, and back-to-back draws against588 words
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Article, Illustration658 2011-12-24 21 Reds roundly slammed for standing by Suarez despite guilty verdict THE BIG MATCH AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Manager Kenny Dalglish has defended Liverpool’s very public show of support for Luis Suarez, the striker who was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. Only 24 hoursAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 658 words
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Article, Illustration659 2011-12-24 21 RICHARD JOLLY - BY RICHARD JOLLY UNDER attack from different quarters, they have been defiant. Until recently, Kenny Dalglish was a rare common denominator between Liverpool and Blackburn, but this week both Premier League clubs have been in the headlines for non-footballing reasons. Each, in theirPHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS - 659 words
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Article, Illustration951 2011-12-24 21 ROB HUGHES - INGO0D CONSCIENCE BY ROB HUGHES stsports@sph.com.sg ENGLISH football, and British justice, is going down a dangerous cul de sac. After the Football Association announced an eight-match ban on Luiz Suarez, his Liverpool teammates to a man put on T-shirts to show solidarity with their951 words
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251 2011-12-24 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Everton manager David Moyes has slammed the “disgusting” verbal abuse dished out by Blackburn Rovers fans to Steve Kean. The 44-year-old Kean, who has never won the hearts and minds of Rovers supporters since taking over from fan favourite SamAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 251 words
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Article, Illustration703 2011-12-24 2 FOO JIE YING - BY FOO JIE YING Days before news broke that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had died, 16 journalism students from Singapore were traversing the country from Dec 3 to 10. They braved the harsh winter and visited the Demilitarised Zone, aPHOTO: WONG KANG WEI - 703 words
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Article, Illustration82 2011-12-24 2 Tourists watch propaganda videos as part of their itinerary during their tour in Pyongyang. Most videos have similar content praising the leadership of founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il, and denouncing the actions of the US “imperialists”. For example, the video being screenedPHOTO: WONG KANG WEI - 82 words
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Article337 2011-12-24 2 LEI JIAHUI - LEI JIAHUI AS A journalist in training, my first instinct is to ask questions, to get to the bottom of things. But that can be a futile effort in North Korea where sweeping statements and evasive responses are the order of the day. And that is if the337 words
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Article, Illustration518 2011-12-24 3 ANNABELLE LIANG - Camera-toting visitors are viewed warily and certain images are frowned upon BY ANNABELLE LIANG FIVE military officers surrounded me, barking remarks in Korean as I stood still, my camera in hand. I had left a souvenir shop just outside the Demilitarised Zone between North and South KoreaPHOTOS: ELIZABETH LAW, WONG KANG WEI - 518 words
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Article, Illustration467 2011-12-24 4 LOW WEI XIANG, LEE JIAN XUAN - Official minders make sure foreigners do not veer off the itinerary or ask impolitic questions BY LOW WEI XIANG, LEE JIAN XUAN THERE is no such thing as a free and easy visit to North Korea. If you are a foreigner, you are assigned an official minder whoPHOTO: WONG KANG WEI - 467 words
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Article, Illustration69 2011-12-24 4 Soldiers are often seen marching from place to place, chanting slogans and singing patriotic songs. The group here are on their way to a construction site where they will work one of three eight-hour shifts, in a schedule that will see construction go on throughout thePHOTO: JEREMY LIM - 69 words
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Article, Illustration621 2011-12-24 4 TRINH HOANG LY - BY TRINH HOANG LY HOW do you keep 25 million people completely in the dark about what goes on in the rest of the world? In North Korea, telling stories seems to be the trick. With the reunification of the Korean peninsula aPHOTO: ELIZABETH LAW - 621 words
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667 2011-12-24 4 JENNIFER DHANARAJ - BY JENNIFER DHANARAJ EVEN as I left my home for my flight to Pyongyang, North Korea, I made sure my mobile phone was where it always belonged placed securely in the palm of my hand, fully charged. I was clutching it even tighter than667 words
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Article, Illustration516 2011-12-24 5 WONG KANG WEI - The city centre is dimly lit and residents keep their distance from foreigners BY WONG KANG WEI THE clock strikes 10, and a siren ruptures the silent Pyongyang night. The music that follows sounds like a traditional Korean string instrument screeching a repetitive tune that reverberatesPHOTOS: WONG KANG WEI - 516 words
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Article, Illustration75 2011-12-24 5 The Kaesong Industrial Region is where South Korean companies have set up factories. There is also a rural side to Kaesong, with glimpses of livestock being herded along roads and people doing their washing in rivers. The city, which used to be the capital of the ancient KoryoPHOTO: WONG KANG WEI - 75 words
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Article, Illustration722 2011-12-24 6 LEI JIAHUI - Young, confident and beaming preschoolers play out their roles like seasoned performers BY LEI JIAHUI THE musicians never missed a note. The singers stood with poise, voices in perfect harmony. The dancers executed every move with grace and precision. Par for the course with anyPHOTOS: ELIZABETH LAW, WONG KANG WEI - 722 words
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Article, Illustration508 2011-12-24 6 EDWIN LOH - BY EDWIN LOH A TRIP on the Pyongyang Metro begins like most other subway journeys: One buys a ticket and goes underground. But that is where all similarities end. The escalators are packed and nobody moves. Speakers play patriotic music as commuters make the roughly three-minute,PHOTO: ELIZABETH LAW - 508 words
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Article, Illustration877 2011-12-24 7 Khoo Fang Xuan - Such babies are cared for at state’s expense, but separated from their parents at birth till four BY Khoo Fang Xuan GIVING birth to triplets is usually a joyous moment for a mother but in North Korea, it is deemed a triumphantPHOTOS: LEI JIAHUI, KENNETH GOH, ELIZABETH LAW, WONG KANG WEI - 877 words
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Article, Illustration68 2011-12-24 7 The gateway to the Demilitarised Zone has become a tourist destination; many visitors are intrigued by the tenuous peace that has held between North and South for almost six decades. Over the years, an uneasy truce has become almost the norm. Yet, just kilometres away from the borderPHOTO: ELIZABETH LAW - 68 words
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Article, Illustration391 2011-12-24 8 LIM YI HAN - State-owned shops are drab and sparsely stocked as competition is alien BY LIM YI HAN THE shops are drab, sporting no advertisements or attractive window displays. Shopping Pyongyang-style is certainly not for fashionistas. There is little to indicate what each store sells, except for aPHOTOS: WONG KANG WEI - 391 words
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Article, Illustration534 2011-12-24 8 KENNETH GOH - BY KENNETH GOH IT IS easy to have mixed feelings of guilt and satisfaction at the dining table in Pyongyang. As visitors, we were treated to scrumptious spreads, with lunches and dinners each consisting of appetisers, main courses and sometimes even dessert. But therePHOTOS: WONG KANG WEI - 534 words
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Article, Illustration843 2011-12-24 9 LEE SIEW HUA - Ex-nightspot owner Jackie Ong found religion and now helps others These unsung Samaritans valiantly care for neighbours in need or uplift the homeless and the marginalised. They are angels next door who epitomise the Christmas spirit of giving. BY LEE SIEW HUA siewhua@sph.com.sg IN HERST PHOTO: TED CHEN - 843 words
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Article, Illustration680 2011-12-24 9 RADHA BASU - BY RADHA BASU RETIREE Rojiman Supaat is greeted with bear hugs and squeals of joy when he lets himself into a three-room flat in Tampines. For nearly five years, the burly former seaman and his wife, Madam Tuminah Salim, 59, have helped care for their widowedST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN - 680 words
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Article, Illustration727 2011-12-24 9 TAN HUI YEE - BY TAN HUI YEE NORTHLIGHT School has encountered remarkable acts of kindness since it was set up in 2007 to take in academically weak students. A baker donates bread for students who have no money for recess, a doctor provides free consultation for those withST PHOTO: DESMOND LUI - 727 words
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Article, Illustration624 2011-12-24 10 RADHA BASU - Couple help distribute bread and water to people who sleep on the streets BY RADHA BASU radhab@sph.com.sg IT’S past 1am on a Saturday and Singapore is slumbering as eight men, women and teenagers drive across the city centre on a rather unusual mission of mercy. TheyST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA - 624 words
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Article, Illustration789 2011-12-24 10 JUDITH TAN - BY JUDITH TAN EXERCISING regularly has helped Mr Tan Kok Sing regain his health. So it is no wonder this 86-year-old grandfather of four wants to return the favour. For almost 20 years, the spry part-time gardener has inspired his friends and neighbours to takeST PHOTO: TED CHEN - 789 words
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Article, Illustration718 2011-12-24 10 LYDIA VASKO - BY LYDIA VASKO DURING her daily drive to work, Ms Fauziah Hanim, 42, wondered about the lives of the children she saw playing at the Jamiyah Children’s Home. After five years of battling curiosity with apprehension, Ms Fauziah crossed the home’s threshold on anPHOTO: FAUZIAH HANIM - 718 words
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Article, Illustration729 2011-12-24 11 EISEN TEO - Protege turns mentor to two students whom he will train for competitions WATCH THIS FACE BY EISEN TEO eisenteo@sph.com.sg EIGHT years ago, two professional yo-yo players took a 16-year-old enthusiast under their wing. They saw him as a raw diamond. He had been playing forPHOTO: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC - 729 words
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Article626 2011-12-24 11 OW YEONG WAI KIT - LETTERS HOME BY OW YEONG WAI KIT The writer, 23, a third-year English literature major at the National University of Singapore, is on an exchange programme at University College Dublin. RECENTLY in Dublin, I represented Singapore at an international student exchange fair to advertise global626 words
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308 2011-12-24 11 YouthInk writers suggest their course of action if they were hired as SMRT’s social media manager MY LIFE I WOULD give information through all of SMRT’s communication platforms social media such as Facebook and Twitter, SMRT’s website and SMS text messages. I308 words
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Article251 2011-12-24 11 Personally respond to criticisms “IF I were the social media manager, I would accept responsibility for the crisis and offer apologies through the different social media platforms. I would keep the public regularly updated about the services for each of the train routes, whether there are251 words
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Article, Illustration833 2011-12-24 12 AMELIA TENG - Does the Star of Bethlehem exist? Can Santa really deliver all his presents on Christmas Eve? With today being Christmas Eve, The Straits Times looks at the whys and hows of these familiar festive icons. TEXT: AMELIA TENG Source: Orchard Road Business Association National Christmas TreeSource: Orchard Road Business Association; National Christmas Tree Association; 13@Somerset; The Telegraph; Associated Press; GRAPHICS: TAY CHERN HUI - 833 words
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Article, Illustration778 2011-12-24 12 GRACE CHUA - Last week, we featured five of this year’s top 10 discoveries, from one of the world’s smallest gears to one of the smartest robots all developed in local labs. GRACE CHUA highlights the other five best in 2011. GRACE CHUA MASTERFUL STOMACH SURGERY PATIENTS with stomach tumours mayPHOTO: SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE; PHOTO: NUS; PHOTO: NATIONAL HEART CENTRE SINGAPORE - 778 words
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Advertisement596 2011-12-24 1 Range Rover Evoque comes out tops D16 Clarissa Oon as a Christmas decorations salesgirl Akshita Nanda as a gift wrapping assistant Corrie Tan as a cake seller Last weekend, five Life! reporters went undercover to find out what it’s like to serve and entertain Singaporeans during the mad Christmas rush.596 words
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Article, Illustration841 2011-12-24 2 clarissa oon - In this special Christmas edition of Being There, Life! reporters try their hand at various jobs of the Yuletide season, from being a salesgirl to a gingerbread man mascot, and survive to tell their tale DEPARTMENT STORE SALESGIRL clarissa oon wear. clare@sph.com.sg Tis theST PHOTO: NURIA LING - 841 words
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Article, Illustration923 2011-12-24 3 nicholas yong - GINGERBREAD MAN MASCOT nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Just like Batman, I put on my costume in a secret, almost subterranean lair. I pull on the over-sized shoes and wriggle into a soft torso piece, feet first. Then comes the mask. It weighs aST PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN - 923 words
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Article, Illustration979 2011-12-24 3 corrie tan - GOURMET COUNTER SALESGIRL corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg My fingers are trembling as I reach into the display case. Rows of glistening cakes, each perfectly assembled and topped with delicate dollops of cream and slivers of chocolate, seem to shrink fearfully away at the approach of my butterfingers.ST PHOTOS: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES - 979 words
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Article, Illustration834 2011-12-24 4 akshita nanda - GIFTWRAP ASSISTANT akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Professional gift-wrapping is a lot like walking a tightrope. You have to move swiftly and surely, smile fixedly at your audience and, most importantly, never ever look up. Stationed behind the customer service counter at department store Metro in Paragon,ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG - 834 words
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Article, Illustration868 2011-12-24 4 natasha ann zachariah - Christmas jingle jangled nerves MALL CAROLLER natasha ann zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg I secretly desire to be a powerhouse diva, with the voice and sashay of a Beyonce, Whitney or Mariah. There is just one catch: I have immense stage fright. So, to date, my biggest fan is myself, when I beltST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG - 868 words
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Article, Illustration963 2011-12-24 5 007 star Daniel Craig has been prolific in the three years since 2008’s Quantum Of Solace Associated Press New York The time off from James Bond has been very good to Daniel Craig. In the three years since the release of Quantum Of SolaceAssociated Press; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE - 963 words
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Article, Illustration759 2011-12-24 6 eddino abdul hadi, melissa kok - Life! gets three local singer-songwriters to write their versions of their favourite Christmas songs eddino abdul hadi, melissa kok dinohadi@sph.com.sg melk@sph.com.sg Christmas would not be as fun without the ubiquitous presence of seasonal songs and carols but the problem with most of these tunesST PHOTO: TED CHEN; ST PHOTO: NURIA LING; ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG - 759 words
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Article, Illustration369 2011-12-24 7 Reuters Los Angeles Next year, buzzwords will bow to the British royals with “Kate”, the Duchess of Cambridge (right), forecast as the mostused word in the media, according to a group that surveys the English language. The Texas-based Global Language Monitor on Thursday saidReuters - 369 words
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Article, Illustration545 2011-12-24 8 natasha ann zachariah, denise cheong - Don’t get mad, get satisfaction. Here are 10 ways the SMRT can make up for the recent train disruptions natasha ann zachariah, denise cheong natashaz@sph.com.sg cdenise@sph.com.sg Train commuters are hardly “loving their rides” these days, with the recent breakdowns and messy communication. Life! speaks to publicST ILLUSTRATION: LEE CHEE CHEW, PHOTO: TNP READER - 545 words
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Article, Illustration495 2011-12-24 9 I read with mixed feelings the article about Hossan Leong (right below) being censured for his tweet (I Shouldn’t Have Done It, Life!, Dec 17). It is okay for radio presenters to provide up-to-date information on traffic situations without official confirmation as long as it495 words
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Article22 2011-12-24 9 Have a view on a story in Life!? E-mail us at stlife@sph.com.sg We reserve the right to edit all letters.22 words
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Article168 2011-12-24 9 Murali Sharma - Murali Sharma Watching the Channel 5 show Confessions Of A Crime on Dec 18 was an excruciating experience, not because of the fearsome nature of the film, but because the narrator was barely audible. He was droning away. As a result, I missed at least 80168 words
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Article152 2011-12-24 9 Jeffrey Law Lee Beng - Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I read with interest Joy Pang’s letter, Have More Asians In Ads (Life!, Dec 17). If we desire to preserve our Singaporean identity, we must have only locals featured in our advertisements and publicity materials. I am not being xenophobic, but I152 words
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213 2011-12-24 9 Joey Ho - Joey Ho Corporate Communications, Mapletree Investments We thank Mr Christopher Chong for his feedback on traffic and other matters at Mapletree Business City (MBC) (Traffic Woes In Mapletree, Life!, Dec 17). We note the concern regarding the 10-minute grace period in MBC. This standard grace213 words
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Article, Illustration525 2011-12-24 10 denise cheong - From the furnishings to the menu, GV Katong highlights the area’s rich cultural heritage denise cheong cdenise@sph.com.sg Golden Village has gone Peranakan with its newest and first themed cineplex in Singapore. GV Katong, which opened on Thursday at the new I12 Katong mall, features a PeranakanthemedST PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN - 525 words
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Article, Illustration74 2011-12-24 11 These cute salt-and-pepper shakers are inspired by Russia’s matryoshka dolls. Just like the real thing, one doll fits into the other. In this case, the pepper shaker fits inside the salt shaker. Not only does this design save space, but it also means you will not lose onePHOTO: FRED - 74 words
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Article, Illustration697 2011-12-24 12 nicholas yong - It was delivering goods on a bicycle that sparked Adrian Ng’s love of bikes the collectors’ series with Adrian Ng nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Given the recent woes of Singapore’s transport system, a few commuters have wondered aloud, half-jokingly, if they should switch to bicycles. If that day everST PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM - 697 words
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Article339 2011-12-24 12 Mr Wilson Wong - root awakening Answers by Mr Wilson Wong Answers by Mr Wilson Wong, founder of Green Culture Singapore (www.green culturesg.com), a website for plant lovers. Since my potted hydrangeas moved to a high-rise balcony four months ago, they show no signs of floral buds. The leaves339 words
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Article, Illustration695 2011-12-24 13 Chinese art completes the Oriental touch in this modern-looking flat Usually, two heads are better than one but when it came to designing their home, the husband-and-wife designer team that forms two thirds of Mint Studio Sam Wee and Vivian Yin, both 28 decided to leave the designingPHOTOS: MARTIN T.; ART DIRECTION: NONIE CHEN & NICCO LIM; TEXT: WONG SIOW YUEN - 695 words
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Article, Illustration580 2011-12-24 16 christopher tan - Unconventional Range Rover emerges tops amid stiff competition from Audi’s A6 and A7 christopher tan senior correspondent christan@sph.com.sg This year’s selection process was really quite gruelling because, unlike previously, there was no one car that led the pack by a comfortable margin. It did not helpPHOTO: DAVID TING - 580 words
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Article, Illustration166 2011-12-24 16 These were the judges who fought fiercely over which car should win this year’s ST Car of the Year award. This year, more than ever, their views diverged like forks on a road. The nine have collectively about 200 years of experience in reviewing cars and covering166 words
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Article, Illustration101 2011-12-24 16 Torque kicks off the new year with pedal to the metal. Suitably taking pride of place on the cover is Porsche’s new 911. Together with the in-depth road-test of what is possibly the world’s most iconic sports car is a special pull-out detailing its history, the development of101 words
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Article250 2011-12-24 18 winston lee - Top choices in nine categories with value for money in mind ST-Torque Best Buys Of 2011 winston lee stlife@sph.com.sg Singapore is probably the only country in the world where luxury marques top the sales charts. The best-selling brand this year is BMW, followed by Mer-cedes-Benz. Volkswagen,250 words
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Article, Illustration236 2011-12-24 18 This is a segment fiercely contested by two German makes. After a long dominance, the VW Golf, arguably the most iconic of all hatchbacks, has finally met its match. The second-generation BMW 1-series (left) is now a far better car than its predecessor. Its steering is no longer heavyPHOTOS: BMW, YANG, ST FILE - 236 words
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Article, Illustration151 2011-12-24 18 This category has a wide number of worthwhile, closely matched contenders. With the relatively depressed value of the won, Korean cars with their striking designs have an edge in the value-for-money stakes. The new Hyundai Elantra ($102,999, right) is stylish, well-built and refined. It also has unmatchedPHOTOS: KIA, HYUNDAI, ST FILE - 151 words
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Article, Illustration215 2011-12-24 18 The market-leading BMW 3-series is due for replacement early next year while the facelifted Audi A4 will arrive soon. Best buys currently are the Mercedes C-class and the Volvo S60. The mid-life revision of the C-class has been a revelation. It is so much better than thePHOTOS: ST FILE, AZFAR HASHIM - 215 words
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Article, Illustration148 2011-12-24 19 A clear winner is the evocative Range Rover Evoque ($255,000, above). This must be the standout car launched this year. It sets the SUV bar several notches higher with its fantastic appearance and image. No SUV in production has quite the style or the presence ofPHOTOS: RANGE ROVER, KIA, SUZUKI - 148 words
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Article, Illustration183 2011-12-24 19 The best-selling car this year is the BMW 5-series (left), with the vast majority of sales garnered by the 523i ($239,800). However, Singapore’s favourite German car brand now has to contend with two new Audi models gunning for it. The A6 saloon is sleek, roomy, classy and availablePHOTOS: BMW, AUDI, ST FILE - 183 words
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Article, Illustration116 2011-12-24 19 This segment sees a straight fight between two widely different contenders. The Kia Optima ($139,999, above) has stunning looks long, sleek and stylish which make it appear like a classy Continental. It is not just a pretty face, though. Build quality is excellent while the performance fromPHOTOS: AZFAR HASHIM, PEUGEOT - 116 words
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Article, Illustration138 2011-12-24 19 This class has many closely matched contenders. Best of the pack is the Jaguar XJ (left). Big, bold and beautiful, the Jag still has unmatched presence amongst its peers. And in a segment where image and snobbery count for quite a bit, appearances matter. A novel option isPHOTOS: ST FILE, AUDI - 138 words
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Article, Illustration249 2011-12-24 20 The top three performance cars this year are all diminutive but extremely potent. For the ultimate in flat-out driving exhilaration, no one matches the BMW 1M Coupe (above). This is a highly focused sports saloon which harks back to the roots of the early M cars, to anPHOTOS: ST FILE, RENAULT - 249 words
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Article, Illustration136 2011-12-24 20 The best large sport utility vehicle by a mile is the new Volkswagen Sharan ($209,300, left). Though big and long, it handles more like a good hatchback rather than a seven-seater people carrier. With a 200bhp turbocharged 2-litre, it is a lively performer. And its multipurpose vehicle credentialsPHOTOS: JOEL TAM, FORD MOTOR, AZFAR HASHIM - 136 words
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Article, Illustration110 2011-12-24 21 ‘You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better’ Actor Matt Damon (right) slamming President Barack Obama ‘Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most110 words
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Article, Illustration939 2011-12-24 21 David Brooks - Writer Jonathan Franzen leads the pack in the Sidney awards given to best essays published in the David Brooks New York Times New York Book tours are lonely. Yet, after spending four months promoting his novel Freedom, Jonathan Franzen went to an island 800km offNew York Times - 939 words
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Article, Illustration87 2011-12-24 21 Xinhua Washington DC These are the lights seen around the house and garden of 1601 Collingwood Road in Alexandria, Virginia, 20km away from Washington DC. The owner of the property, Mr Bill Vaughan, began decorating the house for Christmas nearly 20 years ago, each year changing theXinhua; PHOTO: XINHUA - 87 words
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Article, Illustration703 2011-12-24 24 A Separation, about an Iranian couple in a domestic crisis, is a contender for major awards New York Times New York Travelling around North America and Europe this year for festival showings of their new movie, A Separation, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and his castNew York Times; PHOTO; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 703 words
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Article, Illustration407 2011-12-24 26 Reuters Los Angeles Melanie Amaro has The X Factor. The powerful 19-year-old vocalist from Sunrise, Florida, won the first season of the Fox talent competition on Thursday over soulful singer Josh Krajcik of Wooster, Ohio. Amaro, who was mentored by judge Simon Cowell and was atReuters; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 407 words
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Article, Illustration184 2011-12-24 26 Reuters Los Angeles Former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert (below) brushed off his arrest in Finland early on Thursday, blaming his bad behaviour on travel, booze and “irrational confusion” and adding “lesson learned” on Twitter. “Jetlag+Vodka=blackout. Usblackout=irrational confusion. jail+guilt+press=lesson learned. Sauli+Adam+hangover burgers= laughing bout it. Lambert,Reuters - 184 words
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Advertisement376 2011-12-24 12 FRAGRANCE CT. P. Panjang. Duplex, f’hold. 1711 sqft. Spacious. 4+1. Circle Line. Near vivo. Pat *****102 PN QUEENS FANTASTIC SEA view High flr. 1195 sqft 3+1 View to offer vacant mins to MRT 9068-0884 DKoh TEXTILE CTR 2BDRMS. 883 sqft. High flr faces Marina Sand, unblock. High rental yield. Mins376 words
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Advertisement316 2011-12-24 15 FIRE SALE! NORTHVALE 2+1 1087 sqft, high flr, windy. 3+1 1270 sqft, high flr, nice 4+1, 1507 sqft, nice $1.25M. Call Joey Lim 9118 7140 BEAUTIFUL HOMES. Summerdale 3+1 high flr, Centris 3+1+1. mid flr, pool Parc Natura big patio, pool Floravale high flr, neg. THE LINEAR. NEW list. 3+1,316 words
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Advertisement256 2011-12-24 16 NORTHWOOD NEW LIST! 3+1, 1335 sqft. x 2 units. Low/ mid flr. Nice! $neg. Serious seller!Joey Tan *****789 SEASONS PK. NEW list! 2rm 1109 sqft. Midflr. windy, cosy. Nice! neg. Serious seller.Joey Tan *****789 NICE UNIT Woodgrove Condo! 3 bdrm, 1184 sqft, Cozy, reno, facing greenery breezy! Viv *****069 NEW256 words
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Advertisement1791 2011-12-24 16 AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale BEATS HDB Resale Price Index 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 1Q94 1Q95 1Q96 1Q97 1Q981,791 words
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Advertisement310 2011-12-24 16 3’NG’ 615 BEDOK Res. High flr. Lift upgrading. 68 sqm. Valued $298K. All races. 9147-1228 Lynn Khaw (PN) 3NG BLK 138 Bedok North St 2 Mid flr unblocked view Lift level, simple.Amenities Jenny Goh 9731-4049 DTZ 3’NG’ BLK 22 Bedok South Lift landing. Nicely reno. High flr. Good facing. Near310 words
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Advertisement1631 2011-12-24 17 1 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS^ BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT YISHU X PUNGGOL A SENGKANG CHOA CHU KANG A ANG MO1,631 words
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Advertisement372 2011-12-24 17 3½ BLK 146 Lift lvl. Corner. Unblocked.Reno.Amenities Immed. Pls call 9451-2457 3 ’NG’ BLK.146, low flr. Fully renovated. All races. Maryam 9068-0887 PN. 4’A’ BLK 319. Mid/ lift level. 103 sqm. Reno. MRT. All races. Michelle 9791-2727 4’A’ BLK 340. 100% reno unblocked. High flr. 103 sqm.Lionel Chng *****411 4NG372 words
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Advertisement478 2011-12-24 17 2-5PM. 4’A’ 134 Bt Merah. Mid flr. 107 sqm. Unblock. F/reno. Aircon. NS facing. MRT. Tan KS *****239 2-RM, BLK 76, T. Blangah Dr. High flr, 44 sqm, aircon New Reno, face N/S. Val $268K. Fred *****282 2-RM BLK 76 Telok Blangah Hgts. Renovated. Near MRT/ NTUC/ mkt. Valued. Stephen478 words
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Advertisement452 2011-12-24 17 jkitPanjangHDB Bukit^Panjang HDB Long wait+Queue for a new HDB flat? Location far from MRT, retail areas? Fancy private swimming pool and facilities? Look no further... Brand new Luxury Executive Condominium, LAUNCHING SOON! tke Rainforest atChoaChuKang it egister NOWiii A f Yak Jen Yi *****479 Join in the Latest Hype! Condo452 words
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Advertisement382 2011-12-24 17 BLK 24 BT Cres. 2+utility rm. High flr. Best Location in Central en-bloc potential Kenneth Peh *****575 BLK 50, MOH Guan Terrace 3-rm. Ground flr. Nice reno Val $540k. COV $60k.Near Tiong Bahru Plaza/ MRT. LOW CASH! BLK 672A Klang Lane. 112 sqm. Val $565K. 4’A’ 12 Farrer Pk, 90382 words
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Advertisement427 2011-12-24 17 HSR PAXEL!! 4A, 293, Price Revised, Corner, Long Recess Area, Renovated, Marble Flr, All PR Eligible, Val: $400k. 9742 4925 BLK 484C 5’I’ CCK. High flr, corner, unblocked cosy reno, near MRT. Val $425k $45k neg. 8222-1172 Irene BLK. 485A 4A 2nd flr 101 sqm. Unblock. Near Shpg Ctr/ MRT.427 words
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Advertisement899 2011-12-24 18 Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale uum New EC near EM CCKMRT Approx. 450m to CCK Bus Interchange/ Lot 1 Shopping Mall Full Condo Facilities $30,000 CPF Grant for 1st Timer* No Resale Levy for 2nd Timer *Terms <Sr Conditions apply ~)'T899 words
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Advertisement553 2011-12-24 18 GTA United Your Geylang Partner John Pang 9100-5554 4’A’ Blk 7 Pine Close. 96 sqm. Mid flr. Well kept. Near MRT. Valued $550K. 4’S’ Blk 341 84 sqm. Val $355K. Simple. Well kept. 5’A’ Blk 128 132 sqm. High flr. Windy. Valued $617K 5’I’ Blk 352 Ubi. 121sqm. High flr.553 words
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Advertisement409 2011-12-24 18 4’S’ BLK.323 UBI. High Flr. Corridor. Value: $365K. Simple. 8444 7425 William 3’I’ 652 High/ lift level. unblock. Reno. No noon sun. 4’S’ Blk 602 mid floor, unblock. Lift upgraded, MRT. 4’A’ corner, 554 lift level. MRT/ Mall. Value $403K. 5’I’ Blk 971 high/ lift level, Corner. near Hougang Pt.409 words
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Advertisement948 2011-12-24 18 Live By The Park Parkland New DBSS at Hougang RESIDENCES r> [CEA Reg No: R*****3FJ Enjoy superb views of Punggol Park/ Serangoon Reservoir Fully fitted with condo style built-in wardrobe, aircon, kitchen cabinets Bosch appliances with quality finishes Near Hougang Centre with upcoming mixed commercial development integrated with bus interchange/948 words
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Advertisement415 2011-12-24 18 4’A’ BLK 432 mid flr, corner, unblocked, greenery, move-in. 5’I’ Blk 659D high flr corner move-in. Jurong Pt. Cephas Ng *****157 ACE8000 4-RM BLK 345. Kang Ching Rd. 102 sqm. MRT. Closing soon! Hurry! 9725-8119 Baron Huang AFFORDABLE EA Blk 160 Yung Ping Rd. Spacious. 4 rms. Unblock Jurong lake415 words
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Advertisement418 2011-12-24 18 RARE 3½-RM CORNER Blk 456 Jurong West. Mid flr. Simple move in. MRT Amenities. Eric 8161 1291 RARE! BLK 725, 4’A’, #09 Unblocked, 104 sqm. Move in. Malay owner. All races. Closing soon! Must view!!! VERY RARE 4’A’ blk 455, mid flr, amenities, all races, Val $378k COV. Renovated. View418 words
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Advertisement495 2011-12-24 18 5’I’ 663B CORNER. Unblock, 100% move-in. Mins to MRT/ Jurong Point. $530K neg. 9850-5075 Jeff Eyun 5I BLK 653C Jurong West St 61. 111 sqm. Simple. Low flr. Can contra. All races. Call Tina 9272-2887 ERA. 5’I’ BLK 656C 112 sqm. Large sq layout. No noon sun. 5 mins to495 words
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Advertisement496 2011-12-24 18 3S BLK 43 Bendemeer High flr unblock, lift level. Extra utilty rm. Near city, MRT, amenities. Call for viewing 5-RMS BLK 16 Jln Tenteram 105 sqm. Rare. Well Renovated. Corner. SE facing. Valn $570K. *****115 Alan KALLANG MRT/ 4’A’ blk 2A #01. New. Val $590K. Angie 9062-0835/9835-9149 3’I’+1 BLK 98496 words
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Advertisement356 2011-12-24 19 RARE 5’I’ 716 Tampines St 71, low flr, simple, MRT,bus, Malls. Val $490K. View to offer Syah *****959 ERA RARE!! 5’I’ CORNER 725. #08. 123 sqm. Beautiful. 3+study balcony. Valued $530K. 9877-1008 Heng RARE! EA BLK 431 corner Tampines St 41. High flr. 143 sqm. A1 decor, Val $550K. Sharon356 words
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Advertisement398 2011-12-24 19 4’S’ BLK 470. Value $355K low COV Mid flr. Lift level Windy. Unblocked Near sch amenities. Don’t miss Call 4’S’ BLK 843 Tampines. Mid flr, lift level, 84 sqm. Simple. Val $372K. Chinese owner. *****991 Jessy 4’S’ CORNER BLK 474, reno 24-hr eatery/ NTUC/ sch/ CC. Val $358K. All races/398 words
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Advertisement3870 2011-12-24 22 D01-08 City South-West RARE GROUND FLR! 3’I’ Blk 13. Val: $295K. View to offer! Polyclinic Amenities. Raymond Soh: 8225-6911. RARE! NEW LIST! Potong Pasir Blk 145, 3’A’ Valued $352K. MRT/ St Andrew. Patrick CSH *****317 TOP PRODUCER 2011 3’I’+1 utility. 231 Toa Payoh. High flr, lift, unblocked. All race PR.3,870 words
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Advertisement382 2011-12-24 22 NEAR SIMEI MRT! 3-Storey inter terr. 4+1. 1600/ 2400 sqft. Nice hse. P/furn. Walk to MRT. Ronnie *****922 EAST HERITAGE POOL Black White Terr 5+1 3700 sqft isabelredrup.com/ir4.php See us on youtube too! Pk 3 car. $15K. *****055 Sue D.16 TOH DR 2-sty Bunglw *****/4000 sqft 6 rm. Big gdn.382 words
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Advertisement351 2011-12-24 22 1) THE COAST 3rm 2023sqft Full Sea Bay view. $8.5K! 2) Seascape 3rm 2174sqft Brand new. Bay Sea view. $13K! Delvin 9022 9949 1) FABER CREST 3 2 balcony. $4.xK! Clementi MRT 2) Bayville 3rm $3.xK! NUS P Panjang MRT. Avail 1/’12 2-BDRM THE Arris. $4.8K neg. 1076 sqft. Greenery351 words
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Advertisement418 2011-12-24 23 IW D01-08City fWl D01-08City lii South-West South-West Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent t sg.centanet. (ftj centaline (Singapore) Prop* *2l] CENTALINE PROPBVTY CEA licence No.; L30i033« DESMOND PANG R*****0I 9012 5028/*****296 CARABELLE 3+1 1302 sqft mins to MRT, shpg, food centre. High flr, pool view. Unfurnish. Avail mid418 words
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Advertisement432 2011-12-24 23 PEARL MT Faber: 1389 sqft. 3 bdrm, mid-flr, beautiful pool/ greenery view. Immed. Tina Cai *****594 CARIBBEAN CHOICE 3-BDRM 1583 sqft with patio. Pool/ Channel. F/furn. $7.8k neg. 1st Jan. Michael *****255 THE ROCHESTER, NEW! MRT 840 to 980 sqft, 1-bdrm. Mid flr. Unfurn. $4.5K neg. Sch/Supermkt/ Biopolis. THE PEARL432 words
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Advertisement519 2011-12-24 23 REFLECTIONS 2 RMS. MRT 850 sqft. Greenery view. Immed. 9632 0900 E Lim METROPOLITAN REDHILL MRT 3 rm+ Study. 1787 sqft #08 unblock. 8188 3344 SOHO LAVENDER MRT. Duplex 1100 sqft, nicely furn, $4.8K. LC *****288 THE BERTH. GROUND flr. 3/4+1. Nice patio. Sea/pool view. Jeffrey *****261 CBD PERAL CTR.519 words
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Advertisement372 2011-12-24 23 D.10 PINEWOOD GDN 1625 sqft. 3+1 bdrm. P/ furn. Balcony. F/ reno. Orchard. Lawrence Tan *****373 DUCHESS RES 3+1 rms 1485 sqft. Beautiful, Serene. P/furn. Pool view. Immed. Schools. Djoni *****989 TANGLIN PK. 1765 sqft. 3+1, Balconies. Quiet. Greenery. Near MRT.. $7500 neg.. Joseph Koh *****697 ABC RHAPSODY MT Elizabeth372 words
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Advertisement354 2011-12-24 23 INSPIRA 4-BDRM PENTHSE 2250 sqft. City view! Near amenities/ town. Ask $10K neg. www.marielam.com. VISION CREST, 2-BEDROOM, Leonie Hill Res, 3 bedroom Tiara, 4 bedroom, immed. $5.8-8.5k.James *****181 MERRY X’MAS! LUMA 2rms brand new, 904 sqft p/fu rn. $5.8k neg. High flr, unblock, balconies, Orchard, D.9 THE COSMOPOLITAN 1324 sqft.354 words
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Advertisement476 2011-12-24 23 TRIBECA 1765 SQFT 3+ study. High flr. River IR view. Pte lift. 9671-0348 WING ON LIFE Bt Timah. Unblocked. 3300 sqft. 4+1. Mid flr. 9671 0348 MN Lee VIDA NEAR ORCHARD/ Newton MRT. 2+1, $4.xK, 890 sqft, Freddy Lee *****366 ST REGIS 1959 sqft $11K/ 2153 sqft $13K/3900 sqft $23K.476 words
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Advertisement514 2011-12-24 23 SUMMERHILL 4+1 1604 sqft high flr. Renovated. Beautiful. Expat family choice. Immed! Lydia 9030-9094 NOVENA MRT! NOVENA Walk up Apt. 2 bdrms. Cosily furn. $3.3K. Gilstead Rd 2/ 3 rms. CT Ong 9029-7301 ZEDGE 753 SQFT. 2-rm. MRT. F/furn. Immed. neg. Thomson 1300 sqft, 3-rm. Owner 9754-9678 $4K+ STERLING 3+1.514 words
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Advertisement434 2011-12-24 23 TREVISTA 2+1, 861 sqft $3.8K. 3+1, 1098 sqft $5.3K. St. Francis Lodge 3+1, 1216 sqft $3.3K. Immed. Alvin *****097 ESCADA 3 RMS. High flr. F/furn. Best Near MRT. Avail immed. Michael Ng *****623 mnprop.com.sg D’OASIA 1+1 STUDIO Apt. A1 cond. F/furn. 3 mins to Kembangan MRT. End Dec. $3.5K Leow434 words
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Advertisement484 2011-12-24 23 DE ROYALE OFF Balestier. 3-bdrms. F/furn. Condo facilities. Avail 1st Feb. Rent neg. Adeline *****919 MRT! HUGE 1+1 rm. New renovation. #14. P/furn $2.8K. 6383-4070 WWH 3+1 PALM LODGE Lor 37 Geylang. 1238 sqft F/furn. $3.8K. Fred 9093-2232 LECRESENDO 2-RM. $4.2K. 3 mins to Macpherson MRT Furn. Immed. 9478-5858 BALESTIER484 words
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Advertisement462 2011-12-24 23 PARKSHORE 3+1, 1668 sqft. High flr. Newly reno. Hotel standard pristine cond. Immed. *****807 Jason WATERFRONT WAVES NEW! 3+1+ balcony, greenery, reservoir view, p/furn. $4.5Kneg *****286 Steph WATERFRONT WAVES 4 rms 1615-1690 sqft $5.5k-6k. Reservoir View. Avail now! Call Cheryl Sim *****522 EASTERN LAGOON 979 sqft 2-rm. Spacious hall/ room.462 words
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Advertisement380 2011-12-24 24 SUNSHINE GRANDEUR T. Kurau. Studio. Walk to MRT. Nicely furnish. Avail 25/1. Nancy 9489 8939 CASA MERAH 3-BDRM. P/f urn. Near MRT. Avail mid Jan. 6-8 mths rental. Asking $4K. Yvonne *****559 BAYSHORE PK STUDIO. 624 sqft. F/furn $2.8K neg. View to offer. Vacant. Immed. Abby 9723-9444 PARKSHORE 3+1. 1636380 words
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Advertisement292 2011-12-24 24 SAVANNAH 1453 sqft 3+1. Nice/ cosy/ quiet. Pool view, furn, good cond. End Dec. Beatrice *****389 3+1 EASTVALE $3.5K. 3+1 Oasis Elias $3.7K. Penthse Livia $7.2K neg. Hurry! Daniel 9455 0699 SIMEI GREEN 3+1 Furn. High flr. Facilities. Near Simei MRT/SIA training ctr. Avail Jan. Call *****575 SH Tan RIS292 words
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Advertisement350 2011-12-24 24 EDELWEISS PARK CONDO 3+1. F/furn. Brand new furniture. Unblocked. Immed. neg. 9852-2001 Alvin LIVIA @PASIR RIS 3+1, face South, p/furn. Immed, also sale. KB Lee *****828 PN EASPOINT GREEN 3+1 1131 sqft. F/furn. Pool. MRT. $3.6K Ron Koo *****498 EASTVALE 3+1 1098 sqft. High flr. Sea view. MRT. 9455 2022350 words
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Advertisement288 2011-12-24 24 NEW LIST! AVAIL immed (Garden Bishan). 3 bdrms. Pool view. Cosy, Braddell View. 3 rms. Quiet EVEREGREEN PK 3+1, high flr, pool view, unfurn, avail Feb. View Sat 3-5pm. *****489 Tommy DWG FABER GDN. Thomson. 3+1+ balcony. Renovated/ spacious. Cosy. High flr. Pool view. Sam 8133-2323 RIVERVALE CREST CONDO 3+1.288 words
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Advertisement320 2011-12-24 24 CENTRIS 2+1 936 sqft. High flr. Doorstep MRT, shpg, easy access to city, renovated, immediate. All races LAKESIDE APT 9E 4+1 1519 sqft Immed, co lease welcome amenities. $3.8K neg Jason Huang 9144-8447 PARC OASIS 3+1/ 4+1. Furn. 1378/ 1507 sqft. Lake view MRT, amenities, facilities $neg. Frances *****842 PARC320 words
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Advertisement357 2011-12-24 24 MAYSPRINGS 926 SQFT 2+1 High flr. F/furn $2.9K. Avail Jan’12. Lam *****713 HILLTOP GROVE 3+1 P/furn pool view. 1280 sqft. Quiet. Avail Immed. 9656-5347 99B CASHEW HGTS 3bdrms F/condo facilities. LRT. P/ furn. Immed. 8468-1784 LAKEPOINT CONDO. MRT. 2 rms 1001 sqft, F/ facilities. $3K neg. *****545 Iris LAKESIDE APT357 words
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Advertisement411 2011-12-24 24 SPANISH VILLAGE. HUGE 3 bdrms. F/furn. Avail fr 18/1 for 6-8 mths. 8299-6917 12 KIM KEAT Rd Balestier Furn, aircon studio incl utilities 6259 9937/ 9337 1116 BAYSHORE PK. 2BDRM Balcony beach. Near city Furn $3.8k. 6 mths. 9155-0230 MASTER RM BIZ Dist. High floor. Low rent. $1500 only Immed.411 words
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Advertisement381 2011-12-24 24 SIMSVILLE MASTER BDRM, condo facilities. Hollywood Apt, 1+1, furn. MRT. Immed. Frieda Lim *****883 BALESTIER VICTORY HGHTS $850 Common/1.1k Master No Owner. Tel: *****320 CHANGI BIZ PK/ Simei MRT. Aircon. F/furn TV Internet. $950. 9018-2455 Owner NEAR EUNOS MRT. Master bdrm. F/furn. Aircon. Avail Jan. SMS Owner *****919 COMMON RM381 words
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Advertisement422 2011-12-24 24 MASTER RMS: 720 Jurong W f/furn, aircon $900 neg 335 Tampines. Both light cooking Fadhli *****284 BLK 401 CCK High flr. Full furn. Light cooking. Lot 1. Open to all. $600 Muhd 9239-2566 Mindlink TOA PAYOH SMALL/ common rm/ MRT/ amenities. $400-$700. Aircon, furn, immed. 9799-6513 Tan. NEWLY FURN RMS422 words
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Advertisement408 2011-12-24 24 BLK 28 ABOVE Boon Keng MRT. Common rm. $700, No cooking. Prefer professionals. *****964 Vikram NEW LISTING MASTER rm. Blk. 215 Tampines f/furn. Mkt/ shop/ sch/ amenities. $700up. Mohd *****700 MASTER/ COMMON ROOMS Choa Chu Kang, Khatib, Tiong Bahru, Others. Sms/ hp Edmund Choo *****117 WEST COAST RD Blk 703408 words
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Advertisement455 2011-12-24 25 COMMON RM 664A Opp Boon Lay MRT $650. Furn Female(s) only *****253 264 BRAS Basah MRT common rm. Aircon. $850. Lady. Immed. 9733 7872 HOUGANG COMMON RM for rent Near MRT. Cheap. Single only. Owner *****570 BT MERAH FURN for singles /twin. No agts. Lady owner *****268/ *****007 25B JLN455 words
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Advertisement549 2011-12-24 25 RIVERVALE DR 123E. 4’A’ (3-rm). 1086 sqft. F/furn. Avail last week Dec. Sole agt. Lynn Tan 9738 7737 4RM@ 678 HOUGANG Ave 8 Corner+balcony. New reno Amenities, $2.7K. Immed. 2 yrs lease. 9431 2080 FP BLK 521 WOODLANDS, Nice unit, 3+1, High flr. Full Furnished, Air-con. Near MRT Immed. Yeo549 words
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Advertisement607 2011-12-24 25 BLK 10 WOODLANDS 5-rm. $2.2K. P/furn. Immediate. Patrick Yeo *****936 APPROVED 5’I’ BLK 107D Edgefield Plain. F/furn. Immed. Francis 9116-3014. 5’I’ BLK 865 Yishun 2+1, f/furn, aircon, nice decor. Immed. Eric *****297 EM BLK 318 S’goon. 10 mths lease. New modern. Avail Feb. $3K. 9478-1791 326 WOODLAND,JUMBO,4+1 F/furn. Aircon. Reno.Avail607 words
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Advertisement571 2011-12-24 25 NEXT TO BOON Keng MRT, 3+1, $3K, family/ professional. Call *****992 William T. PAYOH BLK 13. 2+1. Furn. Aircon. 1st Jan. All races. $2.1K. No agt. 9222-2247 3+1 CAMBRIDGE RD Blk 38. Novena/ KK Hospital. Immed. 9748-0049 Shafiq APPROVED 2+1 TOA Payoh Blk 79. Aircon. Furn. Movein cond. Thila 9852-7446571 words
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Advertisement625 2011-12-24 25 BEDOK S 10-D. EA 3+1, furn, aircon, high flr, sea view, immed. Jay 9455-0371 **EA BLK 147 Tampines Aircon. P/furn, MRT Mall Nice unit. Andy 9147 3964 SPACIOUS NICE 3+1 Bedok Res Blk 142 High flr next to mosque. $2.7K! *****889 3+1 BLK 257 Bt Batok F/furn near amenities, professional625 words
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Advertisement547 2011-12-24 25 GRAB OR REGRET! 484A, CCK Ave. 5, high flr, 4rms A model. Asking $2550 Jasmine 9755-9749 GPS JURONG WEST APPROVED. 5rms. Near MRT. Nice reno F/furn. Aircon. Amenities. Immed.Hameed *****786 3+STUDY+1 CCK LOOP, near MRT (Lot 1), shops/ schs. Well-reno, aircon, windy Immed Joe Tan 8333-0001 3+1+1 CCK BLK 612.547 words
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