The Straits Times, 30 December 2011

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  • 22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28
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  • INSIDE 118 PAGES IN SIX PARTS
    • 65 1 TELEVISION host Quan Yifeng, 37, has been placed on 15 months’ probation for an altercation she had with a taxi driver in June last year. The judge, noting her history of depression, said that while it was a mitigating factor, it did not excuse her
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    • 78 1 CHINA said yesterday that a police operation to free hostages in the restive Xinjiang region had left seven “terrorists” dead, but an exile group described the incident as a desperate protest by local Uighurs. State news agency Xinhua reported there was speculation that Wednesday’s incident was
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    • 47 1 PUBLIC universities in the United States have been getting much lower state funding for higher education in recent years, prompting fears that it will erode the stature of premier public universities, such as the University of California at Berkeley. L WORLD PAGE B12
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    • 44 1 THE euro fell to a near 12-month low against the US dollar yesterday as investors took flight amid fears over Italy’s debts. It has also fallen by about 4 per cent against the Singdollar this month. L PRIME PAGE A10
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  • 1577 1  -  Three-man panel’s first priority is fact-finding; public can offer views MRT BREAKDOWNS BY MARIA ALMENOAR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT ROYSTON SIM mariaa@sph.com.sg roysim@sph.com.sg THE Government yesterday appointed Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye to head the committee of inquiry into the disruption of MRT train
    PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM, NURIA LING; ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  1,577 words
  • 55 1 The three-member Committee of Inquiry wants to find out: LWhat exactly happened on Dec 15 (above) and Dec 17? LWhy did it happen? LWhat can be done to prevent this from happening again? LIf this happens again, how can it be better managed? MORE REPORTS: PRIME PAGES
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  • 781 1  -  BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: They don white and blue tracksuits and go for daily laps around the campus just like any other student at the Second High School of the Beijing Normal University. But it is not difficult to
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  • 799 1  -  BY JESSICA LIM SHOPPING mall operators and retailers have had a particularly merry Christmas, with larger crowds and higher takings than last year. The representatives of 30 brands told The Straits Times that their sales jumped more than 10 per cent over last year’s; one
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    • 207 1 A look at ’12 trends Mat Yoyo returns IN URBAN LIFE! PAGES D4&5 The main event INSIGHT, PAGES A20&21 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg LD Vi cn O. O m V* /I/ IV 1)1 =f
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 64 2 WE SAY Easing a decades-old export ban on weapons makes sense for Japan at a time when it is common for friendly nations to cooperate in developing expensive military hardware. But Tokyo must be able to show it can also resist pressure from partners should they
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      • 41 2 COLUMNS An unwritten rule says Indonesia’s president should be a Javanese, says Salim Osman. But three non-Javanese politicians are set to join in the next presidential battle and some observers say voter attitudes are changing. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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      • 45 2 Ivan Krastev ponders how China’s global influence will manifest itself. The US has proved itself a rule-maker. The Chinese, on the other hand, have not tried to change the world, but rather to adjust to it. L REVIEW PAGE A16
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      • 54 2 OUR READER SAYS An Internet code of conduct would be difficult to enforce, says William Wan. Instead of calling for a fixed set of rules that we expect netizens to abide by, we should empower them to determine what is and what is not acceptable behaviour.
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      • Article, Illustration
        19 2 www.straitstimes.com L Don’t panic about reports of cancer-causing chemicals in cosmetics. Grace Chua suggests questions to ask.
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    • 1017 2  -  Whetting investors’ appetites proving to be a significant challenge ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) chief executive Magnus Bocker is on a tireless crusade to woo retail investors. His latest suggestion is to revamp the decades-old Central Depository (CDP) system to give
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  • prime.news
    • 858 3  -  Judge says Quan Yifeng’s woes cannot excuse her behaviour BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg TELEVISION host Quan Yifeng, 37, has been placed on 15 months’ probation for committing mischief in an altercation she had with a taxi driver. Sentencing her yesterday, District Judge
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    • 1328 4  -  Two new areas mean more space for revellers at Marina Bay event BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg TWO new areas facing Marina Bay will allow more revellers to be part of Singapore’s biggest New Year countdown party tomorrow night. A 3,000 sq
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    • 679 8  -  And most have only provisional licence BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg JUST over 350 private schools are left standing, six months after tougher rules to clean up the industry kicked in. This is a big drop from three years ago when their number
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    • 877 9  -  23 nabbed; condo unit used as call centre BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg AN ISLAND WIDE anti-vice operation by the police this week netted a huge prize the uncovering of a sophisticated online prostitution ring, run out of a rented condominium unit here. The vice
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    • 707 10  -  Currency hits a near 12-month low against the US$; volatility likely to continue into next year BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg THE euro’s horror month continued yesterday with further falls against major currencies as investors took flight amid fears over Italy’s debt burden.
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    • 587 10  -  BY ROBIN CHAN THE changes keep coming at shipping giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), which is navigating choppy waters, as is the rest of the global shipping industry. Yesterday, the company announced that its chairman of 10 years, Mr Cheng Wai Keung,
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    • 454 15 NEW YORK TIMES PYONGYANG: The late Mr Kim Jong Il hated the United States. But an “American” carried him to his grave. The casket of Mr Kim sat atop the roof of a polished masterpiece of US automotive grandeur a mid-1970s armoured
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    • 650 15 Kim Jong Il’s memorial service serves to cement his son’s grip on power AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL: North Korea staged a massive memorial service for Mr Kim Jong Il yesterday, ending almost two weeks of official mourning as it formally
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    • 505 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: A pre-dawn blast at a warehouse yesterday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more, sparking a blaze that took firefighters hours to tame, officials said. Residents in several parts of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, were woken around 2am
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    • 570 15  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: A corruption scandal in Malaysia’s premier Iskandar Development Region in south Johor appears to be growing, with several foreigners said to be involved, including Singaporeans. The anti-graft authorities have asked over 30 foreign witnesses to give
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
    • 756 16  -  BY IVAN KRASTEV Ivan Krastev is chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna. PROJECT SYNDICATE FOR a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized,
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    • 447 16 IT MAKES perfectly good administrative sense for Japan to work with friendly countries to jointly develop and produce costly, big-ticket military hardware such as advanced fighter jets, especially given its tight fiscal situation. Besides, such joint projects in which costs and know-how are shared, are almost
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    • 689 16 CHINA-JAPAN CURRENCY DEAL THE agreement announced between China and Japan to strengthen financial ties and promote yuan-yen trade is a small, but notable, step towards a new global economy. Its immediate practical significance is limited, yet the deal signals that a deeper transformation is
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    • review.
      • 843 18  -  BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg THERE is an unwritten convention in both Malaysia and Indonesia on who should be the country’s top leader. In Malaysia, the Prime Minister must be a Malay from the ruling Umno party. This is based on an understanding
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      • 797 18  - Palestine a state interrupted BY MAEN RASHID AREIKAT The writer is the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s chief representative to the United States. LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST THE issue of Palestinian identity and national history has become a source of controversy, with many Americans making deeply disturbing and alarming statements. As the
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      • 824 18  -  BY RICHARD A. BITZINGER FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Richard A. Bitzinger is a Senior Fellow with the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. ON DEC 21, Japan announced that it would purchase 42 F-35
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    • review.insight
      • THE BIG EVENT
        • 443 20  -  Seven Singaporeans look back on 2011 to select and reflect on what they consider to be the political event of the year BY TOH YONG CHUAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BY TEO WAN GEK ON APRIL 30, undergraduate Murugiah Komala, 23, was on her way to supper
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        • 391 20 RETIREE Ng Ah Thiam, 69, expected this year’s electoral fight in Potong Pasir to be close but believed Mrs Lina Chiam would prevail. She ended up losing by 114 votes to the PAP’s Mr Sitoh Yih Pin. Mr Ng, who has lived in Potong Pasir
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        • 444 20 FOR nine days in May, Aljunied GRC resident Gabriel Ng felt he and his neighbours held the fate of the opposition cause in their hands. The 49-year-old quality manager supports the People’s Action Party (PAP) as he appreciates the stability the ruling party brings.
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        • 430 20 ALARM bells rang in Nature Society (Singapore) vice-president Leong Kwok Peng’s head when he read a front-page report in The Straits Times announcing the relocation of Tanjong Pagar railway station to Woodlands. That was on May 25 last year. Mr Leong, 55, says the Nature
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        • 497 21 LAST month, clerical officer Nuramalina Hafidz, 24, was overjoyed when she found out online that her application for a new Housing Board flat in Punggol was successful. She sent an SMS to her fiance Md Aliim Mohamed, 29, an aircraft technician, to let
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        • 397 21 TO MR Francis Cheng, the political event of 2011 was not the general or presidential election, but Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s retirement from Government. “It was a bolt from the blue,” says the 57-year-old general manager of an electrical company of Mr
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    • forum.
      • 380 22  -  Dr William Wan General Secretary Singapore Kindness Movement WHILE there is certainly room for better behaviour on the Internet, we cannot use our behaviour in the real world as the yardstick for what is socially acceptable online behaviour (“Time for a code of
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 132 22 “They ensured that my father’s last days were spent peacefully and free of pain.” MR LEOW WEN PIN: “On behalf of my family, I thank Professor Chou Ning, Dr Ng Chew Lip and all the staff at the National University Hospital’s (NUH) neurosurgery high-dependency ward for their
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        • 165 22 “The two are truly retail ambassadors for KrisShop Online.” MR ZEN LOW: “I thank Ms Amelia Ng and Ms Eleanor Chua of KrisShop Online for their exemplary customer service and professionalism. After purchasing an item on Dec 6, I realised that delivery would take about 10 working days.
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      • 195 22  -  Tan Boon Swee (Madam) I WAS touched by the article on what the NorthLight School students had done for children attending tuition classes by Club Rainbow, a charity that helps children with chronic and potentially life-threaten-ing illnesses (“Paying it forward
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      • 210 22  -  Ivy Singh-Lim (Mrs) OUR nation has seen yet another year through and I would like to say thank you to my fellow citizens. Thank you to the doctors and nurses at Changi General Hospital who attended to my mother Tan Lay Koon during
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      • 361 22  -  Lynne Tan (Ms) MY DAUGHTER is now in a secondary school offering O levels, and I am glad I did not choose an Integrated Programme (IP) school for her (“More through-train schools: Streaming by another name?” by Mr Philip Tan; Tuesday). This
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      • 57 22 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 208 22  -  Chiu Yong Yong (Ms) I READ with disgust about yet another case of a teacher having sex with a young student (“Teacher, 38, had affair with 14-year-old student”; last Saturday). I have four children and the older two are 12 and 13 years
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      • 81 22 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 NEA: 330 litterbugs caught in littering hot spot 2 MR WEE KEK KOON: A smile can make all the difference 3 MS SHERRY NG: Loyal customers, thanks to one bank officer 4 MR DENIS DISTANT: TV screens inside trains would be a waste
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  • WORLD.
    • 719 1  -  Pacific island moves to western side of International Dateline BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: At midnight yesterday (7pm today Singapore time), Samoa’s calendar leaped straight to Saturday, as it redraws the International Dateline and moves to the western side of the line
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    • 101 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Afghan girl refuses to be prostitute, locked in toilet for five months L Babysitter dismembered US girl with hack saw: Police L US mum, son rescued after asking for help on
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    • world.regional
      • 733 2  -  Bid to woo Chinese voters from opposition gathers steam as general election nears BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has launched a campaign against the “politicisation of Islam” in a bid to convince the Chinese that
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      • 533 2  -  BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: 2011 has been the worst year for religious freedom in Indonesia in recent times, the influential Jakarta-based Wahid Institute said in a report released yesterday. The think-tank, set up by former president Abdurrahman Wahid, counted 184 cases
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      • 170 2 THE Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur will operate from a new site, across the road from the existing one, from next Tuesday. The move is meant to make way for new premises to be built to house the High Commission in future, a
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      • 771 3  -  Bigger facility needed to keep up with growth in tourism BY NIRMAL GHOSH SENIOR CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal SIEM REAP (Cambodia): Nothing lives in the thick, black, evil-smelling water in the large pond. Not even insects. But the tropical sun, to which the sewage
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      • 325 3 KUALA LUMPUR: A non-governmental organisation has secretly taped a video showing an upscale Singapore property and restaurant owned by the family of a minister who has come under attack for allegedly pocketing state funds. Members of the Jingga 13 said they had travelled south
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      • 752 4 But rights group slams authorities for using excessive force ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Police in China’s restive Xinjiang region shot dead seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials yesterday said was an attempt to end a kidnapping by
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      • 305 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Thousands of workers at a plant owned by South Korea’s LG Group have returned to work, after the firm doubled bonuses to end a three-day strike, a government official said yesterday. China has been hit by a series
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    • world.special report
      • 1130 8  -  If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, the year ahead will witness the next major phase of the popular uprisings that shook the Middle East: the coming to power of new leaders to replace those ousted the year before. It promises to
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      • 354 8  -  JONATHAN EYAL LEarly February: The people of Kuwait go to the polls to elect a new Parliament; this will be the first experiment in “managed democracy” in the Gulf, as local governments try to navigate between maintaining internal stability and
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      • HOT SPOTS
        • 86 8 ‘AFPAK’ REGION: Pakistan-US ties are at a perilous low after a year marked by growing mistrust, botched raids and heated exchanges of words over their brittle alliance in the fight against terrorists. If the Afghanistan-Pakistan region is already a tinderbox, the coming year could be particularly prone to flare-ups.
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        • 48 8 IRAQ: Sectarian hostilities kept in check by the Americans surfaced sharply after this month’s US troop pullout. Its fragile democracy will be sorely tested in the months ahead following threats by Shi’ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to abandon a power-sharing government with the Sunnis and Kurds.
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        • 154 8 SOUTH CHINA SEA: It is at the heart of disputes over ownership of islands, natural resources and the right of navigation. The territorial tussles have led to Vietnamese fishing boats being seized, oil exploration rights being curtailed, Manila and Hanoi building up their maritime forces and Beijing
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        • 112 8  -  CHOO LI MENG IRAN: “When will Iran get its nuclear bomb?” is a subject that worries others besides Israel, which has openly talked about a pre-emptive military strike. US Chief of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, disclosed last week that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait too have grown increasingly alarmed
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      • 153 9 Decades-old dictatorships collapsed as millions of people rallied, sometimes armed only with their anger and cellphones. It was a year like no other for the Arab world. IN THE NAME OF CHANGE: (From left) Men shouting slogans during a rally in Yemen; protesters out in force in
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    • world.international
      • 955 11 Teheran threatens to choke oil supply route if West imposes sanctions ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The US has strongly warned Iran against closing a vital Persian Gulf waterway that carries a sixth of the world’s oil supply, after Teheran threatened to
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      • 856 12 Some fear ability to compete with elite private unis slipping as state funding gets slashed WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATED PRESS BERKELEY (California): Across the nation, a historic collapse in state funding for higher education threatens to diminish the stature of premier public universities and
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      • 98 13 People trying to make their way across a damaged section of the Pan Borneo highway in Sarawak, Malaysia, which was cut off after a landslide. No casualties were reported in the incident near Kampung Semukoi on Wednesday night, which has cut off the main road heading
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 110 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAGOS: Attackers threw a bomb into an Arabic school in Nigeria’s mainly Christian south, wounding six children and an adult, police said, after Christmas attacks stoked sectarian tensions. The Christmas Day bombings blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 40 people in several towns across
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        • 125 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Anti-whaling activists chasing the Japanese harpoon fleet suffered a major setback yesterday when the hull of one of their ships cracked, forcing a second to divert to its rescue. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said the Brigitte Bardot’s hull split when it was struck by
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        • 126 13 XINHUA BEIJING: China will launch Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and achieve space rendezvous as well as docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle next year, the China National Space Administration said yesterday. Spokesman Zhang Wei made the announcement at a press conference held for the release of
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        • 98 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: The Chinese authorities have recalled cooking oil products made by three companies after finding they contained the same type of cancer-causing toxin recently found in milk, state media said yesterday. A product safety watchdog in Guangdong province suspended operations at plants owned by
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        • 141 13 REUTERS LONDON: The BBC has ignited its second sexism spat in a month by choosing a panda as one of its 12 female Faces of the Year. Last week, it was criticised for choosing its annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year from an entirely male
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      • 313 13 SLICEOFLIFE CANBERRA: An Australian woman survived three days trapped in her overturned car, her leg pinned in the door, as she waited to be rescued from the bottom of a thorny embankment. Ms Debbie McKnight, 45, survived through warm weather and thunderstorms before
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  • HOME.
    • 732 1  -  First time curbs placed on 24-hour restaurants here BY KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg THE owner of a 24-hour restaurant in Sembawang Road is appealing against new restrictions on his opening hours, which were imposed following a flood of complaints from residents. When its licence
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    • 96 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Woman shaken by boss’ unusual request L Troubled waters over Liat Towers as management, PUB disagree L Mum, daughters jailed for abusing and permanently disfiguring boy More Forum letters online at
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    • 536 2  -  Firm claims motorist in crash did not have valid licence and it was duped BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg YOUNG motorist Tan Yong Ren was driving his uncle’s car when it collided with a lorry, leaving one man dead. When his insurers
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    • 340 2 A CLEANER who attacked a man with a broken bottle, leaving him with scars on his face, was yesterday sentenced to seven years of preventive detention. Letchumanan Manikam, 50, committed the offence in December last year. This was just 18 months after his release
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    • 76 2 Former drug offenders, now with voluntary welfare organisation The Helping Hand, hanging up furniture on trees in its compound in Upper Serangoon Road. As they do not have a budget to advertise, they hope that the unusual idea will attract walk-in customers to their furniture
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    • 418 2  -  ELENA CHONG A CASKET company owner who bribed an undertaker a total of $100 to get the addresses of dead people was fined $3,000 yesterday. Chan Seng Wan, 38, of Si Hup Seng Kee Casket, admitted to a charge of corruptly
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    • 844 6  -  TRANSPORT BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg karam@sph.com.sg DESPITE a slew of changes to improve Singapore’s transport system, 2011 will almost certainly be remembered as a year of breakdowns. The usually reliable rail network ground to a halt not once,
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    • 540 6  -  HEALTH CARE BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A SEVERE bed crunch in public hospitals this year saw administrators thinking outside the box to come up with solutions. And this they did, in ways including: LRenting space in private hospitals, community hospitals and nursing
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    • 634 6  -  CRIME BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg A STRING of deaths in strange circumstances, including the seven bodies found in Bedok Reservoir, hogged the headlines in 2011. The decomposed lower half of 23-year-old Chinese national Lin Xiao’s body was the first one found at the reservoir in
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    • 556 7  -  Exhibition, part of heritage series, will travel to schools, libraries, community centres BY LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg IN A corner of Jurong Regional Library yesterday, the disappearing trade of provision shops came back to life, if only as an exhibition. Dull-copper
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    • 607 8  -  JESSICA CHEAM, SHULI SUDDERUDDIN THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is reviewing the requests of East Coast Road residents unhappy about being relocated to a new site they say is too far from their current homes. It told The Straits Times on Tuesday that
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    • 666 8  -  Residents there to get new homes in Jurong West Central BY SHULI SUDDERUDDIN shulis@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS of 650 flats in Boon Lay Drive can soon look forward to new homes in Jurong West Central, under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers). The
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    • 702 9  -  Theirs are faces that made the news this year. In this last part of the Closure series, we find out how Connie Tan, who fought in court with her former boyfriend over custody of their dog, is doing. CONNIE TAN BY CHERYL ONG ongyiern@sph.com.sg
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    • 233 9  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER FROM next year, lawyers here will be able to notify banks electronically about money paid into conveyancing accounts, instead of using hard copy forms. The Ministry of Law said in a media statement yesterday that this service will be available
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  • SPORT.
    • 93 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Ouch! Player with English fourth-tier side suffers split scrotum L Liverpool’s Suarez back in trouble with fine and ban L Frustrated Wenger expects more title twists Get your free breaking news
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    • 851 10 What better time to regain form than against former club Newcastle THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Liverpool against Newcastle would have been a stand-out date on the fixture list for some time for Andy Carroll, coming a month shy of a year since his
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    • 566 10 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Andy Carroll was high on the agenda for Newcastle manager Alan Pardew on Thursday, for reasons both immediate and historical. With his team travelling to Anfield today, Pardew spoke warmly about the striker they sold to Liverpool for £35 million (S$71 million)
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    • 202 10 LONDON: When the England Football Association releases the written judgment explaining why Liverpool’s Luis Suarez was banned for eight matches for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, no stone will be left unturned. According to The Independent, the report that the FA hopes will
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    • 898 11 Arsenal players want him as short-term help for top scorer van Persie THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Arsenal players have urged Arsene Wenger to re-sign 34-year-old Thierry Henry to boost their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. The calls came after the club dropped two
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    • 227 11 LONDON: Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric is not likely to move to Manchester United or any other club in next month’s transfer window. But at the end of the season, he may put himself on the market. United manager Alex Ferguson came close to
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    • 254 11 REUTERS DUBAI: Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has called on Uefa to change the rules on clubs having to pay agents’ fees, saying the current system where players do not foot the bill for their own representation does not make sense. “I have
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    • 308 11 REUTERS LONDON: Wolverhampton should take a leaf out of other team’s books and try to con referees into sending off opposing players, says midfielder Stephen Hunt. Hunt, risking the wrath of the English Football Association, said Arsenal players encouraged referee Stuart Attwell to send
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    • 634 11  -  BY PATRICK BARCLAY THE TIMES, LONDON THE request from Jose Mourinho was clear: “Find me a club.” It was made to Sebastian Coe, the double Olympic middle-distance champion who heads the 2012 London Olympics organising committee. Given that Coe will be distracted
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    • 583 12  -  That’s the clarion call die-hard fans are putting out as MSL return nears BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg AMID the hype surrounding Singapore’s much-heralded return to Malaysian football next year, a group of die-hard S-League fans is trying to make sure the country’s domestic competition is not
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    • 605 12  -  BY FABIUS CHEN PETALING JAYA: The LionsXII received a boost yesterday after it was confirmed that only five of their 13 Malaysian Super League matches away from home will be played under the afternoon sun. It had earlier been reported that only
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    • 511 12  -  FABIUS CHEN PETALING JAYA: With the largest budget of any football league side across the Causeway, they have been dubbed the Malaysian equivalent of Manchester City. But unlike Roberto Mancini’s side, who are sitting pretty at the summit of England’s top flight, Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM)
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    • 630 13 Wade’s clever play gives them one-point win over gritty Charlotte ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE (North Carolina): When Dwyane Wade was told he was going to take the winning shot against the Charlotte Bobcats, he nearly deferred to the hotter LeBron James. Then the 29-year-old guard thought better
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    • 363 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS: Jarrett Jack gave fans in New Orleans their first real taste of life without star Chris Paul. The standing ovation as the clock wound down indicated that they liked what they saw. He had 21 points and nine assists on his season debut,
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    • 433 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: South Korea’s short-track speed-skating star Ahn Hyun Soo, one of the country’s most celebrated and decorated athletes, is set to compete for Russia at next year’s Olympics after being granted citizenship. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a special
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 69 14 REUTERS PARIS: Former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti was spotted at a Paris hospital yesterday amid press reports that he could soon join Paris St Germain as coach of the French football club. The Italian spent an hour at the Pitie Salpetriere hospital, which is
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      • 72 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI: Diego Maradona says he would be open to leading the United Arab Emirates national football team. The 1986 World Cup-winning Argentinian, who has coached the UAE professional side Al Wasl since May, has been mentioned as a candidate in the local
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      • 79 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS HOBART: For the second time in two years, the winners of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race faced a protest. And for the second consecutive time, an international jury threw the complaint out. Investec Loyal were declared winners yesterday after the jury
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      • 55 14 LONDON: Tottenham’s Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko will consider an offer from big-spending club Anzhi Makhachkala after failing to start an English Premier League game this season, the Daily Mirror reported. He had previously ignored overtures from the remote Russian team, who signed striker Samuel Eto’o
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    • 559 14 Australian bowling trio destroy star batting line-up in 122-run win REUTERS THE TIMES, LONDON MELBOURNE: After two years of experimentation, disappointment and unfulfilled promise, Australia may have found a bowling line-up to stick with after humiliating cricket world champions India by 122 runs in the first Test yesterday.
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    • 512 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABU DHABI: Volvo Ocean Race organisers put the future of the event on the line on Wednesday, sending the five multi-mil-lion-dollar boats off on an armed transport ship to traverse waters made too dangerous to sail by piracy. The five competitors
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    • 131 14 Today Basketball NBA: Portland v Denver (Live, StarHub Ch216,11am). Football English Premier League: Liverpool v Newcastle United (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 3.45am). Tennis World C’ships: S-finals (Live, StarHub Ch211, 7pm). Tomorrow Basketball NBA: Boston v Detroit (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8.30am), Minnesota v Miami (Live, Ch202,
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    • 41 14 “Newcastle United? They are too small for him. Arsenal? You’d have to see if Arsene Wenger is interested. It would cost 50 million at least.” LOUIS NICOLLIN, owner of Montpellier, on striker Olivier Giroud, who has scored 13 goals this season
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    • 140 14 Basketball NBA Toronto 85 Indiana 90, Charlotte 95 Miami 96, Atlanta 101 Washington 83, Detroit 89 Cleveland 105, Memphis 95 Oklahoma 98, New Orleans 97 Boston 78, San Antonio 115 LA Clippers 90, Denver 117 Utah 100, Phoenix 83 Philadelphia 103, Golden State 92 New York 78. Cricket 1st
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    • 18 10 A CHANCE TO SHADE IT Lions XII get evening dates mostly as Sundram prepares for another friendly. C12
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  • 643 15 OBITUARIES BALAKRISHNAN S/O G SUKUMARAN Age:50 passed away peacefully on 29 December 2011. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Father:G Sukumaran Mother:Lechime Sisters: Sha Sha, Susi (Smarthy), Venajaya, Presana Mc Gurk Brother-in-law: Gerard Mc Gurk Nephew: Naresh Nieces: Vase, Emma, Susan and all loved ones. Body is resting at Blk
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    • 699 20  -  More land will be released; space will be more affordable BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg THE industrial land sites to be released next year will be smaller and come with shorter leases a move the Government said will make space
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    • 590 20  -  BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE proposed revamp of the Central Depositary (CDP) system has sparked a fresh debate over the potential for fraud in the scripless trading system. Many market observers agree an overhaul is long overdue for the CDP, which
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    • 333 20  -  ROBIN CHAN A SLEW of top changes is taking place at three statutory boards under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). At trade promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, Mr Seah Moon Ming is taking over the post of deputy chairman
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    • 94 20 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Carrefour sells 97 supermarket buildings L Brazil beams with pride over 6th-place economic ranking L US fast-food chain Wendy’s reopens in Japan More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your free
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      • 456 16  -  Market interest dives as dealers look to euro data for guidance BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg DEALERS had precious little to do yesterday as interest in the market flatlined, leaving volumes at rock-bottom levels. The few investors still playing the
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 114 16 FABRIC producer China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric Holdings has won an extension from the Singapore Exchange on the deadline to post its results for the three months ended March 31. The new deadline is Feb 28 next year. The firm said it will also post its
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        • 151 16 HEAVY lifting and haulage firm Tiong Woon is proposing a rights issue where shareholders will be given the right to buy one share at 11 cents for every four existing ordinary shares they hold. The price of the rights share represents a discount of about 48.8 per cent
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        • 93 16 THE manager of Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) yesterday said the Reit has conditionally agreed to buy two retail properties in Hong Kong for HK$1.9 billion (S$317 million). These are Belvedere Garden in Tsuen Wan and Provident Centre in North Point. The manager, ARA Asset Management (Fortune),
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          99 16 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 472 million shares worth $401 million UP DOWN Gainers: 167 Losers: 133 Unchanged: 481 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change -0.55 586.27 -1.19 398.28 1.01 640.03 0.46 553.27 -1.84 221.12 -0.16 187.28 2.39 600.09
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        • 212 16 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,398.89 (-24.73) Japanese shares dipped 0.3 per cent as the euro sat near 10-year lows and investors turned their attention to an upcoming Italian bond auction. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 8,397.92 (-120.75) Shares in Hong Kong fell 0.7 per cent, with the
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        • 216 16 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 29,2011 Top Rises Dec 29 CENTS DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** 973.0 3.8 (0) DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4183 42.9 0.8 CENTS DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1449 26.0 1.4 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 *****
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        • 339 16 Top Rises Dec 29 CENTS DBS BP ePW*****2 52 3.0 6.1 Sinarmas eW*****8 9 1.9 26.8 Dec 29 UOB BP eCW*****3 30.5 1.0 3.4 CapitalaBNPeCW*****5 0.8 0.6 300.0 UOB MB eCW*****2 12.4 0.6 5.1 DBS MB ePW*****6 31.5 0.5 1.6 NobleGrpMBeCW*****2 6.6 0.2 3.1 UOB BP eCW*****3
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        • 44 16 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol GMG Global 11.2 0.1 0.9 39,374,000 Golden Agri 72 0.0 0.0 27,003,000 Dyna-Mac By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value GLD 10USS ***** ■443.7 -2.2 34,960,506 313 3.0 1.0 22,100,360 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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        • 52 16 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 29 2011 Selling Buying Dec 29 2011 Selling Buying 1.339 ....1.276 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.292 ....1.243 Euro 1.71 ....1.645 2.046 ....1.968 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0149 0.0136 ....0.978 Source: United Overseas Bank
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        • 60 16 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 205 113 CapMallsAsia 114.5 -1 2791 116 114.5 1.7
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      • 676 17 Europe debt crisis may hamper recovery next year, say analysts BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: The value of global takeovers dropped to the lowest level in more than a year this quarter, and dealmakers say Europe’s debt crisis may hamper a recovery next year as cash-rich
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      • 301 17  -  BY MELISSA TAN MANPOWER issues will be the key concern of many businesses next year, according to the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) yesterday. It said its members have reported that it will be “a challenge to manage their em- ployees in this uncertain situation,
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      • 569 17 REUTERS NEW YORK: For anyone who makes money by making sense of financial markets, 2011 was a confounding year. Whether it was Europe’s seemingly intractable debt crisis, uprisings in the Arab world or the political bickering and growing debt burden that cost
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      • 274 17 HONG KONG: China has again outshone the United States as the top venue for initial public offerings (IPOs), despite steep share price falls in the mainland and Hong Kong stock markets, highlighting the shift in global financial activity from West to East,
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    • 541 18  -  Commission is believed to be one of the biggest contested in court here BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg GERMAN telecom services giant Siemens AG has been ordered to pay a US$2.33 million (S$3.03 million) commission to a consultancy after a judge
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    • 410 18  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK THE fragile world economy has not deterred local companies from looking to issue retail bonds to raise capital, according to DBS Bank yesterday. Mr Clifford Lee, the bank’s head of fixed income, said there are 30 to 50 per cent
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    • 415 18  -  MELISSA TAN ALL units of The Tennery, a home office or so-called Sohostyle project in Bukit Panjang, have been sold, developer Far East Organization said yesterday. It said all 338 of the “small office, home office” (Soho) apartments were sold over
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    • 335 1 DESIGN: MARLONE RUBIO PHOTOS: MEDIACORP, LIGHTHOUSE PICTURES, STARHUB THE POWEROFME W D4&5 Iconic Malay children’s TV show Mat Yoyo is back after almost 20 years, and this time the kids in cat costumes purr in four languages. EDDINO ABDUL HADI reports. D2 Irons the man How veteran star stole movie
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  • Life!
    • 796 2  -  Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons nails the role of a ruthless bank CEO in the movie Margin Call yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Veteran British actor Jeremy Irons was on the set of the independent movie Margin Call for just three days and yet he turned in a performance that
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    • 660 2  -  boon chan media correspondent Fame has come so quickly to British actor Jeremy Irvine that he still has not fully wrapped his head around it. The 21-year-old went from “not being able to get work” to being cast last year as the lead in Steven Spielberg’s World
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        1449 4/5  -  Well-loved children’s show Mat Yoyo is making a TV comeback in four different languages eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg It started as a television show featuring child actors dressed in cat costumes aimed at Malay-speaking children. But Mat Yoyo, later renamed Aksi Mat Yoyo, transcended language barriers despite the
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      • 410 4/5 Cast from the past all grown up RILLA MELATI BAHRI, 38 Then: Played various roles in Mat Yoyo seasons in the early 1980s and later hosted the show in the late 1980s and early 1990s Now: An actress and awardwinning television host who appears regularly on Malay TV channel Suria,
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      • 652 12  -  A daring TVB drama is about rock rebels turned cannibals, and a Taiwan romcom tackles revenge telemad foong woei wan woeiwan@sph.com.sg A pioneering deejay and lifelong believer in rock ’n’ roll in When Heaven Burns spells out what ails Hong Kong, in a riff that has been a
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      • 558 12 New York Times New York This makes three in a row for Jayden. Two straight (and three out of four) for Isabella. More disturbing news for Michael and Ashley. The topic under discussion, of course, is New York City’s annual most-popular-baby-name derby. In the jockeying
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    • life!.music
      • 111 6 ‘The word “quirky” is diminutising. It implies you’re living in a child-like, whimsical wonderland. There’s nothing quirky about directing a movie. It’s like being at war’ Performance artist and director Miranda July on being called quirky ‘Love is not about how you feel, it’s unconditional commitment
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        731 6  -  sound bites The top three have been named. Now here are the rest of the best 10 albums of 2011 yeow kai chai In this week’s Sunday LifeStyle cover story on the critics’ best-of lists, I spelt out my top three picks in pop, those albums that got
        PHOTOS: DOMINO, LANEWAY FESTIVAL, BELLA UNION, LL RECORDINGS/ATLANTIC  -  731 words
      • short spins
        • 277 7  -  Boon Chan LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Nicholas Teo Seed Music Just when you had Malaysian balladeer Nicholas Teo firmly pegged as a B-lister, he has you thinking again with the irresistible Let’s Not Fall In Love Again, one of the best karaoke-ready hits to come
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          206 7  -  Ong Sor Fern CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRISTIAN Christian McBride Mack Avenue Records Bassist Christian McBride’s latest album draws from a 2009 podcast series in which he interviewed and played with assorted guests. The intimate nature of the duo format hence the name conversations allows both McBride and his guest
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        • 201 7  -  Chang Tou Liang NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2011 Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Most Deutsche Grammophon 478 2601 (2 CDs) Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most’s debut at the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual New Year’s Day Concert provides a musical history lesson of sorts. The maestro is a descendant of Ferdinand Dommayer, whose
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        215 7 With the new year just two days away, we already have you covered sartorially for 2012. Just turn to our list of 12 fabulous things in fashion, beauty, fitness and lifestyle this week. Stay ahead of the style pack in the next 12 months with statement shoulder-dusters.
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    • life!.events
      • 6638 8 art RHAPSODY FOR THE OTHERNESS French artist Jean-Philippe Haure celebrates daily life and rituals in Bali. Where: One East ArtSpace, Thong Sia Building, 03-02, 30 Bideford Road MRT: Somerset/Orchard When: Till Jan 6, 10am 6pm (Mon Fri), 10am 4pm (Sat), closed on
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      • week’s picks
        • 95 8 books corrie tan recommends Home-grown bookstore Page One, known for its art and design titles, will be holding a warehouse sale from today to Monday. It announced earlier this month that it would close its VivoCity store here in February because of the high rent. Members
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        • 156 8 food wong ah yoke recommends Now that Christmas is over, it is time to plan your meals for Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 23. And Man Fu Yuan at InterContinental Singapore has already started selling takeaway dishes for the festival. Its deluxe treasure
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        • 91 8 music akshita nanda recommends The Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Lim Yau, offers music lovers a chance to ring in the New Year with something different: a classical music concert where the orchestra serves up wine and waltzes and stops playing at exactly midnight. Expect surprises,
          PHOTOS: PRESIDENT’S DESIGN AWARD, INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE, THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  -  91 words
      • 654 8  - an hour the museum Deepika Shetty In this weekly column we visit museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see if you have only an hour to spare. Elephant Stampede at the Singapore Philatelic Museum traces the evolution of mammoths to elephants and looks at the shrinking elephant
        PHOTOS: SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM  -  654 words
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        232 9  -  Denise Cheong “My weekends are a mixture of pain and pleasure. I make it a point to go swimming every weekend at Serangoon Country Club. I usually swim 12 to 20 laps. After which, I will also do a few minutes of push-ups by the pool. I also
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    • life!.buzz
      • 501 14 New York Times New York Evidence and other accounts are contradicting a Florida animal sanctuary’s claim that a chimpanzee that portrayed Cheetah, Tarzan’s sidekick in movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. Ms Debbie Cobb, outreach director at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary,
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      • 274 14 Reuters Los Angeles Is The Twilight Saga beginning to lose its grip on movie fans? The latest instalment of the vampire romance finished second to Harry Potter in a best of the year poll for MTV’s Nextmovie.com, and trailed The Hunger Games as the most
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      • buzzing
        • 83 14 StarHub subscribers will enjoy free previews of more than 140 TV channels from noon today to 6am on Tuesday. Shows available for free viewing include the Taipei 2012 countdown show on TVBS Asia, a 2AM concert on E City and movies such as Inception on HBO
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        • 71 14 Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, 63, is engaged to his girlfriend Erin Brady, 38, the couple’s close friend, jeweller Loree Rodkin, confirmed. “Having made Steven’s jewellery for so many of the past years, it was an honour to be part of his future, Ms Rodkin, who designed
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        • 64 14 U2 were again the world’s top touring band this year. According to trade magazine Pollstar, the band brought in US$231.9 million (S$301.7 million) in 34 shows, narrowly beating out boyband Take That, which took in US$224 million after reuniting with frontman Robbie Williams. Globally, the
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        • 82 14 Comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment owns the rights to the Ghost Rider character in the fiery form that originated in the early 1970s, a federal judge in New York ruled on Wednesday, rejecting the claims of a former Marvel writer seeking to cash in on
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    • 172 7 music charts RADIO 91.3FM 1. (1) Gotta Be You One Direction 2. (4) Mistletoe Justin Bieber 3. (3) Music Sounds Better With You Big Time Rush 4. (9) I Wanna Dance With Somebody These Kids Wear Crowns 5. (8) Hit The Lights Selena Gomez 6. (2) Marry The Night Lady
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    • 130 13 The weather Partly cloudy. Showers over northern, eastern and western Singapore in the afternoon. SUNRISE 7.06am MOONRISE 11.28am SUNSET 7.09pm MOONSET 11.48pm AIR QUALITY PSI 25 (Good) 30/24 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO TO www.nea.gov.sg TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.8m
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    • 204 13 Quan Yifeng to get 15 months’ probation Local TV host Quan Yifeng (left), 37, was sentenced to 15 months’ probation yesterday. Find out on RazorTV what she had to say about the case. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. RAZOR POP Wishing upon a K-pop star Is a nine-year-old too
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  • URBAN
    • 410 2  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg This has been a busy year on the fashion front, with Singapore chalking up several firsts. Men’s Fashion Week debuted in April. Six months later, the city hosted Haute Couture Week, the first time such a large group of couturiers
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    • FASH FLASH
      • 80 4  -  IMRAN JALAL, ROHAIZATUL AZHAR Home-grown menswear label N. Tyler has opened its first stand-alone store at B2-118 The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. The decor is inspired by Damien Hirst’s provocative works. The result? Furniture sliced in half and doors studded with thimbles, a nod to
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      • 163 4 Here are some wardrobe-related ideas to check out: N Leading self-storage company Storefriendly has arrived. The Hong-Kong based chain has opened a 12,500 sq ft flagship in Bukit Batok Street 22 and plans to open 24 branches by 2014. The facility will house more than 300 lockers measuring from
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        150 4 Give It bags a break with two new local bag labels. Carryalljames (right), launched last month, specialises in tote bags for men using materials such as canvas, rubber, cashmere and luxe nappa leather mixed with exotic skins such as water snake and python. The bags are priced from
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      • 42 4 These wacky kicks by Jeremy Scott for Adidas Originals inspired by K-pop girl group 2NE1 will help you start the new year on the right foot. $429, from Limited Edt Chamber, B2-23 Chamber, The Shoppes At Marina Bay Sands.
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      • 101 4 While the ladylike 1950’s inspired pieces from Prada’s spring 2012 collection won’t be in the stores till March, the Italian luxury label has launched an exclusive 12-design capsule collection of foulard scarves (right) which feature some of the prints from the label’s spring/summer 2012 and resort collections. Made
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        64 4 You will love these fashion aids by American fashion accessory label Hem Gems. The metal studs look like jeans rivets but let you tack your jeans to the desired length so you don’t have to alter them. Available for $36 per pack from selected Dorothy Perkins outlets such
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      • 85 4 Charles Keith’s latest charity project gets our vote. It has designed three shopper bags (left) to raise funds for UN Women Singapore. The insides of these synthetic leather totes are lined with old vinyl banners from President Tony Tan’s race for office this year. Priced at $59.90
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        302 4 How time flies, my dears! In the blink of an eye, 12 months have already passed us by. This is also the season when people make resolutions for the new year. Whether or not they keep them is a different matter. But one remains ever so hopeful. So
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      531 6 I have wide feet and cannot find shoes that fit and do not give me blisters. Please help. You should know that the numerical sizes indicate the length of the shoe. Shoe width is defined by letters instead, from AAA (very narrow) to EEE (very wide). The average
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      80 6  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR JOAN SMALLS Sexy and elegant, the Puerto Rican model was one of 12 beauties picked to grace the much-coveted Pirelli calendar for 2012. At the gala dinner in New York earlier this month, the 23-year-old Victoria’s Secret Angel dazzled in an ivory satin Givenchy dress. She
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    • 193 6  -  These head-turners were spotted at The Butter Factory on Dec 23 IMRAN JALAL Sonia Nicola Chew, 19 undergraduate WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? My dress is from a thrift store in London and cost $30. My wedges cost $120 and my leggings, $19. Both are from Topshop while the
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      663 8  -  Some people swear by these homespun remedies to maintain their wardrobe. IMRAN JALAL asks the experts if there is any truth to them IMRAN JALAL Is it true that sunning white shirts for too long can cause them to turn yellow? Yes. Drying your white shirts under strong
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    • A MATTER OF STYLE
      • 885 9  -  In the name of glamour, real issues and beliefs are sometimes betrayed by layers of commercialisation and sugar-coating ONG SOH CHIN sohchin@sph.com.sg Unlikely as it may seem, the biggest style icon of the moment is a fictional character who has been given life on the big screen
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      2623 12 / 13  -  Urban picks 1 2 fabulous things in fashion, beauty, fitness and lifestyle to look forward to in the new year ROHAIZATUL AZHAR KAREN TEE IMRAN JALAL Ralph Lauren (above) and Gucci (left) mined the 1 920s for inspiration. THE GOLDEN TWENTIES Luxury, style and unbridled decadence defined
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    • 454 11 NEW LIST! 4’A1’ Blk 611. Mid flr. Reno. Malay owner. Val $375K, ask $410K. Near sch. Call *****233 Suzana OPEN HSE SAT 2pm-6pm. Blk 646 #02 Exec Mais. Val $532K. COV $50K. 5 mins MRT/ mkt. 9484-5717 4’A’ 766 MINS to MRT amenities/ sch. 8 yrs. High lift flr. A1
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    • 466 11 GREENLEAF 2-STY 3600/ 3500 sqft approx 5+2+ fa mily. $8.8K. Good Cond. Immed. Rachel 9188-0009 DUCHESS PL. 3300/3800 sqft. 3-sty semi-d 4+1 (ensuite) 100% move-in. Park 3 car. $11K. HB *****944 PHENG GECK AVE 6-bdrms, Semi-d. Partial furn. Near Potong Pasir MRT. Call Esther Chia *****819 DTZ WATTEN 4100 SQFT
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    • 525 11 D.15 EAST COAST modern tropical 2-sty, lush greenery, quiet. gourmet kitchen. 5+1. $11.8K. *****600 SEMI-D KEW Villas. 3100 sqft. 5+1. Renovated. $7.xK. 9735-7177 JALAN PERGAM NEAR Expo. Renovated. Semi-D. 5+1 bdrm $7.xK. 9735-7177 3 STY Inter terr East Coast Ave. 4+1. P/ furn, fully aircon. Clinton 9851-2159 PULASAN RD CORNER
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    • 520 11 EMERALD GDN 3 rms F/ facilities. F/ furn. Within CBD Avail 1st Jan. Ask $4.7K. Tom Leow 9631-3193 DTZ THE SAIL. STUDIO. High Flr! #60 up. Unblock. Face City Sea. F/furn. Only $4.XK! Brian Yee 9880-7158 DTZ LIFESTYLE!! SUITES 123. 2 rm. 2 baths. Loft. Penthse, jacuzzi, near MRT, Orchard.
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    • 484 11 ONE SHENTON IMMED! 3+1 1582 sqft. #2x. Sea/ city view. P/furn. Financial Ctr, MRT. Katherine 9026 1138 THE ROCHESTER! 2-RM, #11 up. Choice unit! 1206 sqft, quiet, greenery/ pool view Janice Quek 9736-3079 BOTANNIA 1550 SQFT. 4+1. Greenery, pool view. Top class finishes. Immed. $5.5k. Charissa *****099 D.05 FABER CREST.
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    • 442 11 REGENCY PARK Renovated High Flr, Unblock Magnificent View, 3,175 sqft, 3+1 SCOTTS SQUARE *3+1 bedroom, 1249 sqft *2 bedroom, 947 sqft Christine Foo *****093 CBRE R*****2I D.9-10 CONDO FOR RENT μ The Claymore 4+1 3384 sqft, new reno. F/furn..$17K μ Valley Pk 860 sqft, quiet, good size living/ dining $neg
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    • 1475 12 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Tanqlin/Hoi Pte Apts for Rent D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent M Serviced Residences AND SHORT STAY APARTMENTS a llH'J liL I "r "'H iuM >,.3 I Orchard
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    • 269 12 ABERDEEN 3+1 1302 sqft, high flr, f/furn, facilities. $3.6K. Avail. Feb. Jeslyn Leow *****667 PW HEART OF SIMS Way. 1800 sqft. 2nd sty, F’hold. Tranquil. MRT/ Food Ctr. Low Immed. Goh 9690-5344 NO COMMISSION ON tenant. Kallang studio concept $1080+, Robin *****651 *****432 rent.myo.sg TREVISTA. MANY UNITS for rent. Keys
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    • 546 12 VILLA MARTIA 3RM 1281sqft F/furn. Pool view. Pte lift. Mins to Marine Parade Katong. Immed. $4.5K. View call Dennis 9108-2160 EAST MEADOWS 3/ 3+study High/ low flr. F/furn. Next to MRT. Avail mid Dec. Magdalene Tay 9109-8087 FERNWOOD. 3+1. HIGH flr. Sea view. 1650 sqft. P/furn Near Parkway Parade, Siglap.Cheng
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    • 488 13 1) EDELWEISS PK 3+1. 1270 sqft, near Japanese sch/ Changi Biz Pk. Mid Feb 2) Ballota Pk 3+1, 1346 sqft, immediate. $3200. *****888. jasonkoh.com CHANGI GARDEN 3+1, 1400 sqft. Partial/ f/furn. $2980 Tennis Ct. Changi Biz Pk. Immed. Vanessa *****199 FERRARIA PK 3-BDRM. 1195 sqft. TOP 2010. 2 yrs lease.
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    • 534 13 BISHAN PK CONDO 1324sqft 3+1 new reno. Shuttle bus!! Nuovo penthse 3+1. 2443 sqft. Immed. CK *****039 BISHAN POINT 3 rm. High flr. P/ furn. Reno. $4K. Immed. Crystal 9030-7818 REGENT VILLE 3+1. 1152 sqft F/furn Hougang Pt $3.3k Avail Jan.Dennis *****992 THE CENTRIS 4-RMS with 2 ensuites bathrm A1/
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    • 576 13 MODERN LIVING, HERITAGE building, Studio 1 bdrm apt. Robertson Quay Ann Siang Hill vicinity. Fully equipped fr $3950 p/mth. Call 8314-8384 website: www.hapt.com.sg BUGIS/ LITTLE INDIA MRT. Pte studio, f/furn, attach bath, kitchen, internet, incl utility. $2.5K. 9650-5367 CASHEW HGTS 1658 sqft. 3+1. Avail for 3 mth lease High Flr.
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    • 205 13 6 MINS WALK TO MRT 200 units fr $2000 mthly include water electricity Access to PIE,CTE,BKE,KJE. 24 hours security Lease fr daily/wkly/mthly MARSILING APARTMENTS 52 Woodlands St 13 Service Office Open Daily Call 6368 9722/ 6235 9191 www.marsiling.com.sg 106 5’I’ RIVERVALE Walk. Top flr. Nice city view. See fireworks! $2.4K.
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    • 276 13 EM BLK 640 Hougang, Beautiful, Privacy, Near Amenities, Fully Furnished. Immed. *****446 HL Chua 107 RIVERVALE WALK, 4’A’ Aircon, full/ p/furn. Near amenities/ LRT. Immed. $neg!!! Kenny *****377 SEMBAWANG BLK.341B 3+1/ Bishan Blk.211 3+1. F/furn. Amenities. MRT. Family /expat. *****07f6 Omar $2500 UP. 3+1 SengKang 207, 157, 304, 324. Furn.
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    • 277 13 2 BDRMS AT Havelock Rd. Near Tiong Bahru MRT. Shophouse/ walk up. Furn. Aircon. Jilson 9067-4093 3’I’ BLK 535. Upp Cross St. Approved. Immed. Furn. Mins to MRT. A1 cond. High flr. Sharmila 9791-7649 OT BLK 85 3-RM Whampoa approved. Aircon, unfurn/ furn. Vacant. All welcome. Shivan *****703 4’A’ CORNER
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    • 568 13 2+1 BLK 124 Bedok North Rd. New reno. Lift flr. Nice. Fully furn/ aircon. Windy. Market/ MRT *****181 Lim SHORT TERM RENT 3 mths Jan to Mar 2012. F/furn Aircon. Pls call 9180-6537 39 CIRCUIT RD 2+1. Furn, aircon. MRT, mkt, quiet. 1st Jan. $2K. Eddy 9627-1388 3-RM FOR RENT
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    • 500 13 CRESCENT KALLANG 1475 sqft toilet. Bare. Conveniently located. Immed. 9270-0977 Johnny DWG PAYA LEBAR, ALJUNIED Fty/ Office/ WareHse 30K, 15.5K, 8.5K, 7K sqft. $1.20$1.40 psf. Calvin 9021-5521 TUAS WORKSHOP, WAREHSE Office, 16,000 sqft with 10 tonnes crane. *****272 *****-*****0 SQFT. Ramp up. 8M. 15kn/ m2. Pioneer. *****338 Damien.C Land+ WORKER
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    • 494 14 VERTEX UBI. Showrm mezzanine. Good frontage. Many units. #01 3261 sqft rented. Chawla *****488 PEARL CTR #04. Shop/ office. Water supply. 581 sqft $520K neg. Enbloc potential. Michelle *****710 E-CTR REDHILL 968 sqft. Self contain toilet, column free, renovated, sell vacant. Wendy Ang *****108 MUST SELL! GOLDEN Mile Twr. 550
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