The Straits Times, 25 December 2012

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    26 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUE S D A Y DE C EMBER 2 5 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon Time to share the joy of Christmas
    511 1  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg THEY giggled as they put on Santa hats, pointing and laughing at one another while posing for photos in front of a big Christmas tree at 112 Katong mall. Then, spontaneously, they broke out into a Christmas carol, Jingle
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    Lock icon Indian PM vows to protect women
    50 1 INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose three children are all girls, has appealed for calm and vowed to protect women as police struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student in Delhi. L TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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    Lock icon Overhaul COE system, say car buyers
    53 1 CAR buyers are calling for a revamp of the COE system now that the Category A premium for smaller cars has crossed the $80,000 mark. They said the system should be tweaked to give priority to those with a greater need for a car.
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    Lock icon November inflation eases to 3.6 per cent
    503 1  -  It is lowest in two years, but price pressures still high, economists warn By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SLOWER price increases for cars and housing helped send inflation to its lowest level in over two years last month, but economists say it is too
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      103 1 SEASON OF GIVING GIFTS TO REMEMBER SINGAPORE POLITICS IN 2012 A YEAR OF ACTION REFLECTION LIFE! C2-4 SMRT APPOINTMENTS KUEK’S NEW TEAM TOP OF THE NEWS A2 PRESSURE ON MOURINHO WILL REAL SACK HIM? SPORT B17 HOME B4&5 fY\ i’m lovin’it* m START RIGHT and fr EAT^ SUPREME Rise and
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Sats suspends security fee hike amid industry pressure
      523 2/3  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg AIRPORT ground-handling firm Sats, which raised its security fees for air cargo firms earlier this month, has backed down amid industry pressure. The higher charges, which took effect on Dec 3, will be suspended from next
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      Lock icon Syrian strikes kill dozens in bread line
      488 2/3 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT Bombs that anti-gov-ernment activists said were dropped by a Syrian warplane killed dozens of people at a bakery in the central town of Halfaya, where residents had lined up for bread after the town received its first
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      Lock icon New hires to get SMRT on track
      640 2/3  -  Of the 8 key managers recruited, 4 were high-ranking SAF officers By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg SMRT Corp’s new chief executive Desmond Kuek has hired eight key managers in a bid to steer the beleaguered transport operator back on track and there
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          Lock icon Inflation at 2-year low
          58 4 SLOWER price increases for cars and housing helped send inflation to its lowest level in over two years last month, but economists say it is too early to break out the champagne. The consumer price index rose 3.6 per cent in November from the preceding year,
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          Lock icon Sats suspends fee hike
          64 4 AIRPORT ground-handling firm Sats, which raised its security fees for air cargo firms earlier this month, has backed down amid industry pressure. The higher charges, which took effect on Dec 3, will be suspended from next month until further notice, its executive vice-president for gateway services,
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Abe’s envoy snubbed
          58 4 SOUTH Korea’s president-elect Park Geun Hye has “respectfully” declined to meet a special envoy of Japan’s incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe, a move seen as heralding a rough ride in relations between the two new governments. Ties have turned frosty due to a territorial dispute over islets
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          Lock icon Grades hit by killings
          58 4 MANY teachers in Thailand’s southernmost provinces have been killed in recent highprofile attacks by insurgents and the shootings are taking their toll on students. Youngsters (above) from the Muslim-dominated provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala fare the worst in nationwide tests, and the problem does not
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          Lock icon No change on N. Korea
          59 4 COMMUNIST Party chief Xi Jinping has surprised many with his actions domestically but few are betting on any drastic changes from him in China’s policy on and support for its ally North Korea. Observers say Mr Xi will opt for the status quo due to
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        Lock icon Charity as an act for all seasons
        44 4 OPINION SINGAPOREANS are generous people. But the full expression of charity should include volunteering time and being helpful even to strangers, not just giving money and not just showing goodwill once or twice a year. PAGE A22
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          Lock icon Cafe politics?
          66 4 A CAFE is being probed by the authorities after it was called Diao Yu Dao a name linked to islands whose ownership is disputed by China and Japan. The Singapore eatery has covered its walls with photos of Diao Yu Dao, China’s name for the isles. At least
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          Lock icon Church’s Xmas show
          55 4 WHILE most Christians across the island will be heading to their respective churches this morning for their Christmas service, members of Cornerstone Community Church will be heading to the Fairmont Hotel to watch the church’s biggest and most ambitious Christmas production Forest of Dreams about three trees
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          Lock icon A&E patients’ long wait
          49 4 GETTING a bed in a hospital ward continues to be a waiting game for accident and emergency (A&E) patients. Those arriving at six general hospitals had to wait for between one and five hours before being admitted as inpatients, Health Ministry figures showed. PAGE B8
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        Lock icon Luxury condo, big loss
        46 4 MONEY US FINANCIAL services group Wachovia has sold its stake in a joint-venture investment in luxury condominium Cliveden at Grange Road for a hefty loss. Its joint-venture partner, City Developments, bought out Wachovia’s 60 per cent stake for $204.5 million. PAGE B10
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Chelsea to go shopping
          63 4 CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich is expected to go on a £100 million (S$198 million) buying spree to make sure the revolution under Rafael Benitez ends with a trophy this season. The Russian billionaire has his sights on Atletico Madrid’s prolific striker Radamel Falcao (left), dangling a
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          Lock icon Will fans back S-League?
          33 4 THE bulk of the victorious Singapore AFF Suzuki Cup team will play in the S-League. But is that enough for fans to support the struggling local game? PAGE B16
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Les Miz: Hit and miss
          79 4 THE movie version of musical Les Miserables sees melodies taking a back seat to big-name actors’ on-screen emoting. Director Tom Hooper (right, with actress Anne Hathaway) took a risky decision of tearing a 27-year-old staple of the West End and Broadway up and rebooting it
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          Lock icon Playing to provoke
          67 4 AT LEAST one person walks out of The Holycoaster S(hit) Circus every time it is staged. The name of this provocative mockumentary-cabaret should give you a hint as to its theatrical inclinations. But its creators from the Swiss-German theatre group PENG! Palast and Israel’s Machol Shalem Dance
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          57 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L AFF Suzuki Cup: Victorious Lions feted on their return home L Australian DJs could face prosecution for royalQRcodegeneratednhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be hoax L Indian police ban rape protests in central New Delhi L Boeing engineers use spuds to improve in-air Wi-Fi L CIA chief decries
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          58 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Don’t these youths know this ‘choking game’ can be dangerous? Leeeo RWS not the only placeQRcodegnratdonhttp://qrcde.littleidiot.be to see dolphins Bedok Jetty has some too L Resident leaves message in lift for ‘idiots’ who press all the buttons L Guess where you can get green
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          37 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Education makes you less attractive? L Twin babies do Gangnam Style L Avoid getting shortchanged with foreignQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.lileidiot.be coins L Ah Boys To Men tops local box-office chart L No action for Jackie Chan
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    • Article
      Lock icon Delhi police struggle to quell protests
      550 6 PM Singh appeals for calm and vows ‘all possible efforts’ to protect women AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose three children are all girls, has appealed for calm and vowed to protect women as police struggled to quell increasing
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      Lock icon US gun lobby: Proposed ban based on lies
      585 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The most powerful gun lobby in the United States has issued a point-blank “no” on gun control, standing firm against any additional restraints on firearms and ammunition sales despite the national outcry in the wake of the Sandy Hook
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      Lock icon West Antarctica’s rapid warming increases sea-level fears
      535 6 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES OSLO West Antarctica is warming almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to worries of a thaw that would add to sea-level rise from San Francisco to Singapore. Annual average temperatures at the Byrd research station in West
      REUTERS; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY  -  535 words
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      Lock icon WP town council ‘wanted to develop own system’
      548 8  -  PAP-owned IT firm says it readily granted 2 requests to extend services By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg A COMPANY providing IT services to town councils has refuted a claim by Aljunied-Hougang Town Council (AHTC) that it had to fight to continue using
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      Lock icon Firm says it got contract in open tender
      334 8  -  GOH CHIN LIAN THE company in charge of the computerised management system of People’s Action Party (PAP) town councils said yesterday it complied fully with the law when it took over its running in 2010. Action Information Management (Aim) said it did
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      Lock icon ST Causes Week inspires Singaporeans to dig deep
      546 8  -  By JANICE TAI, LESLIE KAY LIM jantai@sph.com.sg llim@sph.com.sg FLANKED by four friends, financial consultant Sean Ong jogged through the empty streets yesterday morning from his home in Ang Mo Kio all the way to Club Rainbow’s office in Upper Cross Street. The
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      Lock icon Chinese state secrets revealed: Details of leaders’ families
      649 8  -  By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA CORRESPONDENT kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING China’s top two leaders have revealed photographs and details of their families, breaking a long-held taboo where such information is considered a state secret. In a surprise move, clearly aimed at boosting their public
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      64 8 WOMEN IN THE NEWS IN ASIA POLITICS IN SINGAPORE REAL ESTATE Park Geun Hye South Korean president-elect Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader WORLD A10 Loi Yan Yi Director of developer Canary Land Lynette Leong Chief executive of CapitaCommercial Trust Leny Suparman Chief executive of KOP Properties MONEY B10
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Incoming S. Korean leader snubs Abe
      532 10 Park’s move seen as heralding rough ride in relations with Japan ahead KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEOUL South Korea’s presi-dent-elect Park Geun Hye has “respectfully” declined to meet a special envoy of Japan’s incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe, a move seen as heralding a
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      Lock icon Improving ties with Beijing is mission No. 1: Japan envoy
      333 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s new China envoy has urged stronger economic ties with Beijing after incoming premier Shinzo Abe vowed to mend bilateral ties strained by a bitter territorial row. “My mission No. 1 is to improve the Japan-China
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      Lock icon ASIA’S POWER WOMEN
      735 10 Another female leader has emerged in Asia with the election of Ms Park Geun Hye last week as the next president of South Korea. There have been more female leaders in Asia than anywhere else and president-elect Park joins a long list of women whose rise to
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon China likely to maintain policy on North Korea
        935 12  -  Growing US influence in region, domestic pressures limit Xi’s options NEWS ANALYSIS By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA CORRESPONDENT kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has surprised many with his actions domestically but few are betting on any drastic changes from him
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        Lock icon Chinese investment migrants ‘could hurt local economy’
        247 12 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING The continuous growth in Chinese emigration by investing abroad could damage employment and rural economies back home, warned a new annual report in China which studied the trend. The wealthy in China tend to eye opportunities for moving
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        Lock icon Tibetan separatists ‘instigating self-immolation’
        692 12  -  By HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING Chinese state media has run its most extensive coverage yet of the rising trend of self-immolations by Tibetans to dispel the notion that these fiery suicides are genuine individual protests. Instead, newspapers such as the Global Times and
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        Lock icon Thai south insurgency takes a toll on students
        777 14  -  They fare worst in nationwide tests as killing of teachers affects morale By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT tanhy@sph.com.sg BANGKOK Many teachers in Thailand’s southernmost provinces have been killed in recent highprofile attacks by insurgents and the shootings are taking their toll
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        Lock icon Curriculum reform on the agenda
        231 14  -  TAN HUI YEE THE free tablet computers for Thai schoolchildren may have hogged the headlines in recent months, but Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana intends to focus on something more intangible in the coming year reforming curriculum. He revealed this to The Straits Times, after the
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        Lock icon KL under pressure after Orang Asli win land case
        825 14  -  By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT yyennie@sph.com.sg TEMERLOH (Pahang) Malaysia’s indigenous minority community, the Orang Asli, has won a landmark court battle affirming its rights over ancestral land, in a case hailed as a big victory for the marginalised group of
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        Lock icon India inks 10 agreements with Russia
        608 17  -  Deepening ties with India a policy priority: Visiting Russian leader Putin By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI India and Russia signed a clutch of pacts including one for 71 new helicopters worth US$1.3 billion (S$1.6 billion) during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s one-day
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        Lock icon Harry kills Taleban fighters in Afghanistan
        366 17 LONDON Britain’s Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, is believed to have killed his first Taleban fighters as he flew to the rescue of a patrol that had come under attack in Afghanistan, the Telegraph reported yesterday. The 27-year-old Harry was
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Parkinson’s drug in KFC
          90 17 REUTERS SHANGHAI Shanghai’s Food and Drug Administration has found a suspicious level of amantadine a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease and banned for use in food in one of the eight samples of local KFC chickens in tests conducted for levels of antibiotics and steroids.
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          Lock icon Mongolia releases lawyer
          109 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG An Australian lawyer who had been barred from leaving Mongolia has been cleared of involvement in a corruption case and will soon be able to leave the country, her employer said yesterday. SouthGobi Resources said Mongolia’s Independent Authority Against Corruption had ended its
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          Lock icon Mine accident kills seven
          108 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PESHAWAR Seven miners were killed when the roof of a coal mine collapsed in a tribal region of north-west Pakistan, officials said yesterday. The accident happened on Sunday night in the Dowli area of Orakzai, one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal regions which are
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        Lock icon Afghan policewoman kills US adviser
        287 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL An Afghan policewoman has killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters, a senior Afghan police official said. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sergeant Nargas, had entered a strategic compound in the heart of the capital and shot the adviser
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    • WILD, WACKY WEATHER
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        Lock icon Feeling the heat
        235 18/19 Extreme weather is the new norm, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has said. This year his words echoed loudly, from the Philippines to the United States, both slammed by killer storms, to Brazil, gripped by a severe drought, and countries that reported record heat. A DROUGHT
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        Lock icon Wet, wet, wet
        285 18/19 SUPERSTORM Sandy killed 59 people in the Caribbean before slamming into the east coast of the United States and taking another 110 lives. It also added up to one of the costliest economic natural disasters in the US at about US$50 billion (S$61 billion). In disaster-prone Philippines,
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        Lock icon Blowing hot and cold
        198 18/19 WHILE Europe and Japan experienced their worst snowstorms in years, leaving more than 800 people dead in January and February, the United States registered its warmest winter in more than 40 years at the same time, with cherry blossoms budding in Washington. In Europe, parts of
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        Lock icon More to come
        222 18/19 Sources: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, World Meteorological Organisation, New York Times New York Times Bloomberg Agence France-Presse SUPERSTORM Sandy was a reminder that even rich countries are not safe from extreme weather, which scientists say will become more common as the world heats up. Greenhouse
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      Lock icon Australia in a flap over GPS devices
      692 20  -  Cases of people sent the wrong way raise questions on over-reliance on technology By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY On a busy highway in Australia recently, early morning drivers were surprised to see a car cruising towards them from the
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      Lock icon Charter win could cost Mursi support for austerity reform
      478 20 REUTERS CAIRO Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will have little time to savour victory in pushing through a new Constitution as it may have cost the Islamist leader broader support for urgent austerity measures needed to fix the creaking economy. By fast-tracking
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Filipino nurse rescued after kidnap in Yemen
        90 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANAA Yemeni security services freed a Filipino nurse two hours after she was kidnapped in Sanaa, state news agency Saba reported yesterday, adding that her abductors have been arrested. An interior ministry spokesman said the men were arrested within two hours
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        Lock icon Volcano red alert at Chile-Argentina border
        106 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO Chile has issued a red alert over a volcano on the border with Argentina that has become increasingly active. The Copahue volcano, which sits in the Andes cordillera straddling the border with Argentina, started spewing ash and gas last Saturday which
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      537 21 US businesses using game concepts like points and badges to attract customers NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Congratulations. Reading the first paragraph of this article has earned you a badge. If this made-up award makes you feel good about yourself, then you
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      Lock icon Fear and blame mount over US ‘fiscal cliff’
      339 21 REUTERS WASHINGTON Some US lawmakers are voicing concern that the country will go over “the fiscal cliff” in a week, triggering harsh spending cuts and tax hikes, and some Republicans charged that was President Barack Obama’s goal. “It’s the first time I
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon US dock strike looms
        74 21 REUTERS NEW YORK Dock workers on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts moved closer to a potential strike next week which could see nearly 15,000 longshoremen walk off the job. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the union representing the dock workers, and the US Maritime Alliance, a
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        Lock icon UBS ‘tightening controls’
        54 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA Swiss banking giant UBS, hit with massive fines for manipulating global interest rates, is improving its control mechanisms, its chairman Axel Weber insisted in an interview. “We must learn from this crisis and avoid further damage to the bank,” he told the Blick daily
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        Lock icon Hanoi cuts key interest rate
        58 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI Vietnam has cut its key interest rate for the sixth time this year in an attempt to boost an economy growing at its weakest pace in more than a decade. The refinancing rate charged on loans to commercial banks was cut to
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      Lock icon CLOTHES TO SPREAD WARMTH
      62 21 People queueing for free apparel at a pop-up holiday event on Sunday organised by the Fashion Delivers charity for victims of Superstorm Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York City. The two-day event offering unused, donated clothes was expected to draw 1,000 people. Staten
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      Lock icon China starts checks on IPO applicants
      207 21 REUTERS SHANGHAI China has started to run checks on the more than 800 firms applying for domestic share sales, the latest move aimed at shortening the IPO waiting list and ease pressure on the stock market, the official China Securities Journal said yesterday. This
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      428 22 THIS festive season of goodwill and charity of heart and mind comes with a jolt. Singaporeans think of themselves as generous in supporting causes, a belief often affirmed by the impressive amounts raised in appeals. But one uncharitable view holds that the giving
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      1623 22  -  Should buyers of executive condominiums costing more than $1.5 million with luxurious facilities still receive government subsidies? EYE ON THE ECONOMY By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg EXECUTIVE condominiums (ECs) have been all the rage this year, hogging the headlines not only for robust sales but
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      1025 23  -  By JOHN MACBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com LACKING the fortitude to reduce subsidies, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has created an avaricious monster called the Indonesian motorist who thinks nothing of jumping in the car and driving aimlessly around town on some of the cheapest petrol in the world.
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      748 23  -  By NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The author is director of publications at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Editor of YaleGlobal Online. RECENT forecasts predict India will become one of the major economies shaping the world’s future. Its
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        554 24  -  AFF SUZUKI CUP WIN Bai Zhongkai I USED to be sceptical when it comes to local soccer, focusing my attention on the English Premier League instead. But after our fourth Asean title, which confirmed our strength in the region, I experienced a paradigm shift in priority.
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        Lock icon Set up help desks for foreign workers
        278 24  -  Rose Tan (Ms) FOREIGN workers labour in Singapore for only one reason: for pay, which they then remit home. When they see that other foreigners who perform the same task are getting significantly more pay, they react negatively, regardless of the difference in
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        79 24 1. MR DYLAN YEO: Fare increase acceptable if it goes to bus drivers. 2. MR CHEANG PENG WAH: Don’t dismiss siting exits at rear of buses. 3. MR DANIEL CHIA: AFF Suzuki Cup win defending a lead not the way to go. 4. POLICE: What to do in
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        Lock icon Paying double due to cross-carriage laws?
        174 24  -  Ernest Seah DUE TO the cross-carriage laws which compel pay-TV operators to share exclusive content, ESPN and Star Sports are now also available on Star Hub cable, and have been added to its sports group package. The cost of the package will also be
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        223 25  -  Doreen Leong (Ms) DEPUTY political editor Lydia Lim has highlighted the salient points of the erosion of the true essence of meritocracy (“Striking the right balance in meritocracy”; Dec 15). Yes, wealth can buy merit via higher-quality preschool education, tuition and enrichment
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          95 25  -  Chew Mun Kit THERE may be a solution for online credit card purchases that go bad. Most banks allow for something called a “chargeback”. As I understand it, the bank will reimburse you the amount paid if you report the incident within 120 days,
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          122 25  -  Rajasegaran Ramasamy POLYCLINICS are a means of subsidised treatment for chronic illness such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. They are also a first-stop care centre for patients seeking subsidised treatment in government restructured hospitals. Our polyclinics are always crowded and
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          174 25  -  David Loo THE Central Provident Fund Board has raised the Medisave Minimum Sum to $38,500 (“CPF Minimum Sum to be raised”; May 31). I would like the board to explain how it arrived at such a sum, with regard to a case like mine.
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        363 25  -  BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP Vivien Tan (Mrs) IT IS unfair to highlight the negatives when speaking of the generation gap that is as apparent as the age difference between a child and his parent (“Seniors know seniors better” by Mr Geoffrey Kung; Dec 15).
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        320 25  -  LAST HAKKA CEMETERY V. Balu READING the article (“Last Hakka cemetery may have to make way”; last Friday) brought back indelible fond memories. Almost four decades have passed since I was a child living at Block 6, Holland Close, and played in the grounds of
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      403 26 THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS IS NOT OVER YET BOXING DAY SALE 26 DEC 2012 MAKE MERRY WHILE IT LASTS A Pleasing Delight First 50 shoppers receive a beauty hamper (worth over $100) with $500* spent. Shop For Free! Be one of the eight lucky shoppers to win $200 worth of
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      840 1  -  Some suggest priority for first-timers, doing away with engine capacity tiers By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg WITH certificates of entitlement (COEs) for small cars breaching the $80,000 mark, some are renewing the call for the current quota system to be reviewed. Suggestions include using
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      197 2  -  ELENA CHONG A TRUCK driver has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run accident that left a cyclist dead. Sun Xiangjian, 36, is accused of failing to keep a proper lookout before running over the construction worker from China. He is also said to have failed to
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      530 2  -  He tears open packages on shelves to vent frustration after failing to land a job By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg ONE by one, he ripped open the packages, revealing the goodies inside. But this was no child eagerly opening his Christmas presents. Instead, it
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      543 3  -  Diao Yu Dao moniker draws attention of police, Acra and ad authority By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg BARELY two months after opening for business, a cafe at Peace Centre called Diao Yu Dao has come to the attention of at least three agencies for its
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        415 4/5  -  Changing expectations prompted a rethink of several long-held policies this year, and saw the Government make some course corrections as part of its effort to engage citizens more. Leonard Lim gives a rundown of the key moves. Leonard Lim WHAT IT IS ENGAGEMENT became
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        343 4/5 WHAT IT IS WHEN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wanted Singaporeans to ask themselves fundamental questions about what kind of nation they wanted in the future, he decided to get them talking about it. The result: A “national conversation” that aims to engage thousands
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        354 4/5 WHAT IT IS SINGAPORE held its first by-election in 20 years in May, after the Hougang seat became vacant when the Workers’ Party expelled MP Yaw Shin Leong for refusing to answer allegations of adultery. The Prime Minister is not bound by law to call a by-election
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        314 4/5 WHAT IT IS IT WAS once a sacred cow many thought would never be slayed. The highest echelon of the People’s Action Party had for decades defended its position that sufficiently high pay is needed to draw top talent to public service. But at
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        322 4/5 WHAT IT IS PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong sprung a surprise for some this month when he said the Government was aiming for a long-term “sustainable” rate of economic growth of 2 per cent to 3 per cent. Until then, the official
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      505 6  -  They stage dramas and musicals to commemorate the festive season By JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg WHILE most Christians across the island will be heading to their respective churches this morning for their Christmas services, members of Cornerstone Community Church will be flocking to Fairmont
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      377 6  -  STACEY CHIA IT’S been a “pretty decent year” for Secondary Three student Alif Muhammad. The 15-year-old said he would normally only get a present on his birthday, but this year he got a second gift a voyage out to sea with his
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      344 6  -  JANICE HENG NEW year, new chairman for two statutory boards. Next Tuesday, Mr Moses Lee will take over as head of the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC). He replaces Dr Loo Choon Yong, who is stepping down as SDC chairman. Dr Loo
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        506 8 Over 90 per cent of the food we eat comes from all over the world, and just about 1 per cent of land is set aside for farming, a fate that seems inevitable for land-scarce Singapore. But the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) hopes to increase Singapore’s
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        728 8  -  By MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg HOSPITALS have upgraded and boosted services, but seeing a doctor at the accident and emergency (A&E) department and getting a bed in a ward continues to be a waiting game. Patients at the A&E wards of six tertiary
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        Lock icon Xmas can-do spirit at Ang Mo Kio
        426 8  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg IT TOOK the residents of Ang Mo Kio 11/2 months to collect, sort and clean more than 2,000 cans for a secret project. Cheng San Zone E Residents’ Committee planned a Christmas surprise for Ang Mo Kio residents on
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      491 10  -  Wachovia’s $55m loss on Grange Road project highlights weak market By DENNIS CHAN DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR dennis@sph.com.sg UNITED States financial services group Wachovia has sold its investment in City Developments’ (CDL’s) freehold Grange Road project at a hefty loss. The sale,
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      1147 10  -  By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg BREAKING into the male-domi-nated world of real estate is no easy feat but some women have earned their stripes in an industry where the ruggedness of bricks and mortar rules. The Straits Times speaks to three women
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      403 11  -  Senior Correspondent Anita Gabriel talks to three corporate chiefs on their year and the one to come Anita Gabriel Samuel Tsien, CEO, OCBC Bank AS THE high-powered boss of South-east Asia’s second-largest bank by assets
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      352 11 Koay Peng Yen, CEO, Tiger Airways THE low-cost carrier has hardly had a dull moment this year. In August, shipping veteran Koay Peng Yen vaulted to the carrier’s executive suite. A reshuffle at the top followed soon after. In
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      382 11 Desmond Kuek, CEO, SMRT AT FIRST blush, it may be hard to reconcile Mr Desmond Kuek’s composed demeanour with the troubles facing the transport giant until you discover he is a former military man honed with the skills
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      Lock icon Year of the revolving door in the CEO’s office
      579 11  -  More than 40 bosses hand over the reins at listed firms By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE revolving doors to the chief executive suites have spun fast this year with more than 40 bosses handing over the reins at listed
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        400 12  -  Singapore-based firm will partner operator linked to 51 Viet banks By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE-BASED firm Tagit has inked a deal with Vietnamese payment switch operator Smartlink to provide mobile banking ser- vices to banks there. Its software platform Mobeix lets
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        1232 12 REUTERS HONG KONG Minutes after the market closed on a Tuesday in September, a number of bankers in Asia received a phone call from Temasek Holdings looking to unload a big chunk of shares in SingTel. A flurry of meetings
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        424 13  -  Investors take comfort as hikes in housing and transport costs ease BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg PROMISING inflation data helped the local market cruise to a slightly higher holiday eve closing after a half-day trading yesterday. Traders took some
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        296 13  -  By ESTHER TEO year. esthert@sph.com.sg HONG KONG-BASED telecommunications products trader Global Tech (Holdings) sank deeper into the red with a loss of HK$20.6 million (S$3.2 million) for the 12-month period ended Sept 30. This extended a loss of HK$15.2 million in the previous
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          97 13 STI TRADING VOLUME 187.99 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 20 Losers: 6 Unchanged: 4 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 766.47 511.38 691.97 898.05 234.94 209.90 258.98 3.83 0.62 9.99 6.14 0.55 0.64 0.30 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods
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          72 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.09 billion shares worth $404.1 million UP DOWN Gainers: 182 Losers: 128 Unchanged: 482 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI SET Thailand 22,541.18 1,981.82 2,159.05 835.71 1,667.73 1,372.07 34.89 1.4 5.74 6.07 8.88 -1.31 Yesterday’s close Index
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          130 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 24,2012 Top Rises Dec 24 CENTS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 90.0 0.8 Dec 24 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 47.1 0.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2127 34.2 1.3 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100
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          56 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 203 112.5 CapMallsAsia 194 +1.5 3727 194.5
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          49 13 Dec 24 AgainstS$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$toone unitofforeigncurrency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$to100units offoreigncurrency: 1.2708 1.2714 1.0412 1.0416 1 2282 1.2290 1.0068 1.0063 1.6107 1.6112 1.3197 1.3200 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Source: OCBC
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      145 7 HOLLAND GR. 5985/ 4.5K sf 999-yr. 1 min Henry Pk Pri. Sq land. Possible to detach Daniel Ling *****605 GREENLEAF RD LUXURIOUS F’hold. 4500/ GFA 7560 sqft, 5+1 Big Pool Home Lift *****605 Daniel Ling BRIZAY PK $1342 psf. Don’t miss! ***** sqft. Tranquil. Holland Pk by K2LD ***** sf.
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      189 8 4RM GLENTREES Mt Sinai 3412 sf. 999 yrs. Tenanted. Ask $1300 psf neg. Merry X’mas! Isaac Ong *****716 ORCHARD SCOTTS 2282 sf 3+study. High flr. Move in. High rental yield @$18K. Mins MRT. Apple *****746 $REDUCED! OPEN HOUSE Ridgewood 1744sf 3rm#07 $2.0X. Tis’ the season to be jolly! Sarah 9842-9517
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      85 9 NEW CONDO@ Tanah Merah 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 rm Dual Key/ Penthse. MRT. Affordable Developer’s Sales Team URBAN VISTA, NEW Launch 1 min to Tanah Merah MRT Excellent location fr $6xxk Call now for VVIP booking! URBAN VISTA Tanah Merah MRT. Fr $6xxK. 1/ 2 /3/4 bdrms. Branded fittings Call
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      103 9 OPTIMA 3 BDRM. 1302 sqft. High floor, Balcony. Pool view. Near MRT. Just TOP. Silvester Chua 9628-8813 RIPPLE BAY Pasir Ris 3rm fr $9xxK 4rm fr $1.1xM A1 layout. Face NS, No sun Only 39 unit, selling fast! Don’t miss this value buys! ALM ISLE D.17. Brand new showflat. Final
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      256 10 PALM ISLES Investor’s Choice! Near Changi Biz Pk SUTD. Good rent yield. 1rm Fr $555k. Valen 9133 2213 ***PALM ISLES Serene Environment Spacious 3rm Fr $825k. No West Sun. PoolView! Mimi 9883-9223 BRAND NEW! DOUBLE Bay #10 unblock, windy. 3bdrm 1270sqft. F/facilities. MRT. View today Roy *****033 NEW PROJECT SENGKANG
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      195 10 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Call Juliana 9735-1727 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual key Penthse. Reg now! Alyssa 9636-0362 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Basri Fahriza 9635 3684 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT.
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      207 10 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Suzanne Ng 9007-0868 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual key Penthse. Reg now! Clement 8382 8585 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Shirleen Yap 9010 6668 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse.
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      291 10 MUST SELL! VIEW by appt Weekday 7-9pm Weekend 2-4pm. 4’A’ 201 Petir Rd #05. Unblocked Val $385K 4’A’ CORNER 223 Pending 103 sqm. Lift paid. Opp mkt. All races/ PR. Can contra. Shane 9006-0192 5’I’ BLK. 183. High floor. 3 yrs renovation. Open view. Val $595K.LRT/MRT/ Shpg Mall. Alan Oo
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      258 10 OPEN HSE SUN 1-3pm 3’I’ Blk 645 Corner. 69 sqm. Lift level. Move-in. Breezy Val $330K. All PR/races. 3’NG’ BLK 247. 68 sqm, lift level, high flr. Unblock view. Move-in. Mkt/ sch. All races. Ang LS 9436-2958 3-RM BLK 40 Teban Gdn. High flr, reno, corner, lift landing, all races/
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      270 11 4’A’ BLK 145. 86 sqm. Very high flr. Face S. Val $650K. 5’I’ Blk 152 High flr. MRT. Jumbo 168 Tan *****098 4’I’ POINT BLK-191. Corner All Races/ PR. Val $520K. Sole Agt. #07 Flr. 84 sqm. neg. Ravin 9798-5917 BLK 585 NEW list. 5’I’. 111 sqm. Unblock, reno. NS
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      291 11 3’NG’ BLK 731 Low flr. South facing. Move in MRT/ amenities. Val $323K VTO. Thomas 9091-5488 4S BLK.389 AVE.6. High flr. Bright/breezy,unblockview Orig Lift upgrading all race Low COV. Chris *****777 4S BLK 715. Mid flr. Lift. Well reno. Open view. PR ratio filled. Val $350K. Can contra. 9107-4566 Frank
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      145 11 2+1/ STUDIO HOCK Mansion Near Dhoby Ghaut, Bugis Little India MRT. Fully furn. Aircon. Ang LS 9436-2958 BOTANICS ON LLOYD 3488 sqft. 4+1 gdn. Duplex. Cosy. Super convenient. $15K Jessica *****313 DWG DUCHESS CREST. 2-BDRMS. 980 sqft. P/furn. 1km to Nanyang Pri Raffles Pri. Immed. Chris 9227-5777 ONE JERVOIS 3-RM,
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      358 11 VIVA NOVENA. New elegant 1959 sf. 4-bdrms. #19. Best facing. $9.2k neg. Immed. David 9451-1821 D.11 TRILIGHT JUST TOP. 2 rms. 1195 sqft. Mid flr. Pte lift. Facilities. $6.3K. Call Ivy 9691-6893 DTZ MAPLEWOODS. 3+1. 1335 sf. High floor. Bright. Quiet greenery. Amenities. $Neg. Jessica: 9005-8313 (DWG). MAPLEWOODS 2RM 980SFT
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      191 11 ASTORIA PARK 28 Lor Mydin 2-bdrm 958 sf. MRT. Beautifully furn. Immed. $3.xk neg. Gary *****388 SIMSVILLE 2 Geylang E. 3+1 bdrms, 1250 sqft. MRT, F/furn, amenities, eateries. $3.xk neg. Gary *****388 NO COMMISSION ON tenant Kallang mini studio S$1100, Rick *****615 *****117 Aalto 1959 sf 4+1. Resort facilities. New.
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