The Straits Times, 23 January 2013

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  • 541 1  -  $8m fund will help ease burden on families with high medical bills By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma CHILDREN with major illnesses will receive extra help from an $8 million Government scheme designed to help parents cope with their health-care costs. Medifund
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  • 603 1  -  By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chanckr@sph.com.sg WORKERS’ Party (WP) secre-tary-general Low Thia Khiang defended his party’s performance in Parliament last night following criticism from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Addressing the party’s rally in Punggol East, he said the eight WP parliamentarians had done
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  • 49 1 A CONTROVERSIAL penalty condemned the LionsXII to their second loss in three Malaysian Super League football matches yesterday. The Singapore outfit fell 0-1 to Terengganu’s T-Team after the referee deemed that Faritz Hameed had been guilty of a handball in the 75th minute. L SPORT B22
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 434 2 / 3  -  Foreign inflow 23% up from 2011; Singapore remains top investor By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA South-east Asia’s largest economy continues to be a magnet for foreign investors, who pumped in a record US$24.6 billion (S$30.2 billion) in investments last year, up 23
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    • 77 2 / 3 After the oath-taking ceremony came the celebrations. US President Barack Obama got big cheers as he strode into an inauguration ball and another four years in the White House with his wife, but it was Michelle who stole the limelight on Monday with her ruby-coloured, chiffon halter-neck
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    • 452 2 / 3  -  By YIP WAI YEE yipwy@sph.com.sg VETERAN getai performer and part-time actor John Cheng, better known as Ah Nan, died of a heart attack yesterday after complaining of chest pains for the past six months. The 52-year-old, whose life was as colourful as the
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    • 676 2 / 3  -  A third of nearly 30,000 Yale aspirants apply to new college here By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg YALE University has received a record number of applications for this year despite the controversy surrounding its new liberal arts college in Singapore. Nearly 30,000
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
        • 54 4 A NEW $8 million scheme will help parents of seriously ill children to cope with their health-care costs. Medifund Junior is being set up from March 1 to provide assistance with large hospital bills, expensive outpatient treatment and home care, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong
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        • 51 4 A GROUP of Scoot passengers from China alerted their embassy after being forced to wait at Changi Airport for almost 11 hours due to a fault with their plane. Embassy officials went to the airport after the call to ensure tensions did not escalate further. PAGE
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      • WORLD
        • 70 4 FEARS are mounting for a six-year-old boy who went missing a week ago while out shopping with his family in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. His disappearance comes at a time when Malaysians are increasingly disturbed about crime. The Malaysian Chinese Association, part of Prime Minister Najib
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        • 55 4 JAPAN is reeling from the deaths of seven nationals in the Algerian desert siege. Many sought more protection for those working abroad. Others urged Tokyo to beef up its ties with spy agencies abroad. Meanwhile, there was no word on three other Japanese nationals who remain
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        • 90 4 WITH a convincing re-election under his belt and the economy on the mend, President Barack Obama made clear in his 19-minute inaugural address that progress on contentious issues did not require complete agreement with his critics. And he laid down a series of clear ideological markers
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      • OPINION
        • 52 4 EMERGENCY measures Beijing is planning to control worsening air pollution indicate some recognition of the high environmental and health costs of rapid and unrestrained growth. Hopefully, this will also spur other Asian nations to strike a sustainable balance between development and the environment.
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      • HOME
        • 57 4 INVESTORS who poured large sums into local gold trading company The Gold Guarantee are concerned over the fate of their investments. This after the company’s chief executive Lee Song Teck did not turn up for a meeting with clients on Monday to explain why they would not
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        • 76 4 LAW professor Tey Tsun Hang, who is on trial for corruptly obtaining gifts and sex from a female student in exchange for improving her grades, said yesterday that senior CPIB officer Teng Khee Fatt was a “sophisticated interrogator” who could play both good cop and
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        • 54 4 THE Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), slated to become the Republic’s fifth autonomous university, will offer 3,500 places by 2020 to meet the demand for university places. It will also launch its own degree programmes by 2015, and possibly in areas such as hospitality and
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      • MONEY
        • 55 4 MARKET watchers expect Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi to gain control of Fraser and Neave (F&N) now that rival bidder Overseas Union Enterprise has pulled out of the running. They also expect him to hang on to the property and drinks businesses, given his interest and past investments
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      • SPORT
        • 68 4 WINNING Asia’s first grand slam singles title became a burden that sapped the confidence out of Li Na, but the 30-year-old Chinese felt it come flooding back in reaching her third Australian Open semi-final yesterday. She beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3 in
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      • LIFE!
        • 73 4 THE President’s Young Talents exhibition, featuring commissioned works by Singapore’s most promising artists under the age of 35, opens on Friday. Each artist offers multi-layered approaches through works ranging from photography and film to installation and multimedia. PAGE C2 Artist Grace Tan, 34, arranging her “clouds”, made
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        • 54 4 UPMARKET French restaurant Saint Pierre at Central Mall will be closing its doors next month after 13 years. Its owner, celebrity chef Emmanuel Stroobant, says his new restaurant in Sentosa Cove may retain the Saint Pierre name. The new place is slated to open in April
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      • WHAT'S ONLINE
        • 37 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Government releases new measures to promote marriage and parenthood L Bigger baby bonus and Medisave grants for parents L Video clip of collision between lorry and motorcycle goes viral
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        • 56 4 www.stomp.com.sg L “Ah Beng bad boy” actor and getai artist Ah Nan dies of heart attack L Love Story: “I asked Fish to be my GF a day after we first met” L Loan sharks threaten to burn flat down even though it’s a new tenant
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        • 99 4 IN MONDAY’S report, Sembcorp-PPL Holdings Case: Court overturns ‘criminal contempt’ ruling, we reported that the Court of Appeal said that the contempt proceedings brought by Sembcorp Marine (“SCM”) against Mr Anthony Aurol were “procedurally defective” as the Attorney-General was not consulted. However, the Court of Appeal also noted that
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    • PUNGGOL EAST BY-ELECTION
      • 604 6  -  He urges residents to compare Koh’s comprehensive plan with that of others By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday called on Punggol East voters to compare the plans People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate Koh Poh Koon has
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      • 545 6  -  ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: REFORM PARTY SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE By JOYCE LIM, ROBIN CHAN joycel@sph.com.sg chanckr@sph.com.sg AFTER the morning rain, the sun is now beating down on a group of men dressed in yellow tees as they knock from door to door. At
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      • 544 6  -  By LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg SOON after Punggol East MP Michael Palmer quit politics last month, Dr Koh Poh Koon received a call to go to the Istana to meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He knew what was on the agenda: Would he
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      • 456 6  -  By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A GIANT shark-shaped balloon bearing Mr Desmond Lim’s smiling face might well have been floating around Punggol East by now, if he had his way. “But I wasn’t sure the police would allow it,” said the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) candidate on
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    • PUNGGOL EAST BY-ELECTION
      • 754 7  -  Sylvia Lim alleges that residents may become pawns for political gain By ANDREA ONG, TESSA WONG andreao@sph.com.sg twong@sph.com.sg WORKERS’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim charged last night that town council management has become a political avenue to “trip up” the opposition, even at
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      • 295 7  -  By ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg THE Workers’ Party slammed the Government last night for not doing enough to help the elderly, as it called for more recognition for their contributions towards Singapore’s success. The party suggested a slew of policy changes to benefit
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      • 452 7  -  ANDREA ONG THE four-cornered fight in the Punggol East by-election has yielded two winners the People’s Action Party and the Reform Party in the race to hold the coveted last-night rallies tomorrow. They won a ballot for the two available rally
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      • 872 7  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chanckr@sph.com.sg THE Punggol East four-cornered fight is noteworthy for the return of two candidates: the Workers’ Party’s Ms Lee Li Lian and the Singapore Democratic Alliance’s Mr Desmond Lim. Both ran in the north-east ward in the 2011
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      • 336 7  -  By KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg WORKERS’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang dismissed criticisms of it being an arrogant party that does not uphold opposition unity. Instead, he said the party believes the diversity in the “complex” opposition camp, with its different leaders and political
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    • 625 8  -  By GOH SHI TING, DERRICK HO stgoh@sph.com.sg derrickh@sph.com.sg TRAINEE teacher Hazel Ng, whose scooter was sideswipped by a lorry and caught on a video that went viral, will no longer be able to graduate in May because of her injuries. The accident left a
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    • 494 8  -  About 100 passengers to Tianjin vent their fury over 11-hour delay By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg AROUND a hundred Chinese Scoot passengers rang their embassy to complain after a flight delay left them stranded at Changi Airport for almost 11 hours. They erupted
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    • 612 9 Japan’s central bank adopts open-ended easing, doubles inflation target to 2% BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS TOKYO Bowing to government pressure, Japan’s central bank made its strongest commitment yet to end two decades of stagnation, shifting to Federal Reserve-style open-ended asset purchases and doubling its
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    • 385 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG MANILA The Philippines has taken China to a United Nations tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea including Philippine territory, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said. “The Philippines has exhausted almost all political and diplomatic avenues
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    • 134 2 / 3 WATCH THE VIDEO Ah Nan had a colourful showbiz career. ELRICATANU looks back. Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information. L SEE HOME B4 ORCHARD I SCOTTS Winner of the FIABCI Pnx d Excellence Award 2009 -5 f a 1 1
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    • 46 6 LATEST ELECTION ACTION IN PUNGGOL JERMYN CHOW wonders if having famous relatives is a boon for politicians All the news and views in at www.singapolitics.sg Visit www.straitstimes.com or singapolitics.sg from 7pm today for the latest updates from the rally. Watch last night’s WP rally on www.razortv.com.sg
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  • WORLD
    • 925 10  -  No attempt to placate ideological foes in his second inaugural speech NEWS ANALYSIS By CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON Four years ago, with the US economy on the edge of another Depression and his political future uncertain, President Barack Obama
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    • 725 11  -  Crowds brave the cold to cheer Obama’s second inauguration By TRACY QUEK US CORRESPONDENT tracyq@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON From all corners of the country the western state of California, Texas in the south, Massachusetts in the chilly north-east they made their way over the weekend to
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    • ASIA
      • 288 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS DENPASAR (Bali) An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced a British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine worth US$2.5 million (S$3 million) in her suitcase into the resort island of Bali even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence. Lindsay June
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      • 474 12  -  First of 15 gubernatorial polls in Indonesia this year By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA South Sulawesi voters have re-elected incumbent governor and Golkar provincial chief Syahrul Yasin Limpo to a second term in a closely fought three-way race. Yesterday’s election, which saw 70
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 61 12 BUTTERWORTH (Penang) A Christian leader yesterday filed a police complaint after he found a notice calling upon Muslims to burn Malay versions of the Bible at a field on Sunday, the Malaysian Insider said. Reverend John Kennady of St Mark’s Church filed the complaint as a controversy in
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        • 45 12 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR Bank Islam has filed two police reports against chief economist and opposition member Azrul Azwar Ahmad Tajudin, whom it recently suspended after he predicted an election loss for the ruling Barisan Nasional at a public forum in Singapore.
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        • 26 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANDA ACEH A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing an eight-year-old girl and leaving 15 people injured, officials said.
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      • 532 13  -  Gunman in Cebu then kills himself; violence latest in spate of fatal gun incidents By ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA Using a handgun apparently concealed in a folded newspaper, an elderly Canadian facing charges of illegal possession of firearms opened fire in a
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      • 283 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD A lawyer acting for Pakistani intelligence has said that a group of men detained for years on suspicion of terror attacks had been held on “moral grounds”, admitting there was no evidence against them. The admission, made in
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      • 398 16 Japanese PM’s non-govt letter-bearer hopes to ease tension over isle row AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING Japan’s hawkish Premier Shinzo Abe held out an olive branch to China, sending a letter to Beijing’s leader-in-waiting to be hand-delivered by a coalition ally. The move comes
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      • 455 16 KUALA LUMPUR Fears are mounting in Malaysia for a six-year-old boy who went missing a week ago while out shopping with his family. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), part of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition, has instructed its 3,000 branches nationwide to put
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      • 283 16 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG BEIJING New plans to reduce air pollution in Beijing fell flat yesterday, judging by the initial online reaction as the capital’s mayor unveiled measures to ease the chronic problem. The metropolis’ already notorious air pollution hit a record earlier this
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      • 674 17  -  KL hopes strong ties with Beijing will win over local Chinese voters By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin is slated to help open a China-Malaysia industrial park in Pahang next month, in the latest sign
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      • 285 17  -  By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT ly yyennie@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s stock market fell for the second consecutive day, albeit less drastically, on speculation that Prime Minister Najib Razak would dissolve Parliament after Chinese New Year to make way for the
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      • 255 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday pledged solidarity with the Palestinians on his first trip to Gaza, and backed reconciliation efforts between Hamas and Fatah. Datuk Seri Najib, who entered Gaza via the Rafah crossing from Egypt along with
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      • 409 17  -  By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR A top Sabah Umno leader challenged opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to “tell the truth” about an alleged citizen ship-for-votes plot in the 1990s, in a move to deflect the heat from the
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 42 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The US Library of Congress is assembling all of the 400 million tweets sent by Americans each day, in the belief that each of the mini-messages reflects a small but important part of the national narrative.
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      • 51 18 REUTERS JERUSALEM Israelis began voting yesterday in a parliamentary election widely expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office and cement power for rightists opposed to Palestinian statehood. Full official results are not due till today, opening the way for coalition
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      • 82 18 REUTERS ROUEN (France) Millions of French felt sick or got headaches after a gas leak on Monday cast a strong odour of sweat and rotten eggs across northern France and Paris. By yesterday, it had wafted across the English Channel as far as London. The authorities
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    • 419 18 Fewer flights cancelled after days of severe disruptions due to snow BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Europe’s largest airports are slowly returning to normal operations after five days of heavy disruptions related to ice and snow. London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest air hub, scrapped 10 flights
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    • 494 19 More protection urged for Japanese abroad as nation mourns seven dead AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS TOKYO Japan has been left reeling after the deaths of at least seven nationals in the Algerian desert siege, with calls for greater protection for those
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    • 345 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALGIERS The hostage-taking at a remote Algerian gas plant was an “inside job” carried out by 30 militants from northern Africa and two from Canada. The Algerian authorities say the militants knew the layout and included explosives experts who rigged it
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    • 319 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s Prince Harry said he killed Taleban fighters during his stint as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan. Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, spent a 20-week posting flying scores of missions over the restive
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    • 607 20 But lobby group warns of boom-bust cycle if stimulus gets withdrawn ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS DAVOS (Switzerland) The world is awash in easy money, with consequences that are starting to worry some central bankers and business leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum
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    • 352 20 REUTERS BRUSSELS Germany, France and nine other euro zone countries have got the go-ahead to implement a tax on trading, despite the reservations of financial centres such as London and Luxembourg that are worried it could drive business out of
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 98 20 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Iskandar Waterfront Holdings, a Malaysian master property developer, is expected to list on the local bourse in June in a deal set to raise more than US$300 million (S$370 million), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. “They are targeting a
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      • 99 20 REUTERS HONG KONG India’s economy will grow “no better than” 5.7 per cent in the current fiscal year but will regain traction in 2013/2014, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said, as he sought to reassure foreign investors that the government remains pro-growth. He also sought to allay fears
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      • 86 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS Greece narrowed its budget deficit to 8.1 per cent last year, a junior finance minister said, marking a rare improvement over targets pledged to its EU-IMF creditors. The nation was obliged to bring its budget deficit to ¤16.3 billion (S$26.6 billion) or 8.4
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    • 567 21 Governments’ austerity measures hurting employment, UN agency warns NEW YORK TIMES PARIS More than 197 million people worldwide are jobless, and an additional 39 million have simply given up looking for work, according to a UN agency which warned that government budg-et-balancing was hurting
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    • 275 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Republicans in the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would temporarily suspend the debt ceiling until May 19 and postpone high-stakes negotiations over the country’s borrowing authority. The party leadership which controls Bill movement in the House had
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    • 442 22 EVEN if they seem too little too late, the emergency measures Beijing is planning to control worsening air pollution indicate some recognition of an ineluctable fact rapid and unrestrained growth will exact high and rising environmental and health costs. Air quality should not
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    • 1132 22  -  Despite concerns that PM Abe is taking Japan ‘to the right’, he has acted more like a realist on territorial disputes with Tokyo’s neighbours BY INVITATION By NARUSHIGE MICHISHITA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE Mr Shinzo Abe was elected Prime Minister in
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    • 1175 24  -  Can PAS walk the tightrope between political idealism and pragmatism should the opposition run Malaysia? MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION By FARISH A. NOOR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE recent controversy over the use of the word “Allah” by Christians in Malaysia has raised questions about its impact
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    • 759 24  -  By NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE debt-ceiling drama playing in Washington might look like a rerun of a bad horror movie. But this is no Hollywood flick. The Republican Party, reeling from its election defeat in November, is holding the US Treasury hostage
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    • 1011 24  -  By YO-JUNG CHEN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN WHAT is seen as a bold (by Japan’s standard) diplomatic move towards South-east Asia, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan has just concluded a much heralded trip to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia while
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    • 885 25  -  By BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIA’S voting system is arguably one of the most unusual in the world. Like Singapore, the country makes voting compulsory. Unlike Singapore, however, it avoids the “first past the post” system in favour of preferential voting. Both electoral practices
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      • 203 26  -  Ralph McDonald I WORK in the arts scene in Singapore as a lecturer and performer, and I have become increasingly frustrated by how difficult it is to purchase tickets for productions. I tried to buy tickets for the upcoming musical
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      • 286 26  -  BABY BOOSTERS Lorraine Boon Ling Li (Ms) THUMBS-UP to the enhanced Marriage and Parenthood package (“The big push for more babies”; yesterday). The next step is to change the mindset on work-life balance because, as succinctly put by Mr Aaron Low (“Cash is no
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      • 198 26  -  Leslie Lee Shuyang THE package of pro-family measures is aimed at boosting the birth rate. However, it may be better to focus the housing priority measures on childless couples planning to have babies, rather than parents with young children (“7,000
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      • 417 26  -  Lau Hong Choon (Dr) Executive Secretary Professional Conduct and Professional Standards Division Singapore Medical Council WE REFER to the reply by the Singapore Medical Association’s Dr T. Thirumoorthy and Dr Wong Chiang Yin (“Doctors’ concerns not frivolous: SMA”; Jan 11). The Singapore Medical Council
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        • 67 26  -  Yeo Wee Lee IN SOME countries, the telcos provide national roaming services in addition to the usual international roaming. Can the same be done in Singapore? This could be useful when one telco’s network suffers a major disruption like the recent M1 glitch. Its subscribers can then
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        • 76 26  -  Ang Chin Guan ELDERLY people living alone have been targets of crime (“Prayer-donation scam: Trio steal from elderly”; Monday). Single women, too, are vulnerable to robbery, molestation and even rape (“Man molests lawyer in her bedroom”; Dec 13). HDB studio apartments are prime targets for
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      • 57 26 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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      • 216 27  -  STAMP DUTY RELIEF Lim Bee Khim (Ms) Director Corporate Communications Ministry of Finance MR KHOO Yik Lin (“Allow one-year transition between properties”; Monday) inquired about the conditions under which relief is given on the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) for a second property
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      • 244 27  -  Oh Jen Jen (Dr) WHILE the argument for lower fees for patients referred to the public hospitals’ accident and emergency departments (A&E) seems logical (“Lower A&E fees for referred patients” by Mr Soh Ah Yuen, Jan 9; and “Easing A&E queues:
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      • 76 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR MUHAMMAD DZUL AZHAN HAJI SAHBAN: Increase Medisave claim limit for mums-to-be. 2. MR NG CHEE KHEON: Deploy extra housemen to ease A&E queues. 3. MS ADA CHAN: Visiting GPs first may mean loss of precious time. 4. DR V. SUBRAMANIAM: Discounts and
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      • 190 27  -  David Blakely Honorary Secretary Singapore Association for Counselling AS EXECUTIVE committee members of the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC), we are grateful for the recent focus on counselling (“Introduce licensing for counsellors” by Dr Augustine Tan, Jan 9; and “Licensing for counsellors: Association replies”
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    • 41 27 PUNCHLINES From May 1, 2013... The new dad: HAPPY! Enjoy your paternity leave, Ah Huat. The boss: HAPPY! I’ll pay for his oneweek paternity leave. The colleague: NOT SO HAPPY GOVT You! Take on Ah Huat’s workload during his absence!! IN
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    • 866 1  -  Investors’ concern grows as Gold Guarantee CEO’s whereabouts unknown By MAGDALEN NG, PEARL LEE songyuan@sph.com.sg leepearl@sph.com.sg INVESTORS who have poured large sums into a local gold trading company are growing increasingly concerned over the fate of their investments. They say The Gold Guarantee’s founder and
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    • 681 2  -  NUS law professor claims he was shown kindness, and threatened SEX-FOR-GRADES TRIAL By JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg SENIOR anti-graft investigator Teng Khee Fatt was a “sophisticated interrogator” who was slick enough to play both good cop and bad cop, law professor Tey
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    • 421 2  -  By BRYNA SINGH brynasim@sph.com.sg LAW professor Tey Tsun Hang claimed last week that he was in such a poor state when he was being questioned by anti-graft investigators on April 2 last year that he hyperventilated and vomited. Yesterday, he stunned the
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    • 357 3  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg WITH two cases pending before the High Court, the Attorney-Gen-eral’s Chambers (AGC) has said it is wrong to comment on the law affecting homosexuals. It warned members of the public that it is sub judice Latin
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    • 598 3  -  More babies born with problems now than before, says KKH doc By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A RISE in the number of children born prematurely or with health problems is stretching Singapore’s top neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) to the limit. KK
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    • 489 4  -  It is fine to pull out of deal if better one comes in, say some in survey By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE labour shortage has become so acute that candidates are not shy about walking away from a professional post even after they have
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    • 416 4  -  By KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg ABOUT 1,000 Primary 4 teachers from 115 primary schools will be trained to teach English under the Strategies for English Language Learning and Reading (Stellar) programme this year. The training will extend to all upper primary English language teachers by
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    • 473 4  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), slated to become the Republic’s fifth autonomous university, will offer 3,500 places by 2020 to meet the demand for university places. That will more than double its current enrolment
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    • 633 5  -  They pose as owners to trick car wash staff into handing over keys By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg THIEVES across the Causeway have found a new way to steal Singapore vehicles by posing as the owner at a car wash. The scam
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    • 326 5  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg A FIRE broke out in a Hougang flat yesterday, apparently sparked by an electric bicycle that was being charged. The blaze was confined to the living room of the third-floor unit but firefighters had to rescue three people
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    • 149 5  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER PEOPLE who have not registered to claim their relatives’ graves at Bukit Brown cemetery now have until April to do so. The Straits Times understands that about two-thirds of the 3,746 tombs that must be exhumed have not been claimed. The
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    • 592 6  -  She was trapped inside car after he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into back of bus By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A FORMER safety officer who pleaded guilty to drink driving and causing his 25-year-old wife’s death was yesterday jailed
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    • 671 6  -  By REBECCA LYNNE TAN rltan@sph.com.sg A CELEBRITY restaurant in Macau has ousted Iggy’s restaurant in Singapore from the top spot in the annual restaurant guide for Asia, The Miele Guide. The No. 1 restaurant this year is Robuchon au Dome by the renowned
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    • 158 6 AN MRT train had to be evacuated during rush hour following a fire alert raised after sparks were produced by a portable phone charger inside a passenger’s backpack. Smoke was seen coming from the bag on a Joo Koon-bound train on the East-West
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    • 758 8 / 9  -  But some say long-term concerns such as cost and quality of childcare not addressed GOVERNMENT’S BABY BOOSTERS By THAM YUEN-C, MELODY ZACCHEUS yuenc@sph.com.sg melodyz@sph.com.sg EXTRA money will always come in handy, and couples say this week’s Marriage and Parenthood package will help
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    • 327 8 / 9  -  GOVERNMENT’S BABY BOOSTERS By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg CIVIL servants will be among the first employees to benefit from new schemes to give parents paid time off. From Jan 1 this year, the civil service will grant new paternity, shared parental, childcare and adoption leave
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    • 581 8 / 9  -  CHARISSA YONG SOME 400 couples adopt children each year and the working mothers in this group will qualify for four weeks of adoption leave, to be made mandatory from May. Adoptive parents welcomed the move as something they have long asked for, though they also identified
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  • MONEY
    • 707 10  -  Thai tycoon Charoen is likely to keep property and F&B businesses within the company’s fold, say analysts By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg MARKET watchers expect Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi to gain control of Fraser and Neave (F&N) now that rival bidder Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE)
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    • 481 10  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg AGREEING to pay Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) a break fee of up to $50 million seemed to some a costly, unnecessary concession when first announced. In essence, the Fraser and Neave (F&N) board
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    • 435 11  -  Rising costs and strong Singdollar may hit manufacturers this year, report warns By AARON LOW ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR aaronl@sph.com.sg THE electronics sector could be in for another rough year dealing with rising costs, a strong Singdollar and weak demand from personal computing, said
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    • 424 11  -  By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE buzz in the executive condominium (EC) market here has attracted another foreign player to dip its toes into Singapore’s property market. Pan-Asian real estate investment company Everview Capital Partners will acquire a 5.5 per cent stake
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    • 970 12  -  In the third of a four-part series on companies expanding through the franchising model, Cheryl Ong speaks to the founder of the after-sales car service and repair workshop franchise Autosaver. Cheryl Ong ocheryl@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to getting a routine service, many car owners here
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    • 319 15  -  Fresh weekly round runs till June 27; 500 firms expected to sign up By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg A NEW round of consultation clinics is under way to help small and medium-sized enterprises benefit from the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme.
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    • 207 15 Icpas seminar on Internationalisation for Growth Partnering for Success into China L Date: Feb 6 L Time: 8.30am to 1.30pm L Venue: Icpas City Campus, Seminar Room 6 and 7, 111 Somerset Road, TripleOne Somerset, #06-01/02, Singapore *****4 L Fee: $30 (member); $50 (non-member) Going international is
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    • 556 16  -  Strong derivatives market, increased trading volume help boost net profit By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg A STERLING showing from its derivatives business enabled the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to post a surge in second-quarter earnings. Net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 grew 16.7 per
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    • 499 16  -  By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) fourth-quarter distribution per unit (DPU) dipped 6.2 per cent to 2.33 cents from a year earlier, partly due to lower revenue on the back of asset enhancement works. Net property
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    • 250 16  -  ALVIN FOO CHINA’S tax authorities are investigating the tax affairs of three subsidiaries of Singa-pore-listed Sino Construction. Announcing the probe, the construction and civil engineering firm also said that a key shareholder is unable to make further loans to the company. Sino Construction told
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    • 441 17  -  Trading here lacklustre with Wall Street closed for Inauguration Day BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE stock market had a listless day as investors were sidelined while awaiting for fresh leads from overseas following Wall Street’s closure for President Barack
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      • 18 17 STI TRADING VOLUME 251.33 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 12 Losers: 14 Unchanged: 4
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      • 82 17 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 792.15 550.94 797.06 1,014.86 255.13 223.13 281.86 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 231.20 528.00 860.79 815.10 1,369.33 833.39 755.05 -0.06 0.57 -3.87 -0.06 -4.87 -0.25
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      • 21 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.27 billion shares worth $1.75 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 156 Losers: 287 Unchanged: 353
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      • 55 17 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 68.08 23,658.99 10,709.93 1,996.52 2,315.139 -37.81 9.66 -13.082 -13.5994 4,416.548 1,434.09 4,779.078 13,649.7 3,134.705 -23.426 -6.39 1.581
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      • 182 17 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 22, 2013 Top Rises Jan 22 CENTS DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3919 375.3 8.5 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1313 143.5 9.8 Jan 22 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 54.0 0.4 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$
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      • 30 17 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol IPCO Inti 2.1 Thai Beverage ...................45.5 83,666,000 YHM 4.1 148,649,000 ICR 0.5 112,631,000 Oceanus 5.2 104,110,000 Thai Beverage 45.5 83,666,000 2.5 71.731.000
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      • 58 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCYLAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 224 130 CapMallsAsia 219 -3 6499 222 215 1.4 18.7
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      • 31 17 (US$) (S$) (US$) (S$) 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** ,0.***** 0.***** ,0,***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) ,0.***** 0.***** *****3 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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      • 53 17 Jan 22 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.2957 1.2962 1.0563 1.0566 ***** 1.2373 1.0086 1.0082 1.6387 1.6395 1.3360
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      • 206 17 Top Rises Jan 22 CENTS RH Energy W*****8 3 150.0 1.8 UOB MB eCW*****1 5.1 15.9 0.7 RenewableEnW*****9 2.3 15.0 0.3 Asiatravel W*****7 4.8 14.3 0.6 KepCorp MBeCW*****1 17.3 6.1 1.0 OCBC Bk RBeCW*****5 8.7 6.1 0.5 KepCorp MBePW*****1 5.4 5.9 0.3 CN8800MBeCW*****7 12.4 5.1 0.6 SGX
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      • 28 17 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol (□DO) CapMallA2.15%*****1 100.6 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 103.9 +0.9 50 CapMallT2%b *****5 CityDev NCCPS 117 unch 30 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -40
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      • 149 17 INDUSTRIAL landlord Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) has eked out a 7.4 per cent gain in distribution per unit to 2.32 cents for the third quarter. The distributable income for the three months ended Dec 31 rose by 6.9 per cent to $37.7 million, driven by healthy rental
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      • 127 17 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation yesterday reported a 30.2 per cent drop in net profit to $55.5 million. This was despite revenue rising by 16.4 per cent to $137.5 million for the year ended Dec 31. The fall in bottom line was largely due to a 92.8 per cent decrease
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    • 185 19 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Basketball NBA: Cleveland v Boston (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am). Cricket 4th ODI: India v England (Live, mio TV HD Ch123 and StarHub Ch236 HD Ch237, 2.30pm). Football African Nations Cup, Gp A: South Africa v Angola (10.45pm), Morocco v Cape Verde (tomorrow, 1.30am) Live, StarHub Ch205.
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    • 14 21 South Africa v Angola (10.45pm), Morocco v Cape Verde (tomorrow, 1.30am) Live, StarHub Ch205
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    • 132 21 LOTTERY i/v/'7 Draw No. 2816/2013 Monday, 21 January 2013 Group 1 Prize: $710,979 each 1 Winning Share(s) 1) Lim Heng Ee, Blk 16 Upper Boon Keng Road #01-1113 (One System Roll Entry) Next Draw No. 2817/2013 Thursday, 24 January 2013 Group 1 Prize $600,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited
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    • 533 22  -  Faritz disputes penalty awarded to T-Team as LionsXII lose second game T-Team 1 LionsXII 0 By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg KUALA TERENGGANU Defender Faritz Hameed insisted it was never a penalty. “No lah,” he told The Straits Times as he left the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium yesterday
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    • 687 22 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON When Alex Ferguson sent his Manchester United players off to Qatar for a short training camp on Sunday night, the farewell he gave to goalkeeper David de Gea could well turn out to be a permanent one. United
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    • 622 19 He wants review of up-tempo style after Lakers lose away yet again ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO Kobe Bryant could not restrain himself after this one. It was not just that the Lakers lost again. It was how they did it, where they did it, and he was
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    • 300 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS EDMONTON (Canada) Oprah Winfrey believes Lance Armstrong can be a hero again. And she thinks people will be willing to forgive him. American talk show host Winfrey said on Monday that the hardest thing Armstrong, 41, has done in his life is
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      82 19 Basketball NBA Memphis 81 Indiana 82, New Orleans 114 Sacramento 105, Charlotte 94 Houston 100, Atlanta 104 Minnesota 96, NY Knicks 85 Brooklyn 88, Golden State 106 LA Clippers 99, Philadelphia 85 San Antonio 90, Chicago 95 LA Lakers 83, Portland 95 Washington 98. Football African Nations Cup In
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    • 919 20  -  World No. 1 shows how fit he is by dismantling Berdych in four sets COURT SIDE AUSTRALIAN OPEN By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg MELBOURNE Champions may not read newspapers, but they’re certainly in the business of mocking critics. They use skill to halt conjecture, ridicule theories and
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    • 555 20  -  HORSE RACING Written by Michael Lee AROUND this time last year, trainer Steven Burridge was making headlines in Dubai with four winners in rapid-fire succession, but this year's second desert raid to the Middle-Eastern racing mecca has not quite reached the same lofty
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    • 794 20  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH MELBOURNE It could be the sun, the courts, the air, the month. It could be the comfort of her growing history here or some lame theory on geography. After all, this is the Grand Slam of the Asia-Pacific and she is Chinese. Either way,
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    • 236 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE Maria Sharapova yesterday scoffed at being rated the world’s highest-paid female athlete by Forbes, and sarcastically asked if the magazine had access to her bank account. The Russian starlet was listed with annual earnings of US$27.9 million (S$34.2
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    • 515 21 Fines sheet goes viral, adding to blow from weekend loss to Chelsea THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal are not just suffering from a lack of belief. They have also been hit by a lack of privacy. A list of rules for Arsene Wenger’s players has
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    • 314 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Gary Cahill has urged Chelsea to draw on the memory of last season’s Champions League success when they face Swansea today in the second leg of their English League Cup semi-final. Rafael Benitez’s side travel to the Liberty Stadium trailing
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    • 363 21 REUTERS LONDON Southampton threw up a defensive wall around both their goal and their new Argentinian manager on Monday, repelling a high-flying Everton side as well as a threatened fans’ protest at St Mary’s. Having replaced the sacked Nigel Adkins on Friday, Mauricio Pochettino
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    • 245 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS NELSPRUIT (South Africa) The African Nations Cup on Monday produced all the colour, chaos and drama with which it has traditionally been associated. Leading the way were Ethiopia, whose return to the tournament after a 31-year absence drew an estimated 10,000
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    • 112 21 PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Thousands of fans gathered at Istanbul’s main airport on Monday to greet Dutch midfield star Wesley Sneijder (above), who had earlier agreed to join Turkish club Galatasaray from Italian side Inter Milan for a reported three-year contract worth ¤5 million (S$8.2 million)
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      • 64 21 REUTERS LONDON New Mercedes GP executive director Toto Wolff has dismissed reports that Ross Brawn’s role as principal is under threat with McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe lined up to run the Formula One team instead. BBC pundit and former F1 team owner Eddie
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      • 51 21 REUTERS BERLIN Hanover 96 are feeling a little short-changed with new signing Franca, with the Brazilian failing to measure up to the towering midfielder the Bundesliga club had expected. The 21-year-old from Brazilian side Coritiba is 9cm shorter than the 1.90m player coach Mirko Slomka had been
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      • 62 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI A group of Indian former athletes has urged illegal officials of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to quit for the sake of the country, after the International Olympic Committee declared last month’s elections “null and void”. “In the interest of Indian
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      • 54 21 LONDON Four Brighton and Hove Albion players, including the 19-year-old son of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, took pictures of themselves sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman, a British court heard yesterday. The players allegedly took her to their hotel room after celebrating a win in July 2011,
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    • 11 22 Gunners reeling from another blow B19 Angry Kobe demands change B21
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    • 143 1 Best local artists under 35 President’s Young Talents show features multi-layered works C2 The Sessions Film about disabled man who wants sex is full of delights C6 Stroobant closes Saint Pierre He will open bigger place on Sentosa C10 Director Kathryn Bigelow (left) and actress Jessica Chastain break gender stereotypes
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    • 616 2  -  A cloud made up of price tags and photos displayed on the floor are some of the exhibits at the President’s Young Talents show Deepika Shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg An exhibition recognising the talents of young Singapore artists is a welcome addition to this month’s packed arts calendar.
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    • 686 2 New York Times New York Reviews on Amazon are becoming attack weapons, intended to sink new books as soon as they are published. In the biggest, most overt and most successful of these campaigns, a group of Michael Jackson fans used
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      • 1045 3  -  Actor, director, audience member Indian movie icon Kamal Haasan says he wants to see good movies made Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg At 58 and with numerous accolades to his name, Indian movie legend Kamal Haasan could have called it quits years ago. But the actor, director,
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      • 1394 4  -  Zero Dark Thirty’s director and screenwriter stress film’s factual credentials yet claim creative licence in torture debate Alison de Souza In New York stlife@sph.com.sg Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, begins with a line saying it is “based on first-hand accounts of
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      • 599 5  -  Review Thriller ZERO DARK THIRTY (NC16) 157 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: In the years immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Central Intelligence Agency operative Maya (Jessica Chastain) is one of many in the group searching for Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Her pet theory is
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      • 836 5  -  Alison de Souza The Bechdel Rule is a test of gender bias in fiction first suggested by an American comic strip in the 1980s, where a character says she watches only films that satisfy three conditions: There are (a) at least two female characters who (b)
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      • 514 6  -  The Sessions wins with its comic element and portrayal of a disabled man’s internal struggles Review Drama THE SESSIONS (R21) 95 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Journalist and poet Mark O’Brien, paralysed from the neck down by childhood polio, wrote a magazine article about hiring a professional
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      • 454 6  -  Review Action thriller THE EXPATRIATE (PG) 104 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Ex-CIA agent Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) is trying to rebuild a relationship with his estranged teenage daughter Amy (Liana Liberato). Taking her along with him as he relocates from the United States to Cologne, Belgium,
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          182 6  -  Tay Yek Keak (www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Htr 2B1EBJ4) I don’t know. Who would want to see a historical film about Mac Arthur except military buffs, historians, the Japanese and corncob pipe smokers. He is Douglas Mac Arthur, the American supre-mo-general who oversaw the occupation of Japan after World War II and had
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      • 637 7  -  Auteur P.T. Anderson delves into the power of self-belief Review Drama THE MASTER(M18) 137 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a drifter, a heavy drinker prone to hallucinations and bouts of violence. He stows away on a yacht belonging to Lancaster Dodd (Philip
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    • 91 8 ‘I’m done keeping up with the new kids on the block. I’ve joined the iPod-in-the-car generation instead, playing my favourite stuff from years ago’ Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow (left), on the art of great songwriting being dead ‘The masses are stupid. Only the individual is beautiful’ French
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      671 8  -  Her role in Underemployed may seem an Asian stereotype, but Michelle Ang reveals it was originally written for a redhead Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Sophia from MTV’s new comedic drama Underemployed is book-smart and virginal. The character seems to be playing into the laziest Asian stereotypes but
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    • 1119 9  -  Former TVB actors Benny Chan and Jessica Hsuan score a huge hit on China television Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg For years, actor Benny Chan did not make a mark in the TV industry in his native Hong Kong. Given only one supporting role after another
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    • 657 10  -  Owner chef Emmanuel Stroobant to shut down Central Mall restaurant next month Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg UpmarketFrenchrestaurantSaint Pierre at Central Mall will be closing its doors next month, but owner celebrity chef Emmanuel Stroobant says that his new restaurant in Sentosa Cove may retain the Saint
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    • 628 10 New York Times New York Michael Winner, the brash British director known for violent action movies starring Charles Bronson including The Mechanic and the first three Death Wish films, died on Monday at his home in London. He was 77. His wife, Geraldine, confirmed his
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    • 606 10 Agence France-Presse Moscow The latest film version of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina has prompted a storm of passions in Russia where some critics have slammed it as cliched, shallow and insulting to Tolstoy’s monumental work. British director Joe Wright’s costume drama starring Keira Knightley
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    • 656 11 Kevin Bacon is an ex-FBI agent on the hunt for copycat murderers in The Following Reuters Los Angeles Kevin Bacon is hardly the first movie star to make the leap to television. But his new show serial killer thriller The Following may qualify as one
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    • 426 11 Associated Press Melbourne, Australia Music fans will soon get to hear the symphonic-like shrieking that Victoria Azarenka (far right) brings to her tennis. The No. 1-ranked player and reigning Australian Open champion is known as one of the more vocal players on the women’s tour,
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      • 613 12 Associated Press Washington Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition on Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu (below) gown to the inaugural balls. The ruby-coloured dress was a follow-up to the white gown Taiwanese-born New York-based Wu made for her four years ago when
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      • 502 6  -  With headsets, family members will not be disturbed while you enjoy the game soundtrack and communicate with gaming buddies Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg With many gamers confined within the walls of their HDB flats and wary of disturbing their neighbours and families, a good
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        • 441 8 / 9 Keeping it simple is probably the most difficult thing to do, but Sennheiser seems to have managed that well with its multi-platform gaming headset, the U320. It looks like any conventional gaming headset, sporting only a subtle blue ring on each earcup against a predominantly smooth black finish.
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        • 451 8 / 9 Finally, a gaming headset that comes in white. The earcups are more square shaped but any fears of discomfort were allayed when I donned the headset. The earcups fully covered my ears and swivelled nicely to fit them. In addition, the thicker headband felt sturdy and snug.
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        • 422 8 / 9 It may sport the logo and colours of the blockbuster game Call Of Duty: Black Ops II, but this Turtle Beach gaming headset is no marketing gimmick. The Ear Force Sierra packs some serious punch in its arsenal. It
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        • 468 10 / 11 This wireless gaming headset from home-grown sound expert Creative is everything you need out of the box. There is a Sound Blaster Recon “sound card” or wireless transmitter, a Tactic Link wireless card, one Xbox 360 inline volume control cable, one digital optical cable
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        • 422 10 / 11 The superior quality of this Xbox 360 exclusive headset will make other console and PC gamers envious. Its design is sleek with the same shiny glossy black surface sported by the Xbox 360 Slim console. The earcups are hexagonal-shaped with comfy leather-like cushions on the
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        • 421 10 / 11 The user guide describes the Turtle Beach Ear Force XP500 as the “most technologically advanced headset ever designed for Xbox 360 and PS3 gaming”. For its price, it had better be. At nearly $350, you get the wireless headset, a wireless transmitter, a USB power
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      • 457 14  -  By Seow Tein Hee teinhee@sph.com.sg Oswald the Lucky Rabbit returns in the sequel to Epic Mickey. This time, the anthropomorphic rabbit is no longer the antagonist. Instead, he is lending Mickey Mouse a hand literally when he detaches his arm and uses it
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      • 587 14  -  By Rahil Bhagat Rahil Bhagat is a freelance writer When Bethesda Softworks launched Skyrim, its latest entry into the beloved Elder Scrolls role-playing game two years ago, the creators promised great subsequent downloadable content (DLC) which would extend a player’s adventure in the beautiful
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        501 16 / 17  -  By Seow Tein Hee Branded as the Bond phone although it was the Sony Xperia T that appeared in the movie Skyfall the Sony Xperia V does not come with any lasers or hidden explosives used by the British spy. It does, however, sport a sleek and
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      • 567 18  -  Mobile phone users are getting more control over how their pictures look, thanks to a slew of new photo-editing apps. ALISON DE SOUZA reports ALISON DE SOUZA Alison de Souza is a freelance writer A deluge of photo-editing apps has hit the market
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      • 673 20  -  By Aaron Tan Aaron Tan is an infocomm professional Its business-like looks may not impress fashionistas, but flip open this ultrabook and you will realise there is more to this unassuming workhorse. For starters, its chiclet style keyboard is one of the best I have used
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      567 21  -  Compiled by Brandon Neo KEYBOARD Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard $169 Perfect for multi-taskers with more than one Apple device to handle, the Easy-Switch Keyboard connects via Bluetooth to your iPhone, iPad and Mac devices. It can be connected to up to three devices at once, and users can
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      • 807 22 / 23  -  To protect his assets, the owner of a car rental firm uses GPS tracker to keep an eye on his fleet. TAN CHONG YAW reports TAN CHONG YAW cytan@sph.com.sg You could say that Dream Car Rental managing director Raymond Tan had a crash course
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    • 625 6 12/’06 MARK X 2.5A Classy Black 1 Careful Owner, Machine Price $43K, STA Graded 3 Stars. *****851 CAMRY 2.0A. 04/11. Silver. Low km. Immaculate cond. 5yr toyota shield. Extended warranty. 9369-0823 3/’10 WISH 2.0A P e a r l White. 5 Yrs Agt Warranty, 26,000Km Mileage. A1 cond. 1 lady
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    • 438 6 FREE 1 YR Interest! 7/2010 Vios 1.5A. Facelift. 1 Owner. Sell $*****. Hp *****877 02/2009 TOYOTA VIOS with 5 Yrs wrnty showroom cond call now *****550 01/08 TOYOTA VIOS E,1 owner, full agent maintain, low mileage, call *****833 8/07 TOYOTA ESTIMA 2.4A. 8 pax. Nice Bidded No. Neg. 2 owner.
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    • 418 6 MAY’09 C70 CONVERTIBLE Low km. omv $52k. 1 owner, wearnes *****048 7/11 XC 60 T5 2.0 Grey. OMV $42K. 17K km. $175K. Call Owner 9823 4589 ’10 XC-70 3.2L. Agt maintained with warranty. New Rd Tax. 6468-2200 SELECT BY PPSL. Sep 11 Lamborghini Gallardo 5.2 LP560-4. Bicolore Ed. Orange. Mileage
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    • 526 6 Vehicles for Hire Vehicles for Hire PRIME SECTION CAR RENTAL BRAND NEW/LUXURY BMW 523i Toyota Alphard 2.4 Mercedes SLK200 Toyota Vellfire 2.4 SUV/MPV Mitsubishi Grandis 2.4 Audi Q5 2.0 Subaru Outback 2.5 Chrysler Voyager 3.3 Toyota Estima Aeras/ Honda CRV 2.0 Previa 2.4 Honda Odyssey 2.4 Toyota Fortuner 2.7 Honda
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    • 224 6 WANTED All Used Cars Any Makes Models Conti Luxury SUV, MPV, OPC We Pay Top Price 9673-9997 VINCAR *****119 P re owned cars wanted. All makes models are welcome. Best offer in town. Fast payment. ATTN!!! ALL CAR owners. We pay highest cash payment for your used car. All models
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    • 590 6 TAI THONG LEE Bank or In House Loan offers low interest fr 1.88% Non-transfer/Mortgage loan Pte Commercial Vehicles 100% Loan Arrangeable Immediate Approval Sale Of Vehicle/ Insurance Provides solution for all loan 173 GEYLANG RD S(*****5) Tel: 6741-6868 1 PIECE OPENCAT COE avail for immed transfer. Genuine buyers, call 8126-2034.
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    • 382 6 05/’98 MIT FUSO FM658M 24 ft. 10Ton. COE 4/17. In Hse Loan. Call *****080 08/’97 ISUZU FRR33L 24FT COE 3/’17 w/Power/ Tail gate. $32.8K. 9760-8080. 9/’06 MITSUBISHI FK617 BOX, 4 sliding dr. New Tax. Good cond. 9639 9510 07/2008 TOYOTA HI-ROOF at only $*****, CNY Sales, A1 cond, well maintain.
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    • 391 6 2006 PEUGEOT PARTNER RED A1 cond high trade in easy hse loan call for doorstep view *****499 Alvin 09/2001 TOYOTA HIACE, New Paintwork, Good Condition, Rear Aircon Install, call *****686 Grab now! LELONG! COE: 3/2017 Toyota Hiace! New paint, New leather, $500 driveoff. Inhse Loan. Call *****555 2 UNITS TOYOTA
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    • 1538 7 D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City South-West D01-08 City 81 South-West Houses for Sa e Houses for Sa e Houses for Sale Houses for Sale Houses for Sa e Houses
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    • 131 7 1KM ACS BARKER a r e a Inter-Terrace. 3100 sqft, 4 rms. Mins to Orchard. Quick! Call *****000 now SWISS CLUB VICINITY. Exclusive area. Freehold bungalow, pool. Must Sell. $7.6m. Call 9477-3900. ROYAL KNIGHTS *****894 Land For Sale. Can built 3 hse. Approx 6000 sf. Walk to Novena MRT. Ask
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    • 236 7 FANTASTIC VIEW DETACH Braddell Est park 6 cars. 6950/ 7100 sqft, 2.5 sty, Big basement. *****008 3928 SF. KEMBANGAN MRT. 3-sty corner terr. Cul-de-sac. 7 big rms. All attached. FH. Stella 9687-3443 CORNER TERR Sennett. 4+1. FH. Approx 2170/2280 sf. Quiet. Walk to Potong Pasir MRT.Chris *****782 JLN CHENGKEK, 2670
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    • 257 8 FRANKEL VICINITY CUL-DE-SAC. When lifestyle is important why compromise!! D/sty Tropical detached. 5200 sqft Absolute beauty Dorcas 9791-9028 APPC. **ECG LANDED COLLECTION Freehold 3½ sty Inter Terr 126 Joo Chiat Pl 4 ensuites 3% New Year Discount Ask $2.8M neg. 9738 1680 FRANKEL MODERN SEMI-D 5+1 pool, roof-top garden, Park
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    • 190 8 LOVELY CORNER TERR Near Siglap Ctr East Coast Pk. 3200/5000 sqft. 7 bedrms Crispin W. F. 9168-0955 ROYAL KNIGHTS *****394 Hurry! Siglap 3.5sty SemiD. Modern. South. Unblock Last offer $4.6M. Alvin $1.3M 2-STY SEMI-D Tanah Merah MRT. 4315 sf. 8-rm 6%return $300psf val $1M Left 21yrs *****725 Giam $200K BELOW
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    • 273 8 D.15 WOO MON Chew. Land rebuild 9100 sf. approx. FH. Great location. Pensy 9099-4889/ 9188-0009 SIGLAP 2-STY SEMI-D 3200 sf, 3+1. F’hold. 2 yrs decor, no noon sun *****357 UPP CHANGI RD East new 3 sty Semi-d. F’hold. Nice 4080/ 6600 sqft, 6+1 all ensuite, lift, park 4 cars. neg.
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    • 229 8 5 MINS WALK to Chuan MRT. A rare 2-sty terr with basement. 1680/ 2900 sqft. Gary Fong 9111 7777 Visit: homeguruasia.com 1 KM TO Rosyth Sch. Privacy elegance of this European charm. 2-sty semi-d 4020 sqft. Gary 9111 7777 Visit: homeguruasia.com 5 MINS WALK to Kovan MRT/ shops. 3-sty corner
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    • 224 8 Dennis Koi 9008 8662 D.20 JALAN TARUM. F’hold link bunglw. Original. Land 4364 sqft. Wide frontage. Sell below bank Val. Rare! NEW LIST! RARE 2-sty FH Corner terr. Thomson Hill 3100/2800sf. 5bdrm Move in. MRT. Nick 9699-8868. FH $8XX PSF. Launching Soon! 5+1 bdrm. 3-sty basement roof terr cluster hse.
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    • 199 8 MODERN 2.5-STY SEMI-D S’goon Gdn. 3619/ 6250sf. 5+1 ensuite. Roof top. Ben 8100-0055 Sglanded.net RARE SUB-DIVISBLE detach land S’goon Gdn. 5300 sf, 2-sty built 3800sqft. 6+1 8100-0055 Sglanded.net S’GOON GDNS. VALUE Buy! 2½-storey Semi-d. Move-in cond. 2680/4732sf, 5 ensuites +1. Steven *****370 S’GOON GDN CORNER-TERR. TOP soon! New 3-sty. 4+1.
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    • 267 8 $200K BELOW EST. Bank Value. Jln Mata Ayer (opp Katib Camp). FH 2½ sty Semi-D 3274/2950sf. Face SE, very windy, huge 5 rms < $975 psf, ask $3.18m neg Gary Goh, DTZ 9851-4866 AMAZING SELETAR! New list! Jln Tari Zapin. 999 yrs 3½ sty. 5 bdrm, all ensuite. 2 years
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    • 271 8 NERAM RD 2½ sty Fhold corner terr. 5+1. Land 2892/4300 sf. Face NS. Mall. Benson *****869 SUNRISE CORNER TERR. 2sty. Resort living. Move-in. lesser than $950 psf. Call Betty ECG 9173-4546 DALLA VALE 3 Sty Semi-D 3218 Sf. Reno 5 Bdrm Pool View, lush Greenery Windy Alvin Chua *****201 VIEW
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    • 307 8 BLUE HORIZON 3+1, 1216sf. High flr, no noon sun. Unblock sea/ greenery view. Best stack! Serious seller! THE COAST Sentosa awesome sea view, Best Stack, Luxurious 4+1. Do not miss! TM Lee *****790 D.05 PARC IMPERIALS. FH. Studio 387 sqft. 200% designer reno. Facilities. Raynard Lim *****000 KERRISDALE 2/3/4 BDRMS.
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    • 246 8 POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS WE ADVERTISE 4X WEEKLY ASPEN HEIGHTS 4+1 rm 1593sqft.....$1600psf DUCHESS CREST 3 rm 1496sqft.....$1380psf ELIZABETH HEIGHT 4+1 rm 2520sqft...$2000psf LOFT NATHAN Studio 484sqft....$2300psf ROBERTSON EDGE Studio 506sqft....$2293psf JOE SEVILLA R*****7B Call *****001 WATERFALL GARDENS Freehold 2,583 sqft. 4+1 $4.28m Selling with tenancy 1,830 sqft. 3+1.......$3.2m Vacant possession Motivated
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    • 265 9 D’LEEDON 10-15% DISC.!! MRT/Nanyang Pri/Orchard 1rm Botanic view fr $1.32M. 2rm High flr/unblk $1.59M. 3rm, Pool/Skyline fr $2.1M. 4rm/Penthse before disc DUNEARN SUITES. $3.3K Jervois Regency. $5.5K Cavenagh Lodge. $7.4K Orange Regency. $7.9K Orchard Scotts. $10.6K Nassim Regency. $12K LAUNCHING SOON! ROBIN Suites. 1/ 1+study/ 2 bdrm fr 441 sqft.
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    • 271 9 D’LEEDON. UP TO 15% Off. 1rm 635sqft. Fr $1.188M. 2rm 786/ 1033sqft $1.5xM. 3rm 1206/1227 sqft $1.7xM 4rm 1981/ 2013sqft #2.5xM 8 NAPIER: 3/ 4rm/ Penthse $3.xK psf/ Hilltop: 1/2-rm, $3.xK psf/ Martin No 38, 2rm, $3.2M/ Levelz: 1055 sf, $1.58M. Lyn 9018-3953 ONE ROBIN 4+1+BALCONY. 1948 sf. Exclusive. Modern
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    • 252 9 VIZ HOLLAND 2519sqft Freehold 3+1 penthouse, Panoramic view greenery, Reno. Adam *****389 PARC CENTENNIAL 2+1 1163 sqft. High flr, balcony, 1km ACS Junior. Tenanted Oct 2013. $1.75m. 9770-8700 TESSARINA 3+1. 1313 sf. Regular shape. Renovated. High flr. Pool view. Away fr noise. Agnes 8498-1188 JERVOIS REGENCY 2BDRM 990 sf. F’hold.
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    • 466 9 KELLOCK LODGE APT, 1216 sf. FH. 3-bdrm, near Great World City. $1.75m neg. Clarence 8448-6946 ERA PARKVIEW ECLAT 3250 sqft Hamilton 3+1, 2755 sqft, Grange Res, 4+1, 2583 sqft Call Yap CC *****190 VIZ HOLLAND. FH. 2519 sf 3+1+1 High flr. F/reno. Near amenities. Ask $3.9M neg. Angie Chew *****555
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    • 321 9 ilR Dll &21 Newton/ H|ff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ ■Uff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for
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    • 173 9 THE BEVERLY, Just TOP, Best Unit! Garden Mais, 3+1, 2,680sf, private lift, 2 exclusive car pks. $2.65M WATTEN EST CONDO Triplex Townhse. 3+1 bdrm, 2465 sqft. Car porch. $3.5M neg. Matthew Koh *****918PX NOVENA CT #02 Potential enbloc, near Novena MRT 861sf 3bdrm F’hold $1.3m up. Alan *****055 ERA THE
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    • 153 9 DAISY SUITES, FH. 25 units Q&A on latest cooling mea sures 19,20,26,27Jan. 3pm Sales Gallery, Propnex HQ. Desmond Goh @*****830 FREEHOLD LUXURY 2BDRM/ 3bdrm/ 3bdrm Penthse/ 4bdrm Penthse. Amenities MRT. Pte pool. High ceiling. Call *****922 Ang YM 5% RENTAL G’TEED for 2 yr Extra disc! Call to discuss Urban
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    • 177 9 TREVISTA. CHEAPEST! 3-RM $1.5xM, 1270sqft. Mid Flr! 1+1 rm, $8xxK, 689sqft. Rare! Must Sell! *****707 8 RAJA VVIP preview now! FH. TOP soon 3/ 4/ 5 bdrm Size for dual key 2023 sqft. Chew Cai *****161 M66 FREEHOLD Penthse 3+Study, 1539 sqft. Asking $1.7xM, $11xx psf. Near MRT St Andrew’s
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    • 191 9 NEW LAUNCH. FH. Daisy Suites. Own pte pool. 2/3 rm, 3/4 penthse. Call for VIP preview MRT/NEX mall HIGH CEILING, PTE pool. Top finishing. 1/2/3/4-rms condo. 5% special disc. Li mited period. *****335. THE ESTA 2-BDRM, 1001 sf. Good layout. High flr. No west sun, good cond, quiet facing. Partial
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    • 168 9 JOO CHIAT WALK-UP 1227 sf. FH. 3 bdrms. Well kept. Mins to 112 Katong, eatery shops. *****794 Esther NEPTUNE CT LOWEST psf! 1636 sf 3+1 mid flr no noon sun/ windy bright. Grab now! Reddot 8282 5727 WATERFRONT GOLD 2-RM 893 sf. Mid flr, pool view. Good layout. Future MRT.
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    • 640 10 |RfD15-16 East Coast ffll D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Urban vista Tanah Merah MRT V .-V a 7' ■V ERA JC.L*****82K 270m to MRT Beside future commercial development Eunice Koh *****555 Call developer sales team www.urbanvista-newlaunch.com EXCLUSIVE! DOUBLE BAY 2 rm 936sf away fr
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    • 249 10 F’HOLD COUNTRY ESQUIRE 1680 sf. 3rm+study. Corner. 1km to Ai Tong Sch. Good layout. No west sun. $2.15M. Daniel 9222 8888 SUN 11AM-1PM. SEASONS View. 3+1 1141sf. High flr, open view Cosy MRT, Catholic High, RI, Junction 8. Max *****923 *****168 FR $787 PSF, 3-bdrm Brand New, N-S Facing, Near
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    • 342 10 RIVER ISLES, FR $806 psf. Showflat viewing welcome. Call for additional discount Good facing 3 bdrms avail. POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS We Advertise 2 X Weekly Caspian 3bdrm 1302 sf $1100 psf Northvale 3bdrm 1270 sf $870 psf Warren, The 3bdrm 1238 sf $950 psf Guilin View 3bdrm 1280 sf $1023 psf
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    • 315 10 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHUN BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT CHOA CHU KANG KAf I BUKIT PANJANG PUNGGOL SENGKANG JURONG WEST
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    • 145 10 YISHUN EC. NO ABSD. $700 psf. Dual keys units not affected. F/facilities. $30K grant. Joe 9657-4024 3+1 WOODSVALE CONDO. 1292sf. Direct Park view. Rare. Grab or regret. Open house 26/01, Sat, 2-4pm. $799K! ROSEWOOD SUITES 1+study. 926 sqft. Designer decor. Good privacy. Move in. Call Melvin 9852-8953 NORTHOAK 3 BDRM.
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    • 172 10 NEW LISTING! BLK 643 Ave 5 Mid flr, windy. Upgraded. Well maintained. Near MRT, good location. $420K RARE! NEW 3’NG’ 608 82sm. Beautifully reno. 1km CHIJ Anderson Pri. Val $365K. All PR/ Races 3’NG’ Blk 405. Lift upgrading fees paid. PR can buy. Reno. Chinese ratio filled. Val $317K. Alex
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    • 171 10 DBSS BELVIA. FUTURE MRT, 3 rm $387k+, 4 rm all sold, 5 rm $648k+. 1st Timer Grant, 2nd No Levy/ COV!! GROUND FLR. 4A Bedok Res blk.763 reno, 105sqm, val $486Kamenities.sms9489 5511.No1 ERA top agt 3 yrs PRICED TO SELL! 5’I’ Bedok N. Blk 516. 100% move in, Mins to
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    • 179 10 4’NG’ BLK 547 Bedok N. High floor. Unblocked. Lift upgraded. Amenities/ market. Call Mabel 9018-6108 ***LHG HDB SALES Team 4’S’ 182 lift flr, vacant MRT 4’S’ 113 High/ lift flr. MRT. Penthse EM 443. Very high ceiling. 187 sqm. *****608 BLK 145. 122 sqm. 4bdrm. Spacious. NS facing Windy. Corner.Well
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    • 153 10 3NG BLK 238. High flr. Lift. All races/ All PRs Eligible. Beautiful move in, windy Mins MRT, mkt, West Mall 5’I’ BLK 383 Bt Gombak. 115 sqm. Val. Near MRT/ amenities. Move in. Leng Jacqueline 9423-2239 3A BLK 26B Jln Membina 60sqm, high flr, no noon sun, mins to Tiong
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    • 336 11 5-RM CORNER, 6A Boon Tiong, Spacious, unblocked Walk to Tiong Bahru MRT Kelvin *****004 ERA 4’A’ CORNER 223 Pending 103 sqm. Lift paid. Opp mkt. All races/ PR. Can contra. Shane 9006-0192. 4’S’ BLK.416. High floor Next to corner. Simple. VTO. Open Hse, Sun 23pm. Grace 9172-0020 5-RM BLK 522
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    • 314 11 HAIG RD BLK 9 3’I’ 59 sqm High flr. Lift paid. Unblock Windy. Immed regn. Val $350K. 9003-8567 Kelv 3-RM BLK 43 Circuit Rd. 52 sqm, high flr, val $275K. Blk 64. 59 sqm, val $295K. Yvonne Tay 9622-7852 3’S’ 37 CIRCUIT Rd, 58 sqm Reno, Move-in, Val $290K Near
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    • 380 11 5’I’ BLK 286D Toh Guan Rd. Nicely reno. Corner. Lift level. Mid flr. Unblocked. Windy. Near Int’l Biz Pk/MRT. EA 628 CORNER. High flr. 130sqm. Spacious. 3+study SE facing.MRT/ Mall/ Amenities. Val $570K. By appt. ***LHG HDB SALES Team 3’A’ 504 COV $25K+, lift upgraded, ctrl/ shops mkt. ExecApt 918
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    • 321 11 3-RM 58 UPGRADED with utilty rm, nicely renovated, spacious, mid flr, unblocked. *****344 Jenn 3½RM CORNER 59 Marine Terr. Upgraded/ Utility. Reno. Well kept. Mkt/ sch/ shpg ctr *****969 Ivy Tan 5-PT BLK 29 Marine Crescent, mid flr, seaview, N/S facing. Mo *****656 PN 4’A’ CORNER PASIR Ris St 72
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    • 276 11 NEW LIST 3’I’ BLK 3 Ghim Moh,high flr, face S. Windy, near hawker ctr/ mkt. Jason DTZ 9388-9890 NEW LIST 4’A’ Blk 91 #3x Tanglin Halt. A1 decor. Fire works’ view. No noon sun. Door-step MRT. *****357 m g RARE! ALMOST NEW! 3-Rm Blk 26 Ghim Moh. High Flr, good
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    • 287 11 EA 203D COMPASSVALE, Val $585K, Low COV, Move in condition, Near MRT, Windy, Serious Seller NEW LIST! 4A 273C 90 sqm Nice reno/ service balcony Unblock view, Val $550K. Call Damien *****929 NEW LIST 4A Blk 273A, rare Pt block, corner, 90 sqm, well reno/ vacant. $540K. Call Damien *****929
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    • 329 11 4’A’ BLK 160 Simei #08. Renovated. Valued $460K. All races. walk to Eastpoint MRT. Victor 9069-8086 5A ABOVE $25K Blk.842D #03 big 137sqm, nice, MRT, Mall, complex, all races Val $580K. SMS *****511 5RM PREMIUM FLAT 497D High flr, reno, move-in, face Gdn. Val $525K, view Sat/ Sun. *****237 Grace
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    • 333 11 5-RM D&B NEW Blk 521 corner. 126 sqm. 4bdrms. Mid flr, no noon sun, reno. All races/ PR. Dawn *****198 5’I’ CORNER 690C Cosy. Val $455k. Must sell! neg. MRT, schs. Jireh *****166 NEW LIST! NEAR Yishun MRT 4’S’ Blk 756, well kept, val $385K. 5’I’ Blk 231, corner, val
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    • 488 11 DETACHED HSE AT Hillside dr. 5500/6000 sf. Rebuilt 3yrs ago, very well kept Priced to rent. 9159-9939 SPRINGLEAF SEMI-D. LAND 3600/3000sf, close to Int’l Schools, 4bdrms. Asking $5.1K. George 9628-1628. LOR TANGGAM 2-STY Corner Semi-D. 4+1+1. 4000 sf. Greenery. Quiet. Immed $5K up. Alan 9763 3207 S’GOON GDNS SEMI-D 2800
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    • 345 11 RIDOUT BUNGALOW WITH inground pool, spacious living dining. 9381/ ***** sq.ft, 6+2+family. Call Owner: *****408 *****818. TROPICAL BUNGALOW NEAR Swiss/ British Clubs.3+2. Pool. Divine airy open setting to garden. Must see isabelredrup.com/ir5.php$22k. *****055. Susan EMERALD HILL 3+2 Conserved Stunner. Live in a heritage terr in the city! isabelredrup.com/ir30.php Many units!
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    • 738 12 Central Houses for Rent Central Houses for Rent MOUNT SINAI RESIDENCES I FOR RENT (Cluster Hse) 1 ns Designer strata bungalows 6254sqft 6329sqft 4+1 rms Private pool for each home 23, 25 27 MT Sinai Lane Asking $20K/month negotiable Full Commission Payable Imported De Dietrich kitchen Rooftop terrace and Jacuzzi
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    • 405 12 SEMI-D MT Sinai 4+1, 5400/ 3300 sf, pool. $10K. John 9678-0865 Landz SEMI-D PASIR RIS 4-rm. Bunglw Loyang 5+1 rm. John 9678 0865 Landz BUNGLW TOH Yi near Bt Timah. 3 sty. 7900sf. 8 bdrms. Ideal for Co exec. $14.5K. Des *****214 DTZ PAVILION CIRCLE TERR. 4 bdrm ensuite +1
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    • 405 12 D01 -08 City I fit 1 D01 -08 City HU South-West South-West Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Comfortable Homes in the West Minutes drive to Sentosa, Vivocity shopping mall, Harbourfront Centre, Mount Faber and Science Parks. Full condominium facilities with 24-hour
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    • 247 12 REGENCY SUITES. MODERN SOHO Studio. 624 sf. High ceiling. Excellent location! $3800 neg. *****999 Jim TWIN REGENCY Tiong Bahru MRT, 3+study, 1442 sf, high flr, sea view, f/furn $6.8K. Adrian 9762 7727 **ICON TG Pagar MRT. Duplex 1+1 loft unit. 700 sf. High flr. F/facilities. neg. Immed. Daisy 9663-8132 NEW
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    • 386 12 CARIBBEAN BEST 3RM! Water view. 1227 sf. Pte lift. Vivo City. Expat’s haven. Bright spacious. F/furn THE STELLAR 1400SF. 3+1, The Stellar, 1400 sf, 2bdrm Clementiwoods, 1916sf, 3+1 RickyWong*****040.com NEW LIST REFLECTIONS 3+1 1540sf. Unblocked, breezy Wet/ dry kitchen. P/furn. Avail early Feb. *****309 RIVERSIDE PIAZZA 3 bdrms. 1270 sf.
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    • 455 12 BRING LUGGAGE! HERITAGE Pl TQL Studio Loft 800 sf. Bugis MRT/Amenities Call *****157 Quek CITYLIGHTS 3+STUDY/ 3+1 Trizon 3+1 Brand new! A1 Icon 2bdrm loft #3x Best!! Metropolitan 4bdrm Quiet! MERAPRIME TIONG Bahru MRT. 3 bdrm 1119 sf. Avail Feb.P/furn.Unblocked. Low rent. *****053 Cecilia Ng THE PLAZA 2-RM. 800 sf.
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    • 538 12 ®D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PteApts for Rent 9 I {I D09-10 Orchard/ HII Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Rent r D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/Holland Tanglin/Hoi Pte Apts for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES In the heart of Town Minutes walk to Orchard Road shopping belt and close to renowned
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    • 341 12 Valley Pk 2/3+1 1200/1700 sf. Immed..........$5K/$6.2K Melrose Pk 3+1/3+Study+1 1350/1500sf. F/facilities. Immed S6.5K/S7K Cairnhill Hgts 2rm 1000sf Face construction.....$3.8K Elizabeth Hgts 4+1 Mais 2400sf. F/facilities.. $6.5K TTT ***** 109 Joe Sim Ardmore Pk 2885 sqft. 4+1. Pool/ greeenery. $15K-$18K Tate Residence 3209 sqft. 4+1. Pool view $18K Grange Res 2583
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    • 259 12 BEAUFORT ON NASSIM 3+study. 2357 sqft. Patio. Bright excellent cond,quiet exclusive, immed. Orchard $12.5k Key Folio 9617 2793 PATERSON RES 4+1. 1496 sf High flr Immed F/furn $8K Trilight penthse 4+1+ family 5820 sf. P/furn. $23K. Call Patrick 9855-2626 MACKENZIE 138 1-RM $2.8k. Tessarina 2-rm Pool $3.8k. Tanglin regency 2rm
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    • 925 13 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 FAR EAST HOSPITALITY w IlV I unn ili Serviced Residences For stays from 1 week onwards Central Square
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    • 414 13 **ORCHARD SCOTTS 3+1RM 2282sqft. Immed. P/Furn. Luxury Apt with Full Facilities. $12.8k. Good landlord! CAIRNHILL PLAZA 4+1 rm. 3305sqft. 5 mins Paragon. Well reno. High flr. $12K neg. Serina Yap 9661-3818 REGENCY PARK, SPACIOUS living, 3bdrms,full facilities panoramic view, immediate. Francis 9745 9994 GAMBIER CT, CLARKE Quay area. 3+1. 1485sf.
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    • 364 13 1) BELLE VUE New Penthse 2sty 4rm 4090sf $16K neg 2) The Grange 4381 sf 4rm Penthse. Immed. $23K neg THE PATERSON 2RM 1216 sf Mid flr. P/furn. F/facilities. Near MRT, Orchard. Immed $5.8K! Delvin 9002 8008 D.09 HORIZON EAST Twr. 2300+ sf. 4+1 all ensuite. P/ furn, F/ facilities.
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    • 656 13 SUI GENERIS 4+1, 2131 sqft, $12K, pool facing, nice balcony 9626 5755 Silvia Ang 8 HULLET RD 3 rms 1151 sf Pool, carpark, security. neg. Kellyn 6535 1792 VILLE ROYALE (RIVER Valley) 3 bdrm. Furn. Cosy $4.6K. May 9756-8055 THE COSMOPOLITAN, 4+1. High floor. P/furn. Immed. $9K. Owner 9645-6583 $6K
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    • 392 13 ARDMORE PARK. 2885 sqft. 4+1. Low/ high flr, Immed. Full facilities. *****167 SK PATERSON SUITES 2164 sf. 4+1, pool view, quiet $12K. Steven 9091-1717 Landz PALMS SPRING 1851 sf, 4+1 good cond, quiet facing, avail Feb. Karen *****738 ASTRID MEADOWS 1378 sqft Spacious 2 /3 rm. Newly reno. Karen 9061-2738
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    • 918 13 ROBIN ROAD Brand New Condominium off Stevens Road 2 1 Bedrooms 1,400 sq ft $6,000 Spacious Layout Full Facilities Near Orchard Road 3 1 Bedrooms 1,830 sq ft $8,000 1.5 MONTH COMMISSION* Flexible Lease Term Private Lift Lobby Unblock greenery view CALL 9656 9562 SIGNATURE PARK. HIGH flr 2rms 1055
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    • 341 14 NEW LIST! SKY Eleven 2713 sf. 4+1. Balcony. $12K. Immed. Evelyn *****208 SKY ELEVEN High flr. 2700 sqft. 4+1. F/facilities. Immed. 9818-1983 KC MAPLEWOODS PENTHSE. DOUBLE volumn 4+1, 3000 sf. Immed. Teo 9736-4477 HIGHGATE NEAR BT Timah 1636 sf. 4+1+balcony. Reno Immed $4k+ 9477-6703 TIVOLI LODGE 3+1 F/furn, Immed, Near
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    • 469 14 May Wong 9680 5087 TREVISTA STUDIO UNIT, 463 sq.ft. Partial furnish, mins to MRT. Available immediate. Don’t miss! D’MIRA 1507 SF. 4-bdrm. New. Full furn. Unblocked. Ansley, beautiful 3+1, 1281 sf. 3-bdrms. Novena MRT. NEW LIST! MACPHERSON Rd 1800 sf, 4-bdrm, immed, workers/cobroke welcome, Call Tony Tan 8112-4124 2+1 LOR
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    • 306 14 AMBER PK 3+1 1744sf. High flr. Sea view. Bright breezy. Mins to Katong shpg ctr. 9189 1488 Hazel. BAYSHORE PARK 3-BDRM, P/furn. Reno. Balcony. Face pool. Full facilities. Immed. $neg Lili *****896 RIVIERA RES. 2 rm. Unblock view. Privacy. Avail Feb. Dawn Ville 3 rms. Furn. MRT. Michelle *****857 ROYALE
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    • 410 14 AALTO 1959 SF, 4+1 bright spacious. Full/ partial furn. Seaview. $8.5k neg. Immed. *****269 Rina. THE BAYSHORE OPEN Hse (Closing). 2+1. 1001sf. #20 F/furn. Immed. Spacious. Bright/ Breezy. Cosy/ Nice. FERNWOOD TWRS 3+1. 1636 sqft. P/ Furnish. Spacious Windy. Good amenities Avail Immed, move-in cond COSTA RHU 2217 sf $8.5K
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    • 451 14 WATERSIDE 2411 SQFT. Spacious 4+1. P/furn. High flr. Sea view. Facilities/ shops $7.2k. CVP 9694-5015 DOUBLE BAY Simei MRT 3 bdrms. 1270 sqft. High flr. Unblock. P/furn. $4.2k. Alvin Phua 9237-2112 HAIG GROVE 3+1 furn $3.6k Cascadale 4-rm 3143 sqft. Optima 2/ 3/ 4-rm $3.8k$5k John *****865 landz HAIG RES
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    • 370 14 LIVIA 4-BDRMS. APPROX 1539 sqft, Near Pasir Ris Town Park, Sch, Amenities. $4.5k neg. Avail mid Feb. 2-BDRM ESTELLA Gdn 938 sf. P/furn. Prefer pro fessional/ family. Avail mid Feb. Margaret *****048. VARIOUS UNITS FOR Rent in Double Bay Residences. For viewing appointment. Call now K.A.Tan *****138 THE TROPICAL 3+1
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    • 434 14 2-RM. 883 SQFT. Gdns Bishan F/furn. F/facilities. Park. Shuttle bus. Avail. Immed. Judy *****052 BRADDELL VIEW. RARE lowrise walk-up apt. 3+1. 1561 sf. Excellent cond. Immed. $3.8K. K.C. Ng *****001 S’GOON N. AVE 2 Blk 134 Spacious HUDC, 1800 sqft, 3+study, near amenities, f/furn. Susanne *****518 CHUAN PARK. BEAUTIFUL self-contained
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    • 415 14 MAYSPRINGS 3+1, $3.3K Hillvista,3+1,$4k. furn, reno immed. Greenery view Alvin *****260 *****207 NEW LIST! LAKESHORE 3bdrm High flr. Part/f/furn Windy/ bright. Amenities/ MRT. Immed. $4.2K neg. HILLVIEW 128. HIGH floor, bright windy, 3 Bedrms, 1044 sf, amenities nearby, Avail 20/2, f/furn. Ask $3k! CASPIAN 1453 SF. 3+1 Penthouse living. Unblock.
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    • 354 14 ALL WITHOUT OWNER Orchard studio..$1700-2600 Upp Bukit Timah...$700-1210 Dhoby Ghaut stduio concept Upp Bukit Timah...$700-1210 Dhoby Ghaut stduio concept Balestier Rd.................$1150 Bugis MRT $880 Serangoon MRT.....$580-710 CAN COOK FREE WIFI RICK *****615 *****432 SUMMERDALE 3 BDRM High flr. Furn. Balcony. New paint 1378 sf; Tiara 3 bdrm. High flr. P/furn.
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    • 471 14 MASTER RM, KATONG Gdns. Full condo facilities, furn, aircon, pte parking. Mdm Ang *****958/*****905 DOORSTEP TO KEMBANGAN MRT. Common-rm $1100, master-rm $1800. No owner. Aircon incl. *****829 SEMBAWANG COTTAGE APT Common rm. Furn with aircon. Immed. Light cooking. Johnson *****838 SEMI-D MASTER/ COMMON rms. Mins to Kembangan MRT,immed.Call *****199 NO
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    • 423 15 606 ELIAS RD commonrm $700/ 721 Yishun master $1K. Immed. C.P *****066 COMMON RMS Bishan Jurong W. MRT reno f/furn 9646-4649/ 9423-4827 CLEMENTI, Q’TOWN, HOLLAND, Ghim Moh, Bt Batok, C’wealth. Annie 9001 8200 ROOM TG Pagar. Aircon. F/furn.LCD TV. Single working lady.Owner *****030 COMMON MASTER: Boon Keng, Geylang, Yishun, PasirRis.
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    • 538 15 NEAR MRT! 160 Yishun 3NG Spacious 81 sqm. Just 1 yr reno with 2 aircons! $2K up. Call Helen 9004-5790 3+1 HOUGANG, 10 mins MRT High flr, windy, furn, full aircon, corner, reno, $2.6K Immed. Lee 9455-9769 BLK 175 AMK Ave 4. 4’NG’ P/Full furn. Aircon. Corner Avail Immed. New
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    • 399 15 T. BLANGAH. 28 Approved. 2+1, f/ furn, aircon, newly bathrm. All races. Immed. $2.6k. Calvin *****801 8 JLN KUKOH 2+1+Study. Corner. Reno. F/furn. Aircon. Amenities 2 MRTs. Immed. *****616 Alice Ng APPROVED 1+1 BLK 114 Bt Merah View walk-up. MRT. F/ furn with aircon. Immed. $2K. Andy Low 9027-5979 5-RM.
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    • 377 15 3+1+1 BLK 116 Toa Payoh. Approved. 8 pax. P/furn, Aircon. Immediate. Above shophse. $2.6K. *****996 APPROVED 4-RM MOULMEIN Beautiful reno. Furn, Lift flr. Near Novena Sq/ MRT. $3.5k. Jack *****202 KELANTAN LANE 29, 3-rm P/furn. Aircon. Amenities. Immed. 9756-3280 Helen 3-BDRM BLK 941 Tampines Ave 5. furn. Well maintain. Near
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    • 388 15 BLK 228 PENDING Rd, Exec Maisonette. 3+1. F/furn. Immed. 4 aircon. Near LRT amenities. GT *****003 3+1 BT BATOK Blk 337 high flr. Reno. F/Furn. Aircon. Immediate. Prefer 2 yrs lease. Anthony 9190 0009 4BDRM EA 180 Lompang Rd Beside Plaza/ LRT. F/furn. Aircon. Avail early Feb. $2.8K Vincent 9047
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    • 489 15 2+1 BUKIT BATOK Blk 269 Furnished aircon. Available 1st Feb, Asking $2200 Please Call 8282-1115. BLK.343 CLEMENTI 2+1 furn no blockage. Family/ pro fessional/MRT. $2.6K neg 9060-0083/ 9387-9978. 3+1, CCK: BLK 464, high flr/ Blk 792, mid flr. Furn. Aircon. MRT. Reasonable Families. Hamzah 9101-4880 5’I’ 615 BT Panjang. F/furn
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    • 301 15 ECG DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Sold more than 160 landed 200 Serious Buyers, Ready With High 9116-1170 GPS LANDED DIVISION Unique Marketing System Bungalows, Semi-Ds, Terr. For Sale/ Rent. 9765 9959 ALL AREA SELL/Rent? Honest, Reliable. 14 yrs experience. tom*****699.com JAPANESE/ KOREAN/ FOREIGN single/ expat family urgently looking for all areas, whole
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    • 490 15 KAKI BUKIT 1937SF Avail 1. 56 Serangoon NthAve 4 Unit size frm 5500sf *****sf Gd specs amenities nearby 2. 135 Joo Seng Rd Unit size frm 1415sf 4203sf Gd specs with Loading Bay 3. 61Yishun Ind. ParkA Unit size frm 835sf to *****sf Grd Flr space avail with loading bay
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    • 275 15 KAKI BUKIT 1937SF Avail Apr. Ramp up, 3 car lots, toilet. Suits many trades workshps. Call *****875 CHANGI S ST 1. B2. Approx 29,000 sf. Self-contained. Column free. Easy access to PIE. KH Lim *****671 LW TECHNO CENTRE Toh Guan. B2 #01. 1836 sf. MRT Eateries/ IMM. $4.5K. Avail 1st
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    • 1015 16 fill Factory/lndustrial 011 Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Space for Rent fUf Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent I PROPERTIES •Si. FOR LEASE 50 KALLANG AVE CORPORATION PLACE Elizabeth 6508 8772 9025 5327 rrr. m r r |v r” r v.l r r r-c
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    • 211 16 ENTERPRISE HUB TERRACE, 5600 sqft, 2 storey with roof, dormitory, high ceiling, free car park. Closing soon! Call Jimmy *****310 FREEHOLD FR $7XXPSF Novelty Biz Ctr Tai Seng HighTech Ind B1, 5min MRT Joanne Ong 9012-8196 WOODLANDS 11. TOP obtained. 60yrs. Sizes fr 1733 -5632sf. fr $390-$450 psf. Also for
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    • 432 16 TRIVEX TAI Seng MRT. Tenanted unit. 1023 sqft. Small cash outlay. Immediate returns. 8268 4826 MAYFAIR IND BLDG 999 yr leasehold fty space/ Jln Pemimpin 1270 sf, selling with tenancy. *****060 UBI FOCUS ONE. 5371 sf. Good investment. Fresh tenancy. High ceiling. MRT $2.3M. Victor 9727 6085 AUCTION 31/1 9@TAGORE.
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    • 242 16 NORTHSTAR. 1948 SQFT. Midview Bldg. 3100 sqft. Woodlands 11. 1830/ 1927sf Solstice 1206/ 1378/ 1518sf Yew P.L. 9782 9079 OT 25% RENTAL YIELD in 5 yrs 2mins walk MRT main rd bldg. Land 9330/***** sf B2 rare! 9101-6433 LamHH LHK2 BUILDING CLOSE to Tai Seng MRT, Freehold 2853 sf, selling
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    • 412 16 TUNG CENTRE Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 530 sq ft 9,667 sq ft 6428 7884 I 6428 7853 I 6534 3132 Medical Suites for Lease Mins to Gleneagles and Mt Elizabeth hospitals •Over 100 top medical and healthcare specialists •Located in Tanglin and Holland areas •Radiology, Pharmacy
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    • 376 16 DUXTON HILL. 722/1249 sf. Int’l Plaza 474/ 2357 sf. Parkway Ctr 829/ 1098 sf. Philip St. 1000/ 2900 sf. Raffles Place 4050 sqft. Call Patric Poon *****301 ***CENTRAL 883/1453 SF SOHO Loft 635 sf fr $9 psf Parkway 1356 sf $5.70 psf F&B takeover Int’l Plaza Balmoral Plaza #03 550
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    • 1602 17 S Office Space I Office Space I Office Space I Office Space Office Space for Rent dif for Rent (gif for Rent ||ftl for Rent |fii for Rent Office Space For Lease 55 Market Street Approx 2,400 to 4,800 sqft Near Raffles Place MRT Fitted units available call 6327 4473
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    • 260 17 GB BLDG 2000 5425 sqft. (high comm to co-broke) Suntec 12,000 sf. Sea view Good *****029 Stan ELDIX MANDAI Estate Various Sizes 13XX-18XX sf /FH/2xPrivate Parking/6m ceiling Hgt. Alex *****302 GOOD TO INVEST commercial bldg with 5 stys. Build up 14,000 sf. Kitchener Rd. Lina *****551 *****112. SUNTEC TOWER 3.
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    • 475 17 CENDEX CENTRE 120 LOWER DELTA ROAD AREA: 2250/4500/9000 sq ft Ê Excellent Corporate Image with Million Fittings Ê Nice Panoramic View Ê Mins. to Tiong Bahru MRT/ AYE/ ECP/ CTE Ê Ample Parking Lots (600 Lots), $70 per car lot For Sale $1000 psf/Rental $4.20 psf Full commission to Agent
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    • 197 17 ORCHARD RD, INTERNATIONAL Bldg (Next to Isetan Scotts), 1,136sqft, facing escalator. CBD. Owner, *****477. Agents welcome. IMMEDIATE TAKEOVER- Nail Salon Far East Plaza. 301 sf $20 psf. F/furn equipped. Ask: $3800 neg! Pls call: Megan *****806. ADELPHI 431/ 570/ (614 sf+ with water); Lucky Plaza. 387/ 549 sqft; Bubble tea
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    • 593 17 67 Mr 167 Mr THE PLAZA BEACH ROAD 334/344/474/518/581/926/ 2207/2421/4316 sq ft Located near to the Nicoll Highway MRT Station Linked to Parkroyal Hotel Service Apartment Newly renovated toilets and common area Attractive rental package Suitable for office, retail services, furniture showroom, executive training and lifestyle related services III! UOL
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    • 460 18 67 a s »r 167 ace 167 W“ 9 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES central Riverfront Opportunities for Your Business Key Attributes of Central: Above Clarke Quay MRT Station Easily accessible Conveniently located in the city centre Catchment includes working professionals from nearby offices F&B units suitable for Asian
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    • 423 18 69 a»r 1169 a s „r 169 Mr r (9 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES WGT COQ5T PLQZQ Prime Retail Space in the WEST Proximity to dementi, Dover and Circle Line MRT Stations Easy accessibility via AYE and West Coast Highway •Free shuttle bus services at designated pick-up points
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    • 413 19 AUCTION SALE! Bt Timah Plaza, #01, ***** sf, partition, tenanted. Showroom Sin Ming Rd, 732sf, FH, Face rd, tenanted Joo Chiat Rd, Grd flr, 366 sf, FH, next to eateries. City Hall MRT, #01 High St Ctr, 2 adjoining, 269 sf each Colliers International 9237 5332 *****819 AUCTION SALE 24/1
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    • 246 19 RARE EAST COAST Shophse. Near I12 Katong. New, F’hold! Good frontage. 3 storey. Ng K.M *****897 SIM LIM SQ 600sqft. Good facing. Near concourse. heavy human traffic. $1.8m Teck Guan 9235-1822. CORNER SHOPHSE Sam Leong Rd. 999 Yr. 2.5 Sty, Land 1529/ 3105sf, human traffic, High rental return! ALEXANDRA CTRL
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    • 378 19 ALEXANDRA CTRL PREVIEW! VIP Booking Starts Now! Suit Retail Shops/ Restns. Hurry Call/ sms *****122 ALEXANDRA CTRL PREVIEW! VIP Booking Starts Now! Suit Retail Shops/ Restns. Hurry Call/sms *****000 ALEXANDRA CTRL PREVIEW! VIP Booking Starts Now! Suit Retail Shops/ Restns. Hurry Call/ sms *****691 BALMORAL PLAZA 1119SQFT Freehold, seldom available
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    • 431 19 HOLLAND ROAD SHPG Ctr. Unit for Sale. 4th flr. Partially tenanted. Total area 659 sqm. Call: 6466 4470 3-STY SHOPHSE Dickson. FH. Approx 1250/ 3600sf. Toa Payoh 4/ 94. Marine Parade 82. Ong *****377 D.01 HIGH TRAFFIC. 999yrs Conservation. Near Chinatown. F&B, tenanted. 3200 sqft. $7.5M. *****600 Agt BRADDELL HGTS
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    • 539 19 F&B/RETAIL/COMMERCIAL SPACE PASIR PANJANG *191 sq.ft. 14,000 sq.ft. Brand New! Ground Floor Units with Unique Alfresco Concept Fully Equipped with Grease Trap, Exhaust, A/C Suitable for many trades such as Restaurant, Cafe, Bakery, Specialty Supermarket, Convenience Store, Children Enrichment/Tuition Centre Office etc. CALL6578 9966 FITTED WITH GREASE trap& exhaust! A1
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    • 309 19 Investing in Perth Properties? Listen to us! An informative seminar to answer all your questions about investing in Perth Date Sunday, 27 Jan 2013 Time 11am-7pm Exhibition 3pm Seminar Venue: Raffles City Convention Ctr, Enterprise Room, level 4 Call Victor to register 9069-8086 CEA Reg No. R*****7E C21 REA Realty
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    • 268 19 CITILINK WAREHSE 2842SF Fitted, immed Changi S *****, *****, 24K, 49K sf Call Watson Poh *****851 OPEN SPACE Jurong/ Tuas for container/ storage. Cement flr. 160k sf. $1.20 psf. 9023 1577 PN PANTECH 220, 350, 1206, 1367, 1790, 2250-3724 sf. Fr $500. 9638 3613 Angie $1.50 PSF UP. All sizes/
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    • 248 19 IPARK SILC Nusajaya. TOP soon. 2 sty Semi-D fty land ***** sf, built-up ***** sf, attractive price high potential capital appreciation. Call *****329 FH FACTORY Iskandar S’pore. developer: Size fr 4700 to 50,000 sq. Gated Guarded. Land also for Sale. Hendry 9431 7721 F’HOLD LAND FOR Sale. Various Sizes fr
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    • 182 19 FR RM1.2M, BUKIT Indah, Semi-D Cluster, gated, furnished. Near shpg mall. Ltd units. Inihati 8299-3286 WE ARE DEVELOPER Wanted to purchase land to redevelop whole bldgs (ind) office bldgs apts /shop hse/ Hotel. Agts welcome. Call 9865-7700 Mr Tan SIMS AVE 5815 sf. Plot ratio 3.0. Freehold. Two-storeys shophouse site
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    • 850 24 Aspial Corporation Limited, the only public-listed jeweller in Singapore, is a leader in contemporary lifestyle jewellery. With a strong portfolio of brands under its umbrella; Aspial, Lee Hwa, Goldheart Citigems, Aspial has carved a niche for itself with its finest products and exemplary service standards. Our venture into the pawn-broking
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