The Straits Times, 6 February 2013

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  • 34 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 WEDNE S D A Y FEBRU A RY 6 2013 114 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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  • 616 1  -  Private operators may run localised routes to MRT stations, says Lui By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg PRIVATE bus operators may boost Singapore’s public bus service by adding to the 550 new buses the two public bus companies are expected to put on the road
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  • 91 1 About 20 children from Assumption Pathway School and 18 pupils from Keming Primary School were greeted by a scuba-diving God of Fortune to usher in the Chinese New Year, as they walked through Underwater World Sentosa’s 83m-long underwater tunnel yesterday. The God of Fortune
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  • 629 1  -  By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg DAY Two of the parliamentary debate on the Population White Paper was dominated by exchanges between MPs on the Workers’ Party’s alternative population road map. The WP plan envisions growing the resident workforce at
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 531 2  -  Such sweeteners artificially inflate prices, make property curbs seem ineffective By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT esthert@sph.com.sg THE dangling of sweeteners to home buyers by developers to take the sting out of recent property cooling measures is being reviewed by the Government. It is
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    • 557 2  -  By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg YET another group of residents is unhappy that a nursing home will be built in their neighbourhood. In the latest case of the Nimby (not in my backyard) syndrome, residents of a Yew Tee condominium have met
      ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG; ST GRAPHICS  -  557 words
    • 705 3  -  Up to teachers to avoid ‘inappropriate situations’, says code of conduct By KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg TEACHERS have a responsibility to fend off romantic advances from infatuated students, a new code of conduct spells out for the first time. The newly released rules place the
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    • 244 3 LONDON A bionic man, complete with artificial organs, synthetic blood, functioning limbs and artificial intelligence, will go on display at a museum in central London starting tomorrow. The artificial human named Rex was implanted with some of the latest advances in mechanical limbs, as
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
        • 67 4 PRIVATE bus operators are set to run new services along shorter, localised routes that will take commuters to and from MRT stations, and will complement the plan to boost public bus services through the addition of 550 new buses. The new routes could create more direct
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        • 61 4 SINGAPORE’S poorest bore the brunt of inflation last year, as higher housing and health-care costs hit them particularly hard. Households in the bottom one-fifth income bracket were hit with a 5.6 per cent rise in their cost of living, compared to a 4.6 per cent average inflation
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      • WORLD
        • 40 4 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak and China’s top political adviser Jia Qinglin launched the first Malaysia-China industrial park in Pahang yesterday, pledging to strengthen the “time-honoured friendship”. The 607ha park is expected to create 8,500 jobs. PAGE A8
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        • 51 4 FORMER Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s denial of a political comeback is unlikely to dampen speculation that he is preparing to oust Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Mr Rudd has reportedly gathered enough support in the Labor Party to destabilise Ms Gillard, whose approval ratings have slumped. PAGE
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        • 32 4 A TOP Chinese general has warned that “accidental warfare” could disrupt the country’s economic development, as tensions between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed islands continued to fester. PAGE A11
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      • OPINION
        • 60 4 IS ANYTHING that can be tried to pull Japan out of its deflation hole worth a shot? Cheapening the yen and raising inflation targets can over-stimulate, and a pushback by trade rivals is also to be considered. Tokyo will gain more by also looking
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      • HOME
        • 47 4 THE Indonesian government wants Singapore employers to stop hiring maids directly, as the absence of records can make it hard to contact the domestic helpers’ next-of-kin in an emergency. About 36,000 maids are hired by employers who did not engage agents. PAGE B1
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        • 40 4 THE number of immigration offenders arrested has continued to fall, following the downward trend since 2001. The decline is due to innovative technology, thorough examinations and tightened security, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority yesterday. PAGE B2
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        • 59 4 FIRMS will be barred from collecting personal data from children aged under 14 without their parents’ prior consent under a set of proposals released yesterday. This rule will affect nearly every social media website operating in Singapore, including Facebook and Twitter both of which require
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      • MONEY
        • 59 4 A PRIME site at Commonwealth Avenue that would have had developers scrambling a few months ago attracted only three bids in the wake of recent cooling measures. However, the top bid of $562.8 million for the 12,086.8 sq m site, or $883 per square foot
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      • SPORT
        • 43 4 HE HAS received offers from Spanish giants Atletico Madrid and four-time European champions Ajax of the Netherlands, Netherlands, but 17-year-old budding star Adam Swandi is set to pick third-tier French side Metz to further his football development. PAGE B26
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      • LIFE!
        • 88 4 CHINA actor Max Zhang has more screen time than Taiwanese star Chang Chen in The Grandmaster, but it is Chang who gets billed ahead of him. He is not at all insulted by any of this. Instead, Zhang feels blessed just to be part of the movie.
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        • 60 4 NEW heritage walking trails, the opening of another community museum and the launch of blockbuster exhibitions on art and the nation are among the highlights of the National Heritage Board’s calendar this year. The board will also be announcing details of a new grant scheme for projects that
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        • 70 4 LOCAL Mandopop singer Derrick Hoh has dipped a toe into the English pop world and found success. The dance-pop number Forever which he composed, with lyrics by local songwriter Marc Lian made its debut three weeks ago and has climbed to the top of the local iTunes singles
          PHOTO: WARNER MUSIC SINGAPORE  -  70 words
      • WHAT’S ONLINE
      • 146 4 OUR Feb 3 report, “Ex-detainees mark 50th anniversary of crackdown”, quoted former detainee Tan Kok Fang as saying that he longed for the day when Singapore could be like South Korea where Ms Park Geun Hye, the daughter of a former detained dissident, was elected
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    • 624 6  -  Govt also studying how to help small businesses deal with rising premiums By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THE Government could allocate certificates of entitlement (COEs) for cars according to measurements other than engine capacity. It is also looking at ways to help
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    • 590 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN PUBLIC transport ridership has hit another record, fuelled by a growing population, an expanded rail network and measures to curb car ownership and usage. According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the number of rides on buses and trains sailed past the six
      ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM  -  590 words
    • 529 6  -  FOOTBALL MATCH-FIXING SCANDAL By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S law enforcement agencies are working with their European counterparts in their investigations into one of the biggest match-fixing scandals to hit football. “Singapore takes a strong stance against match-fixing and is committed to working with
      PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  529 words
    • 598 6  -  By JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg RETAILERS who make customers pay more for using credit and debit cards, or impose a minimum spend for such cards, are being told to stop. These practices are in breach of the contract terms between merchants and acquiring banks,
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    • 573 7  -  Rising housing and health-care costs pushed up their living costs by 5.6% By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S poorest bore the brunt of inflation last year, as higher housing and health-care costs hit them particularly hard. Households in the bottom one-fifth income
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    • 681 7  -  By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF kianbeng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Carol Feng BEIJING China’s ongoing austerity drive, inspired by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping’s penchant for frugality, has sparked discontent among officials and businesses. In recent weeks, newspapers have started carrying reports of local
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    • 467 7  -  By LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg THE Singaporean victim of a weekend mugging in Medan, Indonesia, died yesterday afternoon at Singapore General Hospital’s intensive care unit. Ms Lydia Koh, 34, who is thought to have suffered head injuries in the attack, was
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    • 589 7 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK The US Justice Department has filed civil fraud charges against the nation’s largest credit-rating agency, Standard Poor’s (S&P), accusing the firm of inflating the ratings of mortgage investments and setting them up for a crash
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  • WORLD
    • 640 8  -  It marks new chapter in ties, says PM Najib By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has launched the first Malaysia-China industrial park in his home state of Pahang, saying it marks a new chapter in a relationship that
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    • ASIA
      • 623 10  -  Govt and rebels agree to hold dialogue and monitor truce By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK A ceasefire is holding in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, with both sides returning to the table for talks and reaching an agreement to defuse military
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      • 532 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SEOUL South Korean President Lee Myung Bak believes North Korea could detonate multiple devices when it goes ahead with a nuclear test expected in the coming weeks or even days. In an interview published yesterday in the Chosun Ilbo daily,
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      • 279 11 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government yesterday after it said a Chinese warship directed a radar used to aim missiles at a Japanese warship, in a new escalation of a standoff over
        NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  279 words
      • 370 11 But army general vows to prepare for it to protect country’s interests BEIJING A top Chinese army general has warned that Beijing’s economic development could be disrupted by “accidental warfare”, but vowed to get ready for war to protect its long-term strategic interest. “Our
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      • 527 12  -  Govt’s $49m to fix pipes slammed as proof of failure to manage resources By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR The water issue is on the boil again in Selangor after Prime Minister Najib Razak allocated RM120 million (S$49 million) to an
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      • 392 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR A group of lawyers is bringing disrepute to the Malaysian legal system with claims of being able to “fix” commercial cases. They are known as the “Dream Team” in the circle of retired gentlemen judges because these lawyers
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      • 293 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA The full post-mortem report on William Yau, the boy who went missing for more than a week and whose body was found on Jan 24 near a jetty in Port Klang, offers no definite answers as
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      • 523 13 Growing number of animals rescued as officials crack down on trafficking NEW YORK TIMES KHAO PRATUBCHANG Thailand wants to shed its image as a place where many types of wildlife turtles from Madagascar, marmoset monkeys from South America, baby sun bears, exotic birds are for sale,
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      • 786 14  -  But law enforcement in Indonesia is weak, notes straight-talking professor By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA As Indonesians mark the 15th anniversary of democratic reforms this year, disillusionment with the quality of that democracy is high. In fact, the
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      • 260 14 JAKARTA Jakarta’s ward chief and sub-district head positions will now be “auctioned” under a new plan by Governor Joko Widodo to encourage civil servants to compete for the positions by submitting work proposals outlining what they plan to do. “It’s not the same
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      • 449 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG BEIJING A woman who allegedly used fake identity cards to illegally buy dozens of properties worth hundreds of millions of dollars has been detained, weeks after she became China’s newest symbol of official corruption. Gong Ai’ai,
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: CHINA NEWS SERVICE  -  449 words
      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 42 14 REUTERS BEIJING China has formulated a game plan for a long-delayed overhaul of income distribution, announcing yesterday reforms that include increasing the amount of profits transferred by state-owned firms, expanding the property tax and further liberalising interest rates.
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        • 68 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA A Bangladeshi court has sentenced a senior Islamist opposition official to life in prison for mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Abdul Quader Molla, 64, the Jamaat-e-Islami party’s fourth highest ranked leader, is the first
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        • 60 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Ten people who detained citizens trying to lodge complaints against the Chinese authorities have been sent to prison, state media said yesterday. Under China’s ancient petitioning system, individuals can ask Beijing to investigate disputes such as land grabs and unpaid wages, but local
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        • 88 14 REUTERS NEW DELHI The trial of five men charged with gang-raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in New Delhi opened yesterday with closed-door testimony from her friend. The 28-year-old software engineer, who may not be identified, appeared at court in a wheelchair, still
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    • 741 15  -  Ex-Aussie PM denies trying to oust Gillard to get old job back By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY On his way into a church yesterday for a quiet service to mark the new parliamentary year, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd faced
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    • 275 15 SYDNEY Some high school students in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, will from this year learn about the pitfalls of mobile phone plans as part of a new programme to stop youth falling into a cash trap. The Australian Securities
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    • 889 16 Huge potential in science but use in areas like gun control raises concerns AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The European Space Agency (ESA) thinks 3-D printing could help build a colony on the moon, amateur gunsmiths are building gun parts
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    • 276 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has dismissed calls for him to quit over a case of alleged graft in which he is implicated, saying he has the same determination to tackle Spain’s economic crisis as when he took office. El Pais newspaper
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    • 222 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG PARIS Men who watch TV for 20 hours a week have almost half the sperm count of those who watch very little or no TV. Harvard University researchers recruited 189 men aged between 18 to 22, and asked
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    • WORLDBRIEFS
      • 52 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MEXICO CITY A gas build-up was the cause of the explosion that rocked the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil firm Pemex last week, killing 37 people, officials have said, ruling out a bomb attack. The explosion tore through a building, injuring more than
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      • 94 16 REUTERS MIDLAND CITY (Alabama) The US authorities have stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama, rescuing a five-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper dead. After a stand-off of more than six days, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents entered
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      • 57 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA The United Nations says the humanitarian crisis in Syria has reached “catastrophic” proportions, with some 2.5 million people in the war-ravaged country lacking enough food. A spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said yesterday that some
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    • 534 17 His trip to Egypt is the first by an Iranian head of state since 1979 revolution REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt yesterday on the first trip by an Iranian head of state since the 1979 revolution, underlining
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  534 words
    • 279 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON A United States Justice Department internal memo says it is legal for the government to kill American citizens abroad if it believes they are senior Al-Qaeda leaders continually engaged in operations aimed at killing Americans.
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    • 618 18  -  GDP at 6.2% last year; first time annual trade deficit is recorded By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA Indonesia’s gross domestic product grew at its slowest pace in two years as South-east Asia’s No. 1 economy felt the impact of a weakening global
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    • 399 18 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Dell, the world’s third-biggest maker of personal computers, is going private in a deal valued at US$24.4 billion (S$30.2 billion), undertaking the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis. Chief executive officer Michael Dell
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    • 346 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TOKYO Bank of Japan (BOJ) chief Masaaki Shirakawa says he will step down about three weeks before his term ends, after the central bank and Japan’s new government butted heads on policy matters. Mr Shirakawa said yesterday
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 48 18 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Asia Pulp Paper, the world’s third-largest pulp and paper company, said yesterday that it is halting operations in Indonesia’s natural rainforests. Advocates have been negotiating with the Singapore-based firm, which controls logging concessions of nearly 6.4 million acres in Indonesia.
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      • 57 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The number of the world’s poor people who benefited from small loans has declined for the first time as purported abuses in India cast a shadow over the “microfinance” industry, said a report by the Microcredit Summit Campaign. It called for microlenders
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      • 34 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Toyota said net profit in the nine months to December quadrupled to 648.2 billion yen (S$8.6 billion), reflecting its recovery from Japan’s 2011 quake and tsunami.
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    • 605 19  -  Move to let workers elect their own leaders seen as a PR exercise By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING Foxconn Technology Group, long battered by criticism over its treatment of 1.2 million Chinese workers who assemble popular gadgets like Apple iPhones, is looking
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    • 306 8 Indonesia’s economy slows Ahmadinejad makes historic trip to Egypt A18 A17 Population Matters: Purpose, Priorities Perceptions BSI Conference 2013 SPEAKERS David Chan Director Behavioural Sciences Institute Singapore Management University Charlotte Beck Senior Director (Elderly Disability) Ministry of Social Family Development Mathew Mathews Research Fellow Institute of Policy Studies Tan Ern
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    • 105 8 Work flat out, seven days a week. M *9', mlMJ From 2 February, fly to Brisbane and Abu Dhabi daily, with Etihad. Enjoy a guaranteed fully-flat bed as well as your own dedicated Food and Beverage Manager in Pearl Business Class. And on the ground, our hospitality extends to the
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  • OPINION
    • 441 20 JAPAN’S new government has curiously been put on the defensive for attempting to reflate an inert economy. People talk of Japan’s lost decade but the dip has lasted a generation, dating from the asset crash of the late 1980s. Now P r i me M i n
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    • 1326 20  -  Singapore’s arts scene is at a tipping point, with a vibrant community of artists and sophisticated audience. But three challenges remain: the deficit of trust between state and artist; moderating the influence of the market on the artists; and the penchant for experimental,
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    • 972 21  -  By CHOO ZHENG XI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a lawyer at Peter Low LLC and has worked on FOIA litigation in the United States. PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong was less than enthusiastic when responding to an audience
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    • 808 21  -  By NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The author is director of publications at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalisation and Editor of YaleGlobal Online. IT IS a cliche to say that globalisation has integrated the world economy, but there is scant
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    • 951 21  -  By GIDEON RACHMAN FINANCIAL TIMES THEflickeringblack-and-whitefilmsofmen going “over the top” in the first world war seem impossibly distant. Yet the idea that the great powers of today could never again stumble into a war, as they did in 1914, is far
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    • 851 23  -  By BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg ASK Thai government officials and they will fume that it is just unfair. How can Thailand be denied an “A” sovereign credit rating when other countries with poorer macroeconomic numbers already have that coveted assessment? Securing a high
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      • MYPOINT
        • 108 24  -  Alex Choy Kah Wai THE White Paper projects a rise in population to 6.9 million by 2030, but what happens after that? Will population growth be projected to rise further, perhaps to nine million by 2050? Given our limited land and resources, we will have to
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        • 184 24  -  Eric Teo Hong Kiat BEING born and bred in Singapore, I have seen the breathless transformation of the country in the past 10 years. By most measures, our Government has done a great job. But I hope the headlong pursuit of economic growth does not
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        • 128 24  -  Loh Shan Ming I WAS impressed by the attention paid to improving the lives of Singaporeans in the Population White Paper. However, I wonder if the policy options considered by the planners were constrained by too much focus on gross domestic product (GDP) growth. GDP
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      • POPULATION WHITE PAPER
        • 373 24  -  Ng Ya Ken AFTER reading yesterday’s reports on the first day of debate on the Population White Paper in Parliament, I noted that some MPs chose to raise the same old issues. What is new about the declining citizenship ratio or dilution of identity? We
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        • 361 24  -  Walter Lee SINGAPORE is at a very difficult crossroads. Are we a country or merely a successful regional city? That we are a tiny island with no hinterland makes it even more challenging. Our economics is fundamentally based on a regional city paradigm.
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      • 154 24  -  Chong Chung Nee Director (Project Devt Mgt) Housing Development Board LAUNCHED in December 2009, SkyVille@Dawson is a 47-storey development with unique features such as sky bridges, building facade treatment and architectural features (“Speed up work on older BTO projects” by
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      • 424 24  -  Lee Kheng Hock (Associate Professor) President, 23rd Council (2011–2013) College of Family Physicians Singapore Tan Boon Yeow (Associate Professor) Censor-in-Chief (Chief Examiner), 23rd Council (2011–2013) College of Family Physicians Singapore WITH a rapidly growing and ageing population in Singapore, the utilisation
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      • 70 24 1. MR ANG MIAH BOON: Fundamental problem is low fertility rate. 2. MR NG KOK KEONG: Conduct social audit to reassure S’poreans. 3. MS AMY LOH: Distinguish between citizens, PRs and non-PR residents. 4. MR GERARD LIM: Have convenient train services at all times. 5. MR MILTON YAP:
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      • 385 25  -  Michael Ang York Poon THERE are many government policies I disagree with, but I passionately support its firm stand on prohibiting dual citizenship (“Home in Singapore, heart in homeland”; Monday). This is despite the fact that a policy reversal would make my own life
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      • 160 25  -  Roshni Asha (Mrs) THERE are even more people whose homes are overseas but whose hearts are in Singapore (“Home in Singapore, heart in homeland”; Monday). I know many Singaporeans who emigrated for various reasons. Some of their grown-up, highly qualified children would like to live and
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      • 161 25  -  Rodney Neo Eng Chong I HOPE the authorities will not accommodate calls to allow dual citizenship, as some potential citizens want to have the best of both worlds (“Home in Singapore, heart in homeland”; Monday). I find Mr Samuel Guerville’s fears that taking
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      • 90 25 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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  • HOME
    • 672 1  -  Jakarta says lack of records makes it hard to contact next-of-kin in crisis By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE Indonesian government wants Singapore employers to stop hiring maids directly, as the absence of records can make it hard to contact their domestic helpers’ next-of-kin in an
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    • 466 2  -  Decline due to thorough checks and tight checkpoint security, says ICA By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg THE number of immigration offenders arrested has continued to fall, following the downward trend since 2001. Last year, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) made 2,580 arrests, down from 3,110 in
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    • 569 2  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg INVESTORS who took physical possession of gold they bought at The Gold Guarantee now the subject of a police probe are in a fix. Many face difficulties in offloading the precious metal as pawnshops such as Maxi-Cash and
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    • 369 2  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg FOR patients at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), care is not just confined to the treatment they receive at dialysis centres. Yesterday, 10 nurses and patients from the Western Digital-NKF Dialysis Centre brought festive cheer right into a dialysis patient’s
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    • 564 9  -  Limit to what it can do for residents as its candidate was not elected: Teo Ser Luck By TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg THE People’s Action Party (PAP) will stop pushing for new infrastructure projects in Punggol East, and end its weekly Meet-the-People
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    • 237 9  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg POLICE yesterday arrested a 34-year-old male driver who crashed his car into nine vehicles at two different locations, causing a pedestrian to be hurt. The first hit-and-run accident happened at the carpark of Block 742, Bedok
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    • 555 10  -  Proposed rule aims to prevent exploitation of younger children By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg ORGANISATIONS are to be prohibited from collecting personal data from children below the age of 14 unless there is prior parental consent. This proposal by the Personal Data Protection
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    • 320 10  -  By MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg EVEN as the revamped Safra Toa Payoh celebrated its official opening yesterday, excitement has also been whipped up over what users can expect at an upcoming facility Safra Punggol. In details given yesterday, the $50 million recreational club for national
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    • 232 10  -  By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg FORMER Asian Wall Street Journal editor Barry Wain died yesterday at the age of 69. The veteran Australian journalist, who worked as a writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies here, spent nearly four decades living in the region.
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    • 283 10  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg YISHUN residents will soon have a new express bus that links them to the Central Business District. Service 850E will be launched on Feb 18 to ferry commuters to and from the city during weekday peak hours. Run by transport
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    • 116 10 Real estate group Huttons donated $220,000 to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF) at the firm’s 10th-anniversary gala at Marina Bay Sands last night. Huttons projects director Peggy Ngiam (second from left) presented the cheque to SPMF chairman Han Fook Kwang (far left).
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    • 208 10  -  DAVID EE A FOREIGN worker has died in an explosion on Jurong Island that left four others injured. The 31-year-old was reportedly flung two to three metres by the blast, which happened while the men were checking high-pressure pipes at a shipyard.
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    • 576 11  -  Two of them allege they were beaten up while in police custody after illegal strike By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THE police have started investigations into claims by two former SMRT bus drivers that they were beaten up while being held for questioning last
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    • 446 11  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE former principal of Maris Stella High School was yesterday queried on why he had tapped school funds instead of his money to buy fittings for a property of a religious order he belonged to. Anthony Tan
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    • HOME PARLIAMENT
      • 2046 4  -  Key question: the effects of a cap on foreign workers WHITE PAPER ON POPULATION DEBATE By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg THE Workers’ Party fleshed out its alternative population road map in Parliament yesterday, one that envisions growing the local workforce at 1
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      • 378 4  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S largest business chamber yesterday hit out at the Workers’ Party’s proposals to have no additional foreign workers till 2020, saying that it would be “disastrous” for the Singapore economy and its competitiveness and “does no one
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      • THE DEBATE IN 2 MINUTES
        • 54 4 THE debate over the White Paper on Population continued for a second day, with PAP and Workers’ Party MPs sparring over the opposition party’s alternative proposal. Question time earlier was dominated by transport concerns. A change to the current Certificate of Entitlement system for cars was suggested
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        • 220 4 TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew revealed that the bus fleet could be increased beyond the 550 new buses committed by public bus operators, as part of ways to cope with a growing population. Private operators could be tapped to run new, shorter and localised routes to feed passengers
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        • 55 4 CAR COEs may be recategorised according to measurements other than engine capacity, Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo said in response to a flurry of questions about soaring prices of the certificates. It was the second time in four weeks that the Government has said the 23-year-old
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        • 50 4 COMMUTERS here pay less than those in cities with nationalised transport systems and this is proof that the profit-based model works for the public transport sector here. Fare increases here have also been smaller than that in cities like London, said Mr Lui.
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        • 48 4 SMRT will spend about $1.75 billion until 2019 to upgrade and buy assets for its rail network. Mr Lui said the money will go towards buying new trains, resignalling of lines, and buying over the first set of Circle Line operating assets from the Government.
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        • 28 4 INCOMES at the bottom have continued to grow and educational levels have risen, said Acting Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing.
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      • 732 5  -  FROM THE GALLERY WHITE PAPER ON POPULATION DEBATE By JEREMY AU YONG ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR jeremyau@sph.com.sg AT ABOUT 3.50pm, Speaker of the House Halimah Yacob called for a 20-minute recess, forcing an abrupt ceasefire between Workers’ Party MP Chen Show Mao and
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      • 721 5  -  ‘Calibrated’ immigration needed as parenthood perks take time to work By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg THE minister leading the country’s drive to coax Singaporeans to get hitched and have babies yesterday refuted the Workers’ Party’s claim that immigration is the key plank of
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      • 450 5  -  By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg PEOPLE’S Action Party MP Liang Eng Hwa has proposed a change in the wording of the motion seeking Parliamentary endorsement of the Population White Paper. The Holland-Bukit Timah GRC MP felt the move would better reflect Singaporeans’ concerns on maintaining
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      • 347 5  -  JANICE HENG THE proportion of Malays in Singapore’s citizen population will be maintained, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Grace Fu said yesterday. She gave the assurance when replying to two Malay MPs who had noted on Monday the Malay-Mus-lim community was worried
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      • 386 6  -  WHITE PAPER ON POPULATION DEBATE LEONARD LIM WHILE it is important to mitigate any negative impacts of economic growth, Singapore cannot take for granted that growth will just happen, East Coast GRC MP Jessica Tan said yesterday. Laying down a strong defence
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      • 507 6  -  Focus instead on infrastructure and integration issues, says Inderjit Singh By LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg VETERAN PAP MP Inderjit Singh wants the Government to delay population growth for five years. Political leaders should focus instead on fixing infrastructure bottlenecks and social integration issues caused
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      • 594 6 David Ong (Jurong GRC) To lift birth rate, deter abortions ONE WAY to boost Singapore’s low birth rate is to reduce the number of abortions, Mr David Ong (Jurong GRC) proposed yesterday. He noted that the number of additional births needed for Singapore’s population to replace itself
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      • 448 6  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg INCOMES at the bottom have continued to rise, according to figures shown by Acting Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing in Parliament yesterday, but he said the Government will do more to help low-income
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      • 766 8  -  Fares here lower than in other cities, he says By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S operating model that lets profit-driven companies run the public transport system works because commuters pay on average less than folks in cities where other models are used, said
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      • 449 8  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg TRANSPORT operator SMRT will spend about $1.75 billion between now and 2019 to upgrade and purchase assets for its rail network, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew yesterday. The operator will pay about $1 billion in 2019 to buy
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      • 470 8  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the Government has delinked the prices of new flats from the prices of resale flats by varying the discounts given to first-time buyers. This is to keep the prices of new
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      • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
        • 145 8 THE start date for the new enhanced baby bonus and Medisave grants for newborns remains Aug 26 last year, said Ms Grace Fu, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. That was when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong first spoke about the enhanced bonus in
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        • 81 8 THE Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth and the Singapore Sports Council will do a study this year on the long-term manpower needs of the sports sector, said Acting Minister Lawrence Wong yesterday. It will look at how to ensure a stable supply of expertise
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        • 122 8 THE Government has paid out $268 million to the employers of older as well as disabled workers under the Special Employment Credit (SEC) scheme, which began two years ago. This sum went to 91,000 employers for hiring 404,000 older employees between January 2011 and June
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        • 99 8 LAST year, 12 Lift Upgrading Programme projects were delayed, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. However, most projects are completed ahead of schedule, he noted in a written reply to Mr David Ong (Jurong GRC). The delays had three main causes, he said.
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  • MONEY
    • 609 12  -  Investors enthused by rising market, especially among lower-cost punts By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg TRADING volumes have gone through the roof this year as investors flock back to the share mar- ket, many with the hope of making a quick buck on penny stocks. About 4.88 billion shares
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    • 446 12  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A PRIME site in Commonwealth Avenue that would have had developers scrambling a few months ago attracted only three bidders. Analysts expected the 99-year leasehold plot to be heavily contested, with up to 10 bids likely. But
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    • 476 13  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg MEXICO’S central bank governor has warned, in a lecture here, of the dangers of easy credit and asset bubbles forming in emerging economies as funds pour in from advanced economies. Banco de Mexico governor Agustin Carstens also said that
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    • 465 13  -  Depreciation expenses must be included in gross rent: Appeal Court By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SEVERAL million dollars that the taxman stood to lose will remain in his clutches after a recent landmark Court of Appeal ruling. The closely watched court dispute centred on
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    • 376 13  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg CHIEF financial officers (CFOs) and finance directors are confident that their firms have good growth prospects this year, according to a new survey. The survey polled 300 CFOs and finance directors 150 from the banking and financial services sector, and
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    • MONEY SME SPOTLIGHT
      • 622 14  -  In the first of a four-part series on education firms, Melissa Tan speaks to Training Vision, a leading Workforce Skills Qualification training institute. Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg MENTION higher education and the image that often comes to mind is that of a traditional
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      • 908 15  -  Many SMEs are too busy with their businesses to place much emphasis on developing their human capital. Yet studies show that good human resource practices can help firms outpace the competition. In the first of a five-part series looking at the importance of
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      • 692 15  -  CHRISTINA CHING ONE of the biggest challenges faced by small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) is not the lack of new growth opportunities but, rather, the lack of good business leaders across all levels who can lead the companies to seize these opportunities. Enterprises need to
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      • 713 15  -  CHRISTINA CHING IT STARTED out in the backyard of its founder Chua Seng Tek’s home at Carpmael Road in 1968. From the humble business of producing plain paper boxes, Teck Wah Seng Kee, as it was then called, grew steadily. Fast forward
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      • 357 16  -  Plan to develop wearable ‘kidney’ that functions as dialysis machine YASMINE YAHYA LOCAL medical technology firm Awak Technologies has tied up with United States medical giant Baxter International to develop a wearable artificial kidney. This device, for patients with advanced renal
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        291 16 SPRING SINGAPORE L My partners and I have been running a small enterprise for about 10 years and feel that it is about time to brush up on our management skills and perhaps go back to school. We have studied various MBA programmes to find a suitable one
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      • 318 17  -  Targeted at children, app gets players to create virtual dish within a budget By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg LOCAL tech start-up PlayMoolah has linked up with OCBC Bank to launch a mobile app to teach children how to handle their money. The OCBC Yusheng
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      • 350 17 Icpas Productivity Seminar on ‘Turning Pains Into Productivity Gains’ L Date: Feb 21 L Time: 8.30am to 1pm L Venue: SAA Global Education 111 Somerset Road, TripleOne Somerset, #06-01/02, Seminar Room 6 and 7, Singapore *****4 L Fee: $30 (members), $50 (non-members) This seminar will help accountancy
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 334 18  -  Year-on-year increase due mainly to lower spending even as revenues fall By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THIRD-QUARTER net profits at SIA Engineering hit $67 million, 5.5 per cent higher than in the same quarter in 2011. The increase in the bottom line,
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      • 350 18  -  By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg ENERGY giant Royal Dutch Shell is expanding the capacity of its polyols plant on Jurong Island, it announced yesterday. Shell said a “final investment decision” has been made to raise annual capacity by more than 100,000 tonnes a year and
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      • 367 18  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg FASHION retailer FJ Benjamin said a decline in sales of luxury timepieces, and weaker festive spending led to a slide in secondquarter earnings. Net profit for the three months ended Dec 31 dived 73 per cent to $1.3
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      • 310 18 REUTERS SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX), Asia’s sec-ond-largest bourse operator by market capitalisation, is in talks to buy a stake in transatlantic clearing house LCH.Clearnet, betting on an increase in trading volumes for derivatives, the Financial Times reported on Monday. SGX may participate in
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    • MONEY MARKETS
      • 437 20  -  Political issues in Europe give traders excuse to book gains BULLS AND BEARS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg NEW concerns over the euro zone gave traders the excuse they were looking for to book profits yesterday. The sell-off sent the Straits Times Index down 24.71
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      • COMPANYBRIEFS
        • 89 20 STAMFORD Land Corp has posted a 47.3 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to $18.6 million as the company sold fewer apartments than in the same period last year. Revenue fell 52.6 per cent to $195.5 million for the three months ended Dec 31. Hotel operations
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        • 86 20 INNOPAC Holdings yesterday said the head of an Australian mining company that it plans to acquire has taken a substantial stake in the mainboard-listed company. Mr Joseph Gutnick, chief of Merlin Diamonds, has acquired 200 million shares at 20 cents apiece, or a 6.9 per cent stake in
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        • 93 20 CATALIST-LISTED Hafary Holdings yesterday said its half-year net profit soared to $23.9 million from $2.5 million, mainly due to the disposal of property at 79 Aljunied Road amounting to $23.8 million. Revenue jumped 34 per cent to $42.5 million for the six months to Dec 31. Earnings per
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 18 20 STI TRADING VOLUME 211 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 4 Losers: 22 Unchanged: 4
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        • 82 20 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 808.81 567.09 830.67 1,051.85 265.78 231.59 276.65 -3.67 -3.78 -5.77 -11.45 -1.70 -2.29 -3.29 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 229.74 540.18 890.64 834.42 1,409.62 835.46
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        • 21 20 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.53 billion shares worth $1.38 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 122 Losers: 327 Unchanged: 346
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        • 59 20 Feb 5 Against S$ 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: 1.2866 1.2881 1.0414 1.0417 ***** 1.2382 1.0014 1.0008 1.6650 1.6667 1.3476
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    • 628 22 But King of Clay still has doubts over knee injury ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS VINA DEL MAR (Chile) They were giving the tickets away a year ago, and still had a difficult time attracting fans. It is a different story this year at the VTR Open,
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    • 622 23 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The Los Angeles Lakers are returning to the New York stage, and it is anyone’s guess what that portends: Dominance? Dysfunction? Brilliance? Petulance? All of the above? Some of the above? They have already packed at least
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      • 67 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Manchester United announced yesterday they will visit Japan as part of their pre-season tour of Asia, giving a chance for Japanese attacking midfielder Shinji Kagawa to dazzle his home fans. The Premier League giants will face J-League side Yokohama
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      • 64 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON A man who threw a plastic beer bottle onto the track and shouted abuse at Usain Bolt before the men’s 100m final at last year’s London Olympics will be electronically tagged for eight weeks as part of his community punishment. Ashley
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      • 86 23 REUTERS SOFIA Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will play in a charity match against English Premier League side Aston Villa to raise funds for children with leukaemia, the Balkan country’s football association (BFU) said on Monday. “The match between Bulgarian Stars and
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    • 311 23 THE TIMES, LONDON MADRID Spanish football has been rocked by drug claims made by a former Real Sociedad president after he admitted that the La Liga club paid about €330,000 (S$558,393) a year to Eufemiano Fuentes, the doctor on trial for doping cyclists. Inaki
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    • 281 23 REUTERS BEIJING China’s double Olympic swimming gold medallist Sun Yang has been suspended from all commercial activities for breaching a “series of team rules”, state news agency Xinhua reported yesterday. The Zhejiang College of Sports has also withheld his monthly allowance after the
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    • 66 23 Basketball NBA (selected) Indiana 111 Chicago 101, Philadelphia 78 Orlando 61, Washington 98 LA Clippers 90, New York 99 Detroit 85, Oklahoma 112 Dallas 91, Utah 98 Sacramento 91 (OT). ABL Singapore Slingers 68 Malaysia Dragons 67. Tennis ATP Vina Del Mar In Chile, 1st rd: Filippo Volandri (Ita)
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    • 366 24  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg HER predecessors were either much more vocal or more high-profile. So when it came to potential candidates for the chef de mission role at this year’s Asian Youth Games, former national paddler Tan Paey Fern never thought she would
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    • 828 24 Briton happy with Mercedes’ power but Rosberg’s car ends up in flames ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS THE TIMES, LONDON JEREZ (Spain) Behind the wheel of his new Mercedes car, Lewis Hamilton felt right at home. The British driver, who left McLaren for Formula One rivals Mercedes this
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    • 503 24  -  HORSE RACING Written by Craig Brennan SEVEN time champion trainer Laurie Laxon is creeping up on 1000 winners in Singapore. Currently sharing top billing with Mark Walker on 1 0 winners in the 201 3 race for top honours, Laxon has prepared 973 winners in Singapore
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    • 243 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone yesterday ruled out a 20th race on the 2013 calendar, putting an end to speculation that Turkey or another European country is in line to host a Grand Prix this year. Ecclestone, in Dubai to announce
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    • 661 25 Coach aims to turn around Brazil’s fortunes at England’s expense ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Luiz Felipe Scolari begins his mission to restore Brazil’s former glories ahead of next year’s World Cup with a glamour friendly against England today. Brazil reached out for their 2002
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    • 391 25 REUTERS LONDON Uefa will vet sponsorship deals struck by clubs such as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City to ensure they are not flouting new rules designed to force clubs to clean up their finances, warned European football’s governing body. European clubs incurred
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    • 470 25 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CLAIREFONTAINE (France) Didier Deschamps is convinced he has helped France overcome their on-pitch woes and play with a new sense of confidence when they face major teams such as Germany. Les Bleus have failed to shine on the big stage since
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    • 421 25 REUTERS LISBON Even as Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to face Ecuador in Portugal colours today, the Champions League showdown with Manchester United is never too far from his mind. With just one week to go till he meets his former side in the last 16
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    • 127 23 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Basketball NBA: Houston v Golden State (Live, StarHub CH216, 9am). 3.25am). Netball Friendly: Singapore v South Africa U-21 (Singapore Sports School, 8pm). Football African Nations Cup s-finals: Mali v Nigeria (10.30pm), Burkina Faso v Ghana (tomorrow, 2.15am) Live, StarHub Ch205. International friendlies: Netherlands v Italy (Live,
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    • 233 1 Language crossover Mandopop singer finds success with debut English single C2 Meet Mr Ada Choi Actor Max Zhang is happy his wife is more famous C3 Coming up next New heritage trails, new community museum C9 Actor-director Ben Afeck’s action-thriller Argo should win Best Picture at the Oscars this year,
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      • 596 2  -  Mandopop singer Derrick Hoh’s first foray into singing in English sees him score a No. 1 hit Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Two years after his last release, local Mandopop singer Derrick Hoh returns to the scene not with a new Mandarin track, but an English-language single. The
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      • 652 2  -  Rachael Boon One of her last commercial gigs here was back in 2004, so it would be natural for a Singapore fan to assume that veteran Taiwanese songbird Long Piao-Piao’s showbusiness career has slowed down. Yet the singer tells Life! she has been so busy
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      • 324 2 Reuters Agence France-Presse London Reg Presley, the lead singer of 1960s British rock band The Troggs, who scored a hit with the love anthem Wild Thing, was reported to have died at his home in Andover, south-east England, on Monday after a battle with
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      • 798 9  -  A second community museum and blockbuster shows are some activities to look forward to Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg New heritage walking trails, another community museum and the launch of blockbuster exhibitions on art and the nation. These activities and openings are among highlights of a packed calendar of
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      • 340 9 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Japanese fashionistas leapt to the defence of Tokyo-based Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee yesterday after he was arrested for selling books containing pictures of male genitals. Kee, who has snapped megastars including Lady Gaga and Super Bowl sensation Beyonce, was arrested on Monday on
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      • 732 11 Maurice Sendak’s final book is also the author’s farewell and a memorial for his longtime partner Associated Press New York The last completed book we are likely to get from Maurice Sendak remembers a man he often insisted was the real genius of the
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      • 505 11 Agence France-Presse New York A plump, naughty-looking winged baby with a bow and arrow sounds like the illustration on a Valentine’s Day card, right? Wrong: It is a 2,000-year-old statue on show in New York. A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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      • 1011 12 The Lumineers’ song has earned them Grammy nods and put roots rock music in the spotlight Associated Press Nashville, Tennessee Even the members of The Lumineers are puzzled by the success of their song Ho Hey and their sudden rise to fame after years on
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      • 878 3  -  After living in his famous actress wife Ada Choi’s shadow, Max Zhang is coming into his own in The Grandmaster Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg China actor Max Zhang has a prominent role in Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster that is not reflected in the movie
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      • 928 4  -  There was flirting and good humour at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon to honour those up for Hollywood’s biggest prize Alison de Souza stlife@sph.com.sg In Los Angeles Actors and directors often show up for their contractually mandated film publicity tours dutifully rather than joyfully, with many appearing to
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        324 4  -  Tay Yek Keak FAST AND FURIOUS 6 SUPER BOWL TRAILER (www.youtube. com/watch?v=J94EIgeWVI0) This exciting clip of cinema’s most unending road trip was unveiled during the crunching Super Bowl. So cars, trucks, tanks and planes get smashed into bits that would give COE bidders a heart attack. “We’re talking
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        637 5  -  Directors Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok offer funny gags and moving moments in this prequel to the classic novel Journey To The West Review Fantasy adventure JOURNEY TO THE WEST (PG13) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Xuanzang (Wen Zhang) is a demon hunter whose weapon of choice
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      • 2110 6  -  John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg The drumbeats for the action-thriller Argo winning the Best Picture Oscar became louder after Ben Affleck, the film’s lead actor, director and co-producer, snatched top honours at the Directors Guild Of America (DGA) last Saturday. The win should mean that the
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      • 136 8 ‘I don’t miss acting. I’m small, red-haired and from Liverpool, so I was always cast as a prostitute’ Crime writer and former actress Lynda La Plante ‘Of course I require a certain number of people to like me for my livelihood. But I’m beyond the point
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        728 8  -  Ronald Cheng did not use his Golden Horse win to increase his fee for his latest movie Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Hong Kong actor Ronald Cheng did not take advantage of his Golden Horse Award win last year to increase his fee for his new movie, Hotel Deluxe.
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        297 8  -  Yip Wai Yee Review Comedy VAMPS (PG13) 92 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ With Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) and Clueless (1995), American film-maker Amy Heckerling made two of the most iconic teen comedies in those two decades. Those films did not just celebrate and satirise the diversions and inanities of
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      • 785 10 American director Steven Soderbergh’s ‘last’ film will vie for top award at Berlin film festival Agence France-Presse Reuters Berlin Steven Soderbergh’s “last” movie, a battle of French screen icons and daring looks at homosexuality in the Catholic Church will vie for gold at the Berlin
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      • 455 10 Associated Press New York The latest website for discovering, discussing and buying books is sponsored by some of the industry’s leading publishers. Simon Schuster, Hachette Book Group and Penguin Group (USA) yesterday launched Bookish, billed as “a one-stop, comprehensive online destination to connect readers with
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    • 98 5 Top 10 Movies SINGAPORE 1. Ah Boys To Men 2 2. (1) Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters 3. The Grandmaster 4. (2) Zero Dark Thirty 5. (3) The Impossible 6. A Haunted House 7. (4) Mama 8. (5) Cloud Atlas 9. Silver Linings Playbook 10. (7) Les Miserables Information from
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    • 546 6 2/’09 MITSUBISHI L200 S/cab. Tip top. easy loan, high trade in. *****653 10/10 MITSUBISHI L200 Dou blecab 2.5 turbo+hood (M). Silver. $93.8K! *****388 3/08 NISSAN CABSTAR 10ft Lorry With Hood. A1 Cond. Cheap: $55.5K! *****388 10/’03 NISSAN D/CAB Hood. COE 9/’13, 1 Owner New Tax. Call *****300 2013 JINBEI 2.2M
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    • 779 7 Properties I I t r r i t-i 4" i i Residential Properties for Sale Classification Guide 457 Central Houses For Rent Landed Homes for Sale 402 D01 -08 City South-West 403 D09-10 Orchard/Tanglin/ Holland 404 Dll &21 Newton/BtTimah/Clement! 405 D12-14 Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang 406 D15-16 East Coast 407 D17-18
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    • 208 7 FORD AVE. ***** sqft. Hill top, wide frontage, designer decor. Easy access to Holland V. Almost new, 7rm. 9456-7348 Sole Agent MT ECHO PK *****/ 6500 sf. Beautiful land, nice frontage. Panoramic view, quiet, serene. Priced to sell Call *****348 Sole agt TREVOSE VICINITY. YOU won’t want to regret not
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    • 156 7 HOLLAND GR. 5985 sf. May convert to bunglw. 999 yrs Namly modern 3600/ 4611 sf. Daniel Ling *****605 ENBLOC POTENTIAL!!! FH Dublin Lodge. 2500 sqft. Near Somerset MRT. $5M+ Ray Ng 9178 9988 PPRE D.10 MODERN 2½ S T Y Bunglw 5450/6000 sf, 5+1 pool, park 4cars. Near amenities. Melvin
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    • 259 7 UNIQUE! JLN HARUM GCB ***** sqft, 5 rms, pool, perfect for A+A. Quick! Call RealStar *****080 CONVENIENT! 1KM TO ACS. Inter-Terr. 3100 sqft, 4 rms Mins to Orchard. Quick! Call RealStar *****000 D.10 NEW RESORT ***** sf Lush surrounding. Priced to sell, below valn. View today. John 9383-6780 NASSIM VICINITY
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    • 288 7 NEW LIST! CLEMENTI cres Very Rare FH. Greenery Auspicious no.Best buy exclusive.Jeremy *****570 BEST BUY CORNER terr. Highgate. land 3050/2800 sf, 4bdrm. Face N/S, MRT, Schs. Douglas 9674 7694 1KM ACS SCGS Barker terraces. 2750sf. $4.08m Goldhill Terrace. 3100sqft. 5.Xm. James 9765 2795 BARKER RD. FH Semi-D. Just TOP! Near
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    • 258 7 STUNNING SEMI-D SIMEI. 4100/7100 sqft. 7+1, MRT amenities. Call Emily Aung 9692 3323 CBRE sole agt **RARE! CARPMAEL RD 2sty Terr. Land Approx 1700sf. Orig cond. Suits A&A. SM Chia 9068-6500 S/STY INTER-TERR 2 rms Move-in. Frankel Estate. Call Fabius Lee 8181-7779 EastCoastLanded.com EVERGREEN 2½ STY semi-d 3600 sqft. Wide
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    • 293 7 Joel Li 9791 5522 PASIR RIS CORNER Terr. $1.5xM. 2153/3300 sf. 5+1. 2 cars, garden. Inter Terr Pricing! Hurry Dont Miss! TANAH MERAH BESAR 2-sty bunglw 7000/5200sf. 6+1 Big pool. F’hold. $7.xxM. HB *****927 Linda Chin KENT HOMEGURU *****777 Tropical Home in the heart of S’goon Gdn 2.5 storey Corner
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    • 288 7 NEW LIST! S/STY Bunglw. 4803/2500sf Rebuild/A&A Ask $5.xM. Genuine seller. Melvin Tang 8100 5008 HUDDINGTON 2.5 STOREY Corner Terr. 2970/4700 sf 4+1. Serene. Almost sold! Melvin Tang 8100 5008 COLCHESTER GR 2½ sty inter-terr approx 2710/ 4900 sqft 999 yrs, near completion. 9828 0866 S’GOON GDNS 1-STY Semi-D 3200/2000 sf.
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    • 320 7 \,(_.]]+>";-@,};`\'^~%?%<~*=?*) THE SPRINGSIDE, 4+1. Land: 1742sf spacious good cond Quiet, vacant possession. Pam CK Lai *****322 DALLA VALE 3218 Sqft. Pool View, Nature Lovers, 5 Bdrms Future Springleaf MRT. Josina Ng *****552 JLN KENARAH STRATA semi -d. 3294 sf. 999yrs. 3 sty basement, pk 2 cars $2.3M neg. Cheong 9837
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    • 272 7 INTERLACE DISCOUNT 2013 10% 10% limited period 3rm 1593sqft #09 $1.89m 3rm 1604sqft #07 $1.93m 3+study 1873sqft $2.25m 4rm 2056sqft #10 $2.57m www.kitsonhome.com/ INTERLACE. 10%+10% NEW Discount. From $865 psf. 3-bdrms, 1593 sf, $1.89M. 3+study, 1873 sf, $2.24M. 4-bdrms, 1938 sf, $2.44M. 3-bdrms, Gdn Hse, $2.61M. Penthouse 3154 sf, $4.13M
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    • 225 8 FR $7XX PSF. Dual key 4rm 1991 5328 sf! 3/ 3+study/ 4/ Penthse fr $1.89M. TOP soon. Fantastic discount now! Selling fast! Hurry! Jorena Tan 9618 9696 CARIBBEAN PENTHSE. 6135 sf. Awesome seafront, resort living, tastefully done/ twin jacuzzi. Beautiful terr. INTERLACE NEW 10+10% discount! 3 rm/ 3+ study 4rm/
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    • 394 8 KERRISDALE. VACANT 2 rm. 990 sqft. Blk 36. #29-14. Unblock. Farrer Pk MRT $1.25M up. Alan *****055 INTERLACE NEW DISC. 3/ 3+1/ 4/ Gdn Hse/ Penthse Spacious layout, iconic design. Chee Seng *****210 ROCHESTER 1948 SQ.FT 3+1 Fantastic Unblocked view Tenanted $3.1m Mrt 99 yrs *****944 Andrew Tay OCEANFRONT SENTOSA
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    • 621 8 IjCRI D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/Holland BD09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/ Holland Tanqlin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale PteApts for Sale My loss is your gain. $12XX PSF only! era Up to 15% straight discount dleedon mWimU 1 bdrm 2 bdrm 3 bdrm 4 bdrm Gdn Hse $1.18M S1.46M $1.8XM $2.48M $3.68M 010X0
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    • 506 8 WATERSCAPE CAVENAGH 1 bdrm 592 sf. Greenery. TOP 2014. FH. Near MRT. Neg. Call Lewis 8288 2810 D.10 D’LEEDON MRT Super 1+1 $1.xxM, 2+1 $1.7xM 3+1 $13xx psf, 4-rm $14xx psf, D10 Beverly Hill, 3778 sf. SLASHED PRICE! SELLING $700K below value! 2 units avail only. Along River Valley Road.
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    • 287 8 THOMSON 800. 3+1 rare high flr unit. Greenery city view. Unblocked. No noon sun. D.11 F’hold. Dont miss! RARE! SHELFORD VIEW. Stunning apt. Totally reno. 2669 sf. 3+1. F’hold. Vacan -t possession. $4.8M. Tiff Cristobal *****009 (CPM) THE CASACADIA BT Timah new premium units release 2+1. 883/ 990 sf. $1.6XM.
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    • 282 8 THE ACACIAS Sommerville Rd. F’hold. 1249 sqft 3 bdrms. Tranquil. Move in. Keith Toh 9877-3888 DTZ 8 RAJA. VIEW actual unit! FH. TOP soon 3/ 4/ 5 bdrm Size for dual key 2023 sqft. Chew Cai *****161 POTONG PASIR NEW launch! Near MRT/ 1km to St Andrew. Call Ashleigh for
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    • 711 8 D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Sale D15-16East Coast Pte Apts for Sale D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Sale 388 ;S theC c FREEHOLD Sharing the joy this Lunar New Year! a Stamp Duty Reimbursement* Choice of 1 to 3-bedroom SOHO apartments in East Coast Floor to ceiling height
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    • 308 9 BISHAN PT 1184 sf, unblock, pool view, windy. Closing soon! Last Offer: $1.235M. WTG Samantha *****046 CHUAN PARK. ALMOST Sold! 4+1. 1851 sf. High flr. Move in.Face South/landed/ city. Fireworks view. Near MRT. FREEHOLD CLUSTER HOUSE Launching soon. Great facilities come with Pte lift. Register for VVIP Preview! Bryan Koh
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    • 302 9 NICE PENTHSE Parc Vista 2034 sqft. Good cond with balconies open terr. 3+ maid $1.5M. Lily 9671-3228 GOOD BUY! 2-BDRM Hillview Regency. 84 sqm. Bright, Reno, Cosy, Unblock! Rare! $9xxK only. *****596 Agt NORTHOAKS/ WOODSVALE $900K+. 3+1 #01/ 07/ 13. 4+1. $1.08M. Pool view. Mrt. Tony Kwek *****270 EC LAUNCH
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    • 408 9 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG BUY T-SELL IT• FIND IT WOODLANDS J KANu KIT PANJAr CHOA CHU KANG BUKIT PAN JANG PUNGGO
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    • 167 9 NEW LIST! EM 218, mins to Bt Batok MRT. 147 sqm, quiet, bright, lift level. Val $630k Ellicia *****381 PN 3’A’ BLK 247 High flr/ Orig lift. Unblock. Good layout. MRT/amenities All race/PR eligible. *****868 Connie 3’NG’ BLK 139. Top floor. 3’A’ Blk 249. Low floor. Bright breezy. Lift level.
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    • 232 9 GROUND FLR! BEST Deal! 4’A’ 135 Jalan Bt Merah. Greenery. Quiet. 107 sqm. Grab! Daniel Poh *****972 3’A’ 26A JLN Membina. 5 mins MRT/ Plaza. Low flr. Move-in cond. Val $472K. VTO. Chinese ratio filled. 3’I’ BLK 128 Bt Merah View Rare unit! 65 sqm. High flr. Upgraded.Val.SPR/All race Sat/
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    • 197 9 RARE! 3’A’ BLK 668 Chander Road #06. Renovated. Mins to shpg mall/ mkt/ MRT. Indian ratio filled. EA, 143 SQM. Blk 275 CCK Ave 2. Mid flr, inter-corner, reno, 5 mins walk to MRT. View Wed/ Fri. 8100-5008 ***LHG HDB SALES Team EA Corner 756 A1 Decor/ Unblock/ Park View/
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    • 194 9 EUNOS CRES BLK. 20 3’I’ upgraded 1rm. Lift level. Face S NTUC/ Retail/ city eateries Jane Lee *****311 3I ALJUNIED 98 #08. Reno. Move in. Unblocked.Amenities. Chinese ratio filled. Val $340K.Saz *****714. 3’I’ BLK 25 Eunos, high flr, unblock, windy, SE facing. Val $300k COV. MRT/ mkt. Call *****434 Eddie
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    • 223 9 ***4’S’ BLK 693 Hougang St 61. High flr. Lift. Move in Val. All races PR eligible. 8408-9988 9008-8068 BLK 204, 5’I’ door to door. Near MRT/ amenities. 4 bdrm, mid flr. Reno. Call Michael *****190 ERA EM CORRIDOR BLK 327, mid flr, lift level, reno, 149 sqm Mins to MRT,
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    • 369 9 ENBLOC! 3-RM BLK 167 Boon Lay Dr. Allowed to sell, high flr. Move-in. Rare! Grab! Yong 8323-1668 NEW LIST EM 3+2. 163 Yung Ping Rd. Mid flr. Reno. All races PR can buy. Valued $535K. VTO. neg. Hurry!! **PN PROPERTY ELITES Div. Corner 4’A’ Blk 731 Jurong West. High flr.
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    • 316 9 BLK 89, TANGLIN Halt. 4’A corner. High flr, reno. Unblocked view. All races. VTO. Victor 9069-8086 GTA UNITED Queenstown 3’I’ Blk 8 Holland. Corner. 3’S’ Blk 97 C’wealth Cres. 2 toilets/Blk 102 ground flr LOW COV UPGRADED 3 rm Tanglin Halt Val $300K. Near MRT sch food haven mkt. Call:
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    • 255 10 232 COMPASSVALE WALK 5’I’ low flr, corner. Near amenities/ MRT. All races. Val $490K. View to offer! 277C 4’A’, 90 sqm, corner High flr, reno, Buangkok MRT, amenities. All races PR. Kyan *****044 305C ANCHORVALE LINK 5’I’ 110 sq.m. Beautifully renovated. LRT, 1km to Nan Chiau Sch. $550K. 404A, 4-RM
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    • 418 10 4A CORNER 212 Tampines St. 23. High flr. N. facing. Huge, sq. living/ rms, 1119 sf. Val $465K. *****728 5I CNR TAMPINES 360 #06. Nicely reno. Near mkt, sch, shops. Valued $510K. Good unit. Saz *****714. 5-RM 450G, ST 42. Main dr facing North. Renovated. Breezy. Val $510K. Chetan 8484-2979/
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    • 361 10 North Houses North Houses I flfl North Houses ||Sf for Rent |||f for Rent Ify for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Banyan Villas at Lentor Plain Minutes drive to Australian International School and Lycee Franyais de Singapour 3-storey landed houses 4+1/5+1 bedrooms, 2,756 to 3,122 sq ft Bukit
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    • 334 10 SENTOSA OCEAN FACING Bungalow, manicured gdn, pool on level 3. 5 bdrms study,7 bathrms.Awesome. Sole Agent, Raj 8339 9822 2-6PM: SENTOSA BUNGLW! Superb! Windy. 4/5+1+pool 7800/8650 sf. Nice Decor. *****592 ww.onedtz.com SENTOSA COVE, OCEAN Dr. Terr hse. 4+maid. Spacious Pte berth. Immed. $14K. Yeow Meng *****623 ERA OCEAN/GOLF VIEW!Sentosa Cove.
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    • 302 10 NEAR HOLLAND ROAD 2-Sty bunglw 20,000/6,000 sqft 5+1. Pool. Big gdn/ Harlyn Rd 2-Sty bunglw *****/ 6000 sqft 5+1. Pool. Gdn./ La Suisse 2830sf 3-Storey Basement. 4+1+ Study. Pool. Ms Goh 9177-0189 2-STOREY GOOD CLASS Bungalow, Bukit Sedap Rd. 6 spacious bdrms, land 16,119 sq ft, built-up 12,045 sq ft.
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    • 359 10 KHEAM HOCK SEMI-D 4300/ 4000sf. Tropical design. 4+1.Greenery. Avail immed $13.5k. Willy *****686 RARE! GCB ZONE! First Ave! 2½ sty bunglw. ***** sqft. 6 ensuite. Exclusive designer reno. 9185-3085 Peg D.10 GCB HOLLAND Pk. Gorgeous hilltop greenery. 5+1 New reno. In-ground pool. $25K. Donna 9823 8098 GCB CALDECOTT Vicinity. 2
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    • 402 10 OPEN HSE JLN Kelawar (Near One Tree Hill) 5pm8pm, 6 7-Feb. For other time, SMS 9668 3888. HOLLAND GROVE VIEW 3 sty Semi-D, Basement, 3600/ 2152 sf, 4+1. Immed. Dover MRT. Beatrice 9006-0137 OEI TIONG HAM Park. 2-sty bunglw. *****/ 7000 sqft. Huge 6+1. New reno. Pool/ gdn. View! Ong
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    • 1051 10 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West •9 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Pte Apts for Rent r f River Place along vibrant Singapore River Minutes walk to Central Business District, Clarke Quay, Orchard Road and Great World City Facilities include swimming pool, playground, tennis courts,
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    • 963 11 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland IK?I D09-10 Orchard/ p Tanqlin/ Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent IK9 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/Holland -mi Wl. gnjin Bnij I nm nifgjjjj u m Serviced Residences For stays from 1 week onwards Central Square Village Residences
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    • 333 11 CITYVISTA RESIDENCES, 3/4 bdrms. 2121/2424 sqft. P/Furn. MRT Scotts Rd. Ong CH *****620 JLL 21 ANDERSON ROYAL Oak Res, 1959/2217sqft. 3/4 bdrms. Orchard Tanglin. Audrey Phua *****208 8 MT. Sophia, 2/3 bdrms 1367 sqft. P/Furn. Near Plaza Singapura. Immed. Audrey Phua *****208 PALM SPRING 4+1+ family balcony 2045sf. Pool view.
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    • 312 11 38 DRAYCOTT (Next to Ardmore Park) 1442 sf. 3 bdrms. Mins to Orchard. $7.5K neg. Jo *****201 TANGLIN RES MAIS 4 bdrms roof gdn. pool view, greenery. Botanic Gdn Tanglin Mall $10K. Jo *****201 TANGLIN PK, ORCHARD 1129 sqft. Quiet facing. 2+1 rm. Big balcony. Newly reno. Facilities MH Ng
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    • 499 11 28 TOMLINSON RD 1600 sf, 3+large balcony. Walk to Orchard Tanglin Mall. Immed. $3.6K. 9791-3836 4+1 PATERSON RESIDENCE 1496 sqft High flr Unblock P/furn. Mins to Orchard. Immed $7.xK 9455-4286 GALLOP GABLES. FARRER Rd MRT. 3+1. 1755 sqft. Big balcony. F/facilities. P/furn $6.5K. Chia 9838-3116 MARBELLA 1582 SQFT. 3+1. Beautiful.
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    • 372 11 TIARA 1218 SF. 3+1. F/furn. Great World city $5.5k neg Immed. Robson 9369-7797 OPEN HSE. PARVIS Holland. 2300 sqft. Penthse 4+1, MRT Aspac *****389 HOLLAND PEAK FULL comm 2551 sqft. 5+1. Best facing. Terms neg. 6534-0081 D.09 RIVERIA PT. Facilities. 3 bdrms. 1200 sf. F/furn. MRT. Adhome 9666-8257 ASPEN HGTS
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    • 776 11 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 CALL9656 9562 **9AM-6PM VIEW BY Appt! Trilight Newton (7
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    • 306 11 ESTERINA 2-BDRM, 1206 sf. Fully furnished. Nice. Avail immed, mins drive to Parkway. Sharon 9129-2000 (CLOSING) THE BAYSHORE, 2 bedrms, 1001 sqft. #20, spacious w/balcony, bright windy. Nice Cosy. Hurry! BAYSHORE PK 2-RM. 936 sqft. Quiet, just reno, no noon sun, immed. $3.1k *****012 danielchng.com AALTO 1959 SF, 4+1 bright
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    • 1048 12 D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent D15-16 East Coast Pte Apts for Rent i The Sound Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES New Homes for Lease Minutes to Kembangan MRT Station and international schools: Canadian International School, United World College, Chatsworth International
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    • 460 12 MI CASA 2+ study. New! F/furn. nice view. Sch/ Lot 1/MRT.immed. Welcome Co broke. Winston 9271 1138 THE MAYFAIR 3+1 1184 sf. High flr, Furn. Good cond Quiet. Good view. Avail April 2013 Tim 8139-6572 **$4.XK! JADE 3RM, high flr. Unblocked fireworks vi ew. No noon sun. 1min MRT /Mall.
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    • 489 12 AIRCON RMS 1-WK $490+ ½mth $900+/1mth $1500+ Hotel Hamilton 6296-9041 PANDAN VALLEY. 3+1+1 rm. 2080 sf. $5.5K neg. P/furn Immed.L.Cheng *****689 SIMS AVE. N E A R MRT. Immed. Common master rms, aircon, bed, cabinet. Newly reno. Lift, 24 hrs security. Nice rm. Must view! 8272-2277 6846-4693 PINE GR CONDO
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    • 399 12 T PAYOH BLK 34, big common rm. F/furn w/ aircon. Immed. Owner 9358 2113 FURN AIRCON RM S’goon N. Near amenities. Avail 1 Mar ’13. Sylvia 9769-1893. BLK 306 S’GOON/ Nex shpg ctr. 2+1 f/furn, MRT. Avail Immed. Rent $1550 x 24 ($*****) 2 yr lease. *****227 *****649 Joe 5’I’
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    • 500 12 MUST LET FAST! 2+1 blk 23 Marsiling. Furn no aircon. All races. $2K nego. Call Raina PN 9880-3770. 4’A’ 880 YISHUN sT 81 F/furn, high flr, near MRT/ amenities. Avail immed. Call 9790-9720 Sharon 4+1 YISHUN BLK.851 St 81 Near Khatib MRT. F/Furn. Aircon. Asking $2.9K. Avail March. Jamilah 9822-1813
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    • 410 12 NEAR MRT. BLK 11 Jln Batu. corner, 5-rms, spacious w/aircon. P/furn View Sat/ Sun 2-4pm. Tina *****570 4’A BLK 489C Tampines Beautiful reno, Immed. Unblocked view. Near Expo. Ask $2.6k 9487-8079 Joel 3+1. BLK 460 Tampines. Immediate. Furnish. Prefer professional/ family. Reno. Noorbani *****400 HSR 2+1 ALJUNIED CRES, 95, high
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    • 492 12 CCK BLK 132 5Rm (3 bdrm) Spacious. P/furn. Near LRT/ amenities. $2.2K 9277-7447 Dave Foong 3+1 CCK CTRL Blk 233 Reno Upgraded. Walk to MRT amenities. Unblocked. Furn Immed. Eileen 9127 8538 3+1 355 Clementi. Mins to MRT mall. Spacious, furn, nice unit, avail March Viewing: Edeline 9767-1170 2+1 BLK
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    • 470 12 WANTED URGENTLY WHOLE unit. High budget buyers tenants. 14 yr experience. Owners call Tan *****827 URGENTLY WANTED WHOLE unit by family/professional Rent/sale, all area. Owners pls call Ethan 9769-0125 PROFESSIONAL EXPAT FAMILY w/maid looking to rent whole unit for 2 yrs corp lease. Andy *****157 ERA Business Space at Kaki
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    • 1083 13 NEW Food Facility For Lease! ascendas First ramp-up multi-user food facility in Singapore with 40-foot container access Unit sizes approx. 1,000m 2 to 5,200m 2 with attached mezzanine office Floor to floor height of 7m Dedicated toading/untoading bay Designed to comply with HACCP principles Forviewing or enquiries, Cheryl 6508 8763
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    • 564 13 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 and Diagnostic Labs For enquiries, please call 6434 9808/6434 9832/6434 9800 camden.com.sg TUNG CENTRE Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 307 sq
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    • 526 13 KALLANG AVENUE 900 sq ft own entrance, aircon, 24 hrs security, 10 min from Lavender MRT *****715 31 TG PAGAR Stylish boutique shophse office. 2500 sf with mezzanine. Pte lift landing. Owner *****277. BOON TAT/ T. Ayer 2000sf approx; conservation shop hse; well kept/ partitioned; $8K. SHANG 9675-7575 KITCHENER ROAD,
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    • 480 13 Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale LAUNCHING FOR SALE SOON! Mediipl @SBFC(5NTER New premier medical center at Robinson Road First dedicated medical hub in the financial district Ready catchment of working professionals and city residents Limited supply of medical spaces for sale Unit sizes
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    • 330 13 OXLEY TWR Robinson Rd Rare FH Strata-titled CBD Office. Near MRT. Almost Sold. Attractive Pricing! GRADE A OFFICE ,*****sqft Raffles Pl. Whole floor. Next to MRT. Rental yield 4.5%. 9101-6433 LamHH GB BLDG 5210SF approx. Whole floor. Selling with tenancy. Agents welcome. Call Owner *****758 F’HOLD! ONE PEMIMPINPRICED to sell/
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    • 197 13 JLN BESAR PLAZA 950 sf Water supply. Shop/ Office 2 free carparks. New reno. Immed. Owner 9786-8266 RIVER VALLEY CONDO Shop (700 units devt) 650 sqft with toilet aircon. Asking $6K neg. TTT *****109 Jo KATONG SHPG CTR 6760sf Suits Childcare, Enrichment ctr, MiniMart, F&B. Immed. Peng 9820-8080 RENT! EAST
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    • 786 14 Shop Space for Rent Shop Space for Rent i!! Ill Oval Shop Space for Rent Shop Space for Rent RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE Call *****336 ALBERT COURT VILLAGE HOTEL Conveniently located near Bugis and Little India vicinity Walking distance to MRT stations Unit sizes from 151 sq ft to 302
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    • 501 14 e I®W" THE PLAZA BEACH ROAD 334/344/474 /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 m UOL GROUP
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    • 269 14 JURONG WEST BLK 504, Yishun Blk 925. A1 location Sale lease back possible Call 9431 3994 Jac yeo BH LITTLE INDIA. CLIVE St. Shophse. F’hold. 2-storey with attic.Approx land 717/ built-up 1668sf. *****598 WOODLANDS ST 31 Blk 306 F&B full commercial, 1732 sf, bal abt 78 yrs, tenanted $3.6M. Sole
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    • 397 14 Properties iL Travel F&B/RETAIL/COMMERCIAL SPACE OPP HAW PAR VILLA MRT Brand New! *191 14,000 sq ft High visibility along West Coast Highway GroundFloorUnitswithUniqueAlfrescoConcept Fully Equipped with Grease Trap, Exhaust Suitable for many trades such as Restaurant, Concept Pub, Cafe, Bakery, Speciality Supermarket, Convenience Store, Children Enrichment/Tuition Centre Office etc. CALL6578
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    • 315 14 SEMBAWANG RD 2230 sqft. Corner eating house. Face main rd. No takeover fee! Avail soon! JF 9226-0978 RARE! ANN SIANG Hill Good locale! 1108sqft, Aircon no takeover, immed. Suits any trade. Amy Goh *****822 KRETA AYER F&B. Approx 1500 sf. Renovated, fitted kitchen, toilet. Good crowd. No GST. *****602 RS
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    • 487 14 Foreign Properties Foreign Properties A Stunning And Accomplished 5-Star Heritage Boutique Hotel In George Town, Penang Is Looking For New Owner A selection of 11 classic and distinctive rooms Superb location in the heritage enclave Exceptional high quality finishing throughout Stylish and impressive state of the art design HENRY BUTCHER
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