The Straits Times, 14 February 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013 102 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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  • Article
    Lock icon New priority scheme for flats attracts families
    595 1  -  Demand from couples with young kids is especially strong in mature estates By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg A NEW priority scheme to help married couples with young children secure a new Housing Board flat more quickly has seen a strong take-up. Applicants in this
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    Lock icon Short circuit sparks fire in MRT tunnel
    519 1  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Christopher Tan A FIRE in a tunnel metres from Newton station yesterday was caused by a short circuit, disrupting train services on the first day after the Chinese New Year break. Transport operator SMRT revealed yesterday
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    Lock icon STI soars to 29-month high
    49 1 SIGNS of growth from the world’s two biggest economies the United States and China helped power the local stock market to a 29-month high yesterday. The Straits Times Index hit 3,301.04, a strong showing that was also seen in several other key Asian markets.
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    Lock icon Obama’s domestic priorities
    47 1 IN HIS State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama (left) made clear his key priorities for his second term in office: Unemployment, wages, immigration, education and gun violence. One big task, he said, was to “reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth”.
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      91 1 BEAUTIFUL CREATURES NOT JUST ANOTHER TWILIGHT LIFE! C2&3 ASIA’S NEXT FRONTIER GOLD RUSH IN MYANMAR MONEY B13 SPILLING THE SECRETS VALENTINE’S DAY HOME B4 MARRY FOR HEALTH? IN MIND YOUR BODY WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com Commuters tell AMANDA WONG how they were affected by the train disruption Download a QR
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Thai marines repel attack by 60 militants
      646 2  -  16 attackers die in raid on base; blow for Malay-Muslim insurgency By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK In a rare success for the Thai military, marines beat back an attack by around 60 separatist militants on a base in southern Thailand
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      Lock icon STI hits 29-month high on upbeat data from US and China
      342 2  -  By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE local stock market sprang back to life after the Chinese New Year break to hit a 29-month high, stoked by a combination of positive factors from abroad. Encouraging United States corporate earnings
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      Lock icon Obama sets job creation as top task in final term
      829 3  -  He also vows to reform immigration laws, expand pre-school education By PAUL ZACH U.S. CORRESPONDENT zach@sph.com.sg CLEVELAND (Ohio) In a speech delivered in the capital but aimed squarely at Americans struggling to maintain their quality of life here in the
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      Lock icon Key proposals: From raising minimum wage to redesigning lessons
      233 3 Source: REUTERS HERE are some of the key proposals made by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union Address yesterday: L Raise the minimum wage to US$9 (S$11) per hour, up from the current level of US$7.25 per hour
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
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          Lock icon Priority scheme a draw
          51 4 A NEW scheme to give priority for new Housing Board flats to married couples with young children has drawn strong response. The interest was especially high in mature estates like Ang Mo Kio, Kallang and Tampines, leading to over-subscription by such applicants in older towns. PAGE
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          Lock icon Attack on base repelled
          66 4 IN A rare success for the Thai military, marines beat back an attack by some 60 militants on a base in southern Thailand yesterday night, killing 16. The toll, which included a militant with a bounty on his head, was also a rare blow for the
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      • WORLD
        • Article
          Lock icon Battle over euro’s value
          52 4 EUROPEAN governments look set for a new battle over the powers they should have to set the value of the euro. France wants a lower euro to spur economic revival, but others like Germany say this will result in competitive devaluations that will produce only “losers”.
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          Lock icon S’porean jailed in Batam
          93 4 KERRI Kassan, 54, has been sentenced to 12 years’ jail in Batam for starting a fire in a neighbourhood that killed a nine-year-old child and burned down 44 homes. He set fire to rubber footwear belonging to his Indonesian wife last August over a domestic tiff
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          Lock icon N. Korea ‘wants tension’
          55 4 IN THE wake of North Korea’s latest nuclear test, there is likely to be more stick than carrot in South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye’s northern policy. This may be exactly what Pyongyang wants. Experts say the North needs to build tensions on the peninsula to
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Right to focus on boosting economy
          53 4 UNITED States President Barack Obama has a better chance to realise his vision in his second term than he did in his first. Although joblessness remains high and the fiscal cliff remains unresolved, he has the momentum to fulfil his agenda of revitalising the
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      • HOME
        • Article
          Lock icon Chairs on LRT tracks
          47 4 TWO chairs found wedged between elevated train tracks were the catalyst for notices by SMRT, warning residents against the disposal of foreign objects on the tracks. SMRT’s findings indicate that the chairs were thrown onto the LRT tracks from nearby blocks. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Teens’ love confessions
          39 4 CONFESSION pages are now attracting a younger group students from secondary schools, junior colleges and polytechnics. This Valentine’s Day, students are turning to their keyboards to profess their desires and share their unrequited feelings. PAGE B4
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          Lock icon Returning home finally
          62 4 AFTER being stuck in Thailand for over three years, Singaporean Jaffrey Maharan has been told he can return home. He had been barred from leaving the country due to a court battle with a former landlord who accused him of stealing furniture and damaging a house. Mr
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          Lock icon Yale profs to teach here
          43 4 STUDENTS at Yale-NUS Singapore’s first liberal arts college are to be taught by 34 visiting professors from Yale University. Some will teach mini-courses lasting up to two weeks, while others will stay for a full semester. PAGE B8
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon More food companies?
          38 4 ‘POPIAH King’ Sam Goi has no further plans to invest into any more listed companies for now. But he is looking to acquire another 10 private food companies in the next two years. PAGE B11
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon FAS refutes Fandi claim
          61 4 THE Football Association of Singapore has replied to Fandi Ahmad’s comments that its “incompetence” is delaying the naming of a new national coach. It said that time is needed to secure the services of the right candidate and that it had offered him jobs but they
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Low-key ‘Guitar God’
          74 4 SHE was hailed as a Guitar God in a list compiled by no less than Rolling Stone magazine in 2006 and was the only woman on it, to boot. But ask American guitarist Kaki King about it, and she will insist she is not skilled at guitar
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          Lock icon Beatboxer going places
          63 4 VOCAL percussionist Dharni Ng pioneered the local beatbox scene using his voice to create beats, melodies and audio effects. Now, the 26-year-old, who is based in Warsaw, is making his mark internationally. PAGE C4 Dharni Ng, who pioneered the local beatbox scene, has just released his first
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          Lock icon Top news stories
          35 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Navy Seal who killed Osama breaks his silence L New Sars-like virus infects British patient in 10th case QR code gener ted on h p://qrcod .littl idiot.be
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          Lock icon Top citizen journalism stories
          41 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Love Story: Adam lost one arm, with the other paralysed but Ally still stood by him L Cyclist hogs lane then bangs fist on car after driver accidentally nudges him QR code generated on http://qrcode.littleidiot.be
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          Lock icon Top videos
          34 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Cycle pros share safety tips L Android winning over more fans in Singapore L Joi Chua enjoys being her own boss L Cars that do not stop at zebra crossings
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        50 4 OUR article yesterday, “Holistic education a key to success”, stated that Idy Academy received a four-year EduTrust certification. This is incorrect. The school was awarded the one-year EduTrust Provisional award in January last year, which was renewed last month. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Yam Ah Mee joining Sembcorp
      569 6  -  By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chanckr@sph.com.sg THE public servant who became a YouTube sensation during the 2011 General Election is joining the private sector. People’s Association (PA) chief executive director Yam Ah Mee is taking over the helm at Sembcorp Design and Construction as its
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      Lock icon S’pore denounces N. Korea nuke test as ‘outrageous act’
      540 6  -  Republic says it threatens to destabilise entire region to the detriment of all By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING Singapore has expressed “grave concerns” as it denounced North Korea’s nuclear test as “an outrageous act of defiance against
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      Lock icon LOVE, IT’S BIG BUSINESS
      52 6 Staff of FarEastFlora.com arranging and packing flowers for sale for Valentine’s Day at the nursery along Thomson Road. Red roses remain the most popular choice, according to managing director Ryan Chioh. To meet demands, the company imported about 45,000 stalks of roses this year. ST PHOTO:
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      Lock icon Relook population replacement rate, says expert
      894 6  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg LIKE many countries, Singapore may be looking at its population figures through outdated lenses, an Austrian expert on demography said yesterday. Professor Wolfgang Lutz is calling for nations to set aside 2.1 as the desired population replacement rate and look
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      Lock icon MRT disruption affects 15,000 commuters
      439 7  -  Train services resume 2 hours after fire breaks out at Newton By AMELIA TAN, ROYSTON SIM ameltan@sph.com.sg roysim@sph.com.sg SMOKE was seen wafting onto the platform at Newton MRT station yesterday after a fire broke out causing disruption for an estimated 15,000 commuters. The mini-blaze, which
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      Lock icon Najib weighs in as Psy controversy rages on
      437 7  -  By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT yyennie@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Korean superstar Psy galloped in to Malaysia, performed briefly at the Barisan Nasional (BN) Chinese New Year party in Penang, and galloped out. But the controversy over the appearance is still raging. Malaysian
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      Lock icon Wish list for Budget
      298 7  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg ECONOMISTS and MPs are hoping that the Government will tackle issues ranging from the manpower crunch to cost of living for low-wage workers when it announces the Budget details later this month. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnan will
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      Lock icon New Sars-like virus hits three patients in Britain
      320 7 REUTERS LONDON A third patient in Britain has contracted a new Sars-like virus, showing that the deadly infection is being spread from person to person. The latest patient is a family member of another patient, and is the second confirmed case in
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      6 3 L SEE WORLD A16, EDITORIAL A23
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  • WORLD
    • Currency wars
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        Lock icon Finance chiefs at odds over euro strength
        738 8  -  Dispute over governments’ power to manipulate currency likely to be long IN EUROPE By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON Having won the recent battle for the survival of Europe’s single currency, the continent’s governments are about to begin a new one over
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        Lock icon G-7 statement confuses markets amid yen uproar
        520 8 IN JAPAN AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO Japan moves centre stage as the villain of the piece in an increasingly heated currency drama, accused of driving down the value of the yen to shore up its fragile economy, as a carefully scripted G-7
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        Lock icon Tug-of-war over Fed policy
        370 8 IN THE U.S. REUTERS STANFORD (California) The tug-of-war over US monetary policy was on full display: One top Federal Reserve official warned against being too timid, two others focused on the risks of being too bold, and a fourth said the Fed’s policy was too vague.
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Jakarta beef imports rife with corruption
        555 9  -  Shortage caused by the tight quota system has worsened graft situation By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT ASHLEIGH STEWART zubaidah@sph.com.sg Ash.stewart14@gmail.com JAKARTA When Indonesia slashed quotas on beef imports in 2011, the goal was to boost domestic production. But the ensuing shortage has pushed prices
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        Lock icon Copter deal faces chop as India probes Italian bribe claims
        406 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India, the world’s top arms buyer, has vowed to blacklist and cancel the deal to buy 12 helicopters from Italian defence group Finmeccanica if allegations of bribery are proven against the company. Defence Minister
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        Lock icon Singaporean jailed 12 years for starting Batam fire
        571 10  -  Judge says his actions led to death, sizeable damage; he has 7 days to file appeal By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA Singaporean Kerri Kassan, 54, has been jailed for 12 years by the Batam district court for intentionally starting
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        Lock icon Najib visits Sabah to assess ground ahead of election
        371 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak began a two-day trip to Sabah yesterday, a visit closely watched as it would be his last to the key state before Parliament is dissolved. He will visit the political
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        Lock icon Gujarat chief steps up lobbying for PM post
        702 11  -  Minister lauded for state’s economic success but seen as divisive figure By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI They call Gujarat the Guangdong of India for its speedy industrialisation and growth rates that outpace the rest of the country. At its
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        Lock icon Tibet self-immolations hit 100
        325 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a Kathmandu restaurant yesterday and set himself on fire, marking the 100th self-immolation bid in a wave of protests against Chinese rule since 2009. Police in the Nepalese capital said that the exile burned himself
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Woman dies of bird flu in China
          61 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A woman in south-western China has died of bird flu, state media said, a rare case of a fatality from the H5N1 virus there since a major outbreak a decade ago. The 21-year-old patient from Guiyang died 13 days after
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          Lock icon Inmate on death row claims abuse
          56 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DENPASAR Britain has raised claims that the Indonesian authorities mistreated a British grandmother on death row for drug trafficking, in a statement supporting her appeal which was seen yesterday. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said Lindsay Sandiford, 56, was allegedly threatened with
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          Lock icon Jailed for royal insult
          64 11 BALIK PULAU (Penang) A quantity surveyor was sentenced to a month’s jail and fined RM8,000 (S$3,200) yesterday for flashing an obscene hand gesture at Tuanku Haminah Hamidun, the wife of Malaysia’s King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah. Leong Pei Koe, 29, flashed the obscene gesture to Tuanku
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        Lock icon Pyongyang throws ball into Park Geun Hye’s court
        625 14 / 15  -  Her likely tough response may be what North seeks to justify its military-first policy NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR TEST By ANDREW SALMON andrewcsalmon@yahoo.co.uk FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SEOUL With its latest nuclear test, North Korea has hurled the gauntlet before the one person
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        Lock icon Tokyo, Seoul put aside differences to deal with crisis
        651 14 / 15  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO North Korea’s latest nuclear test has prompted Japan and South Korea to put aside their differences over a long-standing territorial dispute in order to jointly deal with the regional crisis. Yesterday,
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      • Article
        Lock icon ‘Will the nuke test affect my holiday?’
        625 14 / 15 REUTERS SEOUL When South Korean soldier Kim Kyung Rae heard of North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday, his first thought was not that war was imminent or that the enemy was closer to a deadly new weapon, but whether the event would interfere
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        Lock icon Neighbours boost military preparations
        639 14 / 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL North Korea’s neighbours bolstered their military preparations and mobilised scientists yesterday to determine whether Pyongyang’s third nuclear test, conducted in defiance of UN warnings, was as successful as the North claimed. The detonation was also the focus of global diplomatic manoeuvres, with United
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      Lock icon Obama calls for renewed investment in education
      602 16 A key aim is to provide access to pre-school for all four-year-olds in US REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama has called on Congress to significantly expand access to pre-school to all American four-year-olds from moderateand low-income families.
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      Lock icon Speech stresses economic benefits of immigration reform
      331 16 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama emphasised the economic benefits of overhauling the country’s immigration laws in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Mr Obama said the US should attract more high-tech workers from overseas and establish a pathway to
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    • Article
      Lock icon An assertive president shifts from austerity to rebuilding
      671 16 NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Just about every argument in Washington since the 2010 mid-term elections has centred on reducing the deficit. On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama declared that a sin-gle-minded focus on deficit reduction would jeopardise America’s future. And he
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      Lock icon Prisoner X’s death shrouded in mystery
      574 18 Info on how alleged spy died in 2010 circulating despite Israeli gag order NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM It’s a story worthy of a spy thriller, where an anonymous prisoner linked to Israel’s secret service, Mossad, dies isolated in a top-security wing originally
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      Lock icon Fugitive ex-cop believed to be dead
      463 18 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES A former cop wanted for multiple murders was reported dead yesterday in a burning mountain cabin, after a sixday manhunt that jangled nerves in California and beyond. Charred remains believed to be those of Christopher Dorner (in-
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      Lock icon Costa Rica Chinese set Guinness record for fried rice
      228 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN JOSE Members of Costa Rica’s Chinese community celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Snake by setting the world record for the largest amount of fried rice ever cooked. Armed with shovel-sized spoons, 52 cooks toiled over
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon US Senate panel endorses Hagel
        92 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON A divided Senate panel has approved Mr Chuck Hagel to be the next US secretary of defence, a key step that could see the controversial nominee confirmed as early as this week. The Senate Armed Services Committee split along party lines to
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        Lock icon Large water losses in Mid-East: Study
        79 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON US satellites have detected a large loss of fresh water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates river basins during a seven-year period beginning in 2003. A new study shows the basins, which water parts of Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, have
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        Lock icon BBC, TV star’s estate sued
        64 18 REUTERS LONDON At least 31 people who claimed sexual abuse by the late British television star Jimmy Savile have sued the BBC in the wake of a scandal that has thrown the British broadcaster into turmoil. Lawyer Alan Collins, who represents the group, yesterday said
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        Lock icon Pope gets standing ovation
        71 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI has made his first public appearance since his shock resignation announcement, asking thousands of cheering pilgrims at the Vatican to “keep praying for me”. The frail 85-year-old pontiff was greeted by a standing ovation at his weekly audience. A
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      Lock icon Women form bulk of human trafficking cases in 118 countries: UN
      352 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS A new United Nations report paints a grim picture of the millions of people trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labour: They come from at least 136 different nationalities, have been detected in 118 countries,
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      Lock icon Shareholders want sweeter Dell deal
      549 20 Major shareholder joins fight against $30b buyout plan to turn firm private ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO A shareholder rebellion is brewing against Mr Michael Dell’s plan to take the computer maker private for US$24.4 billion (S$30 billion). After major
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; WASHINGTON POST; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  549 words
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      Lock icon Banks need tighter risk governance, says watchdog
      282 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZURICH International watchdog the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for tightened corporate governance in the banking sector. Such a step was needed to stem a culture of excessive risk-taking, it said. “The recent global financial crisis exposed a number of
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      Lock icon Australian miners renew calls to end ‘super profits’ tax
      283 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SYDNEY Australia’s mining industry is renewing calls to scrap a “super profits” tax, after government revenues from the tax fell well below forecasts. The Minerals Resource Rent Tax was introduced six months ago to extract more money from
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      Lock icon EU and US fire starting gun for trade talks
      520 22 If negotiations succeed, free trade deal will be biggest ever concluded ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BRUSSELS The United States and the European Union yesterday agreed to push by the end of June for the launch of talks to create a free trade
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      Lock icon India’s monthly trade deficit worsens to $25b
      412 22 REUTERS NEW DELHI India posted its second-highest ever monthly trade deficit of US$20 billion (S$24.6 billion) last month, worsening from a US$17.7 billion deficit in December, piling pressure on a widening current account deficit and limiting scope for the central bank to cut
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      Lock icon Peugeot posts record $8b loss for 2012
      543 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG PARIS PSA Peugeot Citroen posted a record ¤5 billion (S$8.3 billion) loss last year after Europe’s stalling car market forced France’s largest automaker to book a ¤3 billion financial charge. As well as falling demand, which led to a
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  543 words
    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Jobless man dies in self-immolation
        52 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NANTES (France) An unemployed Frenchman died yesterday after setting himself on fire outside the state employment agency in the western city of Nantes, police said. The man had sent messages to journalists warning he would self-immolate this week after being declared ineligible for
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        Lock icon US retail sales inch up 0.1%
        89 22 REUTERS WASHINGTON US retail sales barely rose in January as tax increases and higher petrol prices restrained spending, suggesting a slowdown in the pace of consumer spending early in the first quarter. The Commerce Department said yesterday that retail sales edged up 0.1 per
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        Lock icon ING to cut 2,400 jobs
        92 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE Dutch banking and insurance group ING suffered a 32.5 per cent plunge in net profit last year and said that it intends to cut 2,400 jobs in its operations in the Netherlands and Belgium. The group reported yesterday a net profit
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        339 25  -  Abel Tan TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew recently unveiled plans for a doubling of rail networks in Singapore by 2030 (“MRT network size to double by 2030”: Jan 18). The cost of the new lines could come to between $70 billion and
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        325 25  -  Ng Siew Heng PARENTS were reportedly unhappy with the “agreement” their children had to sign with the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA), which required the players to commit to a 19-month intensive training programme (“11 paddlers picked
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        92 25 1. MR ALEX YEO: Why employers shun local graduates. 2. MR DANIEL CHIA: 6.9m figure no cause for alarm. 3. MS TAY SAY YIN: Why the haste over White Paper? 4. MR JACOB TAN: What population debate should be about. 5. MR EDWIN LIM: Capacity of public amenities
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      82 4 A Rolls-Royce crashed into a lamp post yesterday, but no injuries were reported from the incident. The police were alerted to the accident at close to 5pm when they received a call requesting assistance at the junction of Fort Road and Mountbatten Road. The Straits Times
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      864 5  -  Ex-landlord had accused him of stealing furniture and damaging house By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg A SINGAPOREAN businessman yesterday told of how “happy and relieved” he is to be returning home after being barred from leaving Thailand for more than three years
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      395 8  -  34 visiting academics to lecture, teach courses at Yale-NUS over next 4 years By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg STUDENTS at Singapore’s first liberal arts college are to be taught by 34 visiting professors from Yale University, it was announced yesterday.
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      239 8  -  LIM YAN LIANG THE body of a woman found murdered on Tuesday night was left unclaimed in the mortuary yesterday. Police found the 28-year-old Chinese national in a pool of blood on the floor of a rented unit in Kim Court, an apartment
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      330 8  -  SEX-FOR-CONTRACTS TRIAL By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THE fate of former top cop Ng Boon Gay will be heard at the Subordinate Courts this afternoon, when the verdict of Singapore’s biggest corruption probe in recent years is delivered. District Judge Siva Shanmugam is
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      621 9  -  More cases of men lured into sex acts in front of webcam, then blackmailed By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE number of sexually-related cyber extortion cases in Singapore has more than quadrupled in a year. Last year, there were at least 50 cyber-extortion attempts involving
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      177 9 A MAN was fined a total of $6,000 yesterday for molesting a woman and forging a university degree to apply for an S-Pass to work in Singapore. Indian national Gursharan Singh falsely declared that he had the Bachelor of Arts qualification from Punjabi
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      387 10  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A BANGLADESHI worker donned a suit and tie as part of a plot to swindle 30 of his countrymen. Shobhan Haider Rupu Ayoud Ali, 29, promised his victims jobs and asked for their work passes in return. But as
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      372 10  -  Boys aged 15 and 16 alleged to have locked gates of homes, started fires By BRYNA SINGH brynasim@sph.com.sg FOUR teenage boys three as young as 15 have been arrested over their alleged involvement in a loan-shark operation. The police swooped in after reports that
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      198 10 A DRIVER found with two high-powered stun guns and drug paraphernalia in the boot of his car was sentenced to two months in jail yesterday. Ong Chin Tat who was also fined $5,000 was caught after officers stopped him at the Tuas
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      130 10 MARRIED people are both mentally and physically healthier and live longer than single people, research has shown. Mind Your Body looks at the possible reasons for this today, Valentine’s Day. Ms Anita Fam, 50, chairman of the Marriage Central Advisory Board, and her husband,
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      180 2 THIRD SINGAPORE CONFERENCE ON STATISTICAL SCIENCE Department of Statistics and Applied Probability 26 and 27 February 2013 Faculty of Science, Lecture Theatre 34 Distinguished Keynote Lecture Markov Population Processes with Countably Many Types Andrew BARBOUR Saw Swee Hock Professor of Statistics Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS Projecting the
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      83 3 “THAT’S MY GIRL. WELL DONE, SON.” NOW THAT YOUR CHILD’S MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STAGE IN LIFE, WHAT CAREER PATH WILL HE OR SHE TAKE? THE OBVIOUS CHOICE YOU’LL APPROVE? OR PERHAPS, SOMETHING MORE? ONE THAT’S SO FULFILLING IT CAN’T BE MEASURED BY JUST MONEY ALONE. WHERE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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      772 11  -  Sam Goi plans to buy over 10 private food companies in the next 2 years By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg “POPIAH King” Sam Goi has hit the investing trail, taking huge stakes in two listed food companies in recent months and setting the market abuzz
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      407 11  -  By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg THE deal scene is heating up for some companies in the region, with one on track for a record-setting public offering and another reported to be considering a sale. Singapore’s Mapletree Investments is said to be kicking off
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      1030 12  -  Fund-raising method slow to take off here, but 3 new websites joining scene By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg LOCAL rock band Cashew Chemists launched its first album last month with the fans themselves putting up some of the cash to help with the recording. The
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      359 12  -  YASMINE YAHYA A TAX refund and a one-off gain helped Boustead Singapore record a bumper net profit for its third quarter. Net earnings came in at $26.2 million for the three months to Dec 31, up 373 per cent on the $5.5 million recorded
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      1600 13  -  Nearly 200 firms visited Myanmar last year on SBF business missions By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg FEW weeks go by without news of a firm announcing plans to open an office in Myanmar as businesses rush to get a foothold in
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      541 13  -  LEE SU SHYAN IT IS hard to believe that the dusty rough expanse of land near Yangon city centre could possibly be transformed into a sprawling modern riverside community. Even getting there is a struggle, travelling on roads that are at times bumpy and
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      220 13  -  LEE SU SHYAN MYANMAR’S modern Parliament House, in the capital Naypyidaw, is brilliantly lit, thanks in part to a Singapore firm. Lighting specialist Krislite, with the help of its local business partner in Myanmar, had a hand in designing and installing the lights at
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        657 14  -  Latest venture delivers new product samples to subscribers for fixed fee TECHNOLOGY By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg LOCAL serial entrepreneur Douglas Gan, 29, with four start-ups under his belt, has a new project underway but this time, he is taking a longer view. His
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        415 14  -  GRACE CHNG A SINGAPORE-BASED Frenchman who couldn’t tell if he was getting the best rate when he changed euros to Singapore dollars solved the problem in a very modern way by developing a smartphone app. His Get4X app compares currency exchange rate of different
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          111 14 LOCAL tech fund TNF Ventures is providing $588,000 in funding to Mobile Media Creations (M2C) to develop an m-commerce and mobile apps platform. Called Mogi, it is a wallet app allowing iPhone and Android users to store multiple gift cards. Users can also earn rewards and securely
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          110 14 TWO friends, Mr Derek Tan and Mr Ho Jian, have started a website to showcase the work of Asian indie short film makers. Called viddsee.com, film makers can upload their content to it. Mr Ho said Asian amateur movie makers find it difficult to gain exposure
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          143 14 THE latest neighbourhood news from the new char kway teow hawker to a big sale at the corner shop is now available through Feecha. The updated version of the app takes content from the Web and delivers only news that is relevant to your neighbourhood.
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          173 14  -  GRACE CHNG Send news on new start-ups and development to chngkeg@sph.com.sg EVER wonder on a Saturday night just which club or pub your friends are chilling out at? A local app called Goinout allows you to find out. As a registered user, you can check in
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        447 15  -  Good economic news from US, China sends STI to 29-month high BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg A CULMINATION of small positives put a spring in the step of local investors, who returned after the Chinese New Year break with
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          75 15 RELIGARE Health Trust posted net operating profit of $13.9 million for the three months to Dec 31, exceeding its forecast of $13.7 million when it listed last October. Distributable income was $9.4 million for the period. A distribution per unit of 1.66 cents was reported. Distributions will
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          69 15 MEMTECH International said it expects to report a loss for the year ended Dec 31. The maker of keypads for mobile phones blamed the loss on a significant dip in demand and costs linked to a fire at its touchscreen operation. The fire at subsidiary NanTong Memtech TSP
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          95 15 FORMER Scintronix Corporation chief executive Ho Kang Peng breached his fiduciary duty to prevent conflicts of interest in offering remuneration packages to former executive directors Chow Weng Fook and Ng Hock Ching when they were later employed as advisers without board consent, the High Court has ruled. The
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          18 15 STI TRADING VOLUME 245.27 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 24 Losers: 6 Unchanged: 0
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          82 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 814.89 575.25 851.55 1,163.99 265.92 231 276.82 5.22 4.59 11.62 76.31 4.74 2.65 4.42 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 236 539.48 901.61 840.26 1,399.18 840.93
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          20 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 8.18 billion shares worth $1.64 billion UP& DOWN Gainers: 349 Losers: 126 Unchanged:314
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          58 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Closed Nikkei 225 11,251.41 11,251.41 1,976.07 Closed -117.71 30.28 Closed 1,631.16 Closed Shenzhen Comp 7.36 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,571.568 1,514.11
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          161 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 13,2013 Top Rises Feb 13 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6000 188.1 2.6 (0) Feb 13 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1612 32.2 1.6 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 IS MSCI Spore 1394
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          24 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 7.3 733,495,000 1.9 682,684,000 WE HldgS 14.1 409,380,000 13.5 383,410,000 LH Grp 1.3 345’960’000 1.2 337,701^000
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          58 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CORRENCYLAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 226 132 CapMallsAsia 215 +5 9119 215 208 1.5 15.4
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          93 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 185 124.5 ARA 185 +2 86.5 67.5 HPH
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          59 15 Feb 13 Against S$ 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: 1.2800 1.2807 1.0346 1.0351 ***** 1.2353 0.9984 0.9979 1.6654 1.6659 1.3461
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          211 15 Top Rises Feb 13 CENTS Lereno W*****0 0.5 400.0 0.4 ChinaACorp W*****6 0.4 100.0 0.2 Metech Int W*****7 0.9 50.0 0.3 UOB MB eCW*****1 4.7 34.3 1.2 Ntegrator W*****6 11 25.0 2.2 Dragon Gp W*****9 1.1 22.2 0.2 Yanlord BPeCW*****2 3.5 20.7 0.6 UOB MB eCW*****2 11.6
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          29 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA2.15%*****1 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 CapMallT2%b *****5 103.3 101.4 +0.2 susp +1 69 CityDev NCCPS 122.5 81 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +12
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          328 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last 111.7 95.8 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US108.8 1399 1246 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1399 +17 5 1148 706 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1125 +4 13 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 117.7 3349 2990 DBXT DBCBDJUBS
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      1092 22  -  FAS disputes Fandi’s criticism; ex-captain stands by what he said By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has firmly rebutted former star striker Fandi Ahmad’s criticism that the organisation is “incompetent”. Yesterday, Ridzal Saat, the FAS’ deputy director of development and planning,
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      357 22 Mourinho’s next job in England but not with United AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Jose Mourinho has confirmed that he expects to return to football coaching in England when he leaves Real Madrid but not to join Manchester United because he expects Alex Ferguson to carry on until he is 90. The
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      529 19 James’ historic performance for Heat gets him into the NBA record books ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI When LeBron James first heard about the streak of games with at least 30 points and 60 per cent shooting, he did not immediately think about who was on the list.
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      326 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY- Veteran South African boxer Francois Botha claimed yesterday that he was offered A$150,000 (S$190,600) to throw his fight against Sonny Bill Williams, sparking an angry denial from the New Zealander’s manager. Williams, a former World Cup-winning All Blacks rugby
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      377 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Lions coach Warren Gatland has backed down from his claim that he will limit the number of England players for June’s rugby tour of Australia because of off-field concerns. The Kiwi faced a huge backlash on Tuesday from English pundits after
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      223 19 REUTERS MELBOURNE The handling of anti-doping investigations involving six Australian rugby league clubs has been labelled an embarrassment and a disgrace by the head coach of one of the teams. North Queensland Cowboys coach Neil Henry said yesterday that there was not
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      268 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES Imagine that. Kobe Bryant had one of the worst National Basketball Association games in his 17-year professional career and the Lakers still won. It somehow made sense in this carnival of a season, when the unexpected keeps
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      369 19 Basketball NBA Toronto 109 Denver 108, Miami 117 Portland 104, Memphis 108 Sacramento 101, Utah 109 Oklahoma 94, LA Lakers 91 Phoenix 85, Golden State 107 Houston 116. Cricket Only T20 Int’l In Brisbane: West Indies 191-6 (J. Charles 57; J. Faulkner 3-28). Australia 164-8 (A. Voges 51, K.
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      852 20 The fraternity vows to save the sport from Olympic exclusion in 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOH Xin Ran has always harboured thoughts of competing at the Olympics. The 18-year-old Singapore wrestler, who hopes to make his SEA Games debut in December, is already touted
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      379 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAO PAULO Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal renewed his attack on hard courts before he teamed up with Argentina’s David Nalbandian to post a three-set doubles victory in the Brazil Open on Tuesday. The 26-year-old, who returned to
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      685 20  -  By DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS stsports@sph.com.sg COMMENTARY THIS is one time the PGA Tour needs to avoid the perception of slow play. It has been two weeks since the Sports Illustrated story that Vijay Singh spent US$9,000 (S$11,100) on products that
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      554 21 PSG take 2-1 first-leg lead but will miss Ibrahimovic after late sacking REUTERS VALENCIA David Beckham’s Paris Saint-Germain will have a fight on their hands to secure a place in the Champions League quarter-finals, after a late Adil Rami goal coupled with the sending off
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      466 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON The spectre of racism hangs over the resumption of the Europa League tonight, with Liverpool expressing their “major concern” that the last-32 first-leg match against Zenit St Petersburg will be marred by racist abuse from the Russian team’s fans.
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      473 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The World Anti-Dop-ing Agency (Wada) has urged football to conduct more blood doping tests and intelligence operations to unmask cheating players. Ahead of a meeting with Fifa president Sepp Blatter today, Wada leaders expressed concerns that not enough is
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      114 21 Joseph Yobo (above), Nigeria’s national football team captain, hoisting the African Nations Cup trophy upon arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday. The Super Eagles, who beat Burkina Faso 1-0 last Sunday to win the African Nations Cup for
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      273 21 REUTERS LONDON Celtic manager Neil Lennon has risked sanction from Uefa after describing the performance of referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco as “very pro-Juventus” after Tuesday’s 0-3 loss left his side needing “a miracle” to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals. He accused the referee
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        54 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Didier Drogba has been given the go-ahead to play for Galatasaray, after his former club Shanghai Shenhua disputed his move from China. “Fifa’s authorisation arrived yesterday (Tuesday). There’s no problem. Drogba will be able to play on Friday,” a source at the
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        42 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON English football club Millwall said yesterday that Gerrard Scanlon, a 53-year-old driver from north London, has been arrested following a police investigation into racist abuse during the second-division game against Leeds on Nov 18 last year.
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      236 1 Out of the beatbox B-boy Dharni goes to Warsaw Guitar goddess Kaki King plays at Mosaic C5 Funny girl Mindy Kaling changes sitcom formula C7 C4 Alice Englert (right) and Alden Ehrenreich, the stars of supernatural romance Beautiful Creatures, bristle at the suggestion that their movie is a rip-of of
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      1290 2  -  Actors Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert, stars of new supernatural romance Beautiful Creatures, aim to stay grounded Alison de Souza stlife@sph.com.sg In Los Angeles When offered the lead roles in Beautiful Creatures, Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenreich initially turned them down, thinking that the film was going
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      721 3  -  Alison de Souza The last place you would expect to see an actor of Jeremy Irons’ stature is in a movie about a supernatural teenage romance. The 64-year-old veteran of stage and screen was one of the leading actors of the 1980s and 1990s,
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      629 3  -  Alison de Souza If you are not a fan of the young-adult genre, you might have been hoping it was safe to go back to the cinema now that the Twilight and Harry Potter franchises have ended. But the ghosts of those hit films march on,
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        644 4  -  Singapore beatbox pioneer Dharni has been performing in Europe and is based in Poland Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent my dinohadi@sph.com.sg He pioneered the local beatbox scene using his voice to create beats, melodies and audio effects. Now, vocal percussionist Dharni (left) is making his mark
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        1292 4 New York Times New York Roxy Music, the British band that thrived in the 1970s, built their audience and then lost parts of it by creating and then quickly confounding expectations. With a line-up that included the guitar, bass and drums standard in rock, as
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        773 5  -  American guitarist Kaki King is humble about her skill despite being hailed a Guitar God by Rolling Stone Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg She was hailed as a Guitar God in a list compiled by no less than Rolling Stone magazine in 2006 and was the
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        663 5 Reuters Associated Press Berlin Iran’s Jafar Panahi has defied a 20-year ban on film-making to secretly co-direct a multilayered portrayal of how restrictions on his work and movement have brought on depression and even thoughts of suicide. Closed Curtain, in competition at the Berlin
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        747 6  -  Show Lo says those who attacked actor Anthony Wong online for allegedly snubbing the pop star are only pretending to be his fans Jan Lee janlee@sph.com.sg Taiwanese pop idol Show Lo is quick to deny allegations that his fans are troublemakers in the light of a
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        769 6 Reuters London Speciality meat suppliers in Britain have seen a surge in sales of horse burgers, with a scandal over the discovery of horse meat in beef burgers and ready meals apparently piquing the curiosity of some shoppers. Viewed as a delicacy in some
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        455 6 And the next dish soil soup Reuters Tokyo French-style seafood was always the big seller at Toshio Tanabe’s Tokyo restaurant, but the chef for many years had a secret passion soil. Now his long interest in soil cuisine has finally culminated in a feast he has been offering to customers
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        950 8  -  British band Everything Everything elevate the art of weirdness in their sophomore album, Arc Sound Bites Yeow Kai Chai kaichai@sph.com.sg Nevermindwhatyoumaymake of the palpable enmity between superciliously dazed diva Mariah Carey and straight-talkin’ rapper Nicki Minaj on the current season of American Idol. The most shocking revelation
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          520 9  -  Boon Chan Record label B’in Music fielded five of its acts for a massive concert in the Taipei Arena earlier this month. The Taiwanese lineup comprised newcomers Bai An and Jia Jia, as well as more established acts: singer songwriter Yen-j, kooky trio Cosmos People and pop group
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          201 9  -  Ong Sor Fern Browsing through CD racks at Tower and Borders Books used to be a surefire way to stumble on new gems. Nowadays, it is iTunes and Amazon.com that provide the thrills. Amazon’s new Latin release bin was where I discovered this Brazil-born, Holland-based crooner’s 2007 album,
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          185 9  -  Chang Tou Liang The coupling of Mozart’s D Minor (K. 466) and B Flat Major (K. 595) Piano Concertos is a very popular tandem, contrasting the composer at his most dramatic and congenial. Piano Concerto No. 27 was his final work in this genre, but does not betray any
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          231 9  -  Chang Tou Liang The Frenchman Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) ranks as one of the most under-rated composers of the Romantic era. Although his Requiem and Pavane are familiar and well-loved, much of his instrumental and chamber music is less often heard. His two Cello Sonatas are late works, dating
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        975 7  -  A sitcom centred on a quirky woman and a drama about a cunning ex-con both make for compelling viewing Couch Grouch TayYek Keak episode. stlife@sph.com.sg In The Mindy Project, Mindy Lahiri is a funny whirlwind chatterbox looking for love, ideally with sex, while taking charge of
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      877 10 With smartphone apps, you can do a multimedia recording of your trips New York Times New York From Petrarch to Mark Twain, travellers have been chronicling their journeys for as long as they have climbed mountains and crossed oceans. Geo-location apps are the new diaries.
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      730 11 Goodreads website gain following among avid readers as it is not a publisher or retailer New York Times New York Ms Lori Hettler is a passionate reader, tearing through about 80 books a year. But living in a Pennsylvania town and with a preference for fiction from
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        399 12 New York Times Agence France-Presse New York Disgraced designer John Galliano was absent from the Oscar de la Renta show on Tuesday but his presence could be felt in the collection. The fashion world has been curious about what has been going on
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        256 12 Hong Kong Television star Bobby Au Yeung (right) was rushed to hospital suffering from acute pneumonia early on Tuesday and remains in intensive care, after he blacked out during a Chinese New Year celebration with his friends, said newspapers. The 52-year-old has not
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        195 12 Reuters Los Angeles Lady Gaga said on Tuesday she was suffering from severe inflammation of the joints that left her temporarily unable to walk, forcing her to postpone upcoming shows on the North American leg of her world tour. “I am completely devastated and heartsick. I’ve
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          83 12 Italian magazine Chi, which printed topless photos of Prince William’s wife last year, is reportedly printing new pictures of the pregnant duchess on a beach holiday in the Caribbean. St James’s Palace on Tuesday said the publication would be “a clear breach of the couple’s right
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          30 12 Actor Alec Baldwin, 54, and his wife are expecting their first child together. A publicist said yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin, 28, is due late this summer.
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        288 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg The past week has been a painful one for people who are single. Singles often dread Chinese New Year, the 15-day celebration of the new year on the lunar calendar which started last Sunday. It is that time of
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        429 4 Reuters A diet lean in meat and rich in healthy fat, such as olive oil, is most effective at promoting weight loss and lowering blood sugar among people with diabetes, a review of evidence from the last 10 years has found. Besides the Mediterranean diet,
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        299 5 Reuters Frequent blood sugar testing has been linked with better diabetes control in a new study in the United States. This is particularly so for people with type 1 diabetes, who have to test their blood sugar levels throughout each day and inject insulin to
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        566 7 Agence France-Presse Artificially sweetened drinks have been linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes for women than drinks sweetened with ordinary sugar, a study in France has found. The Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm or
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        803 6  -  DR WONG SENG WENG drwongsw@tcc.sg Dr Wong Seng Weng, medical director of Singapore Medical Group’s The Cancer Centre, has been looking after cancer patients for the past 16 years. He is also an adjunct clinician scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
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        1605 8 / 9  -  Help is at hand for parents to deal with their grief, including bereavement services and a support group. reports Goh Shi Ting stgoh@sph.com.sg On her late son’s birthday last year, Mrs Shailaja Nair, 51, baked cinnamon cakes, and other cakes and biscuits non-stop
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        271 12 / 13 Count your blessings: Good marriages are those in which couples take time to be thankful for what they have and not harp on what they do not have. Happily married couples focus on the positive memories they share and do not let the negative ones
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        1241 12 / 13  -  Experts reveal the health benefits of marital life that are not stated in a marriage contract. However, this advantage comes only with a happy marriage NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg It is a proven fact that marriage is good for both mind
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        224 12 / 13 facebook. Mentally, I have become less paranoid because my husband has somewhat nullified certain worries and concerns with his comparatively more positive outlook. Jo Fong Ching Min I feel less stressed and have fewer worries as he takes care of everything. And
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        1099 14  -  Ng Wan Ching Ms Anita Fam, chairman of the Marriage Central Advisory Board, likens marriage to a degustation meal. There are many taste sensations, textures and experiences. “It is sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, other times either a tad bitter or salty when things are a
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        632 15  -  GARY HAYDEN gary@garyhayden.co. uk Gary Hayden is a philosophy and science writer. Recently, some friends and I were reminiscing about our school days. I soon found myself holding forth on one of my pet subjects: the shortcomings of my early education. After listening patiently for
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        427 16 / 17  -  DR LEE JONG JIAN consultant ophthalmologist at Raffles Eye Centre at Raffles Hospital QMy urologist has informed me that a drug I am taking for my enlarged prostate, called terazosin, may lead to a complication during cataract surgery. The complication is medically known as
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        523 18 / 19  -  DOCTOR SAYS DR PHILIP ENG senior consultant respiratory physician at Philip Eng Respiratory Medical Clinic at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and adjunct associate professor of medicine at National University of Singapore APneumothorax often called “collapsed lung” by the layman is a medical condition where
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        563 22  -  Lor mee and laksa are made healthier as the noodles in them are made from wholemeal or brown rice flour. reports Lee Hui Chieh huichieh@sph.com.sg The gravy of the lor mee (braised noodles in Hokkien, below) was almost black darker than usual. One would have expected its
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        462 24 Make a heart-healthy apple tart for the apple of your eye on Valentine’s Day today. Apples are good for the heart as, like other fruit and vegetables, they are low in sodium and high in potassium, which is good for maintaining healthy blood pressure. Taking too much sodium
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        987 25  -  This insurance company chief knows there are some things money just cannot buy. reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg What do you do to keep fit? I brisk walk at least three to four times a week. I start at 6am and walk about 4km. It takes me 45
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      227 2 CONTEST Fans of Mind Your Body’s Facebook page stand to win a prize if they contribute the best comment on a discussion topic of the week. They have to first “like” the ST Mind Your Body Facebook page to post comments on it. Selected comments will be published. In this
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      37 8 / 9 WATCH THIS Scan this Quick Response (QR) code using a QR code reader app on a smartphone to watch an interview with Mrs Shailaja Nair. Such as app can be downloaded free from mobile app stores. http://qrcode.littleidiot.be
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      250 9 D’LEEDON LATEST STARBUY 1rm 635sqft, #26, $1.22m 2rm 786sqft, #26, $1.44m 2rm 1076sqft, #23, $1.75m 3rm 1216sqft, #27, $1.84m 3rm 1281sqft, #25, $2.06m 3rm 1658sqft #03, $2.14m 3rm 1539sqft, #24, $2.27m 4rm 1981sqft, #09, $2.58m 4rm 2002 sf, #28, $3.19m. ***D’LEEDON, FARRER MRT. Special discount. 10%-15%. 1+ study 635 sf,
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      326 9 D’LEEDON STAR BUY 1+study, 635 sf, $1.22M. 2bdrms 786sf. $1.44M. 2bdrms. 2076sf. $1.79M. D’LEEDON STAR BUY 3bdrms 1216 sf. $1.83M. 3+study 1722 sf. $2.31M. 4bdrms 1981 sf. $2.57M. TRIZON PRIME D10. F¡¯hold Mins to MRT/ Prestigious Sch/Amenities. Panoramic view Teck Hong 9147 8686 D’LEEDON PRIME D10. Near MRT/ sch/ amenities.
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      168 9 3’I’+UTILITY. 19 Chai Chee Rd. Mid flr. 65 sqm. Val $316K. Owner upgrading. Immed. Frankie *****818 5’S’ BLK 90 Bedok N St 4. Corner. 117 sqm. Breezy, To contra. Viewing Sat 24pm. *****528 Maryanne 74. 3’I’ CORNER. Val $330k. VTO. High flr. Windy. No West sun. Amenities/ MRT. Serene Heng
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      296 10 LEONIE PARC VIEW 2013 sf, High flr. 4+1. Orchard view $9.5k neg Wong *****668 NEW LIST SPRING Gr. 2+1 High flr. Pool view. Furn. Chiam WE *****787 SPZ NEW! VOLARI Balmoral. #08. 1324sf. 2+1/ balcony. $6.5k.Alice *****635 ERA THE EQUATORIAL 1250 sqft. Low flr. 2rm+study. Immed facilities. Lee 9671-0348 TRIBECA
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      320 10 FLORIDIAN, BRAND NEW 3+1 /4+1. Face pool. Big balcony. Pte lift. Nicely furn. Im med. Kat 9109-7009 TBP THE CASCADIA 4 rms. 1410 sf. #05, pool view, f/furn. Near International Sch. Immed. Call *****179 CJ LOW RENT! 3+1/4+1. 1658/ 1851sf Brand new Floridian F/furn. High flr. Pool view. Immed. MC
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      477 11 TRELLIS TWRS. 3+STUDY. 1485sf. Reno. P/furn. Mid flr. Brand new appliances. Mins walk to MRT. Immed. GLOBAL VILLE 2-BDRM w/ aircon. Well kept. F/furn. S/pool. Near amenities. $3.6K neg. Zoe 8102-1641 3+1 GUILLEMARD VIEW. 1216 sf. Aircon, p/furn, high flr, Early Mar. Near amenities MRT. Yap CC *****190 EURO-ASIA PK,
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      472 11 MANDARIN GDN, 1-BDRM. 775 sqft. Furn. Reno. $neg. Bayshore Park 2 rms, amenities. *****776 Lim BAYSHORE PK 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 rm seaview $2.8k-$5.5k neg JCP *****682 Paul Tay COTE D’AZUR. FULL sea view. 4+1. 3 baths. P/furn. Agt Eric Tan 9830-2308 EASTVIEW 2+1RM $3.6K Fully nicely furnish Opp Parkway.
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      446 11 EC THE DUKE Bt Batok P/ furn. High flr. 1313 sf. MRT/ West Mall/ sch. Immed. $3800. MK Tan *****796 BT BATOK 3+1, workers’ apt Unfurn. Immed. Near MRT. For all races. *****991 PARC OASIS 3+1/ 1378 sqft. High flr, Furn Immed. Reno $4K. Jasmine 9857-8230 NORTHOAKS/ WOODSVALE, 3+1/ Penthouse.
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