The Straits Times, 23 March 2013

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    • 39 1 PART B S A T U R D A Y THE STRAITS TIMES MARCH 23 B7 Demand for private car rental rising 2 0 1 3 Demand for private car rental rising B20 He helped ex-offenders rejoin society B7
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  • 576 1 Xi stresses rapport with Putin, boost to strategic ties on first visit as President AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MOSCOW China’s new leader Xi Jinping, on his first foreign trip as President, held talks with Russian host Vladimir Putin which focused on a raft
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  • 426 1  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg YANGON The Myanmar government has declared a state of emergency in four townships of central Myanmar, authorising the army to control flaring sectarian violence that has left possibly more than 25 dead after three days
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  • 27 1 MORE than nine in 10 graduates here found a job within six months of graduating, the latest Graduate Employment Survey found.
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 524 2 / 3  -  This may moderate developers’ bids and help rein in home prices By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg IN A bid to rein in rising property prices, the Government is looking at offering multiple sites for sale to developers in a given
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    • 314 2 / 3  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN who gambled away the bulk of the $2.3 million he obtained by forging cheques from his company was jailed for seven years yesterday. Hon Po Wah (right), 52, admitted forging the signature of his boss while
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    • 59 2 / 3 LIFE! E2&3 About 100 Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students, alumni and teachers have toiled for months to put up its most challenging show, Fame The Musical. The show is on at the illuminITE Auditorium at the ITE Headquarters in Ang Mo Kio till tomorrow.ST
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    • 745 2 / 3  -  Charity makes police report after finding out about bogus volunteers By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has raised the alert after learning that bogus volunteers have been going up to members of the public to seek donations, and even
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        • 46 4 CHINA’S new leader Xi Jinping is in Russia on his first foreign trip as president, as the world’s largest energy producer and its biggest consumer once bitter Cold War foes move to cement ties by inking a raft of agreements. PAGE A1
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        • 39 4 THE new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has formally taken over leadership of the 80 million Anglicans worldwide at a time when the church is deeply divided over gay marriage and female bishops. PAGE A8
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      • WORLD
        • 55 4 A NEW propaganda video by North Korea shows paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion-like scenario. The video comes at a time of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula following UN sanctions on the North. PAGE A18 A scene from the propaganda video depicting an attack
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        • 47 4 AS MALAYSIA gears up for a general election, entrepreneurs have been trying to capitalise on the much anticipated event by creating a host of politics-themed games. The popularity of these products show Malaysians have an appetite for the lighter side of politics. PAGE A20
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        • 74 4 HONG KONG’S biggest banks are raising their mortgage rates, which could lead to a fall in property prices by as much as 20 per cent in the next two years. A buying spree by mainland Chinese and low lending costs had pushed prices sky high
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      • OPINION
        • 48 4 IN INTRODUCING antiSingapore legislation related to the tragic death of American researcher Shane Todd, US politicians have presumed that the Singapore authorities would be less than rigorous in probing the matter. This manner of exerting pressure on another nation is objectionable. PAGE A42
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        • 28 4 ELECTORAL systems differ in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, but a look at these countries’ experiments with reform provide some pointers for Singapore. PAGE A42
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      • HOME
        • 74 4 AN APPEAL by used car dealers for the Government to ease its car loan restrictions has been rejected. And that could spell more trouble for the used car market, which has seen business dry up badly. PAGE B1 Restrictions introduced on Feb 26 mean that
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        • 50 4 COMPLAINTS about tax rules at Changi Airport have fallen on deaf ears. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore is standing by its system whereby people who buy goods on arrival must pay GST while those who make purchases on the way out do not. PAGE B4
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      • MONEY
        • 43 4 APARTMENTS in the city centre saw rental yields dip slightly to 3.1 per cent in the final three months of last year as prices edged up at a quicker pace than rents, analysis by Square Foot Research found. PAGE C1
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      • SPORT
        • 45 4 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson has defended his handling of the Rio Ferdinand furore. He hinted that the former captain may not get another chance to play for his country by saying his fitness regimen is no longer his concern. PAGE C21
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      • SATURDAY
        • 52 4 SOUTH-EAST Asians are now moving in and out of one another’s countries, learning, trading and settling in several places at the same time. All of this will challenge our sense of belonging and perhaps even citizenship. Our By Invitation writer Farish Ahmad-Noor discusses the issue.
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      • LIFE!
        • 45 4 THE Institute Of Technical Education (ITE) has been staging musicals for more than a decade, but this year, they are staging their most challenging musical yet: Fame The Musical. About 100 students, alumni and teachers are involved in it. PAGES E2&3
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        • 70 4 IN 14 years, American activist John Wood has helped seed 15,000 libraries in the developing world, bringing books to millions of underprivileged children. The former Microsoft high flier says the secret lies in treating his not-for-profit organisation like any big business. PAGE E6 Mr Wood
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
        • 69 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Nearly 4,000 new flats on offer L Toddler fell to death two months after maid saved his life L Lamborghini bursts into flames; Driver suspected to have been drink-driving L Dog's finder upset that stray was put down L Family trio arrested
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        • 74 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Man punches car and causes dent after accusing driver of lane cutting L Agency staff makes maid wait and pour her coffee while she smokes –like ‘royalty’ L High time these Orchard Road jaywalkers are dealt with L Too much! Man sleeps in front
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        • 35 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Mountain biking thrills L Growing up at Bras Basah Complex L Rock group Scandal drops schoolgirl image L Le Noir clowns around with the audience L CCTVs to deter illegal parking
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    • 497 6  -  Those who found full-time jobs earn median gross monthly salary of $3,050 By STACEY CHIA, PEARL LEE staceyc@sph.com.sg leepearl@sph.com.sg MORE than nine in 10 graduates find work within six months of leaving university, a survey revealed yesterday. Human resource experts said the
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    • 926 6  -  By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING Famous Chinese folk singer Peng Liyuan has been to Russia before for performances, but her latest trip is more closely watched than usual. The reason? She is making her diplomatic debut as China’s “first
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    • 20 6 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday, April 8, at 1.30pm, the Office of the Clerk of Parliament said yesterday.
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    • 569 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BORDEAUX Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was yesterday named as a formal suspect by judges probing claims that he took financial advantage of the mental frailty of the country’s richest woman to access her fortune. His lawyer said
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  569 words
    • 338 8  -  By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg IT WAS excavation works for the Downtown Line 2 that caused last Saturday’s massive sinkhole on Woodlands Road. The construction destabilised the soil, which ruptured an underground water pipe. The soil movement and pipe’s rupture then weakened
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    • 628 8 For first time in history, a woman archdeacon installs Archbishop of Canterbury AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS CANTERBURY Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has formally taken over leadership of 80 million Anglicans worldwide at a time when the church is deeply divided over gay
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  628 words
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  • WORLD
    • 641 12  -  Fault lines, long hidden, exposed as country opens up NEWS ANALYSIS By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg YANGON The fragility of mul-ti-ethnic, multi-religious Myanmar’s newest experiment with democracy has been underscored by the violence which erupted over an argument about the value
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    • ASIA
      • 662 16  -  Personnel reshuffle reveals potential top leaders But the spotlight is nevertheless on Mr Qin and Mr Lu, given that the Communist Youth League has produced top leaders over the years. These include just-retired President Hu Jintao and the late Hu Yaobang, both former CCP chiefs,
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      • 302 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan will send Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to China next month in what would be the first high-level meeting of the Asian powers’ new governments amid diplomatic tensions, a report said yesterday. He planned to meet President
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      • 553 18 It shows images of air, land attacks with narrator talking of taking US citizens hostage AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SEOUL North Korea has posted a new propaganda video showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that it said would see thousands of United
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      • 308 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SEOUL In a fresh blow to South Korea’s new President Park Geun Hye, her nominee for defence minister stepped down yesterday at a time of elevated military tensions with North Korea. Ever since his nomination, Mr Kim Byung Kwan, a retired four-star general,
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      • 509 20  -  Politically themed games are proving a hit in Malaysia as elections loom By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Politics in Malaysia which is gearing up for what will be a closely fought general election is serious business. Too serious, if you ask
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      • 298 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA Two major events in Kuantan today will be the climax of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s pre-election nationwide tour before he calls the 13th general election next week. Datuk Seri Najib, who will spend the whole day
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      • 272 20 KUALA LUMPUR Two lawyers who were secretly recorded in a sting video alleging shady land deals involving cousins of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud will face an inquiry and a criminal investigation for possible misconduct. This came after a complaint was lodged against
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      • 459 21  -  Book seized not banned then, wrong to charge store manager: High Court By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT yyennie@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR The High Court has ruled that religious police acted illegally when they raided a local Borders bookstore and seized copies of Irshad
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      • 152 21 JOHOR BARU A Singaporean man who was killed in a fire at a doublestorey house here is believed to have died from smoke inhalation. Mr Koh Kok Leong, who was in his 30s, was found lying prone in a back room on the upper
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      • 388 28 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEREMBAN (Malaysia) A radio-con-trolled miniature helicopter crashed into a crowd and killed an 18-month-old baby girl in a freak accident that marred the official opening here of the country’s first synthetic football pitch. Nurdamia Hisnina was in her father’s
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      • 585 28  -  Duo accused of killing two Indian fishermen return, ending diplomatic row By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI Italy has returned two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen after assurances from New Delhi that they would not face the death
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      • FOUL WEATHER
        • 356 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Southern China was warned to prepare for more heavy rain and hailstorms after 24 people died when severe weather including a “supertornado” in one city and egg-sized hailstones lashed five provinces. The extreme weather will continue until tomorrow, the China
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        • 242 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY More than 20 people were injured when a tornado tore through communities in Australia, with witnesses saying it felt like a bomb going off. The fierce storm hit several towns in Victoria state late on Thursday. “With an incident like this, there
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 50 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING The number of dead pigs recovered from rivers that supply water to Shanghai has risen to more than 16,000 in the past two weeks. The authorities gave daily updates to assure the public that tests show Shanghai’s water is safe.
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        • 84 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A “one-eyed” gangster, the No. 2 man in Japan’s biggest yakuza crime syndicate, was handed a six-year jail term yesterday for extortion. Kiyoshi “Mekkachi” Takayama, 65, of the Yamaguchi-gumi group, reputedly lost the use of one eye in a swordfight in
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        • 105 30 REUTERS NEW DELHI The Delhi High Court has lifted a gag order on media covering the trial of a group of men accused of raping and killing a student in Delhi. Five men and a juvenile allegedly raped and tortured the 23-year-old
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        • 65 30 JAKARTA Indonesian women will soon be allowed to train alongside men as army officers for the first time in the history of the Muslim-majority country’s military force. Army Chief of Staff Pramono Edhie Wibowo announced on Thursday that of the 192 army cadets the
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      • 745 32  -  300 plants feed into grid running on renewable sources like sun and wind TURNING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT tanhy@sph.com.sg NAKHON RATCHASIMA From its nondescript entrance, Tong Hua in north-eastern Thailand looks just like any other rice mill in the country. Walk
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    • 819 33  -  $26m plan to use groundwater to cool supercomputer, offices in Perth TURNING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY By JONATHAN PEARLMAN jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com PERTH In the far west of Australia, the city of Perth is exploring a ground-breaking plan to reduce carbon emissions to zero and become the world’s first
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    • 648 34 To secure peace, Israel must make sacrifices too, cautions US leader WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM President Barack Obama has urged Israelis to move decisively in a spirit of self-preser-vation and empathy to secure a lasting peace but he delivered an even sharper
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    • 362 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS NEW YORK Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82, publisher Penguin said on Friday. The author was suffering from an illness, said his agent, Mr
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    • 380 36 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Cosmologists have released the most detailed “baby picture” yet of the early universe, a portrait that helps answer some of the deepest questions of science while providing enough surprises to keep scientists busy for years. The images captured by a
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    • 466 36 So far, 8 politicians have quit or been sacked after botched leadership coup REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CANBERRA Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard faced a string of ministerial resignations in the wake of a botched leadership coup against her, forcing a reshuffle of her
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    • 287 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian police yesterday said they have smashed a crime syndicate operating across Asia, leading to 27 arrests and the seizure of drugs and assets worth millions of dollars. The organised gang operating in China, including in Hong Kong and Macau, Thailand, Malaysia,
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    • 403 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMBRIDGE Thrifty British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tried to offer the cheapest menu option during a banquet for dignitaries in China but backed down when she was told her guests would feel slighted by the absence of sea
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 106 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS The UN has launched a campaign to lift a deadly taboo on talking about toilets and to turn the world into an “open defecation-free zone”. Open defecation is “a fact of life” for hundreds of millions of chronically poor people with
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      • 114 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANTIAGO Millions of prawns were stranded on a beach in southern Chile this week, carpeting a 3km strand in red, said the local police and fishermen. As residents in the Coronel area, some 500km south of Santiago, removed the thick red spread of prawns
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    • 478 37  -  New forecast shows rising trend in some developed nations like Britain and the US By CHEONG POH KWAN cpohkwan@sph.com.sg FALLING birth rates may go hand in hand with developed economies but there are signs of a turnaround in some of the world’s largest economies
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    • 606 39 Talks between finance ministers on possible funding end without a result AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS MOSCOW Cyprus’ chances to avert a financial meltdown by next Monday are closing fast after Russia shut its doors on a possible lifeline, and European leaders rejected the
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    • 659 39 REUTERS NICOSIA Forget the plastic. In Cyprus, cash is king. “I plan to have at least ¤1,000 (S$1,600) on me at all times,” Mr Constantinos Tsissios, a 34-year-old banker, said at a downtown ATM in the capital, Nicosia. “We’ve taken as much out
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    • 597 40 Banks start raising mortgage rates in response to tighter risk rules BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Hong Kong officials, who have struggled in vain for three years to slow the growth in home prices, are about to get their wish as the city’s
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 103 40 JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday officially launched its largest port development project, New Priok, in North Jakarta with an initial investment of US$2.47 billion (S$3.1 billion). President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the project would boost Indonesia’s competitiveness, local news media reported. The first container terminal in New
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      • 80 40 REUTERS BEIJING China’s economy should expand by 8.5 per cent this year and more next year, with inflation and export demand the biggest near-term risks to growth, the OECD said yesterday. China’s annual economic growth is expected to average 8 per cent in this decade, said
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    • 56 40 <JS) DPREVIEW «s Ijf ■SI r 1 f sm j OLYMPliS ■D o 2012 fiy Ac s? <a S' y a o A* o CO O l u 2 D c ul CO V? 07 o ■7 Co °Af MV* om-D OLYMPUS OM-D THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW Olympus Studio:
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  • OPINION
    • 442 42 NO DIFFERENCE in intent exists between Singaporean and American officials towards the tragic death of American researcher Shane Todd both sides wish to get to the bottom of the multifaceted case in an open manner. Implicit in the notion of openness is the need
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    • 1341 42  -  Electoral systems differ in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, but a look at their experiments with reform provides some pointers for Singapore. By KER SIN TZE stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer was a PAP MP from 1991 to 2001. He served as Singapore’s trade representative
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    • 1163 43  -  By STEFAN KAISER DER SPIEGEL THE disastrous financial situation in Cyprus is largely a result of the country’s crumbling banks. For years, the island nation profited from its bloated financial sector, but now it will likely have to liquidate its two largest banks.
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    • 1052 44  -  By HUANG LIJIE ARTS CORRESPONDENT lijie@sph.com.sg THE story of charging for museum admission in Singapore is a curious one that fights the tide of what is happening in many other countries. In the cultural capitals of the world, free entry to museums such
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    • 853 45  -  By JEFF GOODWIN NEW YORK TIMES LAST week, the faculty of arts and science of New York University (NYU) approved a no-confidence resolution against the university’s president, Professor John Sexton. I had introduced the resolution in December, and in the ensuing months it generated
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    • FORUM
      • 180 46  -  Jane Lee (Ms) Senior Assistant Director ComCare and Social Support Division Ministry of Social and Family Development THE Home Ownership Plus Education (Hope) scheme (“Give Hope to needy couples minus family-size criterion” by Dr John Hui Keem Peng; Wednesday) is a voluntary scheme
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      • 272 46  -  PRODUCTIVITY DRIVE Lawrence Lee Chang Nyen MUCH has been said about our need to restructure Singapore’s economy to wean businesses off foreign labour and increase productivity. But what about the government agencies and government linked companies? The Government has a captive market the Singapore public.
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      • 205 46  -  Yeo Shuan Chee I AGREE with Mr David Goh (“HDB must return to its original aim”; Wednesday) that the Housing Board should increase the minimum occupation period (MOP) before a home owner is allowed to sell his flat. The problem does not just
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      • 124 46  -  Tan Kin Lian THE Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth has announced that Singaporeans and permanent residents can visit museums for free with effect from May 18 (“Free entry to museums for Singaporeans and PRs”; last Saturday). Free entry should be provided to everyone,
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      • MY POINT
        • 121 46  -  Yum Shoen Liang I AM surprised that the state coroner did not question whether the balcony design in the condominium where a toddler fell to his death was safe (“Toddler fell to death two months after maid saved his life”; Thursday). The report quoted another parent
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        • 112 46  -  Tai Ji Choong Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency Jeremy Lim Director, Operations National Cancer Centre Singapore OUR officers have inspected the premises of Angsana Cafe at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), and advised the operator to step up its cleaning efforts (“Food
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      • 259 47  -  MEDICAL ERRORS AND NEAR-MISSES Pua Hock Kee FROM the letter (“Grandma almost given wrong blood” by Madam Eileen Ang; March 14) and the report (“Given 1,000 times radioactive dose at SGH”; March 15), it is unclear if the Health Ministry was alerted when these incidents occurred. I
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      • 257 47  -  Yeo Boon Eng (Ms) THE main reason for setting up government-run kindergartens in the heartland is to ensure that children from disadvantaged families possess the necessary literacy and numeracy skills when they start primary education (“Parents fear rush for MOE kindergartens”; March 15). It
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      • 236 47  -  Dylan Tan Senior Corporate Communications Manager SingTel WE THANK Mr Stephen Lim Tuang Min for his feedback (“Consider an opt-in policy for data roaming”; Sunday). For the convenience of the growing number of customers who travel overseas with their smartphones and tablets, data
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    • 371 44 HOT TOPIC. DON'T MISS! AUSTRALIA PROPERTY SEMINAR r v J i. THE SYDNEY OPPORTUNITY 2013 Speaker: Mr. David Yuen (Featured on Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, The Business Times) OWNER OF OVER 100 PROPERTIES Owning over 100 Properties in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Mr. David Yuen's property portfolio is
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    • 17 45 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for beauty haircare services! WAT3 BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT
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    • 655 46 FORUMM ONLINE More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MADAM SHIRLEY WOON: Offer more education options earlier. 2. MR HENG CHO CHOON: Protect livelihood of hawkers. 3. MS ADA CHAN: Timely move to set up infectious diseases hospital. 4. MR MUHAMMAD DZUL AZHAN HAJI SAHBAN: Look into cutting entry fees for other
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    • 77 47 DIAMONDS AND JEWELLERY WAREHOUSE SALE 23 t o 31 M arc h 2013 Pink, Green Yellow diamonds are also available. HURRY, WHILE STOCKS LAST! ELLIOTT CARMEN RAFFLES HOTEL ARCADE 328 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD #01-11 TEL: 6883-0020 Time: 11am to 7.30pm 70%up to Have a story to share? thenewpaper Call, text
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    • 196 47 Have a story? Let us know XT TEXT 8-*****-3343 8282-3343 E-MAIL AIL stnewsdesk@sph.com.sg sk@sph.com.sg CALL LL -*****28 1800-*****28 CLICK ICK “My Tip-Of” on www.straitstimes.com DUNMAN ROAD 03 ifc, x Katong Vill tone Plaza 500M EAST COAST PARKWAY Lifestyle Facilities Gym Clubhouse, Basement Carpark, Pool Terrace, Swimming Pool, Pool Lounge, Jacuzzi,
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    • 610 1  -  MAS rejects the industry’s appeal to ease loan curbs on second-hand cars By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg THERE will be no respite for the used-car market, which has ground to a halt after the Government’s drastic curbs on car loans. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
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    • 417 2  -  Keppel Care Foundation’s donation is largest from a company in its history By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam launched the President’s Challenge 2013 yesterday, with a $1.5 million donation from the Keppel Care Foundation. This is the largest corporate donation in
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    • 360 2  -  By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg TWO men were attacked with a knife outside Tampines West Community Club early yesterday morning. The victims, believed to be in their 20s, were left lying in a pool of blood as their attackers fled the scene. The knife, measuring
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    • 521 4  -  Items bought upon departure not taxed when brought in later By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is sticking to its guns regarding purchase-on-ar-rival rules at Changi Airport, despite complaints of an “anomaly” in the goods and
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    • 297 4  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg A LUXURIOUS car showroom for premium marques such as Rolls-Royce and Porsche opened yesterday boasting features such as two giant vehicle lifts and a swanky bar. Costing $42 million and built over two years, the Eurokars City Centre hopes to take
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    • 371 4  -  By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg EVEN if Singapore realises its quest to supply all of its own water, it faces another challenge: acquiring the energy it takes to produce the water. That was the point raised by Minister for the Environment and
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    • 812 6 / 7  -  Soaring car prices fuel interest in the scheme, but conditions apply By PRISCILLA KHAM BRYANT CHAN pkham@sph.com.sg bryantc@sph.com.sg MORE people are renting out their cars and the practice could become even more popular as the Government looks into liberalising its Private Car Rental Scheme.
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    • 518 10  -  Bigger building to cater to rising number of patients, house NHG’s HQ By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma THE National Skin Centre (NSC) is set to triple in size over the next five years following a “significant increase in the
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    • 408 10  -  By MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg REN CI Hospital is boosting the number of beds at its in-patient facilities by about 60 per cent over the next two years. This is to meet rising demand from Singapore’s ageing population, said the organisation’s chairman
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    • 497 13  -  But time may be shorter if Saudi officials grant more places: Muis By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg FIRST-TIME haj applicants who register for a pilgrimage spot under a revised registration policy introduced by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) may have to wait
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    • 459 13  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg caiwj@sph.com.sg SHOULD an oil spill occur off Singapore, the public can now get an earlier warning on when and where it will first hit. All thanks to a network of eight specially outfitted buoys along the coastline,
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    • 613 14  -  High-definition virtual tour of air raid bunker will be uploaded on NHB website By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg IT WAS built in 1940 and provided shelter from Japanese bombs during World War II. Now the red brick civilian air raid bunker is to open its
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    • 517 17  -  Former judge says this would help avoid inconsistencies in sentencing By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A FORMER senior district judge has called for guidelines on how judges should use their discretion to decide if a capital offender should hang or get a
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    • 474 17  -  By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg AT 36, Mr Pung Whei Meng is the youngest leader appointed to an Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circle (IRCC) since the movement began in 2002. And on the youthful shoulders of the volunteer, who is the secretary for
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    • 354 17  -  By POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg STAY on tuberculosis treatment, get supermarket vouchers this scheme is so successful that it is being extended to benefit even more low-income patients. Patients from households earning up to $900 per member can now get the vouchers, up
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    • 228 19 A TEAM of explosive experts detonated what police described as a “war relic” after it was found on a construction site yesterday. The police responded to a call at about 9am requesting assistance at the site in Punggol Drive. They notified the Singapore Armed Forces
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    • 532 19  -  Its 3 editions land it a silver for Best User Experience at 1st Mob-Ex Awards By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg GIVING mobile users a choice as to how they want to read the news whether in bite-sized snippets or the printed page
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      • 980 20  -  Social worker devotes life to helping them to reintegrate into society People is a weekly series that shines the spotlight on people in the news and around your neighbourhood. If you know of anyone whose story is worth telling, let us know at
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    • 354 23  -  He accepted bribes to help trainees pass a coaching certificate course By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg A FORMER S-League coach was jailed three months for corruption yesterday after he accepted bribes to help trainees pass a coaching certificate course. Kunju Jamaludeen, 56, was also
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    • 279 23  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg IN A first since the law was amended, an employer has been found guilty of engaging an unlicensed employment agent. Sadh Aakash Raman, director of convenience store chain Times Supermarket, was on Thursday fined $2,000 for engaging an unlicensed
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    • 274 23  -  By SUE-ANN TAN suetan@sph.com.sg NANYANG Polytechnic’s new tie-up with a global company will give its students opportunities to be trained on sophisticated equipment in the filtration and purification business. A pilot batch of 50 Year 2 students from the School of
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    • 480 25  -  He also stole and took upskirt photos while on probation for prior offences By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A SERIAL thief with a fetish for sniffing women’s leather wallets was jailed for 13 months yesterday after a judge decided he
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    • 428 25  -  By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg A 5KM fun race in which competitors set off in white gear before being showered in different-col-oured powders could be coming to Singapore. The Colour Run was launched in the United States early last year to promote health and
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    • 808 1  -  Rochor pulls in highest yield of 4.2%, while Newton lodges weakest 2.2% CITY-CENTRE APARTMENTS By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT esthert@sph.com.sg YIELDS for city-centre apartments dipped slightly in the final quarter of last year as prices edged up at a quicker pace than
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      • 539 2  -  New projects draw buyers as Balestier sheds seedy reputation HOT SPOT By CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg BALESTIER is shrugging off its unsavoury red-light reputation and luring buyers with some new projects. A key move in the area’s makeover was the refurbishing of the Sun Yat
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      • 508 4  -  200 units snapped up as developers offer 15% discount that offsets ABSD By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg THE Bartley Ridge condominium being built near the upcoming new Bidadari township development proved popular with buyers on launch day yesterday. The Straits Times understands that
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      • 244 4  -  RACHEL SCULLY MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) is selling a factory in Woodlands for $15.5 million to equipment designer and supplier specialist Advanced Holdings. The sale of the four-storey building is expected to be completed by May, according to two statements yesterday. MLT bought
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      • 291 4  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg RAFFLES Medical Group’s plans to turn part of a commercial building into medical suites have been turned down for the second time. The Singapore-listed healthcare group submitted two applications one in October last year and another this
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      • 1114 6  -  Tactic shows mixed record on recent issues; best to proceed with caution By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg AS YET another rights issue heads to the market, you cannot really blame investors for scratching their heads and asking: What’s in it for me? These capital-raising
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      • 140 6 Stock Buyer/Seller Type Price stake after trade Bought/ (Sold) (’000) Date of effective change March 15, 2013 March 18, 2013 March 18, 2013 March 18, 2013 March 19, 2013 March 19, 2013 March 19, 2013 3,985 1,078 500 Director Director Director Substantial Shareholder CEO Director Substantial Shareholder
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    • 577 8  -  Trading volumes plunge as brokerages place limits on small-cap share exposure PLAY OF THE WEEK By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg DEBT-LADEN Cyprus might have grabbed the headlines this week, but the big news for many traders were the steps taken by
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      • 144 8 L Broker: UOB Kay Hian L Recommendation: Buy L Target price: $3.80 WE UPGRADE Wilmar to a “buy” because we expect that its 2013 pre-tax margin will be more stable and visible compared with last year. As Asia’s largest agri-commodity company, Wilmar can have better bargaining power in
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      • 163 8 L Broker: Nomura Equity Research L Recommendation: Neutral L Target price: $4 CAPITALAND recently appointed a financial adviser in the strategic review of its 59 per cent stake in ALZ. The GPT offer in December illustrated that while there may be investors who are willing to pay a premium
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      • 126 8 L Broker: OCBC Investment Research L Recommendation: Buy L Target price: $2.35 EZION announced that it has secured a charter contract worth about US$48.2 million (S$60.3 million) over a three-year period to provide a service rig for an international oil and gas major for work in the Arabian
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    • 603 10  -  Some want steeper tax slope with higher top rate for richest segment By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg IS SINGAPORE’S tax system progressive enough? Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has pronounced taxes “highly progressive”. More than 55 per cent of Singaporeans do not pay
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    • 274 10  -  By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON Greater “social justice” and higher taxes on the wealthy are at the core of the left-leaning electoral campaign of Germany’s opposition Social Democrats, who hope to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel in September elections. The
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    • 313 10  -  By JONATHAN PEARLMAN jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SYDNEY Australia has overhauled its tax rates to provide extra income to poorer workers as a payoff for households affected by its controversial carbon tax. Under the new tax rates which started this financial year, workers need to
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    • 293 10  -  JONATHAN EYAL LONDON Despite the fact that a reduction in the overall national debt is deemed as its top priority, the British government vows to keep the country as an attractive tax environment for the wealthy. Prime Minister David Cameron recently made an open
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    • 291 10  -  JONATHAN EYAL LONDON One of the contributing factors to President Francois Hollande’s electoral victory last May was a promise to impose a special 75 per cent punitive tax on the “super-wealthy”. However, the measure was thrown out by France’s constitutional court, which ruled early this
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    • 466 11  -  By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg HONG KONG In announcing the Budget last month, Financial Secretary John Tsang raised alarm bells over Hong Kong’s ageing population. He warned that “the growth of government revenue will drop substantially if our
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    • 350 11  -  By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING China has tried to make its tax system more progressive in recent years. In September 2011, it passed amendments to the individual income tax law, which included exempting an estimated 60 million Chinese
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    • 551 12 CVC Capital Partners, PT Multipolar tap demand to sell Matahari stock REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR/HONG KONG CVC Capital Partners and PT Multipolar raised about US$1.3 billion (S$1.6 billion), sources said yesterday, by selling shares in retailer PT Matahari Department Store, capitalising on investor demand for
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    • 479 12 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG DBS Group Holdings’ bid for Bank Danamon Indonesia is set to be approved as soon as this month as Singaporean and Indonesian regulators near an agreement over bank access, said Mr Chairul Tanjung, an economic adviser to
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    • 301 13  -  Spring gets 3 new members, chief prosecutor joins competition panel By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced several board changes at Spring Singapore (Spring) and the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS). The board changes will take ef- fect
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      • 498 14  -  Funds will be used to further its expansion plans in the region By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SHAREHOLDERS might wonder why Tiger Airways needs more money, barely 18 months after its last fund-raising exercise. The question would be valid, said group chairman J.Y. Pillay.
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      • 408 14 BLOOMBERG ASIAN companies are listing a record amount of bonds on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as the country’s top-AAA rating and transparent rules help cut borrowing costs and attract global investors. New fixed-income offers on South-east Asia’s largest bourse surged 54
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      • 376 16  -  One contract and 7 MOUs signed at inaugural Belarus-Singapore forum By CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg BELARUS, the former Soviet state that lies east of Poland, may not be the first foreign market to spring to mind for Singaporean businesses looking to expand. However,
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 85 16 HEALTH supplement distributor Jacks International has fallen into the red, with a net loss of $147,000. It made a profit of $1.15 million last year. Revenue for the year ended Jan 31 slumped by 18 per cent to $23.6 million. Loss per share amounted to 0.1 cent compared
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        • 88 16 HO BEE Investment yesterday said its 1.2 million sq ft commercial development, The Metropolis at One-North, is expected to be completed in the third quarter. The firm has received lease commitment from tenants representing about 60 per cent of the Grade A commercial building. It has locked
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        • 70 16 OFFSHORE marine company Otto Marine yesterday said its Indonesia-based shipyard Batamec has secured contracts to fabricate, assemble and deliver four columns and pontoon blocks worth $6.3 million. These contracts are a significant milestone in Otto Marine’s bid to expand and strengthen its shipyard operations and presence in the
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      • 470 17  -  Impact slight for most bourses, with STI down 0.28% and HK 0.5% lower BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg CLASHES between police and protesters outside the Cypriot Parliament on Thursday were perhaps the last thing Asian markets needed yesterday to cap a
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        • 18 17 STI TRADING VOLUME 223.02 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 11 Losers: 13 Unchanged: 6
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        • 83 17 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv 813.93 569.80 835.56 1,135.90 247 .25 Points Change Real estate 225.76 1.15 2.65 0.58 4.61 219.62 269.36 508.88 890.49 Real estate hldg dev 828.30 1,409.07 854.30 Financials
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        • 21 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 5.5 billion shares worth $1.3 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 257 Losers: 164 Unchanged: 368
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        • 55 17 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Thursday’s close -110.58 22,115.3 12,338.53 1,948.71 2,328.278 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI -297.16 -2.11 4.036 960.836 1,626.89 4,723.159 1,478.97 4,967.262 14,421.49 3,222.597 -79.507 -50.55 7.856 -90.24
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        • 166 17 For a full list ofSGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 22,2012 Top Rises Mar 22 CENTS Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ..........***** 100.0 0.9 Mar 22 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3209 42.5 1.1 Lyxor AsiaRE 10US$ 1048 36.3 2.8 Hytlux 6% CPS 10 ,...*****
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        • 23 17 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol WE HldgS 9.4 703,782,000 3.9 383,817,000 5.1 318;30i;000 315.807.000 296.990.000 283.512.000 2.5 12.1 Contel 7.3
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        • 72 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD 177 118 Genting SP P/E M CAP $MIL 6800 4740 JMH 132 CapMallsAsia 209
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        • 114 17 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 6 1 0 0 0 10 6 1 Manufacturing 66 41 36 18 3 6 84 44 42 Commerce 22 23 18 7 3 3 29 26 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 13 7 2 0
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        • 121 17 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 101,716 101,716 79,707 79,707 Manufacturing 1,061,663 820,080 1,881,743 187,688 23,203 210,891 Commerce 262,181 917,304 1,179,485 86,688 80,034 166,722 Tpt/Stor/Comms 88,993 14,283 103,276 150,927 5,413 156,340 Finance 57,900 89 57,989 183,917 22 183,940 Construction 116,881 258,709 375,590 15,007
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        • 39 17 (US$) (S$) (USS) 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** ,0.***** 0.***** 9 mths ,0.***** 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) ,0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 200 17 Top Rises Mar 22 CENTS Ntegrator W*****6 10.1 24.7 2.0 CapitalaMBeCW*****4 1.9 18.8 0.3 Metech Int W*****7 0.8 14.3 0.1 Wilmar MBePW*****3 7.8 13.0 0.9 OCBC Bk MBePW*****4 4.4 10.0 0.4 CapitalaMBeCW*****2 8.1 9.5 0.7 YangzijiBPeCW*****2 4 8.1 0.3 YangzijiMBeCW*****1 1.6 6.7 0.1 Ezion MBeCW*****1 5.4 5.9
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        • 41 17 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol ('000) CapMallA2.15%*****1 100.7 +0.1 6 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 103.6 +0.1 LTA n4.17%*****0 10k CityDev NCCPS 127 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** SIA 2.15%b*****0 2 UE 1%cb*****3 124.6 UE Pref UOB 5.05%NCPS 100
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        • 347 17 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last 111.7 95.8 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US108.8 1421 1246 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1393cd +2 1 1148 706 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1115cd +9 0 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** m 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 925 673 DBXT CSI300 10US$
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        • 60 17 Mar 22 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Canadian dollar S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.3046 1.3051 Hong Kong dollar 1.0435 ***** 1.2189 0.9746 0.9742 1.6134
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    • 637 24  -  Drivers and officials unhappy with Pirelli’s new rapidly-degrading tyres By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg SEPANG The Formula One season is just one-race-old but already the knives are out for Pirelli’s new tyres. Drivers and officials alike yesterday spoke out against the 2013 rubber, after the Malaysian
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    • 652 19  -  MMA boss Cui delivers blow to rivals as he expands sport across Asia By JULIAN TURNER jturner@sph.com.sg THE safest present to buy a man with everything is usually a pair of socks. If One Fighting Championship owner Victor Cui is on your gift list, you may need
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      • 45 22 LONDON Seconddivision football team Brighton’s manager Gus Poyet has turned down the chance to succeed Brian McDermott at relegation-threatened Reading after holding talks with the Premier League side, reported the BBC. Reading are seven points from safety with eight games left.
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      • 63 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON English Premier League football club West Ham United are to become the main tenants of London’s Olympic Stadium, it was announced yesterday. The 80,000-capacity venue in east London, which hosted the athletics events and the ceremonies at last year’s Olympics and Paralympics,
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    • 361 3 A singing schoolboy was seduced by showbiz with a prize of stationery in 2005. Then in Kranji Primary School, 12-year-old Muhd Ridhwan Ramlan (below) won third prize in his school’s singing competition. Belting out a campfire song, I Want To Linger, he was placed third and
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    • 341 3 When Muhammad Noh Sapari, 20, first became assistant stage manager for his school’s production of Fame The Musical, he did not say much to the cast and other crew members. It was his first time doing backstage work and he did not know quite what to
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        64 14 In a high-rise environment, the availability of sunlight is the most important factor that will determine the success of your garden. Find out the duration and intensity of sunlight that is available and choose plants that will thrive under the prevailing light conditions. Check how sunny your balcony gets
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      • 971 16 / 17  -  Green spaces at the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and Singapore Flyer bring on the smiles Natasha Ann Zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg Retiree Lim Chew Eng spends three hours a day at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun. But the 70-year-old is not seeing a doctor or visiting a sick
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      • 367 18  -  Natasha Ann Zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg TOM DIXON SCENTED CANDLE What: The design maestro hopes to conjure up images of Britain with these three Anglo-centric scents ranging from scones, raspberry jam to tattered leather seats. Held in brass, copper and stainless-steel vessels, larger versions of the
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      • 114 30 Taipei Pop star Edison Chen debuted his girlfriend (both right) at a fashion store opening in Taipei on Thursday. He met Taiwanese student Ann Hong, 22, while she was working at his Taipei boutique and their romance came to light last year. Chen, 32, said he
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