The Straits Times, 2 May 2013

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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  • 768 1  -  He warns against over-reliance on handouts, protection as way forward By GOH CHIN LIAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chinlian@sph.com.sg GROWING the economy is the best way to help raise wages for the Singaporean worker, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday as he cautioned
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  • 395 1 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Fresh evidence has emerged of a slowdown in manufacturing in the world’s two largest economies China and the United States. Figures yesterday from China’s National Bureau of Statistics and the Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed the sector
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  • 43 1 THE former head of Hong Kong’s graft-busting agency has come under an internal probe for allegedly misusing public money. Mr Timothy Tong is accused of spending HK$268,000 (S$43,000) to wine and dine mainland officials. WORLD A11
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  • 46 1 SINGAPORE Airlines has had another tough year, marked by low yields and rising costs. What has it been doing to move with the times? Aviation Correspondent Karamjit Kaur speaks to staff, experts and management past and present to find out. HOME B8
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 783 2 / 3  -  Some retailers swipe cards for amounts larger than agreed upon By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg UNSCRUPULOUS retailers may have found a new way to fleece shoppers by swiping their credit cards for larger amounts than what was agreed upon. They then
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    • 370 2 / 3  -  By MELISSA LIN, MELISSA PANG mellinjm@sph.com.sg melpang@sph.com.sg FOUR men have been charged with the murder of a Singaporean woman in Cambodia. A source in the country said they were construction workers who had been building the 52-year-old victim’s new home in Kampong Speu
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    • 116 2 / 3 HOME B6 Some 500 residents and those who work in Nee Soon South took over when cleaners in their constituency took the day off yesterday. About 1,400kg of rubbish was collected during the session, which is an initiative to discourage littering and build empathy for cleaning workers.
      ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  116 words
    • 386 2 / 3 Means of dodging Xi’s anti-graft drive include saunas in farmhouses REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING China’s top newspaper yesterday warned that some government officials were circumventing the President’s graft-busting instructions to be frugal by taking banquets and other lavish displays underground, including hiding liquor in water
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    • 276 2 / 3 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON Three additional suspects have been taken into custody in the investigation of last month’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, the Boston Police Department said in its official Twitter feed. Police spokesman Katherine Shea said by telephone that she had no
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    • THE NEWS IN MINUTES
      • 43 4 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday cautioned against an over-reliance on government handouts or protection for workers. Economic growth is the best way to help raise wages, he said at the annual May Day rally. TOP NEWS A1
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      • 37 4 UNSCRUPULOUS retailers have been swiping shoppers’ credit cards for larger sums than what was agreed upon. They then refuse to budge, and claim the extra is for transaction fees or taxes. TOP NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
        • 38 4 THE reputation of Hong Kong’s graft-busters is under threat amid revelations of the so-called “mooncakegate”. Mr Timothy Tong, retired chief of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, allegedly splurged public money on Chinese officials. PAGE A11
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        • 41 4 WORKERS’ anger at unsafe conditions and a lack of welfare boiled over during May Day rallies in Indonesia and Bangladesh. Tens of thousands took to the streets of Dhaka, while demonstrators clashed with police in Jakarta. PAGE A12
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        • 45 4 A YOUNG Australian scientist has produced ground-breaking work on an emerging threat to the world’s food supplies. Dr Dana Cordell, 34, found that phosphorus supplies, vital for fertilisers, will be unable to meet agricultural demand in as little as 20 years. PAGE A20
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        • 47 4 APPLE holds enough cash to buy every office building and retail space in New York, yet the technology titan borrowed money this week for the first time in nearly two decades. In a record-sized bond deal, Apple raised US$17 billion (S$20.9 billion). PAGE A23
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      • OPINION
        • 41 4 IMAGINE taking a Singlish class, or going on a hawker centre jaunt with a foodie. The tourism industry, facing slower growth and greater regional competition, needs to develop unique experiences like that, Consumer Correspondent Jessica Lim says. PAGE A24
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        • 44 4 WHAT is the difference between the market interest rate and the natural interest rate? Writers Soon Sze Meng and Tan Tien Leong explain the difference, and the social implications that can result from a prolonged divergence between the rates. PAGE A25
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      • 56 4 As Singapore faces what could be its worst dengue epidemic, keeping homes, workplaces and neighbourhoods free of mosquito breeding is nothing less than a national imperative. Taking preventive steps cannot be outsourced as there are simply too many nooks and corners for inspection teams to cover
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      • HOME
        • 42 4 ILLEGAL tour guides are still giving holidaymakers a headache despite greater efforts to deal with them. In fact, licensed operators say the problem has become worse. PAGE B3 The pass of a licensed tour guide. ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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        • 42 4 SHOPPERS plan to hike their spending in the year ahead. The latest consumer confidence index shows 35 per cent indicating the next 12 months would be a good time to buy up from 33 per cent. PAGE B2
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      • straitstimes.com
        • 71 4 WHEN French President Francois Hollande and Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Siguroardottir visited China last week, Chinese media outlets were left scratching their heads: How to address their partners? To find out why, read ST China Correspondent Ho Ai Li’s blog. www.stasiareport.com President Francois Hollande (left) and his partner
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        • 41 4 A COMMUTER tells of her panic after her leg got trapped between an MRT train and a station platform when she was “pushed” by other commuters. Netizens reacted strongly to the news, commenting on social media.
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        • 57 4 VIEW a gallery of some of the world’s 50 best restaurants. Restaurant Andre, the nouvelle French restaurant in Bukit Pasoh Road here, has climbed 30 spots to debut in the much-watched top 50 list, coming in at No. 38 this year. Two other Singaporean restaurants
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        • 64 4 WITNESS the artistic process of Florida-based artist Tarinan von Anhalt, who works with the Jet Art Group using the help of Flexjet and their plane to spray paint on canvas to create unique paintings. stcommunities.straitstimes.com Tarinan von Anhalt working on one of her paintings on Tuesday
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      • razortv.com.sg
        • 46 4 LOCAL singer Stefanie Sun made her first post-natal media appearance in Singapore, as the spokesman for a milk powder brand. It’s been six months since she gave birth to her son, and about a year since she’s been out of the limelight.
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        • 39 4 THE job of a lifeguard isn’t as simple as you think. Lifeguards face many daily challenges watch this clip to find out. Lifeguards keeping watch at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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      • stomp.com.sg
        • 39 4 STOMPER Phil was shocked when a taxi headed towards his car and came to a halt a short distance away. The cabby had apparently not been paying attention and had driven onto the opposite lane.
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        • 25 4 STOMPER Hema caught sight of an unusual bird in Choa Chu Kang. The colourful pigeon has a pink neck and green body.
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      • MONEY
        • 39 4 CHINESE telecom gear maker Huawei Technologies will focus more on expanding its growing business in Europe. But it is not pulling out of the United States, where it is facing obstacles over cybersecurity concerns. PAGE B15
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      • SPORT
        • 60 4 JOSE Mourinho has responded to Real Madrid’s crushing disappointment in the Champions League by revealing his heart is set on rekindling his love affair with English football next season. He wants to return to Stamford Bridge, despite being sacked by Roman Abramovich after leading Chelsea to their
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      • LIFE!
        • 67 4 IT IS very unusual for a concert promoter to withhold refunding tickets for a cancelled gig, say promoters here, over news that Midas Promotions is holding back on refunds for Namie Amuro’s cancelled gig due to a legal dispute with the star’s promotion company. PAGE C2
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        • 50 4 A FUND set up in late theatre actress Emma Yong’s name has raised over $400,000 in aid of theatre practitioners with critical illnesses. Yong died a year ago of stomach cancer. The fund has so far benefited a lighting designer with illness related expenses. PAGE C11
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        • 91 4 BRITISH cookbook writer Nigella Lawson has come up with a new book and TV series, both called Nigellissima, which shows off her love for all things Italian. While her recipes have been criticised for not being authentic, she says the point of the book and show is
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    • 622 6 Official says snag in early voting due to ink bottles not being shaken THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Next time, shake the bottle. After indelible ink used to mark the fingers of voters appeared to be delible after all, Malaysia’s Election Commission
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    • 652 6  -  By THAM YUEN-C IN KUALA TERENGGANU yuenc@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Yong Yen Nie in Putrajaya and Salim Osman in Kelantan WITH less than four days to go before polling booths open, Malaysia’s top political leaders are working their traditional constituencies to
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    • 686 6  -  By ZAKIR HUSSAIN IN JOHOR BARU zakirh@sph.com.sg IN MALAYSIA’S frenetic election season, even the most experienced campaigners have Singapore on their minds. Whether it is former premier Mahathir Mohamad or a first-time candidate, there seems to be temptation to aim the occasional slingshot at the
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    • 595 8  -  Take practical approach to hiring but policy can’t be ‘one size fits all’: PM MAY DAY RALLY OLDER WORKERS By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg MANY Singaporeans want to work beyond 65 and as many of them should do so if they are able, Prime
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    • 738 8  -  PROFESSIONALS, MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES JANICE HENG THE tripartite partners are studying how to get more professionals, managers and executives (PMEs) to join unions, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. More attention must be paid to this “growing group”, which will soon
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    • 437 8  -  LOW-WAGE WORKERS By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg IMPROVING the lives of lowwage workers and ensuring they are not left behind is a key focus of the Government, pledged Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the May Day Rally yesterday. Besides government
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    • 478 8  -  TOH YONG CHUAN THE Government will not tolerate unlawful acts or those who deliberately undermine industrial harmony in Singapore, warned Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the May Day Rally yesterday. Speaking in Mandarin, he referred to the illegal strike by SMRT
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    • 851 9  -  Other than population concerns, issues range from wages to language By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT LIM MIN ZHANG chanckr@sph.com.sg mzlim@sph.com.sg A MASS protest yesterday touted as a sequel to the Population White Paper protest had speakers going beyond the hot-button topics of
      ST PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN, MARK CHEONG  -  851 words
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  • WORLD
    • 1101 10  -  Aim of live TV broadcast is to curb rumours, misinformation By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg TENS of thousands of Thais have been glued to their televisions in r ece n t wee k s high- stakes courtroom drama
      PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: HELICOPTER CAMBODIA; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP  -  1,101 words
    • 372 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKKAN (Myanmar) One person was killed and nine injured in Buddhist-Muslim clashes that erupted on Tuesday in central Myanmar, the authorities said yesterday, in the latest religious unrest to hit the nation. “A man died in hospital of
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    • 470 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING The United States should be as concerned as other countries about a rise in Japanese nationalism, China’s ambassador to the US said, hinting that Washington should not offer Japan encouragement in its dispute with China over a
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  • ASIA
    • 656 11  -  He is accused of using public money to wine and dine, confer lavish gifts By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg THE whiter-than-white image of Hong Kong’s graft-busters is under threat, with revelations of a so-called “mooncakegate”. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
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    • 284 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO Japan’s Mount Fuji looks likely to be added to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites next month. This came after an influential advisory panel to the United Nations cultural body made a recommendation, officials said yesterday.
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    • ASIABRIEFS
      • 82 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of northern India yesterday, rattling buildings in New Delhi but with no immediate reports of any damage or casualties in the capital, a government official and witnesses said. At least seven school children and two teachers were
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      • 66 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea said it was edging towards a deal with North Korea to ensure the return of the remaining workers at the Kaesong joint industrial zone that has become a casualty of military tensions. “Differences are being narrowed even if the
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      • 67 11 XINHUA CHANGSHA A suspension bridge at a popular tourist site in China collapsed last night, with an unknown number of people falling into a river. Some tourists were rescued after the accident in Hunan province’s Fenghuang county. The state-run China News Service reported that dozens
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    • 34 12 Fierce clashes and strikes over low wages, poor working conditions and austerity measures erupted in major cities around the world yesterday as hundreds of millions of workers commemorate International Labour Day
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    • 584 12  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg MAY Day was marked by protests that turned rowdy in parts of Indonesia as thousands of workers marched through the streets demanding higher wages, better benefits and an end to the government’s plan to scrap
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    • 426 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG DHAKA Protesters yesterday demanded the execution of factory bosses over the deaths of more than 400 people in a building collapse, as May Day became the focus of workers’ anger over Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster. The protest came as
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    • 291 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Turkish riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who defied a May Day ban on protests in a central part of Istanbul, leaving several people injured. About a dozen people were hospitalised
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    • 402 12 REUTERS ATHENS/MADRID Trains and ferries were cancelled and hospital staff walked off the job in Greece yesterday, and thousands were due to demonstrate across Spain as May Day triggered protests against harsh government spending cuts. In Spain, where the unemployment rate stands at a
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    • In other parts of the world
      • 122 12 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Thousands of residents took to the streets for Labour Day marches in support of strike action by workers at docks operated by billionaire Li Ka Shing and to petition for better labour conditions. About 3,700 people were at a Hong Kong
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      • 87 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA Disgruntled Philippine workers rallied outside the United States embassy, torching a wooden painting that depicted Philippine President Benigno Aquino as a lackey of US President Barack Obama. Mr Aquino on Tuesday rejected proposals that included pay hikes and exemption of workers’
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    • 940 16  -  Jeffrey Kitingan battles Pairin in Sabah for second time By LESTER KONG IN KENINGAU (Sabah) lestkong@sph.com.sg THE older Kitingan is the undisputed overlord of the Kadazandusuns, a larger-than-life figure who, at 72, is equally comfortable debating draft legislation in the Sabah state assembly as he is sipping rice
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    • 427 16  -  LESTER KONG TRADERS here in Simunul village used to stay open till late, selling their catches from the sea, smoked meats and fruit, chatting away in their dusty wooden stalls by the roadside near Semporna town. These days, the bustle dies down early,
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    • 275 16 KAJANG The father of a man who had accused Mr Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy has retracted an apology he extended to the opposition leader in March. Mr Azlan Mohd Lazim, father of Mr Saiful Bukhari, also announced that he would quit the opposition Pakatan
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    • POLLNOTES
      • 69 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Bersih chairman S. Ambiga, whose group is pushing for clean and fair elections, will attend a Barisan Nasional event for the first time. She said the Malaysian Chinese Association’s Cheras division had invited her to a forum focusing
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      • 66 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK LONG BEDIAN (Sarawak) All village headmen will receive a “windfall” this month, said Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Fatimah Abdullah. Monthly allowances have been increased from RM450 (S$181) to RM800 and will be backdated to January. This showed the
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      • 66 16 KUALA SELANGOR PAS incumbent Dzulkefly Ahmad, says that although the senior citizens he meets favour BN, the younger generation is giving him plenty of “likes” on Facebook. “They’re RTM people. These are the oldies who will never change,” he told The Malaysian Insider yesterday,
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    • 729 17  -  PKR candidate in Baram courts voters by opposing BN plans for area ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL By LEONARD LIM IN BARAM (Sarawak) limze@sph.com.sg THE words “Stop Baram Dam, Save Our River” are painted in black across the rear of Mr Roland Engan’s beige four-wheel-drive
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    • 429 17  -  By YONG YEN NIE IN KUALA LUMPUR yyennie@sph.com.sg ON SUNDAY, as Malaysians head out to vote in the country’s closest election ever, an army of trained, eagle-eyed volunteers will be waiting for them at polling stations. They will look for hidden cameras. They will
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    • 43 16 What does it take to campaign in Sarawak? Deep pockets and buns of steel, says ST’s Leonard Lim. Plus, browse an interactive map by ST’s Lin Zhaowei on the hot contests in this election. Read these at www.stasiareport.com Also follow @STForeigndesk on Twitter.
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  • WORLD
    • 635 18 Decision would be policy shift, as US is wary of bigger role in civil war NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The White House is once again considering supplying weapons to Syria’s armed opposition, officials said. Such a decision would be a policy
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    • 427 18 NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT The leader of Hizbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shi’ite organisation, has edged closer to acknowledging that its fighters were battling rebels in neighbouring Syria. Such an intervention threatens to drag Lebanon deeper into that conflict. The leader, Mr Hassan Nasrallah,
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 105 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pinned her government’s re-election hopes on a new welfare programme for the disabled, as she proposed yesterday a new tax to better fund care for Australians with severe physical and mental disabilities. The new tax
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      • 54 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH Thirteen people have died and four more remain missing in Saudi Arabia after downpours caused flash floods in several areas, the civil defence authorities said yesterday. Two others died in flash floods in neighbouring Oman, local media reported, as cloudbursts swept
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    • 720 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON A majority of Muslims around the world want syariah law to be implemented in their countries, but are split on how it should be applied, said a Pew Research Centre study. Released on Tuesday, the survey, conducted between 2008 and
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    • 386 20 WASHINGTON POST ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Obama administration has approved over-the-counter sales of the morningafter pill for those aged 15 and above, a move that contradicts a court order requiring the pill to be made available to women of all ages. While it fell
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    • 939 20  -  Researcher learnt that phosphorus in human waste is vital for fertilisers and is running out By JONATHAN PEARLMAN IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com IT WAS an unusual fascination with toilets that led Australian researcher Dana Cordell to her ground-breaking work on an emerging
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    • 291 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JOHANNESBURG South Africa’s military faced questions yesterday over how a rich Indian family close to President Jacob Zuma was able to use a restricted military base to fly in VIP guests for a lavish society wedding. An Airbus plane chartered by the
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    • 199 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia’s first banknote, printed 100 years ago and found in a letter in England in 1999, has gone on sale for A$3.5 million (S$4.5 million). The 10-shilling note, with the serial number M*****1, was issued on May 1, 1913, and presented
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    • 523 21 Ugly reactions from anti-immigration politicians and neo-fascist groups ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Ms Cecile Kyenge’s appointment as Italy’s
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    • 756 22 Growth prompts construction of infrastructure in developing nations NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK From Asia to Africa to the Middle East and the Americas, the business of business travel is booming in emerging coun- tries. And it shows. D u b a i emirate
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    • 298 22 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The growth in emerging-market passenger demand has attracted the attention of big hotel chains, which are now making large strategic bets throughout Asia, Latin America and the Middle East to cater both to foreign business travellers and a rising number
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    • 272 22 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Airlines are expanding global alliances to offer seamless connections and more destinations than they could on their own. Star Alliance, the largest of the three major global alliances, added Shenzhen Airlines, Avianca of Colombia and Eva Air of Taiwan. China’s Xiamen Airlines,
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    • 483 23 It borrows money for first time in 2 decades despite flush balance sheet NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK With a US$145 billion (S$179 billion) cash hoard, Apple could acquire Facebook, Hewlett-Packard and Yahoo. Put another way, it could buy every office building and
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    • 312 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer hauled in US$36.6 million (S$45 million) in pay, bonuses and stock last year after just six months at the helm of the Internet firm, with some of that time spent on maternity
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    • MONEYBRIEF
      • 91 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Indonesia posted a trade surplus in March its first in many months due to a fall in imports, the statistics agency said yesterday. The US$300 million (S$368 million) surplus was the first since last September. March exports dropped 13.03 per cent from
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      • 70 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Dozens of Sony executives including the firm’s chief are forgoing bonuses this year in an “unprecedented” step to atone for a slump in its embattled electronics unit, a spokesman said. The Nikkei business daily said the payout could have totalled 1 billion yen
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      • 107 23 BLOOMBERG LONDON Investors bought more commercial real estate in central London last year than in the rest of Britain for the first time as buyers from the United States to Malaysia favoured the British capital, according to broker DTZ. Investors purchased a record £16.1
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    • 435 24 ONE would expect the fairly well-known painful symptoms of dengue to make more people spring into action when the number of cases spikes. But it looks like this is not happening as the authorities have had to award a National Environment Agency (NEA) contract
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    • 1414 24  -  EYE ON SINGAPORE New tourism offerings in Singapore have raked in record numbers, but faced with competition, the industry needs to offer more unique experiences that appeal to the discerning tourist. By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg NEW attractions lured Thai tourist Usa Pitaknarongporn to Singapore
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    • 1163 25  -  An unnaturally low interest rate encourages inequality, worsens inflation and jacks up property prices. By SOON SZE MENG, TAN TIEN LEONG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg Soon Sze Meng is a regional director working in a multinational corporation. Tan Tien Leong is chief investment
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    • 828 25  -  ASK: NUS ECONOMISTS By WONG WEI KANG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore. L Can superstition about numbers affect housing prices? Some Chinese believe that the number eight is auspicious, whereas
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    • 995 25  -  By WALTER PINCUS WASHINGTON POST THE “caution” flag is up when it comes to US President Barack Obama deciding the validity of claims that Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons. Perhaps it’s good for everyone that Mr Obama was at
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    • 906 26  -  By BRAHMA CHELLANEY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is professor of strategic studies at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research. A CHINESE military intrusion into strategic Indian territory near a mountain pass linking China to Pakistan the deepest incursion in
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      • 310 27  -  Chee Hoong Chee THE views of potential executive condominium (EC) buyers, as reported in Tuesday’s article (“Buyers in tizzy over possible EC tweaks”), show that we have been over-pampered. It is time for the Government to return to the fundamentals providing basic necessities for the people,
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      • 185 27  -  John Teo THE move to raise the Central Expressway Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rate to $5 between 8.30am and 9am does not take into account the root cause of the slow average speeds along the expressway (“ERP at Central Expressway back
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        • 174 27  -  Ng Chee Kheon I WAS pleasantly surprised to see the photograph accompanying the article (“Social welfare essential building block of a nation”; last Saturday), which showed people sitting on benches in a queue for their monthly public assistance allowance in 1958. Fast forward
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        • 199 27  -  Cheah Soo Kiang (Ms) ON APRIL 23, I called 1777 to request a non-emergency ambulance as my mother had been vomiting for close to six hours. The call centre put me through to a paramedic, who assessed the case to be an emergency and dispatched
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      • 290 27  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) THE new guidelines for doctors on prescribing strong painkillers are timely and helpful (“New guidelines for docs on prescribing strong painkillers”; Monday). In prescribing such drugs, doctors have always been concerned about the danger of addiction; using less potent drugs does
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      • 77 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR CHIN KIM CHOI: Problems with present traffic light system. 2. MR JIMMY TAN: Construct slip roads at busy junctions. 3. MR NG KENG NAM: No solution to bus woes? 4. MR MUHAMMAD DZUL AZHAN HAJI SAHBAN: Public housing wish list. 5. MR
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      • 324 27  -  Ho Ka Wei Director (Corporate Communications Division) Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth YESTERDAY’S report (“Ex-AMP director drops out of May Day protest”) quoted Mr Nizam Ismail, former board director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), as saying that he presented
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      • 212 27  -  Norman Tan Deputy Director, Marketing Activation and Innovation Singapore Tourism Board WE THANK Mr Varughese Mathew for his letter (“Lights, camera, action in S’pore?”; last Thursday) and suggestions on how the Singapore Tourism Board can further promote Singapore by collaborating with international film
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      • 200 28  -  Chee Chi Weng MS NANCY Quek (“Ensure seniors are given suitable jobs”; last Friday) is wrong to suggest that the elderly should not be taking jobs that young people do not want. Certain jobs are shunned because of the low salaries, and not because
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      • 151 28  -  Priscilla Poh Beng Hoon (Ms) VOLUNTARY welfare organisations (VWOs) should offer jobs to their beneficiaries if they possess the necessary qualifications for part-time employment at their help or treatment centres. With such employment arrangements, organisations can cut costs, find staff despite
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      • 121 28  -  John Ooi DR NOEL Chia Kok Hwee mentioned a “Ready Environment” as an essential factor in promoting workplace inclusivity for the disabled (“How to make jobs work for the disabled”; April 22). In 1993, my son, who was then 13,
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      • 180 28  -  Emerson Hee Executive Director Restroom Association (Singapore) WE THANK Ms Nancy Quek (“Ensure seniors are given suitable jobs”; last Friday) for her feedback. As a non-profit charity, the Restroom Association (Singapore) has made the creation of job opportunities for seniors its priority. We have
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    • 689 1  -  Early childhood education could do with more men in the ranks: Experts By STACEY CHIA staceyc@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Bryant Goh tells people that he is studying to become a pre-school teacher, the most common response he gets is: “Isn’t it a job for women?” His
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    • 457 2  -  S’poreans also slightly more positive about job prospects and economy By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS plan to increase their spending in the year ahead, the latest consumer confidence index shows. Thirty-five per cent indicated that they thought the next 12 months
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    • 312 2  -  STACEY CHIA DESPITE a chance of rain, more than 11,800 people turned up for the Istana open house yesterday. It started to drizzle minutes before President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife, Mrs Mary Tan, arrived to greet visitors, but the sky cleared
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    • 437 2  -  By ANDREA ONG, ROBIN CHAN andreao@sph.com.sg chanckr@sph.com.sg THE Workers’ Party (WP) officially took over the management of the town council in Punggol East from the People’s Action Party (PAP) yesterday. The WP’s recently expanded Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) has already started
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    • 203 2  -  MELISSA PANG SEVEN suspects have been arrested after anti-narcotics officers seized 2.1kg of heroin worth $220,000. The team swooped after watching a suspected drug courier place a plastic bag at the bottom of a rubbish chute of a block in Yishun on
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    • 555 3  -  Licensed guides hold meeting with STB, say problem worse now despite enforcement By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg ILLEGAL tourist guides are still giving holidaymakers a headache despite greater efforts to deal with them. In fact, licensed operators say the problem has become
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    • 83 3 Twelve Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel were still at the site of the massive blaze at Jurong yesterday, hosing down embers to make sure they do not re-ignite. Three warehouses on Link Road were engulfed by the fire, which broke out on Tuesday morning. The
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    • 509 6  -  They learn about vital, tough effort it takes to keep neighbourhood clean By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg PICKING up litter is a tough, dirty job as growing numbers of ordinary people are finding out. Across the island, residents are increasingly volunteering for “work
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    • 390 6  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg FIVE cleaners have received a rare reward for their decade of service at a condominium Each was awarded a $1,000 bonus on Tuesday and treated to a special lunch, along with their fellow workers. Long service rewards from condominiums are
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    • 284 7  -  MELISSA PANG LOSING her long, flowing locks was hard enough. But when Ms Audrey Ho saw her loved ones watching her shave her head for charity, she could no longer hold back the tears. “The sight of my family and friends supporting
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    • 598 7  -  MOH warns against special rates, offers which may break anti-touting regulations By MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg WEBSITES that let people book doctors’ appointments at the click of a mouse may risk breaking rules that bar clinics from touting for patients. At
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      • 1691 8  -  On March 31, Singapore Airlines closed the books on another tough year marked by low yields and rising costs. As the final numbers are being tallied, Aviation Correspondent Karamjit Kaur looks at how one of the world’s most revered airlines has had to move
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      • 488 8  -  KARAMJIT KAUR SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) tried and failed twice to increase its global footprint, burning cash and shareholder value along the way. But in 2000, when the decision was made to acquire stakes in British Virgin Atlantic and Air New
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    • 648 9  -  Once-bustling hot spot will reopen at year-end after $4m makeover By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg AFTER serving up roadside local fare in a tourist hot spot for the past 12 years, the once-bustling Chinatown Food Street went out with a whimper on Tuesday. There
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    • 84 9 More than 50 relatives and friends sent driving instructor Jason Cheong off on his final journey yesterday to Mandai Columbarium, where his body was cremated. Among them were his parents, his fiancee Brenda Lee and colleagues from the Singapore Safety Driving Centre. The 25-year-old was
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    • 408 10  -  London supplier found to have acted in bad faith, ordered to pay damages By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT winning vijayan@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE distributor has scored a legal victory over an English supplier of Manchester United fragrances. Yesterday, Mr Sunil Tuli was
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    • 354 10  -  By JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg A SEA of about 12,000 devotees crowded around the Darma Muneeswaran Temple yesterday to witness its consecration. All Hindu temples undergo renovations and repairs every 12 years, and the temple and its deities have to be re-consecrated through a Maha Kumbhabishegam
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    • 441 10  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg GROWING numbers of Singapore investors have been trading using smartphones or tablets, according to broking houses and banks. They say the trend, which has been seen over the past two years, is due in part to the burgeoning popularity
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    • 932 11  -  Wealthy investors are seeking safety and yields from alternative products By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg WEALTHY Asians are showing a growing appetite for alternative investments such as wine and fine art. These sophisticated investors are increasingly looking at diversifying from traditional investments and are seeking safety
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    • 1215 12  -  They stay upbeat despite recent roller-coaster ride in bullion price By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg MINER Paddy Hampton catches his breath after hours of backbreaking work operating heavy machinery in a pitch-black cavern more than 500m below ground. Around him, water seeps
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    • 400 14  -  Energy and integrated engineering units reorganised into Keppel Infrastructure By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Corp said yesterday that it is reorganising its energy and integrated engineering businesses into a single new entity, a move which will position its infrastructure division for growth. The world’s largest
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    • 517 14  -  By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg A JOINT-VENTURE law firm, involving a big name from the British legal scene, Pinsent Masons, has pulled off something of a hiring coup as it builds its presence here. The firm has hired Mr Bryan Tan,
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    • TECHNOLOGY MONEY
      • 1022 15  -  Business there is growing; V-P also stresses firm not pulling out of US By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IN SHENZHEN chngkeg@sph.com.sg CHINESE telecom gear maker Huawei Technologies has said it will focus more on the European market even as it strives to make inroads
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      • STARTSINGAPORE
        • 131 15 TUDOU.COM, China’s largest online video site, hosts 40 million videos and attracts 200 million visitors monthly. Founder Gary Wang will share how Tudou.com went from a fledgling firm to its eventual Nasdaq listing at InnovFest 2013, an innovation-focused conference. The three-day InnovFest 2013, which begins
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        • 134 15 INFOCOMM Investments, a subsidiary of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, has participated in a US$12 million (S$14.7 million) funding for Gengo, a Tokyo-based Web translation service provider. The other investors were Europe-based venture capital firms Atomico and Iris Capital, NTT-IP from Japan and
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        • 80 15 SILICON Valley incubator 500 Startups has invested in local company Dropmysite, which provides website, e-mail and database backup services. While the investment figure is not disclosed, 500 Startups typically invests between US$25,000 and US$250,00 0 in a start-up. Dropmysite can also access the incubator’s 100
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        • 104 15  -  GRACE CHNG A TEAM that has developed a device to alert deaf parents whenever their babies cry will compete in the finals of Start-up@Singapore on May 25. The device comprises a watch, which sends signals to deaf parents through graphics vibrations, and a blinking lamp
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    • 508 20  -  Masters champion will be involved in activities to promote his foundation By SAN JAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg QUESTION marks surround the immediate future of the Singapore Open but fans of Adam Scott will still get to see the newly-crowned Masters champion in town this year.
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    • 534 20 ASSOCIATED press MADRID On Tuesday, in Real Madrid’s own legendary stadium and with 70,000 Madridistas baying for the final comeback, Borussia Dortmund conceded two goals, but they would not let in the third that would have given the Spanish team a victory on the
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    • 555 20 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jose Mourinho responded to Real Madrid’s disappointment in the Champions League on Tuesday by making clear that his heart is set on rekindling his love affair with Chelsea next season. Speaking after Real were beaten 4-3 on aggregate by Borussia Dortmund in
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    • 426 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s 12-year-old Ye Wocheng will become the European Tour’s youngest-ever player when he tees off at the Volvo China Open today, smashing the record set by last month’s Masters sensation Guan Tianlang. The two go head-to-head a year after
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      • 78 17 HARIMAU Muda beat Brunei DPMM 2-1 at Pasir Gudang in an S-League football game yesterday. The Malaysian youth side move up to sixth place on 14 points, one behind the Brunei team, who trail leaders Tampines Rovers by 10 points. In the AFC Cup, Warriors
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    • 420 19 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, faced fresh calls for his resignation yesterday, after a corruption inquiry questioned his knowledge of multi-million-dollar bribes paid to three senior officials. A report by the Fifa-appointed ethics committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, a German
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      • 823 5  -  Age may have mellowed rocker Chang Chen-yue, but he has not lost his candour Jan Lee janlee@sph.com.sg Taiwanese singer-songwriter Chang Chenyue, better known as A-Yue, is no longer the bad boy people expect him to be. The 38-year-old singer, known for 1990s hits such
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          308 9  -  Boon Chan He made his debut in 2003 with Music Voyager and a decade later, local singer-songwriter JJ Lin is a star releasing his milestone 10th album. From a fresh-faced boy singing about being Booksmart, the still-boyish singer is now a bankable entertainer who continues to have a
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          255 9  -  S.Y. Whang These two CDs’ worth of a live concert recording from 1981, previously unreleased, provides an interesting look back at a short-lived, highly unconventional trio. Unconventional because, first, it did not have a drummer. Jazz being a rhythmic music, the drumset has been an integral part of most
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        • 207 9  -  Chang Tou Liang This is an excellent introduction to the genre of piano minia- tures in the 20th and 21st centuries. The earliest music is the Hungarian Gyorgy Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata (1951-53), short disparate numbers that progress according to the number of tones used, from just two notes
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          246 9  -  Chang Tou Liang In the Naxos 25thanniversary survey of the piano concerto, two pianists stand out: the Hungarian Jeno Jando and Turk Idil Biret. Both are the Hong Kong-based label’s house pianists, assigned to record large swathes of piano literature for its reper-toire-based catalogue. Jando is tasteful and stylish
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      • 664 9 Associated Press Nashville, Tennessee A new convention centre in Nashville is transforming the look of downtown with a wavy roof dominating six city blocks, but tourism officials hope the eye-catching facility will also show business travellers a revitalised Music City. The Music City Center
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      • 1133 3  -  Nigella Lawson shows her love for all things Italian in a new TV show and a cookbook Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/tanhsuehyun When she was in her mid to late teens, British cookbook author Nigella Lawson wanted to be Italian. She says she cannot explain
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      • 512 3 New York Times Paris The dreaded phantasm of economic austerity has finally knocked its bony fingers on the door of the President of France’s residence Elysee Palace, which announced on Tuesday that it would auction off 1,200 bottles of its finest wines, renew its cellar
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      • 803 6  -  The Scottish Play is being adapted by a Hokkien opera troupe, and a female opera star is taking on the title role Soh Gill sohgill@sph.com.sg Macbeth is a woman, and she spouts Hokkien. That is what you get in Warrior And Witches, Jade Opera
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      • 540 6 Associated Press New York Philip Roth’s latest honour was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award on Tuesday night. He was cited for such novels as Portnoy’s Complaint
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      • 790 11  -  The money raised in memory of late actress Emma Yong will help theatre people suffering from critical illnesses Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg A year after the death of actress Emma Yong, a fund set up in her name has raised more than $400,000 in aid of
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      • 407 11 Associated Press Actress Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The big-screen project will tell the story of her father and his ventriloquist’s dummy that became an unlikely celebrity,
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      • 639 7  -  Park Shin Hye has her pick of hot leading men, but says she is really a favourite among mothers Soh Gill sohgill@sph.com.sg In South Korea, actress Park Shin Hye is often described by the media as having “saved a country in her last life”. The expression,
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      • 363 7 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Oslo/London If you are up for a job with a difference, how about polar bear spotting or cooking for a queen? For starters, if you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords, Norway might have a summer job for you: three
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      • 706 10  -  Telemad A Singapore romantic comedy is bland, while South Korean show Flower Boy draws viewers into the minds of its characters Foong Woei Wan woeiwan@sph.com.sg Candy hues, cute clutter, pretty people, sweet songs. These seem to be the essential hardware requirements for a romantic comedy these days, everywhere
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      • 634 10 Agence France-Presse St Petersburg The hugely ambitious and wellconnected director of St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre will today oversee the opening of a controversial new ballet and opera house, one of the biggest cultural projects in post-Soviet Russian history. The new Mariinsky-2 theatre will open
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      • 247 12 Associated Press NewYork–TheWebbyAwards are honouring Netflix’s House Of Cards producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti with a Special Achievement award. The thriller, for which Netflix released all 13 episodes at once, proved that digital media can produce cable-quality drama. Netflix also won for Best
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        • 40 12 Shooting for Woody Allen’s next film, a comedy, will begin this summer in France with Colin Firth and Emma Stone as stars, producers said. He filmed Midnight In Paris (2011) in the French city.
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        • 48 12 Maria Shriver, 57, is returning to NBC as a special anchor covering women’s issues nine years after leaving the network when her then husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was elected governor of California. She will appear on networks including CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Sports.
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        • 54 12 The story of rapper Psy’s ascent to global stardom has now been immortalised in a comic book. Fame: Psy (left), which went on sale in the United States and South Korea yesterday, focuses mainly on what went into making Gangnam Style, which shot the
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      • 210 12 Hong Kong Aaron Kwok’s latest film Christmas Rose might have led to his break-up with model Lynn Hung. The film, directed by actress Charlie Young, is about sexual assault. It deals with power conflicts and Kwok says filming it last year changed his thinking.
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      • 279 12 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles A police detective who investigated Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray (above) told jurors on Tuesday that the physician was more than US$500,000 (S$616,000) in debt and might have been motivated by a large payday for working with Jackson. Detective Orlando
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    • 55 1 THURSDAY MAY 2 2013 050/02/2013 (P) MCI Your Life. Live it well. CONTROLLING ‘BAD’CHOLESTEROL Drop in proportion of people with high ‘bad’ cholesterol over a decade TOURNIQUETS Best to leave it to experts 22 WIN! Sugar substitutes and hygiene products worth more than $1,000 COOKING WITH WHOLE GRAINS They are
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      • 259 2  -  NG WAN CHING Deputy editor wanching@sph.com.sg Lifestyle changes and medication sometimes go hand in hand in the quest for good health. Take the good news that high “bad” cholesterol rates here have dropped, leading to lower heart attack rates. This could be due to
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      • 505 3  -  Reuters British scientists are stepping up clinical tests of gene therapy in a bid to help people with advanced heart failure pump blood more efficiently. Researchers said on Tuesday they planned to enrol patients into two new clinical trials using Mydicar,
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      • 267 6 Agence France-Presse Men who are obese in their early 20s are twice as likely as peers of average weight to die before reaching the age of 55, a study said on Tuesday. Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a team of researchers
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      • 205 6 Agence France-Presse Hospital doctors in Ireland have discovered a sure-fire, low-cost way to distract children admitted for emergency care inflate a rubber glove, pop out its fingers in a spiky hairdo and draw a smiley face on it. Writing in Britain’s Emergency Medicine Journal, physicians at
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      • 282 17  -  Lee Hui Chieh Thebiggestannualhealthexhibitionhere biggest which has been garnering a growing following will be back for its ninth year. Health You draws more than 100,000 visitors every year and is expected to attract a similar number this year. The proportion of repeat visitors
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      • 839 4 / 5  -  This refers to instances when children with eczema develop other allergic hypersensitive conditions and such cases are on the rise. reports Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg When a child starts to show signs of having eczema, it could signal the start of a group of conditions that include
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      • 458 8 / 9 A tourniquet should only be used in certain situations, for instance, in the event of an amputation or when faced with a mangled limb resulting from a bomb-blast injury. “That is when a tourniquet can be a lifesaver by preventing massive arterial bleeding,” said Dr Steven
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      • 871 8 / 9  -  Makeshift tourniquets were used in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings to save lives. Joyce Teo finds out about tourniquets and how they are used Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg A device that dates back to Roman times was used to save lives in the bloody aftermath of
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      • 927 10  -  DR KENNY PANG drpang@asiasleepcentre.com Dr Kenny Peter Pang is an ear, nose and throat and sleep specialist at the Asia Sleep Centre at Paragon The average person spends about six to eight hours per day sleeping. This works out to each person sleeping for
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        998 11  -  Psychiatrist Wei Ker-Chiah tells Joan Chew that he reads into problematic behaviour in intellectually disabled people which usually signals needs that are not met Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg I specialise in treating intellectually disabled people who also suffer from mental illnesses because… I have always felt that this group
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      • 1120 12 / 13  -  The proportion of people with high ‘bad’ cholesterol levels has dropped in the last decade, a national survey has found JOAN CHEW Joanchew@sph.com.sg Singaporeansappear to be taking better care of their heart health, recent national figures suggest. For instance, cholesterol levels have improved, particularly levels of so-called “bad”
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      • 802 12 / 13 The most commonly prescribed class of cholesterol-lowering drugs is statins, which reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), commonly called “bad” cholesterol, by blocking an enzyme that produces cholesterol in the liver. Now, a study by the Singapore Heart Foundation sheds light on the
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        661 14  -  Mr Gary Chiah Tung Lin Sources: Mr Gary Chiah Tung Lin, a dietitian in the department of dietetics at Singapore General Hospital; Ms Agnes Lim, a pharmacist at Ms Agnes Lim, Hospital; Ms Agnes Lim, a pharmacist at Changi General Hospital; Ms Lim Su Lin, Ms Lim Su
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      • 392 14 facebook. My cholesterol level is slightly on the high side. I try to eat moderately, keeping to fruit, vegetables and fish instead of meat. I also avoid processed and fried food. I have a fitness app on my iPhone which lets me key in
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      • 401 16  -  DR RESHMA MERCHANT, geriatrician and head of general medicine at National University Hospital QI am worried about my mother, who seems to have lost her alertness since retiring from running a poultry stall in a wet market about two years ago. She is now
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      • 395 16  -  DR DAVID LAU, consultant otorhinolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat surgeon) at Raffles ENT Centre QI am a 22-year-old man who has a nasal problem. One of my nostrils is always blocked. I have been using nasal spray. While it does clear the blockage,
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    • 212 8 PRESTIGIOUS RIDLEY PK locale ***** sqft, spacious rms, pool. Very private/ affordable. Faith *****269 TOTAL PRIVACY! NAMLY Area Bunglw 9700 sqft 6+1. Pool, koi pond. Call RealStar 6100 8000 now ONLY $3.XM INTER-TERR around! Swiss Club Area Build 3300 sqft, 4+1, Call Realstar 6100 8000 now MT SINAI SEMI-D 4000/
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    • 322 8 RARE! F’HOLD BUNGLW Watten View. Land 6366 sf Rebuilt/A&A. Serious seller. neg. Ella *****445 3-YR NEW 3-STY. Semi-D. 4800 sqft. Top 2009. Matured gdn. Pk 4 cars. You’ll love it! Alan *****506 D.11 TREVOSE AREA. 2½-sty detached hse. Land 5000/ 5050 sf. 6+1. $9.8M neg. Kathy *****228 Landmax FH SEMI-D
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    • 172 8 ECG DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Terr Lichi 4+1 FH 1700 sf Save on reno Bright/Cedar Open Hse *****772 SY MODERN CONTEMP 2.5 storey Basement bunglw Goodman vicinity. 4300/ 7300 sqft, 6+1 room, great pool, prime area with exclusivity. 6438 8998 BEDOK EASTWOOD VICINITY 3 Sty Inter-terraced with rebuild potential, great land size
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    • 191 8 WELL KEPT 3½ -sty Semi-D, 5100/4100sf Opera vicinity unblock terrace view, easy access to amenities via Siglap. To view, *****998 SIGLAP VICINITY, DUAL Detached, 2½Sty+basement 4400/5200sf, 6+1+lift, great pool, move-in date avail. 6438 8998 DUNBAR VICINITY, SEMI-D, 2½ Sty+basement, 2500/ 5500sf,5+1rm, cosy serene ambience. Frankel/ Siglap amenities. *****998 JOO CHIAT
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    • 233 8 DOUBLE PLOT DETACHED 10,900 sqft Crescent Vicinity. Rebuild potential Contact: 6438 8998 MAJESTIC BUNGALOW 5500 /5000sf 7+1rm, Tg Katong Vicinity. Great Amenities. Tenanted. Call 6438 8998 SEMI-D WIDE FRONTAGE near Jln Remis 3600/ 2800sf Fabius 8181-7779 EastCoastLanded.com TERR BEST BUY 1539/ 1300 sf s-sty, 2+study Cheviot Hill Fabius Lee *****779
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    • 280 8 Properties $2.XM ONLY! TEMBELING Rd Inter-terr. 1420 sqft, 3+1, Suits A+A. Going soon! Call RealStar *****000 $9XX PSF ONLY! Kembangan Bunglw 4900 sqft, 5+1 rms, Quick before price change! Call *****000 now CHEAPEST! LAST CALL! Jln Seaview. 2 sty semi-d.Land 3200sf. Face S. Sole Agt Hurry!*****389 Wong SY GPS LANDED
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    • 245 8 LOYANG VICINITY. NEW reno 2.5 storey Semi-D. 3400/ 4800 sqft. 5+1 rm. Great pool, car porch for 3, serene with exclusivity. Call now 6438 8998 TANAH MERAH NICE Reno in 2012. 3-sty Semi-D, 5+1, 2745/ 2780 sqft. $3.25m, Motivated. 8500 3638 Jo KENT HOMEGURU *****777 Majestic Bunglw S’goon Garden 2.5sty
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    • 276 9 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Houses for Sale Chuan Villas at Chuan Close Detached Land For Sale Located in Chuan Close, District 19 Land size at 4,306 sq ft 5 mins walk to Lorong Chuan MR! Station 1 station away from nex Shopping Mall Junction 8 Opposite Australian International School and close to
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    • 213 9 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Houses for Sale KOVAN FH STAND alone Semi-D. 6000 sqft. Suits A&A. Cul-de-sac. Rectangular land. Linda *****351 1)PAVILION CORNER $3.63M 2)PavilionPl 3½sty $2.99m 3)Verde Cres Terr. $1.72M 4)Verde Ave Terr. $1.78M 5)VerdeView 3½ sty. $1.9M 6)Westwood corner. $2.5M 7)Westwood Cres. $1.75M Visit: www.primehome.sg JLN REMAJA SEMI-D. 3300 /2500
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    • 307 9 GPS LANDED DIVISION D28 Semi-D 2.5 sty. 5 bedrms Seletar Hill. 4500/3500 sf Move in. Justin 6100 1132 GPS LANDED DIVISION D28 Brand new corner terr 5rm 2600/3700sqft. TOP. Pool Call Justin Kong 6100 1132 POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS We Advertise 4X Weekly Jason Choo *****232 Marina Bay Suites 4rm 2045sf......... $5.95m
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    • 259 9 Corals at Keppel Bay Luxury Urban Marina Living Exclusive 366 units 1/2/3/4 Bdrm Penthouses Near Vivocity, Habourfront MRT, Sentosa, Marina at Keppel Bay, Mount Faber Park CBD Call NOW for preview appointment: 9786 2726 Justin Koh(CEA Reg. No.: R*****5F) LAUNCHING SOON THE MERLOT FH. Choice 2 bdrm, quiet facing, high
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    • 188 9 WHITEHAVEN FH FR $8xxK! 1/2/3/4/DualKey/Penthse/ Shop. NUS, Science Pk, Mrt Nicholas Wong 9776 1677 WHITEHAVEN FH FR $8xxK! 1/2/3/4/DualKey/Penthse/ Shop. NUS, Science Pk, Mrt Call Darren Tan *****366 WHITEHAVEN FH FR $8xxK! 1/2/3/4/DualKey/Penthse/ Shop. NUS, Science Pk, Mrt Jeffrey Chan 8188 8374 WHITEHAVEN FH FR $8xxK! 1/2/3/4/DualKey/Penthse/ Shop. NUS, Science
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    • 301 9 CORALS KEPPEL Bay 366 units. 1-bdrm to Penthses. True waterfront living. For Appt Henrik 9070-2500 CORALS @KEPPEL BAY. Exclusive 366 units, 1/2/3/4 rm/Penthse. Luxury Urban Marina Living. Fr $1.5M. HERTFORD COLLECTION 1+1 2+1.F’hold. 560-1345 sqft. Just TOP. Mins to town. Jolena Tan 9389-8889 OCEANFRONT SENTOSA. 3+1, 1711 sf, $18xx psf.
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    • 289 9 BELLE VUE RESIDENCE. 2303 sqft, 4-rooms. Nice layout. Orchard vinicity. Tenanted. Call 6438 8998 STEVEN SUITES 1+1, 721 sf. Just TOP. FH. Foreigners eligible. Near MRT. Also for rent. Jolena 9389-8889 FH DORMER PK Jervois 3-rooms. NS GCB facing. Reno 1238sf. $1.885M only Sarah Zhang 8118-0205 MARTIN PLACE RES F’hold.
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    • 836 9 D12-14Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang Pte Apts for Sale D12-14Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang Pte Apts for Sale D12-14Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang Pte Apts for Sale Penthouse Lovers T m Available types •1/2/3 BR PH (c/w Jacuzzi*) •1/2/3/4 BR SOHO units •3/4 Dual Key soho 'subject for availability TRE Agency Lie No: L*****78A K •i*
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    • 281 10 POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS WE ADVERTISE 4X WEEKLY SQFT PSF Casafina 3+1......1309 $1009 Seafront Meyer Casafina 3+1 1309 $1009 Bedok Court 4bdrm 2099 $1550 Bedok Court 11 Amber 2+1......1345 $1413 Suites Guillemard 11 Amber 2+1 1345 $1413 Parkshore3bdrm.1647 $1350 Mountbatten Suites Parkshore3bdrm.1647 $1350 Shore Res Studio.592 $1488 King’s Mansion Shore Res Studio.592
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    • 235 10 LAGUNA PARK 1615 sf.Reno. Bright! Windy! Spacious 3 rms. Partial seaview mid flr. Fabius Lee *****779 BAYSHORE PARK. 4 bdrm. 2239 sf. Very high flr. City partial sea view. A1 decor www.bayshoreliving.sg SERIOUS SELLER! HAWAII Twr Meyer. 3+1, 2239 sf. FH. Breezy. Quiet facing. $3.1M neg. Song *****308 DEVELOPER SALE.
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    • 241 10 FH-ONE EIGHTIES Res Joo Chiat, pool Gym. 1+1/ 2/3 Penthse Quality Finishes. Shaun Lim 9276-2009 FH-ONE EIGHTIES Res Joo Chiat, pool Gym. 1+1/ 2/3 Penthse Quality Finishes Jeannie Chen *****567 FH-ONE EIGHTIES Res. 1+1/ 2/ 3 Penthse, Quiet Spacious. 1km to Haig Girls’. Raymond Wong *****094 FH-ONE EIGHTIES Res Joo
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    • 323 10 EASTVALE, 3+1. 1281 sqft. High floor, Unblocked Sea/ Pool/ pond view. MRT/ shpg. Ken 9638-8929 ML ONLY $969K!!! RIPPLE Bay 3-rm 1066sf mins walk to beach. Free 1st yr shuttle to MRT. Peter 9455 7878 TOP SOON! WATERVIEW 2-bdrm 786 sqft, high flr, NS facing, $850K only! Call Hazel 8399
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    • 309 10 CHUAN PARK $1.35M nice reno. Unblock 2 rms 1173sf Spacious, Convenient, airy vacant. *****696. Vivian RAFFLESIA 3+UTILITIES. 1442SF. Ground flr. Newly reno. Mins walk to MRTs. Opp Raffles Institution. VALUE BUY! $1050PSF!!! Palm Haven Palm Grove Avenue, maximised live-in, 1238sf, 3bdrms. *****933 COMPASS HGTS 3 bdrms. 1292 sqft. Nice reno.
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    • 313 10 AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale w-u HDB MEDIAN Resale Prices *ATa in 1st Quarter 2013 Resale transactions take place on a "willing buyer-willing seller" basis. Buyers need not pay any COV if the resale price negotiated and mutually agreed between both parties is at or below market valuation. The price
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    • 120 10 AngMoKioHDB Apts for Sale ESTUARY KHATIB MRT 2/3/4-bdrms. Res/ pool view. Don’t miss! neg. Viewing James *****515 LOW CASH! 3’NG’ Blk 601 High Flr. Serious Seller. No west sun. Bright. Lift. View Today! Shawn Lai *****991 NEW LIST! 5-RM 545 Pt Blk High flr, unblocked view. Near amenities. Val $600K
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    • 142 10 AngMoKioHDB Apts for Sale GTA UNITED Bedok Town 5’S’ Blk 61 Pt. Blk, Corner 3’I’+1, 21 Chai Chee $320K 4NG Bedok N 408 $435K 4’A’ Bedok Res 724 $435K 5’I’ Bedok Nth 516 High Flr Call now for any enquiry $15KUP 4NG CORNER blk. 540 Bedok N, reno. 93sqm wet
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    • 162 10 AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale 5’I’ 94E BEDOK North. Spacious. Reno. Near food court. Valued $600K. VTO. 9026 5721 PN. 5’I’ CORNER BLK 181 Bedok. Very high floor. Face SW. 110 sqm. Viewing by appt. Call Henry Kee 9667-2952 BEDOK N. BLK 82, mid flr. Valued. No noon sun neg
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    • 314 10 5’I’ CORNER 536 Jelapang Rd. Face park/ greenery. Shpg. Val $490K. COV $25K neg. Alan 8332-4941 3 QUEENS RD 3’I’ 76 sqm All race 300m Nanyang Pri MRT Amenities. Good cond Val $440K Tan 9620 9209 4 QUEEN’S RD, #03, 3rms 73sqm, dr to dr, MRT, NY Sch, val $440k,
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    • 350 11 CORNER EM BLK 357, low flr. 148 sqm, simple, well kept. Serious seller! Near amenities/ MRT. Hurry! EM BLK 712 Hougang Ave 2 Ask $660K. No west sun. 3’NG’ Blk 109. Ask $365K. 3’A’ Blk 112. $410K. Move-in NEW! 3NG 319 Mid Flr 67sqm Amenities. Windy All Races PR Eligible!!!
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    • 313 11 4A BLK.903 JURONG W. 108 sqm. #11. Unblocked. Reno. Val $396K. COV $27K neg. 9028-0228 Steven Koh LOW CASH 4’A’ BLK 913 Big hall. Val $387K. Low COV. Bright renovate up to your own taste. Doris 9009 0493 4RM BLK 30 Teban Garden 99 sqm. Squarish layout. Dr to dr.
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    • 313 11 ’A’ CORNER 273 High floor. Orig. Well kept. MRT, amenities. VTO. Val $505k *****683 Amy 5 5’I’ 743 CORNER. #05. Lift level. 127 sqm. Near sch/ shpg. Valued. Can contra Call Edmund Lee *****311 5’I’ CORNER 112 Simei. Low flr. 122sqm. Bright. Spacious. Walk to amenities/ MRT. Low Call now
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    • 305 11 4A CORNER 298, 126C MRT. 5I 201D, 204A, 204C, 132. 5I 649, 175D, 116 high floor *PR eligible. Li *****292 4’A’ PREMIUM 167B. 92sqm. #15. Designer decor. Val $505K. View Sat/ Sun *****988/*****411 Mei 4’A’ PUNGGOL FIELD 196D Corner unit. High flr. Value $462K. VTO. Sat 2-5pm Douglas Chua 8338-1878
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    • 286 11 FERNVALE LANE 403D Corner 5-rm, 1226 sf, unblock, face S, high flr, 3 bdrms, modern design. Val $535K COV. Neo 9060-7875 $18K+ PR BUYER eligible. 4A 247/298A #15 $425K. 5I 305A/305C #10 $500K. 5I 323B/ 186B/257A MRT. EA 189B $555K *****292 EA BLK 147. 1 min Walk to LRT/ Mall
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    • 296 11 RARE CORNER BLK369 4’A’ Privacy. Corner Amenitie s/ MRT. All race/ PR. Val $427K. Erlinda 9009-7607 135 SIMEI 5’I’ Corner. High/ Lift flr. 123sqm. Unblocked MRT. Val. $540K. VTO. *****155 DWG Gary Lim. 4’A’ 450F. VALUED. Mid flr, 104sqm, renovated. Near future MRT/ amenities. All races. Ben 9674 1898. 4A
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    • 283 11 BLK 619 CORNER High flr 1023sf, squarish, NS facing, aircon, lift. Move-in Amenities,MRT. Val $400k BLK 688, 4’A’ High flr, reno Blk 603, 5’I’ high flr. Reno. Blk 709, 5’I’ Corner, 888. Viewing by appt only. GROUND FLOOR 4S Blk 428 big 90 sqm privacy, high window, big recess, val
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    • 434 11 4’A’ BLK 403 Top flr. Super spacious well kept. Val $405K. VTO/ 3’A’ 283 #07 Ask $360K Kelly *****197 D25 PINEWOOD GROVE next to American School. Large 6 bedrooms detached with pte pool. Lovely outdoor area. $20K. Eastgate Realty 9634-0997 Felip Sim MUSWELL HILL BEAUTIFUL Modern balinese $17.5k neg. 5
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    • 370 11 LORNIE 18 CLUSTER bunglw with home lift. Fantastic layout. Resort style. 4600 sqft. 4+1+1. 2-year lease. *****036/ *****518 GPS LANDED DIVISION GCB. D10 Dalvey/Nassim *****/ *****sf. Classic. Spacious rooms. More GCBs for rent fr. $28K. PK Soh 6100 1131 PRINCE OF WALES. 2-Sty Semi-D 3600/ 4000 sqft. 5+1, Possible for
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    • 354 11 EASTWOOD DR 3-STY Inter terr. 5+1. P/furn. Well reno. See to believe. Convenient Immed. Kelvin 9622-5788 JLN PARI DEDAP 3-sty detached hse, 6 ensuites. Gym Karaoke rm, park 4 cars, pte pool. 9685-7758 SANDALWOOD CONSERVE Near East Coast. 3400 sqft. 3 huge bdrms. Pool. Carpark. James *****441 2STY SEMI-D BOSCOMBE
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    • 830 12 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City 81 South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City 81 South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for
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    • 259 12 THE PARC 3-ROOM $4.3K Lumiere 1-rm furn $4.1K. Emerald Pk 3-rm $4.3K. Alex 9656-0482 Landz COAST SENTOSA 3+1, 2056 sf, Sea/ Marina view. Resort feel. $8K. Immed. Reina Tan *****809 THE SAIL Marina Bay 4 bdrm 2200 sf, rare high flr, MBS view, Immed $12K Sandy Chia 9388 8660 CARIBBEAN
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    • 299 12 8 2 G r a n g e R oa d 5 mins to Orchard Road CBD Signature architecture by Paul Rudolph 4 acres of verdant tropical landscape Loft living and spacious balconies Full condo facilities 24-hr security, maintenance and concierge 2+1, 2800 sqft, 3+1, 3600 sqft and 4+1, 4000
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    • 195 12 D.10SUI GENERIS BALMORAL CRES. 1572 sqft, 3+1 $8000 2131 sqft, 4+1 $10,000 Nice Balcony, Pool facing Quality fixture fitting 0.7mth commission to co-broke agents Silvia Ang *****755 CBRE ARDMORE PARK 2885 sq ft 4+1 -Unblock view $18k Ardmore II 2024 sq.ft. 4+1 rms. High floor $10k Belle Vue 2443 sqft
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    • 177 12 1) WILKIE 80. 1+1. 570 sf. Mins to Dhoby Ghaut MRT 2) Sophia Crest. 3+1 rm. P/furn. Joel 9487 8079 CUSCADEN RES. 2+1, 1485 sqft. Reno. Full facilities. avail Immed. Near Orchard Call/ sms Eddie 8183-5732 TRILLIUM 1798 SF 3+ study. Very high floor, bright, unblock, tip top condition, balcony,
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    • 148 12 PARC EMILY. 3+1, 1227 sf High flr, high ceiling. Mins Farrer MRT. Near town. P/ furn, 9109 3739 Michael CAIRNHILL PLAZA. 2820 sf. 3+1. Huge/ split level. VTO Balcony enclosed. Just reno. *****201/*****852 TESSARINA 3+1 LOW flr gre enery view, immed move in well-kept mins amenities $4.3k. Maria *****441 TRILLIUM
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    • 235 12 ASTRID MEADOWS IMMED! 3+1, 2045sqft. Good view. 4+1. 2756sqft. New reno. Balmoral 8, 3757 sf. 3+1. SCOTTS 28 GOOD Cheap. New paint floor polished. 1638sf 3+1 p/furn greenery Call Fraser. 9022-3875. KF GRANGE RES 2853 sf, 4+1. Greenery pool view. Unblk, vacant. Kelvin 9062-2311 sf, 4+1. Greenery BOTANIKA 2600 SF
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    • 135 12 SOMMERVILLE PK TOWNHSE 4+1 rms. 3300 sf. Designer reno. Near MRT, full condo. $13K. *****020 Chris NATHAN RES. 1/ 2/ 2 rm Penthse. 593-1238 sqft. Neg. One call view all. Don’t miss. Cheryl *****522 BEAUFORT ON NASSIM. Face pool. 4 bdrms. 3692 sf. Avail immed. Near Orchard. Eileen 9730-3681 DRAYCOTT
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    • 538 13 THE EQUATORIAL 5500SF 4+study+1 Beautiful cond Greenery. Spacious Bright. Esther *****676 LBR ARDMORE PK 2885 sf, 3+1, greenery, quiet, p/ pool view, p/ furn, immed. $17K Carol Phui 9666-9365 PN SUI GENERIS 2200 sqft. 4+1 modern beautiful balcony Newton MRT. Landbest Esther *****676 111@ EMERALD HILLS Brand new 2458 sf.
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    • 389 13 HUME PK I, 3+1, 1496 sqft. Quiet facing greenery view F/ facilities. Avail immed. P/furn. $3.5K. 9139-9084 TERRENE BT Timah 1850 sf. Grd flr. 4+1 bdrms. Just TOP. P/furn. $7.2K neg. Vincent 8134-1127 Deans PARK INFINIA 3+1 1464 sqft P/furn, high flr, panoramic view, nice decor, pte lift. $7k Immed.
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    • 429 13 MIRO 2 BDRM Loft. 1302 sf. Brand new. P/furn. MRT/ amenities. Michael Ng *****623 mnprop.com.sg **THE HILLSIDE 4+1. 2045 sf. Grd flr with lovely Patio. *****899.com DEANS BEVERLY 3714 SF. 4+1. Grd flr. Fabulous patio. Bright. Just TOP. *****093 Kathy MAPLEWOODS 2/3/4/5 RM. Call David *****500. www.ResidentAgent.sg ARCADIA $10K! 3800
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    • 279 13 PENTHSE FOR RENT Triplex Amber Residences 4-bdrm, 4000 sf. Pte Lift. Pte Pool. Roof Terrace. Sea view. P/Furn. $13K. 6438 8998 PARC SEABREEZE PENTHSE 4-5 May. 3 bdrm Pte pool. 2562 sf. Unblocked view. Spacious, 2 units. All races $8K. Serene 9818-9836 IMPERIAL HGTS. Ipoh Lane. 1+1. High flr. Bright
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    • 390 13 BAYSHORE PK. 3-RMS. High flr. Full sea view. Well reno. P/ furn. F/ facilities. $4.2K. Rodrick: 9679-1298 (DTZ). KATONG PK TWR. Penthse *****sf. S/Pool, 5+1 Spacious rm, Rare!. Intl Schs, Full Facitlities. 9787 7979 STRATFORD CT 990SF. 2+1 Balcony, Quiet, Greenery. Tanah Merah MRT. Avail 1 June. Lynn 9146-5666 3BDRMS
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    • 408 13 EASTVALE 3 BDRMS. Immed F/furn. Windy. Quiet. Near Downtown East/ MRT. 8288-3595 Catherine Kho RENTED 25 UNITS. N e w Double Bay! Hurry going fast! 3 rms $4200. Partial/ f/furn. 3 mins walk MRT. TAMPINES CT. 3BDRM, 1600 sf. High flr. Unblock. View. Reno. F/furn. Immed. $3.3k *****928/ *****998 NV
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    • 485 13 PARC OASIS/ MAYFAIR. Studio,2 ,3 ,4, Key on hand Short/Long Term. Svc Apt. Call Fraser. 9022-3875. KF JADE 2 RM Bt Batok MRT/ Westmall. F/furn, Immed. Madeira 2 rm, Bt Gombak MRT. Neo 9384-2121 REA THE CENTRIS 2 bdrm, 1194 sf. Move-in cond. Furn. MRT. Immed. Call *****311 Ken for
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    • 317 13 AIRCON RMS 1-WK $490+ ½mth $900+/1mth $1500+ Hotel Hamilton 6296-2296 DON’T MISS!!! BEAUTIFUL Designer Rooms Simei, Tanah Merah, Double Bay and Bayshore Condo from $850. Near Changi Biz Park, Simei, Tanah Merah, Expo MRTs. Call *****922 CONDO NEAR SIMEI MRT. Common rm. Brand new. F/facilities.Near amenities. Furn.Daniel *****918 (PN) ROOMS
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    • 388 13 5’I’ BLK 323A Sengkang High flr. F/ furn. Opp MRT mkt. Avail 1stJune. $2.9k Prefer Professional/family 5RM 171 AMK. High floor St Nicholas Sch.Panoramic view. F/furn. Bright windy. call Karis *****550 BLK 10 MARSILING Dr. 5-rm. P/furn. Mid flr. Near mkt/ amenities. All welcome. $2.3K neg. Jeff 8128-4585 3-RM BLK.
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    • 371 13 APPROVED BLK 307 CCK. 5rm. spacious. Opp. MRT. f/furn Professional/ family Immed Chandru *****817 BLK 289A ST 25. Bt Batok. 5’I’. High flr. Big balcony. Part/ f/furn. Amenities. $2.6k neg. Silvia *****318 5-RM BLK 624 Senja Rd, Bt Panjang. Good unit. Reno, w/ aircon. F/furn. Immed. Margaret 9618-5048 3+1 520
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    • 481 14 WAREHOUSE FACTORY OPEN SPACE Keppel Pasir Panjang Jurong Tuas *200 sq. ft. 500,000 sq. ft. Attractive Rent 24 Hour Security Logistics ServicesAvail Immediate Move In High Ceiling Regular Layout Ample Electrical Loading Ample Parking Loading CALL6578 9966 GENTING BUILDING 83 Genting Lane Ç Factory/warehouse Ç 3rd 4th floor Ç Floor
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    • 248 14 NORTHPT BIZHUB RAMP Up 2646 sqft. Carpark/ toilet. High ceiling w/mezzanine. $2900 only! Call 6100 2110 WOODLANDS 11. 1528/ 1830 /1938 SF. Ramp up. Walk to Admiralty MRT. Immed. Also sale. Nancy 9619 2201 A’POSH YISHUN. Corp. Image. 1281 sf. High ceiling. Near MRT. Easy access. Also Sale. Daisy, 9320
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    • 517 14 DON’T MISS! PIONEER Ctr Cheap rental! B2/ fr 1485 sf. Near PIE/AYE/20ft access. $1.80 psf. 9004 9922 GRD FLR RENTAL! Pioneer Ctr 1507 sqft $2.40 psf only walking distance to MRT. Hurry!! *****922 BEST UNIT! B2 grd flr Jurong, 16K/ 20k/ 25k sf, Overhead crane. High amp Ready office. 9857-6686
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    • 438 14 fW Factory/lndustrial 5H Factory/lndustrial fUf Space for Sale Space for Sale Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Eunos Technolink Along Eunos Link No additional buyer's stamp duty No restriction on loan tenure Up to 80% loan to value Unit sizes from 2,433 sq ft Tenanted units with rental yield available
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    • 301 14 B1 IND NEW Launch! Off Sims Drive. 83 units. 7-sty, ramp-up. 2422-4779 sqft. MRT. 9389 8989 Johnny RARE! KAKI BUKIT Ind Terr. 3-sty 5212 sf. Lift. Fitted. Park 4 cars. Serious seller! $5xxpsf. Harris 9727 5659 KF AUCTION 23/5 @Amara. #11-01/02 Ruby Ind Cplx FH 2-adjoining 4886sf approx tenanted. Jean
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    • 310 14 CHIA PING B2, 69k/94k sf bal 43yr. 4-sty off Pioneer Rd, JTC B2 land 94k sf bal 18 yr. Alex Leow *****737 B1 MIDVIEW CITY, 1690 sqft, corner, near lifts, fitted, self-contained. Don’t Miss! neg Dayana *****631 ALJUNIED F’HOLD B1 Goldpine Ind. 1248 sqft. Ample parking. Near Tai Seng MRT.
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    • 318 14 8 Office Space flfl Office Space flfl Office Space for Rent Ulr for Rent (fe|r for Rent R/ I ONE RAFFLES QUAY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE LOCATED AT A PRESTIGIOUS BUSINESS ADDRESS ".f Prime Grade A office space in One Raffles Quay North Tower 1,238 sq ft available immediately 2,200
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    • 272 14 NOVENA SQUARE, 3042 3165 4015 sq ft. Directly above Novena MRT Station. Raised flooring for easy laying of cables. Linked to amenities in the Shopping Mall food court, F&B outlets, bank, supermarket and retail shops. Agents welcome. Interested, please call: 6354 9621 6350 5153/6354 9640 CRAIG RD. 1415 1400 sf
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    • 420 15 FORUM ORCHARD Road. 1000-4667 sf. $8 psf. Fitted bare units available. Call 6838 7185/ 6838 7176 OFFICE RM IN MacPherson area. Co share wifi, copier, pantry, meeting rm. Suits small biz. Call 9855-0167 SOUTHBANK SOHO 1184SF, High flr, Full facilities/ MRT Club St, #03, Nice decor, Immed. 9487 4441 James
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    • 571 15 JALAN BESAR 720 sf. High flr. Own toilet. Mins to CBD. Bright. carpet. neg. Immed. 9423-8154 Tan CP SOHO CENTRAL office for rent. Nicely furn. 63+11sqm River view. High flr. MRT. Immed. *****183 Charles $800-$2000 GOLDEN MILE Complex. Few units. Well reno. F/fitted. Near MRT. Immed. 9739 2390 Jane CENTRAL
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