The Straits Times, 2 July 2013

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  • 63 1 SPORT B22 LionsXII captain Shahril Ishak (No. 17), midfielder Fazli Ayob (No. 16) and the team having a bit of fun as they trained at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Singapore outfit can capture the Malaysian Super League title tonight if they beat Felda United
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  • 382 1  -  By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg SURGEON Susan Lim (right) has lost her battle to overturn her conviction for overcharging a royal patient from Brunei. Singapore’s highest court yesterday endorsed the decision of a disciplinary committee that found her guilty of professional misconduct over the $24 million
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  • 576 1  -  Price index records slowest growth in four years, but private market up By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg RESALE flat prices in public housing ticked upwards by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year, as measures to cool the property
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  • 42 1 NEARLY half a million people took to the streets in Hong Kong to demand one-man one-vote elections, in what organisers said was a preparation for a planned blockade of the city centre next year. WORLD A12
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  • 40 1 STUDENTS across Singapore returned to school yesterday for the first time since the haze. Many went outdoors for PE lessons. Meanwhile, Indonesian disaster officials were shifting into preventive mode. TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 570 2 / 3 President given 48 hours to agree to power-sharing with the opposition ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG CAIRO Egypt’s powerful armed forces have issued a virtual ultimatum to Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, calling on the nation’s feuding politicians to agree on an inclusive road map for
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    • 561 2 / 3  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg THAI rice exporters were thrown into disarray when the government made a U-turn in policy and deferred plans to cut the price it pays for rice. The sudden change in the
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    • 653 2 / 3 Death toll worst of its kind in 80 years; some 200 homes destroyed REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESCOTT (Arizona) A raging wildfire that raced through kilometres of tinder-dry grasslands in central Arizona killed 19 members of an elite “hot shot” fire crew, as a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 56 4 AS PROPERTY cooling measures took effect, resale flat prices in public housing inched up by just 0.5 per cent from April to June. It was the most sluggish pace since 2009 and less than half the 1.3 per cent increase in the first three months
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      • 44 4 THE United States has a “strong interest” in how China’s territorial disputes in the South China Sea are handled, said US Secretary of State John Kerry, backing a “substantive code of conduct” to deal with them. TOP NEWS A8
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      • 42 4 Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s investment trip to Russia shows what is possible and what the challenges are. It is up to business people to navigate smartly and roll with the punches. The Straits Times OPINION A20
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      • WORLD
        • 45 4 MYANMAR’S government is mulling over how to cope with a flood of potentially incendiary chatter, propaganda and hate speech online as decades of repression, during which anonymous rumours prevailed, have rendered people unable to differentiate between rumour and fact. PAGE A14
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        • 52 4 THE Philippine Parliament has authorised the spending of 75 billion pesos (S$2.2 billion) to modernise the military over the next five years, said President Benigno Aquino (above), as he vowed to bolster the country’s outdated air force with new aircraft amid a territorial dispute with China.
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        • 54 4 ORDINARY Indonesians, who will be spending more ahead of Hari Raya on Aug 8, will be hit by a double whammy of rising transport fares and an inflation rate that came close to 6 per cent last month and is set to go over 7 per cent
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      • OPINION
        • 63 4 SOME time last month, some ATMs in China ran out of cash, while banks grew wary of lending to each other. Inter-bank rates spiked, with one rate hitting a record 25 per cent on June 20. The episode underscored the need for Beijing to push ahead with
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      • HOME
        • 80 4 EMPTY shop units, ageing facilities and sleazy joints are among the problems blighting some of Singapore’s older strata-titled shopping malls. Many units are owned by individuals, so refurbishment work can be carried out only if the majority of owners say yes. PAGES B1 B2 A patron of
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        • 50 4 A NEW ruling kicked in yesterday making it compulsory for divorcing couples with at least one child under 14 to attend counselling or mediation sessions. These aim to help parents concentrate on their children’s welfare rather than on fighting over care or custody issues. PAGE B3
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      • LIFE!
        • 84 4 THE Phantom Of The Opera will be back in Singapore for a third stint at Marina Bay Sands from July 16. The show this year celebrates its 25th year on Broadway, where it remains the longest-running musical. It was previously staged here at the Kallang Theatre in 1995
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        • 53 4 JAPANESE art superstar Takashi Murakami has scrapped plans to open an outpost of his prominent gallery in Singapore. Kaikai Kiki Gallery was due to open this year at Gillman Barracks. Other projects slated for the enclave, like the Pearl Lam Galleries from China, are proceeding as
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      • MONEY
        • 42 4 PRICES of private homes in Singapore rose 0.8 per cent in the second quarter, growing slightly from their 0.6 per cent rise in the first quarter of the year. The rise was led by suburban homes. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
        • 35 4 BOWLER Daphne Tan (right) became Singapore’s first gold medallist at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games yesterday. She topped the 54-player women’s singles field in Incheon, South Korea. PAGE B20
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        • 74 4 WATCH a video showing a wildfire in the United States that killed 19 elite firefighters. It was the country’s deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in at least 30 years. The specially trained “hotshot” firefighters had to deploy their fire shelters when they were caught near an
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        • 51 4 WATCH a video report on a tragic accident at a Cirque du Soleil performance in Las Vegas that resulted in the death of Ms Sarah Guyard-Guillot. The Paris-born performer was pronounced dead late on Saturday night at a hospital after a 15m fall from the stage.
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        • 56 4 VIEW a picture gallery showing Brazil, the newly crowned champions of the Confederations Cup. Brazil humbled world and European Champions Spain with a crushing 3-0 win in the final on Sunday, ending their opponents’ three-year record run of 29 unbeaten competitive matches. Brazil’s forward Neymar celebrating with
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        • 35 4 A LETTER sent to the Straits Times Forum revealed that people who eat off a food tray are more likely to return their dishes. RazorTV finds out what people think of this idea.
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        • 26 4 GUYS may pay a lot less attention than women when it comes to office fashion, but a clean look is still important.
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        • 40 4 WHAT’S life like growing up with four siblings of the same age? In 1997, the Chins’ three daughters and two sons were born just a minute apart. Sixteen years on, RazorTV catches up with Singapore’s first quintuplets.
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        • 40 4 A GERMAN Shepherd was seen wandering around the bus stop at Eunos MRT Station, before boarding a bus, causing some female commuters to scream. STOMPer Peggy123, who took photos of the dog, believes that it was lost.
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        • 33 4 A TAMPINES resident was forced to cover her laundry with an umbrella and plastic sheets because the air-con unit installed outside her neighbour’s kitchen window above her flat was leaking.
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    • 505 6  -  Night patrols increased; cloud-seeding planes on standby in case of new fires By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN PEKANBARU (RIAU PROVINCE) zubaidah@sph.com.sg INDONESIAN disaster officials say they are now shifting into preventive mode in the battle against the haze, in a bid to respond
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    • 694 6  -  By STACEY CHIA, AMELIA TENG staceyc@sph.com.sg ateng@sph.com.sg SCHOOLS reopened as planned yesterday, despite initial concerns that the haze could disrupt the start of the new term. Classes were in full swing, including physical education (PE) lessons. For example, at Hougang Primary
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    • 1003 6  -  Q&A WITH THE EXPERTS BY FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg PEOPLE should not switch on their fans at home when there is haze, because it will stir up indoor particles. And children are safe staying in classrooms rather than outdoors if the windows
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    • 612 7  -  Responsibility comes over and above contractual and market forces: Court SUSAN LIM APPEAL By SELINA LUM, TOH YONG CHUAN selinal@sph.com.sg tohyc@sph.com.sg ALL doctors in Singapore have an ethical obligation to charge fair and reasonable fees, the Court of Three Judges ruled yesterday. This
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    • 219 7 THE saga began in 2007 when the Health Ministry filed a complaint against Dr Susan Lim. It concerned her $24 million bill for six months of treatment given in 2007 to a royal patient from Brunei. Dr Lim, a prominent general surgeon
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    • 74 7 HOME B4 National University of Singapore student Thaddaeus Tan (left), 19, dining in his SAF uniform with his mother, Madam Wendy Chin, in her 40s, at the Orchard Cafe during lunchtime on SAF Day yesterday. He treated her to the meal as SAF servicemen
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    • 376 7 THE Court of Three Judges, after analysing the bills issued by Dr Susan Lim, said the invoices were issued in an “unsystematic, arbitrary and, ultimately, opportunistic manner”. Dr Lim faced a total of 94 charges of professional misconduct, which fell into two groups. The
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    • 930 8  -  One-man play bags Production of the Year award LIFE! THEATRE AWARDS By HUANG LIJIE ARTS CORRESPONDENT lijie@sph.com.sg A ONE-MAN show about act or-di-rector-playwright Oliver Chong’s search for his ancestral roots in China scored one of the biggest upsets in the annual Life! Theatre Awards yesterday.
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    • 557 8  -  By ESTHER TEO, LEONARD LIM IN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN esthert@sph.com.sg limze@sph.com.sg UNITED States Secretary of State John Kerry threw his support behind a “substantive code of conduct” to deal with overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea, emphasising its
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    • 201 8  -  LEONARD LIM BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN The United States’ top diplomat yesterday signalled Washington’s continued commitment to Asean, saying their relationship was of “highest importance”. Addressing Asean’s foreign ministers at their annual meeting, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US supported their goals in
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    • 31 6 WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com The experts explain why the haze is so bad this year Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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  • WORLD
    • 680 10  -  Beijing appears to see benefits of slower but more sustainable growth SHIFTING TRENDS By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg LATEST figures may have confirmed a deepening slump in China’s vast factory sector but some believe Chinese leaders are hardly losing sleep
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    • 488 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG TOKYO Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers turned positive for the first time in nearly two years, a signal that companies are reacting positively to the weaker yen and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies to revive his country’s stagnant economy. The
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    • 438 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Home prices in China’s major cities jumped 7.4 per cent year-on-year last month, despite government moves to cool the property market. The average cost of new homes in 100 major cities reached 10,258 yuan (S$2,100) per sq m last month, the
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    • ASIA
      • 644 12  -  This year’s event is preparation for sit-in protest next year: Organisers By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Pearl Liu HUNDREDS of thousands of people in Hong Kong marched in lashing rain yesterday to demand one-man one-vote elections part of
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      • ASIABRIEFS
        • 84 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI Rioting inmates seized control of a Vietnamese jail for several hours, taking the prison chief hostage in a rare protest demanding better treatment and conditions. The disturbance started early on Sunday at the Xuan Loc jail in Dong Nai province, about 40km north
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        • 83 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGALORE India was to launch the first stage of its domestic satellite navigation network yesterday, which will eventually provide services both to civilians and the military and is similar to the US Global Positioning System, officials said. The first of seven satellites will
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        • 110 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING A Chinese law requiring adult children to visit their parents went into effect yesterday to howls of online ridicule, as the country’s huge population ages rapidly. The amended law does little to change the status quo because some elderly parents have
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        • 109 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Part of a Japanese woman’s lung was transplanted to her three-year-old son in what was described as the world’s first successful graft of a middle lobe from a living donor, a hospital said yesterday. Lung transplants from living donors usually involve transferring the
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      • 659 13 It says rebel forces trained Muslim extremists in last week’s attacks REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Chinese state media has blamed Syrian opposition forces, in unusually specific finger pointing, for training Muslim extremists responsible for the deadliest unrest in four years in China’s north-western
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      • 400 13 JAKARTA Indonesian police have launched an operation to recover 250 sticks of dynamite stolen from a truck in Bogor last week amid fears that they could be deadly in the hands of terrorists. One police source, quoted by the Jakarta Globe, said the missing
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      • 792 14  -  Govt mulls over how to deal with online vitriol amid ongoing tensions By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg IN AN age of an abrupt new openness after decades of repression, the line between freedom of speech and human rights is blurred in
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      • 367 14 KUALA LUMPUR Major changes are taking place in the Malaysian media landscape. The Star, Malaysia’s biggest English-language newspaper, yesterday re-launched its new website which, for the first time, will include opposition columnists. There have also been movements of many journalists in online media in
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      • 435 14  -  By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR chengwee@sph.com.sg NEWS that another Barisan Nasional (BN) politician has fallen victim to crime has embarrassed the authorities in Malaysia, underscoring the challenge in tackling crime, which the government has earmarked as a priority.
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      • 563 15 Philippines to buy fighter jets, other equipment amid dispute with China AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA MANILA Philippine President Benigno Aquino has vowed to acquire fighter jets, air defence radar and other equipment within three years to bolster the country’s weak air
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      • 365 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A lawmaker from Japan’s ruling party was aboard one of four fishing boats that sailed yesterday towards islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China, even as Chinese vessels loomed nearby. Japan’s national broadcaster said a Chinese
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    • 456 16 Allies’ embassies, networks tapped by US agencies, claims magazine WASHINGTON POST REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN European leaders have reacted with fury to allegations in a German magazine that the United States had conducted a wide-ranging effort to monitor European Union (EU)
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    • 248 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday insisted Moscow would not hand former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden over to Washington, but said that if the fugitive wants to stay in Russia, he “must stop his work aimed at harming
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    • 64 16 A helicopter being hoisted out of New York’s 79th Street Boat Basin after it made an emergency landing over the Hudson River on Sunday. The sightseeing aircraft was carrying four passengers and a pilot when it encountered engine trouble. Good Samaritans from a nearby boat and a
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    • 443 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has rewarded backers who helped him reclaim power from Ms Julia Gillard with places in his new Cabinet which he announced yesterday, while a new poll showed a strong bounce for his Labor Party before national
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    • 465 17 Rights group slams move by Iraq, Jordan, Turkey to reject refugees REUTERS XINHUA BEIRUT Syria’s neighbours have closed or tightened curbs at several borders, leaving tens of thousands stranded within Syria’s dangerous frontier regions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday. It said Iraq, Jordan
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 81 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania United States President Barack Obama yesterday signed an executive order launching a US$10 million (S$12.7 million) bid to fight wildlife trafficking in Africa. Officials said that Mr Obama, who is in Tanzania on the final leg of a three-nation
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      • 92 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD More than 2,500 people were killed in Iraq in the past three months, United Nations figures showed yesterday. The surge of violence has fanned fears the politically deadlocked country is slipping back into all-out bloodshed. The violence showed no signs of
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      • 78 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SMETHWICK, Britain More than 200 firefighters were battling a major blaze at a recycling plant in Britain after a falling Chinese lantern set 100,000 tonnes of paper and plastic alight. Ten firefighters suffered minor injuries yesterday as they fought to put out the
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      • 74 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON Marine scientists have called on New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world’s rarest dolphin, saying that losing just one more will threaten the species’ existence. The Maui’s dolphin, found only in shallow waters off the North Island’s
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    • 637 18  -  Figure set to surpass 7% this month as prices of fuel and food increase By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg THE inflation rate in South-east Asia’s largest economy came close to 6 per cent last month, and is set to exceed 7
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    • 520 18 REUTERS BLOOMBERG TOKYO Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, has applied for a trademark for “IWatch” in Japan, a patent official said yesterday, signalling that the iPhone maker may be moving ahead with plans for a watch-like device as gadget makers
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    • 278 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS The European Commission (EC) said yesterday it suspected that 13 top investment banks, including Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, colluded over derivatives trading in breach of Europe’s antitrust rules. A preliminary investigation showed that banks colluded to exclude exchanges
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    • 327 18 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Investors who poured US$1.26 trillion (S$1.6 trillion) into bond funds in the past six years pulled out record amounts of cash last month, leaving the world’s biggest fixed-in-come managers struggling to stem the flow. The funds saw US$61.7 billion of
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 60 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS HELSINKI Nokia will buy Siemens’ half of their joint network operations in a ¤1.7 billion (S$2.8 billion) deal. The network operations had been bleeding for years but recently showed signs of improvement after restructuring and substantial job cuts. The Siemens name will be
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      • 59 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI Chinese police are investigating senior management staff of British drug firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China over suspected “economic crimes”. The allegations involve at least one foreign executive. The exact nature of the allegations was not specified by police, but the authorities typically
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      • 52 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British publisher Pearson and Germany’s Bertelsmann have completed a deal to create a publishing firm, Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann will hold 53 per cent of the new company, and Pearson the remainder, aiming to compete with new forms of publishing epitomised by online
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    • 35 17 Parents, do you have questions about your child’s Primary 1 registration? If so, Ask SANDRA ST’s Senior Education Correspondent SANDRA DAVIE will get the answers for you. Write to STAskSandra@sph.com.sg For answers, go to: www.straitstimes.com/ask_sandra
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    • 411 20 SINGAPORE business people are not alone in thinking of Russia as a forbidding investment choice, almost as terra incognita. Diversification from Sovietera heavy industry is measured. The country’s induction to capitalist methods of organisation has not been as smooth as that in China, an ex-com-mand
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    • 1458 20  -  EYE ON ECONOMY For two weeks, Chinese banks scrambled for cash as the central bank refused to inject funds. Chinese banks mustn’t forget the lesson of that fortnight. By GRACE NO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg THE roughly two-week long credit
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    • 996 21  -  THE HAZE AND ASEAN By YANG RAZALI KASSIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. IF INDONESIA’S President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s unilateral apology last week to Singapore and Malaysia over
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    • 985 21  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com NOTHINGexemplifiesthe pitfalls of Indonesian politics better than the story of the rise and apparent fall of the Islamic-based Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), which most of the media slavishly likes to translate as the Prosperous Justice
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    • 886 21  -  By BILL KELLER NEW YORK TIMES Gathering valedictory material on Mr Nelson Mandela as he faded in a Pretoria hospital the other day, I came across a little book called Mandela’s Way. In it, Mr Rick Stengel, the ghost-writer of Mr Mandela’s autobiography, set
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    • 1159 22  -  By VIDHYAPATI MISHRA The writer is the managing editor of Bhutan News Service, a news service for Bhutanese refugees. He wrote this essay in the Beldangi II refugee camp in Damak, Nepal. NEW YORK TIMES BEFORE my family was expelled from Bhutan in 1992, I lived
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      • 72 23 1. MR ARNOLD CHUA: Work together on special-needs transition services. 2. DR V. SUBRAMANIAM: Naming conventions have changed. 3. MISS CHAN SUI LI: Cold bus rides we can do without. 4. MR KANG CHOON TIAN: Elderly-unfriendly station access. 5. MR ROLAND SCHARENGUIVEL: Forested areas rapidly dwindling in face
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      • 265 23  -  Philip Sim Deputy Director, Emergency Preparedness Department Ministry of Communications and Information on behalf of the Crisis Management Group (Haze) WE THANK Ms Samantha Chan Wei Bing for her suggestions on improving the Government’s communication on the haze situation (“Get the right messages across”; last
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      • 288 23  -  Geoffrey Kung Secretary Reverse Co-operative (Re-Engage Valuable Experienced Retirees to Serve Elders) THE Council for Third Age (“Council’s programmes are for all seniors”; June 14) and I (“Helping seniors: Start with a group health insurance scheme”; June 11) appear to have different understandings of the
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      • 256 23 Is enough being done to help the poor in Singapore? Should those who go on overseas charity trips focus on the needy here instead? We have many different forms of social services available in our country to help the poor and needy. These services are easily accessible, and
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      • 126 23  -  Soon Sze Meng I URGE the Singapore Sports Council to reconsider the premium membership scheme for the new National Stadium (“Exclusive seating for stadium”; last Thursday). After all, there are already 62 corporate suites that offer paid exclusive access. We accept that private
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      • 385 23  -  Lim Tat MR PAUL Chan Poh Hoi referred to his experiences in his 25 years of living in a condominium (“Review Strata Act to keep management councils accountable”; yesterday). I assume he is referring to the condo where I have volunteered my time
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      • 269 24  -  DENGUE OUTBREAK Ronnie Lim I SUPPORT Ms Dawn Kua Su-Wen’s call (“Adopt new ways to fight dengue; June 20). I have worked as an environmental health officer in the National Environment Agency (NEA) and as a field officer in the Emerging Infectious Diseases programme
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      • 245 24  -  Khoh Chin Hwei (Ms) I RECENTLY visited the accident and emergency (A&E) department at Tan Tock Seng Hospital after having a high fever for three days. During the visit, I told the medical staff that a general practitioner suspected I had dengue fever. The doctors
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      • 281 24  -  Thomas Lew (Associate Professor) Chairman, Medical Board Tan Tock Seng Hospital OUR emergency department has treated about 86,000 patients since the start of the year. To date, despite the current dengue epidemic, only 2.5 per cent of the total cases seen at the
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    • 34 24 PUNCHLINES the coffee shop in our estate was sold at a record price! Oh no, The rental may increase, followed by food prices.. Don’t worry, here’s temporary relief SAF DAYDISCOUNTS ST ILLUSTRATION ADAM LEE
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    • 799 1  -  Many poorly patronised, in disrepair as unit owners disagree on plans By MELISSA LIN, KASH CHEONG mellinjm@sph.com.sg kashc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S ageing malls, most of which are strata-titled properties, are in urgent need of retail therapy. Built in the 1970s and 1980s, when the country took
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    • 560 2  -  STRATA MALLS KASH CHEONG DIRTY toilets, broken shop fronts and even blood stains these are problems that plague strata-titled malls Orchard Plaza and Parklane. Walk in and you find random shops along dimly lit corridors. Both Orchard Plaza and Parklane house multiple karaoke
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    • 301 2  -  MELISSA LIN WITH Parkway Parade and 112 Katong as its neighbours, most people expected Roxy Square Shopping Centre to fade away. But despite occasional maintenance issues such as water leaking from the ceiling and malfunctioning lights, shop owners there, who
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    • 454 3  -  Mandatory counselling for divorcing couples now includes those with kids below age 14 By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg SEEING his mother at weekends used to be something 10-year-old Thomas (not his real name) looked forward to but not now. His parents are
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    • 429 3  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WORKING at heights the top workplace killer here seems to be getting safer, with ongoing checks finding fewer lapses. There were 107 violations uncovered in the most recent operation after some 300 surprise inspections, an improvement from the previous
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    • 491 4  -  He pulled recruit, who froze during training, away from exploding grenade By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg A SOLDIER recruit pulled out the grenade’s safety pin but accidentally released its lever. In six seconds, the bomb would explode. Alas, he froze, the explosive nestled
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    • 439 4  -  By JERMYN CHOW, DEBBIE LEE jermync@sph.com.sg ldebbie@sph.com.sg ON MOST days, intern Lim Yan Pin, 24, shows up for work in fitted shirts and formal pants. Yesterday, however, the operationally ready national serviceman cast off his office wear and turned up in
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    • 467 4  -  JERMYN CHOW MORE early birds caught a free train ride to the city area on the first day of school yesterday, compared to the month of May before the school term ended. The number of commuters who got off at specified city-area stations,
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    • 500 4  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg THE National Taxi Association (NTA) has asked the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to relook some of its availability standards, and to exclude limousine cabs from those requirements. NTA adviser Ang Hin Kee said “premium” taxis such as the Mercedes and
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    • 475 5  -  By LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg WHEN teacher Roman Anthony left his flat in Bishan around 6.40am yesterday, he saw a crowd of policemen at the carpark. The 52-year-old thought there had been a theft, but later found out there was a serial
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    • 468 5  -  It cuts time taken to move aircraft engine from 11/2 days to five hours By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE time it takes to move an aircraft engine from Rolls-Royce’s Seletar factory to Changi Airport for delivery has been slashed from a day
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    • 275 5  -  PRISCILLA GOY THE upcoming National Art Gallery and the newly formed Visual Arts Cluster Advisory Board each have a new chairman. The two men were appointed for a two-year term starting yesterday. Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, 62, who was the gallery’s deputy chairman, has
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      39 5 We will carry this weekly update until the situation improves SOURCES: MOH AND NEA For more information, visit dengue.gov.sg To report mosquito breeding, call 1800-CALL NEA NOTE: *There have been four dengue deaths this year. ST GRAPHICS
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    • 235 5  -  AMELIA TENG LOW-INCOME residents in Tampines Changkat are being given vouchers to buy all kinds of everyday items, from hawker centre meals to a haircut. About $5,000 worth of them have been set aside for families who live on less than $1,700 a month. The
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    • 444 6  -  Claim for services rendered to mentally disabled man dismissed By K. C. VIJAYAN vijayan@sph.com.sg THE High Court has refused to let a lawyer seek costs he alleges he is owed for representing a man left brain damaged by a road accident. Mr
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    • 352 6  -  By FABIAN KOH fabkoh@sph.com.sg MS DAI Yifang knows people will stare when she walks down the street with a totally bald head but does not care. The 26-year-old was the only woman among 23 People’s Association (PA) staff members who had
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    • 290 6  -  By LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg THE number of elderly Nee Soon East residents being readmitted to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital has dropped by almost two-thirds, thanks to a scheme which sees nurses making regular community visits. Before the Nee Soon East constituency launched its
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    • 357 6  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg AN ASSOCIATE director of a real estate firm twice slapped her maid after she took her young son to see Christmas decorations at a busy mall. More than a dozen shoppers looked on as she unleashed her fury one
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    • CASEFILE
      • 158 6 AS A cleaner from a village in China, Ms Jiang Dongyu had no idea how to use an ATM. So she asked a friend to do it for her. But instead of helping, he stole $10,000 from her account after deliberately dropping her card
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      • 98 6 A CHURCH office assistant was yesterday jailed for five years after siphoning off $380,000. Wheelchair-bound Lim Seng Hoo, 56, issued cheques to himself, took out money by filling in cash withdrawal forms and used church funds to pay his bills. To cover his tracks, the trained
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    • 260 6  -  PRISCILLA GOY A RESTAURANT was fined $4,000 and had its operating licence revoked for passing beef off as mutton. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday that it launched a probe earlier this year into the Madina Eating House in Sembawang Road, after complaints
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    • 443 8  -  He also cons 2 others with more lies, and is fined $8,000 for the offences By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg FOUR friends lent Chia Wei Jian $9,000 for his dad’s funeral expenses then went to his home where the “dead man”
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    • 310 8  -  By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg THE manager of a luxury Swiss watch and jewellery boutique was jailed for 51/2years yesterday after siphoning just over $776,000 from the company. Chua Soh Keow, 49, would collect cash from cus- tomers at Piaget in Ngee Ann City
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    • 81 3 It's time to shine. Today, the Chartered Accountant of Singapore professional designation makes its debut. The Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC) and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) warmly congratulate all newly conferred CA (Singapore) holders, the key drivers of accountancy excellence in Singapore. A recognised mark
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    • 122 4 Congratulations to our graduating class The University of South Australia congratulates our graduates at the Singapore ceremony who today join a network of more than 170,000 alumni throughout the world. Today's graduates will be highly regarded, having studied at a university ranked in the top 3% internationally, as judged by
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    • 108 8 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WITH THE NEW PAPER ROBERTSON WALK. BE AT SINGAPORE’S FIRST fire dancers the loud silent party with DJsGeorge&AndrewT guest appearances dancerssamba batucada drummers Manhunt 2013 MissWorld Singapore2013 be first to see TNP New Face 2013 finalists JULY 26, 2013 ROBERTSON WALK, THE COURTYARD 5pm FAMILY
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  • MONEY
    • 561 9  -  Cooling measures seemed to have hit luxury segment instead, say analysts By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg RED-HOT demand for suburban homes helped drive up overall property prices in the second quarter. Values across the market were up 0.8 per cent in the three
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    • 618 9  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE companies with a presence in China are concerned about the country’s rising costs and slowing economy but remain optimistic about its longer-term prospects. Mounting concerns over a possible credit crunch in China are fuelling
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    • 508 10  -  Analysts say most mortgages already meet criteria of newly tightened rules By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg BANK analysts yesterday said banks here are likely to be somewhat cushioned against the impact of the latest move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to
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    • 972 10  -  By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg ANOTHER carefully targeted missile to expunge certain buyers from the property market was launched last Friday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) trained its latest measure on one specific class of real estate investors:
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    • GLOBALISING SINGAPORE MONEY
      • 963 11  -  Eu Yan Sang is expanding healthily 100 years after it ventured overseas Singapore has always made internationalisation a key plank of its growth strategy, with trade agency IE Singapore at the forefront of the strategy for 30 years. This series
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      • 1052 11  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg IT ALL started for Goodpack founder and chairman David Lam with the need to solve a packaging problem which had been plaguing buyers of natural rubber. For years, they had bemoaned the damage caused to raw rubber during the shipping process
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    • 593 12  -  Low returns on investment, lack of quality, impactful research see it fall 4 places By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has been ranked the seventh most innovative among 142 economies surveyed by business school Insead for the Global
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 548 14  -  Companies in food, energy and health sectors outline listing plans By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE third quarter has started with a bang for initial public offerings (IPOs); three firms in food, energy and health have outlined listing plans. The first to debut
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      • 512 14  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE total market value of Singapore listed companies rose by just 2.7 per cent for the first half of the year, as a sharp sell-down in June pared back earlier stronger gains. The 800-plus companies
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      • 368 14  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg INVESTING in airlines does not pay, a new study by a global aviation body has shown. The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has also warned that if returns do not improve, it could be tough for
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 430 15  -  Counters hammered after tighter home loan rules announced BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE local bourse started the week on a lacklustre note with property and banking stocks taking a beating following the tightening of home loan rules here. The
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      • COMPANYBRIEFS
        • 103 15 FRASER Neave (F&N) has announced two chief executive appointments for its food and beverage division yesterday. Datuk Ng Jui Sia, 61, is now chief executive (CEO) of the non-alcoholic beverages division, which has operations and investments in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Indochina region. He remains chief
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        • 109 15 SEMBCORP Industries unit Sembcorp Utilities has signed an agreement to invest 30 million krones (S$6.3 million) in Norwegian-based Biowater Technology (Biowater). Biowater designs and engineers technologies for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. After the transaction, Sembcorp will own 28.8 per cent of Biowater, with the rest held by
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 18 15 STI TRADING VOLUME 211.98 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 11 Losers: 17 Unchanged: 2
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        • 85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 746.58 562.11 825.58 1,039.32 224.23 193.67 228.86 -4.13 0.03 0.38 -2.79 -2.05 -1.01 -3.52 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 189.42 488.29 819.77 791.28 1,302.68 813.83
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        • 21 15 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.02 billion shares worth $983.1 million UP DOWN Gainers: 177 Losers: 214 Unchanged: 404
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        • 55 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change 363.21 20,803.29 13,852.5 1,855.73 1,995.242 906.4274 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 175.18 -7.59 16.036 18.747 1,775.14 1.6 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,777.452 1,451.9 4,710.289 14,909.6 3,403.247
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 165 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 1,2013 Top Rises Jul 01 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5325 206.5 3.2 Jul 01 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4335 92.5 1.7 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1290 76.0 4.9 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 2923 73.5
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        • 28 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Mirach Energy ...................21.5 113,219,000 12.2 395.170.000 113.219.000 100.989.000 84.708.000 48.872.000 21.5 Thai Beverage ...................61.5 27,759,000 3.3 Contel 7.1 YHM 3.8 47.827.000
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        • 71 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E 86.5 68.5 HPH Trust US$ US73.5 unch 8595 74.5 73 9 21.6
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        • 114 15 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 6 4 0 0 0 4 6 4 Manufacturing 47 59 24 7 8 11 54 67 35 Commerce 21 20 21 4 6 2 25 26 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 17 13 2 0
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        • 177 15 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 30,099 30,099 55,377 55,377 Manufacturing 270,958 84,438 355,396 118,541 12,054 130,595 Commerce 144,064 54,825 198,889 83,981 5,111 89,091 Tpt/Stor/Comms 78,007 19,146 97,153 109,306 7,556 116,863 Finance 409,807 146 409,953 183,474 64 183,538 Construction 93,746 48,226 141,972 16,609
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        • 59 15 Jul 1 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1604 1.1614 0.9160 0.9164 1.2040 1.2047 0.9506 0.9504 1.6620 1.6531 1.3041
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    • 709 22  -  Coach lauds his young team, who are determined to clinch MSL title tonight By FABIUS CHEN person fabiusc@sph.com.sg HIS men are just 90 minutes away from Malaysian Super League glory. But ask V. Sundramoorthy if he had envisioned being in this position when the
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    • 241 22  -  FABIUS CHEN AS IF their backs were not already against the wall. Felda United’s hopes of staving off relegation and denying the LionsXII a Malaysian Super League title-clinching win this evening were dealt a further blow yesterday as they passed through immigration, of all places.
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    • 536 22  -  COMMENTARY By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg LAST week, Abbas Saad created a stir when he told The Straits Times that the 1994 Malaysia Cup and M-League Double-winning team were better than the crop of local footballers currently standing on the cusp of Malaysian Super
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    • 636 18 She matches Zaharias’ feat, will aim for 4th straight Major at British Open ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTHAMPTON (New York) Park In Bee set many golfing goals. Etching her name alongside the legendary Babe Zaharias was never one of them. Yet, they are now the only two golfers
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    • 325 18 Cricket Tri-Nations Series, 2nd ODI In Kingston: India 229-7 (R. Sharma 60, S. Raina 44; K. Roach 2-41, T. Best 2-54, D. Sammy 2-41). West Indies 230-9 in 47.4 overs (J. Charles 97, D. Bravo 55, U. Yadav 3-43). West Indies win by 1 wkt. Cycling Tour de France
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    • 471 18 REUTERS LONDON Formula One searched for answers yesterday after headline-grabbing British Grand Prix tyre blow-outs plunged the sport into crisis and triggered talk of a possible driver boycott in Germany this weekend. Tyre supplier Pirelli, which has faced criticism from some
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    • 390 19 WIMBLEDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Chinese sixth seed Li Na raced into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-0 demolition of Italian 11th seed Roberta Vinci yesterday. In contrast to her roller-coast-er performances in her two previous matches, which both went to
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    • 514 19 German fights back as five-time champion is latest high-profile victim AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON In a tournament most memorable this year for the fall of its biggest stars, German Sabine Lisicki delivered another seismic shockwave through Wimbledon yesterday when she sent five-time champion Serena Williams packing with
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    • 82 19 (Selected) Men’s 4th rd Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Kenny de Schepper (Fra) 6-4 6-4 6-4, Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4, Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 4-6 6-4. Women’s 4th rd: Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Karin Knapp
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    • 260 19 REUTERS L’ILE-ROUSSE (France) Australia’s Simon Gerrans gave the Orica-GreenEdge team their first win in the Tour de France by outsprinting the favourite in yesterday’s third stage. He beat pre-stage favourite Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Spain’s Jose Joaquin Rojas at the end
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      • 78 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI Qatar Athletic Association chief Jumaan al-Hamad has been elected president of the Asian Athletics Association, replacing India’s scandal-tainted sports administrator Suresh Kalmadi. Kalmadi, who had been president since 2000 and was seeking a fourth term, spent nine months in jail for
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      • 81 19 REUTERS BERNE South Africa were thrown a World Cup football qualifying lifeline after rivals Ethiopia were docked three points by Fifa for fielding Minyahile Beyene, who should have been serving a suspension, against Botswana. Botswana were declared winners of the Group A game by
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      • 92 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSTON Opener Johnson Charles struck 97 to lead the West Indies to victory by one wicket over India in a thrilling, second one-day cricket international in the Celkon Mobile Cup tri-series. He had a fourth-wicket stand of 116 with Darren Bravo to lift
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      • 43 19 REUTERS MELBOURNE British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday’s series-deciding third Test against Australia. He suffered a hamstring injury in the 16-15 second-Test defeat last Saturday. The rugby series is level at 1-1.
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      • 52 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Jockey Frankie Dettori yesterday signed a contract to ride for emerging Qatari owner Sheikh Joaan al-Thani, reported the Racing Post. The deal comes just weeks after the riding great returned from a six-month ban for testing positive for cocaine in France
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    • 450 20  -  SANJAY NAIR BUSINESSMAN Meqsud Alam has no qualms over his son Shaheed taking a year off from school for the love of sport. The father of three is doing all he can to support the 15-year-old’s aspiration of becoming a professional tennis player. “My wife
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    • 410 20  -  Kegler outlasts 54 rivals in women’s singles at Asian Indoor Games By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg DAPHNE Tan could hardly be blamed for not wanting to step off the top of the podium yesterday. It has been a 12-year wait but the Singaporean finally got
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    • 159 20 REUTERS BIRMINGHAM Mo Farah believes his world championships rivals will have to go back to the drawing board after he blasted his way to victory over 5,000 metres at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting on Sunday. The Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion was shoul-der-to-shoulder
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    • 921 20  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg THE long, lean blonde in the Marina Bay Sands lobby, with butterflies tattooed on her foot and searching grey eyes, doesn’t look tough. Doesn’t look like she could wrestle with thieves in Harare as she
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    • 303 21  -  By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg THE Singapore women’s table tennis team, bronze medallists at last year’s London Olympics, have crashed out to Hong Kong in the semi-finals of the 21st Asian Championships in Busan. The trio of Feng Tianwei, Yu
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    • 635 21 Brazil still a work in progress; Spain can get booster shot from new blood REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO A year is a long time in football. Enough time to create a legacy, or debunk one. With the World Cup on
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    • 553 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO It could be the legend truly began here. Young Brazilian star Neymar has had to put up with the billing of “the next Pele” since he made his debut for his country in 2010 in the unlikely
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    • 405 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON David Moyes officially started his job as manager of Manchester United yesterday, taking over from Alex Ferguson, who retired in May after 26 years in the post. The 50-year-old former Everton boss drove into United’s Carrington training ground in
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    • 298 1 Back to haunt Phantom Of The Opera returns to Singapore C4 Gillman Barracks update Hooray for Baybeats Takashi Murakami’s gallery not opening here Indie music fest gets thumbs-up C12 C5 A new exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum, Terms Conditions, aims to break stereotypical perceptions about the Middle East. HUANG
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      • 974 2 / 3  -  Leave your stereotypes at the door when you check out Arab art in Terms Conditions Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg It may be the Singapore Art Museum’s first survey of contemporary art from the Arab world but the show Terms Conditions refuses to be a 101 course.
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        705 2 / 3 Barjeel Art Foundation’s Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi picks five highlights 1To Be Continued... Sharif Waked, single channel digital video, 2009 This video of a man wearing a beanie, reciting in Arabic from an open book with a rifle gives the impression of a martyr willing to end his life
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      • 492 2 / 3  -  Huang Lijie Mr Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, 35, is never without a cellphone charger in hand. The founder of the Barjeel Art Foundat i o n well-known commentator on Arab affairs w h o li ves i n S h a r j a
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      • 1598 4  -  Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera starts its third run starting July 16 Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg The Phantom Of The Opera seems to stalk Singapore’s stages. The masked spectre has skulked in the shadows of the Kallang heatre (1995) and the Esplanade Theatre (2007). Come
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      • 132 4 Singapore urban art collective, RSCLS, held a three-day street art jam at 222 Queen Street over the weekend. The event saw the local collective pair up with the Philippines’ street art crew, KST, to paint a wall at the premises. There was also
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      • 770 5  -  Kaikai Kiki Gallery was touted as a star attraction in Gillman Barracks Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Japanese art superstar Takashi Murakami has scrapped plans to open an outpost of his prominent gallery in Singapore. Kaikai Kiki Gallery at Gillman Barracks was due to open
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      • 109 6 ‘Pork severing ties with Paula Deen is like spinach cutting ties with Popeye’ Comedian Jimmy Kimmel (right) on Smithfield Foods’ decision to terminate an endorsement deal with celebrity chef Paula Deen, who admitted using a racial slur ‘I’ve never been so excited when something poos’ Actor
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      • 969 6  -  The Life! Theatre Awards should consider strengthening its archival role Culture Vulture Clarissa Oon clare@sph.com.sg Thirteen years ago, as an arts journalist involved in the organising and judging of the first Life! Theatre Awards, I was unsure if it would become an accepted part of
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      • BACKSTAGE PASS
        • 98 6 Singer-songwriter Dick Lee will be officially named a Steinway Artist during his upcoming concert, An Evening With Dick Lee. The piano manufacturer’s prestigious international roster features more than 1,600 musicians including American pop icon Billy Joel and Chinese pianist Lang Lang. During the concert, Lee
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        • 150 6 The Singapore Repertory Theatre’s The Little Company presents its first Chinese production for children, The Three Little Pigs. It is based on the classic fairy tale, and will teach children about how success can be achieved through hard work and perseverance. The English version
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        • 113 6 For The Love Of… is an exhibition featuring 13 South-east Asian artists from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. They have each delved deep into their souls to explore and express what different types of love means to them: love of country, culture and people, old
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        • 82 6  -  Lisabel Ting Local artist Warren Khong presents a solo exhibition, Same Same But Different. His acrylic on canvas paintings depict stylised female faces, reducing them to an abstraction of lines and shapes. Each piece is also painted such that it looks machine printed, without visible
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      • 370 11  -  Step into Parkroyal on Pickering hotel this weekend and find yourself at an art fair, with works in the lobby, rooms and corridors Behind The Scenes Desmond Lui stlife@sph.com.sg Imagine transforming the rooms, corridors and lobbies of a hotel into one exquisitely curated art gallery. It
        PHOTOS: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  370 words
      • 493 11  -  Chang Tou Liang Review Concert RETURN WITH HONOUR The Philharmonic Winds Esplanade Concert Hall/Sunday If your musical child does not play the piano, string instrument or sing, count yourself lucky if he or she joins a wind band. Judging by the number of recent concerts by
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      • 479 13 Accident at Cirque du Soleil’s Ka show at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand is the circus troupe’s first fatality in its 29-year history Agence France-Presse Associated Press Reuters Las Vegas A Paris-born performer died after a fall before a horrified crowd during a Cirque du
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      • 415 13 Associated Press Las Vegas Once was not enough. Less than 20 months after the debut of the first Cirque du Soleil show paying tribute to pop king Michael Jackson comes the second: Michael Jackson One. Cirque du Soleil president Daniel Lamarre said he
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      • 554 13 Xinhua Zhengzhou When Li Shujian was leading an elegy at the grave of a stranger’s mother with tears rolling down his face just to make a living he did not believe that 10 years later, the same sobbing style he employed would be applauded
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    • 552 12  -  Festivalgoers give thumbs-up although turnout this year was smaller than last year’s Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg Last weekend, 35 bands from Singapore and the region played over three nights from Friday to Sunday to 77,000 music fans at the 12th annual Baybeats. Yet festivalgoers cannot get
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    • 905 14 Text messages are so passe people are chatting with images now New York Times New York Google co-founder Sergey Brin had an epiphany about the simplicity of communication through images while wearing Google Glass, the company’s controversial high-tech glasses. He said he was eating a
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    • 629 14 New York Times Florence, Italy It was a traditional celebrity sighting the craned necks, the jostling elbows, the syncopated symphony of snapping mobile-phone cameras. But in this case, the object of intense scrutiny was a slightly larger-than-life statue of the young St John
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      • 407 16 Associated Press New York Jennifer Lopez (below) sang Happy Birthday to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she would not have performed there if she had known there were human rights issues in the country. The singer-actress performed in the
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      • 320 16 Reuters Los Angeles Sony, which is studying a partial spinoff of its studio at the urging of major shareholder Daniel Loeb, suffered its second box-office misfire of the summer season when its action movie White House Down opened with ticket sales below industry forecasts. The movie,
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        • 56 16 Jessica Simpson’s representative said the entertainer gave birth to Ace Knute in Los Angeles on Sunday via planned caesarean section. He is the second child for Simpson and fiance Eric Johnson, a former National Football League player. The name “Knute” honours Johnson’s Swedish grandfather. The
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        • 69 16 Actor Jim Kelly (right), who played a glib American martial artist in Enter The Dragon (1973) with Bruce Lee, has died, aged 67. His ex-wife Marilyn Dishman said Kelly, who started studying martial arts in 1964, died last Saturday of cancer at his California home.
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        • 47 16 Actor Shawn Yue, 31, and singer Kary Ng, 27, have split up after a year. She announced on Sunday: “In the past year, fate turned us from friends into lovers and now, because of mutual understanding, we have broken up amicably.
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      • 123 10 Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its orders for the Airbus A350 XWB with an additional 30 A350-900s, plus options for 20 more aircraft. This is the third order from SIA for the A350 XWB, a mid- size long range product line comprising three versions and
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      • 65 10 The newly renovated Tom Bradley International Terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport will feature duty-free, luxury boutiques such as Hermes and Gucci. It will also have a Parisian bar offering champagne and caviar which passengers can carry onto a plane. The upgraded
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      • 77 10 Air Asia will start daily flights from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, to Hangzhou in China’s Zhejiang province beginning Aug 1. This will be the low-cost carrier’s 26th route to China and its ninth international route from the city. To celebrate the launch of the new route, the
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    • 643 9  -  Visit this Malaysian state to snorkel, watch fireflies and leatherback turtles, and savour tasty delicacies by mike lee LA HOT Spring is the place to be for natural therapy, with its skin beautifying sulphuric waters. Dip in pools, stay in chalets, go abseiling, trek along jungle paths and
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    • 273 7 GPS LANDED DIVISION D14 FH Bunglw. Mins walk MRT 5 rms. 5824sqft. $3.XXmil. 3-sty+basement. 6100-1136 GPS LANDED DIVISION D14 9 Mins walk MRT. 2 units. 3.5-sty 4+1rm, corner/inter terr gdn, pool, lift *****136 GPS LANDED DIVISION D14 Semi-D 2-sty. 4385sf, near Kembangan MRT. $9XXpsf wide frontage. 6100-1136 GPS LANDED DIVISION
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    • 260 7 TERR HSE WITH Condo facilities. Complete reno. $780 psf, $2.75M. 3584 sf. 4+1+1. Foreigners eligible. NH 9852 9973 Marie GPS LANDED DIVISION D16 Semi-D, 3 storey, 5 bdrms, Eastwood. 2750 sqft. Well renovated. Call 6100-9959 GPS LANDED DIVISION D16 Corner Terr, 5 mins walk to Simei MRT. 3.5 sty, 4+1,
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    • 286 7 **JENICE TAN 9880-5956. Never before!! Nallur 3-sty terr. 4+1 ensuites. Face S. Walk to beach. $3M up. **STEVE WONG *****000 Ramsgate/ Meyer bunglw. 2-sty, wide frontage. Near city/ beach. neg. Closing **STEVE WONG *****000 9800 sf Katong near mall, for re-develop semi-ds/ bungalows. VTO. neg. CHEAPEST!! $3M+. 3.5STY Katong terr.
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    • 307 7 NEW LAUNCH CORNER Inter Terr Rosyth/ Leith Rd. land approx 2000 sf built up 4000+ sf. Min. 4 bdrms onwards. With Lift pool. Pls call 9784 2707 3-STY CORNER S g o o n Terr. 99 yrs. Land 2174/ 3000 sqft. 4+1. Park 2 cars. Viewing by appt. Call Richard
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    • 282 7 Properties **TAI KENG VICINITY Rare 3-sty. 5+1, all attach. Built in approx 2800 sf. F’hold. $3.xxM. Melvin *****339 GORGEOUS BUNGLW. JUST TOP! Hilltop 7+1 rms. 3-sty great view. Lift/ pool. $10.5M. Lynn 9799-9966 KOVAN FH S-STY Sem i-D Land 4021/ built 3500 sf approx. Elevated grd. Tenanted $4.xM. Ng *****016
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    • 311 7 MODERN DETACH SELETAR Land 5100/5000 sf 5+1+1+ Pool. Rebuilt 3yrs, Serious seller. $Neg Don 9777 3313 BELOW $5M?? CALL Now regular shape 4400sf land frontage est. 12.5 meter. Hurry! *****983 Candice D.27 NEAR SEMBAWANG Pk 4sty semi-d. 2800/5000sf Fairly new, well-kept. Park 3 cars. Peter 9618-4776 NEWLY RENO! SUNRISE Ave.
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    • 273 8 CARIBBEAN 4 BDRMS 2217 sf, grd flr patio. All ensuite, privacy, marina view. Bonnie Yeoh *****003 AMY KO *****121 3/4 rms The Interlace TOP soon! A1 facing. Serene. Sentosa City. Reasonable neg HERTFORD COLLECTION. BRAND new. Immed. Studio +1/ 2rm. P/full furn. Near town. Wilson 9006-2551 COAST SENTOSA 2024sf 3bdrmocean
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    • 346 8 FABER CREST HUGE! 4+1+1. 1744 sf. $1.6XM neg. 1km Nan Hua, shuttle Clementi MRT/ Mall Paew *****168 RARE! THE SAIL@ Marina. Very high flr.2bdrm 896sf. $2.2M ono. Near Vivo, The Pearl 3rm, 1389 sf. $1.73M. CORALS AT KEPPEL Bay A+. 1rm $1.46m/ 2 rm $1.69m/ 3 rm $2.2m/ 4 rm
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    • 260 8 NEW FREEHOLD LAUNCH in Balmoral. Near ACS/ SJI/ Chatsworth other good schools. Mins to Orchard/ Taka/Paragon. By appt. Open House Always There For You SCOTTS HIGHPARK 4+1 rm Penthouse series 3466sf 3+1 1744sf. Quiet. Min MRT. $2.2K psf! Reg 9678 1112 CUSCADEN ROYALE 1001 sf, 3 rms, tenanted 2 yrs,
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    • 300 8 NEWTON EDGE F’HOLD 700 sqft. 2-bdrms. High floor. City/ greenery view. Food ctr/ Newton MRT. $1.42m D9 NEAR LUCKY Plaza, High point 3+1 bdrm. Facilities upgraded. 2928sf. FH Only $1800psf Merry *****828 ONE BALMORAL NEW launch FH 1/2/3/4 bdrm 592/969/ 1410/1658 sf $1.5M/$2.35M /$3.4M/$4.05M. Call now! Luxury Homes Always There
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    • 376 8 ilR Dll &21 Newton/ H|ff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ ■Uff BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ BtTimah/dementi Pte Apts for
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    • 157 8 FIRE SALE! SIMSVILLE 3+1 bdrm. 1249 sf. MRT/ Reno. Unblocked, foreigner eligible. Lim SY 9023 3392 WATERBANK DAKOTA MRT 1 min.Popular Kong Hwa Sch 3+1, 1259 sf. Brand new. Face NS. Good investment! D.12 PRESTIGE HGTS Studio 334 sf. High flr #17. Nice view A1 reno. $708K neg. near mall.
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    • 175 8 8 WOODLEIGH 1119 sqft 2rms, grd flr, patio, privcy greenery MRT. $1.4xM Bonnie Yeoh 9782-1003 WATERBANK@DAKOTA MRT keys avail. 1/ 1+1/ 2/ 3/4 choice units $1.1xM-$2.xM. 1 Call 9688 2002 Neon D13 THE MAISONS, FH, 175 units. Fr $1293psf. 1/ 2/ 3/ Loft/ Penthse. 6100-3933 View: www.sgproperty.info BLOSSOMS WOODLEIGH FH.
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    • 179 8 MEYERISE DEVELOPER SALE Best Price fr $16XX psf!! 2bdrm 883sqft, $1.791m. 3bdrm 1270sqft, $2.313m. 4bdrm 1819 sqft, $2.965m. WATERPLACE 1389SF. 3 bdrms. Face koi pond. Must sell $1.7M. Bayshore Pk. 1076sf. 2 bdrms. Rare. Face greenery. $1.18M. URBAN VISTA. 1MIN to MRT. Modern Finishes. Branded Fittings. Act Fast. Call now!
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    • 179 8 NEW LISTING! WATERPLACE 3+1, 1281 sf. Face NS. MBS/ Flyer. Mint cond. Stadium/ MRT. www.ginchong.com COSTA DEL SOL. New unit! 3+1, 1346sf. Sea/ pool view Sell $100K below valuation www.CityLuxeHome.com DORMER PARK. FH. 3bdrms @$1600 psf only! Rare! 1668 sqft. Spacious layout. In Prestige Jervois Area. THE SHORE. 2bdrms 1000sf
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    • 166 8 ESTELLA GDNS, 2-BDRM 936 sf, f’hold, low flr, f/ facilities Sell below $900K. Call Stephanie 8218 2578 SAVANNAH PATIO LOVERS! 3+1. 1770 sf. Designer reno. Quiet facing. Near 4th Uni/ amenities. Mital *****737 WHITEWATER PASIR Ris. 3 rms, 1141 sf. No west sun. High floor. Near amenities/ West Plaza. Don’t
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    • 1052 9 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES 5EMBAWANG BUY T-SELL IT• FIND T YISHU WOODLANDS CHOA CHU KANG BUKIT PANJANG PUNGGO SENGKAN ANG MO KIO
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    • 242 9 4’A’ CORNER CANTONMENT Close. Blk 18. 75 sqm. Val $568K. Rajan 9459-3037 BLK 540, 5’I’. 1323 sqft. 3 bdrm. #3. New expensive reno. Val $495K. Walk to Limbang Mall/MRT. Immed Chong Han at 9145 0393 BLK 686A 5-RM, High flr, unblocked, SE facing, reno, Unity Pri sch. Low cash! Mar
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    • 254 9 3½-RM CLEMENTI WEST Blk 729. 82 sqm. High flr wellkept reno. Near amenities/ West Coast Plaza/ mkt NEW! 1 PINE Close 5’I’. 113 sqm. MRT, sch, mkt, CBD, Suntec, hawker ctr, Sports Hub. Move-in, corner Grab! 3’NG’ BLK 99 Aljunied Cres well kept, #08. Near food ct/mkt/amenities. All races /PR.
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    • 201 9 RARE! 3’A’ BLK.928 mid/lift flr. F/reno/ aircon. CC/ Mkt/ NTU. Can contra. All eligible. 9633-8080 Lim. ’I’ 662B #13 100% reno. MRT amenities. Val $525K. Low COV! Immed. Parry 9637 4450 5 5’I’ 678C #12. Sweet decor. 5’I’ 676B high flr, modern! 5’I’ 677A high flr. Jurong Pt. Priced to
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    • 195 9 RARE $10K ONLY! 3’I’ 34 #06 corridor. Reno. Clean. Val $370K. *****657 PN BLK 553, 5’I’ High floor. Windy. Corner. 4 bdrm. 123 sqm. MRT, schs, amenities. $550K up. Ron *****055 RARE CORNER UNIT! Greenery view! Near amenities. EA Blk 716. European design! Spacious! 1582 sqft. 5’I’ BLK 708 High
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    • 195 9 NEW LIST! RARE 4’A’ Blk 91 Tanglin Halt, 85 sqm, #07. MRT. Chinese ratio filled. Val $660k. Alvin *****618 Q’TOWN MRT, BLK 157. 3’I’ utility high flr reno Move in quiet. Val $405K. Mkt, sch, shpg. *****270 Rosney RARE 3RM TERR 57 Stirling 2-sty. Reno. 87 sqm. Val $755K. All
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    • 445 10 4’A’ 406A. HIGH flr. Windy. Val $470K. View Sat/ Sun. 4’A’ 277A. High flr. 5 yrs old. Well reno. MRT/ NTUC. 5I 319C, DESIGNER decor!! 5’I’ 206D High flr, corner. EA 122C, Reno. All races Low cash! MRT. *****109 $5K CASH. 5’I’ Blk 303A. High flr, corner, lift, reno, 11
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    • 265 10 5’I’ BLK 387 Mid flr. Unblock all races. Future MRT ,Tampines Mart. Valn on the way. Alex 9452 5120 LOW COV 4’A2’ BLK 79E. 75 sqm, corner. High flr, unblock Reno. Val. Amenities MRT. Chinese ratio filled!! NEW LISTING BLK 79A T Payoh Ctrl. #3x, windy, unblock. Just 5 yrs.
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    • 239 10 *4’A’ BLK 756. High flr. 100% move-in. Val $405K. *Ea Blk 583. Mid flr. Movein. Val $520K. 9100 0210 ’A’ CORNER BLK 531 #10 100% reno. Near amenities. Val $442K COV. Parry *****450 4 4-RM 663 must sell fast! low COV! 100% move in. Must view to appreciate! Call now!
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    • 360 10 POH HUAT RD. Cosy Nicely Reno Inter Terr. 2-sty. Built up 2200 sqft. 3+1. $5.5K Call Lynn 9639-1533 SEMBAWANG SHPG CTR. Jln Kemuning Shuttle to MRT. 1700sf. P/furn. $3K. Cobroke. Jusanto *****830 LOR CHUAN TERR 2½ sty 2885 sf, 6-bdrm, 5 bath, Japanese style kozy, immed. Jane 9150-8276 SELETAR SEMI-D.
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    • 344 10 D10, for larger family, 3 sty detached, 5+1, large pool/ large patio, $15K. D21, practical home, 4+1+1 patio overlooks greenery, $13.5K. D10, family home, 4+1, great layout, great community living, MRT station, $11K. 9630 6606/ 8168 5121 Ivy BUKIT TIMAH GOOD Class Bunglw 8+1. 18,800/10,500 sf. Pool Gdn. Newly built.
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    • 315 10 AMAZING BLAIR CONSERVATION. Original Huge 3+1 isabelredrup.com/ir16.php$16k. *****055. Susan NAMLY CRES. 4+1+FAMILY New kitchen. Avail immed. $8.5K neg. 9763-4141 C&S CHARMING EMERALD HILL 3+1. Nice gdn/ MRT. $11K. Connection *****799 JURONG KECHIL 1½ sty semid. Tastefully reno.3+ loft $6.8K. Fance *****697 BLAIR RD BEAUTIFUL charming conservation hse. 4+1 $10.3K. NH
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    • 417 10 BUNGLW NEAR SEAFRONT Pasir Ris Way. 2 storey 8000 sqft big garden 4+1 Reno. Avail Immed. neg. INTER TERR Pebble Lane. 6 bdrms 3 baths. 2-sty, park 2 cars. 2800 sf. MRT/ mkt/good sch. Asking $6K. $17K BRADDELL RENO. 9000/ 7500 sf. Huge 6+1/ pool/big lawn/new kitchen. Martin WKF *****651
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    • 266 10 |H|D01-08City 4R1 DOT-08 City |j|| South-West Ittl South-West Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Resort lifestyle residences fronting world-class marina A luxury development by Tenant's privileged to 0ne°15 Marina Club Luxurious 4 5 bedrooms Penthouses with private pools Lush landscaped grounds with 50m lap pool& amenities Attractive rental
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    • 213 10 $12K. TURQUOISE. 4-ROOM. 2433 sqft. Total unblocked sea view. No noon sun. Exclusive *****900 Paul Lim WESTBAY 2RMS NEAR NUS/ Science Pk/ West Coast PK f/furn. move-in cond. All welcome. neg. THE PEAK Balmeg. 3rm Patio. Quiet. Haw Par Villa MRT/ NUS/ NUH/ Sci Pk. Immed. Benjamin *****102 THE PEAK@
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    • 348 10 METROPOLITAN Redhill Mrt 3+1, 1367/ 1432sf high flr, unblock Tanglin view. Full/ P/furn 15/07. *****188 ST ***PEAK BALMEG along Pasir Panjang Rd. 4-rms. 1755sf. Haw Par MRT, Vivo City. Resort style. P/furn. ITY SQ RES 1550 sf, 3+1 Face pool, quiet. MRT/ shops. P/ furn. Immed. $5.XK *****025 C ANCHORAGE
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    • 582 11 THE BERTH 1970 sf, 3rm Patio. Resort living. $7.5K Seaview. *****991 Angela ALEXIS 2 MINS MRT.2-bdrm Best unit! F/furn. Quiet. Unblock. 9006-5489 KC BLUE HORIZON 2BDRM #21 Nice. Unblock view. F/furn. $3800. Alco 6280 3456 MARINA BAY RESIDENCES. 732sf $5.7k. Immed/1130 sf $7.2k HB *****927 Linda CARIBBEAN 2RMS HIGH flr
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    • 516 11 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/Holland Pte Apts for Rent D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/Holland Pte Apts for Rent 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland langlm/Holland langlm/Holland Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Pontiac Land Group unveils 4-bedroom luxury apartments (3186 sq ft) www.ardmoreresidence.com For a preview, please contact Katherina Wang
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    • 137 11 RIVERGATE 1507SF 3+1 P/ furn. High flr. Flyer MBS view. A1! Immed *****785 www.michaelciola.com.sg UE SQUARE 2BDRM F/furn. Newly reno. $4.9K neg. Key on hand. Call for viewing. Clement 9237 8100. **KIMSIA COURT 1421SQFT, 3bdrm, Behind Lucky Plaza MRT. Asking $4.2k Only! F/Furn. Cheapest in Town! RIVERIA GDNS 969 sf,
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    • 187 11 D10 TENERIFFE. 5 bedrm. 3200 sf. Greenery. Quiet. Skylight. Avail July. R Douglas CBRE 8488-7272. DUCHESS CREST TOWNHSE. 4500 sf. 5-bdrm. Own gdn high ceiling. Avail soon! $14K *****923 WK Chiang NEW LIST! SCOTTS Sq. 1bdrm. High flr. Facing Orchard. $5.2K. Avail. mid July. Reina Tan *****809 1) VISIONCREST, 2+1,
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    • 523 11 JIA. 65 WILKIE Rd. Pte lift 3+1. 1518 sqft. Pool Gym. 2 rms ensuite, *****800 Photo: jasmine-cheng.com GRANGE RES/ ST REGIS 2669/ 1507 sf, 4/3+1. Rare! posh, balcony, Like new, quiet. Anand 9656 9450 OLEANAS RES 3+1. 1238 sf. P/furn. New paint. Condo facilites. Somerset MRT. Immed. Frieda 9848-0883 STEVENS
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    • 526 11 PALM SPRING 1500 sf. High floor, 3+1+1. Part furn. New kitchen. Owner *****877 THE QUAYSIDE. FABULOUS 3-bdrm with small balcony. 1350 sf. $5.8K. 9325-5149 HERITAGE (ARDMORE PARK) 4+1. 3170sf High flr. $13.8K. Connection 9012 6654 VALLEY PK #18, 3-rm, 1700 sf. Orchard Rd view. $6K. Immed. Owner 8345-0323 SPRING GROVE
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    • 434 11 HILLCREST ARCADIA TOWNHOUSE, 4 bdrms. Spacious. 2896 sqft. Condo facilities. Mid July. David *****068 BROOKVALE GROUND FLR. Mais. Quite Serene. 3 bdrms, 2,400 sf. Well reno. P/furn. Call *****957 Ivan LE WOOD 2RMS for rent, D21 Furnished, Greenery view, Spacious. Immediate move in, Liu *****635 OT 1) THE SHELFORD 1389
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    • 343 11 BLOSSOM WOODLEIGH 2+1 3+1. High flr. F/furn. NS facing. Direct pool. Near American Sch. Avail 1 Aug 3 BDRMS. SPACIOUS. Bright breezy. High flr. Well kept. F/furn. Avail soon. Ezzat Chew *****353 WATERBANK@DAKOTA MRT Keys avail. 1/ 1+1/ 2/3/ 4. choice units. $3K-$7.5K. One Call 9688 2002 Neon WATERBANK DAKOTA
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    • 257 11 MOUNTBATTEN SUITES. 3+1. 1108 sf. P/furn. Ask $4K. One Fort. 2+1. 1055 sf. F/ furn. Private lift. Ask $4K AALTO 3+1, 1550 sqft. #24. Sea/ MBS/ city view. Designer unit. F/furn. Expats Choice! Mital 9857-6737 RIVIERA RES 2BDRM Reno. Avail immed. F/furn. Viewing anytime. All welcome. $3xxx. Howard 8522-6604 MEIER
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    • 615 12 AALTO 1959 SF. 4+1. Very high flr. P/furn. Panoramic sea view. F/ facilities. $9K 9856-2008 Mary Vu PN EASTERN LAGOON 2BDRM 893sf, balcony. good cond f/ furn, F/facilities. Immed Foong Ee 9682 6664 DTZ PARADISE PALMS 3+1, 1152 sf, F/furn. reno. greenery view. Full facilities. Avail immed. Winlin *****132 PEBBLE
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    • 186 12 KEW GREEN 4+ROOF terr/ jacuzzi. Immed. $6.xK. Also sale. Kat 9109-7009 TBP NEPTUNE CT NEAR Parkway Parade/ ECP. 3-rm. P/furn Immed. $3K. 9338-7001 TANAH MERAH MRT. Stratford Ct 3+1, 1227 sf. Cosy $3.8K *****382 Eastview D15 SANCTUARY GREEN, 3+1 1600sf. Huge living. Near MRT/town. Chia *****022 MAKENA (MEYER RD) 3rms.
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    • 134 12 MELVILLE PK, 3+1, 1335sqft Mid flr, nice pool view. Tastefully reno. F/furn. 1st Aug. CK Lee 9459 8888 BRAND NEW 3 bdrms at NV Res. High flr. P/furn. Facilities. Walk to MRT/ shpg. Immed. Soo Yee *****332 NV RESIDENCES IMMED 2bdrms. P/furn. Brand new. Good natural lighting ventilation. Ben *****398
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    • 128 12 FERRARIA PARK CONDO Flora Dr. 2 bdrms, 915 sf. P/furn. Unblock. Move-in cond. Junette *****882 NV RES. NEW condo Blk 99. 3+1. High flr. P/ full furn. Pasir Ris MRT. Immed. $3.5k up. Lina 9855 3230 CHANGI RISE 3BR Greenery Unblocked No west sun Near Simei MRT F/Furn Immediate Best
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    • 222 12 BRADDELL VIEW 3RMS. 1600 sf. Mid flr. F/facilities. F/furn. Reno. Near MRT. Early Jul. Owner *****344 THE WATERLINE. JUST TOP. Poh Huat Road/ YCK. 3 bdrms. Full facilities, avail immed. Jessie 9858 9808 RAFFLESIA CONDO BISHAN 2+1, 915sf. F/furn. Aircon. F/facilities. Near 2 MRT. Immed. Jeff 9666-5884 KOVAN MELODY 2+1
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    • 413 12 $3.5K WARREN 1216 sf High flr. Cosy 3-rm. P/furn. Pool view. 3 mins to CCK MRT. Cecilia Lum 9456-0897 $2.8K+ 2RM SIGNATURE Pk Unfurn. 1055 sqft. Immed $3K+ 3+1 Hillbrooks. New reno. Furn. 9221-3399 Han D.22 LAKEHOLMZ 2-BDRM 1100 sf. F/furn. MRT. Condo facilities. $3300. Reina Tan *****809 CBRE HILLINGTON
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    • 518 12 AIRCON RMS 1-WK $490+ ½mth $900+/1mth $1500+ Hotel Hamilton 6296-2296 All without owner No Commission on Tenant Yio Chu Kang.... $1200-1400 Tampines........... $800-1550 River Valley............... $1400 No Commission on Tenant Yio Chu Kang.... $1200-1400 Tampines $800-1550 River Valley $1400 CAN COOK FREE WIFI 9183-0615 8298-3429 NEAR DHOBY GHAUT MRT, Wilkie
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    • 417 12 BLK 913 HOUGANG St 93 f/furn, can cook. Owner 9370-3889 Agts welcome 3+1. BLK 333 Woodlands P/furn. Amenities. Immed. 3+1. Blk 350 Yishun. P/furn Immed. Isham 8112 3928 5’I’ 325C SENGKANG East Way. 5mins to MRT, high flr, face NS, p/furn, aircon. Immed. Cher 8128 2222 YISHUN 4RM Blk 440.
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    • 471 12 3+1 172A/2+1 19 Toa Payoh. MRT/ amenities. Immed. $neg. Anthony *****009 5-RM HAVELOCK PT Blk 95 5 min MRT 1300 s.f $3.9K F/furn. High flr *****489 BLK 49 DORSERT Rd 2+1, p/furn aircon. MRT,mkt. Im -med $2.3K. *****227 Vin 4’I’ T PAYOH Ctrl blk.177 3rms. Approved. Home office. $3.6K. *****186
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    • 450 12 661 HOUGANG 3+1,Spacious Blk 1 St George’s 3+1, near Boon Keng MRT. Both are f/furn, aircon, amenities. SERIOUS TENANT SEEK HDB Pte Master/Common Rm Long or Short-Term rent. All area. Call Jeff *****612. PTE/ HDB ROOMS wanted. Ready tenants! Students/ Professional/ Co. lease Others. Call *****861 Alan HDB/ CONDO, MASTER/
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    • 1393 13 Factory/lndustrial fiB Factory/lndusl Space for Sale Space for Sale AZ @RAYA LEBAR Good Location Matters Rare freehold ‘B1’ industrial space Directly opposite MacRherson MRT (future interchange) Excellent frontage of Raya Lebar Road and Ubi Ave 2 Good connectivity via public transport, MRT and expressways (PIE/CTE/KPE) Quality finishes and lush landscaping
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    • 254 13 20% OFF! B1 Ind S’goon North. Limited units! *****700 sf. 58 yrs. Ramp up flatted. Good investment Good Yield Always There For You PIONEER CTR RAMP-UP, b2 Fty, brand new, #02, 1485 sf, 5-6% returns. Mins to MRT. Valerie 9768-1338 NORTHPOINT BIZHUB, TOP. Ramp-up. Tenanted 2651sf Toh Guan Ctr. 1668
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    • 414 13 V Factory/lndustrial Hff Space for Sale 0/ ffCt Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES ji'U V u. m 5 S\\vV ttl ir igsg \W\ 0 >111 L'i'* Richfield Industrial Centre At Eunos Tenanted units offering immediate rental yields of up to 5%
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    • 151 13 PIONEER LOT Benoi Rd 3Sty Inter Terr Approx 7.8K sf. 22+ yrs. 9272-7755 DL Unique Brand New Office and Storeroom For Rent μ Good Location at Kaki Bukit Ave 1 μ Whole complex cover by CCTV μ Ample parking and comprehensive sports facilities (swimming pool, tennis courts, fitness room) μ
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    • 464 13 Medical Suites For Lease μ Unit sizes from 545 sq ft to 5,654 sq ft μ Prime location μ Suitable for various medical professions including allied health professions μ Facility for MRI available within the center μ Rental negotiable μ Agents welcome Call Berlyn at 9712 0988 Mustardseed SG Special
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    • 818 14 ®Kr I Ossa” |®Kr Ifflajr UE BIZ HUB EAST Changi Business Park Retail, Hotel and Convention Centre Good Corporate Image OPP Expo MRT Mins to airport SUITS IT/ IT Related Cos 16,000 sq ft above United Engineers Developments *****771/*****271/*****888 TUNG CENTRE Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 1,001
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    • 462 14 D.01 AMOY ST. Grd flr. 1200 s.f/ D.07 North Bridge Ctr 452/ 506/ 624 s.f MRT. Owner 6226-5373 CT HUB NEAR town, MRT. 1700sf. Brand new. $2.80 psf. Immed. Other listing avail. Cheryl *****121.com ***LOOKING FOR A virtual office in CBD? 6725 8088 Visit virtualoffice.com.sg SVC OFFICE FR $680. Furn.
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    • 526 14 e I® star |®a s r Ifflatr u i kal I u PROPERTIES FOR LEASE Call *****336 COMMERCIAL RETAIL THE CENTRAL Above Clarke Quay MR! Station Average shopper traffic over 1 million month City centre residences PMETs tourists Unit sizes from 194 sq ft to 3,003 sq ft Suitable for
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    • 204 14 SPA SPACE WITHN HOTEL FOR LEASE μ 1,533 sq ft μ Fully fitted unit with massage rooms and individual shower cubicles μ Ample car parking lots μ Close proximity to Farrer Park MRT station μ Available Immediately Call 6350 5163 6354 9620/ 6350 5112 Admiralty/Paya Lebar MRT Bedok Ctr/ Clementi
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    • 258 14 BEAUTY SPA SALON. 19 Shelford Rd #01-53. Unique exotic bunglw. 463 sf Toilet/ pantry. *****266 JLN BESAR PLAZA 530 sf Water supply. Shop/ Office Free carpark. New reno. Move in. Owner *****266 VACANT SHOP IMMED move in. 28 Fernwood Twr #0101, 300sf Water supply/ carpark. Owner *****266 2 EVERTON PK
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    • 436 14 F&B FOR TAKEOVER Boat Quay eqpts. Approx 1200 sf (include ORA) Immed. Derrick Ang 9877-1133 LOR 1 REALTY Park. 1,350 sq ft. Shop/ office. Suits all trades. Convenient Near Amenities *****957 (Ivan) HDB SHOP Blk 116 Toa Payoh, above Braddell MRT. 300 sf. Heavy crowd. Suits all trades. *****996 THE
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