The Straits Times, 20 October 2013

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  • 17 1 the sunday times 90cents OCTOBER 20, 2013 I 102 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS I MCI (P) 049/02/2013
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  • 551 1  -  Biggest leap in social assistance help was in short-term payouts, which grew to $24.5m Radha Basu Senior Correspondent radhab@sph.com.sg Social assistance payments to the poor crossed the $100 million mark for the first time to reach $102.4 million in the last financial year ending
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  • 75 1 Two of the three incumbent vice-presidents of Umno retained their seats in the party’s internal elections yesterday, with the battle for the third spot appearing to be a close one, according to unofficial results. Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (below), 52, was expected to fend
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  • 80 1 Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has revealed that America rejected an asylum request from Wang Lijun (below), the then Chongqing deputy mayor and police chief, because he did not meet legal requirements. “He had a record of corruption, of thuggishness, of brutality.
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    • 121 1 DEGREE CAN WAIT Beauty queen from RJC an oil trader at 20 INVESTPAGE41 WHAT’S ON YOUR SHELF? It tells so much about you, says Rohit Brijnath THINKPAGE49 FEWER EXAMS, STILL SO STRESSFUL Li Xueying on HK’s school reforms THINKPAGE46 FEELS SO GOOD Former EPL stars get star treatment in Singapore
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    • 58 1 WARREN FERNANDEZ Making a difference, one story at a time THINKPAGE47 HAN FOOK KWANG When hard facts aren’t enough to persuade THINKPAGE48 RACHEL CHANG Tyranny of the minority comes into its own THINKPAGE47 PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN, MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN, SCV, LAU FOOK KONG, JOHN LUI See >>Top of the News page
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    • 623 2 / 3  -  Expected wins of all 3 Najib-backed V-Ps strengthen his hand in party and country Reme Ahmad Assistant Foreign Editor In Kuala Lumpur reme@sph.com.sg Two of the three incumbent vice-presidents of Malaysia’s United Malays National Organisation (Umno) have retained their seats in the party elections,
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    • 554 2 / 3  -  Lim Yan Liang Is a tattoo design an original work of art that should not be copied? That has been the subject of an ongoing spat between a tattoo artist here and one in Kuala Lumpur, with lawyers weighing in to say
      ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN; PHOTOS: FACEBOOK, MOON PANG  -  554 words
    • 517 2 / 3  -  Manpower shortage is leading to rising costs and later completion dates for projects Charissa Yong charyong@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Daryl Chin The construction boom shows no signs of ending any time soon, but a shortage of workers means projects may cost more and take longer
      Sources: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, ECONOMIC SURVEY OF SINGAPORE 2009-2012; ST GRAPHICS; Source: MANPOWER MINISTRY  -  517 words
    • 638 4 US rejected asylum request by Bo’s police chief but helped him contact Beijing Washington Post Washington Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has disclosed new information about America’s role in a major 2012 diplomatic incident in which a Chinese official sought asylum at
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    • 429 4 AFP Reuters Shanghai The mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing has been removed from his post for corruption, state media said, the latest official to fall foul of a crackdown on graft. Ji Jianye was fired for “suspected serious disciplinary violations”, Xinhua news
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    • 625 6  -  When completed in 2015, it will have 40 stalls operating in an ‘airy’ environment that seats 640 Goh Chin Lian chinlian@sph.com.sg His fingers brushing a crystal ball, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave the official cue yesterday to start the
      PHOTOS: PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION, LIANHE ZAOBAO, NEO XIAOBIN  -  625 words
    • 753 6  -  Walter Sim waltsim@sph.com.sg The Singapore company accused of defrauding the United States Navy is sinking into deeper trouble. A fourth man and second senior employee of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) has been charged over the alleged subterfuge in which
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    • 187 6  -  Charissa Yong A Singaporean who has been on the run since 1991 was in the Subordinate Courts yesterday to answer armed robbery charges. Low Sze Song was believed to have been arrested when he tried to re-enter Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint last Thursday. A
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    • 145 6  -  Charissa Yong A 30-year-old Singaporean was charged in court yesterday with unlawful possession of a black “Bereta” air pistol under the Arms Offences Act. Ng Shi Qiang (right) allegedly committed the offence at Block 932, Yishun Central 1, on Oct 14. He is
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    • 493 10 An explosives training exercise took place on same day that a fire started on defence land AFP AP Sydney The Australian military is investigating whether a major bush fire was linked to an explosives training exercise, as firefighters battled blazes that have destroyed
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    • [special report]
      • 1354 12 / 13  -  At what point are you considered poor in Singapore? The Sunday Times finds out it is not all that clear-cut. Radha Basu Senior Correspondent radhab@sph.com.sg A team of researchers and poverty experts at the Singapore Management University (SMU) says it is time Singapore joined
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      • 235 12 / 13 For nearly two years, divorcee Nor and her four children have been staying at her younger sister’s two-room rental flat in Whampoa. The factory worker, who earns about $800 a month after Central Provident Fund (CPF) deductions, declined to have her full
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      • 522 12 / 13 ELDERLY POOR Lee Yong Hong, 62, has asthma and other chronic lung problems. But throughout the haze in June this year, he slept out in the open along a corridor near his one-room Housing Board rental flat. His wife had taken out
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      • 506 12 / 13 SINGLE MOTHERS Nebisha Begam’s one-room rental flat in Chai Chee is devoid of furniture save for a broken table and dresser, a ragged ironing board and two stained plastic chairs. “We threw away our mattresses,” she said sheepishly. “There were too many bedbugs.”
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      • 491 12 / 13 SINGAPORE’S POOR: WHO ARE THEY? LARGE FAMILIES Hamdan Ahmad, 45, works nearly round the clock in two jobs to take home a combined pay of around $2,170 a month, barely enough to support his family of eight. From 8.30am
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    • 135 14 AP AFP Athens– The Greek authorities have requested international help to identify a four-year-old girl found living in a gypsy camp with a couple whom they have arrested and charged with abducting her. The child was found last Wednesday near Farsala in central Greece
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    • 977 14  -  Curious neighbours, debt, fear of reprisals and lack of support among problems faced: Report Tan Hui Yee Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok tanhy@sph.com.sg The Thai woman had just been rescued after being exploited in Europe for sex work. But going home was the
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    • 770 16  -  Diversity declines as habitats are lost, but conservation efforts are bearing fruit Carolyn Khew kcarolyn@sph.com.sg Butterflies in Singapore have decreased in both number and variety since the 1980s but conservation efforts launched in recent years have managed to partly stem the loss. Excluding new
      PHOTOS: KHEW SIN KHOON  -  770 words
    • 99 20 Children from the Life Community Services Society met President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the SingHealth Integrated Family Carnival yesterday. The event, held at the Health Promotion Board Building in Outram Park, wrapped up four months of fund-raising through activities such as charity
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    • 416 20  -  140 receive awards for staying crime- and drug-free for at least 3 years after release from prison Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg Former drug offender Reuben Narain has managed to remain drug-free ever since his release from prison 17 years ago. But he admitted that putting his
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    • 130 21 (Top) Deputy Speaker and Marine Parade GRC MP Seah Kian Peng of the Parliamentarian Team attempts to shoot past Syed Faruk Alkaff from the Ex-Nationals Team. The two teams played a match yesterday to kick off the inaugural SGX Charity Futsal Challenge at Sports
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    • 581 21  -  Teachers will be equipped to teach financial literacy, social workers to be trained too Mok Fei Fei feimok@sph.com.sg Teachers and social workers are being roped in to help raise financial literacy among Singaporeans. The move, which is being rolled out as part of
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    • 1008 22  -  Resuscitation delayed in some cases even when ambulance crew recognise symptoms Poon Chian Hui Jalelah Abu Baker chpoon@sph.com.sg Four in 10 cardiac arrest incidents went unnoticed by private ambulance crewmen when they responded to non-emergency calls, a new study has
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    • 559 24  -  Club Heal is also looking to raise awareness among the public and boost the skills of its volunteers Maryam Mokhtar maryamm@sph.com.sg More than a year after Club Heal was formed to reach out to those with mental illnesses, the charity is planning
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    • 602 25  -  More Chinese S’poreans learning dialects to communicate better and to preserve part of heritage Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg More than 30 years after their use was discouraged due to the Speak Mandarin campaign, dialects seem to be making a quiet comeback among an unlikely group
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    • 310 25  -  Linette Lai, Goh Chin Lian Siglap Canal will be a greener, more beautiful waterway by 2015. Parts of the 3.2km-long canal will undergo a makeover, with enhancements such as a community deck and rain gardens. A 150m section next to the
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  • world
    • 532 26 Spotlight falls on Scandinavian countries amid claims mall massacre militant was from Norway AFP Oslo The suspected involvement of a Norwegian in last month’s Nairobi mall bloodbath is bringing into focus Scandinavia’s large Somali diaspora, which is believed to have supplied dozens of fighters
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    • 434 26 Washington Post AFP Washington Mr Jeh Johnson had a clear view from his law firm’s 28th-floor Manhattan office as a jet hit the second World Trade Center tower on the morning of Sept 11, 2001. “The images of smoke and destruction against the backdrop
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    • 323 26 NYT AP Fort Riley (Kansas) Here on the Kansas plains, thousands of soldiers once bound for Iraq or Afghanistan are gearing up for missions in Africa. They are part of a new Pentagon strategy to train and advise indigenous forces to tackle emerging
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    • [bicycle diaries]
      • 986 28 / 29  -  Bike-share programme popular for short trips but the lack of bicycle lanes is still an issue Lee Seok Hwai Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei seokhwai@sph.com.sg The hottest product in food-mad and broadband-needy Taipei these days is the bicycle. Not any bicycle, but one of
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      • 781 28 / 29  -  Nirmala Ganapathy India Correspondent In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg The humble bicycle, known as the poor man’s ride in India, has come into focus after the West Bengal government banned it from some streets of Kolkata to speed up traffic. The ban, which took
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    • 296 30 He had lagged behind convoy before losing control of bike and crashing into forest Kuantan A 61-year-old Singaporean was killed on the spot when his high-powered motorcycle crashed in Pahang, local media in Malaysia reported. Mr Ooi Hong Kim suffered inju- ries to
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    • 214 30 AFP Sydney Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he was disgusted at how the Australian government responded after Malaysian students were reportedly warned against attending his talk in Adelaide. Malaysian students living in Australia were urged not to attend Datuk Seri Anwar’s speech on
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    • 690 31  -  It will mark Chinese dialect community’s arrival in Malaysia in the early 18th century Yong Yen Nie Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur yyennie@sph.com.sg A mosque that looks like a Chinese temple in Ipoh, Perak, and a Moroc-can-style garden in Putrajaya are some of
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    • 160 31 AP Manila A truck carrying hog feed smashed into the rear of a passenger bus on a remote downhill provincial road in the Philippines, setting off a series of wrecks that left at least 20 people dead and injured 44
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    • 166 31 AFP Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s younger brother, Senior Vice-Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi, visited the controversial Yasukuni shrine yesterday, a report said. Mr Kishi told reporters his action should not affect Japan’s relations with other countries and that he had not conferred with the
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    • 371 32 Boy Scout leaders face charges after video of act in Utah park goes viral AFP Los Angeles Two US Boy Scout leaders said they have received death threats after a video of them toppling an age-old rock formation in the western state of Utah
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    • 215 32 Reuters San Francisco No criminal charges will be filed against a firefighter whose emergency vehicle struck and killed a teenage passenger who had survived the Asiana Airlines crash landing at San Francisco airport, a California prosecutor said. Chinese teenager Ye Mengyuan, 16, was
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 71 32 Reuters Milan A Milan court yesterday ruled that former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. But as Berlusconi is a senator, the court’s decision will have no immediate effect and his expulsion
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      • 51 32 AP Lucknow (India) A batch of toxic bootleg liquor has killed at least 32 people, mostly poor labourers, and left dozens more ill in India. Police said yesterday the victims bought the liquor last Thursday from a shop in Adampur village in Uttar Pradesh
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      • 52 32 AFP Manila Philippine rescuers have called off the search for survivors after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on the tourist island of Bohol that killed at least 180 people. The island of about one million people suffered landslides, fallen bridges, shattered roads and collapsed buildings in last
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    • 406 33 Poll officials fail to meet court conditions for re-vote, but accuse police of overstepping the mark AP Male The Maldives sank further into political disarray when police blocked officials from conducting a presidential re-vote, saying that holding the election would violate a
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    • 505 34 Economists in survey predict US central bank will cut asset purchases to US$70b Bloomberg Washington The Federal Reserve will delay the first reduction in its bond purchases until March next year after the government shutdown slowed fourth-quarter growth and interrupted the flow of data, said
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    • 341 34 Reuters AFP Washington Most Americans found little to cheer in the congressional deal to reopen the government and avoid a national default, and Republicans suffered the biggest political damage in the crisis, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Nearly a third of Americans 32 per cent
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    • 354 34 New York Times Houston Senator Ted Cruz, from Texas, the face of the angry right, has been criticised, lambasted and lampooned for putting the nation through a 16-day government shutdown and the prospect of a financial default. Bloomberg Businessweek put him on
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    • 591 35 Share price has hit US$1,011.41, bringing its gain since its IPO to roughly 1,100% New York Times San Francisco Google has done something few companies ever do in the stock market: It has joined the US$1,000 (S$ 1,238) club. Last Friday, Google’s share price jumped
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 116 35 Reuters Luxembourg European Union governments have agreed to start talks with China to remove restrictions on foreign investment and set clearer rules on doing business after months of trade disputes over Chinese solar panels and EU wine. The decision by trade ministers from the EU’s
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      • 138 35 Bloomberg Hong Kong Billionaire Li Ka Shing’s Hutchison Whampoa has said it is scrapping a private sale of its ParknShop supermarket chain and is considering selling shares in its A.S. Watson Group retailing unit. The decision followed a review by Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, Hutchison
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    • 69 30 LORD ADAIR TURNER Which Capitalism for the Twenty-first Century? Speaker Lord Adair Turner, author of Economics After the Crisis Chair Prof. Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy When Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 5:15pm-6:30pm Venue Auditorium, Level 3, Block B, NUS Bukit Timah Campus 469G Bukit Timah
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    • 400 31 DISCOVER HOWTO ACHIEVE A MILLION DOLLAR NET WORTH WITH AN AVERAGE INCOME High Networth people are not necessarily more educated, hardworking or intelligent. They just know how to PLAY THE FINANCIAL GAME effectively. If you are not living a life of financial abundance yet, it may be because you have
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  • invest
    • INSIDE INVEST
      • 27 37 Goh Eng Yeow returned from a vacation in Croatia to the worst penny stock crisis here in a decade. See >>Page 45
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      • 53 37 Ms Michelle Qiu put her university studies on hold to become an oil trader. See >>Page 41 Ms Michelle Qiu shocked her family in 2011 when she gave up a chance to study abroad, having decided to intern at an oil trading firm instead. ST
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      • 43 37 Jessica Cheam says Singapore might be a top Asian financial hub but it is severely lacking in terms of impact investing. See >>Page 43 Like what you read in the Sunday Invest pages? E-mail stinvest@sph.com.sg with your comments and suggestions.
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    • 1683 37  -  Review your mortgage and take advantage of better interest rates available Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg stinvest@sph.com.sg You are at the point where you may have been working for more than 10 years, have gotten married, there’s a child or two and you are
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    • 480 40 Slump in metal’s price drives demand especially in China and India, says HSBC Bloomberg Demand for gold will keep growing across Asia as inflation spurs investment purchases, said HSBC Holdings, noting that the region’s share of worldwide consumption had jumped in the past decade.
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    • [me & my money]
      • 1268 41  -  Straight-A student puts off getting a degree and is pursuing career as an oil trader Rachel Scully rjscully@sph.com.sg Ms Michelle Qiu, 20, has bucked family expectations by putting her studies on hold as she pursues a career as an oil trader. Despite scoring straight As for
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    • 175 42 FINANCIAL QUOTIENT Where do you see this? In finance and banking-related articles. What does it mean? The term refers to money that you can borrow without having to put up an asset such as a car or property as collateral. Credit cards and personal lines
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      • 1056 43 Consider investing in projects that generate positive environmental and social impact beyond profits stinvest@sph.com.sg Over the decades, Singapore has made a name for itself as the leading financial hub in Asia. But while it blazes a trail ahead of rivals in many financial offerings,
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    • 478 44  -  London site is one of the most in-demand areas for prime housing development Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg Property developers are hoping that the next area to take off in London will be the South Bank, where the London Eye is located. The area is already a
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    • 816 44  -  Generate income from range of assets rather than just fixed income ones, advise experts Aaron Low aaronl@sph.com.sg With stock market gyrations becoming increasingly common in the past few years, generating a steady stream of income has become a key idea for many investors. In
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    • [small change]
      • 932 45  -  Penny stock crisis drives home the folly of getting caught up in speculative buying frenzy Goh Eng Yeow Senior Correspondent engyeow@sph.com.sg Friends have noticed that in recent years, whenever I go on holiday for more than a week, I dodge the latest
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    • 158 37 Meet your new pocket-sized property buddy. What's around the area? Market price? Monthly repayments? HDB or private? x DBS Home Connect Schools within 2km? ri A V s ilrfe: I I Property comparison? Amenities in the area? Distance to MRT? Nearest clinic? DBS. Living, Breathing Asia x DBS Home Connect
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    • 41 37 Do you make sure that you have saved enough for health care? No. I eat healthily and I exercise., so I don't see why I should. honk»* 0) BAM! ahh You should because you won't know when you'll need medical help.
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    • 507 42 Do you have savings for rainy days? Start saving for your retirement as early as possible. It takes time to build savings. Aim to pay off all your debts before you retire and make sure you have adequate health insurance. You can use the CPF Retirement Estimator at www.cpf.gov.sg to
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    • 13 42 CONFESSIONS OF A PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER DEALING WITH POOP IS PAR FOR THE COURSE
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    • 134 44 ABBEY ROAD ST JOHN’S WOOD 1,2, 3 Bedroom Luxury Apartments Penthouses tv Central London Premium Collection prices from £750,000 (£1,400 psf) Opposite ‘THE BEATLES 9 Abbey Road Studios Exhibition Sunday 20th October 2013: I lam 7pm Venue Saffron International 61 I BukitTimah Rd s2697l2 (next to Coronation Plaza) Register for
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    • 28 44 VISIT THE WEBSITE www.straitstimes.com Please visit the website for more information. www.allianzincomegrowth.sg Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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  • think
    • 319 46 EDITORIAL Those who see the Ministry of Education’s transfer of 10 senior principals to heartland schools as an effort to boost grades there have obviously not yet grasped the mantra of “every school, a good school”. Expectations are so high that applicants to one new primary school,
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    • 2227 46  -  Hong Kong’s major reforms to its education system included having fewer exams, doing away with streaming and encouraging creativity. More than a decade on, complaints remain about stress, and tuition centres are thriving. Li Xueying Hong Kong Correspondent xueying@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Pearl Liu
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    • 1334 47  -  Impact Journalism project sparks debate on media’s role in tackling challenges Warren Fernandez Sunday with Editor warren@sph.com.sg The terrorist hostage drama in Nairobi was unfolding. James, our new friend from Kenya, was recounting how his President had addressed the shocked nation, assuring
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    • 716 47  -  Rachel Chang rchang@sph.com.sg Sometimes I feel like Tocqueville got it backwards. It’s not the tyranny of the majority we have to guard against, but that of the minority. It’s one Australian “James” labelling a Singapore Day event in Sydney xenophobic because they turned
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    • 528 47  -  Janice Heng janiceh@sph.com.sg When a photograph calling for grassroots volunteers made the rounds online this month, it sparked anxiety among some Singaporeans over the role of foreigners here not in the workplace or the school, for once, but in a Residents’ Committee. The picture was of
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    • 1084 48  -  Relying on facts, logic and rational thinking is no longer enough to persuade on issues WINNING THE PEOPLE’S TRUST Han Fook Kwang Kwang Managing Editor hanfk@sph.com.sg These are challenging times for the public service as it gears up for a new course
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    • 206 48  -  YOUR LETTERS William Siew Man Bong At noon on Oct 4, my family and I were at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station to transfer from the North-East Line to the North-South Line. As the only lift in the station was under
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    • 157 48  -  Francis Cheng Tong Seng Coffeeshop owner Ong Choon Seng blamed the manpower crunch for the closure of his eatery along North Bridge Road (“Coffee shop bids farewell with a last free meal”; last Sunday). A real estate expert estimated that his property could fetch
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    • 279 48  -  Maria Loh Mun Foong (Ms) I was an allied educator (teaching and learning) in the pioneer batch of 2009. I am gratified to learn that Mr Terence Ten, my classmate in the National Institute of Education, has been such a big
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    • 269 48  -  Wong Toon Tuan Last Sunday’s article (“Time the market based on valuations”) said “investors who enter the market at current levels have a good chance of earning satisfactory returns from the stock market over the next five years”. This was based on an analysis of
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    • 216 48  -  Samuel Lim HakTik In the early hours of Oct 11, my parked car was hit by another vehicle at a multi-storey carpark in Bukit Batok East Avenue 3. The carpark is managed and policed by Certis Cisco. As there is a closed-circuit TV camera installed
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    • 171 48  -  James Liu I have attended more than a few condominium launches and encountered some unethical sales tactics employed by developers. Their floor plans are not drawn to scale, and drawings lack dimensions. This is especially common for shoebox apartments, where the space between
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    • 1383 49  -  That dusty collection of books sitting quietly in a corner of the house has a story of its own to tell Rohit Brijnath rohitb@sph.com.sg A bookshelf has died as planks of ply have bent under the weight of stories. Shelves buckle under savage
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    • 933 49  -  Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg First, the Gan Clan Association changed its name to simply Gan Clan Singapore. Next came a new logo based on the Chinese character yan, or Gan the surname of the community which the clan represents to replace the old
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    • [science]
      • 345 50 Many innovative solutions and designs, such as the recently unveiled armadillo-inspired ‘foldable’ car, are derived from our knowledge of the natural world. The Sunday Times picks out the unique, unusual and jaw-droppingly brilliant ideas borrowed from nature’s designs. COMING TO A FLOWER NEAR YOU WHAT: RoboBee an
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      • 312 50 CLEAN, GREEN FOLDABLE WHAT: Armadillo-T a small, foldable experimental electric car INVENTOR Engineers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology PROJECT PHASE Prototype/Development PROJECT TYPE Small and light car for urban commute DESIGN INSPIRATION Three-banded armadillo (Genus Tolypeutes) Only two species of armadillos the Southern and Brazilian three-banded armadillos
        Sources: HARVARD UNIVERSITY, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SHARKMITICATION.COM  -  312 words
      • 159 50 WHAT: “Painless” quill-inspired injection needles INVENTOR Researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology DESIGN INSPIRATION North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Its 30,000 quills tipped with microscopic backward-pointing barbs are used for self-defence. DESIGN FEATURES/BENEFITS A prototype injection needle with barbs needs 80 per cent
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      • 172 50 WHAT: “Shark-proof” wetsuits and watersport products INVENTOR Shark Attack Mitigation Systems and Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia PROJECT PHASE Available PROJECT TYPE “Shark-deterrent” suits DESIGN INSPIRATION Research claims that sharks see in shades of black and white. They are believed to rely on vision in
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    • 2331 51  -  Constant hunger, daring to be different, grit and steely calm secret to businessman’s success meets... Wong Kim Hoh kimhoh@sph.com.sg It was a helluva ride. In two short years at the beginning of the new millennium, Mr David Leong went through what most entrepreneurs would not experience
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    • 59 48 Send your letters to the Forum Editor via e-mail to suntimes@sph.com.sg or fax at 6319-8289. Please include your full name, address, telephone number and, for women, your preferred honorific such as Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. The Forum Editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Have something to share?
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    • 164 54 Tel: 6293 4388 (24hrs) www.singaporecasket.com.sg The lowest in town: Coffin from $370 Basic tentage from $760 Luxury Hearses from $350 Tranquil Parlours from $350 Various funeral services for all religions within your budget. Pre-Funeral Arrangement service available Provide Ji Ling service Homeland Journey Repatriation For the loved ones wh'pm you
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  • sport
    • 611 54 American pro has already triumphed In 15 more matches than previous seasons AP New York A professional since 1995 and a Grand Slam champion since 1998, Serena Williams has still managed to break new ground this year. For the first time in her career,
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    • 122 54 Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain (above) controlling his bike on turn 11 after a bird hit the front of his fairing during the qualifying session of the Australian MotoGP motorcycle Grand Prix in Phillip Island, Australia, yesterday. Despite the distraction, the
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    • 492 55 Six top teams plan to come up with new rules for sport and rule out five smallest sides The Times, London London Formula One’s most famous teams have been warned that they could be taking part in an abuse of power that may
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    • Article, Illustration
      231 55  -  Text and pictures by Lim Sin Thai Izwan Firdaus, 27 Undergrad Height: 1.70m Weight: 65kg Exercise regimen: I have athletics track training three times a week. Each session starts with a warm-up, followed by running drills, core exercises, jumps to build explosiveness and practice sprints. I also work
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    • 489 55  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar santosh@sph.com.sg Singapore will be featuring for the first time in the World Indoor Cricket Masters Series in Johannesburg, South Africa, starting today. But they are unfazed by the stiff competition from the likes of powerhouses Australia, England, India, New Zealand and South
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    • 268 55  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar Cricket is the religion that brings together the mariners’ community, especially those from the Indian sub-continent, in Singapore. More than 300 of them participated in the Mariners’ Cricket Club’s seventh annual eight-a-side tournament at the Singapore Indian Association ground
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    • 456 55 BADMINTON Denmark Open In Odense, q-finals Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Jan O Jorgensen (Den) 8-21 21-18 21-5, Du Pengyu (Chn) bt Gurusaidutt R.M.V. (Ind) 21-11 21-19, Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) 21 -16 21-11, Chen Long (Chn) bt Chen Yuekun (Chn) 21-18 21-17.
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    • 426 56 Steinberg claims article by TV analyst Chamblee is attack on reigning world No. 1 New York Tiger Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg is considering suing golf writer and TV analyst Brandel Chamblee for insinuating that the golfer’s high-profile rules violations this year constitute
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    • 426 56  -  Sanjay Nair In Macau nsanjay@sph.com.sg The Big Easy made it quite hard for himself with some soft putting at the Venetian Macau Open yesterday. Three times, Ernie Els misread putts of fewer than five feet, and paid dearly for them as
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    • 245 56 Reuters New York The PGA Championship, the last of the year’s four Majors, may be played outside the United States within the next decade, according to Golf World magazine. PGA Championship organisers have told Golf World that preliminary discussions have been held
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    • 269 56 AFP Seoul Former world No. 1 Rory McIlroy shot himself out of contention in the third round of the Kolon Korea Open yesterday. The two-time Major champion struck a four-over 75 at the par-71 Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, south of
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    • 368 56 AFP Dunedin (New Zealand) The All Blacks stayed on course to complete an unbeaten rugby season when they toppled Australia 41-33 in a high-scoring seven-try spectacle in Dunedin yesterday. The reigning world champions were unruffled by the injury-enforced late withdrawals of captain
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    • 797 57  -  MMA ace wasn’t at his best but Eddie Ng and Sherilyn Lim knocked fans out in their bouts COMMENTARY Julian Turner jturner@sph.com.sg ONE Fighting Championship’s diamond, Shinya Aoki, had some of his sparkle unfairly dulled when he was kicked in the crown jewels in the
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    • 253 57 Reuters Bangkok A five-member commission that was appointed to oversee Thursday’s Thailand Football Association (FAT) presidential election has refused to approve Worawi Makudi’s victory over former national team manager Virach Charnpanich. Worawi, a member of the Fifa executive committee, polled 42 votes to Virach’s 28
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    • 386 58  -  Chua Siang Yee Of all the 38 matches in an English Premier League season, which one does players look forward most to? For former Manchester United players taking part in today’s IG Masters Sixes tournament, the answer is unanimous. It is the
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    • 883 58  -  Former EPL stars get VIP treatment and attention from fans in masters events Personal touch It’s a shame to be a football fan in Asia, it is hard to watch a Premier League match in person. That is why I need to come and meet these fans.
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 70 58 A goal by midfielder Rodrigo Antonio Tosi was enough to give Brunei DPMM a 1-0 win over Hougang United in the S-League at the Hassanal Bolkiah National stadium last night. Tosi scored deep into first-half stoppage time to lift his team above Warriors FC in S-League’s second-tier
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      • 74 58 Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who is also the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, announced yesterday that the People’s Association (PA) will make a two-fold increase of total funding for Sports Interest Groups to the tune of $2 million. The PA is also stepping
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      • 69 58 Singapore’s track and field athletes won two golds, two silvers and a bronze at the Malaysian Open Track and Field Championships in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The men’s 4x100m team of Elfi Mustapa, Calvin Kang, Lee Cheng Wei and Muhammad Amirudin Jamal, and pole vaulter Sean Lim
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      • 74 58 Thai Son Bac took the top honours at the Tiger Street Football Singapore International Tournament at the Event Plaza@Marina Bay Sands yesterday. The Vietnamese outfit defeated Malaysia’s Equal FC 4-2 in the final. Singapore’s MNA took third spot, following a 4-1 win over Germany’s Street Eagles. Following the
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      • 101 58 Lanka Lions created Singapore cricket history yesterday when they won the Singapore Cricket Association’s Division One league for the sixth time in a row. Their eight-wicket win over the SCA Colts helped them pip the Singapore Cricket Club by two points to the title and erase
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      • 48 58 Reuters Miami Baseball player Jose Abreu, who left his native Cuba in August, agreed to a six-year, US$68 million (S$84 million) contract with the Chicago White Sox on Friday. It is the largest rookie free-agent contract awarded to an international player in Major League Baseball.
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    • 262 58  -  Chua Siang Yee MORE than 3,000 Straits Times readers took part in the online English Premier League fans survey. And five of them won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet former EPL players Lee Sharpe, Keith Gillespie, Des Walker and Paul Jones in a meet-and-dine session yesterday.
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    • [ HEART OF FOOTBALL ]
      • 1129 59  -  Villa boss Lambert also making sure Benteke does not get carried away with media hype Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg Andros Townsend, the winger denied proper acclaim for his flying start as an England player through what he calls a “silly, negative nonstory”, travels with Spurs
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      • 531 59 AP The Times, London London Adnan Januzaj says it is a “dream” to be staying at Manchester United, after he signed a new five-year-deal with the club yesterday. The 18-year-old, who is rated one of the best young players in the world, has been locked in
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      • 359 59 The Times, London London Every page of Alex Ferguson’s autobiography, which will be launched on Tuesday, will be rich in detail about the triumphs and tribulations of a glorious football career and, more than that, a life well lived. Written with the
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      • 285 59 AFP Berlin Hoffenheim have called for a replay after losing 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a “phantom” goal as the German Football Federation (DFB) prepares to investigate. Leverkusen went top of the Bundesliga on Friday as Stefan Kiessling’s 70th-minute winner at Hoffenheim was
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    • 585 60 But frustrated Reds fans at least have Gerrard’s 100th EPL goal to celebrate AFP Newcastle 2 Liverpool 2 London Newcastle United played for an hour with only 10 men but managed to hold visitors Liverpool to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining Premier League encounter yesterday.
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    • 406 60 Reuters London England’s coaches need to take the blame for their players’ stodgy, workman-like football, having made them terrified of making mistakes by stifling their creativity, according to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. He also criticised the Football Association’s (FA) new coaching
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    • 424 60 AFP London The Football Association has been accused by one of its own board members of “letting down so many black and ethnic minority people” after setting up an all-white commission to improve the fortunes of England’s national team. Heather
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  • Page 55 Miscellaneous
    • 261 55 Events FOOTBALL S-League 1st tier: Albirex v Balestier (Jurong East, 7.30pm). IG Masters 6s (Singapore Indoor Stadium, 2.30pm). TV times BADMINTON Denmark Open Finals (Live, StarHub Ch211, 6.30pm). GOLF Korea Open Day 4 (Live, mio TV Ch114 and StarHub Ch208, 1pm). Macau Open Day 4 (Live, StarHub Ch213, noon). Perth
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    • 330 1 TEE HUN CHING I’m a skinny fat girl page14 20, There are more Singaporean nonagenarians. Four 90somethings tell CLARISSA OON their secrets to ageing well. PAGES2&3 Family ties are important to Thomas Chacko, 93, seen here with his grand-daughters Charis, three, and Shauna, nine. FACES BEHIND VOICES Voice-over talents spill
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      • 267 2 / 3  -  There are 12,800 people in Singapore who are 9 years old and above. SundayLife! meets four of them and finds out what keeps them going strong Clarissa Oon Senior Writer clare@sph.com.sg Living healthily and staying active well into your 90s is no longer such an
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      • 680 2 / 3 MADAM CHUA KIM NOY, 94 Having to move around with a walking stick does not stop Madam Chua from doing what she does best making Chinese desserts. She can often be found seated at a table in the kitchen, making from scratch tang yuan
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      • 699 2 / 3 MADAM LAU SOON SIANG, 93 The Toa Payoh resident, who has never had a major illness and walks briskly without the aid of a walking stick, remembers her younger days with crystal-clear clarity. Madam Lau can rattle off details from 70 or 80 years ago, from
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      • 759 2 / 3 MR LOW HAI NG, 94 Family and friends always know where to find Mr Low watering, pruning and weeding at the communal farm beside his HDB block in Bukit Batok. The oldest among a few elderly, experienced gardeners in the community who maintain the farm, he spends
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      • 707 2 / 3 MR THOMAS CHACKO, 93 A slight deafness is the only trace of Mr Chacko’s advanced age he can move around unaided and his jet black hair has only a faint sprinkling of grey. That he is a little hard of hearing is the outcome
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      • 1045 4  -  From ad voiceovers to telephone messages, home-grown voice talents say they need to act out their voices Cheryl Faith Wee cherylw@sph.com.sg Apple users can finally put a face to Siri throwing the spotlight on voice talents. The famous disembodied voice of the iPhone application-cum-personal assistant was
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      • 425 4 DJ Yasminne Cheng (below), 35, did her first voiceover when she was eight. A neighbour asked her mother if she would allow Cheng to be one of the voices in a teaching aid for children. She remembers spending about two hours repeating simple words after
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      • 543 4 Hagen Valerio (right) has parlayed a sweet husband’s quirk into a career. The former gas company technician used to put on local and foreign accents to amuse his wife, Yulia. So convincing was he that Yulia, a 31-year-old English teacher, suggested three years ago that he
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      • 1514 5  -  Social enterprises started by retirees get older folks to be more active Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg They have names like Silver Horizon, Silver Spring, Reverse and Renewzz. Instead of condominiums or spas, however, these are initiatives on how to age well and live actively, set up by
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    • 158 2 / 3 with the Kiang Family TIPS FOR SMART SHOPPING AND CONSUMER SAFETY SPRING sln 9apore Enabling Enterprise 0 o Mary Kiang Robert Kiang Lisa Kiang m Alex Kiang Woofy “Power up safely for more fun at home” Look out for the SAFETY Mark when purchasing electrical accessories such as adaptors and
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    • 26 4 WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com Meet the people behind the voices. Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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    • 1326 6  -  Recognising they are different and agreeing to disagree are how couples who are vast opposites make their relationship work Eve Yap eveyap@sph.com.sg Five months after they met, fast-cars sales consultant Amet Nicolas’ girlfriend asked him how he was going to “financially plan” for their future.
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      • 77 7 This is an online art contest for students here aged seven to 1 7. The artwork can be created using any medium and must be based on the theme Countries, Cultures Festivals. Winners will receive air tickets to 12 destinations. Organised by
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      • 75 7 Authors of Asian descent living in Asia who are 18 years and older can submit their unpublished manuscripts targeted at children aged six to 18 for a chance to win $10,000 at the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2014. The prize will be presented at the
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      • 80 7 Join this family-oriented 3.5km and 10km run. The event aims to raise $600,000 for the National Cancer Centre (Singapore) for research this year. Children under the age of four participate for free. Buddies and groups of 10 or more will receive discounted
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      1083 8  -  Songwriter August Lum excelled in music even though his parents wanted him to focus on science in school Relatively Speaking Eve Yap eveyap@sph.com.sg Songwriter August Lum used to drag his feet to the piano lessons at Yamaha Music School that his parents sent him to from age four.
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    • 690 9  -  Designer Carolyn Kan finds the city’s mix of good breeding and playfulness a source of ideas Carolyn Kan’s TRAVEL BLACK BOOK Jennani Durai jennanid@sph.com.sg Who: Carolyn Kan, 41, founder and designer of home-grown accessories label Carrie K. The Singaporean was the former head of multi-national advertising agency
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    • 1899 10  -  SundayLife! looks at the types of scams travellers can fall prey to and how they can protect themselves Jennani Durai jennanid@sph.com.sg Singaporeans are travelling more and further afield, but with the proliferation of online booking and daily coupon-deal sites, they are at risk
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      544 12  -  Jennani Durai STA TRAVEL FAIR AT SMU STA Travel is holding a travel fair on the campus of the Singapore Management University (SMU) from Tuesday to Thursday. Aimed at students, the carnival-themed fair at the SMU concourse will include exhibitors such as Contiki Holidays and G Adventures and
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    • 1345 13  -  A trip to the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Serengeti in East Africa yields a bounty of wildlife in their natural habitat John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Barbecued cow intestine is just as you would imagine: Rubbery. It also tastes faintly of tyre. But it is a
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    • 266 13 Changi Airport provides a wide range of amenities specifically for families to remove the stress of travelling, especially for those with young children in tow. L Themed Gardens: Lift your spirits and take time to enjoy the wonders of nature.
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    • 250 12 Phantom Unmasked Concert Starring Brad Little Accompanied by a 15 piece orchestra from Singapore’s The Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, experience the world’s favourite songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, The Lion King, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, WICKED and many other Broadway classics. 2 SHOWS ONLY I
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    • 1188 14  -  I may be thin, but I’m unfit. As my sense of mortality grows, I’ve hit the gym to get in shape Tee Hun Ching hunching@sph.com.sg Idon’t exercise. Not at all. The last time I did anything that could pass off for a workout (a slow 25-minute
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    • 737 14  -  Sharon Loh sharonl@sph.com.sg One of the things my daughter is learning to do right now is drive. Over the summer, she gained 30 hours of driver’s education in the classroom, had six hours of driving lessons, and now will need to pass a written and
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    • 863 14  -  Denise Chong denise@sph.com.sg My reaction is practically hormonal. When Singapore Armed Forces open-mobilisation alerts flash across the television screen, I am seized by a second’s panic. I spill the tea and clutch my head until the girl hormones slosh in, then I clutch at my
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    • 2415 17 TODAY’S TOP PICKS SHOT FOR GOING TO SCHOOL Channel NewsAsia, 8pm Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai (right), who survived being shot by the Taleban in Pakistan, still fights for the right of girls to an education. TOP HOOKER Discovery Channel (StarHub TV Channel 422), 5pm The top three challengers must try
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    • 906 18 Eleanor Catton says she was inspired by holidays to gold fields and astrology Reuters London Eleanor Catton, 28, is the youngest author and her 848-page The Luminaries the longest novel to win the Man Booker literary prize. But age and length should be no criteria
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      357 18  -  Akshita Nanda Who: Singer and composer Jason Ong, 46, the co-founder, music director and baritone voice of jazz and pop a cappella group Key Elements. Ong, who is single, reads mainly fiction, from crime and the classics to chick-lit and comics. “The Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman have amazed
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    • 1982 19  -  Mexican cuisine hits Singapore in a big way, with more eateries opening Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg Mexican cuisine is the latest to spice up Singapore’s dining scene, with more eateries setting up shop this year. Some offer Mexicaninspired fare think local twists or Asian takes on
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    • 1925 20  -  Before opening, restaurants are hiring consultants who provide services such as drawing up menus, and finding a chef and location Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun When Celine Tan took up a space at the old Monk’s Hill Secondary School campus in Windstedt Road,
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    • 1224 21  -  Morsels owners Petrina Loh and Bryan Chia are hot-headed but have learnt to work together Tan Hsueh Yun hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun Sit at the counter in front of the kitchen at Morsels, a small-plates restaurant in Mayo Street, and drama may unfold over dinner. Sometimes, co-owners Petrina Loh
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      726 22  -  Sushi Kuu has generous servings of good food at mid-market prices, with friendly and efficient staff Restaurant Review Wong Ah Yoke Food Critic ahyoke@sph.com.sg Singapore has seen a number of high-end sushi restaurants opening in the last few years, which is wonderful for foodies with deep pockets. But
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    • 518 22  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor Oh, says one of my dining companions when told we are having dinner at Sims Drive, “the parking will be impossible”. Well as it turns out, we did not have any problems. Wangji Seafood Restaurant is tucked away from bustling
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    • 261 22  -  Cheap Good Foong Woei Wan woeiwan@sph.com.sg Taxi drivers are always telling me what food is good where, and most of the time I nod politely. I keep quiet until they say something that makes me think, “Ah, he knows what he’s talking about.” The other day,
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    • 742 22  -  HOW TO DRINK LIKE A PRO GRAPE 101 Text by Daniel Chia Daniel Chia is a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic’s Culinary Catering Management Diploma course. Known as the king of red wine grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon is much admired and grown in all major wine regions of the world.
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    • 258 23  -  Posh Nosh Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun They come in the same bottles used for wine and were it not for the finely drawn pictures of fruit, could well be mistaken for bottles of wine. In fact, Van Nahmen juices from Germany would make
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    • 206 23 Friends who visit Hokkaido like to get their fill of its dairy products while there. Creamy milk, luscious ice cream, wobbly milk puddings and rich butter. Some of these things are hard to come by here. But milk from there is now available in supermarkets. Hokkaido
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    • 265 23 When I am asked if there is any kind of food I don’t like, I am usually stumped for an answer. I like to think of myself as someone with no food hang-ups. But ginger and rosemary I use sparingly in my cooking because the
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    • 932 23  -  Susan Tan and Jenny Wong’s babi chin rolls was named Most Creative Home Cooked Dish at a cook-off last month Singapore Cooks Rebecca Lynne Tan rltan@sph.com.sg Things in the kitchen can get a little heated when you have two equally good cooks running the show. But
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    • 185 4 12/07 A4 CABRIOLET 1.8T MU. OMV $*****. Mileage 49K km. Call 9731-1198 V INHSE LOAN 1.99% interest! Wow! $12k downpayment g’teed! 06 BMW 630 CI A. 1 owner. High OMV $76k with good performance confirm! Low mileage done with warranty included.STA certified. One to one exchange with subsidies up to
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    • 112 4 CARLINGUAL P/L *****667 BMW 535. High line. SunRoof, Keyless, Soft Closure 3yr 60K km. Call now! REPUBLIC AUTO: OCT 2011 BMW 523i Highline, PML unit. Low mileage. 1 owner. Act fast! *****725 William ’10 BLACK 740LI Sunroof. 1 owner OMV $87K, PML svc records. Brand new cond. Must view! Call
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    • 354 6 CLEARING STOCK SALE! Brand new BMW 535i. Attractive price. *****821 11/’06 630CI. SILVER. Only *****km. Agt svc. High trade in avail. *****115 9/08 730IA OMV$***** Black *****km/yr PML Svc $116.8k *****222 04/’06 BMW 630 Ci White 20" rim. New Rd Tax. Well kept. $89.9K. 9047-5313 4/’11 BMW 528I 3.0 PML20’’
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    • 394 6 Vehicles as s 4/’07 CEFIRO 2.0A New tax. OMV $22K. Accident free, low km, $45.9K *****922 12/’09 SYLPHY 1.6 A. 1 owner. Blue. Low km/ agt svc. Well kept. Call *****115 1/’07 LATIO 1.5A L. Black. 1 owner. 100% accident free Excellent cond *****186 2/06 CEFIRO 2.0A Low km Warranty,
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    • 244 7 V INHSE LOAN! Cheap downpayment only $6K. Low monthly $568. 6mths warranty. ’08 Altis 1.6A. Low KM 72K only. Call Leon *****378 G IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 2013 Estima Aeras 2.4! Up to 3 yrs free Servicing! High Trade In $0 Driveaway! Call Jack Cars: 6743 1900 CARTIMES STAR BUY! 2013 7/8-Seater
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    • 450 7 TIGUAN SPORT NOV ’11. STA A-grade! COE $77K, OMV $35K. Mileage 40k KM. $132K. Call 9107 4455 REPUBLIC AUTO: APR 2012 Volkswagen Golf 1.4 AT Low miles. Agent warranty Must view! *****044 Han REPUBLIC AUTO: *****000 July 2010 Scirocco 1.4. Agt maintained svc. 1 owner. Done 48,000km. Act fast!!! ***WEARNES
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    • 379 7 12/05 BENTLEY CONTIFLYING Spur. Well maintained with low mileage. Call Motorway 6468-2200. www.motorway.com.sg ’12 BENTLEY CONTI GT V8. 1 Owner. 8,500km. Agent warranty. $6.5K mthly! Call Motorway 6468-2200. www.motorway.com.sg SEP 2010 LAMBORGHINI Murcielago LP670-4 Superveloce Pearl White Black, Alcantara interior, 4,300Km. Call 6338-0123 OCT 2010 GALLARDO LP550-2. Yellow/Black Leather, Interior
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    • 443 7 WANTED All Used Cars Any Makes Models Conti Luxury SUV, MPV, OPC We Pay Top Price 9673-9997 CALL *****166 SIMON Sim for free professional help to sell your cars at market price to pte buyers. Visit: www.sgcarconsign.com ATTN!!! ALL CAR owners. We pay highest cash payment for your used car.
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    • 614 7 MID’04 NISSAN PKF212 10 Ton new 5 yrs COE. Well kept. Low deposit. Easy In hse loan. Call *****300 2009 MITSUBISHI FM65 Garbage Wagon roll on/off Palfinger Hook. Tip top. In hse loan *****300 END’02 NISSAN MKB212 25 ft 6-Ton hood. COE paid $***** (10/2017) Can renew 5yrs COE *****300
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    • 637 7 Vehicles* Properties 06/06 FIAT DOBLO Cargo 1.9M Good cond. Low Mileage Worth buy. 100% loan at low interest! *****300 2006 KIA PREGIO 2.7M. 1 Owner. Tip top Cond. Only ***** Km Done! Asking $20.8K only 6555-3300 06/10 NISSAN NV200 1.5 Diesel. 1 Owner Tip top Low consumption Low km 100%
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    • 284 7 JEWEL IN FABER Hill. FH 1)SemiD 3401/3711sf $4.5M 7yrs. 5+1. Bright breezy. 2)Semi-d 5611/7111sf $5.7M 3)Terrace 2145sf Like New 4)Bunglw 8600/5111sf Pool 6+1 Daniel Ling *****605 LIONEL LOO Open 2-6pm 1. Waterway 5rm fr $16.8M 2. Waterway 6+1 Big $28M 3. Sea view 5+1 $33M! Call *****592 *****062 OPEN HSE
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    • 614 7 Tanglin. Top Choice 18,800 sqft. Bunglw with commanding view of the surroundings. Gallop. All time favourite 16,000sqft. Lush greenery. Stevens Rd. Tropical retreat 17,000sqft.Top choice! Tanglin. Your eagles nest. High ground. 35,000 sqft. Jervois. Enclave ***** sqft. Peirce. This one sparkles 16,000 sqft. Top choice! Swettenham. Resort tropical living 15,000
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    • 314 7 BRIZAY PK. *****SF. $24M 2)Holland Pk *****sf(New) 3)Leedon ***** *****sf 4)Holland V. *****sf $41M FH. Daniel Ling *****605 JEWEL IN HOLLAND Grove 1) Semi-D 5985sf $1669psf 2)Bunglw 4300/5Ksf Pool 3)Bunglw 8500 *****sf. FH. Daniel Ling *****605 DWG LANDED DEPARTMENT. Oei Tiong Ham Park. Prime 2½sty bunglw. 15K/ 9K sf 7+1.
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    • 259 8 Property Prices ulMili i, £5 > •JLU ■Lli. Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in September 2013. This week: 18-22 WATS BUY IT*SELL IT-FIND IT PROJECT NAME PRICE (SI SO FT District 18 District 20 PROJECT NAME PRICE
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    • 137 8 Brand New M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Brand New Launch D10. 4300sqft. Luxurious Fittings Spacious 9766 7772 QUEEN’S RD 2.5 sty w/ pool Land 6227/ 5500sf. Modern. Fabius Lee *****779 BukitTimahLanded.com $17XX PSF DEMPSEY locale! Modern Luxe Design 5+1, Gorgeous pool/ Gdn. View Now! Quick call *****080 SLEEK SEMI-D IN GCB Zone
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    • 211 8 ROBIN. FH CORNER Terrace. Stevens MRT 500m. 3095 sf land 1km to ACS/SCGS. $6.5M. Damian 8182-8843 HILLTOP BOTANICAL GDN *****sf Good Open Hse. Tanglin ***** sf. Move-in. Bt Timah 26k sf *****780 MUST SELL! OFF CORONATION Rd W. Semi-d. 4526/ 3500sf, 4+1bdrm, Spacious Suit A&A Lucas *****095 RARE! OFF DUCHESS
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    • 192 8 LAST CALL BELOW asking price! Hillcrest brand new semi D. Huge rms with lift. Barker Rd corner unit with swimming pool. parks 2 cars. 1km ACS SCGS. 3.xm! James 9765 2795 **ECG LANDED COLLECTION 3½ sty Semi-D Novena Lap pool airwell pte lift. MRT, Mall. 1km ACS SJI. Ask $6.xM
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    • 202 8 DWG LANDED DEPARTMENT. ACS/ Chancery vicinity. Rare 2sty bunglw. 8800 sf. FH. Only $14.8M. *****108 2-5PM. SHELFORD RD. Inter terr. 4 bdrm+ attic. 2200/ 3000 sf. 1 km to NYPS/ RGPS. YK Lim 9851 4519 BEST DEAL FOR B r a n d New!! Semi-d Watten 3900 sf. 5 rms.
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    • 250 8 WOW! $10XX PSF O n l y Bunglw ***** sqft, 5+1, Wide frontage. Walk to Park. View now! *****000 GEM ORCHARD Best Deal! $10.xm! Hillcrest/ Linden 10k sf $10-$16.xm! Holland $4.xm. Shirely 9623-4620 D21 VALUE BUY! Semi-D, FH 4+1, 3903 sf, Near Beauty World MRT/Pei Hwa Pri, 3 car lots.
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    • 184 8 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Jln Kechot 3400sf 3+1 rm Lor Marzuki 6.4ksf $4.xxm Jln Ishak corner, 2360sf. Inter 1650sf. 6100-9959 CORNER TERR Braddell Hgts (NEX Mall) FH, 2212/ 2800sf. No noon sun. MRT, bus,sch. Only $2.9Xm up! Sure Go! 9487-5772 Leong OPEN HSE SAT Sun. Modern 2.5 sty Inter-Terr Macpherson Est
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    • 157 8 D.14 TAMAN SELAMAT FH Inter terr. Move-in approx land 1900/ 2200 sf Face N. Sell valn. Serious seller JLN DAUD DETACHED, FH. 4553/ 3500sf. Wide frontage. 2.5 sty, 4+1. Sunday 36pm. Call Rinky *****080 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Dream Home! Resort living 100% move-in. 5 ensuites OpenHse 3-5pm *****772 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC
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    • 476 8 Properties D15-16 East Coast Houses for Sale D15-16 East Coast Houses for Sale Colonial Black L*****48F/ R0280B2E 2.5 Storey Corner Terrace Approx: 2608/4724sqft 6 rooms. Lap Pool. Park 2 Cars. Quiet Environment] Walk to Siglap Centre. Near East Coast Park ffira THE GEM OF THE EAST Rare and exquisitely designed
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    • 280 9 DWG LANDED DEPARTMENT Limau Gdn, A&A 3yrs ago 2½-sty corner. Modern Kitchen. 3365/ 4200 sf. 4+1. FH. $4.18M. *****108 $6.38M HILLTOP DETACHED Hse. To the highest offer owner will sell. Collection of bid ends 22nd Oct 2013. Call Crispin 9168-0955 2-5PM TODAY. VERY resort feel. Still vicinity, 3-storey Semi-d. Nice
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    • 256 9 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Chempaka Kuning, 4300sf 2-sty Corner Terrace, MRT, Expo, Mkt, $1.1M *****959 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM FH Bedok Ria, 2130sf land 2 sty Inter terr, Park 2 cars Park, MRT $neg *****959 SENNETT AVE. 2STY Inter terr with basement 1938/ 2800sf.3+1. $3.28M.Simple reno. Rare! Jim *****999 A NICELY DONE
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    • 227 9 TELOK KURAU BRAND new semi-d 3800sf FH 4+1+1 bdrm $4.xM. view today 2pm-5pm, Mark 9191-0202 NEWLY RENO CEYLON quiet inter terr 1615/ 2700sqft. 4 big rms. 99 yrs. *****039 Pics: www.melissatan.biz 2 STY SEMI-D at Jln Greja Land 3540 sqft, FH. Reno. Move in cond. Near MRT amenities. Viewing Sat.
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    • 288 9 FH 3-STY CORNER terr. NE. Fedelio St. 3340sf. 6rm. Spacious. Lush greenery. Beautifully done up. $4.7M SIMEI/JLN ANGIN LAUT FH. 3-Storey Terr Best Layout High ceiling 5rms 2700sf. $2.8M. Steeve*****000 SIMPLY SPLENDID! SIGLAP Semi-D 2800 sqft, Impeccable interior. Just bring luggage! Call *****000 HIGH CEILINGS! NEXT to park! Gorgeous Sunbird
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    • 676 9 D17-18Changi/ PasirRis Houses for Sale D17-18Changi/ Pasir Ris Houses for Sale MilBE Open Hse (2 5pm) Brand New Bungalow Land 8000 sq.ft. F'hold Pool/Lift. 8+1 rms ILL I Dick Tan *****555 M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE 2-sty semi-d near bedok vic. 6200sf. Can pk 6 cars. Vintage Rare! *****772 KEW DR, SPACIOUS
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    • 851 9 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Houses for Sale D19-20 Serangoon/ Thomson Houses for Sale D19-20 Serangoon/ Thomson Houses for Sale T. 'T -4 A terrace house doesn’t get any more unique than this LI TAI KEIMG GARDENS Corner-like Inter Terrace House Freehold 2 storeys basement 2,089 sf land size 2,924 sf built-in area
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    • 231 9 ST HELIERS AVE FH 4+1 2358/ 3000 sf. Excellent condition. Hilltop, quiet. $3.48M Darren *****060 EDMUND SEAH 9685-1115 A pair 2½sty bunglw Brighton Ave. Land 4533/ 5000 sf 5+1 pool lift. Fhold. Open House Always There For You EDMUND SEAH 9685-1115. Sat/Sun 2-6pm: 28 Brighton Ave. 2.5 sty inter terr.
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    • 294 10 REALISTIC ONLY $4.1xM 1-sty Corner Terr S’goon Gdn. 999 years. Cul-de-sac Privacy! 8100 0086 Jas ALMOST NEW! MODERN 2.5sty on hilltop S’goon Gdn. 2800/4500sf 5rms, pool! $4.xM. 8100 0055 Ben GOOD DEAL! S’GOON Gdn. 2.5-sty 5rm. Reno. Semi-D 2640/3900sqft. Face S.E $3.xM neg. 8100-0086 Jas VIEW 3-5PM. 2.5STY Terr S’goon
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    • 828 10 D25-28 North Houses for Sale BUNGALOWS YTHE SEA D25-28 North Houses for Sale D25-28 North Houses for Sale Rare ir Luxurious Seafront Living OPEN HOUSE 271 Wak Hassan Drive Sat/Sun from 10am-6pm 8 Elegant Seafront Bungalows with 4 stys, including an Attic a Spacious Basement Private lift from Basement to
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    • 409 10 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale WATS Private Residential Price Index Index (4Q98=100) 260
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    • 587 10 WHEKE IS ALEX e Mins walk to Redhill MRT with Panoramic City View A UO RESIDENCE Integrated development Bugis With Grade A office •5-star Hotel Retail I 5 j. j <660 luxurious residential units •1/2/3/4 bedrooms Penthouses. r-A Jacqueline Hong ca HUNDRED TREES 786SF, 2rm, mid flr, quality greenery, brand
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    • 215 10 UNBLOCK SEA VIEW! Penthse The Berth. 4 bdrm Spacious layout. 3300sqft. Hurry *****741 Steve Tay EMERALD PK Indus Rd 2rm 930 sf. Designer deco High flr. Walk to T. Bahru MRT $1.3m. Lai 8322-1111 INTERLACE JUST TOP 2-4 rm fr $1.2xm up. Developer resales units avail, view anytime! Jen 9069
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    • 192 10 DUO RESIDENCES IN the heart of Bugis. Link to Bugis MRT. Integrated devt. Call for VVIP preview *ALEXIS $1.0XM! Cheap! 1+1 study 517 sf. Nice layout F’hold. Good yield. 5-mins Q’town MRT *****510 Ann UPCOMING PROJECT ALEX Res. 1/2/3 rm. Mins Redhill MRT. Register for interest. Doreen Chua 9183-5555 CITY
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    • 1697 11 D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale ON WILKIE 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Pte Apts for Sale 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/Holland Pte Apts for Sale 009-10
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    • 134 11 FIRE SALE CHANCERY Ct sell far below indicative val ($2.8-3m). New beautiful reno, 2035 sf, 3+1, Corner. TOP sch Last offer $2.55m Closing! Lloyd *****068 MAGNIFICENT CLEMENTI PARK 2400 sqft 3+all new reno. Greenery/ elegant isabelredrup.com/ir8b.php$3.08m. *****055. Susan F’HOLD CASCADIA PENTHSE 2970 sf. 3+ study. Move in. 2% Commission. Hurry!
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    • 117 11 NEW LAUNCH. FH The Creek Toh Tuck Rd 1-4 bdrms/ Penthse. Future MRT. VIP disc. Lam T.C. 9762 6898 SUITES DE LAUREL, 1bdrm/ 517sf. Quiet, nice layout. Future MRT, Beauty World. Simon Xiao 9862-3488 RARE! SUITES @NEWTON 2bdrm/ Penthse. Beautiful view. FH. Good rental yield. Must Buy Derrick *****133 LUCIDA
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    • 2181 12 FLORA FLORAVISTA FLORAVIEW SELETAR GARDEN 28 Units F&B Restaurants Retail Shops 90 Residential: 1/2/3/4Bdrm Apartments 1Bdrm fr $6xxK 2Bdrm fr $8xxK 3Bdrm fr$9xxKup! Swimming Pool, Wadding Pool, Gym, Pavillion with BBQ FREEHOLD COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale 4 9 4 9 419 419 rt SHOWFLAT LOCATED YIO
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    • 247 12 D17 THE INFLORA @Flora Dr Good Rental Potential! 2rm fr $6xxk. Face NS. Sch /Expo. Andy 8448 3535 THE INFLORA Flora Drive Most Affordable Condo fr $4xxK 396-Units. Near Sch Airport. Kelvin 9829 7801 THE INFLORA @FLORA Drive Near Airport/ Schs/ Expo Most Affordable Condo fr $4xxK. Leslie *****808 THE
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    • 291 12 **LA FIESTA! VIEW Today. 3 mins walk to MRT/ shpg mall. Resort living f/fac lities. *****498 Derrick MRT@ DOORSTEP. KOVAN Melody. 904 sf. 2 bdrms. Squarish. Unblocked view. Amenities. Wil 9027-1020 LAFIESTA SENGKANG Opp MRT Compass Pt. Choice units. Fr $1150 psf Call Goh H P 9736-4977 PALM GROVE CONDO
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    • 350 13 BOONVIEW 3-BDRM MAIS. 1518sf FH Condo,mins walk Marymount MRT. $1.88m neg. Benson 9091 5000 THOMSON THREE BEST selling project from $1,0xx psf. 1-4 bdrm. Amenities/ MRT/ sch. Maria Heng *****166 NEW LIST! FAR Horizon Gdn (Rare) 1948 sf, bright, 3+1 $1.48M. Evelyn *****208 ROSYTH LODGE APT, 999 yrs. 1227 sf,
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    • 330 13 LA CASA. RARE Release! 3bdrm. 1141 sf. Renovated. Premium stack, Don’t miss! future MRT *****511 Yong NORTHOAKS 3+1, 1249SF. High flr. Full condo facilities. Near MRT. Price neg. Hussain 9387-1055 ERA LA CASA, 3+STUDY, motivated seller!High flr, bright windy, NS facing, neg. DTZ Kenneth 8500-5522 3-BDRM ROSEWOOD. 1173 sf. Low
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    • 266 13 3NG BLK 178 68 sqm. #04. Near CHIJ St Nicholas. Future Mayflower MRT. Val $325K.Just offer! Must go! 3NG BLK 215 AMK, 73 sqm. Well maintained, next to corner. All races. Sun 3pm. Call Isaac 9878 0098 3’NG’ BLK 506. Mid flr. All races. Move-in. MRT/ AMK Hub. neg. Valued
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    • 390 13 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 n SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS J BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT CHOA CHU KANG BUKIT PANJANG PUNGGOI SENGKAN ANG MO KIO
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    • 274 13 GTA United Bukit Merah 3’A’ 26B Jln Membina Low 4’A’ 75B Redhill 100 sqm 4’A’ 11 Cantonment. High flr 3’I’ 137 Jln Bt Merah Rent GTA United Queenstown 3’I’ Blk 8 Holland COV $15K 3’I’ Blk 6 Holland COV $15K 5’I’ 49 Strathmore High flr Buyers/ Sellers Call Now! Joe
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    • 209 13 77A REDHILL BEST unit. 4rm. Top Flr Sea View. MRT Val$758K; 3-rm 26D Jln Membina High. Val $505K. NEW LISTING 3’A’ Blk 229 Lift level. High flr. Nice hse. Mins LRT. Val VTO. Open Hse Sun 2-4pm Safir 9061-6995 8222-2153 5’I’ 521, NICE. Below val. 5’I’ 533. Designer home. Exec
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    • 201 13 176 LOMPANG RD. 4’A’. 101 sqm. Above #10. Bt Panjang Plaza future MRT. Ariel Lim *****757 4’A’ BLK 505 Jelapang Rd. 1076 sf. Greenery. Move-in. MRT. Granite flr Val $405K Eunice 9147-4428 ERA 4RM PREMIUM 482 Segar rd. High flr. Nicely reno. Move in cond. Val $415K. VTO Felicia Ong
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    • 199 13 BLK 281 CCK 4’A’, 106 sqm. Val $425K. #06. Corner. Orig. Near MRT/ South view Pri. Sze 9680 0010 Open House BLK 614 5’A’ Corner. High flr. 131 sqm. All races/ PRs Val $530K. Low cash! Sun 1-3pm Royce 9023-9459 BLK 633 EA Similar, 3 mins to MRT Yew Tee
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    • 243 13 5 MINS CCK MRT!! Blk 439 4’A’ High flr. Windy. Val $440K. VTO appreciate. View call 9855 9908 Seah 641 D&B 4-RM corner. 100 sqm, high flr. Mins to MRT/ Yew Tee Pri. Convenient. Valued. Eileen 9238-8328 707 CLEMENTI W St 2. 4’NG’ Good renovation. $505K neg. All races/ PR.
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    • 311 13 3-RM CIRCUIT ROAD Blk 38. 60 sqm. Reno. Upgraded attached toilet. Eateries. Low cash 9851-1599 AJ 3’S’ 22 BALAM Rd, upgraded, Near MRT, mkt, sch, Renovated, aircon, lift level, All races, *****082 Kan 3’S’ BLK 30 Balam Rd. Upgraded. PR eligible. 100% move in. Lift flr. Amenities MRT. Eddy Ng
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    • 250 14 BEAUTIFUL 4’S’ TEBAN Gdn 52, high/ lift level. Move-in. Val $327K. View Sat/ Sun 3-5pm. *****859 Hj Zack LOW FLOOR LOVER! 5’I’ 239 Jurong E St 21. 1291sf. All races. Bright windy. Mins to MRT, mall amenities. RARE AVAIL! PR/ALL races, 229 3½rm, corner, high flr lift/reno/beside temple,val $375K, Chinese
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    • 213 14 $0 COV! DON’T miss! 5’I’ Blk 822. High flr. Move-in cond Val $455K. Amenities/ Gek Poh. Call 9389-9980 3A BLK 507 Good Location! 3A Blk 926 Orig, Simple! 3A Blk 837 Spacious, Quiet Call Hashim *****925 4’A’ BLK 155 Yung Loh Rd. 106 sqm. Squarish layout. Val $430K. All races/
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    • 225 14 5’I’ 989B PREMIUM face pk 5’I’ 678C/ Unblock, Reno 5’I’ 658A Reno. Bright Near MRT, Schs, Amenities 5’I’ BLK 673B. High floor. 110 sqm. Move in. Jurong Pt/ MRT. All race. Can contra. Jasmine 9008-0880 5’I’ CORNER. NEW list! 678C #12. 100% renov/ move-in. Val $524K. Serious seller. Call: Danis
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    • 303 14 BLK 58 MARINE Terr 3’I’ upgraded. 65 sqm. Schs/ amenities. Val $393K. Cobroke *****088 Song 3’I’ BLK 20 High flr. Bright breezzy. Upgraded w/ utility rm. Near Taonan Amenities. 9003-4002 DK $5K 5’I’ 139 Mid flr corner 4’A’ 750 Mid/ lift flr, Reno 4’A’ 641 High flr, Unblock 5’I’ 109
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    • 229 14 BLK 128B 5’I’ High flr. Nice. LRT/ NTUC/ eateries/ wet mkt/ amenities. Desperate seller! Call Jon 9450 4566 EA 181 EDGEFIELD Plains, 128sqm, 3rm+study, mid flr, move-in cond. All races. Serious seller. Val $617K. FIRE SALE! 5’I’ Blk 118 High Flr. A1 Decor. 112 sqm. Best facing. Valued $537k. Near
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    • 255 14 4’I’ BLK 8 Holland 82 sqm Val $582K. Near ameni ties/ MRT. View Sat Sun 2pm. Lynda 9756-7328 $500 CO-BROKE BONUS! Val $403k. Blk 3 Ghim Moh 3’I’ 2+1. 6 mins to MRT Renovated. 94-797-434. 50 STRATHMORE AVE 4’A’ #23. A1 decor 100% movein. 5 mins MRT/ supermart Valued $680K.
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    • 403 16 1/ 2/ 3-BDRM Coralis. Newly TOP! Love 1st sight! Viewing anytime. Keys on hand. Wei Ni 8482-4888 HAWAII TWR, 2239 sf. 3 bdrm, high flr beautiful full seaview, reno. 4 balcony, bright. $6K Julia 9170 3153 CORALIS JUST TOP 2-bdrm Next to 112 Katong/ Parkway. P/furn, high flr, windy Immed.
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