The Straits Times, 24 December 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2013 62 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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    Lock icon Inflation up in November
    52 1 INFLATION hit an eight-month high last month, fuelled by costlier accommodation and cars, sending Singapore’s consumer price index up by 2.6 per cent compared with November last year. Core inflation, which excludes accommodation and private road transport prices, also rose to its highest level in the
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    Lock icon Alleged Little India rioters granted bail
    52 1 THE 25 Indian nationals facing rioting charges over the Little India riot were granted bail with stiff conditions by the court yesterday, despite prosecutors’ arguments that they posed a flight risk. Charges against three other men were withdrawn. Charges against Mr Anbarasan Vel Murugan
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    Lock icon Benz beats BMW as best-selling car...so far
    67 1 MERCEDES-BENZ is on track to take top spot on the list of Singapore’s best-selling car brands this year, taking the position occupied by arch-rival BMW the past three years. According to the latest official figures, 3,506 Mercedes cars were registered as at the
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    Lock icon A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, A MOTHER’S GRIEF
    73 1 The mother (second from left) of a 31/2-year-old boy, who died in a tragic accident at a relative’s funeral, being comforted as she followed his hearse outside their home in Woodlands yesterday. Kryshan Nirmal Kumar died on Sunday after he was knocked down by
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    Lock icon Billionaire Peter Lim puts in bid for Spanish club Valencia
    404 1  -  By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg AFTER an unsuccessful bid to buy English football giants Liverpool, Singapore billionaire Peter Lim now has Spanish club Valencia in his sights. Currently 11th in the 20-team Primera Liga, the club announced on Sunday a
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    Lock icon Thai parties sign up for polls despite blockades
    539 1  -  Protesters fail to stop Yingluck’s party and several others from registering By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg THAI political parties signed up for the Feb 2 General Election even as anti-government protesters attempted to thwart them at every turn.
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      Lock icon Boy, 3, dies after bus runs over him at funeral
      661 2  -  He is hit by bus that ferried him to relative’s funeral after mum lets go of his hand By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg WHEN pre-school teacher Jayshri Ramasamy went to the Choa Chu Kang cemetery on Sunday for a relative’s
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      Lock icon Inflation hits 8-month high in November
      449 3  -  Costlier housing and cars behind surge but core inflation also up By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg PRICIER accommodation and cars drove inflation to an eight-month high last month, sending the consumer price index up 2.6 per cent over the same month last year. The
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      Lock icon Teen dies after aircraft crashes in Australia
      545 3  -  By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Jonathan Pearlman in Sydney HAVING last seen him five years ago, Mr Matt Farr was looking forward to a reunion with his teenage son in Singapore next February. Then, he received a call
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Thai parties register for polls
        51 4 CARETAKER Premier Yingluck Shinawatra’s Puea Thai was among the political parties which signed up for the Feb 2 snap polls, even as protesters tried to block them from registering. Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party has already said it will boycott the vote. TOP OF THE NEWS
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        Lock icon Teen dies in gyrocopter crash
        43 4 THE father of the Singapore teenager who died in a gyrocopter crash last Saturday in Australia had been looking forward to being reunited with his son, whom he had not seen since 2008. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Toll-hike unhappiness
          47 4 MALAYSIANS are bracing themselves for a hike in toll fees, even as more expressways will be added to the existing dozen around Kuala Lumpur. The toll hikes, expected to be between 50 sen (19 Singapore cents) and RM2, have led to inflation concerns. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Ticket spat in Indonesia
          57 4 ANGRY for not getting a plane ticket for a local airline, a leader of Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province ordered his staff to park their vehicles on the runway of the airport. Mr Marianus Sae, chief of Ngada regency, defended his actions, saying the airlines needed
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          Lock icon Battle for TV eyeballs
          46 4 TWO new Hong Kong free-to-air television channels are creating a buzz over impending competition for viewership where Korean TV shows rule the roost. At its peak, HK TV stations boasted a 53 per cent share during the primetime 7pm-11pm slot. PAGE A13
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          Lock icon Airline seating squeeze
          51 4 AIR travellers are increasingly feeling like packed sardines with the situation set to get worse as airlines relook every millimetre of space available. Space between the seats may be further cut, as will the maximum recline of seats. Some airlines are pushing for fewer toilets onboard. PAGE
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Fuelling China’s polilics
          54 4 CHINA’S aggressive territorial claims in the East and South China Seas have been much in the news lately, often portrayed as Beijing flexing its new-found political muscle. But there is compelling realpolitik behind it: It needs to secure oil supplies to fuel its growing economy, says writer
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          Lock icon DARK SIDE OF BIG PHARMA
          45 4 The pharmaceutical industry’s symbiotic relationship with doctors is not healthy, and GlaxoSmithKline’s reform is a welcome move. Whether it will see progress is doubtful, however, unless the receiving of inducements by doctors is made actionable. The Straits Times OPINION A19
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          Lock icon Rocky Sino-N. Korea ties
          96 4 NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly set 120 hounds on his uncle Jang Song Thaek until the latter was completely eaten up. This is called “quan-jue”, or execution by dogs. The publication of the horrifying details of Jang’s punishment in Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po
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          Lock icon Benz set to be bestseller
          38 4 AFTER three years at the top, BMW looks set to lose its crown as the best-selling car brand to Mercedes-Benz this year, according to official figures for the first 11 months. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Hubby denied flat share
          54 4 A MAN who left his wife years ago and has filed for divorce will not get a cent of their HDB flat, even though his CPF contribution in buying the flat was nine times hers. The court ruled her indirect contributions outweighed any share he would
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          Lock icon Man rapes stepdaughter
          49 4 A MAN began sexually abusing his 11-year-old stepdaughter six months after marrying her mother. He continued for three years until the woman decided to leave him last year. The prosecutor is seeking a sentence of 30 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane. PAGE B5
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            Lock icon Becoming a Gurkha
            38 4 GURKHAS were recently in the spotlight, in the aftermath of the Little India riot. In this story from our archives, Chong Zi Liang travels to Nepal to meet teens who vie to become a Gurkha.
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            67 4 REMEMBER how shocked Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and other stars were they heard about Singapore’s high car prices? ST Communities takes a look at how the story went viral, as it recounts its top stories of the year. stcommunities.sg A screen grab showing Hollywood actor
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            Lock icon Colourful traffic control
            55 4 A CITY in Bolivia has hired indigenous women known as “cholitas” decked out in traditional Andean skirts and brightly embroidered vests to bring order to its road chaos. View a gallery of the colourful women in action. An Aymara woman practises hand-and-arm signals for directing traffic. PHOTO:
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            Lock icon Planning for cremation
            55 4 JAPAN’S Emperor Akihito, who turned 80 yesterday, surprised the nation when the palace announced plans for his funeral he will break with a centuries-old burial custom and be cremated. This is to cut cost, and reduce space and burden. His decision was lauded by many in the
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            Lock icon Schooling in swimming
            53 4 THE parents of Singapore’s top swimmer Joseph Schooling tell The Straits Times why they sent Joseph for lessons and recount the day they started taking his swimming seriously. Singapore’s top swimmer Joseph Schooling with his mother May and father Colin. ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI ST PHOTO:
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            Lock icon Women come first
            38 4 MEN said their other halves are at the top of their Christmas shopping lists but the ladies don’t quite feel the same way. A recent survey found women are more likely to splurge on themselves.
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon F&N lists property arm
          32 4 CONGLOMERATE Fraser Neave is likely to list its property arm on Jan 9 after it ended a stand-off with bondholders that threatened to derail the spin-off. PAGE B6
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Remarkable turnaround
          67 4 FROM rejects for the Indonesia SEA Games two years ago to four medals at the just-ended Myanmar edition that is the stunning rise of Singapore diving. The medallists Timothy and Mark Lee, Myra Lee and Fong Kay Yian as well as teammates Arizir Fong and Kimberly Chan, were
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Faye’s ex denies claims
          66 4 FORMER actor Li Yapeng on Sunday denied accusations that he had enriched himself in the name of a cultural foundation he runs, amid a probe into the group’s irregularities. Accused of investing in real estate in the name of Shuyuan China Culture Development Foundation, the ex-husband
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          Lock icon Saluting Samaritans
          102 4 DURING this Christmas season of giving, it is a good time to highlight the Singaporeans who have stepped up to the plate in their own special ways. From the Chope Food For The Needy campaign in April, which encouraged people to buy hawker meals for the underprivileged, to
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      Lock icon Bail granted to workers still facing charges
      736 6  -  But judge sets strict conditions for the 25; charges dropped against 3 LITTLE INDIA RIOT By WALTER SIM, LIM YAN LIANG waltsim@sph.com.sg yanliang@sph.com.sg ALL 25 Indian nationals still facing charges over Dec 8’s Little India riot were yesterday granted bail, despite prosecutors, who
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      Lock icon Don’t jump to conclusions on cause of riot: Rights group Maruah
      481 6  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN, CHARISSA YONG tohyc@sph.com.sg charyong@sph.com.sg LOCAL human rights group Maruah has urged officials not to jump to what it says could be premature conclusions on what caused the Little India riot. At a forum last night,
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      Lock icon Thai polls ‘will not resolve’ deep divisions
      646 6  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg THE Feb 2 election will be more fraught than previous ones, analysts say, and will do little if anything to resolve deep and increasingly bitter political divisions in Thailand. When the Democrat
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      Lock icon Housing bubble must be kept in check: Khaw
      292 6  -  By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg IT IS important to prevent the housing bubble from getting out of hand, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in a Facebook post yesterday. So despite the unhappiness which declining prices could lead to, cooling measures are
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      Lock icon ‘Peter Lim knows what he is doing’
      630 8  -  Savvy investor’s foray into football a considered move: Analysts, friends By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg IT MAY sound risky to bail out a Spanish football club deep in debt but those familiar with investor Peter Lim’s career believe the Singaporean billionaire can make
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      Lock icon Spectacles save girl’s life in drive-by shooting case
      301 8 REUTERS SEATTLE Call it a miracle before Christmas. A bespectacled teenage girl was saved from fatal injury when her pair of spectacles deflected a bullet fired into her Seattle home. “I could have been dead. I’m glad that the spectacles saved me,”
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      Lock icon Holiday chaos as wild weather hits N. America, UK
      435 8 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Parts of Britain and the United States seem headed for a wild and wacky Christmas, weather-wise. Heavy rain and strong winds were forecast for southern England and Wales yesterday, possibly leading to disruptions in train services as
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      Lock icon Street artists get two walls along Rail Corridor as canvas
      482 9  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg STREET artists in Singapore will be able to practise their craft in a new space next year, but not all of them are keen on it. The Urban Redevelopment Authority said yesterday that it had partnered
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      Lock icon Sinkhole appears in C’wealth Ave West
      435 9  -  Road collapsed amid ongoing cabling works; heavy rain could be factor By JERMYN CHOW, RACHEL AU-YONG jermync@sph.com.sg rachelay@sph.com.sg A SECTION of road on Commonwealth Avenue West collapsed yesterday morning while workers were laying underground electricity cables. The sinkhole, the fifth to be reported this
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Highway fees take a toll on Malaysian motorists
      809 10  -  Expectations of toll-fee hikes are fuelling fears of runaway inflation By REME AHMAD ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR IN KUALA LUMPUR reme@sph.com.sg A DOZEN expressways surround Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur and the southern districts of Selangor state which collectively are known as Klang Valley
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      Lock icon The ABC of Malaysia’s highways
      138 10 IF SINGAPORE has its BKE, ECP and CTE, Greater KL drivers have a dozen highways to navigate through, all featuring toll stops that cost at least 50 sen (19 Singapore cents) each. Malaysia’s longest highway is the 775km Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama (Plus) or the North-South
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Jakarta warns local leader who blocked runway
        695 11  -  Blockade over airline ticket spat sparks uproar about abuse by provincial chiefs By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg A LOCAL leader in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, angry that he could not get an airline ticket to fly home, ordered a
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        Lock icon Rolls-Royce under probe by graft watchdog
        311 11 REUTERS LONDON Aerospace and defence group Rolls-Royce said Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched a formal investigation into concerns raised a year ago of possible bribery and corruption in China and Indonesia. Rolls-Royce, the world’s sec-ond-largest maker of aircraft engines, said last December
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        Lock icon Police ban wearing of caps in Manila malls
        189 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Police in the Philippine capital have banned the wearing of caps in shopping malls to stop criminals concealing their identity from security cameras. The ban was imposed after a gang of hammer-wielding robbers looted a jewellery store at a
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        Lock icon 2 S’poreans jailed, fined for bribery in JB
        194 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU Three Singaporeans were charged with offering bribes to law enforcement officials in a Malaysian court here yesterday. They were among the five people charged in separate cases; the two others being a Malaysian national with Singapore
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        Lock icon TESTING TIMES AT SEA
        122 11 Troops conducting tests on China’s first and only aircraft carrier, which has successfully carried out a series of tests during a training mission in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported yesterday. This month’s drills off the coast of Hainan Island mark not only the
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        Lock icon No quick fix for Beijing’s housing woes
        1512 12  -  Political will needed to rethink city’s affordable homes scheme AFFORDABLE HOMES IN CHINA With as many as 850 million Chinese expected to be urban dwellers by 2020, the need for the Chinese government to put a decent roof over the heads of China’s
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        Lock icon Slum residents hold out hope for change
        787 12 ESTHER TEO BEIJING In the heart of Beijing’s modern central business district, a tiny shanty town bustles, seemingly frozen in time, sticking out like a sore thumb amid or some say refreshing respite from the uniformly glass-clad skyscrapers towering over it. Mr Sun
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        Lock icon Daily crush living in tiny rental spaces
        457 12 ESTHER TEO BEIJING It was quite a crush, and certainly dismal, living in a 7 sq m basement room not much bigger than a bomb shelter in a regular Singapore HDB flat. But it was cheap at 350 yuan (S$73) per month and
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        Lock icon Chance for HK shows to reclaim limelight
        935 13  -  New free-to-air stations could help revive a stagnant TV industry By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Pearl Liu GROWING up in the 1980s and 1990s, Ms Connie Mok rendezvoused nightly with Hong Kong actors such as Alex Man, Carol
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        Lock icon China, Koreas tussle over ancient empire
        513 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JI’AN (China) Centuries ago, Kwanggaet’o the Great ruled over a mighty empire stretching from south of Seoul deep into Manchuria in China’s north-east. His Koguryo dynasty is now at the centre of a historical tug of war. He is revered as a
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        Lock icon Hot debate on ideal number of TV stations
        294 13  -  LI XUEYING THE question of how many television stations Hong Kong can support has been hotly debated in the city. With the new entrants, the city of 7.2 million will have four free-to-air TV stations. By contrast, Singapore with 5.3 million people
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        Lock icon 6 babies die: China probes vaccine link
        493 14 Watchdog halts use of hepatitis B jab given as part of national campaign BLOOMBERG, REUTERS BEIJING China is investigating links between the deaths of six babies and hepatitis B vaccines that they were given as part of a national campaign to immunise against
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        Lock icon China to take to task party bosses who ignore graft
        438 14 REUTERS BEIJING China’s ruling Communist Party would like to see more party bosses held accountable for allowing corruption to happen on their watch, something that rarely happens now, a senior official told a newspaper yesterday. The Central Commission for Discipline
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        Lock icon MARKING EMPEROR’S BIRTHDAY
        133 14 Thousands thronged Japan’s Imperial Palace yesterday to celebrate Emperor Akihito’s 80th birthday, as he lauded his wife for standing by him in his “lonely” pursuit of leading the world’s oldest monarchy. The 79-year-old Empress Michiko (centre), a wealthy flour magnate’s daughter, was the first commoner in modern
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        Lock icon Purge ‘sparked by mineral disputes’
        353 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL The shock purge and execution of the North Korean leader’s uncle stemmed from his attempts to take control of the country’s lucrative coal export business, South Korea’s spy chief has told lawmakers. Jang Song Thaek, the once-powerful uncle and political
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        Lock icon Fledgling party to form Delhi state government
        685 15  -  AAP head to be youngest Delhi chief minister, in shake-up of India politics By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg FLEDGLING political party Aam Aadmi is to form the government of Delhi state, three weeks after local polls ended the 15-year
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        Lock icon French cops to lift copter wreck from river bed for investigations
        545 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BORDEAUX (France) French police have launched a delicate operation to lift a helicopter from a river bed for clues into a crash that is thought to have killed a Chinese tycoon and a French winemaker. Efforts to
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        Lock icon Thai police defuse car bomb in Phuket
        245 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Thai authorities have defused a makeshift car bomb found near a police station on the popular tourist island of Phuket. The device was found on Sunday after the authorities searched a suspicious vehicle left in the carpark of a police
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon 37 nabbed over illegal phone op
          86 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Bangladesh security forces have arrested 37 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals after raiding an illegal Internet telephone operation they were allegedly running, an official said yesterday. Officers from the Rapid Action Battalion arrested the foreigners over the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
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          Lock icon Struggling Acer names new CEO
          111 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan’s struggling personal computer maker Acer yesterday named a new chief executive officer following hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for the third quarter. Mr Jason Chen, who takes over as both CEO and president from Jan 1, is currently senior
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          Lock icon Year-end security boost for churches
          108 15 JAKARTA The Greater Jakarta region will deploy 5,800 police to guard 1,680 churches in the metropolitan area for the holiday season during Christmas and New Year, police said yesterday. Greater Jakarta police chief Putut Eko Bayuseno said that mobile brigades and special response units will
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      Lock icon Two men at centre of conflict in S. Sudan
      859 16 Rivalry between President, ex-deputy appears to be fuelling deadly clashes WASHINGTON POST JUBA (South Sudan) They were an unlikely pair to lead the world’s newest nation from different tribal groups and different regions, having taken vastly different paths to power. South
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      Lock icon Obama vows more action if needed, UN pledges more peacekeepers
      389 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JUBA (South Sudan) US President Barack Obama has vowed to take more action in South Sudan if needed amid growing fighting after deploying extra US troops, as the United Nations promised to send more peacekeepers. The announcements came
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    • TAPPING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
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        360 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BETHLEHEM (Palestinian territories) After a decade of unrest, Bethlehem has seen a surge in visits to Christ’s traditional birthplace, raising hopes of a tourism bonanza in the West Bank town despite Israel’s separation barrier. The Palestinian territories’ top tourist destination is
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        265 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALACCA Christmas will not be as bright in the 75-year-old Portuguese Settlement this year with many of its usual light decorations having gone dim due to the lack of allocation from the state authorities in Malaysia. Many residents are
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      402 16 REUTERS MADRID Lottery ticket holders in two Spanish towns a working-class suburb outside Madrid and a town recently hit by layoffs in the Basque country were the big winners of the ¤640 million (S$1.1 billion) El Gordo Christmas draw on Sunday. People
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      389 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Two jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been released following an amnesty law that both described as a Kremlin public relations stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics. Ms Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Ms
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      331 17 REUTERS LONDON British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has issued an apology after triggering a torrent of outrage when a Muslim checkout worker refused to sell champagne for religious reasons. Thousands of customers threatened to boycott M&S, Britain’s biggest clothing retailer that
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        70 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s disgraced former Europe minister Denis MacShane was yesterday jailed for six months after admitting he falsely claimed thousands of pounds in parliamentary expenses. MacShane, 65, made bogus claims worth £12,900 (S$26,680) to fund trips to Europe, including a visit to Paris to judge
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        73 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME Premier Enrico Letta has pledged to overhaul conditions in Italy’s overcrowded refugee holding centres following outrage over a video of migrants being hosed down naked in the cold to disinfect them. Speaking at his year-end news conference yesterday, Mr Letta said the
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        106 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABU DHABI A United Arab Emirates court yesterday jailed an American and four other men for one year after they made a YouTube video that mocked Dubai teenagers. Shezanne Cassim, a 29-year-old from Minnesota, has been held since April after being charged with
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        68 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK An Internet entrepreneur accused of being behind an online marketplace for illegal drugs has asked the United States government to return more than US$30 million (S$38 million) in bitcoin seized from his computers. Ross Ulbricht was arrested in October following
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      742 18 Agreement on iPhone with Chinese carrier will give it big lift into market NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Just about any way you slice it, 763 million customers is a huge potential pie. On Sunday, Apple and China Mobile announced a deal
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        71 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea’s Hyundai group has announced a restructuring plan to sell off financial units for more than US$3 billion (S$3.8 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt and focus on shipping, logistics and elevator machinery businesses. The firm has put
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        89 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s interbank interest rates surged again yesterday despite hefty cash injections last week by the central bank, suggesting money market stress remains as the authorities maintain a prudent stance. The seven-day repurchase agreement rate a benchmark for interbank borrowing costs rose to
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        92 18 BLOOMBERG CANBERRA Australia’s four largest banks will need to carry an extra 1 per cent of core tier 1 capital from Jan 1, 2016, according to the country’s banking regulator. Australia New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac
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      604 18 NEW YORK TIMES WATERLOO (Ontario) BlackBerry is down, but its hometown is far from out. Last Friday, BlackBerry released another grim earnings report, posting US$4.4 billion (S$5.6 billion) in losses and a 56 per cent drop in revenue for its fiscal third quarter.
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      371 18 BLOOMBERG AMSTERDAM Swatch Group has won an arbitration award of about 402 million Swiss francs (S$568 million) from Tiffany Co, after the timepiece maker claimed a breach of contract over their joint venture. The award is more than what Tiffany
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      448 19 FOR the billions drug firms pour into research and development, it is not often that they strike a bonanza. For every hot seller like Lipitor, for lowering cholesterol levels, there are lots more forgettable pills and failed drug projects. But don’t feel sorry for
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      1259 19  -  China’s assertiveness may seem irrational but there is compelling realpolitik behind it: It needs to secure oil supplies to fuel its growing economy. By JOSEPH CHONG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a former investment manager and CEO of a wealth management firm.
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      845 19  -  By PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK TIMES THIS is a tale of three money pits. It’s also a tale of monetary regress of the strange determination of many people to turn the clock back on centuries of progress. The first money pit is an
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      1125 20  -  By MARK BEESON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is professor of international politics at Australia’s Murdoch University. THE First World War is not likely to be the primary topic of conversation at many family gatherings this Christmas. hat is, of course, as it
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      1094 20  -  The purge of North Korea’s second in command sent shock waves around the world. One writer looks at the impact on bilateral ties while the other details how the noose had tightened on Jang Song Thaek. By CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com THE execution
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      674 20  -  By SHIM JAE HOON The writer is a Seoul-based journalist. IN A country where purges are as commonplace as polling in democratic countries, the summary execution of North Korea’s No. 2 figure Jang Song Thaek, 67, was breathtaking in its brutality.
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        177 21  -  Elsie Loo (Ms) I READ about the lack of female representation in Singapore’s boardrooms some time ago, and am not surprised that the problem still exists (“Panel to help tackle lack of women in S’pore boardrooms”; last Friday). Women who are already on
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        74 21 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR PETER CHIO: We can do without licensed gambling websites. 2. MS LI DAN YUE: Cyclists shouldn’t assume they have right of way. 3. MR DENIS DISTANT: Improve handling of train delays. 4. MR PHIL ROBERTS: Train operations No place for complacency. 5.
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        323 21  -  Liew Kai Khiun UNTIL it was placed in the spotlight recently, the problem of alcoholism has been largely ignored. While media attention has focused on alcohol consumption in Little India and Clarke Quay, ordinary Singaporeans in the heartland have been suffering in silence from the disturbances caused
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        207 21  -  Francis Cheng THE health authorities have banned electronic cigarettes and descriptions such as “light” and “mild” on cigarette packs sold here, to combat the misperception that such products are less harmful than “normal” cigarettes. Thus, I wonder why shisha smoking, which is even more harmful than cigarette
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        297 21  -  Escee Lam Sook Ching (Madam) I AGREE with the comment by Dr Lam Pin Min, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health, that there is a perception that “many insurance underwriters are overly cautious to the extent of being unfair or unreasonable in
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        209 21  -  Zaibun Siraj (Ms) ORCHARD Road has never been as dirty as it is now. Cigarette butts, plastic bags, paper and balloon shreds can be seen on the pavement close to the flower beds outside Ngee Ann City. And there are
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        266 21  -  Teo Jin Chong I AM perplexed by the Ministry of National Development’s decision to greatly reduce the supply of land for next year, following developers’ concerns about oversupply in private housing (“Sharp cut in govt land supply for next year”; last Thursday). The recent
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        170 21  -  John Yeo Kee Chiang PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said more social spending does not mean better results (“More govt not always better govt: PM Lee”; last Friday). Yes, it is wise not to waste money on Western-style welfare programmes. But is the
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        330 21 Is it a good idea to have infant seats with iPad holders? What are the benefits and drawbacks of introducing electronic devices to very young children? There are no benefits for the child... It will hurt their eyes, motor skills and social skills. Nathira Binte Salim We should
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      616 1  -  Final figures for the year could still see a reversal, but not likely: Analysts By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg AFTER three years of ceding the crown to arch-rival BMW, Mer-cedes-Benz looks set to emerge as this year’s best-selling car brand. Latest figures
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      389 2  -  By NAVIN SREGANTAN navinsre@sph.com.sg LIKE other parents who have kids with special needs, Madam Siti Nor’aini Abdul Samat, 43, is a very busy mum. She juggles work as a part-time clinic assistant and caring for her two youngest children. Adam, 18, uses a wheelchair
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      Lock icon Husband denied share of flat after divorce
      548 2  -  After 19 years apart, wife’s household contributions far outweigh his: Judge By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A MAN who left his wife 19 years ago has filed for divorce, but will not get a cent from their flat. The High Court,
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      443 2  -  By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg A FAMILY whose teenage daughter’s hand was crushed by a sugarcane juicer at their drinks stall on Sunday night had swopped their machine for a safer one just three weeks ago. The new juicer has
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      412 2  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg UPSIZED feeder bus services will be available to commuters in Choa Chu Kang, Pasir Ris and Tampines from the third quarter of next year. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday called a tender inviting private bus operators to bid
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      928 3  -  With Christmas just one day away, preparations and celebrations are in full swing. From dressing up a church in the glow of 75,000 Christmas lights to sending food hampers to needy families, here are some ways Yuletide joy is being spread. Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh reports
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      Lock icon ‘Haze’ voted the Chinese character for 2013
      365 3  -  PEARL LEE “HAZE” received the most votes from Lianhe Zaobao readers asked to sum up 2013 in a Chinese character. The second most popular choice was “greed” given the corruption cases involving high-pro-file public servants such as Edwin Yeo, an assistant director with
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      Lock icon Spectra opens its doors to pioneer batch of students
      540 4  -  Specialised school has 25 teachers on staff, looking to add 17 more by 2015 By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg SPECTRA Secondary School was Madam M. S. Suhanthi’s first choice for her son, Deevinesh Judevincent, when she heard that the school caters specially
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      479 4  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WHEN one worker complained on social media that he was not getting his Central Provident Fund (CPF) payouts, Manpower Ministry (MOM) investigations found that he had closed his bank account without informing the CPF Board. This was just one instance
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      359 4  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE permanent resident from China was yesterday fined $72,000 for his part in a conspiracy to forge certificates of a host of schools, including the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and Murdoch University in
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      447 5  -  He started sexually exploiting her 6 months after marrying her mother By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A REAL estate agent began sexually exploiting his 11-year-old stepdaughter about six months after he married her mother in early 2008. The man started groping her under her
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      Lock icon ‘Dumpling’ artwork has all the right stuff
      487 5  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg THE humble bak chang (a Chinese rice dumpling) has provided the inspiration for the winning creation of the Art Of Giving exhibition. The dumpling-shaped cushion contains small bean bags, which can be used to play the traditional children’s game
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      428 5  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg SHE stole more than $38,000 worth of jewellery from her adoptive mother in order to give the 66-year-old a monthly allowance of $500. In sentencing 24-year-old Sarina Chan Jee Chin to 21 months of probation and 130 hours
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      333 5  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH HE TRIED to stop his friend from quarrelling with another man but Sathasivam Rajashagaram, 34, ended up stabbing his friend instead. Mr Sasikumar, who goes by one name, suffered 12 wounds in the neck and face. The 23-year-old has recovered
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      Lock icon F&N eyes property arm listing on Jan 9
      541 6  -  Bondholder standoff ends with early buyback, waiver of default clauses By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg CONGLOMERATE Fraser Neave (F&N) expects to list its property arm on Jan 9 after it ended a standoff with bondholders yesterday that threatened to derail the move. The
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      437 6  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg MORE properties owned by private investment funds can be expected to go on sale next year. A number of these funds, which tend to sell property in their portfolio after seven to 10 years, are
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      398 7  -  Purchase boosts presence in area, as rivalry among industrial trusts rises By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust (CIT) is buying an industrial building in Bukit Merah for $32.4 million, its manager said yesterday. The property in 11, Chang Charn Road is
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      359 7  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg PROPERTY management firm ARA Asset Management has agreed to buy a South Korea-based real estate management firm as it seeks to grow its business in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. ARA, partly owned by billionaire Li Ka Shing, plans to
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        410 8  -  They put in $4.4b compared with public sector expenditure of $2.8b By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg LOCAL firms were the big spenders when it came to investment in research and development last year. They invested $4.4 billion compared with public
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        377 8  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg OCBC’s Indonesia unit is planning to issue bonds worth 3 trillion rupiah ($300 million) early next year. The fund-raising exercise is to maintain the bank’s capital adequacy ratio at 18 per cent, said chief executive Parwati Surjaudaja, Reuters
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        Lock icon Malacca Trust shareholders in concerted bid to delist firm
        378 8  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg LARGE shareholders of financial services firm Malacca Trust are teaming up in a bid to privatise the firm just two years after it listed here. The exit offer of 30 cents per share is significantly higher than
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          82 8 SOFT commodities company Olam International has agreed to reduce its stake in New Zealand’s Open Country Dairy (OCD). Olam will sell up to 14.99 per cent of OCD to Talley’s Group, OCD’s largest shareholder, in a deal worth up to NZ$46.5 million (S$48 million). Olam holds 24.99 per
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          34 8 COMMODITIES company Noble Group has signed a US$650 million (S$823 million) three-year unsecured term loan facility involving 10 banks. Noble will use the funds to refinance debt and for general corporate purposes.
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        459 9  -  Stocks here primed for comeback with IMF’s bright US forecast BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares continued their newfound winning streak on the back of data showing the United States grew a faster-than-ex-pected 4.1 per cent in the third quarter.
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          85 9 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 710.97 530.92 841.84 1038.59 221.46 195.83 277.38 3.23 -0.02 -3.22 -9.16 0.76 0.28 -0.59 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 184.50 468.55 816.73 790.57 1199.43 739.98
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          21 9 Stock trading volume 2.3 billion shares worth $660.2 million Up down Up: 193 Down: 195 Unchanged: 406
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          55 9 Yesterday’s close Index Change 109.38 13.54 4.913 -0.654 *****.56 1996.89 2089.707 1025.582 Hang Seng Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp 1832.86 4189.608 -5.17 -5.948 Yesterday’s close Index Change SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq Nikkei 225 1325.51 5291.949 *****.14 4104.741 *****.42
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            170 9 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 23,2013 Top Rises Dec 23 CENTS DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 4544 202.5 3.6 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 3012 129.1 3.5 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 5835 115.2 1.6 CENTS DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4659 65.8 1.1 DBXT
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            47 9 By Volume CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................7.1 393,098,000 Vol Charisma Energy 7.1 393,098,000 CCM Grp Rowsley W*****3 .............12.8 77,824,000 202,900,000 Mirach Energy ...................15.2 68,990,000 5.1 Vallianz Hldgs ...................15.9 66,643,000 Viking 14.5 Charisma W*****3 ............4.6 53,892,000 HanKore 7.8 94,616,000 GEL HPH Trust US$ ..................65.5 25,178,000 87,031,000
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            70 9 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E 86 60 HPH Trust US$ US65.5 +1 ***** 66 65 10.1 19.3
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            54 9 Dec 23 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1300 1.1302 0.8929 0.8930 1 1892 1.1894 0.9398 0.9397 1.7315 1.7317
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      715 16  -  2011 Games snub spurred Singapore divers on to long-awaited medal haul SEA GAMES By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg TWO years ago, they were deemed not good enough to represent Singapore at the 2011 SEA Games. Yesterday, divers Timothy Lee and Myra Lee, together with Timothy’s twin Mark,
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      289 16  -  CHUA SIANG YEE FOUR years ago, diving in Singapore was in the doldrums. Starved of sustainable infrastructure, the diving team, who last represented the nation at the SEA Games in 2003, had ceased training from 2006. Luckily for the sport, the 2010 Youth Olympic
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      50 16 Team Singapore’s Chef de Mission for the SEA Games in Myanmar, Annabelle Pennefather (above), arriving at Changi Airport Terminal 2 yesterday morning. She returned with athletes from diving, billiards snooker (including gold medallist Peter Gilchrist, right), sepak takraw, table tennis and taekwondo. ST PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN
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      386 16  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg CONTINUING one’s dominance in a sport is one thing; breaking new ground in non-traditional areas of strength is another. And it was Team Singapore’s ability to do the latter at this year’s SEA Games, which stood out most to Acting Minister
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      493 11 Home team battle to overtime win after Timberwolves blow 4-pt lead ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES The situation looked bleak at best for coach Doc Rivers’ Los Angeles Clippers down by four points with 18 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Then, a couple of defensive stops,
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      437 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY If the Toronto Raptors can play at home the way they have been playing on the road, they might just remain atop the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Atlantic Division for a while. Kyle Lowry scored 22 points, making a pair of
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      324 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE Graeme Swann yesterday denied he was referring to any of his current England team-mates with his caustic comment “they have no idea how far up their own backsides they are”. The off-spinner stunned the sport by announcing his retirement last Sunday
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      966 13 She’s not fully fit but settles down with new team in hunt for more titles NEW YORK TIMES BRADENTON (Florida) What can be learnt over a long December lunch with Maria Sharapova, in a nearly empty Italian chain restaurant where the waiters try to play
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      845 13  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH gone. rohitb@sph.com.sg NOVAK Djokovic is a lean whippet of a man, Boris Becker was a pit bull. Djokovic once put on a wig for fun and danced in public; Becker rumouredly wore wigs in public so no one could
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      215 13 Basketball NBA Indiana 106 Boston 79, Oklahoma 98 Toronto 104, LA Clippers 120 Minnesota 116 (OT). Cricket 1st Test In Johannesburg, 5th day: India 280 421. South Africa 244 450-7 (overnight 138-2: F. du Plessis 134, A. de Villiers 103; M. Shami 3-107). Match drawn and 2-match series tied.
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      289 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON Teenage Kiwi golf star Lydia Ko has split with the only coach she has had since she took up the sport as a five-year-old. She told Television New Zealand yesterday she was sad to have ended her
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        72 14 REUTERS LONDON West Ham United player James Tomkins has been charged with resisting arrest and being drunk and disorderly after an incident, police said yesterday. The 24-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning at a nightclub in his home town of Brentwood, just outside London.
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        61 14 REUTERS HOUSTON Peyton Manning broke Tom Brady’s National Football League record for touchdown passes in a season with his 51st, as the Denver Broncos clinched the American Football Conference West title and a first-round play-off bye on Sunday. The 37-year-old quarterback threw for four touchdowns and
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        38 14 REUTERS LONDON Tour de France champion Chris Froome has strengthened his ties with Team Sky by agreeing a new deal with the British cycling outfit. His Tour win followed Bradley Wiggins’ last year.
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      483 14 Caretaker boss wants Spurs job, van Gaal may join after World Cup THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Tim Sherwood has urged Tottenham Hotspur to clarify his future as quickly as possible by claiming that he does not want the manager’s job for “five minutes”. The caretaker
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      402 14 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jose Mourinho has claimed that he wants to emulate Arsene Wenger by staying at Chelsea for the long haul before possibly managing England at a World Cup one day. The Portuguese has yet to complete more than three
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      300 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Roberto Martinez described Ross Barkley as “a diamond” after the midfielder enhanced his reputation by scoring directly from a free kick in Everton’s 2-1 English Premier League win at Swansea on Sunday. The 20-year-old had previously been compared to former England star
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      525 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA Pedro Rodriguez filled in for Barcelona’s missing star forwards by netting a quick fire hat-trick in the 5-2 win at Getafe, while Real Madrid shrugged off the loss of the injured Gareth Bale as they beat Valencia 3-2 on
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      546 15  -  Some question why team-mates who played less get paid more By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg THEY were expecting a nice bonus, after helping Woodlands Wellington to their best finish in seven S-League seasons. So imagine Taufiq Rahmat’s and Ridhwan Osman’s surprise when they learnt that their
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      553 15  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC pen stsports@sph.com.sg EVEN if you are not a Liverpool fan, you have to be a fan of Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan is in the form of his life right now with 19 goals in just 12
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      413 15 LONDON As Manchester United seek to persuade Wayne Rooney to sign a new deal, manager David Moyes has described the forward as a “leader” who is on the verge of legendary status at the club. Contract talks between player and club have begun,
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      230 15  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam yesterday paid tribute to veteran swimming official Woon Sui Kut, who died last Saturday. “Sui Kut was a stalwart of the swimming scene in Singapore and mentored many of our national swimmers,” he wrote
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      291 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Cardiff manager Malky Mackay’s job appears to be safe for now at least with the club assuring him of his future last Sunday and attempting to ease tensions. Mackay’s position at the English Premier League club looked doomed last
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      299 1 Li Yapeng in hot water Faye Wong’s ex probed for ‘irregularities’ C10 The next leap Singapore Dance Theatre grooms scholars C4 Culture Vulture Why M1 Fringe is still going strong after 10 years C5 Chinese-American writer Amy Tan’s latest book is inspired by photographs of her grandmother in attire normally
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      153 1 K N 0 K U Y A i IN SINGAPORE w Season's Readings During our promotion between 24th and 25th December 2013 (Tuesday and Wednesday), you can also enjoy 10°/o off stationery items at Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store and Kinokuniya Liang Court Store. Please note that terms and conditions apply.
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        1559 2  -  Photos of her grandmother in a courtesan’s outfit inspire Amy Tan to take a risque look at the industry in Shanghai in her novel Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Amy Tan has not read Fifty Shades Of Grey but she did go through a lot of historical erotica
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        451 2 There are few surprises in The Valley Of Amazement. Like most of Amy Tan’s other novels, this is a story about daughters who believe their mothers do not love them and mothers whose upbringing and culture restrict them from freely expressing the affection they have for
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        365 3 Amy Tan has written six novels, two books for children and a memoir. These are her other best-selling works of fiction for adults. “I have very personal reasons for writing. I don’t think fiction is representative or should be interpreted as representative, as a model of social
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        605 3 New York Times New York In 1966, the Arno overflowed its banks, flooding Florence, and one of Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari’s most imposing works, The Last Supper, was in its path. Hanging in the museum of the Church of Santa Croce
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        814 4  -  Scholars Programme by Singapore Dance Theatre offers training for those aged 13 to 19 Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg In a few years’ time, Singapore Dance Theatre performances might feature more local faces. The company has started a Scholars Programme, a training course for dancers aged 13
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        841 4  -  Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian is widely feted for his writings, but it is his ink-wash paintings that charmed Parisian art and literary critic Daniel Bergez (right) to devote a tome to it. The book, Gao Xingjian: Painter Of The
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        122 5 ‘I don’t go to church for scripts. I go for scripture, but not scripts’ Actor Mark Wahlberg (left), who gets hounded with potential projects during mass ‘I don’t know how the actors did it eight times a week on stage without ending up in rehab. I’ve
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        960 5  -  The decade-old festival debunks the notion of ‘fringe’ as second rate Culture Vulture Clarissa Oon clare@sph.com.sg Ten years ago, I sat across the table from theatre veterans Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma and wondered why they wanted to organise a festival of offbeat
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        683 5  -  Lisabel Ting Expect hunky bodies and locker-room machismo in the new play, Take Me Out, which will be staged at the DBS Arts Centre and the Alliance Francaise Theatre next month. But the debut production of new company Tim Garner Productions is more
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          86 5 Poet Alvin Pang and artist and architect Lai Chee Kien present Memories And Lost Spaces: A Site-Based Reading, which is in line with the theme of this year’s Singapore Biennale, If The World Changed. Luminaries of the Singapore arts and literary scene such as Alfian Sa’at,
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          183 5 The 7th International Lion Dance Competition is back again this year, and a dozen lion dance troupes from 10 countries, including Singapore, China, Indonesia and Thailand will be vying for top honours. The two-day tournament and two-day exhibition will showcase spectacular lion dance stunts, as well
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          107 5 The biennial Singapore Steinway Youth Piano Competition returns for the second time next year, with auditions starting in February. The competition targets aspiring pianists 17 years and below and allows them to perform up to 20 minutes of audition repertoire. The nine national-level winners
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          130 5 Ikkan Gallery presents a group show, Neo Folk 2, which features the work of artists in Asia who have been artists in Asia who have been rediscovering their roots and traditional crafts by remixing and creating images inspired by their heritage. These artists, such
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        916 8 Former Italian senator involved in the biggest rare-book theft scandal says he helped make the thief’s career New York Times Milan For years, the books kept coming. A precious edition by Thomas More. Leather-bound volumes from the Italian Renaissance. Some stolen from the Baroque-era Girolamini
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        471 8  -  Chang Tou Liang Review Concert SING MESSIAH Celebration Chorus, Messiah Singers Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Sunday The performance of Handel’s oratorio Messiah has been synonymous with the Yuletide season such that the Christian celebration seems incomplete without it. It had been a
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        635 8 New York Times New York Mr Qian Peishen, the Chinese artist who federal prosecutors say created dozens of fake paintings that were sold as modernist masterpieces, said that he had no idea his works were being marketed as the real thing, according to a report in
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      745 6  -  VOLUNTEERING AS A HOBBY Cheryl Faith Wee Between noon and 1pm daily, Mr Tan Choon Kiang, 62, rides his bicycle around Chai Chee, delivering food to 11 needy residents. It all started in December 2011, when the vice-chairman of the Lengkong Tiga Residents’ Committee found
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      550 6  -  Though a report ranks Singapore second last in helping strangers, many here are doing their part Lisabel Ting and Cheryl Wee lting@sph.com.sg cherylw@sph.com.sg Christmas is the season of giving, and this year, Singaporeans have stepped up to the plate in their own special way. From the
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      532 5 08/’01 NISSAN CABSTAR 10ft Metal body with hood. COE 8/’2021. 9487-5507 2005 KIA FRONTIER 1 Owner. W/checker plate Good cond. $9.8K. 9008-8701 5/’05 ISUZU NPR71 L/D. 14ft High Hood. Ideal for COE renewal. *****300 MID ’06 NISSAN PU41 box, low deck, good cond. $ono. Trade in avail. *****156 $0 DEPOSIT!
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      560 5 2011 NISSAN NV200 1.5. Tip top cond. Low mileage 100% loan with easy loan payment. High trade in welcome. Call 6555-3300 02/01 MITSUBISHI L300 Diesel 1 owner COE 3/2017 New paint A1 engine Sell $21,800 Ng *****033 APR 2008 OPEL Combo 1.3 Auto. excellent cond. best value. doorstep viewing avail.
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      1287 6 Properties Classification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Houses for Sale 402 D01 Raffles PI/ Marina/ Chinatown 402 D02 Anson/Tg Pagar 402 D03 Queenstown/Tiong Bahru 402 D04 Sentosa/Telok Blangah 402 DOS Pasir Panjang/West Coast/ Clementi Town 402 D06 High Street/ North Bridge Rd 402 D07 Rochor/ Bugis/ Beach Rd 402 DOB
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      265 6 CHEONG ERA 9837-9888 Epitome of Luxury Living! Cypress Ave resort bunglw 6296/ 6000 sf. Highest pt. Unblocked view. 40ft Pool. GALLOP GCB 2½-STOREY Beautiful elevated land, approx 15,130 sf. Serene Douglas Wong *****193 DALVEY ***** SF. Rare!! Gallop ***** sf. Serene Nassim 15-30K sf. Galore! fr $2xxxpsf GCP *****777 RARE
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      286 6 LOR SALLEH SEMI-D F’hold. Brand new. $4.xxm. 3200 /5000sf Pte lift /lap pool. Buy now! *****332 Zick EAST COAST SPECIALS! 1)5100sf, 8 rms, pool, 3.5 sty, Like New. $10xx psf. 2)6200sf 5 rms, 3 sty Gem only $111x psf. *****000 CONSERVED HSE JOO Chiat 1) 4 bdrms Pool, 3776 sf
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      261 6 KEW GATE CLUSTER landed. 4 bdrm+ utility. 2 yrs reno. Good size patio space rms. Chin 9185 4434 DTZ $13XX/ $7XX PSF King size FH 3½ sty semi-d 5000/ 9000 sf. Lifts, high ceiling, pool. View. Tim *****633 7 LUXURY FH 4 level Strata landed to own! Full level masterbdrm.
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      239 6 PAVILION RISE SEMI-D 2153 sf, Good layout Well kept. Fhold. Easy access. Near amenities,Quiet. Dont miss SPRINGLEAF GDN SEMI-D FH 4+2. 3550/3100sf. face S. Orig cond. Near future MRT. VTO. Tan 9662 6321 $2.69M! FH CLUSTER semid, Gallavale. Corner. Reno. 5+1. 3229 sf. Facilities. Future MRT. Jodia 9010-1118 RARE! SINGLE
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      217 6 RARE 2-BDRM study. The Azure 1313 sqft. Ideal for single/ couple. Renovated quiet *****663 YY/ERA JUST TOP! INTERLACE 2rm 1044sf Spacious. Greenery Sea view. Privacy. $1.4xM neg. Kah Seng ***** 222 CARABELLE 3+1+ BALCONY 1292sf. Renovated/ pool view/ Windy/ Nan Hua Pri Clementiwoods 3+ Patio+ direct access to pool. Rare!
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      185 6 THE MARQ 6157SF Brand New! $29M. Serious Seller Act Fast! *****991 Angela D.10 CASABELLA FOR sale 4-bdrm 2067 sqft, Asking $3.43M, Call 9626 5755 Silvia Ang THE GLENTREES 1711 sf 4+1. Nice. Greenery, pte, 999 yr Near Henry Park. $2.52M. Lily 9671-3228 REA ***BALMORAL HILLS CONDO Penthouse with Pte Pool!
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      154 6 THE HILLFORD RETIREMENT Resort 1/2bdrm/DualKey fr $4xxK. Call Reg as VIP! www.AaronWan.sg THE HILLFORD BT Timah launch soon 1,2rm dual key from $4xxK,Downtown line MRT. Retirement Resort ST. FRANCIS CT 2bdrm 818 sf. Cozy, nicely furn. Quiet Pool/Greenery view $797K Pauline Heam 9389-1308 CLOSING!!! LAST OFFER@ $96xK. FH condo 893
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      628 7 DIST.15 THE WATERSIDE 2142 sf 3+1, Vacant possession, Asking $2.98M, Call 9626 5755 Silvia Ang SILVERSEA-TOP SOON 3+1 1496sf sea view Near good schools/ shopping. $2.98M Call Owner 9487-0579 THE VESTA Lor K Telok Kurau Penthse 1507 sf 3+1 rm. FH. Amenities. $1.68M neg. Alexandra *****099 FH CONDO 3+1 Katong.
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      122 7 LA FIESTA, SENGKANG New Launch! Near MRT, Nan Chiau School. Limited 2/ 3/ 4/ 5 bdrms. *****924 D21 listing can be found after D11 WESTMERE 3 RM, 1109 sf. Jurong E MRT. New mall/ offices/ hospital. Below $1K psf. Keller *****222 SINGLE LEVEL PENTHSE Parc Vista. 2046 sf. 3+1+ balconies
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      174 7 HAZEL PK CONDO. 999 yrs. 1324 sf 3bdrm+1. Well kept. Serious seller. Quiet. High flr. Call Stanley 9819 1883 SERIOUS SELLER 2+STUDY Rosewood Suites, 1001 sf, N/S Facing. Windy. Call 8133-4112 Jermain, HTNS. CASTLE GREEN 3RM High flr Nice unblocked view. Good cond. Immed. $1.xM neg. Sole agt Henson *****070
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      161 7 BELOW VAL! 4A 236 Dr todr 107sqm, got LUP,amenities Chinese ratio filled. 3 min Bishan Park. 9109-3122 Aw 5A ST 23 Blk 213. High flr, unblocked, breezy. 1450 sf. Bishan Pk, Catholic High, Ai Tong.Jeffrey 9091 5656 3’A’ 206 #11/ 4’A’ Corner 211 #07, f/reno. Near West Mall/amenities Valued Can
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      159 7 3’A’ BLK 112 Bt Purmei 74 sqm. Good cond/amenities Serious Seller. $neg. Sole Agent. 9686-1747 CH Lim 5’I’, 75B REDHILL Rd. 115 sqm High flr, tastefully reno, no west sun. Val $795K Brenda Choo 9088 0303 87 TELOK BLANGAH #20+ 5rm 110sqm bright windy Corner unit, mins to MRT Ask
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      172 7 BLK 519 4-rm 92 sqm. High flr corner breezy, low cash Blk 514 3’NG’ 68 sqm, low cash! Tony Tan 8112-4124 DOVER CRES BLK 23, 4’I’ Dr to dr. 3+utility. 88 sqm. Reno 1 yr. Unblocked. Val $535K. Wendy 8533 5398 LHG PROPERTIES-HDB Div 3’NG’ 309 Lift. Below $10K. Move-in/
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      185 7 3’NG’ BLK 225A. Highest flr. Move in cond. Near MRT/mkt Convenient. VTO 8656-5009/ 9847-8899. ALL 4’A’ JURONG W. LUP 541 #02 Dr to dr. $408K 450 #03 Dr to dr. $407K View by appt *****122 Aw **BLK 273C, 5’I’, 111 sqm. Mid flr, corner, well-kept. PR/ Indian ratio filled. Val
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      193 7 3RM 2-STY TERRACE Rare! Blk 54 Jln Ma’mor. 88 sqm Balinese designer decor. Sweet! Ricky *****062 **PROPERTY ELITES DIV 4rm Blk 55 Marine Terr. Simple. Well kept. Mkt/ Tao Nan. Andy *****964 **PROPERTY ELITES DIV 3-rm blk 33 Tanglin Halt High flr Simple Amenities/ MRT. Call Andy 9147 3964. 3’S’
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      219 7 269B COMPASSVALE LINK 5’I’, 110 sqm, 100% reno. View to believe! Val. Low Jack Shen 9666 9992 4’A’ 306C GROUND flr lover High ceiling. 100% move in Near sch/ park. Val $430K +VTO. All races/ M’sian PR 5’I’ 259A HIGH flr. Unblock Val $578K. 100% move in. 1 yr designer
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      180 7 4A BLK 867 Tampines. 104 sqm Beautifully reno. Val $450k V.T.O. Amenities nearby. *****885 Umi. 4-RM TAMPINES BLK 321, val $430K. 1194 sf. Move-in cond. Low COV. Tampines Mart. Ng 8588-0371 4’S’ 112 SIMEI. $0 COV. High flr. Unblocked. Simple reno. Near MRT/ amenities Call Peter Loh 9618-4776 4’S’ BLK
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      359 8 OWNERS SALE EA 5 1 0 Woodlands. High Flr. Valued $588K. Asking $619K. Mr Muthu *****277 3’A’ BLK 151 Woodlands St 13. 5 mins MRT, A1 Reno Top flr, Lift level, $0 Cash! 5I 778 Woodlands,$0 Cash 4NG 147, 91SQM Val $415K. High flr. Spacious. Grab! 3’NG’ 160 High Val
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      303 8 SUNSET SQUARE; 2-sty 5+1. 6400/ 5000 sf; inground pool,patios, dry/ wet kitchens. $18K. *****812 Philip LOVELY RENOVATED 2.5 sty semi-d. 4500 sf, 6+1 rms. Nice gdn Near Airport. $11k neg. Amy Chew 9180-1662 BOURNEMOUTH RD CLUSTER Bungalow 4+1+1 5250 6150 sqft. P/furn. Expats Choice! Champa 9100 0101 KATONG SEMID 4+1
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      332 8 3+1 RIVERWALK City view Brand new reno, avail mid Feb ’2014. $6K. All races Grab! *****662 SG condo MARINA BAY SUITES. 4+1. 2680 sf. P/furn. Mins to MRT/ Marina Bay Financial Ctr. Call Sean 9623-8595 THE SAIL/ ONE Shenton. View both units together! 1-bdrm apt. High flr. F/furn. Immed. Mei
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      340 8 LIANG SEAH PLACE Conservation Shophouse 1-bedroom Loft Apartment 872sqft/ Furnished 5 mins walk to Bugis MRT Pte Lift Lobby/ SCV/ Gym /Internet New roof garden Available immediate Rental $3800 per month For enquiry pls call owner: 6 3 3 4 7 1 9 5 www.tanjinchwee.com.sg JOOL SUITES. NEW! Near Farrer
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      425 8 THE CLAREMONT Killiney Rd 3+1. 1100sf F/Furn, pool, mins Orchard Mall, Immed $5k neg. Alan 9839 0773. KIM SIA COURT (B ehind Lucky Plaza) 2+1 rms. Furn. Orchard MRT. $3.6k. Immed. 9851 2159 Clinton **MIRAGE TWR 3+1. High flr P/ furn, River/ City view! Pool tennis. Opp shpg. $5.2k. 9851
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      411 8 MAPLEWOODS. 3+1+ BALCONY. Pool/ greenery view. F/furn. Near good schs. Immed. Irene 9069-0723 MAPLEWOODS 3+1. RENO, p/furn. Unblocked, high flr, quiet. $4.5K neg. Immed. Alan 9839 0773. TM Ivan Soong 9239 5877 BINJAI PK WALK-UP. Tastefully Reno.Spacious 1 bdrm 1001sqft. Ideal for Homeoffice. Mins Eateries, MGS D.21 SIGNATURE PK, Toh
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      326 8 THE BAYSHORE 2+1. F/furn, aircon, high flr. Very windy Changi Biz Pk $3.5k. 2Jan Steven Chen 9182-1699 BAYSHORE PK 2RM 936 sf New paint, aircon, sofa, TV Greenery view. A1 cond. $3.2K. Wong 9382 7277 COSTA DEL SOL Designer decor. 4+1+1. Fully furn. Immed. *****012 Owner MELVILLE PARK 3-BDRM. 1400
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      351 8 *****577 4 IMMED units Fully aircon Balestier 2+1, 3+1 $3.6K-$6K. *****090 HOUGANG ST 11 3-rm HDB 6 mths. Furn. S’goon N MRT Immed. Owner 9009-7863 BLK 410 AMK. 3 4 bdrms. 2nd flr. Near mkt, shops, CC, easy access to city. Immed. Jane Lee 9691 2311 BLK 57, 3’I’, f/furn,
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      392 8 5’I’ BLK 295B Compassvale Cres. High flr. F/furn. Pref family. Avail 28 Dec. $neg. Jenny Goh *****049 DTZ 5 MINS TO S’goon MRT, NEX, public s/ pool, high flr, well reno, low rent. Immed. Owner 9061 8866 TAMPINES 367 4’NG’ high flr, Aircon, F/furn, move in. Convenient! Professional family, rent
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      381 8 TENANTS JUST ARRIVED! Urgently looking for whole units High budget. Personal/ co lease. Call 969-***** Pan WHOLE UNITS WANTED Sale rent in all areas. Ready buyers tenants. Please call 9731-8757 Koh, ERA UNITS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY! All areas. Expat tenants with good budget. Please call James 9123-8005. GENTING BUILDING 83 Genting
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      271 9 THE PLAZA BEACH Road. 3350 sqft. Facing sea. $2450 psf. Hp 8119-1902 TUITION CLASSROOMS FOR rent in Hougang, can use daily, rent $1.5k-$2k/ mth incl utilities; Hourly rate rental Bishan/ S’goon too. SMS to 8498 7929 MINIMARTS FOR TAKEOVER 1)Blk.62 Chai Chee Rd 236sf toilet. 2) D.07 Bain St Blk
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      689 9 UE BIZ HUB EAST 895 1,100 1,805 sqft available for F&B 4,143 sqft for enrichment retail 9822 8220 8688 7375 ROCHESTER MALL (A Learning Place) 198/285/360/368 sqft available for enrichment tuition centers training schools beauty lifestyle accessories etc 2,126 sqft available for F&B •Atrium Kiosk space available 9822 8220 8688
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      697 9 574 ies 574 ises Star Cruises SuperStar Virgo ***** few Year Promotion^ 2-Night Kuala Lumpur Cruise^ Dep:01Jan14 ***** CHY Promotion))^ 1 -Night High Seas Cruise Sy Dep:30Jan/31Jan/01 Feb 2014 V Hk&K 3-Night Penang/Phuket Cruise J Dep:02 Feb 2014 2014 March School Holiday Promotion 2-Night Malacca Cruise *00 Dep: 19 Mar
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      440 9 ENG/ LIT/ SOCIAL StudieS/ Hist/ Geo. Critical analysis Skill Content Devt Pte/ Grp 4-12. EX-HOD RGS, EXNUSH. Bishan/ Parkway. Humanities Lab 9821-8188 GP/HIST/GEO/ Econs/China Studies H1/H2. Pte/ group 4-8. Ex-Raffles HOD ExNUSH. Bishan Parkway. Humanities Lab 9821-8188 CURRENT SCH TEACHERS, Grads/ undergrads, fulltime Tutors. Familiar with sch syllabus. 9726-9156 IPIB/AE
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      159 11 PM SHIFT SUPERVISOR (fr $2K) Buangkok next to MRT/ Guard $1.7K $1.9K Kim Yam Rd near Martin Rd, Meyer Rd/ Fort Rd/ Ind bldg Bt Batok St 23, Kaki Bukit Ave 1 Bedok Res. call *****397 *****075 PERM. OR RELIEF Security Yishun/ Sin Ming Joo Seng/ Mountbatten Telok Blangah Michael
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      195 11 ***CLEANER NEEDED ISLANDWIDE. Please Call *****699 DAILY PAY $50 up. Cleaners for Sentosa. 11pm-8am. *****434/ *****251 PASIR RIS Bugis Japanese restn requires Physicall y fit Dishwasher. *****191 CLEANERS AT CLEMENTI/ Outram Park. $1100+. Please Call *****378 11PM-6AM NIGHT KITCHEN Cleaners Town areas. Please Call 9679-5814. SUPERVISORS CLEANERS needed. Daily Cash.
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