The Straits Times, 4 February 2014, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 68 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 Victoria arts venues to reopen in August
    515 1  -  By CORRIE TAN corriet@sph.com.sg THE Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall will reopen their doors to the public in August after a three-year refurbishment. The first shows to be staged at the two buildings, which have a history dating back to 1855, will
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    Lock icon Police probe video of MBS under missile attack
    72 1 A POLICE report has been lodged against an animated clip on social media site Facebook that shows Marina Bay Sands being attacked by missiles. Mr Caleb Rozario (right), 23, a Singaporean film student, said he created the clip for an assignment. He
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    Lock icon Alleged Istana website hacker to claim trial
    38 1 A BUSINESSMAN accused of hacking into and defacing the Istana website will contest the charges. Delson Moo, 42, faces two charges of unauthorised modification of the website server. L HOME B4
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    Lock icon STI continues slide to fall below 3,000 points
    434 1  -  Analysts cite US tapering, emerging market currency woes, China fears By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE stocks ushered in the first trading day of the Year of the Horse with more red ink, in tandem with regional bourses that were open. The Straits
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Less than half of voters cast ballots in Thailand
      602 2 / 3  -  Turnout low even in pro-government north amid efforts to sabotage polls By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg LESS than half of registered voters 45.8 per cent cast their ballots in Thailand’s general election on Sunday, following a three-month-long
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      Lock icon Asian factory output strong but China, US falter
      348 2 / 3 REUTERS BEIJING Asian manufacturing outside of China showed signs of solid expansion last month as order books swelled, but factories in the region’s giant struggled for growth, heightening concerns about an economic slowdown. In the United States, a new industry report showed
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      Lock icon DBS, POSB roll out ways to cut waiting times
      605 2 / 3  -  New branch layout, cash counting machines among the measures By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S largest retail bank DBS Bank and its unit POSB have unveiled measures designed to ease congestion at their nearly 90 branches across the island. First, it is
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon STI falls below 3,000 points
        52 4 SINGAPORE stocks started the year of the horse just as they ended the snake year with a day of declines. The Straits Times Index slipped 1.2 per cent to fall below the 3,000 point level for the first time since November 2012. TOP OF THE
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        Lock icon Time is money at DBS, POSB
        41 4 DBS Bank and POSB have unveiled measures to ease congestion and cut waiting times at their nearly 90 branches. These include a counter for non-cash-related transactions and faster cash-counting machines. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Residents defy ash zone
          40 4 INDONESIA scrambled to set up a 3km no-entry zone around an erupting volcano, following 15 deaths caused by its hot ash. But some defiant residents sneaked into the zone, undermining the disaster management efforts. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon Anwar on track for win
          64 4 DESPITE lingering scepticism about his move to contest the Kajang by-election, Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on course for a victory as his camp has enjoyed an upper hand in the constituency, said analysts. PAGE A9 Mr Anwar is strong on the campaign trail,
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          Lock icon US spending alarm bells
          45 4 AFTER climbing out of recession in 2009, the United States has seen an upward shift in spending, resulting from a widening inequality between the middle and upper classes. Alarm bells started to ring among observers worried about long-term recovery. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon London housing ‘bubble’
          45 4 UNLIKE most parts of Britain where the property market is stable, London is beginning to show signs of a housing bubble, as demand has shot up with massive investment from Asia and the government’s initiative to aid buyers, said analysts. PAGE A18
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        Lock icon NEED FOR COOL HEADS IN MALAYSIA
        50 4 Religious tolerance is under assault in Malaysia, just as the ruling Barisan Nasional’s political position has weakened. The intersection poses considerable risks as decisions relating to the good of society as a whole might be hijacked by narrow interests. The Straits Times OPINION A20
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Help for working mums
          39 4 IN THE second part of a four-part special leading up to Budget 2014, four tax experts offer their ideas on how more help could be given to working mothers and SMEs in Singapore. PAGE A20
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          Lock icon Another world war?
          47 4 IS ASIA on the edge of a major power confrontation that could lead to another world war? Professor Geoffrey Garrett says this scenario is highly unlikely while prominent American political scientist Joesph S. Nye warns that too much fear can be self-fulfilling. PAGE A21
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Bane of cleaning firms
          70 4 CLEANING firms, which have to stick to new wage guidelines in September, hope town councils will stop asking for long-term fixed price contracts which make it harder for them to cope with rising costs and give pay increases to workers. PAGE B1 Town councils’ insistence on
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          Lock icon More go for home care
          48 4 DEMAND for home-based care services is on the up, with two organisations that provide such services seeing client numbers rise by up to three times. Transitional care services to help ease hospital patients from ward to home are also catching on. PAGE B2
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Investors cautioned
          45 4 INVESTORS will be tempted to start buying up blue-chip stocks on the cheap, given that the Straits Times Index dropped to its lowest finish since November 2012. But analysts caution that putting money into the market slowly and selectively is important. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Drubbing for Denver
          51 4 AMERICAN football’s Super Bowl XLVIII was touted as possibly the tightest of all time, with the Seattle Seahawks’ ferocious defence against the Denver Broncos’ fearsome offence. In the end it was not even close, as Seattle routed Denver 43-8 in one of the most lopsided finals. PAGE
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Tiger mum is back
          70 4 AMY Chua, author of the controversial Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother, says her new book The Triple Package, co-written with her husband Jed Rubenfeld, arose from their conversations about how two people from different backgrounds, as they are, could end the end up roughly having
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          Lock icon Allen responds
          45 4 FILM-MAKER Woody Allen (right) contends that renewed accusations by his adopted daughter that he sexually abused her at age seven are “untrue and disgraceful”, his spokesman said on Sunday, a day after Dylan Farrow’s letter detailing the allegations shook up Hollywood. PAGE C14
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          Lock icon Super Bruno Mars
          57 4 HAWAIIAN singer Bruno Mars lit up the Super Bowl 48 half-time show on Sunday with a performance that delighted the 79,000 fans crammed into New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. View pictures of his high-energy act. stcommunities.sg Singer Bruno Mars performing to a packed stadium at the Super Bowl
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          Lock icon Changes in Little India
          36 4 NEARLY two months after the Little India riot, The Straits Times goes back to the scene to see what changes have taken place. Stories, videos and more in The Big Story: straitstimes.com/little-india-riot-2
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          Lock icon Hoffman found dead
          50 4 ACTOR Philip Seymour Hoffman (right), 46, was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday, in what a police source described as an apparent drug overdose. Read what his fellow celebrities have to say about his untimely death, and watch his best performances on stcommunities.sg
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          Lock icon Perils of ‘wexting’
          33 4 WALKING while texting, or “wexting”, not only increases the risk of falling over or crashing into obstacles, it also produces poor posture and balance, an Australian study has found. www.stasiareport.com
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          Lock icon Mother ‘mercy’
          66 4 AFTER decades of toiling, now would be the time for retired farmer Wang Xiaofen, 65, to enjoy life as a grandmother. But rest has been a luxury since she started adopting abandoned babies in 1984. Madam Wang Xiaofen with a photo of a child she adopted. She has
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          Lock icon Picnic in Orchard Road
          24 4 STOMPER Beeque was surprised to see a group of foreigners having a picnic in the heart of Orchard Road yesterday.
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          Lock icon Carpark thefts
          39 4 STOMPER Mary said several cars parked at Upper Boon Keng’s multi-storey carpark were found with windscreens smashed and cash cards stolen. This is not the first time smash-and-grab thefts involving parked cars have been reported in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Video showing MBS in flames sparks police probe
      497 5  -  Film student questioned over what he says was a special-effects assignment By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg A SINGAPOREAN film student has stoked the ire of netizens and attracted the attention of the police after posting a video that showed Marina Bay
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      Lock icon Schools hit by budget cuts look to save on costs
      705 6  -  Raffles and Hwa Chong to review programmes and staffing needs By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg TWO top independent schools which have had their government funding lowered say the cut was “substantial” and they have to relook programmes and
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      Lock icon SCHOOL FACILITIES TODAY
      193 6 Facilities in schools have come under the spotlight after the Ministry of Education cut funding for six independent schools. Along with other mission schools, these schools were also told to moderate fund-raising activities for campus upgrading. Here’s a look at common facilities across secondary schools, and others
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      Lock icon ‘Thumbs up’ for reducing air-con use in classrooms
      486 6  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg MOST parents and students are backing a new Education Ministry directive to use less air-condition-ing in school classrooms with some calling it a “luxury”. Even top independent schools where it is standard including Raffles Institution (RI), Hwa Chong
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      Lock icon Lighthouse on HDB block to replace one at condo
      508 6  -  By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg RETIREE Kent Tiong enjoys an unobstructed view of the sea and Batam island from his breezy flat at Block 3, Marine Terrace. The clear line of sight is why his block, 25 storeys high, is set
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      Lock icon Proud to be invited to Istana party for pioneers
      878 7  -  Some nominations for guest list made based on cut-off age of 70 or older By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg WHEN Singapore was opening up its economy to the communist world two years after independence, former businessman Danny Wong, 82, was there
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      94 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE THE LEGO MOVIE The humble Lego makes it to Hollywood World Cancer bay 201 h Where there’s hope, there’s life At National Cancer Centre Singapore, we believe that there is life after cancer. ft i w At NCCS we are committed to uphold
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Officials tighten Mt Sinabung security to keep villagers out
      813 8  -  Troops, police to guard all entry points 3km around volcano By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg SECURITY is being tightened around Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra as officials scramble to prevent people from entering a 3km radius around the
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      Lock icon Floods ruining crops, pushing up prices
      492 8  -  By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg SEVERE flooding across Indonesia, in particular Java’s northern coast, has destroyed rice and vegetable fields and disrupted the transport of food supplies, raising food prices. This helped push January inflation to 8.22 per cent year-on-year, compared
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon PKR struggles to explain move to force by-election
        1038 9  -  Voters sceptical of claim that it is to strengthen party against Umno By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF IN KUALA LUMPUR carolynh@sph.com.sg COMPILED BY REME AHMAD The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is tirelessly trying to assure people that its dramatic move
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        Lock icon Opposition leader under probe for CNY video clip
        466 9 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUANTAN Malaysian police are investigating opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) parliamentarian Teresa Kok in connection with a video clip laced with political satire and innuendos which she posted online for Chinese New Year. Police are trying to determine
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        Lock icon Five arrested for ‘chemical weapons plant’ report
        640 10  -  Detentions show limits of new media boundaries in Myanmar By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg MYANMAR’S media environment has opened up and dozens of new journals are testing boundaries, but bold reporting is still a risky business. Last week, five
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        Lock icon Father of four jailed 12 years for raping 13-year-old schoolgirl
        528 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU A Sabah restaurant manager has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of raping a 13-old-girl a year ago. Sessions Court judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad yesterday also ordered Riduan Masmud, 41, to
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Four burned to death for stealing cattle
          71 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KOLKATA Four men were burned to death in India’s West Bengal state as suspected punishment for stealing cattle from a rival criminal gang. The four charred bodies were found in a village near the border with Bangladesh on Sunday, the police
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          Lock icon S. Korean lawmaker faces 20 years’ jail
          84 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korean prosecutors demanded a 20-year jail term for a leftist lawmaker on trial for allegedly plotting an armed revolt in support of North Korea. They also asked judges to strip United Progressive Party MP Lee Seok Ki of his
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          Lock icon Shanmugam in Indonesia from today
          84 10 MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam will visit Indonesia from today at the invitation of Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa. The visit is part of regular meetings between the two ministers, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Mr Shanmugam will
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          Lock icon Khan won’t negotiate for Pakistan Taleban
          102 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD The party of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said yesterday that they “appreciated” a Taleban request for him to represent them in peace talks with the government, but declined the offer. Two teams, nominated by the government and Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP), will
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        Lock icon Protest in Delhi against student’s death
        609 11  -  Beating of North-eastern Indian a ‘racial attack’, say activists By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg STUDENTS and activists from India’s north-east continued their protests in the country’s capital New Delhi amid mounting anger over the death last week of a student
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        Lock icon Privatisation czar on a quest to revive Pakistan’s economy
        503 11 REUTERS ISLAMABAD Mohammad Zubair was at a cruise dinner with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Thailand when he was offered the hardest job of his life: privatising a huge chunk of the economy while fighting resistance from the opposition and
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        Lock icon Tata unveils Bolt and Zest to reverse falling car sales
        383 11 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India’s largest carmaker Tata Motors unveiled its first new models in four years yesterday, banking on two small cars to reverse the company’s sliding passenger car sales in the face of growing foreign competition. Sales of
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka rejects US’ human rights claims
        366 11 REUTERS COLOMBO Sri Lanka rejected US criticism of its human rights record as “grossly disproportionate” on Sunday, a day after a senior US official said Washington would table a UN resolution against Colombo. Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal expressed frustration on Saturday
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        Lock icon China makes pollution data public in turnaround
        727 12 Factories must report details on air emissions, water discharges WASHINGTON POST BEIJING Communist China is hardly known for its transparency. So when environmental groups appealed to the government last year to disclose official data on air pollution, they were not expecting much. “Way
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        Lock icon Osaka mayor to quit and seek re-election
        327 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The controversial mayor of Japan’s second city of Osaka said yesterday that he is resigning to seek re-election, in a bid to prove he has public support for his plans to reform local government. Mr Toru Hashimoto, who caused an
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        Lock icon Koreas set to hold talks on family reunions
        560 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL The two Koreas moved a step closer yesterday to resuming reunions for families separated by the Korean War, although final agreement could be derailed by a row over South Korean-United States military exercises. After weeks of back-and-forth, and a
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        Lock icon Tokyo chides translator over Abe’s WWI remark
        328 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The Japanese government has chided a private interpretation firm over an employee’s translation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s remarks comparing Sino-Japanese relations with those in pre-World War I Europe. The foreign ministry said Mr Abe’s comments during a meeting with
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        Lock icon Thailand’s political crisis: How events might play out
        737 13 Intensified protests, legal suits, military intervention all possible REUTERS THAI demonstrators are consolidating efforts to bring down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and have rejected an election held on Sunday that could renew her mandate. Due to disruption of the vote, Ms Yingluck
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        Lock icon Horses slug it out in China’s New Year battles
        355 13 AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE TIANTOU VILLAGE, China Hooves clash in mid-air, a stallion bites his opponent while delighted spectators cheer wildly in southern China, some welcome the Year of the Horse by watching the animals fight. For the residents of Tiantou, a remote
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      Lock icon Income gap changing US consumer landscape
      982 14 US economic recovery driven almost entirely by top earners NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK In Manhattan, upscale clothing retailer Barneys will replace bankrupt discounter Loehmann’s, whose store closes in a few weeks. Across the country, Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants are struggling, while
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      Lock icon Mid-tier stores close while posh ones thrive
      364 14 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The phenomenon of the “new consumer” landscape is now rippling through one sector after another in the US economy, from retailers and restaurants to hotels, casinos and even appliance makers. At street level, the divide is even more
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      Lock icon World’s super rich spending more on experiences: Report
      660 14 LONDON One multimillionaire spent US$1.5 million (S$1.9 million) on a two-year tailor-made holiday last year that took him to nearly 1,000 Unesco heritage sites. His son, meanwhile, chose to spend his holiday diving with sharks. The duo, both Chinese, are among the
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      Lock icon ‘Miracle' castaway: Lucky to be alive
      721 15 Lost after setting sail from Mexico, he lands on atoll 12,500km away MAJURO The last time Mr Jose Salvador Albarengo had his feet firmly on solid ground, he was at a port in Mexico preparing his boat for a shark-hunting trip that would end
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda breaks ties with militant group Isil
      573 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIRUT Al-Qaeda’s general command has denied links with the militant group, called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil), in an apparent attempt to reassert its authority over fragmented Islamist fighters in Syria’s civil war. After a month
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      Lock icon UN gets tough on ivory poachers, traffickers
      460 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council is cracking down on ivory hunters and traffickers who finance armed groups in Africa in an initiative which has been welcomed by conservationists. It adopted two resolutions last week one relating to the Central African
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      Lock icon Govts can help slow obesity, says WHO
      361 15 REUTERS LONDON Governments could slow or even reverse the growing obesity epidemic if they introduced more regulation into the global market for fast food like burgers, chips and fizzy drinks, researchers said yesterday. A study published in the Bulletin of the World Health
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      Lock icon EU-US aid plan for Ukraine in the works
      641 16 Financial package seen as part of political solution to Ukraine’s crisis AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VILNIUS (Lithuania) Europe and the United States are considering a financial aid plan as part of a political solution to Ukraine’s crisis while President Viktor Yanukovych returned to work
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      Lock icon Rights group to probe Aussie detention of asylum-seeker kids
      308 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia’s human rights watchdog has launched an inquiry into the detention of more than 1,000 children under punitive government policies that banish asylum-seekers arriving by boat to remote Pacific camps. Ms Gillian Triggs, president of the Australian Human
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      Lock icon Cash-strapped UN food agency cuts aid
      488 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling back projects in a number of countries as it confronts a US$1 billion (S$1.28 billion) funding shortfall, with costs mounting for missions such as Syria. Executive director Ertharin Cousin is in Australia
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        Lock icon Bags of cocaine seized at sea
        90 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spanish police have seized 900kg of cocaine in rucksacks found floating in the sea, fitted with tracking devices. The cocaine was hidden inside 37 rucksacks that had been anchored with a sophisticated flotation and tracking system so that they could later
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        Lock icon Severe snowstorm hits northern Iran
        96 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN The heaviest snowstorm in five decades has blanketed provinces in northern Iran, cutting power supplies and trapping villagers, Iranian media reported yesterday. The storm is “unprecedented for the past 50 years, with 2m of snow falling since Friday”, a Mazandaran provincial official
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        109 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW A Russian court has handed down jail terms ranging from nine years to 121/2years to three men who murdered another they believed to be gay. The men, all from the same village in Kamchatka in far eastern Russia, killed the
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        77 16 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON US regulators will a step towards making talking cars a reality, as Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was expected to propose standards for vehicle to vehicle communications that could prevent crashes. He was scheduled to meet with the National Highway Traffic Safety
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      561 17 Late S. African leader’s former staff and local schools also beneficiaries AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS JOHANNESBURG Former South African president Nelson Mandela has left his US$4.1 million (S$5.2 million) estate to family members, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), ex-staff and several local schools,
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      91 17 A pier damaged in the port of Lixouri, on the Greek island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea, yesterday after a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck nearby. The quake hit at about 5am local time with its epicentre 12 km from the town of Lixourion, 300km
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      474 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW An armed student briefly took 20 teenagers hostage in a Moscow school and killed a policeman and a teacher before being detained amid security jitters ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Witnesses said the suspect described as a
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      467 17 WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS JERUSALEM A chorus of Israeli politicians have warned United States Secretary of State John Kerry that they would not be bullied into a peace deal with the Palestinians by growing threats of boycotts and isolation. It did
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      622 18 Overseas investors bidding up prices, while buyers are taking on more debt BLOOMBERG LONDON London’s housing market is beginning to show “bub-ble-like conditions” as overseas investors bid up prices and buyers take on more debt to purchase properties, according to a report. Home
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      495 18 NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO The next breakthrough smartphone, or maybe the one after that, might not have a traditional battery as its sole source of power. Instead, it could pull energy from the air or power itself through television, cellular or Wi-Fi
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      494 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Indonesia posted its third straight monthly trade surplus in December and its biggest in two years, in a welcome sign for South-east Asia’s biggest economy amid investor worries about turbulence in other emerging markets. The trade surplus in
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      599 18 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON As Ms Janet Yellen takes over the reins of the United States Federal Reserve, she will become one of the most powerful women in the world a historic achievement that she has yet to fully embrace.
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      609 19 India expected to overtake US as country with most Facebook users AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI As Facebook turns 10, one of its biggest challenges is to tap the mobile market in emerging Asian economies, where it can drive expansion after growth in the
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      455 19 BLOOMBERG GENEVA Swiss watchmakers are devoting this year to convincing women such as Ms Mo Oshodi to covet timepieces the way she does her shoe collection. “I have three watches, but probably 300 pairs of shoes,” said Ms Oshodi, a 38-year-old
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      598 19 BLOOMBERG DALLAS Global corporate earnings growth is poised to accelerate this year as higher spending by US consumers and Europe’s gradual rebound from a two-year recession help offset a slower economic expansion in China. 3M Corp, which sells consumer, health-care, industrial and safety products
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        154 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned yesterday that the US will exhaust its borrowing authority on Friday without action by Congress to lift the debt limit. “Time is short. Congress needs to act to extend the nation’s borrowing authority, and it needs
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        132 19 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK SAC Capital Advisors, synonymous with an insider trading scandal that has consumed the hedge fund industry, will soon cease to exist as Wall Street has known it. Mr Steve Cohen’s 22-year-old hedge fund once the envy of Wall Street is finalising plans
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        113 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s state-rescued bank Lloyds says it will take an extra hit of almost £2 billion (S$4.2 billion) to cover mis-selling claims, but forecast a small annual profit. Lloyds, which is 33-per-cent owned by the taxpayer, said yesterday it would seek to resume
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      35 19 apspo Monkey antics during Visit Malaysia Year 2014 Read about it in Bon Voyage with sgtravellers a weekly Tuesday travel feature THE STRAITS TIMES sgtravellers.cjirn t J the ultimate travel resource by SPH MOBILE ARPS
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      415 20 INTER-RELIGIOUS incidents in Malaysia occur intermittently, but have usually been settled without much fuss. The belief that religious tolerance is the foundation of inter-communal understanding is dissolving, however, to judge from the hardening of positions over the “Allah” issue. The dispute over its proper
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      1199 20  -  What will Budget 2014 bring when it is unveiled on Feb 21? Tax experts offer tips on how the annual spending package can help raise productivity, in more than one way by boosting birth rates as well as worker output. By JILL LIM, SABRINA
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      666 20  -  By LEE TIONG HENG, YAP HSIEN YEW FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writers are respectively tax partner and senior manager at Deloitte Singapore. AT A recent community event, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the upcoming Budget will
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      1018 21  -  Is Asia on the edge of a major power confrontation that could lead to another world war? Two writers consider the issue. By GEOFFREY GARRETT FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is dean of the Australian School of Business at the University
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      935 21  -  By JOSEPH S. NYE The writer is a professor at Harvard and author of Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era. PROJECT SYNDICATE THIS year marks the hundredth anniversary of a transformative event of modern history. World War I killed some 20 million people and ground
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      Lock icon South Korea’s Japanese mirror
      846 21  -  By DANNY LEIPZIGER The writer, Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University, is managing director of The Growth Dialogue. PROJECT SYNDICATE GIVEN the daunting challenges facing Japan, one can only admire Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s determination to end the country’s two decades
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      1117 22  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com WILL she or won’t she? It is the question everyone is tired of asking as they wait for Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri to decide whether to anoint popular Jakarta Governor Djoko Widodo as the Indonesian Democrat Party
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      908 22  -  By KUEK YU-CHUANG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is vice-president for Asia, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. AT THE World Economic Forum in Davos last month, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) released a study commissioned by
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      747 22  -  By HARLAN M. KRUMHOLZ The writer is a professor of cardiology and public health at the Yale School of Medicine. NEW YORK TIMES LAST week, Johnson Johnson announced that it was making all of its clinical trial data available to scientists around the world.
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        221 23  -  Pavithran Vidyadharan MEDIACORP said Friends, the programme on Vasantham channel, required “the use of English words to explain jargon and technical terms” relating to different themes such as home decor, photography and the environment (“Use of English in Tamil programmes: MediaCorp replies”;
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        468 23  -  Seah Tiong Kiat I AGREE with Miss Shermaine Lau Boon Kuan that we have a “buy and discard” culture (“Get rid of ‘buy and discard’ culture”; last Thursday). As a well-to-do nation, we can afford to buy more than we need, and also discard items
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        272 23  -  Li Jingyu MY FAMILY went to Taiwan recently and visited three of its night markets, including the famous ones at Shilin and Fengjia. The night markets were crowded and many customers bought takeaway food to snack on while walking. But what surprised me was
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        405 23 Is it possible to foster a recycling culture in Singapore? Do you recycle items in your household and take along your own shopping bag to the supermarket? My household uses five bins to separate aluminium, paper, plastics, glass and food waste, and never fails to take them to
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        91 23 1. DR LEONG CHOON KIT: Ways to enhance Changi hospital’s scheme. 2. MR MIKE CHAN: Raise A&E fees to prevent abuse of system. 3. MR CHAN YEW PANG: It’s not just about reducing bus waiting times. 4. MR K. S. RAJAN: How to improve toilet hygiene. 5. MR
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        267 23  -  Ng Qi Siang THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) plans to cap the age of all players in the amateur National Football League (NFL). While I understand the need to improve the quality of the league, placing an age cap is
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        430 24  -  Victor Lye Chairman Bedok Reservoir Punggol Citizens’ Consultative Committee ALJUNIED GRC MP Pritam Singh alleged that recent disputes over hawker centre cleaning and trade fairs stemmed from the “politicisation” of grassroots organisations (“Opposition politicians lament politicisation of grassroots, lack of progress since
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        454 24  -  Wong Kang Jet Director, Finance and Development Ministry of Education THE headline of yesterday’s report (“Funding cuts for top independent schools in S’pore”) needs clarification. Arising from a review of funding for independent schools, three schools will see an increase in funding
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        318 24  -  Henry Lim I HAVE my reservations about Changi General Hospital’s offer of a discount on its accident and emergency fees to patients who see a general practitioner first (“See a GP first and get $50 off A&E fees at CGH”; last Tuesday).
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        149 24  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) YESTERDAY’S article (“Are we irradiating ourselves to death?”) raises some issues worth considering. In a culture of so-called defensive medicine, doctors may be prompted to do more investigations than necessary, to avoid being slapped with medical negligence lawsuits.
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        Lock icon Raise awareness of Singapore’s rich history
        206 24  -  Darren Chan Keng Leong THE $1.4 million given to fund community projects celebrating Singapore’s heritage serves to preserve our past for future generations (“$1.4m given to heritage projects so far”; yesterday). The National Heritage Board wants people to research Singapore’s heritage and come up
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        319 24  -  K. Kesavapany I AM delighted that the long-held hopes and aspirations of many for a maritime heritage centre is finally about to bear fruit (“Preserving the island’s maritime past”; yesterday). It is heartening to note that the National Heritage Board has
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      717 1  -  Locking in a price makes it harder to adjust for rising costs, firms say By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg CLEANING firms are urging the Government to do something about long-term contracts which some town councils insist on. Such deals mean that companies are
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      784 2  -  Transitional care services to ease patients back home also catching on By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg MORE people are opting to be cared for at home and service providers are stepping up to meet the demand. Two voluntary welfare organisations that are major providers
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      Lock icon 80-year-old threw knife at retiree over girlfriend
      402 2  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg CHURCH caretaker Lim Song Chong may have been 80, losing his sight and “very, very frail”. But that did not stop him from hurling a 20cm-long kitchen knife at his girlfriend’s landlord who he suspected was having a relationship
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      646 3  -  Another backbencher expected to table legislation to combat human trafficking By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg SEVERAL MPs are planning to table a Private Member’s Bill by June to toughen animal welfare laws, making it the second such kind of Bill to be submitted this
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      Lock icon Grassroots leader hits back at WP MP’s claims
      594 3  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg A GRASSROOTS leader in Aljunied GRC has accused the Workers’ Party-run town council vice-chairman Pritam Singh of blaming a recent slate of controversies in the ward on politics in the grassroots, to “cover up his sorry record”. Mr
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      Lock icon CNY fair dispute: Town council ‘not picking fight’
      451 3  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg ALJUNIED Hougang- Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) chairman Sylvia Lim said yesterday it was not picking a fight or engaging in a tit-for-tat exchange with the People’s Association (PA) and merchants’ association in a dispute over a Chinese
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      Lock icon Happy Hour at 7.30am for Super Bowl bars
      471 3  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg IT was 7.30am on a Monday, but some restaurants and bars were already open for business for fans to catch the live screening of the biggest event in American sports the Super Bowl Championship. At least five restaurants
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      325 3  -  By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg AN ELDERLY man found lying on the MRT tracks between Tanah Merah and Expo stations on Saturday is in a stable condition. Mr Koh Chai Seng, 75, was still in an intensive care ward at Changi General
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      424 4  -  His lawyer to scout for computer expert witnesses in New York, London By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg A BUSINESSMAN accused of hacking into and defacing the website of the Istana last November will claim trial, said his lawyer yesterday after a pre-trial conference. Delson
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      Lock icon Is this POSB website real? Don’t bank on it
      575 4  -  By KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph.com.sg AT FIRST glance, it looks just like the POSB Internet banking website. But a closer inspection reveals key differences such as how the fake site’s address starts with http://home.e-posbsg.com when the real one begins with http://www.posb.com.sg This
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      624 4  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg A NEW dengue test kit that can diagnose patients within 10 minutes and a device preventing a side effect of chemotherapy are among seven Singaporean research projects to each receive grants of up to $250,0 00. The National Research
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      275 4  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg WHEN Coney Island opens to the public next year, it will include a rustic nature park complete with a boardwalk, bicycle racks and bird observation points. This was revealed in a National Parks Board (NParks) tender which closed two
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      685 5  -  More cases in Normal stream, those with family, behavioural problems By PEARL LEE, MELODY ZACCHEUS leepearl@sph.com.sg melodyz@sph.com.sg A VIDEO of a secondary school student shouting at a teacher in class, which went viral recently, may have left some shocked, but teachers say such
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      134 5 Thai dancers (top) performing a traditional Thai dance yesterday outside the Fu Lu Shou Si Mian Fo store, which sells Buddhist prayer items, near Waterloo Street. The area was a hive of activity on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year as crowds took
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      267 5  -  ROBIN CHAN PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to Malay-Muslim community leaders and representatives to thank them for attending a closed-door dialogue on the Muslim headscarf, or tudung, last month. In a Facebook post last night, he said one of the
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      Lock icon Mirrorless cameras clicking with buyers
      587 5  -  By KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph.com.sg NOT content with photos taken with smartphones yet hesitant about toting bulky cameras, consumers here are increasingly drawn to enhanced compact cameras that can rival the more expensive models used by professionals. These improved gadgets, dubbed “mirrorless cameras” and costing about
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      Lock icon Keen interest in UniSIM’s flexible full-time courses
      601 6  -  Students can cut four-year course to three or switch to part-time if they work By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg THE flexibility being offered by SIM University (UniSIM), where students will be able to crunch a four-year course into three or switch
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      289 6  -  Jailed for kidnap hoax in runaway attempt By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A RUNAWAY maid struggling to adapt to life in Singapore wanted to be sent back to her agency, so she called the police saying she had been kidnapped. Yati, a 37-year-old Indonesian national who goes by
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      Lock icon Maid jailed for hurting employer’s mother, 75
      199 6  -  ELENA CHONG UNHAPPY with her workload and lack of sleep, Indonesian Siti Maesaroh took out her frustrations on her employer’s 75-year-old mother. She grabbed Madam Lai Guat Kean’s face and, in the resulting struggle, caused her head to hit a wooden shelf. Madam
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      Lock icon Jailed 8 months for $25,000 jewellery theft
      227 6  -  ELENA CHONG A MAID was jailed for eight months yesterday for stealing more than $25,00 0 worth of jewellery from her employer. Leonora Lagaban Sarmiento, 38, who faced 11 charges, pleaded guilty to three counts of jewellery theft totalling $12,500 from Madam Goh
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      Lock icon ‘Not proud to be S’porean’ TV show finalist in family brawl
      559 7  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg THE 21-YEAR-OLD who made the news last month for her controversial remarks on how she is not proud to be a Singaporean, has found herself making headlines again, this time over a fami- ly dispute.
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      Lock icon Restaurant owner slams customer who complained
      402 7  -  By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg A TIFF between a disgruntled customer and the owner of a Spanish restaurant has been playing itself out online, creating a stir among netizens. Mr Arun Ratnaa, himself a head of marketing for another restaurant, had written in to complain
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      Lock icon Duo jailed for 3 years each over fake $1,000 notes
      472 7  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg TWO men who were part of a scam to counterfeit money and pass it off as genuine were yesterday jailed for three years each. Odd-job workers Adi Soffian Bakhtiar Effendi and Fauzi Mohammad admitted
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      Lock icon Union’s claim for pay hikes rejected
      575 7  -  Workers already given raises that satisfied court order, says justice By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg A UNION failed yesterday in its attempt to get a court order for an American company to pay its staff annual increments, when the court ruled that
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      191 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THREE teenage friends allegedly beat up a cabby all for a coin pouch containing just five dollars. According to charge sheets read out to them in Malay in District Court, Muhammad Fauzi Fitri Kamaruzaman, 17, grabbed Mr Abdul Latif Ismail’s neck
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      402 1 UniSIM’s ‘flexi-courses’ prove popular B4 Accused hacker claims trial B6 The Straits Times Singapore Airshow 2014 Contest WINAN EXHILARATING FLIGHTAT Limited tickets available at SISTIC SINGAPORE 30 lucky winners will enjoy a coveted 30-minute flight on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Additionally, they will each be awarded 4 passes to the
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      647 9  -  Analysts remain upbeat but suggest taking ‘slow and selective’ approach STI BELOW 3,000 MARK By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg NOW that the local market has retreated below 3,000 points for the first time since November 2012, some investors will be tempted to start buying up
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      551 9  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg INVESTORS take note: An accounting standard can make a huge difference to a developer’s bottom line. The standard says developers can book profits from certain types of projects only upon completion of those projects not profits
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      414 10  -  Net profit down 9.7%; company cites rising labour cost as a main challenge By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg RISING costs and a smaller currency exchange gain have led to a dip in third-quarter earnings at SIA Engineering. The company, which provides line
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      286 10  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg BLUMONT Group shares held by two of its key executives are still being force-sold four months after the catastrophic crash of Blumont and two other penny stocks. In early October last year, shares of Blumont, Asiasons Capital and LionGold
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      332 11  -  CHIA YAN MIN THE rising costs of running a retail business here have prompted clothing retailer EUT Fashion to shift its focus outside of Singapore. The company’s chief executive, Mr Patrick Chai, says burgeoning rents and higher operating costs have made it difficult
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      812 11  -  BUDGET 2014 Restructuring has become a buzzword in recent years, but the process of boosting productivity has not been smooth. In the run-up to Budget 2014, The Straits Times is running a series on how companies in various sectors are taking steps
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      262 11  -  CHERYL ONG RED packets are expected to be fatter this year, OCBC Bank said yesterday. Based on an analysis of deposits made into its children’s accounts, those under 15 are expected to have received an average of $780 from their Chinese New Year
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        442 12  -  Project will double company’s power generation capacity there By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg SEMBCORP Industries has agreed to buy a stake in a coal-fired power plant in India that will double its power generation capacity in the country. The Singapore-listed company
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        576 12 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY ASX will hire staff for a new office in Singapore this year as Australia’s main exchange operator seeks to do more business with Asian hedge funds and proprietary traders. “It will be a meaningful presence,” Mr Peter Hiom,
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        474 13  -  Concern over emerging economies and China’s growth cited as reasons BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg MOUNTING anxiety over emerging economies and growth concerns over China dragged Singapore’s key market index to below the 3,000-point mark and to
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          85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 696.3 524.89 838.13 1,009.91 218.47 193.79 268.64 -4.72 -2.18 -4.92 5.65 -2.41 -1.15 -2 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 184.32 456.88 778.62 758.4 1,158.78 732.07
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          21 13 Stock trading volume 1.49 billion shares worth $873.8 million Up down Gainers: 126 Losers: 245 Unchanged: 415
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          51 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Seoul Kospi 1.919.96 14,619.13 1,919.96 -295.4 -21.19 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Last Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,386.259 1,292.86 5,187.911 15,698.85 4,103.878 -32.498 18.58 -2.092 -149.76
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          187 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 3,2014 Top Rises Feb 03 CENTS Pan Ocean 100 550 50.0 10.0 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1741 43.4 2.0 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2950 23.0 0.6 IS ASIA BND 100S$D 1297 20.0 1.6 DBXT
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          59 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 171.5 -4.5 9869 175.5 171 1.9
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          60 13 Feb 03 Against S$ 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: 1.1184 1.1189 0.8761 0.8763 1 1482 1.1490 0.8999 0.8994 1.7209 1.7216
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      409 10 8: u 'sai STPROPERTY SEMINAR *?ZOPlZ.T/ K/JaJ&KST OJTLCOii FOR O 1 YEAR OF i \J I ‘—T THE HORSE Date: 1&2 March 2014 Venue: Suntec City Convention Centre, Hall 406 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore *****3 Time: 2pm 6pm The cooling measures in Singapore have driven investors to commercial/industrial
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      313 12 READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DL TOMORROW Top games of 2014 12 titles to look forward to this year The Straits Times “Singapore Airshow 2014” Contest Win an excitingflight on a CH-47 Chinook 30 lucky winners will get a ride on the helicopter and also 4 passes each to the
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      37 15 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      55 15 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Basketball NBA: New Orleans v San Antonio (StarHub Ch216, 9am). Football Asian Cup qualifier: Singapore v Jordan (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm. MediaCorp Ch5, 7.25pm). Malaysia FA Cup, 2nd rd: Selangor v Sarawak (StarHub Ch222, 4.10pm). Dutch Eredivisie: Arnhem v Alkmaar (mio TV Ch114 HD Ch117 and StarHub
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      46 15 Tomorrow Basketball NBA: Phoenix v Chicago (StarHub Ch216, 10am). Football Dutch Eredivisie: Cambuur Leeuwarden v PSV Eindhoven (mio TV Ch114 HD Ch117 and StarHub Ch208 HD Ch210, Thursday, 1.40am). English FA Cup, 4th rd replay: Preston North End v Nottingham Forest (mio TV Ch111, Thursday, 3.40am).
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      558 18  -  He will use Asian Cup qualifiers as part of preparations for Suzuki Cup By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg THE mathematics suggest that his side are still in with a shout of reaching next year’s Finals. But ahead of Singapore’s penultimate Group A tie against Jordan, national
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      453 18  -  FABIUS CHEN FOR the best part of three years, he has been a defensive rock for both club and country. So solid, in fact, that the only thing that can now dislodge Safuwan Baharudin from the heart of the Singapore backline is his own versatility.
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      442 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti accused Athletic Bilbao’s Carlos Gurpegi of theatrics that led to Cristiano Ronaldo’s sending off in a 1-1 draw on Sunday, as Atletico Madrid moved to the top of La Liga outright for the
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      446 15  -  World Cup result bodes well for Olympic qualifying By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg BEING away from family and the Chinese New Year festivities has reaped rewards for Singapore sailors Griselda Khng and Sara Tan. The duo finished seventh in the 49erFX class at the International Sailing Federation
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      271 15 American football Super Bowl XLVIII In East Rutherford: Seattle Seahawks 43 Denver Broncos 8. Basketball NBA Boston 96 Orlando 89. Football Dutch Eredivisie Twente 3 Cambuur 1, Utrecht 1 Ajax 1, Nijmegen 1 Go Ahead Eagles 1, Waalwijk 2 PSV 0. English Premier League Arsenal 2 Crystal Palace 0.
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      796 16 Seattle too strong for Denver, who only just escape complete whitewash WASHINGTON POST REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey) The Super Bowl’s supposed marquee match-up ended up being a no contest. The Seattle Seahawks’ defence dominated the Denver Broncos’ offence on Sunday, setting the tone
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      412 16 REUTERS EAST RUTHERFORD No one was more surprised than Malcolm Smith when the Seattle Seahawks linebacker was awarded the Most Valuable Player trophy in Sunday’s Super Bowl. The 24-year-old played an outstanding game, scoring a crucial touchdown, recovering a fumble and making
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      169 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has been admitted to rehabilitation after suffering from depression, local media reported yesterday. Police were called after he was found disoriented and behaving oddly near a vehicle and the 31-year-old was later taken to Bankstown hospital
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      874 16  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg IF YOU’RE raised in shorts in sweaty distance of the equator, it’s unlikely you will leap from your chair as goggled men in lycra suits play in the snow. For all our love of sport,
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        78 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil football star Neymar blasted “false friends” on Sunday as he alluded to the strain of a tax probe into last year’s money-spinning move to Barcelona. The Brazilian and Spanish authorities are investigating last May’s transfer from Santos initially reported
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        66 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOENIX American golfer Kevin Stadler captured his first US PGA tour title in his 239th start on Sunday, firing a final-round 68 for a one-shot Phoenix Open win over Bubba Watson (71) and Graham DeLaet (65). His three-under effort gave him a 16-under
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        61 17 REUTERS DUBLIN Ireland comfortably won their opening Six Nations championship match at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday, beating Scotland 28-6. Ireland, who last season endured their worst tournament in 14 years, showed signs of the rugby that took them come close to beating New Zealand in
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        65 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN DIEGO Andy Murray beat Sam Querrey in four sets on Sunday to send Britain into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup for the first time since 1986. Wimbledon tennis champion Murray posted his second singles victory of the tie, downing Querrey 7-6 (7-5),
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        67 17 REUTERS BOSTON Rajon Rondo played his best game since returning from knee surgery to lead the Boston Celtics to a 96-89 victory over the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association. The point guard, who had been on the losing end in his first six
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        32 17 REUTERS SOCHI Irish snowboarder Seamus O’Connor has described the course for the Sochi Olympics as “pretty dangerous” and called for changes to be made to avoid injuries.
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      559 17 Arsenal boss says team are top not by chance, admits Kallstrom gaffe THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Arsene Wenger predicted that the title race begins now after his Arsenal team returned to the top of the English Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Crystal
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      456 17  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg THERE is no doubt that Manchester United have landed a very good player in Juan Mata. Even though he only signed for Chelsea in 2011, the attacking midfielder has established himself as a genuine star
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      279 17 LONDON Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has dismissed speculation that the club’s board have held crisis talks over the future of manager Michael Laudrup. Talk has been rife that the Dane’s future is uncertain following Swansea’s 0-2 loss at West Ham on Saturday. The
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      340 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wants his side to continue to play football from the back despite defender Kolo Toure’s costly mistake in their 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion. Toure’s misplaced pass allowed West Brom substitute Victor Anichebe to equalise at
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      19 18 Sailors Khng Tan 7th in World Cup B17 Gunners vow to pip City B15 Singapore v Jordan (Ch5, 7.25pm)
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      270 1 Playing at arts fest PART C Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of drug overdose Battle scars Iconic theatre company Berliner Ensemble C2 HK-based model survives catfight to win Supermodelme John Lui on a most unlikely movie star C2 C12 After being vilified for her parenting methods in Battle Hymn Of The
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        1026 2  -  The Berlin Ensemble will perform Peter Pan, directed by avantgarde director Robert Wilson Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg The iconic German theatre company Berliner Ensemble will be one of the headliners of the revamped Singapore International Festival of Arts. Founded by the late playwright Bertolt
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        809 2  -  Amanda See The quarrels and catfights often seen in reality TV shows got awfully physical in one incident during the fourth season of Asian modelling contest Supermodelme. Eventual winner Katherine Rigby of Hong Kong suffered a punch in the head from China’s Liu Ying that
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        794 4  -  Singapore Chinese Orchestra accompanies 1934 movie The Goddess with fresh soundtrack HUAYI CHINESE FESTIVAL OF ARTS Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg The Singapore Chinese Orchestra plans to breathe new life into an 80-year-old silent film classic from Shanghai for the Esplanade’s annual Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts.
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        776 4  -  Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent They may be among the top crop of young opera singers from China but soprano Yu Guanqun, mezzo-soprano Zhu Huiling and bass-baritone Shenyang have not all shared a stage until now. The three award-winning opera singers will perform together in the concert
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        537 4  -  Lisabel Ting Listen to “pearls large and small, cascading on to a plate” at MovingHorizon A Nanyin Journey by the Siong Leng Musical Association. That is how Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi describes nanyin music’s four-stringed pipa instrument, says director of the performance Lin Shao Ling,
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        2214 5  -  Mentorships help give emerging practitioners a leg up in the industry Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg When he was an undergraduate, musician Syairazi “Syai” Mahdhar, 29, formed a band with a group of friends. Back then, they had no idea how actual music recording worked, having only jammed together
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        715 6  -  Lasalle president Steve Dixon to hold his first visual art show and a dramatised performance of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg As president of Lasalle College of the Arts, Steve Dixon is deeply immersed in the art world. But he is
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        627 6  -  Melissa Tay Director Nell Ng is planning to “bring the sexy back into Shakespeare” with theatre group Toy Factory’s latest production of Romeo And Juliet. To do this, she has relied on composer Elaine Chan to create 18 original songs, including four instrumental numbers, that
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      152 4 $50 UP. PICKUP, Van, Kangoo, Lorry 10’’/ 14’’, Minibus. 588C Balestier Rd. *****206/ 9151 9379 JURONG AREA. TRUCK, Van, Pick-up. Long/ short term. 28 Benoi Place. *****186 SALOON CARS MPV for rental. M’sia use also avail. Call now 6844-1616 SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL Hatch-Back Sedan MPV 6769-7117 9740 8000 EASTERN CAR
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      1067 5 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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      44 5 FULL SEA VIEW! Sentosa comtemporary bunglw, 5bdrm all ensuite, big gdn pool. 9630-7741 Steve Tay ADORABLE BRIGHT KIM Yam Conserved 3+1. All reno. Rare split level isabelredrup.com/ir2.php$3.3m. *****055. Susan ARE! OFF DALVEY 15K sf. Hilltop land for rebuild. Botanic gdn view. $2XM. 9383-9025 R
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      217 5 sf ***ONE TREE HILL Detach 9800sf Semi-D 4860sf $10.xM.Earlybird disc. View daily. Shirley 9623-4620 UNBELIEVABLE! $5.XM BRAND New Semi-D 4250sf 5+1, pool, Basement, Holland Area. Call *****000 SUPER HILLTOP. RAFFLES Park. Most sought after locale! 8300sf Serious seller HB *****580 Alan Kang CHEAPEST! SWISS CLUB. ***** sf. Total privacy. FH.
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      295 5 QUICK! GOT SERIOUS offer! Seletar terr. 2390/2500 sf Big porch pk 3 cars, FH. Only $2.xM. call *****008 3250/3500SF SUNRISE AVE 3-storey Semi-D. Designer decor. 5 rms. $2.93m. 99yr. Cheong ERA *****888 THE COAST 2626SF $5.8M Oceanfront 4930sf $13M Oceanfront 3025sf $9M Oceanfront 2077sf $4.9M Oceanfront 1884sf $3.4M Seaview! *****991
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      289 5 LUXURIOUS ONE JERVOIS. 3+1. only $2.xM. 1604sf. Lush greenery. Corner patio. Full privacy. 9727-6111 THE TRESOR 3+1+1+PATIO, 2 attached. 1604 sf. Reno. Vacant. neg. *****785 www.michaelciola.com.sg PROXIMO 2174 SF 2+study+ roof terr. Reno. Great for party! $1.xK psf! *****785 www.michaelciola.com.sg FH THE LEGEND, MRT, CTE, PIE, Orchard, Schools. 1453 sf,
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      291 5 BARTLEY RIDGE $11XX psf! 3 Bdrm 969 sqft fr $1.1xM 4 Bdrm 1302 sqft fr $1.5xM 4Dual Key 1550sf fr $1.7xM ALONG MARINE PARADE Rd. 1)FH below $1453/ psf Semi-D alike. Grand Duchess. Approx 1453sf w/ patio 3bedrm. #01. Greenery. 2)FH below $1000/psf opp Parkway Parade. Marine Ville. Penthse. w/roof
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      187 5 BIG TOWNHSE 3842SF, 4+1 with gdn. Next to Thomson MRT.Incredible price! Don’t miss! Rose 9677 4182 cbre FH APT Sin Ming 2002 sf Usable 1503sf. High ceiling. Vacant.102 units&38 shops $2.2M. Enbloc potential GARDENS BISHAN 1226/ 883sf, 3+1/ 2bdrms, Bright Breezy, Unblocked. Full facilities. Call Koh 8233 1133 D21 listing
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      441 5 4’A’ AMK HUB Blk 596C. Unblock. All races all welcome Raymond *****677 BLK 52 NEW Upp Changi Rd 4’I’ simple reno high/lift flr Amenities, View by appt Call Mohammed 9743 2761 3-YR OLD! 3A 219A Bedok Central Val $457K Any COV!! #08 F/aircon MRT. S Abdullah *****444 ERA 4NG DR-DR
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      305 6 NEW LSITING! 5’I’ Blk 938. Jurong W. Near Ctr. High flr. Unblocked view. $460K ono. Reina 9066 0809 BUY ME NOW! Beautiful decor 4-rm Blk 195A Punggol Rd. Corner. 3 bdrms. Val $490. Ina *****459 ERA $10K BELOW VAL! 5’I’ 205A Punggol #02 Looks like hotel MRT/ LRT Val $530K
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      381 6 BEST BUY! $8K below value! 3’I’ utility Blk 13 #05 T.Payoh. Simple. All races. Val $325k. *****656 PN. $5K BELOW VAL Yet Neg! 3’NG’ Potong Pasir Blk 115 #02 Quiet. Valued $305K. S Abdullah *****444 ERA 3’I’ 114 T.PAYOH #1. Mins to Braddell MRT. Upgraded V$330k Damien*****035 BLK 682C 5RM
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      281 6 BUKIT TIMAH 3STY semi-d 4bdrm ensuites reno, quiet Avail end Apr $12k nego Serina Yap 9661 3818 DUCHESS RD RAMP access 4200sf, 7+1 rms, new built. Third Ave GCB. Both pool/ quiet.2016 MRT *****884 MOONBEAM TERR SEMI-D. 3-Sty. 4+1, 4000 sf. P/furn Supermart shpg. $7.5k. immed. 9851-2159 Clinton NAMLY CRES.
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      314 6 SEMI-D MEI Hwan. 3+1 all ensuite, unfurn, new reno, face pk, quiet, walk to MRT immed. Phang 9060-1668 THOMSON RIDGE 2-STY semi-d 3+1, spacious. quiet, eateries, MRT, supermkt, reservior,immed *****771 LIKE NEW! SEMI-D 4 bdrms 2800/2900sf. Bishan MRT, Australian Int’l. $7.3K. DTZ Anthony Chua ***** 028 D21 listing can be
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      387 6 REFLECTIONS 2-RM. HIGH flr, sea/ golf view. $5K. Caribbean 2/3-rms $5K/ $6K. 3+1+patio, 2700 sf, $10K. Call Jane *****426 INTERLACE OPEN HSE daily. 2-rm 807-1076 sf $3.8K up 3-rm 1259-1798sf $5.5K up 4-rm 2260-3541sf $8K up penthse 4704-5242sf $15K CARIBBEAN. 3RM+BALCONY 1270 sf $6.xK up. 2-rm,2+ patio $5.xK+. Long/ short
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      486 6 ASPEN HEIGHTS. 3+1+PATIO 1624 sqft. Well kept. Quiet Green. Resort living. $5.5k Immed. Anand 9656-9450 NASSIM WOOD 3+1+FAMILY 1991 sf. Luxurious. Tanglin Botanic Gdns. 9475 4785 www.michaelciola.com.sg RARE CAIRNHILL Astoria apt 3035sf 4+1 Unblocked Greenery view. Freehold FSR *****606 Sharon ***BEAUTIFUL HELIOS. CONDO facilities. 2+1 rms 1281 sf. Unblocked. Pte
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      406 6 ARCADIA GDN High flr 4+1+1 Gd cond, big balcony w/ Lush greenery, Bright, Unblocked view. 9154-4164 PARK INFINIA, DESIGNER decor, 2bdrm f/furn. $5.7K Bring your luggage. Cobroke welcome. *****310 CUBE 8 376 Thomson Rd 3 bdrms, 1335sf, high floor link to sky garden dining Immed, Owner *****970 ADAM PARK 3+1.
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      379 6 THE WATERSIDE, HIGH flr. 3 bdrm. Part/ full/ furn. Opp good sch. Immed. All races $7K. Lynn 9233-2256 NEAR SIGLAP CTR Upp Mais 3300 s.f 4 rms. 1 yr lease Also rms avail. Convenient View to offer 9662-3862 QUESTA DUNMAN 2 bdrm high flr, balcony, quiet, p/furn, $4K. 9479 2280
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      333 6 FOREST HILLS, NEW list! $2800 only. 3 bdrms. F/furn. Pool view. Vacant. Alvin Lim 9848-5533 ERA NORTHOAKS/ WOODSVALE, 3+1. Furn $2.8K+. Pool. 2 units. Avail immed/ Feb. Call Tony Kwek 9765-4270 WOODSVALE $2.8K+! MRT! 3+1/ patio. 4 units avail. Call *****689 John Tsang F/FURN 1-BDRM APT Kinta Road Niven Road.
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      337 6 YUNG KUANG RD 3-rm Bank supermkt amenities on grd level, 24-hr security. Fr $1.45K Tel *****876 BLK 655B JURONG West. 4A. Avail Feb. Ask $2900. HB *****927 Linda Chin 54 MARINE TERRACE. 4-rm HDB approved. 3+1. Corner $3K. Derek 9367-3928 575 3+1 5RM, new full furn/ paint, cosy, high flr,
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      115 7 THE OCTAGON 105 Cecil St Call owner *****149 Tagore Lane μ Hi-tech office/warehouse μ 8 Loading/Unloading bays μ High ceiling μ Ample basement carpark μ 24hrs security μ Free shuttle bus service provided www.singaporegodown.com Call *****944 SUNTEC CITY, TWR 2. 3,498 sf, Nicely fitted, Lobby entrance. S$8.00 psf Neg. Nice
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      340 7 fit? Office Space gH Office Space gH Office Space m for Sale HU for Sale Hfir for Sale Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES f "I F h Office Space at Central for Sale Tenanted, with immediate rental income Unit sizes from 1,668 sq ft to 13,337 sq ft Located
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      252 7 THE CENTRAL, HIGH St, Int’l Plaza, Golden Mile, Manhattan Hse, CBD prime investment. Karl *****060 NEW COMMERCIAL LAUNCH next to Jurong East MRT. Office F&B/ Medical suite fr $1M up! Jason 9686 0116 CHINATOWN POINT 2486SF. w/leaseback. Good return. High flr, F/Fitted, Ctrl MRT. Call Chris 9007-7782 NEW LAUNCH VENTURE
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      304 8 13/2 LCCI MYOB Computerised Accounting $238, Book-keeping. *****168 AMK NEW BUNGLW for full lodging. Teacher’s family internet, tuition. *****988 JAPANESE PYAESS. Conversational Japanese/Kids. Robinson Rd,Raffles Pl Mrt pyaess.edu.sg. 6327-1377 J A P A N E S E M A N D A R IN COURSES Native Teachers, Shaw House, 6238-0288
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      1330 8 NOTICE ComfortDelGro’s taxi companies, Comfort and CityCab, will be imposing the following location surcharge for all trips originating from the Changi Exhibition Centre during the 2014 Singapore Airshow. Details are as follows: Taxi Models Location Surcharge Duration All ComfortDelGro Taxis, including ComfortDelGro LimoCabs and MaxiCabs S$10 Applicable upon boarding and
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      198 9 IMMEDIATE JOBS! Patient Service Service Ambassador Pharmacy Assistant Retail Assistant Temp/ Contract/ Perm Pls call Mr Tan (R*****65) at *****280 (Recruit Express 99C4599) FULL-TIME DOCTOR REQUIRED GP clinic in Jurong West Aesthetic Doctor in Orchard Novena. Please call 9438-5541 PART-TIME DENTAL NURSE required for clinic in Expo. S’porean only. Flexi
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      161 9 CALL CENTRE EXECUTIVE required for Important Business Centre Suntec City Ê NO Sales Ê NO Cold Calls Ê Great Benefits Basic Pay $2400 $3600 per month Strictly S’porean Immediate Start ONLY ’Start your new year with great future by joining our expansion’ Call Mr Kelvin Lee Tel:6829 2382 CALL CENTER
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      276 9 SANPOU-TEI A traditional Ramen Restaurant from Niigata Opening Mid of March 2014 has vacancies for 1) Full time/ Part time Service Staff ($1500-$2000 depend on experience) 2) Kitchen Cooks ($1600-$2200 depend on experience) 3) Full time/ Part time Dishwasher (Min 6 hrs for Part-timer) Benefits: Meals provided, Attendance Punctuality allowance,
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      108 9 Bistro is seeking: SUPERVISOR BARISTAS SERVICE CREWS (Full Part Time positions available) Call: 8207 2606 /Email: hello@roomcoffeebar.sg Only Singaporeans Cafe Orchard Jurong West required BUBBLE TEA ASST ICE SHAVER ASST BARRISTER KITCHEN ASST SERVICE CREW CASHIER 9239-3937 PART-TIME KITCHEN CREW with experience 8.30 am to 3.30 pm Mon to Friday.
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      369 9 GELATO CAFE Central Region requires Full/ PartTime Service Crews. Call *****280. S’poreans only. STICKY FINGERS SVC Crew @Clake Quay. Part-time $7-$12/hrs. Full-time $1250 $1.6k+comm. 9154-2026 FRUIT JUICE STALL require Full/ Part-time Asst Kovan Old Airport Rd. S’porean. Call 8126 2127 T. BLANGAH HALAL central kitchen requires Cook Kitchen Helper. 5½
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      598 10 Accounting/ I Accounting/ Bookkeeping f Bookkeeping uires VE Beverage company 1) ACCOUNTSEXECU 2) ACCOUNTS CLERK Post 1 Basic $2.6k above Post 2 Basic $1.7k and above 5 and a half day week Good with Ms excel Medical hospitalisation benefits Singaporean only 14 days annual leave Interested please email to nsumerproduct2@gmail.com
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      241 10 Technical We are a local telecommunication service provider. We would like to invite suitable candidates to apply for the following BlueTel position. TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST (HELP DESK) Key Responsibilities: Respond to requests for technical assistance via phone and email Advise customers on appropriate course of actions Log all helpdesk interactions
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      223 10 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry invites: BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN Provide building maintenance services and render technical, audio-video, logistics and other support services to events in SCCCI building and at other venues as assigned by the supervisors Requirements: NITEC in Building (Mechanical Electrical) Services or NTC 3 Certificate At least
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      214 10 Supervisor $2.3K- $2.4K SO $1.9 $1.95K Marina Square, Shenton Way, Bishan, River Valley, Jurong East Commonwealth Avenue $1.8K to $1.85K Changi South, Yishun, Corporation Road, Victoria Street All jobs weekly off RELIEF -Pay after work *****451 /*****652 105 Sims Ave Junction Lor 13 Geylang #03-13 Chancerlodge Complex SingTec Security Supervisor
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      429 11 ANG MO KIO CONDO $2250 (DAY) ASST SUPERVISOR $2.1K (DAY/NIGHT) OFFICER WITH 1MONTH BONUS Jones 9112 9696 Gana 9235 3594 WEEKEND PACKAGE F OFFICER E FRI SAT SUN $300 Gross (DAY) Interested please call: Gana 9235 3594 1) SUPERVISOR $2.1K 2) SECURITY OFFICER $1750 required CHANGI NORTH BUKIT MERAH JURONG
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      223 11 DAILY CASH $50(8 hour) $80(12 hour) CLEANERS FLOATERS Orchard 7.30am-4.30pm/5pm-10pm Sentosa 11pm-8am/ 8am-5pm 9068-1159 6292-2251 Changi Airport 10.30pm-7.30am/ 7.30am -2.30pm/9.00am-6.00pm/ 3.00pm-11.00pm 8167-0040 8501-1010 EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER Immediate Position r Min 3 years’ experience from hotel, cleaning or airline industries. r Professional, responsible r Reliable, strong staff management skills rGood communication skills
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      159 11 CLEANER (X2) $950-$1200 needed Central Fire Station, 62 Hill Street. 9.30am -4.30pm. Call *****946 OFFICE CLEANER NEEDED urgent at Buona Vista near One North MRT station, please call 8119 0956 CLEANERS/ TEAM LEADERS wanted urgently Tg Rhu Rd/ Holland Rd/ River Valley Rd. Pls call 9630-1605 CLEANERS REQUIRED AT Bugis
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      304 11 CLEANERS DISHWASHERS Jln Kayu 5.30-10.30pm Suntec City 11am-2.30pm /6-11pm Call 9789 9245 CLEANER SUPERVISOR needed Ayer Rajah Cres. All are welcome to apply. Pls Call *****332 SCH CLEANER ($1K) needed at Bendemeer, Potong Pasir/ Bt Timah Balestier Sporean only. *****800 EXPERIENCED CLEANING SITE Supervisor town area, 2pm-11pm. Start immed. Call:
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      365 11 CLASS 3 DRIVERS with Vocational Lic. Salary $1.8k Benefits CPF. Vehicle drive home. 6-day week. Sms details to 9388 0848 FULL TIME VALETS Driver. Basic CPF Tips Meal. Well groomed (S’porean). Able to start immed. Able to work long hrs. *****015 TRPT COMPANY NEED Prime Mover Driver with experience. S’porean
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      268 11 TEMP WORKERS REQUIRED for scrap metal sorting Alps ave. With forklift lic. Physically fit. 5-day wk. $70/day. Aircon environ ment. Call 9023-7676 PART-TIME CLEANER NEEDED for housekeeping office. Islandwide. Interested call 6100-6889 3X CALL CO-ORDINATORS wanted. Call only no selling. High comm. Prefer housewives. *****504 KOVAN TUITION CTR requires Admin
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      268 11 Leading Seafood Trading Co requires urgently 1) ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR/ ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE Bookkeeping/ Accounting knowledge essential Good communication skills incl letter writing needed Interpersonal skills necessary 5.5 days week 2) CLERKS Bilingual with relevant experience S’porean only 3) DELIVERY DRIVERS Salary $1800 Able to read simple English Can start work immediately
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      248 11 GARDENERS needed at ChangiRoad Hill Street Please call *****190/*****314 TRAIN WORK a s Healthcare Asst. Therapy Asst. Other Positions Avail. No Experience Needed! 90 100% funding for S’poreans Preview: 5 Feb 2.00pm, Call *****892/ *****102 LAUNDRY CO Toa Payoh needs 1) Prodn. Operators, 2) Admin/ General Clerk. 3) Counter Asst.
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