The Straits Times, 5 February 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 94 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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    Lock icon NEA: Avoid oil-slicked beaches at islands
    519 1  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg PEOPLE were advised to avoid entering the sea at beaches on Kusu and St John’s islands yesterday due to an oil slick caused by a ship collision last Thursday. About 200m of beach on Kusu Island and 100m at
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    Lock icon China ‘to ramp up military funding’
    60 1 CHINA’S People’s Liberation Army is gearing for a surge in new funding even as defence budgets of the United States and Nato countries shrink, said a new report. By 2024, it will spend more than all of Western Europe, defence industry consulting and analysis
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    Lock icon Opposition bid to annul Thai polls
    50 1 THAILAND’S opposition Democrat Party has filed annul filed a court petition to annul Sunday’s general election, piling legal pressure on the caretaker government of Ms Yingluck Shinawatra that has been besieged by street protests (left) since last October. L TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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    Lock icon Patients will pay less under MediShield Life: Gan
    531 1  -  Medisave contributions should also be enough for new premiums, he says By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma WHEN universal medical coverage kicks in next year, patients’ share of big hospital bills will go down from what they now have to
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      Lock icon Bourses down across Asia on weak US data
      607 2 / 3 American factory activity expands at weakest pace in eight months BLOOMBERG REUTERS SYDNEY Asian stocks fell yesterday, with the regional benchmark index dropping the most since last June, after data showing weaker-than-expected growth in US manufacturing helped extend a rout that wiped
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      Lock icon Botanic Gardens submits bid to be World Heritage Site
      360 2 / 3  -  By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Botanic Gardens has submitted the official documents in its bid to become the country’s first Unesco World Heritage Site. Unesco, a United Nations body, may decide on the Gardens’ nomination as early as
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      Lock icon Pioneers’ health care ‘covered for the rest of their lives’
      516 2 / 3  -  Commitment will lift burden of care from younger generation too: Chan By CHARISSA YONG, THAM YUEN-C charyong@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg THE upcoming pioneer generation package will help those who contributed to Singapore’s early development cope with health-care costs for the rest of
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      Lock icon Mr Lee misses CNY dinner due to ill health
      289 2 / 3  -  CHARISSA YONG FOR the second year in a row, ill health kept Mr Lee Kuan Yew away from the annual Chinese New Year dinner in his Tanjong Pagar GRC yesterday. Mr Lee, 90, is hospitalised at Singapore General Hospital with a
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        Lock icon Patients to pay less: Gan
        52 4 PATIENTS can expect their share of big hospital bills to go down when universal medical coverage starts next year, says Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. Although MediShield Life premiums will likely be higher, working adults are unlikely to have to pay extra. TOP OF THE
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        Lock icon S’pore maths in S. America
        41 4 SINGAPORE’S mathematics syllabus has slowly made its way to South America after being adopted in a number of South-east Asian countries and the United States for its strong focus on problem-solving. TOP OF THE NEWS A8
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Karzai-Taleban talks?
          60 4 AFGHANISTAN’S President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret peace talks with Taleban officials, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed Afghan and Western officials. But the Taleban says it has not been involved in any peace talks. PAGE A10 President Karzai and the Taleban are said to have
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          Lock icon All-weather politicians
          43 4 EAGER politicians are out to promote themselves among Indonesians as natural calamities hit the country close to national elections due in two months’ time. Analysts say such political communications are a given in the lead up to the polls. PAGE A16
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          Lock icon Details on data requests
          34 4 FACEBOOK, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Google have begun publishing details about government requests they receive for data, hoping to show limited involvement in controversial United States surveillance efforts. PAGE A19
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          Lock icon Call for UK home curbs
          45 4 BRITAIN should ban foreigners from buying homes to halt soaring property prices, which are locking “millions” of citizens out of the housing market, a London think-tank said. The country has no restrictions on who can buy real estate. PAGE A20
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        Lock icon A THAI TRAGEDY AND A FARCE
        60 4 Thailand’s election, called to resolve a disputed mandate, has been thwarted. The probable alternatives cannot by definition be better. This has been a tragedy and a farce. Which way the contestants for power swing will now determine the course of the country. One must
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Reprieve for currencies
          25 4 SOUTH-EAST Asian currencies, including the Singapore dollar, yesterday enjoyed a reprieve from their recent slide against the United States dollar. PAGE B9
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          Lock icon City feeling the Blues
          79 4 FOR all of Manchester City’s imperious home form and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s downplaying of their Premier League title chances, the Blues’ 1-0 win at the Etihad on Monday confirmed they are serious contenders. With Arsenal on top at 55 points, Chelsea is now behind City
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          Lock icon Jordan down Lions 3-1
          51 4 THE Lions’ already slim hopes of qualifying for football’s 2015 Asian Cup have been virtually snuffed out after their 1-3 loss to Jordan in last night’s qualifier. The visitors’ three points mean they go through with Group A leaders Oman to the finals in Australia. PAGE
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          Lock icon Impact of Ukraine crisis
          39 4 HOW would the protests in Kiev affect Europe’s post-Cold War security order and America’s global strategic position? Why is Russia reacting furiously? By Invitation columnist Hugh White unravels the political crisis in Ukraine. PAGE A22
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          Lock icon Put a stop to hiring bias
          57 4 PUTTING a stop to discriminatory hiring practices requires a mindset change for all Singaporeans. The perception that job seekers in their 40s, 50s and 60s are “over the hill” must change, and human resource practitioners, CEOs and the civil service can lead the change,
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          Lock icon Luxury car sales plunge
          55 4 LUXURY car sales plunged last year, hit by measures to cool the market. High-end brands Ferrari and Rolls-Royce saw sales drop by more than 90 per cent in the second half of last year. PAGE B1 High-end brands such as Ferrari have seen sales drop. BT
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          Lock icon $500,000 CBT case
          39 4 FORMER property agent Terence Yan denied allegations that he misappropriated cheques for over $500,000 from a client. He faces up to 20 years’ jail and a fine if convicted of criminal breach of trust. PAGE B8
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Not the lion’s share
          72 4 DIRECTOR Jack Neo’s latest work, The Lion Men, did well at the local box office during the Chinese New Year long weekend, making more than $1.19 million. But it was beaten to the top spot by Hollywood blockbuster RoboCop, which made $1.83 million. PAGE C4 Tosh
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          Lock icon Our artistic journey
          42 4 Changed World, an exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore, examines the development of art here after World War II until the 1970s. It features more than 120 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from the national collection. PAGE C8
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          Lock icon A decade of Facebook
          32 4 FACEBOOK celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday. View a fun graphic in our Photos, on what Singapore users love and love to hate about this social networking site: www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes
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          Lock icon Forgotten prison camp
          63 4 THE site of a former Shanghai internment camp made famous by J.G. Ballard’s novel, Empire Of The Sun, is now an elite government school, where Chinese students are unaware of its history. www.stasiareport.com The main building of Shanghai High School was used by the Japanese as a
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          Lock icon Big games out in Feb
          34 4 SOME big video games will make their debut this month, including 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default. What other games should you look out for? Watch the trailers on stcommunities.sg
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          Lock icon Fann Wong is pregnant
          29 4 IT’S official. Actors Fann Wong and Christopher Lee (right) are expecting their first child. View a gallery of photos of Singapore’s golden showbiz couple. stcommunities.sg
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          Lock icon Little India after the riot
          54 4 IMMEDIATELY after the December riot in Little India, the once bustling area became a ghost town. Hear from the people who live, work and play in the area to find out how things are now. Tourists strolling along an alley in Little India last week.
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          Lock icon Man hits colleague
          24 4 A MALE delivery rider was captured on video lashing out and hitting a female colleague during a heated quarrel in Singapore.
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          Lock icon Fighting over seats
          19 4 TWO Singaporeans were caught on camera quarrelling on an MRT train, apparently over the reserved seat.
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      Lock icon Tidal wave of cancer set to sweep globe: Report
      513 6 Most deaths in developing countries; call to tax alcohol, tobacco and sugar BLOOMBER AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A warning that the world faces a “tidal wave” of cancer has been followed by calls for restrictions or extra taxes on smoking, alcohol and
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      Lock icon Govt to release granite to help ease shortage
      293 6  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg THE Government will release granite from the national stockpile to help ease a temporary shortage that has led to delays with some construction projects here. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said yesterday in a statement that the
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      Lock icon Profits soar for Japanese corporate giants
      566 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s economy may be sluggish, but corporate profits are soaring. Toyota, Panasonic and Sharp yesterday reported earnings that pointed to better times ahead. Toyota said nine-month net earnings more than doubled to 1.52 trillion yen (S$19 billion) on a sharp drop
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      Lock icon Free tests for those turning 50
      337 6  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS who turn 50 this year can get free screenings for colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer at selected polyclinics and GPs. The year-long offer is to mark the 50th anniversary of the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS). Those who are eligible
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      Lock icon Thai opposition files bid to annul Feb 2 polls
      625 6  -  By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg THAILAND’S opposition Democrat Party has filed a court petition to annul Sunday’s general election, piling legal pressure on a caretaker government that has been besieged by street protests since last October. As
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      Lock icon Singapore maths makes its way to S. America
      609 8  -  Textbooks based on MOE method adopted in some countries By MELISSA SIM U.S. CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON simlinoi@sph.com.sg AT SOUTHERN Cross School in Santiago, Chile, first- to fourth-grade pupils became more interested in their mathematics lessons after the school started teaching Singapore maths.
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      Lock icon Software blamed for six-hour M1 outage
      369 8  -  By KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph.com.sg A SOFTWARE problem has been blamed for the six-hour outage of M1’s mobile services yesterday, which left many customers unable to make calls when they went to work in the morning. The telco said the downtime could be linked to
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      Lock icon China ‘set for surge in military spending’
      617 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG China already spends more on its military than any other country in the world except the United States. Now, as defence budgets at the Pentagon and in many North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) countries shrink, China’s People’s
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      Lock icon Microsoft appoints new CEO after five-month search
      493 8 BLOOMBERG SEATTLE Microsoft has named Mr Satya Nadella as its new chief executive officer, tapping an insider steeped in business technology to turn around a software maker that helped usher in the personalcomputing age only to be left behind as the world shifted
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Pakistan govt did not show up for negotiations, say militants
      341 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Negotiators for the Pakistani Taleban said yesterday that government representatives had refused to show up for planned peace talks, citing confusion over the militants’ team. The two sides had been due to gather in Islamabad to chart
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      Lock icon Karzai holding ‘secret Taleban talks’
      556 10 Afghan leader seeking peace deal but Taleban denies any such talks NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS BLOOMBERG KABUL Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret talks with Taleban officials in the hope of persuading them to make peace with his government. The Taleban-initiated talks had
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        Lock icon Tendulkar given top honours
        173 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI Retired cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, making him the first Indian sportsperson to receive the honour. Tendulkar, who at 40 is the youngest-ever recipient, was congratulated by President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony
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        Lock icon New plan to boost female hiring rate
        521 11 S. Korea to name, shame firms with few women BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea will adopt a name-and-shame policy, publicly identifying companies with low female employment levels, as President Park Geun Hye (below) targets 1.65 million extra jobs for women. Policy steps will include
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        Lock icon Kim Jong Un a candidate for polls
        382 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korea has confirmed that leader Kim Jong Un will run in next month’s parliamentary elections, which will be closely watched for clues on power shifts in Pyongyang. The National Assembly is largely a rubber-stamp body with little authority, but
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        Lock icon NHK manager’s Nanjing denial no problem: Tokyo
        459 12 Second instance of national broadcaster ‘falling in line with govt’s agenda’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A senior NHK manager who denied any Japanese massacre at Nanjing during the 1930s did nothing wrong, Tokyo said yesterday, as another storm brewed over the integrity of the
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        Lock icon GIVING THANKS TO THE SEA
        81 12 Members of Malaysia’s indigenous Mah Meri tribe performing a dance during Puja Pantai, a thanksgiving ritual to appease the spirits of the seas, in the village of Pulau Carey, outside Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The Mah Meri people, who are descendants of seafaring people who lived
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        Lock icon Radiation from Fukushima to hit US West Coast
        335 12 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Seaborne radiation from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will wash up on the US West Coast this year. That is raising concern among some Americans, including residents of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fairfax, which passed a resolution
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon S’pore, Jakarta reaffirm ties
          73 12 SINGAPORE and Indonesia reaffirmed solid ties and cooperation between the two countries when Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam met his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa in West Java’s Bandung city yesterday. The two leaders also discussed the preparations for the next annual Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat,
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          Lock icon Bird flu kills 3 in China
          72 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Three Chinese people have died of the H7N9 bird flu, the state news agency Xinhua said yesterday, adding to a spike in cases this year. Two men, aged 76 and 52, died in southern Guangdong province on Monday, while a third
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        Lock icon Natural disasters grist for Indonesia’s politicians
        586 16  -  Candidates offering aid at disaster zones with one eye firmly on upcoming elections By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg AS RELIEF workers rushed to the scenes of recent floods and volcanic eruptions that hit various parts of Indonesia, so did eager politicians
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        Lock icon ‘Alert’ status for 19 Indonesian volcanoes
        576 16  -  ZUBAIDAH NAZEER JAKARTA Volcanologists have raised 19 volcanoes across Indonesia to “alert” status following increased activity there. Another three are on “high alert” after volcanic quakes and higher levels of gas emissions were detected. The status of Mount Sinabung, which has been erupting intermittently
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        Lock icon Explosions rock volcano in Ecuador
        255 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QUITO (Ecuador) A series of explosions has rocked Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano, spewing columns of ash into the air that reached as far as Quito. Ashfall from the plumes was reported up to 130km north of the Ecuadoran capital, the authorities said. “There were
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        Lock icon Young talent deserting Tacloban
        366 16 NEW YORK TIMES TACLOBAN (Philippines) As Mr Jesse Siozon waited for his grandfather’s funeral to begin beneath the tarpaulins that serve as the roof for the storm-damaged Santo Niño Church, he spoke of a double loss. His grandfather succumbed to injuries and illnesses brought on by
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        Lock icon Malaysian couple set to be charged in Sweden
        224 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA A Malaysian couple held in Sweden for allegedly hitting their child are expected to be charged in court next Monday, one of their lawyers said. Mr Kristofer Stahre, counsel for the children’s mother Shalwati Nurshal, said
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        Lock icon Selangor may get new Menteri Besar
        633 17  -  Anwar acknowledges option ‘is on the table’ if he wins Kajang seat By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR yyennie@sph.com.sg SELANGOR may get a new Menteri Besar should he win a state by-election, national opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim acknowledged, backtracking on a
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        Lock icon Thai protests driving tourists out of capital
        379 17 REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s anti-government protests, now in their third month, have taken a heavy toll on tourism in the bustling capital Bangkok but sparked an upturn in arrivals at beach and mountain resorts, officials say. Thousands of demonstrators have occupied areas near Bangkok’s
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      Lock icon Genetic testing of embryos during IVF poses dilemma
      679 18 Ethical questions include choosing which ones to discard NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Ms Amanda Baxley and Mr Bradley Kalinsky’s wedded life took an unexpected turn when they learned that she carried a deadly gene. She was afraid of having children in
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      Lock icon ON THE BOIL: UKRAINE TENSION
      70 18 PHOTO: REUTERS Riot police warming themselves by a stove yesterday near the site of clashes with anti-government protesters in Kiev. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s representative in Parliament said the President sees “two possible scenarios” to end a two-month civil crisis: the release of government buildings
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      Lock icon Record $33b in illicit inflow to Philippines in 2011: Study
      337 18 REUTERS WASHINGTON More than US$410 billion (S$523 billion) in illicit money crossed the borders of the Philippines from 1960 to 2011, with Customs fraud related to imported goods surging in recent years, according to a study by a United States-based
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      Lock icon 48-hr Tube strike set to cause chaos in London
      295 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG LONDON The British capital faces travel chaos today with workers on the Underground railway set to begin a 48-hour strike from 9pm local time last night (5am Singapore time), to protest against the planned closure of ticket offices
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        Lock icon Queen Elizabeth to meet Pope Francis
        64 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will meet Pope Francis for the first time when she visits Rome in April as a guest of the Italian President, Buckingham Palace said yesterday. The Queen and her husband Prince Philip will have an audience with
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        Lock icon Art advocate Joan Mondale, 83, dies
        55 18 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Mrs Joan Mondale, whose promotion and advocacy of painting, sculpture and other fine arts earned her the nickname Joan of Art in Washington during the vice-presidency of her husband, Walter F. Mondale, in the late 1970s, died on Monday
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        Lock icon First trial over Rwanda genocide
        91 18 REUTERS PARIS Twenty years after the Rwanda genocide, France opened its first trial against a suspected accomplice in the massacre that killed 800,000 people in 1994, accusing a former intelligence chief of crimes against humanity. Pascal Simbikangwa, 54, appeared in a court yesterday on the
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        Lock icon UN: South Sudan needs $1.62b in aid
        67 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JUBA The United Nations is appealing for US$1.27 billion (S$1.62 billion) for aid for South Sudan, hit by a seven-week-old conflict that has forced nearly a million people from their homes. The UN’s top aid official in South Sudan Toby Lanzer
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      Lock icon Tech firms publish details of govt data requests
      562 19 They seek to show limited role in secret US govt surveillance programmes REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Google have begun publishing details about the number of secret government requests for data they receive, hoping to show limited involvement in
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      Lock icon Damascus ‘will attend peace talks, ship more chemical arms’
      334 19 REUTERS MOSCOW Russia has offered assurances that the Syrian government will show up at a new round of peace talks next week and will soon ship more toxic agents abroad for destruction under a deal to eliminate its chemical weapons arsenal.
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      Lock icon Ban foreign buyers to solve UK property woes: Report
      1197 20  -  Think-tank urges govt to act, saying ‘millions’ locked out of market By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON Britain should ban foreigners from buying homes in order to halt soaring property prices, which are locking “millions” of citizens out of the
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      Lock icon US small businesses borrowing more, sign of growth
      434 20 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Small businesses in the United States boosted borrowing in December, pushing a broad lending index to its highest level in nearly seven years and signalling that economic growth may continue apace in the early part of this year. The
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      Lock icon Lenovo shares plunge 16% on Motorola acquisition
      347 20 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Shares in Lenovo dived 16.40 per cent in Hong Kong yesterday, with traders worried the Chinese technology giant has bitten off more than it can chew with its US$2.91 billion (S$3.7 billion) purchase of struggling handset maker Motorola.
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      Lock icon Ex-banker, chef to sell bento
      524 21 Investors invited to join the feast by ambitious new crowdfunding company BLOOMBERG TOKYO A former Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities banker is setting up a crowdfunding company to raise investment money online for start-ups, including a Michelin-starred chef’s bento box business. Mr Osamu Ito, who left
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        Lock icon ‘More breaks’ for smelters
        115 21 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia’s government must provide tax holidays and other financial incentives to convince companies to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build copper smelters amid weak global prices, said the head of a local smelting company. Indonesia’s government last month imposed new mining policies
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        Lock icon Tech firms pledge $956m
        70 21 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Microsoft, Apple, Verizon Communications and Sprint are among the companies pledging more than US$750 million (S$956 million) in computers, software and services to an Obama administration project to give almost all United States students access to broadband and wireless technology. The commitments will be
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        Lock icon UBS swings back to profit
        136 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZURICH Swiss bank UBS reported a huge swing back to profit last year and accelerating performance in the last quarter, amid a refocusing of its activities. Last year, it made a net profit of 3.2 billion Swiss francs (S$4.5 billion), from a loss
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      1132 23  -  By PAUL HENG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is founder, managing director and an executive coach of the NeXT Career Consulting Group, Asia IT IS still not happening. Employers in Singapore have yet to fully embrace the Government’s call
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        280 24  -  INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS Kuek Jia Yao INSTEAD of cutting funding for some independent schools (“Funding cuts for top independent schools in S’pore”; Monday), what the Ministry of Education (MOE) should do is allocate more resources to bring all schools up to the same level, and ensure
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        59 24 1. MR TIMOTHY LIM: Focus on opening doors for deserving students. 2. MR NG RUENN SHENG: Don’t water down standards. 3. MR GOH CHYE GUAN: Lack of control behind worksite accidents. 4. MR JEFFREY LAW: Tackle root causes of misbehaviour among students. 5. MS LI DAN YUE: Contingency
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        206 24  -  Raymond Anthony Fernando IT IS puzzling how a man managed to get onto the MRT tracks between Tanah Merah and Expo stations (“Man found on MRT tracks injured but stable”; Tuesday). According to his son, the man had shown symptoms of dementia for
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          334 24 WHILE waiting for my A-level results, I found a temporary job in the retail industry at Changi Airport. Airport staff are sent for training courses in order to maintain service standards. I have just completed a course where the trainer compared the work ethic
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          193 24 SINGAPORE’S education system has been deemed “world class” and was commended by British Education Secretary Michael Gove. The balance achieved between studies and play is a major factor behind the success of our education system. Co-curricular activities (CCAs) cater to the different interests of
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        256 24  -  Edwin Lim Khek Leong CURRENTLY, the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) of 15 per cent is imposed if a developer cannot complete development and sell all the residential units in a project within five years of the date of contract or agreement to
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        298 25  -  Edmund Lam (Dr) CONSTRUCTION is one of the largest industries in Singapore. Unfortunately, it is also the most dangerous. More construction workers are killed or seriously injured than in any other industry. Nine fatalities in a month speaks for itself (“Minister issues warning over
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        120 25  -  Sethuraman Venkatasubramanian LAST Saturday, I bought gold jewellery from Mustafa Centre, which was meant to be taken out of Singapore the next day by my sister, who is an Australian. After making the purchase, I approached the goods and services tax tourist refund counter
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        95 25  -  Felix Kim THE report (“Australian cities consider U-turn on double-deckers”; Jan 26) said a double-decker can carry up to 110 people, compared with 67 for a bendy bus. A double-decker also occupies less road space than a bendy bus. In our push to reduce road congestion and
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        82 25  -  Loy Ai Choo (Ms) PEOPLE can apply for exclusion orders to bar their family members from entering the casinos here. I understand there is a similar avenue to bar individuals from borrowing from legal moneylenders. But moneylenders are able to exercise their discretion and grant loans
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        189 25  -  Ethan Guo MY MOTHER is 65 and works for a Temasek-linked company. She was re-employed with a pay cut despite doing the same amount of work. We are grateful that she has a good job at her age, but any employment beyond this year is doubtful
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      180 25 -(?@?(^=[;%"+@=;~$*%>?!/.%;&[.! "V A LAW DEGREE IS NOT JUST TO BECOME A LAWYER f V o “I was keen to stay in the technology sector but wanted to move into a field that allowed me to leverage my existing knowledge and experience with legal work. Michael Peevey Global Agreements Manager (IT)
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      33 25 PUNCHLINES NEWS ITEM Customers of one telco were unable to make calls for over five hours yesterday morning We should have more of such mobile service disruptions. Whatever for? Peaceful train rides. BLISS
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      810 1  -  Tiered ARF, borrowing cap blamed as luxury makes tumble by over 80% By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg MEASURES to cool the car market introduced in last year’s Budget have hit luxury brands the hardest, with some reporting a sales
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      666 2  -  Facts, advice in programme to teach youth about sexual health matters By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg A LIST of some two dozen questions focusing on homosexuality and bisexuality has been generating buzz, not least because of its source the Health Promotion Board (HPB).
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      584 2  -  By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A FORMER director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) has failed to get a court order to stop the taxman from coming after him to make good on tax arrears totalling $117,716. If Mr Mohd
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      115 2 The Land Transport Authority has installed anti-glare panels (left and above) on a short stretch of the Pan-Island Expressway at Aljunied to minimise the impact of headlight glare from vehicles approaching from the other direction. The first of such panels were installed on a stretch of
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      300 2 ALL tray-return stands at hawker centres islandwide will now have to be chained securely against sturdy columns or walls, to prevent them from falling over and injuring diners. For the same reason, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has also instructed the removal of the signs
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      564 4  -  B737-800 will provide 8% increase in seat capacity compared to A-320 By ROYSTON SIM IN SEATTLE roysim@sph.com.sg REGIONAL carrier SilkAir marked a new chapter in its history when it received the first of 54 new Boeing jets yesterday. Its new B737-800 will
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      240 4  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines said one of its Airbus A-380 jets is being checked by engineers at Changi Airport after it was grounded in Germany due to scratches on the plane’s body. Flight SQ25 from New York to Singapore
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      388 4  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg THE United Overseas Bank (UOB) raised over $200,000 for charity at its Chinese New Year dinner auction last night, where the only item up for grabs a Chinese calligraphy piece went for $113,000. Mr and Mrs Derrick
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      582 6  -  Parent, alumni donations also help to fund scholarships, programmes By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Pearl Lee DONATIONS from parents and alumni who want to help schools are for more than just campus upgrading. The donors support scholarships, bursaries and education
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      429 6  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS living in Bedok, Eunos and Hougang will have three new City Direct bus services linking them directly to the Central Business District (CBD) via expressways by the third quarter of this year.
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      302 6  -  LEE JIAN XUAN THE Asian Women’s Welfare Association (Awwa) School showed off its three-dimension-al interactive classroom yesterday during a Chinese New Year visit from President Tony Tan Keng Yam. Opened early last year, the classroom is equipped with computers and iPads on which
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      467 7  -  He was part of group that bashed duo for ‘talking too loudly’ at food centre By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A THUG who was part of a gang that attacked two men for “talking too loudly” as they dined
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      406 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THE operations manager of Pet Movers was collecting documents from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) office at the Changi Airfreight Centre, when he found an AVA rubber stamp inadvertently inserted into the envelope that was handed to
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      303 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A WAITER who targeted teenage girls to rob and molest, as he believed they were “easy” victims, was sentenced to six years in jail and 20 strokes of the cane yesterday. Kang Boon Khoon, 33, chose his Chua Chu Kang neighbourhood
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      654 8  -  He allegedly led client into believing it was needed to buy already paid-for flat By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A FORMER property agent has denied allegations that he misappropriated cheques worth more than half a million dollars that were handed to him by an
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      790 8  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg A BUSINESSMAN on trial for bribing three Lebanese football officials with prostitutes when they were in Singapore to officiate a match had allegedly struck deals with Thai officials as well. This emerged in court yesterday, the first
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      620 9  -  Data showing US slowdown last month prompts investors to pull out By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg SOUTH-EAST Asian currencies, including the Singapore dollar, have enjoyed what may prove to be a brief reprieve from their recent slide against the US dollar. Weaker US
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      782 9  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THIS is not how Mr Ben Bernanke would have chosen to end his eight-year tenure as the most powerful man in the financial world helming the United States central bank. As he handed
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      407 10  -  It will add clean fuels facility and cogeneration plant on Jurong Island By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SOME upgrading is finally in store for Singapore’s smallest oil refinery, after about a year’s delay. The Singapore Refining Company (SRC) said yesterday it will pump
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      323 10  -  RACHAEL BOON SINGAPORE’S most valuable banking brand is DBS Bank, which is also the top banking brand in the region, according to a study released yesterday. The Brand Finance Banking 500 study also showed that DBS is the 10th highest banking brand
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      300 10  -  MELISSA TAN A CONSORTIUM led by main-board-listed construction group Yongnam Holdings is back in the running for a major Myanmar airport contract. The Myanmar government has invited the consortium to re-enter negotiations to design, build and run a new international airport in
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        610 11  -  The general manufacturing sector is one of the oldest in Singapore. Although some may see it as a sunset industry, many players have shown that they are more than capable of keeping up with the times, either through innovation or succession planning. This week, Chia
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        437 12  -  YASMINE YAHYA LIKE many other small and medi-um-sized manufacturers, Cititech Industrial Engineering was hit hard by the tightening of foreign worker quotas and rise in foreign worker levies that began three years ago. And like many others, the company, which makes
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        465 12  -  By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg IT IS second time lucky for Catal-ist-listed oil exploration firm Rex International Holding after its indirectly owned subsidiary Masirah Oil discovered oil in a second well in Oman. Late last year, the Swedish company
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          84 13 REUTERS PANASONIC Corp said yesterday it will sell chip assembly plants in South-east Asia to a unit of Singapore’s Utac Holdings as it moves into the final stages of restructuring to unload unprofitable operations. The company gave no financial details of the deal to offload three chip assembly units
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          71 13 SATELLITE communications company Global Invacom Group announced the appointment of British independent stockbroker finnCap yesterday as nominated adviser for a potential secondary listing of its ordinary shares. The proposed listing is to be on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM board for smaller companies. The mainboard-listed firm will also
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          73 13 COSMOSTEEL Holdings, which supplies piping system components to the energy and marine industries, released a response yesterday to Singapore Exchange queries regarding trading activity. It said it is exploring the possibility of potential share subscription, but is in only the preliminary stage now. It advised shareholders and investors to
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        446 13  -  Global markets also gloomy, but euro region manufacturing shows uptick BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg AS MORE weak data exacerbated the fears already troubling investors, the local bourse had only one way to go yesterday down. And lose
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          18 13 STI trading volume 251.98 million shares STI up down Gainers: 1 Losers: 25 Unchanged: 4
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          85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 690.93 520.88 833.93 1,012.49 218.7 192.74 267.07 -5.37 -4.01 -4.2 2.58 0.23 -1.05 -1.57 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 183.31 452.75 772.54 752.91 1,152.92 723.82
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          21 13 Stock trading volume 1.96 billion shares worth $1.19 billion Up down Gainers: 101 Losers: 294 Unchanged: 389
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          55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change -637.65 -610.66 -33.11 21,397.77 14,008.47 1,886.85 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 1,886.85 -33.11 Shanghai Comp 1,778.83 -25.2 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Monday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,352.256 1,276.84 5,097.065 15,372.8 3,996.958
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          169 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 4, 2014 Top Rises Feb 04 CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2730 64.7 1.9 Feb 04 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 30.0 0.3 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1247 12.0 1.0 GLD 10US$ ,...***** 208.0
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          30 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Charisma Energy ................6.9 108,530,000 6.2 319.012.000 108.530.000 92.074.000 40.875.000 40.178.000 Charisma Energy Vallianz Hldgs ...................14.6 29,038,000 6.9 4.1 12 MDR 0.9 11 39.662.000
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          61 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL HIGH LOW COMPANY CORRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 222 152.5 CapMallsAsia 169 -2.5 9468 170.5
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          92 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 C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 197.5 859 392 Fortune Reit HK597 cd unch
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          60 13 Feb 04 Against S$ 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: 1.1281 1.1297 0.8897 0.8902 1 1435 1.1450 0.9023 0.9018 1.7148 1.7164
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          210 13 Top Rises Feb 04 CENTS NKY *****MBePW*****4 14.8 60.9 5.6 NKY *****MBePW*****4 31 40.9 9.0 STI 3150MBePW*****8 8.1 35.0 2.1 NKY *****MBePW*****3 10.5 26.5 2.2 BakerTech W*****5 12 20.0 2.0 ChinaGaoxian W*****8 0.6 20.0 0.1 STI 2950MBePW*****0 6.1 19.6 1.0 STI 3350MBePW*****8 15.6 18.2 2.4 STI 3100BPePW*****7
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      40 14 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 1 ips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. A v
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      168 17 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Away Timing Venue Thu, 06/02/14 Dutch League Cambuur PSV 1.45am LW* English Cup Preston Nottingham 3.45am LW* LW*: Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) HOfl Draw No. 2924/2014 Monday, 3 February 2014 Group 1 Prize: $1,210,550 each 1 Winning Share(s) 1) NTUC FairPrice, 301 Upper Thomson Road,
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      795 18  -  Gritty Singapore’s Cup dream nearly over after slip-ups, poor refereeing Singapore 1 Jordan 3 By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg IN THE end, the visitors lived up to their billing as pre-match favourites and left with a win. But there were few in the 2,371-strong crowd
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      522 18 LONDON Brazilian footballer Anderson caused a huge stir on Monday when he said at a press conference in Florence, Italy, that “lots” of Manchester United players, including Portuguese winger Nani, “want out” of Old Trafford. The 25-year-old midfielder, who joined Italian Serie A side Fiorentina on
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      471 15 Coach wins monthly award as Nets zoom ahead after awful NBA start NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd walked into a pre-game news conference at Barclays Centre on Dec 3 with a sobering bit of information: He was relieving his top assistant,
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      367 15 REUTERS NEW YORK With the date and venue already inked in, five-divi-sion world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has asked his fans on social media to choose Britain’s Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana of Argentina as his next opponent. Mayweather, who
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      155 15 Basketball NBA Indiana 98 Orlando 79, Washington 100 Portland 90, Brooklyn 108 Philadelphia 102, Miami 102 Detroit 96, Milwaukee 101 New York 98, New Orleans 95 San Antonio 102, Oklahoma 86 Memphis 77, Dallas 124 Cleveland 107, Sacramento 99 Chicago 70, Denver 116 LA Clippers 115, Utah 79 Toronto
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        89 16 REUTERS NEW YORK One of Rory McIlroy’s lowest points during a frustrating 2013 campaign came at the Honda Classic in Florida, but the Northern Irish golfer is looking forward to returning to “one of my favourite events” for this year’s edition. McIlroy on Monday announced
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        96 16 REUTERS MELBOURNE Australian sailor Jimmy Spithill will bid for a third successive America’s Cup at the helm of Oracle Team USA after turning down rival offers. The youngest skipper to win the world’s oldest sporting trophy, he led the challenger “USA” to victory in 2010
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        78 16 REUTERS LONDON English Premier League football club Newcastle United’s controversial director of football Joe Kinnear has quit seven months into a three-year deal in his second spell at the club. The 67-year-old had come under fire after Newcastle, who were thrashed 3-0 at home by
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        48 16 MIAMI English football icon David Beckham will be announced as the new owner of a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami, United States today. According to the Daily Mail, the 38-year-old’s move into football ownership may cost him £15 million (S$31 million).
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        80 16 SINGAPORE sailor Ryan Lo emerged tops at Sail Auckland yesterday, scoring 26 points over 11 races to take gold in the open Laser Radial event. He beat New Zealand's 2012 Olympian Sara Winther, who took second spot (27 points) while fellow Kiwi Trent Rippey
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      455 16 Formula One hit by slide in viewers, Ecclestone vows revival this season AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON German Formula One superstar Sebastian Vettel’s coasting to a fourth successive world driver’s title last year had an adverse effect on global TV audiences, according to figures revealed by the
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      526 16  -  By LIM CHING YING chingyl@sph.com.sg SHE may be a two-time world champion and Olympic gold medallist, but Sarah Ayton feels like a rookie all over again. The British sailor, who won the Yngling class at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, is making her Extreme
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      438 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe was in rehabilitation for depression yesterday, after a mixture of painkillers and an-ti-depressants left him disoriented on a Sydney street, highlighting the pressures facing elite athletes after retirement. But his manager James Erskine insisted
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      287 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROSA KHUTOR (Russia) Four years after the death of Georgia’s Nodar Kumaritashvili at Vancouver, lugers begin their Sochi Olympic campaigns today desperate to move on from the tragedy. The 21-year-old was killed in training, smashing into a steel column, ending his
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      692 17 Mourinho’s Chelsea are genuine title contenders after subduing Man City THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON The conventional thought is that this was Manchester City’s English Premier League title to lose. And lose it they might. Jose Mourinho can protest all he likes about Chelsea being
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      342 17 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Yaya Toure has spent three years in English football bullying all and sundry. The Manchester City midfielder has delicate feet and an eye for a pass, but his outstanding quality is his sheer, raw power. At the Etihad Stadium on
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      256 17 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jose Mourinho did not want to take the credit for masterminding Chelsea’s impressive 1-0 win over Manchester City. He insisted that the club’s masseur, Billy McCulloch, was the man to credit. “I didn’t speak before the game,” he said in his post-match
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      282 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s football association has fined 17 more players for match-fixing, reports said yesterday, in a widening scandal highlighting persistent corruption in the country’s leagues. In December, five players in Kuala Lumpur’s squad and three officials were fined and banned for
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      77 17 Liverpool legend John Barnes will hold a meet-and-greet session with fans at Courts Megastore in Tampines this Saturday. The Straits Times, in partnership with Courts, is giving out five pairs of passes to lucky Reds fans who are able to answer this simple question: L
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      303 1 CNY box office Time for Cheer Fann Wong pregnant She and husband celebrate on Weibo RoboCop beats The Lion Men C4 Singersongwriter wants to push boundaries C6 C10 A BLOCKBUSTER Take 15 million real Lego bricks, throw in computer-generated techniques, add the voices of big Hollywood names such as Will
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        1398 2 / 3  -  The creators of The Lego Movie are banking on the popularity of the toy bricks and Hollywood stars to make their film a hit Alison de Souza In Carlsbad, California stlife@sph.com.sg If you had to pick a toy to make a movie about, a pile of low-tech Lego
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        755 2 / 3  -  Alison de Souza It is not often that you hear a Hollywood hunk talking about his embarrassing problem with “boob sweat”. Then again, Chris Pratt, the 34-year-old actor best known for playing goofballs and sidekicks, is not your typical hunk, even as he positions
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        657 2 / 3  -  Yip Wai Yee Review Animation THE LEGO MOVIE 97 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Like the rest of the Lego minifigurines living in Bricksburg, construction worker Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) lives by the rulebook and leads a happy but unremarkably routine life.
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        554 4  -  An unrecognisable lead, bad computer-generated images and dubbing spoil The Monkey King Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Review Fantasy action THE MONKEY KING (PG) 120 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Banished by the Jade Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) to Flaming Mountain after a failed attack, the Bull Demon King
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        528 4  -  Yip Wai Yee Like many of his previous films, homegrown director Jack Neo’s latest work The Lion Men has done well at the local box office during the Chinese New Year long weekend, making more than $1.19 million in four days
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        560 5  -  Poignant work of a father going on a car trip with his son is a little too downbeat John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Review Drama-comedy NEBRASKA (NC16) 115 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Woody Grant (Bruce Dern), crotchety and perhaps delusional, is convinced that a junk mail
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        505 5 Beijing Wu Ma, the China-born actor who was a familiar face in Hong Kong’s Cantonese films of the 1980s and who also directed movies ranging from comedies to gongfu and horror flicks, has died, reported China’s Xinhua news agency. He was
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        743 9 Controversies including Woody Allen’s alleged child abuse have voters being urged to consider moral factors New York Times Los Angeles Next week, about 6,000 Oscar voters will start casting ballots for their favourite films of 2013 and those who made them. Will they make moral
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        689 9 Reuters London Millions of people around the world have become avid fans of what is known as Nordic Noir detective and crime stories set in Scandinavia, with the next question after whodunit being why are they so successful? The Bridge, a subtitled Danish-Swedish ecoterrorism crime
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        582 9 Washington Post Washington It was springtime in New York, in 1930, when a fabulously wealthy 23-year-old amateur artist and reluctant denizen of the society pages named Huguette Clark bought a picture of water lilies by Claude Monet. She was following the art-collecting footsteps
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      880 6  -  Singer-songwriter Cheer Chen says her new album is a meditation on time Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Taiwanese singer-songwriter Cheer Chen has no interest in taking the safe route. With each album, she wants to “overthrow” the Chen of yesterday. The 38-year-old singer says over the
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      945 6 Washington Post Washington There are seven questions about heroin and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death as investigations continue after the actor was found dead in the bathroom of his New York City apartment. 1Did heroin kill the actor? The cause of his death is
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      634 7  -  Indonesian rock band Ungu plan to have a holiday here after their concert this month Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg To keep up their cool quotient, many rockers would rather be caught trashing a hotel room than doing something as ordinary as, well, shopping.
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      547 7 New York Times New York When you are a newcomer who takes the charts and auditory nerves by storm, as Carly Rae Jepsen did with her runaway single Call Me Maybe, the pop-music playbook dictates what you are supposed to do next: Get
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      537 7 New York Times The online travel company TripAdvisor will introduce on Tuesday an ambitious redesign of its flights search feature, which will provide detailed information globally on any given flight’s price including added charges for options such as extra legroom as well as on in-flight
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      885 8  -  Works by four second-generation Singapore artists are among over 120 at exhibition tracking art development after WWII Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg There was nothing geriatric about the recent reunion of four second-generation Singapore artists Choy Weng Yang, Yeo Hoe Koon, Teo Eng Seng
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      376 8 Agence France-Presse London An art-loving British businessman said on Monday that he faced the “bizarre” prospect of seeing a treasured painting that he thought was by Marc Chagall destroyed because it has been judged to be a fake. In 1992, Mr Martin Lang spent
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        549 10  -  Gwendolyn Ng nggwen@sph.com.sg Singapore’s showbiz golden couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee have not thought of names for their baby yet. But first time dad-to-be Lee says he hopes to spend more time with his child after Wong gives birth. The 42-year-old actor, who
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        224 10 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Japanese singer Hikaru Utada (below) is set to tie the knot, she said on her website, with Japanese media saying her beau is an Italian barman eight years her junior. Utada, whose 1999 debut record First Love is one of Japan’s biggest
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          89 10 A judge in Los Angeles on Monday turned down prosecutors’ motion to jail singer Chris Brown because of his arrest on an assault charge in Washington, DC, last year. The judge said Brown, 24, should stay at a treatment facility for substance abuse and anger
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      169 3 IN-HOUSE LOAN 2.28%, Loan 5-7 Years, BMW 428i Sport Coupe. *****018/ *****018 Hup Long 2008 BMW 730LI. Need no repair. High OMV Fast loan easy loan payment High trade in avail 6841-3300 CARLINGUAL P/L *****667 BMW 535. High line. SunRoof, Keyless, Soft Closure 3yr 60K km. Call now! 03/’06 BMW
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      245 4 JUN 08 GS300 Super Luxury for sale. Free 1 Year Extended Warranty. Black. Ask 103k. Call *****118 1/’06 ES300F. 1 owner. Maroon. Done *****km. Like new. Agt svc. *****115 IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 2013 E200 AMG Cabriolet New Facelift! High TradeIn! $0 Driveaway! Open during CNY! Call Jack Cars for appt: *****032
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      338 4 1 OWNER DAIHATSU 10ft Tipper, COE 2017, A1 cond class 3, $26.8K. *****833 08/05 TOYOTA DYNA 150 Hot deal. 100% in hse finance Best buy!*****300 1 996 NISSAN 10FT Diesel COE 11/15 Tip top. Can loan. Sell $12,800. 9672-0298 08 ISUZU FSR 34P 25ft hood. Tip top. Carry 6.5 ton.
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      1073 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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      112 5 GOOD CLASS BUNGLW Cluny 15k/8K sf Hill-top Mount Echo 16K sf. modern Belmont/ Leedon 15K/ 22K sf Elevated, wide frontage Peel Rd 15K/ 9K sf New, Bin Tong 20K sf Elevated, Margoliouth 18K sf Nice land Joanne *****025 Newsman 20% BELOW VALUE. $4.9m $7XX psf Detached 999 yr. Henry Pk
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      43 5 GALLOP GCB 2½-STOREY Beautiful elevated land, approx 15,130 sf. Serene Douglas Wong *****193 ***ONE TREE HILL Detach 9800sf Semi-D 4860sf $10.xM.Earlybird disc. View daily. Shirley 9623-4620 GORGEOUS HOUSE! SERENE. Coronation West 7 big rms, land 6700/ built 8100 sqft, 6 ensuite. 9816-5618 Marc
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      287 5 BEST IN NAMLY! Hilltop Bunglw 5400 sqft, 7 rms, Pool, parks 4. Stunning Views! Call *****000 *SWETTENHAM RD. *****/ 8000 sf. Park 10 cars, nice house. Tastefully reno, elevated land. 9456-7348 COMMANDING 20,000 SQFT. Off Holland. Excellent wide frontage. 6+1. Designer decor. Must see! 9325-5000 GREENLEAF LOVELY 2-STY Semi-d. 4200/
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      256 5 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Single Sty Semi-D, Siglap. 3+1 rms, 2800sf, pk 2 cars Serious seller. 6100 9959 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM 3-sty Inter Terr, Onan Rd. 1800 3400 sq.ft. Bring cheque. 6100 9959 (appt) $2.38M NEG! FREEHOLD Katong Terrace. 1700 sqft, 3+1, 2 sty. Best value! Next to go! Call *****000
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      252 5 3-STY S’GOON TERR. 4+1 1614/2292sf. 450m to NEX /MRT. Maris Stella. 99-yr. $2.0xM Cheong *****888 CORNER TERR $9XXpsf 3sty Florence Rd. 3736/ 3000sf 6rms, wide frontyard. Near Mrt.FH. Cheong *****888 S’GOON GDN WAY Corner Terrace. 3509/3100 sf, 5+1 FH. Granny rm. Park 4 cars Cheong ERA 9837-9888 TAI KENG VILLA
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      243 5 RESORT LIVING IN Fernvale vicinity! Spacious well reno Semi-D: 4187/5000 sf 5+1. Lap pool, designer gdn high ceiling etc make this a tropical paradise. 5 min Lrt Near future mall. $4.8M! QUICK! GOT SERIOUS offer! Seletar terr. 2390/2500 sf Big porch pk 3 cars, FH. Only $2.xM. call *****008 #32
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      266 5 BARTLEY RIDGE. NEAR MRT Star Buy More Discount From $10xx psf 2+ Study 3 Bdrm, 4 Bdrm, Dual Key $1.XM ONLY 2+1 Astoria Pk Kembangan MRT. 958 sqft City view. High rental returns. *****980 Eastview BRAND NEW! VACANZA. FH. 3 bdrms, 1033 sf, balcony. Pool view. Rent. Serious seller!!! Sharine
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      30 6 PRIVATE LIFT AND private carpark. Direct River gdn 1 bedroom 495 sf $488 k. 2 bedroom 689 sf $668 k 3 bedroom 947 sf $888k. 3 bedrm private lift $988k.
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      225 6 RIVERBANK FERNVALE Condo at EC price! LRT. From $4xxk/ $8xxpsf only View Showflats by Appt. Www.bestsgcondo.com RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project! Versatile layouts to suit all your needs! Unique Facilities that you simply desire! RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project! Be one with Nature Listen to the songs of birds!! Arise
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      211 6 RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project Maximum Space Utilisation With Concealed Dining Table. Applies for 1 2 Bdrm. RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project 4Bdrm Units Available With Private Lifts. Come Live Your Imaginations!!! RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project High Ceiling Loft Units with Furniture Deck. Absolutely No Space Wastage! RIVERBANK FERNVALE
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      225 6 RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project Valued location off Seletar Vantage Riverfront View! Versatile living fr 1-5 Bdrm RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project! Multi Generation Units Uncompromised Space Carefully Planned Layout. RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project! Award Winning Developer Optimized Space with Carefully Crafted Fittings. RIVERBANK FERNVALE Most Anticipated Project! Many
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      1120 7 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale T=i BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHU riSHUN 4 7 PUNGGO I SENGKAN CHOA CHU KANG inu i\hinV7 BUKIT
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      220 7 $10K BELOW VAL! 5’I’ 205A Punggol #02 Looks like hotel MRT/ LRT Val $530K S Abdullah *****444 ERA 172A EDGEDALE PLAIN 4-rm $445K $5K. Designer decor/ 5 mins LRT. High flr, unblocked. 9660-6668 $30K BELOW VAL! Grab! 5’I’ Corner 102C Punggol High flr. Reno. LRT. Val $530k. All races. Resort
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      397 7 BELOW VAL! 4’A’ Blk 104 balcony #02 New reno like hotel!! Plaza Val $430K S Abdullah *****444 ERA EA 299B COMPASSVALE St 1442sf, Corner. Near Mall MRT. Nice Reno, Spacious. Val $585K. Hp 9066 6966 EA CORNER COMPASSVALE 204D. 130 sqm. Low COV. 4’A’ Corner 403D Fernvale Sell@Val. Rajan *****037
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      445 7 $5K BELOW VAL Yet Neg! 3’NG’ Potong Pasir Blk 115 #02 Quiet. Valued $305K. S Abdullah *****444 ERA BLK 898A WOODLANDS 5’I’ high flr, corner tiptop cond amenities. Must view! By appt Mohammed *****761 LHG PROPERTIES HDB Div 4’A’ 786C/ 428. MRT. $0K 4’A’ 628B High flr, unblock 4’S’ 436
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      305 7 HOLLAND BEAUTIFUL GCB. Approx *****/ 7000 sqft. 5 ensuite, pool, patio, gdn. $20K neg. *****602 Eliza BUKIT TIMAH 3STY semi-d 4bdrm ensuites reno, quiet Avail end Apr $12k nego Serina Yap 9661 3818 GALLOP WALK MODERN 2sty bungalow newly reno 5+1rm walk to Botanic Gdn $30k Edward 9625-6473 MOONBEAM TERR
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      332 7 UPPER EAST COAST Semi-d 2sty, 6800sf 4+1. Lush gdn Easy access ECP, Parkway. Immed. Sherry *****597 BEDOK DETACH. NEWLY reno kitchen toilet. *****/ 3000 sf. 3 bdrms maid’s. $8K. Immed. *****602 EF INTER TERR Simpang Bedok, MRT, 4+1 $3.9k neg P/furn. Immed. *****588 JLN LIMAU NIPIS charming old 2 sty
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      359 8 MARINA BAY SUITES 1574 sqft. 3+1. High floor. $8.3K. Face Marina Bay. ID fitted out. KC Ng 9853 1001 CPM THE SAIL 2RMS Above #50 936 sf. Full Bay/ Sea view. F/furn Facilities. Immed. MRT. $6.5K neg. *****901 THE SAIL #62, 2-bdrm, 883 sqft. Sea view. Furn. $5K. Immed. Owner
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      377 8 INTERLACE (3 UNITS) 1600/ 1755/ 3450 sf. $5.5k/ $6k $10.5k. Keys collected. Sole agt Eileen 9022-5599 HARBOUR VIEW TOWERS 3bdrm 1206sf. Immed High flr, panoramic view, near MRT. Noorbani *****400 CARIBBEAN 3+1+1. 1335 sf. Quiet, bright. Pool+ canal view Immed Ang *****652 INTERLACE BRAND NEW 2 rms, greenery view, $3.9K,
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      310 8 SKYPARK SOMERSET 4+1. 3348+700sf. Sky gdn, Pte lift. Bright. $12K. Also sale $6M. FH *****450 Anand MIRAGE TWR 3+1/4+1. High flr. F/furn Opp Great World City. Immed. Reasonable 9009 2341/9851 2159 Poh PATERSON RES PENTHOUSE 4230 sf, Breathtaking terr triplex, reno $16k Also sale $8M. Anand 9656-9450 ASPEN HEIGHTS. 3+1+PATIO
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      467 8 CAIRNHILL PLAZA. MARINA Sand view. 3+1+store. High flr. 100% reno. 8657-5144 UE SQ. 2 bdrm. Spaciuous layout. Cosy. Convenient. Loh WY 9873-0466 IDA KIMSIA COURT 3+1, P/F/ Furn, quiet, nice condition, near amenities. *****203 GRANGE HGTS/ HIGHPOINT 2800sf 4+2 Reno. F/facilities. $7K up. *****883 Jo THE HELIOS 1710 sf. New.
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      466 8 GOODWOOD RES 2508SF. 4 ensuite bdrm, large space, exclusive living, f/equip kit -chen,balcony,lots of green GOODWOOD RES. GREENERY ambience, 2928sf, 4 bdrm, Best stack, Unblock. $18K neg. (Savills) 9002-0878. D’GROVE VILLAS 4RM, 2750 sf High flr, P/furn. All rms ensuite. Immed Mins to Orchard MRT. Ros *****043 QUEEN ASTRID GARDENS
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      357 8 SIGNATURE PK 2-RM. 1055 sf. Pool view. Cosy. P/furn. Immed. Call Owner Wan Ling *****432/ *****838 *****188 SOUTHAVEN 1 (2 bdrm), mins to SIM pool facing, breezy,f/furn, aircon, $neg immed. Jarina 8183 2748 PINE GROVE 1668SF, 3+1. F/ facilities. Quiet. Breezy. Lift level. $3.6K neg. Sole Agt Christina 9853 3800
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      328 8 SEAFRONT ON MEYER, 3+1 rm, 1604sf, lovely, move-in cond. Avail end Feb, $6K ono. Lynn *****664 ERA CRYSTAL RHU 2BR $3800 Joo Chiat Twnhse $4500 Sanctuary Grn 2br $4800 The Sea View 3br $6500 HAIG COURT 3+1, 1540 sqft P/furn. F/aircon. High flr. MBS view. Avail mid April. Matthew Lee
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      335 8 **$5K+ WATERFRONT WAVE 1690 sqft 4+1+PES. P/furn. Reservoir amenities. Airy Sale $2.1M! Reg 9678 1112 COSTA DEL SOL 1313sf. 3+1 P/furn. Pool view. $4.6K. 1475sf 4+1. P/furn Seaview $6K neg. 9632 7530 May CHANGI GREEN 2RM. 1001 sf Immed F/furn. Facilities. Near Changi Biz Pk/ S’pore Expo. Kelvin *****397 SV
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      375 8 PARC VISTA 2-RMS. Pool view. F/furn Lakeside MRT. Centris 2-rm P/furn Boon Lay MRT/ Jurong Pt. Avail immed. Melissa *****480 LAKESIDE TWRS 2RMS 1000 sf. Face Chinese gdn. Quiet greenery. F/ furn. $2.9K. Immed. 9383-7407 Owner CASPIAN 3MINS LAKESIDE MRT 3-bdrm. 1001 1238 sf/2-bdrm 872 893 sf/ 1rm 463sf Yvonne*****912
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      333 8 GRANDE VISTA GRD Mais. 2700 sf. 4rm. Patio. Int’l sch. Shuttle. Val 9827-1181 TIONG BAHRU CONSERVATION Walk-up Apt. Taman Jurong Lakeside Tower. MRT. Owner *****308 BUKIT TIMAH NEAR Newton large and medium studios beautiful patio, pool view, $1.7K-$2.5K. Lavender studio $1.3K-$2K. East Coast $2K. Call/ SMS *****612 SHENTON WAY/ ORCHARD
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      343 9 2+1 SELEGIE ROAD Blk 9 Selegie house. Near Dhoby Ghaut/Little India MRT/ Mall. ERA Kim 9740-5959 124 T. PAYOH 2+1,. No utility. P/furn. #02. Simple. 1 aircon. food ctr/ mkt/ MRT Immed YuenFE 9682 6664 BLK 110. SPOTTISWOODE Pk Spacious, Unblocked. Near Amenities. Available now. Rosie Tham *****122 DTZ BLK
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      407 9 APPROVED. TAMPINES ST 33, Blk 318, 4’A’, 1194 sf. F/ aircon, furnish. Avail early Feb. Call 9488 1519 ERA TAMPINES 2+1 269 (P/furn) 154 walk to MRT. Nice furn/aircon, lift flr. $2.2K up. Madeline 9022-4012 3+1 254 SIMEI Immed airy 3+1 254 493A Tampines aircon Furn, Immed, windy neg. 9457-8811
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      459 9 READY TENANTS WANT rms in all areas. High budget. Near MRT/amenities. Owners, call Jags 9188 8504 PRIVATE/ HDB COMMON Master rm urgently wanted at all areas, with ready clients. Nava 9010-4177 HIGH BUDGET! EXPATS need condo units/ rms urgently, all areas. Owners pls call Jessica 8139 7317. TENANTS/ BUYERS WANTED
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      499 9 PANTECH (PANDAN LOOP) 180, 260, 450, 600, 1163, 1895-3638sf.Fr $600. Sale also. 9638-3613 Angie Tan JUST TOP OXLEY Biz hub approx 1000sf #02. Near Lift MRT. Unblock. Immed. Jenny Tan 9688-0819 TOH GUAN RD 3510sf (B2) Fully Reno with Show Rm 101% Move in Cond. Free Parking 9710-5448 Mickey TUAS
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      618 9 20 COLLYER QUAY Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 700 sq ft 1,992 sq ft 6428 7864 884 853 I 6534 3132 Mustardseed SG !!!Special Package Promotion!!! (Terms Conditions Apply) μ Hi-tech Serviced office μ Sizes from 100 sq. ft. μ Broadband internet μ Monthly rental μ 24-7 access security
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      490 9 PARKWAY BUILDERS $6.4K 1098 sf/ One C’wealth $7.2K 2045sf reno. Immed Alice *****506/ *****138 OXLEY BIZHUB BLK 71, #09 Strata space 1950 sf/ Built in 1150 sf. Rent $2.7k. Sale $850k. Eileen 9022 5599 JIT-POH BLDG. Bldgs Car park outside CBD. 1100sf $6980neg.Freshpaint, new carpet.Adeline 9090 0868 HIGH STREET CTR.
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      601 10 Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale s High floor office units available for sale Office unit sizes from 635 sq ft to 10,850 sq ft BF CENTER moHHi Premier commercial development in CBD, located at 160 Robinson Road Rare strata-titled office space Sheltered access
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      2655 12 AUCTION SALE PURSUANT TO THE PAWNBROKERS ACT (CHAPTER 222) I Items to be sold consisting of unredeemed pledges from the pawnshops listed below including watches jewellery, etc, pawned up to the month of July 2013. Auction Date: 15 February 2014, Saturday (for Group A B) 21 February 2014, Friday (for
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      1646 13 C13| WEDNESDAY, >$3K WEB DESIGNER/ IT SEO, PPC. Handle Chinese speaking clients *****814 sportyhr@gmail.com CHILDCARE TEACHER Purvis DPT/ CPT/ Fundamental Cert Interested, pls call 6333 9392 Faith Kindergarten (Methodist Church Kindergarten) is looking for Chinese Language Teachers *DPE-T DECCE-T (Chinese) *Able to work on MS Word Powerpoint *Can understand communicate
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      136 13 Well-established Electronics Components Procurement co. seek suitable candidates for following posts. SALES EXECUTIVE Min "0” level Diploma Develop new mkt customers 2 3 yrs components sales experience preferred Basic Comm. 5 days week SALES CO-ORDINATOR Min “0” “N” level For both positions: Able to liaise with Mandarin-speaking clients Xyrix Electronics
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      35 13 INDOOR SALES EXECUTIVE Basic $1500 Commission Incentive (6 working days) Full Part-time available Bilingual With without experience 'O' or 'N' Level is an advantage All ages welcome Keen learner Please call 9633 3197 9755 6326
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      407 14 Used car co requires Sales Executive High basic comm No experience required as full training provided Hua Yang Credit *****453/ *****111 913 Bt Timah Rd, S*****3 (inside Tan Chong Motors) SALES EXEC. $1800-$2400. No experience needed, travel opportunities. Training provided great career advancement. Immed vacancy. SMS to 9188 2533. SALES
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      820 14 NIGHT SHIFT TELEPHONE OPERATORS x Min ’N’ level x Able to communicate with English Chinese speaking clients All races welcome x Pleasant, neat, courteous helpful Interested please call Ms Lee 6535 8845 or come personally during office hours Mon-Fri 12noon-4pm to 531 Upper Cross St #04-47 Hong Lim Complex Singapore
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      877 14 Housekeeping Manager Reporting into the Contract Manager on a daily basis, you will be responsible for the operational management and smooth running of the over 400 hotel rooms, ensuring award-winning levels of service and cleanliness are upheld. You will have outstanding people-management skills in order to be successful in the
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      573 14 Balestier Students’ Hostel (S) Pte Ltd (an established Hostel) requires ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT (ONLY S’POREAN MAY APPLY) Minimum GCE ’O’ Level. Good communication skills. Good in English and Mandarin, both written and spoken (Able to handle Mandarin speaking clients) Computer literate. Self-motivated, independent and good attitude. Good salary. Able
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      680 14 a Accounting/ Bookkeeping uires ie» Accounting/ Bookkeeping Beverage company r 1) ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE 2) ACCOUNTS CLERK Post 1 Basic $2.6k above Post 2 Basic $1.7k and above 5 and a halfday 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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      570 15 Security Security Security Security Join Singapore’s Largest Security Group cerfljf amnrn Securing Your World POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Auxiliary Police Officer Aviation Security Officer Cash Management Officer Cash and Valuables Security Officer Enforcement Officer Fitness Trainer Life Guard Protection Officer Security Concierge PRESENT: HR EXECUTIVE 2006: AVIATION SECURITY OFFICER "WORK'S ALWAYS REWARDING
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      174 15 A leading Japanese JV company urgently requires: SENIOR/ SECURITY OFFICER Day/ Float /Relief Officer Locations:-Jurong industrial town area Annual leave, medical insurance, performance bonus, yearly increment, full CPF BENEFITS: WALK-IN INTERVIEW No. 81 Toh Guan Road East, Secom Ctr Contact9769 6869 IN HOUSE 8HRS -$1,350 up SECURITY 11 hrs work
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      301 16 URGENTLY NEEDED SECURITY OFFICERS/ SUPERVISORS $1.8K $2.2K 8HRS SHIFT ALSO AVAIL AMK/ Orchard/ Jurong *****490/*****174 -8243 8450/ 6336 6187 Walk-in 120 Lower Delta Rd #09-10/11 Cendex Centre SECURITY OFFICERS OFFICE DAY Raffles Place......... $1.9K FACTORY DAY Woodlands, Hougang. Shopping NIGHT 9732 7537 Condo Cairnhill Rd (D/N)...$1.8K Angulia Pk (D/N)....$1.9K Paterson
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      214 16 SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR Balestier, Meyer Rd, Kg Arang,Chai Chee Technopk Teban, Jurong Kechil, Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Tanglin Rd, Killiney Rd. $1800 $2100. Prompt payment. Weekly advance. Call: 6296 0488/ Mr Mahamood 9025 7833 $1.7K-$1.9K GUARDS FOR condo Meyer Rd/ Fort Rd, Upp S’goon Rd near Woodleigh MRT. Commercial
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      264 16 CLEANERS for Condominium from 8am -5pm at Hillview, Bukit Gombak Choa Chu Kang. Starting salary $1K-$1.3K. SUPERVISORSwho are able to work for long hours are welcome to apply. Singaporeans only Contact*****165 FactoryCleaners/ Floaters Required Tampines Ind Ave 5 (opp IKEA) 7 am 3 pm 3 pm 11 pm 11 pm
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      261 16 PM SHIFT TOILET CLEANER ($800) needed Republic Polytechnic 4pm-10.30pm (6 hours) 9644-1800 CLEANER ($1.1K to $1.3K) Changi Airport Terminal 1 A Shift:7am to 3pm B Shift: 3pm to 11pm C Shift: 11pm to 7am -Annual/Medical Leave -Performance Bonus -Other Benefits 9851 1344 (SKY) CLEANERS URGENTLY REQUIRED @Bedok 9339 1313 S
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      190 16 BEDOK, AMK, BISHAN, Shenton Way Bus Interchange need Cleaners 6.30am-3.30pm 8am5pm. Call 9853 3248 SCHOOL SUPERVISORS Cleaner needed urgently Bukit Merah, Redhill,Tiong Bahru, Outram Cantonment. Pls call *****664 CLEANERS REQUIRED AT Yishun, Tanjong Pagar, Bishan Tampines. Weekend Cleaners required at Tampines Call: 9029 3800 LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME/ part-time Cleaner at
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      252 16 EXPERIENCED CLEANING SITE Supervisor town area, 2pm-11pm. Start immed. Call *****070 CHILDCARE CTR REQUIRE Cleaners at Beauty World/ CCK, good pay 9199-5283 6762-0117/ 6766-4008 FULL-TIME OFFICE CLEANER At Joo Koon Tuas area. 5 days work. Salary $1200. Call: 9002-0535. 1. SUPERVISORS 2. Cleaners needed urgently Changi Terminal 2. Interested please
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      287 16 CSC HOLDINGS LIMITED Dispatch rider needed immediately! Possess own motorcycle Valid class 2B/2Adriving licence 5 days work week Start Immediately Interested! Please call 6262-6266 $2000 HOME CLEANERS. Mon-Sat 9am-7pm. 2 hses/ day. Sun/PH off *****027 CLEANERS FLOATERS at Jurong East Office Bldg. 7am-4pm, Call *****165 TAMPINES NEED OFFICE Cleaner 5dys
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      217 16 FOOD FTY IN Boon Lay is hiring: 1) Class 4 Delivery Driver 2) Delivery/warehse Assts. Walk-in interview on 6/2 to 7/2, 10am-12noon 47 Quality Rd (bus 246 fr Boon Lay Interchange) DELIVERY DRIVER. POSSESS Singapore’s class 3 driving lic. Physically fit hardworking. Can start immed. Contact 9740-2804 STATIONERY CO. REQUIRES
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      130 16 Wholesale Company Urgently Needed COURIERDRIVERS Full Time or Part Time (Morning) Own Vehicle (Own Van or Small Lorry with Cover) Interested Please Call In-charge: Steven Ong(H/P:*****990) (No SMS) Or Walk In Interview No: 555 Thomson Road S (*****0) Construction Co. requires 10ft Lorry Driver Class 3 driving lic with min
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      271 17 $12/HR! APPT SETTING Officers Alexandra. Housewives welcome. 9003 4301 ADMIN ASST TRAINING provided. Flexible hrs. Housewife welcome. *****352 An established logistics company in Jurong is looking for suitable Singaporeans for the positions of: A.CLERKS (OPERATIONS) B. CONTAINER SURVEYOR C. ISOTANK SURVEYOR Applicants must possess GCE ‘N’/’O’/ITE 2-3 years of relevant
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      775 17 Other Positions Other Positions Other Positions Other Positions WE ARE RECRUITING FOR NORTH EAST LINE DOWNTOWN LINE Singapore's leading Bus and Rail Company offers exciting and challenging career prospects for aspiring individuals like you. SBS Transit invests extensively in technology and training, constantly looking to upgrade, not just our operations,
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