The Straits Times, 6 February 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 100 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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  • Article
    Lock icon Jan factory activity gets a lift from Thai turmoil
    591 1  -  Orders diverted to S’pore due to Bangkok unrest, say manufacturers By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S factories have hit the year at a gallop, taking new orders last month at a pace well above expectations. The manufacturing sector here
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    Lock icon DRY DAYS ARE HERE
    80 1 TOP OF THE NEWS A6 HOME B1 A worker watering plants at Bukit Batok Street 31 (left) yesterday. It has not rained much for 20 days, making this Singapore’s longest dry spell in at least the past five years. Meanwhile, hundreds of dead fish were washed
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    Lock icon New bird flu virus
    29 1 CHINESE scientists have raised the alert on a new bird flu virus, H10N8, which killed a woman in December. L TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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    Lock icon Golf clubs to meet govt agencies over leases
    395 1  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg GOLF clubs here with 10 years or less left on their leases look set to find out on Feb 16 if these will be renewed and for how long. The issue has been a hot topic of speculation
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      113 1 MICROSOFT’S SATYA NADELLA PRIDE OF INDIA FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS AN AIR-CON DILEMMA THE GOOD WIFE OPINION A24 WINTER OLYMPICS WILL STARS OF SOCHI SHINE? SEX SCANDALS DRIVE DRAMA SPORT B22 WORLD A20 LIFE! C4 The Straits Times is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2014-2016 for
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon COE premiums stay firm despite recategorisation
      595 2 / 3  -  CNY sales blitz by Cycle Carriage may have kept Category A prices up By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg A CHINESE New Year sales blitz by Mercedes-Benz agent Cycle Carriage may have kept premiums buoyant in the latest certificate of entitlement (COE) tender.
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      Lock icon Integrated town park plan for Toa Payoh
      559 2 / 3  -  Tender called for study to bring park, library and stadium together By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg SEVERAL government agencies are looking at how Toa Payoh’s park, library and stadium can be brought together in a new way that will improve residents’ quality of
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      Lock icon Teacher admits committing indecent acts on boy while on ‘dates’
      475 2 / 3  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A MOTHER noticed a love bite on her 13-year-old son’s neck. When she asked him about it, he revealed that it was from a teacher at his primary school who was more than thrice his age.
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Positive signals from PMI
        51 4 SINGAPORE’S factories have kicked off the year at a gallop, taking in new orders last month at a pace well ahead of expectations. The Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.5 in January from 49.7 in December, its best reading in three months. TOP OF THE NEWS
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        Lock icon COE premiums stay firm
        46 4 COE premiums for smaller cars did not fall as much as expected in the latest tender after Mercedes-Benz released new models which meet a new limit on power meant to level the playing field for mass-market brands. TOP OF THE NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Kajang by-election date
          44 4 THE Malaysian Election Commission has set March 23 as the date for the Kajang by-election, which will test the support for Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s controversial move to field its chief, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Nomination day is March 11. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon Aquino angers China
          38 4 PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino has warned that China’s efforts to claim disputed territories are like Nazi Germany’s before World War II, drawing a fierce response from Beijing, which branded him ignorant and amateurish. PAGE A9
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          Lock icon Fiery tourist hot spot
          50 4 INDONESIA outlines plans to attract tourists to the rumbling Mount Sinabung in an effort to lift the local economy from a slump. The volcano has shown no signs of stopping, affecting the region’s once thriving tourism sector and shrinking it by more than half. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Nadella’s challenge
          44 4 INDIA-BORN Satya Nadella is now the third chief executive in Microsoft’s history, facing the task of revitalising the firm as smartphones and tablets eclipse desktop computers. He has vowed to put its software at the heart of changing Internet lifestyles. PAGE A20
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Parity for schools
          55 4 THE Education Ministry has put curbs on independent schools’ fund-raising activities and advised them to cut down on the use of air-conditioning. Is the ministry going too far in its bid to level the playing field for schools? No, argues Senior Education Correspondent Sandra Davie. Yes, says
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          Lock icon Seniors give support too
          40 4 THE relationship between the generations is usually construed as a one-way street it is the young who are supporting the old. But the reality is more nuanced than that. Dr Kanwaljit Soin explains why. PAGE A25
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        Lock icon NEXT GENERATION OF PIONEERS
        71 4 The opportunities of a globalised world should prompt the young to see themselves as new pioneers rather than as just beneficiaries of a settled legacy. The next 50 years hold much promise, as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pointed out recently. Armed with more resources than
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Hot spell killed fish?
          78 4 A CLEAN-UP operation ended at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park yesterday after hundreds of dead fish washed up along the river there. Residents spotted and smelled around 400 dead tilapia and mayan cichlids on its banks. The fish are believed to have been victims of the recent
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          Lock icon Keep users up to date
          52 4 TELCOS can do better in keeping subscribers up to date when disruptions occur, said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday, in the wake of Tuesday’s outage of M1’s services. Meanwhile, some SingTel users also experienced problems with their 3G and 4G services yesterday.
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Lowered price prospects
          45 4 SOME home owners in the upscale Tanglin and Alexandra areas are reducing their expectations of just how much their properties can fetch due to lower price tags at nearby launches and weak demand after cooling measures, including curbs on mortgages. PAGE B11
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Myanmar gets Raddy
          38 4 FORMER Singapore national football coach Raddy Avramovic has signed an 18-month deal to be Myanmar’s national coach. The 64-year-old Serb will handle the Myanmar senior national team as well as its Under-23 side. PAGE B24
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Actor’s death: 4 nabbed
          57 4 FOUR people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with drugs found at the home of film star Philip Seymour Hoffman following his death in an apparent overdose. Hoffman’s representative said the actor would be buried later this month. PAGE C10 Items left at a makeshift memorial
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          Lock icon Hosting stint for Huang
          68 4 TAIWAN-BASED Singaporean host Huang Jinglun’s goofy charm and bumbling persona are on display in a new local variety show, Are You Hokkien?, which he helms with co-host Marcus Chin. It is the first time Huang is doing hosting in Singapore. PAGE C2 Hosts Huang Jinglun (left)
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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      Lock icon S’pore has had very little rain for 20 days
      487 6  -  Phase could last till early March; passing showers likely end next week DRY SPELLS By By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has gone 20 days without much rain, in what is the longest dry spell here in at least the
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      Lock icon 2013 was world’s sixth hottest year on record: UN agency
      314 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA Last year tied for the sixth hottest on record, confirming that Earth’s climate system is in the grip of warming that will affect generations to come, the United Nations weather agency said. “The global temperature for the
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      Lock icon Haze back in Riau as farmers slash and burn
      534 6  -  By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg AN UNUSUAL dry spell in Riau over the past fortnight has seen farmers taking the opportunity to start fires to clear land, creating haze over the city of Dumai and elsewhere in the
      PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES; PHOTO: REZI ANDIKA PUTRA  -  534 words
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      Lock icon Chinese scientists raise alert on new bird flu virus
      626 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS Chinese scientists sounded the alarm yesterday after a new bird flu virus, H10N8, killed an elderly woman in December and infected another individual last month. The fifth novel influenza strain to emerge in 17 years, the virus
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      Lock icon Peace in Asia ‘key to its economic success’
      680 7  -  US hopes economic interests can defuse tensions between N-E Asian powers By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg WHILE national and security interest have raised tensions in East Asia in recent months, the United States is hoping that economic
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      Lock icon Early gains in Asian markets wiped out
      491 7  -  By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ASIAN markets made a halfhearted effort to rally yesterday as investors nibbled at bluechip stocks hard-hit by the recent stock market turbulence. But the fleeting early gains made by regional indexes were wiped out in late
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      Lock icon US-China interactions in area ‘remain professional’
      375 7  -  By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg CHINA’S contentious air defence identification zone over the East China Sea has not led to a “significant” increase in interactions between its forces and United States military planes flying in the area. Interactions between the two
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      Lock icon LONDON TUBE STRIKE CAUSES MAJOR DISRUPTIONS
      97 7 Commuters waiting for taxis outside Waterloo station in London yesterday. Millions of commuters in the city have borne the brunt of a 48-hour strike staged by London Underground staff in the wake of the mayor’s decision to slash more than 750 jobs by scrapping
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      Lock icon Teacher’s trespass case deferred to Feb 26 due to health reasons
      285 7  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN teacher Nurul Ruhana Ishak, who slipped into Singapore illegally and was later charged with criminal trespass, did not show up for her first court appearance yesterday as she was not feeling well. Malaysia
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      195 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE A look at WWII sites around Singapore AposThcrapy Be yourself again Treatment for Knee Back; Pain r i in"*. 0' Individual results may vary. Mdm Julie Chua said goodbye to 4 years of knee and lower back pain in just 3 months. "I
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Kajang by-election to be held on March 23
      893 8  -  Still not clear who will run against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR yyennie@sph.com.sg MARCH 23 is the date for Malaysia’s latest political showdown. The Election Commission said that is when the Kajang by-elec-tion will
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      Lock icon KL advisory to Herald: Refrain from using ‘Allah’ in articles
      382 8 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has told the Catholic weekly newsletter Herald in a notice that it should refrain from using any articles or letters containing the word “Allah”, The Malaysian Insider news site said yesterday. The Jan 20 letter
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Chinese maritime claims like Hitler’s demands: Aquino
        686 9 Beijing responds angrily to Philippine leader’s remarks NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Philippine President Benigno Aquino has warned that China’s efforts to claim disputed territories are like Nazi Germany’s before World War II, drawing a fierce Chinese response yesterday branding him ignorant
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        Lock icon NHK director picked by Abe praises ritual suicide
        289 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A woman picked last year by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for NHK’s management board has praised the ritual suicide of a high-profile right-winger, saying his self-sacrifice made Japan’s emperor a living god. The revelation comes after more than
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        Lock icon Govt wants to turn rumbling volcano into tourist hot spot
        973 10  -  Officials hope ‘disaster tourism’ will boost Indonesian economy and help locals recover By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg INDONESIA is hoping to turn a disaster into a money-spinner. It wants to promote Mount Sinabung the volcano that has
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        Lock icon Malaysian govt to hold down highway toll rates
        224 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian government will not raise toll rates for highways this year, following widespread public complaints of higher living costs if the plan were to be carried out. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will
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        Lock icon Chinese teen’s non-stop twirl stirs concern
        440 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A 15-year-old dancer who twirled for four hours onstage as part of China’s televised New Year gala has ignited controversy online, with some criticising her performance as “cruel”. Wei Caiqi, the niece of Chinese dancing star Yang Liping, was the designated
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        Lock icon Thailand likely to export more rice
        407 12 Govt defends rice-buying scheme mired in controversy REUTERS BANGKOK The Thai Rice Exporters Association expects the country to export 7.5 million tonnes of rice this year, up about 14 per cent from the 6.6 million tonnes shipped last year, as the government struggles to
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        Lock icon 12-YEAR-OLD’S PROWESS
        112 16 Robin Singh, 12, a Sikh, carrying bricks with his teeth as he shows off his skills at a spring festival celebration at the Gurudwara Chheharta Sahib, a Sikh shrine on the outskirts of Amritsar, on Tuesday. The festival, Basant Panchami, is celebrated by both Hindus and Sikhs, and
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        Lock icon Two Koreas agree to reunion for families this month
        592 16 If it goes ahead, it will be the first coming together of separated families since 2010 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North and South Korea agreed yesterday to hold a reunion later this month for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War the
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Deeper S’pore-Indonesia ties
          90 16 SINGAPORE and Indonesia have discussed developments in Jakarta and cooperation between the two countries, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday. Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam, on the final day of his two-day visit to Indonesia, met Jakarta Vice-Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama yesterday. Mr Shanmugam, who is
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          Lock icon Support for Xi-Ma meeting
          88 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan’s minister in charge of China affairs said yesterday he would support a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, suggesting the Apec leaders summit to be held in Beijing in October as an ideal opportunity. Mr Wang Yu-chi,
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          Lock icon New Sarawak chief minister?
          71 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA The sudden call for a Sarawak Barisan Nasional meeting this weekend has raised speculation that this could be when Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud announces his resignation. Senior ministers contacted yesterday declined to comment, claiming they had not heard of
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      Lock icon Millions of commuters hit by London Tube strike
      636 17 Many unable to get to work amid long waiting times for overcrowded public transport REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON Millions of commuters in London faced travel chaos on the first full day of a 48-hour Tube strike by London Underground staff over planned job
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon US chain to end tobacco sale
        59 17 REUTERS WASHINGTON CVS Caremark Corp said yesterday that it would stop selling tobacco products by October, becoming the first drugstore chain in the US to take cigarettes off the shelf. Public health experts called the decision by the No. 2 US drugstore chain a
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        Lock icon US ‘also spied on Schroeder’
        66 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN US intelligence reportedly spied on former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder from 2002, when Germany was opposing intervention in Iraq. The report by NDR television and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily adds to a row over spying on incumbent Angela Merkel. Mr Schroeder, who
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        Lock icon Seized with a kiss
        70 17 REUTERS PARIS A robber who kissed the owner of a Paris jewellery shop has been arrested thanks to the DNA he left on her face. Last April, two masked men threatened to set her alight if she did not tell them the codes for the shop’s
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      Lock icon Mastering the art of craftsmanship
      664 17  -  By Douglas Chew SINGAPOREANS who love working with their hands can now enjoy better wages and career prospects as creative craftsmen. Singapore’s furniture industry comprises 19,700 workers in 1,921 companies, trading with over 80 countries worldwide. The local industry, which churns out $5.74 billion worth
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      Lock icon Heavy storm dumps sleet, snow on US east coast
      213 18 STORMY WINTER REUTERS NEW JERSEY An unusually heavy winter storm that could dump up to 30 cm of snow and a dangerous mix of freezing rain and sleet bore down on the United States east coast yesterday. The storm system prompted
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      Lock icon Homes without power as storms lash Britain
      178 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON More than 8,000 homes were without power in south-west England yesterday, after fresh storms battered the region, sending huge waves crashing onto the coastline and damaging sea defences. The main train service connecting Devon and Cornwall with the rest of
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      Lock icon Blizzards threaten travel chaos in parts of China
      191 18 XINHUA BEIJING Snowstorms are forecast for China’s central and eastern regions, disrupting travel plans for millions returning to work after family reunions during the Spring Festival holiday. China’s meteorological authority yesterday issued a yellow alert for blizzards sweeping through Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan,
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      Lock icon UN asks Vatican to remove clergy suspected of abuse
      544 18 Catholic Church promises to study scathing UN report on child abuse REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA The United Nations demanded that the Vatican “immediately remove” all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in
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      Lock icon UN: Children violated in Syrian conflict; at least 10,000 have died
      524 18 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS Children in Syria have been sexually abused in government detention, recruited to fight the opposition, suffered torture and have been used as civilian shields, the UN says. Grave violations against children have
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      Lock icon Pacific castaway says dreams of family, food sustained him
      292 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MAJURO, Marshall Islands A castaway who claims he survived 13 months adrift in the Pacific said he thought about suicide but was sustained by dreams of eating his favourite food tortillas and reuniting with his family. Fisherman Jose Salvador
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      Lock icon Microsoft’s new CEO an avid learner
      744 20 He buys more books and signs up for more online courses than he can finish AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Microsoft’s mission to find new glory in the mobile Internet age is now in the hands of Indian-born, long-time company insider Satya
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      Lock icon Other candidates
      195 20 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON POST MICROSOFT has chosen a new chief executive officer. Who were the contenders who lost out to insider Satya Nadella? OTHER CONTENDERS: L Kevin Turner: Microsoft’s chief operating officer, expected to stay with the company. L Steve Mollenkopf: Dropped out after being promoted to CEO
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      Lock icon Can Nadella-Gates magic spawn another Apple?
      885 20  -  COMMENTARY By GRACE CHNG By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg MICROSOFT’S new chief executive, Mr Satya Nadella, its third since it was founded 39 years ago, inherits many advantages. He assumes the top job as the tech giant enjoys strong financials, having generated US$17 billion (S$21.6
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s growth slows to four-year low
      594 21  -  But 5.8% figure is better than expected amid rising interest rates, fuel prices By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg INDONESIA’S economy grew by 5.8 per cent in 2013, the slowest in four years and the first time since 2009 that growth
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      Lock icon Two US banks to pay $2.4b to settle misconduct claims
      298 21 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase have agreed to pay US$1.86 billion (S$2.4 billion) to end US claims of misconduct in their handling of mortgages and related securities that left United States taxpayers bearing losses after the
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        Lock icon ANZ loses suit against fees
        85 21 REUTERS SYDNEY The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group was wrong to charge its customers fees for late payments, the Federal Court ruled yesterday in one of Australia’s largest-ever class-action suits. Law firm Maurice Blackburn had sought up to A$57 million (S$64 million) from ANZ
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        Lock icon Virgin axes its Sydney-HK route
        52 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Virgin Atlantic is axing its Sydney-Hong Kong services because of increasing costs. The move will leave British Airways as the last major European carrier flying to Australia via Asia and will be a boost for Qantas and Cathay Pacific, which also ply
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        Lock icon Google to display rivals’ services
        56 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS The European Commission has accepted the latest proposals by Google to remedy complaints that it abuses its dominant position in the Internet search market. The commission said Google has guaranteed that when it displays its own specialised search services, it will also
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        289 26  -  Ho Kong Loon THE need to get back to basics in educating our young has become more pressing, even as the Education Ministry re-aligns its co-curricular activity system to promote the holistic growth and development of students (“Overhaul to nurture all-round students”;
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        126 26  -  Tan Yee Nee (Ms) I AM disappointed that tickets for events at KidsFest Singapore 2014 cost at least $40 for children. This means that a parent would have to spend around $100 just to accompany a child to watch a performance that usually
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          112 26  -  Sunny Sun (Ms) EVERY year, I accumulate many plastic and glass jars that were used to contain Chinese New Year goodies. Nowadays, the goodies are sold in exceptionally thick and heavy glass jars. Some of these jars are not airtight and, hence, not reusable.
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        356 26  -  Hilda Foo (Ms) CONTRARY to senior writer Andy Ho’s view that it is a “good thing” for lawyers to function as “risk-taking market participants”, a contingency fee system would, in fact, hinder access to justice (“Let court trial outcome determine lawyers’ fees”; Monday).
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        222 26  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) MONDAY’S report (“Cancer cases on the rise in Singapore”) focuses on the need for a healthy lifestyle, of which exercise is one mainstay. However, there are some concerns related to exercise that need to be highlighted. Exercise should be undertaken on a
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        179 27  -  Ng Sook Fun (Ms) Director, Corporate and Marketing Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore MR PHUA Kok Hee asked why prepaid cards are allowed to have expiry periods (“Is telecoms market truly liberalised?”; Jan 16). The expiry period helps to
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        57 27 1. MR ROBERT LIM: Integrated public transport system the way forward. 2. MR DARREN CHAN: Set realistic, targeted goals for animal welfare. 3. MR CHING YONG HAI: Remove carpark entry barriers to ease congestion. 4. MR FRANCIS CHENG: Be on guard against crypto currencies. 5. SGH: MRI findings
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      506 1  -  Experts point to lowered oxygen levels and increased algal growth By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg THE deaths of hundreds of fish, found washed up along a river in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, were likely due to the recent spell of hot
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      433 2  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) wants to update the way it plans shopping and eating facilities in new public housing estates. It has called a tender to develop what it terms a new “HDB
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      267 2  -  By AMELIA TAN and PEARL LEE ameltan@sph.com.sg leepearl@sph.com.sg THE founder and chief executive of Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (Home), a foreign workers’ advocacy group, is in intensive care after suffering a stroke yesterday morning. Ms Bridget Tan, 65, was taken to Changi General
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      460 6  -  AVA-contracted monkey catchers allegedly behind the illegal device By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg A “MONKEY-PROOF” public litter bin that was allegedly converted into a monkey trap by contractors hired to catch them is being investigated by two government agencies. An animal welfare
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      419 6  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg RESEARCHERS have come up with a system that provides an extra layer of security for the charging of electric vehicles (EV) here. The system helps guard against electricity theft or outages caused by attacks on the power
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      338 6  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg DISEASES such as cancer could be caused by the mutation of a single part of a molecule in a person’s body. That is the finding of scientists in Singapore and the United States who studied ribonucleic acid (RNA)
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      763 7  -  One describes HPB’s list as questionable, the other applauds the posting By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg THE Health Promotion Board’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on sexuality have become the subject of two opposing online petitions that have garnered some 3,000 signatures in less
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      166 7 BENDING your head forward to peer at your tablet or smartphone can cause chronic neck- ache. Learn more about this contemporary complaint, called “text neck”, in today’s Mind Your Body. We also look at an issue involving those with breast cancer: Can removing
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      540 8  -  South West District walks the talk in engaging low-income elderly folk By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg ELDERLY residents from the low-er-income group in the South West District who wish to dance to the pulsating rhythms of zumba music or improve their computer literacy now have
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      460 8  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg FOR the past few months, 78-year-old Ong Siew Choo and her flatmate Lim Boon Keng, 69, have had to put up with a faulty television set that would turn off without warning. Yesterday, the pair of friends,
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      463 9  -  Aerospace firm ramps up pilot training, aviation services at Seletar park By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Aerospace opened a $26 million three-storey facility yesterday as it stepped up plans to grab a bigger share of Asia’s fast-growing aviation business. The
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      389 9  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg HUNDREDS of students and staff from Singapore Polytechnic pounded the streets around its Dover campus yesterday in a charity fun run. Organised by the poly’s Business School Club, the 5km Friendship Run along with a flea market last
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      272 10  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg A NEW programme that combines cooking with seamanship will soon be launched to attract more Singaporeans and permanent residents to work as cooks on Singapore merchant vessels. In recent years, the marine industry has been trying to cut
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      579 10  -  MATCH-FIXING CASE By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg THE match-fixing case against businessman Eric Ding Si Yang and three Lebanese officials was built on intelligence gathering and surveillance, a district court heard yesterday. There was no first information report, which is the first report
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      467 10  -  Symptoms couldn’t have been from alcohol alone: Addictions specialist By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A SERIAL rapist, whose victims passed out after drinking alcoholic shots he offered them, denies spiking their drinks and claims the women drank themselves into a stupor. But a
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      346 10  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg WHEN Neo Wei Siong, 35, quarrelled with his father on Oct 25, 2011 and could not go home, he stayed over at a friend’s house. Two days later, he woke up in the Boon Lay flat to
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      508 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg DRAWING from the national granite stockpile could be quite costly for contractors, who are facing a shortage from Indonesia that has led to construction delays. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is charging more than the market rate for
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      203 12 DBS Bank and OCBC Bank have been spreading festive cheer to clients and employees during the Chinese New Year season. At the Raffles City Convention Centre on Monday night, DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta and DBS chairman Peter Seah (above, second and
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      423 12  -  Keen contest for buyers as sale launches at two projects coincide By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg DEVELOPERS are back in launch mode after the Chinese New Year holiday, with two new Sengkang projects likely to go on sale within a week of each other. The
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      769 13  -  BUDGET 2014 Restructuring Singapore’s economy and raising productivity, so as to reduce its reliance on foreign labour and raise average wages, have been a big challenge. In the run-up to Budget 2014, The Straits Times is running a series on how firms are taking steps to
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      363 13  -  RACHEL SCULLY MR MICHAEL Soon started a small shop selling watches, clocks, batteries and trinkets in Marine Parade in 1979. Business was brisk then and many customers came, hoping to find good deals on watches. But times have been tough in recent years and Mr
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        553 14  -  Firm’s shares are ‘structural’ assets so any appreciation treated as capital gains: Court By K. C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg INSURANCE companies which buy shares with their investment funds as part of their long-term strategy may not have to pay tax if the shares
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        525 14  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THE prospect of a fare hike has failed to lift the fog of pessimism around rail operator SMRT Corp, with most analysts maintaining their “sell” recommendation on its stock. Out of 13 analysts polled by
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        338 14  -  TECHNOLOGY GRACE CHNG VETERAN information technology professional Chan Cheow Hoe (right) is leaving the private sector to take charge of the Government’s computer network from April 1. Mr Chan, 50, will also oversee the development and delivery of innovative public services for citizens
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          254 14 LOCAL start-up ApexPeak, a type of finance company, has found a new way of raising funds. Instead of the usual approach of getting funds from venture capital firms, it will raise US$200 million (S$254 million) for its own investment fund. ApexPeak has done
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          191 14 KLINIFY has raised $770,000 in seed funding to develop a document management system for doctors. The cash injection has been led by local venture capital firm Jungle Ventures and angel investors from the medical industry here. It will allow the 21/2-year-old firm to ramp up
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          112 14  -  GRACE CHNG FIRMS interested in finding out what consumers are saying about them on social media sites can turn to a Singapore-developed software called Kurrants. Developed by local start-up Holatastic, it allows a user to pull together all discussions on a topic by running
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        298 15  -  By RACHAEL BOON yesterday. rachaelb@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Post has reported flat third-quarter earnings as it pumped cash into efforts to move the business into e-commerce. But higher revenue showed the efforts are reaping results. SingPost has been working to provide fully fledged e-commerce services, from
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        411 15  -  Lingering concerns over emerging market currencies, Fed tapering BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg DESPITE a promising upswing in the first half of the trading day, the wind soon abandoned the local bourse as share prices fell for the fifth straight
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          18 15 STI trading volume 240.46 million shares STI up down Gainers: 10 Losers: 15 Unchanged: 5
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          86 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 690.44 519.98 832.62 1,002.96 217.71 191.63 263.35 -0.49 -0.9 -1.31 -9.53 -0.99 -1.11 -3.72 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 184.32 449.44 771.6 751.69 1,152.92 721.54
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          20 15 Stock trading volume 1.85 billion shares worth $1.09 billion Up down Gainers:159 Losers: 211 Unchanged: 414
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          60 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change -128.39 171.91 4.47 21,269.38 14,180.38 1,891.32 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 1,891.32 4.47 Shanghai Comp 1,785.88 7.05 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,384.31 1,280.25 5,070.311 15,445.24 4,031.52
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          208 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 5, 2014 Top Rises Feb 05 CENTS DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4350 68.5 1.3 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5771 62.2 0.9 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2678 35.5 1.1 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2915 35.5 1.0 DBXT
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          71 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E 86 60 HPH Trust US$ US65 unch ***** 66.5 65 10.2 19.1
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          79 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E li 197.5 126.4 ARA 166.5 +1.5 529 167.5 166 3 19.4
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          38 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 6.1 Charisma Energy ................6.7 64,041,000 Federal Int Vallianz Hldgs ...................14.5 50,004,000 163’224’000 Transcu Grp 0.2 137,861,000 Thai Beverage ...................50.5 25,194,000 4.1 72,012,000 Charisma Energy 6.7 64,041,000 CCM Grp 1.7 59,998,000
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          28 15 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 3 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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          52 15 Feb 05 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: 1.1279 1.1293 0.8887 0.8892 1 1460 1.1473 0.9034 0.9029 1.7148 1.7163
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          207 15 Top Rises Feb 05 CENTS Wilmar MBePW*****2 7.5 29.3 1.7 Ezion MBeCW*****1 5.8 16.0 0.8 Ezion MBeCW*****3 6.2 14.8 0.8 CapitalaMBeCW*****1 4.7 14.6 0.6 Acma Ltd W*****7 1 11.1 0.1 NKY *****MBeCW*****3 9.5 10.5 0.9 NobleGrpMBePW*****3 3.5 9.4 0.3 STI 3150MBePW*****1 19.4 7.8 1.4 DBS MB ePW*****1
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          19 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol CDOO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.5 CityDev NCCPS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +8
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          486 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company 143 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 120 +1 0 114.4 94 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US94 5 1510 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1222 -25 2 1217 866 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US963 +2 54 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 121 108.3
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      490 12 CHINESE INVESTMENT SEMINAR 2014 Acce&rafe your investment in the year of the The economic recovery of Europe and US looks optimistic, while Asia is experiencing steady economic growth. Singapore's economic performance in 2014 is expected to be better than last year's. But will the gradual withdrawal of the US quantitative
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    2125 16 OBITUARIES I j I I g m DR AW LENG 11 WEE, BBM (L), JP Age: 63 Passed away peacefully on 5 February 2014. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Tan Ah Chang Sons: Daughters-in-law: Aw Chi-Ken Benjamin Ng Gek Hsia Joey Aw Zhi Xian Benson
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      71 20 Obituaries For enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. Online advertisement booking for condolences: catscounter@sph.com.sg WATS CLASSIFIED When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. Author Unknown Honour the memories
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      41 20 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 -g V
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      38 20 Memory wanders as shadows fail 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.
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      65 21 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Basketball NBA: Oklahoma v Minnesota (StarHub Ch216, 9am), Houston v Phoenix (Ch202, 9am). Football Dutch Eredivisie: Ajax v Groningen (mio TV Ch114 HD Ch117 and StarHub Ch208 HD Ch210, tomorrow, 3.40am). Golf Joburg Open: Day 1 (StarHub Ch213 HD Ch255, 6.30pm). Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Day
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      90 21 9am). Football Malaysia Super League: Pahang v Johor DT (StarHub Ch222 HD Ch255, 8.40pm). Dutch Eredivisie: Vitesse Arnhem v ADO Den Haag (mio TV Ch114 HD Ch117 and StarHub Ch208 HD Ch210, Saturday, 2.55am). French Ligue 1: Toulouse v St Etienne (mio TV Ch111, Saturday, 3.20am). German Bundesliga: Moenchengladbach v
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      133 23 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Fri, 07/02/14 Dutch League Ajax Groningen 3.45am LW* LW*: Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) Draw No. 2925/2014 Draw on Thursday, 6 February 2014 Group 1 Prize *1,000,000 Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore *****4 Time 6.30pm For the
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      298 23 SINGAPORE SWEEP Draw No. 02/2014 and 4-D Draw No.3595/2014 Date of Draw: Feb 05, 2014 1st Prize ($2.3 million) 234 2402 2nd Prize ($500,000) 121 0877 3rd Prize ($250,000) 227 4045 10 JACKPOT PRIZES ($10,000 EACH *****98 *****66 *****29 *****86 *****45 *****91 *****31 *****12 *****37 *****40 10 LUCKY PRIZES ($5,000
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      619 24  -  Former Singapore trainer to handle their national and Under-23 teams By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg ASEAN powerhouses in the 1960s and 1970s, Myanmar aim to rise a g a i n t h e y h a v e t u rn e d t o
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      572 24 THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS LONDON Michael Laudrup became the English Premier League’s latest managerial casualty on Tuesday after an escalation in the tensions that had already thrown his future at Swansea City into serious doubt. Club captain Garry Monk has been placed in
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      171 24 THE TIMES, LONDON Sept 23, 2013: Sunderland sacked Paolo di Canio L Then: 20th, one point from five games L Now: 14th, 24 points from 24 games Oct 23: Crystal Palace accepted Ian Holloway’s resignation L Then: 19th, three points from eight games L
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      262 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Rene Meulensteen could be the next English Premier League manager to face the guillotine, with Fulham contemplating replacing the man they put in charge just two months ago. The Cottagers suffered a shock 0-1 FA Cup fourth-round exit at the hands of third-tier
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      379 21  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg AFTER a taste of the podium at last December’s SEA Games, Singapore hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad is hungry for more success. So much so that she has decided to train full-time upon graduation from the Nanyang Technological University this May in a
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      662 21 South Africa-born batsman told national career over due to restructuring process REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The international career of Kevin Pietersen, the most talented and flamboyant England batsman of his generation, ended in untypically quiet fashion on Tuesday. The 33-year-old South Africa-born right-hander was left out
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      419 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota) Kevin Love continues to lead the National Basketball Association in double-doubles, scoring 31 points and pulling down 17 rebounds to power the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 109-99 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. Nothing seems to
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      244 21 Basketball NBA Atlanta 85 Indiana 89, Minnesota 109 LA Lakers 99, Phoenix 92 Chicago 101, Golden State 75 Charlotte 91. Cricket 2nd and final Test In Chittagong, day 2: Sri Lanka 587 (overnight 314-5: K. Sangakkara 319, M. Jayawardene 72; Shakib Al Hasan, 5-148). Bangladesh 86-1 (S. Rahman 45
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      699 22 After weeks of gloomy news, the Games will get under way tomorrow 2014 SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES SOCHI (Russia) Figure skater Kim Yu Na, ski jumper Sara Takanashi and slalom queen Mikaela Shiffrin have the task of dragging the Winter
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      918 22 Although the Olympics sometimes coronate established stars, they are just as often a coming-out party for athletes who emerge as national heroes with unexpected performances. Here are some of the candidates to emerge as the darlings of their nations in Sochi. SARATAKANASHI JAPAN Ski jump
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      571 23 Former England international launches new MLS club in Florida AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MIAMI David Beckham confirmed yesterday that he will own a team in Miami, boosting further his global profile and that of Major League Soccer (MLS). It has been one of the worst-kept secrets in world
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      375 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Spain and Barcelona midfielder Xavi has ruled out a move to Manchester United despite admitting that he “would have loved to play in England”. Even though the 34-year-old has a contract that keeps him at the Nou Camp until
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      781 23  -  By MATT HUGHES THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg COMMENTARY THE puns have been arriving quicker than a Chelsea counter-attack over the past 24 hours, whether centring on Jose Mourinho’s captivating if somewhat dubious image of a novice taking on two thoroughbreds or
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        57 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Spanish football club Real Madrid’s next three La Liga games after being sent off in his side’s 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. The Portuguese received the normal one game ban for a straight red card and extra
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        52 23 BLOOMBERG SAO PAULO Players at Brazilian football club Corinthians are demanding greater protection after angry fans broke into their training camp and attacked them. About 100 supporters, complaining about the club’s lacklustre performances, cut through a wire fence last Saturday and got physical with the players
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        77 23 REUTERS LAUSANNE Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner has won his appeal against the decision to strip him of a world championship gold medal over a positive drugs test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. Glaesner successfully argued that a mix-up over his use
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      201 1 Room for stars Sundance director defends celeb culture C6 Hokkien horror Marcus Chin ‘slams’ Huang Jinglun C2 No room for Tears Veteran star drops classic hit from new album C5 S GOOD ■1 BETTER BEST Julianna Margulies, one of the highest-paid TV actresses in the United States for her drama
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        729 2  -  Huang Jinglun’s dialect blunders provide the laughs as he joins the fluent Marcus Chin in Hokkien show Gwendolyn Ng nggwen@sph.com.sg There is no doubt Taiwan-based Singaporean host Huang Jinglun has the gift of the gab. But he is not immune to gaffes, especially
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        526 2  -  Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps’ Acrobatic Troupe is no ordinary group of stuntmen and women. Many of them are descendants of a communist guerilla brigade posted to China’s most remote north-western province from 1949, following the communists’
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      1425 4  -  String of US political sex scandals provides juicy material for hit show The Good Wife and inspiration for lead actress Julianna Margulies Alison de Souza In Los Angeles stlife@sph.com.sg Anyone who has seen a press conference where a politician’s wife stands quietly by him as he
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      592 4  -  Alison de Souza The courtroom drama never seems to get old and, in recent decades, it has reincarnated itself on television as the police procedural, quirky office comedy and Machiavellian drama. The most successful legal drama of them all was Law Order (1990 2010), which stuck closely
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        800 5  -  S.K. Poon is tired of her best-known hit and does not want to sing it any time soon Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Veteran singer S.K. Poon shudders when you ask her about Lover’s Tears, her best-known hit. Says the local performer, better known to fans
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        363 5 New York The Super Bowl half-time show, featuring Bruno Mars and Los Angeles funk-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, might have been a record breaker, but something was off about the performance. As fans learnt on Tuesday, the band’s guitars were not plugged in when they
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        625 7  -  Irish-Chinese drummer Chris Wee’s brother, Shan, is a radio DJ here, while their cousin Sara sings with a veteran band Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg When Irish post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar play their first show in Singapore later this month, It will
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        426 7 Agence France-Presse Tokyo A deaf composer, dubbed Japan’s Beethoven, confessed on Wednesday to hiring someone to write his most iconic works, leaving duped broadcaster NHK red-faced and casting a cloud over a figure skater set to dance to his music in Sochi. Mamoru Samuragoch shot
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        819 8  -  Home-grown singer Ming Bridges is a little of everything Sound Bites Yeow Kai Chai kaichai@sph.com.sg Like any Singaporean proud to be Singaporean, it’s always nice to see another countryman do his or her darnedest to stand out in the world. How wonderful to witness on
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          264 8  -  Boon Chan Really? Taiwan’s Matilda Tao returns to the music scene eight years after Walkin’ To New York (2005) and it turns out to be a slice of electronic pop. But the title track and first single soon grew on me and the rap-dance number managed the neat
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          293 8  -  Ong Sor Fern The North Sea Jazz Festival has been around since 1975, and has programmed some legendary jazz figures for its stages. Bob City Records has been releasing a whole slew of live recordings, the latest of which is this set by singer Ella Fitzgerald. By 1979, the
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          204 8  -  Chang Tou Liang The second album by French pianist Pascal Roge and his Japa-nese-Indonesian wife Ami mines the rich vein of French orchestral music arranged for piano four hands. The chief attraction is the duo’s own transcription of Claude Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea), which is a joy from
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          193 8  -  Chang Tou Liang Eight is the debut album of The Teng Ensemble, the stylish local Chinese instrumental crossover group. The figure also refers to its number of members and tracks on the disc, all of which are composed or arranged by its guitarist Benjamin Lim Yi. The music
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      314 3 DEC 09 Z4 sDrive 35i for sale. PML unit. White w black leather. 54km. Ask $139.8k. Call *****118 MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 6/07 325i Convertible. Agt model. Well maintain. www .motorway.com.sg MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 7/06 740Li. 75,000km. High PARF rebate. $95k www.motorway.com.sg 3/09 BMW 520I Black, Stock Condition, Accident Free, servicing
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      300 4 2 UNITS 10/06 7/05 Kalisa. 1.0(M) Perfect cond. $17,8K/ $11,000. 9101-5532 MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 Nov ’11 Actyon 2.0L Diesel. 1 Owner. 21,000km. Agt warranty. Pls view: www. motorway.com.sg MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 9/08 Stavic 9 seater. 1 Owner. 1 yr agt warranty. Low km. motorway.com.sg JUN’05 IMPREZA 1.6A. Sell $14k only.
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      313 4 3 DAYS DELIVERY! $175.8K! Latest ’14 Estima 2.4 Aeras with moonroof power dr. HP: *****717 San Hup Bee ***MINISTRY OF CARZ. Nov ’09 Wish New Model. Silver 1 Owner. Borneo Warranty/ Svc. Must view! 8533 7003 NEW ARRIVAL! FEB’08 Wish 1.8A Silver. 1 careful owner Full service record at MBM.
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      464 4 2014 TOYOTA DYNA Diesel $98,800 Interest 2.88% Loan 90%. HP *****717 San Hup Bee #04-20 AML $***** NEW 5 yrs COE Toyota Dyna 150D. Low km. In house loan. COE: 01/2019. Grab! *****555 ’2011 HINO 10 Ton Hood. P/Tailgate. Like new. trade In welcome. 9380-6856 99 MITSUBISHI 6-TON Box P/tailgate
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      338 4 98 NISSAN CABSTAR D/Cab Lorry pte Name can Buy COE 3/2017. new paint. A1 cond. $31,800. *****033 NO LIFE SPAN! 1997 Isuzu pick-up/ tow truck. COE 3/’17. Loan avail *****868 NISSAN SINGLECAB Canopy, COE: July 2019! Cheap! In-House Loan *****943 2014 TOYOTA VAN 3.0 Euro 5 Diesel. Selling $98,800 80%
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      1075 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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      43 5 TREASURE ISLAND. WIDE Frontage. Land 8645 sf/ Built 8000sf. 5+1 bdrms. $22.8M. Owner *****676 FULL SEA VIEW! Sentosa comtemporary bunglw, 5bdrm all ensuite, big gdn pool. 9630-7741 Steve Tay PARADISE ISLAND. VILLAS. 7300/8800 sf. 6+1+1 Waterway. C/W berth. Cosy living. James 9850 1515
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      84 5 WEST COAST ROAD Beautiful Semi-D 3900/3000sf. Regular plot. Park 5 cars. Ask $5.1M. Sean *****288 KELVIN *****007 M.O.R.E. Rarely available in Orchard F’hold 2 sty inter terr. land 1650 sqft, 4 rms, vacant NASSIM *****/ ***** SF. Brand new, rectangular land. 32K/ 50K sf. Elevated land for rebuild. K H
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      224 5 20% BELOW VALUE. $4.9m $7XX psf Detached 999 yr. Henry Pk Raffles Pri Sch. 4+2. Dover/Holland V MRT Move-In *****808 Helena ***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 HOLLAND GROVE VIEW
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      253 5 MONTCLAIR WHITLEY Brand new F’hold 2½-sty cluster hse 5+1. Pte pool/ car park. Tel: 6348-7668 BT TINGGAL ***** sqft lovely wide frontage. Undiscovered gem! Attractive price. Harvest 9678-3035 UNIVERSITY PARK MODERN 3-sty Semi-d. 5+1 rms. Sale $3.6M. Harvest *****888 MUST SELL! BELOW $1K psf ***** sf Bunglw 5+1, Nice frontage,
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      228 5 HAIG LANE SEMI-D 2-storey land 3681/2500sf. 4 large bedrms. Can park 3 cars. Call Soo Cheng 9322 7788 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Corner Terr, elevated, FH Opera Est, cul-de-sac, 3 sty Land 2700sqft. 6100 9959 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Original Inter Terr. 2-sty. 3+1 rms, Bedok MRT. A&A potential. $2.xM *****959 ***GPS
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      246 5 BELOW VAL! FH Corner terr land 2900sf. Ideal for A&A /rebuilt. Tai Hwan/Li Hwan area. Serious Seller. Hurry! HOUGANG (ST XAVIER Lane). Brand new semi-d. 5 rms FH. TOP soon. (A pair). $4.xxM. HB *****555 Dick ECG LANDED PREMIER F’hold Good Deal! Terrace Move in and Only $2.5M Hurry. Call
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      288 5 SEMI-D CHOA Chu Kang 999 yrs, 2-sty, 3552sf, can build 3.5-sty Basement. Mkt/ LRT. Call 8222 2977 1.SEMI-D PAVILION FH 3sty roof terrace, 2155sf 2.Semi-D @Hillview FH. 2sty, 3300sf. *****247 BK WOODGROVE BUNGALOWS 99 yrs Pool, 5+1. Land: 6100-7645sf. Good rental Built-in: 3687-3919 sf Sell $4.4M-$5.3M. 6223-2232 www.sinhengchan.com.sg SPRINGLEAF GDN
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      323 5 **THE INTERLACE 2-BDRM x 2 units. 1055sf $1.5M neg 4-Bdrm 2303sf $2.9M neg. Call SM Chia 9068-6500 WESTBAY, 2 BDRMS. Direct pool view. Park/ sea side with amenities. Best Call Terence 9873-0948 Htns VARSITY PK. 2292 sf, 3+1 Well reno. Breezy, bright. Good investment! $998 psf only! Alan *****506 CLEMENTIWOODS
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      313 5 ONE BALMORAL û FH, Choice of 1 4 bdrm û Luxury Sized Homes û 2 mins drive to Orchard û Prices from $1.5xM D’LEEDON û Next to Farrer MRT û 7 Iconic Twrs with 36 sty û Designed by renowned architect û 1+S, 2, 2+S, 3,4 PH Tan Teck Hong
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      275 6 ARDMORE PK/ DRAYCOTT Twr 2885/ 2637sf. $8.7M/ $5.2M. Areco *****768 $1.82M! HOLLAND RD FH 1475sf 3+1 Holland Rd MRT Sell vacant. *****831 RC THE GLYNDEBOURNE FH 2+1 TOP soon! 1044sf, beside Raffles Club/ SCGS, future Steven MRT, 9730-3338 THOMSON 800 D11. FH. MRT Only $13xx psf! Rare! High floor. Unblocked
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      393 6 ONE AMBER 1335SF $1.9M One Amber 1259sf $1.94M One Amber 4+1 A1! $2.37M Shore Res 2rm #1x $1.5M Shore Res 3rm $1.84M Seaview 3rm A1! $2.17M Seaview 4rm #1x $2.75M The Esta 4+1 A1! $2.35M Haig Court 4+1 A1! $2.02M Taipan Grand 3rm $1.43M POMEX COURT WALK-UP Delightful and Posh
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      266 6 WATERVIEW TAMPINES 3+1 high floor. Reservoir view No West Sun also for rent view call *****100 Jenny SAVANNAH. BELOW VALN 3+1 1733sf/ 4+1 2034sf. Designer reno, 4th Uni, Changi Biz Pk. Mital *****737 WATERVIEW. TOP! 2/3/4/ Penthse. Pool/ Quarry/ Reservoir view. MRT. Goi 9022-4293/ 9299-1220 RIVERBANK FERNVALE 1bdrm 495 sf.
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      310 6 GO Seletar I gMi Seletar D28 Pte Apts For Sale 028 Pte Apts For Sale R' L*****82K J iverbank f 7 ernvale Jeffrey Kwok 9680-7000 Call for Floor Plans eBrochure Exclusive Presentation Register As VVIP Now, t u Riverbank Fernvale 1 bdrm from $480k 2 bdrm from $660k 3 bdrm
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      222 6 **RIVERBANK FERNVALE Fr $8xx psf!! 1rm $4xxk, 2rms $6xxk, 3rms $8xxk, 4rms $1.0xm, 5rms $1.3xm www.AaronWan.sg ***RIVERBANK FERNVALE Fr $8xx psf! 1rm $480k, 2rm $660k, 3rm $880k, 4rm $1.06m, 5rm $1.32m, www.river-bank.net NEW LAUNCH! RIVERBANK 1 rm $480k 2 rm $650k 3rm $880k Dualkey $980k 4 rm $1.06m 5 rm
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      351 6 fftt Ang Mo Kio HDB fftf Ang Mo Kio HDB Ang Mo Kio HDB Ang Mo Kio HDB Apts for Sale |Hf Apts for Sale |fif Apts for Sale Apts for Sale HDB MEDIAN Resale Prices |n 3 RD q uarter 2013 Resale transactions take place on a "willing buyer-willing
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      190 6 3-RM BLK 26B Jln Membina 3-rm Blk 133 Jln Bt Merah. MRT, schs. amenities, mkt. Mid flr. 9783 1136 Rosalind 3½ RM T. Blangah Blk 65, 2+1, 82 sqm, corner, high flr, lift, Val $445K, shops/ MRT, Nancy *****887 5’A’ 51 LENGKOK Bahru Redhill MRT, 122 sqm, high flr,corner. *****546
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      142 6 4A 225 CCK Ctrl 104 sqm 4A 295 CCK Ave 2 109sqm 4A 4 Teck Whye 104 sqm 4A 6 Teck Whye 103 sqm CHEAP! $5K BELOW val, 3NG Blk 364. Newly reno, Open concept, val $375K, call Anisa 9694 1301 ERA **SELL VALUE only! Good investment! 4rm Blk 460
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      184 6 4’A’ TOH GUAN 286A. Corner. Face pk/ quiet. $505K $5K COV. 9450 5788 Leo 676B 4’I’ PREMIUM St 64 93sqm. Lift flr Val $425K. 676A 4’A’ Val $452K. VTO. 676B 5rm High flr. 110 sqm Val soon! Yvonne *****912 BIG SPACIOUS!! 4’A’ Blk 852, 108sqm, val $398K. Blk 693, opp
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      326 6 NEW LSITING! 5’I’ Blk 938. Jurong W. Near Ctr. High flr. Unblocked view. $460K ono. Reina 9066 0809 KK KOH 9108 3845 Service You Trust 1)BEST BUY neg! 273C 5’I’ #14, 100% reno. Corner.. 2)Below val. Blk 657B, 4’A’ corner/ bright. Nice. MRT. 3-RM BLK 32 Jalan Bahagia #08. Well
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      356 7 BELOW VAL 4’A’ Blk 334 mid flr, 101sqm, bright. well kept, sell only, Val $420k *****056 see risdian.com ***BLK 488 CORNER 4’A1’ Squarish 96sqm. Nice view Quiet. Val $455K $30K neg. Call Patrick 9001 6182 5I CORNER 121SQM Blk 312 Sembawang Dr. MRT. Valn $480K. $0 cash. Immediate Kamsa 9100
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      385 7 BLK 36 LOR 5 Toa Payoh 102sqm, 4rms. High floor. PT Blk. Bright Windy. Near amenities. Val 600K. 3I+UTILITY BLK 199 Toa Payoh, 65sqm, mid flr, face N, near mrt, shops, *****056 see risdian.com AT VAL $450K! 5’I’ Corner Blk 733. 121 sqm. All race 4’A’ 686A. 102 sqm Corner
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      428 7 GCB Nassim Road Elevated land with pool Central court yard 6,800 sq ft 15,000 sq ft 5+1 Bedrooms attached bathrooms 24 hours maintenance concierge 1.5 month’s Commission 9751 6918/9692 0116/9451 2369 MT ELIZABETH TERR. 1700/ 2200 sqft. Renovated. 3 bdrms. Near MRT. Immed. $10K neg. 9066-3602 Eliza Cluny New 6+1+1
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      321 7 $11K WATTEN DETACH 5+2/ pool, elevated, Feb ’14. Near amenities/ parks. Best unit. *****000 Albert MONTCLAIR WHITLEY Brand new 2½-sty cluster hse 5+1. Pte pool/ car park, Immed. neg. 9299-5537 TUDOR CLOSE. BEAUTIFUL strata Bunglw 5100 sqft. 5+3. Patio. Pool. Quiet. $15K. Jackie 9682 3000 UNIVERSITY ROAD BEAUTIFUL detached hse
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      349 7 27A TOH AVE Semi-D Newly rebuilt 3500/ 5000 sf 2sty attic. 5+1 pool. Immed Call *****635/ *****996 S’GOON GDN 3-STY Terr. 5 bdrm. Built 3300 sf. Reno. Furn. Windy. French/ Australian sch. 9852 9055 S’GOON GARDENS, 3500 sf 5+1+1, patio, greenery, reno terr. Walk to MRT, Australia sch. Sidhu *****775
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      341 7 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA STUDIO, 2rm, 500 900sf New reno! High flr, unblock Key on hand! Call Now!!! THE SAIL, 4-BDRM. Approx 1800 sf. High flr. Bay view. P/furn. MRT/ ECP. Immed. 9023-7732 Chris Tan, C&H THE SAIL, 883 sqft. 2bdrm high flr overlooking Marina Bay/firework/F1 Immed,full furn $6.5K Tang *****999 SUPER
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      412 7 INTERLACE 3 ROOM 1259sf Mid flr. Beautiful.Hortpark, greenery view/ Int’l sch/ Shopping. $4.8k nego. THE INTERLACE 3-BDRM, 2142 sf with terr. High flr. Good view. Ask $7K neg. Immed. 9145-6786 Josie HUNDRED TREES 4BDRMS 1475sf $5k face landed hse The Stellar 4bdrms 1800sf patio access to pool $7k. Bonnie Yeoh
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      461 7 82 G ran g e R oa d 5 mins to Orchard Road CBD Signature architecture by Paul Rudolph 4 acres of verdant tropical landscape Loft living and spacious balconies Full condo facilities 24-hr security, maintenance and concierge 2+1, 2800 sq ft, 3+1, 3600 sq ft and 4+1, 4000 sq
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      452 7 **LEONIE TWR PENTHSE 5+1 6600 sf. Spacious. Reno Facilities. *****090 Reiss ST THOMAS SUITE. 1830 sf 3+1. Mid flr. Spacious. Near MRT. *****090 Reiss SCOTTS 28. 2 rm. 1098sf. Unblock. $5.4K. Orchard/ Mrt. Simon *****077 SPZ CHELSEA GARDENS, 4+1 rm, 1959sqft, high flr, balcony, immed. Owner *****544 IMPERIAL. 1733/ 2077sf.
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      475 7 THE MARBELLA 1475 sf, 3+1. High flr w/greenery views, well kept, near MRT, $6.xk Immed. Jean 9628-1888 REGENCY PARK PENTHOUSE 6600 sqft. 4+1 Nice renovation great view. $30K. Vanessa *****868 RV EDGE PENTHSE 2 bdrm ensuite. Full furn. Facilities Move in immed. $4.7K neg. Hurry! Jess *****890 ALLSWORTH PARK 1950
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      1636 8 Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon Keng Pte Apts For Rent Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon Keng Pte Apts For Rent Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon Keng Pte Apts For Rent Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon Keng Pte Apts For Rent D12 Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon Keng Pte Apts For Rent Balestier/Toa Payoh/ Serangoon/ Boon
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      143 8 THE JADE 3+1, 1335 sf, high flr, unblock view, balcony. Next to NTUC. $4.7K neg. Irene Lim TF 9452 3257. ***HILLVIEW PARK CONDO. 880sf. 2+1. High flr, Quiet. Fully furn, facilities, near PIE/ RailMall. 9108-7898 NORTHVALE 2-BDRMS, 1033 sqft, nice, MRT. Avail Mar, neg 9107 9666 Jess ROSEWOOD 3+1. TWR
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      154 8 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 Rd 1/2/3 bdrm. Amenities. F/furn. Short long term lease.Near MRT *****562 AIRCON RMS 1-WK $490+ ½mth $900+/1mth $1500+ Hotel Hamilton 6296-2296 4RM BLK 607 High
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      2047 9 Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale j"3|y Far East Organization inspiring better lives Immediate Rental Income
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      146 9 HARVEST WOODLANDS New bare unit. 1658 sf. B2. Column free. High flr. Windy. Jeff 9363-7038 PN JTC TERR CHANGI S. Land *****sf. Built-in *****sf, high ceiling 9m. Bal 42yrs $5.8M. Anna 9111-0662 1)PREMIER 1087SQFT X 4 TOP 2014 $525psf neg 2)Vertex 1561sqft Fully fitted Nice. Tenanted. $935k OXLEY BIZ HUB
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      87 9 OFFICE SUITED OFFICE CBD FRINGE *Agents Welcome Call 6578 9966 Office Space in Orchard for Lease μ Unit sizes from 280 sq ft μ Minutes walk to Orchard MRT Station μ Located just outside ERP Zone μ Fitted units available μ Agents welcome Call Hidayah at 9644 9054 Central Square
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      1229 10 W ffi« pa I69 Kr 161 rt s r IfiT Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES SCOTTS Medical Center For Lease Medical suites suitable for clinic use and various medical professions Located in prime Scotts Road Minutes drive to nearby hospitals Minutes walk to Orchard MRT Station Located on the
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      1036 10 fit? Office Space Office Space Office Space for Sale mf for Sale HI for Sale J= I I novenJ III HD FAR EAST ORCHARD LIMITED Novena Lifestyle and Medical Hub FIABCI Prix d'Excellence 2013 Specialised Project (Purpose Built) Category Premier Medical Suites For Sale Located next to the upcoming Health
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      408 10 www.primeshophouse.com South Bridge Rd FH, 5-sty w/ lift 6300sf, backpacker Stanley St. 4-sty, FH CBD. Telok Ayer 999yrs F&B Pagoda 3.5sty 999yrs F&B Duxton Hill 4sty Nice 4100sf Tg Pagar 2sty 3300sf MRT Tg Pagar 4sty4200sf yield Tras St. 6000/ *****sf Amoy St 8300/*****sf4sty Jln Besar3700sf 3sty $6.8M River ValleyF&B
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      386 10 ORCHARD PLAZA #04-28 Est 237sf. Water pt. MRT $6XXk. Enbloc potential! 9387 9668 9026 9939 CHILDCARE CTR 2713SF Upper Bt Timah Rd, only $4.6M, fully reno, 6 toilets David Lim 9247-3330 JLL CHINATOWN SOUTH BRIDGE Rd 2 units. 1919/ 3607 sf; 936/ 1625 sf. MRT. $4.4M/ $9.5M. *****161 Jean Lee
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      459 10 Foreign Properties Foreign Properties BRANZ AZABU TOKYO v -n. Completed in January 2014 Situated in Azabu Mamiana-cho in Minato-ku, one of the leading exquisite neighbourhoods. Developed by Grade 1, Japanese developer, Tokyu Land Corporation rirQnrrpTpp ANNIE TAN urangeiee (65)9850-0190 cea Licence No. L*****50K annie.tan@orangetee.com CEAReg. No. R*****6C BLK 117 ALJUNIED
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      176 10 NEYTHAL RD S/STY Column less warehse 16,076sf.10M ceiling. 2 overhead crane. Immed. Rodger 9010-5748 ENTERPRISE ROAD, JURONG Approx. 17,000 13,000 sqft. Call Chris: *****782. ***WAREHSE SPACE AVAIL Pasir Panjang area. 1000-3000sf. 9685-6713 UBI OFFICE CUM warehse with loading bay for lease. 14,000 sf. Call *****085 47-65 KIM CHUAN DR (Off
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