The Straits Times, 4 March 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 82 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon Govt and opposition MPs back Budget’s focus on pioneers
    384 1  -  By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg THE $8 billion Pioneer Generation Package drew praise from 25 Members of Parliament who joined the first day of debate on this year’s Budget, including three from the opposition Workers’ Party (WP). But amid the chorus
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    Lock icon Three arrested over Kunming stabbings
    59 1 POLICE have arrested three suspects over a brutal railway station attack in the Chinese city of Kunming in which at least 29 people were killed and over 140 others injured. Citing officials, state media yesterday said eight members of a “terrorist gang” carried out Saturday
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    Lock icon Russian troops will stay put: Kremlin
    572 1  -  It rebuffs G-7 protest, even as world markets tumble over Ukraine crisis By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg RUSSIA showed no intention of moving its troops out of Ukraine’s strategically important Crimea peninsula, despite world leaders issuing their strongest condemnation
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      265 1 SHOOTING OF OSCAR PISTORIUS’ GIRLFRIEND BLADE RUNNER ON TRIAL WORLD A18 TENNIS LEAGUE BIG STARS SET FOR S’PORE SPORT B20 SAVING WATER LESS WASHING, MORE MOPPING HOME B1 8 M 8 ***** 11 *****7 The Straits Times is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Color Quality Club 2014-2016 for
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      19 1 A-LEVEL RESULTS THEY MADETHE GRADE TOP OF THE NEWS A7 L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A6, OPINION A22
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon MND seeking to make town councils more accountable
      459 2 / 3  -  It wants to improve oversight of councils’ management of public funds By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE difficulty residents have in holding town councils accountable over managing their money has prompted the National Development Ministry (MND) to look for a solution. It is
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      Lock icon Oscar ‘selfie’ crashes Twitter
      185 2 / 3 MORE than 10 Hollywood stars, including Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper, took a “selfie” at the 86th Annual Academy Awards that crashed Twitter when it was circulated on that social media platform more than two million times in two hours. It beat the previously
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      Lock icon Jail time, higher fines proposed for new harassment law
      548 2 / 3  -  By RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg STALKERS, cyber bullies and others who engage in antisocial and threatening behaviour will face jail under a proposed new law introduced in Parliament yesterday. The Protection from Harassment Act 2014 aims to beef up existing
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      Lock icon Ageing cars may keep COE prices up
      628 2 / 3  -  Enlarged cohort of cars reaching 10 years old fuels pent-up demand By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S car population is older than it has been for more than a decade, fuelling a growing pent-up demand for new cars as thousands of
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Russia comes under pressure
        54 4 WORLD leaders stepped up pressure on Russia to end its surge into Ukraine, with the Group of 7 countries calling on Moscow to show the “greatest extent of self-restraint”. But there was no indication that the Kremlin will change course in Crimea any time soon. TOP
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        Lock icon Jakarta set to ratify haze pact
        49 4 INDONESIA’S Parliament could soon ratify a regional haze treaty, with a draft Bill to be tabled before a full session of Parliament, after elections on April 9. Indonesia is the only Asean country still to ratify the treaty. TOP OF THE NEWS A5
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Closing in on Zhou
          51 4 MR ZHOU Yuanqing has been detained, possibly over graft charges; his wife and an Audi Q7 parked at his home have disappeared. All these fuel speculation that the Beijing leadership is ready to tighten the noose around his brother, former internal security chief Zhou Yongkang. PAGE
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          Lock icon Still hoping for peace
          49 4 DEADLY attacks are rising in Thailand’s restive south again, after peace talks between the government and separatists came to a halt last June. But people in the “forgotten” south want the talks to resume, if the government can roll back its emergency laws. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon Gender impact neglected
          46 4 GENDER issues are not getting their due in medical research. Scientists continue to focus on men in studies that influence the treatment of disease, and this could be endangering women’s health, said the report by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. PAGE A17
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          Lock icon GIC-like fund for HK?
          47 4 HONG Kong may set up the Future Fund, a sovereign wealth fund similar to Singapore’s GIC, to boost the city’s earnings. Experts also suggest using sales taxes and reducing huge infrastructure projects to help the city stave off a structural deficit. PAGE A11
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Growth versus greenery
          49 4 THERE are growing calls for Singapore to prioritise the preservation of the living environment over economic growth. Eye on the Economy writers Euston Quah and Christabelle Soh explain that it is tough to predict future priorities as economic growth is no longer a given. PAGE A21
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Conserving water
          46 4 TOWN councils and petrol station operators are among the heavy water users doing their bit to preserve supplies. They say they are pressing on with conservation measures, despite some brief drizzle in western Singapore yesterday. Forecasters expect the dry weather to continue. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Basics of criminal law
          44 4 THE criminal law system has had some changes but the governing principles remain the same. These are to protect the community, ensure due legal process, enforce laws and reform offenders, said the Law Ministry’s director-general Thian Yee Sze. PAGE B2
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon S’pore factory data up
          39 4 SINGAPORE’S factory activity picked up pace last month. For the first time in nearly a year, all indicators of the Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index showed expansion when the February data was released yesterday. PAGE B11
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Air race jetting here?
          57 4 THE Red Bull Air Race could yet be jetting into Singapore, five years after the first talks to bring the high-octane series here by 2010. The talks had fallen through owing to a packed calendar, but have been revived after the event went on a three-year
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          Lock icon One is not enough
          80 4 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini has ambitiously declared that one trophy would not suffice for his team this season after they beat Sunderland 3-1 to win the League Cup on Sunday. With Man City still in the running in the Premier League, the FA Cup and
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon 3 plays by Stage Two
          66 4 THE Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Stage Two, a branch of the company which develops and stages original Singaporean work, is staging three plays this month: a double-bill featuring emerging playwrights Michelle Tan and Dora Tan, and Rising Son by Cultural Medallion recipient and composer Dick Lee.
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          Lock icon Concert ends abruptly
          48 4 CONCERTGOERS at the Singapore International Jazz Festival on Sunday were disgruntled when iconic Earth, Wind Fire’s rousing rendition of their hit single September was abruptly ended. Festival administrators said the police were there to ensure it did not run a second past midnight. PAGE C15
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        52 4 OUR report yesterday, “Creamer rises to the top”, stated wrongly that Paula Creamer won the HSBC Women’s Champions with an eagle putt on the 378-yard par-four 15th play-off hole. She won with an eagle putt on the 498-yard par-five 18th hole. We are sorry for
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        Lock icon PROPERTY CURBS HAVE LEGS YET
        45 4 The finance minister made the right call in his Budget that property cooling measures should be retained, despite slowing sales. Overall economic health has to override the competing interests of owners, investors, buyers and developers. The Straits Times OPINION A21
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Anti-harassment law
          25 4 STALKERS never go away: Victim Joanne Lee (above) writes about how having such laws would help. Go to www.straitstimes.com. ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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        • WEB SPECIAL
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            Lock icon Terror in Kunming
            30 4 THE knife attack which left 29 people dead has shocked China and the world. China bureau chief Kor Kian Beng reports from the ground. Go to http://bit.ly/1hEPnv4.
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        • WEB SPECIAL
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            Lock icon Ukraine crisis
            32 4 THE situation in Ukraine seems to be spiralling towards armed conflict. How did it get this way? We look at the triggers and cover the breaking news. Go to http://bit.ly/1i5VJXx
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        • THE BIG STORY
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            Lock icon Oscars roundup
            18 4 The winners and the losers, and a red carpet gallery. Go to www. straitstimes. com/ oscars-2014
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      Lock icon Rain falls in Selangor, KL after cloud-seeding efforts
      362 5 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Rain fell in parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, just hours after the Malaysian authorities carried out cloud seeding, with residents welcoming the opening up of the heavens. This was the second day of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jakarta set to ratify haze pact
      541 5  -  Draft Bill to be tabled for treaty signed in 2002 By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg INDONESIA’S Parliament is set to agree to ratify a decade-old regional haze treaty, as pollutant levels in parts of Riau remained hazardous for a second month
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      Lock icon Ukraine crisis key test of Obama’s presidency
      918 6  -  At stake is his credibility in dealing with powerful or rogue world leaders NEWS ANALYSIS By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg AS THE White House weighs the diplomatic and political options it can use to punish Russia, there is
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      Lock icon West treading carefully to avoid escalating stand-off
      690 6 REUTERS LONDON How events play out in Ukraine over the next few days could shape the geopolitical map of the region and beyond for years to come. Any Western direct military action would risk a war between nuclear superpowers. Ukraine’s relatively small and
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      Lock icon Russia v Ukraine: Imbalance of power
      250 6 SOURCE: JANE’S DEFENCE WEEKLY, CNN, GUARDIAN, WWW.GLOBALFIREPOWER.COM L Russia’s Crimean force includes a Black Sea fleet with an attack submarine and five surface warships at Sevastopol. This is in addition to the three brigades at Sevastopol with about 25,00 0 troops. Over the weekend,
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      Lock icon He repeated first year in JC, but didn’t give up
      639 7  -  Pioneer JC student overcame family difficulties to score in A-level exams By AMELIA TENG, PEARL LEE ateng@sph.com.sg leepearl@sph.com.sg YEO Shao Qi’s parents got divorced when he was just 10. His father later suffered from depression and his grandmother became ill.
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      Lock icon Drug courier escapes gallows due to mental state
      450 7  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg DINESH Pillai Reja Retnam, 31, gave his family the thumbs up in court after he successfully challenged his death sentence for drug trafficking and was given a life term instead yesterday. The Malaysian, who was suffering from depression
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      Lock icon Uighurs in Kunming fear attack will raise tensions
      681 8 / 9  -  But observers believe the violence is not sparked by local conditions in Yunnan By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN KUNMING kianbeng@sph.com.sg IT IS an uncommon sight on the streets of Kunming’s Dashuying area: Han Chinese barber Jiang Ke chatting with
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      Lock icon 3 more suspects arrested, ringleader identified
      572 8 / 9  -  By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT RACHEL CHANG IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg rchang@sph.com.sg CHINA’S security agencies have successfully cracked the case involving a brutal railway station attack, and arrested three additional suspects behind the incident that left 29 people dead and more than 140 others injured,
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      Lock icon Singapore strongly condemns attack
      119 8 / 9 SINGAPORE has strongly condemned Saturday’s violent attacks at the Kunming train station in Yunnan province. “Such attacks on innocent civilians cannot be condoned or justified under any circumstances,” a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said yesterday, in response to queries. Singapore’s Consulate-General in Guangzhou is in
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      Lock icon Singaporeans going ahead with trips
      201 8 / 9  -  MELISSA LIN SINGAPOREANS seem undeterred from visiting Kunming, despite the train-station slashing horror that left 29 people dead three days ago. Two major tour agencies here said bookings to the capital of China’s Yunnan province remained consistent during a travel fair over the weekend by
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Net closing on China’s former security czar
      747 10  -  State-run media intensifies exposes on people close to him under probe By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg A 1.7 MILLION yuan (S$351,000) Audi Q7 parked at a swanky apartment building in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi used to turn heads
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      Lock icon Funeral business hard hit by anti-graft drive
      527 10 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Mr Zhang Hongbao, who has run a funeral home in Shanghai for more than a decade, says he cannot recall the last time business was so dead. “Government officials don’t dare to spend too much on funerals,” Mr Zhang, owner of
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Steps for HK to avoid structural deficit
        644 11  -  GIC-like sovereign wealth fund among expert panel’s suggestions By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg FROM extra vetting of expensive public projects to setting up a Future Fund that could invest a third of annual budget surpluses, Hong Kong needs to take “urgent”
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        Lock icon Carson Yeung found guilty of money-laundering
        421 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG A Hong Kong court found English football club Birmingham City’s owner Carson Yeung guilty of five counts of money-laundering, completing the former hairdresser’s fall from grace since taking over the club in 2009. The 54-year-old businessman had denied laundering HK$720
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        Lock icon ESM Goh calls for ‘wise leadership’ in Asia-Pacific
        534 12  -  He warns against effect of nationalism and domestic politics on foreign policy By ANDREW SALMON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SEOUL andrewcsalmon@yahoo.co.uk EMERITUS Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong urged Washington and Beijing to work together in Asia-Pacific affairs, warned against the influence
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        Lock icon N. Korea deports detained Australian missionary
        423 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING North Korea has deported a 75-year-old Australian missionary, detained last month for distributing religious material, after he signed a detailed “confession” and apology. Hong Kong-based Mr John Short arrived in Beijing yesterday on a commercial flight from Pyongyang just hours after
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        Lock icon Everest climbers must collect 8kg of trash under new Nepal rule
        447 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU Climbers on Mount Everest will be forced to bring back 8kg of garbage to clean up a peak that has become the world’s highest rubbish dump. The rule, one of several new measures covering mountaineering in
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Gas leak blamed for canteen blast
          69 12 XINHUA GUANGZHOU The local authorities have blamed a gas leak for an explosion that claimed one life and injured 31 people in a canteen in Dongguan in south China’s Guangdong province. The blast occurred in the kitchen of a staff canteen used by workers
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          Lock icon Karzai lashes out at Washington
          80 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed “extreme anger” at the United States as it prepares to end its 13-year war in Afghanistan, intensifying his criticism in his final months in power. Mr Karzai, who will stand down after elections on April 5,
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          Lock icon Bribery probe on jet engine deal
          42 12 REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s Defence Ministry said yesterday it has ordered a bribery investigation into state-run Hindustan Aeronautics’ purchase of jet engines from Britain’s Rolls-Royce Holdings. The deal was worth at least US$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion).
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        Lock icon JAPAN BOAT FIRE KILLS 3
        71 14 This photograph taken by the Japanese coast guard on Sunday shows smoke rising from a Japanese tuna fishing vessel, No.8 Kaisei-maru, 400km south of Japan’s Kochi prefecture in the Pacific Ocean. Seven crew members from Japan and Indonesia were missing after the vessel caught fire
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        Lock icon Water deal reveals cracks in PKR’s leadership
        423 14  -  Selangor leader rebuked for lack of transparency in pact with federal govt By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg SELANGOR Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim is facing open criticism from within his own party over a landmark agreement he signed to buy
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        Lock icon Penang chief minister defends tunnel project
        259 14 GEORGE TOWN The opening of the second Penang bridge has led to some media saying the state government does not need to build a new undersea tunnel for RM6.3 billion (S$2.4 billion), forcing Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to defend his idea. He said
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        Lock icon Thais in ‘forgotten south’ want peace talks to continue
        586 14  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg A MUSLIM religious teacher was killed on Sunday and his son seriously injured in a gun attack outside a school in Thailand’s Narathiwat province. The murder was the latest in
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        Lock icon BJP’s Modi woos Muslim voters ahead of election
        551 16 Hindu nationalist leader also rejects accusations of bias against minority REUTERS LUCKNOW Mr Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist leader tipped as India’s next prime minister, is appealing to Muslim voters and hitting out at rivals accusing him of bias against the country’s
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        Lock icon 11 killed in gun, bomb attack at Pakistan courts
        317 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD At least 11 people were killed and 24 wounded yesterday in a gun and suicide bomb attack at a court complex in the heavily guarded Pakistani capital Islamabad, police said. The dead included a sessions judge, according to
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        Lock icon Scientists ‘ignoring impact of gender’
        488 17 Lack of sex-specific data in medical studies endangers women’s health: Report BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Scientists continue to neglect gender in medical research, endangering women’s health by focusing on males in studies that shape the treatment of disease, a report found. The lack of attention to gender
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        Lock icon SAMBA TIME
        106 17 Rio’s Carnival burst into top gear late on Sunday, adding a sultry yet competitive edge to the event as elite samba schools like the Salgueiro (left) competed for the champion’s title at the fabled Sambadrome considered the highlight of the mega-festival. More than 70,000 people, including foreign tourists
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      Lock icon Neighbour heard chilling screams followed by shots
      493 18 Dramatic testimony marks first day of trial as accused pleads not guilty OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PRETORIA (South Africa) “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty yesterday to murdering his girlfriend, at the start of a trial that could see one
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      Lock icon Israel faces fallout if peace talks fail: Obama
      475 18 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON President Barack Obama, issuing a veiled warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of talks, said it would be harder for Washington to defend Israel against efforts to isolate it internationally if United States-led Middle East
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      Lock icon Iran keeping to nuclear deal: UN watchdog
      260 18 REUTERS VIENNA A landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers is being implemented as planned, but much remains to be done to resolve all issues regarding Teheran’s atomic activities, said the United Nations nuclear chief. Mr Yukiya Amano, directorgeneral of the
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Policemen jailed for blogger’s death
        57 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ALEXANDRIA Two Egyptian policemen have been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the killing of a blogger whose death rallied protesters in the 2011 revolt that toppled then president Hosni Mubarak. The pair were sentenced after a retrial for the manslaughter and
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        Lock icon Pompeii ruins damaged
        40 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE POMPEII The Temple of Venus and walls of a tomb and a shop in the long-neglected ruins of Pompeii near Naples have been damaged, possibly by heavy rain. The areas have been closed the public.
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        Lock icon One killed in holding facility riot
        37 18 REUTERS DUBAI At least one expatriate was killed and nine wounded when Saudi security forces intervened to quell a riot at a holding facility for foreign workers awaiting deportation near Mecca.
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      Lock icon Snake eats crocodile in Aussie lake showdown
      213 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A huge snake has won a life-and-death battle against a crocodile in Australia, swallowing the animal whole after a lengthy struggle before amazed onlookers. Mr Travis Corlis, who watched the fight at Queensland’s Lake Moondarra, near the mining town of
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      Lock icon China’s savers flocking to high-interest Net firms
      623 19 Rapid growth of Internet finance puts pressure on state-run banks NEW YORK TIMES SHANGHAI In June, an affiliate of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba made an offer to its hundreds of millions of users: Give us your cash and we will pay more
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      442 21 THE Finance Minister made the right call in his Budget that property cooling measures should be retained, despite slowing sales. It is a never-ending balancing act to ensure that the usually volatile real estate component does not destabilise an open economy. Overall economic
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      1419 21  -  As Singapore grows wealthier, there are calls to reprioritise the environment over the economy. But one question is whether economic growth will be a given in the future. By EUSTON QUAH, CHRISTABELLE SOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The first writer is
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      1184 22 UKRAINEisonthebrink of war following Moscow’s decision to send troops into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, a development which is threatening peace in Europe. Global leaders, including United States President Barack Obama, have condemned the move. Here’s a snapshot of views from different sources
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      888 22  -  By KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN The writer is assistant group editor of Nation Media Group in Thailand, which publishes the English-language daily, The Nation. THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THAILAND’S caretaker Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul probably did not understand the full repercussions of inviting United
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      764 22  -  By LISA FELDMAN BARRETT The writer is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory. NEW YORK TIMES CAN you detect someone’s emotional state just by looking at his face? It sure seems like it. In everyday life,
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        368 23  -  NURTURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP Yeoh Teng Kwong MR LAURENCE Lien raised several relevant issues in his commentary on nurturing entrepreneurship (“New mindset needed to nurture entrepreneurship”; last Saturday). Singapore companies could do more in this aspect by actively creating and promoting a culture of innovation and
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        241 23  -  Yang Ing Woei THE current dry spell reminds us of the hard work national water agency PUB has put into planning and providing the country with reliable water sources. Newater, desalinated water, water from local catchment areas and imported water are the four “national taps” of
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          93 23  -  Jacqueline Lim Cheng Mui (Ms) THE recent trends in climate change are worrying. We can do more in Singapore to save the environment. For example, the National Environment Agency could consider levying an environmental fee on products that harm the environment, such as non-biodegradable detergents.
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          92 23  -  Tan Khee Shian AFTER 9am, west-bound trains heading towards the city on the East-West Line can take up to five minutes to arrive, worsening the problem of overcrowding. Many commuters are unable to board and have to wait for subsequent trains. In contrast, the east-bound
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          97 23  -  Samuel Ng LAST Friday evening, the train I was on was stuck for a few minutes at Buona Vista and Tanjong Pagar stations. As a result, I missed an appointment and had to arrange another one on some other day. The increasing incidents
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          134 23  -  Yeo Miu Ean (Ms) WITH the March school holidays approaching, parents are finding it hard to arrange schedules in order to improve family bonding. School holidays are often packed with sports training, competition practices, camps, remedial lessons or special events for children. They are also
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          111 23  -  Tam Ah Hock I CONGRATULATE the River Safari on its opening (“New ideas the key to tourism success: PM”; last Saturday). I was keen to try the river cruise but, to my dismay, I was told that wheelchair users are not allowed on the
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        296 23  -  Patrick Liew AFTER reading last Saturday’s commentary (“New mindset needed to nurture entrepreneurship”), I would like to share what I have learnt while developing young entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship cannot be created. We can develop only the environment to foster its growth an environment where entrepreneurship is encouraged,
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        79 23 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR COLIN LOH: Retirement village concept not anti-family. 2. PROFESSOR LAKSHMI PENNA: South China Sea disputes likely to drag on. 3. MADAM LEE PAI PING: Employers often left to repay maids’ loans. 4. MS LAU PEI YNG: Review demand-and supply situation of premium
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        107 23  -  Tai Ji Choong Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE THANK Mr Edward Lim for his letter (“Construction dust a problem”; last Tuesday). Contractors are supposed to take appropriate dust control measures at their construction sites, such as enclosing the buildings
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        263 23  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) THE United States, Australia and other countries are acknowledging that obesity is an epidemic that is affecting the health of their citizens (“US food labelling overhaul to fight obesity”; last Saturday). Obesity is contributing to an alarming increase in hypertension, diabetes
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        295 24  -  Chin Sheng Tyng IN THE early years of nation building, we had no distinct advantage in human or natural resources over other countries. In fact, we faced enormous challenges in achieving self-sufficiency and managing racial diversity. Our founding fathers instilled belief and purpose in us, and
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        321 24  -  Edmund Lam (Dr) I READ Professor Gregory Clark’s commentary on social mobility with interest that turned to concern (“Your ancestors, your fate”; Feb 24). His research, spanning eight culturally disparate countries, concluded that traits deemed important to climb up or remain high on the social
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        304 24 Should companies be forced to take up portable medical insurance schemes, which ensure employees are covered even after they leave the firms? What are the pros and cons of this? Once an employee leaves the company, he is no longer under its care and therefore should no longer
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      297 24 “JT I want to be recognised for my achievements. It*s my choice. Open House 22 March 2014, i2-5pm Kaplan City Campus Wilkie Edge s n K Be amongst the first in Singapore to obtain a Bachelor’s degree from the prestigious Royal Holloway, University of London, at Kaplan. Gain a greater
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      664 1  -  Heavy water users still keeping a tight grip on their tap handles By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT AUDREY TAN zengkun@sph.com.sg audreyt@sph.com.sg DESPITE the brief but welcome return of rain to Singapore yesterday, heavy water users such as town councils and
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      120 1  -  DAVID EE UNEXPECTED light showers fell across western Singapore late yesterday afternoon, in the first significant rainfall since early last month. Drizzle fell briefly from 4.45pm to 5.30pm, bringing relief in Jurong, Tuas and Choa Chu Kang. The Meteorological Service Singapore said the 0.2mm to
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      527 2  -  They are protection of society, due process, effective enforcement, reforming offenders By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE criminal justice system here has been boosted by changes in recent years, but even as it evolves, it will be governed by the
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      621 4  -  Residents say new names lack geographical and historical bearing By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg SELETAR residents are up in arms over the naming of a new dual two-lane road where a portion of Jalan Kayu used to stand. They say the names Sengkang West Avenue
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      398 4  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg A YOUNG researcher from Singapore will soon have the chance to get her hands on a trove of data that may shed light on breast cancer risks, thanks to a prestigious international science fellowship. Dr Li Jingmei, 31, received this year’s
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      319 4  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg GUNASELVAN Eswariya may be just 11. But she has learnt about colorectal cancer and will be urging elderly relatives to get tested for the ailment. The Fuhua Primary pupil lost her grandmother to cancer two years ago.
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      290 4  -  LIM YAN LIANG, NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH THE public hearing into the Dec 8 riot in Little India was adjourned yesterday as key witnesses were unable to testify. It will resume today. Three witnesses from the Special Operations Command (SOC) had originally been scheduled
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      485 5  -  Those who qualify are eligible for 25% discount on fares, $60 monthly pass CHRISTOPHER TAN ADULTS with permanent disabilities who are not on any existing public welfare schemes can now apply for new public transport concessions. Announced in January, they offer a 25
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      144 5  -  ROYSTON SIM A MALAYSIAN delegation visited welfare organisation Jamiyah yesterday to learn about its community service programmes and how it promotes inter-religious harmony. About 25 people visited Jamiyah’s Geylang headquarters. They are from the Department of National Unity and Integration; the Committee for Promoting
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      441 5  -  PRISCILLA GOY THE National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), which will have a new chairman from next month, is also looking for a new chief executive to replace Nominated Member of Parliament Laurence Lien. From April 1, Mrs Mildred Tan, 55, managing director of
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        438 6 The first day of the Budget debate saw praise for the $8 billion Pioneer Generation Package from many of the 25 MPs who spoke, but also wishes for more help and worries over increased spending. THE BUDGET IN 2 MINUTES Pioneer Package good, but could be even
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        579 6  -  MPs split on how far Government should go HONOURING PIONEERS By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE $8 billion Pioneer Generation Package highlighted differences among MPs yesterday, with some cautioning more prudence, while others called for increased social spending. While there was widespread agreement that the Pioneer
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        267 6  -  ‘WANDERING SAINT’ CITED BY MP MARYAM MOKHTAR THE “wandering saint” held up by Mr Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC) as an example of someone whom the Government could give more money to said yesterday any extra cash should be disbursed prudently.
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        534 6  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg THE Government should give space for citizens’ ideas to be part of its decision-making, give out more money to spur ground-up initiatives and consider the shortterm more when it draws up policies. Those were Mr Seah Kian Peng’s (Marine Parade
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        604 6 SPEECH OF THE DAY Excerpt from Holland-Bukit Timah GRC MP Liang Eng Hwa’s speech FROM this Budget, it became very apparent that economic capital and social capital are interlinked, and they do feed into one another. Without economic progress, we would not be able
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        Lock icon Pioneer package good but could be better, say MPs
        660 7  -  Don’t outsource MediShield Life, offer more perks to pioneers among ideas HONOURING PIONEERS By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg ALMOST all 25 MPs who spoke on the Budget yesterday praised the Pioneer Generation Package for tackling the chief worry of the elderly: Health-care
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          46 7 Many older women stay home to take care of their children and families and contribute to Singapore in their own ways. Can the Government do more to care for their healthcare needs, instead of overburdening their families? Dr Lam Pin Min (Sengkang West)
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          33 7 I hope that the private sector will also... join the Government in honouring our pioneer generation by offering free services or generous discounts. Dr Lim Wee Kiak (Nee Soon GRC)
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          67 7 Besides the four official languages, we should also provide the main dialects like Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese. I have even thought of the number for the dialect hotline: 1800-1351-1351, which sounds like “a lifetime without worry” in Cantonese. Mr Baey Yam Keng (Tampines GRC), on a Lianhe
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        327 7  -  By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg MR POK Sheung Foo, 78, was part of a team which planned Singapore’s first MRT lines, and which had to face the uphill task of getting government approval for a costly transport mode that Singapore had never relied on
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        583 7  -  ANDREA ONG IN A rare move, the Workers’ Party (WP) said from the outset yesterday that it supports this year’s Budget, especially its “unique emphasis” on the pioneer generation, helping businesses restructure and the move towards strengthening social safety nets. Its chairman
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          72 7 If we think of Singapore as a sampan, we will not think of possibilities. We cannot go out to explore and conquer the world in a sampan. Since a luxury liner may give a wrong connotation of rest and leisure, perhaps we can think of ourselves as a
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          64 7 The second pioneer generation (born in the 1950s and 60s)... now feel very worried about several disturbances. The recent corruption cases... have led (them) to worry: Will Singapore have another 50 years? The recent MRT disruptions and problems in our communication systems make (them) worry: Will we still
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        281 7  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg EVEN as MPs lauded the package for Singapore’s pioneers yesterday, not a small number also took the opportunity to remind the House they had long asked for more help for the elderly. There is a difference between that and what the pioneer
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        953 8  -  Many MPs call for more spending, but others warn of the ‘negative jaw’ FROM THE GALLERY HONOURING PIONEERS By CHUA MUI HOONG OPINION EDITOR muihoong@sph.com.sg THE second nicest story I heard in Parliament yesterday was told by Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim.
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        574 8  -  RESTRUCTURING THE ECONOMY By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE productivity message seems to be getting through to bosses, but MPs warned yesterday that the battle to raise output is far from over. They want more help for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and
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          120 8 We are impressed that German car mechanics take so much pride in the work that they attach their names to the engine blocks. We marvel at how few rubbish bins there are in Japan, because the Japanese take their rubbish home, saving society the
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          83 8 We need to make every SME job a better job. To attract our university and poly graduates to join SMEs and retain them in those jobs, we need to work towards the professionalisation of our SMEs... More importantly, we need to provide our graduates with opportunities
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          89 8 For this year’s Budget, we feel that micro-enterprises and traditional industries have not benefited much from the Budget goodies. Currently, these traditional industries face a number of problems: The inability to find successors, shrinking markets, rising rentals and increasing manpower costs. Thus, I hope that when the
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        265 8  -  PRODUCTIVITY INNOVATION CREDIT SCHEME CHIA YAN MIN WHEN Mr Anthony Ku’s company Eco Connex began operations last year, productivity was one of the firm’s top priorities. The company, a distributor of coffee products, invested in an automated warehousing system last June, just months after its
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        539 9  -  They call for scheme to fund unpaid wages, tripartite tribunal for disputes LABOUR WISHLIST By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg WHEN companies go bust, their workers tend to go unpaid and, yesterday, MPs from the labour movement wanted the Government to set up
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          78 9 I am disappointed that some retailers have taken advantage of the tax increase to raise the price of beer by more than double the (tax) hike... This is unfair to consumers. So I urge the Competition Commission of Singapore to investigate if there are any coordinated price increases,
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          69 9 It is our responsibility as Singaporeans not to forget the last, the lost and the least in our society, and that we must take note of and initiate measures to take care of and watch out for these vulnerable members of our society. Mr Christopher De Souza (Holland-Bukit
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          81 9 These transport initiatives are a step towards enhancing the commuters’ experience, but what about the experience of bus captains? These initiatives may be misunderstood by the workers... (as) they have to drive faster... It would then be prudent for government agencies and employers to actively engage unions before
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          75 9 The enhancement to KiFAS and the resources and efforts of the Ministry of Education to uplift the pre-school (sector) are very much welcomed. I have always been an advocate of a more centralised and government-driven pre-school sector. Nevertheless, we continue to hear feedback of shortage of kindergartens in
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        424 9  -  PARLIAMENT QUESTION TIME By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma THE Ministry of Health (MOH) had a contingency plan in place to cope with a surge in patients, and a tent erected at Changi General Hospital (CGH) last June
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      99 9 c SWISS EDUCATION FAIR SINGAPORE Saturday, 15 March 2014, 11:00am to 5:00pm Suntec Convention Exhibition Centre, Room 324-325 Presentations will take place from 12:00pm to 4:00pm, Room 306 Attend the fair and presentations to learn about opportunities of world-class Swiss education f Like us on Facebook SwissEducationFairSingapore Do not miss
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      238 10 STPROPERTY EXPO MARCH 2014 A Over 3.500 participants attended our biggest sold-out seminar and exhibition. for making the STProperty Expo a su mm n I 111 II :s rl-'L IQ I s I ::il S8E r.zz: ID .1 r 1C r ■mm I i. u i J*' a il '«m
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      633 11  -  Analysts optimistic that manufacturing recovery can continue By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg FACTORY activity in Singapore picked up pace last month, as the local manufacturing sector continued to recover despite some weakness across the region. For the first time in nearly
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      750 11 To help streamline its business for the future, homegrown company De Cheng Xin Xing Pte Ltd found a treasure trove of assistance through the SME Centre at Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SME Centre@SMF). Running a successful business requires constant work, improvement and reorganisation to
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      450 12  -  DirectAsia will be taken over by Hiscox for $70m plus top-ups By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg A LONDON-LISTED insurance company said yesterday it is taking over one of the few direct insurers in Singapore. DirectAsia, with offices in Neil Road and South Bridge Road, will be
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      312 12 THE Government may impose a minimum quota for higherskilled workers at construction companies in a bid to reduce dependence on low-skilled staff and lift productivity in the sector. The move was flagged in Parliament yesterday by Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, who added
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      Lock icon Strong results due to staff strength: AIA S’pore
      422 12  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg INSURER AIA Singapore, with the largest agency force in town, attributes its latest strong financial results to its staff strength. Chief executive Tan Hak Leh said last week: “The agency channel is the main driver of growth, with
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      615 13  -  Warning comes even as suppliers plan to roll out more vending machines By YASMINE YAHYA FINANCE CORRESPONDENT yasminey@sph.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has warned consumers to be cautious about buying and using bitcoins as they are not regulated here. The warning comes
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      516 13  - Rajah Tann spreading arbitration wings in Asia By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg LEGAL eagles at Rajah Tann could be spreading their wings to more parts of Asia as the law firm continues to see its arbitration business take flight. Besides Singapore, the firm has offices and associate firms in eight
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      Lock icon S’pore ranked 5th costliest city to work, live in
      444 13  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has come in fifth in a ranking of the costliest cities to work and live in. It now costs US$76,000 (S$96,415) a year for the combined cost of renting residential and office space here for an
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        958 14  -  Poorer performance blamed on weak exports and cooling property market By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg COMBINED profits for Singa-pore-listed companies fell last year, dragged down by sluggish exports and other factors such as the cooling property market. The 448 companies that had
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        324 14  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Fels has secured an order for a jackup rig worth US$500 million (S$635 million), its parent Keppel Corp announced yesterday. The contract was awarded by TS Offshore and delivery is scheduled for the first quarter of 2017.
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        272 14  -  By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Bank of China, under which the bank will provide supply chain financing to customers of the Singapore-listed logistics space provider. Bank of China will be able to track
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        429 15  -  STI registers 23.31-point fall, but commodity players buck the trend BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg ESCALATING political and military tensions in Ukraine have caused ripples as far away as Asian markets, which mostly ended in the red yesterday. Analysts noted that the
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          174 15 BLOOMBERG CHINA Fishery Group, the biggest anchovy-quota holder in Peru following its acquisition of Oslo-listed Copeinca, may be downgraded after the buyout sent its debt levels soaring. The Hong Kong-based, mainboard-listed company is seeking to refinance a bridge loan of about US$355 million (S$450 million) which part-funded the
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          93 15 SINGAPORE-LISTED dental health-care group Q&M Dental said it has exercised an option to buy three adjoining Housing Board shop units in Jurong East for $12.15 million. The shop units at #01-213, #01-215 and #01-217 in Block 130, Jurong Gateway Road are being bought from United Overseas Bank. They
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          18 15 STI trading volume 387.81 million shares STI up down Gainers: 7 Losers: 22 Unchanged: 1
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          85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 710 526.61 833.69 974.16 225.13 195.89 263.73 -5.22 -5.90 -12.01 -26.32 -0.83 -1.87 -2.84 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 186.08 500.75 796.18 775.31 1264.03 755.32
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          21 15 Stock trading volume 2.29 billion shares worth $1.08 billion Up down Gainers: 93 Losers: 375 Unchanged: 327
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          55 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change -336.29 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 22,500.67 14,652.23 1,964.69 2,075.235 1,109.412 1,824.69 -188.84 -15.3 18.933 18.546 -10.97 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,584.205 1,339.21 5,384.329 16,321.71 4,308.119
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            33 15 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 5.1 173,432,000 Golden Agri 58.5 143;i07;000 3.9 Charisma Energy 6 48,945,000 96.848.000 Vallianz Hldgs ...................14.4 41,088,000 12.1 CCM Grp 1.3 Mirach Energy ...................15.5 28,054,000 76,456,000
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            231 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 3,2014 Top Rises Mar 03 CENTS Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 288.8 2.0 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 245.7 0.7 Mar 03 DBXT EONIA 5US$ ***** 106.4 0.4 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 87.4 0.3
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            68 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY 221 149.5 ComfortDelGro 193 cd unch 2204 193 191.5 3.6 15.5 4104.2 GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000
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            80 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 197.5 126.4 ARA 177.5 cd +1.5 921 177.5
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            186 15 Top Rises Mar 03 CENTS APStrategic W*****6 0.5 150.0 0.3 NKY *****MBePW*****3 7.9 19.7 1.3 Asiatravel W*****5 2 17.6 0.3 OCBC Bk MBePW*****2 7.9 14.5 1.0 NobleGrpMBeCW*****2 3.6 12.5 0.4 UOB MB ePW*****2 10.8 11.3 1.1 OCBC Bk MBePW*****1 13.1 9.2 1.1 NKY *****MBePW*****4 4.9 8.9 0.4
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            23 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 103 unch 10 CityDev NCCPS 107 unch 2 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 *****
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            505 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last 114.4 94 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US98.2 -0.3 1510 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1286 -1 4 1217 866 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1019 +2 56 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** +50 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 113 -0.5 925 633
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      119 16 Obituaries For enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next clay's publication are subject to space availability. Online advertisement booking for condolences: catscounter@sph. com.sg WATS CLASSIFIED Lowest in Town m PM n W Coffin from $370 Basic Tentage from $760 Luxury Hearse
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      46 17 Notice Track down beneficiaries of estates in the new Wills Probate section in The Straits Times from March. To place such notices, lawyers and estate administrators can call 1800-289-8822 ore-mail: notices@sph.com.sg WATS NOTICES For the loved ones whom you remember... “In Memoriam” 9" > -j WATS CLASSIFIED
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      136 19 LOTTERY h'ji'J Draw No. 2932/2014 Mon, 3 Mar 2014 Results of Draw Winning No. 02 04 18 29 30 44 Add. No. 21 Group 1 Prize *1,769,546 Next Draw No. 2933/2014 Thu, 6 Mar 2014 Group 1 Prize *3,000,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore
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      769 20  -  Hosting rights slated to be over $3m, STB is open to holding discussions By FABIUS CHEN IN ABU DHABI fabiusc@sph.com.sg FIVE years have flown by since a plan to host the event here failed to take off but the Red Bull Air Race could
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      609 20  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S position as the opening leg of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) should see most, if not all, of the league’s stars gracing the occasion from Nov 28-30. Hot on the heels of the Women’s Tennis
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      169 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Australian Open champion Li Na yesterday defended her decision to skip the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), as she targets more Grand Slams and the world No. 1 spot. The inaugural edition of the IPTL takes
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      550 17 McIlroy collapse paves way for American to win Honda Classic REUTERS PALM BEACH GARDENS (Florida) American Russell Henley emerged as the last man standing to win his second PGA Tour title in a four-way play-off for the Honda Classic on Sunday. The 24-year-old golfer birdied
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      487 17 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PALM BEACH GARDENS World No. 1 Tiger Woods withdrew from the Honda Classic during the final round on Sunday with a sore back, casting doubts over his Masters challenge. He retired on the 13th hole at PGA National, where he was five
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      336 17 REUTERS SAN ANTONIO Guard Tony Parker lobbied to return to the San Antonio Spurs’ roster on Friday against the Charlotte Bobcats. His coach, Gregg Popovich, elected to hold him out for one more game. That decision worked out well for the Spurs who
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      342 18 Slammed for headbutting, he says ex-Magpies boss was provocative too THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has hit back at Graeme Souness for claiming that his headbutt on Hull City midfielder David Meyler was a sacking offence. Souness was
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      898 18  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg IF A dissertation is ever required on headbutts, then Jack Reacher is the acknowledged expert. He’ll describe in detail the hard ridge of the upper forehead and its gruesome effect. He’ll inform you that as a tactic
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      128 18 Today Basketball NBA: Denver v Minnesota (StarHub Ch216,10am). Cricket Asia Cup: Bangladesh v Pakistan (mio TV Ch123 and StarHub Ch236, 3.50pm). 3rd Test: South Africa v Australia, day 4 (StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 4.30pm). Squash PSA Windy City Open: Final (StarHub Ch211, 9am). Tennis World
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      572 18 Badminton German Open In Muelheim an der Ruhr, finals Men’s singles: Arvind Bhat (Ind) bt Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (Den) 24-22 19-21 21-11. Doubles: Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (Jpn) bt Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 21-19 14-21 21-14. Women’s singles: Sayaka Takahashi (Jpn) bt Sung Ji Hyun (Kor) 21-17 8-21 21-12. Doubles: Misaki
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      341 18 LONDON Liverpool owner John Henry has suggested that Luis Suarez did have a £40 million (S$84 million) release clause at the end of last season when their star striker was targeted by Arsenal. Then, the Gunners made a bid of £40 million plus £1. The
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        61 18 THE OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team finished second in yesterday’s stage five of the Le Tour de Langkawi. Dutch cyclist Thomas Rabou got the runner-up position in a sprint finish that was won by Bradley White of UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling. The OCBC team’s top Singaporean finisher
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        78 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Former England football team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has denied Sol Campbell’s claim that he would have been captain of the national side “for more than 10 years” had he been white. Under Eriksson, David Beckham was the England skipper. Former England striker Ian
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        53 18 REUTERS LONDON Crystal Palace players Jerome Thomas and Marouane Chamakh are to be fined by manager Tony Pulis for diving during Sunday’s 1-1 draw in their English Premier League football match against Swansea City. Chamakh got away with his dive but Thomas was booked late
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        46 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS Eleven people were arrested after ugly scenes during Sunday’s Athens football derby between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Olympiakos’ Nigerian forward Michael Olaitan collapsed in the first half and was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a heart complaint.
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        43 18 LONDON American boxer Floyd Mayweather has vowed on Twitter that he will face Amir Khan if the British fighter defeats Adrien Broner. Khan was left disappointed last week when Mayweather announced that he would fight Marcos Maidana on May 3.
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      316 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Cristiano Ronaldo equalised eight minutes from time as Real Madrid remained top of La Liga after a 2-2 draw away with Atletico Madrid on Sunday, denying their city rivals a first league derby double over them in 63 years. While Real manager Carlo
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      598 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood believes Roberto Soldado will go from strength to strength after he scored his second goal from open play in the 1-0 Premier League win over Cardiff on Sunday. Soldado’s goal, which kept the fifth-placed Spurs in
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      631 19  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg ARSENAL can forget about the English Premier League (EPL) title. After a blistering start to the season, the best Arsene Wenger’s team can hope for is third place. If there is a league table for points earned
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      172 1 Life! Theatre Awards Set designers who made audiences sit up C6 Jap Chong Musical legacy of The Quests’ founder C14 Old school rock Alice In Chains to play it straight at concert here C16 Dick Lee goes serious First dramatic work is on Japanese Occupation C5 12 Years A Slave’s
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        605 2 / 3  -  Elisabeth Gwee Safe and blah. That sums up the fashion non-statements made on the Oscar red carpet this year. Few actresses stood out, with most opting for tried and tested silhouettes (poufy gowns or simple column dresses), predictably embellished with lots of sequins and shine. Some even
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        1471 2 / 3  -  While 12 Years A Slave picks up Best Picture, Alfonso Cuaron goes home with Best Director John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg The Best Picture win on Sunday night at the 86th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles by 12 Years A Slave might have been widely predicted,
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        995 4  -  Some, like Best Picture director Steve McQueen, contemplate bigger significance of their wins Alison de Souza In Los Angeles stlife@sph.com.sg There were few surprises in the key Oscar categories, but the big winners of the night seemed no less overcome for it. Speaking to Life! and
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        77 4 The red carpet at the Oscars was a yawn this year (see Pages C2&3). But stars such as Kim Kardashian and Miranda Kerr brought sexy back at Oscar parties hosted by Vanity Fair magazine and singer Elton John. (From left) Actor Jason Statham and model Rosie
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        353 4 Reuters Los Angeles Is this the year the “selfie” stole the Oscars? A self-portrait of host Ellen DeGeneres and actors including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper taken during Hollywood’s annual Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday quickly became the most shared photo on Twitter.
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        208 4  -  Boon Chan “June Squibb is nominated for Nebraska. At 84, she is the oldest nominee. She was wonderful in Nebraska. (Speaking exaggeratedly to Squibb) I’M TELLING EVERYONE YOU WERE WONDERFUL IN NEBRASKA.” “Barkhad Abdi from Captain Phillips is here. He is nominated. He is from
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        1158 5  -  Dick Lee’s work is based on dad’s war experiences; two other plays are also Singapore inspired Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg The Singapore Repertory Theatre is well known for bringing big international acts and performers to Singapore including Kevin Spacey, Sir Ian McKellen and Lea Salonga in various
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        1376 6  -  The nominees in this year’s Best Set Design category for the Life! Theatre Awards transport audiences to alternate universes. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony next Monday. LISABEL TING reports LISABEL TING PHILIP ENGLEHEART, 52, SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER Nominated for: Gruesome Playground
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        1603 7  -  A first survey show on sonic practices highlights its diverse scope and an inaugural show with only three video installations makes a bold statement Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Review Art SOUND: LATITUDES AND ATTITUDES Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore/Till March 16 PARADISE LOST
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        430 7  -  Chang Tou Liang Review Concert ODYSSEYS Tze n Looking Glass Orchestra Esplanade Recital Studio Sunday In this concert from Esplanade’s Spectrum series for contemporary music, there was an unexpected whiff of the centre’s Mosaic series for jazz, fusion and indie music. That was because the Tze n
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        129 8 ‘As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and you may say its backside’ Author Pippa Middleton on becoming a global celebrity, thanks to her curve-hugging bridesmaid gown at her sister Kate’s royal wedding in 2011 ‘To be quite honest, today I don’t
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        1205 8  -  Sharing personal experiences through story-telling gives voice to history and allows listeners to live in the skin of another Culture Vulture Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg Fear of being stripped of one’s name and reduced to a number in the last years played over and over again
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        508 8  -  Lisabel Ting Food and shopping. Such Singaporean pastimes are not normally topics one would associate with opera, but composer, conductor and musician Chen Zhangyi hopes to change that. Chen, 29, is the winner of this year’s Paul Abisheganaden Grant for Artistic Excellence, which recognises outstanding
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          92 8 The 2010 sold-out jukebox musical, A Singaporean In Paris by Sing’theatre, returns to a bigger location, with a new cast and new costume wardrobe. Directed by Hossan Leong, 44, it revolves around the adventures of a Singapore performer (Leong) as he navigates around Paris in the
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          73 8 Local photographer Aik Beng Chia, known for his street photography, captures the immediacy of daily life and scenes through the Fujifilm Instax range of instant cameras and films. This is his third solo show and it features more than 200 instant photographs shot over a year
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          113 8 Galerie Michael Janssen Singapore will be presenting Indonesian artist Eddy Susanto’s first solo exhibition. The 22 paintings on show are an appropriation of Albrecht Duerer’s biblical woodcarvings that were inspired by the Old Testament. In Susanto’s paintings, the lines of the woodcarvings were painstakingly replaced with
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          75 8 The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and its associate conductor Joshua Tan will present tunes from the well-loved musical, The Sound Of Music, at two free outdoor concerts at Gardens by the Bay and Tampines Central. Songs include Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going On Seventeen and Edelweiss. Where: The Meadow, Gardens
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        422 13 Agence France-Presse Paris Didier Drogba walked at six months, left home at five and fell in love with the woman who was to become his wife at the tender age of 17. Those are some of the landmark events covered in an account of the
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        787 13  -  Artist Teng Yen Lin, best known for performing on the campus bus, holds her second solo exhibition Melissa Tay meltay@sph.com.sg Art aside, she has her ukulele. Undergraduate Teng Yen Lin, 24, is having a solo exhibition of her paintings at OCBC Art Space,
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      873 14  -  The band’s rhythm guitarist, who died on Sunday, recognised regular fans and played songs they liked without being asked Obituaries Benson Ang bang@sph.com.sg One of Singapore’s pioneer musicians, Jap Chong, who died on Sunday at 71, was the quintessential showman. The founder and
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      1092 14 New York Times Washington Post New York Alain Resnais, the French film-maker who helped introduce literary modernism to films, became an international arthouse star with non-line-ar narrative movies such as Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and Last Year At Marienbad (1961). He died on
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      337 14 New York Times New York Phyllis Krasilovsky (below), an author of popular children’s books, died on Wednesday in Redding, Connecticut. She was 87. The cause was complications of a stroke, her daughter Jessica Krasilovsky said. By her own account, Krasilovsky made an emphatic
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      607 15  -  The Grammy winner reinvents flamenco by infusing Cuban jazz, pop and electronic music Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg Spanish singer Buika strongly believes that living a life that is honest and positive has had a direct impact on her much lauded singing voice. “I
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      468 15  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Review Concert GREGORY PORTER (SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL) Event Plaza, Marina Bay Sands/Sunday With his brooding look, hulking build and trademark cap atop the black ski hood framing his face, Gregory Porter cuts a striking figure. This freshly minted winner for best jazz vocal
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      509 15  -  Lisabel Ting Additional reporting by Boon Chan The inaugural Singapore International Jazz Festival, which ended on Sunday, left some audience members singing the blues about the treatment of the iconic American band Earth, Wind Fire. At midnight, during the group’s rousing rendition of their
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      851 16  -  Jerry Cantrell promises fans a solid, no-frills show at their first concert in Singapore Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg When it comes to his public persona, Alice In Chains main man and guitarist Jerry Cantrell is strictly old school. You will not find
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      822 16 Bloomberg Tokyo Fast Retailing Co’s Tadashi Yanai, who built his father’s tailor shop into Asia’s biggest clothing retailer and, in the process, became Japan’s richest man, is stepping up his push into the United States market. The Uniqlo owner is in talks about a potential
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        309 18 New York Times Bloomberg Reuters New York Non-Stop, over the weekend leading into the Oscars, became the latest successful action movie starring Liam Neeson, taking in an estimated US$30 million (S$38 million), for first place at the North American box office. Neeson, 61, improbably
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        375 18 My Love translator’s pay $3.30 Beijing Behind the success of My Love From A Star, the K-drama that has brought the Korean Wave to new heights in China, is a team of Korean-to-Chinese translators, who work for about 16 yuan (S$3.30) each for every episode. According to China News website,
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      1222 9  -  David Bowden rides off his culinary indulgences in Victoria This week’s Bon Voyage explores the different ways to discover the best in your holidays on a bicycle, in a car and on foot. David Bowden WINING and dining are as important in Australia as in Singapore but
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      908 10 turns emotional while driving through Oman Ryandall Lim THERE is some magic in travelling solo you’ll discover yourself and the world in a different perspective, and gain courage to do things you would normally never do. On a recent trip to Oman, I rented a car on
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      1019 12  -  Guo Xiufang gets a taste of living in a remote location with the locals as she treks through Ladakh Guo Xiufang THE best way to take in the unique landscape of Ladakh arid terrain and snowy peaks is by trekking through it. Bounded by the Karakoram
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        913 8 / 9  -  Preliminary round of RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship sees record turnout. Laremy Lee reports Laremy Lee Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Ang Yiying, Serene Luo and Nur Syahiidah Zainal The word “longitudinal” sent ripples through the 1,400-strong crowd as many pupils looked up
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      305 7 NEWLY TOP! TERRENE. 999 yrs. Near MRT/ Good sch. 1-4bdrm Corner. Efficient layout. NS. *****822 Heny SPRINGDALE 3+1, 1109SF. 4+1, 1345 sqft. Quiet. Unblocked Greenery view. Future MRT. Winlin *****132 HIGH OAK 3 bedrm 980 sf. #02 just 1 yr reno. 1 km to Pei Hwa Pri. *****179 CJ ASCENT
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      257 7 COSTA DEL SOL side by side #29-21 #29-22 combine 3036sf 8rms, suit 2 tier family, $5M/ #29-13 4rms 1755 sf, $3M. Rare! Grab! Owner Steven 9670 7838 WATERFRONT GOLD. TOP Soon! Future MRT. Sky Pk! 3rm Reservoir view $1.43m 3rm Nice pool view $1.48m Buyers/ Sellers welcome! EAST MEADOWS 3RM
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      287 7 BELOW VAL! $950K secures 3+1 Melville Pk 1313 sf. Reno. move in. Spacious. Fa ce pool. MRT amenities. $8XX PSF. VUE8. 1-4bdrm. dual key units. Walk to beach. Mins Pasir Ris MRT, Schools, Mall, mkt, shops. TOP! WATERVIEW 4 bdrm, 1216 sqft. A1 panaromic reservoir view. 100% unblock. Price to
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      230 7 OPEN HSE. MEADOWS Peirce. 2669 sf. 4+1. Face pool. Grd flr. Dual-key. Pte lift Freehold $899psf. Sole HB *****944 Andrew THE NUOVO 3-BDRMS 1119 sf High flr, move in, quiet facing, near MRT/mkt/ Anderson sch. Donny *****049 LATEST! CENTRO RES 2rm 882 sqft, functional layout NS facing. MRT/ AMK Hub
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      327 7 SKYWOODS. LTD STAR Buy! 1+1 fr$6xxK/ 2rm fr $8xxK 3rms fr$1.1xxM 4rms fr $1.4xxM Vanitha *****713 PALM GDN 3+1 High flr. 1216sf pool view pte lift, bowling alley, LRT, reno. desmondlim *****896 LOOKING FOR DIRECT buyer for a reno. unit Woods vale 1313 s.f 3+1 Near MRT *****671 or *****294
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      319 7 EM BLK 366 Renovated, high flr, near amenities stadium. Jacq 9199 1442 www.jacqhong.com SELL BELOW VAL! 4A 291B corner, #9 unblock, windy, nice, move in, 103sqm. All races/PR. Chan 9277 8368 3A BLK 169 High flr, 73sqm near Amenities, No west sun. Unblocked view, Well Kept. Valued. *****790 3’S’ 374
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      307 7 4’A’ 688A ABOVE #15 unblk 3’NG’ Blk 16 Teck Whye above #08. LC 9151-7003. 5’I’ CORNER 514 high flr. Limpang Mkt. All races/PR. Val $492K. 9125 7633 KJ 4’A’ BLK 32 Eunos. 90 sqm 7 yrs. Corner. Reno. 1 min MRT. All races. Val $655K. VTO. Call Jason *****106 4-RM
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      280 7 4’A’ BLK.663B RENOVATED. Good facing. Near MRT/ amenities. Valn. $440K. $neg. Larry *****816. 4A 852 $0! Val $398k, Spacious like 5rm, 4A 693, nice layout 9145-9033 Zai NEW LIST 4’A’ Upp boon keng blk 2D. Reno. 90 sqm. Val $610k, VTO. View by Appt. Sheela 9069 7552 Must Sell Care
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      305 8 134 EDGEDALE PLAINS 4’A’ 91 sqm. High floor. Reno. Near amenities LRT. Val $440k neg. Colin *****910 **643 PUNGGOL CENTRAL 5-rm Premium. Very high flr. Unblock. Breezy. Corner All races/PR. LRT/MRT BUY ME NOW! Very high flr. Blk 6 Ghim Moh Rd. 3-rm utility. Lift level. Nice view. All races.
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      265 8 THE PREMIERE DBSS 5-rm Corner Designer decor. Low flr F/aircon. Just 5 yr. Amenities/ MRT. All races 4’A’ 498E. 200% Reno 4-rm Blk 243, 3 min MRT. 5-rm 370. Reno. Sell only! Jo 9235 1188/ 9061 3445 5’I’ 861 TAMPINES Ave 5 Corner 127 sqm w/ balcony 100% move-in Val
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      784 8 Villa Delle Rose 2 92 Taman Nakhoda 2800 sq ft 3+1 maisonette Next to Botanical Garden 5 min walk to Holland Village Condo facilities Brentwood Villas 14 30 Lloyd Road 2242 sq ft 4+1+1 5 min walk to Somerset MRT Townhouse 24 hours maintenance hotline Pontiac Land Group 6333 9979
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      307 8 BINJAI CREST Bt Timah cluster hse. 3 sty 3035 ft. 5+1 suites. P/furn. Immed. Simon 8122-8833 PN D21 BINJAI PARK. 2-sty bunglw.6+2, *****sf.Furn. Pool. Owner 6226 5373. BRADDELL HGT COTSWOULD Bunglw,beautiful design tip top.5rms spacious, immed, Good Irene C *****386 D.13. JLN MULIA 2-storey corner terr. Land 1400/ 1000 sf
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      351 8 S’GOON GDN SEMI-D. 3800 sf. 6 rms. Near Australian/ French Schs. P/furn $8.8k. Matthew Koh *****918PX D21 listing can be found after D11 PINEWOOD GR 5+1 3-sty corner terr patio 3700sf near American sch,serene 9667-6933 Owner WOODLANDS STAFF LODGING Semi-d Jln Bumbong 3900 sf. Immed. Tanny *****025 û BEAUTIFUL BUNGLW.
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      354 8 expat’s choice STELLAR 3-RM PATIO pte pool. 1593 sf. Resort living. Japanese Sch/ NUS. Laura *****539/ *****753 PEAK BALMEG 4-bdrm 1755sf. Sea view/greenery Windy. Co. lease. Immed. Near MRT.Jocelyn *****391 WEST COAST 3/4 rms student accommodation/ home office, amenities. May *****270/ *****038 HERITAGE VIEW GRD flr. 3 bdrms+patio F/furn. Good
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      315 8 Claymore 3348sf ......$17.2K Quality renovation 4 1. Arcadia 3800sf..........$10.3K Fully renovated. 4+1 Helios 1701sf 3+1.........$8.5K EngNeo Ave walkup.....$3.5K New reno 3 1 balcony Metz F/furn. 1 rm...... $4.6K Tanglin Park 5C ..........$4.6K 100% Greenery 2 1 *****390 Shirley μ Casa Cairnhill 1600sf $5.5K μ The Paterson High flr. MRT 1421sf
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      344 8 YONG AN PK 4530 sf. 4+1 Penthse. Pool view. $12K St Martin Res, Tanglin 1bdrm+patio. 9889-8959 $3600 LAURELS CAIRNHILL Brand new. 1bdrm+ pte lift store etc. F/furn. Facilities Orchard. *****738 BT 4+1 ORCHARD Court, Oxley Rd. Near Somerset MRT. High flr. $4500, 1453 sf. Immed. Andy *****339 best price COSMOPOLITAN
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      404 9 SCOTTS SQUARE 990sqft 2+1. High floor. THE TREVOSE 1400sqft. 3+1. Fully Renovated. New DUCHESS CREST 2150sqft. 4+1. Balcony THE ARC DRAYCOTT 1300sqft. 3+1. High flr Goh: 9177-0189 3BDRM FERNHILL GDN penthse 3210sf $10K. Palm Spring 1498sf $5K. Astrid Meadows 1937sf $8.3K. Equatorial 1410sf $6.5K. Balmoral Spring 1119sf $4.8K. Call Eve
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      462 9 DUCHESS CREST 3+1, 1364 sf, faces pool, well kept, f/facilities, CR *****766 TANGLIN PK 3+1+ nice gdn. Well kept/ cosy. Immed. Lena *****488 LMS JERVOIS REGENCY ON Jervois Rd. 3bdrms, 1238sf pool, $4.2K. Call *****149 ARDMORE PK PENTHSE 5+1 +family 8750sf f/facilities Unblock. Aspac *****389 SERENADE HOLLAND Immed 1550sf. 3+2.
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      319 9 CASCADIA HIGH FLOOR. 1bdrm. P/fully furn. Unblocked. $2900. Immed. Stanley Lee 9299-8000 THE CASCADIA 2+1. 1001 sf with big patio. Greenery Full facilities. P/furn. Avail immed. Des 9182-8284 HUME PK II. 3+maid 1238sf. Mid flr. No noon sun. NS facing, P/furn. $3K. Avail Immed. Doris 9146-1833 BIG, 2BDRM GOODLUCK Gdn
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      307 9 SANCTUARY GREEN 3 bdrm f/furn. Immed. $4.7k-$5K Joo Chiat Townhse $4.2k Water Place 3bdrm $4.6k Questa 2-rm. p/furn $3.3k 1) THE SHORE 1 bdrm $3K 2) The Shore 2 bdrm $4K 3) The Shore 3 bdrm $5.5K 4) Questa 2 bdrm $3.5K Sea view. Melvyn *****111 GRACIOUS MANSIONS AT Jalan
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      386 9 Expat'sChoice BLU CORAL SPACIOUS 1 Bdrm +Study. Quiet Sanctuary. $2.8k Avail 1st week Mar. Call Kris *****522 SERENNIA PULASAN Rd. 2rm. 975sf, cosy, nice furn unblocked, airy, facilities, immed. Jenny *****702 STUDIO ROOMS/ 1+1. Newly Renovated Furnish. Near MRT. Cosy Quiet. Serene environment. 8207 0018 VILLA MARINA 1130 sf. 2+1,
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      273 9 WATERVIEW $2.8K UP! 2/ 3/ 4-rm/ penthse. Pool/ Res/ quarry view. Immed. Goi *****388/ *****293 TAMPINES COURT PTE Mais. 3 bdrm 1658 sf Well maintained, unblock view $3.2K Immed. 9431 2080 YKK JUST TOP! ET *****795 3rms Waterview. #10 up. 1,130sqft. Scenic Pool view. Expats/ Family preferred. 2RM OASIS Elias.
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      310 9 Brand New CENTRO AMK Hub #11 #15. Corner. 893 sf. Spacious. $3.5K. MRT/ NTUC. F/facilities. Sale. *****599 GRANDEUR 8, WALK to MRT. New reno. 3+1. f/furn. $4.2K neg. Move-in Immed. Wendy *****881 LATEST! CENTRO RES 2rm 882 sqft, functional layout NS facing. MRT/ AMK Hub Ask $4.6K. *****080 YKK CENTRO
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      341 9 WOODSVALE CONDO GRD flr. 3+1. F/furn. Reno. Spacious Mins to MRT/ amenities. Immed. Rajan 9459 3037 NORTHOAKS 3+1, 1300SQFT, unblocked, F/furn, MRT, Immed, $3K, *****887 MEADOWS PEIRCE 1200sf 3+1 $3.5K! P/furn. High flr. Airy. Facilities. Amenities. A1! Immed. Reg *****112 ORCHID PARK 3BDRM 1143sf Reservoir view. High flr. Breezy, mins
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      303 9 3+1 IMMED T.BLANGAH Cres Blk 16 corner, f/furn, near Vivo, amenities. Professional family. *****678 JT 4’A’ GROUND FLR Blk 115 Bukit Purmei Road. F/furn. Amenities/sch avail immed Call 9129-3388 Doris DTZ BLK 44 TELOK Blangah 3rm, P/furn Opp MRT. Mid flr, 200% move in, view to offer Wendy 9688-9442 5-RM
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      353 9 2+1 COMMONWEALTH MRT Tanglin Halt Rd. Near 1 North/ Biopolis. 3 aircons, Furnished. 9007-3748 BLK 7 C’WEALTH ave. 4’A reno furn Buona Vista MRT Immed. Betty 9146 2230 SEMBAWANG BLK.501C. 3+1 F/furn w/aircon. Amenities MRT, all eligible. Immediate. Michael 8425 1381. 5-RM BLK 325A Sengkang Eastway. Fully reno/ Furn. Near
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      391 10 SELL RENT through me. Best price. Good network mktg strategy. Fast reliable. Call 9662-7277 Tan ATTN OWNERS! RENTING/ Selling? Ready tenants buyers, high budgets, all areas. Call 9072-6877 Ivy Henderson 980sf.......$2800 Midview City 1495sf.....$3.4k Gordon wh 1722sf......$3.45k Citilink 1615sf...............$4.5k Ramp/ Ground floor Sg kadut #1, 2ksf.........$3.6k Harvest #1, 1938sf......$5.8k Sg
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      244 10 IND LAND APPROX 8000sf. Bal 42 yrs. Off Leng Kee Rd. Near Redhill MRT. $9M neg. Suntec Real Estate Consultants 9878 6714 KAKI BUKIT IND Terr B2 with dormitory approval. *****/4600/5500/8Ksf Pauline *****028 Sole agt THE FRONTIER Ubi Ave 3, B1 Fty/ showroom/ office 2206 sf, high ceiling+ storage, spacious,
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      191 10 ENTERPRISE HUB B2 fty/ warehse. 4026sf. New reno. Fitted offices. neg. Don’t miss! Amy 8111-9351 1)PREMIER 1087SQFT X 4 TOP 2014 $525psf neg 2)Vertex 1561sqft F/fitted $935k. Lydia 9030-9094 NORTHLINK BLDG B1. 4th flr Ramp-up. 5188sf Tenanted Best Price! Serious seller Call Adeline 9021-0298 WOODLANDS 11. B1. 1830 sf. Ramp
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      226 10 WIN5 1722 SF $378K. Column free. 20/40ft container accessible. No void space. Serena 8366-2801 CENDEX CTR RARE! 2271/ 4488 sf. Near town/ MRT. Sell Below Val! Serious Seller Vacant. Tan *****778 TRIVEX 1023 SF. Vacant. High flr. Unblock. $700 psf Vertex 2002/ 2809 sf. $600 psf. Tan 9844-7778 NEW! TRIVEX.
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      490 11 ***33 TRAS ST Exquisitely Conserved 4000 sqft. High arch ceilings. Roof terrace Tg Pagar MRT. *****-193 TONG ENG BUILDING. 807 sqft. Vacant. 3mins walk fr Telok Ayer MRT. Carpark available. $6.20 psf neg. UNITED HOUSE. 441 sqft. Orchard Plaza 450 sqft. Window. MRT. $2K. Pls Call Richard Ong 9647-9755 CHEAP
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      274 11 NEW LAUNCH Jurong E MRT. Medical Suites/ F&B/ offices.No ABSD/SSD Good rental yield. 9844 9984 SHENTON HSE 452SF Price to sell Low quantum Good investment. Rare! MRT. Ronald Ho *****796 BEACH ROAD TEXTILE Ctr 883 sqft. High floor. Newly reno. Outside CBD. $1.XXM. Tenanted till 11/2015. Grab! MEDICAL SUITES@ORCHARD RD
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      376 17 EQUIRE DRAFTER PREFER with Autocad experience. For interview appt call 6563 9600 R ELECTRICIAN/ TECHNICIAN WITH/ without experience. 5 days wk. S’poreans only. Interested call 6339 4854 EXPERIENCED AV TECHNICIAN with or without class 3 lic required. Interested pls call Damian 8163-1704 TECHNICIAN (WEST AREA) Experience in bus wiring. Install
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