The Straits Times, 5 August 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014 86 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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    Lock icon New court to better resolve family conflicts
    660 1  -  Judge-led approach aims to ease the pain and protect the vulnerable By RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg A NEW court will be set up to deal with family disputes in less acrimonious ways under a law passed in Parliament yesterday. The aim is
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    Lock icon RED LIONESS ALL SET TO FLY
    76 1 Third Warrant Officer Shirley Ng exchanging a high five with Junior Red Lion Dilshen Prakash Lalwani, 11, after completing her parachute jump at the third National Education Show. The 36-year-old hopes to make history as the first female Red Lion to skydive at the
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    Lock icon Malaysia’s entry points on Ebola alert
    47 1 MALAYSIA has put all major entry points, including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, under an Ebola virus alert, after the Philippines said people coming from west African countries hit by the virus will be monitored for a month. L WORLD A10
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    Lock icon Rise in factory activity offers hope for manufacturing
    454 1  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg NEW data appears to offer a glimmer of hope that Singapore’s flagging manufacturing sector has turned the corner. The Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a monthly gauge of the sector’s activity, posted a reading of 51.5 last
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Indonesia to clamp down on pro-ISIS websites
      472 2 / 3  -  Radical group’s teachings will not be allowed to spread in country: Minister By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg INDONESIA will not allow the ideology of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to spread within its borders and will
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      Lock icon Istana site hacker gets 12 months’ probation
      399 2 / 3  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg THE student who hacked into the Istana website last year has been given a shot at rehabilitation by a district judge. Judge Lim Keng Yeow also advised the 18-year-old to apply his IT know-how to his studies
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      Lock icon BANGLADESH FERRY SINKS; 200 ON BOARD
      123 2 / 3 Relatives of passengers feared drowned in a ferry capsize clutching photos of their loved ones and grieving in Bangladesh yesterday. The vessel with about 200 passengers aboard sank in the river Padma, south-west of the country’s capital Dhaka, yesterday. Rescue teams took about half
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      Lock icon S’pore carriers told to review flight path risk assessments
      559 2 / 3  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE Airlines plane was about 90km, or some 10 minutes away, when a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down last month over eastern Ukraine where rebels are fighting government forces. While there were no
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      Lock icon More undergrads going for double degrees and majors
      666 2 / 3  -  Many taking their second majors from a different faculty or school By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg MORE undergraduates are taking up double degrees and majors outside their disciplines, in a bid to broaden their knowledge and become more employable. The trend has emerged
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon New court for family cases
        53 4 FAMILY Justice Courts will be set up here to ease the pain, better protect the vulnerable and reduce delays in cases of family conflict. The courts will oversee cases relating to family matters such as divorce, domestic violence, adoption and disputes over wills. TOP OF
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        Lock icon Clampdown on pro-ISIS sites
        47 4 INDONESIA has said that it will block access to websites supporting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, a move that comes as the country steps up security ahead of Independence Day celebrations on Aug 17. TOP OF THE NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Transition team named
          50 4 INDONESIA’S president-elect Joko Widodo (right) has announced key members of a transition team that will map out key priorities for his administration and ensure a smooth handover from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s government. The team is chaired by Ms Rini Soewandi, a former industry minister. PAGE A11
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          Lock icon Gas blast blame game
          62 4 THE finger-pointing has started, as Taiwan prepares to inspect gas pipelines following a series of explosions in its second-biggest city of Kaohsiung. City officials have blamed LCY Chemical, which uses gas pipes under the city, but the company said it has never inspected the piping system
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          Lock icon Israel under fire
          50 4 AFTER declaring a seven-hour unilateral truce yesterday, Israel is facing growing global condemnation of its actions in Gaza after a strike near a United Nations school left 10 people dead. Meanwhile, it has also shunned truce talks with Hamas and Egyptian mediators in Cairo yesterday. PAGE A19
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          Lock icon Metal trade in trouble
          56 4 AS GLOBAL banks, including HSBC, and trading houses fire off lawsuits over their estimated US$900 million (S$1.12 billion) exposure to a suspected metal financing fraud in China, the tangled legal battle to recoup losses is set to drag on for years and hinder a swift recovery
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        Lock icon THAILAND IN FOR A ROUGH RIDE
        58 4 The army is firmly in control in Thailand, and that has been reinforced by an interim Constitution that gives the coup leader unfettered power. Unknown factors are the intentions of the Shinawatras and the power of popular dissent. These add up to more uncertainty
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Housing prices explained
          57 4 THE sharp slump in property prices that many predicted in the wake of the implementation of strict curbs on consumer loans has not happened. Melissa Tan explains in the weekly Eye on the Economy column how the Government’s measured approach has combined with fortuitous circumstances to produce
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          Lock icon New school campus
          58 4 THE Singapore campus of Australia’s James Cook University has secured the former site of Manjusri Secondary in Sims Drive for a new campus, a move that will allow it to increase student numbers from 3,400 to 7,500 in three to five years. The new campus is expected
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          Lock icon Sistic booking fee revised
          67 4 FROM Sept 1, all tickets above $40 handled by Sistic will be subject to a $4 booking fee, up from the current $3. This is the first time it has raised booking fees since 2008. Fees for lower-priced tickets will not change. They will remain at
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Penny stocks hit hard
          28 4 PENNY stocks were hammered yesterday, with some pinning the falls on last Friday’s regulatory announcements that could hit trading in low-cost stocks. PAGE B7
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Shuttlers’ redemption
          52 4 FROM zeroes to heroes. That is the turnaround story of Singapore’s national badminton players who flopped dismally in the SEA Games in Myanmar. But they have now redeemed their reputations with a superb showing in the Commonwealth Games, with the revival attributed to new head coach Liu Qingdong.
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          Lock icon Rory bags another title
          58 4 RORY McIlroy is on a hot streak. The British Open winner added the World Golf Championships to his trophy collection after he erased a three-shot deficit on the final day to beat Sergio Garcia by two strokes. Now, he is hotly favoured to land his fourth
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Equestrian treat
          91 4 FIFTY horses are the stars of an internationally acclaimed theatrical extravaganza, Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Man And Horse, that will run here from Aug 12 to Sept 14. The multimedia and multi-disciplinary production which features the horses and 46 international stunt riders, aerialists, acrobats, dancers and musicians
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          Lock icon Galactic winner
          79 4 FOR the seventh time in 19 weeks, a Marvel movie was a huge No.1 at the North American box office. Guardians Of The about the Galaxy, about the galactic adventures of a quirky group of obscure comics characters, took in about US$94 million (S$117 million), the third-highest opening
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon ‘An absolutely heartbreaking story’
          64 4 The case of Gammy, the Down syndrome baby who was born through a Thai surrogate mother for an Australian couple who are accused of rejecting him, has caused outrage. We look at the tale of surrogacy and morality which Australia’s Immigration Minister called “heartbreaking” at http://bit.ly/1uegBOj
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        • WEB SPECIALS
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            Lock icon ‘Best-ever Commonwealth Games’
            30 4 GLASGOW 2014 has been hailed as one of the best-ever C ommonwealth Games. Check out the highs and lows of the 11-day competition in Scotland at http://bit.ly/1oracyo
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            Lock icon Ebola victim back in US
            30 4 THE Americans have expressed fear at the return of Ebola patient Kent Brantly (right) on US soil. Read some of their reactions at http://bit.ly /1s3HraC
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      Lock icon NLB to keep review and buying teams separate
      664 6  -  Move will boost public confidence in the review process, says Yaacob By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg THE National Library Board (NLB), embroiled in a recent controversy over books with homosexual content, has taken steps to improve the way it reviews its books. One
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      Lock icon Three lessons to navigate minefield of clashing values
      681 6  -  FROM THE GALLERY By ROBIN CHAN ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR chanckr@sph.com.sg WE CANNOT get it right all the time. That was the frank admission from Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim, repeated several times over, during the debate on the removal of
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      Lock icon Too soon to ease property curbs, says Khaw
      523 6  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday turned down an MP’s call to relax some of the property cooling measures, saying such a move could raise demand and, in turn, housing prices. Ms Foo Mee Har (West Coast
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      Lock icon Govt ‘did not draw down past reserves to pay CPF interest’
      660 6  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg THE Government has relied on the country’s reserves as a buffer so it could meet its obligations to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board in years when investment returns were lower than the guaranteed CPF
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      Lock icon Rain and aftershocks hampering quake relief
      585 8  -  Struggle to reach survivors as death toll surges to nearly 400 By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg CHINESE rescuers struggled against aftershocks and torrential rain to reach survivors as the death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in south-western Yunnan province more
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      Lock icon Couple dig their 4 children out from rubble
      222 8 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZHAOTONG (China) A couple had to dig their four children out of their collapsed house using garden hoes after the magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit their hometown in Ludian county on Sunday. When the earthquake hit Yunnan, Mr
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      Lock icon Checkpoint jam: Malaysian police issue summonses to bus drivers
      352 8 JOHOR BARU Malaysian police have issued some 100 summonses to a group of factory bus drivers who caused a massive jam at the Johor checkpoint during rush hour last week in their bid to raise a stink over recent toll hikes.
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      Lock icon SPH’s 30th anniversary concert proves a draw
      549 9  -  700 attend free musical treat by SSO at revamped Victoria Concert Hall By DEEPIKA SHETTY ARTS CORRESPONDENT deepikas@sph.com.sg OVER 700 people showed up for a free concert by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) yesterday, marking the Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) 30th anniversary. The
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Malaysia raises Ebola alert
      494 10 Preparations stepped up to stop disease at country’s entry points THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA All major entry points to Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur International Airport, are under an Ebola virus alert as the World Health Organisation scrambles to contain the outbreak in West Africa.
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      Lock icon Doc who treated Ebola patient infected with virus
      563 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABUJA (Nigeria) The Nigerian authorities say a doctor in Lagos who treated a Liberian victim of Ebola has been infected with the virus, the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu, who confirmed the positive
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      Lock icon Infected American ‘improving and in good spirits’
      310 10 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The American doctor being treated for Ebola in Atlanta is improving and in good spirits, his family and supporters said, as a top health official downplayed fears that the deadly virus could take hold in the United States. Dr Kent
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      Lock icon Embattled Selangor MB denies party’s claims of wrongdoing
      306 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Beleaguered Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim has denied all accusations of wrongdoing as alleged by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), following the party’s claim that it will soon unveil his wrongdoings. In a statement yesterday, Tan Sri
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      Lock icon Jokowi unveils transition team
      586 11  -  He says team will enable him to hit ground running when sworn in By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg PRESIDENT-ELECT Joko Widodo has announced key members of a transition team that will map out the priorities for his administration and ensure a smooth handover
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      Lock icon Key members of Joko’s team
      422 11  -  WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA L Mr Akbar Faizal, 45, was among the staunchest critics of a 6.8 trillion rupiah (S$748 million) bank bailout in 2009 that haunted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration afterwards. Mr Akbar’s perseverance in investigating the controversial bailout when he was an MP won
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      Lock icon Ex-Japanese PM secures secret meeting with Xi in Beijing
      624 11  -  By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Esther Teo in Beijing FORMER Japanese premier Yasuo Fukuda managed to secure a secret meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing recently as Japan stepped
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      Lock icon Beijing plans ‘air corridors’ to help disperse pollutants
      412 11 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING Beijing will issue a new urban planning strategy by the end of this year that will for the first time contain a plan to preserve large and green “air corridors”. An urban air corridor is a new
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      Lock icon Accusations fly as probe into Taiwan gas blast gets under way
      576 12 Kaohsiung officials pin blame on LCY Chemical, which uses the piped gas BLOOMBERG, THE CHINA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KAOHSIUNG The finger pointing has started, as the Taiwan authorities are preparing to inspect thousands of kilometres of gas pipeline following
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      Lock icon Safety breaches at auto factory led to deadly dust blast, says Xinhua
      447 12 REUTERS HONG KONG Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern China and local regulators for safety breaches that led to the most deadly industrial accident in a year, the official Xinhua news
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      Lock icon ‘SEA MONSTER’ NOT JUST A WHALE OF A TALE
      60 12 A dead whale shark being delivered to a seafood wholesale market in Xiangzhi township in Quanzhou in east China’s Fujian province. Local fishermen caught the whale shark which they thought was a “sea monster” and reported to the local police after
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      Lock icon China offers $61m reward in Xinjiang terrorist crackdown
      339 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China is offering more than 300 million yuan (S$61 million) to residents of Xinjiang, the homeland of mainly Muslim Uighurs, who help a crackdown on “terrorists”, state media reported yesterday. A total of 4.23 million yuan was handed out
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      Lock icon China ‘can build what it wants on S. China Sea isles’
      520 12 REUTERS BEIJING China can build whatever it wants on its islands in the South China Sea, a senior Chinese official said yesterday, rejecting proposals ahead of a key regional meeting to freeze any activity that may raise tensions in
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      Lock icon Indian PM unveils $12.5b in development aid for Nepal
      555 17  -  Modi keen to boost relations and counter China’s influence in region By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced US$10 billion (S$12.5 billion) in development aid for Nepal and promised to help its economy,
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      Lock icon Bangladesh ferry with up to 200 on board sinks
      319 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh An overloaded ferry, with up to 200 passengers on board, sank in rough conditions in central Bangladesh yesterday in the latest disaster to hit the country’s rivers. Emergency workers said around 100 survivors and two dead bodies
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      Lock icon TYPHOON NAKRI KILLS 10 IN SOUTH KOREA
      80 17 Pieces of wood and debris believed to be from a cargo ship which sank in the sea off Busan a year ago cover Haeundae Beach after Typhoon Nakri hit Busan yesterday. At least 10 people were killed and two injured in South Korea
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      Lock icon India’s sanitation programme in danger of going down the toilet
      671 17 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI Ms Sunita’s family in the north Indian village of Mukimpur were given their first toilet in February, one of millions being installed by the government to combat disease. But she cannot remember the last time anyone used
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    • ASIA BRIEFS
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        Lock icon 600 fishermen missing after storm
        60 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KOLKATA India’s coast guard yesterday launched a search for some 600 fishermen who have not made contact after a storm overnight in the Bay of Bengal. About 40 trawlers have not returned to port following the storm off the coast of West Bengal
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        Lock icon Meat returns to McDonald’s menu
        88 17 REUTERS SHANGHAI McDonald’s is starting to restore its full menu in some Chinese cities, two weeks after the fast-food chain pulled items such as beef and chicken burgers as its supplier was probed for using expired meat. Customers in Chinese cities including Beijing and Guangzhou
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        Lock icon MH17 next of kin to get $62,000
        70 17 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines will soon hand over an advance compensation of US$50,000 (S$62,000) to the immediate family members of the victims of the ill-fated Flight MH17, Bernama reported yesterday, citing Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rohani Abdul Karim. Meanwhile, Minister of
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        Lock icon Minister apologises for soldier’s death
        65 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korean Defence Minister Han Min Koo apologised yesterday following the death of a 23-year-old bullied army conscript, while the presidential Blue House urged a full inquiry. He vowed to punish anyone involved in the death and said an army division commander
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      Lock icon Aussie couple say they didn’t know about baby boy
      682 18  -  They claim surrogacy agency told them only about boy’s twin sister By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AN AUSTRALIAN couple accused of abandoning a surrogate baby in Thailand after learning he had Down’s syndrome have broken their
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      Lock icon Wide variations in laws result in murky system that can leave babies and mums vulnerable
      364 18  -  JONATHAN PEARLMAN Additional reporting by Tan Hui Yee in Bangkok THE laws on surrogacy vary markedly between different countries and even within individual countries in a murky system that can leave children and mothers vulnerable,
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Military academy orders probe
        73 18 REUTERS DENVER The United States Air Force Academy’s superintendent has ordered an investigation into the school’s athletic programmes amid reports of sexual assaults, drug use and academic cheating, primarily among football players at the elite institution. Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson said in a statement she told
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        Lock icon 10,000 Egyptians ‘still stranded’
        79 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TUNIS Up to 10,000 Egyptians fleeing the fighting in Libya are still stranded at the border with Tunisia, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said yesterday on a visit to Tunis. “So far we have evacuated around 2,500... we don’t have exact statistics but between
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        Lock icon Games ‘linked to risky behaviour’
        52 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Violent video games glorifying anti-social characters could increase teen gamers’ risk of criminal and other risky behaviour like smoking and alcohol use, a United States study said yesterday. These adult-rated games also affect teenage users’ self-image, according to the study by Dartmouth
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      Lock icon Russia staging military exercises near Ukraine
      457 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russia announced new military exercises involving bombers and fighter jets yesterday in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine. An air force spokesman was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying that more than 100 planes and helicopters
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      Lock icon War cry of a different timbre in Kiev
      469 18 WASHINGTON POST KIEV The calls home from the front line are very brief, often just two words “I’m alive” conveying all that really matters. It has been this way for almost three months, especially in the past few weeks, amid a major
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      Lock icon Israel under growing global pressure
      616 19 Outrage after 10 killed in attack near UN school sheltering civilians in Gaza AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS Israel is facing growing international condemnation of its actions in Gaza after a strike near a United Nations school sheltering civilians left 10 people dead and sparked widespread
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      Lock icon Gaza plastic surgeons overwhelmed by injuries
      549 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GAZA CITY Lying on his bed in a Gaza hospital, three-year-old Yamin now sees the world from behind burns which have disfigured him for life. The tiny boy is just one of hundreds of burn victims and those wounded by Israeli shell
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      Lock icon Philippine workers ‘would rather take their chances in Libya than go home’
      319 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA More than 11,000 Filipinos in Libya have ignored appeals to evacuate, with many apparently choosing to take their chances in the war-torn country rather than risk unemployment at home, according to a foreign department spokesman.
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      Lock icon Jobs, security, education top priority list for Africans
      513 20 Survey reveals their areas of concern ahead of US-African summit REUTERS WASHINGTON Africans see jobs, education and security as their biggest areas of concern, according to a poll conducted by One, the anti-poverty campaign co-founded by rockers Bono and Bob Geldof. The
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      557 20 BLOOMBERG COLUMBUS (Ohio) About 400,000 residents in and around Toledo headed into a third day of being told not to drink water contaminated by an algae toxin, as Ohio’s governor declared a state of emergency in the state’s fourth-largest
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      487 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LIEGE (Belgium) World leaders yesterday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, a small Balkans conflict that went global with the German invasion of neutral Belgium in August 1914. In the Pacific, prime ministers Tony Abbott
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      663 21 Messy legal battles to recoup losses set to hinder swift recovery in trade REUTERS HONG KONG/SHANGHAI As global banks and trading houses fire off lawsuits over their estimated US$900 million (S$1.1 billion) exposure to a suspected metal financing fraud in China,
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      508 21 BLOOMBERG BEIIJNG Daimler says it will cut spare-part prices for its Mer-cedes-Benz cars in China by an average of 15 per cent from next month amid a government investigation into whether automakers manipulated prices. The reductions will include more than 10,000 products covering
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      351 21 REUTERS WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said corporate America has done well under his economic policies, telling the Economist magazine that chief executive officers should stop complaining about regulations and show greater social responsibility. “If you look at what’s happened over the last
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        84 21 BLOOMBERG LISBON Portugal’s central bank took control of Banco Espirito Santo, once the country’s largest lender by market value, in a €4.9 billion (S$8.2 billion) bailout that will leave junior bondholders with losses. The Bank of Portugal’s Resolution Fund will move Banco Espirito Santo’s deposit-taking
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        86 21 REUTERS BEIJING Growth in China’s services sector slipped to a six-month low in July as new orders rose at their weakest rate in at least a year, data showed, taking some of the shine off an industry that has been a bright spot in the Chinese
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        113 21 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia today will report second-quarter economic growth, which is expected to rebound from the slowest pace in four years, thanks to increased spending linked to the country’s presidential election. The median forecast in a Reuters poll of 12 analysts is the April-June quarter had
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      Lock icon Spying methods now used to manage wealth
      444 21 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Some of the engineers who used to help the CIA solve problems have moved on to another challenge: determining the value of every conceivable investment in the world. Five years ago, they started a company called Addepar, with
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      331 16 THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF CREATIVE TALENTS WAS AN AMAZING INSPIRATION AT THE SPH IINK AWARDS CELEBRATION NIGHT On August 1st, more than 300 “Rebels”, “Thinkers” and “Dreamers” celebrated the imaginative with SPH in an electrifying soiree, which transformed St Regis into a dazzling imaginarium. The most magical, intoxicating and provocative Big
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      Lock icon Avoiding no-win game in Thailand
      465 22 THE Thai people have cause to be dismayed by the drift of constitutional abridgements their kingdom has undergone since the coup of May 22. The dynamism of plurality will have dissipated so much by the time the country reverts to civilian control that there will
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      Lock icon Taming Singapore’s property market
      1305 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY The Government’s measured approach has combined with fortuitous circumstances to produce a moderate slowdown in the formerly red-hot property market. By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg INITIAL reports of the property market’s demise appear to have been slightly exaggerated. After policymakers imposed strict curbs
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      1099 23  -  By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE current bloodshed in Gaza is not just a confrontation between the Israelis and Palestinians over land, history and national dignity. It is also a battle between established Middle Eastern states and non-state paramilitary militias.
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      Lock icon Hun Sen’s charm offensive in Thailand
      886 23  -  By KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN The writer is assistant group editor of the Nation Media Group in Thailand, which publishes the English-language daily, The Nation. THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THOUGH he remained in Phnom Penh, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was on a charm offensive in
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      Lock icon Selfies from the front line may not change the war much
      778 23  -  By JON MORAN The writer is Reader in Security at University of Leicester. This article first appeared in The Conversation (http://theconversation.com), a website which carries analysis by academics and researchers in Australia and the United Kingdom. SELFIES taken by
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        Lock icon Reconsider policy of matching toll rates
        221 24  -  Erni Mohamed Kasim (Ms) I AM disappointed that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) plans to increase toll rates on the Singapore side of the Causeway, only because of the “longstanding policy of matching our toll charges at the Causeway and Second Link to those
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        258 24  -  David Tan Kok Kheng WHEN I walk around my estate in Tampines, I find that many Singaporeans are not displaying our flag. Other than a few blocks decorated with flags by grassroots members, fewer blocks are adorned with symbols of our national pride this
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        212 24  -  Peter Teo Boon Haw I WONDER why we are still dependent on veterans like Gai Bin to represent Singapore in shooting when we have a large pool of young Singaporeans who have the potential to excel in this sport (“Gai challenges young hotshots:
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        Lock icon Social media both a boon and bane
        262 24  -  Lambert Low Tchern Kuang (Dr) IT IS interesting to note how much society has changed as a result of the proliferation of social media (“Digital divide on the wedding aisle”; last Saturday). Previous notions regarding the sanctity of the wedding ceremony are now
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        67 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR DARREN ONG: Single-income families deserve more tax help. 2. MR JEFFREY HO: Tipping the most meaningful way to show appreciation. 3. DR MARK DONOGHUE: Germany didn’t ‘rush’ into World War I. 4. MISS VERONICA LIM: Respect employees’ family time. 5. MR LIM
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        Lock icon App an extra tool to facilitate communication
        188 24  -  Wong Kok Cheong Deputy Director, Nursing Changi General Hospital CHANGI General Hospital agrees with Mr Teo Kok Seah (“Communication challenges: App not cure-all”; last Saturday) that technology is not a “cure-all” to enable effective two-way communication between health-care professionals and their patients and
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          Lock icon Explain narrowing of COE difference
          163 24  -  Kunwar Bir Singh THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) says the median open market value of cars registered in Category A has dropped by about 30 per cent since re-categorisation (“Cat A median OMV down by almost 30% since re-categorisation”; last Friday). The certificate of entitlement
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          Lock icon Why impose evening ERP fee?
          135 24  -  Ch’ng Teck Heong MOTORISTS generally support the Land Transport Authority’s efforts in managing congestion on our roads. However, the imposition of road pricing on west-bound traffic along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) in the evening does seem to penalise motorists unnecessarily (“Don’t penalise motorists unfairly”
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          Lock icon Studio flats: Priority for needy elderly
          136 24  -  Francis Cheng IF THE HDB’s objective of building studio apartments is to meet the housing needs of the elderly, while offering them a monetisation option, then it should review the eligibility to buy such heavily subsidised flats. The launch of the Kampung Admiralty project
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          Lock icon Promote filial piety instead
          108 24  -  David Soh Poh Huat INSTEAD of building more nursing homes (“More nursing home beds to cater for rising demand”; last Friday), the Government should be promoting filial piety by encouraging families to take care of their sick and aged members. It can do so by providing
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          Lock icon Monitor orientation games closely
          159 24  -  Goh Wee Ling (Ms) I READ last Saturday’s article (“NUS orientation camp criticised over ‘sexual’ games”) with much concern. Orientation is a time when new students are introduced to university life. It is a ritual that many will remember long after they graduate. Orientation games and
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          Lock icon Costly to replace damaged IC
          134 24  -  Ivan Goh I CHECKED with the Immigration Checkpoints Authority on the cost of replacing an identity card, since I have not replaced mine for more than 20 years. To my surprise, it charges $60, regardless of how old the IC is. I can understand the
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          Lock icon Identify those willing to help
          126 24  -  Lawrence Sie I COMMEND SMRT for providing “care stickers” for pregnant women, senior citizens or other passengers who need to sit, so other passengers can identify them and give up their seats to them (“SMRT ‘care stickers’ for those who need train seat”; July 26).
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        Lock icon Restructuring hurting childcare industry
        244 25  -  Jucelyn Ong (Madam) AS THE Government pushes ahead with restructuring Singapore’s economy, some sectors are left to bear the brunt of the consequences (“MTI refutes calls to slow the pace of restructuring”; last Saturday). One example is the childcare industry, which is lumped under the service
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        276 25 What can be done to encourage more young people to tie the knot and start families? Would it help to engage those who have been married for decades to counsel them? Create a positive environment for young people to socialise for example, interest groups. The Government can provide
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        Lock icon Improve access to individual-level census data
        279 25  -  Tan Ruijie I HAVE mixed feelings about the new government study (“CPF study to quiz 25,0 0 0 on health, retirement needs”; last Wednesday). On the one hand, I am pleased with the effort to gather individual-level data for more careful research. On the
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      716 1  -  It can then take in more students, offer more activities By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg THE popular James Cook University (JCU) Singapore, which is struggling for space with 3,400 students, has secured a sizeable site in Sims Drive for a new
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      Lock icon Sistic raises booking fee to $4 for tickets above $40
      464 2  -  But fees for lower-priced tickets remain the same By LISABEL TING lting@sph.com.sg TICKETING provider Sistic has raised booking fees for the first time since 2008. From Sept 1, all tickets above $40 will be subject to a $4 booking fee,
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      82 2 Some 100 staff from Malay/Muslim community self-help group Mendaki gathered yesterday to commemorate National Day, which falls on Saturday, with members of the pioneer generation. They stood together to take the pledge during the Mendaki National Day Observance Ceremony. Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Communications and
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      Lock icon Phase 2C: 86 schools to hold ballot
      247 2  -  AMELIA TENG FEWER primary schools will be drawing lots to allocate places for the latest stage of the Primary 1 registration this week. This year, 86 schools, down from 91 last year, will have to conduct a ballot tomorrow for Phase 2C, which
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      373 3  -  She’s back for NDP jump, after missing out due to poor weather last year By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg CLOUDY skies last year prevented Third Warrant Officer (3WO) Shirley Ng from becoming the first female Red Lion parachutist to jump at the National
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      Lock icon Human side to a soldier’s life
      226 3  -  JOANNA SEOW SURROUNDED by other soldiers and families, a guardsman whipped a ring out of his vest and proposed to his girlfriend after his Specialist Cadet Graduation Parade in June. The moment was captured by Mr Gershon Sng, 20, at Pasir Laba Camp, and
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        389 4  -  Treatment derived from plant seeds also no better than placebo: Vivian By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg A NEW dengue vaccine to be marketed by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi next year is “not good enough” for Singapore, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian
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        Lock icon Haze Bill penalties not large enough, say MPs
        409 4  -  GRACE CHUA PENALTIES in the proposed Transboundary Haze Pollution Bill may not be large enough to deter big firms, and should be made more severe for repeat offenders, said the first two MPs who debated the new Bill before Parliament was adjourned
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        518 4  -  By RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg THERE is a difference between public interest and what the public is interested in, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday while explaining why cases heard by the new Family Justice Courts will largely remain
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          70 4 DOMINATING question time yesterday were the National Library Board’s (NLB) policies on controversial books and Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) decision to fly over eastern Ukraine before the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. A Bill to establish the Family Justice Courts was passed. Debate began on another Bill,
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          Lock icon Separate teams to choose and review library books
          64 4 THE NLB will ensure that the team which selects books for acquisition is different from the team which reviews books, said Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim. The separation of responsibilities is not clearly spelt out now, but is “a good
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          Lock icon SIA plane was 90km from MH17
          66 4 TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew confirmed that an SIA plane was about 90km or 10 minutes away from MH17 when the Malaysian plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17. At the time, there were no commercial flight restrictions over that airspace,
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          Lock icon Using nat assets different from drawing down on resumes
          100 4 THE Government relies on net assets as an investment buffer to meet its liabilities on government securities linked to Central Provident Fund returns, in years when investment returns are weak, but that is not a draw on past reserves, said Deputy
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          Lock icon Now dengue vaccine 'not good enough' for S'porn
          56 4 A NEW dengue vaccine to be marketed by French firm Sanofi next year is “not good enough” for Singapore, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. He said it was not effective enough against the two most common types of dengue
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          Lock icon Too early to relax property curbs
          25 4 NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said it is premature to relax property cooling measures, given current market conditions.
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          50 4 A BILL to streamline divorce proceedings, reduce costs and trauma and protect the welfare of children was debated and passed. The Family Justice Act creates the new Family Justice Courts that will also hear family violence cases, probate matters and issues pertaining to youth and children.
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          Lock icon Haze penalties not large enough: MPs
          46 4 PENALTIES in the proposed Transboundary Haze Pollution Bill may not be large enough to deter big firms, and should be upped for repeat offenders, said Mr Christopher de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) and Ms Lee Bee Wah (Nee Soon GRC).
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        Lock icon Financial lapses dealt with at highest level: Tharman
        504 5  -  Permanent secretaries, CEOs responsible for ensuring slip-ups are rectified, he says By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg FINANCIAL lapses highlighted by the Auditor-General are dealt with at the highest level, with the ministry’s permanent secretary or agency’s chief executive held responsible for ensuring the
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        Lock icon Why household wealth not measured: Minister
        237 5  -  By ROBIN CHAN INFORMATION on household wealth in Singapore is not readily available and for this reason, the Government is not able to measure it, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. Household wealth is made of several parts. These include the
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        306 5 EXPLANATION NOT GIVEN “The NLB (National Library Board) has not stood up to give an account of why the initial decision was made (to purchase the books for the children’s section). I'm sure there are a lot of literature and reviews about these two books because they had
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      Lock icon ‘Silver zones’ to make roads safer for elderly
      357 6  -  They include additional measures like speed humps, 2-stage crossings LEE JIAN XUAN SAFETY zones will be introduced by the end of the year in two residential estates to make it safer for elderly pedestrians. Bukit Merah View and Jurong West Street 52
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      Lock icon AHMAD IBRAHIM SECONDARY STUDENT WINS FOR AUTISTIC BOY ROLE
      90 6 Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School student Phua Ji Heng (centre), 15, bagged the Best Actor award for his convincing portrayal of an autistic boy at the final of the Human Values Drama Festival at Republic Polytechnic yesterday. More than 500 students from
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      Lock icon Mover jailed for stealing diamond rings
      275 6  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg BEFORE moving homes, a resident of an upscale condominium placed two expensive diamond rings on a table and forgot about them completely. A part-time mover spotted the diamond rings unattended during the move, pocketed them and carried on with his
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      Lock icon RSAF ground unit soars high in US war games
      294 6  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg A GROUND maintenance team from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has beaten 14 other squads from French and American armed forces to clinch the Best Maintenance Unit at an overseas military exercise in the
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      886 7  -  Investors’ fears that tough regulations may hammer penny stocks could have caused yesterday’s market fall By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg REMISIERS are blaming the new share trading rules announced last Friday for sparking yesterday’s plunge in penny stocks. Fears that the tough
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      529 10 Regulators’ zeal to punish wrongdoing impacts on reasonable business risks REUTERS LONDON Europe’s largest bank HSBC warned that regulators’ zeal to punish wrongdoing was putting its staff off taking reasonable business risks, as it reported a 12 per cent dip in first-half
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      469 10 BLOOMBERG ELLIOTT Management Corp, the hedge-fund firm of American billionaire Paul Singer, sold shares in Wing Hang Bank for HK$3 billion (S$483 million) near the end of OCBC Bank’s offer to take the lender private. Elliott, with US$24.8 billion (S$31 billion) of
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      407 11  -  Strong performance in Q2 driven by new acquisitions and higher rents By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg NEW acquisitions and higher rents have delivered a record payout to unit holders of Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit). Distribution per unit for the three months ended
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      325 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg INCREASED management fees helped real estate firm ARA Asset Management lift its earnings in the second quarter. Net profit shot up 36 per cent from the previous year to $20.8 million for the three months to June 30, while
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      427 11  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg A LOCAL real estate investment trust that will invest in European properties launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday with the aim of raising gross proceeds of $369 million. IREIT Global has an initial portfolio of four freehold properties
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        453 12  -  Good showing for offshore business boosts earnings By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg HIGHER revenue recognition for rig building projects helped Sembcorp Marine lift earnings in the second quarter. Net profit rose 5.4 per cent to $131.6 million for the three months to June 30,
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        545 12  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE European Union parliamentary elections in May brought into power a number of far-right and far-left parties that have some observers worried about an anti-globalisation movement growing in Europe. This, they say, could hinder the growth of
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        495 12 2014 rank Current (July 31) Previous (June 30) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 11 13 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 21 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 40 39
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        444 14  -  But analysts upbeat on Asia despite troubles in Argentina and Portugal BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE local market started the week on a dour note, likely taking its cue from the massive sell-off on Wall Street last week. The Dow
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          18 14 STI trading volume 165.72 million shares STI up down Gainers: 6 Losers: 18 Unchanged: 6
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          85 14 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 773.02 552.29 873.76 910.77 228.26 198.15 257.33 -3.61 -6.00 -9.98 -18.55 -1.68 -1.31 -2.20 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 173.07 510.50 871.28 842.97 1,345.03 811.15
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          21 14 Stock trading volume 1.93 billion shares worth $979.4 million Up down Gainers: 96 Losers: 371 Unchanged: 322
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          55 14 Yesterday’s close Index Change 67.65 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 24,600.08 15,474.5 2,080.42 2,223.331 1,164.322 1,875.8 -48.61 7.32 38.028 16.032 12.46 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,119.245 1,519.38 5,540.876 16,493.37 4,352.639
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          53 14 By Volume CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................4.4 175,833,000 Vol Charisma Energy 4.4 175,833,000 2.6 150,492,000 Tritech Group W*****9 6.1 32,327,000 69.071.000 AP Strat W*****6 3.8 27,300,000 SIIC Environment ..............15.9 26,174,000 Advance SCI Mirach Energy 16.8 24,447,000 IHC Metech Int W*****7 ...........0.1 23,400,000 Artivision Tech ...................7.7 21,090,000 40.329.000 36.862.000
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          205 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 4,2014 Top Rises Aug 04 CENTS Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 296.7 1.8 DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 134.6 0.5 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 9382 124.7 1.1 CENTS DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 96.4 0.4 Lyxor
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          117 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY 314 254 Global Logistic 280 unch ***** 283 279 1.4 15.3 *****.4 LOW GROSS 710 565 HongkongLand USD
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          53 14 Aug 04 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1617 1.1624 0.9319 0.9324 ***** 1.1412 0.9154 0.9150 1.6739 1.6743 1.3428
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          167 14 Top Rises Aug 04 CENTS WE Hldgs W*****7 0.2 100.0 0.1 UOB MB ePW*****3 9.5 33.8 2.4 Acma Ltd W*****7 0.4 33.3 0.1 Yanlord MBeCW*****2 1.1 10.0 0.1 DBS MB ePW*****3 7.4 8.8 0.6 GLP MB eCW*****2 3.9 8.3 0.3 UOB MB ePW*****4 15.9 8.2 1.2 ComfortDeMBeCW*****2
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          383 14 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1300 927 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1088 +3 1 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** +83 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.1 3096 2870 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2870 -5 2110 1764 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ US1812 -2 135.5 119
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          137 14 CONTRACT manufacturer Hi-P International reversed into the red in the second quarter, with a net loss of $3 million against a profit of $10.9 million in the same period last year. Revenue fell by 25.5 per cent to $212.3 million for the three months to June 30, mainly
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      781 22  -  Good times return for the Singapore team after new head coach cracks whip AT THE GAMES By SANJAY NAIR IN GLASGOW nsanjay@sph.com.sg DEC 11, 2013 a date which many of Singapore’s national shuttlers have found hard to forget. It was the day after four of the Republic’s
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      835 22  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg ALDOUS Huxley, the English writer and humanist who enjoyed language, once wrote in one of his novels that “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly they’ll go through anything. You read and
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      576 17 Back as No. 1 after WGC win, he says this streak is superior to his form in 2012 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS AKRON (Ohio) Rory McIlroy is back on top of the golf world, following up his British Open triumph
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      654 17 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AKRON (Ohio) Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods withdrew from Sunday’s final round of the World Golf Champi-onships-Bridgestone Invitational with back spasms, casting serious doubt on his participation in the upcoming PGA Championship. The final Major tournament of
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      470 18  -  Williams and Agassi on roster when S’pore team play IPTL rivals at home By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S entire roster for the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), a line-up that includes world No. 1 Serena Williams and Andre Agassi, have been confirmed to feature
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      389 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STANFORD (California) Serena Williams showed she has made a full recovery from recent health issues by beating Angelique Kerber 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 in the final of the Stanford Classic on Sunday. Williams, playing in her first tournament since
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      317 18 Football Dutch Super Cup In Amsterdam: PEC Zwolle 1 Ajax Amsterdam 0. Guinness International Champions Cup In USA Group A: Inter Milan 2 AS Roma 0, Manchester United 3 Real Madrid 1. Gp B: Olympiakos 2 Manchester City 2 (Olympiakos win 5-4 on penalties), AC Milan 0 Liverpool 2.
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        46 19 SINGAPORE will again host the curtain-raiser of the Extreme Sailing Series next year, as the first of eight stops for the 2015 season of the regatta. Marina Bay will play host to the speedy Extreme 40 catamarans from Feb 5-8.
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        63 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON West Ham United midfielder Ravel Morrison was freed on bail following a private court hearing yesterday over his detention on two charges of common assault, Britain’s Press Association reported. The 21-year-old former Manchester United prospect is accused of assaulting his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend
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        61 19 REUTERS ST PAUL (Minnesota) Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor told the St Paul Pioneer Press that All-Star power forward Kevin Love will likely be traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers by Aug 23 or 24. “I’m saying it’s most likely because Kevin has made it
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      837 19  -  By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg JUVENTUS fans might be worried about their club’s future after the resignation of head coach Antonio Conte, who led the Italian giants to three straight Serie A titles. But if there is one person who refuses to be
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      470 19 Costa Rican’s arrival may spell end of Casillas as club’s No. 1 goalkeeper REUTERS MADRID Despite a stellar track record, new Real Madrid signing Keylor Navas has vowed to battle to become the club’s first-choice goalkeeper with “humility”. The 27-year-old cemented his
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      318 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manchester City’s France midfielder Samir Nasri yesterday indicated that he has decided to quit international football. The 27-year-old has endured a fractious relationship with his national team and was left out of the squad for this year’s World
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      110 19 JUVENTUS will be bringing a star-studded line-up to Singapore after naming a full-strength squad to play a Singapore Selection side at the National Stadium on Aug 16. The likes of Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez and new signing Patrice Evra
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      472 20 Fringe players will be told of their fate by manager after US tour ends MIAMI The Manchester United squad will fly back to England to day with a few names set to be jettisoned from Old Trafford. New manager Louis van Gaal has
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      257 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BREMEN (Germany) Jose Mourinho hit out at German referee Harm Osmers for turning Chelsea’s friendly with Werder Bremen into a circus and wasting his club’s time. Chelsea slumped to their first pre-season defeat on Sunday as they were beaten 3-0 by the Bundesliga
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      503 20 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Arsene Wenger has suggested that Frank Lampard’s impending move on loan to Manchester City could be a way for the Premier League champions to sidestep Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules. The Arsenal manager questioned whether City could be using other clubs
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      274 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Leonardo Jardim warned Radamel Falcao suitors that his indispensable star man is not for sale after the striker scored his first goal since an injury lay-off to earn Monaco a 1-0 win over Arsenal in the Emirates Cup on Sunday. The
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      1121 21  -  Athletes and officials bowled over by outpouring of goodwill and good cheer AT THE GAMES By WANG MENG MENG IN GLASGOW meng@sph.com.sg “GOOD morning, Scotland wants you to wake up,” an announcer at Glasgow’s Argyle Street station boomed over the tannoy. He
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      87 21 National men’s team head coach Yang Chuanning (left) and paddler Gao Ning arriving at Changi Airport early yesterday morning from Glasgow where the Commonwealth Games have just concluded. Gao, 31, won two golds (men’s doubles, men’s team) and a silver in the men’s singles. The table
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      749 1 Sculpture Square Moving out of Middle Road C3 First-class treatment Horses for circus show Cavalia in town C2 Brubeck Brothers Quartet US jazz group to perform with Singapore Chinese Orchestra C3 Coveted around the world since the 9th century, Chinese porcelain is the star of a new exhibition at the
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        678 2  -  Fifty animals fly here “first class” and are kept happy and healthy for their performance here Cheryl Mui cherylm@sph.com.sg Fifty horses have arrived in Singapore and they are stars of a theatrical extravaganza called Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Man And Horse. The multimedia and
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        713 3  -  Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s upcoming season will see collaborations with US jazz group and overseas Singaporeans Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg In Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s signature crossover style, their 2014/2015 season will open next week not with a traditional Chinese concert, but a collaboration with renowned American jazz
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      541 6 h_4 Vehicles Classification Guide Passenger Vehicles 302 Alfa For Sale 303 Audi For Sale 305 BMW For Sale 306 Chevrolet For Sale 307 Chrysler For Sale 308 Citroen For Sale 309 Chery For Sale 310 Daihatsu For Sale 311 Ferrari For Sale 312 Fiat For Sale 313 Ford For Sale
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      403 6 7/2010 BMW X1 Sdrive 18i Black. PML unit. OMV $28K. Ask $111K *****906 1 OWNER 1/’08 BMW 523i XL. OMV $53K. Like new. No repairs. Kris *****661. 2/’08 BLUE 520I $73.8K. Good cond. Accident free. Trade in. Ken *****177 NEAR 08 523I XL. Low KM! OMV $53K! A1 cond! Lowest
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      261 6 HONDA VEZEL 1.5A (high specs,Xmodel) $113,888. G’teed COE. Pls call 8138-1404/ 9450-0673/ 9777-7129. Ready stocks, full range of colour. View showroom Lot C1, 210 Turf Club Rd. û 5K DOWNPAYMENT CONFIRM GV Inhse @1 .99%. 08 Honda Stream 1.8A. Low installment Scheme Avail. $16k rebate end of COE. Welcome Old
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      407 6 COE Results of July 2014 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE Cars (1600cc and below) Cars (1601cc and above) Goods vehicles and buses Motorcycles Open category COE price Quota Bids $62,890 $65,001 $52,010 $4,252 $65,002 509 498 391 347 319 COE results for the last six months* 1,190 850 779
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      213 6 1 OWNER 8/’06 Jagual XType 2.0SE. Deposit $9K, mthly $780.Call *****854 3K DOWNPAYMENT CONFIRM GV Inhse 1.99%.08 Kia Picanto 1.1A. Call Gavin 8606-3619 8/’05 CERATO 1.6M 1 owner. OMV $12K. New tax. A1 cond. $11.9K. *****922 1 OWNER 10/05 Kia Cerato 1.6A. PARF $7K. 49,000 km. $12,900. *****249 03/’06 CERATO
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      202 6 2009 MAZDA RX-8 1.3A OMV $25,374,Low interest In-hse finance. Low km 9450-5050 6555-3300 IMMED DELIVERY! BRAND New 2014 E200 AMG Cabriolet/ Coupe. G’teed COE! High TradeIn! Low Interest! Call now Jack Cars 9684 4799 *****900. Case Trust. BRAND NEW MERCEDES Benz C200 white AMG high specs 1 bid g’teed Coe
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      247 7 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****206 12/’12 SLK200. Panoramic roof. $14k command online One owner. C&C warranty 1 yr extended warranty. REPUBLIC AUTO: *****787 11/11 S300L Panoramic roof with full AMG kit. 1 owner. C&C warranty with 1 yr extended warranty. $238.8K! MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 ’12 C180K BlueEfficiency AVG. 27,000km. Fully agt maintained.
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      218 7 LATEST BRAND NEW Benz E220 CDI SP. Immediately delivery. 3 yrs warranty. $213,800. Call: 6462 5828 1-OWNER 2/’11 E250, Coupe. Mileage *****Km Fully Service Warranty by Agt. Flexi loan. *****080 2014 BRAND NEW CLA 180 AMG Sports.Full option. Inhse loan $168.8K. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 2014 BRAND NEW C200 AMG/ Sports.
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      381 7 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****769 Nov ’12 C180 7G. Warranty by C&C with 1 yr extended warranty. 1 owner. $137.8K REPUBLIC AUTO: *****769 Feb 2012 CLS350. 1 owner. C&C warranty with 1 yr extended warranty. $243.8K! REPUBLIC AUTO: *****171 6/’11 ML300 Sport package 1 owner. C&C svc 1 yr extended warranty. $186.8K!
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      302 7 5800 DOWNPAYMENT ONLY!! GV Inhouse 100% approval. 09 Lancer EX 1.5A. Mthly $738, low km 1 owner. Cashback $13K when COE ends. Bruce 9028-6476 11/’05 COLT PLUS 1.5A White. 1 owner. Ask $19,800. Call 9756-5183. V INHSE LOAN! 90%! $8k driveway only! 9/06 Murano 2.5A! A1 cond! cash back $20K
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      228 7 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****851 Oct ’12 Boxster S 3.4A PDK 1 owner. Stuttgart Auto 5 yr warranty maintenance package. 5K km. $299.8K! 2/’12 PORSCHE PANAMARA S. High OMV@ $146k, Prior Design Kit 20" Lexani Rim, Low Mileage. 6339 1168 BRAND NEW PORSCHE macan 2.0L. G’teed COE $238k 5 yrs warranty. $5k
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      190 7 ’08 SUBARU 1.6 4-dr (M). Many acc. 1 owner. $32.8K. Easy Loan. Call *****098 4/’10 WRX STI 2.5M Blue. 1 owner. Full accessories. 5doors. $78.6K. *****824 V INHSE PROMO loan only $6K down. ’09 SX4 1.6A. A++ cond. Welcome old car 1-1 exchange. Leon *****378 G STAR BUY! 08/06 Liana
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      153 7 2014 TOYOTA HARRIER 2.0A Premium Model (High specs) $153,888. G’teed COE Call 8138-1404 9450-0673 9777-7129.View Showrm Lot C1, 210 Turf Club Road. û 3800 DOWNPAYMENT ONLY! GV inhse loan 100% approval. 08 Vios $650. Tip top cond. Welcome 1 to 1 exchange. Cashback $10k when COE end. Call *****954 Ivan
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      131 7 IMMED DELIVERY! BRAND New Vellfire 2.4 Z Edition. G’teed COE! High TradeIn! Low Interest! Call Now Jack Cars: 9818 8032 *****900. Case Trust. IMMED DELIVERY! BRAND New Harrier 2.0 Elegance Premium. G’teed COE! High TradeIn! Low Interest! Jack Cars: 9025 2772 *****900. Case Trust. 3800 DOWN ONLY Loan 100% Approval!
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      130 7 *$81,800 ALL NEW Toyota Noah 2.0A Full accessories COE full rebate. 70% Loan @CarTimes Award-Winning Co. 6744-5111 (CaseTrust) 3 DAY DELIVERY Brand new Vellfire 2.4 c/w moonroof and power door. neg. HP: *****717 San Hup Bee NEW HARRIER ELEGANCE Panoromic Immed Delivery $93.8k w/o COE. Casetrust AccStarBright *****030 3 DAY
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      148 8 VELLFIRE 2.4Z WITH moonroof, auto drs tailgate. Inhse loan. $180K. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 HARRIER 2.0 ELEGANCE Premium with glass roof, inhse loan/ trade-in. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 ESTIMA AERAS PREMIUM 2.4 with full option, in-hse loan avail. $159.8K. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 ESTIMA 2.4A PREMIUM. low interest, high loan. Immed delivery. Choice
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      210 8 LATEST HARRIER PREMIUM $98,800 Only. COE Full rebate. High Specs Full Leather. Koh *****655. ***LATEST ESTIMA AERAS Premium 2.4. $98,800 Only. COE Full rebate. Call Koh *****655 now 3 DAYS DELIVERY, New Vellfire 3.5ZG 7 Seater, 3.5L V6 280bhp, 7-speed CVT. 9784 6364 Leco 9/’05 ISIS 1.8A 7 seater. Low
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      204 8 MID’2006 TOYOTA HARRIER 20% downpayment drive away! Angeline *****710 EARLY’08 TOYOTA RAV-4 20% downpayment drive away! Call Sam: *****342 MID’08 TOYOTA ESTIMA 2.4 20% downpayment drive away! Sam: 9182-0342 END’07 TOYOTA ESTIMA 2.4 20% downpayment drive away! Jessy 9169-0999 6/07 MRS 1.8A V-edition, black OMV $22,348 Low mileage $47.8K *****786
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      166 8 ***WEARNES PRE-OWNED TIGUAN 2.0 TSI, Sep 2010. Call 6430 4800. Visit 6 Teban Gardens Crescent ***WEARNES PRE-OWNED EOS 2.0L TSI, Nov 2010. 1 Owner. 6430 4800. Visit 6 Teban Gardens Crescent 4/’13 BLUE SCIROCCO 1.4. $118.8K. Good cond. Accident free. Tony *****920 80% LOAN. 9/’07 EOS 2.0 TFSI hard top
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      125 8 ***WHITE LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560-4 for sale. Ask $510K. Reg date: 10/2/12 Mileage less than 10,000 km. 1 Owner. Stock cond, Accident free. Import Call 9699-1994 for viewing appointment. MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 ’10 Bentley Conti GTC. Agent maintained. High OMV. Low mileage. New road tax. Please view: www.motorway.com.sg BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT
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      393 8 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP700-4 Dec 2012. Black leather, software upgrade and more. Only 6800km. AutoInc 6338 0123 MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 11/09 Gallardo LP560 Spyder. 28,000km. Agt warranty. Please view: www.motorway.com.sg MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 ’12 Aventador LP700. 1 Owner. 2,800km. Fully agt maintained with warranty. www.motorway.com.sg MOTORWAY TEL: *****200 7/12 Mclaren MP4-12C.
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      194 8 TOP PRICES PAID FOR YOUR CAR ANY MAKE ANY MODEL Call Derrick 9720-3728 WANTED All Used Cars Any Makes Models SUV, MPV, OPC Scrap/ Export We Pay Top Price 9673-9997 TEL 9388-8166 SIMON to assist to sell your cars to direct buyers mkt price. www.sgcarconsign.com.sg BEST DEAL ASSURED! All makes
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      335 8 ’1970-’2006 SCRAP Cars for export. Immed cash deal! 9727-0300 Andrew ALL MAKE WANTED. Export welcome. High price. Case trust accredited. *****611 HIGHEST FOR all scrap/ export/ used car commercial Vehicle. *****888 CASH! HIGH PRICE for all cars commercial vehicles Pls call Kelvin 9009-8718 NEW TOYOTA DYNA 150D EURO 5. Immed
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      391 8 NEW NISSAN CABSTAR at $96.8K Immed regn! Good interest rate *****443 *****666/ *****055 NEW TOYOTA DYNA $101.8K stocks avail now! Good interest rate! *****443 *****666/ *****055 2011 CABSTAR 10FT steel body. 1 owner. Euro 4. A1. neg. Call *****837 2006 MITSUBISHI FUSO FE83, 15ft lowbed. Very orig. A1. neg. *****800
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      374 8 **BRAND NEW TOYOTA Van 3.0 Euro 5 Diesel. neg. 95% loan. San Hup Bee AML #04-20 HP *****717 BRAND NEW Toyota Liteace 1.5A. 5 Drs. Made In Japan. Downpayment $5.8K. $neg San Hup Bee 972 88 717 02/2001 MITSUBISHI L300 COE Till 03/2017 For Sales. Good Cond. Cheapest In The
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      1016 9 Properties Residential Properties for Sale Houses for Sale 402 D02 Anson/ Tg Pagar 402 D03 Queenstown/Tiong Bahru 402 D04 Sentosa/ Telok Blangah 402 D05 Pasir Panjang/ West Coast/ ClementiTown 402 D06 High Street/ North Bridge Rd 402 D07 Rochor/ Bugis/ Beach Rd 402 D08 Little India 403 D09 Orchard/ Cairnhill
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      49 9 PEARL ISLAND VILLAS 3-sty with wine cellar. Berth/ pte lift. $14.5M up. Best luxury living. Attractive comm!!! Steve *****741 Newsman FULL SEA VIEW! Sentosa comtemporary bunglw, 5bdrm all ensuite, big gdn pool. 9630-7741 Steve Tay OPEN 2-6PM BY Ricky Tan Sentosa Waterway Villa 8400/9500sf 5rm $15.3M! *****062 *****592 DTZ
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      63 9 WEST COAST RENOVATED 2sty semi-d. 3900 sf. Near amenities. Tranquil. Move in. $4.95M neg. 9154 3033. $8.XM ONLY! 1KM ACS, 5 mins Orchard, Lift/ pool/ Tip top finishes 5+1. Serious seller. *****269 Teo D10 BOUTIQUE BUNGLW. 2sty+huge attic 4 rms (ensuite) Pool.2 car. Quiet. FH $8.xM. *****944 Andrew EEDON VICINITY
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      359 9 GOOD CLASS BUNGLW BISHOPSGATE ***** sf, elevated, panoramic view Best of the best quality, Park 8 cars. Sole Agent BELMONT ***** sf, hilltop hse, greenery view, quiet GALLOP *****/7800sf, min to Botanic Gdn. 10 mins walk to MRT, greenery. Sole Agt HOLLAND PARK ***** sf/ Brand new Just TOP MT
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      276 9 Raffles PI/ Marina/ 001 Chinatown Pte Apts For Sale Kte Apts tor bale THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED Private Residential Price Index -BUV II SELL II FIND IIIndex (4Q98=100) 240 220 180 160 140 Detached Semi-detached Terrace Apartment 3C Condominium 1997Q1 2001Q1 2004Q1 2007Q1 2010Q1 2012Q1 2014Q2 The property data is
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      147 9 FH S/STY SEMI-D. Along Changi Rd. Nice land shape 3527 sf, can rebuild to 3sty. Near MRT. Must Sell! KINGKONG SIZE Jln Lapang FH 4500 sf. 5+1. Pool/lift. 3½-sty. View to impress! $4.xxM. HB *****555 Dick 3-STOREY SEMI-DETACHED F’HOLD. Modern 4100 sf, NS, lift, lap pool. 5 ensuite rm. Irvin
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      216 9 EASTWOOD RD 3-STY semid. New renovation. Ready to move in. Land 2485/ built-in 3509sf. 5+1 rms. 99 yrs. Mital 9857-6737 NEW SEMI-D 6000SF built in Open Plan, Design own Interior Up to 9 rms. $6.38M neg. View to appreciate! EASTWOOD WALK VIEW to offer 2 or 3 Generation 7 Beds
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      156 9 RICHARDS PLACE FH 2-sty. inter-terr. 3+1. 2594/ 2400 sf. Kovan Heartland Mall/ MRT. Good location. $3.xM S’GOON GDN INTER terr. Brand new 1839/ 4080sf 6+1, 5baths, park 2 cars. $3.38M. Oei 9844 2820 UPP PAYA LEBAR Rd 2 sty FH Inter Terr. Land 1655 sf 4+1 rms. Convenient. Near Kensington
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      222 9 SPRINGLEAF GDN SEMI-D FH. 4+1 attic 3550/ 3100 sf Face S. Near future MRT Price neg. Tan 9662 6321 2-STY FH SEMI-D with attic Springleaf Approx 3600 /3000sf 4+maid, 4-bathrm $3.7M neg *****086 REA $911 PSF. SEMI-D. Single Storey. 1 Jalan Telipok. 4722 sqft. 3 Bdrms. Live-in Low TS *****000
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      204 9 CHEAPEST IN D.03 1 min to MRT. 1 bdrm fr $7xxK, 2 bdrm fr $1.1xM, 3 bdrm fr $1.41xM, 4 bdrm fr $2.xM *COMMONWEALTH TOWERS 1 min to Queenstown MRT 1rm fr $7xxK, 2rm fr $1.1xM 3rm fr $1.4xM. 4rm $2.1xM 1+STUDY, F’HOLD, Q’TOWN MRT. Price to Sell, Ready In
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      1779 10 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in July 2014. This week: 1-12 PROJECT NAME PRICE SO FT District 1 and conditions specified in URA's webpage http://www.ura.gov.sg/propertyinfoM. The property data is published for general information only with
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      245 10 3A BLK 118 Pending Road. 73 sqm, 2 spacious rms. Mins walk to Bt Panjang Shpg. All race/SPR. $305K HAVELOCK RD 3’I’ Blk. 22 upgraded. Walk to Tiong Bahru Plaza/ MRT. High flr. Peter 9695 8866 DTZ NEW LISTING!!! BLK 6 Everton Park, 3-Rm. 72 sqm. Move in condition. Danny
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      197 10 3’NG’ 21/ 24/ 709 reno, lift flr. Unblock. Mins to MRT. 4’A’ 456, near MRT/ mall 5’I’ 981C/ 984D, high flr. New Listing 5RM BLK 710 Ave 2 High flr No noon sun. F/reno. Nice unit. Near amenities. All races. Stephen 9853 8843 689 4’A’ CORNER High flr, A1 cond,
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      308 11 **CHEAP! CHEAP! CHEAP! 54 Marine Terr. 88 sqm. 3rm utility. High flr. Unblocked view. Reno. Schs. PRICED TO SELL! Rare 5’I’ 473 with 4 spacious rms. Low Flr. Walk to Downtown East. Sherlyn 9099 6777 NEAR AMENITIES MOTIVATED 5’I’ CORNER Blk 175A. Nicely reno. Free appliance. Housing grant Sch $489K.
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      303 11 RARE! 4’A’ BLK 318. Near amenities/ future MRT. No noon sun. Low flr. Asking $438K neg. Serious seller!! 3-RM BLK 828. Reno. Near good sch. Amenities doorstep. Good Michael Ng *****623 mnprop.com.sg BLK 79C OPP Ctrl/ HDB hub /amenities. Mid floor 4’A’ reno 90sqm. Move in cond. All race. Juliana
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      338 11 FABER PARK 2-STY Bunglw 8500 4000 sf 4+1 study. Pool. Fully renovated. $9K $10K. 9109 8900 Kelvin TROPICAL BUNGLW FABER Pk 8.4/5.5ksf 5rm ensuite pool. $9.3k. Lim 9069 3199 FAMILY SHOPHSE DREAM! Emerald Hill Conservation. 3500sqft/ 5-bedrooms, all ensuite Orchard MRT! Huge open spaces. isabelredrup.com/ir18.php$10k. *****055. Susan KIM YAM 3-STY
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      358 11 1)GCB NASSIM $25,000 2) GCB Peirce Rd $20K 3) Bunglw Holland $17K 4) Bunglw Binjai $14K Wendy 9820-3480, ERA D11 UNIVERSITY RD vicinity corner Semi-d 3300/2800 sf 3+1+1, Simple cond, quiet $6,500 neg. Jim *****633 MONTCLAIR NEAR WHITLEY Road. 3800 sqft. 5 bdrms Pool. Goh: 9177-0189 JALAN BAHASA, POOL, hill,
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      172 11 THE PEAK @BALMEG, 2-rm. F/furn. Immed. Facilities. Haw Par MRT.Near Science Pk, NUS. AY Lim 9009 1821 THE ROCHESTER 2-RMS, 1206sf Near MRT/Starvista Very quiet. Well furn. $neg Immed. Neo *****121 REA 2-BDRM BURLINGTON SQ. 861 sf. F/ furn, facilities, Bugis MRT/ City. Available immed. Winnie 9027-1673 2-RM CARLYX GREEN
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      462 11 8 HULLET RD 3rm 890/1151 sf. Low flr. Pool, security, carpark. Kellyn *****792 FOUR SEASONS NEWLY reno 3+1+1. P/furn. High flr. Immed. 9827-1181 Valerie PARC EMILY 1RM MRT/ Balcony. S$ neg. P/furn. Quiet. Immed.9 827-1181 Val SOPHIA RES 3+1 1453 sf. P/ furn.Reno.$5.5kneg.Orcha rd. MRT. Immed. *****813 LUMA .2RM, 720SF,
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      654 12 8 Tomlinson Road New Luxury 4 Bedroom Residences For LEASE Conveniently located in expat enclave of Tanglin and steps away from Orchard Road. Exclusive one unit per floor with private plunge pool and panoramic views around. Designer finishes with both wet and dry kitchens. Clubhouse with bespoke Residence Concierge provided
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      448 12 THE GLYNDEBOURNE 3RM 1475sf Just TOP Face landed Unblock Windy Immed Furnishing neg. By appt. Near MRT Care Honesty NOVENA MRT 368 Thomson The Centrio, 1/2 bdrm 614/ 882 sf. Partial/ Fully furn. Unblocked. 8333-0368 Al GLYNDEBOURNE (TREVOSE CRES) 2433sf 4rms patio 368 Thomson 1rm +study. High flr Lee 9767-2325
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      365 12 CENTRA SUITES 38 Geylang 1+1. 5 mins to Aljunied MRT Nicely furn. Immed. neg. Act fast! Parry 9637 4450 3RM ASTON MANSION furn Near Paya Lebar MRT/ Windy Hgt PH. 9682-5099 Amber Glades Amber Gardens μ Mins to Canadian Int’l School and Chatsworth Int’l School μ Near East Coast Recreational
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      385 12 CHEAP ATRIA Meyer 3rm 2 ensuites. High flr. Sea view. Part f/furn. A1 cond Immed. 1/2 yrs co-broke ok NEPTUNE COURT 3+1 1636sf High flr. Beautiful sea view Tip top cond. spacious. balcony Yuen FE 9682 6664 EASTERN LAGOON II 2bdrm 893sf. F/furn. Quiet. Bright Spacious. Condo facilities. near MRT.Yuen
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      340 12 STUDIO 7-10MIN SIMEI MRT. Reno, Furn, Aircon, WiFi. Professional/Single couple Immed. $1.65K. 8161 5658 SIMEI GREEN 3+1 1357 sqft F/furn. MRT. Immed. $3.5K ono. Sally 9669 9398 Agt RESIDENCES BOTANIQUE 2+STUDY 894 sf. New. Casa Riviera 3 rms. 1238 sf Cherryhill 3+1 rms, 1539 sf. F/furn. Immed. $3.3K up. CHEAP
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      134 12 BLK 45 TELOK Blangah Dr. 3-bdrms. 3 Aircons. Immed Near Vivo/ Sentosa. Direct bus to city. Jane 9691-2311 primelocation 3-RM BLK 149 Silat Ave. High flr. Opp SGH. Fully furn/ aircon. Avail 10/8. Mabel Tan 9009-1679 Must View 4’S’ 3+1. BLK 208 Petir Rd, High flr, Aircon/ Furn, Reno. Amenities.
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      264 13 *NORTH SPRING BIZ hub B2 ramp up, 1507 sf. Bare, immed. Low flr, corner $2.4K. Patricia 9793 6097 FACTORY@ CHAI CHEE with Canteen via PIE/ ECP 1,300 5,500 sf. Call *****000/ *****617 1700-*****0SF ISLANDWIDE Light industrial warehse Flexible lease. Call Owner 6309 1068 Must View TAI SENG MRT.B1 Corporate Image.
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      306 13 GOOD FRONTAGE WOODLANDS 11. B1 Grd flr c/w mezzanine high ceiling 2454sf up. $2.30psf MRT/ highway.Immed.*****662 PRIME BIZHUB. GROUND flr. Next to lobby. In front of entrance. 2260sf Just TOP Boon Kheng 8333-8800 New Listing PRIMZ BIZHUB. #03, #07, #08, #09. Unblock, facing sch. Nice layout. Vacant Immed. Poh 9387-6814
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      1039 14 Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent The Herencia @Kim Yam munnm UlSMi asking rental from $1 > Rental from $4 psf Immediate Occupation With shuttle bus service to Somerset MRT Fitted out units upon request Existing tenants include HBA, Singapore Quaint Office space from
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      527 14 Near Mrt HIGH STREET CTR/ SOHO 1. F/furn. Facilities. 320/ 635 /786 sf. Corp image. Avail immed. Chetan 8484-2979 BELOW MARKET VAL $8.70 psf. Singapore Land Twrs. 883sf. Furnished. Meeting rm. To view call 9791 2301 Z BLDG, 140 Paya Lebar Rd #08-19 (110 sq.m) or 1184 sq.ft $2.50 psf.
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      269 14 CENTRAL CLARKE Quay 635 sq ft $2800 psf. 1270 sq ft $2,750 psf 4 units avail. Tenanted/ vacant no GST. All Marina Bay view. Call 8468-4750 1) NEW! CLARKE Quay. TOP 2015. 323-2357sf fr $825K 2) Central, 926 sqft facing river. Reno. $3M also rent Teresa Wong 9618-2815 VISION EXCHANGE
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      309 14 ORCHARD PLAZA 452/ 581 sf/ Int’l Plaza 937/ 2357 sf. Vacant/ tenanted. Don’t miss! Call Karen *****632 TEXTILE CTR #12-XX -$9xxk /#13-xx-$9xxk. Bal 55 yrs. CBD, amenities, MRT, bank Most Reasonable in D.07 1) MIDVIEW CITY 1431 sqft vacant $860K. 2) Premier TOP soon! 1087 sqft. $598K. Lydia *****094 CITY
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      757 15 67a s »r |®»r Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Siglap Centre Junction of Siglap Road Burnfoot Road 538 to 10,764 sq ft (can be subdivided) Suitable for Retail and Beauty Services, Enrichment Schools etc. We also welcome new concepts Attractive rental Call *****411 www.fareast.com.sg y CONCOURSE SKYLINE (RETAIL UNITS)
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      335 15 DALHOUSIE LANE $2.7M Rowell Rd 2800 sf $3M Geylang Rd 2800 sf $4M Sgoon 1258/2400sf $4.5M Bali Lane 1800sf $6M. Maju Avenue 2200sf $7M Pagoda 3sty 3500sf $7M Arab Street 2600sf $7M. Teo Hong Rd 4500sf MRT SULTAN PLAZA-RESTN Pagoda-human traffic Club St-happening locale Stanley, Amoy-heritage, Tg Pagar area-transform Call
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      322 15 best price **RIVER VALLEY 2-STY Shophse FH. 1475/2800sf Fully reno.Upcoming MRT/ $5.3M .SM Chia *****500 163 BT MERAH, HDB Shop hse. Good Yield. NO ABSD NO SSD, NO GST. $2.2M. Vincent Chain 8223 2022 HDB SHOP CLEMENTI Blk 345. next to 24hrs coffee, Giant, shop, salon Min MRT 1ppty.com, 9299-0100
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      561 15 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 6,000 14,000 18,000 42,000 sqft Up to 6m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics DEPOT LANE 2,000 3,600 sqft Column Free Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess CALL6578 9966 PRIME CORNER F&B Kg Glam Conservation. Indoor 1,400sf ORA 700sf
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      67 16 ***RELIABLE TEACHERS/ TUTORS to teach all areas levels/ subjs. 9627 5110. CHINESE LANGUAGE/ Maths P2-P6 Ex Sch Teacher. $35 per hr. Call 9298-0473 ’O’ LEVEL CRASH course. Math/Chemistry/Physics $60/hr. 1-1. Sim 8161 7765 FREE PSLE TUITION by Lim BT ex NUS lecturer. AMK *****421, *****021. ’A’ ’O’ IB Phys Maths
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      1128 17 THE STRAITS TIMES NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices Tender Notice Tenders are invited for the Licence/Lease of: 11 Commercial Units at Bedok and Clementi Bus Interchanges 7 Commercial Units at North-East Line MRT Stations 8 Commercial Units at Sengkang and Punggol LRT Stations A. Details of Shops: Bus
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      760 17 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWU O.S. No. 142 of 2014 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the Matter of BHATIA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (UEN No. *****1552H) Between HARMONY INNOVATION SHIPPING LTD (Hong Kong SAR Registration No. *****332-000-09-09-A) Plaintiffs And BHATIA
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      995 18 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Classified Jobs Executive Appointments Recruit Guide Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email: class@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/Infocomm 715 Lecturing/Teaching 718 Tutors 721 Nursing/Health Care 724 Art/ Creative 727 Marketing/Communications 730 Sales 731 Retail Sales
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      558 18 An expanding and well established Company in MacPherson has open vacancy for SALES COORDINATORS Responsibilities: Support the Sales department in achieving sales target Handling incoming sales enquiries Prepare and sending out quotations Follow up on customer’s enquiries Requirements: Min “O” level and above Preferably 2-3 years of experience in Trading
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      373 18 SUMMIT DESIGN STUDIO INTERIOR SALES EXECUTIVE Outgoing personality with excellent communication skills Self-motivated with the willingness to take up challenges WHAT DO WE OFFER? Possible monthly income of up to $5000 or more Highly comprehensive training will be provided No experience reqiured Only shortlisted candidates will be notified Email:recruitment@ summitdesignstudio.com.sg
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      378 18 Retail Sales Retail Sales HarvevlNormaii 1) Sales Consultants (Electrical Computers Department) 2) Cashiers 3) Photo Centre Assistants 4) Admin Assistants (Location: Warehouse) 5) Warehouse Supervisors Storekeepers 6) Delivery Drivers FOR ALL POSITIONS, ONLY SINGAPOREANS MAY APPLY Walk-in-Interview **For Positions (1), (2) (3) only** Date: Monday to Friday (closed on Sat,
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      305 18 FULL PART TIME PROMOTERS (Students welcome) Children’s Apparel/ Ladies’ accessories. (Departmental Stores) Souvenirs/ Accessories (Airport/Night Safari Experience preferred Call 6273 3713 RETAIL SALES PERMENANT needed. Resort Wear Boutique at Jurong/ Tampines Retail working hours. Able to handle English and Mandarin speaking clients. High basic Commission. For interview, pls call *****912
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      677 18 UWC South East Asia is a K-12 international school that provides a life-defining educational experience to more than 5,500 students spread over two campuses in Singapore. UWCSEA educates individuals to embrace challenge and take responsibility for shaping a better future. We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join us
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      277 19 We are recruiting! 1) Chefs Cooks (Western Asian Muslim Cuisine A-La Carte/ Pastry Cold Kitchen) 2) Kitchen Helper Kitchen Asst 3) Catering Asst/ Banquet Coordinator 4) Dishwasher 5) Housekeepers 6) Technicians WORK LOCATION: Portsdown Road Clark Quay Fusionopolis (Nepal Park) Bukit Batok West WALK-IN INTERVIEW on Wednesday, 06 August 2014
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      396 19 RESTAURANT STORE MANAGER Salary up to $2300 (Min 2 years related experience) Location: North point Paya Lebar Email: subwayjobads@gmail.com Call 9234 5366 for appointment. RESTAURANTS TABLE CLEANING SETUP μ Friday,Saturday Sunday μ Hourly $8 μ Weekly pay Delivery riders for motorbike (bike and petrol provided) μ Only locals Contact no
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      404 19 Hair/ Beauty Hair/ Beauty JEAN YIP HAIRDRESSING HAIR SPA| 1. Hair Consultants (monthly gross income fr$1.8K- $8K) 2. Hair Therapists (monthly gross income fr$1.7K- $3K) 3. Customer Service Officers (monthly gross income fr$l.7K-$3K) *with experience preferred. *Pos (3): 6 rest days a month. Be part of the team as: 1)
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      146 19 ADMIN ASSISTANT Min ’O’ level PC knowledge Handle Chinese speaking clients Locals only 211 Woodlands Ave 9 #04-76, Woodlands Spectrum II (Bus 964) Call *****555 (No agts pls) TYPIST Singaporean Computer literate 8.30am-5.30pm 5½-Day Location Clementi Area Walk-in Interview No 5 Ridgewood Close Unit G4 (Bus no from Clementi Interchange
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      455 19 ACCOUNTS SALES CLERK Some working experience Bilingual start work at short notice Interested, call *****130 for interview, or email: hklsfold@singnet.com.sg ADMIN ASSISTANT -’N’ Level to Diploma -Good attention to details -5 days/ AMK area -Start within short notice elitep@singnet.com.sg Productions Admin *Handle Mandarin Speaking clients. *’O’ level S’poreans Productions Workers
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      509 19 Technical Coordinator (a) To administer and to plan technicians daily schedule; (b) Coordinate the activities and operations of the technical department to make sure that technicians respond quickly to requests from the clients; (c) Responsible for preparing correspondence, requisition of spare parts, inventory for the department, process quotations and orders.
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      255 19 Estab Co. urgently requires ACCOUNTS CLERK Knowledge in AR AP, ACCPAC, Excel Words Experienced. Able to liaise with Mandarin English speaking clients Call Jo *****896 Email resume: accounts3@qmtsafety.com Walk-in interview 36 Toh Guan Rd East #01-40 Enterprise Hub Accounts Executive Salary $4.5K to $5K 5 Days Week 1) Liang Court
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      423 19 HYDRAULIC HOSE SERVICE TECHNICIAN Class 3 driving lic Familiar with S’pore rds Call *****654 58 Sungei Kadut Drive Precision Engineering Company requires 1. CNC Setter 2. QA/ QC Inspector Near Joo Koon MRT Able to work independently 9685-3898 Production/ Maintenance Facility Technician (x 70) $1400 $1800 Immediate Vacancies Islandwide locations
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      498 19 Rubber Company Requires 1) QC INSPECTORS 2) QC LEADER (knowledge in computer) 3) MACHINE OPERATORS 5 days work Working location at Jurong Take Bus 79 from Boon Lay Interchange Please call 6264-1880 or walk in interview: No. 1 Chin Bee Ave Production Operator Sims Drive Singaporean Min ITE Cert Interested
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      287 20 TAMPINES GENERAL WORKER. 8.30am to 5.45pm 2pm to 10.45pm. S’porean. 8688-7882 (TLK 06C3125) WOODLANDS GEN. WORKER 12-hr, daily pay $72+. Call *****000/ *****777 HALAL FOOD CO in Bedok needs Part/ Full-time Production Worker. *****742 WEEKLY CASH PAY. Jurong 8am-5pm, $75, lots of OT, trpt provided. *****061 Logistics Company in Jurong
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      328 20 WAREHOUSE FORKLIFT DRIVER. Forklift license needed, warehouse experience. S’porean only. Walk In to: 34 Pioneer Sector 2. Or Tel: *****962 PICKERS PACKERS needed West area. Male/ Female. $1.2k-$1.8k. Full CPF. S’poreans. No experience needed. Call 9171-6696 MATERIAL HANDLERS URGENTLY required Changi North. Physically strong preferred with forklift lic. 5 days
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      952 20 Security Security Security Security tier US mrr^roi Securing Your World (iJotb m £tudy Scheme a that Makes a Dirrerence Work from Monday to Friday. Guaranteed office hours. Earn at least $1500* Enjoy additional joining bonus of up to $5000* Prefer a more flexible arrangement? Ask us about our flexi-work scheme
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      526 20 Are you looking for: Salary ABOVE MARKET, HIGHEST BASIC PAY Paid NTUC Union Membership Minimum 7 days PAID annual leave (increase yearly) NO RESTRICTION on medical certification Marriage leave maternity paternity leave childcare leave /infant care leave examination leave, etc AWS variable bonus Festive allowance productivity incentive Long service cash
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      479 20 SUPERVISOR/ GUARDS FOR Condos Choa Chu Kang St 64, Dover Rise, Jurong East St 13 32, Bt Batok. Tel: *****573 Mr Ong SUPERVISOR SECURITY officers required Islandwide. Attractive salary weekly advance. Interested Call Thomas 9242-9136 SUPERVISOR $2.4K (D/N) Officer $2.1K (D/N) Required For Commercial Fishery Ports Road Call: Gerald 9112
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      287 20 DAILY CASH PAY $50 UP or $1450 p/mth Changi Airport/ Sentosa Night or Day 11pm-7am 7am 3pm/ 3pm-11pm 9068-1159/ 8501-1010 6292-2251 DISHWASHERS required for 10hr shift, weekly off Near MRT Meals provided All welcome Call 9674 5710 $25 DAILY PAY PART-TIME CLEANERS Bugis/ Outram Mon Fri 5.30pm-9.30pm 9068-1159/ 8501-1010 6292-2251
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      455 21 HIGH PAY!! PLATE Collector Dishwasher urgently required at: 21 St Tampines, Yishun (North Point Biz Hub), Pioneer Point, NEX Orchard Area. Pls call: *****843/ *****972 *****582 *****020 SHPG CTR @BEDOK looking for Experienced Cleaning Supervisor, Cleaners Floaters, 7.30am-4.30pm 4.30-11.30pm, 11.30pm7.30am. Start immed. Pls Call *****261 *****070 OFFICE LOUNGE at Eastern
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      479 21 UPERVISOR, CLEANERS Floaters Jurong East area office bldg. 7am-4pm, High pay with bonus. *****165 S $60/360 WKLY PAY Meal Hotel Cleaner 11pm to 6am Dishwasher 2pm to 10pm MRT. Immed. 6291 0989 LEANERS YISHUN/ YCK/ Bishan/ Shenton Way Office Bldg. Pls call *****723 C CHOOL YIHSUN Ang Mo Kio looking
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      476 21 FULL/PART-TIME CLEANERS for Childcare Purvis St. Call *****392/ *****711 WEEKLY PAY DAY/NIGHT Shift. Islandwide. Immed Call 6294 7665 CONDO CLEANERS REQUIRED Eunos, River Valley. Call 9105-3239 REQUIRED CLEANER Farrer park/Bt Timah area Call 9012 3027/9636 3440 CLEANER AND FLOATER required at Yishun Condo. Interested pls call *****228 NIGHT CLEANER, Day
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      362 21 PERSONAL CHAUFFEUR Duties: To chauffeur director for appointment To chauffeur director’s family To maintain and groom different cars Run errands as and when required Job Requirements: Personal driver experience preferred Possess a valid Class 3 licence with safe records Familiar with Singapore roads Bilingual in English Chinese to communicate with
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      322 21 Manufacturing Firm located Tuas requires DELIVERY DRIVER *Prossess Class 3 and 4 Driving License *Physical Fit *Singaporean are Welcome *6 Working Day *Good Remuneration Pkg *Basic OT AWS 6869 3828 81 Tuas View Walk 1 1) Driver x3 2) Driver Cum Warehouse Asst GCE ’O’ Level With Class 3 Driving
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      586 21 PRIME MOVER DRIVER General labour required. Yong Sheng 6743-5811, 9 Kaki Bukit Road 2, #03-02 Gordon Warehse Building LORRY DRIVER. 6-DAY work Physically fit. Able to liaise with English Chinese speaking customer. Salary $1500+ OT. Call *****600 ***CATERING DRIVER. MIN. 1 year driving experience. Please Call: *****755. Cafe Galilee. Walk-in
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      491 21 v V V V V CAR CARE SPECIALIST S$1450 basicsattractive incentives scheme Training provided Male/ Female 6 days week (week day off) Physically fit, Singaporean only 9667-1641 Hougang/Sengkang 9829-6756 Jurong/Orchard 9145-6380 Bishan/Thomson 9007-4082 Tampines/Bedok 9238-3587 Marina/ Suntec J Walk-in Interview 5 7 August 2014 (9am 4pm) 19 Tuas Avenue 12
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      341 21 GymKidz A Pre-School Mobile Gym Programme requires PART-TIME PROGRAMME LEADERS With minimum ’N’ level Mon Fri work week Able to start immediately Singaporean only Call Faezah 8125 4076 EXPANDING USED CAR Dealer needs Car Washer. Walk in 35 Selegie Rd, Parklane Shpg Mall, #10-24. Call SMS *****329 *****170 GARDENERS REQUIRED
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