The Straits Times, 19 August 2014

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    29 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 80 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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    Lock icon No degrees, but they succeeded in their careers
    625 1  -  By SANDRA DAVIE, AMELIA TENG, PRISCILLA GOY sandra@sph.com.sg ateng@sph.com.sg goyshiyi@sph.com.sg MS RACHEL Aw, 28, took the road less travelled when she went to work in the Les Amis Group of restaurants after completing her polytechnic studies. She went from trainee to sommelier
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    Lock icon Sun Ho’s music success ‘inflated’
    47 1 CITY Harvest pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun did not enjoy as successful a music career as it was made out to be, former church treasurer Chew Eng Han said as he cross-examined church founder Kong Hee yesterday. L TOP OF THE NEWS A8
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    Lock icon Improving exports raise hopes of rebound
    487 1  -  Shrinking of Singapore’s non-oil exports in July lower than expected By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg FIGURES out yesterday offer a glimmer of hope that Singapore’s lacklustre export performance in recent months is poised for a gradual rebound. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) shrank 3.3 per
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Sports Hub field far from pitch-perfect
      714 2  -  Steps being taken to improve turf following opening-match criticism By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg THE playing surface of the National Stadium, the crown jewel of the $1.33 billion Singapore Sports Hub, will be given special attention to ensure that it is up to the
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      Lock icon OCBC launches $3.3b rights issue after Wing Hang takeover
      480 2  -  By YASMINE YAHYA ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR yasminey@sph.com.sg OCBC Bank has launched a rights issue to raise $3.3 billion to beef up its balance sheet after having completed its takeover of Hong Kong’s Wing Hang Bank. It will also allow OCBC to
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      Lock icon US National Guard deployed
      663 3 Initial private autopsy shows unarmed youth was shot at least six times by police PROTEST OVER TEEN SHOOTING NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK The National Guard has been called in to restore order in the Missouri city of Ferguson, after days of street violence
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      Lock icon Appeal notice filed against rioter’s sentence
      336 3  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has filed the first notice of appeal against the sentence of one of the 15 men convicted so far for their roles in last December’s Little India riot. An AGC spokesman told The Straits Times
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        Lock icon Exports better than expected
        51 4 SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports shrank 3.3 per cent last month compared with the same period last year. The drop is smaller than the 4 per cent expected and better than June’s 4.6 per cent decrease, suggesting that manufacturing demand may be stabilising. TOP OF THE NEWS
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        Lock icon Missouri teen ‘shot six times’
        43 4 SIX shots were fired at Michael Brown, whose death sparked days of racial protests in Ferguson, Missouri, a private autopsy shows. National Guard troops were sent yesterday to help restore order in Ferguson. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon ‘Join Team Australia’
          46 4 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Tony Abbott has targeted his slogan “Team Australia” at the country’s Muslims, asking them to put Australia first. Alarmed by radicalisation of Australian Muslims, he is using tightened security measures and a loyalty campaign to check the trend. PAGE A9
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          Lock icon Papal overtures
          69 4 POPE Francis has telegrammed Chinese President Xi Jinping both times he flew over China on his way to and after leaving South Korea, kindling hope among many that the messages might launch a rapprochement between Beijing and the Vatican. But others are not so sanguine. PAGE A10 Pope
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          Lock icon Kurds retake Iraqi dam
          48 4 THE strategic Mosul dam in Iraq has been declared back in the hands of Kurdish fighters who succeeded in dislodging the occupying jihadist forces with the help of US warplanes. But fighting was continuing yesterday in adjoining facilities including a residential compound. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon Thai economy grows
          48 4 THAILAND’S economy grew by a whisker in the second quarter, averting a technical recession thanks to the ebb of unrest under the military government. But experts warn it is not enough to stimulate investor confidence and fear reforms stand no chance under dictatorship. PAGE A18
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        Lock icon BEWARE THE IRAQ QUICKSAND
        61 4 The US began air strikes on Iraq with good intentions. It wanted to protect persecuted minorities. Now it is helping to retake a dam captured by militant forces. From this point on, it is a short hop to another Iraq war. Caution is advised both Iraq
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Investment oversight
          56 4 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said last month it would start regulating two types of alternative investments. Even greater regulatory oversight will be needed in future to keep up with the rapidly changing world of innovative investments, writes Assistant Money Editor Yasmine Yahya in the weekly Eye
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Shop online to do good
          47 4 GOOD deals are not the only thing in store for visitors to group-buying websites the chance to do good deeds is on offer too. At least three such websites have tied up with charities to run donation drives this year. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Smaller dorms wanted
          51 4 PURPOSE-BUILT dormitories that can house thousands of foreign workers have seen a drop in business as more firms house workers in smaller dorms near work sites instead. Employers prefer the smaller dorms as they are cheaper and more convenient, though conditions might not be as good. PAGE
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          Lock icon HDB rents to fall further
          56 4 RENTALS for HDB flats hit a three-year low last month, and are expected to fall some more for the rest of the year. But falling rentals have boosted the number of transactions to nearly 8,500 each quarter this year, up from an average of 7,580
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Sakae’s wider ambitions
          46 4 SAKAE Holdings, which owns the Sakae Sushi chain, is seeking shareholders’ approval to diversify into financial investment, fund management and corporate finance advisory services as part of an ambitious strategy by founder Douglas Foo to build Sakae into a global brand. PAGE B7
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Jaycee, Kai Ko arrested
          71 4 ACTOR Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee Chan and Taiwanese actor Kai Ko have been arrested in Beijing on drug-related charges, according to reports yesterday. Both men tested positive for marijuana and confessed to taking it, Beijing police confirmed. PAGES C18 A11 Taiwanese actor Kai Ko (left) and
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          Lock icon Classic play modernised
          87 4 IN MIES Julie, a blazing modern adaptation of Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s 19th-century classic, South African writer-director Yael Farber transports the audience to the present, in the semi-desert Karoo region of her country. The insidious ghost of apartheid is explored in this story about the white daughter
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon ‘Desperate’ Arsenal
          33 4 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger said his side are “desperate” to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League and need to beat Besiktas “no matter what it costs”. PAGE B18
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Making Jurong a jewel
          41 4 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has unveiled plans to transform Jurong into a more vibrant neighbourhood. Find out the six reasons that will make Jurong an exciting place to live in. Go to http://bit.ly/1mbbREl ST FILE PHOTO
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon Xinyao music revisited
          39 4 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong surprised the audience by singing a xinyao classic at his National Day Rally. Find out more about the popular 1980s xinyao music movement in Singapore in our video-rich feature here: http://bit.ly/1teqeg9
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          Lock icon Tribute to Yusof Ishak
          36 4 IN PAYING tribute to Mr Yusof Ishak (with wife Noor Aishah in photo), we recall the life and times of the first president of an independent Singapore. http: //bit. ly/XulN 6 i
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    • NATIONAL DAY RALLY
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        Lock icon Jurong makeover ‘will breathe new life into estate’
        751 6  -  Residents cheer plans, but are disappointed over delay of hospital opening By DANSON CHEONG, LESTER HIO, TJOA SHZE HUI dansonc@sph.com.sg lesterh@sph.com.sg tjoash@sph.com.sg LAKE gardens in the heartland, a new science centre and maybe even Singapore’s first high-speed rail station. Jurong, the gritty
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        Lock icon Business-leisure hub plans will boost home prices: Experts
        407 6  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg AMBITIOUS new plans to make Jurong a business and leisure centre will likely boost home prices, property consultants told The Straits Times yesterday. Optimism about the area was lifted with the Sunday announcement that a new Jurong Lake
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        Lock icon Taking the road less travelled pays off
        375 6  -  By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg MANY of her peers in the hospitality management course were heading straight to university after completing their diploma studies, but Temasek Polytechnic graduate Rachel Aw (right) decided to take on a job as management trainee at
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        Lock icon Wanted: Big ideas for new Science Centre
        279 6  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg IF YOU have big dreams for the new Science Centre, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat wants to know about them. He will be setting up a committee to “re-imagine and develop” the new centre, and is encouraging the public
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        Lock icon Flying high with dream career
        319 6  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg AFTER four years of studying computing systems at Temasek Polytechnic and not doing well in it, Mr Muhammad Munir Ahmad decided to pursue his dreams and fly high. “I love airplanes and things associated with them, such as engines and aircraft
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        Lock icon Lease Buyback: ‘Better, but limited take-up expected’
        701 7  -  Experts say extended scheme will likely appeal to only a small segment By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WHILE letting owners of four-room Housing Board flats sell part of their lease back to the Government is a good move, it will probably appeal to only
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      Lock icon Ho’s music success ‘exaggerated’
      875 8  -  Ex-treasurer calls church founder a liar who hid facts about wife’s career CITY HARVEST TRIAL By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg CITY Harvest pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun’s music success had been grossly exaggerated, and church founder Kong Hee, who is also her husband, knew this, said former church
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      Lock icon LIVING AT WORKSITES
      73 8 Workers at a construction site in Punggol bathing in rudimentary toilets, just metres away from spanking new Housing Board flats they are building. Despite more modern, purpose-built dormitories being planned, many existing ones are reporting a sharp drop in business as a result of employers choosing to
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      Lock icon WikiLeaks founder ‘to leave Ecuadorian Embassy in UK soon’
      486 8 BLOOMBERG REUTERS LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he is planning to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy “soon”, potentially bringing to an end more than two years of asylum in London. But his spokesman said that would happen only if Britain let
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Migrants urged to join ‘Team Australia’
      786 9  -  Abbott reaches out to Muslim community over jihadist fighters By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpear lman@gmail.com AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called on migrants to join “Team Australia” as he sought to reach out to the nation’s growing Muslim
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Pope urges all Koreans to unite as one family
        660 10 He calls for dialogue and resolution of differences between North, South REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA SEOUL Pope Francis yesterday called for peace and reconciliation on the divided Korean peninsula and sent a further message of goodwill to China, wrapping up a
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        Lock icon Hopes rise for closer Sino-Vatican ties
        738 10  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg HOPES of improvement in the strained relations between China and the Vatican have risen after Beijing allowed Pope Francis to enter its airspace en route to South Korea last week, making him
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        Lock icon Xi vows to tackle issue of high pay at state enterprises
        376 10  -  KOR KIAN BENG CHINESE President Xi Jinping has pledged to tackle “unreasonably high” wages at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which have been a major source of social discontent in China. Speaking yesterday at a meeting of a reform-ori-ented taskforce that
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        Lock icon Khan fails in bid to fire up opposition
        247 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s opposition parties distanced themselves yesterday from Mr Imran Khan’s call for mass civil disobedience to unseat the government, as talks began to try to end a destabilising political stand-off which enters its sixth day today. Mr Khan, who
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        Lock icon Jackie Chan’s son arrested in Beijing on drug charges
        362 11 BEIJING Police in Beijing have confirmed the drug arrests of actors Kai Ko and Jaycee Chan, the son of action star Jackie Chan, said Chinese website NetEase yesterday night. The police said the arrests were made last Thursday in Dongcheng, Beijing.
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        Lock icon Chinese ships not on ‘innocent’ patrols
        673 11  -  Manila to protest against two survey ships spotted in its exclusive zone By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg THE Philippines is protesting against what it calls “sovereignty patrols” by China around a disputed, oil-rich reef, saying that these are part of an
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        Lock icon Wanted: Women business leaders in Japan
        623 12 Female labour participation stays low as many shun workplace culture BLOOMBERG TOKYO Only one female executive made it to the top-earner list of Japan’s Nikkei 225 companies last year and she is an American who lives in New York. Ms Nicole Seligman, president of
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        Lock icon Vietnamese women find love in Chinese villages
        493 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LINQI Their marriages were arranged for cash, but some of the Vietnamese women who have found unlikely Prince Charmings in remote Chinese villages say they are living happily ever after. “Economically, life is better here in China,” said Ms Nguyen Thi
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        Lock icon Escapee raps about kids’ hardships in N. Korea
        356 12 WASHINGTON POST SEOUL Most rap songs do not deal with matters of geopolitical significance such as nuclear weapons and labour camps but Mr Kang Chun Hyok is not most rappers. The 29-year-old is an escapee from North Korea, where the most boundary-pushing
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon China marks Deng’s birth
          76 12 XINHUA BEIJING China has published two major works about late leader Deng Xiaoping ahead of the 110th anniversary of his birth on Friday. The Collected Works of Deng Xiaoping (1949-1974) presents Mr Deng’s thoughts on the development of the country and the Communist Party of China.
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          Lock icon Surrogate case: DNA submitted
          95 12 REUTERS BANGKOK The lawyer of a man suspected of having fathered at least 12 babies using Thai surrogate mothers submitted DNA samples to Thai police yesterday in a bid to clear his name. The 24-year-old man, identified by police as a Japanese national who travelled frequently
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          Lock icon Myanmar crime alert
          103 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON The UN has warned that widespread criminal activity in Myanmar was undermining stability and development, as it hailed a new partnership between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the government to tackle “significant” crime and drug problems. A UNDOC statement
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        Lock icon The dark side of maid recruitment
        1185 13  -  Despite the many arrests, deployment bans and restrictions introduced by the Philippines in recent years, the illegal recruitment of Filipino maids for households in Singapore continues to thrive, feeding on the layers of regulations and fees that hiring a maid across borders entails. By
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        Lock icon 26 maid agencies under probe over ‘unauthorised’ pay deductions
        398 13  -  RAUL DANCEL Additional reporting by Amelia Tan THE Philippines is investigating 26 maid agencies in Singapore accused of collecting placement fees that have been banned. The move followed a petition submitted to Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz by the Association of Licensed
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      Lock icon US-backed Kurds retake key Mosul dam
      457 14 They push on against jihadists as US, Britain step up military involvement AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ARBIL (Iraq) Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive against jihadists after retaking Iraq’s largest dam alongside federal forces, as the United States and Britain stepped up their
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      Lock icon Japan checking whether citizen captured
      344 14 REUTERS TOKYO Japan is investigating information that one of its citizens has been captured in northern Syria by the militant group ISIS, the foreign ministry said, as evidence emerged that the captured man appeared to be a self-styled security contractor. A video clip posted on
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      Lock icon RUSSIAN AID FOR UKRAINE
      55 14 Drivers gathering near a Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine yesterday. Russia on Monday said objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Funds to rebuild Gaza
        92 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OSLO International donors will meet in Cairo to pledge funds for the reconstruction of Gaza as soon as a lasting ceasefire is reached between Israel and the Palestinians, Norway announced yesterday. The funds raised under the aegis of Egypt and Norway will be released
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        Lock icon German spying upsets Turkey
        75 14 REUTERS ISTANBUL Turkey summoned the German ambassador to Ankara yesterday over a report in magazine Der Spiegel that Germany’s BND intelligence agency had been spying on its Nato ally for years. The German magazine reported at the weekend that Berlin had identified Ankara as a top
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        Lock icon MP rapped over nude selfies
        113 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA The mayor of the Swiss town of Baden, who is also a member of parliament, was suspended yesterday following allegations that he sent nude selfies taken at work to a woman friend. Mr Geri Muller, 53, who holds a seat for the
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        Lock icon 8 die in building collapse
        70 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JOHANNESBURG Eight South African workers died yesterday when a building under construction collapsed, and more people were feared trapped under the rubble, emergency workers said. The labourers were working on a double-storey residential building on a private estate in Meyersdal, south of Johannesburg,
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      Lock icon London home prices down 6% from July
      433 14 BLOOMBERG LONDON Home sellers in London cut asking prices by the most in more than six years this month, adding to signs that the property market in the British capital is coming off the boil. London values fell 5.9 per cent from the
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      Lock icon Saudi prince’s convoy attacked in Paris
      369 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Heavily armed robbers attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with 250,00 0 euros (S$417,000) in cash and reportedly stealing “sensitive” documents, French police said. The brazen robbery took place in northern Paris late on Sunday as
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      Lock icon Ebola survivors’ blood holds key to saving others
      612 15 Given lack of drugs, experts exploring if natural antibodies can be used BLOOMBERG GENEVA The best chance for an immediate treatment for Ebola patients in the worst outbreak ever may be readily available, in the blood of survivors. With experimental drugs in
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      Lock icon 13 kids among Afghan Sikhs in ship container
      471 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The frail survivors found inside a shipping container at a British port at the weekend following a “horrific ordeal” are Sikhs from Afghanistan and include 13 children, police said. Staff at Tilbury Docks, east of London, on Saturday discovered
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      Lock icon Patients who fled centre still missing
      295 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONROVIA Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a quarantine centre when it was attacked by club-wielding youths remain missing, striking a fresh blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus. The attack on the centre in Monrovia on Saturday highlighted
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      Lock icon Drought in California’s farm belt reaching crisis levels
      422 15 WASHINGTON POST WILLOWS (California) When the winter rains failed to arrive in this Sacramento Valley town for the third straight year, farmers tightened their belts and looked to the reservoirs in the nearby hills to keep them in water through the growing
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      Lock icon ‘Shock and awe police tactics made riots worse’
      958 16 Experts point to gap in community ties, disregard of lessons from LA riots UNREST AFTER BLACK TEEN’S DEATH BLOOMBERG FERGUSON (Missouri) Neglecting lessons from past civil disturbances, such as the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, the police inflamed tensions that have
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      Lock icon Brazil’s Silva ‘can beat Rousseff’
      249 16 REUTERS BRASILIA Environmentalist Marina Silva could defeat President Dilma Rousseff if Brazil’s October election goes to a second-round run-off, according to a new poll that saw the challenger entering the race in second place. Ms Silva, now with support of 21 per cent of voters,
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      Lock icon All fired up about ice baths for a good cause
      383 16 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Mr Pete Frates can no longer speak. But in the past 21/2 weeks, a video posted on Facebook by the 29-year-old former college baseball player has inspired everyone from US billionaire Bill Gates and basketball
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      Lock icon Didn’t do well in school? We’ll train you
      487 17 German firms shun top scorers to fill vocational posts amid labour crunch BLOOMBERG FRANKFURT A looming labour shortage is prompting German companies to seek new recruits in an unlikely place the bottom of the class. Mr Kevin Reber, 22, rejected for vocational
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      Lock icon Gently does it as Kewpie caters to elderly
      319 17 REUTERS TOKYO Back in 1960, Japan’s Kewpie Corp began selling canned baby food, catching a wave of young families raising kids in an economy roaring back to growth after World War II. Almost 55 years later, the Tokyo-based company sees a new
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      Lock icon Cross-border collaboration rising among labour activists
      341 17 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA/PHNOM PENH Labour leaders behind the biggest strikes in Cambodia’s US$5 billion (S$6.2 billion) garment industry knew last year they had a strong case for higher wages: they had already compared notes with activists in neighbouring countries. The result was a 25 per
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      350 18 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s new-home prices fell in July for a third straight month with price declines spreading to a record number of cities including Beijing, underlining a worsening property downturn that is increasingly dragging on the broader economy.
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      947 20  -  By HUI WENG TAT FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is an associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. THOSE Singaporeans who have been anticipating announcements of significant changes to the Central Provident Fund system
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      531 20  -  By TAN CHIN HWEE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a professional fund manager who sits on the boards of several non-profits including Lien AID. I HAD the great privilege of sitting in the front row at the National Day Rally. From there, I
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      992 21  -  At the National Day Rally on Sunday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to Mr Rahmat Yusak, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s driver in the 1960s. Mr Rahmat’s son, Mr Mohd Zulkifli Rahmat, night editor of Berita
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        396 22  -  Tang Kok Foo (Dr) MY LETTER (“Reasons for soaring private health-care costs”; last Thursday) has stirred a hornet’s nest. The most vocal critics are doctors who think the party can go on indefinitely that patients would choose to pay more every year, or insurers would
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        371 22  -  Chong Jin Long (Dr) I AM an anaesthesiologist who has been in private practice for 14 years. The letters by Dr Tang Kok Foo (“Reasons for soaring private health-care costs”; last Thursday) and Dr Ong Siew Chey (“Consider fee guidelines, medical oversight”; last Friday) gave
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        242 22  -  Lee Hin Peng SOME doctors have written on the subject of high health-care charges (“Reasons for soaring private health-care costs” by Dr Tang Kok Foo, last Thursday; “Consider fee guidelines, medical oversight” by Dr Ong Siew Chey, last Friday; and “Medical advances come
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        305 22  -  Peter Chen I AGREE that the evidence showing saturated fat as the main culprit in coronary artery disease is weak (“HPB should review stance on saturated fat” by Mr Jose Mari P. Cruz; Aug 11). However, it is still good to limit
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        67 22 1. DR YAP CHIN KONG: Hard financial realities cut across society. 2. MR PAUL CHAN: Fee guidelines act as ‘restraint’. 3. MR EDWARD TAY: Alumni help schools stand out. 4. MR FRANCIS CHENG: Local contractors must take on more public projects. 5. MR EDMUND KHOO: Football match marred
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        193 22  -  Matthew Ong Koon Lock INDONESIAN lawmakers are looking to restrict foreign ownership of plantations from a maximum of 95 per cent to no more than 30 per cent (“Indonesia’s foreign-owned plantations facing drastic curbs”; last Saturday). A few years ago, they restricted ownership in the
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          122 22  -  Shamim Moledina (Ms) MORE emphasis should be given to identifying and helping elderly folk living alone in private homes and apartments, and not just those in HDB flats (“Warning: Your home can be a dangerous place”; last Saturday). It may be difficult for singles,
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          62 22  -  Tham Kwok Keong SMRT bus service 860 charges trunk route fares even though it operates only within Yishun. Feeder bus services, which also ply Yishun-only routes, are classified as intra-town routes and the fares are capped. In the case of service 860, why does
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          110 22  -  Shirley Ng Gek Lee (Madam) RECENTLY, I received a call from a company claiming to be engaged by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to carry out a service survey. The caller wanted my feedback on the quality of service I received when I made
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          127 22  -  Chua Teck Kee CURRENTLY, Central Provident Fund members are allowed to invest 100 per cent of their investable savings in only two exchange-traded funds (ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund and SPDR Straits Times Index ETF) out of 96 listed on the Singapore Exchange. ETFs that
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        350 23  -  Bey Mui Leng (Ms) Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore WE THANK Madam Tang Yi Ling for her letter (“Vital role of financial advisers in insurance sales”; last Thursday). She expressed concern that the role of financial advisers would be displaced with the
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        277 23  -  Yik Keng Yeong (Dr) WHILE some old-timers who graduated from Singapore’s two universities in the 1970s and 1980s a prestigious achievement then belittle the plethora of easy avenues available for tertiary education nowadays (“More leeway to excel at universities here”; last Wednesday), others
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        225 23 Being “mini-ambassadors”, cabbies should not bad-mouth Singapore in front of foreign visitors, says a reader. Should they be rewarded for promoting the country to tourists? I was in a cab in Taipei and the driver praised Singapore and bad-mouthed Taiwan. Same behaviour everywhere as the grass is always
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      587 1  -  Online shoppers can buy a good deed as group-buying sites tie up with charities By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg A VISIT to online group buying websites is no longer just about snagging heavily-discounted handbags, spa treats or fried chicken deals. Bargain hunters can now do some good
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      736 2  -  Construction firms choosing cheaper option of housing workers on site By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg DORMITORIES are seeing a sharp drop in business as companies move their foreign workers out of big purpose-built dorms in favour of cheaper options on or near their work sites.
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      413 2  -  By AMELIA TAN, AW CHENG WEI ameltan@sph.com.sg awcw@sph.com.sg ON THE corner of Punggol Road is a hut shared by three Indian national construction workers. Made of odd-sized zinc sheets, it appears to have been hastily constructed. Rust and mould creep on the wall.
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      747 3  -  Sluggish demand, rising supply will weigh on rates, analysts say By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg LEAN times are here to stay for Housing Board landlords, with rentals likely to stay depressed for the rest of the year. Sluggish demand, arising from foreign
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      407 4  -  Public transport firm testing early warning device on its vehicles By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg THE largest public transport company here has plans to give its cabbies and bus drivers an extra “eye” on the road to help them avoid accidents.
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      338 4  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MAN who assaulted two people in separate incidents was jailed for 15 months yesterday. Zamzam Ismail, 46, had admitted to punching, kicking and stepping on the head of a 33-year-old man with his alleged
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      332 4  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg SOME cataract surgery patients will no longer have to head back to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) for routine check-ups in the near future. Instead, they can simply head to Hougang Polyclinic for their appointments, saving them the
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      573 5  -  STep: My Year In The News has 50 weeks of fun in run-up to nation’s 50th birthday By NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL nszainal@sph.com.sg GET ready for a jubilant year of sto-ry-making adventures with the STep: My Year In The News scrapbook folder
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      362 5  -  By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg A $1 MILLION cheque was what the Singapore Management University (SMU) expected to receive yesterday from an Indonesian tycoon, to fund a new scholarship for Indonesian students. But the 62-year-old billionaire philanthropist, Dr Tahir, surprised all at the signing
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      290 5  -  ELENA CHONG A TEENAGE mum who deceived 11 victims into transferring $2,750 into her bank account on the pretence of selling or renting out designer handbags was placed on two years’ probation yesterday. District Judge Lim Keng Yeow told 17-year-old
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      409 6  -  Father will hold two-thirds as trustee for other children: Appeals Court By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A 46-YEAR-OLD man who had won a High Court fight with his father in February for shares worth $1.8 million will now have to return two-thirds of them, after
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      184 6  -  DANSON CHEONG A TAXI driver was minding his own business when a car crashed into the portable toilet he was in yesterday afternoon. The driver of a car had “lost control and sped into another car”, said witness Connie Low, 49, who was having
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      673 7  -  Eatery chain seeks shareholders’ nod for strategy to fund expansion plan By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg MR DOUGLAS Foo wants the frog logo of his Sakae Sushi chain to be as ubiquitous as the golden arches of McDonald’s or Starbucks’ twin-tailed mermaid. He has set
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      628 7  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By YASMINE YAHYA ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR yasminey@sph.com.sg IT HAS taken some time but investors and analysts are warming to OCBC Bank’s takeover of Wing Hang Bank. There had been worries about whether OCBC was making the right move given
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      507 8  -  Thomson, Sembawang plots can yield about 900 homes in total By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg TWO development sites that will collectively yield about 900 homes were put up for sale in state tenders yesterday. One is a small private residential plot near Thomson Plaza
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      455 8  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg THREE Singapore Exchange-list-ed property and construction companies are joining forces in a bid to take on the Australian market. Heeton, KSH and Lian Beng announced yesterday that they are co-developing an A$150 million (S$174.1 million) hotel and
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      192 8  -  CHIA YAN MIN SINARMAS Land has bought a prime commercial building in London, not far from Piccadilly Circus, for £57.28 million (S$125 million). The freehold property is at 10, Great Pulteney Street, Soho, the city’s entertainment district. It has “significant frontages to two
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      233 8 GLOBAL Logistic Properties has signed a new lease agreement for 6,500 sq m in Greater Tokyo with Senko Co, a major third-party logistics provider and one of GLP Japan’s largest customers. With this newly signed agreement, the mainboard-listed company’s property, GLP
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      735 9  -  116 machines added this year, but some elderly folk face access issues By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg MORE automated teller machines (ATMs) have been installed this year but residents in less densely populated areas can still struggle to find one. This
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      450 9 BLOOMBERG SEATTLE/TOKYO GreenOak Real Estate, started in 2010 by the former heads of Morgan Stanley’s property investment unit, plans to seek at least US$500 million (S$622 million) for its second Asia fund, said a person with knowledge of the fund-raising. The
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        451 10  -  $233.5m deal with buyer Sanyo Foods aims to grow Africa network By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg OLAM International has agreed to sell a 25 per cent stake in its packaged food business to Japan’s third-largest instant noodles maker, Sanyo Foods, for US$187.5 million (S$233.5
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        521 10  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg TECHNOLOGY can be a useful tool in competing for both customers and staff in the service sector, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Swee Say said yesterday. But technology should not dominate the
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        250 10  -  CHIA YAN MIN INDONESIAN coal mining specialist Geo Energy Resources has acquired a stake in a company which owns a coal concession in South Kalimantan. Geo Energy has bought a 66 per cent stake in Borneo International Resources for US$55 million
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        435 11  -  Bourse reverses early losses on strong start by European markets BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares kicked off the trading week little changed amid another muted session. The Straits Times Index (STI) reversed early losses on a strong opening in
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        326 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg AN UNCERTAIN global economic environment dampened first-half earnings at Hong Kong-based mould maker Lung Kee (Bermuda), which is dual-listed in Hong Kong and Singapore. The group yesterday posted a net profit of HK$63.9 million (S$10.2 million) for the six
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          56 11 Yesterday’s close Index Change 0.52 4.26 -10.09 12.733 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 24,955.46 15,322.6 2,053.13 2,239.466 1,218.732 1,861.75 17.556 -2.56 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Last Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,156.751 1,542.36 5,587.102 16,662.91
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          236 11 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 18, 2014 Top Rises Aug 18 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 148.0 0.9 Aug 18 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 94.5 0.3 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 92.7 0.4 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$
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          54 11 By Volume CENTS Vol Singapore eDev ..................0.6 82,835,000 SIIC Environment ...............17.3 74,983,000 Singapore eDev APAC Strategic ...................5.5 48,010,000 Mirach Energy .....................21 40,856,000 Golden Agri-Res .................52.5 32,039,000 17.3 74,983,000 IHC 25.5 SunVic Chemical ...................57 20,706,000 Genting Sing 124.5 19,523,000 48,010,000 Mirach Energy 21 40,856,000 Charisma Energy ................4.1 15,139,000 HPH
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          108 11 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL ODD DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 565 HongkongLand USD US704 cd -6 2763 707 697 2.6 13.9 *****.8 6460 4934
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          59 11 Aug 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1590 1.1601 0.9317 0.9318 1.1426 1.1440 0.9189 0.9185 1.6653 1.6668 1.3387
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          346 11 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1386 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1386 +30 1 Vol ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** +80 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.2 3096 2825 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2825 -7 136.4 119 CIMB APAC Div lOOSSt) 3289 2577
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      737 18 World Cup winners’ fitness may be risked as club eye lucrative Euro progress AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has acknowledged that his side are “desperate” to qualify for the lucrative group stages of the Champions League and need to
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      536 18  -  By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg AHEAD of tonight’s Malaysia Cup clash against holders Pahang at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the message from LionsXII captain Isa Halim to his struggling team is simple: Results first, performance second. Said the skipper, who
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      576 14 Play-off win leaves Lincicome in tears and breaks US grip on Majors in 2014 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PITTSFORD (New York) South Korea’s Park In Bee successfully defended her title in a play-off at the LPGA Championship on Sunday, leaving runner-up Brittany Lincicome in
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      223 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIO DE JANEIRO Olympic champion and world record-hold-er Usain Bolt won his first 100m title of the year on Sunday in an exhibition race run on Rio’s iconic Copacabana beach, two years out from the 2016 Olympics. The Jamaican
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      572 14 Badminton Astec Indonesia International Challenge In Jakarta, finals (selected) Men’s singles: Lee Hyun Il (Kor) bt Christie Jonatan (Ina) 11-10 9-11 5-1111-8 11-3. Women’s singles: Mayu Matsumoto (Jpn) bt Hera Desi (Ina) 11-10 10-1111-6 10-11 11-9. Cricket 5th and final Test At the Oval, day 3: India 148 and
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      83 14 ASCOT (United Kingdom) Britain’s defending Red Bull Air Race world champion Paul Bonhomme claimed a home win at the Ascot Racecourse on Sunday to get within two points of the championship lead. Bonhomme finished in 1:11.579, while compatriot Nigel Lamb took second place (1:11.750)
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      243 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO An emotional Mahela Jayawardene ended his glittering, 17-year Test career on a high yesterday as Sri Lanka won the second and final cricket Test against Pakistan by 105 runs to sweep the series 2-0. The 37-year-old was hoisted onto his
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        108 15 XINHUA NANJING Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine surpassed the men’s 10m air pistol finals world record at the Youth Olympic Games yesterday. Korostylov scored 203.4 points en route to winning gold to eclipse the previous finals world record of 202.8 set up by Xuan Vinh Hoang of
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        120 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar accused India of “embarrassing the country” after their humiliating innings and 244-run defeat by England in the fifth Test at The Oval on Sunday. It was the second time in as many matches that India had been
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        129 15 REUTERS ZURICH– Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad kept his vest on as he bounced back from his steeplechase disqualification to seal the men’s 1,500 metres at the European championships on Sunday. Stripped of the 3,000m steeplechase gold for a shirtless celebration down the final straight on Thursday, Mekhissi-Benabbad responded
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        95 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DRNO (Czech Republic) Marc Marquez’s hopes of setting a record 11 straight MotoGP win ended on Sunday as Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa of Spain won the Czech Republic Moto GP in Brno. Pedrosa finished the 22 laps on the dry 5.4km circuit in 42min
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      608 15  -  YOG gives competitors the chance to partner people from different regions AT THE GAMES YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES By MAY CHEN IN NANJING maychen@sph.com.sg INDIAN shuttler Aditya Joshi had everything he needed as he prepared to take the court for his first Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
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      535 15  -  MAY CHEN NANJING Gymnastics team officials spent last night on the edge of their seats, following the fortunes of the third and last group of gymnasts to complete their routines in the women’s artistic gymnastics qualification rounds. But Singapore’s Nadine Joy Nathan, instead of
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      280 15 RESULTS L Badminton Women’s singles (group stage): Liang Xiaoyu lost to Kim Ga Eun (Kor) 15-21,16-21 Men’s singles (group): Bernard Ong walkover Abraham Ayittey (Gha); Mixed team doubles: Liang Xiaoyu/Dragoslav Petrovic lost to Lu Chia-hung (Tpe)/Lee Ying Ying (Mas) 18-21, 21-17, 7-21; Bernard Ong/Thilini Promodika Hendahew (Sri) lost
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      372 15  -  MAY CHEN NANJING On his first visit to China, local swimmer Darren Chua did not know what to expect. But the 14-year-old, who admits he hates studying history, certainly did not expect the trip would give him a new-found appreciation for
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      468 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Reigning champion Rafael Nadal will miss the US Open later this month because of a right wrist injury. “I am very sorry to announce I won’t be able to play at this year’s US Open, a tournament in
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      553 16 Cincinnati titles show both are in prime form before the US Open NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CINCINNATI There are not many gaps in Serena Williams’ theoretical trophy case, the shelves of which would already be bending under the weight of 61
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      895 16  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg BUY a postcard. Type a tweet. Write an e-mail. Send it to Roger Federer and Michael Phelps. Don’t have to be profound, don’t have to go all gooey. Just say this: Thank you. Thank you
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      279 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge believes the Reds are stronger without Luis Suarez even though life without their talisman began in unconvincing fashion. Liverpool squeezed past Southampton 2-1 at Anfield thanks to Sturridge’s 79th-minute winner, but Brendan Rodgers’ men will face
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      550 17 He is keen to avoid a repeat of the ‘disaster’ they saw two seasons ago REUTERS LONDON Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini remains wary of avoiding another “disaster” the season after winning a Premier League title, despite his side’s opening 2-0 victory at Newcastle United.
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      597 17  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg MANCHESTER United are fast becoming the English Premier League’s comedy team. Following their start to the Louis van Gaal era with a home defeat by Swansea, rival fans are going to town with online
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      424 17 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Manchester United have taken a step towards addressing Louis van Gaal’s concerns over the lack of top quality defenders by closing in on a deal to sign Marcos Rojo. As an improvement on their rejected £16 million (S$33
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      208 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spanish La Liga football champions Atletico Madrid have a chance to thwart Real Madrid’s bid to win six trophies this season when they clash for the Spanish Super Cup. But Atletico manager Diego Simeone has played down expectations ahead of the traditional season’s
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      780 1 CNikhil Chopra Potent blend of art forms in 50-hour performance piece Death by selfie Shooting yourself is a risky sport, says Akshita Nanda Flamenco for lunch Lunchtime arts shows for the office crowd C15 C4 C6 Jackie Chan’s son Reportedly caught in drug bust C18 FEST BEST with the The
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        551 2 / 3  -  The theme of this year’s Malay festival of the arts is inspired by the idea of voyage Eddino Abdul Hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg After 12 years, a new curator has taken the helm of the Esplanade’s annual Malay arts festival. Pesta Raya, which returns from ug 28 to
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        731 2 / 3 Today, Rahayu Supanggah (below) is an ethnomusicologist and one of the world’s foremost gamelan music composers, with more than 100 works to his name. But the 64-year-old Indonesian music pioneer’s life and the entire gamelan scene could have taken a different turn had he followed his
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        264 2 / 3 LET’S LEARN MALAY! BASIC MALAY-LANGUAGE CLASS BY CIKGU DJOHAN Learn the Malay language with teacher Cikgu Djohan Abdul Rahman, better known as one of the veteran cats in the 1980s episodes of popular children series Aksi Mat Yoyo. Where: Library@esplanade When: Aug 30, 4pm, and Aug
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        530 2 / 3 The new play by theatre stalwart Aidli Alin Mosbit’s (right) might be adapted from a 1936 American script and reimagined in a 1950s Malay setting, but the issues it presents are contemporary. “The story is still very relevant,” she says of the all-women
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        610 2 / 3 Say hello to the new Ning Baizura (above). The Malaysian R&B singer and actress might have previously made headlines for her sex-symbol status and va-va-voom image, but that is all in the past now. “Whether it’s clothing or performances when I’m on stage, or whatever
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        589 2 / 3 New York Times Berlin Taking a page from their colleagues across the Atlantic, more than 1,000 writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland have united to vent their frustration over the tactics Amazon is using against the Bonnier Group and the authors who are published under
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        872 4  -  Indian artist Nikhil Chopra plays different characters, integrating art and performance over the course of 50 hours Singapore International Festival of Arts Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Review Art GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD AND I WILL GIVE YOU FREEDOM Nikhil Chopra 72-13/Last Friday to Sunday Toss
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        804 4 Washington Post Washington The legions of readers buying physical books may be growing smaller. But when you mess with their classics, they are as loud as they have ever been. That is what Penguin discovered last week, when the publishing house’s British arm
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        682 4 Hello luvvies! Ms FP is back to train her hipster glasses on the Arts Fest excuse me, the Singapore International Festival of Arts, or Sifa, as it is now called. Watch this space every Tuesday for the next six weeks until the festival wraps up on Sept 21
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        921 5  -  A South African adaptation of Strindberg’s classic play is an unflinching look at race and sexual issues Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg See the ragged, beating heart of South Africa ripped out and laid bare on stage in Mies Julie, a blazing modern adaptation of Swedish
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        141 6 ‘I can’t be a real junkie anymore, so I have to be an adrenaline junkie. I jumped in and there were, like 13 sharks and 20 stingrays, but I held a stingray and hugged it’ Singer Demi Lovato (right), who went for a thrilling swim in
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        1118 6  -  Culture Vulture Studies say selfie addicts risk doing themselves mental and physical harm Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg I can count the number of selfies I’ve taken with the fingers of one hand. It’s a risky sport, shooting yourself. Earlier this month, a Mexican man actually shot himself
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          138 6 OperaWorks will present a concert of more than 10 Cantonese opera songs from different eras over the last century, which showcases its development and lets the audience enjoy a variety of singing styles. The company was founded in 2008 to promote and nurture Cantonese Opera
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          81 6 Anthropologist Sian Jay’s course on the Italian Renaissance will teach the ideas and artists who gave the Italian Renaissance significance in Western art history. The sessions will give a comprehensive study of how new ideas re-shaped the way people thought and how they made art from
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          77 6 Singapore-based art company Kwerkee Art has launched an online arts portal Kwerkeeart.com, where artists can sell original fine art pieces locally and in the region. The portal will showcase works from artists in Asia, such as King Of Pop 2008 (right) by Singaporean Justin Lee, creating an
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          74 6  -  Cheryl Mui Applications for The Chinese Opera Institute’s Chinese Opera Research and Development Fund have opened. The fund was established to preserve the traditional art form of Chinese opera by supporting practitioners and enthusiasts in Singapore. The three grants offered are for training, research and content
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        407 6 Obituary Reuters Italian-born American soprano Licia Albanese (below), whose technical skill and emotional intensity in works such as Madama Butterfly and La Traviata made her a leading opera star, has died in New York City at age 105, her son said on Sunday.
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      284 3 JUST ARRIVED! $23.8K driveaway! 2009 325i Convertible. Black with Red leather. 1 year warranty. $95K loan. Call *****504 NEAR 2012 BMW 730LI, sun roof, 37,000 km, PML warranty. OMV $73K. High COE. $207,800. Like new! Hardly used! 9818 2884 BIG DISC! 528 2.0 facelift model. High over-trade *****767 *****259/ *****090/
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      335 4 9/’08 RED AVEO 1.4A. $37.8K. Accident free. A1 cond. Anthony 9189 4920 3/09 QQ 0.8M. Good cond. Mileage 50K. PARF $3K. low$ $15.8K! 8484 3308 11/’06 TERIOS 1.5M SUV, low km. Accident free. Like new! $28,999. *****922 REPOSSESSED "GV4020S" DAIHATSU Astra. Highest offer secures. *****313 10/’07 BRAVO 1.4M (OPC) 1
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      134 4 4800 DOWNPAYMENT GV inhse 100% loan approval. 07 Jazz 1.3 A. High trade in Scrap. 1 to 1 exchange welcome Cashback $10k when COE ends! *****191 Aaron NEW 2014 VEZEL 1.5X SUV. FWD 1-bid G’teed COE $108K. Open for immed booking. Call 8535 7774. NEW 2014 FIT Shuttle Stationwagon 1.5L.
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      113 4 $118,800 2014 FREED 1.5 7seater. Ready Stock. Choice of Colour. Call now Hup Long *****018 $99,800, 2014 HONDA Fit 1.3 GF, Ready Stock. Choice of colour. Call now Hup Long *****018 READY STOCK! BRAND New Honda Vezel 1.5 X. 16 inch Sports rims. Call Autopoint *****880 to view now! 2014
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      113 4 Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Results of August 2014 1st Open Bidding Exercise For COE A THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT COE results for the last six months* (February July 2014) "This table will be updated monthly. J
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      52 4 1/’07 BLACK AIRWAVE $35.8K. Accident free. A1 cond. Anthony *****920 3/’08 GREY STREAM 1.8A. $53.8K. Accident free. Good cond. Ken 9741 7177 8/’08 FIT 1.3G A. 2 owners. Well kept. Accident free. $44.8K neg. 9679-9969 7/07 AVANTE 1.6 Auto. 1 Owner. OMV $14,611 Road Tax 07/15. F/ Accessories. Like New.
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      290 4 4000 DOWNPAYMENT ONLY! GV inhse 100% loan approval loan. 09 Avante 1.6A mthly $628. Welcome old car 1 to 1 exchange. Ivan *****954 $***** 12/2005 MATRIX 1.6 Manual. Black. 1st owner. *****0 km, PARF $7K. Easy loan, new tax, good engine. 61 Ubi Ave 2 #0513 Automobile Megamart SELL $61,800
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      303 4 NEW! MASERATI GHIBLI. $368k G’teed COE. 3colour Immed Delivery. CaseTrust StarBright *****030 6888 DEPOSIT ONLY! ’06 Mazda 5. New gear box. Pearl White. Low km. Warranty till scrap. $26.8K loan. *****739 JUST ARRIVED! $5.8K driveaway! 2006 Mazda 3. Black on Black. New paint. New road tax. 1 yr warranty. $22K
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      269 4 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****787 Jun ’12 ML350 4Matic New model. C&C warranty with 1 year extended warranty. 1 owner. $239.8K! Must view REPUBLIC AUTO: *****787 11/11 S300L Panoramic roof with full AMG kit. 1 owner. C&C warranty with 1 yr extended warranty. $238.8K! END 2009 E200 CGi. Silver 1 owner. Done
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      262 5 2014 NISSAN GTR Black Edition 4WD. Inhse loan trade-In. $445,800. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****769 May ’10 Qashqai Premium 2.0. Sky roof. 76,000km. 1 careful owner. Ask $85.8K 2/’07 PRESAGE 2.5A Blue New tax Accident free GPS DVD, camera .9105-6808 6/’08 SKYLINE 250GT Turbo, 1 owner, Accident free. 80%
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      297 5 CHEAPEST 5/’09 CAYENNE GTS, Done 75k km! High OMV! Mint Cond! Flexi Loan! Call now 8356-1629 12/05 WAJA 1.6A. 1 Owner. Mileage 73K. Rim/ leather. Low $15.8K 8484 3308 80% LOAN. 3/’10 MEGANE 1.6A. Silver. Low KM/ Agt svc. Well kept. *****115 $31.8K NEG! 2/’06 Legacy GT 2.0 s/wagon. Tax
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      255 5 BRAND NEW TOYOTA Auris 1.5A for sale. CAT A. 3 Yrs Warranty. Low fuel consumption. Good value Order Now. Call *****505. BRAND NEW PREMIUM Estima, Highest Spec, 3 Yrs Warranty, COE Avail For Immed Delivery. Call Low *****225 **$97,800! NEW HARRIER Premium. COE full rebate @CarTimes Award-Winning Co. Immediate. 6744-5111
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      243 5 ESTIMA AERAS PREMIUM 2.4 with full option, in-hse loan avail. $164.8K. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 8/06 HARRIER 2.4GL Low Mileage. New tax. 12 mth Warranty. Selling cheap! HP: 9060-6808 CaseTrust 1 OWNER! 5/’08 Rush 1.5X (A). Extremely low mileage 50,000 km. High OMV. Impressive! 6844-0800 $149,800 2014 HARRIER Elegance/ Premium. Ready
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      443 5 ESTIMA 2.4A PREMIUM. low interest, high loan. Immed delivery. Choice of colour. Call *****025 Sing Wang 2014 VELLFIRE 2.4 ZG Twin moonroof. Low interest, High loan. Immed delivery. Call 9762-3411 Sing Wang HARRIER ELEGANCE/ PREMIUM Immed delivery. High trade in/ loan. Low interest. 8189 3025 Sing Wang 5/08 TOYOTA PRIUS
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      394 5 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****769 1/’11 Touran 1.4TSi Facelift model. Agt svc warranty. 1 owner. *****km. $89.8K 80% LOAN. 9/’07 EOS 2.0 TFSI hard top convertible 4-seater, Grey. *****115 4/’13 BLUE SCIROCCO 1.4. $118.8K. Good cond. Accident free. Tony *****920 7/’2012, XC60. 2.0T white Low mileage 9000km. $170K. Owner *****005 JUST ARRIVED!
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      316 5 9/’08 PROTON PERSONA 1.6 M H-line, 1 owner. A1 cond low km. $26.9K *****922 Daily Monthly Long-term Lease Limousine Service LOWER DELTA *****777 SIN MING RD 6556 1777 BOON LAY MRT 6898 0777 T. BAHRU MRT 6232 8888 TAMPINES MRT 6741 8888 www.bkw.sg CAR RENTAL MRT fr $55 /day. No
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      384 5 ATTN DIRECT OWNER ONLY We pay higher cash payment for your used car, incl off peak cars. 9450-5050 9295-0382 WANTED! ALL MODELS, pte commercial. Immed High *****905/ *****789 BEST DEAL ASSURED! All makes models. View doorstep. Yap *****788 BUY SELL all makes models. High Doorstep viewing. Call 9278-8889 LOOKING FOR
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      509 5 BRAND NEW TOYOTA Dyna 150 Diesel. 95% loan. negotiable. San Hup Bee #04-20 AML HP *****717 IMMED STOCKS BRAND new Toyota Dyna interest rate fr 1.88%! 100% loan. Fast delivery *****914 trade-in 8/2006 MITSUBISHI FE83, 1 in market 14ft with box power tailgate. In hse loan avail. Call *****080 Lim
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      498 5 BRAND NEW Toyota Liteace 1.5A. 5 Drs. Made In Japan. Downpayment $5.8K. $neg San Hup Bee 972 88 717 **BRAND NEW TOYOTA Van 3.0 Euro 5 Diesel. neg. 95% loan. San Hup Bee AML #04-20 HP *****717 03/07 FIAT DOBLO 1.3/1.9m 5 units avail range from $20,800 to $23,800 neg!
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      1056 6 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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      29 6 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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      151 6 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 BELMONT 25K/10Ksf. $35M surround by greenery Quiet GALLOP *****/7800sf, min to Botanic Gdn. 10 mins walk to MRT, greenery. Sole Agt HOLLAND PARK
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      226 6 NEW NASSIM GCB lan d *****/ built *****sf Qual ity 7-rm ensuite, lift, pool, basement carpark. Sole Agt. *****098 Joyce DTZ PRIME LOCATION MASTER PIECE Ridout Truly a GCB with best home intergrated system. *****/ 8800sf. FH. Park 10 cars. $2xM. 9099-1108 BOTANIC GARDEN VICINITY. Brand New Modern F’hold Bunglw.
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      306 6 Raffles PI/Marina/ EJtl Raffles PI/Marina/ D01 Chinatown D01 Chinatown Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale l|t| Raffles PI/ Marina/ eitl Raffles PI/ Marina/ Cikl Raffles PI/ Marina/ illl Raffles PI/ Marina/ D01 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown [)01 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale Pte
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      213 6 UNBEATABLE BRAND new Bunglw. 4900 to 5900 sf, 6+1, pool, lift. Top Notch quality. Call 6100 8000 1) 2-STY TERR 1798/2000sf reno, I12 Katong $2.6M 2) 1-sty terr 1780sf $2.28m Langsat. Tim 8383-8345 BUNGLW MEYER $7.9M! Best buy! 2½-sty 5+1 rms. Modern hse. Coming MRT. Don’t miss! 9799-9966 1KM TAO
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      155 6 KENT HOMEGURU *****777 Tropical 2sty Semi-D Elevated Land4400sf Pk 4car Design decor. Only $10XX psf www.homeguru.com.sg S’GOON GDN INTER terr. Brand new 1839/ 4080sf 6+1, 5baths, park 2 cars. $3.38M. Oei 9844 2820 POH HUAT RD. 3-sty FH Corner terr, 2689 sf land. 5 bdrm. Pk 2 cars. Kovan MRT/
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      584 6 Queenstown/ Tiong Bahru Pte Apts For Sale Live HIGH on Tiong Bahru Heritage Get in LINE for Sneak Preview! I 'W' 2 mins walk to Tiong Bahru MRT Tiong Bahru Plaza 2 MRT stops to Orchard (Via TEL Havelock Station (4 Mins Walk)) Iconic 36 storey high rise Residential Condominium
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      302 7 Property Prices ii Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in July 2014. This week: 18-22 PROJECT NAME PRICE (SI SO FT District 18 District 19 District 20 The property data is obtained from URA's website; any use in
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      173 7 SERIOUS SELLER! SCOTTS Highpark 3+1, 1744 sf, high flr, near to Newton MRT/ famous hawker ctr. F’hold. 2+STUDY, 1055SF. $1.86M. 4-bedrms, 1819sf. $2.88M. Freehold River Valley. Tenanted. neg *****704 TRILLIUM 2+STUDY 1399SF, mid flr, pool view, unblock Pte lift. Reno. $2.9m neg Vacant. Serene *****872 ROBERTSON 100. CLOSING soon! 3-bdrm.
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      207 7 Near Top Schools REAL 10% PRICE-DROP! FH! Brand new! Typical units fr $18xxpsf only! 2/ 3/4/ PH. < 1km to ACS/ SCGS! View actual by appt! 6100 3168 FOUR SEASONS PK Autumn Blk 3821sf. 5+1 Newly reno Edge On Cairnhill 4+1 rms The Grange 2293 sf. 4+1. $neg. 9487-0396 CRE
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      192 7 BRAND NEW MAJESTIC 4BR Penthse. Beautifully furn with ID. Panoramic MBS View. Cynthia *****188 BROOKVALE CONDO MAIS, Sunset way 2898 sf, spacious, facilities, foreigner eligible. Chris 9833-2020 CREEK BUKIT. 1rm $798K 2rm $1.0xM, 3rm $1.4xM, 4rm $1.8xM. View by appt. Shahri Ismail 9027-5592 BALESTIER BOON TECK Twrs Penthse s/level 3bd
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      156 7 AUCTION 21/8 OCEAN Park. FH. 4 bdrm. 2110 sf. Spacious. Bright. High flr. Unblocked. Sch. 9766-7797 MEYER RARE! FH Duplex 3713 sqft, 4+1, charming, unblock sea view. $5.xm only. Call *****995 EW FREEHOLD 3+1 $1141 psf Butterworth View 1227sf. Pool view. No west sun. MRT. Greenery. *****515 COSTA RHU 4+1
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      182 7 EAST MEADOWS NEW list. 3+1 1216sf. Spacious. Move in, cosy, well-kept. Tanah Merah MRT $1.25M neg $1.55M NEG 3+1 Waterfront Wave 1313 sf. Mins MRT. High flr. Pool view. Serious seller. Joyce 9238-6893 3+1 CASAFINA. GROUND flr, corner 1389sf unblock pool view, near mkt/ sch/ MRT/ beach. 9066 5111 Stanley
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      144 7 BENTLEY RES. HURRY Additional 8.5%/$75K disc for Stack 06. 2rm. Limited period/ unit!! 5 mins stroll Kovan MRT *****080 YKK KOVAN RES. 3BDRM 1259sf Pool View Low flr Vacant. Serious Seller. MRT direct connect. $1.6m Neg! Grab! THE QUARTZ STAR Buy! 3bdrm 1066sf/ high flr, City View. 5 mins walk
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      183 7 "LAKE LIFE EC" Yuan Ching. Launching Soon! 2/3/4/5 bdrms. No levy. Reg VVIP Preview with Developer Sales Team now!! *LAKEHOLMZ 4+1 1518SF Lakeside MRT. Mid flr. Pool view. Reno. Quiet fcaing $1.45M SMChia *****500 GRAB IT NOW DAIRY FARM CONDO 4+1 balcony, 1948sf, near MRT, potential enbloc, panoramic view, f/facilities,
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      189 7 Good Investment SKIES MILTONIA! TOP2015 3/4/PH/Townhse. $9XXpsf only! F/facilities. Showflat by appt. Cris 9842-7000. SKYPARK RES EC. 5 mins to MRT, 3/4/5 bedrms, $30k Grant, No Resale Levy, Call now for a presentation!!! 1ST EC WITH Iconic sky park in the heart of Sembawang Ctrl. No resale levy for 2nd
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      162 7 5’I’ 94D. HIGH flr. 123 sqm. Move-in cond Unblocked. No noon sun Near amen ities. Eileen 9238 8328 5-RM PT BLK 66 Bedok S. 1324 sf. Spacious High flr. Unblock view. Bright. Near Temasek schs. Future MRT SAT/SUN 3PM BLK.170 St 13 121 sqm, 5’I’, walk to MRT Chinese ratio
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      714 8 IRI Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang HDB Apts for Sale HDB Apts for bale HDB Apts for Sale HDB Apts for Sale 3PHI HDB Median Resale Prices ir 2nd Quarter 2014 -B9' J— ■m -5E s S HI pr iE_ *3 irr *3
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      107 8 CHOICE UNIT BLK 669D JURONG West, 130 sqm EA, Near MRT. Mid flr, Cosy, Good buy. All races. Nicholas *****557 5’I’ 658C JURONG West St 65. High floor, Unblocked Breezy. Reno. walk to Mall/ MRT. Closing soon! Best BLK 97 WHAMPOA 3I+Utility Abv #6, 66 sqm. Move-in cond. Amenities. Serious
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      279 8 ENBLOC 2’S’/ 3’S’ Tanglin Halt Blk 34/31. 46/52 sqm. Mid/ low floor. All races. 3’I’ 21 Ghim Moh 65 sqm. High floor, windy move-in. 5’S’ Corner 26 Dover Cres 120sqm Squarish. Sell only 3’I’ BLK 8 Holland Ave. Reno. lift level. All races, near Amenities MRT Future Shpg Mall. Hurry!
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      274 8 Excellent Location Care Honesty ***ALL NS FACING. Simple 4’NG’ dr to dr. 811 High flr 3’A Next to corner 813 #10 /110 #02. Betty 9488 5436 SIMEI 5’I’ 112, 122 sqm. Corner. High flr. Move in. Near MRT/ amenities/ schs VTO. neg. Serious seller 3-RM BLK 828. Reno. Near good
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      368 8 4’NG’ CORNER BLK.215 Yishun. Low floor. Cheap. Mins to Northpoint/ MRT. Kamsa 9100 2355 PN EVERTON CONSERVED 3+3 black is back skylight/patio isabelredrup.com/ir6a.php$10k. *****055. Susan expat’s choice WEST COAST. BEAUTIFUL 2-sty Semi-d. A&A, 4+S, built-in pool. Huge patio/ kitchen. Can Park 2 cars. Kelvin *****397 SV FABER HGTS SEMI-D. 4+1+
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      338 8 BRAND NEW SEMI-D next to Botanic Gdns MRT amenities, Prestigious School. $16.8K. Oei 9844 2820 MT SINAI DR. 3-sty Semi-d. 4000/5500sf 6+1 all attached jacuzzi pool/ sauna Immed. PL Lo 9738-4034 SIAN TUAN AVE, 3-sty bunglw. 6000/ 4500 sqft 4+1 rms. Nice patio, attic $15k neg. Philip *****812 D.10 SEMI-D
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      321 8 LUCKY HGTS 2-STY+ Attic. Lovely bunglw. 7713/ 4500 sf. 4+1 rm, gdn+patio+pool VTO. Lynn 9664 4664 NEAR MRT 5 MINS MRT D’Manor terr. 2723sf. 4+study+1. 2 cars. Next to East Village. $5.5K 9765-4329/ 9040-1045 ELIAS-NEAR OVERSEA Int’l Family sch/ UWC. 3 sty 5 ensuites. Ultimate Nice!! *****899 Serene Leong NEAR
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      349 8 THE SAIL Marina Bay 2056 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms. Immediate, rental $11K. Sandy Chia 9388 8660 THE CLIFT, 1-BDRM, high flr, very good views,mins walk to MRT/CBD. Fully furnish Call owner 9448-7057. THE SAIL 1RM Bay View. 2units. Short/ long term. $4.xk to $5.xk Expats taste furniture. Nicole *****103 THE SAIL
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      339 9 Brand New Residence for Lease Spacious 4-bedroom residences (3186 sq ft) with luxurious designer fittings spectacular vistas that span the horizon. Full recreational facilities including swimming pool,Jacuzzi,gym,spa, children’s playground,BBQ terrace and Clubhouse with gourmet kitchen. Residence Concierge by Capella and complimentary Handyman service. A luxury residential development by Pontiac Land
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      190 9 SUI GENERIS 2121 sqft 4+1, Balcony, Good size kitchen, $10,500. Sandy Chia 9388 8660 ST REGIS, PENTHSE 5102 sf, 3 bdrms. Pte Pool, Duplex, Balcony end Aug, P/furn $22K Silvia Ang *****755 Expat's Choice VOLARI BALMORAL. Duplex ph. 3509sf. Pte lift. 4 bdrm ensuite. Panoramic $16kneg Sam 9026-1690 FOUR SEASONS
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      463 9 THE LEGEND #07-08. 2228 sf 3+1 bdrms. High ceiling. P/furn. Immed. $6.9K neg. Call 6235 1716 9818 8795 PARVIS NEAR HOLLAND V. 2bdrm, privacy, bright, quiet, greenery, high flr. May *****270 *****038 MARBELLA 3+1 IMMED 1600 sf, face pool, f/furn. Walk to Dover MRT. $7k. View anytime. Raven 9388 2333
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      419 9 Pastoral View Bassein Road μ Mins walk to Novena MRT Station, Square 2 and Novena Velocity μ Mins drive to int’l schools μ 1/3 bdrms, 614/1,238 sq ft Call *****223 DUCHESS RESIDENCES. GDN Mais, 2990 sf, 4-bdrm, double height living dining with patio. Pte carpark for 2 cars. P/furn. Pool,
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      294 9 ***NEW LIST! BLOSSOMS Woodleigh. High flr, 1292sf 3+1, pool view. Beautiful! MRT. F/furn. Immed. Only $4.2K. Korynne *****673 CANNE LODGE 5-MIN walk to Kallang MRT, amenities, 1420 sqft, f/furn. 3 bdrms utility. Reno. Immed. Facilities. $4.3K. *****243 DAKOTA RES 4-BDRM. 1894 sf. High floor. Unblocked. Breezy. MRT. Immed. $7K neg.
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      340 9 HERITAGE EAST 1000SF. 2 bdrm. Pte pool patio. P/furn. Eateries. Avail immed. Melvin 9733-6340 Expat's Choice Care Honesty WATERSIDE, 2411 SF, 4rm bath,full facilities,city view, mins to CBD East Coast Park. C&H Mya *****978 JOO CHIAT. 1 rm 1 hall, aircon, furn, cook. No comm 9187-3259 Landlord THE WATERSIDE 3+1
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      268 9 URBAN RES BRAND new 1bdrm. F/facilities. Furn/ unfurn. Immed 9666-9068 BISHAN NATURA 3+1 $3.5K Blk 273B 1200sf above#20 .Rstnt/ Playgrd, sheltered carpk /bbq. *****393 Ho D21 listing can be found after D11 THE CENTRIS 2BDRM F/furn Jurong pt Boon Lay MRT. Avail 1st sept. Long Short term. Allen 9680 0734
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      307 9 MEADOWS PEIRCE 3 bdrm mid flr, unblock greenery view, nicely furn immed, Albert Seow 9270-8292 Must View Care Honesty SELETARIS 1206 SF, 2+1, p/furn, f/aircon quiet. Feeder bus to Sembawang Immed. Joshua *****092 LILYDALE 3+1. HIGH flr. Pool view, Reno. Unfurn. Immed. *****801 Wendy F/FURN 1-BDRM APT Kinta Road Niven
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      195 10 NO OWNER. NO Agent Fee. Kovan/ S’goon Ctrl. Studio $1250 up. Wifi/ can cook Call *****467/ *****476 HOUGANG MRT WKLY Svc. Big ensuite rm, wifi Immed. $1.2K pm. *****333 owner. PANDAN VALLEY, HOLLAND Rd. Large aircon rm balcony. Separate entrance $1.4K; Common rm $1K. Utilities, WiFi. Prefer students. Owner 9382-5953
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      409 10 BOON KENG MRT Master Blk 105. No owner. Furn. Nancyrose 9388-5449 NO AGT FEES. Rms avail all area, immed Mrt amenities *****468 William PTE/ HDB ROOMS wanted. Ready tenants! Students/ Professional/ Co. lease Others. Call *****861 Alan HDB/ CONDO, MASTER/ com -mon rms/ studios wanted by Asian professionals students. 9165-3319
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      157 10 NEW LISTING 8@TRADEHUB21 B1 RAMPUP Fty 1808 sf up. Good location. Immed $2.20psf. MRT easy access. 8388 2662 200, 60, 250, 300, 660, 900 sqft. Furn unfurn office Kaki Bukit. Owner *****163 *****218 MIDVIEW CITY. B1 Ground flr. Factory/ Canteen. 1378 sf to 8342sf. Fr $2.80psf. Patricia 9489-9068 REA MIDVIEW
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      249 10 RARE OPPORTUNITY B2, CHANGI N. St 1. #02/03 Approx 10k/ 6.9k sq ft. Hgt 3.64m/2.68m. 2 cargo lifts 40 ft. Stephanie 9617 1878 TAGORE DR 2500SF w/mezzaine of 1100sf, suits childcare, bicycle shop, furniture biz. Adrian *****777 ENTERPRISE HUB. RAMP up. 4026 sf. 8m ceiling.Mid flr, bright. Container access. Mid
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      276 10 SHUNLI IND PK @Kaki Bukit Ave 1. 600 to 2486 s.f Units for rent sale. Grd flr. Call Jeffrey *****999 HENDERSON IND PK Terr Fty. 5467sf Ample parking lots. Own entrance lift. $2.70psf. Albert 9154-3016 RARE! LIGHT/HEAVY AUTO work shop Kaki Bukit, Rent/Assign, 3650 sf,high ceiling. Michael *****776 BRAND NEW!
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      232 10 *8B @ADMIRALTY. 1755 sf. $630K neg. No GST. Immed rental yield 4%. *North Link 5188 sf. $1.18M no GST. Immed rental yield 5.2%. Patricia *****097 FH HILLVIEW BLDG. No GST Free parking Bare $6xxpsf Pantech Ind 1350/ 1900 sf. Fitted. No GST. $450psf. Primz Bizhub 1160 sf. TOP soon. $580K.
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      302 11 Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent r t r;GALAXIS WORK LOFTS fa FUSIONOPOLIS OFFICE SPACE at one-north FOR LEASE $3,490/mth Fr. $3,825/mth $6,340/mth (D 6508 8790/6508 8767 spacetobe.com.sg Space to be GuocoLand Group 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to
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      295 11 GUTHRIE HSE 615/ 690/ 900/ 1230/ 1350/ 1518 sf. (Nice reno fully AC. 924sf, Pantech Tradehub 2ksf. $2.30psf) 9009 6043 Wo 1,529 11,763 sqft Next to Paya Lebar MRT with ame nities. MBS/ Sports Hub view. 6845 6153 6268. GOOD LOCATION MOUNTBATTEN SQ. OFFICE. 969-3509sqft Outside CBD Walk to MRT/eatery,
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      462 11 ***TELOK AYER STREET 2190sf estimate. MRT/ lift/ fitted/ common toilet. *****574 Magdalene,dwg ALEXCIER FULLY FITTED. Alexandra Rd. MRT. Movein. 1786/ 893 sqft. $4 psf. 8112-7903 Naz Properties RENTAL OFFICES, MANY sizes. Bt Batok Cres. Furn, aircon, broadband. *****755 /*****530 BEACH ROAD: 1140SF. 100m from Raffles Hotel. 5 mins walk from
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      433 11 D13 3020/ 1336SF. F/Furn. Workstations. Corp image. Pte flr. Owner *****888 D14 ICON@CHANGI 366SF, Fitted, Blind, aircon, MRT, $2K, Siew 9880-0083 MINS TO BUGIS M R T Approx 330-1200 sqft, Individual aircon, *****585 REDHILL FORUM CORP. Image Bldg 3800sf. Renovated Fitted Furn. 9139-0654 A’POSH BIZ HUB, Yishun Ave 6. 1281/1550/3843sqft
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      397 11 VISION EXCHANGE. CHOICE office units. Excellent view with recreational facilities. 9438 8281 Eric Tee, OT ORCHARD PLAZA 452 581 sf/ Int’l Plaza 937/ 2357 sf. Vacant tenanted. Don’t miss! Call Karen *****632 VISION EXCHANGE. CHOICE office unit. F&B, Medical clinic/ offices. No ABSD/ SSD good yield. *****984 2 ADJOINING UNITS
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      852 12 67a s r |®»r Ifflgssr Ifflaar >» ilii'lll!:.. m\ta\ 04 CLARKE QUAY CENTRAL Above Clarke Quay MRT Station Average shopper traffic over 1 million per month Suitable for retail, lifestyle and F&B Unit sizes from 237 to 10,000 sq ft PROPERTIES FOR LEASE Call *****336 COMMERCIAL RETAIL WEST COAST PLAZA
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      663 12 67a s »r i|®atr a novena m ebcfty THE DEDICATED SPORTS MAIL Shops Sizes from 40 6 sq ft to 463 sq ft Available immediately Suitable for sporting fashion and goods, fashion and accessories, hobbies, telecommunications, lifestyle related trades, etc Directly above Novena MRT station and easily accessible by CTE
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      345 12 if Restaurant/Lounge jjfl Restaurant/Lounge Space for Rent Space for Rent 10_a LI AT T©WERS Prime F&B Space Approx. 1,000/ 2,500/ 3,500 sqft Street level Prominent frontage 5 mins to Orchard MRT station Call Landlord at *****-784/ 785/ 776 FREEHOLD SHOPHOUSES. CANTONMENT Rd 1500 sf. Jiak Chun 1300/ 2500 sf. Jln
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      257 12 UPP THOMSON. 2-sty FH. 1570/2720sf. Tenanted. No ABSD SSD. High human traffic. J Foo 9226-0978 FH CONSERVATION SHOP hse 2.5 sty tenanted 1317sf 2.5 sty/ office/ 4014 sf. Allan Tan *****000 PN NEIL RD Tg Pagar 3-sty shophse 3400 sf. Ample parking, opp future MRT. neg. *****311 Sole agt ORCHARD
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      406 12 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 4,275 14,000 18,000 42,000 sqft Up to 6m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics TUAS SOUTH 3,500 to 140,000 sqft Up to 10m High Ceiling Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess Suitable For Factory Use CALL6578 9966 RARE EAST
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      378 12 WORKING DORMITORY C/W cooking per head charge. Agents welcome *****518 CHANGI STH WAREHOUSE Office 4.5K/5.4K sqft. Facing Xilin Ave. 8500-0657 PENJURU LANE 10K/ 13k 16.6k/ 30k sf. Grd Upper 7m, 20kN/m2. *****433 TUAS AVE 13 Grd/ Upper 20k/28k to 145k sf. Hgt 59m, 20kN/m2. *****433 HENDERSON 4500, 5000, 9000 sf.
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      987 16 WELL-ESTABLISHED TRAVEL AGENCY MNCrequires: REGIONAL OPERATIONAL MANAGER (Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai) Purpose To Coach, Mentor, Support and Coordinate the day to day operation with the local Operational Managers Team Leaders and represent the Managing Director’s (MD) mandate when MD is not present. The position will play an active part
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      420 16 A Luxury New Car Company requires the following positions. Experience is required. (1) MARKETING MANAGER (2) SALES MANAGER (3) SALES EXECUTIVES (4) ADMIN ASSISTANT (5) PERSONAL SECRETARY (6) PERSONAL DRIVER High salary Please call Theresa/ Lindae *****168 for an interview 8.30 to 6 pm Monday to Friday, or email Lindae
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      931 16 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit LUXURY BRANDS JOB FAIR ENJOY A NEW ADVENTURE EACH DAY WITH THE FOLLOWING LUXURY BRANDS If you love interacting with people and find satisfaction in providing outstanding customer service, our employers would like to meet you I These companies
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      82 16 BABYONLINE MARINA SQUARE requires FULL-TIME RETAIL ASSOCIATE Retail shift hours Singaporeans only Walk in interview #03-159 Marina Square Interested party Pls call 6636 2998 9114 4668 Fashion Watch Co. hiring SALES SUPERVISORS ($1800) SENIOR ADVISORS ($1600) SALES ADVISORS ($1400) ONLY SPOREAN Please email CV to hr@aristasingapore.com HIRING RETAIL ASST With
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      209 16 FURNITURE SALESPERSON (RETAIL) at west area town area. Relevant experience. Wendy *****650 PET SHOP Upper Thomson road requires Full time Sales Asst. Basic comm ission. Call 8428 0125 RETAIL CREW Promoters needed Toy Gift Store. Call 6376-2878 211 Henderson Industrial Park. GIFTS SHOP Orchard Gateway requires experienced Full/ Part-Time Sales
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      1120 17 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge 67 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge We're looking for people with a few good stories PARKROYAL ON BEACH ROAD SINGAPORE Hospitality goes beyond great service alone. It’s not only about being a 'trusted local companion' to our guests, but also being passionate about all things local; like
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      656 17 JAPANESE DELI COUNTER (Jurong East MRT Station, Westgate Isetan) urgent requires: 1. FULL/ PART-TIME COOKS (S$2,000/ Part-time S$8 per hr) 2. FULL/PART-TIME SERVICE CREWS (S$1,800/ Part-time S$8 per hr Incentive) WALK-IN INTERVIEW Tuesday Friday, 2:30pm 6:00pm 80 Middle Rd #01-01, InterContinental Hotel Tel: 6338 9576 or 9021 4890 Established hair
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      842 17 An Expanding leading Toy Distributor requires ADMIN ASSISTANT L Min ’O’/ ’N’ level L PC literate MS Word/ Excel L Able to work well with people at all levels L Able to work independently and multi-tasking L 5-days work week Interested applicants, pls write with full resume to: passionhr@passiongp.com or
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      449 17 Precision Engineering Company has vacancies for: 1) PLANNER •Diploma or experience in Project Management Machining Environment 2) QA QUALITY ASSURANCE 3) 5 AXIS MACHINIST 4) 3 AXIS CNC MACHINIST 5) CONVENTIONAL MILL TURNING 6) GENERAL WORKER •ISO &AS9100C knowledge •Knowledge in Heidenhain Control •Knowledge in Fanuc Control HI G H
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      209 17 REPAIR MAINTENANCE Mechanics required by Con struction Co. 5yrs relevant working experience. Basic Allowance OT Bonus. To work at Jurong Island Pulau Bukom. 6353-5567. MEET 20/8 SENGKANG MRT Sengkang CC. France MNC @East. Manufacturing Asst up to $1.5K Technician $1.8K-2.5K. Call *****428 *****096 (GMP 13C6442) SERVICE TECHNICIAN REQUIRED. Experienced in
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      492 18 Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), a premier shipyard providing services to a worldwide customer base in the naval and commercial markets, has immediate vacancies for: SECURITY GUARDS (PERMANENT/IN HOUSE) Gross Pay Up to $2200* Able to perform 12 hours shifts(AM/PM) Physically fit Possess SIRD Security Licence Only Singapore Citizens
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      416 18 Store Security Officers $1,700 $1,910 per month City Assignments: 81/2 91/2 hour shifts 1 day off per week Full CPF P holiday double basic Medical 13th month bonus Annual and Child Care leave Uniform provided Security Licence needed Secondary 3 good English Start immediately Call 6253 5562after 10 am 187AThomsonRd,GoldhillCentre<enquiry@securitypersonnel.com.sg>
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      482 19 Cleaners for Changi Airport μ 8 or 12 hours fixed shift μ Morning/ afternoon/ night shifts μ Up to $500 joining incentive μ Yearly bonus μ Daily cash pay $50 avail Call: 9485 0423 6546 9833/ 34 CLEANER wanted Jurong East Shopping Mall 3pm to 11pm $1400 or $45 daily
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      482 19 CLEANERS NEEDED Ayer Rajah Crescent 8am-5pm/ 8pm-8am. 5 days, Salary $1.2k/$1.5k.Call 8322-9528 RUBBISH COLLECTOR/ CLEANERS needed in condo beside Lakeside MRT. 8am-5pm. Call 8322 9529. CLEANERS REQUIRED Changi Airport. Salary $1500. Only S’poreans. Interested call 6543-0831 1. SUPERVISORS 2. Cleaners needed urgently Changi Terminal 2. Interested please call 6543-0831 CONDO
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      421 19 NIGHT FLYER DISTRIBUTOR for car-drop. 5 days work a week possess own bike. $900/mth. Call *****779 DELIVERY DRIVER. CLASS 3 4 lic. Warehousing duties. Physically fit. Familiar with S’pore rds. *****603 DESPATCH DRIVER CLASS 3 lic. Can start work immed. Pls contact 6741-2662 û FULL/ PART-TIME RIDERS x 5. With
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      42 19 General Worker Min Secondary level Physically fit All are welcome Stay Bt Batok, Jurong, Toh Guan, Bt Panjang, Clementi Woodlands need to apply Pls call 6560 5129 PETROL STATION S’goon area requires Cashier Pump Attendants, 3 rotating shifts. Start immed Call *****245/*****349
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      271 19 POSTING CLEANING OPERATIVE μ Primary/Secondary level μ With/without experience μ Class 3 driving licence Interested applicants, please call 6715 9500. AIRPORT TAXI CHAMPIONS (Full-Time Part-Time) Assist in general enquiries and taxi coordination Good customer service Working Hours: 4pm 1am 3pm 2am (Transport Provided) or 11pm 7am Gross salary fr $1,150/mth
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