The Straits Times, 9 December 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014 78 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon HAGUPIT LEAVES THOUSANDS HOMELESS
    82 1 Children queueing up for food at an evacuation centre near Manila, as tropical storm Hagupit, downgraded from a typhoon, shut down the Philippines’ capital region. Up to a million people had been evacuated since Thursday and most were already returning to their homes yesterday. But thousands
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    Lock icon FairPrice opens mega retail store
    53 1 CONSUMERS can now buy groceries and other household products in bulk and pay less for them at a new members-only store set up by supermarket chain FairPrice. The Warehouse Club is modelled after successful chains like Costco in the United States. L SEE TOP OF
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  • Article
    Lock icon S’pore to help build southern Indian city from scratch
    499 1  -  Development, 10 times the size of S’pore, will be a state’s new capital By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg IN ONE of its most ambitious urban planning ventures to date, Singapore will help design and develop a world-class
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    Lock icon Lower property taxes for bigger HDB flats
    533 1  -  By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg OWNERS of bigger Housing Board flats will enjoy a reduction in property taxes next year. This comes as the estimated annual market rents of properties, or annual values (AVs), will be lowered by about 3 per cent on
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      20 1 NEW CAR-SHARING SCHEME ELECTRIC DREAMS HOME B1 CAUSES WEEK KEEPING THE MEMORY ALIVE TOP OF THE NEWS A6 WORLD A10
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon SIA says it’ll honour business-class tickets sold in error
      497 2 / 3  -  Carrier’s reversal of earlier decision ‘right thing’ to do, say travel agents By JONATHAN PEARLMAN IN SYDNEY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it will honour hundreds of business-class tickets sold at economy-class prices in Australia after
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      Lock icon Man jailed for cyber attack on PMO website
      425 2 / 3  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg IN A defiant response to a government warning to deal with people threatening attacks on Singapore’s cyber infrastructure, a hacking enthusiast tested his skills on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) website. Mohammad Azhar Tahir, 28, was sentenced yesterday
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      Lock icon FOOTBALL FAN VIOLENCE: KL MINISTER SAYS SORRY
      100 2 / 3 Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has written a Facebook post apologising for the behaviour of Malaysian football fans, who attacked Vietnamese supporters after a match on Sunday night. Violence erupted at the end of Vietnam’s 2-1 victory over Malaysia in their
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      Lock icon Marker to remember anti-communist struggle
      625 2 / 3  -  Unveiling comes 25 years after peace accords By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg MR SIMON Barter was walking home from work on Oct 30, 1951 when he felt cold steel pressed against his head. He ducked instinctively as a shot rang past his ear. The gunman
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon S’pore to develop Indian city
        48 4 SINGAPORE signed an agreement yesterday to help the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh develop its new capital, a replacement for the current one which has been allocated to the new state Telangana following its split from Andhra Pradesh. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon SIA to honour ‘bargain’ tickets
        43 4 SINGAPORE Airlines will honour the business-class tickets snapped up last week at economy prices by passengers in Australia who did not know they were wrongly logged into a system used by travel agencies. TOP OF THE NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Gaffes ahead of polls
          54 4 JAPANESE Finance Minister Taro Aso (right) has shot his mouth off again, this time ahead of polls, in attributing the plight of struggling businessmen to bad luck and incompetence, and criticising childless women for exacerbating Japan’s social security woes. Some fear the gaffes could hurt the
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          Lock icon Women fight back
          84 4 THE shocking Delhi gang rape almost two years ago is seen as a game changer in male-dominated India as many women have since stood up to fight back against all sorts of violations. But there are also many who believe such sporadic battles hardly make a dent
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          Lock icon Sunday shopping
          56 4 THE French government’s proposal to perk up the country’s ailing economy by allowing shops to open on more Sundays in a year may be in for some local opposition. But millions of tourists notably the Chinese would skip France if they know they cannot go shopping on Sunday,
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        Lock icon MIDDLE-CLASS ANGST IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD
        56 4 Singapore cannot be immune to the fear of falling that stalks the middle class in advanced economies. A realistic tempering of expectations should help the middle class to come to terms with the in-built fragility of class positions in an open, competitive and globalised
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Interlinked economies
          50 4 THIS is the era of mutually assured economic destruction. Yes, emerging economies like China and India are rising fast, but the US and Europe still account for half of the world’s GDP. The inter-dependency is such that all countries sink or swim together, writes Michael Cox. PAGE A20
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          Lock icon More electric cars soon
          49 4 SINGAPORE could have up to 1,000 electric cars on the roads here by 2016, as part of an official car-sharing scheme. The Government has asked firms to submit proposals for a trial that will also involve setting aside parking space for the cars. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Madrasahs do better
          58 4 THIS year, 98.4 per cent of 311 madrasah pupils who took their PSLE qualified for secondary schools, up from 89.3 per cent last year. Students from Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah had the best results of the four Islamic schools here. PAGE B2 Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah was the top
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Entire condo sold
          45 4 HIAP Hoe is selling all the units at Treasure on Balmoral to its executive chairman and managing director for $185 million after failing to secure satisfactory offers when the entire condo was put up for sale en bloc in August. PAGE B7
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Olympics in 2 countries
          53 4 THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted to allow Olympic Games to be hosted by two countries and to add new sports. The changes are part of a campaign by IOC president Thomas Bach to make the Olympics cheaper to stage and more attractive to the
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          Lock icon Gunners aim for the top
          74 4 ARSENE Wenger will field a strong Arsenal team against Galatasaray tonight, as the Gunners aim to win top spot in the Champions League’s Group D. By winning top spot, Arsenal could avoid a potentially tricky last-16 clash with the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon How to stay Popular
          53 4 MANY bookshops are floundering but Popular Holdings chief executive Chou Cheng Ngok, 78, knows his survival tactics. Create one-stop shops so stationery and other school staples are sold alongside books, he says. He also diversifies his book business: Popular has stakes in publishing, property and educational
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          Lock icon Parisian street posters
          61 4 FRENCH artist Jacques Villegle, 88, used layers of ripped advertising posters from Parisian streets to create street art. His works are now showing at the Partners and Mucciaccia art gallery in Gillman Barracks. “Posters are like the newspapers of the street,” he said. PAGE C3 Operation Quimperoise,
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon SIA ticketing bungle: Other costly mistakes
          51 4 ABOUT 400 passengers will fly business class, but pay economy fares, following Singapore Airlines’ ticketing bungle in Australia. We look at other companies which have made similar costly mistakes. Read about them at http://goo.gl/pG1z6Y Business-class seats on a Singapore Airlines A380 plane. PHOTO: SINGAPORE
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon Should you pay fee to shop?
          41 4 IS IT worth paying membership fees to shop at Warehouse Club, the new mega retail store? We look at its business model, and compare the store’s prices with similar items at FairPrice. Go to http://goo.gl/HypIlZ
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          Lock icon Home in on festive fare
          35 4 HAVE a Christmas feast, without having to cook? Yes, you can spend a cosy Christmas at home and tuck into a feast, with these mouth-watering festive takeaways. Go to http://goo.gl/PbkkCK
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      Lock icon They spread joy by giving messy homes a makeover
      657 6  -  Helping Joy volunteers help to clean and paint homes of low-income families By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg MR TAN Soy Yong, who was cleaned up by a good Samaritan after being found covered in faeces in public in October, will soon have
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      Lock icon Scrolling down memory lane
      611 6  -  By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg OBJECTS may be inanimate, but they can stir up the most animated of conversations. “Everything you own has a story, so put two strangers with a familiar object together and they will soon start talking like old pals all night,” said retired
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      Lock icon China and Japan data show weakening growth
      489 6 REUTERS BEIJING Asia’s two largest economies released data yesterday showing growth was further easing, despite government stimulus measures. China’s imports shrank unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world’s secondlargest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding
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      Lock icon Passion for a cause
      210 6 THESE are some of the groups and individuals who wrote in to The Straits Times Causes Week about their projects: ROBINHOOD PROJECT www.facebook.com/nulife.counselling The group behind this project collects unwanted furniture and electrical appliances from the public and delivers them to families in rental flats who
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      Lock icon CITY IN THE CLOUDS
      71 7 High-rise buildings seemingly floating in a sea of clouds near the Yuqiao reservoir in Ji county, Tianjin municipality in north-eastern China yesterday. The clouds are moving westwards into Ji county. Atop the list of China’s most polluted cities, the industrial municipality in May tightened the reins
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      Lock icon First phase of Indian city within 5 years
      580 7  -  S’pore to help build new Andhra Pradesh capital from the ground up By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg THE truncated southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which lost its historic Hyderabad city to the newly formed Telangana state, now
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      Lock icon Buy more, pay less at FairPrice’s mega retail store
      848 8  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS who like to buy big and pay less can now do so at a mega retail store set up specifically for that purpose. Supermarket chain FairPrice has opened a members-only retail warehouse for groceries and household
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      Lock icon Prominent Malays slam KL govt in open letter
      501 8  -  They want Constitution safeguarded from Islamic conservatism By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg A GROUP of prominent Malays made up largely of former top bureaucrats has called on the government to safeguard the Constitution from sweeping Islamic conservatism that
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      Lock icon Ex-tour guide not filing appeal over LPA
      405 8  -  TUSSLE OVER $40M ASSETS By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg FORMER China tour guide Yang Yin will not appeal against a court ruling that led to the authorities revoking his power over a wealthy widow’s welfare and finances. The Family Court had ruled two weeks
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      23 6 Dec 8-14, 2014 Celebrating causes you care about Volunteers dish out food for body and soul read about this in tomorrow’s CAUSES WEEK
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon S’pore Red Cross sends team of 5 to help with Hagupit relief efforts
      309 10  -  KOK XING HUI FIVE Singaporeans will head to the Philippines today as part of a Singapore Red Cross response team to help tropical storm Hagupit victims. The team will distribute relief supplies including food, nutritional supplements, first
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      Lock icon Hagupit claims 21 lives as it tears into Manila
      708 10  -  But early evacuation meant death toll nothing like Haiyan’s last year By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg TROPICAL storm Hagupit, downgraded from a typhoon, shut down the Philippines’ sprawling capital region yesterday after leaving at least 21 dead in
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      Lock icon Manila stands firm on arbitration in S. China Sea dispute
      414 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Arbitration is the only route to achieving a just and durable solution to disputes over the South China Sea, the Philippines said yesterday, opposing China’s contention that a United Nations court had no jurisdiction to hear
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Opium revival in Golden Triangle
        654 11  -  UN report shows production on the rise, with trade worth over $21b By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg OPIUM production in South-east Asia’s Golden Triangle that spans Laos, Thailand and Myanmar has gone up for the eighth year in a row, a
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        Lock icon 2 DENY KILLING TOURISTS
        115 11 Win Zaw Htun (left) and Zaw Lin, accused of killing two British tourists in Thailand, were brought to a court in Koh Samui yesterday. The two Myanmar workers have pleaded not guilty to charges including murder in connection with the deaths of the two British tourists,
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      • Article
        Lock icon ‘Thai drone’ explodes over Preah Vihear
        263 11 XINHUA PHNOM PENH An unmanned aerial vehicle allegedly from Thailand exploded in the sky over Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, causing panic among troops stationed along the Cam-bodian-Thai border. The Cambodia Daily yesterday quoted Major Chhour Bunnsong, military police chief of
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        Lock icon Sembcorp builds on potential of Central Java
        851 12  -  New industrial park being developed on 2,700ha area near airport, seaport By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN SEMARANG, CENTRAL JAVA zubaidah@sph.com.sg FROM the air, this swathe of coastal land in Kendal regency of Central Java appeared to be just a patchwork of fish
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        Lock icon Rival faction in Golkar picks its chief
        585 13  -  Move widens leadership rift as each side now seeks to outlaw the other BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA ministry any zubaidah@sph.com.sg A RIVAL faction in Mr Aburizal Bakrie’s Golkar party elected its chairman yesterday in an alternative party congress five days
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        Lock icon Malaysia revokes 2 passports over ‘insults to royalty, Islam’
        562 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA Malaysia’s Immigration Department has revoked the passports of two men who allegedly insulted the country’s Malay royalty and Islam, and are seeking refuge in foreign countries. One of them is Alvin Tan, who had blogged about
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        Lock icon Elite police team to take on kingpins in Malaysia
        265 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has formed an elite police team that will go after the “big fish” in the underworld, said Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The formation of the team, the Special Task Force for Anti-Vice, Gaming
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        Lock icon BALI SUITCASE MURDER – TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY
        76 13 BALI SUITCASE MURDER TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY American Heather Mack (left) kissing her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer inside a holding cell at the prosecutor’s office in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali yesterday. Mack, 19, and Schaefer, 21, who is accused of murdering Mack’s mother, Ms Sheila von Wiese
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      • Article
        Lock icon Man stabbed, throat slit in Penang
        170 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GEORGE TOWN A man believed to be a foreigner was found dead with his throat slit and several stab wounds on his body, in front of a deity’s shrine near a park on Penang island. Police believed that more than
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        Lock icon Aso’s ‘foot in mouth’ disease may hurt party
        658 14  -  Japan Finance Minister makes gaffes on birth rate and ‘incompetent’ firms By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg GAFFE-PRONE Finance Minister Taro Aso has said companies that failed to profit from Abenomics economic policies were either very unlucky or run
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        Lock icon Quarter of China’s purified drinking water substandard
        241 14 REUTERS SHANGHAI Almost a quarter of purified drinking water tested by China’s top safety watchdog was substandard, with many products found to contain excessive levels of bacteria, the official Shanghai Daily said yesterday. The findings underline the challenge to controlling supply chains in
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        Lock icon Maid tells HK court of ‘torture’ by employer
        467 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG An Indonesian domestic helper told a Hong Kong court yesterday that she had been tortured by her employer, including with a vacuum cleaner tube placed in her mouth and twisted to cause lacerations, public broadcaster RTHK said.
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon KL names second suicide bomber
          85 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR The police have released the identity of a second Malaysian suicide bomber who killed himself in Syria. He was linked to extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Ahmad Affendi Abdull Manaff, 27, from Kelantan, is believed to
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          Lock icon Shanmugam meets Indonesian leaders
          54 14 FOREIGN Minister and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam, who is on a visit to Jakarta, was hosted to lunch by his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi yesterday. Mr Shanmugam also visited Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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        Lock icon China developing rocket for manned mission to moon
        384 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China is developing a huge rocket that will be used for its first manned mission to the moon, state media said yesterday, underscoring Beijing’s increasingly ambitious space programme. The first launch of the Long March-9 will take place around
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        Lock icon Breaking silence on sexual crime in India
        737 15  -  More videos showing women physically taking on molesters surfacing By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg AS THE Indian capital reels under yet another alleged sexual assault case two years after the gang rape and murder of a 21-year-old student in
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        Lock icon ‘Superhero’ is rape survivor who fights sexual violence
        445 15 NEW DELHI A new comic book featuring a female rape survivor as its “superhero” has hit the market, advocating the fight against sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of how Priya, a gang-rape survivor,
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        Lock icon Modi hits campaign trail in Kashmir
        422 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SRINAGAR (India) Prime Minister Narendra Modi told voters yesterday not to be intimidated against casting ballots in Indian Kashmir’s state elections after a string of attacks, as he hit the campaign trail in the Mus-lim-majority region. Mr Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is
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        Lock icon Rape verdict sparks anger against Myanmar judiciary
        290 15 ELEVEN MYANMAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK YANGON Protests against the judiciary are increasing across Myanmar after a rape verdict in Kachin State, where a crowd gathered in response to a district judge’s 15-year jail sentence for a man who raped a teenage girl. The mob
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      Lock icon Israeli jets bomb areas near Syrian airports
      535 16 Strikes ‘aimed at stopping weapons destined for Hizbollah in Lebanon’ REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST BEIRUT Israeli jets have bombed areas near Damascus International Airport and the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon, both targets in territory held by the
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      Lock icon Riyadh arrests 135, including 26 foreigners, for ‘terror’ offences
      403 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH Saudi Arabia said it has arrested 135 suspects for “terrorism” offences, after the kingdom’s participation in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants raised concerns about possible retaliation. The suspects include 26 foreign nationals,
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      Lock icon Aid groups urge nations to take Syrian refugees
      292 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA More than 30 humanitarian organisations have launched an appeal for countries to take in around 180,000 refugees fleeing from the Syrian conflict. That figure would represent 5 per cent of the projected refugee population by the end of 2015,
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      Lock icon Six freed from Guantanamo arrive in Uruguay
      427 16 REUTERS WASHINGTON Six men held for more than a decade at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been flown to Uruguay for resettlement, the latest step in a slow-mov-ing push by President Barack Obama’s administration to close the facility. The
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      Lock icon New York puts on royal welcome for royal couple
      587 17 Trip seen as establishing William more in a diplomatic, statesman role AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Crowds of jubilant royal watchers cheered as Britain’s Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate arrived in New York, kicking off a three day trip to
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      Lock icon Activist calls off eaten-alive-by-snake stunt for TV
      417 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK When naturalist Paul Rosolie wanted to focus attention on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, he decided he needed a stunt that would guarantee mass attention. So the staunch environmentalist offered himself as dinner to an anaconda and was
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        59 17 REUTERS LONDON The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Anglican church, says he found “seeing the hungry in Britain to be less serious but more shocking” than the plight of those starving in Africa. A parliamentary inquiry into Hunger and Food Poverty published yesterday highlighted needy
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        74 17 CHRISTCHURCH An Australian cruise ship line is defending its response to a Norovirus outbreak which has struck 200 passengers during a cruise to New Zealand. The first case on Carnival Australia’s Dawn Princess came the day after the ship left Melbourne on Nov 28, with 80 cases by
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        47 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LIMA Half of nearly US$8 billion (S$10.5 billion) in climate finance given to the developing world since 2003 went to just 10 countries. A report released on Sunday, ahead of UN climate talks in Lima, listed top recipients as Morocco, Mexico and Brazil.
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      464 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday admitted he was going through “a rough patch” as voters desert him over tough spending cuts and perceived broken promises. A poll in Fairfax Media showed Mr Abbott’s personal approval rating is down to 38 per
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      397 17 BLOOMBERG REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAPE TOWN South Africa’s High Court has found a millionaire British businessman not guilty of arranging the murder of his wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town four years ago. Judge Jeanette Traverso yesterday cleared Mr Shrien
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      531 18 NEW YORK TIMES PHOENIX The medical record, from an Ebola case, made for grim reading, but Dr Ian Crozier could not put it down. Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life. He became delirious,
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      367 18 REUTERS MEXICO CITY Mexico said mounting evidence and initial DNA tests confirmed that 43 trainee teachers abducted by corrupt police 10 weeks ago were incinerated at a garbage dump by drug gang members, although forensic experts sounded a note of caution. Attorney General Jesus
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      311 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A passenger jet has been involved in a near-miss with a drone at London’s Heathrow airport, one of the world’s busiest, prompting a warning from pilots that unmanned drones now pose a “real risk” to commercial aircraft. An Airbus A320,
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      518 19 Govt’s move to spur economy set to face opposition from many corners AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The French government wants shops to open on more Sundays, according to a proposal to be unveiled this week, but the move is running into opposition. In a country
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      96 19 The world’s largest container vessel, the CSCL Globe, set off yesterday on its maiden voyage to Europe from Shanghai, ship owner China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) said. The 400m-long, 60m-wide vessel is the first of five 19,100-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container ships that
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      366 19 REUTERS BANGKOK Thai farmers plan protests to force the military government to provide more support for rubber prices, and will take to the streets this week in defiance of martial law, a spokesman for farmers’ groups said yesterday. Martial law has been
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      350 19 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Qantas Airways expects to post its best first-half result since 2010 as a A$2 billion (S$2.2 billion) cost-cutting programme bears fruit and lower oil prices trim fuel costs, sending its shares to a 31/2-year high. Shares
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      411 19 BLOOMBERG REUTERS NEW DELHI Four co-founders of Indian IT services giant Infosys and their families sold about 65 billion rupees (S$1.4 billion) of stock to capitalise on a gain in the price and to fund philanthropy. Co-founders N.R. Narayana Murthy, K.
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        82 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON Air New Zealand yesterday said it had taken up options on an additional two Boeing 787-9s, expanding its Dreamliner fleet to five, as it moves towards the final target of nine by end-2018. The carrier this year became the first to
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        86 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A former brokerage executive who helped camera giant Olympus cover up years of huge financial losses was given a suspended jail sentence yesterday. Tokyo District Court gave Akio Nakagawa, 64, an 18-month sentence, suspended for three years, and fined him 7 million
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      436 20 NEWS that income growth is at its slowest pace since the 2009 recession is worrying. However, a key issue here the effect of poor productivity growth on wages is amenable to policies aimed at raising skill levels in all areas and improving productivity. It
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      1507 20  - New world order? It’s sink or swim for all In a globalised era of “mutually assured economic destruction”, talk of countries rising and falling is pointless By MICHAEL COX FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He
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      1081 21  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com IF EVER an organisation was in need of regeneration and a policy makeover, it would be Golkar. For all of its past history as the late president Suharto’s political machine, it remains the largest and
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      810 21  -  By CHARLES M. BLOW NEW YORK TIMES THERE seems to be a new age of activism rising. From Occupy Wall Street, to the “Stop Watching Us” march against government surveillance, to the Moral Monday protests, to the People’s Climate March, to the recent nationwide protests
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      865 21  -  By DAVID FOGARTY ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR dfogarty@sph.com.sg THE narrative around climate change is often one of gloom, filled with terrible threats to humanity and economies. It needn’t be. There is another narrative increasingly taking hold. One of opportunity. Look past the
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        211 22  -  Heng Cho Choon IT IS too bad that then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s proposal in 2009 to amend the Medical Registration Act, such that Singapore Medical Council (SMC) disciplinary tribunals include a legally trained person, was derailed (“Paying the price when
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        310 22  -  Lim Biow Chuan President Consumers Association of Singapore WE THANK Mr Cheang Peng Wah for his letter (“Why get landlords to enforce fair trading law?”; last Thursday). Consumer protection requires the cooperation of all parties. While the Consumers Association of Singapore
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        248 22  -  Tan Lay Hoon (Ms) CYCLING enthusiast Maria Boey’s proposal to legalise cycling on footpaths appears to overlook the impact on pedestrians (“Cycling city by 2030... or 2020?”; Nov 30). It is true that cycling on the road is dangerous. So, countries with a stronger
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        247 22  -  Bram Meulenberg AS I was born and raised in the Netherlands, cycling comes naturally to me and is something I still enjoy now in Singapore (“Dangerous to cycle across crossings” by Mr Allein G. Moore; last Wednesday). Initially, I adhered to the
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        71 22 1. MR ADRIAN VILLANUEVA: Dealing with unrest firmly but fairly. 2. MR CHIN KEE THOU: Revamped credit report plugs loophole. 3. MR PETER LOON: Better way to alert ez-link card users of expiry dates. 4. MR LEE YONG SE: Why I picked up the Malay language. 5. MRS
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        161 22  -  George Wong Seow Choon (Dr) THE death of four foreign workers in a fire highlights the need for the Government to do more to improve living conditions for these workers (“4 foreign workers die in Geylang fire”; Sunday). Building better and more dormitories is
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        185 22  -  Lee Boon Tong I AM disturbed by the recurring security breaches at SMRT’s Bishan depot (“Bishan depot: Size and site ‘pose security challenges’ last Friday). Have the authorities considered seeking help from our armed forces to evaluate the potential threats
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          103 22  -  Saroja Murugiah (Mrs) AS CERTIFICATE of entitlement prices are still high and seem likely to stay that way, I hope the Land Transport Authority can allow owners of vehicles who opt for five-year COE renewals to extend their certificates for a further five years if
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          107 22  -  Lim Lih Mei (Ms) TO ATTRACT more people to use credit cards, some banks and credit card companies do not charge an annual fee. Annual fees are levied for some cards, but cardholders can call to request a waiver, which is usually granted. This process is
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          127 22  -  Aaron Ang Chin Guan IN OLDER HDB flats and condominium units, the bedrooms for children are large enough to accommodate a double bed, a wardrobe and a study desk, with extra space to move around in. Even when the child grows up and gets married,
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          103 22  -  N. Nagesh INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been rightly named The Straits Times’ Asian of the Year 2014. He led his Bharatiya Janata Party to an emphatic victory in this year’s Indian general election as well as many provincial elections. Since taking
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        246 23  -  Wilfred Ling I AGREE with Mr Liew Kai Khiun that there is a need for greater regulatory intervention with regard to Central Provident Fund nominations (“Exercise more oversight of CPF nominations”; last Saturday), but there is always the risk of over-regulation. Many people are
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        230 23  -  Chan Yeow Chuan THE proposed changes to the resale price index for HDB flats have their merits but may be construed as favouring property developers (“HDB resale price index to be revised”; last Thursday) coming in the wake of an appeal by the Real
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        480 23 Do local service staff, especially the young, provide good customer service? How do they fare against their foreign counterparts? In general, local service staff lack the attitude and aptitude of their foreign counterparts. That said, I find that local students on vacation (jobs) are courteous, polite and smile
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      573 1  -  Proposals sought for official electric-car sharing scheme By FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE could have up to 1,000 electric cars zipping around roads here by 2016, as part of an official car-sharing scheme. The Government has asked firms to submit proposals for a trial that
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      543 2  -  Top performer does even better; penalised school gets sterling results By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Noor Isham Sanif became principal of Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah in 2009, it was already the top-performing Islamic school. Still, the 48-year-old former vice-principal of Princess Elizabeth Primary School started
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      604 2  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg AS A young girl, Aisyah Nurul Izza’s favourite spot was along the aisles of bookshelves in the Geylang East Public Library children’s section. From kindergarten to primary school, she was on a mission to find out all about her
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      674 2  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) provides an attractive return while protecting its members from risk, a new study has found. This is because the CPF could generate 5.7 per cent a year over the next 20 years, based on
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      449 3  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg A FORMER National Parks Board (NParks) officer was fined for telling a falsehood to government auditors, and now the prosecution has asked Singapore’s apex court to clarify when the more severe punishment of a jail term is
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      439 3  -  Those entering Malaysian airspace must apply for permit By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA has tightened its enforcement of rules on foreign aircraft, including those from Singapore, entering its airspace. Operators of private flights have been reminded that they must apply
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      Lock icon Cleaners had group meal hours before blaze
      396 4  -  By AMIR HUSSAIN amirh@sph.com.sg THE seven Malaysian cleaners who were caught in a deadly fire in Geylang last weekend were enjoying a meal of fried chicken just hours before the blaze broke out. Mr Peter Awat, 47, said he had brought the food
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      531 4  -  Danger lurks in units that house foreign workers GEYLANG BLAZE By AMELIA TAN, AW CHENG WEI ameltan@sph.com.sg awcw@sph.com.sg FOREIGN workers in Geylang often sleep in dirty, cramped rooms with exposed electrical wires running overhead. Such conditions are common in the area’s walk-up apartments, said
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      624 5  -  US-China pacts agreed on recently show America wants good relations By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg THE United States’ pivot towards Asia aims to build cooperative partnerships with countries here, including China, said a senior US State Department
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      252 5  -  CALVIN YANG MOBILE devices to monitor patients’ vital data and more precise imaging tools are among the healthcare technologies that will be explored and developed here. The innovations will make it faster and easier for clinicians to make a better diagnosis. As Singapore ages
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      97 5 AIA Singapore’s senior director of agencies Samuel Goh (left) and Mr Jeffrey Chow (centre), financial services director of AIA agency PFP Associates, presenting a donation of $100,000 to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund at a dinner in Raffles Hotel yesterday. The
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      403 5  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg IN A novel study, researchers will look into how effective traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is in treating dry eye and whether this works well with Western medical treatments. Physicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (Seri) and
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      114 6 Volunteers (from right) Yoong Lin Heng, 76, Cheng Lai Woh, 81, Lim Tai Foon, 62, and Low Suit Moey, 84, meeting President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife Mary at a special appreciation tea at the Istana yesterday. Despite their age, these seniors volunteer to take
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      535 6  -  Aussie judge rules airline liable only for bodily injuries By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A SYDNEY court, in a suit by a passenger against Singapore Airlines (SIA), has affirmed the standing rule that no damages can be claimed against an airline for
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      312 6  -  By AMIR HUSSAIN amirh@sph.com.sg A VIETNAMESE sailor, who died shortly after he was airlifted by helicopter from a Vietnamese tanker to a hospital here, is believed to have been shot in the forehead by pirates who hijacked the ship early
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      711 7  -  Treasure on Balmoral sales deadline, property slide lead to unusual move By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg THE faltering property market has led to a developer selling all the units in a posh new condominium to its parent company at a discount after
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      441 8  -  Banker Melvin Teo will take over from Tjong Yik Min next year By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg FOOD and beverage counter Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS), which also develops properties, announced yesterday that its group chief executive, Mr Tjong Yik Min, will retire on April
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      403 8 GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) will be co-investing with Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC to acquire one of the largest logistic real estate portfolios in the United States for US$8.1 billion (S$10.7 billion), confirming earlier reports that it would be involved
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      416 8  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg A NEW generation of automated teller machines (ATMs) is being launched by United Overseas Bank (UOB) as it seeks to make it more convenient for customers to access its services. The new ATMs will offer fresh
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      188 8 BLOOMBERG BERKSHIRE Hathaway’s speciality business insurance unit has received a licence to sell non-life coverage in Singapore as it makes a push into Asia. The unit will offer commercial property, casualty, financial lines, marine, energy and construction coverage, according to a statement yesterday
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      641 11  -  Companies at roundtable discussion put forth suggestions, seek support By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg BETTER access to research and development grants, incentives for training lower-skilled foreign workers, and help with navigating cross-border taxation. With the 2015 Budget already on the horizon, these items
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      476 11  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S lacklustre property market showed some signs of life at the weekend but interest was mainly confined to executive condominiums (ECs) The best performer was The Terrace, an EC project in Punggol, where more than 100 units were sold,
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      203 11  -  CHIA YAN MIN THE training arm of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) launched a new programme for overseas port and maritime officials yesterday. The five-day Port Management Programme, which runs until Friday, was developed for port masters, harbour masters and
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        660 12  -  It raises $318 million in 18 listings, beating mainboard’s nine IPOs By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg IT HAS been a lean year for initial public offerings on the mainboard in general, but the Catalist exchange has been on a hot streak. The junior
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        495 12 REUTERS BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE investment firm Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy a minority stake in Virtu Financial, the New York-based electronic dealing firm said yesterday, in a bet on the growth of automated trading globally. Temasek is buying a portion
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        534 12 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Hedge funds are betting that the oil price crash is close to ending. Speculators boosted their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude by 14 per cent in the week ended Dec 2, the most in 20 months,
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        441 14  -  Rising fears that major oil producers could cut output, cancel rig orders BULLS AND BEARS By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg THE robust job data in the United States released last Friday failed to give the local market the same sugar rush that
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          114 14 STAMFORD Tyres has reported an 82.4 per cent plunge in second-quarter net profit to $856,000. Earnings fell despite revenue rising 5.4 per cent to $75.3 million for the three months to Oct 31, mainly on the back of growth in South-east Asia. But a rise in operating expenses
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          84 14 DEVELOPER Tee Land has bought three freehold condominium units in Bangkok for 49.4 million baht (S$1.98 million). Its wholly owned subsidiary, Tee Development, acquired the units in the Chewathai Ratchaprarop condo, a 26-storey development of 325 units, from Chewathai Ltd at a discount of 3.7 per cent. Tee
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          64 14 DEVELOPER Oxley Holdings said its wholly owned subsidiary, Oxley Rising, has entered into a letter of understanding with Dubai-based luxury hotel operator Jumeirah Group. Both sides will begin negotiations to appoint a Jumeirah entity as the manager of a proposed luxury hotel in a mixed-use project in Kuala
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          85 14 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 741.26 492.99 806.78 735.16 222.79 185.61 239.54 -1.82 -5.50 -6.00 -12.32 -0.97 -1.74 -2.52 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 126.42 493.20 831.31 866.65 1,096.09 803.40
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          21 14 Stock trading volume 1.2543 billion shares worth $976.5 million Up down Gainers: 121 Losers: 246 Unchanged: 416
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          55 14 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 45.03 24,047.67 17,935.64 1,978.95 3,020.259 1,466.649 1,740.84 15.19 -7.67 82.612 12.015 -8.53 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,144.014 1,575.55 5,372.708 -43.98 -22.21
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          54 14 By Volume CENTS Vol SIIC Environment ..................14 67,730,000 Pacific Century .....................26 60,337,000 SMC Environment 14 OLS Enterprise .....................1.3 45,096,000 Golden Agri-Res ....................45 37,925,000 60.337.000 Mirach Energy ....................7.8 32,821,000 me UG Healthcare .....................25 27,178,000 Genting Sing 109.5 23,968,000 Global Logistic ....................258 23,726,000 APAC Strategic ...................5.5 21,522,000 45.096.000 41.481.000 Charisma
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          194 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 8,2014 Top Rises Dec 08 CENTS DBXT MSUSA US$ 5242 201.1 3.0 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 158.8 0.7 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1636 47.6 2.3 DBXT CSI300 US$ 930 34.4 2.9 DBXT MSAsExJp
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          68 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 565 HongkongLand USD US684 +4 1009 684 673 2.6 13.5 *****.2 NET P/E M
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          59 14 Dec 08 Against S$ 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: 1.0943 1.0953 0.8272 0.8273 ***** 1.1566 0.8737 0.8731 1.6236 1.6250 1.2273
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          210 14 Top Rises Dec 08 CENTS CN8600MBeCW*****0 40.5 24.6 8.0 UOB MB eCW*****2 21 10.5 2.0 NKY *****MBeCW*****3 8.5 9.0 0.7 DBS MB eCW*****0 19 8.6 1.5 SingTelMBeCW*****4 7 7.7 0.5 DBS MB eCW*****4 29.5 5.4 1.5 ComfortDeMBeCW*****2 4 5.3 0.2 UOB MB eCW*****5 18.2 5.2 0.9 KepCorp
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          21 14 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 103.3 40 CityDev NCCPS 110 cd +i 32 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS
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          163 14 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 118 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF 116 -1 1 139.4 119 CIMB ABAC Div SSD 135.3 110.5 94 CIMB ABAC Div USS US101 1401 1222 CIMBASEAN40 SSD 1372 1300 927 CIMBASEAN40 USS US1040 4403 3647 DBXT ASX200 USS
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      142 17 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Cricket 1st Test, day 1: Australia v India (mio TV Ch123 and StarHub Ch236, 7.50am). Football Uefa Champions League: Liverpool vs Basel (mio TV Ch111, tomorrow, 3.40am), Galatasaray v Arsenal (Ch112, tomorrow, 3.40am), Juventus v Atletico Madrid (Ch113, tomorrow, 3.40am) Netball Nations Cup: Samoa v Botswana
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      628 20 Gerrard spurred last-16 push 10 years ago; fans want repeat against Basel AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Ten years on from a dramatic comeback in the Champions League, Liverpool will again look to Steven Gerrard for inspiration when they face Basel in a must-win match
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      359 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Arsene Wenger has vowed to field a strong team against Galatasaray tonight, as the under-fire Arsenal manager bids to silence the critics by snatching top spot in the Champions League’s Group D. The Gunners have already qualified for the knockout
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      633 20  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg I HAVE been lucky enough to play for good football clubs, win S-League titles and enjoy a few long unbeaten runs. During my stints with Geylang United, Singapore Armed Forces FC and
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      360 20 L GROUP A Qualified: Atletico Madrid Atletico: Can afford to lose at Juventus by no more than a single goal and still top group. Juventus: Need one point to reach last 16. A win by two goals or more could see them finish first. Olympiakos: Must beat
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      396 17 Basketball NBA Boston 101 Washington 93, Atlanta 96 Denver 84, Memphis 103 Miami 87, Detroit 94 Oklahoma City 96, Dallas 125 Milwaukee 102, NY Knicks 99 Portland 103, LA Lakers 87 New Orleans 104. Football French Ligue 1 Evian Thonon Gaillard 2 Lyon 3 Marseille 3 Metz 1, Lens
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      107 17 Singapore’s netball captain Lin Qingyi (left) shielding the ball from two Botswana players during their 46-41 Netball Nations Cup win at OCBC Arena last night. It was the hosts’ second win in as many games, against a second higher-ranked team.
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      633 17 Unanimous decision ushers in major reforms aimed at overhauling Games AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MONACO The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday voted to allow Olympic Games to be hosted by two countries and to add new sports as part of sweeping changes to the world’s
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      329 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI Roger Federer called the new International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) “crazy but fun”, after sauntering through his debut matches with his team Indian Aces in New Delhi on Sunday. A laughing and joking Federer downed Czech world No. 7 Tomas Berdych in
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      666 18  -  US-based student Soh’s stellar run earns him berth at next SEA Games By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg IN HIS very first marathon attempt, Soh Rui Yong clocked the second-fastest time recorded by a Singaporean for the 42.195km race. His time of 2hr 26min 1sec at the
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      543 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADELAIDE Fearsome Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will have no reservations about bowling short-pitched balls at India’s batsmen, despite the recent Phillip Hughes tragedy. Australia have signalled that there will be no let-up on their aggressive approach during the first cricket
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      871 18  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg ON CRICKET’S Adelaide Oval, overlooked by a cathedral, in the shadow of mourning, a game holy to many has commenced today. Australia vs India. Please, fellows, feel free to bowl a bouncer. But don’t feel compelled to follow
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        57 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Pole vault legend Sergei Bubka is “shocked” by claims of widespread doping among Russian athletes, and pledged a crackdown on the “criminal” gangs who control the drugs supply. Bubka, who is an International Olympic Committee executive board member, described the allegations in
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        62 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics organisers have no intention of moving any event outside of South Korea, following reports that some competitions may be shifted to Japan in an effort to save costs. “All necessary preparations are under way on the assumption that
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        74 18 REUTERS SYDNEY A review of the Australian athletics team’s performance at the Commonwealth Games, including the row between star athlete Sally Pearson and head coach Eric Hollingsworth, said that poor leadership was to blame for the embarrassment in Glasgow. The review panel, led by former
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        73 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has declared that Radamel Falcao must content himself with a bit-part role as the on-loan Colombian striker works his way back to full fitness. The footballer has played only 283 minutes since signing from Monaco
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      513 19 NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE SAYS MINISTER Call for strong action on those who attacked Vietnam fans at Shah Alam AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s sports minister has apologised for the attacks by home fans on Vietnamese supporters during the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final first leg on Sunday. There were
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      414 19 REUTERS WINDERMERE (Florida) Jordan Spieth, who created a buzz when at 19 he became the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event in 82 years, is playing the best golf of his 21 years and taking aim at top-ranked Rory McIlroy. The American followed up
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      249 19  -  SANJAY NAIR FORMER SEA Games gold medallist Gary Tan has been roped in as an assistant coach under Sergio Lopez’s new-look setup at the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA). The 32-year-old will begin full-time work on Jan 1 under the Spaniard, who was appointed
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        1028 2  -  The “one-stop shop” concept keeps Popular bookstores in business, says straight-talking boss Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Halfway through an hour-long interview with Life!, Popular Holdings chief executive officer Chou Cheng Ngok declares: “I don’t read books.” This is ironic, since he runs a large chain
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      1194 7 PropertiesClassification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Houses for Sale 402 D01 Raffles Pl/ Marina/ Chinatown 402 D02 Anson/ Tg Pagar 402 D03 Queenstown/ Tiong Bahru 402 D04 Sentosa/ Telok Blangah 402 D05 Pasir Panjang/ West Coast/ Clementi Town 402 D06 High Street/ North Bridge Rd 402 D07 Rochor/ Bugis/ Beach
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      317 7 GOOD CLASS BUNGLW BISHOPSGATE ***** sf, elevated, panoramic view Best of the best quality, Park 8 cars. Sole Agent EWART PK *****/ 20k sf HOLLAN D PARK ***** sf/ Brand new Just TOP NASSIM *****sf brand new nice land/ view, just TOP PEEL RD *****/8300 sf park 10 cars, tasteful
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      195 7 Excellent Location BEST OF TREVOSE! Terrace 3000 sf. Rarely available. Must view to appreciate! Call Irene 9787-3836 now! Excellent Location CLOSING SOON! MODERN Namly Bunglw 5400/8000 sf. Million dollar view, park 4 cars. Sole agt *****000 Good Investment WATTEN. FANTASTIC BUY! 1km to RGPS/ NJC. Design, rebuild your dream home
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      174 7 Freehold $3.XM. CORNER TERR Frankel 3100 sf. 5+1, A1 cond. MRT/ amenities. Pool. Mavin *****014 Immediate $3.XM BRAND NEW F’hold Semi-d. Built 3800 sqft, 4+1, attic, 1km CHIJ. Telok Kurau. Call *****000 now Good Schools 1KM TO TAO Nan. 3 storey Terr. Built 4000 sqft, 4+1, well renovated, bright. Quick!
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      208 7 Must View ROCKBOTTOM RIVER VIEW Upp East Coast. Stunning 4+2 maids. 99 years. See isabelredrup.com/ir10.php$3.68m. *****055. Susan Excellent Location BEST PRICE REDUCED BEDOK 2½-sty Semi-d. 3526/5400sf 5+1 ensuite. FH. Pool. $4.xM. *****971/ *****709 DWG Excellent Location LUCKY GDNS 2/STY terr FH, elevated grd 1805/2500 sf Face pk/NE. Ample parking $2.6M
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      185 7 Excellent Location 1-STY SEMI-D 45XX sf land. Mins to Village. Breezy. No West sun. Amenities. Quiet Cheong ERA 9837 9888 Excellent Location M.O.R.E DYNAMIC ALLIANCE Below value! 2sty near MRT. From $2.3M up. Bishan 2020sqft $2.xM. Semi-D 5000sqft $4.xM. Serious sellers!! 9873 7772 THOMSON PLAZA2.5sty terr 5+1, 2cars Newly A&A
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      207 7 SUPERB LOW te r r 2100/5000sf 4+1 Spacious Near Playgrd/Greenwich V $3M neg. JT 9385 3000 LUXUS HILLS. 3 storey. Open House Sat 3-5pm Well kept. Owners stay. Sole Agt Ong *****133 Good Investment JLN KECHUBONG 3STY Detached FH 8rms 5195/4941 sf 100% move-in Airy Gdn Neg. Ang S.I 9236
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      250 7 Must View AUCTION 17/12 REFLECTIONS Keppel Bay, Blk 19 #02, 1560 sf, 3rms, 99 yrs, Resort *****639 Michelle Must View HE FOLIAGE, FH Penthse. 2110 sf 4 bdrms Best Unit, Nice Reno. Good Facing, NUS BernardWu *****139 CITYGATE, MIX DEVT, MRT 2 bdrm fr $1.06M onward. 2 DualKey from $1.222
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      1952 8 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in November 2014. This week: 1 4 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT District 1 Marina
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      142 8 Must View NEW LIST! 476 Segar 5-RM Premium Apt, #03, 110sqm, corner, Near Amenities LRT. $418k Alvin *****618 High Floor **PROPERTY ELITES DIV 4’A’ 519 Jelapang high flr well-kept. Near Bt Panjang Mall Don’t miss. *****893 Must View 606 SENJA ROAD. 4’A’. High Flr. Renovated. Windy 99 sqm. Corner. Motivated
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      155 8 Must View 3NG 304 HIGH flr Move In. Unblock. NS facing. Near MRT/ Schools. Pure Sell. All races. Serious Seller. Must View 3’NG’ 310 67SQM Mid flr. Move In. Windy, No Noon Sun. Near MRT. Pure Sell. All races. Serious Seller. Excellent Location NEW LIST!! 3-RM Block 61 Circuit Rd.
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      182 9 Excellent Location CORNER 5-RM 664B St 64 Walk to MRT, Mall. Nice Cosy. All Races, SPR 12Dec 4pm-8pm Roger *****223 5-RM 988A JURONG West. High flr. 114sqm. Corner. Privacy. Spacious. $514K neg Nicholas Chua *****111 3 YRS ONLY! 5’I’ Boon Keng Rd Blk 8 Cityview DBSS. F/reno. Don’t Miss! VTO.
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      202 9 Near MRT 4’A’ BLK 203A High flr. Corridor Huge master rm (2 bdrms only) Unblock, windy. N/S facing. Walk to 2 MRTs *****900 Steven Must View Don't Miss EA CORNER 117A Rivervale Dr. 130 sqm balcony Nice move in cond. LRT, Mall, amenities *****328 Diana Near Amenities FIRE SALE@ 312A
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      245 9 4’A’ CORNER 933, all races. Sch/ childcare/ mkt/ Safra Future MRT. HIP lift paid. neg. Eric So *****096 Move in Condition 5’I’ CORNER BLK 855 St 83. 122sqm, #03, Unblocked Gdn view. Squarish Bright Windy. Reno. Must Sell! Near Market 195 KIM KEAT Ave. 710 sf (3’I’). #04. Chinese motivated
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      318 9 Immediate SEA VIEW LIONEL LOO 1-6PM: Sentosa Best Sea facing Bungalow Super luxurious. 3 4 huge rm. *****592 *****062 Must View AIYAYAYA PETAIN! DELUXE Shophouse Home 5-bed. 5000sf Value!!! only $9K!!! isabelredrup.com/ir45.php MRT. *****055. Susan FERNHILL BEAUTIFUL INTER terr4+1, 2000/2800sf 2sty +attic,reno. Amenities/ Orchard.Sam *****863 JNK Barker Rd 5+1............. $15K
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      237 9 Must View NATURE PARK 3 sty Semi-d Bunglw 4+1 bdrm ensuite Approx 2900/5000 sf. Owner *****027/ *****699 GREENWOOD SEMI-D 4+1, big patio/pool. Quiet $9.8K Connection 9012 6654 Ulu Pandan/ Clementi Rd/ Sunset/ Bukit Timah Houses For Rent 454 D21 BEST VIEWS ON Sunset. Bright, Modern, Strata Bunglw. 5+1+ pte pool.
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      478 9 £WI Seletar £21 Seletar 028 Houses For Rent D28 Houses For Rent Cabana at Sunrise Terrace Minutes' drive to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station and international schools Near Seletar Aerospace Park and AMK Hub Access to city via CTE 3-storey cluster houses 24-hour security swimming pool, jacuzzi, playground and BBQ
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      264 9 High Floor Near MRT OUTRAM MRT, PEARLBANK Apt. 2 bdrm Studio avail. Unblocked. Include utilities immed WengSee *****387 Must View GOOD LOCATION NEW! ANCHORAGE 2/ 3 rms. Nice f/furn. Ikea/ food ctr. Avail early Jan. $4.1K/ $4.8K. Wendy 8686-2768 OCEANFRONT. UNIT FACING the waters, 4 bdrm, 2013 sf. Brand new.
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      296 9 “Top 10 Skyscrapers of the World 2013” Emporis Brand New Luxury Residence FOR LEASE Bright spacious 4-bedroom residences (3186sq?) with designer finishes panoramic views. Located in popular expat enclave of Ardmore Park, steps away from Tanglin Orchard Road. Designed by world renowned Architect, Ben Van Berkel of UNStudio. Clubhouse with
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      240 9 WATERSCAPE@CAVENAGH. 1313 SF. 3+1 ensuites. Pool view! Just TOP! $6.xK. Tricia 9387 9668 EDGE ON CAIRNHILL 2142sf 4+1 ensuites Bright. Modern Newton MRT. Immed. $neg. Tricia 9387 9668 Excellent Location WILKIE STUDIO 3-BDRM. 1281 sf. P/furn. Near Dhoby Ghaut MRT/ Orchard. $5K. Immed. Laura *****539 Face Greenery SAM KIANG MANSION
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      323 10 Four Seasons Park 2874 SF. 5+2 RM Renovated Kitchen with Aircon High Floor Full Condo Facilities Panoramic City View Call Owner: 9815-5303 AMARYLLIS VILLES 1260 sqft. 3bdrms Renovated. BLOSSOMVALE 1367sqft 3+1. Renovated, New MT FABER LODGE 3700sqft 4+1 with balcony. Renovated THE TREVOSE 1776sf3+1 Bal FIFTH AVE 1700sf. 3+1+1 Goh:
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      624 10 EfitB Newton/ Novena Newton/ Novena DU Pte Apts For Rent Dll Pte Apts For Rent Pastoral View at Bassein Road Minutes' walk to Novena MRT Station, Square 2, and international schools 24-hour security, swimming pool, tennis court and squash court 1 2 bedrooms, 614/ 990 sq ft (gl/ Far East
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      242 10 Ulu Pandan/ Clementi Rd/ Sunset/ Bukit Timah Pte Apts For Rent 464 D21 OpenHouse NEW LISTING SHERWOOD TWR 1RM 700sf. New reno. Overlook pool, bright, next shpg ctr. Fred *****019/ *****038 Immediate NOTTINGHILL SUITES 506SF 1-bdrm Grd flr. F/furn. Near Beauty World Plaza. Immed. Hurry! *****893 Immediate CLEMENTI PK PH
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      256 10 Near Amenities THE WATERINA, 1BDRM, 721 sf, high flr, p/furn, unblock view, f/facilities, immed, Mrt,$3Kneg.*****041 Ang Excellent Location ASTORIA PK 2 bdrm, f/furn, Aircon. Pool view. Avail immed. View by appt. $3K neg Call Nora 8533 9600 Fully Furnished Just T.O.P. MINS TO KALLANG MRT. 1/ 1+1/ 1+1 Triplex Penthse
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      226 10 High Floor 2+1 COSTA RHU Partial furn 1012sf. Full facilities. Windy Unblocked. Avail end Dec. Henry Lim *****289 ERA Must View expat’s choice NEWLY RENO HAWAII Twr. Resort style. Bright/ Windy Big unit 3+1 2000sf. neg Immed. *****472 Joee Pool View EXPAT’S CHOICE MEYERISE SEAVIEW 3rms 3/4rms face pool, best
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      603 10 HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 2nd Quarter 2014 Town Class code 3-Room 4-Room 5-Room Executive Ang Mo Kio 482 $2,000 $2,500 $2,800 Bedok 483 $2,000 $2,400 $2,600 Bishan 484 $2,100 $2,650 $3,000 Bukit Batok 485 $1,910 $2,400 $2,550 Bukit Merah 486 $2,250 $2,900 $3,300 Bukit Panjang 487 $1,800 $2,000 $2,200
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      83 10 ExpatChoice CONDOS/ APTS/ SHOPHSE wanted urgently for family Balestier/ nearby, now Call *****009/ *****371 STUDIO NOVENA $70/day up 2/3 bdrm svc apt. Pls call *****145 *****630 2+1 NEW UPP Changi Blk 30 MRT f/furn/ aircon immed Price neg. Goh 9853 3133 Immediate BLK 135, 5-RM. High flr. Condo alike renovation.
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      271 11 Move in Condition BLK 615 5-RM flat. Immed. High flr. Huge master rm. F/furn Aircon. Near LRT. neg. Roy 9003 8996 5’I’ HAVELOCK RD. High flr. Windy. 3 bdrms. F/furn. Aircon. VTO. Avail 1st Jan. Steven Chen *****699 BLK 637 VEERASAMY Road. 2+1 F/furn. No commission. Immed. *****872 3BDRM (2
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      238 11 Near Amenities BLK 144 S’GOON Nth, 3+1rm Aircon, F/furn, $2.4k neg. Mins to Amenities bus stop. Immed *****678 JT Excellent Location 2+1 269 MID /Lift flr. Airy P/Furn. 1 AC, well kept. 3+1 864 Furn. 3 AC. Immed. Amenities.Aaron *****811 Move in Condition 899 TAMPINES st 81. 4A Immed. aircon,
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      273 11 Excellent Location 3RM HDB APPROVED. 3mins Yishun MRT. High floor. Convenient. Move-in immediate $1980 9695-9330 4’A’ 3+1 616/556 Hougang 3’NG’ 2+1 225/ 230 AMK. 3’I’ 2+1 blk 1 Toa Payoh. 3NG 2+1 blk 615 Bedok Res 3’I’ 2+1 blk 64 Marine Drive Immediate 28B DOVER CRES 2+1. high flr. F/furn/
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      513 11 fill Factory/lndustrial 011 Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE BUSINESS PARK SPACE ONE-NORTH SPACE AMENITIES SPACE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPACE LOGISTICS SPACE Usage for 60:40 ancillary office Fitted units available Download your
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      232 11 MARSILING LANE FTY/ Warehse 23k/ 11.6k/ 24k sf, Dedicated Cargo Lifts. Grd flr.HDB Eateries, Near Causeway. Call *****657. S’GOON NTH AVE 5. Fty/ Office. 6.2k/16k/25k/30k sqft Ht 5m/7m, 12.5kN/m2, Grd Flr, Air-con. Face AMK Ave 3. Call *****657 GOLDEN WHEEL BLD 2ND flr (B1)$2.30psfup.818/1420sf Fitted. Loading/ Unloading office warehse Kallang
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      155 11 Excellent Location ISPACE@ PIONEER NORTH B2, 1690 sf. Bare w/ toilet, ramp up. High ceiling $1.90 psf. Immed Alec *****560 Immediate PANTECH (PANDAN LOOP) 100, 260, 600, 1163, 1862, 2043-3638sf. fr $400/sale $410 psf. 9638-3613 Angie Immediate Must View Care Honesty ***D.13 MACTECH BLDG B1. 700/1130/1334 sf. Nice reno. Office/Warehse
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      265 11 UBI, NEW FULLY fitted, 1,000sf, industrial training ctr with scaffold for take over. Sam *****863 JNK B2 TUAS VIEW Sq, Grd flr, 7265sf. Warehse/Fty. Tuas Checkpoint. PIE/KJE/AYE Immed Mr Choo *****189 Excellent Location GOOD LOCATION ENTERPRISE 10 3-STOREY terrace factory 7029sqft. Carpark roof terre. Avail Jan. Ronnie 9615-5922 Excellent Location
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      257 11 SUPER CHEAP! #01 Oxley Bizhub 2 $2.60 psf. Owner 9745-1777 (Agts welcome) JURONG SINGLE STOREY. 40,000sf.15m hgt w/crane office Ronnie 9271 8797. SENOKO/ JURONG/ SUNGEI Kadut. 5000-*****sf with crane *****229 Caddina Excellent Location PROJECT SALE/ RESALE West area: 958-178,015sf North area: 1,561-6,469sf East area: 936-52,600sf North-East 1,496-9,289sf Near MRT $505PSF
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      358 11 Must View VERTEX RAMP-UP, 2368SF 2units, Northstar AMK 775sf. Vacant/ Tenanted. $nego. Nicole 9380 3803 Freehold IND LAND *****/***** SF Land 8100/***** sf Terr 100 workers rebuild PR 2.5 Sole Agt 9101-6433 LamHH CHANGI LOYANG INTER terr, 15,200/14,800 sf, B2, front rear access, 30+30 yrs wef 1996, Lee 9070-2213 Freehold
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      31 12 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 1,744 sq ft GuocoLand Group 6225 7000 I 6428 7864 Empowering property agents with privileged lis?ngs data analy?cs Browse now!
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      427 12 OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE ATTRACTIVE RENTAL FRM $2.XXPSF NEAR MRT FULLY FITTED TANJONG PAGAR TANGLIN ROAD PASIR PANJANG 354/670/770/990/1,600/ 2,200 sqft Complimentary Season Parking Rental from $3.XX psf 172/467/501/1,256/4,443 sqft Colonial Style Building with Lush Greenery Rental from $5.XX psf 96/119/663/722/932/2,052/4,500 sqft Suitable for Training Centre, Offi ce Showroom Rental
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      235 12 Near MRT SMALL OFFICE D3 Leng Kee area. Utilities bill wifi incl. Mins to Redhill MRT. For more details, Call Link (THM) Group *****249. BUGIS MRT VICINITY. Good bldg. 550/ 700/ 1400 up to 3500 sf. Fitted/ bare. Ample Carpark. Fr $5.30 psf. Lionel 9387-8807 FP 9 5 0 -4,263
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      162 12 Excellent Location CECIL COURT 810 4445 sf Immediate. Fitted/ Bare. Regular layout. Good corp image. Jaime *****133 Excellent Location SHOP HOUSE TELOK AYER ST 3403 sf. #02 mezzanine, partition rm, lift access. Near MRT. Immed. James 9487-4441 Near MRT SHOP HOUSE GEMMILL LANE 1400 sf. 2½ -sty, MRT. Prime. Immed.
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      220 12 Must View PARKWAY CENTRE, IMMED 732/ 1130/ 1184/ 1356 sqft. Attractive rent. Agts welcome. 6438-7875 Jovina. Near MRT BLK 186 TOA Payoh Ctrl/ MRT, #02 approx 710 sf, 4 aircon. Suit office, law firm Immed. Sande 8660-5899 Excellent Location 51 BT BATOK Cres. #08-33 Unity Ctr S*****7 2rm 400sf each/
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      293 12 Excellent Location best price **AZ PAYA Lebar Ground flr Corner 1141sqft. Aircon. 6m High ceiling. Immed. $4K. SM Chia *****500 Excellent Location best price **PAYA LEBAR SQ. Brand new. Beside MRT. 538/ 1076/ 1614sf with water pt. neg. SM Chia *****500 FORTUNE CENTRE 570SF/ partition. Near Bugis MRT. Aircon avail
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      331 12 A’POSH BIZ HUB, Yishun Ave 6. 1281/1550/3843sqft Choice units! 9139-0654 NEAR CITY MALL/ Mustafa Ctr. 150/ 220 sf. Carpet/ aircon. Immed. 8485 4664 WCEGA TOWER FACTORY/ Office 958sf f/furn. Immed Clarence *****994 PEN SHOPHOUSE OFFICE SPACE Approx 1200sf. 2nd flr Boat Quay area. *****227 VERTEX UBI. Office space 800 sf.
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      326 12 ROCHESTER MALL (A Learning Place) 2000sf suitable for F&B 200sf to 1400sf suitable for enrichment, school, etc Offer at attractive rent Attractive commission UE ONE-NORTH DEVELOPMENTS PTE LTD 8688 7375 9822 8220 Office at UE BIZ HUB EAST 14,000sf to 70,000sf avail Retail, Hotel Convention Ctr Good corporate image OPP
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      582 13 67 wr 67 »t ace 69 t ace RETAIL SPACE FOR LEASE VILLAGE HOTEL ALBERT COURT Conveniently located near Bugis and Little India vicinity Minutes' walk to Little India MRT Station Ideal for F&B Unit sizes of 172 to 291 sq ft ORCHARD PARADE HOTEL Minutes' walk to Orchard MRT
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      264 13 Upper Bt Timah Road Shophouse Units for Lease Newly renovated 2-storey units Unit sizes approx. 2280 sq ft each Next to The Linear, MaySprings Hazel Park Condo Units facing main road bus-stop Ideal for retail, clinics, banks, beauty services etc Call 6868 1888 Excellent Location NEIL RD Tg Pagar 3-sty
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      315 13 JOO CHIAT COMPLEX Shop for takeover #02 #03. $210k/ $280k Neg. Immed Hurry! Hashim 9007-9706 Just TOP PAYA LEBAR SQ/ MRT. 205, 356, 420, 463-850sf. TCM, Fashion, Gift, Wine, Retail, etc. David *****821.com BLK 11 JLN Bt Merah 450 sf Toilet. Aircon. Mkt. Office/ all trades. Call 9634-9655 UPP PAYA
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      547 13 LIAT TOWERS P r i m e F B S p a c e Approx. 3,500 sqft Street level Prominent frontage 5 mins to Orchard MRT station Call Landlord at *****-784/ 785/ 776 Alexandra Central For Lease Now TOP SOON 9 Vibrant dining retail integrated with hotel 9 High human
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      275 13 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates UPPER BUKIT TIMAH RD 33,000 sqft Light Industrial Column free High Ceiling Suitables for Logistics TUAS SOUTH 3.5k 6k 50k 100k sqft Up to 10m High Ceiling 5 tonnes Overhead Crane Direct Loading Access Suitable For Factory Use CALL6578 9966 WAREHOUSE
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      274 13 PIONEER VICINITY 50KSF #01 loading bays 9m ceiling 20 kn/m2 Also avail 60ksf-200ksf. Immediate FOR SALE AT PENJURU Property A Type: Part 3/Part 10 sty warehse with office LA: approx 140,588 sf GFA: approx 192,578 sf Balance 18 years Sale with Tenancy Property B Type: 5-sty warehse with office LA:
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      307 15 BCS College Tel 6241-4431 Preparatory Courses for Singapore Cambridge: 1) GCE ’N’ Level 2) GCE ’O’ Level 3) IPMA Diploma in Logistics Supply Chain Mgmt 4) Basic English Language Course. (Part 1 Part 2) 5) LCCI Cert in Biz English (Prelim, 1, 2 3) 6) MS Word, Excel, Access, Computer
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      404 20 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Careers for YouA list of career opportunities found in Saturday’s (6 December) issue of The Straits Times Recruit Company Name Contact Information Job Title Company Name Contact Information Job Title Company Name Contact Information Job Title Jurong Health Services
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