The Straits Times, 15 December 2014

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  • Article
    Lock icon More CPF flexibility under study: Minister
    551 1  -  Option of varying savings, payouts raised ahead of review panel’s report By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg THERE could be more options for Central Provident Fund (CPF) members in deciding how much they want to save, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to retirement
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    Lock icon VICTORY FOR ABE IN SNAP POLLS
    116 1 Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at an election-night event at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo yesterday. His ruling coalition of the LDP and the smaller Komeito won a thumping victory in the snap election,
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    Lock icon Nine terror detainees still in custody
    420 1  -  By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg THIRTEEN years ago, Singapore rounded up 13 men in its first ter-rorism-related detentions and foiled a Jemaah Islamiah (JI) plot to bomb key spots. Today, just nine of the 66 men detained over the years for terrorism-related activities
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    Lock icon Parents sour over baby-milk prices
    55 1 BABY milk has more than doubled in price over the past 10 years, registering the steepest price rise among dairy products here. As of October, the average price of a 900g tin crossed the $50 mark and parents told The Straits Times they are feeling
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Widow makes new will, leaves fortune to charity
      576 2  -  Charitable trust will be set up in late husband’s name, to be run by niece TUSSLE OVER $40M ASSETS By TOH YONG CHUAN, CAROLYN KHEW tohyc@sph.com.sg kcarolyn@sph.com.sg THE wealthy widow fighting to retake control of her estimated $40 million assets has cut
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      Lock icon STEALING HEARTS WITH HIS PRINCELY CHARM
      109 2 Britain’s Prince George showing off his delectable dimples and festive finest in this Christmas photo released by the royal family. The 17-month-old prince third in line to the throne sat proud and rosy-cheeked in the courtyard of his home at Kensington Palace in London,
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      Lock icon ATMs may not accept stripe cards soon
      479 3  -  Users may be stuck if they don’t activate new chip cards mailed out By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg DO NOT panic if your bank card is rejected at the ATM next month. It has probably expired as banks move to a more
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      Lock icon GLOBAL MEDLEY OF CAROLS
      111 3 The Cathedral Choir of the Risen Christ performing a medley of Christmas carols from countries such as Austria, Japan and Italy at St Joseph’s Church in Victoria Street yesterday, led by choir director Peter Low. It was part of a concert, themed Prince of Peace, by
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon More CPF savings options?
        49 4 CENTRAL Provident Fund members could be given more options to decide how much they want to save. Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin said the Government is looking at how to cater to people’s different needs but warned against overcomplicating the system. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Move to safeguard ATM cards
        47 4 BANK customers are being urged to activate new ATM cards that are being sent out to replace those using magnetic stripes. The new cards feature a smart chip that makes it harder for fraudsters to skim data. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Obama reforms hailed
          52 4 FOREIGN entrepreneurs have welcomed US President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms that make it easier for them to stay and work in the US. But others feel the measures are just a band-aid, and hope more can be done to address the shortage of highly skilled tech workers.
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          Lock icon China targets fugitives
          49 4 AN ELITE crime-fighting unit in China has hauled back 428 economic fugitives from over 40 countries since July, but it is now finding itself up against an insurmountable roadblock: geopolitics. Many top targets are hiding in countries that have no extradition treaty with China. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Philippine case hearing
          57 4 NINE months after giving Beijing the opportunity to air its views, a UN tribunal can now hear the case filed by the Philippines contesting China’s claims to the resource-rich and commercially vital South China Sea. The court gave China until today to present its case but it
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          Lock icon Thousands in NY protest
          71 4 THOUSANDS of people from New York to Washington marched in the streets to protest against police abuse of unarmed African-American men. More than 25,000 people marched across Manhattan on Saturday, led by the families of several black men who died at the hands of police officers.
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        Lock icon WHEN U.S. SECURITY AGENCIES OVERSTEP THEIR LIMITS
        52 4 Mass surveillance, a brutal torture programme, and the excessive violence of American police have collectively harmed the superpower’s image. It undercuts its moral high ground as a progressive influence in the advancement of the rule of law and international justice. The Straits Times
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Effects of oil price plunge
          53 4 THE oil price plunge has produced winners and losers, and is set to change the world’s strategic map. The leaders of oil-exporting Russia and Iran face risks, but the first is in denial, while the second is a moderate who risks being discredited, writes Jonathan
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Cool property market
          66 4 THREE-QUARTERS of people think the property market has been reined in, a real estate firm’s poll has found. Almost 40 per cent expect residential property prices to drop in the next six months, while a third expect them to stay as they are. PAGE B2 Almost 40
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        • Article
          Lock icon Cheaper rides for disabled
          34 4 ABOUT 10,000 people with disabilities have taken up concession cards that give them a 25 per cent discount on public transport fares. The scheme was launched in July. PAGE B4
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          Lock icon Flats then and now
          48 4 NEARLY 55 years after it was set up, the Housing Board is looking at creating a new generation of green and liveable homes. The Straits Times looks back at how the design of public housing has changed over the last five decades. PAGE B7
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Little impact on inflation
          52 4 THE lifting of fuel subsidies in Malaysia and Indonesia will likely have limited impact on inflation in Singapore, economists say. While the reforms would normally push up the prices of imports from either country, this effect has been dampened by the slump in global oil prices.
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Pacman’s game plan
          84 4 FILIPINO boxer Manny Pacquiao has fired the first verbal shots ahead of the long-awaited fight between him and US boxer Floyd May weather. “I know what I have to do. I will chase him wherever he goes, just in case he decides to run around the ring,”
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Fixation with race
          68 4 ASIAN-AMERICAN comic duo the Fung Brothers, whose hit YouTube videos deal with being an Asian minority in the US, say online vigilantes in Singapore who complain loudly about misbehaving Caucasian expatriates are indirectly putting them on a pedestal. PAGE C2 The Fung brothers were in town over
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          Lock icon Sony hack: Fresh leaks
          72 4 AN EARLY version of the next James Bond film has been made public in the latest revelations from data stolen in the cyber attack on Sony on Sony Pictures’ computers last month. Another leaked e-mail showed actor Leonardo DiCaprio slammed for his pullout from the Steve
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon 7 things that can get you thrown off a flight
          59 4 ONE woman took her pet pig on board. Another threw her prosthetic leg at a cabin crew. We look at bizarre behaviour that landed passengers in the soup, after one woman was evicted from an Air Asia flight for throwing
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        • WEB SPECIALS
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            Lock icon Eat smart this Christmas
            20 4 FIGHT the festive bulge. Follow our calorie count guide and pick the right favourite treats. http://goo.gl/WriKNM
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            41 4 DO YOU rap, sing or play a musical instrument? Here’s your chance to be a part of Sing50, a mega concert at the National Stadium, co-organised by The Straits Times and The Business Times. Go to http://www.sing50concert.com
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      Lock icon Rehiring age will be raised to 67 in 2 to 3 years
      562 5  -  Forcing firms to change practices immediately may backfire, says minister By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE Government has opted to give time to companies to re-employ workers to age 67 because forcing them to do so immediately may end
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      Lock icon Firms ‘yet to accept they must adapt as labour pool shrinks’
      336 5  -  AMELIA TAN MANY firms here have not yet accepted the reality that they need to shape up in the face of shrinking manpower resources. And for those continuing to believe that supply of manpower remains strong, they will be
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      Lock icon Religious harmony needs continuous tending: Masagos
      388 6  -  NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH SINGAPORE must continue tending to its religious harmony if it is to weather the threat of terrorism, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said. He noted that while members of various religious communities supported
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      Lock icon Abe scores decisive victory in election
      736 6  -  His coalition set to control two-thirds of the 475 seats in Lower House By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has roared back into Parliament with a thumping victory in a general election that
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      Lock icon CEO’s daughter apologises to cabin crew
      424 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL The daughter of Korean Air’s chief executive officer visited the home of a cabin crew chief yesterday to apologise for kicking him off a plane over the way a snack was served, amid claims that she made him kneel and ask
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      Lock icon What next for Abe’s Japan?
      756 6  -  By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg NEWS ANALYSIS PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe has much to smile about after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) romped back to power in Japan’s general election with a two-thirds majority in the Lower House of Parliament. Japanese
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      Lock icon Nations agree on format for global climate deal
      778 8 Countries to submit pledges to curb heat-trapping carbon gases AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LIMA About 190 nations yesterday agreed on a vision for a historic pact to defeat climate change by adopting a format for national pledges to cut earth-warming greenhouse gases. At
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      Lock icon Search on for 76 missing after landslide
      473 8 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JEMBLUNG (Indonesia) Rescuers searching for at least 76 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed heavy excavation equipment for the first time yesterday to battle their way through roads strewn with debris to the site of the disaster, officials
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  473 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nations’ initial climate efforts just ‘a start’
      282 8  -  By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg THE initial contributions by countries to combat climate change, as mapped out at United Nations talks in Peru, are only a start in solving the problem, Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday. In a Facebook post,
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      Lock icon Another storm set to pound California
      204 8 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Another storm system is forecast to hit California early today, the National Weather Service says, days after heavy rain in the drought-stricken state caused mudslides and flash floods that damaged homes and left roads impassable. A Pacific storm had pounded southern
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      Lock icon Thai soldiers help residents in flood-hit south evacuate
      209 8 BANGKOK The local military authorities yesterday deployed soldiers to help residents evacuate as flash floods and forest run-off hit several districts in the southern Thai provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phatthalung. Hours of heavy downpour had triggered run-off from the Khao
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      489 3 [f HOW CAN WE PROVIDE FOR EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS? Whether you’re saving for your children’s education or to help them buy their first home, you want to know how to give them the best start in life. Which leads to one big question: TM So what do I do with
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      40 3 REMEMBERING THE2004TSUNAMI The Straits Times brings you a special 16-page report and an e-book marking 10 years after the tragedy, in partnership with the Asia News Network BANDA ACEH, JANUARY 2005 BANDA ACEH, DECEMBER 2014 Out on Dec 20, 2014
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      246 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE CHANGES TO OLYMPIC CHARTER Could an Asean Olympics become reality? Join the growing bio-cluster in Asia.* u LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST With many leading biomedical and technology firms making Singapore their regional base for innovative research and manufacturing, highly skilled talents are increasingly
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Welcome changes for entrepreneurs seeking US foothold
      943 9  -  Innovators and researchers also stand to gain VISA AND IMMIGRATION REFORMS IN AMERICA By MELISSA SIM US CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON simlinoi@sph.com.sg ABOUT three times a year, Mr Augustine Lim, 38, must apply for a visa waiver to travel to the United States for
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      Lock icon US Senate passes $1.4 trillion budget Bill after bitter fight
      759 9 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The United States Senate passed a US$1.1 trillion (S$1.45 trillion) spending Bill that lifts the threat of a government shutdown as Congress attempts to wrap up a two-year legislative session marked by bitter partisanship and few
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon New consultations in January on HK chief executive polls
        398 10 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG The Hong Kong government will likely start the next round of consultations on the 2017 chief executive election next month, local media reported, ahead of the last pro-democ-racy protest site being cleared today. This will be the second
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        Lock icon American slams US policy at N. Korean press conference
        336 10 REUTERS SEOUL An American citizen who said he illegally entered North Korea held a press conference in Pyongyang yesterday to deliver a 4,000-word statement denouncing American domestic and foreign policy, CNN said. CNN said the man identified himself as Arturo Pierre
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        Lock icon Beijing’s ‘fox hunt’ operation hits a snag
        835 10  -  Many economic fugitives in countries with no extradition treaty with China By RACHEL CHANG IN BEIJING rchang@sph.com.sg CHINA’S law enforcement authorities have never looked so glamorous. From a skyscraper on Beijing’s glitzy Financial Street, an elite crime-fighting unit has been hunting Chinese economic
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      • Article
        Lock icon Australian Transport Safety Bureau releases MH370 search image
        252 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released an acoustic sonar image of the southern Indian Ocean seabed following search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The ATSB, which is leading the operation, said: “The
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      • Article
        Lock icon New Taipei mayor is sole candidate for top KMT post
        420 11 Eric Chu in line to be party chairman but will not run for president in 2016 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, reeling from its worst local election setback, will have just one candidate to be its new
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        Lock icon Nek Chand’s stunning legacy
        405 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHANDIGARH (India) Deep inside his massive garden of handmade waterfalls and sculptures, Mr Nek Chand toiled away secretly in the dead of night for 18 years to create his wonderland in the country’s northern reaches. Cycling after dark to a state-owned forest, he spent
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        Lock icon China and Kazakhstan to ink $13b of deals
        272 11 REUTERS BEIJING China is expected to sign 30 cooperative agreements worth US$10 billion (S$13 billion) with Kazakhstan as Premier Li Keqiang began his first official visit to the country yesterday, said the official Xinhua news agency. Xinhua did not give details, but
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        Lock icon Afghan President seeks help to stem attacks
        532 12 Appeal to clerics, elders to speak out against wave of violence by militants NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS XINHUA KABUL Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday appealed to Muslim clerics and tribal elders to help stem a surge in deadly insurgent attacks, after a
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        Lock icon 3 face trial in Myanmar over ‘Buddha-in-headphones’ image
        461 12 WASHINGTON POST YANGON A New Zealander and two Myanmar men are facing trial in Myanmar after being accused of insulting Buddhism. The incident stems from an advertisement for an event at their bar in Yangon, which featured an image of Buddha wearing
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      • Article
        Lock icon Move against Islamic conservatism gains support
        282 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA A group of prominent Malays, who called on the government to safeguard the Constitution from sweeping Islamic conservatism that has been repeatedly endorsed by the Malaysian authorities, has been receiving support from other Malaysians. The unprecedented open letter
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indian Kashmir voters ignore calls for election boycott
        243 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SRINAGAR (India) Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar has voted in continuing elections in the troubled Muslim-majority region, where the party of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making an unprecedented bid for power. As armed police patrolled the
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      • PEOPLE ASIA
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          Lock icon Andhra Pradesh chief sets the bar high for his state
          1029 13  -  Grand plans for spanking new capital city and fibre network for all villages By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg THE Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has a big dream: to transform the southern state into the Singapore
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          Lock icon Tenacious senator who pushed for torture report
          769 13  -  By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg SINCE the release of the CIA torture report, senior senator Dianne Feinstein has been lauded for her tenacity in pushing through the scorching critique of the intelligence agency’s interrogation methods, despite years of
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        Lock icon Hearing on South China Sea dispute to begin
        924 14  -  Philippines’ case against China at UN tribunal boosted by Vietnam’s entry By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg NINE months after giving Beijing the opportunity to air its views, a United Nations tribunal can now begin hearing a case filed by
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        Lock icon Dolphin found dead after delta oil spill
        339 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA A dead dolphin has been found in Bangladesh’s protected Sundarbans delta, following an oil spill that has spread over several hundred square kilometres, heightening fears for the area’s rare wildlife. The Dhaka Tribune newspaper published a photo of the mammal
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        Lock icon US, China test code to prevent sea crashes
        383 14 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK REUTERS BEIJING The Chinese and United States navies have implemented a code of conduct that covers unplanned encounters at sea. The code, ratified earlier this year, was put into effect as the two navies launched their latest anti-piracy
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon China coal mine blast kills 10
          58 14 HARBIN A gas explosion at a coal mine in north-east China’s Heilongjiang killed 10 people yesterday, said the local safety watchdog. Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of the 10 victims who were trapped underground at the Xingyun Colliery in the city of Jixi when
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          Lock icon Penang killings: 4th suspect identified
          72 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GEORGE TOWN Malaysian police have identified a fourth suspect believed to be behind the gruesome murder of Myanmar nationals in Penang this year, Penang police chief Wira Abdul Rahim Hanafi said yesterday. Twenty Myanmar nationals, including a woman, have been detained
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          Lock icon Climber falls to death in Nepal
          82 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU A 30-year-old French climber has fallen to his death on a mountaineering trip in Nepal’s Everest region, police said yesterday. The climber and a friend were returning from an unsuccessful attempt to scale the 6,476m Mera peak on Friday evening when
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      Lock icon Congress nod for sanctions and arms
      394 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The United States Congress has unanimously approved fresh economic sanctions against Russia and lethal weapons for Kiev, defying President Barack Obama and hardening American lawmakers’ response to a Kremlin-backed insurgency in Ukraine. Identical texts of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act passed
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      Lock icon Thousands in US take to streets over cop killings
      625 15 Victims’ families lead march demanding justice for their deaths NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS NEW YORK More than 25,000 people marched through Manhattan, police officials said, in the largest protest in the city since a grand jury declined this month to indict
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Russia denies air near-collision
        85 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russia’s defence ministry yesterday denied a Swedish military report that a Russian military plane nearly collided with a passenger plane over Sweden last Friday, saying its plane was at a safe distance of more than 70km from the flight path of the passenger
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        Lock icon Haiti PM steps down amid crisis
        63 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced his resignation yesterday after repeated calls for him to step down amid anti-government protests and a political crisis. His departure had been widely expected after President Michel Martelly said last Friday that Mr Lamothe was
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        Lock icon Media figures in Turkey arrested
        62 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Turkish police have arrested the editor of the country’s biggest selling newspaper and other media figures in a new crackdown on supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s exiled rival, Mr Fethullah Gulen. At least 25 people were held, including Mr Ekrem Dumanli,
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      Lock icon Death toll in Congo boat tragedy rises to 129
      199 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LUBUMBASHI (Democratic Republic of Congo) At least 129 people drowned after a boat capsized last week on Lake Tanganyika in the south-east region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new official death toll. “Rescue workers recovered
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      Lock icon Suffer the young Ebola orphans of Sierra Leone
      408 16 NEW YORK TIMES PORT LOKO (Sierra Leone) Ebola has been wretched for children. More than 3,500 have been infected and at least 1,200 have died, United Nations officials estimate. But the worst off, by far, are the Ebola orphans. The United Nations
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      Lock icon Coming: Cooler suit for Ebola warriors
      703 16 Winner of global contest, Johns Hopkins prototype is also easier to take off WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON For health-care workers taking care of Ebola patients in West Africa, one of the biggest logistical problems has been the “moon suits” they must wear to protect against
      WASHINGTON POST; Sources: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR BIOENGINEERING INNOVATION & DESIGN, JHPIEGO, WASHINGTON POST; ST GRAPHICS: MIELAND BRYANDT  -  703 words
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      Lock icon Delivery delays put Boeing in hot seat
      653 17 Dreamliner-maker awaiting luxury seats, recovering from Texas strike BLOOMBERG BEIJING Boeing is at risk of missing its 2014 delivery target for the 787 Dreamliner, the jet plagued by development delays, as it awaits luxury seats that are as costly as a Ferrari and
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      Lock icon Australia to cut spending, services
      349 17 REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PERTH Australia will take budget measures to cushion an economy facing its worst decline in terms of trade in more than half a century, Treasurer Joe Hockey has said, with the government poised to unveil large cuts to services and spending
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      434 17 REUTERS LODZ (Poland) The European Union gave Poland more than €100 million (S$164 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports, in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business. Concourses at the gleaming new terminals are empty
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        95 17 REUTERS MUMBAI A court order last week that banned Chinese mobile maker Xiaomi from selling its phones in India has halted its breakneck expansion in the world’s fastest-growing major smartphone market and could be just the start of a string of patent challenges. Xiaomi Technology
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        57 17 REUTERS DUBAI Oil producers group Opec can ride out a slump in oil prices and keep output unchanged, its head Abdullah al-Badri said yesterday at a conference in Dubai. Mr Badri argued that the oil market weakness did not reflect supply and demand fundamentals
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        75 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS Belgium risks coming to a virtual standstill today as the biggest strike in years, over the government’s austerity policies, grounds all flights, halts public transport and severs international train links. The strike is the climax of a union movement that began last month
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      441 18 AS THE United States, the world’s greatest melting pot, struggles with the racial thorn in its criminal justice system, one sobering truth should not escape ethnically diverse nations. Racial divides left untended can prove intractable, despite decades of other social improvements. US President Barack
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      1445 18  - Oil price plunge its winners and losers EYE ON THE WORLD The relevance of oil and the influence of Opec are in irreversible decline. By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com ANOTHER day, another five-year low in energy prices; the last time oil was so cheap was back in
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      974 19  -  By RAMAN LETCHUMANAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a senior fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He was the person-in-charge of fire and haze issues at the Asean Secretariat for 14 years, and prior
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      689 19  -  By RODOLFO C. SEVERINO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer, a former Asean secretary-general and a retired Philippine diplomat, is the head of the Asean Studies Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ASAresultoflastmonth’s midterm elections in the United States, both Houses
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      853 19  -  By DAVID BROOKS NEW YORK TIMES Most of us don’t save enough. When governments try to encourage saving, they usually enact big policies to increase the incentives. But, in Kenya, people were given a lockable metal box a simple place to put their money.
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        342 20  -  Eugene Heng Founder and Chairman Waterways Watch Society WE HAVE a lot to learn from foreign football fans on our own shores (“Class acts: Myanmar fans clean up National Stadium after AFF Suzuki Cup loss to Singapore”; ST Online, Nov 26 and “Gracious Japanese
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        206 20  -  William Yeo Director, Policy Planning PUB PUB, the national water agency, thanks Miss Lee Kay Yan for her feedback (“Putting rainwater to good use”; last Wednesday). We fully agree with Miss Lee that water is a precious resource and we should all do
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        440 20  -  Kelly Wee (Ms) Director (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE THANK Mr David Goh Chee Hoe (“Home prices down, yet property tax unchanged”; Dec 2) and Mr Paul Chan Poh Hoi (“Tax-free property annual value set too low”; Dec 5) for
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        237 20 WHO: Lee Kek Chin, 48, quality assurance manager in the semiconductor industry. MY FAMILY: Married with a 14-year-old daughter. MY HOME: An apartment in the west. MY PASSIONS: Rock music, playing the guitar and jogging. I STARTED WRITING TO THE FORUM PAGE IN...: 1997. WHAT I
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        72 20 1. SINGAPORE KINDNESS MOVEMENT: Contentment frees us up to be generous. 2. MS LIM LIH MEI: Take tangible steps now to prepare for retirement. 3. MADAM CATHERINE SOH: Learn recycling habits from good role models. 4. MR MARTIN NATHAN: A human touch to managing debt. 5. MR HOWARD
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        260 20  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi THE Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers recommended a promotional approach to encourage firms to hire older workers, before possible legislation kicks in to raise the retirement age to 67 (“More incentives for first movers on higher rehiring
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        226 20  -  Cheryl Chua (Miss) I AM glad to see FairPrice opening a new warehouse outlet in Joo Koon to cater to those who buy in bulk so they can enjoy more savings (“Buy more, pay less at FairPrice’s mega retail store”; last Tuesday).
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      35 20 PUNCHLINES NEWS ITEM #1 First SG50 gift sets ready to welcome babies next year Next year... SG What?? No milk powder vouchers?!? NEWS ITEM #2 Steep increase in baby milk prices: Parents feel the pinch
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      807 1  -  Milk formula prices here have more than doubled on average since 2004 By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg THE average price of baby milk has more than doubled in the past decade and parents say they are feeling the pinch. In 2004,
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      524 2  -  But young people and owners of four-room flats think prices may rise By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg MOST people think the once-soaring property market here has been reined in, according to a recent poll. Almost three-quarters expect residential prices to stay the
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      203 2  -  MOK FEI FEI A LONG-TIME stalwart of conglomerate Keppel Corp, Mr Teo Soon Hoe, has died. The Straits Times understands that Mr Teo, who was also chairman of telco M1, died yesterday after a six-month battle with cancer. Mr Teo held the position of
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      471 2  -  By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg FOR almost a decade, the former Queenstown Driving Test Centre stood silent. The rumblings of the MRT trains from the nearby Queenstown Station echoed in its spartan compound. Cars zipped by. Taxis picked up passengers at a stand on
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      618 3  -  People can interact with animals at potential East Coast Park site By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg EAST Coast Park is being earmarked for a spot where visitors can interact with dogs, cats and rabbits as the animals roam freely. If they get on well, the
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      339 3  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS in some 680 Housing Board blocks in four residential towns, including Jurong East and Marine Parade, will be able to tap the sun’s energy for their electricity needs by 2016. And, for the first time, the
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      672 4  -  Concession cards have been issued under scheme which started in July By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg CLOSE to 10,000 people with disabilities have been issued concession cards that allow them to travel more cheaply on public buses and trains, under a scheme which began in
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      271 4  -  LINETTE LAI AROUND 200 children and adults were enthralled by tales of thieving foxes and irate owls over the weekend, at Ikea’s first Christmas storytelling event. The storytellers who included former Straits Times journalist Clara Chow and radio DJ Vernetta Lopez
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      198 4  -  MELODY ZACCHEUS RESIDENTS of Mountbatten were yesterday encouraged to perform 50 good deeds towards fellow Singaporeans, to mark the nation’s 50th birthday next year. Around 200 people have already signed up to the My 50 Good Deeds a Gift to our
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      766 5  -  Bird enthusiast wrote it while being held at Changi Prison during WWII PEOPLE By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg ORNITHOLOGIST Guy Charles Madoc did not let his time as a prisoner of war stop him from writing about his passion. By May 1943,
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      Lock icon A familiar face returns to Potong Pasir
      204 5 VETERAN politician Chiam See Tong, 79, was back at his old stomping ground, as a Facebook post by his Singapore People’s Party (SPP) yesterday showed him greeting residents in Potong Pasir in what the party described as a “year-end walkabout”. Dressed in a
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      Lock icon HDB designs through the decades
      449 7  -  Public housing in Singapore has evolved through the years, perhaps most palpably through its design. As the Housing Board looks at the next generation of green, liveable and efficient homes with its Smart HDB Town Framework, Yeo Sam Jo looks back at the past few
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        638 8  -  From BMW to Bentley, luxury marques want you to complete your lifestyle with their handbags and gadgets by sheryl quek ICONIC names in motoring such as Bentley, Porsche, Land Rover and Volkswagen are going beyond cars to capture brand loyalty. Their target audience is not
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        154 8 NANYANG Technological University (NTU) has emerged the winner of the Grand Prix Excellence Award for communication excellence out of 65 category winners at the recent Golden World Awards for Excellence in Public Relations (PR) in Istanbul. Organised by the London-based, non-profit International Public Relations Association (IPRA),
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        190 8 CHECK out the new Ascend Mate7, a fast octa-core smartphone with superior single-touch fingerprint technology from Huawei. It offers a full HD 6-inch screen with FHD display forenhanced entertainment viewing, superior single-touch fingerprint technology and a fast octa-core chipset for superior performance. Its compact 7.9mm metallic body is
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        170 8 THEMED “Read on, Dream on”, Popular’s annual mega book and stationery event, BookFest@Singapore 2014, runs till Sunday at Suntec Singapore Exhibition Halls 401 to 405. SaysMsLimLeeNgoh,executivedirectorofPopular: “Promoting a reading and learning culture has always been one of our main objectives as it can greatly enrich
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        301 8 ONE Farrer Hotel Spa, a five-star urban resort in Farrer Park, is set to take luxury to the next level. Its Skyline Hotel opened last month and Sky Villas is slated to open by the year-end. Marketed together as one entity, the Skyline Hotel Sky Villas features 84
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          64 8 Select your music for a room, play the same music for several rooms or stream it throughout your home via a smartphone or tablet with the Lenco PlayLink Multi-Room Sound Solution. The PlayLink 4 ($388; optional add-on battery at $60), Play- Link 6 ($488) and PlayConnect ($238) from
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          38 8 Check out Ariston’s new Vero water heater series (www.ariston—heater. com.sg/products_main/vero-series/) with a Total Safety System. Available in silver and midnight blue at $138 (usual Drice: $179) from Sim Slang Choon out- lets (simsiangchoon.com/enquiry/). While stocks last.
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          52 8 Visit Audio House at Liang Court and Bendemeer for electronic deals at wholesale prices from Saturday to Dec 29 from 11am to 9pm. Daily highlights include 50 sets of Toshiba 55-inch FHD LED TVs at $980 (usual price: $2,199) each for 10 days only, limited to one set
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          55 8 Made from matcha powder from Uji, Kyoto in Japan, Marigold’s new Uji Cha offers an authentic taste of superior quality Japanese green tea with yuzu juice. It tastes best chilled at 7 deg C or lower. Available at $2.05 per 1-litre pack from supermarkets, selected convenience stores, petrol
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          40 8 Enjoy Meadow Gold’s new range of premium ice creams, The Indulgence Collection in four flavours Bold Chocolate Decadence, Delectable Caramel Pecan, Heavenly Macadamia and Lush Red Velvet. Available at $9.90 (per 750ml tub) from supermarkets and convenience stores.
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          54 8 Support Assisi Hospice’s charity concert, Vocaluptuous Love Laugh Live at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Dec 22 to help raise $300,000 to support needy patients who require hospice and palliative care at the end of their lives. Tickets are available at www. sistic.com.sg. Call 6347-6437 or e-mail assisi
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      258 2 Yeo Sang Ping Remisier Lim Tan Securities Pte Ltd Technical analysis is a methodology often used by traders to forecast future price trends of stocks. This allows them to identify the optimum buy and sell time of a stock, thus making the most out of their trades. Having the right
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      646 9  -  Effect of cut in fuel subsidies dampened by slump in oil prices: Economists By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE lifting of fuel subsidies in Malaysia and Indonesia will likely have limited impact on inflation in Singapore, economists say. While the reforms would normally push
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      835 10  -  Newly listed ISEC Healthcare plans to expand in Malaysia and Asia-Pacific PEOPLE By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg OPHTHALMOLOGIST Lee Hung Ming has become a master at wearing many hats at a time whether as surgeon, entrepreneur or businessman, they all seem to fit. Dr
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        39 10 TANG YEW QUAN: Leaving as executive director of the company with effect from today. Mr Tang, 62, is pursuing his personal interests. The company said his duties will be covered by chief financial officer Lye Soon Ngian.
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        39 10 WONG CHEE KEONG: Stepping down as executive director for group operations and support. Mr Wong, 47, is leaving the firm because of health reasons and to pursue his personal interests. His last day of service is Dec 31.
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      309 10  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg GOLD miner LionGold, one of the firms involved in the dramatic penny stock crash in October last year, saw losses narrow for the second quarter ended Sept 30. It reported on Friday that its loss stood
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      507 11  -  Oil cartel lowers 2015 projection to 28.9m barrels a day a 12-year low By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg INVESTORS will hold their breath this week to see if the steep slump in oil prices continues after crude hit fresh five-year lows
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      602 11  -  By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg CONTAINER shipping giant Maersk Line has so far not seen major benefits from the fall in bunker and crude oil prices, and its profit outlook is still driven primarily by global trade levels. The company’s recently
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      1133 11  -  By FLOYD NORRIS NEW YORK TIMES THE world has experienced one financial crisis after another over the last few decades runaway inflation, the stock market crash of 1987, the East Asian crisis of the late 1990s, the popping of the dot.com bubble and the
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        415 12  -  It sinks deeper into the red, seven months after backdoor listing on SGX By MELISSA TAN Friday. melissat@sph.com.sg THE moribund property market has dragged real estate firm KOP Properties deeper into the red, just seven months after it went public on the Singapore
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        643 13  -  Timing of increase may change after energy stocks tank on oil price crash MARKETS INSIGHT By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg MARKETS are already very jumpy over the oil price crash, and this week another element of uncertainty may enter the mix. Will
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      125 17 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS LOTTERY L S 1 Draw No. 3014/2014 A VI J Draw on Monday, 15 December 2014 Group 1 Prize *1,000,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore *****4 Time 6.30pm y For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I
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      526 18  -  United exact revenge for defeat to Liverpool in last visit to Old Trafford Manchester United 3 Liverpool 0 By RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg WHAT a difference nine months make. In March, Liverpool won 3-0 at Old Trafford. Yesterday, the scoreline was reversed. So, too, the fortunes
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      573 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Hull City manager Steve Bruce called for a clampdown on diving after Gary Cahill escaped punishment for apparent simulation which Bruce said was “like something out of Swan Lake” during Premier League leaders Chelsea’s 2-0 victory
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      399 18 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger was at pains to point out on Saturday that he is not a baby-kissing, vote-courting politician but, if anything, football can be an even more volatile trade. If a referendum had been held later that
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      513 15 Filipino prepared to chase and corner Mayweather if May bout goes ahead AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines) Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao vowed to chase Floyd Mayweather into ring submission after his American rival offered to fight him next year in a blockbust er
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      551 15 REUTERS DALLAS Make it 15 wins in a row for the rollicking Golden State Warriors, after they put down the Dallas Mavericks 105-98 on Saturday at the American Airlines Center. If anybody thought the Mavericks and their juggernaut offence were ready to challenge
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      295 15 REUTERS INDIANAPOLIS From time to time, a National Basketball Association game’s numbers can be somewhat baffling, as was the case on Saturday night at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Indiana Pacers outscored the visiting Portland Trail Blazers in the first, third and fourth
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      401 15 REUTERS GOLD COAST (Australia) Adam Scott knows better than most how fickle the golfing gods can be. They were on his side last year when he needed them most, in the play-off with Angel Cabrera at the US Masters, golf’s most pres-sure-packed tournament. Scott held
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      551 16  -  Strong cycling interest sufficient to support addition of a second race By JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg ORGANISERS of the two major mass cycling events of 2015 are confident that there is a growing demand from enthusiasts of the sport to cater to both. Event organisers
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      399 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADELAIDE Coach Darren Lehmann doubts injured skipper Michael Clarke has played his last cricket game for Australia. But Clarke’s immediate playing future is up in the air as he attempts to take his place in the World Cup, which starts in
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      1025 16 PEOPLE THE SUNDAY TIMES, LONDON LONDON The go-between could not give a phone number for Vitaliy Stepanov. The idea of seeing him was out of the question. Stepanov, wife Yuliya and one-year-old son Robert are in hiding in Europe. He can speak
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      119 16 Reigning pool junior world champion Aloysius Yapp (second from left) completed a clean sweep of the domestic competitions when he clinched the national nine-ball championship yesterday. The 18-year-old pictured with (from left) his mother Angie, Cuesports Singapore president Christopher Chuah and coach Paul Pang was
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        74 16 HORSE trainer Alwin Tan failed in his bid to become the first Singaporean in over a decade to win the premiership title as the 2015 season drew to a close yesterday. The 45-year-old finished second in the standings with 77 winners this term.
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        63 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BHUBANESWAR (India) Two Pakistani hockey players Muhammad Tousiq and reserve goalkeeper Ali Amjad were suspended and one Shafqat Rasool was reprimanded for making obscene gestures after a 4-3 win over hosts India in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Saturday. The International Hockey Federation
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        61 16 REUTERS LONDON Spanish MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has defended his decision to move to Andorra and said he will still pay taxes in Spain next year. Andorra, a principality in the eastern Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France and within easy reach of his home
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        69 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN Roma coach Rudi Garcia insists there is still room at the Italian Serie A football club for Ashley Cole, amid media speculation that the former Arsenal and Chelsea left-back could be tempted by a January transfer to Major League Soccer in the
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      348 17  -  By JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg NATIONAL paddler Yu Mengyu’s unexpected run in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals came to an end after she fell in the semi-fi-nals yesterday. The world No. 13 was defeated by
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      585 17 On-loan midfielder proves his worth with a goal to keep City in title chase THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Frank Lampard gave further evidence of why Manuel Pellegrini, the Manchester City manager, wants to keep him at the club beyond the end
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      392 17 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Southampton’s slump continued on Saturday, when Dusan Tadic’s missed penalty and Ashley Barnes’ second goal of the season condemned them to a 1-0 defeat, their fourth in succession, and enabled Burnley to move out of the Premier
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      368 17 REUTERS MADRID With a formidable forward line featuring Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, the last thing you would expect is Barcelona to have a problem scoring. Yet, if the Catalan giants are to get back to winning ways under new coach Luis
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      307 1 Satire as weapon Fung brothers fight racism with hit YouTube videos C2 Jealousy is good It means I care, says actress MyolieWu C3 ZoukOut Annual rave fest draws biggest crowd in 14 years C7 Once a jetsetting regional manager, Tay Lai Hock tells LEA WEE he gave it up to
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        542 2  -  American Chinese duo poke fun at absurdities between Asians and whites in video-blog John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg A funny thing happened to Chinese American comedian David Fung when he was in Singapore. He was in a club when a white man walked by, shoving him
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        293 2 Agence France-Presse Budapest A painting lost for nine decades until a researcher spotted it used as a prop in Hollywood film Stuart Little was auctioned for €229,500 (S$375,755) last Saturday in Budapest. Virag Judit auction house staff said the buyer of Sleeping Lady With
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        969 3  -  Hong Kong actress Myolie Wu says that is because she invests a lot of emotions in relationships 8QUESTIONSWITHMyolie Wu Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Hong Kong actress Myolie Wu (right) has been single for over two years, but she is in no hurry to get into
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        618 3 Agence France-Presse Paris Aromatic truffles, smooth-as-silk foie gras, firm springy oysters, mouth-wateringly tender beef and an almost infinite range of cheeses. The French have a worldwide reputation for gastronomic excellence. But while the country still boasts some of the globe’s finest restaurants, chinks have begun
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        2126 4  -  Ground-Up Initiative founder Tay Lai Hock gave up a high-flying job to start an eco-community and revive the kampung spirit THE LIFE! INTERVIEW WITH Tay Lai Hock Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg The crash of SilkAir Flight MI185 took the lives of 104 people, but set one person free, metaphorically
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        716 5  -  Actress Nastassja Kinski has never been able to shake that image of her with a snake draped over her naked body John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg The period tragedy Tess (1979) was noted for several things critical acclaim, a shower of awards including three
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        881 5  -  Teddy Wayne New York Times New York Round up the usual suspects of classic films and you are likely to summon at least a line or two from each that’s become proverbial. But try to list similarly memorable snatches of dialogue from movies of the
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      547 6 They focus on the next James Bond film and three male stars Sony e-mail leak Los Angeles Another day comes with more revelations about the data stolen following the cyber attack on Sony Pictures’ computers last month and they are about the next James Bond film
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      615 6 Reuters Los Angeles As the end credits roll for Sony Pictures’ comedy The Interview, the audience giggles at the standard disclaimer stating that any resemblance of the film’s characters to real people is coincidental. The raunchy comedy’s villain is North Korean leader Kim
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      782 7  -  Dance music festival at Sentosa beach sees largest turn-out in its 14-year history Melissa Kok, Venessa Lee melk@sph.com.sg venessal@sph.com.sg For the super party troopers who lasted till daybreak, the annual ZoukOut ravefest was capped with a bang yesterday morning. The two-day event at Sentosa’s Siloso Beach attracted
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      108 8 ‘I must say that mine though it has enjoyed fleeting fame is not comparable’ Pippa Middleton (left), sister-in-law of Prince William, professing her famous derriere is no match for reality star Kim Kardashian’s ‘I love the BBC. I haven’t heard myself mentioned on TV since I
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      1041 8  -  The Internet has drilled us in the art of assuming things about people we don’t know Jay Talking Jeremy Au Yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg I don’t know about you, but I’ve never really understood the saying “Don’t assume, it makes an ass out of u and
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      1017 9 Buildings are on the verge of decay and it is hoped a conservation plan would make the city a draw New York Times Yangon, Myanmar The once-grand colonial building of marble floors and iron fretwork, an elegant outpost of Britain’s trading empire, is now
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      331 9  -  Nancy Koh Three iconic actresses, Chan Po Chu, Fung Bo Bo and Siao Fong Fong, were spotted together at a mutual friend’s birthday party in Hong Kong last week. The trio ruled the Cantonese silver screen from their childhood in the 1950s to
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      772 10  -  The Dollies irreverently zip through history in a show that delights with sly pokes and sauciness Review Theatre DIM SUM DOLLIES’ THE HISTORY OF SINGAPORE PART 2: THE GROWING UP YEARS Dream Academy Esplanade Theatre/Last Saturday Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg The opening of the latest Dim
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      494 10  -  Review Dance INTERNATIONAL ARTIST FESTIVAL FINALE Tung I-Fen, Miwa Okuno, Shintaro Oue, Sharon Fridman M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival Esplanade Theatre Studio/Last Saturday Germaine Cheng Small casts of dancers make a large impact in drawing this year’s M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival to a close. Composed
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      554 10  -  Review Concert SHALL WE DANCE? More Than Music Series Esplanade Recital Studio/Last Saturday Chang Tou Liang Classical music concerts can be all too serious affairs, so it is refreshing to see an enterprise that attempts to demystify what is considered to be a difficult genre.
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        273 12 New York Taylor Swift was the headline act at New York City’s annual holiday concert Jingle Ball last Friday, but it was the after-party celebrating her 25th birthday and that featured many of the night’s performers that stirred talk. And what a crowd it
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        276 12 Reuters Los Angeles Film-maker and actress Angelina Jolie will miss today’s Unbroken premiere in Los Angeles. In a YouTube video (right) last Friday, she says she will miss events for the World War II drama as she has chicken pox. “I just want to be clear
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        412 12 Washington Post Washington Don’t weep for Burt Reynolds. To hear him tell it, there is nothing sad about him auctioning off some 600 items from his home paintings, furniture, mementos from his movie career, such as the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Coupe
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      383 4 COE Results of December 2014 1st Open Bidding Exercise For COE Cars (1600cc and below) Cars (1601cc and above) Goods vehicles and buses Motorcycles Open category COE price Quota Bids 709 $67,089 $74,389 $60,001 $4,210 $76,904 584 141 318 265 COE results for the last six months* 996 873 196
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      297 5 2014 NISSAN GTR Black Edition 4WD. Inhse loan trade-In. $445,800. JCWC 6569-6969/ 9338-0202 25/11/05 LATIO 1.5A paper value $9300. Good cond. $16,800. Call 9387-6208 09/08 LATIO 1.5A L o w mileage, 6mth warranty. Cheap $45.8K. 9155-0303 11/’09 LATIO 1.5A Premium. $58.8K. Accident free. A1 cond. Anthony 9189 4920 7/’09 MURANO
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      319 5 03/12 LEGACY WAGON. 1 owner. Well kept. Accident free. Inhse loan avail. High trade-in. Call: 9787-1918 8/’08 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.6M Sport. Tax 2/’15. Yellow. A1 cond. 9660-1900 Chua 10/07 SWIFT 1.5A. L o w mileage, 6mth warranty. Cheap $33.8K. 9155-0303 13/12/’05 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.3 (M).Very good cond. Loan /tradein $13.8K.
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      396 5 8/2006 PROTON GEN 2. 1.3A Grey, *****km, High Loan Avail, Low Installment, Cheap, *****421. 9/’07 WISH 1.8A. Selling $38.8K. Accident free. A1 cond. Anthony 9189 4920 MID ’06 FIT 1.3A low mileage yellow, OMV $14,108, $19,800 neg. 6344-3786. 2/’08 KELISA 1.0M 1 owner, low km. Accident free. Well kept, $16,999.
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      341 5 NEWLY-REGISTERED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TOYOTADYNA NISSAN CABSTAR $92,800 Wei Zhe: 9799 3504 Rosson: 9068 3033 $97,800 Paul: 9026 6626 Kee Chang: 9222 0358 YEAR END S PE C IAL O FFER MITSUBISHI FEB21 ISUZU NMR85 $108,800 Jonathon: 9188 1017 MH: 9366 6693 $105,800 Jonathon: 9188 1017 IMMEDIA TE DELIVERY NISSAN NV200
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      191 5 2005 NISSAN CABSTAR New 5 yrs COE, 1 Owner High trade-in, easy loan 9776 9403/6555 3300 8/2010 MITSUBISHI FE83, 1 Owner. Excellent cond. Agent Service. Flexi loan. Call: *****080 *BRAND NEW DYNA 10ft Euro5. 5 years warranty. 100% Loan. High Trade-In. $47,300. *****014 $99.8K NEW TOYOTA Dyna 150 lorry diesel.
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      437 6 09/06 MITSUBISHI FB70 w /Hood, Good Cond Neg, High Loan avail Call now 9638 3668 6555 3300 3/05 Y-PLATE TOYOTA Dyna 10ft box. COE 5 yrs. Tax 3/’15. A1 cond. *****900 2004 TOYOTA DYNA New 5 Yr COE. 1 owner. Cheap! High Loan. *****038 NEW ISUZU NHR85 Y-plate Auto, Immed
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      396 6 SALES! 01/07 OPEL Combo. Good Cond/ No Repairs. Free 6 Mths Road Tax. To view call Koh *****676 BRAND NEW TOYOTA Hiace (Borneo) Immediate Stock Guarantee Lowest Price Call To Check *****900 2001 HYUNDAI GRACE H100 COE 4/2017, New Paint No repair needed, A1 Cond 9688 4305 6555 3300 5/’07
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      185 6 Fully Furnished KATONG ATTRACTIVE PRICE Brand new. View daily! 1680-2200 sf. Price comes with ID. Quick! *****000 Freehold 10,000 FT BUNGALOW Land Goodman rd wide frontage Squarish, unblock, no west sun. Agt *****433 LamHH Excellent Location $2.38M UP. TERR 3000sf Reno. Good locale. Near MRT/ Sch/ mall. Few units. Must
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      155 6 MustView 4’I’ GHIM MOH Rd. Dr-to-dr. Unblocked. Walk to MRT/ mkt/ shpg mall. Lift level. $560K. *****456 (no agt) Well Kept Must View RARE! BLK 626, Hougang Ave8. 4’A’ corner, 105 sqm gdn view, airy. Serious seller. James *****675 PN Near Market 4’A’ BLK 452 Hougang. Unblocked, windy. Face park.
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      1498 7 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: 5 11 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT District 5 Blue
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      228 7 ExpatChoice CITY SQUARE RES. 1206sf 3+1 rm, high flr. City sq mall MRT. Full facilities Immed. Tommy 9170 9967 μ Nassim Mansion 2950 sf 4+1 balcony.. $14K μ Sommerville Park Townhse 4198 sf .....$12.5K μ Edge On Cairnhill 3+1 rm, high fir. City sq μ Cuscaden Res 1442sf..$7K μ HeliosRes1313/1281sf
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      161 7 Excellent Location ST THOMAS SUITES 26XX sf 4+1 study. Unblock. High flr. ID. Immed. 9475 4785 www.michaelciola.com.sg SOLITAIRE BALMORAL PARK 2+1+big balcony, high flr. 1218sf, open view, facilities. $5.2k neg. PH 9631 6383 Immediate EXPAT’S CHOICE TRIZON 2-BDRM, 1012SQFT, very high flr, unblock view, full condo facilities. P/furn $4.5k VictorOng
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      338 8 Brand New 3+1 4+1 penthouses 2,153 2,842 4,392 6,028 sf Prestigious condo with full facilities 2 MONTHS COMMISSION Terms&Conditions Apply. Call*****818or *****273/8412/8479/8513 CITYDEVELOPMENTSLIMITED Must View SOMMERVILLE PARK. 1300 2000 sf. 3+1. Reno. Mid/ High flr, P/ furn. Immed. $4.5k up. Clinton *****159 Expat Choice SHEARES VILLE 1400SF 3rm. Mid flr.
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      141 8 Immediate RENT REDUCED 3+1. 1302 sf Unblock Seaview Morn sun Pte lift High flr. F/Facilities P/furn. Zac Teo *****858 Expat Choice 1)CORALIS 3BDRM $4.3K 2)Waterbank 2bdrm $3.8K Both high-flr. Avail Immed www.AaronWan.sg Face Greenery LOYANG VALLEY 1033SQFT 2bdrm, attached balcony F/reno. F/furn. Quiet. $3K neg. Michael 9475 4785 ESTELLA GDN
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      629 8 HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 2nd Quarter 2014 Town Classcode 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 $2,300
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      732 8 fl!| Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent f|g Space for Rent Space for Rent §ABANA Corporate image 16,000sqft 27,000sqft Various amenities nearby Minutes walk to Commonwealth MRT Agents welcomed 6580 7752 6580 7750 BUSINESS SPACE FOR LEASE T. -I3i; 8COMMONWEALTH LANE Must Not Miss BEST DEAL 1) KALLANG
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      518 9 RV Factory/lndustrial S Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale 11 wn i 11 A ascendas Call us now for attractive discount: 6100 6506 Immediate SHENTON HSE 1,000SF furn office, avail for immed rental. Sim Lim Twr, high flr, 1000/2000 sf, avail for immed rental. Call Owner Nica 6224-3377 email
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      280 9 8 Office Space flfl Office Space for Rent dif for Rent PRIME OFFICE SPACE ORCHARD 510 to 2,600 sqft Attractive rent parking rate Suitable for trades including training, institutions, services showroom Regular configuration Opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT Interchange Banks, F&B amenities in the vicinity Ample parking space Flexible lease term
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      320 9 Just TOP PAYA LEBAR SQ. New office Many units. 484/ 589/ 721 867/ 1038/ 1065/ 1475 sf $5psf up Sharon *****220 Near MRT MUST VIEW CITY HALL MRT. Peninsula Plaza High flr. 1776/3552sf Sea/MBS view Column free Immed. Andrew 9742-1207 Excellent Location HDB HUB BIZ3 F/fitted office. 3143/ 1572 sf
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      322 9 Good Investment PARKWAY CTR $1500PSF up No GST! Up to 4% Rental Yield Sea View,732-5750sf 2 mins walk to future MRT CENTRAL CLARKE Quay. High performing office, CBD prime investment. Various sizes Karl *****060 Excellent Location SUNTEC OFFICE. HIGH flr. Sea/ Bay view. 2928 sf. Near MRT. Serious seller. Eileen
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      174 9 ENRICHMENT SPACE FOR RENT SERANGOON GARDENS UPPER BUKIT TIMAH ROAD 830 1,155 2,310 sqft Attractive Rental Rates Fitted OptionAvailable Near Bus-stop with Wide Catchment of Residences Suitable for: Yoga or Dance Studio, Children or Sports Enrichment, Tuition Centre etc. CALL6578 9966 Immediate 2-5MINS WALK TO MRT 2 mins city Old
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      228 12 PLANNING MANAGER DEGREE 5 yrs in Building. Fax *****688 SalesExecutive •Possess Own Car Location: 13APandan Crescent Singaporean only Email: recruit@jpn.sg (Mon-Sat) HIGH COMM!! WE are hiring! Car Sales Consultants. ORD personnel are welcome! Pls call *****461 SALES INTERIOR DESIGNER Allowance high incentives, training provided Call *****811 *****888 NO AGE LIMIT!
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      309 12 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge JOIN US Be Part of Our Dynamic Team S$1,600 S$2,000 SERVICE KITCHEN SUSHI STAFF STORE ASST Extra S100 allowance for S’poreans Eligible Applicants Annual Bonus Medical Leave Benefits Dining Birthday Vouchers Flexible working hours 5/6 working days Walk-interview at RE&S Enterprises Pte Ltd
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      270 12 SERVICE CREWS $2500. All are welcome. SMS name *****889/ AICG C*****1G Coffeeshop Jurong East Central requires 1) STALL ASST 2) CLEANERS *Welcome Singaporean *FULL-TIME/ PART-TIME *Good Benefits and Incentives *Up to 14 days Annual Leaves *Performance Bonus, Progressive Bonus 13th Month Bonus *At least 4 off days per month **Attendance
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      859 13 6 8 days off/month Joining Bonus!! Up to $500** Be part of the team as: 1) Hair Consultant(Min $2000 $5000++) 2) Hair Asst(Min $1600 2200++) 3) Receptionist(Min $1600 $2800++ Good Commission up to 18% Able to liaise with Mandarin-speaking clients With relevant working experience Orchard Hougang Jurong Tampines CCK Paya
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      417 13 HEPTAGON MICRO OPTICS PTE LTD Production Assistants(Day Shift) QA Assistants(Day/Night Shift) Jump suit/Scope 3/4 work day per week, 12-hr shift Contract basis of 7 months with completion bonus of S$500, subject to terms and conditions Transport pick up at various locations (East/ West/North) Walk in Interview (Mon Fri: 10am 12pm
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      389 13 Hougang Forklift 8-5pm $65 Jurong forklift 8-5pm $65 Jurong Clerk 8-6am $68 Male/ Female Packer 7-7pm $84, 8-6pm $60, Night $68 Bedok Packer 7-7pm $74 7-4pm $60, 8-530pm $56 Changi South 3-11pm $61 AMK 2nd $55,11-7am $58 Call *****003 *****844 Penjuru Jurong Students Welcome 8.30am-6pm.........$67 $62 1st $55 2nd $6112hrDay$80
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      242 13 X40 Logistics Vacancies for MNC Clients: (A) Storekeepers (Forklift) (B) Warehse/Logistics Assts (C) Store Packers (D) Drivers/ Delivery Assts Up to $1800/basic Islandwide Temp/ Perm Vacancies Walk in Interview at: Tampines CPF Bldg #08-08 Mon Fri (9am 5pm) look for: Gary Chng Wei Leng (R*****53) Call 6786 0200 Recruit Express
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      211 13 WAREHOUSE ASST (Chinatown/ Tuas) Off on Sunday PH 5.5 day week $1.7K-$1.8K 6-day week $1.8K-$2K Work hour: 8.15am-6pm Start immediately Walk-in (5pm-7pm) No 23 Temple Street *****185/ *****486 SDV LOGISTICS (S) P TE LTD LOGISTIC ASSTS LABELLING ASSTS (x30) 1) $1300 $1600 OT West Transport (2) Physically fit Bonus (x2)+Medical
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      301 13 GUARANTEED $2,400* Earn at least Security Screeners at Tuas (transport provided) Perm Day Night Work: 5 days, Off 2 days/ 6 days, Off 1 day Join the Certis CISCO Family as a Protection Officer, Security Concierge or Enforcement Officer Security assignments at Changi, Benoi Rd, Choa Chu Kang, Orchard Bukit
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      407 14 At Certis CISCO, we believe in a healthy work-life balance. Our staff can lead an active lifestyle with various sporting and leisure activities organised for them. (Up to $18,000 Joining Bonus) career@certissecurity.com Security Executive JobsAvailable Successful candidates recruited with our selected agency partners shall attend DIPLOMA IN SECURITY MANAGEMENT Enquiries:
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      177 14 SECURE YOUR FUTURE WITH US If you’re ready to take on the career challenge of a lifetime, come secure your future with AETOS today. AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER Requirements: Minimum 3 GCE ‘N’ 1 GCE ‘O’ NITEC Normal Colour Vision Physically Fit High Basic $2,550* Gross Salary up to $3,200* WALK-IN
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      575 14 Security 23 Security PICO GUARDS PTE LTD Officers $2200 5-day work week up to $1700 SUPERVISORS $2500 2 years Supervisory experience Working locations: Alexandra Ang Mo Kio Buona Vista HarbourFront Punggol Seletar Part-timers are welcome Walk-in Interview: 8.30am to 5pm, Mon Fri 1 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh, Yellow Pages Building
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      242 14 1) Cleanersneeded at Changi Airport Terminal 1 1st shift 7am-3pm 2nd shift 3pm-11pm 3rd shift 11pm-7am $1100 above 5-day week Performance bonus *****344 2) Cleanersat NUS (Dover Rd, opp New Town Sec Sch) 1st shift 7.30am-4.30pm 2nd shift 3.30pm-9.30pm $1100 above 5/ 6-day week *****734 3) Team Leader $1300 above/
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      328 14 RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA Marine Life Park and Hotel is looking for energetic and cheerful candidates for 1) Janitors (8am to 4pm) $1350 (8 hrs shift 6 days working) 2) Janitors (3pm to 11pm) $1500 (8 hrs shift 6 days working) 3) Janitors (8pm to 8am) $2000 (12 hrs shift 6
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      238 15 CLEANER URGENT WANTED Tg Rhu/8am-5pm $1500 @Paya Lebar Sq/8am-5pm $1200 above/ 5pm-10pm $700 above Call: *****948/ *****894 GENERAL TOILET cleaner needed at Buona Vista (Civil Service College), 3pm-11pm, 5.5 days, S’porean only. Call 9383 1954/ 9223 1945/ 8288 3667 OFFICE CLEANERS NEEDED Pasir Panjang, Harbourfront, Buona Vista, Jurong, Changi (Near
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      229 15 ***SUPERVISORS NEEDED FOR NUS@ Clementi S’poreans only. Interested please call 9128-5558. ***URGENTLY REQUIRED CLEANERS Seletar Mall. S’porean only. Interested please call 8133-3255 1. SUPERVISORS 2. Cleaners needed urgently Changi Terminal 2. Interested please call 6543-0831 CLEANERS REQUIRED Changi Airport. Salary $1500. Only S’poreans. Interested call 6543-0831 SCHOOL CLEANERS NEEDED at
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      338 15 GOOD benefits Full time Floaters. Interested please call *****992 JURONG FACTORY CLEANER 7am-4pm. $1400. Meal trpt provided. 9009 1844 DRIVER DELIVERY STAFF 13 th 14 th Feb 2015 Earn up to 500 per day Possess own vehicle 6820 8306 6820 3430 $2800 AVG MTHLY. Lunch provided. Despatch Riders w/ own
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      147 15 FAMILY CHAUFFEUR Preferably with relevant experience S’porean only Possess valid accident free record, class 3 licence, willing to work on weekends long hours Familiar with travelling route in S’pore Sincere attitude, presentable committed Pls call *****011 A leading healthcare provider is currently looking for Driver cum Office Asst 3-5yr experience
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      342 15 Airport Screening Officers BONUS Earn up to$2,100*10 hours Perm Night Shift $4,000* JOINING WALK-IN INTERVIEW Wednesday 17 Dec), 10am to 5pm Certis CISCO Recruitment Centre Changi Airport Terminal 2 Basement #B16-119 (near UOB Bank) Min. 1 'N' Level/ 1 'O' Level •5/6-days,8-hr/12-hrrotatingshift PleasebringalongNRIC,EducationCertificate, NSCertificate(originals&photocopies)&Singpass. *Terms and conditions apply Monday to
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      154 17 FULL/ PART-TIME SUPERVISOR* SERVICE CREW Changi GenHospital* Eastpoint Mall (beside Simei MRT) Singpost Centre (beside Paya Lebar MRT) Star Vista* (beside Buona Vista MRT) *Walk in interview: 9AM-5PM Email: subwayjobads@gmail.com Call: 9234 5366 for appt phone interview Singaporean ONLY Salary: $6.50-$8/hr $6.50-$8/hr 1) Store Assts 2) Admin Clerks 3) Packers
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      139 17 Japanese Noodle Stall in Orchard and Seletar PartTimer $8-10/hr OutletSupervisor $2700+/mth Asst.Manager $2600+/mth Asst.Chef $2600+/mth ShopCrew $1800+/mth HarmonyWorkplace,Various Allowances&Training,FlexibleShift. TotalWorkingHoursperweek: 44Hours(5.5days) Entitleextraallowancebasedon performance&attendance Location: FoodRepublic@WismaAtria (NearMRTSomerset/Orchard) COMINGSOONatSeletarMall (NearMRTSengkang/YioChuKang) SINGAPOREANS ONLY 8571 3603 CLEANER Part-time Woodlands (Work in Production Department) Walk in: No 8 Senoko South Rd #02-01 Sin Hwa Dee
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