The Straits Times, 17 February 2015

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    31 1 THE STRAITS TIMES CELEBRATING 170 YEARS, SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 68 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 032/02/2015
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  • Article
    Lock icon Operation a success, PM expected to recover fully
    444 1  -  Many wish him speedy recovery after removal of cancerous prostate gland By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland was successful and he is
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    Lock icon XINJIANG TROUPE TAKES RIVER HONGBAO TO NEW HEIGHTS
    100 1 Tightrope walkers from the Acrobatic Troupe of Xinjiang, China, showing their skill at yesterday’s preview of River Hongbao at The Float Marina Bay. They will join singers and dancers from Xinjiang Normal University and the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and
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    Lock icon Household incomes rise amid labour crunch
    427 1  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg HOUSEHOLDS across all income groups earned more last year amid a tight labour market, although income inequality also crept up. In households with at least one person working, the median monthly income from work rose to $8,290 last year,
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    Lock icon Egypt bombs ISIS targets in Libya
    65 1 EGYPTIAN jets have bombed militant camps and other sites in Libya, after the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians. Their brutal deaths shocked the nation, sparking widespread mourning. Cairo also urged the
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      111 1 BUDGET 2015 TREATS FOR ST READERS CELEBRATING 170 YEARS RATING 170 YEARS EXPERTS GIVE THEIR TAKE REAS FO T READERS TOP OF THE NEWS A9 OPINION A20&21 PININ A20&21 887 1 8 1' *****7 L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A6 EDITORIAL A20 Sf*i Allura Necklace for Forevermark -Hr Lee
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      14 1 SGX EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT CHEW SUTAT AIMING FOR ONE-SHARE TRADING TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Egyptian jets strike ISIS targets in Libya
      616 2 / 3 Beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians draws Cairo directly into conflict REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO Egyptian jets have bombed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in Libya, after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing
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      Lock icon Obstetricians up in arms over new protection limits
      524 2 / 3  -  By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma OBSTETRICIANS here are in an uproar, with more than one in four saying they plan to stop delivering babies within the year. This comes in the wake of changes to their protection plans that
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      Lock icon Doctors sued years after child’s birth
      148 2 / 3  -  SALMA KHALIK CLAIMS can be made against obstetricians up to three years after a baby turns 21 years old. Lawyer Charles Lin of MyintSoe Selvaraj said parents here are wellinformed and would check with their own doctors to see if a problem might have
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      Lock icon More marriages and babies last year bring cheer to S’pore
      569 2 / 3  -  Unions involving at least one citizen at highest level since 1997 By THAM YUEN-C ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR yuenc@sph.com.sg WEDDING bells rang more often in Singapore last year and the stork was also a more regular visitor, as fresh statistics show
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • Article
        Lock icon PM Lee’s surgery successful
        62 4 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s surgery to remove his prostate gland was successful and he is now recovering in hospital, his doctor said. The Prime Minister’s Office said Mr Lee is grateful for the good wishes from all, as fellow politicians and members of the public
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        Lock icon Indonesian general cleared
        49 4 AN INDONESIAN court rejected a move to declare a three-star police general a suspect in a corruption case, dealing a blow to the country’s anti-graft agency and putting pressure on President Joko Widodo to appoint an unpopular candidate as police chief. TOP OF THE NEWS A8
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Beijing tightens grip
          44 4 CONCERNS are mounting in Hong Kong about Beijing’s attempted political interference in academic affairs. This comes as Beijing visibly ratchets up pressure on the city, saying that Hong Kong’s education secretary should be placed under the control of Beijing. PAGE A11
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          Lock icon Warming ties
          53 4 TIES between India and Sri Lanka are warming, with the visit of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (right) to India. Mr Sirisena has indicated that he wants to move away from the heavy Chinese lilt of his predecessor, signing a civil nuclear agreement and expanding defence ties with
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          Lock icon Ukraine ceasefire at risk
          54 4 UKRAINE’S truce may collapse just a day after it took effect. Pro-Russian rebels encircled Ukrainian government forces, while Kiev said it would not pull back guns while the truce was violated. PAGE A16 Pro-Russian separatists riding an armoured vehicle near the Ukrainian city of Uglegorsk on
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        Lock icon PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED
        55 4 Although Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is expected to recover fully from his cancer treatment, the suddenness of it all is a sobering reminder of the vagaries of physical health and also of the need for a sound management of succession risks and contingency in government.
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Time to focus on growth
          49 4 BUDGET 2015 will be announced next Monday amid a slowing global economy. With social reforms the focus for many years, it is time this year to focus the Budget on growth measures to boost companies’ viability, says Money Editor Lee Su Shyan. PAGE A20
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon MAS mulls crowdfunding
          47 4 INVESTORS here may soon be able to take part in a new fund-raising phenomenon that is sweeping the world securities-based crowdfunding. The Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday put out a consultation paper to map out the ground rules on these risky investments. PAGE B8
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          Lock icon Act on currency values
          45 4 THE United States Congress is pushing for strong, enforceable provisions in legislation to stop countries from holding down the value of their currencies, although some officials are concerned that these would kill upcoming trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership. PAGE A19
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Schooling demand
          40 4 HOME-GROWN international schools continue to expand to meet demand, especially from local parents. Though the schools cost more than $20,000 a year, enrolment keeps rising. Parents like the small class sizes and the absence of streaming. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Gearing up for work
          51 4 MORE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students are earning higher salaries or attending polytechnics. Now they will also be career-ready through a programme to teach them skills such as resume writing and interviewing. They will also get career counselling and internships. PAGE B2 ST PHOTO: JAMIE
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          Lock icon New visitor centre
          49 4 AFTER more than 10 years in a “temporary” location, The Singapore Visitor Centre will open in a new home beside Emerald Hill today. The Peranakan shophouse’s features include four interactive information kiosks, which tourists can use to plan itineraries digitally, and a souvenir shop. PAGE B4
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Costa ready to pounce
          77 4 CHELSEA striker Diego Costa will be raring to go against Paris Saint-Germain tonight, having ended a three-match domestic suspension. And the two sides could not have had more contrasting run-ups to the Champions League round-of-16 first leg the Blues having the weekend off, while the French
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon S’pore art on display
          52 4 PROMINENT art collector Koh Seow Chuan and four of his friends have opened up their private collections for an exhibition, which shows works from key periods in Singapore’s art history. More than 80 works by 36 artists from the 1930s to the present are on display.
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          Lock icon Fifty Shades sets record
          47 4 MOVIEGOERS turned out en masse over the Valentine’s Day weekend to see the sadomasochistic love story Fifty Shades Of Grey, which took in a global total of US$240 million (S$325 million), including a record $901,156 in Singapore for an R21 film. PAGE C12
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL: WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon SG50 shades of tweets
          64 4 THE steamy box-office hit Fifty Shades Of Grey and Singapore’s Jubilee celebrations seem like an odd coupling but it has proven to be a hilarious mash-up on social media. #SG50ShadesOfGrey was the No. 1 hashtag in Singapore over the weekend with its collection of suggestive tweets
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          Lock icon Standee and deliver
          43 4 YOU’LL recognise him as the cardboard standee cop at store entrances as part of anti-shoplifting efforts by the police force. Meet Ryan Koh, the assistant superintendent who is also featured in a crime prevention music video, at http: //str. sg/owt
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          Lock icon Hello Kitty collectibles for SG50
          29 4 THE famous cat is joining the SG50 celebrations. Hello Kitty fanatics can check out SingPost’s commemorative set of plush toys and stamps at http://str.sg/oiw
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      Lock icon One week off for PM – short, but enough
      712 6  - One week off for PM short, but enough He should be well enough for work in a week: Docs By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg WHILE his medical leave is considered relatively short to recover from surgery, doctors said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong should be well enough to return to work
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      Lock icon Top issues: Old-age support, living costs, health care
      588 6  -  By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg HAVING enough to retire, health care and cost of living pressures have emerged as the top concerns for Singaporeans, going by the Government’s pre-Budget 2015 feedback exercise. The three issues accounted for about one-third of all feedback received
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      Lock icon Robotic surgery the gold standard
      182 6  -  NG WAN CHING ROBOTIC surgery is now the gold standard for prostate cancer treatment, as it provides the lowest risk of bleeding and the best outcomes. It allows the surgeon to operate in any area deep within the body, where traditional open surgery and even
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      Lock icon One-share trading when market is ready: SGX official
      478 6  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will eventually allow investors to trade one share at a time rather than in board lots of 100, a bourse official said yesterday. But the far-reaching change can happen only when the market is
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      Lock icon Noble rejects improper accounting claims as stock plunges
      433 6  -  By YASMINE YAHYA ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR yasminey@sph.com.sg IN A move that brought back memories of the “short attack” on Olam, a research house trained its guns on the Noble Group, sending its shares plunging. The report accused the commodities player of using
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      Lock icon S’pore jobs elude foreign workers who trained for them
      707 8  -  Many stranded due to slowdown in building sector, tighter hiring rules By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THEY pay thousands of dollars for training just so they can get a job as a construction worker in Singapore. But a combination of tighter rules
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      Lock icon ‘I didn’t know I have to wait so long to find a job in Singapore’
      383 8  -  AMELIA TAN EVERY DAY, Indian national construction worker Jeyapraesh Pannerselvam (left), 27, calls employment agents and friends to ask if they have a job for him in Singapore. But the answer for the last 10
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      Lock icon Indonesian general not suspect in graft case, court rules
      651 8  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg AN INDONESIAN court decision to uphold the lawsuit of a three-star police general against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has dealt a blow to the agency and put pressure on President Joko
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      Lock icon S’pore ‘will be hit hard’ if Jakarta imposes maid ban
      544 8  -  AMELIA TAN A POTENTIAL ban on Indonesian maids working overseas will have a major impact on Singapore, which depends heavily on Indonesia for domestic help, said maid agents here. There are 125,000 Indonesian maids in Singapore, based on Indonesian Embassy
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      Lock icon THE STRAITS TIMES 170 YEARS
      636 9 To celebrate this milestone, we have lined up an array of 170 gifts to thank you, our readers, for your solid support through the years. Each gift has been specially curated by a team of our top writers, covering the best of travel, concerts, movies,
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      Lock icon Treats for readers as ST marks 170th year
      473 9  -  Concert tickets, holidays and more up for grabs in year-long giveaway By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg FROM today, Straits Times readers have the chance to win tickets to watch powerhouse singer Christina Perri or boyband One Direction perform live, holidays in the Maldives
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Libya PM wants West to strike militants
      565 10 Egypt, France have also urged UN Security Council to act REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAYDA (Libya) Libya’s internationally recognised prime minister has called for the West to launch air strikes to defeat Islamist militants who control Tripoli, and who have driven his government out
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      Lock icon Two men nabbed for allegedly abetting Danish gunman
      568 10 BLOOMBERG REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COPENHAGEN Danish police have detained two men for aiding a gunman, following a weekend of terror that left two bystanders dead and five police officers wounded. Flags were flying at half-mast across Denmark after the shootings at a
      BLOOMBERG; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  568 words
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      Lock icon Shaken, Copenhagen faces new grim reality
      438 10 BLOOMBERG COPENHAGEN It is a city where mothers often leave their babies in prams outside cafes and cyclists can bike through Parliament Square without encountering a single security guard. Now, Copenhagen is full of heavily armed police officers and the constant sound of sirens
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      Lock icon KL probes video threat to attack courts
      366 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are investigating an alleged threat made in a recent video by self-proclaimed members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group to “blow up fireworks” at Malaysian courts tomorrow. “We are aware of the video, and
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon HK university at centre of political interference storm
        653 11  -  Chief Executive accused of meddling in nominations, potential appointment By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg CONCERNS are mounting in Hong Kong that there has been attempted political interference in academic affairs, possibly at the direction of Beijing, in the aftermath of
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        Lock icon HK ferry skipper given 8 years’ jail
        297 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG The Hong Kong boat captain convicted on Saturday for the manslaughter of 39 people in a 2012 ferry collision was sentenced to eight years in jail yesterday. “I have concluded you should go to prison for eight years,” judge
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        Lock icon Man charged over rally in HK against mainland importers
        296 11 HONG KONG A man was charged in a Hong Kong court yesterday, following scuffles the day before arising from a protest against parallel importers from mainland China. Two other men remain in police custody as investigations continue. Dozens of protesters marched
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        Lock icon Thai students ‘last group standing’ in coup protest
        652 12 They vow to defy junta; revival of rallies could prove destabilising for regime REUTERS BANGKOK Thai student protesters billing themselves as the “last group standing” in seeking to end military rule said yesterday they would openly defy what one leader called a
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        Lock icon Expectant mums gallop to ‘catch’ Year of Horse
        340 12 HONG KONG Pregnant women in Hong Kong and China are rushing to give birth before the Chinese New Year to avoid having a child born in the Year of the Goat. The trend has prompted insurance companies to double their fees or
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        Lock icon Relief for S. Korea’s Park as her PM nominee is approved
        390 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea’s Parliament yesterday narrowly approved President Park Geun Hye’s nominee for prime minister, more than eight months after she first tried to replace the incumbent, with two others pulling out amid controversy over personal
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        Lock icon PM Abe upbeat as Japan’s economy emerges from recession
        495 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday said Japan’s economy is showing signs of recovery, expressing hope that the central bank continues with its bold monetary easing campaign to achieve its 2 per cent inflation target. Mr Abe acknowledged
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        Lock icon China’s anti-graft drive nets another senior figure
        387 13 Ex-official from parliament body accused of taking bribes, selling positions REUTERS BEIJING China will prosecute a former vice-chair-man of the country’s top parliamentary advisory body for graft, including taking bribes and selling positions, the government said yesterday, making him the latest senior figure
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        Lock icon Washing machine ‘sabotage’: LG exec vows innocence
        310 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SEOUL A senior LG Electronics executive, facing trial for allegedly sabotaging the washing machines of rival Samsung at a trade fair, vowed to prove his innocence yesterday. “I will reveal the truth in court,” Mr Jo Seong Jin, president of
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        Lock icon ENTER THE WATER DRAGON
        83 13 Divers performing a dragon dance underwater in an annual event at Beijing Aquarium yesterday to welcome the Chinese New Year. As the 3m-long dragon moved gracefully in the water in the first such performance among the sharks at the aquarium, it was complemented by a lion
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        Lock icon Major KPK crises
        370 14  -  ZUBAIDAH NAZEER L 2009: The police versus KPK feud first became known as the battle of the crocodile and gecko. The agency wire-tapped conversations between chief of detectives Susno Duadji and a wealthy business embroiled in a bank scandal to investigate whether the detective asked for a
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        Lock icon Power struggle hits Indonesian anti-graft agency
        745 14  -  Court rejects move to name national police chief candidate a graft suspect By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg IT IS an immense mandate for a single agency to take on Indonesia’s police, the military, powerful government officials and equally powerful tycoons
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        Lock icon Landlord finds ‘dog eat dog’ horror
        336 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BAHRU A Singaporean landlord who went to check on a tenant who owed him four months’ rent was stunned to find 24 abandoned starving dogs, some of them eating the others. Property agent Francis Goh, 57, made the discovery
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        Lock icon ‘Resist bigots and rabble rousers’
        338 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s political leaders must take a firm stand against those espousing extreme views, former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said, warning that peace would not be achieved even if the bigots got their way. Popularly called Pak Lah,
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        Lock icon New page in Sri Lanka-India ties
        622 15  -  Civil nuclear deal and move to boost defence ties reflect warming relations By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg INDIA and Sri Lanka yesterday opened a new chapter in often strained relations by agreeing to boost defence ties and signing a civil
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon PM congratulates new leader
          66 15 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent a congratulatory letter to Mr Rui Araujo over his appointment as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Calling the progress that Timor-Leste has made since its independence in 2002 remarkable, Mr
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          Lock icon Japan, S. Korea to end swap deal
          52 15 REUTERS SEOUL South Korea and Japan have agreed to let a US$10 billion (S$13.5 billion) currency swap agreement expire this month after 14 years, amid diplomatic tension between the neighbours. South Korean policy makers said the swap deal was ending because both economies
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        Lock icon RETURNING TO COMMUNIST PARTY ROOTS
        116 15 Chinese President Xi Jinping strolling with local villagers in Liangjiahe village in Shaanxi province’s Yanan city last Friday. Mr Xi was sent to the village in the late 1960s during the Cultural Revolution to experience the hard life of China’s peasantry. Chinese media said it
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        Lock icon New head for Taiwan’s China policymaking body
        326 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI A career diplomat who is Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Defence has been named the next head of the island’s China policymaking body. Mr Andrew Hsia will become minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), which handles cross-strait ties with
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon Fragile truce on brink of collapse
        585 16 Ukraine rejects rebel offer to open safe corridor for encircled troops REUTERS BLOOMBERG VUHLEHIRSK (Ukraine) Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces yesterday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated. That left a European-brokered peace
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      • WORLD BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Schools reopen in Liberia
          78 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONROVIA Children have begun returning to school in Liberia after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak. The new school term began yesterday, a day after the leaders of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in their first trips abroad since the peak
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          Lock icon Iran closes hardline paper
          74 16 REUTERS ANKARA Iran has shut down a hardline conservative weekly for criticising the government’s nuclear negotiations with six major powers aimed at ending a decade-old stand-off, the Students News Agency ISNA reported yesterday. The Noh-e Day weekly had repeatedly criticised President Hassan Rouhani’s government for “making
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          Lock icon Boko Haram attacks camp
          66 16 REUTERS MAROUA (Cameroon) –Nigerian Boko Haram insurgents attacked a Cameroon military camp near the town of Waza in the north of the country yesterday, wounding several soldiers, an army spokesman said. Chad, Niger and Cameroon have started a joint offensive against Boko Haram militants, who have
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        Lock icon Russia seeks new Asian ties as China connection frays
        607 16 BLOOMBERG MOSCOW Boxed in by the US and its allies, faced with uneasy ties with China and needing new friends and income, Russia is popping up everywhere in Asia. A new strategic agreement with Pakistan. A visit by President Vladimir Putin
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        Lock icon UK attractions to use Chinese translations to draw tourists
        400 16 LONDON Britain is introducing Chinese translations of its popular destinations to attract more Chinese tourists, according to the Financial Times. London’s Savile Row is the Gaofushuai Jie, “Tall, Rich, Handsome Street”, the soaring Shard building is Zhaixing Ta, “Star Plucking Tower”
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        354 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH Ms Lateefa al-Waalan just wanted to make Arabic coffee simple: no more laborious mixing of ingredients and careful attention to boiling. Supported by a Saudi programme to foster, or “incubate", technology-based businesses with high growth potential, she developed a machine to
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        465 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME The Italian coast guard launched a massive operation to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast, local media said. The emergency rescue on Sunday came on the
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        340 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has conducted what is reportedly the world’s first political emoji interview, using an angry red face to describe Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and a running man to depict her boss Tony Abbott. Buzzfeed, which
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        336 18 REUTERS JAKARTA Government price-fixing has largely shut them out for decades, but foreign oil companies finally see an opportunity to sell petrol on a mass scale in Indonesia. President Joko Widodo’s scrapping of petrol subsidies has removed one of the biggest obstacles stopping motorists
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        284 18 REUTERS BEIJING China has introduced new regulations paving the way for smaller refining firms to import crude oil, as it looks to encourage private investment in a sector dominated by big state-owned firms. Under rules posted by the National Development and
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        425 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK United States aviation regulators have unveiled sweeping new guidelines governing the use of small unmanned drones, proposing that the devices can fly only in daylight, must remain within users’ sightlines and cannot fly near manned aircraft. The Federal
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        339 19 REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s Silk Road infrastructure fund has started work along the lines of a long-term private equity (PE) venture, to boost businesses in countries and regions along the old Silk Road trading route. “The fund has already started operations, with registration on
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      194 15 YOUR CPF MORE FLEXIBILITY, .MORE OPTIONS. How much will you need during your retirement? The CPF Advisory Panel recommends giving you more flexibility: g What it is now Everyone can withdraw up to $5,000 from their CPF accounts from age 55. Anything above half the CPF Minimum Sum and Medisave
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      435 20 THE surgery for prostate cancer undergone by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong evoked much concern for his well-being. Although the operation is said to have gone well and PM Lee is expected to recover fully from his treatment, the suddenness of it all is a
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      900 20  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Budget 2015 will be announced next Monday amid global uncertainties and high domestic expectations By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg THE financial numbers coming out today will likely underpin what is shaping up as the country’s new normal
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      977 20  -  By CHRISTOPHER GEE, YAP MUI TENG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg Christopher Gee is a Research Fellow and Yap Mui Teng is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, NUS. They do research on demography and family issues. LAST
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      798 21  -  FOCUS ON BUDGET 2015 Four writers give their take on how tax breaks can push productivity further, enhance retirement savings and improve health insurance. By IVAN PNG Distinguished professor, NUS Business School and Departments of Economics and Information Systems, National University of Singapore.
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      567 21  -  By RANDOLPH TAN Director at the Centre for Applied Research, SIM University, and a Nominated MP THE coming Budget marks the halfway point since the dec-ade-long productivity target was first proposed in 2010. But Singapore’s productivity performance after 2011 has struggled to match
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      403 21  -  By SABRINA SIA, MICHELE CHAO Respectively director of tax and tax senior manager, Deloitte Singapore. EMPLOYERSnowcanclaim tax deductions of up to 2 per cent of total employee remuneration if they introduce medical benefits or coverage for staff which is portable, meaning workers
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      679 21  -  By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Respondents to a recent DBS Bank study on retirement planning say they expect to have an average of $3,500 a month over 15 to 20 years to cover spending in their golden years. But this sum is considerably higher
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      1198 22  -  By KHAW BOON WAN The writer is Minister for National Development. LAST week, I tabled in Parliament the Auditor General’s audit report on Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) and MPs had a full debate on the matter. The audit findings on the
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      747 22  -  By MARK GILBERT BLOOMBERG VIEW SWEDEN has fired another salvo in the escalating currency wars by joining Denmark, Switzerland and the European Central Bank in introducing negative interest rates. As this battle intensifies, some market soothsayers are starting to whisper about
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        234 23  -  Damon Tan Jie Hui HAVING recently completed junior college education, I understand the dread of rote learning students face (“Weed out outdated rote learning” by Mr Terence Lee Xin Jin; yesterday). However, I disagree that stress and fatigue will be reduced
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        243 23  -  Ong Soon Leong ROTE learning is often said to be the mere memorisation of large amounts of text without understanding the subject (“Weed out outdated rote learning” by Mr Terence Lee Xin Jin; yesterday). This is a misconception. My research of students from China studying at
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        405 23  -  SHORT-TERM RENTAL Josephine Chong Siew Nyuk (Ms) BOTH Mr Wong Shih Shen (“Look at big picture, work towards mitigating risk”) and Ms Beatrice Tang (“Hotels have means, obligation to check guest reliability”; both published last Friday) make valid points for and against allowing short-term rentals.
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        392 23 Patrick Kee Chin Wah (Dr) LAST Saturday’s articles (“Dying shouldn’t be so brutal” and “Rise of the frugal economy”) drew attention to two important issues that we need to address the realities of death and money, for they affect our approach to health
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        386 23  -  Chong Kee Sen President The Institution of Engineers, Singapore WE ARE heartened by the interest generated in the discussions on the engineering profession. Engineers play a significant role in nation building and the development of engineering capabilities is essential for Singapore’s continued success. The Institution
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        63 23 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR CHRISTOPHER TANG: No easy solution to short-term rental risks. 2. MR HAN JUNWEI: Ideas, values have consequences. 3. MS HO LAY PING: Not enough credit given to teaching abstinence. 4. DR V. SUBRAMANIAM: Reinforce efforts to promote graciousness. 5. MR FRANCIS CHENG:
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        311 23  -  Amit Nagpal MANY people are looking forward to the Singapore-Malaysia high-speed rail system, which will drastically shorten travel times between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (“High-speed rail terminal site may be named soon”; Feb 7). Tuas, Jurong and the city centre have
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        335 23 What are the underlying reasons behind the rise in underage sex here? Does the solution lie in sexuality education, promoting abstinence, having close parent-child ties, or something else? Young people will naturally be curious and want to explore their sexuality. Instead of fearmongering or depriving them of information,
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        139 23  -  Nicholas Tee Senior Executive Corporate Communications StarHub WE SHARE Mr Jairam Amrith’s enthusiasm for the ICC Cricket World Cup and thank him for his feedback (“Offer Cricket World Cup on StarHub too”, last Wednesday). We are glad to inform him that all 49 matches
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      1466 24 Feet Firmly on the Ground For this current management trainee, attachments at the plants are an opportunity for invaluable groundlevel experience. Besides commonly-considered factors such as salary and location, Kevin Chew had another, more specific criteria in mind while exploring career options as a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate at the National
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      762 1  -  Trio expand to take more students, with interest especially from S’poreans By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT sandra@sph.com.sg THE three home-grown international schools cannot seem to expand fast enough to keep up with demand for places from Singaporean parents. Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) (International), St Joseph’s
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      573 2  -  It will ramp up internships, work mentors will help assess students By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg ALL Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students must go through 40 hours of training on career readiness from this year. The hours will be spread across two years,
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      349 2  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg THE replacement for the Golden Bridge in Shenton Way will not house any retail or food outlets, unlike its predecessor. Instead it will be a sheltered open-air walkway that connects two mixed-use developments, V on Shenton and OUE Downtown, slated to
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      453 2  -  By K. C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE Law Society yesterday rebuked a Human Rights Watch (HRW) official who claimed it had sought opportunities to “knock down” lawyer M. Ravi following his recent outbursts. It said a statement by Mr Phil
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      660 3  -  Court revokes $100,000 bail at request of lawyer By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg THE first man in Singapore to be convicted of organising a commercial sex tour overseas chose to be remanded yesterday, pending sentencing next month. District Judge Siva Shanmugam
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      340 3  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg SUPERMARKET chain Cold Storage has pulled frozen berry products from an Australian company off its shelves, following reports of people falling sick after eating them. The Australian authorities are investigating as nine people contracted hepatitis A after eating Patties
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      370 4  -  THAM YUEN-C THE immediate priority of the Workers’ Party (WP) town council is to get its accounts audited and submitted to the Ministry of National Development (MND) by the June 30 deadline, its chairman Sylvia Lim said yesterday. “We will do our best to
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      454 4  -  But Mindef also aware people can be blackmailed, says defence minister By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg SAF personnel are deployed to sensitive units in the armed forces based on their ability and beliefs. This is to ensure that they do not
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      319 4  -  By CHERYL FAITH WEE cherylw@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Visitor Centre finally has a new home in a Peranakan shophouse after spending more than a decade housed in an interim building in Orchard Road. The new centre, which opens today, is between Orchard Gateway and Peranakan Place
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      401 4  -  By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg SELF-help group Mendaki is calling on Malay/Muslims who have benefited from its programmes to pay it forward and chip in for the group’s contribution to Singapore’s jubilee celebrations. Mendaki will publish a commemorative book on the experiences of once-troubled
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      469 4  -  By OLIVIA HO oliviaho@sph.com.sg THE consumers’ watchdog has issued an alert about a car dealer after receiving 12 complaints from customers who claim the ownership of the vehicles they bought had not been transferred to them. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case)
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      544 5  -  Aviation sector hopes to build up manpower base over the next decade By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg EFFORTS are being made to attract more, and younger, students into the aviation sector to ensure there will be enough manpower when Changi Airport’s mega Terminal
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      483 6  -  Tribunal rejects claim she would not get adequate medical care in S’pore hospitals By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg AN AUSTRALIAN migration tribunal has rejected an elderly Singaporean woman’s claim that she would not get adequate medical attention in Singapore hospitals
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      325 6  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg A DRIVING instructor got a friend who worked at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) to reward him with membership points at its casino, even though he was not spending any money there. It was a gamble that did not pay
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      142 6 Business STI recovers as US indices fall on sliding oil prices r ssr; teg e TopStones PM s Twitter account among top 20 here JF. E P=~3“ gsS HDB resale index revamp to better reflect market 1 f'.-rrr" *n !.»T.« S3BT •>“ IhclbT- «H7 95-octane fuel dips below $2 as
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      561 8  -  Move would let firms seek funds using model, offer equity to investors in return By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg INVESTORS here may soon be able to take part in a new fund-raising phenomenon that is sweeping the world securi-ties-based crowdfunding (SCF). Most people are familiar
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      533 8  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg HOME buying picked up the pace in January but volumes remain weak compared with a year ago. Buyers snapped up 372 units last month, up 62 per cent over the 230 units sold in December, the
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      599 9  -  Trade agency provided assistance to 28,000 companies last year By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg LOCAL companies have steadily expanded their international footprint despite the challenging environment at home and abroad, says trade agency IE Singapore. Firms that received help from the agency noted
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      385 9  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE investors are worried about the financial security of the next generation, according to a survey released yesterday. Of investors here aged 35 and older, 44 per cent believe that the generation after theirs will be financially worse off.
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      444 9 COSCO Corp (Singapore) has reported a 32 per cent drop in earnings to $20.9 million. This was despite revenue for the year to Dec 31 rising by 21 per cent to $4.26 billion, supported by an increase in shipyard takings. Turnover from shipyard
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      625 10  -  Units will form one of region’s largest integrated urban solutions providers By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg INDUSTRIAL landlord JTC Corporation and Singapore investment company Temasek have officially sealed their agreement to merge four of their subsidiaries into a single platform. This powerful
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      413 10  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg LOWER acquisition, divestment and performance fees hit the fourth-quarter earnings of ARA Asset Management, said its manager yesterday. Net profit at the firm, which manages real estate investment trusts (Reits), fell 18 per cent to $18.2 million in the
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      587 10 By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg CITY Developments (CDL) has defied rocky real estate market conditions here by unveiling a 73.4 per cent surge in fourth-quarter net profit to $384.9 million an all-time quarterly record. One key factor was an earnings boost from the completion
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        360 11  -  $80m venture will have full-flight simulators for wide range of aircraft By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg A VENTURE involving Singapore Airlines to train pilots for Airbus aircraft has been approved by the competition watchdog. The Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC) will be 45
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        584 11  -  By ONG KAI XUAN ongkx@sph.com.sg GOLD miner CNMC Goldmine Holdings has reported a glittering full year of financial results on a boost in production of the precious metal and falling costs. Net profit in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31 surged 93.4 per cent
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        463 11  -  By MICHELLE LEE mleeyy@sph.com.sg AN EXPANDED clinic network lifted patient numbers and helped Raffles Medical Group (RMG) to achieve record full-year revenue. Turnover for the 12 months to Dec 31 came in at $374.7 million, up 9.9 per cent from $341 million recorded
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        457 12  -  Good news over PM Lee’s surgery helps local index close up 0.94 point BULLS AND BEARS By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg THE local bourse was weighed down for most of the trading day by a short-selling attack on Singapore agricultural conglomerate Noble Group.
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          86 12 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 778.99 493.12 822.07 714.48 235.31 192.34 245.64 -3.36 -2.46 -0.67 -3.92 -0.88 -1.04 -3.12 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 134.16 492.95 855.50 890.93 1,257 .03
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          25 12 Feb 16,2015 821.98 -0.65 Stock trading volume 891.2 million shares worth $952.8 million Up down Gainers: 139 Losers: 221 Unchanged: 855
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          56 12 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 24,726.53 18,004.77 1,958.23 3,222.363 1,600.047 1,808.89 43.99 91.41 0.73 18.536 30.485 7.94 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Thursday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,325.495 1,,608.04 5888.662 18,019.35 4,893.836
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          153 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 16,2015 Top Rises Feb 16 CENTS SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 338.9 1.2 DBXT E50 US$ 4969 184.4 2.8 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4720 122.0 1.9 CENTS DBXT MSBrazil US$ 378 20.3 4.1 CIMBASEAN40
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          78 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 263 212 Ascendas Reit C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL ‘000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD 830 608 HongkongLand USD P/E M CAP $MIL 263 212 Ascendas
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          108 12 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 '000 193.5 139 CapitaCom Trust HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 188 164 ARA Asset Mgmt
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          52 12 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol APAC Strategic 4.8 34,150,100 28 Del Monte Pac R 0.2 30,916,700 Noble United Engineers 268 26,851,200 SIIC Environment APAC Strategic Golden Agri-Res 44 18,289,100 34;i50;i00 HPH Trust USD ComfortDelGro 289 13,455,400 32,261,200 Del Monte Pac R 0.2 30,916,700 SingTel SinoConstruction 28,712,200 United
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          24 12 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 9 mths 0.***** 6 mths SWAP Offer rates (S$) 9 mths 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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          68 12 Feb 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Canadian dollar S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: Chinese renminbi 1.0559 0.7779 Hong Kong dollar 1.0906 1.0914 0.8048 0.8044
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          192 12 Top Rises Feb 16 CENTS NobleGrpMBeCW*****1 1.9 35.7 0.5 NKY *****MBeCW*****2 13.7 21.2 2.4 NobleGrpMBePW*****4 7.6 18.8 1.2 NobleGrpMBePW*****1 9.9 13.8 1.2 NKY *****MBeCW*****3 .....30 11.1 3.0 DBS MB eCW*****0 ....1.9 Ezion MBeCW*****4 1.2 9.1 0.1 UOB MB ePW*****5 12.2 8.9 1.0 SingPost MBeCW*****7 2.5 8.7 0.2
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          21 12 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol ('ODD) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.5 44 CityDev NCCPS OCC 5.1% NCPS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS *****
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          150 12 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale Vo C000) 118 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF 115.8 -0.2 69 140.5 122.3 CIMB ABAC Div SSD 136.4 110.5 95.9 CIMB ABAC Div USS US 101.2 1401 1275 CIMBASEAN40 SSD 1381 1300 999 CIMBASEAN40 USS US1041 +13 4403
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          133 12 YUUZOO Corporation said it had acquired all of Infocomm Asia Holdings (IAH), a Singapore-headquartered gaming and game distribution company, which is the regional distributor of the world’s best-selling game Grand Theft Auto. The acquisition was done through the issuance of 50 million YuuZoo shares at $1 per share.
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          135 12 BUSINESS TIMES LOGISTICS, commodity and engineering group CWT posted a 5 per cent gain in net profit last year as a margin squeeze in commodity marketing offset a jump in revenue. CWT said net profit for the year to end-December 2014 increased to $113.9 million, or 18.73 cents per
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      116 16 Today Cricket ICC World Cup: Pool A New Zealand v Scotland (Singtel TV Ch123 StarHub Ch236, tomorrow, 5.45am). Football Uefa Champions League, rd of 16: PSG v Chelsea (Singtel TV Ch111, tomorrow, 3.40am), Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich (Ch112, tomorrow, 3.40am). TV TIMES Tennis ATP Rio Open: Day 2, session
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      352 18 REUTERS BERNE The Champions League will have an air of familiarity about it when it resumes today, with 11 of the clubs who reached the last 16 stage a year ago involved again. To add to the sense of deja vu, three of the ties will
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      610 18 Mourinho calm as well-rested Chelsea prepare to meet injury-ravaged hosts AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Fresh from a rare weekend off, Chelsea recommence their bid for Champions League glory today when they face inju-ry-ravaged Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Parc
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      191 18 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS When Zlatan Ibrahimovic took off his shirt on Saturday after scoring just two minutes into Paris Saint-Germain’s 2-2 draw with Caen, most people thought it was another attempt by a footballer to show off his latest body art. But he
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      358 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LVIV (Ukraine) Bayern Munich have a few nerves as they head to war-torn Ukraine for today’s Champions League last 16, first leg against Shakhtar Donetsk. Due to the fighting in east Ukraine, Shakhtar host their home league games in Kiev, but have opted to play
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      648 15  -  Thunder star nets 41 points in blockbuster 163-158 win by the West By SANJAY NAIR IN NEW YORK nsanjay@sph.com.sg RUSSELL Westbrook shone the brightest among the All-Stars on Sunday night, with a performance that could well revive his Oklahoma City Thunder’s disappointing season. The
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      257 15 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The New York Knicks took another step in the deconstruction of the struggling team by agreeing to buy out six-time National Basketball Association All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire, according to multiple reports on Sunday. He had two months left on
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      896 15  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg VOTE. Please. Now. On every website we crave your choice. Worst hairstyle. Best goal. Ugliest tackle. Press a button, give us a virtual show of hands. Your opinion is meaningful, truly, till tomorrow that is,
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        81 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russian Football Union chief Nikolai Tolstykh has said that national team coach Fabio Capello, who last year signed a lucrative new contract till the end of the 2018 World Cup, is highly unlikely to remain in the job if Russia fail
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        71 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Unbeaten fighter Floyd Mayweather said on Sunday that neither he nor Manny Pacquiao have signed a deal for a May mega-fight, but he still hopes to get into the ring. Mayweather, attending the NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square
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        72 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that he is not interested in selling control of AC Milan, following reports of an offer being made for the Italian football club. Earlier yesterday the Bangkok Post reported that Bee Taechaubol, executive director
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        30 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spain’s two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador announced yesterday that he will retire from cycling after the 2016 season.
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      578 16  -  Coach to concentrate on defence as squad regroups before Syria friendly By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg PLAYING the full match at cen-tre-back for Singapore Un-der-23s in their 1-8 loss against Japan U-22s, Shakir Hamzah had a front-row seat to the horror show that unfolded on Saturday.
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      525 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NELSON (New Zealand) Ireland captain William Porterfield demanded that his side be treated with respect after their four-wick et World Cup win over the West Indies yesterday, denying the result was an upset and taking aim at cricket’s two-tier system. Elated at claiming
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      453 16 Badminton European Mixed Team C’ship In Leuven, Belgium, final: Denmark bt England 3-0. Basketball NBA All-Star Game In New York: West 163 East 158. Football Dutch Eredivisie Ajax 4 Twente 2, Utrecht 6 Dordrecht 1, Zwolle 0 Go Ahead Eagles 1, Cambuur 2 Heerenveen 1. English FA Cup 5th
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      525 17 Manager praises Giroud’s work ethic after striker’s double against Boro THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON On days such as Sunday it is tempting to wonder how many FA Cups Arsene Wenger could have won had he always taken the English football knockout competition
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      510 17 REUTERS THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Bradford City, a venerable third-tier English football club with a history touched by tragedy, were “living the dream” on Sunday after knocking out another Premier League victim and powering into the FA Cup quar-ter-finals. The Yorkshire club, whose
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      321 17 REUTERS BARCELONA Lionel Messi claimed a share of two more of the few Spanish football records he does not already own with another stunning performance on Sunday that underlined Barcelona’s credentials as possible treble winners. The Argentina captain, already the all-time La Liga top scorer,
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      290 17 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Louis van Gaal has dismissed suggestions that Wayne Rooney is unhappy about playing in midfield and indicated that his captain will be restored to Manchester United’s attack once he signs the midfielder he craves in the summer. The United manager claimed
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      205 1 Tried, tested and boring Enough ofbiopics celebrating white males C5 Three times Sleeping Beauty Rosa Park stars in Singapore Dance Theatre’s new season C4 Tried, and Enough celebrating white C5 Bigin Singapore 50 Shades grosses $900,000 in four days C12 A DIFFERENT DIEGO A new exhibition here shows the more
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        778 2  -  Art collectors here open their private collections to offer an insight into how art here has evolved Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Prominent art collector Koh Seow Chuan and four of his friends have opened up their private collections for an exhibition which
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        1195 2  -  Sam Tanenhaus Bloomberg Until a week or so ago, Harper Lee (right) was the model of literary reticence. In the 55 years since the publication of her To Kill A Mockingbird, she had settled into silence, firmly resisting the pleas of her
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        1606 3  -  Artist and activist Diego Rivera’s iconic works offer insights into Mexico’s history and are on show here Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg In the popular imagination, the name Diego Rivera is often associated with murals depicting the working class, and the feminist icon Frida Kahlo, whom
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        709 4  -  Singapore Dance Theatre will stage fairy-tale ballet the third time, on top of five new works in the second half of this year Lee Jian Xuan jianxuan@sph.com.sg Dancer Rosa Park is once, twice, three times Sleeping Beauty. She will be playing the classic fairy-tale character for the
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      766 5  -  Biopics tend to follow a tried-and-tested template. These films should tell more diverse stories Culture Vulture Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg You can always tell that awards season is around the corner when biopics begin to flower. And the recent crop has been a particularly bountiful one.
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      445 5 Agence France-Presse New York Times Tehran Iran’s Jafar Panahi who took the top prize, the Golden Bear, at the Berlin Film Festival with his movie Taxi, said on Sunday he wished cinemagoers at home could see his films rather than his works
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      412 5  -  Review Concert HRISTO DOBRINOV FLUTE RECITAL The Japanese Association auditorium/Sunday Chang Tou Liang The Bulgarian Hristo Dobrinov has been principal flautist of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra since 2005. He has also been busy as a pedagogue and solo recitalist. His recital at The Japanese Association
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      557 6 Clint Eastwood’s box-office hit may still surge ahead of top favourites Birdman and Boyhood in Oscars race Agence France-Presse Los Angeles With less than a week to go before the Oscars, the all-important Best Picture prize appears locked in a two-horse race between dark comedy
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      606 6 Obituary New York Times New York Louis Jourdan, a handsome, sad-eyed French actor who played a romantic hero in movies such as Gigi and later a suave villain in movies including Octopussy, died last Friday at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He
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      341 6 Xinhua Reuters Sydney Australia’s richest person, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, is suing a network for airing a television biopic on her that she says is misleading and twisted. Her lawyers said on Monday they still intended to sue Australia’s Nine Network over the two-part series
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        1092 7 Seniors Harry Tan and his wife go on a 25-day rail-and-bus journey on their own in Britain HAVING scrimped and saved for five years, my wife and I took a vacation in Britain last May. We spent $12,000, two-thirds of which was on airfare,
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      1173 7 Celebrate With Our Champions Global Property Strategic Alliance Pte Ltd CEA Licence No.: L*****61F Alex Leow *****737 R*****9B Evelyn Kwa *****568 R*****1H Our Local Projects Eric Tan *****579 R*****8E Loke Guan Ting *****702 R*****9H Kate Lim *****959 R*****1D A Subsidiary of GPS Alliance Holdings Limited Listed on Australian Securities Exchange
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      847 8 Private Residential Price Index Index (4Q98=100) 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 Detached Semi-detached Terrace 120 100 80 1997Q1 2001Q1 2004Q1 2007Q1 2010Q1 2012Q1 2014Q1 Apartment Condominium The property data is obtained from URA's website; any use in any manner of any data is subject to the terms and
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      139 8 Priced To Sell SIMS URBAN OASIS, 2015 Mega Launch by Awardwinning Developer. Reg Now! 9336 6835 Douglas Priced To Sell SIMS URBAN OASIS, 2015 Mega Launch by Awardwinning Developer. Reg Now! 9762 3355 Cheryl Priced To Sell SIMS URBAN OASIS, 2015 Mega Launch by Awardwinning Developer. Reg Now! 9880 8836
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      226 8 Must Not Miss KF AUCTION 25/2. T h e Trumps #14-12, 1421sf 3rm face landed, Kembangan MRT. 99 yrs. JC 8182 3846 Priced To Sell BEST PRICE ST PATRICK’S RES. Starbuy TOP! FH. 2/3/4/5 rm, PH 1528-3423sf! Tao Nan Sch. Joanne Kam *****666 Sea view SEAFRONT ON MEYER. FH Very
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      241 8 Must View WHITEWATER $940K 3+1RM 1206 sf high flr, south/pool facing, full facilities/ West Plaza. 9099-9098 Joji Good Investment Near MRT FR $8XX PSF World Resort facilities. 3/4/ 5 4 bdrm dual key/PH. Near White sand/schs 9027-8388 Yeo Must Not Miss Joanna Lim 9009 5809 KINGSFORD WATERBAY Priced to sell
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      206 8 Move in Condition DON'T MISS RIVERVALE CREST. RARE!! 2bdrms, 936sf. Bright windy. 1 min to mall LRT. Chrissy Chua 9027 2933 WATERWOODS EC. NEAR TOP. LRT/ Punggol Plaza/ Mee Toh sch. 4/ 5-bdrm. Fr $958K. Ivan *****555 Excellent Location Motivated Seller BEST PRICE/ INVESTMENT! Chuan Park. MRT doorstep/ mkt. 2
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      224 8 Must View Panoramic View REGENT HEIGHTS PENTHSE #29, Blk 56, 2185 sf. Reno. MRT, schools, amenities. $1.75M. Alan *****055 Good Investment HILLINGTON GREEN 999 yrs Spacious 2-bdrm, 990 sf, Breezy, Resort living. Near MRT, Hillv2. Must sell Must Not Miss Ivan Lam 8700 0199 BEAUTIFUL HIGH CEILING! 1300sf. 2 bdrms.
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      760 9 HDB Resale Price Index 160 140 120 Index 100 80 60 40 1Q94 1Q95 1Q96 1Q97 1Q98 1Q99 1Q00 1Q01 1Q02 1Q03 1Q04 1Q05 1Q06 1Q07 1Q08 1Q09 1Q10 1Q11 1Q12 1Q13 3Q 1Q14 4Q 3Q Notes: 1) The index is based on average resale price by date of registration.
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      166 9 Good Schools GOOD LOCATION BLK 942 4’A’ High floor. All races. Corner Amenities, Good connectivity/ Mall/ sch. neg Das 8425 9635 Excellent Location EA BLK 698D Hougang St 52 Mid Floor.Opp popular coffee shops. All races eligible. Salehan 9025 0505 Must View 3’A’ BLK 658. High flr. Unblocked. Facing Xinming
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      253 9 Must View EA BLK 237 St 21. 3 rms Study+2 balconies. Corner, Reno. Windy Rare! Selling only! 9385 0529 Ivy (HSR) Must View EA BLK 649 Pasir Ris High floor Corner unit. Spacious Near Elias Mall/ amenities. All races. Jean 9878-2988 Must Not Miss PRICE REDUCED! 4’A’ with future 4bdrms!
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      208 9 Must Not Miss CHEAP! 5-RM BLK 121. 100% reno. Unblocked. Mid flr. Spacious Rivervale Plaza. $440K neg. *****151 Pam 5’I’, 110 SQM Rivervale Cres 183A High flr, corner,windy Rivervale Mall, Rumbia LRT. Korene 8188 8229 High Floor 5-RM COMPASSVALE BLK 203A High flr. Windy Unblock Buangkok/Sengkang MRT. 9068 3103 Sarah.
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      268 9 Fire Sale 5I AT BLK 410 Yishun Ring Rd. 122sqm 4 bdrm corner unit. Low flr, move-in. Ask $480k. Steven *****933 Sea view FULL COMM, SENTOSA Bunglw. Sea view. 7800/ 9000sf, 2.5sty 5bdrm. Pte lift/berth. *****741 Steve WEST SHORE RESIDENCES New Cluster Hse 4600 sf 5+1 Pte lift. MRT/ Vivo
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      240 9 corner Ask 7800/ Pte sf Mins A) 3000/ Must Not MisiTj Brand base Sty. new 2016 Terrace reno/ D15 hse to $5.5k Must Not Miss CITYLIGHTS CONSERVED Lavender. 4bed lush green superb resort pool, gym, parking, facilities. Must see isabelredrup.com/ir18.php$14k. *****055. Susan Expat Choice 63 GOODMAN RD New bun galow.
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      490 10 THANK YOU! to all my clients co-brokes for your support in 2014! Happy Chinese New Year!!! Estate Agent Lic No L*****61F R*****5G Happy Chinese New Year!!! No Reg CEA Justin Kong 8113 5511 EA Reg No R*****5G Expat Choice 62 HYTHE RD. S/sty Terr Built up 1700 sf. Newly reno.
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      467 10 “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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      319 10 I WOULD LIKE to wish all my clients and co brokers a Happy Lunar New Year. Yammay Tan 9772-4514 Immediate LIGHT CAIRNHILL 3 bdrm Rivergate 1550 sf, 3 bdrm Horizon Twr 2303 sf 4 rms $7.xK. Wayne 9295-8118 Excellent Location STELLAR RV. NEWLY TOP!! 2-bdrm. 538 sf. High flr. Privacy.
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      221 10 Immediate PARVIS. 2-BDRMS. 990 sqft. High flr. Quiet. F/ furn. $5.5K. Immed. Call Paul 8233 3852 Expat Choice ORANGE GROVE 3671SF. 3/ 4+1. Low rise, New reno, Resort, Quiet, Shangri-La. $13.5k. Anand 9656 9450 THANK YOU FOR your support. Wishing all a happy Chinese New Year a very successful 2015.
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      242 10 THANK YOU! to all my clients co-brokes for your support in 2014! Happy Chinese New Year!!! Willy Lim 9380 2226 Estate Agent Lic No L*****61F R*****2B No.: Reg. CEA Must View Don't Miss **VIVIAN 9007 0696 ERA. 1) Soleil at Novena MRT, 4 bedrooms 1722 Sq.ft 2) Newton Euroasia. 1066
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      229 10 Expat Choice REGENT RES. 2 bdrm. 818sf Just TOP. Walk to MRT. Full/ p/furn. F/facilities. Danny 8686-4646 Near MRT REGENT RES. BRAND New 818 sf 2 rms, high flr. Unblock. Facilities. Near MRT. Immed. Peter 9683-2333 M66 645SF 2BDRM unit avail for immed rent! Scenic river view! P/furn. $2.7k nego.
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      244 10 Immediate FERNWOOD AGTS WELCOME! 1636sf. 3+1+1. Sea view. AM sun. Pool/ Squash Courts/ Gym. Owner 6299 9400 Fully Furnished THE COTZ. STUDIO. $2.1K Gold Palm Mansion 2rm $3K. 3+1rm. $3.8K neg! The Sound. 2rms. $4.3K Must View LE CONNEY PK 2bdrm quiet cosy, p/furn, pool, mins to food ct/ amenities,
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      246 10 LAKEPOINT CONDO MAIS. Lakeside MRT/ Canadian Int’l Sch. 3+1. $3.5K/ $3.7K. William 9298-0473 MRT LAKESIDE, PARC Vista 2+1 rooms. Fully Furnished. neg. Agent 9068 2259 MADEIRA 3+1 ROOF Terrace high flr,f/facilities. Mrt. Re no. Immed *****353 NRS Must View ROSEWOOD 1173 SF. 3-rm Casablanca 926 sf. 2-rm F/furn. Cosy. Avail
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      821 11 HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 4th Quarter 2014 Town Class code 2-Room 3-Room 4-Room 5-Room Executive Ang Mo Kio 482 $2,000 $2,450 $2,800 Bedok 483 $2,000 $2,400 $2,600 $2,700 Bishan 484 $2,000 $2,600 $2,900 Bukit Batok 485 $1,900 $2,300 $2,480 $2,700 Bukit Merah 486 $2,200 $3,000 $3,200 Bukit Panjang 487
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      337 11 FTY WORKSHOP. *****SF. High ceiling &power, warehse. Ground flr/ ***** ***** sf. 9620-3889 ENTERPRISE HUB, HIGH flr 2475sf. Good view, parking space. 9817 5353 LYF PANTECH BIZHUB PANDAN Loop 2110/1206sf,Reno Gd view. F/aircon *****939 A’POSH BIZ HUB, Yishun Ave 6. 1281/1550/3843sqft Avail immed. 9139-0654 Must View FOOD FTY Senoko. Land
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      309 11 NEAR MRT OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE FULLY FITTED ATTRACTIVE RENTAL FRM$2.XXPSF TANJONG PAGAR PASIR PANJANG 354 670/ 770 990 1,308 1,700/2,200 sqft Complimentary Season Parking Accessible via MCE, AYE CTE 96 663 722 932 2,052 sqft Walking Distance to MRT Stations Accessible via MCE West Coast Highway Ample Parking Available
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      262 11 Near MRT CENTRAL @CLARKE QUAY 926sf p/fitted. Above shpg mall/ MRT. S’pore River. VTO David Wong *****781 Must Not Miss SIXTH AVE. PRIME location. 2000sf. Spacious. Newly renovated. 2 stairs. $6k. 9863 5635/ 9727 2996. Near MRT PAYA LEBAR SQ. 506/861/ 1012/1550sf, ctrl AC, water pt, card access lobby, MRT
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      665 11 fflser Ifflasr CONCOURSE SKYLINE (RETAIL UNITS) Exclusive 9 ground floor units only All with Beach Road frontage Suitable for F B Retail Services Sizes 678 710 753 1,463 sq ft Attractive leasing terms Adjacent to Nicoll Highway MRT Hong Fok Group Tel: 6390 2425 Near MRT Henson Pang 9107 8070
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      230 12 Good Investment SURE $3000 PSF nett? Yes! Superb Disc. F’Hold D.09 Last 2 Retail Shops Facing Main Rd. Oxley Edge RV. 1055/ 872sf corner 450m to MRT/City fringe+ Reside -ntial crowd *****080 ykk Good Investment 4.5% MIN. YIELD! 36 Beo Cres Tiong Bahru HDB 2-storey shophse. 105sqm/ 1130 sf orig
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      1763 12 For Sale: Heavy-Lift Accommodation Barges (2 each) Purpose built flat-bottom barges with raked bows and sterns. For sale individually or as a pair. CONDITIONS OF SALE APPLY. For enquiries and full specifications: Email: business.enquiry@outlook.com Please send sealed tender by 6th March, 2015 to: c/o Supply Chain 201 Ocean Drive, #03/13
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      107 13 CHINESE NEW YEAR 2015 PACKAGE Resorts World Sentosa SECURITY OFFICERS $600(18 Feb to 22 Feb) Extra $50 Fairprice Voucher upon completion and return of uniform Payment on 26 Feb after 2 pm Must commit to all 5 days Call 9383 3200 for more details Walk-in interview on 17 18 Feb
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      322 14 FULL-TIME SEAFOOD CUTTER Urgently Required (Seafood restaurant Clarke Quay) $1600-$1800/mth 6 days work Evening shift Interested, please call *****138 (Belinda) $1800 $5000 gross Class 3 4 5 Driver x 25 Prime Mover x 10 Tuas Clementi Tai Seng Changi Under co 5 5.5 days OT 0-5 yrs experience Urgent Benefits
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