The Straits Times, 10 March 2015

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    31 1 THE STRAITS TIMES -CELEBRATING 170 YEARS. SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015 82 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 Squeeze to get tighter as workforce shrinks
    534 1  -  Firms must leverage technology, do more with fewer workers: Chuan-Jin By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg AS THIS decade comes to a close in 2019, the number of locals entering the workforce each year will shrink by up to 80 per cent to around 20,000
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Fire causes shutdown of Bukit Panjang LRT
    155 1 COMMUTERS were left stranded last night after the Bukit Panjang LRT line was shut down following a fire at Senja station. The blaze started inside the station’s electrical room at about 5.45pm, coinciding with rush hour. Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters put out
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  • Article
    Lock icon More complaints about pigeons
    46 1 COMPLAINTS about pigeons have grown in recent years. Last year, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority received 2,490 gripes about them mostly over hygiene and concerns over diseases. This is up from 2,080 complaints in 2013 and 1,420 in 2012. L HOME B1
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  • Article
    Lock icon CPF members won’t have to pick annuity plan at 55
    446 1  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg FROM next year, Central Provident Fund (CPF) members do not have to make a decision at age 55 on which of two CPF Life annuity plans they want. They can delay it until
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      75 1 ASIA’S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS ANDRE TOP IN S’PORE HOME B7 SOLAR-POWERED PLANE HELMING AN EPIC FLIGHT WORLD A18 MASS FISH DEATHS BLOW FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY? OPINION A22 OCBC CYCLE FIRST UP FOR ST RIDE SPORT B17 L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A6 *****1 *****7 2012. L HOME B1 A JOURNEY
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      11 1 L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A9, OPINION A22&23, HOME B4-6
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Merkel reminds Japan to confront wartime past
      532 2 / 3 Neighbours also have role to play in reconciliation: German Chancellor REUTERS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO German Chancellor Angela Merkel, referring to Germany’s own experience, reminded Japan yesterday of the need to squarely confront its wartime past, but also signalled that neighbouring countries must
      REUTERS; XINHUA; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  532 words
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      Lock icon EPIC FLIGHT ON SOLAR POWER
      103 2 / 3 Two pilots attempting the first around-the world flight in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their 35,000km voyage yesterday. Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates en route to the Omani capital of Muscat at the start
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    • Article
      Lock icon Probation for teen with history of killer-litter acts
      445 2 / 3  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A TEEN with a history of killerlitter offences was ordered to undergo 36 months’ probation yesterday. Abdul Hamid Rahmat, 16, had catapulted a bicycle wheel from a high floor of a Housing Board block, injuring a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Why SMC was ordered to pay doctor’s legal costs
      640 2 / 3  -  No ‘absolute immunity’, especially when it is in the wrong, says court By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma THE Singapore Medical Council (SMC) was wrong to think that it cannot be made to bear the costs incurred by a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Fewer locals in workforce
        52 4 THE number of locals entering the workforce each year will shrink by up to 80 per cent in the coming years, said Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin in Parliament yesterday. Firms will be compelled to do more with fewer workers to succeed, he added. TOP OF THE
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        Lock icon Greenback soars against Sing$
        41 4 THE greenback surged against the Singapore dollar after a report last Friday triggered talk of a sooner-than-expected interest rate hike. The US dollar was trading at 1.3795 against the Singdollar yesterday afternoon. TOP OF THE NEWS A7
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      • WORLD
        • Article
          Lock icon Grenade attack warrants
          45 4 THE Thai government has issued arrest warrants for five people believed to be involved in last Saturday’s grenade attack on Bangkok’s criminal court. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned his countrymen to stay alert, while pledging not to bow to “bad people”. PAGEA10
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          Lock icon Selangor’s water woes
          62 4 SELANGOR has withdrawn from negotiations on a solution to the water crisis in Malaysia’s richest state, as it locks horns with the federal government over land ownership of dams and treatment plants. Putrajaya has failed to honour the agreement, the state said. PAGE A14 Selangor and Klang
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          Lock icon Bad ideas ridiculed
          47 4 SOME offbeat, even bizarre, proposals by delegates to China’s top advisory body have become the target of mockery among netizens. The 2,200 delegates were appointed but not elected, so they would not be held accountable for making “bad suggestions”, an analyst said. PAGE A16
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          Lock icon Mining or dining debate
          51 4 SHOULD Australia’s fertile land be used for “mining or dining”? This is the question that’s being fiercely debated between miners and farmers as China’s coal producer moved to build a A$1.2 billion (S$1.3 billion) mine in New South Wales, as the state faces an election. PAGE
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        Lock icon PUTTING THE BUDGET IN PERSPECTIVE
        57 4 The cumulative effect of major social programmes has contributed to the recent display in the House of nervous concern over sustainability. Apart from fiscal considerations, a key to sustainability is the broad acceptance of the social contract based on an impulse to look out for
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Strategic review
          47 4 THE plankton bloom that killed off huge stocks in Singapore’s fish farms suggests a need to refocus the self-sufficiency strategy. A more active government effort is needed to help farmers protect stocks from environmental impact, say researchers Goh Tian and Jonatan A. Lassa. PAGE A22
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Home buyers are biting
          54 4 LOWER prices have helped entice buyers at two property launches. Kingsford Waterbay in Upper Serangoon, which began selling on Saturday, has sold 140 homes. GuocoLand’s Sims Urban Oasis in Sims Drive sold 29 units over the weekend, bringing its tally to more than 170 units since
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Buyers eye Tanglin flats
          76 4 TANGLIN Halt flats slated for redevelopment are in demand in the resale market as buyers see it as a way to get new replacement flats in the nearby Dawson estate. At least 41 units have been sold since the estate was slated for en bloc redevelopment
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          Lock icon Job-matching with love
          42 4 THE Employment and Employability Institute is taking a more in-depth approach to matching job seekers to the right position, taking into account their passions, personalities and hard skills. It is also helping more professionals, managers and executives. PAGE B2
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        • Article
          Lock icon Lied about drink driving
          53 4 A FORMER warrant officer suspected of drink driving was jailed for a week for lying to police that his wife was at the wheel at the time. A policeman saw Christopher Chua Chun Kiat, 44, changing seats with her before a road block on Bukit Timah
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Get a bite of the Apple watch
          36 4 DIGITAL Life’s Trevor Tan was at Apple’s launch event in San Francisco last night. Get a recap of the details about Apple’s latest anticipated gadget at http://str.sg/oDU PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Reds come up short
          75 4 DESPITE their superb recent form, Liverpool came up short in the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday against Blackburn, with the game ending in a 0-0 draw at Anfield. Simon Eastwood’s late save from Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson rescued the second-tier side, who will fancy their chances at
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Publisher’s novel prize
          84 4 EPIGRAM Books is offering a novel prize: $20,000 to the best unpublished novel in English sent to the company from now till Aug 31, and the opportunity for it to be published. The Epigram Books Fiction Prize will be the richest here for such works and is
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          Lock icon Reel high praise
          87 4 FILM-MAKER Han Fengyu did not just win Best Fiction, the top prize, at the 6th Singapore Short Film Awards on Sunday, for his work, Last Trip Home. He also won high praise and a lofty comparison to Singapore’s most distinguished film-maker yet, Anthony Chen, whose 2013 feature
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon Child's play
          28 4 IT IS the March school holidays next week. Get ideas on how to entertain the kids with our guide to 20 fun-filled holiday activities at http://str.sg/oDi.
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          Lock icon The man who drove PM Lee to school
          31 4 MEET 80-year-old Mr Goh Khoon Seng, who used to drive Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to school when he was a child. http://str.sg/oDS
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Damaged circuit breakers led to system shutdown
      911 6  -  Senja LRT blaze leaves thousands stranded during evening rush hour By DANSON CHEONG, SAMANTHA GOH dansonc@sph.com.sg samgohwy@sph.com.sg A BLAZE that started in the electrical room at Senja station damaged circuit breakers and shut down service along the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) line yesterday
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      Lock icon Indian woman stabbed to death in Sydney
      517 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY An Indian mother was fatally stabbed in a Sydney park during a brutal attack as she was on the phone with her distraught husband in India, police said yesterday. Ms Prabha Arun Kumar, a 41-year-old information technology professional, was taking
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      Lock icon US dollar surges after solid job report for Feb
      562 7  -  Data fans talk of early rate hike; US$ at highest against S$ since July 2010 By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg THE greenback has surged against global currencies like the Singapore dollar after a bumper job report last Friday triggered talk of
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      Lock icon Hong Lim Park protester pleads guilty
      520 7  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg THE first of six protesters facing public nuisance charges for their part in a Hong Lim Park protest rally on Sept 27 last year pleaded guilty in court yesterday. Chua Siew Leng, 43, who does not hold a regular job,
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      Lock icon Reject terror groups, says Malaysian King
      505 8  -  He makes the call as government prepares new anti-terrorism law By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA’S King has called on the people to reject terror groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), even as the government
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      Lock icon ‘Britain’s white jihadi’ identified as Aussie teen
      383 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A Westerner pictured alongside fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and dubbed “Britain’s white jihadi” is in fact an Australian teenager who converted to Islam, reports said. A photo of the meek-looking youth, holding a rifle
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      Lock icon Gambler tried to kill wife so she wouldn’t have to pay his debts
      431 8  -  By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg A SECURITY guard went to a casino in the hope of repaying $40,000 he had gambled away but ended up losing more. It was then that John Gee Tze Chiang decided to kill
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      Lock icon Britain seeking to stop air travellers from joining ISIS
      426 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Britain will introduce new laws today to try to stop airlines carrying passengers who may be travelling to join militants in Syria and Iraq. Security services estimate that 600 Britons have gone to Syria or Iraq to
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      Lock icon High-powered team to probe complaints linked to 1MDB
      423 8  -  By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg A HIGH-POWERED task force has been formed to investigate complaints related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), adding more pressure on the debt-lad-en state investment agency. This comes as Auditor-General Ambrin Buang, tasked with
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      Lock icon ‘Younger workers can save enough to retire’
      511 9  -  They must keep working, buy HDB flat within their means, says minister By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg YOUNGER workers do not have to worry about not saving enough for their retirement, as long as they keep working and buy Housing Board
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    • Article
      Lock icon Displaced mid-career PMETs to get more help
      388 9  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg MORE job matching and training for mid-career professionals are in the works, as the Government moves to help those who may have been caught out by the changing economy. Those looking to switch their jobs mid-career will get more
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      Lock icon The power of compounding CPF interest rates
      220 9 A 25-year-old worker earning $2,200 each month will build a retirement nest egg of $165,506 at age 65, using just his CPF Special Account. AT AGE 25 Fresh from polytechnic Buys four-room HDB flat with fiancee, using CPF to pay for their flat
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      Lock icon Auto family CPF top-ups would be ‘intrusive’
      467 9  -  From next year, those aged 55 and above can earn an extra 1 percentage point of interest for the first $30,000 in their combined CPF balances. That means monies in a person’s Special, Retirement or Medisave account can attract interest rates of up
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      Lock icon Retrenched at 54, he finds better-paying job
      294 9  -  AW CHENG WEI WHEN he found out he was about to lose his job assembling hard disks last November, Mr Dharmarajan Dharnaraj, 54, was afraid he would not be able to support his family of four. “We don’t have a lot of savings,”
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      Lock icon Accreditation criteria update for training course providers
      497 9  -  JOANNA SEOW THE criteria for training course providers seeking government accreditation will be updated, in a move to ensure training remains rigorous and relevant. Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, however, did not give details yesterday when he made the announcement. But he stressed that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bangkok blast sparks Thai PM’s call to be alert
      595 10  -  Suspect in court grenade attack says it’s part of plot to create nationwide unrest By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg FIVE arrest warrants have been issued in connection with Saturday’s grenade attack on Bangkok’s criminal court, as security
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Silence in Delhi rapists’ neighbourhood
        727 11 Residents stay tight-lipped about 4 men from colony convicted for gang rape NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI The house once occupied by India’s most notorious rapists is now sealed with a heavy padlock, at the end of a cul-de-sac smelling of musty abandonment in Ravidas
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      • Article
        Lock icon 42 charged over lynching of rape suspect in India
        237 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI Indian police have charged 42 people after the lynching of a rape suspect, who was dragged from his cell, with more arrests overnight. Police have charged the men with rioting, arson and unlawful assembly over the attack
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        Lock icon Water deal may end in gutter as parties bicker
        691 14  -  Talks between KL, opposition-held Selangor fail over who owns what By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg A DISPUTE over land ownership of dams and treatment plants between the federal government and opposition-held Selangor has derailed an agreement that
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      • Article
        Lock icon 56 militants killed in Philippine army raid
        289 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The Philippine military has killed 56 Islamic militants, including one described as “foreign looking” who may be among the terror suspects wanted by the United States, the military said. It had launched an operation against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
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        Lock icon HOMELESS KIDS FORAGE FOR CLOTHES
        52 14 Children rummaging for clothes that they can use, after a massive fire destroyed their homes in the Tanah Abang district of Jakarta last Thursday. The fire ripped through more than 200 homes and forced over 3,000 people to flee, according to the local media.PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • Article
        Lock icon Expired battery could affect lawsuit
        308 14 MH370: ONE YEAR ON REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY The disclosure that an underwater locator beacon battery in MH370’s “black box” had expired could be key in legal action against Malaysia Airlines over the fruitless search for the jetliner, lawyers for families of the passengers said. But
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        Lock icon Taiwan to hold parade marking end of WWII
        235 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan has announced that it will hold a military parade marking the end of World War II this year for the first time, as it vies with China over the history of the conflict. The move comes after China
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon North-South split over salaries
          83 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea has vented its frustration with North Korea’s refusal to engage in dialogue over the salaries of workers in their Kaesong joint industrial complex, and questioned Pyongyang’s commitment to developing the zone. Pyongyang announced it planned to unilaterally raise the basic salary
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          Lock icon Ex-president’s brother barred
          69 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO A Sri Lankan court banned former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother Gotabaya from leaving the country as police probe private arsenals set up during the previous regime’s decade in power. The court impounded his passport along with those of three others. Shortly after the ex-president
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        Lock icon More pressure on Jakarta expected at UN drug meeting
        564 15 Australia to lobby against death penalty at meeting in bid to save drug duo REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CILACAP (Indonesia) Australia will reiterate its opposition to the death penalty at a United Nations drugs conference, a move likely to ratchet up pressure
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        Lock icon Abbott hits back at criticism of asylum laws
        377 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Prime Minister Tony Abbott lashed out at criticism over Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers, saying the country was “sick of being lectured” by the United Nations. Canberra sends asylum seekers arriving by boat into detention on Papua New Guinea’s
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        Lock icon Advisory body’s absurd ideas ‘just shocking’
        868 16  -  Lack of accountability, poor quality of delegates result in unworkable ideas By TEO CHENG WEE IN BEIJING chengwee@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Carol Feng WHEN rare blue skies were sighted in the first few days of China’s top advisory body’s annual meeting this year, Chinese
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        Lock icon Beijing hints at harsher penalties over online fakes
        428 16  -  By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg CHINA’S market regulatory head has hinted at tougher penalties to tackle the proliferation of counterfeit goods sold online, amid the country’s plans to develop the e-commerce sector and boost domestic consumption. Mr Zhang Mao,
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        Lock icon China: Dalai Lama ‘profanes’ Buddhism
        270 16 REUTERS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is profaning Buddhism by suggesting that he will not be reincarnated when he dies, a top official of Tibet said yesterday. That is one of China’s strongest comments to date on the subject.
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        Lock icon Rights lawyer Alamuddin takes Arroyo’s case to UN
        654 17  -  Philippine govt accused of violating ex-president’s rights by opposing bail By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg INTERNATIONAL human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin has lodged a case with the United Nations to compel the Philippine government to release former president Gloria
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        Lock icon ‘Misfit’ arrested after 5 stabbed dead in Japan
        334 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO A man suspected of stabbing five people dead at a family home in rural Japan was being quizzed by police yesterday, with reports saying he is a “hikikomori”, or social misfit, who lived nearby. Reporters descended on the usually
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon Solar-powered plane begins epic journey
        500 18 Its five-month trip around the world aims to promote green energy AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABU DHABI A one-seater plane has embarked on a five-month trip around the world without burning a drop of fuel, in a landmark journey aimed at promoting green energy. Solar Impulse 2,
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        Lock icon AROUND THE WORLD ON AIR
        373 18 Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi yesterday, heading east to Muscat in Oman on the first leg of its round-the-world trip. The longest single leg will see a lone pilot fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean between Nanjing in China and Hawaii, a
        Sources: SOLAR IMPULSE, REUTERS; ST GRAPHICS: JASTER NGUI PHOTOS : © SOLAR IMPULSE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  373 words
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        Lock icon Ancient Greek treasure found in cave
        363 18 REUTERS XINHUA JERUSALEM Cave explorers in Israel have uncovered a small trove of coins and jewellery from the time of Alexander the Great that archaeologists believe was hidden by refugees during an ancient war. The 2,300-year-old treasure is the first of its kind to
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        Lock icon Obama: Leaders have offered Iran a reasonable N-deal
        371 18 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama said he and other world leaders have offered Iran an “extraordinarily reasonable deal” that will test whether the leadership of the Islamic nation is serious about at last resolving the dispute over its
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        Lock icon China mine bid kicks up dirt Down Under
        696 19  -  Heated debate over Chinese coal giant’s plans near fertile farmland By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com A BID by Chinese coal giant Shenhua Group to build a A$1.2 billion (S$1.28 billion) mine near a stretch of Australia’s richest
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        Lock icon Baby survives 12 hours in cold after car crash
        304 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON A United States toddler survived some 12 hours in the bitter cold next to her mother who was found dead after the car they were in hurtled off a bridge in the state of Utah, the Salt
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        Lock icon 50 YEARS AFTER ‘BLOODY SUNDAY’
        89 19 Thousands of people crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, in the US. On March 7, 1965, some 600 protesters crossing the bridge peacefully were violently beaten by police officers armed
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        510 20 It will allow dying patients option to be put under anaesthesia until death REUTERS PARIS France’s Parliament will debate a Bill today allowing patients on the brink of death to stop treatment and enter a “deep sleep” until they
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        477 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW A colleague of Mr Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow’s Red Square, said suggestions that he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that officials were involved. Speculation
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          50 20 REUTERS VIENNA Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Libya seized nine foreigners at the al-Ghani oilfield last week, an Austrian foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday. The oil workers are from Austria, the Czech Republic, Bangladesh, the Philippines and at least one African country.
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          57 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Four people, including a policewoman and her boyfriend, have been held over their ties to one of the Islamist gunmen who carried out the January Paris attacks. A judicial source said yesterday the four know Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four people
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        226 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has revealed the moment he says he gave the secret order for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and described how Russian troops were ready to fight to rescue Ukraine’s deposed, pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych. In a trailer
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        358 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN The head of Germany’s military intelligence said he fears its armed forces could be infiltrated by Islamist militants trying to obtain weapons training, and who then fight for insurgent groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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        598 21 Fresh funds for country unlikely amid prospect of referendum REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS Euro zone officials yesterday played down plans submitted by cash-strapped Greece to its international creditors in a bid to secure fresh funds, a day after Athens’ outspoken Finance Minister
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        428 21 BLOOMBERG REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s emergence from recession was weaker than estimated as companies unexpectedly cut investment and drew down inventories, offsetting a pick-up in consumer spending Gross domestic product expanded an annualised 1.5 per cent in the three months through December from the
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        253 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON In London’s most upmarket districts, shovelwielding teams are hard at work in what look like mines hidden beneath luxury homes, sidestepping the British capital’s planning rules by expanding underground. Some of their more hightech kit may end up buried there
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          60 21 REUTERS LONDON The start of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme left market participants disappointed yesterday with many asking how the bank will get to its targeted size of €60 billion (S$90 billion) a month. Market participants say the bond-buying has been across the board,
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          67 21 REUTERS LONDON Britain’s Guardian Media Group expects its losses to increase in the next few years as it invests to keep up with the rapid pace of change ripping through the newspaper industry, its outgoing chief executive said. The owner of the Guardian said it expected
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          80 21 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK McDonald’s Corp posted a worse-than-predicted drop in February sales after competition grew fiercer in the United States, a sign that its new chief executive officer will have a deeper hole to dig out of as he works on a comeback. US sales at stores
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      1325 22  -  Can Singapore really attain more self-sufficiency in fish supplies? The recent plankton bloom causing massive fish deaths in local farms suggests a need to rethink and refocus the strategy. By GOH TIAN, JONATAN A. LASSA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writers
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      427 22 IF THIS proves to be the last Budget of the Government’s term before a General Election, there might be little unfinished work to complete the transformative agenda of Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who took up the finance portfolio in 2007. Together with his Cabinet
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      Lock icon Gearing up for dry periods
      1068 23  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg THE recent hot weather, parched grass and receding levels at water bodies across Singapore all point to one thing yet another stretch of dry weather. Although not as bad as last year’s dry spell, it is still the second year in
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      810 23  -  By SANJAY PERERA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer worked in the Singapore navy and media, taught at tertiary institutions and is the editor of Philosophers for Change, an online journal dealing with alternative socioeconomic paradigms. THEREisconsensusthat certain aspects of Singapore’s Budget indicate a
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      922 23  -  By JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN NEW YORK TIMES Ontario was thrown into an uproar recently when officials presented the first changes to the Canadian province’s sex education curriculum since 1998. Starting in autumn, second graders will learn about “saying no” and “improper touching”; third graders will
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        352 24  -  MOVING BEYOND THE PAPER CHASE Ng Ya Ken FOR years, we have been talking about the over-emphasis on examinations in our education system. Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said a change in the way parents, employers and teachers view education is needed (“Learn for
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        Lock icon Tap potential of ferries as public transport
        294 24  -  Ronald Chan Wai Hong THE opening of the Marina South Pier MRT station (“Marina South Pier MRT Station on North-South Line to open on Sunday”; ST Online, Nov 22, 2014) presents a golden opportunity for our public transport network to expand to include
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        Lock icon Extend SkillsFuture to hobbies for retirees
        171 24  -  David Poon Soon Cheong THE SkillsFuture scheme can be used for only courses related to a person’s job or to pick up another work skill. The credits cannot be used by individuals to pursue hobbies, such as fishing, gardening or sports (“SkillsFuture scheme: How
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        Lock icon Challenging to have children in Singapore
        397 24  -  Lee Chen Chen (Madam) I AGREE with Mr Ho Kwon Ping that the natural tendency of parents is to have two children or more regardless of their socio-economic status and especially if the overall support environment is conducive (“Europe’s baby bump holds lessons for
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        240 24  -  Anthony Goh Tee Kow ON TOP of cutting back on sugar, not eggs, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee also recommended taking up a “Mediterranean-style diet” as being the most sustainable way to avoid becoming overweight or obese (“Cut back on sugar,
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        195 24 I AM puzzled by Dr Wong Tien Hua’s sounding of a public alarm over the change in insurance coverage for obstetricians (“Protection for obstetricians: Urgent solution needed”; last Tuesday). This development is significant, as it has far-reaching impact on the drive by the
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        179 24  -  Chew Shing Chai (Dr) THE sudden change in the Medical Protection Society’s (MPS) insurance coverage caught many obstetricians by surprise (“Obstetricians up in arms over new protection limits”; Feb 17). Deliveries were considered natural, dirty and left to women of low status
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        345 24 Should there be more flexibility in allowing people to withdraw their CPF savings? Will this help or hurt Singaporeans in the long run? Absolutely not. People will squander it all in no time and expect the rest of the taxpayers to bail them out with all kinds of
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        Lock icon Tap religious fervour to promote peace, tolerance
        326 25  -  Leow Theng Huat MR JOHN Gee is right in pointing out that it is overly simplistic to equate Judeo-Christian values with the tolerance and openness promoted by secular societies today (“Brutal past of claims made in the name of religion”; Feb 27). But
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        280 25  -  Arnold Chua Chee Keong WITH the increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, many interventions have been used in the remediation of the deficits caused by the disorder. First of all, we need to know that there is a distinction between autism treatment and
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        73 25 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR MICHAEL WAN: Re-look public sector hiring practices. 2. DR LEONG CHOON KIT: Grades not the only way to shine. 3. MR TAN JUN WEI: Exams already shifting away from regurgitation of answers. 4. MADAM TANG YU WAH: Financial recognition for stay-at-home mums
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        203 25  -  Soh Ah Yuen AMONG the measures recommended by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to prevent mosquito breeding is the call to cap all bamboo pole holders when they are not in use (“Dengue here claims first victim this year”; Feb 25). Many
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      300 24 BUDGET 2015 and SMES impact and Possibilities Budget 2015 offers an opportunity for businesses to ride on the nation’s economic restructuring as it plans for the future. How can you make the best of it? Listen in and engage our experts as they discuss the implications and possibilities of the
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      624 1  -  AVA gets more complaints, mostly about hygiene, diseases and feeding By SAMANTHA BOH samboh@sph.com.sg PIGEONS have been ruffling the feathers of more and more people in recent years. Last year, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) received 2,490 complaints about them mostly about hygiene, environmental issues
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      Lock icon Buyers paying premium for Tanglin Halt Sers flats
      436 2  -  Three-room units go for up to $30k and more above likely compensation By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg TANGLIN Halt flats marked for redevelopment are fetching premiums in the resale market, as buyers look forward to new replacement flats in nearby Dawson estate, also
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      Lock icon Job coaches check out aspirants’ passions to secure the right fit
      585 2  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg MADAM Aishah Akil began helping job seekers while working for the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) a decade ago, at a time when many were being retrenched. The aim then was simply to get them
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      598 3  -  Pathlight students use cash from Little Red Dot contest to improve their community By LAREMY LEE laremyl@sph.com.sg PATHLIGHT School students Jason Ong and Joel Kee did so well shopping for their school last year that they want to do it again. The
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      Lock icon FREE BREAKFAST FOR EARLY BIRDS
      109 3 Long queues could be seen snaking outside McDonald’s outlets at 6.30am yesterday, just like this one at Block 684, Hougang Avenue 8. The fast-food chain was giving out 1,000 McMuffins at each of its 124 outlets here to celebrate National Breakfast Day. The temptation of
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          47 4 Parliament yesterday discussed the budgets of four ministries: Trade and Industry, Manpower, Finance and Communications and Information. The debate over MOM’s budget took up the bulk of the day, with 53 “cuts” delivered by MPs, while the debate over MCI’s budget will continue today.
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          44 4  -  RACHEL CHANG Senior Minister of State for Finance Josephine Teo said that the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore would increase surveillance on wealthy individuals to prevent them from setting up companies to evade the recent hike in personal income tax rates.
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          95 4 Small and medium-sized enterprises will be able to share resources to develop e-commerce or human resource capabilities at a lower cost to each of them, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck. Spring Singapore will join forces with other agencies to help
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          126 4 Mr Tan assured the House that the Government would keep the quality of training under the SkillsFuture initiative high by rolling out stricter accreditation for courses. He gave Parliament more details on the scheme, which gives every Singaporean aged 25 and above an initial $500 in
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          Lock icon Demystifying CPF
          65 4 The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board will pilot a project this year to offer one-on-one retirement planning services to members, starting with Singaporeans approaching the age of 55. Mr Tan also said CPF members no longer need to pick an annuity plan at age 55 they can decide
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          93 4 The growth of the local workforce is set to slow dramatically, said Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. By the last few years of this decade, the workforce is expected to expand by about 20,000 new workers a year, down from 95,000 last year, as baby-boomers exit the
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        Lock icon Stiffer penalties for contractors who flout worksite safety rules
        660 4  -  They also face ban on hiring new foreign workers MINISTRY OF MANPOWER By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg CONTRACTORS who flout safety rules will be barred from hiring any new foreign workers under a new stiffer demerit point system. This ban will
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        Lock icon More incentive for process firms to hire skilled foreign workers
        517 4  -  By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg FIRMS in the petrochemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors will have more incentive to train and retain their skilled foreign workers. The Government will introduce new ways for firms in the process sector, which employs about 30,000
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        Lock icon Fewer complaints of bosses hiring foreigners over locals
        448 4  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg THERE were fewer complaints about employers hiring foreigners over locals last year than a year ago, said Senior Minister of State for Manpower Amy Khor yesterday. Even so, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) remains focused on wiping out
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        217 5  -  NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH CLEANING supervisor Kamaruddin Syed Ibrahim, 54, has over 30 years of experience in the cleaning industry under his belt. But two years ago, the old hand turned student, heading back to school to learn more about how to clean more
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        Lock icon Taxman to watch out for those who avoid paying higher taxes
        476 5  -  MINISTRY OF FINANCE By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE taxman will step up surveillance to detect individuals who try to avoid paying the new higher rates of personal income tax, said Senior Minister of State for Finance Josephine Teo
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        Lock icon Panel to help low-wage workers in SMEs
        531 5  -  It will also look at redesigning their jobs MINISTRY OF MANPOWER By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg A COMMITTEE tasked with improving the lot of low-wage workers will focus on the challenges facing such workers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well
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        Lock icon 2,000 pizzas in two hours, with just four pairs of hands
        292 5  -  NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH IT USED to take eight pairs of hands eight hours to make 2,000 pizzas. But now, after turning to automation two years back, local company Baker’s Heaven can churn out 2,000 pizzas in two hours,
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        802 5  -  FROM THE GALLERY By LYDIA LIM ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg WAGE growth slowed last year as compared to the year before, and that has workers worried, said Nominated MP K. Karthikeyan, pointing out that many Singaporeans still earn low wages of under
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        336 5  -  By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg TO MAKE Government e-services easier to use, the Government will add a new auto-fill form mechanism to its citizen portal, so users need not fill in their personal information each time they make an electronic transaction. This “MyInfo” feature
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        Lock icon Helping SMEs in e-commerce and HR
        556 6  -  Common platforms to let them share resources, lower costs in these areas MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg SMALLER firms will soon get help with developing their own e-com-merce services or carrying out human resource (HR) activities. Enterprise development agency
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        Lock icon New online portal to help firms seeking govt grants
        512 6  -  By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg A NEW online portal will be set up to make it easier for firms to apply for government grants, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck said in Parliament yesterday. The project will streamline
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        Lock icon MPs call for service accountability, network resilience from telcos
        531 6  -  MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg AS SINGAPOREANS become more reliant on telco networks, there is a need to ensure greater service accountability and network resilience, several MPs said yesterday. They called for this during the
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        Lock icon Ice cream maker edges ahead, thanks to Spring
        313 6  -  MARISSA LEE WHEN ice cream manufacturer Foodedge Gourmet set out to build a new production line in 2013, it received funding support every step of the way. The firm, which sells ice cream under the Melvados brand, tapped the Government’s Capability Development
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        Lock icon Do more against dishonest retailers
        249 6  -  By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg STIFFER measures against dishonest retailers must be considered in order to better protect consumers, urged Mr Lim Biow Chuan (Mountbatten) in Parliament yesterday. Speaking during the debate on the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s budget, he suggested making it
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        333 6  -  By CHONG ZI LIANG ziliang@sph.com.sg BUDDING local fashion designers could get a leg up, and made-in-Singapore short films could be screened on prime-time TV to help build a reputation for Singapore abroad and affection for local products at home. Nominated
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      Lock icon Man hired scapegoats for gambling operator
      368 7  -  By LIM YI HAN limyihan@sph.com.sg A MAN who hired scapegoats to take the rap for an illegal gambling house operator, when police raided the operations, was sentenced to 22 months in jail yesterday. Abdul Haleem Abdul Majeed, 47, a security guard, pleaded guilty to
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      Lock icon 10 S’pore restaurants among Asia’s 50 best
      367 7  -  By EUNICE QUEK euniceq@sph.com.sg BANGKOK’S Gaggan, known for its progressive Indian cooking, has been named Asia’s Best Restaurant. It was third in last year’s list but has leapfrogged to top spot, surpassing Narisawa in Tokyo, which was second last year; and Nahm, which
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      435 7  -  Online stores report surge in older shoppers, who spend more per order By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg MORE elderly people are shopping online and they are big spenders. They tend to go for home appliances, food items or office wear and spend more on each
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      Lock icon Drink driving suspect jailed for lying his wife was at wheel
      279 8  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A FORMER warrant officer suspected of drink driving was jailed for a week yesterday for lying to the police that his wife had been at the wheel at the time. Christopher Chua Chun
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      Lock icon Teenager takes bus and goes on joyride
      451 8  -  Tracked by owners, he is arrested after 6-hour trip By CALVIN YANG calyang@sph.com.sg A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of making off with a 45-seater private bus and taking it on a six-hour joyride around Singapore that saw him tracked down and
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      486 9  -  Lower prices help to draw buyers to two weekend property launches By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg LOWER prices have helped to entice buyers in a down market, going by sales at two recent property launches. Developers have adjusted their expectations in a bid to
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      112 9 Kingsford Waterbay L Location: Upper Serangoon L Number of units: 1,165 L Number of homes sold over the weekend: 140 L Average sales price: $1,050 to $1,180 psf, below an initial selling price of $1,200 psf. Sims Urban Oasis L Location: Sims Drive L Number of units: 1,024
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      358 10  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE billionaire Sam Goi will launch his firm’s first property development by the end of the month. The 28-storey office tower GSH Plaza in Cecil Street is in the midst of a soft launch but about 100
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      649 10  -  Housing Board rules for PRs also saw their share of private sales increase By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS bought a smaller share of private homes last year while permanent residents (PRs) increased their impact due to a Housing Board rule change. The August
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      295 10  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg A $159 million project to house 50 small factories at the JTC’s new food zone in the north will be built by a unit of Singapore-listed Yongnam Holdings and a partner. The seven-storey project will be built at the upcoming
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      572 11  -  ManpowerGroup poll shows only 16% expect Q2 staff strength to grow By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg JOB seekers in Singapore could well bear the brunt of a weaker labour market as employers get the jitters over the uncertain economy, according to a survey to be
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      555 11 BLOOMBERG SOUTH-EAST Asian banks are overtaking some of the biggest international securities firms in managing regional stock sales, capitalising on corporate banking relationships and bigger balance sheets to win deals. Malayan Banking, DBS Group and CIMB Group beat all rivals
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        534 12 REUTERS HONG KONG China’s longawaited international payment system to process cross-border yuan transactions is ready and may be launched in September or October, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The launch of the China International Payment System (CIPS)
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        400 12  -  Stake split 67-33, with Trikomsel holding larger share By ANN WILLIAMS ann@sph.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Post and Trikomsel Oke Tbk, a leading distributor and retailer of mobile phones in Indonesia, announced yesterday a partnership to tap e-commerce opportunities in Indonesia. Both companies have agreed to
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        373 12  -  By FELICIA LEE fellee@sph.com.sg A LEADING audit and risk management solutions firm has opened its regional headquarters in Singapore to serve as a springboard to the Asian market. ACL, a medium-sized Canadian company, has been distributing its auditing software here for 13 years
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        437 13  -  Expectations rise that Fed may lift interest rates sooner than thought BULLS AND BEARS By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg MOST bourses across Asia, including Singapore, fell yesterday after a stronger-than-expected American jobs report stoked expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates
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          21 13 March 9,2015 3,404.57 -12.94 STI trading volume 299.62 million shares STI up down Gainers: 7 Losers: 21 Unchanged:2
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          86 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 778.25 483.03 819.99 689.60 235.48 191.14 240.37 -5.91 -2.00 -1.84 -1.22 0.03 -0.68 -3.60 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 132.00 493.96 840.47 890.26 1,230.14 843.40
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          25 13 March 9,2015 816.14 -4.11 Stock trading volume 1.14 billion shares worth $1.14 billion Up down Gainers: 132 Losers: 257 Unchanged: 862
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          57 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 24,123.05 18,790.55 1,992.82 3,302.408 1,672.072 1,791.74 -40.95 -180.45 -20.12 61.22 20.3 -15.22 Yesterday’s close Index Change 5,444.634 1,559.71 5,821.35 Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close 17,856.78 4,927 .37 Dow
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          177 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 9,2015 Top Rises Mar 09 CENTS DairyFarm USD (0) Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1604 23.5 1.1 DBXT CSI300 US$ 978 16.6 1.2 953 HongkongLand USD 783 13.8 1.3 DBXT MSTHAI US$ 2105 6.9
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          85 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL ‘000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 830 612 HongkongLand USD US783 cd +10 1538 783 767 2.3 15.5 *****.5 NET P/E
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          111 13 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 94 74 Asian Pay TV Tr +0R'VOL ‘000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 188 155 ARA Asset
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          49 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Noble Advance SCT 75,016,000 IHC HPH Trust USD 68.5 29,797,700 Golden Agri-Res 42 29,190,600 UniFiber System 1.5 29,001,500 96 36,243,800 0.1 Global Logistic 255 17,263,600 SIIC Environment 13.9 17,060,400 Serial System 18.5 17,013,000 34,885,700 HPH Trust USD 68.5 29,797,700 Polaris 42
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          24 13 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 9 mths 0.***** 6 mths SWAP Offer rates (S$) 9 mths 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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          67 13 Mar 09 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: NZ dollar S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.0647 Danish krone 0.7716 1.0945 1.0952 0.7937 0.7934 1.4999
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          182 13 Top Rises Mar 09 CENTS Ntegrator W*****3 0.6 200.0 0.4 CompactMetal W*****0 2.6 44.4 0.8 Mar 09 CENTS CN*****MBeCW*****8 .....12.1 17.5 1.8 CN*****MBeCW*****8 ....0.6 AP Strat W*****6 0.4 GRP W*****7 ....2.6 OCBC Bk MBePW*****4 .....5.2 10.6 0.5 NKY *****MBePW*****2 11.5 9.5 1.0 UOB MB ePW*****3 21 7.7
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          14 13 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 103 40 CityDev NCCPS 108
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          182 13 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) 118.9 112 ABF SG Bond ETF Last Sale 118.9 112 ABF SG Bond ETF 118.9 +2.4 944 140.5 122.3 3096 2279 DBXT DBCDJUBS US$ US2279 -444 0 140 110.5 95.9 CIMB ABAC Div USS US101.2 1419 1281 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1403 -11
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          89 13 TRIYARDS Holdings has secured deals for two ice-class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) excluding owner-furnished equipment as well as a turret fabrication job worth over US$100 million (S$137 million). This comes less than two months after the US$75.4 million win for two liftboat contracts in early January. The MPSV
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          89 13 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday officially opened its new Hong Kong office, following a strong run last year. Since its soft opening in July last year, SGX’s Hong Kong operations have registered positive growth in both traded volumes and members, including China Xin Yongan Futures and Celestial Commodities.
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          68 13 SHARES of probe card solutions provider Ellipsiz yesterday soared 12.5 per cent to 10.8 cents on hefty turnover of 34.9 million units, drawing a query from the exchange. The company reported a 41 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit to $1.7 million. But revenue for the three months
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      815 20 Schalke return leg a chance to make up for patchy form AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS XINHUA MADRID Real Madrid have the chance to put a turbulent 10 days behind them when they entertain Schalke in the return leg of their Champions League last-16 tie tonight. The
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      430 20 REUTERS PORTO (Portugal) Porto are almost certain to be without captain and leading scorer Jackson Martinez when they host Basel, who are rapidly gaining in confidence, in their Champions League last-16, return leg today. Basel coach Paulo Sousa, whose side were
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      369 20 REUTERS MADRID Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone probably realised his side would have little chance of a second straight La Liga triumph once the Spanish football club decided to cash in and sell top scorer Diego Costa and other key players also moved on.
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      386 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA LONDON Chinese world No. 1 Chen Long hopes to emulate his legendary badminton compatriot Lin Dan after regaining the All England Open men’s singles title, which some doubted he could capture a second time. The 26-year-old from Hubei repelled a brave
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      552 16 Dominance over the Clippers is no surprise at all for Draymond Green REUTERS OAKLAND (United States) Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green insisted on Sunday that he is not surprised his team have built a 10-game lead over the Los Angeles Clippers in the
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      283 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OKLAHOMA CITY Russell Westbrook earned his fifth triple double in his last six games to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 108-104 win over the struggling Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Westbrook, who is playing with a protective mask because of a facial
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      487 16 Badminton All England Open In Birmingham, finals (Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Chen Long bt Jan Jorgensen (Den) 15-21 21-17 21-15. Doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan 21-17 22-20. Women’s doubles: Bao Yixin/Tang Yuanting bt Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang 21-14 21-14. Basketball NBA San Antonio 116 Chicago
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      633 17  -  ST readers enjoy priority access to race registrations and activities By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg CHRISTINE Chang’s mind was made up as soon as the 23km Straits Times Ride was unveiled as part of the new-look OCBC Cycle line-up. The main 42km Sportive
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      429 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON PARIS An independent commission yesterday accused top leaders of cycling’s world body of protecting Lance Armstrong and other drug cheats to protect the sport’s reputation. The commission also said doping remains widespread and called on the International Cycling
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      370 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MIAMI Dustin Johnson, on the comeback trail after a six-month hiatus from the PGA Tour, slayed some demons and tamed the Blue Monster on Sunday. The 30-year-old American claimed his first win in his fifth tournament back, shooting a three-under
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      350 17 REUTERS MIAMI With one tournament left to prepare for his bid to complete a career grand slam at next month’s Masters, Rory McIlroy says he is disappointed with his form and his “tentative” approach to shots. Golf’s world No. 1 posted an even-par
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      742 18  -  CEO in race to boost turnout with activities for families and avid fans By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg FACED with declining crowd figures and a perception that it is Formula One’s white elephant, it is ironic that the muted turbo hybrid engines have emerged
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        51 18 REUTERS MANAMA The United Arab Emirates were named hosts of football’s 2019 Asian Cup yesterday, after beating outsiders Iran to stage the expanded 24-team tournament. The country will organise the continent’s showcase event for the second time, having staged it in 1996 with 12
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        69 18 REUTERS MILAN Gianfranco Zola was fired as coach of relegation-threatened Cagliari yesterday, after 10 Italian Serie A football games and less than three months in charge. The 48-year-old former Napoli, Chelsea and Italy forward, who finished his playing career at the club in 2005, had two
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        76 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE –Formula One driver Giedo van der Garde will have to wait until tomorrow before learning whether his legal bid to be decided by the Supreme Court of Victoria to race for Sauber at this week’s Australian race has been successful. The Dutchman
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      524 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADELAIDE Mohammad Mahmudullah became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a World Cup century as woeful England crashed out of the cricket tournament with a 15-run loss to the Tigers at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Mahmudullah scored 103 and
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      432 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HAMILTON (New Zealand) Ireland face defending champions India today, when a shock victory would put them into the cricket World Cup quarter-finals and leave either Pakistan or West Indies facing elimination. Non-Test-playing Ireland have already hunted down
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      312 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Mercedes will not try to halt the fierce rivalry between Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, according to team boss Toto Wolff. The feud that came to a head when Rosberg drove into Hamilton on the second lap of
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      842 19 Rodgers says team, unbeaten in 12 matches, were a bit flat in Burnley tie AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said his side had paid the price for their stunning recent form after they were held 0-0 by Blackburn Rovers in
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      235 19 REUTERS LONDON Martin Skrtel should be fit for Liverpool’s next game, despite going to hospital after being carried off on a stretcher wearing a neck brace during a 0-0 FA Cup quarter-final draw with Blackburn Rovers on Sunday. The Slovakia defender
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      266 1 PART C Virtual feast Rise of 360degree online art exhibitions C2 Future Music Festival’s cancellation No effect on industry, say other impresarios C11 Solid partnership Duo behind acclaimed New York restaurant C12 Anthony Chen comparisons Singapore Short Film Awards winner gets high praise C13 Bilingual group The Theatre Practice rings
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        695 2  -  Virtual exhibitions help extend the life of shows and draw eyeballs here and abroad Lee Jian Xuan jianxuan@sph.com.sg So many activities are done online now grocery runs, banking transactions, shopping excursions and, yes, visits to the museum. The National Heritage Board (NHB) tells Life!
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        1627 3  -  The Epigram Books Fiction Prize, the richest here for such works, is open to citizens, PRs and Singapore-born writers Akshita Nanda Arts Correspondent akshitan@sph.com.sg Epigram Books is offering a novel prize: $20,000 to the best unpublished novel in English sent to the company from now
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        2047 4  -  Ground-breaking theatre company The Theatre Practice marks its 50th anniversary with an epic Chinese martial arts play Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg The world of wuxia (Chinese martial arts) is a fantastical one, inhabited by prodigious villains and wandering heroes who forge their own paths though life, defeating oppressors
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        680 5  -  Lisabel Ting The campus will come alive with the sound of music at this year’s National University of Singapore (NUS) Arts Festival. Over two weekends later this month, the university will present a host of performances, exhibitions and concerts as part of its
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        1174 6  -  Victoria Junior College alumni bring their experience as theatre students into their work Culture Vulture Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Follow Corrie Tan on Twitter @CorrieTan We tend to throw the term “nostalgia” around quite loosely in Singapore. Over the past few years, we have stuck it
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        640 6 Review Concert SCHOENBERG PIERROT LUNAIRE Singapore Symphony Orchestra Victoria Concert Hall/Last Sunday Chang Tou Liang Concerts in the Victoria Concert Hall Chamber Series have seldom come as adventurous as this, a concert devoted wholly to the music of Viennese iconoclast Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1953),
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        517 6 Agence France-Presse Rome The influence of Arab, African and Asian art on Henri Matisse is the theme of a major collection of the French artist’s work that has gone on show in Rome. The exhibition, Matisse Arabesque, runs till June 21 at the Scuderie del
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      649 11  -  Cancellation of Future Music Festival Asia will prompt promoters here to be more diligent Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg The cancellation of Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) was a shame but it is unlikely to affect the live music scene here, say promoters. he
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      542 11  -  Review Concert SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: BRAND NEW HEAVIES/YUNA/COURTNEY PINE Marina Bay Sands/Sunday Cheong Suk-Wai The final evening of this year’s Singapore International Jazz Festival showed how much Singapore had, and had not changed. Lead vocalist Dawn Joseph, of Britain’s funkmeisters The Brand New Heavies, told
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      868 12  -  Solid partnership between chef and manager drives Eleven Madison Park Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015 Summit Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg It is a match made in restaurant heaven. The chemistry between chef Daniel Humm and general manager Will Guidara of New York’s Eleven Madison Park is
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      693 12  -  Eunice Quek The future of food in the modern kitchen was at the forefront of discussions at the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015 Summit. The culinary conference on Sunday was themed The New Modern: 2015 And Beyond and it brought together the very
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      775 13  -  National serviceman Han Fengyu, who won Best Fiction at the Short Film Awards, wants to make a feature film by 2017 Sarah Giam sarahgyx@sph.com.sg Film-maker Han Fengyu did not just win Best Fiction, the top prize, at the 6th Singapore Short Film
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        529 16 London British actress Emma Watson said that threats she received after she made a speech on women’s rights at the United Nations last September made her even more determined to push for gender equality. The former Harry Potter star said she was “raging” after
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          78 16 Pop duo Electro Velvet will represent Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with Still In Love With You, an electric swing track, the BBC announced. The pair comprise former The Voice contestant Bianca Nicholas and Alex Larke, a member of the Rolling Stones tribute
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          76 16 British electronica trio Years And Years claimed their first No. 1 chart single on Sunday as their song King knocked fellow Briton Ellie Goulding off the top spot, the Official Charts Company said. Years And Years, winners of a British poll of music industry figures
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        91 16 Icelandic musical phenomenon Bjork devoted the first half of her concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday to material from Vulnicura, her emotionally raw new album that came after the end of her relationship with artist Matthew Barney. She wore face-obscuring headgear that evoked
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        354 16 New York Times Reuters New York American Sniper overtook The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 over the weekend to become the topselling release last year in North America. Director Clint Eastwood’s war film had a new North American total of US$337.2 million
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        162 16 Bloomberg New York United States President Barack Obama may have slipped a little nod to rapper Jay Z (right) into his much-praised speech in Selma, Alabama, last Saturday. It came at the very end of the address, when the President employed a turn
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      218 3 SYCO SCO Annual Concert: Dauntless Spirit 2015 21 March 2015 Saturday 8pm SCO Concert Hall Unforgettable Water Splashing Festival Liu Wen Jin Dianxi Folk Tunes Guo Wen Jing Confluence Wang Chenwei The Ceilidh Eric Watson Zhongruan Concerto: Love of the Han Pipa Rao Yu Yan Pipa Concerto: Blessing Zhao Ji
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      197 5 YSTOVI YONG SIEWTOH CONSERVATORY of MUSIC 1 7 March 2015 TUB, 7.30PM CONSERVATORY CONCERT HALL Tickets at $30 $20 from SISTIC visiting^,/ —A v-'-Alt -X Z. Mikhail Rudy Piano Recital: V ✓"A J otiru/jr^* STRAV1N SKY/RU DY GLUCK/SZGAMBATI MOZART WAGN ER/L1SZT DEBUSSY RAVEL Petrushka “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from
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        414 14  -  ACTIVITY BY JENNIFER CLAUDINE LOOI ACTIVITY Part 1: Grammar Choose the correct answers from the brackets and write them on the lines provided. YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING O Believed to migrate from eastern Russia and Hokkaido, Japan, to southern China and parts of South-east Asia (1) (from, between) August
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      51 1 is feeling TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2015 Name Write your mood here Biggest turnout ever 1,500 kids join the National Spelling Championship pages 6&7 man Countingevery WINNER OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS PUBLISHERS’ 2014 World Young Reader Prize for EnduringExcellence Britain conducts first census to determine population size
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      58 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. High Middle Foundation All You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: Listening Speaking
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      234 4 BRAND NEW FIT 1.3GF. Ready stock. Colour choice. Immed regn. High loan avail. CaseTrust/ SVTA *****411 Sing Wang NEW VEZEL $107,988 Rebate 58k. Flexi D/Payment. 3 yrs warranty. AML #0412. Guan Motor Trading: 6743 3291 9009 4089 NLY $6K DOWN!!! ’07 ’08 ’09 Stream, Full In-Hse Loan 1.99%, Welcome 1-1
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      975 4 COE Results of March 2015 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 987 $61,410 $68,668 $56,501 $5,501 $70,500 723 186 289 175 COE results for the last six months* 2,120 1,239 315
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      310 5 NEW GLA 200 Lorinser Bodykit, Rims Options $28k $*****0 20% Downpayment. *****168 11/09 MERZ E200 facelift full agent at 76k very nice condition only selling at $*****0 Roger *****550 12/’09 C200K SILVER. C&C svc. 2 owners. Beautiful cond. $93,880. 9639-0211 1/2008 C200 AVANTGARDE Black Brown Leather. OMV $43K *****839 Michael
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      357 5 REPUBLIC AUTO: *****267 Feb ’12 Jetta 1.4 Sport TSi 1 owner. Agt svc. 5 yr gear box warranty. 60% loan. 80% LOAN. 9/’07 EOS 2.0 TFSI hard top convertible 4-seater, Grey. *****115 03/2011 TOURAN 1.4 TSI Silver OMV $19k Agt warranty Svc 60k km *****883 12/’10 XC60 T6 3.0 Turbo,
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      527 5 2005 NISSAN CABSTAR. 1 Owner, COE 02/20. Excellent cond! 100% Loan avail 9070 7950 6555 3300 2010 NISSAN CABSTAR Various unit to let go. Trade in Loan Available. Call now 9156 1581 6555 3300 2010 NISSAN CABSTAR 3.0. 1 Owner, Free Tax. Trade in Loan Available. Call now 9674 1842
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      394 5 NEW NISSAN NV200 Mar 2015! Medium Van 1.5M, Colour Of Your Choice, Promotion Interest 2.28%, Full Loan Avail, Welcome trade In *****943 Eugene SEP/07 FIAT DOBLO, 1 of the Most Reliable Small Van in Market. Good for daily use, easy maintenance. No Repair Need. Enquiry call *****639 NISSAN URVAN, COE
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      1223 6 PropertiesClassification Guide es roper 454 D19 Serangoon Gdn/ Hougang/ Sengkang/ Punggol 454 D20 Thomson/ Bishan/ Ang Mo Kio Properties in D21 are listed after D11 454 D22 Jurong/ Boon Lay 454 D23 Hillview/ Bukit Panjang/ Choa Chu Kang 454 D24 Lim Chu Kang 454 D25 Woodlands/ Admiralty 454 D26 Upp
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      331 6 GOOD CLASS BUNGLW BELMONT 31k sf elevated BISHOPSGATE ***** sf, elevated, panoramic view Best of the best quality, Park 8 cars. Sole Agent CALDECOTT ***** sf B&W hse. Tropical landscape. EWART PK *****/ 20k sf GALLOP ***** sf. Elevated HOLLAND PARK ***** sf/ brand new Just TOP MARYLAND DR *****sf
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      206 6 Must Not Miss SEMI-D CORONATION 2.5sty 3700/4800 sf. Reno 100% move in, pool patio. Jean 9238 8866 PN Near MRT BOUTIQUE BUNGLW. 2½STY +basement. Pool. 4+1 rms. Tenanted. MRT. FH. $8.xM. H&B *****944 Andrew Priced To Sell WETTENHAM *****/ 7K sf. Elevated, nice view. Vacant, $13xx psf neg. *****025 Joanne
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      212 6 Freehold D13 BRADDELL RD 3-sty Cluster bungalow 5-bdrm +Maid’s rm Lap pool. 4200 sf, Near Lor Chuan Station. Tenanted $9.5k till Sep ’2015. $3.5M. 8163-2223 Good Investment BRADDELL EST CORNER terr About 3780/3500sf 2.5sty FH, good layout Facing. View now *****644 Jas OWNER SALE. FOR rebuild. 3528 sf. Freehold. Very
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      206 6 Must Not Miss OPEN HOUSE 2-6PM FIGARO ST 1-sty terr FH 1450sf, newly reno, modern deco, windy, N facing. Call Wendy *****398 Excellent Location BRANKSOME B/W BUNGLW. well renovated, 9561 sf, 5 rms. Nice Huge pool and garden. Call *****333 VS Near MRT EAST COAST CORNER terr. 2sty. Land 2650
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      246 6 Must View 5 STAR LANDED One Surin new, 3800sf, 4+1 rm at $2.99M. Resort pool, designer ID included. ABSD discount till 16th March Must Not Miss $2.3M. PARK VILLAS, 3 Sty Corner Terr. 4rm ensuite. Resort Lifestyle private pool/ koi pond/ Outdoor Dining. Call *****188 SV Must View New Listing
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      214 6 Excellent Location OPEN HSE BY Appt. 3-sty cluster Water Villas 3 units 3757sf, 5rms. Kovan MRT $2.7xm Richard *****755 Fire Sale Reduced Price TERR/ SEMI-D: AROOZOO/ Cowdray/Penshurst/ Kingswear Burghley/ Berwick Richards. 8100 8812 Joy Must Not Miss AUCTION 26/3 SEMI-D Paya Lebar Cres. FH 4471 sf. 3 sty. 5+1 bdrm.
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      213 6 Priced To Sell **POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS Lentor Terr 2 sty 4 bdrms Inter Terr 2293sf land. Ask $2.8M neg. Low PSF only!! Near MRT RARE LENTOR DETACHED Quiet yet accessable, good frontage and spacious gdn 5450 sf. *****269 Faith Freehold OPEN HSE DAILY 2pm-6pm New Show Suite. Andrews Ave FH 3-sty
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      1877 7 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in February 2015 This week: 1 11 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT District 4 Harbour
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      186 7 Must Not Miss JACELYN CHOW 9006 2500 $694 PSF NEG! The Eden 3rm #01. 1485 sf. Excellent breeze. Nice cond. Near future MRT Tampines Mart Must View D18 EDEN Tampines. 3rm 1012sf high flr face NE, airy bright. Move-in. NTUC/mkt /coffeeshop. $890k only! Priced To Sell AUDREY LEE 9108 0412
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      152 7 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Misha Boh 9026 0319 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Nicholas Lim 9793 2788 HOT LAUNCH!
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      197 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Ong Kong Joo 9002 0500 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Pamela Goh 9185 3911 HOT
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      190 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view!
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      191 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Shandy Tong 8288 8078 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay.
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      204 8 Sherlyn Neoh 9111 1162 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Sherry Tong 8128 0801 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Simon Chia
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      188 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Sufian Talib 9455 4965 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay.
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      196 8 Kelly Tay 9753 7655 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Teddy Lim 8125 0430 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH!
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      196 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Vaness Ooi 9362 1377 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay.
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      189 8 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Winston Hui 9825 5239 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay.
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      210 9 Michael Lim 8686 6866 HOT LAUNCH! $5XXK up! Kingsford Waterbay. Pool/ Nice river view! 1 to 5 BR. Do not miss. Call Now! ERA Good Investment KINGSFORD WATERBAY THE Iconic Riverfront Homes Affordable Quantum D19 1/ 2/ 3 rms fr $5xxK-$8xxK Near MRT THE PANORAMA. AMAZING pricing $11xx psf. New
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      244 9 Priced To Sell New Listing HUGE SAVINGS! $240,000 New!!! Most affordable!!! Options avail TOP units. 9455-4663 Marcus Goh New Launch NEW LAUNCH! 920 units/ Condo/ MRT/ bus terminal 500 shops from $700K up. David Lim 9247-3330 Must Not Miss Rare Opportunity CONDO@ YISHUN, STEPS to MRT Mall! 1-5 bdrms. Good
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      256 9 Must Not Miss 4-RM 102 HENDERSON Cres mid/lift flr, beautiful reno, MRT, Tiong Bahru Plaza, all races. Serious seller! Priced To Sell CHEAP 654 SENJA EA Rare! High flr. Corner. Designer decor. Unblocked. Park, CC Open Hse Sat 1.30pm. Grab Fire Sale URGENT SALE! 4’A’ Blk 618 Senja Rd #05
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      214 9 Must Not Miss Must Not Miss 4’A’ BLK 502 Hougang Ave 8. Malay hse. Mid flr. Mo-ve-in. Amenities. All races. $430K neg 9239-1265 Zai Priced To Sell 911 4’A’ #15, 3bdrm. Bright and windy. Unblocked. No noon sun. Near amenities, school. VTO. Serious seller. Excellent Location 4’NG’ CORNER 218 dr
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      311 9 Priced To Sell Must Sell PASIR RIS 5’A’ 226, 4 bdrm 130 sqm. Mid flr. Windy. No noon sun. All race/ PR welcome Call Angie *****759 Must Not Miss 4’A’ BLK 483 Pasir Ris Dr 4. Mid flr. Move-in cond. Near sch/ amenities. All races/ PR. Lur 8100-1503 297 PUNGGOL
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      314 9 Must Not Miss 4RM 461. A1 Move in Cond Mins Future MRT/Wet Mkt/ Amenities/ Good Schs/ Pk/ NTUC. Edwin 8288-7999 Must Not Miss RARE 4-RM LOR 7 Pt Blk. 10B. Walk to Pei Chun Pri/ wet mkt/ amenities, all races. Iris Yap *****036 4I CORNER DR to dr Blk 214.
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      337 9 Excellent Location 77 OCEAN DR. Facing sea *****/ ***** sqft. Resort living, excellent layout, luxurious finishings. Pls view outside first. $35k Avail Mid Apr Owner *****635/ *****996 More sale/ rent at www.wahkhiaw.com.sg Well Kept expat’s choice FABER DRIVE.2-STY SEMI-D 5500/3000sf 4+1 rm.Reno Large Patio/ pool.Ask $10k Savills 9798-1812 Philip Retrofitted
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      568 9 B Bedok/ tlif Bedok/ Upp East Coast Q1 g Upp East Coast Houses For Rent Houses For Rent Bedok Grove at Bedok Place 3-storey terrace houses with 5 bedrooms Land 1,765 sq ft, built-in 3,261 sq ft Lucky Villas at Lucky Heights 3-storey semi-detached houses with 4+1 bedrooms Land 2,619
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      242 10 Excellent Location Near MRT 2-STY INTER TERR Soo Chow Gdn. 3+1, unfurn/ f/furn. MRT, shpg ctr. $4500 neg. 9009-6059 Immediate Low Rental Celebrate Together! 4-RM 3-STY TERR. P/furn. Reservoir/Pk/Thomson Plaza. American/ French Schs. 9755-8801 Owner GLADIOLA DR, SEMI-D 4+1 3300/ 4300 sf, reno, mkt/ Thomson Plaza, immed Vincent 9749 6826
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      398 10 Must View THE SAIL SHORT/ long term 1 rm 678 sf; Marina Bay Res. 2+1, 1227 sf, bay view, f/furn. Nicole *****103 EXPAT DREAM B&W Conservation building, 3-bdrm loft, 1800sf 2200sf, $7.88.5K. Full comm. Owner *****022 Must Not Miss Near MRT SKYSUITES@ANSON. JUST TOP. 2 bdrm 667sf. P/furn. F/furn can
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      355 10 DOVER PKVIEW 2-BDRM balcony, pool view. Furn. Shop/MRT *****072 ERC NORMANTON PARK 1270/ 1518sf. City/pool view. MRT Cheng N.T. 9710 1320 SKF DOVER PARKVIEW NEW a/c /cabinets 2+1. P/furn. $3.2K MRT *****006 CRM D7 BURLINGTON SQ. 2 bdrm apt furn with facilities, Near MRT. Tel: *****165 Excellent Location Doris Tey
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      410 10 CSI Orchard/ Cairnhill I CSV Orchard/ Cairnhill D09 Pte Apts For Rent D09 Pte Apts For Rent he Bay ro ZH home in the Double frontage at 49 St Thomas Walk 13 Devonshire Roa< 5 m i n utes wa I k to Somerset M RT Orchard Road 2 3
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      351 10 IMPERIAL 1808SQFT 3ROOM Spacious, unblocked hill view, tip top 9234-9234 FP PARC EMILY 2RM, Pool, $4.6K /Scotts 28, 2rm, high flr. Immed *****887 PACIFIC MANSION STUDIO. Reno. Immed. neg. Chan LC 9100 5118 FER. SCOTTS 28/ DRAYCOTT 8 Luxurious 2 rm loft. 1490 2035sf. 3+study *****001 BOUTIQ KILLINEY 883 sf.
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      224 10 Must View THE ORANGE GROVE 2336 sqft. 3+1 bdrms. P/furn. $10K. Available immediate Sandy Chia 9388-8660 Must Not Miss BEVERLY HILL 4+1. 3778sf. New kitchen High flr. Shpg overseas sch. Well kept Immed. Cindy 9765-1789 Must Not Miss THE DRAYCOTT BRAND new reno, 2637 sf, 3+1, high flr. Panoramic view.
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      237 10 Must Not Miss ARDMORE PK 2885SF 4+1+ Balcony. Excellent cond. Facilities. American/ Tanglin Clubs Diana 9857 8868 Expat Choice EXCLUSIVE 4-RM BALMORAL HILLS. Pte lift. F/furn/facility. Balcony Unblocked Greenery Hill view. Joyce *****800 Must View 2/3-BDRM AT STEVENS Rd Part/full furn 1400/1800 sf High flrs. Attractive rent Min 6 mths
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      663 10 gfiti Newton/ Novena I Efitl Newton/ Novena DU Pte Apts For Rent Q11 Pte Apts For Rent Chancery Grove at Chancery Lane Minutes' walk lo Novena MRT Station and amenities Exclusive fownhouscs 24-hour security, swimming pool, gym and BBQ pit •3 4 bedrooms, 2,013 to 2,433 sq ft Pastoral View
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      272 10 Near MRT D13 AVAIL IMMED. 3+1 Clean, Well kept, P/furn Breezy Stamford Intl Sch/ Near amenities *****860 Immediate MACPHERSON RD. 3-BDRMS Walk-up Apt. Newly renovated. 2 toilets. Immed. $3500. 9431 2080 YKK Expat Choice Jane Lee 9691 2311 8@ WOODLEIGH. 2BDRM 1 study (can fit in single bed) pool, gdn
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      383 11 Immediate BRAND NEW! 3+1 The Meyerise. Greenery.Pte lift F/facilities P/furn Good Jo Chong *****338 CBRE Sea view EXPAT'S CHOICE MEYERISE ON MEYER Rd 1270 sf. 3+1. Brand new!! High flr, unblock, breezy, seaview! CS 9098 8888 Fully Furnished THE COTZ. STUDIO. $2.1K Gold Palm Mansion 2rm $3K. 3+1rm. $3.8K neg!
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      226 11 TREASURE TROVE TOP soon. 2 bdrm low flr. 890k. 3 bdrm high flr. $1.2xxM. 3+ Study low flr $1.22M. 4 bdrm high flr $1.55M Excellent Location NEAR MRT GARDEN @BISHAN 2rm+2 bath 883sf. face pool, nice deco, p/furn, Marymount MRT. Wendy 8533 5398 Near MRT Expat'sChoice $4.2K! GOLDENHILL PK 3+1
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      295 11 Must View 3-STY CLUSTER TERR 3500 sf 4-bdrm Pool Roof Terr Near MRT, Malls Schs. Owner *****098 Must Not Miss THE JADE 1012SF, 2+1, #23. P/furn, MRT/mall $3.1k neg Regent Hgts 2+1 $2.6k neg F/furn. Alvin Toh *****618 MAYSPRING 3+1, NEW reno, good cond, Avail immed Nancy *****887 MADEIRA 3+1
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      268 11 BLK 2 EVERTON PK 2+1+1 utility, high flr, unblk view. f/furn, near MRT. Convenient to city. Avail immed. Excellent Location Best Deal 601 SEGAR RD 3+1 mid flr, reno. Vacant. Near LRT/ schs/ amenities. Immed. $2K up. Alan *****055 HOLLAND V. 1+1 NEAR MRT/ amenities. Professional/ fa -mily. $1.9K neg
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      355 11 SEA VIEW. 3-RM Blk 7 Marine Terr,quiet,good neighbour. 30th Mar. *****153 Near MRT RARE! 4’A’. 106SQM. Aircon Blk 519. Pasir Ris. Newly painted. F/furn. Immed. $2.8K. Timothy *****937 3’I’ 19 GHIM Moh. Reno. F/ furn, aircon. High flr. MRT, mkt. Simon 9819-8489 5I BLK 201B, CompassVale (Sengkang) 3+1 AC High
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      932 11 flfl Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial I 0!l Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial 01 Factory/lndustrial fHy Space for Rent wt/F Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! ONE-NORTH SPACE AMENITIES SPACE Download your mobile app on Business space at spacetobe.com.sg/mobileapp now on iPhone, iPad Android Devices. Usage for
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      148 11 Immediate near mrt PAYA LEBAR, BRAND new, high ceiling, power supply Surrounded with lifestyle amenities. Dom *****101 Must Not Miss JLN SENANG 3STY 5000sf B1 almost column free. Suit workshop/office. Kembangan Mrt.$8k up! *****373 Must Not Miss JURONG, TUAS, KRANJI. Open yard *****-*****sf Semi-D fty 5000 sf open yard *****
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      1946 12 Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial fftt Factory/lndustrial ffft Factory/lndustrial I £TH Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial flW Factory/lndustrial I Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale f|p Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale PRIME 4 0
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      190 12 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 1,001 sq ft to 1,302 sq ft 6225 7000 I 6428 7864 Business Space For Lease B1 Space Jln Kilang Barat Frontech Centre -Good corporate image -1582/1765/1894 sqft -Choice of ready fitted/bare units -Loading/unloading facilities -Sheltered carpark -Immediate. Agts
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      2389 13 freehold in district 1 Offices for Sale in Robinson Road The Business Address to Own Mins Stroll to 3 MRTs Easy Accessibility NO ABSD SSD Foreigners Eligible Exclusively Marketed by INCELEBRATION! S ales G aller y Lo cated at 146 Robinson Road Op en D a ily From 10a m
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      182 13 Must Not Miss FAR EAST PLAZA. Prime location #04. Facing main concourse. Suits all trade. Area approx 420sf reasonable rent. Avail 1st April Contact Owner 6236 5005 Good Investment INDIA/ MUSLIM FOOD stall Koufu below C’wealth MRT, heavy human traffic, take over fee apply, new 2 yrs lease. Wilkie 9619
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      213 13 ORCHARD RD, INT’L Bldg. (Next to Isetan Scotts) ,753-3,660sf w/water. Call *****477. Agt Welcome. Immediate UPP THOMSON/ SOHO 600/ 750/ 1200/ 2000/ 3100 sf. Retail, education etc. Car park. J Foo 9226-0978 Immediate MYVILLAGE SERANGOON Garden. 108-258 sf. Retail /Fashion, Money Changer, Gifts Florist. 6532 1163 Immediate JLN BESAR 1340/
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      548 14 Upper Bt Timah Road Shophouse Units for Lease Newly renovated 2-storey units Unit sizes approx. 2280 sq ft each Next to The Linear, MaySprings Hazel Park Condo Units facing main road bus-stop Ideal for retail, clinics, banks, beauty services etc Call 6868 1888 Near MRT BEDOK CTRL. shop. Near MRT/
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      418 14 GEYLANG LOR 15, #01. New list. 1590sf. Spacious. All trade. Immed. *****633 kj GEYLANG LOR 12 1933sf #2 Bare unit. Face main rd. 2 staircase. 9191-1683 Jessie HDB CENTRAL CLEMENTI/ AMK/ Tampines #01/ #02. heavy crowd *****282 jet LUCKY PLAZA #01-84. Prime. $8.5K p/mth. Mr Tan *****898/*****036 ***STAR BUY*** 1)
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      283 14 w Shop Space for Sale Sho^Space Ground Floor Shops for Sale (100% Tenanted) savills People’s Park Complex 350 800 sq ft approx. Facing entrance to Chinatown MR! station Tampines Central 1 590 sq ft approx. Just next to major supermarket chain FIDS shop Bedok North Street 1 1,600 sq ft
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      287 14 Freehold PRICED TO SELL SHOPHSE SYED Alwi Rd approx 1600/ 2500 sf. near Jln Besar future MRT, amenities. *****988 Liz Near MRT JACELYN CHOW 9006 2500 JURONG E ST 13 HDB 2-sty Corner Shophse. 1711 sqft. Future Lakeside Devt. Good Investment! Price neg! Excellent Location 2 UNITS. SHOP The Plaza
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      623 14 Alexandra Central For Lease Now! û JUST TOP û #01-1X Rented! #01-3X Rented! New release F&B Retail 6 units #01-0X, #01-1X 4 units #02-0X, #02-1X 3 units #03-1X, #03-2X Ideal for beauty salon, clinic, fashion, optician, sports, education and more! Attractive rent! Sizes from 183 to 2000 sqft Tenants Landlords
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      20 14 Star Cruisesr SuperStar Gemini 2N Cruise $182 Quad share, tax $68/$78 Tourworld Travel Near Farrer Park Lavender MRTTA***** 6296 3166
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      1115 15 Canberra Home of the Australian Story print. 8D Visit Canberra Capital, Coast Country Touring Route Picton Canberra Batemans Bay Jervis Bay Sydney Return Airfare 5N Accommodation 1N Fullboard Farm Stay Cockington Green Gardens Admission Dolphin Watching Cruise 6D Hertz Car Rental (1.8-litre) with NeverLost GPS Dep: Daily fr $1138 $604
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      245 15 A/E MATHS, CHEM, Econs, Distinction assured. $80 p/lesson. John 9011-1149 ACCTS/ ECONS/ FINANCE/ Stats/ Maths for all levels. Results proven. *****338 H2 MATH/ SCI (JC/ Sec) by top tutor. Ex-Hwa chong 1-1 /group Ms Cheng *****711 POA: PRINCE(SS) OF Accts Maths you can be! Effective 1-2-1 tuition *****427 **PHYSICS, ECONS,
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      1232 15 THE STRAITS TIMES NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphdass.com.sg/notices BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) THE BANKRUPTCY RULES STATUTORY DEMAND UNDER SECTION 62 OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT WOO BOON LONG (HU WENLONG) (NRIC NO. S*****57G) Debtor ABWIN PRIVATE LIMITED (RC No. *****5213N) Creditors NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: WOO BOON LONG (HU
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      2465 16 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Professionals/ Executives m Professionals/ Executives Professionals/ Executives Property Executive Career Conversion Placement Programme Interested to join the Property Facilities Management industry but do not know where to start? e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) and Real Estate Construction Academy (RECA)
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      573 16 Charles Keith Group of Companies has established as a fast–fashion retailer with more than 400 stores worldwide. In Charles Keith Group, we believe in our business philosophy of offering fast-fashion products and services to its customers with utmost commitment to perfection. CUSTOMER SERVICEFASHION ASSOCIATE -Passionate in delivering premium customer service,
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      771 17 Customer Service Customer Service (De (Sieaute Face Skin Body Spa Customer Service Officer cum Call Centre Minimum GCE 'N/O' Levels computer literate At least one year relevant experience Trained in customer service communication skills Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) •Good customer service attitude negotiation skills Strong interpersonal skills able
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      252 17 Hotel Royal Queens invites suitable candidates to be part of its team as: WRITE-IN POSITIONS B;="I ,<"6EGFC" ’D%%:4 +)2 B;="I 1%-%!5F8;G%! 366%E8GI 3IIFIG;8G ’3D4 WALK-IN POSITIONS +)2 BE#"!CFI%! +)2 1;#G;F8 7;FG"! 7;FG!"II* 1%%A /FIH@;IH"!* +!%8G 0(6" 3IIFIG;8G 2"== B"6E!FG& 0(6"! .!%#"!G& >"6H8F6F;8 .E9=F6 3GG"85;8G* D%%: 3GG"85;8G* BE#"!CFI%! (Full-time, Part-time or
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      106 17 Aircon Foodcourt in West area requires 1) Operation Executive 2) Stall Assistant (Full/ Part-time) Welcome Singaporean Good Benefits and Attractive Incentives Performance bonus, Progressive bonus, 13th Month Bonus Up to 14 days AL Children Education Subsidy Interested, pls call: ETHAN *****338 JOHN *****763 SUZHEN *****484 SUSAN *****191 Aircon Foodcourt in
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      292 17 Urgently hiring KITCHEN/ SERVER for Authentic Thai Noodle Chain in Jalan Besar Interested call Anthony *****048 after 2pm Coffeeshop Marine Parade requires STALL HELPER μ Start work immediately μ Attractive salary $1500++ 9183 3480 $1.5K-$2.5K HALAL COOK/ Asst. Maxwell Tekka. S’poreans. Call *****199 WE ARE HIRING Malay Food Cook. Work
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      264 17 Celebrate Together! LOLITA’S LASH STUDIO is hiring. Eyelash Extension Technician. 5 days work, including weekends. Up to $3000 per month. 13month AWS bonus. Performance bonus. Training provided, no experience required. Chinatown Point #B1-13. Call *****399 EXPERIENCED HAIR STYLIST needed at Tampines. Basic comm. Call 9827-9893 EXPERIENCE BEAUTICIAN NEEDED Full-time in
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      746 17 We are a Japanese equipment rental company looking for competent candidates to join us as 1. OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE Min Diploma or 'A' Level or 'O' Level with 3 years' experience 2. ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATOR Min 'O' Level or 'N' Level with 3 years' experience Able to work independently with Sales Dept
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      670 17 We are a leading manufacturing company in Jurong with a workforce of more than 200 employees and we have a vacancy for: TRAINEE ACCOUNTS OFFICER Min. ‘A’ level Cert. in Commerce LCCI Higher Accounting, Poly Diploma or ITE Cert. in Accounting Business Studies or Other relevant qualifications. No experience is
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      666 18 Technical Technical TBQHNIMBWBi We have immediate vacancies for Technicians for our increasing project across Singapore Requirements Min. NTC3 in any maintenance related skills is required; Experienced Technicians without NIC are welcome to apply; Walk-in interview and immediate offer of employment to selected candidates. 10/03/15 to 20/03/15, Mon-Fri: 9am-12nn #05-05IMM Building
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      380 18 FOOD PROCESSING/ QC OPERATORS Prepare materials and processing work areas Able to read write simple English Must be physically fi t Must have QC experience All applicants must be able to work on rotating shifts. WALK-IN INTERVIEW Wed, (11/3/15) Thu, (12/3/15) 9am 11am or 2pm 4pm POKKA CORPORATION (S) PTE
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      335 18 Forklift Operators μ 1st/2nd/3rd shift (7am-3pm/3-11pm/11pm-7am) μ Place of work Tuas μ Singaporean μ Able to work OT μ Salary up to S$2000 Contact Ian *****108 Assistant Storekeeper cum Forklift Operator (1 position) μ Forklift license μ Some PC knowledge μ Singaporean μ Working timing 8am-5pm μ OT is required
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      352 18 Warehousing/ Inventory/Logistics Warehousing/ Inventory/Logistics An established company urgently requires: 1. TECHNICIAN 2. DRIVER CUM STORE 3. STORE ASSISTANTS Team player Able to read/wrile simple English Basic salary of minimum 1.6K Singaporeans only nterested applicants, kindly CALL us for an interview at: Infinite (Global) Pte Ltd 217 Henderson Road *04-01 Henderson
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      249 18 ONE MAN SHOW Relief Officers Day Night Shift required at: Bt Batok, Holland Rd, Near Orchard Rd, Near Tai Seng MRT. Daily cash advance Simple job Good prompt payment Call 6438-4388 (from 10am 4pm) SECURITY OFFICER $2000 Newton, Bukit Batok, Commonwealth $1950 Changi South, Jurong East $1900 Balestier, Tuas Ave
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      350 18 Enjoy Monthly Salary Starting From $2,200*^ ^For Protection Officer New Assignment for Riders Joining Bonus of $5,000* Shift Available 11am to 11pm (12 hrs) or 11pm to 7am (8 hrs) Report at Paya Lebar Join the Certis CISCO Family as a Protection Officer, Security Concierge or Enforcement Officer Walk in
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      352 18 SECURITY OFFICERS Full Time Part Time Bendemeer Day Nanyank Walk Day Potong Pasir Day Orchard Day Ulu Pandan Day North Bridge Road Day Call 6513 0938 or 6513 1934 Walk in to: Blk 130 Jurong Gateway Rd #04-221 (Beside Jcubenext to CPF Jurong) SURVEILLANCE INSPECTOR Weekday’s office hours Able to
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      360 19 REACHFIELD SECURITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PTE LTD “Grade ‘A’” “Choice Employer” SUPERVISOR SENIOR SECURITY OFFICER SECURITY OFFICER SHOPPING MALL OFFICE LIBRARY ITE (AMK) SCHOOLS FACTORIES MUSEUMS (10hrs/12hrs) TOWN JURONG EVENT GUARDS X 20 (DAY SHIFT) 9AM 9PM; $100/DAY 2 MONTHS AD HOC Walk in interview Monday Friday (9am 6pm) 10 Anson
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      417 19 OFFICERS TOWN (Preferably bilingual) Pioneer N, Jln Besar, Ubi Ave, Toh Tuck Link. Call 6338 0808 $1900. ONE MAN show Empress Pl/ Armenian St/ Pasir Panjang/ Bt Timah/ Canning Rise. 9139 3211. 5-DAY WEEK. DAY/ Night Security Officers Changi Village. High pay, good benefits. Call *****957 SECURITY OFFICERS $2.3K Supervisor
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      394 19 Cleaners needed NUS *5 day week *Salary $1000 above *Performance incentive/ Attendance incentive Annual leave 9479 7734 PEST CONTROL needed at NUS *5.5 day week *Salary $1400 above *Performance incentive/ Attendance incentive Annual leave 9723 1800 Needed Jalan Bahar, Civil Defense Academy 1. Team Leader ($1300 above) 2. Floater ($1200
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      201 19 MARINA BAY SANDS requires Male/ Female Toilet Cleaners Public Corridor Cleaners, 7am-3pm. Call *****913 *****195 BUS INTERCHANGE Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Toa Payoh, Eunos requires Cleaners 6.30am-3.30pm, 3.30pm10pm. Call 9853 3248. DISH WASHER, GENERAL cleaner Part-Time Office Cleaner. Needed at Raffles Place. High pay. S’porean only. Call: 6536-5504 FAR EAST
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      228 19 CLEANERS REQUIRED East area for Country Club Only S’poreans. Interested please call 8133-3255 SCHOOL CLEANERS NEEDED Woodlands area Only S’poreans. Interested please Call 9239-8613 REQUIRE CLEANER AT Eastpoint, morning afternoon shift, daily cash available. *****291/ *****114 CLEANERS NEEDED Outram/ Orchard area. 5pm-9pm/ Day Night ***** Call SMS 9068 1159 FULL
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      459 19 CLEANERS FLOATERS required Orchard Rd Shpg ctr. 8am-5pm; 5pm-11pm. 9772 2745/ 9772 2748. NTU JURONG West area requires Floater Cleaner 8am-5pm, Sunday off. Call *****536 *****719. CLEANER W’LANDS/ Yishun/ Marsiling. Daily pay. 9651-3723 9722-6835 SUPERVISORS $1.8K-$2K HANDYMAN $1.4k $1.6k With Cert.. Call 9673 8338 CLEANING SUPERVISOR/ CLEANERS needed. Pls call
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      320 19 NIGHT FLYER DISTRIBUTOR for car-drop. 5 days work a week possess own bike. $900/mth. Call 9070-7779 COURIER CO NEEDS Part Full-Time Despatch. Own bike. $70 $150 per day. Please contact 6334-5523 Celebrate Together! DESPATCH RIDER WITH Own Motorcycle. 5 days week. Walk-in@ 58 Senoko Road. S’*****2 from 10am-4pm CARGO CO.
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      350 19 Highway International Pte Ltd requires (1) DRIVER μ Class 3/ 4/ 5 driving licence μ Min 1 yr driving experience μ Familiar with S’pore roads μ Understand simple English (2) MECHANIC μ NTC 3 with 2 yrs experience μ Those without NTC 3 must have 5 yrs experience μ Understand
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      347 19 Experienced LIMOUSINE CHAUFFEURS Focused on Customer Service Patient, punctual and courteous Proficient in English Class 3 license Can work weekends Public Holidays Stationed at Changi Airport Call 9759 5922 DELIVERY DRIVERS μ Valid Class 3 license μ Familiar with Singapore’s roads μ 5-day work week μ Lunch provided Walk-in interview
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