The Straits Times, 29 September 2015

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  • 857 1  -  Coordinating ministers will help tackle complex matters, mentor younger ministers Rachel Chang Assistant Political Editor rchang@sph.com.sg Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong yesterday announced a renewed and restructured Cabinet with the aim of readying a team to lead Singapore soon after the next general election.
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
      • 57 2 TOPOFTHENEWS Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong unveiled a renewed and restructured Cabinet with the aim of readying a team to take over after the next polls. He put fourth-generation leaders in roles of heavy responsibility while movingup Deputy Prime Ministers TeoCheeHean and Tharman Shanmugaratnam to
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      • 26 2 TOPOFTHENEWS The Singapore Turf Club announced yesterday that the Singapore Airlines International Cup and KrisFlyer International Sprint–Singapore’sonly internationalGroupOneraces– have been scrapped. A7
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      • 84 2 WORLD Asians will account for the bulk of immigrant inflows into the United States by2055, overtaking Hispanics as the largest group of people seeking to adopt citizenship, says a new study. The trend will result in Asians becoming the third-largest ethnic group in the US
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      • 79 2 WORLD Spain is condemned to months if not years of constitutional disputes as a slate of separatist movements won an overall majority in local elections in Catalonia. But the separatists drew less than an absolute majority of the votes, and the
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      • 44 2 WORLD China has defended the actions of its ambassador to Malaysia after he was summoned to clarify his remarks criticising extremism and racism. Beijing said it “adheres to principles of peace coexistence” and “does not interfere in other countries’domesticpolitics”.A11
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      • 55 2 OPINION With five prime ministers in five years, Australia might appear to be becoming ungovernable. But it might just be a bout of bad luck for the Lucky Country. Mr Malcolm Turnbull has the right mix of traits to be a good PM, says By
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      • 36 2 HOME A home-grown company has launched a made-in-Singapore scooter. Alife Air Automobiles’ A bike, which comes in 125cc and 150cc variants, was approved for use by the Land Transport Authority earlier this year. B1
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      • 49 2 HOME A 7-Eleven store at Cineleisure Orchard has been permanently barred from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. Its licence was revoked by the Health Sciences Authority after an employee was caught selling cigarettes to a minor onNov16,2013–thesecondtime this occurred at that outlet. B2
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      • 56 2 BUSINESS Prices of completed private apartments in Singapore appear to be stabilising after months of decline. The new numbers point to a 0.6 per cent dip in values from July to August following stagnant pricing in June and July, according to flash estimates for the
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      • 59 2 SPORT Spanish football club Valencia and its Singapore owner Peter Lim are both considering legal action against the La Liga side’s former vice-president. Miguel Zorio has accused the billionaire of mismanagement, and that the team signed a host of players managed by super agent Jorge
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      • 71 2 LIFE A 40-minute cut to the parody sketch show Chestnuts, which ended its 11-day run on Sunday, may yet go on show as a YouTube series or mini online movie. The sketch that was removed was inspired by the court case of teen blogger Amos
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    • What’s Next
      • 76 2 Asean security ministers are expected to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Declarations on “Irregular Movement of Persons” and “Combating Transnational Crime” this morning, both of which are related to the issue of migrants and people trafficking. Earlier this year, the region saw a humanitarian crisis
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      • 58 2 The Workforce Advancement Federation will hold a sharing session today for companies to exchange best practices in the workplace. The session, the first of three scheduled this year under its Workforce Champion Series, will be hosted by Yang Kee Logistics. More than 50 participants from
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      • 81 2 The European Commission will today issue its latest report on economic confidence in the region for September. Business confidence in the euro area fell to 0.21 point last month, while consumer confidence decreased to negative 6.8 points. The report will shed light on the current
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    • 339 2  -  WhyItMatters Calvin Yang calyang@sph.com.sg A video clip showing a boy from Shuqun Secondary School hitting two classmates on their heads repeatedly was posted on social media last week. Both victims kept their heads low and did not retaliate. Surprisingly, the other students in the
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • Straits Times Digital
      • 34 3 INFOGRAPHICS The new Cabinet line-up has been announced, with changes in some key ministries. For everything you needto knowaboutthe ministers and their portfolios, check out our interactive graphics at http://str.sg/Z27s
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      • 32 3 WEB SPECIAL “Families quarrel and sometimes plates can fly and children bring headaches.” This and other memorable quotes by Pope Francis during his historic six-day visittothe UnitedStates. http://str.sg/Z277
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      • 32 3 WEB SPECIAL Jon Bon Jovi sang a Teresa Teng classic, while Celine Dion covered a Chinese folk tune. Watch the videos of Western artists singing Asian songs at http://str.sg/Z27B
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    • 49 3 Armed with trademark yellow umbrellas, activists gathered outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters yesterday to mark a year since the start of the Occupy movement that tried to force Beijing to liberalise rules on the election of the city’s leader. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE
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    • 442 3  -  Index has fallen some 20% since April peak; more carnage feared in data-heavy week Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg The bears are officially ruling the roost in the local share market after yet another day of red ink yesterday. Nervous investors were bailing out
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    • 1042 4 / 5  -  Move is significant as it underscores the urgency of leadership renewal for the Govt PM’s new Cabinet Tham Yuen-C yuenc@sph.com.sg Two political newcomers will be acting ministers in the new Cabinet, in a significant move that underscores the urgency of leadership renewal for
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    • 523 4 / 5  -  Rachel Au-Yong rachelay@sph.com.sg Cabinet’s youngest minister, Mr Lawrence Wong, 42, will helm the Ministry of National Development (MND), which is responsible for national land-use planning and development. His role will also include overseeing the Housing Board, as well as property cooling measures, which have
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    • 797 4 / 5  -  News analysis Zakir Hussain Deputy Political Editor zakirh@sph.com.sg As he announced his new Cabinet yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the point that he would aggressively prepare a new team to take Singapore forward. Yesterday’s shake-up did not just see
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    • 624 4 / 5  -  Amelia Teng ateng@sph.com.sg The Ministry of Education (MOE) is set for a major change in leadership as it welcomes two new acting ministers next month, both of whom will be on an equal footing. Newly elected Ng Chee Meng and Ong Ye Kung
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    • 655 4 / 5  -  Teo Chee Hean, Tharman, Khaw Boon Wan will also mentor younger and newer ministers Charissa Yong charyong@sph.com.sg Three seasoned ministers will take a bird’s-eye view of government and oversee issues involving multiple ministries. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will
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    • 448 4 / 5  -  Lim Yan Liang yanliang@sph.com.sg For the first time in Singapore’s parliamentary history, a woman will helm a ministry of her own as a full minister. Ms Grace Fu, 51, will be the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, taking over from
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    • 375 4 / 5  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg Six months after being promoted to a minister, Mr Masagos Zulkifli will be given a ministry of his own to helm from Thursday: Environment and Water Resources. With his appointment as Minister in the Prime
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    • 1202 6  -  Analysts see Shanmugam taking ‘activist approach’ as new Home Affairs Minister PM’s new Cabinet Walter Sim, Wong Siew Ying waltsim@sph.com.sg Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s newrole as Singapore’s chief diplomat will not be entirely foreign to him, as he has played key roles in
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    • 513 6  -  Yasmine Yahya Assistant Business Editor yasminey@sph.com.sg Education Minister Heng Swee Keat is leaving his portfolio and returning to his roots in finance. As part of Cabinet changes, Mr Heng, a former managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has
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    • 340 6  -  Chong Zi Liang ziliang@sph.com.sg Backbench MPs Janil Puthucheary and Baey YamKengwill become office holders as part of changes to the ranks of Government that took place along with the new Cabinet line-up. Dr Puthucheary, who entered politics in 2011, will be Minister
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    • 520 7  -  Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg The first issue of Singapore Savings Bonds has sold about one-third of the maximum sum that could have been rolled out. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday it had received applications worth $413.16 million from
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    • 514 7  -  SIA Cup, KrisFlyer races not necessary as they have achieved objectives: Turf Club Sanjay Nair nsanjay@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Deepanraj Ganesan In a shock to the local horse-rac-ing scene, the Singapore Turf Club announcedyesterday that the Singapore Airlines International Cup (SIA Cup) and
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    • 288 7 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE WASHINGTON Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars, the United States space agency Nasa said yesterday. “Mars is not the dry, arid planet we thought of in the past,” Dr Jim Green, Nasa’s planetary science director, told
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    • 438 7 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REUTERS BLOOMBERG TAIPEI Typhoon Dujuan battered Taiwan with torrential rain and fierce winds as it made landfall on the north-eastern tip of the island yesterday evening, disrupting trains and flights and forcing rock band Bon Jovi to cancel
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    • 485 8 / 9  -  Ng Eng Hen meets Indonesian counterparts as Jakarta ramps up efforts to tackle crisis Francis Chan Indonesia Bureau Chief Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta tkchan@sph.com.sg wahyudis@sph.com.sg The haze crisis was a key subject of discussion at a high-level meeting between Defence Minister Ng
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    • 547 8 / 9  -  Melissa Sim US Correspondent In Washington simlinoi@sph.com.sg More cooperation is needed to tackle the problem of transboundary haze, said Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan. “Countries are individually tackling the problem... but we need closer regional and international
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    • 558 8 / 9  -  Calvin Yang, Seow Bei Yi calyang@sph.com.sg byseow@sph.com.sg Primary and secondary schools here resumed classes yesterday, after an unprecedented closure last Friday due to worsening haze. Schools across Singapore have since put precautionary measures in place should the air quality deteriorate further. At least 10
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    • 585 8 / 9  -  Francis Chan If Singapore wants to assist Indonesia in its fight against illegal forest fires, it should just do so and stop talking about it, said Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. “Go ahead, we are open,” said the
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  • WORLD
    • 902 10 They will surpass Hispanics by2055; be No. 3 ethnic group in US by 2065: Study WASHINGTON Asians will account for the bulk of immigrant inflows into the US by 2055, overtaking Hispanics as the largest group of people seeking to adopt citizenship, says
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    • 414 10  -  Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg India deployed its own, smaller version of the Hubble telescope yesterday to study black holes and distant celestial objects, notching another milestone in an ambitious space programme. Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) cheered
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    • ASIA
      • 600 11  -  Ambassador’s visit to Chinatown a normal activity, says Foreign Ministry spokesman Teo Cheng Wee China Correspondent In Beijing Shannon Teoh Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur chengwee@sph.com.sg shannont@sph.com.sg China has defended the actions of its Ambassador to Malaysia who was asked by the
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      • 322 11 KUALA LUMPUR Umno division leader Jamal Md Yunos, spokesman for a mass rally against Chinese businesses in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago, has announced plans for anotherrally–thistimeinSelangor. Datuk Jamal, leader of the Himpunan Maruah Melayu (Malay Dignity Uprising) movement, on Sept
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      • Asia Briefs
        • 65 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Notone Japanese company applied for a subsidy programme aimed at promoting more women to seniorjobs, an official said yesterday, a blow to Tokyo’s push to boost the economy with female workers. Hundreds of firms had been expected to apply
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        • 77 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MALE (Maldives) An explosion ripped through a speed boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen yesterday, injuring his wife and two others. It is unclear what caused the blast, which came during heightened tensions in the atoll nation after the controversial jailing of
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        • 66 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK A man with a history of mental illness hacked five young children –agedfivemonthstoeight years–todeathand stabbed a pregnant woman in a knife rampage in northern Thailand, police said yesterday. The mass murder took place on Sunday afternoon in a Chai
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        • 64 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU Nepal is considering banning climbers with severe disabilities and those deemed too old from Mount Everest and other mountains in a bid to improve safety, the head of its tourism department Govinda Karki said yesterday. The proposals came five months after
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      • 548 14  -  Police chief points finger at human traffickers, and hints at possible domestic political agenda Nirmal Ghosh Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok nirmal@sph.com.sg Thai police said they consider the Aug 17 Erawan blast case solved, and awarded themselves big wads of
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      • 428 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Six men have been charged with murdering Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Anthony Kevin Morais, while an army doctor and a mechanic were charged with abetting the murder. The six men G. Gunasegaran, 47; R. Dineshwaran, 23;
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      • 318 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUNDUZ (Afghanistan) The Taleban has seized partial control of a major Afghan city the first time the militants have done so since the United States-led invasion in 2001. The Islamist group was driven out of cities when it was ousted
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    • SPECIAL REPORT
      • 812 12 / 13  -  Carnival atmosphere tinged with melancholy as Hong Kongers remember failed bid for electoral reform Li Xueying Hong Kong Correspondent xueying@sph.com.sg With yellow umbrellas, slogan T-shirts and a dogged determination to “tell the government we will never give up”, about 1,000 Hong Kongers returned to the
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      • 821 12 / 13  -  Li Xueying Hong Kong Correspondent xueying@sph.com.sg The road glistens with freshly laid asphalt, the lamp posts scrubbed of adhesive marks. So far, so genteel. The only thing that might strike the casual observer as odd is the “no climbing” signs tacked on
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    • 381 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NANPING (China) A 3m high barbed wire fence and the winding Tumen River are all that separate Nanping in China from North Korea. Followingaspateofmurders–allegedly by frontier-crossing ers–frightenedvillagersareincreasingly keen to leave, fearing neither the water nor the barrier is enough to protect
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    • 392 15 Govt’s lack of resources puts artefacts and heritage buildings at risk of theft, destruction REUTERS BEIJING The treasures of China’s thousands of years of culture face being plundered, sometimes violently, or disappearing under bulldozers as the authorities either do not care or do
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    • 887 16  -  Separatists win regional polls but will face resistance to setting up own state: Experts News analysis Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON The Spanish government has vowed to do “everything within its powers” to prevent the country’s break-up after three parties
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    • 313 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID The head of Spain’s Basque country has said he wants to a hold a “legal consultation” on the northern region’s future within Spain, as Catalonia voted in a regional election centred on independence. “I believe in the possibility of a
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    • 432 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA Catalan separatists danced as loudspeakers blasted “Invincible! Invincible!” after pro-inde-pendence groups won a regional election framed as a referendum on independence from Spain. The Together For Yes group has vowed to go ahead with a “road map” to set up an independent
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    • 752 18  -  Summit to discuss technologies such as phone app that detects sharks’ movements Jonathan Pearlman For The Straits Times In Sydney jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com A spate of shark attacks on Australia’s east coast has prompted the most populous state of New South Wales (NSW)
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    • 324 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Skygazers were treated to a rare astronomical event when a swollen “supermoon” and lunar eclipse combined for the first time in decades, showing Earth’s satellite bathed in blood-red light. The celestial show, visible from the Americas, Europe,
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    • 649 18  -  Adam Vaughan In London Watching another episode on Netflix, reading The Guardian online and downloading apps are not obvious ways to pollute the atmosphere. But collectively, our growing appetite for digital services means the data centres that power them are now
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    • 607 19  -  US leader criticises both nations in UN speech for aggressive actions Jeremy Au Yong US Bureau Chief In Washington jeremyau@sph.com.sg United States President Barack Obama delivered blunt criticisms of China and Russia at the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday,
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    • 326 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG UNITED NATIONS Chinese President Xi Jinping has pressed for the world to step up efforts to improve women’s rights, but his push was clouded by his own country’s detention of feminists. Paying his first visit to the United Nations (UN),
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    • World Briefs
      • 61 19 REUTERS BERLIN Germany’s President has warned that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year. The comments on Sunday from Dr Joachim Gauck were set to fuel a raging debate about
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      • 55 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HWANGE, Zimbabwe Lawyers for professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst, who led the expedition that killed Cecil the lion, yesterday applied to have the case against him thrown out of court. Bronkhorst, 52, has been charged with “failing to prevent an illegal hunt”
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  • OPINION
    • 468 20 The Straits Times says The challenges of small and medium-sized enterprises are well-known. They have entered an economic phase marked by a fundamental need to raise productivity, particularly as curbs on the once ample supply of cheap foreign labour have come to stay.
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    • 1119 20  -  Australia has had five prime ministers in five years. Is it just a bad run or is there a fundamental shift to instability in its politics? Byinvitation Hugh White For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is professor of strategic studiesattheAustralian National University in
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    • 1014 21  -  Anton Rizki Sulaiman The writer is chief operating officer and principal consultant of Kiroyan Partners. JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Almost one year after Mr Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected the seventh President of Indonesia, the feeling of unease that usually surrounds change still prevails. Lookingback
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    • 987 21  -  Janan Ganesh THE FINANCIAL TIMES When a moral panic erupts and due process breaks down, we know it as “mob rule” or “mob justice”. But scurrility can take over the body politicwithoutthemob–thatis, ordinarypeople–havingmuchto do with it. While Joe McCarthy was hunting real
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    • 1188 22  -  Many palm oil producers and buyers are sited in Singapore. Hit them where it hurts, by mandating banks and investors to have codes that prevent loans to or investments in firms that aid deforestation and land burning. OnePlanet Jessica Cheam For The
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  • FORUM
    • 296 23 Does standing up to bullies actually work? What are some ways to handle bullies? As someone who had to overcome self-esteem issues and eventually fought back against bullies in school, I think parents have the biggest part to play in this. Not teachers. Not shrinks. If parents do
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    • 394 23  -  Alvin Lim Divisional Director Workplace Policy and Strategy Division Ministry of Manpower I refer to the letters by Ms Lim Wan Keng (“Tighter screening of maids needed”), Ms Shamim Moledina (“What does medical insurance cover?”; both published last Thursday)andMsAdaChanSiew Foen (“Employers have role to
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    • 322 23  -  Debbie Fordyce (Ms) Executive Committee Member Transient Workers Count Too Calling for tighter screening of maids by checking police reports to find out if the woman has absconded from her previous employer does not address the problem that may have caused her to leave
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    • 338 23  -  David Ward While the Indonesian palm oil industry is taking much of the heat for the region’s severe haze situation (“United front needed on sustainable palm oil” by Ms Maria Loh Mun Foong; last Saturday), paper is proving to be a substantial contributortotheproblem–andas
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    • 245 23  -  Jolovan Wham Executive Director Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics Low-wage workers labouring outdoors are the most vulnerable during the haze. We urge the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to consider calling for a stop-work order for non-essential services when air quality readings hit very unhealthy
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    • 124 23  -  Danny Law Lip Kwang I went to collect two pieces of 3MN95masks–models8110Sand 9105–fromThomsonCommunity Centre last Friday. When I checked 3M’s website, I found that my mask model 8110S, which had the lot number *****, had expired last November. Why were these expired masks issued?
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    • 123 23  -  Ong Siew Chey (Dr) The Ministry of Education should be praised for its good sense in closing schools last Friday, when PSI levels had earlier been hovering around the very unhealthy levels (“Haze forces closure of schools across S’pore”; last Friday). However, in my neighbourhood,
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    • 181 23  -  Han Yongyuan I agree with Mr Laurence Ng (“Raise rebate in off-peak car scheme”; Sept 21) that at current certificate of entitlement (COE) prices, the off-peak car (OPC) rebate is far too insignificant to encourage anyone to consider the OPC scheme. However, given
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    • 106 23  -  Shafee Sajari My aged father, who is of Javanese descent, is currently suffering from a major lung sickness and my frail mother, who is of Sumatran descent, is managing a chronic asthmatic condition. The Sumatran haze has worsened their conditions. They once taught me that
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    • 53 23 1. MR SIM LIM ONN: Burning to clear land likely to stay. 2. MR FRANCISCHENG: S’poreans rallying together amid hazecrisis. 3. MS CLARA CHUA: Leaders cannot make irresponsible remarks. 4. MR MANORAJ RAJATHURAI: Onwards to SG100. 5. MISS LEE KAYYAN: Finding happiness, at next to no cost. MORE
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  • BIG PICTURE
    • 144 24 Germany’s Quirin Herterich raised his arms, presumably at the passing cable car, as he walked the line during the Highline Extreme event in Moleson Peak, western Switzerland, last Saturday. Fifty of Europe’s best slackliners competed in the four-day balancing fest ending on Sunday on six different
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    • 785 16  -  Valencia owner may pursue legal action against ex-VP who alleged mismanagement Wang Meng Meng meng@sph.com.sg Three days after being accused of mismanaging Valencia, owner Peter Lim has fired back against the Spanish football club’s former vice-president Miguel Zorio. The Singaporean billionaire, who paid €420 million
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    • 471 16  -  Sanjay Nair nsanjay@sph.com.sg A new partnership between the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) and Super Rugby outfit Melbourne Rebels will benefit not just national players but also Singaporeans who study or work in Australia. The deal will allow Singapore coaches and
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    • 206 16  -  Sanjay Nair It is official: Singapore will host its first Super Rugby clash on March 12 next year. The new Japanese franchise, which will play three of their eight home matches at the National Stadium, will face South Africa’s Cheetahs that day. According
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    • 657 11  -  SEA Games marathon champ sets national best timing; Mok also fares well in comeback May Chen maychen@sph.com.sg He had just crossed the finish line with a result that cemented his status as the top distance runner in Singapore. But even after completing
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    • 553 11  -  Additional reporting by DeepanrajGanesan REUTERS TOKYO•Five additional sports baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing have been recommended by the organisers for inclusion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Under the proposal, a total of 18 new medal events, nine each for men
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    • 480 11 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Amir Khan will not box again this year as he closes in on a bout against Manny Pacquiao. Talks are said to be at an advanced stage for a contest between the pair. It could
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    • 663 12  -  InTheDriver’sSeat David Tremayne stsports@sph.com.sg The Japanese Grand Prix was barely over when McLaren’s inner turmoil was exposed, as neither Jenson Button nor Fernando Alonso chose to confirm team boss Ron Dennis’ pre-race assertion that both would “be in Melbourne next year, 100 per cent.”
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    • 300 12  -  May Chen She has been carrying the flag for Singapore shooting for almost a decade. And when Jasmine Ser (above) won her latest title, the women’s 10m air rifle at the Asian Airgun Championships in New Delhi, she dedicated her triumph
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    • 719 15  -  EyeOnEPL Aleksandar Duric stsports@sph.com.sg We are only seven matches into the English Premier League (EPL) season and already, it seems that conclusions are being drawn. At Anfield, fans and critics want Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers to be sacked while Manchester
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      • 990 2 / 3  -  Corrie Tan Arts Correspondent corriet@sph.com.sg British dancer-choreographer Akram Khan wooed ballet superstar Sylvie Guillem for a dance collaboration, Sacred Monsters, nearly 10 years ago that was at once cheeky and cutting-edge. The award-winning Khan, who has reinvented the classical Indian dance kathak in his own
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      • 639 2 / 3  -  Leong Kay Ean kayean@sph.com.sg Local dance troupe T.H.E Dance Company will be taking audiences on a backstage tour of the Esplanade’s hidden spaces for its next production. The “back of house” spaces include the theatre workshop, basement, loading bay and cargo lift. Impulse, choreographed by the
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      • 675 2 / 3  -  Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg It is a bittersweet moment for prima ballerina-turned-contempo-rary-dance-darling Sylvie Guillem. After announcing her retirement from the dance scene in November last year, she has been performing herfinalshow,SylvieGuillem–Life In Progress, tirelessly since March, making endless curtain calls that mark many farewells.
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      • 741 2 / 3  -  Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Artist Choy Ka Fai, 36, is ready to be grappled, pummelled and bruised on stage at the Singapore premiere ofhisda:nsfestivalcommission. The production, named SoftMachine, is a documentary-cum-live performance. It features five dancer-choreographers from four Asian countries. Two of them, including Japan’s
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      • 651 4  -  TurkishartistLaleTarausesa sex doll to represent characters from Western literature Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Miss Havisham from the 1861 Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations and Lolita from the 1955 Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name are portrayed by a life-sized sex doll in
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      • 524 4  -  Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent A 40-minute sketch that was cut from the popular parody sketch show Chestnuts may yet go on show, albeit online. The play, Chestnuts 50, which ended its 11-day run on Sunday, was 150 minutes long after the
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      • 890 5  -  Pangdemonium’s staging of David Hwang’s bilingual comedy Chinglish looks at language and cultural miscommunication Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Follow Corrie Tan on Twitter @CorrieTan Actor Adrian Pang has been dreaming in Mandarin lately. “That’s a good thing,” his co-star Audrey Luo assures him. But the award-winning actor
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      • 713 5  -  OffStage Deborah Lee Quek Ling Kiong (right), 48, resident conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), started out in the orchestra as a percussionist in 1996 and rose through the ranks before being appointed to his current role in 2013. This weekend, the orchestra will
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      • 1130 6  -  It’s all very well for the Singapore Writers Festival to programme music, film and theatre, but it must not forget its core mission CultureVulture Ong Sor Fern sorfern@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/OngSorFern The Singapore Writers Festival inspires contradictory feelings in me. You might think that a
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      • 970 6  -  Anthony Tommasini NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK After Stalin’s death in 1953, the Soviet Union lifted a bit of the Iron Curtain to allow some major Russian artists to make debuts in America. Among them were violinist David Oistrakh
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      • 849 14 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK As the world’s major museums roll out an extraordinary line-up of shows this fall, there is a lot to be excited about. Some of them are blockbusters that have already garnered significant (expected) attention –Museum of Modern Art’s Picasso show has received
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      • 1197 10 / 11  -  Known as the Eternal City, Rome offers Tracy Lee-Elrick a delightful blend of the timeless and trendy Tracy Lee-Elrick ALMOST 3,000 years after it was founded, the Italian capital still fascinates people, fed by movie classics such as Spartacus, and recent offerings like Gladiator and HBO TV
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    • 625 12  -  Formerly of Swedish House Mafia, they will join Dutch dance music star Tiesto Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg Swedish dance music duo Axwell and Ingrosso have an unusual way of warming up before their sets they like to hit each other. Describing
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    • 493 12  -  REVIEW/CONCERT RIS FOR ROSES SingSong Club Living Room at The Arts House Sunday Chang Tou Liang One of the best kept secrets in Singapore’s musical scene has to be concerts by the Sing Song Club, the nation’s premier exponent of the art song. Its annual Lieder Festival
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    • 468 12  -  REVIEW/CONCERT SETTS #1 Southeastern Ensemble for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Sounds Esplanade Recital Studio Sunday Chang Tou Liang Setts is the acronym for Southeastern Ensemble for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Sounds, the latest music ensemble in Singapore. Founded by violinist/educator Ruth Rodrigues and Singapore Symphony Orchestra bassoonist Christoph
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    • 503 13  -  The rock outfit’s hit song, Maha Bisa Rahsia, wins the top local Malay pop song award for the second time Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg Mandopop singer-songwriter JJ Lin has topped the royalties earnings list in Singapore yet again. But other home-grown musicians also did well last
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      • 370 16 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Hotel Transylvania 2 easily topped the weekend box office, sinking its teeth into an impressive US$47.5 million (S$67.8 million) and providing a big win for star Adam Sandler and Sony Pictures, the studio behind the animated franchise. Both had endured rough
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      • 215 16 Milan Fashion Week REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN Models on the Dolce Gabbana catwalk on Sunday stopped in their tracks and took pictures of themselves but it was all part of the show. Against a backdrop showing a typical Italian village, design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano
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      • 327 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN Move over, Victoria Beckham, there is a new WAG on the fashion block. Winonah de Jong, wife of AC Milan’s Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong, says she is realising a “little girl’s dream” after making the leap from blogging about fashion to designing her
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      • 243 16 LONDON•Is Jon Snow the Game Of Thrones character who was dramatically killed on the show in June coming back alive on Thrones’ upcoming Season 6? The question has come up after Kit Harington, who plays Snow in the hit HBO series, has been photographed
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        • 77 16 Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, 69, has scored his second solo chart-topping album with Rattle That Lock, the Official Charts Company said last Friday. He beat Lana Del Rey, whose Honeymoon release which came in at No. 2. Gilmour last topped the chart 10 months ago with Pink
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    • 318 10 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN HOUSES FOR RENT 454 BRAND NEW 2-STY Corner Semi-D Greenleaf View. With S/pool, Approx 3800 sf built-up. $neg. Ivy 9220-8318 MT ECHO PARK GCB 15,000/ 6000sf. 5+1. Renovated. Pool $25K. Call Orient *****316 KINGS CL FARRER MRT 2 sty. Semid. 5+patio. 4500 sqft. Reno. Holland V.
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    • 408 10 D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST HOUSES FOR RENT 454 1) HAIG LANE corner terr $7.3K 5 bdrms Canadian Int’l 2) Kuo Chuan Colonel semi-d. 3) 3-bdrm Gracious. CHIJ Marine Parade/ East Coast Park. Tel: *****242 WILKINSON RD. 5300 sf. 2 sty bunglw attic. 5+1 Pool. Owner *****802 LOR STANGEE
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    • 784 11 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D01 RAFFLES PL/MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D28 SELETAR HOUSES FOR RENT
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    • 178 11 D09 ORCHARD/ CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 choice unit RIVERGATE 4+1RM HIGH floor amazing view on MBS, 1797 sf. available immediate $9.3K Marion *****103 Savills Don't Miss RIVERSIDE 48. 1 bdrm. *****0sf. 4 units. River view. Full/ p/furn. Near amenities. Avail immed. Call *****010 PENTHOUSE BELLE VUE RES 3660
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    • 837 12 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR RENT 482 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR RENT 482 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR RENT 482 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR RENT 482 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR RENT 482 D10 BUKIT TIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/ TANGLIN PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D10 BUKIT TIMAH/ HOLLAND
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    • 107 12 D20 THOMSON/ BISHAN/ ANGMO KIO PTE APTS FOR RENT 468 Near MRT CENTRO RESIDENCE 818 sqft 2-bdrms. A1 Decor/ facilities F/furn. AMK Hub/ Park. *****170 www.garyteng.com XPAT CHOICE. TIP top, Mall, MRT. Rafflesia 2+1, Bishan Point 3+1, agts welcome. *****480 owner E PEIRCE VIEW 1303 sf 3+1 #04, Reno, unblock,
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    • 365 12 D21 ULU PANDAN/ CLEMENTI RD/ SUNSET/BTTIMAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 469 BT REGENCY SPACIOUS 4+1 Pool/ quiet. Facilities. Well kept. Agent 9068 2259 D25 WOODLANDS/ ADMIRALTY PTE APTS FOR RENT 470 Bring Cheque WOODSVALE 3+1. SPACIOUS. Vacant. Windy. Bright. Cosy. Move in. Admiralty Pri/ MRT. Immed. Must grab *****705 WOODGROVE
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    • 401 12 TAMPINES HDBFOR RENT 504 5’I’ (3+1) BLK.552 Pasir Ris St 51. Well maintained. F/furn. Aircon. Near MRT. Avail Nov. Rent neg. Rosma *****494 TOA PAYOH HDB FOR RENT 505 NEXT TO MRT HDB Hub. Home off. 3 bdrm, privacy, lift flr, $3000. *****186 Pat WOODLANDS HDB FOR RENT 506 Bring
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    • 1174 13 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 New B1 Business Space At Gambas Crescent Unique product mix
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    • 175 13 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT CECIL COURT 138 CECIL STREET -792 sqft to 3,300 sqft Near Raffles Telok Ayer MRT Regular Layout Window Units Good Corporate Image Proximity to Amenities 534 Call Owner 6311 8105 Office at UE SQUARE 1,346/ 1,534/ 3,900/ 8,891 sqft avail Unlimited carpark lots Free Shuttle bus
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    • 173 14 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 ORCHARD BUILDING Prime Clinic/ Office space. 1 min to Somerset MRT 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to Raffl es Place MRT Station 700sf to 2,670sf 6225 7000 I 6428 7864 High floor 8,202 sqft Possible to subdivide Excellent views
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    • 362 14 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT PROMOTION! E-BUSINESS SPACE@ Bt.Merah 350-1.5Ksf Beside Bus interchange/ near MRT. *****000 ORCHARD TWRS 398/ 732/ 840/ 1690/ 1927/ 2200 sqft face CBD. Ample carpark. Agents welcome. 6736-6028 GOOD LOCATION MOUNTBATTEN SQ. OFFICE. 969/ 1163/ 1841 sqft. Beside MRT. Mins to CBD. Affordable parking. $5/ $6.
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    • 475 14 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT HIGH STREET CENTRE Office $4K! 550 sqft. Fully Fitted. High Floor. Great View. Immed Call Owner *****863 CPF BLDG @TAMPINES Central 1089 sf. Low flr. Fully furn. Immediate. Near amenities, MRT. $5.5k. Rina 9662-2269 DELTA HOUSE OFFICE for lease. 1200/ 1700/ 4500 sf up. Bare/
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    • 269 14 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT OFFICE WOODLANDS Blk 306A. 500-900 sf. Immediate, Reno. *****838 Owner OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE 535 D.7 FREEHOLD OFFICE 1688 sq.ft. Top floor, corner unit, bright spacious. CPD fringe, plenty parking amenities. Rarely available. Martin WKF *****651 AP Alfred Ng 9665 3102 GB BLDG, CECIL St,
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    • 314 14 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 LUCKY CHINATOWN Retail Space for Lease Located above Chinatown MRT Station In the heart of tourist area Ideal for TCM Tourist Related Travel Agency Retail space range from 65 to 540 sq ft Call *****336 retailleasing@fareast.com.sg F&B and Retail Space
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    • 80 14 ROCHESTER MALL 2000sf (F&B) 200-1400sf (education enrichment) Offer at attractive rent UE ONE-NORTH DEVELOPMENTS PTE LTD *****745 9822 8220 UE BIZ HUB EAST (Changi Link) 350/ 1400/ 2860sf/ 4200sf Retail/ Hotel Convention Ctr Opp Expo MRT UNITED ENGINEERS DEVELOPMENTS PTE LTD 9850 8271 9822 8220 One Raffles Place Direct MRT
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    • 325 14 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 Pagoda St Right next to MRT Grd/ 2nd/3rd floor Approx. 1,200 1,325sf Craig Road Grd/2nd/3rd sty; F&B use 1,500 /1,200/ 1,518 sf Agt welcome; Also for Sale Owner *****766/*****391 Excellent Location Care Honesty D01 PRIME AREA The Sail 861 sf 3520 sf, Suit Office, Retail,
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    • 371 15 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 WARINGIN PARK CORNER shophse, 1754sf. $4.6K/mth. 5 mins to Kembangan MRT, Call *****761. No agents pls EAST COAST RD. Opp I12 Katong. 2500sf. Full hgt window. Suitable learning ctr/ Studio/ Spa. 9662-6267 ALEXANDRA CTR 334SF Water Near escalator. Avail Immed Smith St 750sf waterpoint, immed
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    • 358 15 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE 538 F&B APPROVED 2-STY HDB shop, Jurong Blk 346, 1800sf near Mkt/NTUC, high human traffic Mrt. *****800 James RARE! NEAR NEWTON 4 storey building, Land 7100/ 8500 sf tenanted $60k till ’2018 Freehold, *****800 James CRAIG RD SHOPHOUSE. Tastefully refurbished. 1520/ 3900 sf. Roof gdn, ample
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    • 243 15 543 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT 2K-100K SF CLEAN Light B2 warehse@Tampines. Ramp up, 40-footer Access. Next to IKEA. Accessible. *****966 choice unit WEST COAST RAMP-UP Brand new.Good layout.High ceiling Ample loading docks,parking. Heavy flr load.Dom *****101 RAMP-UP PENJURU w mezz office. Fr 32,000 sf. Dedicated loading bays. *****068 (BISHAN/
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    • 196 15 Foreign Student Services 616 AMK NEW BUNGALOW for full lodging. Teacher’s family internet, tuition. 9017 8988 Tuition 636 TEACHERS, SCHOLARS, TOP GRADUATES Ask for only the best in education Specialized pte tuition for your educational needs Pri/ Sec/ JC Music etc All subjects available Call *****130/ SMS *****461 or visit
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    • 80 15 636 Tuition ENGLISH CHINESE Ex/ MOE Teachers. All areas levels. Call Joyce *****096. MASTER ENGLISH WITH Mr Wee. Effective tuition for Sec 1-4 G.P. *****783/*****451 15 YRS EX-SCH Teacher. Eng/ Maths/ Sci/ Chinese. Reasonable Mdm Ng *****131 INTENSIVE CHEMISTRY HOME by former U. Lecturer (Dr.) Results g’teed. 9666-5884 CHINESE EXPERIENCED
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    • 547 16 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE HC/CWU 205/2015 In the matter of Schedule 5,3 (d) and 3(e) and Section 30 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A) And In the matter of ORDER 96 OFTHE RULES OF COURT (2014 ED) And In the matter of RED
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    • 253 18 Call Centres/ Telemarketing 734 CO EXPANDING URGENTLY requires Telemarketer. Basic comm. Near CityHall. Earn up to $3K/mth. May *****254 EXPERIENCED TELEMARKETER EAST area. Full/ Part-time $8-$12 p/hr high incentive. S’poreans only. 9683-0358 TELEMARKETERS REQUIRED MON-FRI, 10am-5pm, preferably with experience, call *****403 Yvonne. TELEMARKETER, EMPLOYMENT AGY Paya Lebar Sq. 5 days.
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    • 390 18 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 742 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 742 WALK-IN INTERVIEW ON-THE-SPOT HIRING! EVERYDAY, STARTING 29 SEPT 2015 10.00am to 5.00pm Marina Square, Emporium Shokuhin 6 Raffles Boulevard, #01-13 S(*****4) SUPERMARKET FULL PART-TIME POSITIONS CASHIERS TRAINEE BUTCHERS RETAIL ASSISTANTS (Meat/ Seafood) TEAM LEADERS SEAFOOD CUTTERS STORE ASSISTANTS DEPARTMENT MANAGERS EAFOODCUTTERS TEAM
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    • 118 18 REQUIRED FULL/ PART-TIME Waiters Waitresses Upp Thomson. Call 8498-7198 CAFE (AIRCON) The Adelphi, near City Hall MRT needs Staff fr 6am-2pm. 9819-8489 Food Stalls 743 Aircon Foodcourt/ Coffeeshop Sengkang Punggol urgently requires: 1) FOODCOURT MANAGER (118 Punggol Branch) Steven Teo 9004-4606 2) FULL/ PART-TIME COUNTER CREW (433 Fernvale Coffeeshop) (Afternoon
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    • 357 19 Cleaners 769 CLEANER FOR CONDO Newton, Mon-Fri: 8am-4pm/ Sat: 8am-12pm. Call *****975 CLEANERS $1.3K TO $1.6k. Good attitude. Call *****817 *****845 OFFICE TEA LADY wanted Mon-Fri Suntec City. $50$60 per day. Call 9455 7153 AFTERNOON PART-TIME CLEANER Suntec Office. Interested pls call *****394 YISHUN NEEDS HDB Block Sweeper Washer. S’porean.
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