The Straits Times, 29 December 2015

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    Lock icon Landmark deal on ‘comfort women’
    464 1 Abe hails ‘new era’ as Japan offers apology, $11.7m payment to Korean WWII sex slaves AGENCEFRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG SEOUL South Korea and Japan reached a landmark deal yesterday on their dispute over wartime sex slaves, called “comfort women”, that has soured ties for decades. Japan offered
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  • Article
    Lock icon ‘Swat team’ may be set up to tackle disease outbreaks
    385 1  -  Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg A Ministry of Health (MOH) task force is considering setting up a na-tional-level “Swat team”, comprising infectious disease experts who can be mobilised at short notice to respond to outbreaks in any healthcare institution here. Such a
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    Lock icon Iraqi forces retake Ramadi
    161 1 Iraqi forces have scored a big win against Islamic State In Iraq and Syria extremists by regaining control ofRamadi–thecapitalofthemainly Sunni Muslim Anbar province in the Euphrates River valley west of Baghdad–whichfellinMayandbecame ISIS’ biggest prize this year. The government in Baghdad says the next target will be
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      385 1 Life Giving time, money to the arts D2&3 Top of the News Suspected Yishun cat abuser arrested A4 Business Industrial land supply cut C2 Today, enjoy the journey as much as the destination i w Seamless travel made complete with comprehensive travel insurance. The HSBC Visa Infinite Card now lets
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      26 1 Sport Added spur for Shanti to meet Olympic mark C11 Life Actress Zhang Ziyi gives birth to a girl D12 SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A7
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
      • Article
        Lock icon Tokyo, Seoul in sex slave deal
        61 2 TOPOFTHENEWS Longstanding sour sentiments over a dispute on wartime sex slaves were cleared up yesterday as US allies Japan and South Korea reached a landmark agreement. With Japan offering a “heartfelt apology” and a 1 billion yen payment (S$11.7 million) to Korean women forced
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        Lock icon Harder to switch schools
        49 2 TOPOFTHENEWS Students entering Secondary 1 are finding it harder to transfer to another school, following a new directive from the Ministry of Education that bars secondary schools from taking in transfer pupils whose Primary School Leaving Examination scores did not meet their cut-off points. A6
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        Lock icon Rise of smaller Chinese cities
        69 2 WORLD The future of consumption in China is increasingly being driven by its smaller cities, according to a report by consulting firm BCG and Alibaba unit AliResearch. Firms will have to reach out to high concentrations of affluent households emerging in cities classified as fourth
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        Lock icon Delhi draws fire over exemptions to car curbs
        86 2 WORLD Delhi wants to improve its air quality, but has exempted women drivers and motorcyclists from a plan to restrict private car use. This drew sharp criticism, as experts said tough action with no exemptions was needed to ease air pollution in
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        Lock icon Mixed signals from Australia
        46 2 OPINION Australia and Asian countries are sending mixed messages to Washington: Their rhetoric suggests they want a muscular response to Beijing, but their actions do not. It’s time to be more frank, says Professor Hugh White in the By Invitation column. A19
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        Lock icon Residents welcome DTL2
        49 2 HOME A steady stream of people boarded the new Downtown Line 2 at Bukit Panjang Station yesterday, the first work day since the line’s opening. Many residents of the town, which has been hit by transport woes, were glad to have a new transport option. B1
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        Lock icon Visit from a special friend
        48 2 HOME Chicago-based Mr Peter Mui gave the gift of life to a stranger in Singapore when he donated stem cells to assistant parish priest Luke Fong, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2013. Mr Mui and his family are visiting Father Luke. B2
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        Lock icon Accounting’s Big 4 dominate
        33 2 BUSINESS Biggerisbetter–atleastforthe accountancy profession. A new report by the Singapore Accountancy Commission found thatthe“BigFour”–KPMG,PwC, EYandDeloitte–togetherhavea market share of 67 per cent. The remaining 33 per cent is shared between697smallerfirms.C1
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        Lock icon Tiger at the crossroads
        60 2 SPORT Former world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods (below) turns 40 tomorrow, looking back at a superb run but ahead at an uncertain future blighted by injury and poor form. Now recovering from a third back operation with no timetable for another comeback, he reflects on
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        Lock icon City up next in Foxes’ hunt
        60 2 SPORT Surprise high-fliers Leicester City’s 10-game English Premier League unbeaten run ended on Boxing Day at Liverpool, and manager Claudio Ranieri hopes hotshots Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez are fully fit for title rival Manchester City’s visit. Manuel Pellegrini knows the rest of his
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        Lock icon Zhang Ziyi has a baby girl
        62 2 LIFE Actress Zhang Ziyi and rocker Wang Feng welcomed a daughter in the United States on Sunday, she announced on Weibo. Zhang, 36, and Wang, 44, are reported to have married in Hong Kong in May. The child is reported to be her first,
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    • What’s Next
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        Lock icon In celebration of Telok Kurau Secondary
        63 2 A book will be launched today to celebrate the achievements of Telok Kurau Secondary School, which was set up in 1965, the same year Singapore became independent. The coffeetable book, written in English and Malay, reflects the spirit of the school, where students from
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        Lock icon Thai student activists to face charges
        85 2 Eleven student activists will appear in a Thai court today to face charges of illegal assembly for their attempt to stage a protest on Dec 7 at a scandal-hit park project in the seaside district of Hua Hin. The multimillion-dollar Rajabhakti Park project has
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        Lock icon US consumer confidence set to edge up
        76 2 The US will release its consumer confidence index for December today, with expectations that it would have been a subdued Christmas for Americans. The index is expected to show a slight improvement from the 90.4 level logged last month, helped by the traditional
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      Lock icon Different groups, same terror aim
      318 2  -  WhyItMatters Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta wahyudis@sph.com.sg The recent arrests of suspected militants planning attacks in Indonesia have revealed that the country is facing militant groups with different affiliations andskilllevels–butwithacommondetermination to kill and sow chaos. The raids against three militant cells netted several leading
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      259 2 Topics Speakers Date: Saturday Sunday 23 24 January 2016 Day 1 Saturday, 23 Jan 2016 Global Residential Property Market Outlook 2016 Nicholas Holt Asia Pacific Head of Research, Knight Frank Asia Pacific The next stage for Iskandar Malaysia and Malacca looking into the future Ishmael Ho CEO, Ho Chin Soon
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • Straits Times Digital
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        Lock icon Ten of the year’s top stories
        34 3 REMEMBERING 2015 Whata busyJubileeyear 2015 has been. From tainted applestofake rice, ISIS to Amos, we look at 10 of the most popular stories of the year at http://str.sg/ZrU6
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        Lock icon A box-office Force
        26 3 WEB SPECIAL StarWars:The Force Awakens took12daystorakein US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) at the box office. Which five otherfilmshitthe billion-dollar mark in just days? http://str.sg/ZrUc
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        Lock icon MOST-READ STORIES ON STRAITSTIMES.COM
        50 3 1. Johor’s Sultan says there is much to learn from Singapore 2. Boy who survived Johor car crash in stable condition 3. Retired officer recalls hectic SIAhijacking in 1991 4. Ex-loungesinger ‘disappears with $10m in remittance money’ 5. Norwegian manjailedfor assaulting cabby in court for retrial
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      Lock icon More Pedestrian Nights to come
      701 3  -  OrchardRoadeventbackinJanandFeb,to make up for earlier cancellations during haze Jalelah Abu Baker jalmsab@sph.com.sg The Orchard Road Pedestrian Night will be back in January and February next year, to make up for being cancelled in October and November this year during the haze. The event, which shuts
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    • Article
      Lock icon 40-year-old man arrested over Yishun cat abuse cases
      395 4  -  Ng Huiwen nghuiwen@sph.com.sg A suspect has been arrested by the police for a series of cat abuse cases in Yishun since September. The 40-year-old man will be charged in court with animal cruelty today, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and
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      Lock icon New Yishun hospital takes in its first patients
      695 4  -  Community hospital opens 2 wards; a dozen recovering patients move over from KTPH Salma Khalik Senior Health Correspondent salma@sph.com.sg facebook.com/ST.Salma The 428-bed Yishun Community Hospital (YCH) opened its doors to patients yesterday, a move that should ease the bed crunch faced by
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      Lock icon Task force studying measures to tackle disease outbreaks
      616 4  -  Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg Clearer guidelines and a simplified process for reporting cases of infectious diseases are among the measures being considered by a task force set up to boost Singapore’s ability to tackle infectious disease outbreaks. The task force was set up
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      Lock icon S’pore is top Asian nation for gender equality: UN report
      427 4  -  Kok Xing Hui kxinghui@sph.com.sg Women and men in Singapore are a little more equal now, compared to those in other countries, according to the latest Human Development Report by the United Nations. In its 2014 report, the Republic is ranked
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      Lock icon Sec 1 postings: Harder to switch schools
      613 6  -  Secondary schools told by MOE not to take in pupils whose PSLE scores don’t meet cut-off Pearl Lee, Amelia Teng leepearl@sph.com.sg ateng@sph.com.sg Pupils going on to Secondary 1 next year who hope to transfer to another school are facing a harder time owing
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      Lock icon Iraqis celebrate as military retakes Ramadi from ISIS
      754 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS RAMADI Iraqi forces swept the devastated streets of Ramadi for bombs yesterday, after recapturing the city and clinching a major victory against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Iraqi national flag has been raised above the
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      Lock icon Iran President urges Muslim nations to improve Islam’s image
      376 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA REUTERS TEHERAN Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Muslim countries should strive to improve the world’s opinion of Islam. “We must remove Islam’s negative image from today’s cyber and real space,” he said in Teheran at an international
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      Lock icon Shenzhen landslide: Official takes own life
      417 7 He reportedly approved landfill project linked to disaster; 12 people said to be held by police AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING The head of an urban enforcement agency in the Chinese district where a huge landslide left scores of people missing has killed himself, while police
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      Lock icon Some dismiss deal; others say it’s a chance to move on
      754 7 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA Additional reporting by Raul Dancel in Manila and KorKianBeng in Beijing SEOUL The deal yesterday between Seoul and Tokyo to settle the bitterly divisive issue of Japan’s use of wartime sex slaves disappointed some of
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      Lock icon Statue may test resolve to end ‘comfort women’ issue
      383 7 REUTERS SEOUL One test of the commitment by Japan and South Korea to resolve the “comfort women” issue may be the fate of a statue in front of Tokyo’s embassy in Seoul. The bronze of a barefoot teenage girl in a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Emotive issue of wartime sex slaves
      269 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The emotive and complex issue of wartime sex slaves –euphemistically known as “comfort women” has long soured relations between Japan and South Korea. Q Who are the “comfort women A They were women and young girls mostly from the Korean peninsula,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Rise of the affluent in China’s smaller cities
      979 10  -  Another 46 million upper-middle-class, rich households to be seen in 5 years: Study Esther Teo China Correspondent In Beijing esthert@sph.com.sg Big metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai no longer rule the roost of economic opportunities in China, with smaller cities now racing ahead
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      Lock icon Japan ‘regrowing’ tiny island in territorial challenge to China
      674 10 KUMEJIMA (Okinawa) Japan is growing an island in a bathtub as part of a struggle with China for control of Asia’s oceans, reported the Financial Times. The island is called Okinotorishima, or “distant bird island”; a remote, storm-wracked coral atoll 1,700km
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Taiwan youth struggle to find well-paying jobs
        708 11 Dissatisfaction among young people a hot-button issue in coming presidential polls REUTERS TAIPEI Mr Jason Tsai is among the few in Taiwan with excellent English, but two years after graduating from university, the highly sought language skill has failed to secure him a
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        Lock icon Branch of renowned Taipei museum opens in southern county
        513 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Some of China’s most valuable historic artefacts are on display in southern Taiwan at a new branch of one of the world’s top museums, as the island pushes its credentials as a cultural destination. The 9,000 sq m
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        Lock icon Xi’s military reforms ‘aimed at boosting grip of party’
        417 11 HONG KONG The official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has stressed that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reforms of the military were aimed at consolidating the Communist Party’s control over the armed forces, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
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      • Article
        Lock icon A look inside N. Korea’s Red Star OS
        547 11 REUTERS SINGAPORE/SEOUL The homegrown computer operating system in North Korea mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go-it-alone approach, a high degree of paranoia and invasive snooping on users. Their research, the deepest
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      • Article
        Lock icon ‘Overseas funds’ fuelling terrorism in Indonesia
        466 14  -  Money from Australia, Mid-East used to aid paramilitary training and buy arms: Anti-money-laundering agency Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta wahyudis@sph.com.sg Overseas fund transfers into Indonesia allegedly linked to terrorism last year and this year amounted to wellover 10billion rupiah(S$1 million), of which about
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        Lock icon Johor Sultan slams Malaysia’s multi-stream schools
        543 14 JOHOR BARU•The Sultan of Johor has broached an education issue that few Malaysian politicians dare to talk about openly by saying that he does not like the country’s system of Malay, Chinese and Tamil language primary schools. Sultan Ibrahim Ismail said in an interview
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        Lock icon Controversial Philippine senator can continue bid for presidency
        349 14  -  Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg Senator Grace Poe won a lifeline yesterday allowing her to continue her bid to become the Philippines’ 16th president after the Supreme Court barred poll officials from disqualifying her, for now. The Commission on Elections
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      • Asia Briefs
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          Lock icon New hot spots in Riau province
          59 14 THE JAKARTA POST/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK PEKANBARU The Indonesian meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency’sPekanbarustation in Riau province in Sumatra has reported the emergence of new hot spots indicating land or forest fires across the province over the past few days, despite the rainy season
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        • Article
          Lock icon Panel ‘will not reveal data on Najib’s donor’
          59 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALINGJAYA•The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has said it will not reveal details about the identity of the donor of the RM2.6 billion (S$850 million) that was deposited into the personal bank account of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, because
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          Lock icon 3 policemen killed in gunmen raid in Papua
          73 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Gunmen shot dead three Indonesian police officers and stole weapons and ammunition during a raid on a police post in Papua, an official said yesterday, in the most serious attack on security forces in the insurgency-hit province since 2013.
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          Lock icon Hun Sen seeks law against opponent
          71 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed yesterday to create a new law banning political party leaders from holding dual nationality, a move targeting his arch-rival who has fled overseas. The nation has been plunged into a political crisis after
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          Lock icon MAS probe on differing flight plans
          82 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysia Airlines spokesman said yesterday that an Auckland-to-Kuala Lumpur flight on Christmas Day that was told to head south instead of north to its destination was given two differing flight plans that both originated from the airline, and it
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        Lock icon Outcry over exemptions to Delhi car restrictions
        616 15  -  Programme to reduce city’s pollution will be compromised by list of exceptions: Experts Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg Women drivers and motorcyclists will be exempted from a plan to restrict private car use in the Indian capital, a move
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        Lock icon ‘Most Chinese dissatisfied with smog control efforts’
        290 15 BEIJING A majority of Chinese people think the government’s efforts to tackle air pollution have fallen flat, according to a Blue Book report published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Chronic air pollution in China has spurred renewed calls for the
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        Lock icon Families of Air Asia crash victims demand apology for negligence
        608 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDONESIA Families of those killed in an AirAsia plane crash last year in Indonesia have demanded that the airline apologise for negligence after a probe showed faulty equipment contributed to the accident. Flight QZ8501 plunged into the Java
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    • SPECIAL REPORT
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        Lock icon Seoul island ‘reborn’ as eco paradise
        1122 12 / 13  -  Once home to 64 families, island in middle of Han River was later blown up but has since become an eco reserve Chang May Choon South Korea Correspondent In Seoul changmc@sph.com.sg A paradise with sandy white beaches where pure-minded people lived. That’s how Yoo
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        Lock icon Extensive development since the 1960s
        403 12 / 13  -  Chang May Choon The Han River, which runs through central Seoul from east to west, has been the subject of various development projects since the 1960s. The latest plans, announced in August, aim to turn the 41.5km-long river into a tourist destination by the year
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      Lock icon A force unlike any other in Australia’s north
      725 16  -  Norforce’s largely Aboriginal troops are military’s eyes and ears in remote region and boast unique local skills Jonathan Pearlman For The Straits Times in Sydney jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com In the vast expanse of bush land across northern Australia, the nation’s security is in the
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      Lock icon Aussie train carrying sulphuric acid derails
      278 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A freight train carrying 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid has derailed in Australia, with a 2km exclusion zone declared around the remote accident site in Queensland yesterday. Aerial photographs showed wagons lying on their side and strewn around the area, which
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    • World Briefs
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        Lock icon Trump attacks rival’s backer
        87 16 REUTERS WASHINGTON Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assailed a leading committee chairman in Congress on Sunday for backing Mr Marco Rubio, Mr Trump’s rival for the party’s nomination. Mr Trump, the front runner in the Republican race, needled Mr Trey Gowdy over his role as chairman
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        Lock icon Condom-machine thief dies in botched heist
        87 16 REUTERS BERLIN A man in Germany died on Christmas Day after he was hit in the head by a flying piece of metal from a condom machine that he and two accomplices blew up in an apparent robbery attempt, police said yesterday. The 29-year-old
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        Lock icon Mosque blast in Nigeria kills 20, injures 90
        65 16 REUTERS MAIDUGURI (Nigeria) About 20 people were killed and 90 wounded by a bomb explosion in a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri yesterday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the blast bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram,
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      Lock icon British PM pressed to do more about flood controls
      510 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YORK British Prime Minister David Cameron has visited the flood-hit historic city of York as cities, towns and villages across northern England battled to get back on their feet following devastating storms. Around 500 properties were flooded in York,
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      Lock icon Over 30 killed in key Syrian city as ceasefire deal kicks off
      514 17 Homs blasts occur as hundreds evacuate 3 cities, as part of deal between warring factions AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIRUT A rare United Nationsbacked deal between Syria’s warring sides saw hundreds of fighters and civilians evacuate three towns, as
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      Lock icon Moscow to shut Red Square on Dec 31
      268 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW The Red Square in Moscow, traditionally a place where people gather to ring in the New Year, will be closed to revellers on Dec 31, the city authorities said, amid mounting security concerns. This year, police will turn back
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      Lock icon Documents give peek into ISIS ‘departments’
      332 17 REUTERS WASHINGTON Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has set up departments to handle “war spoils”, including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swathes of Syria and Iraq
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      Lock icon More US special ops troops sent abroad to tackle threats
      737 17 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON They are taking on a larger combat role in Afghanistan, where the war is supposed to be over. They are headed to Syria to help fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in its stronghold.
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      Lock icon China legalises overseas anti-terror military ops
      267 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China has legalised overseas counter-terror operations by its military, details of a controversial new law showed, as it tries to tie violence linked to mainly Muslim Xinjiang into global concerns about extremism. Under the counter-terrorism legislation passed during the weekend, Beijing
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      Lock icon Bill is Hillary’s ‘secret’ campaign weapon
      822 18  -  The ex-president has remained low-key but will campaign more publicly soon Melissa Sim US Correspondent In Washington si ml inoi@sph.com.sg Once the new year rolls around, Mrs Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will unleash its new secret, or not so secret, weapon Mr Bill Clinton.
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      Lock icon Germany hires 8,500 teachers for child refugees
      326 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Germany has recruited 8,500 people to teach child refugees German, as the country expects the number of new arrivals to soar past the million mark this year, according to local media. With some 196,000 children fleeing war and poverty entering
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      Lock icon Chicago police shootings: Victims’ kin plead for justice
      462 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES CHICAGO Friends and relatives of two African-Americans fatally shot by police in Chicago have issued an emotional plea for justice, calling the incident the latest proof that the city’s officers are far too quick to use deadly
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      Lock icon Finding space to develop new niches
      441 19 The Straits Times says Singapore’s modest jump into space, with the launch of six satellites recently, is a small nation’s shot at a big industry. Orbital commerce (that encompasses mobile and broadband communications, and satellite-based monitoring systems) was valued at US$314 billion (S$440 billion)
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      1186 19  -  Like many Asian countries, Canberra is sending mixed signals to Washington about what it expects and wants from US-China ties, but it is now time to be more frank Byinvitation Hugh White For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is
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      1160 20  -  Xu Bu For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg •The writer is China’s ambassador toAsean. The year 2016 marks the first year after the establishment of the Asean Community on Thursday. What impact the Asean Community will have on Asean centrality in regional affairs is
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      1008 20  -  Kemal Kirisci and Philippe Le Corre Kemal Kirisci istheTUSIAD Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Director of the Centre on the United States and Europe,and Director of theTurkey Project. Philippe Le Corre is the Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Centre on
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      1469 21  - Want more hip Dempsey clusters Don’t award land to highest bidder Since 2013, the Singapore Land Authority has used price and quality (PQ) evaluation criteria to award land parcels. It is one factor behind the appeal of Tanglin Village, which houses the popular Dempsey Hill cluster of eateries. More use
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      373 22  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi I agree with Mr Ngiam Tong Dow’s assessment that our failure to raise labour productivity is partly attributable to our inability to think outside the box (“From adding to creating value: The next frontier”; last Wednesday). A new paradigm is required.
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      225 22  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng The effort of the tripartite partners–theManpower Ministry, National Trades Union Congress and Singapore National EmployersFederation–to prevent and manage workplace harassmentislaudable(“‘Onuson employers’ to fight harassment”; last Thursday). Bosses are responsible for ensuring that their workplace is free from any form of harassment,
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      306 22  -  Daniel Koh Kah Soon The editorial on Dec 21 (“Making haste carefully on human rights”) is a fine piece of balanced advice at a time when we are being constantly bombarded by interest groups pressing for others to accept their
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      44 22 1. DRTHOMAS LEE HOCKSENG: Singaporeans’ troubling material ambitions. 2. MR FRANCIS CHENG: Complex matter for employers to tackle workplace harassment. 3.MRSEETCHOONHONG: Get toughon illegalfishing. 4.MRGANKOKTIONG: Ensure prompt maintenance of neighbourhood fitness facilities. 5. MRSIMLIMONN: Pleasant surprises on new MRT line. MORELETTERSON www.straitstimes.com
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      425 22  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) As we end this year celebrating our jubilee, we need to be mindful of two trends developing in our society which may not augur well for the next 50 years. The first was articulated in yesterday’s commentary (“Life
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      202 22  -  Lim Chong Leong As a regular LRT user, I have come to appreciate its benefits compared with buses, when it comes to shuttling between my home and MRT stations. It is about time that the LRT trains saw an increase in capacity (“2-car trains roll out
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      161 22  -  Shamim Moledina (Ms) It is quite right to say that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will succeed in recruiting people from all over the world, especially the young, some of whom may consider the West as evil (“Trumpeting Islamophobia helps
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      517 22 A writer suggests that the spending of the rich is healthy for the economy. Do you agree? Totally. If one has the money to splurge, please do so. But the problem is, most rich people know how hard it is to get rich, so they are quite careful
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      38 22 Orchard Road Pedestrian Night The next event will have a carnival-like setting with stilt walkers, which organisers hope can increase sales. SHOP OWNER And I have a way to make sure that it does... AH LIM ELECTRONICS #04-88
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      125 23 Visitors checking out the tea plantation in Wujiatai Village in Xuan’en county may want to give its popular “Sky Corridor” a miss if they have a fear of heights or have unsteady knees. The suspension bridge, made with rope and wooden planks, is 1km
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      31 23 WEATHER Occasionally windy. Showers mainly over northern and western Singapore in the afternoon High 33 deg C Low 25 deg C 24-hr PSI as of 5pm yesterday: 36 to 53 (Moderate)
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      1189 24 Advertorial Transforming people’s lives Melilea International creates new milestones in its mission to help people change their lives. Today, Ms Chin and Mr Wong split their time between growing their business and nurturing their three children. They believe that the success of future generations lies in imparting the right values
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      542 1  -  They have long complained of lack of public transport options to the city Jalelah Abu Baker jalmsab@sph.com.sg There was a steady stream of people at Bukit Panjang MRT station yesterday morning the first work day after the second phase (DTL2) of the Downtown
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      726 2  -  US resident had donated his stem cells to Father Luke, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2013 Seow Bei Yi byseow@sph.com.sg When Chicago resident Peter Mui and his wife, Lily, stepped into their room at the Four Seasons Hotel here the day after
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      Lock icon Part of missing $10m for remittance was ‘life-saving money’
      504 2  -  Joanna Seow joseow@sph.com.sg As her friends were already using remittance services offered by the owner of a costume boutique and salon, a dancer decided to send her savings of $140,000 back to China through her as well. The 24-year-old, who wanted
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      Lock icon CPF’s online payment service out of action again
      234 2  -  Zhaki Abdullah azhaki@sph.com.sg Online payment services on the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board’s website went down yesterday, leaving members unable to transfer money from their bank accounts into their CPF accounts. The outage came a week after the CPF Board managed to
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      Lock icon Unit’s owners have no stair access to upper floor
      630 3  -  Appeal Court rules they cannot use staircase in neighbour’s unit to get to second level K.C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg Owners of a double-storey shophouse in Little India now have no legal access to the second level of their property
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      Lock icon Trials & tragedies
      3040 4 / 5  - Trials tragedies Therewasasmatteringofgoodnews–hoorayfor theBotanicGardensandMediShieldLife–amidthe bad but, as the year rolls to a close, it seems 2015 will be remembered as a year of trials and tragedies. Looking back: Events that shaped the year Adrian Lim Melody Zaccheus Audrey Tan Pearl Lee Lim Yi Han Danson Cheong Linette Lai Tan Weizhen
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      129 6 Assumption English School students, led by their teachers, Mr Rene Loh (at left) and Ms Bhavaniswari Batumalia (far right), walked 6km from Queensway to their newly rebuilt school in Bukit Timah yesterday. The new school year starts on Monday. The school had occupied a
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      Lock icon ‘Cabby abuser’ was assaulted first: Witnesses
      602 6  -  Two testify during Norwegian man’s retrial that the cab driver had been the aggressor Amir Hussain amirh@sph.com.sg A man who spent six weeks behind bars for allegedly placing his arms around a taxi driver in a stranglehold had actually been assaulted by the cabby,
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      694 1 ARNE CORNELIUSSEN ALLEGED ABUSER ‘WAS ASSAULTED BY CABBY FIRST’B6 CPFONLINE PAYMENTSERVICEOUTOFACTION AGAIN B2 LOOKING BACKTRIALSANDTRAGEDIESB4&5 BACK TO SCHOOL with ASUS Transformer Book series! Kickstart Your New Year with the Ultimate ASUS Convertible Notebooks! Get Windows 10 free^^. T300CHI-FL006H 5th Gen Intel® CoreTMm-5Y71 Processor 1.2GHz (4M Cache, Up to 2.9GHz) Windows
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      117 3 PIONEERING THE FUTURE SERIES PRESENTED BY THE EDB SOCIETY AND THE STRAITS TIMES You can now fnd out from two of Singapore’s most illustrious public servants how they shaped the city and revved up the nation’s economic engines so successfully. Former Chief Planner Liu Thai Ker and founding Singapore Airlines
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      807 10 THE STRAITS TIMES' NEW 50 FOOD MYTHS E-BOOK FOOD MYTHS BUSTED Pregnancy And Babies Should a mummy eat for two? Can mummies stay vegetarian through their pregnancies? The Straits Times' new e-book, JjO Food Myths Busted, answers tfiese questions and more. HOW TO GET THIS FREE E-BOOK: 1. Go to
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      553 12  -  To succeed, resolutions must be specific, relevant, measurable, attainable, time-limited Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg It’s that time of year again. People gather for parties and herald in the new year, clinking glasses of champagne merrily. But it is also the time of year
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      Lock icon 1 Lose weight, exercise more
      441 12  -  Herearefourpopularresolutionsthatmanymakesoastoleadhealthierlives–andtipsonhowtosticktothem. Ng Wan Ching One of the top New Year resolutions anywhere in the world is to drop some kilos and exercise more. Weight loss and maintenance encompass permanent lifestyle modifications, said Dr Asim Shabbir, director and senior consultant at the Centre for Obesity Management
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      Lock icon 2 Quit smoking
      308 12  -  Ng Wan Ching Smoking leads to nicotine addiction and serious health problems, which is perhaps why stubbing out ranks among the top health resolutions, year after year. Giving up the habit has been shown to reduce health risks and prevent early deaths. It can be achieved if
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      Lock icon A disciplined approach to fitness
      940 7  -  A doctor by day and pilates instructor by night, she still finds time to work out. FitAndFab reports. Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg Q What is your secret to looking so fabulous? A I work hard. As a doctor and pilates instructor, I consider myself a
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      Lock icon Child starting school? Watch out for anxiety
      460 7  -  HelpAtY ourFingertips Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg It is normal for children to be apprehensive about new situations, such as the start of a new school year. Most adapt quickly but others will need help to transition to a new environment or they risk feeling
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      698 8  -  A dessert named after Aargau in Switzerland is full of eye-friendly nutrients like vitamin A EatRight Poon Chian Hui A bite of this light, fragrant cake and you can imagine yourself being transported to the scenic landscapes of Switzerland. After all, this cake
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      888 9  -  Surgery can help relieve maladies like neck and spine disorders that can disable you DocTalk Yue Wai Mun ortho.spine.mis@gmail.com DrYue is an orthopaedic consultant in The Orthopaedic Centre at Gleneagles Medical Centre “Doctor, my cheques don’t bounce anymore!” A beaming Mr
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      654 9  -  AskTheExperts Dr Preetha Madhukumar Senior consultant in the Sing Health Duke-NUS Breast Centre and department of general surgery at Singapore General Hospital Q I recently went for a mammogram. Two tiny lumps were detected, but the report stated that the
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      228 9  -  Tan Thiam Chye Associate Professor Head and senior consultant, inpatient service, division of obstetrics and gynaecology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital QIam16yearsoldandwasanorexic from the end of 2011 to mid-2012. IamnowfullyrecoveredbutIhave stopped having periods and have lostmythickhair. I have tried seeking help from
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      660 10  -  Focus should be on cultivating the inner self rather than just the acquiring of skills Living Gary Hayden gary@garyhayden.co.uk Gary Hayden is a philosophy and science writer. Althoughat51Iamnotyetold, I am old enough to have learnt my limitations. When I practise the ukulele,
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      1085 11 Many usher in each new year with a generous swig, but too much can harm you or even cause lasting damage. Joyce Teo finds out more. HealthySpaces joyceteo@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by NgWanChing Christmas might be over but, lest you think you can drink yourself silly
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      Lock icon 3 Eat more healthily
      649 11  -  Ng Wan Ching Transforming your diet can be as easy as making a few small changes. This will set you up for success as you do not need to change drastically overnight, says Dr Lim Su Lin, chief dietitian at National University Hospital’s department of dietetics.
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      491 11  -  Ng Wan Ching Who would not like to have less stress in their lives? Even without the extra craziness of the year-end hullabaloo, it is still easy to get swamped by work demands and family obligations. High levels of chronic stress will suppress the immune
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      550 1  -  They are more positive about business outlook and more productive, census finds Yasmine Yahya Assistant Business Editor yasminey@sph.com.sg When it comes to accountancy, it looks like bigger is better. An inaugural census of accountancy practices here has found that larger firms are not only
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      437 2  -  Reduction for first half-year may be due to glut, given existing and upcoming sites: Analysts Rennie Whang wren nie@sph.com.sg The Government has further trimmed the supply of industrial sites in its land sales programme for the first half of next year amid what
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      468 2  -  Rennie Whang Small units again led the way as overall prices for completed apartments fell 0.6 per cent in November over October. Valuesfortheseunits–whichare up to 506 sq ft in size fell 1.2 per cent across the country. That dragged down overall
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      546 2  -  Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Things are finally looking up for savers with cash in deposit accounts as competition heats up among financial institutions amid a fast-chang-ing interest rate environment. After years of stingy returns, the wheel is starting to turn in
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      614 3  -  Some venture capitalists warn that investment frenzy has over-valued many new tech firms in the region Marissa Lee marilee@sph.com.sg The huge valuations being attached to tech start-ups in the region have sparked a warning from some venture capitalists that the investment frenzy has
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      Lock icon Firms catering to consumption top stock indices
      624 3 BLOOMBERG Movies, malls, meals and medicines. If the best-performing stocks from each of Asia’s 10 main markets outside Japan are any guide, then 2015 belonged to companies that catered to consumption. Not conspicuous, over-the-top gambling binges in Macau or splurging on expensive cars
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      385 3  -  Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore Post will meet with the Securities Investors Association Singapore (Sias) to discuss concerns about corporate governance issues raised by minority shareholders. SingPost said the talks will be held once an independent audit has been completed. The firm has said it
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      320 3  -  Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Bonuses from unionised firms in the private sector are set to be a tad lower for this year than those paid out last year. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) said yesterday that the variable bonuses paid by unionised firms
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      470 4 Weak production data and slump in retail sales dampen recovery prospects REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s factory output fell for the first time in three months in November and retail sales slumped, suggesting that a clear recovery in the world’s third-largest economy will be delayed
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      367 4 REUTERS BEIJING China’s top legislature has approved a proposal to revamp the country’s initial public offering (IPO) system, authorising the government to implement changes to the system that could be in place as early as March, the official Xinhua
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      568 4 WASHINGTON Central banks were the familiar factors behind the biggest market meltdowns of 2015, with more volatility to be expected in the coming year as investors navigate away from the United States central bank’s easy-money policies. From the Swiss National Bank’s shock
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      253 4 AGENCEFRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China yesterday fined seven foreign shipping companies, including three Japanese firms, a combined 407 million yuan (S$88 million) for pricefixing, in the latest case involving government scrutiny of overseas companies. China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) the top state
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      438 6  -  Grim stock market performance unlikely to ease in new year, say analysts Bulls And Bears Yasmine Yahya Assistant Business Editor yasminey@sph.com.sg Trading slowed to a trickle yesterday, with disinterested investors sandwiched between two long weekends. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell
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      343 7  -  Malaysian firm lodges preliminary offer document for listing, amid fall in gold prices Jeremy Koh jkoh@sph.com.sg Malaysian gold mining group Anchor Resources lodged a preliminary offer document for a listing on the Catalist board yesterday. The group hopes to expand
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      117 13 PIONEERING THE FUTURE SERIES PRESENTED BY THE EDB SOCIETY AND THE STRAITS TIMES You can now tap two among Singapore’s most illustrious public servants on how each shaped the city and revved up the nation’s economic engines so succesfully. Former Chief Planner Liu Thai Ker and founding Singapore Airlines chairman
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      757 14 Late goal by South Korean lifts Tottenham past Man City and up to third in the EPL table ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Watford 1 Tottenham Hotspur2 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur climbed to provisional third place in the English Premier League, after they snatched a 2-1 win over
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      596 14  -  EyeOnEPL Aleksandar Duric stsports@sph.com.sg In a war between players and the manager, the latter will lose. Managers need the results, and they depend on the players to get them. But players can cost them their job,
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      535 9 NEW YORK TIMES CLEVELAND Whenever Kevin Love grabs a defensive rebound, he goes through a series of calculations. First, he spins to look towards the opposite basket. Are any of his Cleveland Cavaliers team-mates ahead of the defence? If LeBron James has
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      327 9 REUTERS CHRISTCHURCH Martin Guptill flirted with a world record, then had to settle for a New Zealand one, as he demolished Sri Lanka’s bowling to guide his side to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory in the second one-day international in Christchurch yesterday. Guptill, who had
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      738 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Tiger Woods reaches his 40th birthday tomorrow, still recovering from a third back operation with no timetable for another golf comeback and reflective comments about ending his epic career. The former world No. 1 has 14 Major titles,
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        63 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN SALVADOR Former El Salvador international football defender Alfredo Pacheco, who was banned for life for match-fixing in 2013, was shot and killed on Sunday as he left a petrol station. Two friends who were travelling with the 33-year-old were hurt in the attack
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        69 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British opposition party Labour’s former finance spokesman Ed Balls has become the chairman of Norwich City, the struggling English Premier League football club. The 48-year-old, a Norwich fan who once wanted to play for the club, lost
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      659 11  -  Rio a major hurdle, but 2020 Games are more realistic proposition Vanessa Kang and Chua Siang Yee vankang@sph.com.sg siangyee@sph.com.sg Shanti Pereira is coming off a memorable season, with a historic 200m gold–Singapore’sfirstin42years– and a 100m bronze at June’s SEA Games. But, even though a mere 0.4
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      443 11 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Britain’s shadow sports minister, Mr Clive Efford, has written to Sebastian Coe asking the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president to clarify how senior figures in the organisation would have been able to allegedly extort money from Russian
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      52 11 Singapore Athletics yesterday inked a one-year, $280,000 sponsorship with home-grown traditional Chinese medicine firm Kin Teck Tong. National athletes such as (from left) Soh Rui Yong, Dipna Lim-Prasad and Shanti Pereira will benefit from the firm’s team of in-house physicians and therapists. PHOTO: SINGAPORE ATHLETICS PHOTO:
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      678 11 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jesse Owens is about to win his last race, after his family joined a three-pronged battle for the Olympic icon’s legacy. Now an 80-year-old story will be exhumed, and it may have Middle America shifting uneasily in
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        217 12 BEIJING Actress Zhang Ziyi and rocker Wang Feng welcomed a daughter in the United States on Sunday, she announced on Weibo. “Dec 27,2015, you, me and her...” she wrote in a post on Monday, which included a picture of two big hands holding a little
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      129 7 D05 PASIR PANJANG/WEST COAST/ CLEMENTITOWN PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 Corner Unit FLYNN PK FHOLD 3+1+balcony 2000sf. Good cond. Facilities Amenities. MRT. Sell vacant. $2.5M. Joyce 9150 8743 D09 ORCHARD/ CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 SRX Verified Under X-Value THE PIER AT Robertson, FH Studio 732sqft, $1.3m Only! Quiet,
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      1708 8 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in November 2015 This week: 15 19 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT District 15 8m
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      204 8 D19 SERANGOON GDN/ HOUGANG/ SENGKANG/PUNGGOL PTE APTS FOR SALE 419 Bryan Koh 8200 2024 KOVAN REGENCY 2rms 592 sf $1.05M/ 3 rms 980 sf $1.35M. Kovan Melody 3 rm/ 3+study 1227sf $1.3xM, 1292sf $1.4xM. KovanRes 3rm 1259sf $1.48M Bryan Koh 8200 2024 BARTLEY RES. JUST TOP 3 rm 1098sf, serious
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      378 10 D09 ORCHARD/ CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 RIVERGATE ROBERTSON Quay 2077 3014 sf 4 rms. MBS view nice cond Immed Asking $10.5k $14.8k neg. Sandy Chia 9388 8660 expat’s choice COSMOPOLITAN 4RM $6K Only 1657sf, Great World, Immed. Grange Infinite 2680sf $14K! 4+1 New Cond! 9767 6611 Mel Expat's
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      383 10 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 ARDMORE PK. 2885 sf. High flr. Tasfefully reno. Pte lift Walk to Orchard. $16K neg F/facilities. 9844-7778 Tan CITY TWR 1600 SF. 3+1 Opp top schs. P/furn, $3.8k. Near Stevens Newton MRT. Avail early Jan. 9851-2159 Clinton Expat'sChoice SOLITAIRE 3 BDRMS
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      538 11 BEDOK HDB FOR RENT 483 BEDOK HDB FOR RENT 483 BEDOK HDBFOR RENT 483 D19 SERANGOON GDN/ HOUGANG/ SENGKANG/PUNGGOL PTE APTS FOR RENT 468 BRAND NEW PROMENADE Pelikat, 2 bdrms PH, 937sf. Good layout. Pool Gym, drstep Mall. 9109 8702 Jenny SUNGLADE 3+1 RMS. City view 1152sf Nice Renovation. MRTs
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      352 11 486 BUKIT MERAH HDB FOR RENT 3+1 145 JLN Bt Merah. Furn, aircon. Near SGH, Outram MRT. $2950. Lee 9004-7717 CHOACHUKANG HDBFOR RENT 490 CHEAP! 4’A’ BLK 692A, Exec Blk 690B, Blk 677 CCK Cres. All High flr, F/furn, AC, Windy 8 mins MRT. *****068 Kes Visit SRX.com.sg code 4740
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      273 11 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 FACTORY/ INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 FACTORY/ INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 YISHUN HDBFOR RENT 507 **NICE 4’A’ CORNER Yishun 437 spacious, furn, 3 new AC Vacant. Opp bus stop/ mkt shop. $2K neg. Eric *****929 MIXED/ OTHER ESTATES HDB
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      238 11 (CENTRAL) HDB RMS FOR RENT 517 FURN AIRCON RM. Beach Rd. Bathrm attached. TV wifi. $1100. Michael 9844-1188 SIN MING COMMON rm. aircon. one pax $650. no cooking. Marymount MRT. *****780 (EAST) HDB RMS FOR RENT 518 MASTER BDRM NEAR Aljunied MRT. Aircon. Furn/ internet. No cooking. *****894 (MIXED) HDB
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      557 11 For Rent NEW 8 STOREY B1 FACTORY BUILDING WITH BASEMENT CARPARK At 3 Little Road, nearTai Seng MRT station Convenient Location, near food coffee shops bus stops Showroom 3650sqft 1 st storey Each floor consists of 2 units, each unit about 2600 sqft For viewing enquiries, contact owner *****296 *****828
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      248 12 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 ORCHARD BUILDING Prime Clinic/ Office space. 1 min to Somerset MRT High floor 8,202 sqft Possible to subdivide Excellent views high ceiling Available 1 March 2016 #06-06 1,025 sqft Immediate availability Contact Landlord at *****-784 785 776 20 COLLYER QUAY
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      452 12 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT THE GATEWAY Outside CBD Easy access to financial districts, airport, Jurong. Area from 1000 sq.ft. Available immediately. Contact Singapore Land Ltd Selina 6325 7708 ORCHARD TOWERS 732/ 1690 /1927/ 1948/ 2200/ 3251 sqft face CBD. Ample carpark. Agents welcome. *****028 EUNOS TECHNOLINK OFFICE space, 1500
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      345 12 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE 535 EAST SIDE OFFICE storage space 1496sf $450K. Existing rental $3K (8% returns). *****879 Mr Tay best price **KIM YAM RD 3.5sty Conservation Shophse Home Office 1620/4550 sf. High tenancy. $6.xM. SM Chia 9068-6500 THE ARCADE 8030 sf, Raffles Place Vacant/ Tenanted $3450 psf. 6294 5684
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      388 12 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT RETAIL AND F&B SPACE FOR LEASE FAR EAST SQUARE In the heart of CBD Minutes’ walk to Telok Ayer MRT Station Good catchment of PMEB Ideal for Retail F&B Takeaway Shop sizes of 97 to 258 sq ft WEST COAST
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      393 12 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 543 2172 SF Tuition and Enrichment. Upp Bt Timah. Free Parking. Surrounded by Residences. Call *****966 *DUXTON ROAD. GROUND flr 1100 sf or 2-storey 2200 sf. Suits F&B/ Office/ Showrm. MRT/ Carpark. 9672-0983 TG PAGAR 3-STY shophse 3500 sf. Suits office/ retail. MRT, easy parking,
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      322 12 RESTAURANT/LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT 540 F&B OUTLET East Coast Pk Area F Bougainvillea Garden Approx 350 sqm, *****063 Email to: amy.foo@dtz.com NEW KEONG SIAK Restaurant F&B Ready. Bustling Street Available Immediate. Agents Welcome. Owner 6908 0671 TG PAGAR PUB for takeover. Approx 900 sqft. Renovated. Regular clientele. Good track records.
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      103 13 TRAVEL TIP Determine the weight of your carry-on luggage before going to the airport instead of risking a situation where you have to figure out how to deal with excess luggage. 9 e ej L Join us at the malls and showcase your Chinese New Year goodies and delicacies! Participating
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      246 14 Computer Courses 612 IT Training For individuals abv 21 yrs old WSQICDL Excel Word Dreamweaver 5?* :.-2 01@ +;4/< 53#1 ,C3B3!C3$ =#9A6A6" (#96B ’=/#8! 0$$<7& From $25 EAGLE INFOTECH 6737 5761 www.eagleinfotech.edu.sg Foreign Student Services 616 AMK NEW BUNGALOW for full lodging. Teacher’s family internet, tuition. 9017 8988 Tuition 636
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      222 14 Tuition 636 CHINESE SEMBAWANG/ Yishun 1-to-1, Ex-teacher, free test paper. Writer of 10 Chinese books. Yeo 9082-2842 ANDREW TAN, AUTHOR EXJC Maths Head govt scholar gives Sec1 to JC2 classes 9742-7590 bestmaths.org IP IB/ SOTA- AE H2 Maths, Phys, Chem, Bio, Eng, GP, Lit, A/c,Econ,Pri 1-6 Eng Math Sci Higher
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      328 14 Tender Notice Tenders are invited for the Licence/Lease of: -8 Commercial Units at Joo Koon Bus Interchange 2 Commercial Units at North-East Line MRT Stations A. Details of Shops: Bus Interchange Unit No. Estimated Area (m2) Water Provision Joo Koon 01-04 33.20 Yes Joo Koon 01-05 25.30 Yes Joo Koon
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      405 15 Nursing/ Health Care 721 Nursing/ Health Care 721 Orange Valley Nursing Homes Always Resident-First Healthcare Assistant required at Clementi Bukit Merah 5 days week per roster schedule To perform daily nursing care for residents Perform cleaning and porter duties as assigned by superiors Assist to implement care interventions for the
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      205 15 Sales 730 SALES EXEC. USED Car Showroom Ubi. Basic High Comm. S’porean. 9155-0303 ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE SINGAPOREAN. Contact: sagafds@singnet.com.sg MOBILE PHONE SHOP needs experienced Sales Staff. Start immed. Call 9015-5155 MARKETING AND SALES Executive urgently needed. Email resume to: hr@aedge.com.sg SALES EXECS. MOTIVATED experienced. Own a car. Call *****328/*****389. OUTDOOR/ INDOOR
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      177 15 Retail Sales 731 SHOP ASST FULL time, physically fit. $1500. S’poreans. Woodlands. Call *****429 *****427, interview 4-7pm AIRCON SALES REP East. Near MRT. Full/ Part-time. Flexi hour. Tel: 6747-6696 Call Centres/ Telemarketing 734 CALL CENTRE EXECUTIVE Required for important business centre Ê City Centre location Ê No Sales Ê No
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      279 15 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 742 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 742 Come and join one of the largest Japanese Food Beverage Companies. Create Restaurants Asia Pte Ltd 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, #02-17 The Central (Clarke Quay MRT, Exit E or F) Email: soumu.sg@createrestaurants.com 7F:(5.&E;4 Staff Benefits: AWS, up to 14 days Annual
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      121 16 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 742 Food Stalls 743 F&B Marina Pte Ltd Tuas requires 1) FOOD COURT OPERATION MGR 2) WESTERN STALL CHEF 3) NOODLE STALL CHEF 4) MALAY STALL COOK 5) KITCHEN ASST X 3 (Full/part-time) 6 days week Transport Meal provided Start immediately Singaporeans only For position 1, email
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      85 16 Food Stalls 743 STALL ASST REQUIRED in Orchard Rd. 6hrs 12hrs. 6-day week. Salary $1000 $2100. S’porean. Call 9278-0777 SCHOOL CANTEEN STALL in Yishun looking for Helper. Pls contact 9815-8822 Hair/ Beauty 745 AHAVA Active Dead Sea Minerals Full-Time Beauty Consultant Experience preferred Salary Comm: Negotiable Mature workers or back-to-work
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      150 16 Hair/ Beauty 745 SPA SYMPHONY IN Orchard seek Sales Consultants, Customer Svc, Body Therapists Beauticians. Basic comm Immed. Pls call 9656-0201 MANICURIST REQUIRED AT various locations. 5 day week. Good commission. Interested call now *****961 HAIR SALON AT Suntec requires Hair Stylists. Immed vacancy. Basic comm. Interested pls call 9320
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      170 16 Administrative/ Clerical 748 DATA ENTRY CLERK With or w/o experience 5½ days work week Able to handle Chinese speaking customers Able to start immediately Pls call *****423 shipl@singnet.com.sg Law Firm requires ADMIN ASSISTANT To start immediately No experience required Call Ms Nurlee 6333-1323/ Fax: 6333-1326 or email: dilipkumar@gavanlaw.com.sg A) Accounts
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      697 16 Warehousing/ Inventory/ Logistics Security 763 Warehousing/ Inventory/ Logistics Security 763 Marine company near Taman Jurong is hiring the following: WAREHOUSE ADMIN Job Responsibilities: Entry of key data such as Goods Received (GR) and Supplier Return Notice (SRN) into ERP system Create and print packing labels promptly and in advance Handle
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      530 16 766 Security 766 Security Permanent Trained Officer Location Sembawang, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Orchard (Boutique) Salary Min $1875 $2480 for 26 days Shift Day/ Night Weekly Advance Available Please call 9650 9588 9796 7339 Warehousing/ Inventory/ Logistics Security 763 FORKLIFT DRIVER (TUAS) 8am-5.30pm $62. Jurong Transport S’porean only. *****971 Popular (11C3594)
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      590 17 766 Security 766 Security 766 Security Metropolis Security Systems Pte Ltd Security Supervisor up to $2500/mth (0800-1745hrs, Mon-Fri) Completed 2 cert adv licensing modules Basic computer literate Senior Security Officer up to $2400/mth, 6 days, 12hrs Completed 2 cert modules in line with PWM Security Officer up to $2200,6 days,
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      280 17 766 Security IMMED VACANCIES: SECURITY Supervisor. $2500 to $2700 Day/night shift. Interested call Selva 9688 2957. IMMED VACANCIES: SECURITY PERSONNEL $100 per shift (Day/ Night). Interested call Hassan 82 999 777. SECURITY NEEDED Amber, MacPherson, Ubi, Kim Seng, River Valley, Sin Ming Plaza Basic $1K $1.1K. 9845-2499 $2050 SECURITY OFFICER
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      189 17 Cleaners 769 Cleaner (Tott Store Bukit Timah) Walk-in Interview (Tues to Fri: 2pm 5pm) 896 Dunearn Road #01-01A Sime Darby Centre Singapore *****2 Hotel Cleaner Orchard *****314 Cleaner Queenstown/Cairnhill Ubi *****045 Changi Airport *****689 Ang Mo Kio *****979 Assistant Supervisor City Hall *****096 Cleaning Supervisor Clementi *****331 Orchard/North Bridge Rd
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      222 17 Cleaners 769 CLEANERS NEAR S’PORE Expo Mon-Fri fr 7.30am-4.30pm. 2)Changi 7am-4pm Mon-Fri Sat 7am-12pm. (3) Loyang 7am-4pm Mon-Sat. (4) Dishwasher Tai Seng Mon-Sat 9am-7pm. Salary $1,700. Call 6743 1919 for interview 1)FLOAT TEAM Cleaning Technicians. 5.5day work. $1.3k++ 2)Driver cum Float team Technician. S’porean only. Interview 25 Kallang Ave #01-01.
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      283 17 Cleaners 769 CLEANERS REQUIRED NEAR East area. Fr 5pm-10.30pm $750. 6 days work. Full Time 5.5 days $1250. Please call 8876 6894/ 6579 2050 CONDOS AROUND HOLLAND/ Jurong East/ Bukit Batok/ Hillview requires Cleaners/ Rubbish Collectors. Call: *****185/ *****510 CONDO CLEANER REQUIRED at Sengkang Sq. Block Cleaner General Worker at
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      318 17 Cleaners 769 CLEANERS REQUIRED AT Sentosa Condo, $1300, MonSat 8am-4:30pm, 9231 9899, 9622 9893 GOOD DISHWASHERS plate collectors. Full Part time in Raffles Pl, Orchard Little India. Call 9186 4751 CLEANERS URGENT NEEDED at Tuas area. $60; 7am-4pm. No transport; $40; 4pm-7pm Call: 9367 6508/ 8151 8242 CLEANERS WANTED FOR
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      158 18 Cleaners 769 BACKPACKER HOSTEL REQUIRES Cleaners. 6-day wk 9am-6pm. Immed. *****825 CLEANERS NEEDED Prison HQ Changi Road. Can start immediate. Call *****944 MARBLE POLISHER/ CLEANER required for Paya Lebar area. Call *****477 WOODLANDS CONDO need Cleaners. Work 8am to 5pm $1200-$1500 call *****242 Despatch/ Delivery 772 Construction Company urgently looking
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      1026 18 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 I www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit I Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Driversl Chauffeurs LASS 4 LOCAL/ LCL Driver needed. Depot knowledge is an advantage. Flexible hours.Cal| 6222-1811 CATERING C0. REQUIRES Driver Jurong area. Good benefits 6 days work, vehicle can be driven home. 9681-4174 J00 KOON S'POREAN Lorry
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      397 18 When you contribute to The Straits Times Recruit, we take it that you agree, at no charge, to allow us to use, archive, resell or reproduce the letters and contributions in any way and in any medium. E-mail your career-related contributions (no more than 800 words) to recruit3@sph.com.sg. Other Positions
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