Casa Merah For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Casa Merah For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 50 #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1356
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 850
PRICE$ — 1152600
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 50 #08
Tenure — 99
Area — 1356
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 800
PRICE$ — 1084800
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 50 #11
Tenure — 99
Area — 1389
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 54 #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1238
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 54 #11
Tenure — 99
Area — 1227
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 54 #11
Tenure — 99
Area — 1238
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 54 #11
Tenure — 99
Area — 2185
Age — BN
Room — 4
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 56 #03
Tenure — 99
Area — 1249
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 62 #01
Tenure — 99
Area — 1819
Age — BN
Room — 4
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 62 #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1572
Age — BN
Room — 4
Psf — 800
PRICE$ — 1257600
Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA MERAH, BLK 68 #11
Tenure — 99
Area — 1238
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 900
PRICE$ — 1114200

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Casa Flora For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Casa Flora For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — CASA FLORA, BLK 23 #01
Tenure — FH
Area — 1800
Age — 19+
Room — 3
Psf — 767
PRICE$ — 1380000
Type — L
District — 16
Street — CASA FLORA, BLK 21 #04 BELOW
Tenure — FH
Area — 1561
Age — 10+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — L
District — 16
Street — CASA FLORA, BLK 23 #04 BELOW
Tenure — FH
Area — 1560
Age — 18+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0

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Bleu at east coast For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Bleu at east coast For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 560 #01
Tenure — FH
Area — 1346
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 1250
PRICE$ — 1682500
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 560 #02 ABV
Tenure — FH
Area — 1206
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 1202
PRICE$ — 1450000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 560 #05
Tenure — FH
Area — 2551
Age — BN
Room — 4
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 562 #03 ABV
Tenure — FH
Area — 1012
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 1186
PRICE$ — 1200000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 562 #03 ABV
Tenure — FH
Area — 2551
Age — BN
Room — 4
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BLEU AT EAST COAST, BLK 562 #04
Tenure — FH
Area — 1012
Age — BN
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
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Baywater For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Baywater For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 808 #02
Tenure — 99
Area — 1302
Age — 1
Room — 3
Psf — 700
PRICE$ — 911400
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 808 #14 ABOVE
Tenure — 99
Area — 2411
Age — 1
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 808 #16
Tenure — 99
Area — 2411
Age — 1
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 810 #01 ABOVE
Tenure — 99
Area — 1270
Age — BN
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 810 #04 BELOW
Tenure — 99
Area — 1302
Age — 1
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 810 #05 BELOW
Tenure — 99
Area — 1280
Age — 1
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 812 #04
Tenure — 99
Area — 1033
Age — 1
Room — 2
Psf — 774
PRICE$ — 800000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYWATER, BLK 812 #10
Tenure — 99
Area — 2131
Age — 1
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0

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Bayshore Park For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Bayshore Park For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, AQUAMARINE TWR #08 BEL
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 940
PRICE$ — 880000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, AQUAMARINE TWR #14
Tenure — 99
Area — 1292
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, DIAMOND TWR #02
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, DIAMOND TWR #17
Tenure — 99
Area — 1292
Age — 10+
Room — 3
Psf — 1076
PRICE$ — 1390000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, DIAMOND TWR #20
Tenure — 99
Area — 2300
Age — 25+
Room — 4
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, DIAMOND TWR #29
Tenure — 99
Area — 3477
Age — 20+
Room — 5
Psf — 1007
PRICE$ — 3500000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, EMERALD TWR #04
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, EMERALD TWR #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, EMERALD TWR #08
Tenure — 99
Area — 1292
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 967
PRICE$ — 1250000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, JADE TWR #09
Tenure — 99
Area — 1292
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 1084
PRICE$ — 1400000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, JADE TWR #20
Tenure — 99
Area — 1173
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 938
PRICE$ — 1100000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, JADE TWR #24
Tenure — 99
Area — 1200
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 1092
PRICE$ — 1310000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, JADE TWR #28
Tenure — 99
Area — 2239
Age — 10+
Room — 4
Psf — 938
PRICE$ — 2100000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #02
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #03
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #04
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #08 ABOVE
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 10+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #20
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 994
PRICE$ — 930000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #21
Tenure — 99
Area — 2200
Age — 20+
Room — 4
Psf — 1000
PRICE$ — 2200000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, PEARL TWR #23
Tenure — 99
Area — 1173
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 1023
PRICE$ — 1200000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, RUBY TWR #03
Tenure — 99
Area — 936
Age — 20+
Room — 2
Psf — 919
PRICE$ — 860000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, RUBY TWR #05
Tenure — 99
Area — 1173
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 938
PRICE$ — 1100000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, RUBY TWR #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1173
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 938
PRICE$ — 1100000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, SAPPHIRE TWR #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1173
Age — 20+
Room — 3
Psf — 920
PRICE$ — 1079160
Type — C
District — 16
Street — BAYSHORE PK, SAPPHIRE TWR #06
Tenure — 99
Area — 1292
Age — 25+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
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Aquarius by the park For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

Aquarius by the park For Sale Apartment / Condo, District 16 , 27.01.2008

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Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, AZALEA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 893
Age — 3
Room — 2
Psf — 728
PRICE$ — 650000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, AZALEA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 893
Age — 06+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, AZALEA BLK #07
Tenure — 99
Area — 1206
Age — 03+
Room — 3
Psf — 680
PRICE$ — 820000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, CASSIA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 893
Age — 03+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, CASSIA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 1227
Age — 05+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, EUGENIA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 880
Age — 03+
Room — 2
Psf — 739
PRICE$ — 650000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, JASMINE BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 1324
Age — 03+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, JUNIPER BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 893
Age — 03+
Room — 2
Psf — 728
PRICE$ — 650000
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, LAVENDER BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 893
Age — 05+
Room — 2
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, LOTUS BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 1206
Age — 06+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0
Type — C
District — 16
Street — AQUARIUS BY THE PK, MAGNOLIA BLK
Tenure — 99
Area — 1206
Age — 03+
Room — 3
Psf — 0
PRICE$ — 0

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$19m waterfront oasis to be built in Singapore Woodlands

$19m waterfront oasis to be built in Singapore Woodlands

By Mok Fei Fei

SINGAPORE: Come 2010, Woodlands residents can enjoy seafront recreational amenities right at their doorstops.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has unveiled a S$19m design plan to build a coastal promenade and park in their neighbourhood.

Woodlands will certainly live up to its name with URA’s “Woodlands Waterfront” proposal, where more lush greenery, trees and woods will be planted.

A nine-hectare park will be created from vacant land along the coastline, featuring playgrounds, picnic areas and nature trails to cater to different recreational needs.

Right next to the park is a 1.5-kilometre long promenade that will offer unobstructed views of the Johor Straits.

To allow visitors to be closer to the water, an old jetty connected to the park will be refurbished as well.

On why the waterfront idea was mooted, head of the project at URA, Wan Khin Wai, said: “In Woodlands today, you’ll find that this is one of the towns that are located along the coastline. However if you’re inside of it, you can’t appreciate the coastline. So, this project offers residents (the chance) to get to the coastline and have recreational activities there.”

The Woodlands Waterfront proposal is part of URA’s overall vision to raise the standard of living here, said its director for conservation & urban design, Ler Seng Ann.

“Singapore is an island, surrounded by water on all sides. The waterfront is an important asset. So, in the planning of parks and waterbodies plan, we have capitalised on all these so that we can generate recreation space for Singaporeans to enjoy.”

A Woodlands resident, Mrs Chow, is looking forward to the new amenities. “The plan’s very good because so far, we don’t have any of these things around our area. If you want to have this kind of places, we have to travel all the way to the east side.”

Construction of the Woodlands Waterfront will begin by the middle of this year and is expected to be completed by the middle of 2010.

The Woodlands Waterfront is also something Dr Tony Tan, an ex-MP of the area, will definitely look forward to as it was his dream to have it.

“He shared his dream of using the waterfront….bring in water sports, water activities, and let the residents enjoy the waterfront and have a good view of Johor Baru, our closest neighbour. It has been one of his (Dr Tony Tan’s) dreams for Sembawang,” revealed Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who is an MP for Sembawang GRC. - CNA/938LIVE/ir

Source : Channel NewsAsia  - 27 Jan 2008

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PM Lee urges world leaders at WEF to ‘think ASEAN’-DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

PM Lee urges world leaders at WEF to ‘think ASEAN’-DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

By  May Wong in Davos

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged world and business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to think about ASEAN when they think about Asia.

Speaking in his capacity as the current Chairman of ASEAN, Mr Lee stressed that ASEAN members have strong fundamentals and that the grouping is determined to make itself relevant in the new Asia.

He was speaking at the ASEAN High-Level Plenary - entitled “The Emerging Asian Community: The Role of ASEAN” - at the WEF in the Swiss alpine resort.

Over 2,000 of the world’s top business leaders and politicians are gathered there to attend the annual forum.

Together with leaders from other ASEAN countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines, PM Lee gave the audience an update of what the regional grouping has achieved recently.

Mr Lee said that the economy of Vietnam, for example, is taking off. The Philippines has strengthened its public finances while Singapore is enjoying a strong momentum, riding on the regional growth as well as its own economic restructuring.

Oil producers like Malaysia and Indonesia are also benefiting from high energy prices. Thailand, Mr Lee added, is enjoying strong exports while forming a new elected government. Laos, too, is benefiting from the strong global demand for commodities.

PM Lee said: “Within ASEAN we’ve progressively integrated our economies. So, we formed the ASEAN Free Trade Area, AFTA and ASEAN Investment Area and we also have an open skies agreement between the ASEAN capitals which will come into effect by the end of this year. Beyond ASEAN, we’re strengthening ties with key partners and doing our part as stakeholders in the international community.”

That includes constructive participation in regional forums like APEC.

ASEAN is also actively pursuing Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with other countries and regions. ASEAN has already concluded FTAs with countries like China, Korea and Japan. ASEAN is currently negotiating FTAs with countries like India and Australia.

Mr Lee and fellow ASEAN leaders said the grouping’s overall strategy is to open up and link up to the rest of the world.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said: “China is doing very well today and ASEAN has regarded China as a friend. All ASEAN countries have benefited from China’s growth today.”

The ASEAN leaders also told the movers and shakers of the business and political world that the group members have signed the ASEAN Charter, making it a more rules-based organisation.

Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said: “ASEAN has the potential to strengthen our respective countries and region and lend more stability to the global economy as well. Yet, only time will tell how historic the ASEAN Charter truly will be. For better or worse though, we must move quickly if we are to make a difference on the economy.”

And to make that happen, the ASEAN leaders reminded the forum that the group has also adopted a blueprint to establish an Economic Community by 2015.

This is to create a single market and production base for ASEAN, allowing a free flow of items like goods and services.

Summing up, PM Lee said: “This has been an eventful 40 years for ASEAN. We’ve come a long way and at Davos, we’re presenting our plans for the next phase. We can’t see 40 years ahead. That’s not possible, even 10 years, there’s a lot of mist and haze. But over the next five, seven years, we have ambitions. We are serious about them. We know what we need to do and I think if we have another ASEAN event here in five or seven years’ time, we’ll have new items and new progress to report.”

ASEAN’s Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan believes the plenary has got people talking about the regional grouping. But he added that ASEAN must play its part by making itself attractive.

He said: “40 years of continuous development and high growth has given us a tremendous foundation for future growth. That, I think, is what’s so attractive to the potential investors and businessmen in our region.

“We just have to put our minds to the task and work and put our house in order. So there’ll be a lot of knocking on our doors. We just have to position ourselves and prepare ourselves to welcome the goodwill that will be coming from around the world.” - CNA/ir/vm

Source : Channel NewsAsia  - 27 Jan 2008

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97 new airports for China by 2020 to meet rising demand - China

97 new airports for China by 2020 to meet rising demand  - China

Additions will ease strain caused by double-digit growth in air travel

By Tracy Quek, China Correspondent

BEIJING - CHINA yesterday said it plans to build 97 new airports by 2020, a move that will cater to soaring air travel demand and alleviate the strain on existing aviation infrastructure.
The 450 billion yuan (S$89 billion) undertaking over the next 12 years will bring the total number of civilian airports in China to 244, up from 147 in 2006, according to China’s General Administration of Civil Aviation.

It announced the plan in a statement on its website but did not specify if the airports are domestic or international.

The new airports will be built in five main regions of the country - north, east, south-central, south-western and north-western.

When the expansion is complete, it would mean that 82 per cent of China’s population - expected to hit 1.45 billion people by 2020 - would be living within 100km - or a 90-minute drive - of an airport.

Currently, about 60 per cent of the country’s 1.3 billion people live within this range.

China’s blistering pace of economic growth over the past decade is seeing a surge in demand for air travel, as more and more well-off Chinese criss-cross the country for business as well as for pleasure.

And as previously undeveloped provinces and regions open up more to investment and tourism, the country’s domestic air travel market has grown by double digits annually.

The General Administration predicts passenger traffic will increase by 11.4 per cent a year between now and 2020. Freight traffic will rise by 14 per cent annually.

Last year, for example, air traffic volume rose 16 per cent over the previous year to 185 million passengers, according to official figures.

Domestic airlines are busy expanding their fleets to meet rising air traffic demand.

The increasing demand for air travel has resulted in immense pressure on several key airports in China. The Beijing Capital airport and Shanghai’s two airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, are bursting at their seams.

The new airport additions will ease some of that pressure. By 2020, the number of airports serving more than 30 million passengers a year will rise from the present three to 13, said the General Administration.

The construction of airport facilities, however, will go to waste if the country does not solve certain pressing problems that have been plaguing its aviation industry.

A shortage of pilots and limited airspace for civilian flights (China’s military controls 70 per cent to 80 per cent of the country’s airspace), for example, threaten to slow things down. The gap between the demand and supply of pilots is likely to be 2,000 by 2010, according to state media.

But building more airports will also mean more opportunities for foreign investors hoping for a bite of China’s aviation infrastructure sector.

The country opened up this lucrative market to foreign investors in the early 2000s and overseas airport operators have dived in to buy stakes in several domestic airports.

For instance, last year, Singapore’s Changi Airports International, an international airport investor, operator and joint venture partner, paid 1.08 billion yuan for a 29-per cent stake in Nanjing Lukou International Airport in east China’s Jiangsu province.

The venture was described as the first private-equity investment deal in a Chinese airport by a foreign airport.

Source : Straits Times  - 27 Jan 2008

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Free virus test in all affected area, but not all are keen

Free virus test in all affected area, but not all are keen
1,795 people in Clive Street area checked so far; NEA has widened area of coverage

By Mavis Toh
MR SYED HUSSAIN WAS GIVEN A LETTER by the Ministry of Health after undergoing a blood test and is now waiting for the test results. Unlike him, some others working in the Clive Street precinct have declined to go for the free blood testdone at a booth in Tekka Mall. — ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

WHEN health experts said he was in a risk zone for an infectious disease, Mr Syed Hussain did not need much convincing to take 30 minutes off work for a blood test.
National Environment Agency (NEA) officers visited Mr Syed, 35, in his Campbell Lane CD shop on Thursday and told him that he may have been exposed to the chikungunya virus.

They advised him to get the test done at a booth in Tekka Mall the next day.

‘It’s better to go for the check to play safe and it’s free,’ he said.

While some, like Mr Syed, took the agency’s advice, others weren’t so keen.

Gold-shop owner K.S. Oh, 42, felt the test was not necessary because he keeps his shop clean. ‘I haven’t been bitten; my shop is very clean,’ he said. ‘Besides, we’re busy; there’s no time to go down.’

His four employees all skipped the blood test.

The tests are not compulsory but 1,795 people in the Clive Street area have been checked so far.

It reflects the increased level of concern about the virus, which has symptoms similar to dengue - including joint pains, fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. It is also spread by the Aedes mosquito.

The first 10 victims were all linked to the Clive Street area. But the 11th victim, a Singaporean who was identified late last week, lives in the MacPherson area. His workplace is opposite the old KK Hospital and he is suspected to have contracted the virus while waiting at a bus stop in the area.

NEA has extended tests to people living or working beyond the Clive Street precinct.

Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday that a 150m radius had been drawn from the bus stop and people in the area will be tested.

At press time, neither the NEA nor the Health Ministry could tell The Sunday Times the location of the bus stop.

The NEA also said that the rain gutters of more than half of the buildings along Clive Street and in the vicinity will be removed.

These would be gutters which are in a poor condition or are on buildings where the owners show clear signs of being unable to maintain the premises properly.

Gutters can collect rain water and become prime breeding sites for the Aedes mosquito.

Owners who do not comply with removal orders could face fines of up to $20,000 or three months in jail.

Madam Y.A. Tan, 73, a shophouse owner in Clive Street, has been told to remove her gutters by Chinese New Year next month.

‘It’s so troublesome; I must pay for a contractor to remove it,’ she said. ‘If my neighbours remove, I will. If they don’t, I won’t either.’

Source : Straits Times  - 27 Jan 2008

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