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| 新加坡来福士城购物中心一楼一家售卖名牌手表的商店，在圣诞节晚上到隔天凌晨间疑遭窃贼光顾，被盗窃总值790万元的数量不详名表，这相信是本地损失最重的破门行窃案件。
高登控股（Cortina Holdings）昨天傍晚发表文告说，它属下的零售公司高登钟表行Cortina Watch）在来福士城的店铺，在本月26日早上被发现成本价格高达约790万元的手表失窃。 失窃名表的成本价格比它在截至9月的上半财政年净利529万元还多。 从文告的说法推测，窃贼是在圣诞节晚上9时商店打烊后干案，员工是在隔天早上11时开工时发现店内多只手表不翼而飞。 记者昨天采访时，店里员工约16人。店内分隔几个小型陈列室，分别售卖高档品牌名贵手表。据知，店内设有基本防盗和保安设备，但盗贼如何通过重重保安入店行窃，警方受询时表示还在调查中。 高登控股在文告中说，它已对本地所有分店加强保安，也将全面检讨现有保安措施，避免同类事件再发生。 它说，这起事件将影响明年3月为止的财政年业绩，估计股票每股净资产会下跌4.8分，每股盈利下跌3.5分。高登控股股票昨天继续暂停交易，目前股价是26分。它是在上星期五要求暂停交易。但集团董事局表示，集团的财政状况保持稳定，各分店正常运作。 高登钟表主要销售各种名牌手表，代理超过50个品牌的高档手表，在新加坡全岛有15家分店。 http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp081230_503.shtml |
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| Ex-employee's help sought
SOME signs that the theft of $7.9 million worth of watches and cash from Cortina Watch's Raffles City outlet was an inside job emerged yesterday, and police are now looking for an ex-employee of the store to help in investigations. The man, 35-year-old Jerry Ee, has gone missing, and his parents told The Straits Times that he has not been home since Dec 26 - a day after the robbery took place. In what appeared to be a related development, his services have been terminated by the watch retailer, and a notice stating that he is no longer an employee and is not authorised to act for the company in any capacity appears in today's Straits Times. Such ads, industry experts say, are normally taken out when staff of high-end retailers are dismissed or leave the company. This is because such workers often have extremely close relationships with customers. The notices prevent former workers who have been sacked or who have left the company from taking advantage of such ties. It is not known for how long Mr Ee had worked for the company, or what position he held. When The Straits Times visited his flat last night, his mother and stepfather said they had no clue where he was. They said they had left for Taiwan for an eight-day holiday before Christmas and returned on Boxing Day, and did not think anything of it when Mr Ee did not come home that night. When he did not return after a few days, they became worried but had no way of contacting him. The first sign that trouble might be brewing appeared on Monday, when they arrived home to find a note from the police on their door. The note instructed them to call a number, but they did not. Yesterday evening, police officers came calling again. They asked for Mr Ee's whereabouts and left without explaining why, said his stepfather, 62, who refused to be named. Mr Ee, who is divorced, has two children. He has custody of his four-year-old son, while his eight-year-old daughter lives with his ex-wife. He is listed as the owner of several telecommunications and air-conditioning companies. Said his stepfather yesterday: 'I just want him to come back so we can settle everything.' Interviews with Raffles City's security guards, other tenants in the mall and several watch retailers also threw up signs of an inside job: # Security guards on duty on the night of the robbery said no alarms went off and there were no signs of a break-in at the store. # Cleaners who worked through the night also said they did not hear anything. # The manager of the Omega boutique, which is just metres away from the affected store, said Cortina employees had told him there was no break-in. 'I know two workers at the Cortina outlet and both told me that it was an employee who did it. Someone else in the industry told me the same thing,' he said. 'It is very possible.' # The Singapore Clock & Watch Trade Association - of which Cortina Watch is a member - is concerned enough about an inside job to call a meeting to advise its members to improve the security of their stores as well as monitor staff behaviour, said its secretary, Ms Geraldine Lim. One retailer has already taken action: Managers at Sincere Watch have been asked to be more vigilant and to monitor staff behaviour. The theft of watches and cash took place after Cortina's store closed on Christmas Day. Police said yesterday that 386 timepieces of assorted brands and $27,000 in cash were stolen. A check at the store yesterday found that it was business as usual. At least nine closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were spotted inside the outlet, and about 10 staff members were in the store at any one time. Other retailers in the mall said they were aware of the theft, but had not been formally told about what happened. Ms Kat Ang, a boutique assistant at the Omega outlet, said: 'The manager told us about the robbery and sent us e-mails to ask us to be more alert. But we want updates about what is going on, so we can take the necessary precautions.' http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_320351.html |
家贼难防，新加坡名表店失窃790万元名表。
高登是新加坡Rolex AD，不知道有多少Rolex失窃了。
