Today, 15 November 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday November 15, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Towards a safer neighbourhood
    760 1  -  More police officers, CCTV cameras to be deployed at housing estates TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A greater police presence and more “eyes” on the ground in the form of CCTV cameras to deter crime are what residents can look forward to in the coming years. And
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      138 1 BOSNIAOUTFOR REVENGEANDASPOT IN EURO 2012 SPORTS PAGE Find your little piece of paradise at the 20th WOC World Orchid Show, 13-20 Nov 2011 ‘woe SINGAPORE 2011 20 th World Orchid Conference Find out more details at www.20woc.com.sg_ Tickets include a preview of Gardens by the Bay Flower Dome from 14
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific free trade vital to recovery: Leaders
      396 2 AGENCIES KAPOLEI (Hawaii) Opening markets to freer trade is crucial to a lasting global economic recovery, Asia-Pacific leaders agreed on Sunday as they wrapped up an Asia-Pa-cific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit that produced tangible progress towards a United States-backed regional trade bloc. The
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      Lock icon Italy's new PM rushes to build government
      516 2 AP ROME Italy’s premier-designate Mario Monti began talks yesterday to create a new government of non-political experts tasked with overhauling an ailing economy to keep market fears over the country from threatening the existence of the euro. Investors initially cheered Mr Monti’s appointment,
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      More than financial measures needed to address euro crisis: PM Lee
      384 3  -  IMELDA SAAD imeldasa@mediacorp.com.sg HONOLULU Describing the global economy as being at a “critical juncture”, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reiterated the need for countries to “promote growth and jobs” apart from tackling the immediate challenges. Speaking at the meetings
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      Lock icon Noda says Japan ready to help EU bailout
      268 3 AGENCIES HONOLULU Japan is ready to extend a helping hand to Europe, once European countries show the resolve to tackle their debt problem in a unified manner, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Sunday. But he declined to state a percentage of
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      Lock icon 'City in a Garden' will require ownership, dedication: Lee Kuan Yew
      354 4  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE It has been almost 50 years since former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew launched his Garden City movement. And just as becoming a Garden City took “strong political will” and dedication, achieving the “City in a
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      Lock icon Local businessman books S$1.3m Virgin space flight for family
      311 4 AGENCIES SINGAPORE A local family is set to become the first from Asia to head into outer space together, Virgin Galactic announced yesterday. The Singaporean businessman asked to remain anonymous because he “apparently hasn’t told his wife yet”, said the spacetourism
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      Signs of possible rebound in electronics sector
      233 6  -  YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While forecasts for Singapore’s fourth-quarter economic performance do not look good, with analysts having said that the highly cyclical biomedical sector will likely contract significantly, signs are emerging that the key electronics sector may be past its worst. Indeed,
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      Lock icon Britain may introduce laws next year to curb high executive pay
      389 6 AGENCIES LONDON The British government may introduce legislation next year to curb excessive executive pay, according to Business Secretary Vince Cable. Mr Cable, who believes high executive pay at some firms is not justified by performance, has set up
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      Lock icon M1 fined s$300,000 but will appeal
      278 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE M1 has been fined S$300,000 by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) for the disruption of its mobile services on May 18 but the telco will be appealing against the decision. In a statement following the IDA’s announcement of the
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      Lock icon US SUPREME COURT AGREES TO RULE ON OBAMA HEALTHCARE LAW
      206 8 AP The United States Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, with an electionyear ruling due by July on the US healthcare system’s biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years. The decision had been
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      CNB seizes largest haul of 'ice'
      224 8 SINGAPORE The authorities have made the largest seizure of “ice” in Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) history it has a combined street value of more than S$1.3 million. On Sunday, officers from the ICA inspected the luggage of a Nigerian
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      Lock icon China sacks 10 officials who allowed 'waste' materials in railway bridges
      325 10 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Railways Ministry has sacked 10 officials for fraud for allowing contractors to use substandard materials including waste to build railway bridges, state media reported yesterday. It was the latest setback for the ministry, which has been
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      Lock icon BEIJING-TO-SHANGHAI BULLET TRAINS TO RESUME SERVICE
      227 10 AP Bullet trains on China’s showcase Beijing-to-Shanghai line that were recalled over safety concerns following a deadly crash on another line will gradually resume service from this week. The state-owned train maker, China CNR Corp, recalled 54 trains on the route on Aug 12
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      Lock icon Love, practically
      603 12 Romance not the biggest draw at world’s largest dating event in Shanghai AGENCIES SHANGHAI On the outskirts of Shanghai two days ago, 20,000 hopeful, curious and in some cases desperate Chinese gathered for the world’s largest dating event. But it would be misjudging the mood to say love
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Should we ban cigaret tes?
      1071 14  -  To save lives and improve health, nothing else is as readily achievable as an international ban on sale of cigarettes PETER SINGER Peter Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Animal Liberation,
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      Turn spotlight on health, food concerns
      865 16  -  These issues, with far-reaching economic and security impact, need to be tabled at this weekend’s East Asia Summit ONG SUAN EE Ong Suan Ee is a senior research analyst at the Centre for Multilateralism Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.
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      Lock icon So what is the 'right price?
      627 17  -  CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is editor-at-large at Today. The authorities appear to be in a dilemma: Get the best price from land sales to fill the government coffers, or bring the cost of business down. The recent rejection of a bid by United
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  • VOICES
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      Three areas for SPED review
      639 18  -  Letter from Ang Lai-Kuin I AM a retired junior college teacher and I have experience helping out with subnormal students. I also volunteer and help out in giving tuition to disadvantaged students. I applaud the many recommendations made in recent days to improve the quality
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      We do not compromise on customer confidentiality: EZ-Link
      259 18  -  Letter from Johanna Toh Vice-President, EZ-Link Pte Ltd WE THANK Mr Denis Distant for his letter “Respect confidentiality of contest participants” (Nov 10). Firstly, we would like to clarify that the old ez-link card refund is a separate campaign from the EZ-Wins
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      Lock icon Lamenting the loss of another piece of history
      485 19  -  I SAY Dr Gan Su-lin Dr Gan Su-lin is with Republic Polytechnic. It started innocently enough; a notice in the newspapers about a Chinese cemetery making way for an MRT depot. This prompted me, in early 2008, to drive over with some
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      NO BEDROOM ON LOWER LEVEL OF MAISONETTE
      94 19  -  LETTER FROM JANE TAN A housing project launched last year has reminded me of maisonettes. Many married couples are not staying with their parents because they want to have their own living space and privacy. I believe that more will do so if
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Most estates barrier-free
      423 20  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Most housing estates in Singapore now enjoy barrier-free environments, with easy access to ramps and walkways that link to traffic crossings and public transport. A S$22 million Housing and Development Board (HDB) programme launched in 2006 to make existing housing estates barrier-free will
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      Lock icon CDAC STARTS TUITION ENROLMENT
      108 20 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Registration opens this week for the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) Tuition Programme for next year, to help students from low-income households who are not doing well academically. Those wishing to register can do so at 11 CDAC centres and the Potong Pasir Community
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      Lock icon Varsities 'about creating new, different pathways'
      307 21  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government’s target of raising the university cohort participation rate is not only about the numbers. It is also about creating “new and different pathways”, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Singapore
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      Firms 'too powerful over foreign workers'
      270 21  -  LIN YANQIN SINGAPORE While the recent raid on foreign worker dormitories has drawn welcome attention to the treatment of foreign workers here, more needs to be done to address the “root cause” of employers having “total freedom” to terminate work permits, a migrant advocacy
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      ERP RATES DOWN AT 16 GANTRIES FROM SATURDAY
      112 22 Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will be down by S$1 at 12 gantries for the morning rush hour during the December school holidays. These gantries include those near Braddell Road on the Central Expressway and those on the Pan Island Expressway near
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      Social worker recognised again for her work
      287 22  -  WENDY WONG SINGAPORE A social worker who works with dying patients is the winner of this year’s Outstanding Social Worker Award considered the highest recognition for social workers in the social service, healthcare and community sectors. Ms Ng Tzer Wee, 38, the principal
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      Changes to VEP operating hours
      147 22 SINGAPORE As part of ongoing initiatives to attract foreign visitors to visit the Republic, the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) operating hours will be shortened to end at noon from Saturday to Dec 31. The VEP Scheme was introduced to regulate the entry of foreign-registered cars
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      Lock icon Doctor fined for inappropriately prescribing Subutex
      162 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Medical Council has imposed a S$3,000 fine on a general practitioner, Dr Foo Yew Sin Patrick, for inappropriately prescribing Subutex. Subutex is a drug that can become a substitute for heroin if injected into the body with a cocktail
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      Lock icon THE SEASON OF GIVING
      113 23 Twenty Norfolk Pine trees have been placed along the Waterfront Promenade at Marina Bay for the first time to bring festive cheer to the area. Called ‘ChariTrees’, these trees have been jointly brought in by the Community Chest and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Seventeen organisations
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      Lock icon New WSQ diplomas for media professionals
      163 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE There will soon be more upgrading opportunities for media professionals in Singapore, with three new Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) diploma programmes to be introduced late next year The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Singapore Media Academy (SMA) will be rolling
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon STRONG QUAKE HITS EASTERN INDONESIA
      99 24 AP A strong earthquake hit waters off eastern Indonesia yesterday, sending people on nearby islands fleeing for higher ground in fear of a tsunami that never came. The 6.3-magnitude quake was centred 20km beneath the Molucca Sea, east of Borneo, the United States Geological Survey
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      Lock icon Ai faces hurdles, says lawyer
      292 24 AP BEIJING The Chinese tax authorities are impeding efforts by artist Ai Weiwei’s design company to challenge a huge tax bill, a lawyer for the company said yesterday, potentially setting up a showdown that could cause more legal problems for the dissident. Mr Ai was
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      Lock icon Court to hear 6 M'sians on absent voter issue
      210 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian High Court has granted leave to six Malaysians living in Britain to compel the Election Commission (EC) to register them as absent voters in the next general election. The question of voting rights for
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      Lock icon Release of Myanmar political prisoners delayed
      284 25 AGENCIES YANGON The release of political prisoners in Myanmar which was expected yesterday has been delayed after a meeting of top officials, sources quoted by AFP said. “So far we haven’t had any order or instruction from superiors,” said an official, adding that the
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      Lock icon Manila seeks ASEAN front against China on sea row
      233 25 AGENCIES NUSA DUA (Indonesia) Philippine President Benigno Aquino is set to court support from other countries at the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit this week to form a united front against China over a territorial dispute. According to an
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      Lock icon NORTH KOREA ‘OPENS LUXURY GOODS STORE’
      117 25 AGENCIES North Korea has opened a department store in its capital offering luxury goodsforthe ruling elite to help strengthen loyalty before the next dynastic succession, the authorities said yesterday. The store, called Potongkang, will open in February and sell imported luxury brands such as
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      Lock icon Syria moans as pressure mounts
      293 26 AGENCIES RABAT Morocco’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday that there will be an extraordinary meeting of Arab League foreign ministers tomorrow following the group’s decision to suspend Syria, as Damascus condemned its expulsion as “illegitimate”. Arab League ministers are already gathering in Rabat for a forum
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      Lock icon Taliban boast they have Afghan security plan
      213 26 AGENCIES KABUL The Afghan Taliban said they have acquired security plans for a major upcoming national meeting a claim the Afghan government yesterday dismissed as a scare tactic to intimidate participants. The Taliban boasted on their website that they had obtained maps and
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      Lock icon 7 DEAD IN GAS EXPLOSION
      104 26 A rescuer inspects a fast-food restaurant after a blast in north-west China yesterday. At least seven people were confirmed dead and 31 others were hospitalised due to the explosion in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi province. The blast was likely caused by a natural gas leak,
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      Lock icon NORWAY KILLER CLAIMS MANTLE OF RESISTANCE LEADER
      125 26 AP The Norwegian right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and shooting massacre that killed 77 people made his first public appearance in an Oslo court yesterday. Anders Breivik was escorted by guards into a packed Oslo courtroom. Breivik, 32, declared himself a
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    • Article
      Lock icon PENANG UNVEILS S$3.3-BILLION TRAFFIC MITIGATION BLUEPRINT
      137 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Penang government yesterday announced an ambitious RM8-billion (S$3.3-billion) plan to construct four major road and tunnel projects that aim to reduce traffic congestion in the state. Touting it as the state government’s biggest infrastructure exercise to date, Penang Chief Minister
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      Lock icon US officials worried about security at London 2012 Olympics
      248 27 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The United States has raised repeated concerns about security at next year’s London Olympics and is preparing to send up to 1,000 of its agents, including 500 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide protection for America’s
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      Lock icon Iranian missile expert killed in explosion
      254 27 AP TEHRAN A commander of the Revolutionary Guard killed in an explosion at an ammunition depot west of Tehran was a key figure in Iran’s missile programme, the elite military force said. General Hasan Moghaddam was killed alongside 16 guard members on Saturday at
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      Lock icon NEO-NAZIS SUSPECTED IN LONG WAVE OF CRIMES IN GERMANY
      211 27 AGENCIES Neo-Nazi terrorists are responsible for a crime wave reaching back more than a decade that includes the murders of at least 10 people, including immigrant shopkeepers and a police officer, German government officials said on Sunday. The group, discovered only
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      157 28 AP The International Diabetes Federation predicts that one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to its latest statistics. In a report issued yesterday, the advocacy group estimated that 522 million people would have diabetes in the next
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      327 28 AGENCIES MOSCOW A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off yesterday in a faultless launch that eased anxiety about the future of the United States and Russian space programmes. The Soyuz TMA-22 lifted off as scheduled yesterday from the Baikonur
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      316 29 REUTERS WASHINGTON The sun’s abundant energy, if harvested in space, could provide a cost-ef-fective way to meet global power needs in as little as 30 years with seed money from governments, according to a study by an international scientific group. Orbiting power
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      163 29 THE GUARDIAN BERLIN German sports clothing manufacturer Puma is developing biodegradable products, the company’s CEO has revealed. The sports clothes can be recycled or thrown on a compost heap at the end of your garden. “We are confident that in the near future we
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      113 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Thieves have snatched a copper sword from the burial site of President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered leaders in United States history, local media reported. The roughly 1m-long sword was brandished by the statue of a Civil War artillery
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      131 29 AP Salvage crew have successfully removed all the remaining oil from a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef, avoiding a worse environmental disaster. The vessel Rena had grounded on the Astrolabe reef nearTauranga on Oct 5 and the
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      279 30 SINGAPORE Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust) yesterday posted a HK$708.4 million (S$117 million) net profit to unitholders for the three months ended September, 0.1 per cent below its forecast of HK$709.4 million. Revenue for the July to September quarter was HK$3.25 billion, 7.5
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      234 30  -  LYNDA HONG AGENCIES SINGAPORE Olam International, a commodities supplier partly owned by Temasek Holdings, said yesterday its fiscal first-quarter net profit rose 15.1 per cent on-year to S$34.2 million due to higher contributions from its food and industrial raw materials segments. Revenue for July
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      228 30  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Transport company ComfortDelGro said yesterday its third-quarter net profit rose 12.5 per cent to S$69.1 million on broad-based growth across all segments. Revenue for July to September rose 6.5 per cent to a record S$877 million, the company said, adding that the
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      257 31  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The en bloc market is showing no signs of slowing, with two more residential developments being put up for collective sale. Thomson View condominium has an indicative asking price of S$595 million to S$635 million, according to marketing agent
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      180 31  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ Budget carrier Tiger Airways posted a net loss of S$49.9 million for its fiscal second quarter, compared with a S$14.1 million net profit a year ago due mainly to a suspension of its Australian operations, higher fuel costs and foreign exchange losses. Revenue
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      57 31 MONDAY CLOSE 12,079.00 (-0.61%) Friday 12,153.70 p 2.19% Thursday 11,780.90 q 3.20% Wednesday 11,780.90 q 3.20% Tuesday 12,170.18 p 0.84% NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 217.6m $6.05 q 2.58% Pfizer 40.8m $19.79 q 1.00% Citigroup 39.9m $28.38 q 3.24% General Electric 38.5m $16.10 q
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      184 31 Wall St suffers as euro-zone bond yields rise OVERNIGHT Stocks fell yesterday as rising bond yields in Italy and other euro-zone countries reminded investors that despite changes in governments, the region’s debt crisis could still spin out of control. Initial relief over the appointment of a technocrat to
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      220 32 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed STX Pan Ocean, South Korea’s largest bulk carrier by revenue, said yesterday it swung to a net loss in the third quarter from a year earlier due mostly to higher bunker costs and increased administrative expenses. The
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      90 32 DOW JONES Mainboard-listed BBR Holdings said yesterday its unit has won a S$179 million contract from the Housing and Development Board. The unit, Singapore Piling Civil Engineering, will build 1,386 apartments in Pasir Ris. Work is expected to begin this month with completion targeted
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      106 32 DOW JONES The Noble Group said yesterday it spent S$25.98 million to buy back 21.8 million of its shares at S$1.1886 each. Noble, whose shares fell 26.5 per cent on Thursday after it reported a third-quar-ter net loss of US$17.5 million (S$22.5 million), said
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      SWIBER Q3 NET PROFIT RISES 94.1%
      120 32  -  JONATHAN PEERIS Mainboard-listed offshore oil and gas group Swiber Holdings yesterday reported a thirdquarter net profit of US$13.52 million (S$17.4 million), up 94.1 per cent on-year. Revenue rose 12.5 per cent to US$137.7 million. The increase was driven by progressive revenue recognition from various
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      RICKMERS BACK IN THE BLACK
      113 32  -  LYNDA HONG Rickmers Maritime, a Singapore business trust that owns and operates container ships, swung back to profit in the third quarter largely on higher net charter rates and the absence of compensation expenses. Net profit after tax was US$11.1 million (S$14.3 million), up from
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      Lock icon Japan exits recession as quake scars heal
      259 33 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s economy rebounded from an earthquake-triggered recession in the third quarter by expanding 1.5 per cent from the previous three months, a pace that is likely to slow down though as a strong yen and weak global growth darken the outlook.
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      251 33 REUTERS BEIJING China’s annual monthly inflation is on track to fall below 5 per cent before the end of the year as the rise of food costs eases, the official Economic Daily reported yesterday, citing a forecast by the country’s top economic
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      262 33 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI India’s inflation exceeded 9 per cent for an 11th consecutive month, crimping the central bank’s scope to keep interest rates unchanged and shield the economy from a faltering global recovery. The benchmark wholesaleprice index rose 9.73 per cent last
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      1091 34 Cool it may be but privacy advocates say it heralds the end of anonymity THE NEW YORK TIMES CHICAGO Facial recognition technology is a staple of sci-fi thrillers like Minority Report. But of bars in Chicago? SceneTap, a new app for smartphones,
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        CHAMPIONS OF THE FUTURE
        51 36 This little girl was pleased as punch to be able to pose on the podium with a medal around her neck. Surely she would have been dreaming that one day, it’ll be hordes of photographers, and not her mother, jostling to take pictures of that podium
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        78 36 HOMELESS, AND THE WATER'S Athletes were not the only ones affected by accommodation woes at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. Talk is, many members of theThai media in Palembang were forced to rent a house believed to only have water supply for a certain number of hours every day
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      Lock icon A painful swim, but one to remember
      699 36  -  Singapore rule as Tao Li wins gold No 4, Arren and Shana make their mark and Clement sets new national record TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG She felt like “dying”. But, with less than nine months to next year’s Olympic Games in London, Singapore
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      ATHLETES TO WATCH
      154 37 TAUFIK HIDAYAT At age 30, Indonesia’s No 1 singles player may be a world-weary traveller but not too tired to don national colours once again at these regional Games. Olympic gold medallist in Athens in 2004, he also won the world championships in 2005. He will lead
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      SINGAPOREANS IN ACTION
      233 37 selected events Athletics Final Men’s 400m Hurdles: Zaki Sapari Final Women’s Pole Vault: Rachel Yang Final Men’s Triple Jump: Stefan Tseng Final Women’s 400m Hurdles: Piriyah T Final Women’s Discus: Wan Lay Chi, Zhang Guirong Final Men’s 4X100m Relay Gymnastics Women’s Balance Beam: Joey Tam Men’s Floor
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      Lock icon Table tennis machine moves through the gears
      525 37  -  Yang and Sun win mixed gold as men set up all-Singapore doubles final tonight SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA The Singapore men’s doubles pair of Yang Zi and Gao Ning lost the first set of their SEA Games semi-final fixture to the Philippines 11-7
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      Lock icon Hungry athletes, but the kitchen's closed
      567 38  -  Team Singapore stock up on food, chef-de-mission Tan asks for stomach bug issue to be investigated TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG Organisers of the 26th SEA Games have faced a barrage of complaints since the foreign teams have arrived here, and they show no signs
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      Silat hang on to three-gold target, after duo reach last four
      356 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA Singapore’s pencak silat team captain Shakir Juanda and Saifullah Julaimi gave the squad’s sagging spirits a lift after winning their respective quarter-final bouts in the ‘I’ and ‘E’ classes yesterday. The team had a shaky
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      Lock icon TRAVELLING IN STYLE
      54 38 The organisers have found a novel way of ferrying athletes, officials, media and spectators around the Jakabaring Sports City, the main venue in Palembang for the 26th SEA Games. The trishaw, or ‘becak’, has been a popular, quick and easy way of moving around the vast venue.
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      Lock icon Zhang still the shot put queen
      557 40  -  Singapore post a 1–2 in the event as Wan comes through with a personal best LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG She won gold in the event at the 2009 SEA Games in Laos with a throw of 17.12m. Her third attempt last night of
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      Lock icon Lim’s bronze prevents a Vietnamese clean sweep
      285 40  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG National gymnast Lim Heem Wei recovered from a bad start in the women’s individual all-round event to clinch her first SEA Games medal in the discipline. Yesterday, the 22-year-old totalled 49.484 points to take third place at the Conoco
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      111 40 AP PALEMBANG Luisa Dos Santos bagged Timor Leste’s first medal at the 26th SEA Games, taking bronze in taekwondo (women’s 46kg and below) yesterday. The 19-year-old, who reached the quarter-finals at last year’s Asian Games in Guangzhou, lost her bout in the last four
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      442 41  -  Pagunsan comes up short on the second successive Monday finish at Asia’s richest national open PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg GOLF Barclays Singapore Open 2011 SINGAPORE Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (picture) is the new champion of the US$6 million (S$7.71 million) Barclays Singapore Open, but just like last year, he
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      434 41  -  IAN DE COTTA ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER (GROUP A) Singapore vs China SINGAPORE One team only has pride to play for, the other has only a slim chance of making the fourth round of the Asian Zone World Cup qualifiers for 2014. But
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      264 41 AP PYONGYANG Much will be at stake today when North Korea host Japan at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in a highly-anticipated Asian World Cup qualifier that promises to be about far more than just football. Four of the North Korean players,
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      509 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST EURO 2012 QUALIFIERS (PLAY-OFF) Portugal vs Bosnia LISBON Two years after losing to Portugal in a playoff for the World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina finds the same opposition standing in the way of its first
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      221 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON England captain John Terry was prevented from answering any questions about the ongoing racism investigation into comments he allegedly made towards Anton Ferdinand at a press conference ahead of the international friendly against Sweden. Terry was facing the media for the
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      651 43 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON NEW YORK Faced with a deal it could not accept, and a negotiating process that had reached a dead end, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) elected to disband yesterday afternoon, thrusting the National Basketball Association (NBA) into
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      41 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS NOVEMBER 15, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF FORTIFIED METAL RANI SINGAM’S GREAT JAZZ EXPERIMENT T4 HEALTH ENJOY THE VIEW ON VACATION WITH THESE EYE-CARE TIPS T6 LOU REED METALLICA AWESOMENESS
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      1218 2 The grandfather of punk Lou Reed meets masters of metal Metallica and the result is nothing short of TRANSCRIPT COURTESY UNIVERSAL MUSIC SINGAPORE NEWYork’s finest, Lou Reed, is singing the praises of Metallica’s HQ in California. “Their magnificent studio is set up by musicians for musicians”,
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      193 3  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH Monty Python Sings by Monty Python (1989) THIS was the first “proper” compilation of songs and songs only from the Monty Python crew, including popular numbers such as Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life from Monty Python’s The Life
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      260 3 2PM Apart from being a huge success in its homeland, K-pop boyband 2PM has held sold-out concerts in Japan and Taiwan. And they expect the same response here. Nov 19, 7pm, Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets are at S$138 to S$218 from Sistic. Kenny G This guy’s career has spanned
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      547 4  -  Rani Singam says there’s more to it than all that jazz Christopher Toh christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SOMETIMES, you do get by with a little help from your friends. Not only can they pick you up when you’re down, in the case of Rani Singam, they can even help kickstart
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        This girl’s got some lungs
        242 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH FLORENCE Welch and her musical collective The Machine made waves with their album, Lungs, the last time out. It garnered rave reviews from critics and bloggers and just about anybody who cared to listen to it with an open mind. So how does
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        Soul Punk Patrick Stump
        141 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH IT’S Michael Jackson’s missing album of the millennium. It’s Stevie Wonder’s sonic experiment he forgot to tell people about. It’s the album Prince should have done. But, really, it’s Patrick Stump’s solo effort. I know.Whoa, what’s the Fall Out Boy bloke doing all this
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        National Treasures — The Complete Singles Manic Street Preachers
        133 5  - National Treasures The Complete Singles Manic Street Preachers CHRISTOPHER TOH THERE are 38 remastered singles on two discs here. It’s plastered on the cover so you can’t miss it.Also includes the new single, This IsThe Day. Of course, the Manics have put out songs that have been consistently true to
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        TKOL RMX *****67 Radiohead
        165 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH THERE’S a very funny video on YouTube where a Radiohead fan admits to other fans that he just couldn’t get into Radiohead’s later work. “I thought Kid A was a bit weird,” he cries. Well, he’ll probably think this one’s downright off the rocker
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      167 2 Marketing Institute of Singapore ws SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS Business Management Workforce Skills Qualification IBM WSQ) Framework The BM WSQ framework aims to equip leaders, managers and executives in Singapore with the necessary business management competencies in order to drive the growth and success of their organisations towards the betterment
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      369 4 U.S. FRANCHISES EXPANDING IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA Educational programs focused on creativity, innovation entrepreneurship for corporate executives, schools and children ages 5-15. Seeking Master Licensees Single Center Licensees US$25,000 Investment Required for Single Center Licensee The presentation and meeting will be held on 17 th and 18 th Nov 2011
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