Today, 10 February 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    38 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday February 10, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday February 10, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Helping families by helping service centres
    563 1  -  Govt commits S$30m more to build 10 new centres, hire more staff and fund activities NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Family service centres (FSCs) were given S$30 million more in financial muscle yesterday, which would enable them to better serve needy families by hiring
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      63 1 @tdysports SPORTS FANS, STAY UP TO DATE ATTWITTER.COM/TDYSPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS HOT NEWS 8 HOW MUCH WILL FACEBOOK CHIEF MAKE? SPORTS 58 WHO WILL TAKE CAPELLO’S PLACE? COMMENT&ANALYSIS SYLVIA HEWLETT BOSS TAKE HEED: WHAT TODAY’S WOMAN WANTS 14 NORBERT WALTER GERMANY’S HIDDEN WEAKNESSES 16 JEFFREY SACHS HOW E-BOOKS AND THE
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    Lock icon NEW BRANCH WILL HELP MORE RESIDENTS
    245 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN She now takes a feeder bus, with young children in tow, to the Ang Mo Kio Family Service Centre along Ang Mo Kio Ave 3. When Mdm Norlinda Mohamad Yusof receives rations of rice, instant noodles, sugar and milk, a taxi
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Greeks strike bailout deal
      296 2 AGENCIES ATHENS Greek leaders yesterday clinched a long-stalled deal on reforms and austerity measures needed to secure a 130 billion euro (S$ 215 billion) bailout a few hours before the country’s financial backers were to meet in Brussels. “A few minutes ago, I got a call
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      Lock icon ECB holds rates, coy on Greece
      212 2 AGENCIES FRANKFURT The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday held its key interest rate at a record low, saying it saw tentative signs of economic stabilisation but refused to say what part it might play in helping Greece deal with its crisis. After days of
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      Lock icon China inflation surges in January
      278 2 REUTERS BEIJING China’s inflation rate spiked to a consensus-busting 4.5 per cent year-on-year in last month as spending jumped during the Lunar New Year holiday season to break a five-month softening trend. The size of the seasonal distortion makes the last month data particularly hard
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      Lock icon Report on SMRT disruptions to be presented next month
      499 3  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NG JINGYNG IN WASHINGTON SINGAPORE A report on the causes and handling of the train disruptions in December by an internal investigation team will be presented to SMRT’s board early next month, to allow time
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      ‘Green’ COE, eat less meat: Two of the 1,000 suggestions to deal with climate change
      534 4  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Create a new category of Certificate of Entitlement (COE) for green vehicles. Eat less meat. Make climate change issues part of the school curriculum. These are some of the 1,000 suggestions
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      Lock icon Beijing to cut air pollution 15% by 2015
      388 4 REUTERS BEIJING China’s heavily polluted capital, Beijing, plans to reduce air pollution levels by 15 per cent by 2015 and 30 per cent by 2020 through phasing out old cars, relocating factories and planting new forests, state media said yesterday. The level
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      Lock icon NOMINATED MPS RECEIVE INSTRUMENTS OF APPOINTMENT
      123 6 Newly-appointed Nominated Members of Parliament Republic Polytechnic lecturer Faizah Jamal; Fencing Singapore president Nicholas Fang; Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union executive secretary Mary Liew; Jay Gee Melwani Group managing director Ramasamy Dhinakaran; Singapore Management University assistant law professor Eugene Tan; actress Janice Koh; National Volunteer
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      ‘US companies can export products for elderly to S’pore’
      363 6  -  NG JING YNG IN WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC There is a silver lining in the looming silver tsunami, where American companies in Singapore can seize the opportunity to innovate products for the elderly and export them to the region, said Second
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      GE results due to economic issues, says Shanmugam
      378 6  -  NG JING YNG JING YNG IN WASHINGTON DC jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg WASHINGTON DC The outcome of last year’s Singapore General Election (GE) has been likened by some political commentators as an Arab Spring, noted Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam. However, he felt
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      Continuous improvements in education system needed: Heng
      364 6  -  NG JING YNG INWASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC —The Singapore education system believes in continuous improvements to stay updated with societal needs, even as educational experts from the United States gave it a stamp of approval during a panel session at yesterday’s Singapore Conference.
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      Lock icon How much will Facebook chief make?
      647 8 Social networking site reveals proposed annual incomes and bonuses of top executives if IPO goes as planned AGENCIES NEW YORK Facebook’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg (picture), are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 per cent of their base salaries and
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      Lock icon Judge tosses out case seeking rights for orcas ‘enslaved’ by SeaWorld
      247 10 AP SAN DIEGO (California) An effort to free whales from SeaWorld marine theme parks by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in a United States court on Wednesday. A federal judge in San
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      Lock icon ‘Higher heart disease risk in men could be linked to Y chromosome’
      452 10 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Although heart disease is the leading killer of women as well as of men, two patients out of every three are male and heart disease strikes men 10 to 15 years earlier
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      Lock icon Japan testing traffic lights for colour-blind drivers
      342 11 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO Japan is road testing traffic lights that can be seen by people who are colour-blind as well as drivers with perfect vision. The signals have been developed by Mr Taro Ochiai, a professor at Kyushu Sangyo University, with the
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      Lock icon Japanese vending machines to offer free Wi-Fi
      245 11 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO New high-tech vending machines offering free Wi-Fi hot spots in addition to selling soft drinks are to be installed across Japan. Asahi Soft Drinks is setting up 1,000 new vending machines in five regions around Japan this month, with
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      Lock icon Tai chi ‘helps ease Parkinson’s symptoms’
      225 12 AP NEW YORK The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi improved balance and lowered the risk of falls in a United States study of people with Parkinson’s disease. Symptoms of the brain disorder include tremors and stiff, jerky movements that can affect walking and
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      Lock icon A LITTLE ZAP COULD GO A LONG WAY IN BOOSTING MEMORY
      132 12 AP People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may help Alzheimer’s patients keep more of their memories. In a small study in the United States, participants played a
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      Lock icon M’sian teen speaks foreign languages after accident
      260 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A teenager in Selangor has developed an overnight ability to speak in Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and Bahasa Indonesia following a road accident last month, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Noraini Ismail of Kampung Sri Medang was riding pillion on
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Boss take heed: What today’s woman wants
      1050 14  -  In places like China and India, younger professionals are gunning for work-life balance over a full-on career SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the president of the Center for Talent Innovation and Sylvia Ann Hewlett Associates. She is the author of 11
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      Lock icon Germany’s hidden weaknesses
      936 16  -  Clouds in its own outlook are strong reason for it to resist demands to bail out euro zone neighbours NORBERT WALTER Norbert Walter is chief economist emeritus for Deutsche Bank. THE NEW YORK TIMES With Greece once again nearing default, calls are going out this week for
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      Lock icon How e-books and the Net can help save the earth
      1030 18  -  The trick is to mobilise new technology and dramatically improve other technology that we use JEFFREY D SACHS Jeffrey D Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to
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  • VOICES
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      A take on parenthood in S’pore
      310 20  -  Paid childcare leave should be extended to cover parents with primary school children, who are also prone to falling sick, and not just children below the age of seven. Letter from Chlorin Chew Pei Wah MUCH has been said about Singapore’s low fertility rate.
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      Change employers’ mindset on flexi-work first
      104 20  -  Letter from Tan Lay Yan I REFER to the commentary “Get to the social root of the problem” (Feb 6). While government funding to support flexi-work schemes is important, the mindset of employers needs to be changed first. My friend who has two young
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      How many more immigrants can Singapore take in?
      161 21  -  Letter from Thomas Chan Hean Boon I AGREE with Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s assessment that Singapore would risk stagnation, like Japan, unless we continue to accommodate immigrants. Singaporeans are pragmatic and know that, to keep the economic pie growing and raise incomes,
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      Drawing the line on public accountability
      225 21  -  Letter from Chang Jun Biao I REFER to the media furore over Member of Parliament Yaw Shin Leong’s alleged extramarital affair and his subsequent resignation from the Workers’ Party (WP) leadership. Reports and comments in the press and online media have suggested that the
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      HARSHER PENALTIES FOR CASINOS?
      123 21  -  LETTER FROM HO SAN CHEOW The S$385,000 fine for the two casino operators, reported in “MBS, RWS fined for breaching Casino Act” (Feb 7), is a slap on the wrist for breaching the Casino Control Act. They rake in billions, so the fine should be high
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      ‘Founders Memorial Park’ to help preserve Singapore’s heritage
      286 22  -  Letter from Prem Singh TRULY outstanding citizens, be they statesmen, businessmen or people who leave an indelible mark in our community, are usually given permanent honours after their death. Let us think about this: Why honour them only posthumously? Why deny them
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      Lock icon A personal tribute to Dr Toh Chin Chye
      1587 22  -  I SAY Lim Chong Yah Lim Chong Yah is the Albert Winsemius Chair Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University. Dr Toh Chin Chye was the vice-chancellor of the present National University of Singapore from 1968 to 1975. For six years, I
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      441 21 VOICES ON RADIO Since the HDB relaxed its subletting rules, entire flats may be rented out, including on short-term leases to foreigners. Some neighbours say this creates an insecure, unpleasant living environment. Is this just a case of sour grapes over dualhome owners making money from their flats? Or do
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      43 21 IS MP’S ALLEGED AFFAIR A PERSONAL MATTER? Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/mpfser on for the letter from Lee Hong Leong.
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      354 23 LEARN CONNECT SUCCEED SMa Institute of Higher Learning THE FASTER ROUTE TO A DEGREE. The SMa Institute Advantage Being a not-for-profit organisation, SMa Institute is owned by the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation, a leading business federation established since 1932. i SMaRTEGISE 2,800 members across I I industries with networking opportunities. Advanced
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Move away from labour-intensive construction: Khaw
      453 24 SINGAPORE Singapore should try to raise its construction productivity, and move away from labour-intensive construction to more off-site and more advanced methods, according to National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. And key to doing so successfully are developers, as they finance the construction project
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      Lock icon Rise in employer’s CPF contribution not favoured
      338 25 The “No 1 concern”... is that the overall cost of retaining older workers would add to the total business costs. CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Even as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has signalled that employers’ contribution to older workers’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) would
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      Law firm launches pro bono practice
      212 25 SINGAPORE Enhancing its efforts in pro bono work, law firm WongPartnership launched a dedicated pro bono practice yesterday. Senior Partner Alvin Yeo, Senior Counsel and chairman of the exco, said the firm’s pro bono work for non-profit organisations and charities will be channelled to
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      Lock icon 24 SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING
      127 25 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Police busted an illegal gambling den and arrested 24 suspects in a five-hour operation which ended yesterday morning. They raided a condominium unit located at Kovan Road at about 1.30am and seized playing cards, chips and cash amounting to about S$3,640. Preliminary
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      Lock icon 3 months’ jail for sex with minor
      370 26 Chang’s lawyer said the victim had misrepresented her age to Chang more than once. It was difficult to ascertain the age of the victim, especially when she claimed that her passport was with someone else. CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A 43-year-old man was yesterday
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      S’pore Customs launches dedicated training school
      178 26  -  QIUYI TAN SINGAPORE Singapore Customs has launched a new dedicated training institute that provides specialist customs training, the first such facility in Singapore. It offers courses in areas like customs procedures and tariff regimes which are tailored for the local trading and logistics community.
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      Two women in early 20s found dead in Changi chalet
      106 26  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE Two Chinese women in their early 20s were found dead in the Aloha Changi chalets early yesterday morning. In response to Today’s queries, the police said one of the women’s family had reported her missing on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Charged with attacking 3 officers
      115 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A Chinese national was charged yesterday with allegedly attacking three police officers. Liao Zhong Mi, 32, is accused of voluntarily causing hurt to two sergeants and a corporal on Feb 7. The incident happened in Albert Street just after 3am. Liao was
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      Lock icon Man’s body found under flyover at Kampong Java
      163 28  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE A body, believed to be that of a male Indian, was found under the flyover at the junction of Cavenagh Road and Kampong Java Road yesterday evening, the police said. As at press time, the nationality and age of
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      Lock icon S’pore presents patrol craft to Indonesia
      249 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Police Coast Guard (SPCG) yesterday presented five coastal patrol craft to the Indonesian Marine Police (POLAIR), as part of efforts to enhance regional maritime security and increase collaboration between the two maritime forces. This is the first time the
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      Lock icon Syria veto ‘will not hurt cooperation with US’
      232 32 AP BEIJING United States outrage over Beijing’s veto of a United Nations resolution aiming to end Syria’s bloodshed will not affect cooperation on other international issues such as Iran and North Korea, a leading Chinese diplomat said yesterday. Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai
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      378 32 AP MAFRAQ (Jordan) Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatred brews on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city. Homs is now better known as the
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      Lock icon US steps up drone attacks in Pakistan
      159 32 AP PESHAWAR (Pakistan) A United States drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan’s north-west tribal region, killing three suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The back-to-back strikes could be an indication that
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      Lock icon Building toppled by NZ quake was sub-standard
      277 33 AP WELLINGTON A six-storey building that collapsed and killed 115 people during last year’s New Zealand earthquake did not meet construction standards and was held up by significantly weak columns, according to a government report released yesterday. Alan Reay Consultants, which carried out
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      Lock icon Another Tibetan sets himself on fire in China
      217 33 AP BEIJING Another Tibetan has set himself on fire in western China to protest government policies while thousands marched in another part of China to show support for their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a report said. United States-funded Radio Free
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      Lock icon SPILL BUT CHINESE CITY ASSURES LOCALS THAT WATER IS SAFE
      127 33 BLOOMBERG The authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Zhenjiang have assured residents that the local tap water is safe to drink after a ship spilled phenol into theYangze river, the China Daily reported yesterday. A panel of experts has
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      Lock icon India can help convince Iran to abandon N-programme: EU
      242 34 REUTERS NEW DELHI The European Union will ask for India’s help in convincing Iran to aban­don its nuclear programme and return to the negotiating table, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said in an interview yesterday. “I plan to ask Indian leaders
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      Lock icon Israeli President sends message of peace to Iran
      319 34 AP JERUSALEM Israel’s Presi­dent reached out to the Iran­ian people with a message of peace on Wednesday, as the West tightened sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme and a former Israeli spymaster said Israel is not in mortal danger. Mr Shimon Peres, an
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      Lock icon US drone kills Al Qaeda-linked militant in Pakistan
      243 35 AGENCIES DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan) A United States drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region yesterday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who served as a
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      Lock icon Police issue warrant for ex-Maldives President
      373 35 AGENCIES MALE A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant yesterday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned this week but later insisted he had been ousted by coup plotters in a political dispute that sparked rioting. Police spokesman Abdul Mannan Yusuf refused to disclose
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      138 36 AP Atrial on terrorism charges has been scheduled to start on Monday for an Indonesian man accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings. West Jakarta District Court spokesman Mirdi Alamsyah said yesterday the trial of Umar Patek will
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      Lock icon Thai PM’s party seeks charter change
      302 36 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party has submitted its plan to overhaul the Constitution written after a 2006 coup that ousted her brother, an effort that has sparked political turmoil in the past. The Puea Thai party presented a proposal to parliament
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      193 36 REUTERS YALA (Thailand) A retired teacher was killed and 13 villagers wounded when a truck bomb exploded yesterday in Thailand’s restive Muslim south, the latest in a wave of separatist violence in the region bordering Malaysia. Police blamed ethnic Malay rebels
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      153 38 AP FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida) A spat over forgetting to wish his wife happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges. When Judge John “Jay” Hurley heard the circumstances that brought 47-year-old Joseph Bray to bond court on
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      83 38 Mount Etna spewing lava on the southern Italian island of Sicily yesterday. It began erupting on Wednesday, causing the nearby Catania airport to be closed. Mount Etna is Europe’s tallest and most active volcano. Its eruptions date back to 1500 BC and since then, more than 200
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      Lock icon Cruise ship survivors to push for change
      259 38 AP ROME A United States lawyer who is seeking compensation for the survivors of an Italian cruise ship disaster said on Wednesday he will push for changes in maritime laws and technology to make the industry safer. Mr John Arthur Eaves Jr said
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      Lock icon 650 SUFFER FOOD POISONING AT POLITICAL PARTY BASH
      126 38 AP Officials of a Mexican political party are apologising to 650 Indians and other people who suffered food poisoning after attending a campaign rally in southern Mexico. But the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Guerrero state also says that blame
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      254 40 AP MOSCOW Opening a scien­tific frontier kilometres under the Antarctic ice, Russian ex­perts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigan­tic freshwater lake, an achieve­ment the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon. Lake Vostok could hold living
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      Lock icon Pentagon to ease rules on women in combat
      369 40 AP WASHINGTON The Penta­gon’s rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the United States military served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon is expected to recommended to Congress that
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      Lock icon America, Europe and Asia will become one continent: US geologists
      207 41 AGENCIES NEW YORK Geologists at Yale Univer­sity are predicting that the continents of America and Eurasia will fuse together over the North Pole in 50 to 200 million years’ time. Africa and Australia will also join the new theorised supercontinent,
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      Lock icon Eczema tied to higher erectile dysfunction risk
      232 41 REUTERS NEW YORK Men who have the allergic skin condition, eczema, may have a higher risk of erec­tile dysfunction (ED) than other men, according to a Taiwanese study of several thousand men who have the condition. The study, which appeared in the Journal
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      Lock icon HONESTY NOT ALWAYS BEST POLICY WITH SOME DOCTORS
      157 41 AP A survey finds that some doctors are not always completely honest with their patients. More than half admitted to describing someone’s prognosis in a way they knew was too rosy. Nearly 20 per cent said they had not fully disclosed a
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      150 41 AP Move over, coffee and Red Bull: A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. The product, called AeroShot, went on the United States market late last month and is also available
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse swings to loss
      506 42 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST ZURICH Credit Suisse reported its first quarterly loss in three years yesterday as its core businesses experienced a slowdown. Credit Suisse swung to a net loss of 637 million Swiss francs (S$872 million) in the fourth quarter of last
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      Lock icon PepsiCo to cut 8,700 jobs, up ad spending
      227 42 AP NEW YORK PepsiCo is trying to put some fizz back into its business. The food and drinks maker yesterday announced a restructuring that includes cutting 8,700jobs globally and plowing money into advertising drinks like Pepsi and Mountain Dew in North America.
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      56 42 THURSDAY CLOSE 12,890.50 (+0.05%) Wednesday 12,884.00 p 0.04% Tuesday 12,878.20 p 0.26% Monday 12,845.10 q 0.13% Friday 12,862.20 p 1.23% NYSETOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 477.3m $8.18 p~0.62% Citigroup 54.4m $33.66 q 1.67% Ford 52.2m $12.69 q 1.17% Sprint Nextel 45.8m $2.39 q 0.83%
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      EUROPE
      13 42 Ç FTSE100 5,895.47 (+0.33%) Ç Ç DAX 6,788.80 (+0.59%) CAC40 3,424.71 (+0.43%)
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      FOREX
      13 42 US$1 s$1.248 US$1 £0.632 US$1 €0.753 US$1 ¥77.655 US$1 A$0.927 US$1 HK$7.755
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        76 42 Third day of gains Stocks rose modestly for a third straight day after Greece reached a deal to secure a financial bailout, but investors were cautious after weeks of gains. Tech shares, led by Apple, gave a lift to the Nasdaq index and were the session’s strongest sector.
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        OIL
        52 42 Boosted by Greek deal Brent crude oil futures rose for the eight straight day, rising US$1.39 to US$118.59 the highest close since July 22 last year after Greek leaders agreed to austerity measures to secure a second bailout and avoid an unruly default. US crude gained US$1.13 to settle
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      Lock icon BRITISH MANUFACTURING REBOUNDED IN DECEMBER
      125 42 REUTERS British industrial output recovered more than forecast in December as manufacturers ramped up production, further dampening fears of recession. Industrial production —which accounts for around 15 per cent of the British economy grew 0.5 per cent on the month, the country’s Office for National
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s AirAsia X eyes IPO in H2
      250 44 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X is planning to seek an initial public offering in the second half of this year after the listing of the group’s Thailand and Indonesian affiliates, The Edge financial daily reported yesterday. AirAsia X chief
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      Lock icon Noble names Glaser CEO of agricultural unit
      167 44 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Noble Group, Asia’s largest commodity supplier by sales, yesterday named Mr Jose Luiz Glaser as chief executive officer (CEO) of its agriculture business, as the company considers listing the unit in Singapore. Mr Glaser, who joined Noble from Cargill in August,
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      Lock icon S’PORE TO RELEASE DETAILED Q4 GDP DATA ON FEB 16
      103 44 REUTERS Singapore will report detailed fourth-quarter gross domestic product data before stock market trading hours on Feb 16, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said yesterday. Most economists expect the final GDP numbers to show an improvement over preliminary figures,
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      Lock icon OLAM BUYS NIGERIAN BISCUIT MAKER FOR S$208M
      97 44 DOW JONES Olam International said yesterday it has acquired Nigerian biscuit and candy maker Titanium Holding for US$167 million (S$208 million), expanding the Singapore-listed agricultural commodities supplier’s packaged foods business. Titanium owns Nigeria’s second-largest biscuit and candy business with sales of about US$162
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      Lock icon Bank of Korea holds rate for eighth month
      241 46 AGENCIES SEOUL The Bank of Korea held off raising borrowing costs for an eighth consecutive month, as expected, as the economy slowed and exports declined due to the European debt crisis. Governor Kim Choong Soo and his board kept the benchmark seven-day
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      Lock icon Indonesia unexpectedly cuts interest rate
      254 46 AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesia’s central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three months, taking advantage of easing inflation to support growth in a deteriorating global economy. Governor Darmin Nasution and his board lowered the reference rate to 5.75 per cent
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      Lock icon Alibaba.com shares halted; Yahoo! update?
      251 46 AGENCIES HONG KONG Alibaba.com suspended its shares from trading yesterday pending an announcement about a transaction involving its parent, which is reportedly raising about US$3 billion (S$3.7 billion) to buy back a 40-per-cent stake in it held by Yahoo!. The statement, to address speculation about
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      EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH NOEL’S GIFTS
      147 48 Romance your Valentine with beautiful blooms from Noel’s Gifts. For this season of love, Noel has specially brought in “fresh roses frozen in time”. These unique roses have gone through a freeze-drying process so that it retains its vibrant hues and texture, even after years.
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      Lock icon Apple to reveal iPad 3 in March: Sources
      167 50 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Apple plans to introduce its latest iPad tablet at an event in the first week in March, the website AllThingsD reported, citing unnamed sources. The event will be held in San Francisco, likely at the Yerba Buena Centre for
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      443 50 THE NEW YORK TIMES AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Eastman Kodak, the inventor of the digital camera, plans to get out of that business in the first half of the year as the bankrupt company looks to cut costs. The decision to stop selling digital cameras along
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      147 50 AGENCIES LinkedIn posted fourth-quarter revenue that beat estimates thanks to strong product and subscription growth. The professional networking service, which went public in May, said fourth-quarter revenue was US$167.7 million (S$209 million) compared with US$81.7 million a year earlier, above Wall Street expectations of US$159.7 million, reported Reuters.
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  • PROPERTY
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      831 52  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN property@ mediacorp.com.sg Colin Tan is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. It has been nine weeks since the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) on residential property was imposed. Have private home prices made their longawaited move downwards? At this week’s
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      60 62 Nescafe. In celebration of World Happy Day FEBRUARY 2012 I SINGAPORE Saturday 11 Feb, 12pm -10pm 313 Somerset For every smile captured, Nescafe, will donate $0.50 to Operation Smile Singapore Screening of the movie HAPPY Saturday 11 Feb, 7pm School Of Thought Auditorium 222 Queen Street, Singapore *****0 Cost; $25
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      52 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS THE PRICE OF LOVE SHOULD YOU BLOW YOUR DINING BUDGET THIS VALENTINE’S DAY T2 FEBRUARY 10, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF HOUSE CLOSES ITS DOORS T8 MARIE DIGBY DIGS ASIA T11 CARS: BIG IDEAS WITH SMART CARS T14 Photo:
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        507 4  -  Chef Nguyen proposes an unfussy homemade taste of classic Vietnamese cooking RECIPE: ASIAN APPRECIATION DON MENDOZA THE Mekong delta, chef Nguyen Quoc Nam explained, is home to an amazing variety offish and fruit.And what’s more amazing, the delta produces half of Vietnam’s fruit and vegetables
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        542 6  -  The sophomore branch of Enmaru opens at ION Orchard, offering a more convenient location and a different menu FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN JAPANESE izakaya Enmaru may have made its debut in Singapore last July, but its location at Laguna National Golf Club may have deterred those who would
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        589 7  -  At bovine-mad Fat Cow, there’s good beef and plenty more if you can afford it FOOD REVIEW ANNETTE TAN FAT Cow is such an apt name for a restaurant that specialises in premium and Japanese beef.Yes, prepare your wallets, ladies and gentlemen, for this will by no
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        119 8 AP FOX’S medical drama House is ending its eight-year run this season. The show’s producers, including Emmy-nominated star Hugh Laurie, said it was a “painful” decision but that the time had come to bring House to a close. The drama stars Laurie as Dr Gregory House, a
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        118 9 GET the sunglasses and tanning oil out:The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammys Awards Sunday night for their first live performance in more than two decades. The original lineup of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks will
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        133 9 HERE is your chance to meet MediaCorp artiste Apple Hong and get an autographed copy of her book. The actress has published a collection of portraits of 80 smiling faces entitled A Book Of Happiness. “This is a coffee table book written by myself,”
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        426 10  -  CONCERT REVIEW: KASABIAN &THEVACCINES CHRISTOPHER TOH IT WAS a cool night. The full moon shone with a brilliance that lit up the night sky, as stars peppered the heavens.And with Valentine’s Day less than a week away, it was the perfect setting for a gloriously romantic date.
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        515 11  -  Singer Marie Digby on why she loves Asia and vice versa Christopher Toh christophert@mediacorp.com.sg AMERICAN singer-songwriter Marie Digby (picture) has a soft spot for Asia. And Asia loves her too, it seems. According to Digby, most of her fans come from this part of the world particularly
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        453 12  -  BMW’s first proper attempt at a hybrid car is a real bright spark CAR REVIEW Derryn Wong Derryn Wong in Lisbon, Portugal Feature s@mediacorp.com.sg GASOLINE-ELECTRIC hybrid cars have an unshakably positive image. Just look at the number of Hollywood celebrities that tote a Toyota Prius,the world’s best-selling
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        89 12 TOYOTA’S the acknowledged world leader for hybrids, with its Prius model and Lexus luxury hybrids.A new, compact model, the Prius C is launching today.The first German hybrid car to launch in Singapore was the Porsche Cayenne Hybrid in 2010, followed by the Porsche Cayenne hybrid and Volkswagen Touareg
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          83 12 BMW M has announced a new sub-range of vehicles, the M Performance line, which will be sold in Singapore later this year by its dealer Munich Automobiles.The new range sits between the existing high-performance M range and regular BMW machines much in
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          88 12 TOYOTA’S launched its newest hybrid model here, the Prius C, which is a compact hatchback comparable in size to a Toyota Yaris or Honda Jazz. Powered by a 73bhp 1.5-litre engine with a 60bhp electric motor and nickel-metal hydride battery pack, it boasts an
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        513 14  -  Clever idea for an eco-smart car JULIAN LOW NUS engineering students Javier Kwok and Ong Shiyi are building a car, though it’s not one that you’ll find in showrooms just yet. Instead, the National University of Singapore engineering students are working on an Eco-Car to
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        474 14  -  Singapore’s most popular hybrid car returns, but the high-cost landscape means things are much harder for the Honda Civic Hybrid this time round CAR REVIEW JONATHAN TAN HONDA scored a winner back in 2005 when they introduced in the Hybrid version of their top-selling Civic sedan. The idea
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        69 16 The Singapore Symphony Orchestra collaborates with the Yong SiewToh Conservatory in Dvorak’s ever-popular concerto. The two orchestras will be sharing the stage in the Alpine Symphony. Strauss’ last symphonic poem is a vivid depiction of a day spent climbing an alpine mountain, utilising enormous
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        85 16 Relive the nostalgia of catching a movie underthe stars at Paramount Night at myVillage, where you will be watching the show atthe rooftop garden underthe night sky. In line with Valentine’s Day, they will be screening Forever by local film-maker Wee Li Lin, a dark romantic
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        64 16 Get IT Suntec Sale Get the bestdealson consumer electronics and home appliances from as many as 50 brands. There will also be a notebook and desktop corner, with prices starting from S$399. Goodie bags worth S$99 will be given to the first 30 buyers of Alienware products daily. Until Sunday,
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        78 16 This short film by Professor Isaac Kerlow, artist-in-residence at Nanyang Technological University’s Earth Observatory of Singapore, explores the uneasy relationship between Man and Nature, and is a metaphor on sustainability, and a story about care and destruction, as well as life and death. It draws a parallel with
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        108 16 Find out more about the Master of Science in Wealth Management programme offered by the Singapore Management University in collaboration with the Wealth Management Institute, the Swiss Finance Institute and the Yale University, atthis session. Participants will travel to both Switzerland
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        78 16 Show off your Salsa skills on the dance floor and hang out with like-minded Salsa enthusiasts at this party. You might just make a few friends, or at the very least, pick up some new moves. Today, 8pm until late, INK Bar, Fairmont Singapore, Level 1,80 Bras
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        97 16 Keepers II Aspects of Love UPCOMING Singapore silversmith and jewellery designer Carrie K opens her atelierforthe second Keepers event a quarterly showcase of independent designers and artisans. See works by South African artists Bronwen Vaughan-Evans and Lisa Firer and enjoy a poetry reading by Sanjay C Kuttan while engineer-turned baker
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