Today, 27 February 2012, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday February 27, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday February 27, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    When having a baby changes your life...
    944 1  -  Wrongful dismissal complaints filed by pregnant women up 33% TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE After only four months in her new job as a client relationship manager at a global firm, Esther (not her real name) was doing well,
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    Lock icon G-20 moves to line up rescue deal for April
    553 1 MEXICO CITY The world’s leading economies worked yesterday to line up a deal in April on a second global rescue package worth nearly US$2 trillion (S$2.51 trillion) to stop the euro zone sovereign debt crisis from spreading and putting at risk
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      56 1 WAN IRA INCQC 2002 HOT NEWS 6 GILLARD WINS AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP VOTE LIVERPOOL WIN CARLING CUP SPORTS 30 COMMENT&ANALYSIS SIMON TAY BLACK SWANS AND SWALLOWS IN A TURBULENT WORLD 10 JEFFREY D SACHS A WORLD BANK FOR A NEW WORLD 12 JANE WILLIAMS WHITHER EMERGING MARKETS, IN A WORLD IN
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Govt reviewing laws governing IR operations: Iswaran
      242 2 SINGAPORE The Government is reviewing the Casino Control Act, which governs the operations of the two Integrated Resorts (IRs) here, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office S Iswaran said yesterday. More details could be unveiled in the second half of the year. Mr
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      Manhunt for suspected killer of US advisers
      429 3 KABUL The Afghan authorities said yesterday they have identified a suspect in the killing of two American military advisers inside the heavily-fortified Interior Ministry in Kabul and have launched a manhunt to track him down. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the
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      Lock icon PAKISTAN GOES AHEAD WITH DEMOLITION OF OSAMA’S COMPOUND
      189 3 AP Pakistan pushed ahead yesterday with its surprise demolition of the compound (picture) in the north-western town of Abbottabad where American commandos killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year. Heavy machines began tearing down the three-storey building and its tall
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      Lock icon Pay review for healthcare practitioners: Details next month
      502 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Details of a pay review for healthcare practitioners doctors, nurses and allied health professionals will be revealed in the coming weeks by the Ministry of Health (MOH), as Singapore looks into expanding the pool to meet the growing
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      Lock icon Australian PM wins leadership vote
      303 6 THE GUARDIAN CANBERRA—Julia Gillard will stay as Australia’s Prime Minister after winning the resounding backing of her Labor party colleagues in a leadership ballot against Kevin Rudd. The party room voted 71 to 31 to retain Ms Gillard as leader of the party and therefore
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      Lock icon Thousands protest over Lynas rare earth refinery in Pahang
      343 6 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sought yesterday to calm fears over possible radioactive pollution, after more than 8,000 people staged a protest (picture) against a rare earth refinery being built by Australian miner Lynas in Pahang. It marked
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      Lock icon HK Airlines under fire over dolphin cargo
      270 6 AGENCIES HONG KONG Hong Kong Airlines is facing a controversy over animal cruelty, after shipping five live dolphins from Japan to Vietnam last month. Information about the flight became public when an internal memo to airline staff was leaked to Chinese media last
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      Lock icon Mandarin overtakes English as Hong Kong’s second language
      253 8 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH BEIJING Fifteen years after Hong Kong was handed back to China, Mandarin has overtaken English as its second most widely-spoken language. According to census figures released last week, 48 per cent of Hong Kong residents can speak Mandarin, compared
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  253 words
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      Lock icon Strong quake hits southern Taiwan
      160 8 AGENCIES TAIPEI A strong earthquake struck Taiwan yesterday, causing minor damage in the southern part of the island. There were no immediate reports of casualties and no tsunami warning was issued. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said the quake struck at 10.35am in a mountainous area
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      Lock icon New Beijing airport to be world’s busiest
      339 8 AGENCIES BEIJING The Chinese capital is set to begin construction this year of a new airport that is likely to become the world’s busiest in terms of passenger traffic, the local media said yesterday. The airport, yet to be named, will be located
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      277 8 i place to live /A h,.; The Aedes mosquito can breed in stagnant water no larger than the size of a 20-cent coin. Continue to do the 5-step Mozzie Wipeout everyday. Protect your loved ones from the pain and suffering of dengue. IT’S YOUR LIFE. IT’S YOUR FIGHT. LOOK FURTHER
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Black swans and swallows in a turbulent world
      813 10  -  SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and teaches at the National University of Singapore’s law faculty. The SIIA convenes its Annual Members Circle today to discuss ‘Singapore in A Turbulent World’. Visiting Bangkok and then
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      Lock icon A World Bank for a new world
      917 12  -  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 the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. PROJECT SYNDICATE The world is at a crossroads. Either
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      Whither emerging markets, in a world in flux
      998 12  -  Are signs of economic change harbingers of something better? JANE WILLIAMS After decades of spending exceeding earnings, developed economies are fast running out of steam. Europe, faced with an ageing population and dwindling resources, is struggling to contain an unprecedented debt-crisis; the
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      42 10 The Aedes mosquito can breed in stagnant water no larger than the size of a 20-cent coin. Continue to do the 5-step Mozzie Wipeout everyday. Protect your loved ones from the pain and suffering of dengue. IT’S YOUR LIFE. IT’S YOUR FIGHT.
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      11 13 >> BRICS TO LOOK AT BID FOR TOP WORLD BANK JOB 25
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  • VOICES
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      Budget can be more elderly-inclusive
      316 14  -  Letter from Walter Jayandran I REFER to Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary “A 65-year-old’s view of the Budget” (Feb 23). As another 65-year-old, I am disappointed that recognition of senior Singaporeans who are full-time caregivers, and seniors who go the extra mile to help their working
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      Set wheels in motion for caring WAB bus drivers
      153 14  -  Letter from Priscilla Cheong Siew Mui I RECENTLY witnessed two bus captains of wheelchair-accessible buses (WABs) not providing service to wheelchair-bound commuters. In the first incident, the driver did not stop near enough to the bus stop. He blamed the commuter
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      What Greece really needs: A Margaret Thatcher of its own
      366 15  -  My humble advice to Greece is that, perhaps, they should ask: What would Margaret Thatcher do? It took a tough 10 years of strong leadership to reverse the economic decline. It took someone who loved her country and was determined
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      TAKE FIRMER ACTION AGAINST UNRULY CHILDREN IN LIBRARIES
      203 15  -  LETTER FROM TEO KOK SEAH I am a regular at various public libraries here and it is not unusual to see children shouting, running and frolicking while their parents just look on. Toddlers who cry incessantly also disrupt the peace. Library patrons,
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      HELP ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS
      183 15  -  LETTER FROM JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG The report “MCYS launches campaign to promote social work as a career” (Feb 21) should encourage more people to be social workers. Some people hesitate to make social work a career as they have misconceptions about the job
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon ‘Wheels’ for elderly in 6-month trial
      496 16  -  They can rent motorised scooters and enjoy subsidies for two-way ambulance trips AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Dialysis patient Yasin Mohamad Ali, 56, has weak legs and has difficulty walking. But thanks to the Central Singapore Community Development Council’s (CDC) new “MediWheels” programme, which was
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    • Article
      TR EMERITUS CLARIFIES STRAITS TIMES REPORT
      152 17 Socio-political website TR Emeritus (TRE) yesterday clarified a StraitsTimes report published on Saturday that gave the “inaccurate” impression that Fraser and Neave chairman Lee Hsien Yang’s demands “were unreasonable in that they would precipitate the shutdown of TRE”. Last week, TRE was served a
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      Lock icon Students take the lead in LTA’s campaign for grace
      423 17  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She and her friends did not think it was “cool” to give up seats to others who needed them more on the bus but an incident Yeo Shi Wen saw made her change her mind: A teenage
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      FREE DENTAL SERVICES FOR NEEDY NKF PATIENTS
      183 18  -  OLIVIA SIONG Needy patients of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) can look forward to free dental services. The NKF is working with the Tzu Chi Foundation to provide the services at the Tzu Chi Free Health Screening and Medical Clinic in Jurong West.
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      Lock icon NATAS FAIR DRAWS SMALLER CROWD
      118 18  -  KAREN NG The three-day NATAS Travel 2012 fair ended yesterday with travel agents reporting a drop in the number of visitors by about 3 per cent on average, due to the ongoing economic uncertainty. Nevertheless, sales at the fair were generally healthy, said travel agencies,
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    • Article
      MOU to lend helping hand to S’pore sports
      299 18  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To take sports to a higher level in the global arena. And even if international glory does not materialise, the foundation would have been laid and the Singapore sports scene will the be richer for it. That,
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      East Coast GRC looking for ‘cool ideas’ from residents
      189 19 Competition will provide residents with a hands-on opportunity to solve daily living issues close to heart SINGAPORE An inaugural constituency competition was launched yesterday at East Coast GRC to encourage residents to contribute “cool ideas” that enhance Housing and Development Board
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      Lock icon New sports centre is the 1,000th green building
      450 19 SINGAPORE The Republic has reached a milestone in its green journey with the Pasir Ris Sports and Recreation Centre. The new sports centre is the 1,000th certified green building here. It is 25 per cent more en-ergy-efficient than an average building. The
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      176 17 DON’T JUST READ ABOUT IT. WATCH IT. YOUTUBE.COM/ TODAYDIGITAL INDONESIA Fly from Changi Terminal 1 +Jakarta Yogyakarta (Daily Flights) +Bandung Bali ALL-IN FARE ONE WAY FROM SGD (4X Daily) Get your low fares only airasia.com Hotel Stays FROM SGD 29 Jakarta The Plaza Hotel Glodok Aston At Kuningan Suites Hotel
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Syrian vote sparks violence
      335 20 Polling on new draft constitution meets opposition boycott, clashes across country AP DAMASCUS Syrians began voting yesterday on a new draft constitution aimed at quelling the country’s uprising by ending the ruling Baath Party’s five-decade domination of power, but the opposition announced a boycott and clashes
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      Lock icon US should not rush pull out: Ambassador
      234 20 REUTERS WASHINGTON T h e United States should resist any urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of schedule in response to the violence against Americans sparked by a burning of the Koran at a US military base, US Ambassador to Afghanistan
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      Lock icon Life’s no longer a beach for Australian surfers
      341 21 Ocean currents causing sand erosion THE DAILY TELEGRAPH KINGSCLIFF Hundreds of kilometres of Australia’s most popular beaches are shrinking as ocean currents sweep their sands out to sea, to the dismay of millions of surfers. At Kingscliff Beach on Australia’s east coast,
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      Lock icon UNBLOCKED, CHINESE FLOCK TO OBAMA WEB PAGE
      149 21 AP Chinese are flooding a web page of United States President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Google’s social networking service with comments, after China seemingly lifted long-standing blocks. What some are calling “Occupy Obama”, named after the Occupy Wall Street movement in the
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      Lock icon EGYPT PRESSES AHEAD WITH NGO TRIAL OF AMERICANS
      154 21 AGENCIES The trial of 16 Americans and 27 others opened yesterday at a Cairo courthouse in what critics say is a politically charged case linked to a government crackdown on non-profit groups that has touched off the deepest crisis in United StatesEgyptian
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      Lock icon Britain to send unruly pupils to ‘sin bin’ schools
      301 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Disruptive children in Britain are to be educated in “sin bin” schools that will concentrate on basic skills with longer teaching days, The Daily Telegraph has disclosed. A government review after last year’s riots recommends wide-ranging powers
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      Lock icon UK puts crime-hit attractions on the map
      263 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Some of the best-known concert venues, tourist attractions and upmarket shops in Britain have emerged as unlikely crime hot spots on a new online map. The Home Office’s innovative crime mapping service, which originally showed incidents in groups of
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      Lock icon Silence of the lambs as fatal virus hits UK farms
      319 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Thousands of lambs have been killed by a new virus that is threatening the survival of many British farms. The Schmallenberg virus causes lambs to be born dead or with serious deformities such as fused limbs
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      Lock icon WHEELING IN TO A WIN
      121 23 Ms Katalin Varga smiles after winning Miss Colours Hungary, the country’s first wheelchair beauty contest, in Budapest on Saturday. Miss Colours organiserTibor Kazany said the pageant is the first such event in Europe and will be repeated annually. In the United States, the first Ms
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      Lock icon WOMEN WEARING RED SEND SIGNALS THAT ATTRACT MEN
      118 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH It seems men really do prefer the lady in red. A new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, has found that the colour red carries powerful messages about how receptive a woman might be to romantic
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      Lock icon DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE BECOMES ONLINE HIT
      116 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH It was a runaway success when published in 1811 by soldier Francis Grose, but the Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue is getting tongues wagging again after being published online. It was first available when Britain was under threat from
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Private property prices to fall up to 12% over next 3 months: Analysts
      548 24  -  AVELYN NG avelynngsy@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Private residential property prices are expected to fall as much as 12 per cent over the next three months. This is according to analysts who also expect demand for private homes to decline
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      Lock icon BRICS to look at bid for top World Bank job
      348 25 REUTERS MEXICO CITY The world’s major emerging economies on Saturday rejected the tradition that an American automatically is selected to head the World Bank and they will look at putting forward their own candidate for the open job. Finance chiefs
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (FEB 20 TO 24)
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        DOW
        65 25 FRIDAY CLOSE 12,983.00 (-0.01%) THE WEEK AHEAD The Euro gained broadly today as the Group of 20 major economies took fresh steps to contain the euro zone debt crisis. The G20 could boost financing for the IMF as euro zone countries pledged to reassess the their bailout fund in
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        US
        9 25 Ç NASDAQ 2,963.75 (+0.23%) S&P500 1,365.74 (+0.17%) Ç
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        EUROPE
        13 25 È FTSE100 5,935.13 DAX Ç Ç DAX 6,864.43 (+0.81%) CAC40 3,467.03 (+0.57)
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        COMMODITIES
        5 25 OIL US$109.58 (-US$0.19) È
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        CWT
        108 25 STOCK CALLS Outperform S$1.21 CIMB upgrades logistics firm CWT from underperform and raises target price to S$1.53 from S$0.93. CWT said its fourth-quarter net profit nearly tripled to S$22 million from a year ago, helped by contributions from a newly acquired subsidiary dealing in commodities marketing and supply chain.
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      Lock icon Luxury yacht sales in S’pore expected to rise
      655 26  -  Experts say superyachts which measure about 100m long can cost over S$100 million. Meanwhile, an average yacht can cost between S$200,000 and S$2 million. VENUS HEW venushew@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Luxury yacht sales in Singapore are expected to rise on the back of rising
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      308 27 _Jhey inspire us, nurture us, and fill our lives with love and variety. So join us as MediaCorp celebrates all things women this March. Catch exciting programmes, informative seminars and special offers as we dedicate this month to you. (97, BECAUSE WITHOUT WOMEN, LIFE SIMPLY WOULDN T BE AS INTERESTING.
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