Today, 26 March 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • HOT NEWS
    • 493 2  -  AMIR HUSSAIN hussainsamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The most important thing that students bring to the workplace are “deep skills” and attitudes, not paper qualifications, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday in a dialogue session with Ayer Rajah residents. The Ministry of Education (MOE)
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    • 196 2  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN Seven new primary schools will open next year and Primary 1 registration at these schools will commence this year. Five of the schools are situated in Punggol and Sengkang, with the remaining two at Jurong West and Woodlands. When asked if
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    • 366 3 GLASGOW A Singapore-based consortium has become the fifth group to lodge a formal takeover bid for Rangers. The offer, made on Friday, will now be considered by the club’s administrators alongside those from rugby club Sale Sharks owner Brian Kennedy, the Blue Knights consortium,
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    • 176 4 The Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society raised S$5.1 million at its fifth charity show, titled ‘Love All’, yesterday evening. Its target was S$3.8 million. Regional artistes, including well-known Taiwanese rocker Wu Bai and Hong Kong singer Jenny Tseng, belted out hits during the
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    • 442 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE A new way to process waste water in Singapore will be piloted this year, and it may produce more NEWater, use less energy in the process and make it cheaper. Today has learnt that Israelibased water treatment
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    • 217 4 Two former People’s Action Party Members of Parliament for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua and Madam Cynthia Phua, will step down as advisers to Aljunied grassroots organisations on April 30. The People’s Association (PA) has appointed veteran grassroots leaders
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    • 537 6 AP SEOUL Warning North Korea from its doorstep, United States President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch. “North Korea will achieve nothing by threats
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    • 207 6 AP North Korea yesterday urged its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong Un as tens of thousands gathered in a central square to observe the end of a 100-day mourning period following the death of his father, Kim
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    • 529 8 REUTERS BEIJING —In 30 years, the Chinese people have gone from having barely enough to eat to worrying about expanding waistlines, leaving the healthcare system struggling to keep up with an exponential rise in “nobleman diseases” like diabetes. The soaring
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    • 695 10 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has backed the embattled leader of his party’s women’s wing to stay on in her position, despite her stepping down next month as a Cabinet minister due to corruption
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    • 269 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER HULU LANGAT (Selangor) The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition is ready to win the next general election and take back the opposi-tion-held state of Selangor, Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday as mainstream newspapers hinted that snap polls are in
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 1049 12  -  HUGH CARNEGY Hugh Carnegy heads The Financial Times’ Paris bureau. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Nicolas Sarkozy was first catapulted to national attention when he walked into a nursery school in the posh Parisian suburb of Neuilly, where he was Mayor, in May 1993 to negotiate
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    • 840 13  -  MICHAEL KINSLEY Michael Kinsley is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG A friend of mine had his name in the paper the other day. It was an article speculating about who might inherit a prestigious post in the literary world when the
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    • 1096 14  -  MICHAEL E PORTER JANWRIVKIN Michael E Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and Jan WRivkin is the Bruce V Rauner Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP (DISTRIBUTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE) The American
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    • 751 15 BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL United States’ policy towards North Korea is crazy that is, if you believe the old chestnut that insanity means repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results. Each time the US thinks North Korea has agreed
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • VOICES
    • 462 16  -  Letter from Noel Chia Kok Hwee I AGREE wholly with Nicholas Aw in his letter “How to get disability terminology right” (March 21). His letter is most timely as Singapore strives towards becoming a more inclusive society. Generally, our choice of
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    • 182 16  -  Letter from Tan Cheon Kheong IT IS reassuring that the Government “is committed to make Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats affordable to Singaporeans” by offering a wide range of new flats, pricing new HDB flats affordably and offering housing loans at “reasonable”
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    • 371 17  -  Letter from Hwa Shi-Hsia THE advisory “Don’t get rubbed the wrong way: Protect yourself against molesters”, from the police and National Crime Prevention Council, is disappointing. First, the advice to shout for help, avoid secluded areas and be escorted home if it is
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    • 238 17  -  Letter from Henry Lim Li Shun A RECENT Channel NewsAsia documentary on China’s notorious child-abduction syndicates caught my attention. This black market is also flourishing in countries nearer to us. The abductor-nannies are well-trained, persuasive to children and remain calm when carrying
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    • 78 18 In our Page 1 report “MediaCorp recognises 3 outstanding women” (March 23), we described Ms Donna Chua, one of the judges of the Singapore Woman Award, as the GM Marketing of Robinsons. This is inaccurate. She is the GM, Group Marketing Services, The Robinsons Group of Stores. In a
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    • 112 18  -  LETTER FROM COLIN ONG TAU SHIEN I congratulate the Government for banning subletting in an effort to keep hawker food affordable. We should not stop there as there are many factors that affect the pricing of hawkerfood. I suggest that the authorities
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    • 280 18  -  Also, everyone’s range of ‘acceptable weight’ varies. To some, skinny is fashionable but to others, being full and well-built is appealing. Letter from Kiran Kaur TO AN extent, I agree with the commentary “Weigh more, pay more” (March 14) that obesity
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    • 185 18  -  Letter from Lim King Hui THE Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist, who wrote the commentary “China’s past needs to be rewritten” (March 16), seems to have forgotten that there are always two sides to a coin. That his history lessons
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    • 326 19  -  Letter from Frederick Tan Huay Teong THE Government and the transport operators have introduced measures to improve the public transport system. More changes could be made. Fi r st should have protruding roofs a l l b u s s h
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    • 277 19  -  Letter from Claire Chua Director (Corporate Communications), Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Mr Leow Zi Xiang’s letter “An incongruity in the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty regime” (March 14). He commented that while a citizen A who owns, partially or wholly, two
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    • 136 19  -  Letter from Brandon Eng WHY are our Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) trains not equipped with foldable seats to accommodate more passengers during peak periods, when seats could be left folded to free up space? Commuters would be happier to get onto the train and
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 725 20  -  Financial aid from MOE, independent schools for the less-privileged NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Unlike some of her peers, Raffles Girls’ School student Pearlynn Wee, 16, has to be judicious with her pocket money she gets S$20 a week from her parents and that often
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    • 109 21 There were thrills and spills yesterday at the third annual National Cheerleading Championships, which had a record turnout of some 540 participants and 44 teams. It was the first time a community freestyle cheering segment was introduced, to encourage more from the community to take up
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    • 147 21 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Tour bus operators to Malaysia may i ncrease fa res to cope with risi ng costs. Insurance premiums have gone up by 10 to 40 per cent because of the gradual monopoly, said the operators. Mr Simon Foo, who rents a coach
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  • WORLD
    • 246 22 THE GUARDIAN PARIS The brother of the gunman who killed seven people before being shot dead has said he is proud of what his brother did, according to a police source. Mohamed Merah, 23, was shot dead on Thursday after a 32-hour
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    • 189 22 AP The United States has paid US$50,000 (S$63,000) in compensation for each Afghan killed in the shooting spree attributed to a US soldier in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official and a community elder said yesterday. The families of the dead received
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    • 431 22 AP WASHINGTON United States investigators believe the American soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the attack into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again, two American officials said on Saturday.
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    • 319 23 AP YANGON Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has fallen ill while campaigning for Myanmar’s coming by-elections and has suspended her extensive tour of the country a week ahead of the polls, her party said yesterday. Ms Suu Kyi’s personal
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    • 208 23 AGENCIES BEIJING China has included two women in a shortlist of seven astronauts for its next manned space mission, the China Daily reported yesterday. Three “taikonauts” will be selected from the seven candidates to fly aboard the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which
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    • 143 24 AP Former United States Vice-President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant on Saturday, after five heart attacks over the past 25 years and countless medical procedures to keep him going. Mr Cheney, 71, waited nearly two years for his new heart, the
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    • 141 24 AP A United States man described by the police as emotionally disturbed is being evaluated after he tried to climb The New York Times’ 52-storey headquarters in Times Square, NewYork. The NewYork Post reported yesterday that the
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    • 311 24 REUTERS CHICAGO Rallies were held in cities across the United States last weekend to protest the failure of the police to arrest a Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer for shooting to death an unarmed black teenager. Protesters, some dressed in hooded sweatshirts like the kind
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    • 289 24 AP WASHINGTON Mr Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday, in the latest contest in a long, drawn-out campaign to pick a Republican to face Mr Barack Obama in November’s United States presidential election. Mr Santorum’s victory in
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    • 227 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confided to a leading Conservative MP that she would not have gone into politics if she “had her time over again” because of the effect on her family,
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    • 300 25 REUTERS LONDON A senior fund-raiser for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party resigned yesterday after being secretly filmed offering exclusive access to Prime Minister David Cameron in return for donations of £250,000 (S$500,000) a year. The disclosure is damaging for Mr Cameron’s party, which has
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    • 120 25 REUTERS Australia’s ruling Labor Party has suffered a crushing defeat in an election in the state of Queensland, handing the conservative Liberal National coalition the biggest majority in the state’s history. While having no direct impact on federal politics, the result is likely
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    • 165 26 AGENCIES Marijuana-like compounds can block the spread of the HIV virus in late-stage AIDS, researchers from New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine reported in a new study published in the scientific journal PloS One. Doctors already use “cannabinoid drugs” like marijuana to
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    • 177 26 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH New research in the United Kingdom has revealed how bereavement can weaken the body’s ability to fight off infections. Scientists have found that the emotional stress of losing a loved one can lead to parts of the immune system
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    • 405 26 REUTERS CLEVELAND (Ohio) A group of activists harnessing social media like Twitter and Facebook is trying to get consumers to spend at locally-owned stores in so-called “Cash Mobs”. At the first International Cash Mob day on Saturday, wallet-toting activists gathered
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    • 359 26 AP HAGERSTOWN (Maryland) Some drivers on a Maryland highway faced a tough choice on Friday when two plastic bags containing about US$5,700 (S$7,190) in notes and coins fell from an unlatched door on an armoured truck
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  • BUSINESS
    • 535 28  -  LYNDA HONG LyndaHong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With prices of high-end properties softening, some developers are putting aside units for leasing, while waiting for the market to turn. Developers are cashing-in on persistently high demand for luxury rental properties during a period when the price of the
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    • 397 29  -  VENUS HEW SINGAPORE —The rapid increase in smartphones has led to more companies competing for mobile payments. As online transactions grow, businesses are finding more options to accept credit card payments. Local start-up Swiff, developed by payment technology solution provider SCCP Payment Services (SCCP), launched its
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (MARCH 19 TO 23)
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        56 29 FRIDAY CLOSE 13,080.70 (+0.27%) THEWEEKAHEAD Investors will see a second quarter without much help from the central bank, which could see borrowing costs in safe havens such as Germany and the United States push up from record low levels. Thursday 13,046.10 q 0.60% Wednesday 13,124.60 q 0.35% Tuesday 13,170.20
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      • 9 29 Ç NASDAQ 3,067.92 (+0.15%) S&P500 1,397.11 (+0.31%) Ç
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      • 13 29 Ç FTSE100 5,854.89 (+0.16%) Ç Ç DAX 6,995.62 (+0.21%) CAC40 3,476.18 (+0.11%)
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      • 5 29 È OIL US$106.66 (-US$0.21)
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      • 91 29 STOCK CALL BUY S$0.64 Kim Eng kept its buy rating and S$0.80 price target, saying Starhill Global REIT is a prime retail play trading at a sharp discount to its book value. “We expect Starhill to benefit from the scarcity of new prime retail space, asset enhancement
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    • 33 29 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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  • DIGITAL
    • 519 30 Tech giant’s devoted shareholders get rich, and hang on REUTERS NEW YORK When Mr Anton Marinovich turned 18, his grandmother gave him US$1,000 (S$1,262) with strict instructions to invest in the stock market. He chose Apple. Seventeen years later, his investment is worth more than US$240,000 and
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    • 227 30 REUTERS MUNICH Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) reached a deal with German unions on Friday to cut 1,600 jobs in Munich, part of the telecom equipment maker’s ongoing restructuring programme, which includes 17,000 job losses globally. The company, formed by
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    • 145 30 Apple’s new iPad’s battery indicator is a liar, says a study. The research conducted by DisplayMate, a company that tests and evaluates displays, said the tablet continues to charge at 10 watts for two hours even after the indicator says “100%”, reported tech news site Mashable. Full story at
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  • SPORTS
    • 762 32  -  Ferrari ace warns car needs more work after Malaysian GP victory, as talented Perez shines IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SEPANG The script was simple enough for McLaren. With cars that are setting the benchmark for the new season, and with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson
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    • 344 32 AP SEPANG Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel (picture) was left fuming about his late collision with Narain Karthikeyan of HRT which cost him a points finish in yesterday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Vettel was fourth for most of the second half of the Formula One race
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    • 259 33 AGENCIES LONDON Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini avoided the post-match conference on Saturday following his side’s 1-1 draw at Stoke, leaving his assistant David Platt to explain that the Italian was concerned over what he might say. Although City went back to the top of
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    • 738 33 Newcastle United keeps Championship hopes alive THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Brom 1 Newcastle United 3 WEST BROMWICH Papiss Cissé believes language difficulties make it hard for him to communicate with his Newcastle team-mates, so it seems reasonable to speculate just
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    • 309 34 AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger’s men made hay in the spring sunshine, brushing aside Aston Villa 3-0 with ease to chalk up their seventh successive league victory and increase their lead over bitter rivals Tottenham in the race for third place. There has never
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    • 652 34 Five losses in six league ties threaten to tarnish Dalglish’s record AGENCIES LIVERPOOL When Kenny Dalglish took charge of Liverpool in January 2011, the club were still reeling from the ownership years of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Since then, he has steadied the Reds
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    • 346 35 REUTERS CHICAGO Luol Deng’s buzzerbeater in overtime gave Chicago a 102-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors at the United Center as the Bulls earned their fourth consecutive win and an NBA-leading 40th of the season. Deng made a put-back shot for the Bulls as
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    • 1464 2  -  New York’s nightlife scene has found a novel highbrow addition in Salman Rushdie Laura M Holson feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES AT 8pm on a rainy Tuesday last month, Salman Rushdie strode intojunoon, a Flatiron district restaurant in Manhattan where 90 people awaited his arrival,
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    • 728 4  -  Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam wants to stay and play for a very long time Christopher Toh christophert@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE fickle world of pop music in particular,Asian pop today’s headliners could easily be tomorrow’s nostalgic trivia question (quick, name the members of the Wonder Girls).
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    • 125 5 SONG and dance was the order of the day at the Kanal Challenge 2012 finale show, broadcast last night on MediaCorpTVVasantham. After 12 weeks of challenges, the team from the National University of Singapore beat out competition from ITE College West, the Management Development Institute
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    • 82 8 Catch the Commonwealth Secondary School Military Band in action at this concert. The band has a distinguished history spanning more than 30 years, and has won multiple awards overthe years. No strangerto public performances, the band has also staged rousing shows at events such as
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    • 109 8 What do a magical hornbill, a jewelled hairpiece and an old, yellowed official document have in common? Let your imagination take flight and showcase your creativewriting skills in this storytelling competition. Organised bythe National Heritage Board (NHB), National Library Board (NLB) and National Day Parade (NDP) 2012 EXCO,
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    • 98 8 UPCOMING Learn about inner and yogic science atthis eventwhich focuses on technologies for well being. The speaker is Sadhguru, the founder of the Isha foundation and a yogi and spiritual master. Figure out how to eliminate stress and tension and establish a positive and open approach
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