Today, 13 November 2012

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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp TUESDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    Lock icon Aftershocks rattle central Myanmar
    84 1 More aftershocks rattled central Myanmar after a magni-tude-6.8 earthquake killed at least 12 people on Sunday. The toll is likely to rise further as four workers remained missing at the site of a half-built bridge that collapsed on the Irrawaddy River. The quake struck small towns
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    Death penalty changes spark impassioned debate
    850 1  -  Sixteen MPs rise to speak in three-hour debate on changes to Misuse of Drugs Act PARLIAMENT NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE As Parliament yesterday began debate over the proposed changes to the mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers, some Members of
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    Demand for foreign labour expected to rise
    720 1  -  AMANDA LEE, WOO SIAN BOON leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Against the backdrop of an ageing population, Singapore could require about 193,000 additional healthcare personnel, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) and construction labourers in 2030 to bring the total number to 691,000, or about 1.4 times the
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      52 1 AS THE ECONOMIC CRISIS CONTINUES, EUROPE MUST GRAPPLE WITH ANOTHER HEADACHE SEPARATIST SENTIMENTS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 TODAY wishes all Indians who celebrate the festival a Happy Deepavali. WORLD 23 SECOND WOMAN IN PETRAEUS SCANDAL IDENTIFIED VIDEO MPS DEBATE CHANGES TO MISUSE OF DRUGSACT Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/drugs1113 for
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Too much discretion?
      489 2  -  MPs raise concerns on provision of‘substantive cooperation to avoid gallows PARLIAMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Meting out harsher penalties for those in the lower rungs of drug syndicates which one Member of Parliament (MP) described as “a perverse outcome of the law and a further widening of
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      Lock icon Stance on satirical film ‘not a step backwards’
      617 4  -  MDA did not see reason to change rating after complaints, but panel provided ‘second check’, says Yaacob PARLIAMENT NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A PO R E Was film-maker Ken Kwek allowed to defend his film Sex. Violence.Family Values
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    • Article
      Minister backs NUS bid to keep censure of blogger under wraps
      386 4  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE The conduct of sex blogger and law student Alvin Tan Jye Yee is “reprehensible and unbecoming” of a scholar, but Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday stood by the disciplinary proceedings of the National University of
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      Over 3,000 employees needed for new eldercare facilities
      340 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE More than 3,000 employees will be needed to operate the 105 new eldercare facilities to be built in the next four years, with the authorities looking to increase the nursing course intake, encourage mid-career switches and draw on
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      SAF enlistment ‘to drop but it will remain effective’
      336 6  -  PARLIAMENT AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While enlistment numbers of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) reached a peak of about 21,000 last year, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday said that these numbers will gradually taper and revert to levels in the
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      Lock icon Greece approves tough budget in bid for vital financial help
      401 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES ATHENS Greece’s fragile government pushed a tough budget of spending cuts and tax increases for next year through Parliament on Sunday, moving a step closer to unlocking crucial rescue financing from the country’s foreign creditors. The
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      Lock icon Japan’s economy shrinks by 3.5%
      365 8 Recession fears loom as country heads for second straight quarter of contraction GDP DATA AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s economy shrank in the third quarter, adding to signs that slowing global growth and tensions with China are nudging the world’s third-largest economy into recession. Gross domestic product
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      Lock icon More turmoil at BBC, another 2 execs step aside
      280 8 AGENCIES LONDON The crisis over the BBC’s reporting of a decades-old sexual abuse scandal deepened yesterday as two more senior executives withdrew temporarily from their jobs following the resignation of the corporation’s Director-General in what the chairman of its supervisory trust
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      293 3 Top selling project in September Over 540 units sold! SOHO Suite Townhouse Loft Condo 1? ■r* s* J i ■■A r; l M V*; A i A iff k £5 11 ■5S> ry Upper Changi MRT Station/ Singapore University of Tanah Merah MRT Interchange (5-min walk) East Coast Park/ East
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      258 4 BE THE NEXT ffpEC MOBILE APP WM MILLIONAIRE Mi M WORTH $500 °o p m J3 a a V Many of our students with Absolutely ZERO Knowledge in Programming have successfully published their own apps even topped the Paid Apple App download chart. Mr. Tan Hua Koon CEO Chief Trainer,
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      11 4 VOICES S’PORE CANNOT AFFORD A TINY TEAR IN SOCIETY’S FABRIC 14
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      93 7 19* I Someone to keep you entertained at all hours. Having someone around to make us smile or keep us informed, whether we’re at work or play, is something we can all appreciate. From up-to-the-minute breaking news to the best-loved melodies, MediaCorp has been happy to help provide that company
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      133 8 VIDEO GREECE EYES FRESH BAILOUT FUNDS Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/greece1113 for the video. leadership [earning literacy 1 entral 1 <•: <>j f Wf J!' ENGLISH ENRICHMENT with LCentral Learning Centres For Students from Nursery I Primary 6 G
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Europe — stretched at the seams
      882 10  - Europe stretched at the seams SECESSIONIST MOVEMENTS TONY BARBER Tony Barber is the FT’s Europe Editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Under the pressures of recession, fragile public finances and political grievances that have smouldered for decades, if not centuries, Europe is witnessing a rise in separatism and regionalism that is
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      SECESSIONIST MOVEMENTS: WHO WANTS WHAT
      289 11 SCOTLAND (UK) To the discomfort of secessionists, Scotland had no sooner won the United Kingdom (UK) government’s agreement last month to a referendum on independence than the crucial question of European Union (EU) membership reared its head. Opinion polls this year indicate support for full
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      FLANDERS (BELGIUM)
      250 11 In 2006, a Belgian television station ran a spoof report that Flanders, the nation’s Dutch-speaking half, had declared independence. Thousands called an emergency phone number for more information. Several ambassadors in Brussels sent urgent messages to their national capitals. At first sight, Flemish secession now seems an even
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      Lock icon CATALONIA (SPAIN)
      276 11 THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED A snap election in Catalonia on Nov 25 appears certain to produce re-election for Convergencia i Unio (CiU), the ruling nationalist party. Whether this triggers a referendum on independence and leads to Spain’s break-up is an altogether different question. Under Spain’s 1978 Constitution, regions
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      Lock icon To avoid fiscal cliff, call Bill?
      971 12  -  US ECONOMY ALBERT HUNT Albert Hunt is Washington Editor at Bloomberg News. BLOOMBERG There are striking parallels between Mr Barack Obama’s reelection victory last week and that of Mr George W Bush in 2004. Both incumbents began with mediocre job-approval ratings; each had a
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      29 10 To avoid a fiscal cliff, President Obama needs a game changer, a major figure with influence in the business community who could help pressure recalcitrant Republicans. ALBERT HUNT 12
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  • voices
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      Lock icon The hidden green costs of progress
      450 14  -  FROM RICHMOND LEE This year alone, there have been alarming weather activities possibly caused by climate change: Droughts, floods, the record melting of Arctic ice and the recent Superstorm Sandy. We cannot foresee if such abnormalities will persist, but these may be an entree
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      PA CAN HELP BY TAKING A STANCE
      100 14  -  FROM JEFFREY LAW While the report “Companies, ministries take shark’s fin off menus” (Nov 12) is heartening, I lament the apathy of the People’s Association (PA) towards the no-shark’s fin policy. As a government agency that reaches to the masses, it can play
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      S’pore cannot afford a tiny tear in society’s fabric
      233 14  -  FROM FRED TAN WEN JIE The writer expressed disappointment, in her online letter “Learn to laugh at satire in media” (Nov 5), that the film Sex.Violence.FamilyValues will not be screened (yet) in Singapore. She claimed that thousands would now want to
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      Lessons on empathy need not necessarily be from home
      243 14  -  FROM SUJATA DWIVEDI I refer to the letter “Why locals lack empathy” (Nov 8). I do not quite agree that multi-generational, joint family living always promotes empathy. Living under the same roof can also sometimes expose children to avoidable, negative experiences
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      Lock icon Dual public housing system would not be feasible
      305 15  -  FROM LEWIS KWONG I refer to the report “SDP launches policy paper on housing” (Nov 5). It is good that the Singapore Democratic Party and others are thinking of alternatives to solve the problem of high home prices. However, a dual public
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      Separate town council duties
      141 15  -  FROM DAVID KWOK NG KAN The number of public flats is increasing and so too the common areas that town councils have to maintain. The quality of these services is limited due to some basic reasons: First is the lack of manpower overseeing the estates. Town
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      List basic duties of estate agents
      157 15  -  FROM PATRICK SIO I refer to the report “Most agent complaints related to HDB deals” (Nov 2). It stated that common complaints include unprofessional or poor service, with wrong advice given, unpunctuality, not following procedures, misleading advertisements and improper distribution of flyers. More can
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      52 15 LETTER ASSESS HDB REPAIRS CASE BY CASE Scan the QR code, or you can visit tdy.sg/ltrHDB1112 for the letter from Yeo Shuan Chee. I '•.a 7 p- i VV. H i ii MS «g @srapi sv I K WTO C i »r 5Lf MediaCorp wishes our Hindu readers, viewers and
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      23 15 LETTER THIS ESTATE NEEDS BETTER CLEANING SERVICES Scan the QR code, or you can visit tdy.sg/clean1112 for the letter from Ralph S Lesslar.
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  • singapore
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      Relaxed criteria see more using health scheme
      349 16  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE Demand for the community health scheme that subsidises visits by older low- and middle-income Singaporeans to a private clinic has surged in the wake of loosened criteria in January. In the first half of this year, 31,000 people have
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      NMP calls for more help for SMEs
      390 16  -  PARLIAMENT WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Zero Spot Laundry Service, a 20-year-old home-grown company that employs almost 300 workers, has shelved expansion plans and is considering moving some operations overseas. Another company, Katong Flower Shop, spent money sponsoring five Singaporeans for a training
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      Changes proposed to Computer Misuse Act
      197 16 SINGAPORE Owners of essential information systems and assets such as telecommunication networks, banking infrastructure and public transportation systems may soon be directed by the Home Affairs Minister to provide information that is necessary to identify, detect or counter cyber attacks. Legal safeguards, however, will
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      M Ravi applies to drop defamation suit against Law Society
      294 17 S ING A PORE In the latest twist to a legal dispute with the Law Society, lawyer M Ravi is applying to the High Court to discontinue his defamation suit against it and one of its members, Mr Wong Siew
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      Overtime work: 260 firms caught for exceeding limits
      399 17  -  WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE Over the last four years, 260 employers failed to comply with the limits of overtime work stipulated under the Employment Act, revealed Acting Minister for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin in Parliament yesterday. Of the number, 21 were prosecuted for
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      96 16 Singapore's Favourite Mineral/Distilled Water 1 Survey conducted by The Nielsen Company in 2009 Purchase a Hot Cold water dispenser ONLY $320 (U.P.$700) and receive: V Ivf 5 bottles a' 0 Limited time puU offer only Hurry Now! "Valid while stocks last! •Terms Conditions Apply. •Note: Vacation packages are valid for
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      240 17 PROMOTION 2D Malacca and Legoland Adventure with Warna 94.2FM DJ TG This December, treat your family to a weekend of fun with Manja this 7 and 8 December. Spend a day exploring historic Malacca, followed by a day of adventure at the newly-opened Legoland in Johor Bahru, accompanied by your
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  • education
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      Lock icon Vice-principals who make a difference
      712 18  -  Rise in number of non-teaching staff being recruited to relieve the administrative workload of educators MID-CAREER CHANGE NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 24-year career in the air force has prepared Mr Arthur Sow well, be it in terms of managing a team of staff
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    • Article
      Lock icon More foreign students means more money for US Mid-west universities
      565 18 AP ANN ARBOR (MICHIGAN) Want to see how quickly the look and business model of American public universities are changing? Visit a place like Indiana University. Five years ago, there were 87 undergraduates from China on its idyllic, All-American campus
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Using transparency to stem environmental outcry
      443 19 China ’s govt will increase public involvement in decisions regarding industrial projects ENVIRONMENT AP BEIJING The Chinese government will require that future industrial projects include assessments of their risk to social stability, following several large protests around the country over pollution, a top official
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      Lock icon Xi Jinping has ‘democratic style’, says his father’s American friend
      538 19 REUTERS BEIJING Incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping has a “democratic style” that will allow him to lay the groundwork for much-needed political and economic reforms, one of only a handful of Americans to join the Chinese Communist Party said yesterday.
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      Lock icon From ‘superpower’ to ‘time for a reboot’
      897 20 Corporate India’s decreasing confidence in the country’s economic growth has policymakers on the defensive THE NEW YORK TIMES GURGAON (INDIA) To understand the pall that slowing growth and seemingly paralysed policy making has cast over business sentiment in India, look no further than
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      Lock icon Karzai has investment, security on his mind during India visit
      249 20 AP NEW DELHI Afghan President Hamid Karzai was due to meet Indian leaders yesterday to woo investment to his war-torn country and boost security before drawdown of North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops in 2014. India has invested more than US$2.3
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      30 19 VIDEO NEW CHINESE LEADERS ‘NEED TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE’WHEN RESTRUCTURING ECONOMY Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/cneconomy1113 for the video.
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  • world
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      Lock icon Myanmar: Bonanza or quagmire?
      1028 21 Western investors flock to the country as it opens up, attracted by the promise of untapped riches FOREIGN INVESTMENT DOW JONES YANGON For Mr Tim Love, a ViceChairman of advertising giant Omnicom Group, it was an opportunity too good to pass up: An entire country, off
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      Lock icon Iran to test new air defence system
      367 21 AP TEHR AN Iran’s military is to test a new air defence system modelled after the United States Hawk system as tensions with the West escalate over the country’s suspected nuclear programme, Iran’s state television reported yesterday. General Farzad Esmaili, chief of Iran’s
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      Lock icon Noda eyes snap election next month
      555 22 PM plans to make support of US-led trade pact part of party’s campaign platform JAPAN POLITICS REUTERS TOK YO Under growing opposition pressure to keep a promise to call an election soon, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks to be leaning towards calling a
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      Lock icon JAPAN POLITICAL POWER BROKER ACQUITTED AGAIN
      127 22 AGENCIES The Tokyo High Court yesterday acquitted a key political power broker, saying there was no evidence he conspired with aides to falsify political fund reports. The decision clears the way for Mr Ichiro Ozawa (picture), 70, to exert sway in looming parliamentary elections.
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      Lock icon No discussion yet on asset declaration for UMNO candidates
      191 22 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) has yet to discuss getting its election candidates to declare their assets, its Information chief Ahmad Maslan said yesterday, as pressure mounts for the ruling party to improve the
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      Lock icon Anwar’s wife reluctant to run in next election
      429 22 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PETALING JAYA Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, wife of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), said she is not keen to run in the next General Election and that she would rather spend time
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      Lock icon Identified: Second woman in Petraeus scandal
      656 23 AGENCIES WASHINGTON As questions swirl about the extramarital affair that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, the retired general and his biographer, Ms Paula Broadwell, have been quiet about details of their relationship. However, information has emerged about the woman who
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      Lock icon Satellites reveal why Antarctic sea ice grows as Arctic melts
      475 23 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The mystery of the expansion of sea ice around Antarctica, at the same time as global warming is melting swaths of Arctic sea ice, has been solved using data from American military satellites. Two decades of measurements
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      Lock icon CLIMATE CHANGE COULD MEAN NO BAMBOO FOR PANDAS
      228 23 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Climate change threatens to drive China’s giants pandas to extinction in the wild as rising temperatures wipe out bamboo in the last remaining habitat for the endangered species, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
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  • business
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      Lock icon PICC plans HK’s largest listing this year
      142 24 DOW JONES HONG KONG State-owned People’s Insurance Company of China Group (PICC) is planning a listing that values the firm at around US$20.8 billion (S$25.4 billion), according to sources, in what could be the largest initial public offering in Hong Kong this year.
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      Lock icon Fall in loans reveals continued pressure on Chinese economy
      389 24 CHINA ECONOMY REUTERS BEIJING Chinese banks made fewer local currency loans in October than expected and total financing in the economy expanded more slowly than in September, suggesting Beijing may need to do more to ensure policy is loose enough to
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      Lock icon Genting S’pore profit falls on casino revenue
      229 24 AGENCIES S I N G A P O R E Genting Singapore’s third-quarter net profit fell 34 per cent from a year earlier on a drop in casino revenue from Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). Net profit was S$138.4 million for the three months
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      Lock icon Golden Agri-Resources profit down
      184 24 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Golden Agri-Resources’ third-quarter net profit fell 22 per cent from a year earlier due to lower palm oil prices and higher soya bean costs. Net profit for the quarter ended Sept 30 was US$86 million (S$105 million), compared with US$110 million in the
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      155 24 OS A A GLOBAL EDUCATION Lancaster University Management School T. "■w QS EMBA Fair at Pan Pacific Singapore Presentation at 1 pm, 17 Nov 2012 (Sat) Course Preview at SAA-GE Somerset City Campus 7pm, 19 Nov 2012 (Mon) Meet Professor Jonathan Matheny, Director of Lancaster Global MBA at the following
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  • impact
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      Lock icon Coke’s new ‘Journey’
      332 25 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Coca-Cola is refreshing its corporate website, adopting an approach and attitude more akin to a consumer magazine than a business portal. The site makeover has been described as the most ambitious digital project it has undertaken. To re-present the corporate website
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      Lock icon Reaching out on the go
      616 25  -  Effective mobile advertising these days is more than rolling out an app and mobile website MOBILE ADVERTISING KHOO BEE KHIM khoobeekhim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE How consumers interact with technology has shaped the development of mobile advertising. From the days of simple texting to win prizes and get
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Phone fight
      663 26  -  Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC Windows Phone 8Xfight for the right to carry Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 banner SMARTPHONES PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Last month, Finnish phone maker Nokia enraged rivals when it made a bold claim that its Lumia
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      Google Maps Navigation finds its way to Singapore
      549 26  -  PETER YEO SINGAPORE Google users who need help finding their way around the island will get help from today. A tool on the Google Maps app will be activated later today that will enable turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation for all Android powered smartphones.
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    • Article
      StarHub iPhone 5 users can now connect to 4G network in some areas
      231 27 SINGAPORE StarHub yesterday announced the availability of its 4G service to iPhone 5 users. StarHub had already announced the availability of the 4G long-term evolution (LTE) service to other 4G capable phones on Sept 19. However, 4G
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      Lock icon Downs and ups in China’s Google traffic
      297 27 BLOOMBERG MOUNTAIN VIEW (CALIFORNIA) Google reported higher traffic patterns on its sites in China after the company earlier said there was an unusual decline in the country, and an Internet monitor said company services were blocked there. Google’s Transparency Report, which measures traffic
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  • sports
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      Lock icon BOOST FOR SINGAPORE SAILING
      665 28  -  New international role for SSF deputy chief as Republic looks to 2016 Games SAILING LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) reinstatement of windsurfing to the 2016 Olympic Games has been welcomed by the sailing fraternity here and abroad. And there was further
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      Lock icon CHELSEA LEFT SWEATING OVER TERRY
      320 28 AGENCIES LONDON Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has not ruled out the possibility that John Terry could miss the rest of the season after it was feared he may have ruptured ligaments in his right knee. However, a media report late last night claimed that
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      Lock icon STAGS POISED TO CHARGE
      576 29  -  Tampines Rovers beef up to face Asia’s best even with league entry still uncertain S-LEAGUE DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Newly-crowned Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League champions Tampines Rovers are pulling out all the stops to have a go at Asia’s best next season, despite not knowing if
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      Lock icon S’PORE ‘CAN DO MORE TO PROMOTE POLE VAULT’
      372 29  -  DEBORAH ONG SINGAPORE United States Track and Field high performance coach Brian Yokoyama believes Singapore has the infrastructure to do well in pole vault, but not enough is done to promote it. And winning medals is one of the best ways to
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      94 30 NBA Brooklyn 82 Orlando 74, Clippers 89 Atlanta 76, Memphis 104 Miami 86, Oklahoma City 106 Cleveland 91, Lakers 103 Sacramento 90 Serie A AC Milan 1 Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 3 Inter Milan 2, Chievo 2 Udinese 2, Genoa 2 Napoli 4, Lazio 3 Roma 2, Palermo 2 Sampdoria
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      236 30 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers have appointed Mike D’Antoni (picture) as their new coach, ending talk that 11-time NBA champion Phil Jackson would make a return to the club. D’Antoni’s agent Warren Legarie confirmed the four-year deal late on Sunday
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      457 30 Disgraced cyclist posts photo of himself relaxing with his Tour de France jerseys DOPING SCANDAL AGENCIES LONDON Disgraced American rider Lance Armstrong has resigned from the board of Livestrong Foundation, the charity he started 15 years ago after testicular cancer nearly ended his cycling career.
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      54 31 BY DESIGN LUCA NICHETTO LOVES TO DESIGN A ‘SLOW’ HOUSE 34 TRIPLE WINNER TAYLOR SWIFT TAKES HOME THREE AWARDS AT MTV EUROPE 35 TRAVEL WRITER JUST DON’T ASK PICO IYER ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON HOLIDAY TUESDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2012 36 SHABIR WE SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON VASANTHAM’S LEADING MAN
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        SONGS IN THE CITY
        1281 32  -  THE INIMITABLE SHABIR EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SINGAPOREAN INDIAN THROUGH HIS WORK MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Shabir is a Vasantham success story. Since he became the first Vasantham Star in 2005, he has against the general TV talent competition show trend grown and evolved
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        823 33 Bear Grylls on his new Survival Academy, eating goat’s testicles, and recuperating with a cup of tea and a bubble bath BOOT CAMP THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON This week the inaugural Bear Grylls Survival Academy took place in the Scottish Highlands, giving six intrepid travellers the chance
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        536 34  -  Venetian designer Luca Nichetto loves a city and house where time can stand still DESIGN OF TWO TIMES SERENE LIM Serene Lim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Milan may be the centre of the design, especially for Italian designers, but don’t count Luca Nichetto among the city’s fans or residents. “Design
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        181 34  -  GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE Director Jack Neo’s latest movie, Ah Boys To Men, took the No 1 spot at the local box office, securing the biggest opening weekend ever for a local movie. Starring veterans Richard Low and Irene Ang alongside newcomer Joshua Tan, it collected
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        856 35 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH FR ANKFURT American country singer Taylor Swift, 22, was named Best Female Act and Best Live Act at the 2012 MTV European Music Awards. She also won Best Look. “Drei? Drei? I can’t believe you gave me three awards,” she told the boisterous 7,000
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        1231 36  -  Why the renowned author doesn’t like taking holidays, he just likes going places PICO IYER MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A PO R E You’d be forgiven for thinking that Pico Iyer is a Luddite. The acclaimed travel writer doesn’t own a cellphone and his most
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        525 37  -  Who decided that unwritten rule that beer is for blokes and white wine is for women? LOUISA PEACOCK features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON I love beer. I always have. Give me a pint of bitter any day over a dry white wine. Well, I say bitter,
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        160 37 REUTERS NEW YORK The Simpsons may get another shot at an Oscar thanks to a short starring Maggie Simpson, the youngest member of the yellow family from Springfield. The Academy has narrowed its list for the Animated Short Award from 56 to 10,
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        158 37 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie have joined the voice cast for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow’s Lego: The Piece Of Resistance, Warner Bros said on Friday. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Morgan
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        YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: A VARIETY SPECIAL
        78 38 OUR PICK Go down memory lane with timeless evergreen hits brought to you by local artistes from the 60s and 70s. Performers include Tony Quek from the Mysterians, evergreen crooner Paul Cheong, Wilson David (aka Singapore’s Elvis) and Singapore’s first girl band, The Teepees.
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        91 38 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE 2012 WORLD CINEMA SERIES: O DRAKOS THE FIEND OF ATHENS After being heavily referenced in the novel Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, this obscure Greek film from1956has resurfaced. It follows a timid little man who realises he possesses an uncanny similarity in appearance with a renowned serial
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        ELAINE PAIGE
        63 38 They call her the “first lady of British musical theatre”, and indeed, few from Old Blighty can compare with the person who lent her voice to hits such as I Know Him So Well (from Chess) and Memory (from Cats). Her special guest is Kris Phillips, aka Fei
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        STEVEN ISSERLIS & MELVYN TAN PLAY BEETHOVEN
        82 38 STEVEN ISSERLIS MELVYN TAN PLAY BEETHOVEN The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music J oin hands to present the cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Melvyn Tan. It’s an allBeethoven recital that showcases the first two Sonatas For Cello And Piano and two sets of variations
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        2012 TAIWAN FILM FESTIVAL
        61 38 The Taiwan Film Festival returns for the 2012 edition this month. Organised by the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore in collaboration with Lianhe Zaobao and The Arts House, the festival will feature five films that capture the different aspects of life in Taiwan. Until Nov 15,
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        PIRATES OF THE EAST EXHIBITION
        69 38 Forget Captain Jack Sparrow and those blokes from the Caribbean. Set sail on a remarkable journey back in time with the famous voyages of pirates from the East, such as Xu Yabao and Cai Qian, and experience the thrilling adventures of a bygone era. Until
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        ACT 3 D RAMA ACAD E MY NOVEMBER-DECEMBER HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
        116 38 ACT 3 Drama Academy presents its holiday workshop for children and teens, based on enchanting tales of kings, queens, princes and princesses for younger children and a unique script about human nature for the older ones. Participants will hone their
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      243 39 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com. sg 6.00AM~~ Gotcha~II 6.30~ AM~Live! 9.00~ Holiday~Special:~~ ~Diamond~Jubilee~2012 11.00~ Style~Star:~Cameron~Diaz~~ ~and~Kristen~Stewart~(HD5)~ 11.30~ Holiday~Movie:~Teenage~~ ~Mutant~Ninja~Turtles~~ ~(PG-Action~Violence)~~ ~(HD5) 1.15PM~ Holiday~Special:~~ ~The~Best~Of~Mr~Bean~~ ~(CH5~Premiere)~ 2.15~ Holiday~Movie:~~ ~Moulin~Rouge~(PG) 4.45~~ Holiday~Movie:~Wild~Child~~ ~(CH5~Premiere) 6.45~ Holiday~Movie:~Bandslam~~ ~(CH5~Premiere) 9.00~ Wishes~Come~True~(HD5)~ ~Zecia~(Finale) 9.30~~ News~5~Tonight~(HD5)~ 10.00~~ Holiday~Special:~Adele~~ ~Live~At~The~Royal~Albert~~ ~Hall~(CH5~Premiere)~~ ~(HD5) 11.15~ Holiday~Movie:~Valkyrie~~ ~(HD5)~(PG) 1.30AM~ Holiday~Movie:~Out~For~A~ ~Kill~(PG-Violence) 3.15~ Holiday~Movie:~~ ~Shark~Zone~(Movie)
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      120 39 CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com. sg 6.00AM~~ Silver~Carnival~—~~ ~Embracing~Life 7.00~~ Focus 7.30~ Good~Morning~Singapore 10.30~~ Love 12.30PM~ Street~Smart 1.00~~ News~8~At~One~ 1.30~~ Frontline 2.00~~ The~Story~Of~Nao~Nao 2.30~~ Ghostcatcher~—~Legend~~ ~of~Beauty~(Episode~1)~ 3.30~~ The~Four~Brothers~~ ~of~Peking~(PG) 4.30~~ Unique~Flavour~(PG) 5.30~~ Double~Happiness 6.30~~ Singapore~Today~ 7.00~~ Justice~In~The~City~(PG) 8.00~~ Simply~Exquisite~ 9.00~~ It~Takes~Two~(PG-Some~~ ~Sexual~References) 10.00~~ News~Tonight~ 10.30~~ Tuesday~Report~~ ~(Last~Episode) 11.00~~ First~Wives~Club~~ ~(PG~13~-~Mature~Themes) MN~ Judge~Bao~—~The~Seven~~ ~Heroes~and~Five~Gallants~
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      217 39 CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 11.00AM~~ Home~Shopping 3.00PM~~ Happy~Family 3.30~ Guess 5.00~~ Last~One~Standing~(PG) 6.00~~ Injustice~(PG)~ 7.00~~ Ice~Adonis~(PG) 8.00~ Style:~Check-in~ 9.00~ Miss~Travel~(Last~Episode) 10.00~~ Bread,~Love~and~Dreams 11.00~~ News~Tonight 11.30~~ Style:~Check-in 12.30AM~ Miss~Travel~(Last~Episode) 1.30~ Last~One~Standing~(PG) 2.30~~ End~of~Transmission tellokto@mediacorp.com.sg 9.00AM~ LazyTown~(Preschool) 9.30~~ Mister~Maker~(Preschool) 10.00~~ Ollie~&~Friends~(Preschool) 10.30~ Deepavali~2012~~ ~Special:~Peter~Pan 11.00~ Olivia~(Preschool) 12.30PM~ Hi-5~(Preschool) 1.00~ Ollie~&~Friends~(Preschool) 1.30~ Ava,~Riko,~Teo~(Preschool) 2.00~ Guess~What?~(Preschool)
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      111 39 programming@channelnewsasia.com HEADLINES 12.30pm,~1pm,~1.30pm,~3.30pm,~ 5.30pm,~6pm,~6.30pm,~8pm,~ 8.30pm,~9.30pm,~10.30pm,~ 11.30pm,~12.30am,~1am,~1.30am HEADLINES/S’PORE UPDATES 9.30am,~11.30am,~2.30pm,~4.30pm HEADLINES/S’PORE Market~Report~10.30am Programmes may be pre-empted due to breaking news 6.00AM~ Asian~Home~News 6.30~~ AM~Live!~Early~Edition 7.00~~ AM~Live! 9.00~~ World~Today 9.38~~ Amazing~Asia 10.00~~ World~Today 10.33~~ All~Things~Paper 11.00~~ World~Today 11.33~~ Asian~Home~News NOON~~ World~Today 12.32PM~~ Amazing~Asia 1.02~~ Get~Rea! 1.32~ GIFTS 2.00~~ Asia~Today 2.33~~ AM~Live!~Bite-size 3.00~~
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      102 39 tellvasantham@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM~ Deepavali~Songs~Special~ 7.00~ Chennaiyil~Thiruvaiyur~ 7.30~ Kral~Oviyam~ 8.00~ Pattimandram~ 10.00~ Semma~Holiday~~ ~Deepavali~Children~Special~ 10.30~ Vidumurai~Vasantham~~ ~Children~Special 11.30~ Ha~Ha~Ha~Sirippu~Special 12.30PM~ Sa~Re~Ga~Mae~~ ~Deepavali~Special 1.00~ Deepavali~Blockbuster~~ ~Movie:~Mugamudi 4.00~~ Natchathira~Maalai 5.00~~ Semma~Holiday~~ ~Deepavali~Special 6.00~~ Anbudan~III~Special 6.30~ Deepavali~Telemovie:~~ ~Tha~–~The~Joy~of~Giving 7.30~~ Vidumurai~Vasantham~~ ~Deepavali~Special 8.30~~ Tamil~Seithi 9.00~~ Deepavali~Blockbuster~~ ~Movie:~Thaandavam MN~ Tamil~Seithi 12.30AM~~ Deepavali~Blockbuster~~ ~Movie:~Panchathanthiram 3.15~ Deepavali~Blockbuster~~ ~Movie:~Margazhi~16 DEEPAVALI
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