Today, 17 June 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    31 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 17 JUNE 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 17 JUNE 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    Lock icon Haze moderates in Singapore, envelopes Malaysian states
    182 1 KUALA LUMPUR —The haze in Malaysia was set to worsen after parts of the country was shrouded by it yesterday from forest fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. The Air Pollutant Index (API) showed “unhealthy” levels of pollution between 101 and 129 in six
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  • Article
    Govt working with banks to develop ‘S’porean core’
    383 1  -  Tharman stresses need to strike the right foreign-local balance in financial sector COMPETITION FOR JOBS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Acknowledging that some financial institutions, particularly the foreign banks, have to do more to de- velop a “Singaporean core”, Deputy Prime Minister
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      156 1 EXTENSIVE MATERNITY, LIMITED PATERNITY LEAVE RESULTS IN MUMS PLAYING BIGGER ROLES THAN DADS: TEO YOU YENN COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 SINGAPORE CUSTOMS WALK-IN INTERVIEW FOR CUSTOMS OFFICERS TO PERFORM COUNTER SERVICES IN CHANGI AIRPORT 22 June 2013 (Saturday) 10am to 5pm Changi Airport, Terminal 2 Level 3, #036-053 (take the escalator near
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  • Article
    Govt working with banks to develop ‘S’porean core’
    865 1  -  Tharman stresses need to strike the rightforeign-local balance in financial sector COMPETITION FOR JOBS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Acknowledging that some financial institutions, particularly the foreign banks, have to do more to develop a “Singaporean core”, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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      30 1 EXTENSIVE MATERNITY, LIMITED PATERNITY LEAVE RESULTS IN MUMS PLAYING BIGGER ROLES THAN DADS: TEO YOU YENN COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 SPORTS 32 SPAIN DOMINATE URUGUAY, ITALY BEAT MEXICO IN CONFED CUP OPENERS
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      9 1 SPORTS 34 ROSE ENDS ENGLAND’S 43-YEAR US OPEN DROUGHT
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      138 1 SINGAPORE CUSTOMS WALK-IN INTERVIEW FOR CUSTOMS OFFICERS TO PERFORM COUNTER SERVICES IN CHANGI AIRPORT 22 June 2013 (Saturday) 10am to 5pm Changi Airport, Terminal 2 Level 3, #036-053 (take the escalator near Check-in Row 12) For more information, scan the QR code 0 H a MAL^Jue BOOK 2013 Trav el
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  • hot news
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon PM Lee lauds efforts to feed the needy
      312 2  -  Prime Minister also calls on Singaporeans to do their best to help the poor LIONS FOOD COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECT EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Mr Looi Im Heok started distributing food to the needy in 1988, the then-60-year-old would drive around
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      NEA launches new materials to fight dengue
      471 4 ASEAN DENGUE DAY S I N G A P O R E With the number of dengue cases this year expected to surpass the 10,000 mark over the weekend, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday that it is stepping up public education
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    • Article
      Lock icon DENGUE PATIENTS NEED TO AVOID GETTING BITTEN, TOO
      195 4 organisers CHANNEL NEWSASIA It is too early to tell whether the ongoing dengue epidemic has peaked, Second Minister for Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said yesterday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Yuhua Open House, Ms Fu stressed the
      organisers CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  195 words
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      Lock icon N Korea proposes high-level talks with US
      713 6 WASHINGTON TO PYONGYANG: DENUCLEARISE BEFORE DIALOGUE AGENCIES PYONGYANG —North Korea’s top governing body yesterday proposed highlevel nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea. The powerful National Defence Commission
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  • comment &analysis
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      The trouble with limited paternity leave
      795 8  -  FATHERHOOD TAKES PRACTICE, TOO TEO YOU YENN Teo You Yenn is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, board member at the Association of Women for Action and Research, and author of Neoliberal Morality in Singapore: How Family Policies Make State and Society.
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      Lock icon The unspoken stigma of workplace flexibility
      789 10  -  WORK-LIFE BALANCE TARA SIEGEL BERNARD THE NEW YORK TIMES Assume for a moment that your employer let you decide when and where you worked you might arrive early so you could leave in time to care for a child, or work part of the
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; ILLUSTRATION: THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  789 words
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      Lock icon What works in fighting terrorism
      949 12  -  COUNTERING EXTREMIST NARRATIVES ALIH SOUFAN Ali H Soufan is a former FBI special agent, CEO of The Soufan Group, and the author of The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al Qaeda. CNN The Achilles heel of America’s policy against
      CNN; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  949 words
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      364 12 Advertisement From $0 To Millions Millionaire trader turned US$10,000 to US$2 million in 2 years with low-risk strategies 2 59 Mirriam MacWilliams mentored over 6,000 people in Singapore, Asia and USA to trade profitably. Corporate high-flyer Mirriam MacWilliams wanted financial freedom: to leave her job and travel around the world.
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  • voices
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      Ordinary man has not gone the extra green mile
      300 14  -  FROM MAK KUM WENG I remember an extremely hot day after work when I walked past the patch of greenery behind Ngee Ann City and was greeted by wafts of fresh cool air. Natural areas and secondary forests, in particular, are
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    • Article
      Levy high petrol tax to control traffic congestion
      367 14  -  FROM YANG TECK HUAT I refer to the letters from Chew Eng Soo (“COE balloting not socially equitable”, June 15) and Mr Goh Kian Huat (“A COE balloting system will achieve social equity”, June 11). The key to controlling traffic congestion is
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      Lock icon Many elderly can’t afford insurance
      280 15  -  FROM JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Mr Walter Jayandran is not alone in his dilemma (“A retiree’s insurance conundrum”, June 15). Most of my peers have no insurance coverage, not because they are not keen. Rather, they find it beyond their means, especially when they have
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    • Article
      Need for pedestrian crossing at Geylang Serai
      191 15  -  FROM PETER SYDDALL The relatively new market at Geylang Serai is a very busy place as it is a major market for residents in the east. However, the lack of pedestrian crossings on Sims Avenue to the bus stops across the road makes
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Yale-NUS College to open in August with over 150 students
      399 16 First cohort pickedfrom over11,400 applications from more than 130 countries LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE’S INAUGURAL CLASS SINGAPORE —The Republic’s first liberal arts college, Yale-NUS College, will matriculate 157 students from 26 countries for its inaugural cohort in August this year. These
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      Lock icon LKY plants tree to mark 50 years of S’pore’s greening efforts
      336 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Fifty years to the day he planted a Mempat tree in Farrer Circus in the symbolic beginning of Singapore’s greening efforts, Mr Lee Kuan Yew planted a rain tree in Holland Village Park yesterday. Mr Lee
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    • Article
      Lock icon Track fault found along North-South Line: SMRT
      151 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —Trains from Ang Mo Kio MRT Station travelling southward to Bishan station had to move slower as a safety precaution after a track fault was found between the two stations yesterday morning. The operator, SMRT, said on its Facebook page
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    • Article
      Lock icon 16 drink-drivers arrested in early morning operation
      258 18 ROAD SAFETY CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Sixteen drink-drivers were arrested in a pre-dawn enforcement blitz on Saturday. The Traffic Police’s islandwide operation from 1.30am to 4.30am saw them stopping more than 80 drivers for breathalyser tests at roadblocks set up in Crawford Street, Fort
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cyber Security Lab to watch key infrastructure
      303 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Government’s new Cyber Security Lab will study ways to protect critical infrastructure, such as public transportation, utilities and banking systems. The lab was announced during Budget debates this year as a platform to train those who protect the Republic’s
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      Lock icon Woman falls three storeys from cafe balcony
      132 19  -  EUGENE NEUBRONNER SINGAPORE A woman in her 40s is believed to have fallen three storeys from the open-air balcony atop PS Cafe at Ann Siang Hill on Saturday. The police confirmed that they received a call for assistance at around 11 that night.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • youth
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      Lock icon A learning journey
      550 20  -  WORLD OF DIFFERENCE LOUISA TANG SINGAPORE It was a “total culture shock” for 23-year-old Amanda Ong, when she spent six weeks teaching English at Tajikistan two years ago. Recalling the cultural differences and language barrier, Ms Ong said: “Unfairness is common. They have a traditional mindset, in
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Villages levelled as 250m rural Chinese move into cities
      684 22 FOR FARMERS, IT’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities over the next dozen years a transformative event that
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      Lock icon Li approves 10 tough measures to tackle air pollution
      611 23 AP B E IJ I NG China’s Cabinet has announced 10 measures to curb the country’s notorious air pollution, one of the many environmental challenges facing the country that are increasingly angering the public. The broad measures approved by the State
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  • world
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  • business
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      Lock icon End of QE ‘may not result in market chaos’
      699 26  -  WAITING FOR FED’S NEXT MOVE WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In recent weeks, vague hints that United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is starting to think about when to end quantitative easing (QE) rocked stock markets worldwide, raising questions about
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  • management
    • Article
      Are you cut out to lead?
      1013 30  -  PERSONALITY AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP COMMENTARY BY GINKA TOEGEL, JEAN-LOUIS BARSOUX When executives identify admirable leaders, they often underestimate their struggle with certain elements of their personality. In truth, the majority of effective leaders even “naturals” like Richard Branson or PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi had to
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  • technology
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Microsoft opens Office to iPhone
      576 31 A free download, but it requires Office 365subscription, which costs S$129.99 a year, to run MOBILE APP AP NE W YORK Microsoft has just announced its popular Microsoft Office suite will be available on the iPhone. Although free for download, the Office Mobile for iPhone
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  • sports
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      Lock icon SPAIN DOMINATE URUGUAY IN CONFED CUP OPENER
      447 32 AFTERNOON LATEST AP RECIFE (BR A ZIL) The scoreline may suggest otherwise, but Spain cruised to an easy 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Confederations Cup opener yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), winning with first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado. Spain had
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      Lock icon PIRLO, BALOTELLI IMPRESS MARACANA IN ITALY WIN
      445 32 REUTERS R I O D E J A N E I R O Mario Balotelli scored the winner and Andrea Pirlo, capping a majestic 100th international appearance by scoring with a 30m free kick, provided the inspiration as Italy beat Mexico 2-1 in
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    • Article, Illustration
      ‘COMMUNICATION KEY’ IN AVOIDING AWOL CASES
      753 33  -  Shakir’s case a reminder to follow procedures in place NS CLEARANCE TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg only he himself knows.” with additional REPORTING BY DAN GUEN CHIN AND PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE— National Sports Associations (NSA) told TODAY they have procedures in place to
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      Lock icon SIGLAP THE MEN’S OPEN MEON3 CHAMPIONS
      525 33  -  FELICIA QUICK SINGAPORE —They have played together for only a year but it was enough for the trio named Siglap to emerge the Men’s Open champions in the inaugural MEon3 The Ultimate Streetball Challenge. At the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza yesterday, Siglap comprising
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      Lock icon SMSA MUST THINK OUT OF THE BOX
      904 34  -  THE FUTURE OF MOTOR SPORTS COMMENTARY BY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg Ian De Cotta is Senior F1 Correspondent at TO DAY. The numbers did not really add up and without the Government coming on board and significant concessions on the plot of land,
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      338 34 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS ARDMORE (PENNSYLVANIA) England’s Justin Rose clinched his first major title with a nerve-jangling two-shot victory at the 113th US Open yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after overhauling 54-hole leader Phil Mickelson (picture) in the final round. Rose
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      280 36 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LON DON Andy Murray gave his fans a fright before recovering to beat Croatia’s Marin Cilic to win the Aegon Championships for the third time at Queen’s Club yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The world No 2, who
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      32 32 ‘LIVE’ TELECAST ON MEDIACORP CH5 Group B: Tahiti v Nigeria (tomorrow, 2.45am) All matches are also available“ live” on Toggle via www.toggle.sg. MediaCorp is the official broadcaster of FIFA Confederations Cup 2013
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          38 39 Hong Kong artist Tse Yim On’s exhibition showcases his satirical observations and experiences of the socio-political changes in Hong Kong. June 21 to July 6, 10am to 7pm, Ipreciation, 50 Cuscaden Road, HPL House #01-01. Free admission.
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          35 39 An evening of spoken word curated by Pooja Nansi. This second edition features TJ Dema from Botswana. June 18, 8pm, Artistry, 17 Jalan Pinang. Free admission. For the complete list, visit http://tdy.sg/ artsguide.
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        482 42  -  Singaporean stand-up comedian Fakkah Fuzz on things that make you go ha-ha FUNNY GUY CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Some here might recognise him as “the Malay guy from Random Island”, but Muhammad Fadzri, who goes by the moniker Fakkah Fuzz, is one of the slew of
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