Today, 3 June 2014

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    22 1 /A=diaCorf TUESDAY, 3 JUNE 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /^bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 3 JUNE 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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    Lock icon The journey of coffee
    566 2 Nothing is left to chance as Nespresso brings you coffee from cherry to cup BROUGHT TO YOU BY PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM For the perfect cup of Nespresso coffee, all you need to do is push a button. But the story behind each
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    Big data to help ease transport woes
    834 1  -  Two-year pilot will gather passenger data to help improve commuter experience ‘A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGER’ TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE In an effort to help ease the woes of commuters plagued by train breakdowns, delays or other unexpected incidents, transport authorities and operators will
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    Lock icon Bukit Timah Nature Reserve to close for restoration
    568 1  -  LOUISA TANG louisata ngqr@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE With forest damage and soil erosion from rainfall and thousands of hikers trampling over its trails and slopes over the years, the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve will be closed for about two years from Sept 15
    PHOTOS: NPARKS, ERNEST CHUA  -  568 words
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      Lock icon Japan strikes back at China’s comments towards Abe
      585 2 Tokyo says Beijing’s remarks were defamatory and not based on facts; it has lodged a protest AUSTRALIA CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE ACTIONS IN TERRITORIAL SPATS AGENCIES TOKYO —Japan yesterday struck back at China for hitting out at comments made at a regional security
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      Lock icon China pushes back America’s Asia pivot
      749 2 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —The Obama administration’s three-year-old plan to shift its foreign policy focus towards Asia was supposed to shore up interests in a critical region, push new free-trade pacts and reestablish United States influence as a balance to a growing China,
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      Client data at risk after hacking of Club 21 server
      716 4  -  Retailer says e-commerce sites unaffected credit or debit information not compromised ‘IN LIMITED CASES’, DETAILS ON INCOME RANGE AND PAST SALES DATA ACCESSED ALFRED CHUA alfredchuamf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Personal data of Club 21 members, including their NRIC or passport numbers, addresses
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      Teens receive police advisories for taking used ballot boxes
      339 6 NO BREACH OF INTEGRITY DURING POLL SINGAPORE Two 17-year-old boys who took used, but empty, ballot boxes from a school’s storeroom a counting centre in August last year have been issued with advisories, the police said in a statement last night.
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    • Article
      Lock icon S’pore-Taiwan cross-border multifunction card in the works
      200 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —A new multifunctional card will soon allow Singaporeans to access public transport and retail options in Taiwan, and for Taiwanese travellers visiting the city-state to do the same. EZ-Link and its Taiwanese counterpart, EasyCard, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding
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      Sustainable development in Denmark the result of long-term planning
      404 8  -  S’PORE NEEDS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO RECYCLE FOOD: BALAKRISHNAN NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Ten per cent of its exports are “green”, and the country aims to be independent of energy from fossil fuels by 2050. Eco-la-belling helps consumers make the right
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      Lock icon Telangana becomes India’s newest state
      524 10 MODI PROMISES FEDERAL GOVT’S SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY’S 29TH STATE AGENCIES NEW DELHI —A burst of celebrations struck at the stroke of midnight yesterday to greet the creation of India’s newest state of Telangana, marking the formal division of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
      AGENCIES; PHOTO: AP  -  524 words
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      Lock icon FIFA under pressure to rerun 2022 World Cup vote
      625 12 AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, WHOSE BIDS WERE REJECTED, HAVE JOINED CALLS TO REDO BIDDING PROCESS THE GUARDIAN LONDON Pressure is mounting on FIFA to rerun the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup in the wake of bribery claims against the hosts, Qatar.
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      World Cup 2014 – at your fingertips
      110 14 World Cup 2014 at your fingertips It’s the biggest show on earth as 32 countries gear up for football’s biggest showpiece. From the kick-off next Friday to the final next month, TODAY will bring you comprehensive coverage of the 64-match tourn ament, beginning with the 10-day countdown from today (starting
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      115 8 SAM Seriously Addictive Mathematics Mathematics Works! I like the fact that the SAM program is catered for the preparation of the Singapore Mathematic Syllabus. Also, as the progression is based on individual ability, it has allowed my 6 year old son to progress to Primary 3 Level Mathematics in a
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      161 10 The State oF Fun is born. This is the Neverland. The Dreamland. The Wonderland. The land without rules, strangers or stereotypes. Here, the borders are open to everyone but shut to boredom. And the freedom to be you is the most fundamental right of all. In this land, the air
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Improving the welfare of Singapore’s migrant workers
      1068 16  -  NOT A ZERO-SUM GAME MUTHHUKUMAR PALANIYAPAN Muthhukumar Palaniyapan is an undergraduate at New York University Abu Dhabi with a keen interest in politics and public policy. Crafting labour policies for lowskilled foreign workers is challenging. Moral and economic imperatives do not necessarily coincide.
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      Lock icon Fighting haze: What consumers, firms can do
      915 20  -  LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS NEEDED NICHOLAS FANG, CHUA CHIN WEI Recent warnings of a potential three-month prolonged haze crisis comparable to the severe episodes in 1997 and last year are worrying. Earlier in the year, large numbers of hot spots were already noted in Sumatra.
      TODAY FILE PHOTO; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  915 words
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      41 16 The haze is becoming a thorny issue for the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) and major companies that operate in landbased industries such as the palm oil, pulp and paper and rubber sectors. NICHOLAS FANG AND CHUA CHIN WEI 20
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      304 20 The new J Office 365 Personal is all about you. Office Your trusted applications made even smarter 60 minutes of Skype calls each month to phones in 60+ countries 1 Microsoft fj Office 365 Personal Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Outlook i New $89 j in Just you and your devices
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      193 21 h 1 light! Pack 12 best shopping cities on SALE e8% rebate on 2toGo flights and packages* Promotion ends this Sunday, 8 Jun 2014. Hurry! 1 2% hotel coupon code^ Start booking on www.zuji.com.sg/packlight TokyO fr $448* (all-in) Return SeOUl fr $460* (all-in) Return Milan fr$883‘(aii-in> Return Paris r $829*
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  • voices
    • Article
      Cost of Hepatitis B medication in S’pore a culture shock
      178 22  -  FROM LAWRENCE KOH CHOON TECK I empathise with the writer of the letter “Use of Medisave for MRIs should be the same for all” (May 28). My wife and I were overseas for seven years and returned in 2011 with
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    • Article
      Public access to tobacco forum promotes smoking
      219 22  -  FROM LIU I-CHUN In the letter “Hosting tobacco forum not the same as promoting smoking” (May 26), Mr Ace Cheong asserted that “there is nothing wrong with hosting (the forum) because it is not the same as promoting smoking”. World Tobacco (WT) Asia
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    • Article
      Too long a wait for the return of Marine Cove
      206 22  -  FROM COLIN LAI JUN HAO The report “More open spaces at East Coast Park in September” (May 22), mentioned two ongoing developments at East Coast Park: Parkland Green and Marine Cove. While I applaud the National Parks Board for enhancing
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    • Article
      Take baby steps towards preventive healthcare
      186 22  -  FROM LANCE DU GUOXIAN Dr Janil Puthucheary suggested a shift in emphasis from acute interventions to preventive healthcare and called for a thought experiment to motivate people to eat and live healthily. (“MP offers some radical ideas for healthcare”; May 28) I support his
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      Designate Hong Lim Park location for foreigners’ national celebrations
      110 22  -  FROM TEO KOK SEAH I refer to the letter “Well-considered decision by police on Filipino event” (May 30). Orchard Road, being a bustling shopping belt, is indeed not a feasible venue for the Philippine inde- pendence celebration. I feel that Hong
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      Thai military must crack down on any wrongdoing by previous govt
      287 24  -  FROM TERMSAK CHALERMPALANUPAP Those who are protesting against the military takeover in Thailand might be the new generation who are familiar with The Hunger Games books and films. People in District 12 use a threefinger salute as a sign
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      Constructive criticism starts with providing solutions in daily life
      221 24  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS The word constructive hints at the virtues of its meaning: To build, enhance and exemplify. As humans, though, we are quick to criticise and dismiss, which is not constructive but subjective and often destructive in its wake. Constructive
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      Corrections
      115 24 In “Unionists repeat call to raise wage threshold for salary increments” (May 31), we reported that Member of Parliament (Nee Soon GRC) Patrick Tay had said that in negotiations with companies, he will push for graduated wage increments, where those earning above S$1,000 would get between 2 and 3
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      143 22 LETTER SHOULD FATIGUED CABBIES PLY OUR ROADS? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/taxi3june for the letter from Danny Tan Ghee Gay. LONDON FOUN DATIO N CAMPUS FIND OUTHOWYOU CAN FULFIL YOUR AMBITION FOR A TRULY PRESTIGIOUS DEGREE Queen Mapr Goldsmiths
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      14 22 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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      98 25 torn 5- JL* M. Y I How do Singapore voters think politics ought to be conducted? Going by the experience of more mature democracies, is ‘constructive politics’ in Parliament possible? Is Singapore ambitious, idealistic or naive to strive for a different standard of engagement? Should it also apply to the
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  • singapore
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  • china&india
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon In China, a deliberate amnesia about Tiananmen crackdown
      961 30 25 YEARS ON, ALMOST ANY MENTION OF JUNE 4, 1989, INCIDENT STILL PROHIBITED AGENCIES BEIJING Remember June 4, Shi Shusi asked the 1.5 million readers of his popular microblog last year. Moments later, his postings were erased. A note from the microblog
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    • Article
      Lock icon GOOGLE SERVICES DISRUPTED IN CHINA
      230 30 REUTERS Google services are being disrupted in China ahead of this week’s 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, a censorship watchdog said yesterday. GreatFire.org said in a blog post that the government appeared to have begun targeting Google’s
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    • Article
      Lock icon China’s ‘workshops’ turn to robots to improve productivity
      357 32 COUNTRY IS TOP BUYER OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS LAST YEAR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING —China, once the manual labour “workshop of the world”, has become the biggest buyer of industrial robots as rising wage costs and growing competition from emerging economies have forced
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      Lock icon Senior Chinese state television official suspected of graft
      263 32 REUTERS BEIJING China’s top prosecutor is investigating a senior executive with state broadcaster CCTV on suspicion of bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as the government’s anti-corruption campaign intensifies. Since President Xi Jinping’s appointment last year, the government has cracked down
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  • world
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Thai junta sets out emergency economic measures
      589 34 Steps include loan guarantees for small firms, price caps on fuel DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES PLANNED REUTERS BANGKOK The military junta running Thailand has drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps on fuel and loan guarantees for small
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    • Article
      Lock icon Obama to urge Europe to keep up pressure on Russia
      621 34 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama will press European leaders this week to keep up pressure on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, while seeking to assuage fears from Poland and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies
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    • Article
      Lock icon New tests show M’sia’s Cadbury chocolates do not contain pork
      604 35 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Cadbury chocolates sold in Malaysia have been cleared of containing pork, the country’s top Islamic body said yesterday, after earlier tests suggested two types of its chocolate bars contained pig DNA. The findings last month by
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      282 35 MALAYSIA PROPERTY SHOW 2014 Discover the Prospects Behind the Future of Malaysia Property Investments Level 3, Begonia Ballroom, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 7 th -8 th June 10am-7pm Stay ahead in the property market: Strategies and Insights into what to look out for when investing in Malaysia Investors have been
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  • business
    • Article
      Fewer companies settle bills on time in Q1, amid slowdown
      520 36  -  Delays probably due to a cyclical dip and do not pose major risk say analysts HIGHEST PROPORTION OF LATE PAYMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Fewer companies settled their bills on time in the first quarter of
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      Lock icon Australian IPO market sizzles, with big deals still to come
      250 36 AGENCIES SYDNEY —Australian firms have set a record for money raised in public floats in the first five months of the year, with larger deals to come, putting the country on track for its biggest initial public offering (IPO) year
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    • Article
      Lock icon China Everbright in reverse takeover of S’pore’s HanKore
      132 36 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE China Everbright International plans to inject S$1.2 billion worth of wastewater treatment plants into HanKore Environment Tech Group, in a deal that will create one of China’s largest wastewater firms. In a statement late yesterday, HanKore said the purchase
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  132 words
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  • technology
    • Article
      Lock icon The dark side to the Internet of Things
      577 37 Total connectivity has its benefits, but it may also bring many complications HACKED HOMES, INVASIVE ADS THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Home, connected home. The front door opens with a tap on the iPhone. The lights come on as if by
      THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  577 words
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  • sports
    • BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP 10 DAYS TO KICK-OFF
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        Lock icon NO IFS OR BUTS ABOUT IT: BRAZIL MUST WIN
        1253 38  -  VICTORY WOULD GIVE RESPITE, MOMENTARY JUSTIFICATION FOR S$14.5 BILLION SPENT COMMENTARY BY TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is deputy sports editor at TO DAY. Unlike most, if not all, other nations on earth, winning football’s greatest prize is a national duty
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        651 39 AGENCIES SAO PAULO —FIFA oversaw the final World Cup test event at the Corinthians Arena on Sunday and officials said there was a week and a half of hard work ahead to get the stadium ready for the opening match of the tournament
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          98 39 REUTERS France winger Franck Ribery has been suffering from lower back pain, but has not been ruled out of the World Cup, reported French television channel TF1. The TV channel said Ribery had been suffering with back problems for six weeks and was undergoing treatment. “Any announcement about
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          117 39 AP Already ruled out of the World Cup, Italy midfielder Riccardo Montolivo could be out for as long as six months after undergoing surgery on his broken leg. The AC Milan captain’s left tibia was broken during a friendly with Ireland on Saturday when he was fouled
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          111 39 AGENCIES Germany will travel to Brazil with only one recognised forward in veteran Miroslav Klose (picture). Coach Joachim Low has dropped Kevin Volland from his final-23-man squad, which includes 11 midfielders, although several of them, notably Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski and Andre Schurrle, are attacking threats. “We have
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          110 39 AGENCIES English Premier League champions Manchester City wished their Argentinian star Sergio Aguero happy birthday yesterday in what was seen as an attempt to avoid a repeat of the recent controversy surrounding club-mate Yaya Toure. The Ivorian had threatened to quit the club after it failed
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          88 39 AP Diego Costa has insisted he will be fit for Spain’s opening Group B match againstthe Netherlands in Salvador on June 13. The Atletico Madrid forward has been affected by a thigh problem in recent weeks, but managed to take part in training yesterday ahead of Saturday’s friendly
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        449 40 His talent is undoubted, but by his standards, he has had a largely unremarkable first season at Barcelona. Only time will tell if he has the temperament to handle the intense pressure and expectation of 200 million fellow Brazilians, as much of the hosts’ hopes of a sixth World
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        990 41 HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES: CAFU AGENCIES RIO DE JANEIRO —Every time Brazil have lifted the World Cup, the star of the show has been a forward and Neymar will seek to keep up that tradition this month and the next. It will
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        607 42 Italy forward doesn’t understand why he is missing out for third consecutive time MIXED REACTION FROM FANS REUTERS ROME —Italy forward Giuseppe Rossi was baffled after being left out of the World Cup squad, the third time in a row he has missed
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        511 42 REUTERS BARCELONA —Spain coach Vicente del Bosque believes that building strong team morale is far more important than concentrating on tactics as his team aim to retain their World Cup crown in Brazil. Spain, who have also won the past two European Championships,
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        781 43  -  FROM UNDERWEAR TO AIRLINE COMMERCIALS COMMENTARY BY ALLEN CHAHAD Allen Chahad is a blogger with The Daily Telegraph. Do you dream of turning on the television and seeing Neymar in his underwear? What about David Luiz rejected by a
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        566 43 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO —The World Cup, which kicks off in Brazil this month, is set for a record global television audience thanks to new technology and fan-friendly scheduling, FIFA television director Niclas Ericson told Reuters yesterday. The quadrennial tournament is the world’s
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      573 44  -  Former swim queen up for post of the vice-president at SSA elections SHE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER FUTURE TILT AT TOP POST LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Joscelin Yeo admits her teenage self from the 1990s would never have imagined running for office in the Singapore
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      337 44 REUTERS PARIS Defending champion Rafa Nadal dismantled unseeded Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-1,6-2,6-1 yesterday to set up a French Open quarter-fi-nal clash with fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, in a repeat of last year’s final. Eight-time champion and world No 1 Nadal improved his Roland
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