Today, 30 June 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • hot news
    • 762 4  -  DAP’s Lim Kit Siang says opposition pact could break up if hudud disagreement persists ANALYSTS WARN OF DANGER OF DIFFERING IDEOLOGIES RACHAEL ANNE GOH, AMIR HUSSAIN rachaelanneg@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E More than a year after winning
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    • 752 6  -  But both sides have emphasised they are not seeking to use holy month as campaigning tool HARD TO PREVENT CAMPAIGNING IN MOSQUES: ANALYST IDAYUSUPARTOAND HERA DIANI IN JAKARTA nuridayus@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA —As Muslims across Indonesia marked the start of
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    • 674 6 REUTERS JAK ARTA When one of Indonesia’s most power ful politicians wanted to be part of a new government, he did not approach Mr Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the front-runner in the July 9 presidential election. Instead, sources said he went to the home of Mr Widodo’s
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    • 521 8  -  Pastor Lawrence Khong says he does not have issues with homosexuals and is taking a stand on social, moral issue TRADITIONAL VALUES ‘ARE ALSO SHARED BY GOVT’ NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Thousands of worshippers donned white yesterday to attend
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    • 211 7 CONCESSIONS ON PUBLICTRANSPORT S From 6 July 2014, two new concession schemes will be launched to benefit Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) recipients and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). WIS recipients and PWDs who are eligible before 6 July 2014 are given Interim Financial Assistance (IFA) of $30 (WIS recipients) and $80
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    • 353 8 COMMENT &ANALYSIS WHAT RELIGIOUS LEADERS MUST DO 10 VOICES IS PINK DOT PROMOTING LGBT LIFESTYLE ORASKING FOR ACCEPTANCE? 18 VITAL TO UPHOLD MARRIAGE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN 18 I accelerate my career with a global degree in one year. It’s my choice. Broaden your horizons with Birmingham City University’s one
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  • comment &analysis
    • 723 10  -  THEIR STATEMENTS WEIGH HEAVILY ON THE MINDS OF THE FAITHFUL MATHEW MATHEWS Mathew Mathews is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies of the National University of Singapore and the lead researcher for the IPS Survey on Race, Religion and Language. Findings
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    • 186 12  -  HOW PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ENDED THE MILF INSURGENCY YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Defence Minister and National Security Adviser, was chairwoman of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s General Council and currently a member of the National Diet. PROJECT SYNDICATE in­the­Philippines­in­the­1960s,­Ferdinand­Marcos­had­yet­to­become­the­ the­country’s­many­political­transfor-mations­in­the­past­half-century,­the­ MILF’s­campaign­to­achieve­independence­for­the­Bangsamoro­nation­—­ whose­territory,­they­claim,­covers­the­islands­of­Sulu,­Mindanao,­Palawan­ and­Sabah­—­remained­constant,­until­President­Benigno­Aquino­resolved­ to­change­it.
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    • 690 14 CHOICE OF JUNCKER IS A HUGE CHALLENGE THE FINANCIAL TIMES THE FINANCIALTIMES EDITORS Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, the newly-appointed president of the European Commis- sion, has a reputation for being an uninspiring technocrat. But his selection to lead the European Union’s top body
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    • 26 10 Mr Benigno Aquino’s bold and calculated leadership can succeed in knocking China down a few pegs, thereby bolstering stability and security throughout Asia. YURIKO KOIKE 12
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  • voices
    • 203 16  -  FROM ARTHUR LIM I refer to the article “Govt ‘should look at cost-effectiveness of medical practices’” (June 28). It is necessary to maintain the costeffectiveness of medical practices by, for instance, prescribing generic drugs where available. But the priority of medical professionals
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    • 433 16  -  FROM NOEL CHIA KOK HWEE The writer works as an educator. I read “Singapore teachers work longer hours but are satisfied: Poll” (June 26) with interest. Though the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) survey findings showed that our mainstream school teachers
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    • 192 18  -  FROM EUNICE LOW YEE LENG Singapore’s healthcare system is one of the best in the world, but waiting times at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department in hospitals are still a sore point. Two months ago, I sought treatment at the National
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    • 141 18  -  FROM ACE KINDRED CHEONG I refer to “Pink Dot goes on without a hitch” (June 28, online) and other reports that noted the record turnout at the event amid opposition from religious groups. It is important that everyone accepts and
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    • 217 18  -  FROM LESLIE LUNG Founder and Executive Director, Liberty League I note that the recent Pink Dot event drew a record attendance of 26,000. (“Pink Dot goes on without a hitch”; June 28, online) Calls for acceptance, regardless of gender and sexuality, are
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  • singapore
    • 490 20  -  INITIATIVE ALSO OPEN TO RESIDENTS WITH MOBILITY PROBLEMS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Seniors zipping around food centres and markets near their homes on red motorised scooters may soon be a common sight in the Telok Blangah and Bukit Merah
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    • 80 20 More than 700 Muslims turned up to break fast together at Sultan Mosque on the first day of Ramadan yesterday. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and Muslims worldwide observe a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Ramadan will end on July 27 this
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    • 469 21 SINGAPORE The Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic, one of Singapore’s busiest, is set to get a new home one with more facilities, which will be ready to serve residents in the area by early 2018. A new polyclinic, built to
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    • 109 21 The annual PAssionArts Festival organised by the People’s Association came to a close yesterday after six weekends of arts activities across Singapore. This year, about 125,000 residents turned up at 40 arts villages in different neighbourhoods and a record-high of about 18,000 residents came together to
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    • 431 22  -  Relatives of Singapore hero mark 70 years since his death during Japanese Occupation HONOURING LATE FORCE 136 OPERATIVE MONICA KOTWANI SINGAPORE Future generations must not forget the sacrifices made by Singapore’s pioneers, said the family of Lim Bo Seng, a World
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    • 128 22 The winner of this week’s TODAY Shop to Win draw, Mr Edwin Zhang (centre), receiving the S$10,000 cheque from assistant director for consumer business marketing at Canon Singapore, Mr Edwin Teoh (left), and marketing manager of MediaCorp Press, Ms Caroline Bone, at Canon LiNK@VivoCity. Mr
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous

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    • 180 23 9-year-old Sarah has suffered for years The OCBC-TODAY Children’s Fund focuses on the emotional needs of children from distressed homes. Donations go towards Singapore Children’s Society and its beneficiaries. It supports the cost of counselling and therapy to build up the children’s self-esteem and empower them to strive towards a
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  • china&india
    • 609 24 Govts drawn by prospect of multi-billion-dollar deals as In dia prepares to open defence industry to foreign investment SENIOR POLITICIANS FROM FRANCE, U.S., BRITAIN ARRIVING IN QUICK SUCCESSION OVER NEXT 10 DAYS REUTERS NEWDELHI— Western governments are rushing to visit India’s new Prime Minister
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    • 470 24 AP NEW DELHI The police in southern India detained five construction company officials yesterday as rescuers, using gas cutters and shovels, searched for dozens of workers believed to be buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains.
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  • world
    • 695 26 Politicians underpressure to speed up normally sluggish process of selecting new govt INSURGENTS BRING DOWN ARMY HELICOPTER AGENCIES BAGHDAD —Insurgents brought down an army helicopter over the northern city of Tikrit yesterday as the military sent in tanks to
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    • 508 26 REUTERS MANIL A —Security forces went on full alert in the southern Philippines yesterday, the police said, after military intelligence reported sightings of Islamist militants in the region following the detention of a top Al Qaeda-linked leader. Last week,
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    • 594 27 AGENCIES SEOUL —North Korea fired two shortrange ballistic missiles into the sea east of its coast yesterday, South Korea’s military said, defying a United Nations ban on the isolated country testing such weapons. The launch came days before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s
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  • business
    • 478 28  -  Largest number of new retail investors in past five years ventured into stock market amid housing sector volatility RISING INTEREST ALSO A RESULT OF INVESTOR EDUCATION TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More than 68,000 new Central Depository accounts were opened last
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    • 275 28  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SHANGHAI —More than 2,500 people overcame a series of challenges to complete an “experiential charity walk” in five Chinese cities on Saturday as part of the first CapitaLand Volunteer Day to mark the property developer’s 20th anniversary
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  • technology
    • 412 32  -  SE-CX8, SE-CX9 come with ‘bass exciters’ and can handle all sorts of music with ease BULKY BUT USER-FRIENDLY JUNE YANG juneyang@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E For those with an insatiable thirst for club beats even on the go, Pioneer has introduced a
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    • 290 32  -  ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Pioneer’s latest earphones might be enough to bring a club right into your head, but for those who hate wearing in-ears or just prefer to show off what they are wearing, its newest range of headphones might be the solution. The
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  • sports
    • BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
      • 699 34  -  BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL WINS THROUGH COMMENTARY BY CHRIS MATYSZCZYK Chris Matyszczyk, a British-born American of Polish parentage, was based in Singapore from 1992 to 1994 as creative director at Batey Ads. Now based in San Francisco, he was MediaPost’s Most Influential Person on
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      • 341 34 REUTERS Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said his team’s World Cup hopes had been ended by Colombia’s quality and not the fallout from the Luis Suarez saga. An inspired James Rodriguez scored twice for Colombia in the 2-0 win in the second-round game at
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      • 906 35 AP BELO HORIZONTE —Once the elation of victory and the hangovers wear off, Brazil should feel the cold shiver of World Cup disaster narrowly averted. The shootout penalty win against Chile exposed the Selecao’s flaws, but also its lion heart. The question now is whether that
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      • Article, Illustration
        96 35 LATEST RESULTS: SUNDAY Round of 16 Brazil 1 (David Luiz 18) Chile 1 (Alexis Sanchez 32) aet 1-1, Brazil win 3-2 on penalties Colombia 2 (James Rodriguez 28, 50) Uruguay 0 GOLDEN BOOT* 5: James Rodriguez (Col) 4: Lionel Messi (Arg); Thomas Muller (Ger); Neymar (Bra) 3:
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      • 536 36 Outclassed on paper, Algeria will be spurred by 1982’s ‘Disgrace of Gijon’ MATCH OF THE DAY: GERMANY v ALGERIA AP M A N G A R ATI BA —It was back in 1982 when Germany and Austria played out what went down in the history
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      • 451 36 AP RIBEIRAO PRETO —The pace and power of Nigeria’s attack will give France’s defence its biggest test of the World Cup so far when they meet in today’s round of 16 match. Although France kept two clean sheets in the group stage against Honduras and
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      • 1053 37  -  HEAT, HUMIDITY TAKE TOLL ON PLAYERS COMMENTARY BY JASON BURT JASON BURT IN BELO HORIZONTE Jason Burt is The Daily Telegraph’s football correspondent. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Ignore the romantics. The flurry of goals at this Brazilian World Cup is likely to be
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      • 675 38 Suarez ban aside, football governing body lets discrimination and foul play at World Cup go unpunished COMMITTEE TAKES ITS TASK SERIOUSLY: SPOKESWOMAN AP RIO DE JANEIRO Despite bringing the might of FIFA discipline down on Luis Suarez for biting an opponent, football’s governing body
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      • WORLD CUP WATCH
        • 110 38 AP The presidents of Cameroon and Ghana have called for investigations following disappointing World Cup showings that saw both countries eliminated during the group stage. In Cameroon, the state media said President Paul Biya had given his Prime Minister one month to submit a report on
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        • 105 38 AP FIFA has confirmed David Luiz (picture, second from right) as the scorer of Brazil’s goal in the World Cup match against Chile. FI FA said its technical study group ruled that Luiz, not Chile defender Gonzalo Jara, got the final touch on the ball.
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        • 117 38 REUTERS Brazil’s penalty shootout victory over Chile on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) was more frantically tweeted than the Super Bowl, Twitter said on Saturday. Traffic reached a record pace of 388,985 tweets per minute during the game, beating the 381,605 messages per
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        • 184 38 REUTERS Defender Omar Gonzalez said United States coach Juergen Klinsmann’s (picture) upbeat assessment of his team’s chances of progressing has even gone as far as encouraging revised travel plans. “Juergen has been nothing but positive. He’s telling us, he’s telling our families to change our
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    • 542 39 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —If Marion Bartoli called her run to the Wimbledon title last year a miracle, then Alize Cornet’s 1-6,6-3,6-4 victory over Serena Williams on Saturday was, at the very least, a moment of divine inspiration. This upset which leaves world No
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    • 651 40  -  Nothing Beats Live hopes to encourage more S’poreans to attend live sporting events BUILDING A MORE ROBUST SPORTING CROWD ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Having successfully launched its ActiveSG campaign to get Singaporeans to maintain
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    • 333 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Alan Pardew says the huge fees being paid for young English players like Luke Shaw and Adam Lallana explain why clubs such as Newcastle United are forced to buy foreigners. Shaw became the most expensive teenager in world football when he
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    • 62 35 Fan Zone Have your say on World Cup 2014 at the Fan Zone! Tag your pictures with #TodayWorldCup THE Fan Zone when you post on Instagram. IS ALL ABOUT Post a new tweet and take part in the latest polls and quizzes at the Check on the latest headlines and
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
      • 734 42 GIVENCHY TURNS UP THE HEAT FOR MEN’S FASHION BY BLOWING UP AN AIRCRAFT AP This year’s fashion offerings have so far spanned various genres and each marque has been trying to up the ante. And it seemed none did it better than Givenchy and its designer, Riccardo
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      • 577 43  -  Actor Nick Cheung doesn’t dare watch The Ring, but his directorial debut is a scary movie SPOOKY STUFF HON JINGYI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Don’t be too surprised if you see Nick Cheung skulking around cinemas in Hong Kong in strange disguises the actor just wants to see
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      • 475 44  -  Korean girl group 2NE1 showed why they’re such a sought-after act CONCERT REVIEW: 2NE1 ALL OR NOTHING WORLD TOUR TINA VILLAREAL tinav@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It would be easy to dismiss 2NE1 as yet another Korean pop act especially when you see their elaborate stage design but they are
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      • 187 44  -  GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE —More Hollywood happenings are taking place right here in our neighbourhood. Guardians Of The Galaxy stars actress Zoe Saldana, former WWE wrestler Dave Bautista and director James Gunn will be descending upon our shores from July 10 to July 12. With the reception
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    • television
      • 991 45 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Miley Cyrus has filled arenas across the globe since her Bangerz Tour started in February. Now she’s taking it a step further by beaming her performances straight into fans’ homes. A two-hour documentary special called Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour features backstage and
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