Today, 31 August 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Tuesday August 31, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday August 31, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AUGUST 31, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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    A third round of cooling measures
    772 4  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The first two rounds of “cooling” measures did not do the trick. Yesterday, the Government moved for the third time in less than 12 months to take the sizzle out of a red-hot property market, with the promise of more
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    Shorter waiting time, larger supply of flats
    593 4  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three years already a higher standard than in other cities was the benchmark to beat. Yesterday, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan made a new commitment: First-time home buyers will get the keys to their flats in two-and-a-half
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      41 4 6333 9888 MEDIACORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES COMMENT &ANALYSIS P N BALJI NATIONAL DAY RALLY: A SOCIETY IN TRANSFORMATION, A COMPLEX COUNTRY TO GOVERN 6 COLIN TAN FINALLY, SOME COOLING MEASURES WITH BITE 3 CONRAD RAJ RAISE MINIMUM OCCUPATION TO 10 YEARS 4
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      27 4 IN SIDE GIANT EMERALD FOUND ON US FARM 20 STIMULUS PLAN MAY FAIL TO OFFSET IMPACT OF YEN B3 US STOCKS DROP AMID FEARS FOR ECONOMY B1
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Minimum occupation period now 5 years
      522 5  -  ESTHER NG ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It used to be one to 2.5 years. Then, the Minimum Occupation Period (MOP) was increased in March to three years. Now, buyers of non-subsidised public resale flats must wait at least five years before they can sell
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      Finally, some cooling measures with bite
      715 6  -  COMMENTARY COLIN TAN The writer is head of research and consultancy at Chesterton Suntec International. The much-awaited third round of cooling measures were finally announced yesterday but with a big difference the current set have a lot more bite than the earlier ones, which
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      Lock icon YOUTH SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL DAY RALLY
      259 7 NEO CHAI CHIN With much talk about the integration of foreigners and new immigrants into Singapore society, the National Day Rally on Sunday was like a “Maths lesson”, quipped project engineer Lu Qimin, 27, at a People’s Association Youth Movement focus group
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      Raise MOP to 10 years for first-timers
      450 7  -  COMMENTARY CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is editor-at-large at Today. The slew of measures introduced by the Government yesterday appears aimed at the property market speculator and should provide some relief to the genuine homebuyer from sky-high prices. Developers, while openly welcoming the
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      A society in transformation, a complex country to govern
      774 9  -  COMMENTARY: NATIONAL DAY RALLY Switching from explaining to empathising to pleading, Mr Lee tackled the hot topic of immigration and foreign workers. P N BALJI The writer is the director of the Asia Journalism Fellowship, a joint initiative ofTemasek Foundation and
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      Opposition reaction to Rally speech
      284 9  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Reduce National Service to one year, tax permanent residents who leave Singapore after gaining wealth and tighten labour laws. These were some suggestions made yesterday by Opposition parties in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on
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      Lock icon POLICE NATIONAL SERVICEMAN CHARGED
      96 11 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A Police National Service Special Constable has been charged with endangering the safety of others by pointing a revolver and firing one round at his colleagues. Twenty-one-year-old Sulaiman Perwira allegedly pointed the weapon at three other NS Special Constables Lum Zi Hao, Ng Guo
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      DOCTOR SUSPENDED AND FINED $6,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT
      123 11 A doctor has been suspended from practice for six months and fined $6,000 for professional misconduct by the Singapore Medical Council. Dr Ng Kwei Teo of KT Ng Clinic at Block 246 Hougang Street 22 pleaded guilty to 47 charges related to
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      Post-YOG, it’s back to school for NTU students
      279 11  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com,.sg SINGAPORE During the Youth Olympic Games, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students had to make detours to get to the campus, which was partly used to house the 3,600 participating athletes. And because the opening of their school term
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      Lock icon BANKRUPT TRIED TO ENTER CASINO USING WIFE'S IC
      142 11 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB An undischarged bankrupt has pleaded guilty to using his wife’s identity card to enter the Resorts World Sentosa casino on May 29. Forty-seven-year-old Lim Peng Chuan, a hawker, was caught by security staff during a random check. The court heard
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      NATAS FAIR CHALKS UP RECORD $85 MILLION IN SALES
      87 11 The cash registers had been ringing at the Natas travel fair which ended last Sunday. It achieved a record $85 million in sales, a 50 per cent increase over last year. The fair also attracted 70,500 visitors, the most ever. The
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  • VOICES
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      ‘It was a pleasure working with him’
      451 13  -  Letter from Prime Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister Prime Minister Dear Mdm Chandramohan Nirmala, I am deeply saddened by the passing of your husband, Mr Chandramohan. Mr Chandramohan was a long-time veteran of the broadcasting industry. He was a professional with a fine
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      228 15 A. mesfrom Singapore THE BULLDOG AND THE SCOTTIE When I was 10 years old, I loved to play with a couple of dogs in our neighbourhood. One was a black Scottie who liked to chase and retrieve tennis balls; the other was a pug bulldog who
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      Lock icon PM struck chord with me, my sons
      301 15  -  Letter from VBalu AS A family of four, we sat down together to listen to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on Sunday. Mr Lee spoke passionately, touching on subjects such as population issues and changes in the education system.
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      What do we do with YOG special lanes?
      136 15  -  Letter from Anne Wong Holloway NOW that all the fuss has died down, what are we doing about extending the useful life of the Youth Olympic Games special lanes and signs? Some motorists and road users here seem uncertain about what they
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      113 13 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices What should you look for when you hire? Hire on Merit. Be a Fair Employer. Ability and skill are basic qualities that make a good employee. Hiring on merit means looking at whether a person can do the
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    THE CLEAN SOLUTION
    573 16 Brought to you by Not all items can be thrown into the washing machine. For everything else, there is Febreze There’s nothing like a stink to ruin your day. What makes it worse is if it is something that you love and can’t bear to throw out.
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      A challenge, whichever 5Cs you choose
      939 17  -  But bosses can help S’poreans enjoy comfort, career and children, with consideration and charity ANG SWEE HOON The writer is Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing, NUS Business School. She specialises in Advertising, Consumer Behaviour and Branding. Recently, Senior Minister Goh ChokTong called
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      Lock icon Obama blows off Asia’s 3 billion wannabe billionaires
      963 19  -  US misses key opportunity to confer with Asean’s economic ministers WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. For a guy who talked big about reengaging Asia, Mr Barack Obama has a funny way of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A sedition charge and a You Tube clip
      304 21 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian rapper is being investigated for sedition, the police said yesterday, after posting a YouTube video that drew allegations he was stirring up ethnic tensions in the multicultural nation. Mr Wee Meng Chee, 27 (picture), better known as
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      Lock icon THOUSANDS FLEE INDON VOLCANO
      85 21 AFP An Indonesian volcano spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into the airyesterday, disrupting flights and sending thousands more people into temporary shelters. Airlines were warned to avoid remote Mount Sinabung in northern Sumatra as it erupted for a second day after springing
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      Lock icon Singapore and Indonesia define sea borders
      236 21 S RAMESH SINGAPORE Singapore and Indonesia have achieved a significant milestone in bilateral ties. Yesterday, they exchanged the Instruments of Ratification for the Treaty, which defines the sea boundaries of the two countries in the western part of the Straits of Singapore. The treaty
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      Lock icon Thai government to release guides to curb child gambling
      203 22 AP BANGKOK—The Thai government is publishing a series of parenting brochures that tells families how to keep their children from gambling on soccer matches, after children as young as seven were found betting on the World Cup matches. The Guide to
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S CURRENT PM POPULAR IN POLLS
      99 22 AP Japanesevotersshowedrenewedconfidence in the country’s government in opinion polls released yesterday and strongly supported Prime Minister Naoto Kan over Mr Ichiro Ozawa, a party rival vying for control of the country. The results from newspaper polls came as the government unveiled a fresh set
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      Lock icon Australia’s first Aboriginal MP brushes off racist taunts
      291 22 AFP SYDNEY The first Aborigine to be elected to the Australian parliament yesterday said he was not worried by racist taunts that followed his win, saying they were outweighed by messages of support. Mr Ken Wyatt (picture) rose above childhood poverty to
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      Lock icon Giant emerald found on US farm
      141 24 AP RALEIGH (North Carolina) An emerald so large it’s being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine the Great was pulled from a pit near corn rows at a North Carolina farm. The nearly 65-carat emerald its finders are marketing by the
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      Lock icon Gunman on a rampage kills seven, wounds 15
      317 24 AP BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) A gunman went on a rampage in Slovakia’s capital yesterday, killing seven people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials said. Five of the people killed were members of a Roma family who lived in an apartment where the
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      Lock icon Norway bomb plot casts light on Al Qaeda pitfalls
      500 25 AP NORWAY When police arrested a suspected Al Qaeda cell in Norway last month, they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. Investigations showed that the authorities learned early on about the
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      Lock icon Russian skinheads attack crowds at rock gig
      153 25 MOSCOW Scores of Russian skinheads attacked a crowd of about 3,000 people at a rock concert on Sunday, beating them with clubs. A 14-year-old girl was killed and dozens of people were left bloodied and dazed in the attack at the concert in
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      Lock icon Felines breathing life into Taiwanese ghost-town
      202 26 AP HOUTONG A surfeit of cats is giving a second life to a decayed Taiwanese coal-mining town that last prospered in the 1970s. Visitors’ raves on local blogs have helped draw dozens of cat lovers to fondle, frolic and photograph the 100 or so
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      Lock icon Fancy a vacation with a virtual girlfriend?
      228 26 AFP ATAMI Long a favourite of lovers and honeymooners, the Japanese beach town, Atami, has found a new tourism niche in the wired age by drawing young men and their virtual girlfriends. The men, who come from as far as South Korea and
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Werder Bremen ask for Ammirul tapes
      466 28 Cubs’ star midfielder caught the eye of Bundesliga giants’ president at Zimbabwe match SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Just 10 seconds, that was how long Ammirul Emmran took to make his mark at the Youth Olympic Games. Fans were still settling into their seats
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      Lock icon New expertise for men’s table tennis team
      448 28 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The Singapore men’s table tennis team of Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Cai Xiaoli, Ma Liang and Pang Xuejie have two huge assignments ahead of them. They will play at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in New
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      Lock icon He's yet to conquer New York
      611 29 Nadal set for another go to complete a career Grand Slam TENNIS US Open AP NEW YORK Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (picture) have played each other 21 times over the years, and all over the world. Eight matches came at Grand Slam tournaments,
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      No momentum lost for Red-hot Balestier
      175 29  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Great East-ern-Yeo’s S-League 2010 season resumed last night after the flurry of sporting activity at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. The competition took a 22-day break from Aug 8, but Balestier Khalsa looked as if they have not lost
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      Lock icon Hodgson eyes a late striker grab
      570 30 Liverpool look for one more new signing as deadline looms AGENCIES LIVERPOOL After a draw, one debilitating loss and a laborious 1-0 win over lowly West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, Liverpool are clearly struggling to click into gear. But the Liverpool faithful are not
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      Lock icon Mourinho frustrated as Barca open gap
      273 30 AFP MADRID Jose Mourinho admitted he was disappointed to begin his Real Madrid career with a 0-0 draw at Real Mallorca on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), citing poor finishing as the reason for his team’s failure. “One positive is that from a defensive
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      Lock icon No diving in Australia
      170 30 AFP SYDNEY Argentine Patricio Perez was one of two players banned yesterday for two ALeague matches for diving to win late penalties at the weekend. Central Coast midfielder Perez earned a penalty in a 71st minute incident which led to the equalising goal in a 1-1
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      Lock icon Pakistan could face cricket ban
      543 31 Sport reels from match-fixing scandal as Aussie Test also becomes ‘suspect’ AGENCIES LONDON The International Cricket Council (ICC) have started to put pressure on Pakistan to address the crisis engulfing the country’s cricket team following allegations that fixing by players is endemic in their matches.
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      Lock icon Business as usual for team
      296 31 AGENCIES LONDON Pakistan set off yesterday for the next leg of their tour of England despite increasing pressure to call it off amid damaging allegations that seven players were caught up in a match-fixing scandal. Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan said any further matches against the
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      290 38 AP WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify this week about his role in the bank bailouts that sent billions of taxpayer dollars to banks deemed “too big to fail”. Mr Bernanke will testify on Thursday before the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry
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      235 36 SINGAPORE The head of consumer banking of South-east Asia’s largest bank DBS Group Holdings, Mr Rajan Raju, has resigned after almost 11 years with the bank. MediaCorp understands that Mr Raju will be taking on a senior position in Deutsche Asset Management. Deutsche declined
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      271 36 Bank advises selling Asian equities BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Sell Asian shares before slowing earnings growth and a weakening global economy lead to further stock losses. That’s the recommendation of Deutsche Bank’s head of Asian equities Ajay Kapur, who said declines in measures of future
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      45 41 AUGUST 31, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF DRAMA BOX CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF AL FRESCO THEATRE WITH A NEW STORY. >> T2 SH...! DRESSED TO THRILL THE STARS WHO SHONE AT THIS YEAR’S EMMY RED CARPET AND THE MANY WHO DIDN’T. >> T10 BED PETS. A HEALTH HAZARD? >>
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    1514 42  -  ARTS Drama Box celebrates two decades of theatre one of which was spent under the sun MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg DRAMA Box artistic director Kok Heng Leun knows very well that if you’re going to put on a play outdoors, it’s best to expect the unexpected including impromptu performances
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      347 46 In staging a show to celebrate 10 years of doing community theatre, Drama Box encountered a roadblock.Their outdoor play Shhh..., which revolves around censorship, was denied a licence to perform outdoors, resulting in them having to come up with a new piece. Meanwhile, there were questions of originality after
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