Today, 22 November 2010, Afternoon Edition

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  • 47 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday November 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November 22, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking NOVEMBER 22, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF
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  • 586 3  -  IMELDA SAAD imelda@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ethnic-based support groups are still needed in Singapore because they have a unique role to play, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. While the State has to roll out national social safety net programmes on a “race-blind” basis, ethnic-based
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  • 528 3 EU/IMF aid package will likely be smaller than that given to Greece in May REUTERS DUBLIN The European Union and International Monetary Fund yesterday agreed to help bail out Ireland with loans to tackle the country’s banking and budget crisis in a move aimed at
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  • NEWS
    • 390 5 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Al Qaeda’s Yem-en-based wing has threatened more small-scale attacks against the United States to inflict broad economic damage a new strategy which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by “a thousand cuts”. In a new edition of its online
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    • 127 5 MELDA SAAD To help implement some of the proposals spelt out in a forward planning exercise carried out by Malay Muslim youth, Mendaki has set aside a budget of $50,000 for the first year, to fund deserving pilot projects. The Malay Muslim self-help group
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    • 93 6 Showing what active ageing is all about, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong took to the stage to sing a popular Chinese song, The moon represents my heart, at a community event yesterday to celebrate Grandparents’ Day. Some 800 senior citizens gathered at
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    • 444 6  -  St Andrew’s Secondary School principal Belinda Charles said the balance is beginning to right itself. But she has noticed that parents who are ambitious for their children generally prefer to see them taking double and triple science and double maths, rather than the arts.
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    • 462 7  -  PA also unveils first 5-year NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As it turned 50 this year, it took a “long, hard look” at itself and came up with its inaugural Master Plan to steer community bonding over the next five years. And
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    • 66 7 About $320,000 was raised for cancer patients in the annual charity drive, Run for Hope, held yesterday at the East Coast Park. Some 7,000 participants ran either the 4km or 10km route. The run, organised by the Singapore National Cancer Centre, is in its 18th year.
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    • 206 9 SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE The thought of running up 1,336 steps of Singapore’s Swissotel can be pretty daunting. But 25-year-old Australian Dwayne Fernandes (picture) took it all in his stride, despite the challenge he faced as a double amputee. “I need to be at the
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    • 178 9 JOHOR BARU Vehicles heading to Singapore from Johor Baru will be diverted to a new road tomorrow morning, to pave the way for demolition works on the elevated access road currently connecting the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex to the
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    • 124 9 The season of giving started early for Club Rainbow Family Care Centre when staff of De Hygienique (Asia), an indoor cleaning and sanitising service provider, visited the Club Rainbow Family Care Centre on Saturday. Assisted by a group of National Institute of Education students, they
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    • 131 9 The Singapore Armed Forces has tested the latest addition to its artillery weapon system, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars). Himars can engage targets 70km away, move at a top speed of 94km/h, and “shoot and scoot” in less than 20 seconds, ensuring crew and
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    • 120 9 Police have arrested another 70 people as part of a clampdown on gang activities. The series of arrests, which began on Saturday and ended early yesterday, were made at entertainment outlets and public places along Orchard Road, Clarke Quay and in HDB estates. Police
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    • 139 5 Office 2010 Tips and Tricks Part 1 of 5 Capture your Audience Attention! Embed and Edit Videos selt Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Video you insert from your files is now embedded in your presentation by default. Easily trim your video within PowerPoint® 2010 without additional software required. Microsoft" □□Office 2010 Visit
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    • 172 6 DOUBLE AMPUTEE CONQUERS 73 STOREYS PAGE 6 LANXESS SNYO CLASSIC. presents the concert JTJ rr e The Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Well regarded as the premier national orchestra for young musicians. Guest soloist: Stewart Rose. Praised for his "remarkable virtuosity, agility and fluency, and his ability to retain the horn's
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    • 275 7 I find the tagline ‘We set you thinking’ very appropriate because the articles and commentaries in the paper are very analytical and they offer different perspectives that invite readers to think deeper about the issues. Mr Andrew Koh, director and general manager, consumer imaging and information group, Canon Singapore INSTITUTE
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  • VOICES
    • 179 11  -  LETTER FROM ISHWAR MAHTANI Recently when I was hospitalised, I noticed that many patients were impatient and boisterous when dealing with nurses. Although the nurses tried hard to please the patients, many patients spoke rudely to the nurses. I think many
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    • 370 11  -  Because way too often, the people who mean the most and deserve the best get forgotten in the ruckus and distractions of everyday life. Letter from Dineth Siriwardane AS “the most wonderful time of the year” rolls around the corner and we rush into gift
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    • 375 13  -  Letter from Ho Han Kwee Director, Youth Health Division, Health Promotion Board KVijaya, Project Director, REACH, Institute of Mental Health Daniel Fung Director, Education Programmes Division, Ministry of Education Sum Chee Wah Director, Primary and Community Care Division, Ministry of Health WE
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    • 586 13  -  Letter from Ruth Wong MY HELPER, who came to work with my family a week ago, suddenly left our home without a word and returned about three hours later, saying that she had gone out to meet her friends. We were
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
    • 959 15  -  Six months on, the ripples are being felt in wage inflation and more A third post-Foxconn effect could be the most profound of all. If wages in China and elsewhere in Asia continue to rise, so will the prices of finished goods. Hong
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    • 1524 17  -  With the power of the media behind her, Sarah Palin could win the Republican ticket if not the Presidency FRANK RICH The writer is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York THE NEW YORK TIMES Sarah Palin said at the climax
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  • WORLD
    • 343 20 Pockets of oxygen offer miners hope: NZ PM AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST GREYMOUTH There was “every chance” that 29 miners missing after an explosion at a New Zealand colliery were still alive, Prime Minister John Key said this morning, as pressure mounted for a rescue. “The
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    • 335 20 REUTERS SEOUL The top United States envoy on North Korea will discuss with key Asian nations ways to thwart Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions amid fresh concerns about its uranium enrichment program. Mr Stephen Bosworth arrived in Seoul late yesterday at the start of a
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    • 121 20 NYT Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that any American proposal for restarting IsraeliPalestinian negotiations must include a complete halt in Israeli settlement building, including in East Jerusalem. Speaking to reporters in Cairo after meeting President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Mr Abbas said that he
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    • 135 20 AGENCIES The seventh Harry Potter movie opened to a jaw-dropping US$330.1 million ($430 million) in global ticket sales. That total easily made Harry Potter AndThe Deathly Hallows: Part 1 No 1 in North America, where the boy wizard generated an estimated US$125.1 million, a
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    • 112 21 Thousands of sombre Chinese marked a traditional day of mourning yesterday for 58 people killed in a high-rise fire last Monday. Quiet crowds filed past the building, which was blocked off by police barricades. A huge pile of flowers, stuffed animals, photos of victims and
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    • 329 21 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR In accepting new members directly into its fold from Saturday, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) has shown it can accommodate divergent political views, a move that pundits say will likely raise public support in its favour in the coming general
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    • 118 21 AP Global wildlife experts and officials from 13 countries opened a “tiger summit” yesterday in St Petersburg, Russia to discuss how to save the big cats whose numbers have shrunk so drastically they could become extinct if quick measures are not taken. The World Wildlife Fund
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    • 196 22 REUTERS TOKYO Japan plans to send non-combat troops for the first time to its westernmost island in response to Chinese naval manoeuvres in the East China Sea, a move which could infuriate its neighbour, the Nikkei Business Daily said yesterday. Relations between Asia’s
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    • 152 22 AP Several thousand people waved banners and chanted in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, yesterday to express their support for President Ma Yingjeou’s policy of engaging China ahead of key elections later this week. Since taking office in May 2008, Mr Ma has backed
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    • 305 23 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK—Mr Rupert Murdoch, head of media giant News Corp, and Apple chief executive Steve Jobs are preparing to unveil a new digital “newspaper” called The Daily at the end of this month, according to reports in the United
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    • 189 24 AP CHICAGO Air travel over the Thanksgiving holiday could be even worse this year: Airports in the United States could see even more disruptions because of a loosely organised Internet boycott of full-body scans. The protest, National Opt-Out Day, is scheduled for Wednesday to
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    • 152 24 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Mr Yang Jianli, a Chinese veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, is acting as a go-between in preparations for next month’s controversial Nobel peace prize award ceremony in Oslo. The Chinese government reacted furiously to the choice of
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    • 198 24 AP CHENGDE China’s govern-ment-backed Catholic church ordained a bishop who did not have the Pope’s approval on Saturday, despite objections from the Vatican and comments by a key papal adviser that the move was “illegitimate” and “shameful”. The Reverand Guo Jincai’s ordination at Pingquan
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    • 233 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha Cameron, have cancelled their controversial trip to Thailand following increasing criticism that it sent the wrong signal at a time when the country is facing widespread job losses and spending cuts.
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    • 256 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Senior royal sources have confirmed that Prince William and Ms Kate Middleton have their hearts set on a spring wedding in London and have selected a “first choice” date, thought to be in the final week of April. The
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    • 158 25 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The British government is considering forcing tobacco companies to package their cigarettes in plain brown wrappers in a bid to de-glamourise smoking and stop young people taking up the habit. Health secretary Andrew Lansley is investigating the viability of
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  • SPORTS
    • 516 26 Sreedharan, Singh power through as China’s hero speaks through his blog AP GUANGZHOU As China’s former world and Olympic champion hurdler Liu Ziang continued to hole up in his room at the Athletes’ Village yesterday, avoiding the crowds, India’s women long-distance runners revelled in front
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    • 46 26 Noon Rugby Men/Women Prelims 2pm Diving Women’s Sync 3m Springboard final 3pm Archery Men’s Team Semi-finals Men’s Team Bronze and Gold Medal match 5pm Athletics Men/Women: 100m final, 400m final, 110m Hurdles, Pole Vault final, Hammer throw final and Heptathlon
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    • 451 26 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The Republic’s hopes of a first track and field medal at the Asian Games since Tehran in 1974 were dashed at the Aoti Main Stadium in Guangzhou yesterday when Zhang Guirong (picture) faltered
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    • 306 27 and Azlan makes it a Malaysian double AP GUANGZHOU World champion Nicol David of Malaysia won her third Asian Games gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Au Wing Chi of Hong Kong in the women’s singles final yesterday. The Malaysian winner of gold at
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    • 583 27  -  SSC reject bowling chief Phua’s claim, say coach Woo turned them down TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg GUANGZHOU Until the team of Cherie Tan, Shayna Ng and Geraldine Ng clinched Singapore's first gold medal in bowling at the 16th Asian Games on Saturday, the Republic's keglers were under
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    • 194 27 AP GUANGZHOU Defending champions and world No 6 South Korea hammered Singapore 12-1 in the men’s hockey competition at the Asian Games yesterday to set up a semi-final against Pakistan. Se Jong-ho scored three goals and Nam Hyun-woo was on target off three short corners
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    • 385 28 China’s poster boy for badminton can now be called the greatest in the nation’s history AGENCIES GUANGZHOU Lin Dan (picture) can finally add a long-coveted Asian Games gold to his impressive medals collection. The 27-year-old three-time world champion from China beat No 1-ranked Lee Chong
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    • 246 28 REUTERS KARACHI In the conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province of Pakistan, young women are expected to settle down to married life and raising a family. Sana Mir, captain of the Pakistan women’s cricket team that won a gold medal at the 16th Asian Games
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    • 416 28  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SHANWEI Few expected Singapore to continue to reign as the top nation in sailing at the Asian Games, with China, owning a seafaring heritage that stretches back centuries, the hosts this year. At the end of the sailing programme
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    • 652 31 Mancini’s side hits back at critics the best way possible: Goals aplenty AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Manchester City moved three points behind joint leaders Chelsea and Manchester United with a 4-1 thrashing of Fulham in last night’s late match. After being criticised for playing too
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    • 157 31 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Carlo Ancelotti has made the startling admission that he does not consider himself to be in control at Chelsea after effectively seeing his position at the Premier League champions undermined by the surprise dismissal of his assistant firstteam coach Ray Wilkins
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    • 200 31 Inter star faces lengthy ban after doing a Zidane AGENCIES MILAN Inter Milan’s crisis intensified with a 2-1 defeat at Chievo where Samuel Eto’o committed a Zinedine Zidane-like headbutt that could result in a lengthy suspension. In a moment of madness similar to France
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    • 199 31 MEET REAL MADRID'S 'NEW SIGNING' ZINEDINE ZIDANE AGENCIES Zinedine Zidane has begun his new job working as a link between Real Madrid’s squad and club president Florentino Perez. Zidane, who spent five seasons playing for Real, will not form part of Jose Mourinho’s staff but will work with the Portuguese
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    • 609 32  -  Former Home United star crowned S-League Player of the Year, solo goal also honoured PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The 2010 S-League season saw history made when all three domestic trophies went to foreign clubs, with French outfit Etoile FC winning the S-League title and
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    • 410 32 SINGAPORE S League charity, Care United, were the biggest winners at the annual 9s football series for the juniors and masters’ categories at Jalan Besar Stadium. The event for under-15s and those over45 years of age ended yesterday and raised
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  • BUSINESS
    • 388 34 MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE Fears of further monetary tightening in China may hurt trading sentiment when markets open this week, analysts said. Friday’s surprise move by the People’s Bank of China to raise banks’ reserve ratio requirements by 50 basis points from Nov 29 the fifth
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (NOV 15 TO 21)
      • 51 34 Thursday 11,181.20 p 1.57% Wednesday 11,007.90 q 0.14% Tuesday 11,023.50 q 1.59% Monday 11,202.00 p 0.08% Friday 11,192.60 q 0.80% FRIDAY CLOSE 11,203.50 (+0.20%) THEWEEKAHEAD “Black Friday”, when holiday shopping season traditionally starts, could sway stocks this week, but the Irish bailout is likely to be the main market
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      • 9 34 NASDAQ 2,518.12 (+0.15%) Ç S&P500 1,199.73 (+0.25%) Ç
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      • 13 34 Ç FTSE100 5,732.83 (-0.62%) Ç È DAX 6,843.55 (+0.17%) CAC40 3,860.16 (-0.20%)
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      • 5 34 È OIL US$81.51 (-US$0.34)
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      • 17 34 US$1 $1.296 US$1 £0.626 US$1 €0.729 US$1 ¥83.478 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • STOCK CALLS
      • 54 34 $2.04 Underweight HSBC starts Genting Singapore at Underweight with $2.05 target; tips 2010 net profit at $478 million vs consensus $726 million, 2011E at $923 million vs consensus $1.109 billion; says differences reflect different assumed market sizes. Stock trading on 2011E EV/ EBITDA of 16.8X, P/E of 27.8X,
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      • 48 34 $4.65 Buy Goldman Sachs raises target to $5.80 from $4.55. In softer residential market, says UOL offers relatively lower exposure to Residential, while earnings visibility remains strong from unbilled sales; has 69 per cent of GAV in Commercial, particularly non-Grade A office, Hotels, “segments we favor most.”
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    • 386 34 US may soon file broad round of insider trading cases against $2.2t industry REUTERS WASHINGTON United States Federal authorities may file a series of insider trading cases against hedge fund traders, consultants and Wall Street bankers within weeks, several lawyers familiar with the situation said.
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    • 714 35  - All those IOUs stashed under America’s carpet COMMENTARY ANDY MUKHERJEE andymukherjee@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive business editor at MediaCorp The most accurate depiction of the way United States policy makers have dealt with the unsustainable, unserviceable debt that caused the financial crisis of 2008 has to be this: “Bury that
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    • 346 36  -  CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The world is in the midst of a “super-cycle” driven by emerging markets, according to Standard Chartered Bank. This will lead to trade between emerging markets growing to 40 per cent of global commerce, up from the current level of
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    • 141 36 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY Australia’s government wants a “new pillar” in the banking system to provide competition to the nation’s four biggest banks, Treasurer Wayne Swan said. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corp, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and National Australia Bank dubbed
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    • 117 36 BLOOMBERG Weekend sales of used homes in some of Hong Kong’s biggest private housing estates fell 83 per cent from the previous week, as the government imposed additional taxes and raised down payments to curb surging prices. The number of transactions fell to
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