Today, 17 January 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday January 17, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 425 1  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It could have been sheer luck that no one was hurt when several hundred tonnes of concrete blocks came toppling down yesterday morning on Gilstead Road, off Dunearn Road but the massive crash caused a gas leak, closed the road for
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  • 543 1  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In the first sign that the population of off-peak cars (OPCs) may be reaching a plateau, the number of red licence plates on the roads has fallen for the first time in at least three years. The number
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  • NEWS
    • 490 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nestled in a quiet corner of Toa Payoh, a sheltered home for the aged and elderly destitute may be showing the way forward in the provision of care and residential services. The Adventist
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    • 506 3 AGENCIES LONDON The offshore bank account details of 2,000 “high-net-worth individuals” and corporations detailing massive potential tax evasion will be handed over to WikiLeaks in London today by Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland. British,
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    • 573 3  -  HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The likelihood of surviving an out-of-hospital heart attack in Singapore is 3 per cent, compared to cities such as Seattle, where the rate is 30 per cent. This, even though help is at hand for one in five of
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    • 340 4 AGENCIES MELBOURNE Floods spread to rural communities in Australia’s southern Victoria state yesterday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,500 people, as residents in Queensland worked to clean their homes and offices. Some towns in Victoria, the country’s second-most-populous state, are predicting
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    • Article, Illustration
      96 6  -  TAN QUIYI Hong Kong Airlines flight HX751 landed at Changi Airport yesterday afternoon with stars aboard. Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng, Aarif Lee, Fala Chen and Michael Tse were the guests-of-honour on the flight’s second voyage to Singapore. They are in the cast of the coming Chinese New
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    • 216 6 REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s Environment Ministry yesterday ordered the demolition of an illegal Mumbai apartment block that has become a symbol of political corruption, as the country’s government tries to tackle mounting graft allegations. The demolition order is the first
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    • 96 6 AP The number of suicide bombings and other attacks in Pakistan declined nearly 20 per cent last year as a result of Pakistani military operations, better surveillance and the death of key militants in United States drone strikes, a think-tank said yesterday. The
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    • 206 8  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE A Singaporean believed to be mentally unsound has been arrested in connection with the case of the van abandoned outside the Singapore Islamic Hub (picture). Police told MediaCorp yesterday that the 49-year-old man of Pakistani descent has been referred to the
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    • 231 8  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 1,000 needy families and elderly people in the western parts of Singapore will soon have cheaper utility bills, with the help of energy-efficient devices in their homes. Some $150,000 worth of energy-saving light bulbs and table lamps, safety
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    • 154 8  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE The Serangoon Community Club (SCC) had two special guests during a Pongal celebration yesterday: A cow and its calf. The Indian harvest festival honours the hard work of cows and bullocks that ensures a good harvest. The two animals were given food
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    • 141 10  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH SINGAPORE Cases of abalone theft have been reported at supermarkets islandwide since December, the police said yesterday. A 45-year-old man has now been arrested for alleged involvement in this series of thefts in Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Panjang, Hougang, Toa
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    • 163 10 SINGAPORE It was 8.10am on Friday and three teenagers were throwing things from a block of flats at Yishun Street 61, according to an eyewitness. The three teens aged 14 and 15, are now under arrest and being investigated for committing a rash
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    • 73 10 More than 550 runners took part yesterday in the inaugural Adidas Bizad Charity Run, raising $30,000 for Fei Yue Community Services, Towner Gardens School and New Charis Mission. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan flagged off the 5km run, organised by the NUS Business
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    • 253 10  -  ALVINA SOH alvinasoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is the first community-based disease prevention programme here, and it wants to reach 1,500 residents in the east. The Eastern Community Health Outreach (Echo) will provide regular reminders about health screenings, so that chronic diseases such as obesity,
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  • VOICES
    • 338 12  -  With undergrad fees up, ratio should shrink Letter from Lee Guanwen I REFER to the rise in university tuition fees. As an undergraduate who enrolled in the Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Mechanical Engineering programme in 2008, I am not affected by this increase. But I feel that
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    • 215 12  -  Letter from James Chi Han-Hsuan I REFER to the property cooling measures, which are supposedly aimed at curbing market speculation. Between the last cooling measure on Aug 30 and the latest one, there is no clear data to show that the upward movement in prices has been due
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    • 320 13  -  Letter from Grace Chiang I AM perplexed about the poor 3G network coverage in MRT tunnels on the East-West and North-South lines. In the past year, since I switched to a smartphone running on a 3G network, I have faced much frustration getting connected. Performing daily
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    • 264 13  -  Letter from Paul Chan Poh Hoi I REFER to Ms Maureen Foo’s letter “Wall up void decks” (Jan 12) and disagree with such a regressive idea. Utilising void decks for shops and commercial activities would destroy the breathing space designed for dwellers of high-rise
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    • 142 13  -  Letter from Bernadette Low Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd Allison Tan Head Penalty Fee Section Public Transport Council WE THANK Mr Loh Wei for his feedback, “Fare cheats are thieves” (Jan 6). We take fare evasion very seriously to be fair
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    • 203 12 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices The Next Step In Your Lifelong Education NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION <4 r Apply now for the August 2011 intake. Join us at NIE and transform your professional practice! We are a leading institute for teacher education and
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    • 528 13 SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING 7 STEPS TO BEING FINANCIALLY SAVVY: PART II This is the second of a two-part series on financial management. This week, we look at the next four steps. BY ADAM KHOO In last week’s column, I talked about the first three steps to becoming financially savvy: Step
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 935 14  - Contextual ads: Everyone, click 'Like SHAUN SEOW shauns@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is MediaCorp Deputy CEO (News, Radio, Print, Interactive). Shaun suspects that after this column, his colleagues will simply call him “The Hairy One” in lieu of his long-ish title. If you have your rants on contextual advertising, please send them
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    • 1129 16  -  PHILIP STEPHENS Philip Stephens is associate editor of the Financial Times and its chief political commentator. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED One of the under-reported changes in the global geopolitical balance last year was the United States’ return to Asia. One of the
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  • WORLD
    • Article, Illustration
      585 18 Arab world comes to terms with Tunisian leader’s toppling by Facebook-organised youth AP CAIRO The stunning collapse of Tunisia’s long-ruling President’s regime on Friday brought cheers from the streets and a flood of messages on Middle East websites over the weekend with one overriding question: Could it happen
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    • 376 19 AGENCIES TUNIS Tunisian politicians were trying to form a unity government yesterday to maintain a fragile calm, two days after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted by violent protests. The police also arrested the head of his presidential guard, Ali
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    • 199 19 REUTERS SENGGIGI (Indonesia) The Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants the United States and Europe to lift sanctions against member Myanmar after its recent elections and release of pro-de-mocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it said yesterday. The moves by Myanmar have given it
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    • 117 19 Three Algerian men have set themselves on fire to protest unemployment and a lack of government housing, El Khabar newspaper reported yesterday. Mr Boutarfif Mohsen, 27, set himself ablaze after a government official he had approached unsuccessfully for a job dared him to
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    • 219 20 AP NEW YORK News Corp is pushing back the launch of the world’s first iPad-only newspaper. The company declined to comment on the reason for the delay. But a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person
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    • 92 20 A Columbus-area man has built a Lego replica of Ohio State’s horseshoe-shaped football stadium, complete with an archway and scoreboard. Mr Paul Janssen used about a million Lego pieces to build the 2.4m by 1.8m model. The 42-year-old Ohio State researcher told The Columbus Dispatch it
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    • 429 21 AP TUCSON In an unexpected twist to the Arizona shootings, a man wounded in the attack was arrested and taken in for a psychiatric exam, after he yelled “You’re dead!” at a political activist at a town hall meeting, the authorities said. Mr
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    • 177 21 REUTERS CAIRO An Egyptian state security court yesterday sentenced a Muslim man to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim police officer in a drive-by shooting on Coptic Christmas Eve in January last year. Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, 39, known as Hamam
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    • 345 22 REUTERS BEILIU (China) A Chinese porcelain manufacturing company has won the order to make the official tableware to be used at the British royal wedding of Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton. The Guangxi Sanhuan Group, based in Beiliu, a city in
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    • 335 22 AP BEIJING The brother of a farmer who was sentenced to life in prison in central China for evading highway tolls has turned himself in to the police and said he was the one responsible in a new twist in the
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    • 239 23 AP DETROIT The cleric who became the public face of efforts to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York began a national speaking tour on Saturday night by urging Muslims to help “depoliticise” their faith and play a role
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    • 82 23 STILL SUBMERGED Rice fields in Batticaloa, about 230km east of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, are still underwater following last week’s floods. The United Nations has said it will appeal for emergency flood aid for Sri Lanka, where 38 people have died, hundreds of thousands are homeless and vast
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    • 256 23 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Netherlands police yesterday ruled out foul play in the death of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) stewardess Chin Swee Len at Amsterdam’s Radisson Hotel car park on Friday morning, contrary to earlier reports by the Bernama news agency. A
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  • SPORTS
    • 324 24 AGENCIES SUNDERLAND Derbies are often said to be about backbone and in the Tyne-Wear match-up this season in the English Premiership, Newcastle United have clearly showed superior spine. Understandably, Newcastle’s visit to the Stadium of Light yesterday was well hyped, with Steve Bruce’s Sunderland looking to
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    • 169 24 AP BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa lifted themselves out of the bottom three in the Barclays Premier League yesterday after a 1-1 draw with bitter local rivals Birmingham City. James Collins scored a second-half equaliser to ensure the Villans a point in an entertaining Midlands derby.
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    • 538 24 The King returns to Anfield and finally gets on the board with a AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 2 Everton 2 LONDON The television cameras waited for the priceless moment and they got it when Kenny Dalglish paid the traditional homage to the legendary “This is Anfield” sign
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    • 328 25 AGENCIES LONDON Nat Lofthouse (picture), a miner who became one of England’s most powerful and prolific strikers, died on Saturday at the age of 85. Lofthouse, who amassed 30 goals in only 33 appearances for England and spent his entire club career playing for Bolton,
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    • 299 25 AP CHICAGO Derrick Rose scored 34 points and Kyle Korver hit a crucial 3-pointer with 25 seconds left on Saturday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as the Chicago Bulls withstood a stellar performance by Dwyane Wade to beat the Miami Heat 99-96. Miami, playing
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    • 575 25 Ten-man United hold off Spurs to top the league THE TELEGRAPH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Spurs 0 Manchester United 0 ENGLAND Manchester United’s march towards another Premier League title and potentially an “Invincible” season continues to be founded on resilience rather than flair. Yes, the real winners from
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    • 324 27 AP MELBOURNE Kim Clijsters (picture) reckons she did not win three US Open tournaments and 40 titles in her career while worrying about the opposition. She will take that thought into the Australian Open, where her first-round match tomorrow against Dinara Safina
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    • 677 27 World No 1 chases unique achievement but Federer’s a huge stumbling block AGENCIES TENNIS Australian Open MELBOURNE They were behaving like best mates on the Rod Laver Arena highfiving, hugging, shaking hands and laughing on the eve of the Australian Open. No one was
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    • 511 28  -  Impressed international officials aim to bring best windsurfing events here IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The International Windsurfing Association (IWA) have been extremely impressed with the organisational skills and support infrastructure here in Singapore. At the end of the five-day SIM 30th Singapore Open Asian Windsurfing
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    • 259 28  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE Hong Kong dominated the SIM 30th Singapore Open Windsurfing Championship 2011, which ended yesterday at the National Service Resort and Country Club Sea Sports Centre at Changi. Cheng Kwok Fai was the pick of the Hong Kong windsurfers, winning the men’s RS:X
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    • 256 28  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE Jeremy Kevin Matthews broke the men’s national 400m freestyle record yesterday when he clocked 3min 59.41 sec to finish second behind Australia’s Shane Asbury (3:58.86sec) at the 2011 Victoria State Championship. The 16-year-old shaved 0.03sec off the previous record set by
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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  • BUSINESS
    • 436 3 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Shanghai hopes to encourage foreign companies to raise capital through stock and bond issuance in the city this year, Mayor Han Zheng said yesterday, while also confirming that it plans a trial property tax this year. Mr Han said Shanghai aims to launch more
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    • 229 2 REUTERS TEHRAN No OPEC countries have requested an emergency meeting to discuss the rising price of crude oil, Iran’s Oil Minister said yesterday, calling US$100 per barrel appropriate and not a matter of concern for producers. “The price of US$100
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    • 350 2  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com SINGAPORE Mobile data revenue in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to almost double by the end of 2015 to US$148.1 billion ($191 billion), according to Frost and Sullivan. Experts believe this sum could be higher as data roaming charges become more transparent. Singapore
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    • 193 2  -  JULIE QUEK Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in South-east Asia grew 35.9 per cent to over 300 deals last year, according to independent market intelligence firm mergermarket, which added that M&A deal value doubled to US$71.1 billion ($91 billion) from 2009. For the fourth
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    • 473 1  -  MAY WONG SINGAPORE Commodity prices are set to continue to trend upwards, aggravated further by the floods in Australia, and analysts said this could in turn benefit com-modity-exporting countries in Asia such as Indonesia. Despite the weather disruptions to mining activities and with crop productions down in
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (JAN 10 TO 14)
      • 53 1 FRIDAY CLOSE 3,245.96 (-0.30%) THE WEEK AHEAD Property shares on the Straits Times Index may continue to fall this week, due to a new round of property cooling measures setting off more fears of policy risk, Thursday 3,255.87 p 0.34% Wednesday 3,244.94 p 0.11% Tuesday 3,241.49 p 0.38% Monday
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      • 30 1 HANG SENG 24,283.23 (+2.52%) Ç NIKKEI È 10,499.04 (-0.29%) È Ç È È SHANGHAI 2,791.34 (-1.67%) AUSTRALIA 4,801.50 (+2.05%) MUMBAI 18,860.44 (-4.22%) MALAYSIA 1,569.89 (-0.15%) SEOUL 2,108.17 (+1.05%) Ç
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      • 9 1 Ç È OIL US$90.45 (+2.75%) GOLD US$1,367.90 (-0.02%)
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      • STOCK CALLS
        • 62 1 Overweight $11.58, $5.08 Credit Suisse raises Keppel Corp’s target to $13.50 vs $12.10 and Sembcorp Marine target to $6.20 vs $5.80 as the brokerage remains Overweight on the offshore and marine sector. It says market trends indicate that a new rig replacement cycle is possible and that newer
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        • 69 1 Buy $2.20 Phillip Securities initiates coverage of Genting Singapore with a Buy call and a target price of $2.74 based on its EBITDA of $2.3 billion this year with enterprise value estimated at $34.9 billion based on 15X EV/EBITDA. It expects the company to record strong revenue growth
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    • 594 1  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At least seven real estate investment trusts (REITs) that could raise around $4 billion are expected to make their debut on the Singapore Exchange this year. Analysts expect further upside for REITs and said more of them will
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