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  • 21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday January 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 414 1  -  HOE YEEN NIE yeennie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The bottom is falling out of Singapore’s fertility rates. After inching to a record low of 1.22 babies per resident female in 2009, the Total Fertility Rate slumped to 1.16 last year based on preliminary estimates, taking the
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  • 539 1 Swiss banker gives Assange details on alleged high-profile tax evasion THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON A former senior Swiss bank executive said yesterday that he had given WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange details of more than 2,000 prominent individuals and companies that he contends engaged in tax
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    • 11 1 Tuesday NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 SPURS LOOK LIKELY TO LAND STEVEN
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    • 19 1 Tuesday January 18, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking VILLA BID $49M FOR DARREN BENT SPORTS LATEST 26 27
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  • NEWS
    • 500 2  - Competitive and compassionate NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When her daughter clinched a Ministry of Education scholarship in 2009, Dr Lai Ah Eng asked her if she really needed it, as the family could well afford her International Baccalaureate education at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). Dr Lai’s daughter asked MOE if
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    • 411 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For a global city which has been described in some quarters as the “Monaco of the East”, it seems that “hubris” has seeped into certain segments of Singapore society who think the country has arrived, Singapore
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    • 592 3  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They talked about Myanmar and the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the East Asia Summit. But at a three-day retreat in Lombok, Indonesia, the ASEAN foreign ministers also discussed the possibility of putting in
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    • 406 4 Hu, Obama and human rights THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON Chinese President Hu Jintao has held out the prospect of a clash with his American counterpart, President Barack Obama, over human rights when the two meet at the White House tomorrow. Mr Hu told The Washington Post that the United States and
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    • 297 4 AGENCIES NEW YORK Apple founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs (picture) has announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. He said he will continue to serve as CEO and be involved in major strategic
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    • 249 6  -  TANYA FONG SINGAPORE A number of accidents led to major traffic jams in some parts of Singapore, including the PIE, yesterday morning, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). Traffic on the PIE in the direction of Jurong was backed up due
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    • 481 6  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A move by a group of lawyers to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to revoke the Law Society’s new Business Class travel policy was rejected yesterday. But the 44 lawyers behind the move are not giving
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    • 299 8  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE During the Afghan parliamentary elections last September, close to 400 vehicles gathered ominously as demonstrators geared up for a massive protest. On another occasion, some civilians were seen digging the ground to plant explosives. However the gathering turmoil was resolved
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    • 249 8  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE The President should have the discretion to disregard the Cabinet’s advice when it comes to granting pardons, the lawyer for condemned drug-trafficker Yong Vui Kong argued yesterday. Flanked by a research team that included three lawyers from the United Kingdom, Yong’s lawyer, Mr M
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    • 207 8  -  DYLAN LOH TanTock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has expanded its services to reduce cost and time for patients. Patients admitted to the Emergency Department at TTSH for serious but stable conditions can now be discharged within 24 hours. Previously, they
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    • 187 8 i 5 BE THE NEXT ARI?§ MILLIONAIRE! WE WILL Sflffii it#. V, c& Mobile apps are conquering tthe,world! Millions are selling theirapps products /Galaxy S/Blackberrv Doodle Jump made US$2 million for its creator within 4 months; Trism earned US$250,000 for its developer within 2 months; Tap Tap Revenge made $100,000
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  • VOICES
    • 672 10  -  Inward-looking posture will lead to downsizing of its external sector Letter from Ng Ya Ken IN HIS commentary “Japan finds more to life than growth” (Jan 11), Mr David Pilling has given a balanced account of Japan’s twin woes in its economy and demography. Although Japan
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    • 152 12  -  Letter from Ms Bernadette Low Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation Ltd WE REFER to Mr Raymond Koh Joo Guan’s feedback (“Is Promenade and Esplanade pronounced the same at the end?”, Jan 10). The pronunciation of “Esplanade” used in our announcements is the same as
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    • 105 12  -  Letter from Casey Tay Kian Chuan I HAVE forgotten how many times I have seen petite ladies endure having huge backpacks shoved into their faces by seemingly clueless men on the trains. I often carry a big sling laptop bag on the morning train but am mindful
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    • 47 12 The article, “Number of off-peak cars start to plateau” (Jan 17), reported that the number of cars being converted to off-peak cars in December 2009 was 229. This is incorrect. The figure represents the number of conversions for the whole of 2009. We apologise for the
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1033 14  -  Though the coup sent shockwaves through the Arab world, it will not herald era of democratic reform RICHARD SPENCER Richard Spencer is one of the Daily Telegraph’s Middle East correspondents. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH If anyone knows how a dictatorship works, it should be
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    • 756 16  -  NICHOLAS D KRISTOF Nicholas D Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES An international study published last month looked at how students in 65 countries performed in maths, science and reading. The winner was: Confucianism! At the very top of the charts, in
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  • WORLD
    • 230 18 REUTERS ATLANTA Speakers at emo-tionally-charged Martin Luther King Day celebrations across the United States warned yesterday of the dangers of harsh political rhetoric in the wake of a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six and left a congresswoman gravely wounded.
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    • 323 18 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST TUNIS Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi appointed opposition figures to a new unity government yesterday in the hope of restoring stability after violent street protests against unemployment, graft and repression brought down President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali last week.
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    • 268 20 TEHRAN After months of false starts, dire warnings and political wrangling, Iran has embarked on a sweeping programme of cuts in its costly and inefficient system of subsidies on fuel and other essential goods that has put a strain on state
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    • 213 20 AP JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak abruptly announced yesterday that he was leaving his Labor Party and forming a new parliamentary faction inside the governing coalition, completing a split in the iconic party over the handling of peace talks with the Palestinians. The
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    • 274 21 AP SEOUL Impoverished North Korea could bring about its own collapse if it keeps pouring scarce national resources into its nuclear weapons programme and armed forces, a senior South Korean official has warned. “I think they will come to the point
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    • 34 21 A WALK FOR PEACE People attending a ‘Walk for Peace’ on Sunday to honour US Representative Gabrielle Giffords and other victims from last week’s shootings in Tucson, Arizona. THE NEW YORK THE NEW YORK
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    • 239 21 THE NEW YORK TIMES TUCSON On a day when United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ condition was upgraded to serious from critical, her husband, Mr Mark Kelly, spoke publicly for the first time. He left his wife’s hospital bedside to take
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    • 453 22 REUTERS HANOI Vietnam’s ruling communists are replenishing their ageing ranks with younger, better-educated policy-makers and entrepreneurs as the 81-year-old party founded by Marxist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh struggles to stay relevant. The party was to select a new policy-making central committee
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    • 251 23 THE GUARDIAN ROME Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said claims he paid a teenaged dancer for sex and threw erotic parties for prostitutes cannot be true because he is enjoying a “stable, affectionate relationship” with one woman. Mr
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    • 311 23 AP MELBOURNE Residents of towns in south-east Victoria have been warned to evacuate their homes as river levels rise. Victoria State Emergency Services spokeswoman Natasha Duckett warned that the Victoria town of Horsham could face a major flood today during the expected
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    • 162 23 AP BATTICALOA Residents briefly besieged a government office in flood-hit eastern Sri Lanka yesterday, accusing officials of holding back food and other aid intended for people affected by the flooding. More than 1,000 people surrounded the office in the village of Ariyampathy in
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    • 275 24 Criminals use personal details posted on networking PETALING JAYA More Malaysians are falling prey to cyber-criminals who use personal details posted on social networking sites like Facebook, security experts here warned. Cyber-criminals lift information such as birth dates, addresses, telephone numbers and even photographs
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    • 131 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial will resume from Feb 14 to March 25. However, his lawyer Mr Sankara Nair, told reporters yesterday that the defence was concerned about the availability its their medical experts due to the
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    • 110 24 A Malaysian maid working for the fourth wife of gambling tycoon Stanley Ho has won more than HK$30 million ($4.98 million) in a lottery in Hong Kong. The China Press reported that the middle-aged woman bought a ticket on her birthday at
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 25 A man walking by dummies to be used in an anti-disaster drill in the Roppongi Hills business district of Tokyo yesterday, which also marked the 16th anniversary of the Great Hanshin (or Great Kobe) Earthquake. AP AP
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    • 360 25 REUTERS LONDON Britain launched a public consultation yesterday to help the authorities decide whether people who donate eggs and sperm to fertility clinics should be paid cash compensation and if so how much. An online questionnaire drawn up by the Human Fertilisation and
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    • 147 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Milk from organic cattle that eat a fresh grass diet is consistently better for your health, a new study claims. Researchers have found that organic milk generally contained less saturated fat and more good fatty acids than milk produced
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    • 171 20 GCE LEVELS REPARATORY COURSES LEADING TO 2011 CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS Full Time Classes: Morning/Mid-day/Afternoon Part Time Classes: Evening/Saturday/Sunday BIIIMMIil Please enrol early for classes commencing in FEBRUARY and MARCH 2011 (January 2011 Classes Commenced, 10 January 2011) Foreign Student's Pass (subject to ICA approval) and Accommodation can be arranged -More than
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    • 209 22 How TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, THE S'PORE WAY (Extracted from The Straits Times 21 July 2007) (Extracted from The Straits Times 21 July 2007) A capable person has hopes of joining the ranks of the top earners and become a millionaire. Parents should remember this reality and not neglect their
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  • SPORTS
    • 318 26 AGENCIES DOHA Jordan came back from a goal down to beat Syria 2-1 last night to qualify for the Asian Cup quarterfinals and deny Syria its first trip to the knockout stage. Striker Odai Al Saify scored the winning goal in the 59th
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    • 449 27 Eye-popping offer hints at Aston Villa’s desperation THE TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Sunderland have accepted an astonishing £24 million ($49 million) cash bid from Aston Villa for striker Darren Bent in a move which could finally kick-start an otherwise moribund January transfer window.
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    • 195 27 Liverpool winger fined for online outburst at referee THE TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL Dutch winger Ryan Babel has become the first professional footballer to be censured for comments made on the social networking site Twitter after the Football Association fined the Dutch international £10,000 ($20,500) for posting a
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    • 131 27 THE GUARDIAN Birmingham City will not be signing the Tottenham Hotspur striker Robbie Keane this month, the club confirmed yesterday. Birmingham’s acting chairman Peter Pannu and manager Alex McLeish met yesterday and decided not to pursue their interest in Keane, who is worth £6 million
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    • 133 27 THE TELEGRAPH Steven Pienaar’s move to Tottenham Hotspur appeared to be back on last night after the club finally agreed to pay the £3 million ($6.1 million) demanded by Everton, after having had a £2 million bid rejected last week. Talks with Chelsea had
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    • 510 28  -  Windsurfers race in the heart of the city and Singapore teen bags a win TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Audrey Yong’s team-mates went home last night well fed. Audrey treated them to a dinner of crab, served in a variety of styles, hours after she won
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    • 535 29  -  Identity of 12th club, subsidy amount and fixture schedule still unknown as Feb 7 kick-off looms SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In 2009, the 11 sides in the Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League finally found out who the 12th team would be in the competition when Brunei side
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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  • IMPACT
    • 469 5  -  Carlsberg’s $3 million Chinese New Year campaign includes giving out a luxury car PETER YEO DRIVE into the Year of the Rabbit this Chinese New Year with a brand new car. Carlsberg will be rewarding one lucky drinker with a BMW 523i (picture, bottom) through its “Usher in
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  • BUSINESS
    • 403 3 DOW JONES BEIJING There is “no factual basis” behind the theory that an undervalued yuan is the principal cause of the United States-China trade imbalance, an editorial in the People’s Daily said yesterday. The yuan appreciated 21.2 per cent against
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    • 355 2  -  CHRIS HOWELLS christopherh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) in Singapore grew at a slower pace of 9.4 per cent year-on-year in December, from a revised 9.9 per cent recorded in the previous month, as electronic exports to key markets such as the United States and China declined.
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    • 105 2 Changi Airport Group (CAG) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday announced the development of a new Air Cargo Express (ACE) Hub. The ACE Hub will have a gross floor area of 26,277 sq m and will be located within
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    • 97 2 Mainboard-listed Ascendas REIT’s third-quarter distribution per unit has risen 0.6 per cent. The trust said yesterday unitholders would receive 3.29 cents per unit forthethree months ended December, compared with 3.27 cents in the same period a year earlier. The improved performance was on the back
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    • 81 2 The JTC Corp has awarded the tender for the industrial site at Old Toh Tuck Road or Toh Tuck Avenue to Incorporated Builders, the company that submitted the highest bid of $8.7 million. The 10,083 sq m site can be used to develop
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    • 146 2  -  TRAVIS TEO South Korea’s 15th largest builder, Ssangyong Engineering Construction, has won a $40.5 million contract to build a luxury shopping mall next to the W Singapore Sentosa Cove Hotel. Ssangyong said yesterday it signed the contract with property developer City Developments,
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    • 274 1 REUTERS LONDON GlaxoSmithKline will record a legal charge of £2.2 billion ($4.5 billion) for the fourth quarter, effectively wiping out its profit, as it settles further claims related to Avandia and sales practices. The charge equates to an after-tax cost of
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      • 71 1 Slip on strong supply Oil slipped while the US dollar strengthened and equities faltered as OPEC said the market was well supplied and inventories should climb in the first half of the year. The ICE Brent February contract consolidated around US$6 above US crude oil futures and closed down
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    • 29 1 US$1 $1.286 US$1 £0.629 US$1 €0.753 US$1 ¥82.671 US$1 A$1.006 US$1 HK$7.776 US markets closed for Martin Luther King Day. All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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    • 113 1 BLOOMBERG Power station coal prices rose for a seventh week to a two-year high and steelmaking coal prices gained 5.7 percent after heavy rain and flooding curbed output in Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of the fuel. The price for thermal coal at
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    • 373 1 Goldman halts share offering to US investors for fear of marketing violations BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Goldman Sachs halted an offering of Facebook shares to investors in the United States on concern that “intense media attention” on the deal may violate rules limiting marketing of private
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    • 154 4  -  Singapore's only superhero family mysteriously loses powers, leaving panicked residents at the mercy of super villains DAMIAN CHONG damianchong@heronews. com SINGAPORE It seems like only yesterday that our beloved Magnificent Heroes were strutting around our sunny island saving our sorry behinds from evil-doers. Well actually, it
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    • 483 4 Until the start of 2006, David LaChapelle was the quintessential celebrity artist. He’d create out-of-this-world photographs of the most famous people in the world for magazines like Rolling Stone, Vogue and GQ as well as shoot their music videos. And then the 57-year-old
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    • 153 6 Last week was truly an explosion of art, led by the inaugural Art Stage Singapore, which featured some amazing works and saw artists like Takashi Murakami and David LaChapelle dropping by. Notable exhibitions also opened at The Substation and Lasalle College Of The Arts, among others,
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      • 109 6 The Diary Of Alice Each night, Joavien Ng and Paloma Calle gather 16 “guests” to share and perform stories about a certain Alice. It’s an interactive performance over whisky shots. Jan 1 9 to 22,25 to 29, 8pm, Baba House, 157 Neil Road. With additional 10pm shows on Fridays
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      • 96 6 PantoneMyArt Ten Singapore-based artists, including Ben Qwek, Messy Msxi and Jeremy Sharma, tap into the colours from the Pantone Matching System to create works in predominantly single colour tones. Until March 31, 11am to midnight, tcc “The Gallery”, 51 Circular Road. www.pantonemyart.com. You And I The Substation associate
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    • 470 8 Facebook film, Natalie Portman and Colin Firth leave the Golden Globes happy AGENCIES FACEBOOK film The Social Network won four Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, including Best Drama, making it a front-runner in Hollywood’s Oscar race after sweeping several honours from critics and industry
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    • 224 12 ON MEDIACORP ANYTHING GOES Channel 5, 8.30pm Anything Goes lands their biggest assignment the delivery of a valuable coin to the Asian Civilisations Museum. Unfortunately, Yusof, Rick and Chan somehow manage to lose the van with the coin inside. PROSPERITY Channel 8, 9pm Aili is unable to pay the rent,
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