Today, 17 August 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Wednesday August 17, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon 'Govt will respect voters' choice'
    1124 1  -  PM Lee urges Singaporeans to consider carefully the qualities of each candidate LOH CHEE KONG news editor cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The well-publicised run-ins between former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong and the Government, during his tenure as Elected President, shows that having previous links to
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      41 1 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2011 READ news reports on all the candidates www.todayonline.com/ singaporevotes FOLLOW the latest developments in the campaign www.twitter.com/ todayonline www.facebook.com/ todayonline WATCH videos of the candidates and their rallies www.youtube.com/ todaydigital VIEW behind-the-scenes photos on the campaign trail www.flickr.com/todaydigital
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon New committee to develop, expand varsity sector
      458 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Issues such as the oft-heard call for more university places for polytechnic students, and the need for more scholarships to prepare Singaporeans in emerging fields, will now be looked at by a newly-convened committee set up to develop and
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      MORE HELP FOR WORKING ADULTS TO UPGRADE SKILLS
      184 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN More will be done to help those already working to upgrade their skills as the university sector undergoes a review, with the content and duration of skillsupgrading and training programmes to be made more focused and compact without compromising quality.
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      Lock icon Manchester United plans to raise S$1.2 billion in S’pore IPO: Report
      230 3 AGENCIES SINGAPORE English Premier League football champions Manchester United plans to launch a US$1 billion (S$1.2 billion) initial public offering in Singapore by the end of the year, the International Financial Review reported yesterday, citing a source with direct
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      Qualifying salaries for Employment Pass holders to go up from Jan 1
      488 3  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More stringent criteria for foreigners seeking white-collar jobs here, which will kick in on Jan 1, have left some local small and medium enterprises apprehensive of their chances of toughing out the uncertain economic
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      A fair salary for the President would be ...
      603 4 A fair salary for the President would be The Straits Times held a roundtable discussion for the four presidential hopefuls yesterday. Among the questions posed to them was what they thought would be a “fair salary” for the President. Their replies were: Former NTUC Income chief Tan Kin Lian, 63
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      WHERE RALLIES CAN BE HELD
      204 4 The police released the list of rally sites for the Presidential Election yesterday. Rallies may be held from tomorrow to Aug 25 between 7am and 10pm at the following locations: LIST OF RALLY SITES 1. Jurong East Stadium, 21 Jurong East St 31 2. Toa
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      COVERAGE ON MEDIACORP
      263 4 From Nomination Day today to Polling Day on Aug 27, MediaCorp will cover the entire campaign and produce a slew of programmesonthe Presidential Election, before some 2.2 million Singaporeans go to the polls next Saturday to elect the Republic’s seventh President. For the first time the candidates
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      Shanmugam clears up 'curry issue', praises unity and identity shown
      744 6  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was an example of a dispute between neighbours that had been resolved through mediation. First cited in this newspaper as part of a story on the trends in such disputes, the example offered to
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      Lock icon More unions show their support for Tony Tan
      322 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Another four unions this time from the construction and real estate sector representing more than 50,000 members, have endorsed former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan’s presidential bid. The four unions are Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU),
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      Lock icon Najib softens approach with promises to review electoral, censorship laws
      477 8 AP THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s government promised yesterday to consider changing electoral and censorship laws to ensure fairness after thousands of people marched recently to seek more political transparency. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s pledge is the biggest step
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      Lock icon China launches two-month Xinjiang terror crackdown
      336 8 AP BEIJING Chinese security forces have launched a two-month “strike hard” crackdown against violence, terrorism and radical Islam following renewed ethnic violence in the restive western region of Xinjiang, the regional government said yesterday. The campaign, which began on Aug 11, will last through
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      Lock icon Fitch maintains America's top-notch rating
      315 10 REUTERS AFTERNOON NEW YORK Fitch Ratings yesterday confirmed the United States’ top-notch credit rating and, in blatant disagreement with rival Standard Poor’s, gave a vote of confidence to Washington’s deficit-reduction efforts. Fitch also kept a stable outlook on its US’ AAA rating, less than two
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      Lock icon Merkel, Sarkozy say euro integration is the solution
      437 10 THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday called for closer coordination of economic policy among the 17 countries that share the euro currency, and proposed a “golden rule” that they enshrine in their constitutions
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      8 8 CHINA STILL HEAVILY RELIANT ON INVESTMENT PAGE 10
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Is capitalism doomed?
      1021 12  -  NOURIEL ROUBINI Nouriel Roubini is chairman ofRoubini Global Economics, professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and co-author of the book Crisis Economics. The massive volatility and sharp equityprice correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on
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      Lock icon Surely locals can lead our companies
      985 14  -  Why are foreign MNCs better able than home-grown corporations to spot and appoint local talent to key posts? CONRAD RAJ conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Conrad Raj is Today’s editor-at-large. Let me begin by saying that I have nothing against foreign talent. In fact, some of my best
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  • VOICES
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      Save our stray dogs
      434 18  -  Letter from Anita Chew WE are a small group of friends who have been active in feeding and rescuing stray dogs in different locations in Singapore for many years. I am writing to highlight the plight of these dogs. Due to the recent development of the
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      Why charge twice for the same sanitation service?
      221 21  -  Letter from Chin Kee Thou SEWAGE disposal has come a long way from the days of the bored hole or pit latrine and the bucket system. My first encounter with the bored-hole latrine was in the early 1970s, during my National Service.
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      Temasek's share of economy around 10%
      224 21  -  Letter from Stephen Forshaw Managing Director, Corporate Affairs, Temasek WE ARE puzzled by recent and mistaken claims thatTemasek’s “stake in the Singapore economy could be almost 60 per cent”. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the output of an economy, and in March 2001, the
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      IS A PHOTOCOPIED VERSION OF NRIC ACCEPTABLE?
      114 21  -  LETTER FROM CHIN WEIWEN On a few occasions, I have come across Singaporeans who, upon request by the staff serving them to produce their National Registration Identity Cards, present a photocopied version. When told that photocopies are not accepted, these customers insist it
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      HEALTH SUBSIDY LIMITS CAME AS A DISAPPOINTMENT
      103 21  -  LETTER FROM DAVID SOH POH HUAT I am glad the Prime Minister’s National Day Rally speech covered many aspects that affect Singaporeans’ lives. However, the details announced on Monday for the health subsidies, particularly the per capita monthly household income cap of S$1,500
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  • SINGAPORE
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      More raise their voice ...
      368 22 More raise their voice SINGAPORE When a reminder was sent to a resident to pay his Service Conservancy Charges, he hurled vulgarities at the town council’s finance staff. Vulgarities were also hurled at an officer after the resident was advised to remove a potential killer litter item. These were two
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      BUSINESSES URGED TO PUT CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE
      141 22  -  DYLAN LOH Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has highlighted terrorism, cyber attacks, natural disasters and pandemics as key threats businesses must guard against. Launching the Business Continuity Management certification logo yesterday, he urged companies to have contingency plans to maintain operational
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      NSP, WP react to PM’s Rally speech
      316 23 SINGAPORE Opposition parties welcomed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech to place Singaporeans first, but suggested more could be done in areas such as housing, education, and supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cope with the rise in manpower
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      Lock icon A site to showcase Indian heritage
      212 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A site dedication ceremony to mark the next step in the building of the Indian Heritage Centre was held yesterday. A foundation plaque was unveiled at the site’s premises at the junction of Campbell Lane and Clive Street. The ceremony was
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      Lock icon NEW ACADEMY FOR SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
      215 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Starting January, physical education (PE) and sports teachers can look forward to an array of customised training organised by the new Physical Education and Sports Teacher Academy (PESTA). The academy, launched by Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday, aims to
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      Surge in contraband items detected at checkpoints in first half of year
      265 24 SINGAPORE Singapore saw a surge in contraband items detected at checkpoints in the first six months of the year, according to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). In its mid-year report released yesterday, the ICA said it saw
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      Urine-laced water: Maid charged
      106 24  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE An Indonesian maid has been hauled to court after allegedly mixing her urine with her employer’s drinking water. The 23-year-old domestic helper, who faces one count of mischief, is believed to have committed the offence at her employer’s home on July 19. The
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      Four ex-hotel employees charged with accepting bribes, 2 plead guilty
      230 25  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Four former Fullerton Hotel employees were charged in court yesterday with accepting bribes totalling more than S$20,000 from a taxi driver. Two of them later pleaded guilty. Bell captain Azahar Ariffin, 46, and bellman Goh Yeow Kwang,
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      Lock icon BODY FOUND NEAR ISTANA
      62 25 A decomposing body was found near the back gate of the Istana yesterday morning. A police spokesperson said they received a call at 7.50am informing them that a body had been found along Cavenagh Road. They are establishing the identity of the body and have classifed
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      Reformative training for head of secret society
      348 25  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The head of a secret society, who assaulted a student and members of the gang for wanting to leave the group, was sentenced yesterday to reformative training. Ahmad Zahir Ismail, 19, escaped jail and caning for offences including rioting
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US, S KOREA BEGIN WAR DRILLS
      101 26 South Korean forces during an exercise in Taean, South Korea, yesterday. The exercise was part of the South Korea and the United States annual joint military drills planned until Aug 26. North Korea, which labels any joint exercises by the allies as preparation for
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      Lock icon On a getting-to-know-you mission
      332 26 REUTERS WASHINGTON Despite festering tensions over debt, deficits and currency, United States Vice-President Joe Biden has one priority during his trip to Asia this week: To get to know China’s next generation of leaders. Mr Biden left yesterday for China, Mongolia and Japan, in what the
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      Lock icon CHINESE GOVERNMENT ACTS TO SAVE TWO-YEAR-OLD TRAIN CRASH VICTIM’S LEG
      196 27 AP The Chinese government responded yesterday to mounting pressure to save the badly-crushed left leg of a two-year-old girl who was pulled out of the wreckage of a high-speed train crash last month. The Health Ministry said in a statement
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      Lock icon Child trafficking: China to tighten adoption rules
      299 27 AP BEIJING The Chinese government is tightening adoption rules to combat child trafficking, state media reported yesterday, a day after eight people convicted of abducting or murdering children received sentences including the death penalty. Only orphanages will be able to offer abandoned infants
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      Lock icon INDIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST DETAINED
      138 27 AP Police in India have detained a prominent rights activist who had announced an indefinite hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption laws. Mr Anna Hazare (picture) had said that he would start fasting yesterday despite police denying him permission to fast for more than three days.
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      Lock icon New Thai govt to focus on pushing up people's income
      234 30 REUTERS BANGKOK The Thai government said yesterday it would focus on increasing people’s income and lowering the cost of living rather than simply aiming for higher economic growth through the promotion of exports. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s Cabinet held its
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      Lock icon 'INDONESIA CAN COPE WITH WORSENING GLOBAL ECONOMY'
      149 30 REUTERS Indonesia can cope with a worsening global economic situation and has policy instruments in place to deal with a crisis, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday. South-east Asia’s biggest economy has grown steadily at 6.5 per cent this year, powered by consumption
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      Lock icon Cameron 'has agreed to riot inquiry'
      452 31 AGENCIES LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron has agreed to demands from Mr Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, for an inquiry into the riots that erupted across England last week, according to two government officials. The inquiry will not be led
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      Lock icon OBAMA ON TOUR
      85 31 United States President Barack Obama meeting young children from public schools in Minnesota on Monday, the first day of his three-day bus tour through the US heartland to explain his economic and job policies to anxious voters. He was expected to announce fresh steps to boost rural
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      Lock icon New phone hacking claims surface
      228 31 THE GUARDIAN AP LONDON News International boss Rupert Murdoch, his son James Murdoch and their former News of the World editor Andy Coulson all face embarrassing new allegations of cover-up after the publication of an explosive letter written by the now-defunct tabloid’s disgraced royal correspondent
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      Lock icon US farmers growing GM maize for fuel, not food
      255 32 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Farmers in the United States are growing the first maize, or corn, plants genetically modified for the specific purpose of putting more ethanol in fuel tanks rather than producing more food. Aid organisations warn the new genetical-ly-modified (GM)
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      Lock icon Global food prices near 3-year highs: World Bank
      285 32 REUTERS WASHINGTON Global food prices held near three-year highs last month and stocks were low, piling pressure on the world’s poor, the World Bank said on Monday. The World Bank Food Price Index increased 33 per cent last month from a year
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    • Article
      Lock icon Aussie fake 'collar bomb' suspect nabbed in US
      351 33 AGENCIES LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) The Australian authorities used an email account attached to a fake bomb to track down a man accused of breaking into a family’s home in Sydney and chaining the device to a teenager’s neck as part of an extortion
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      Lock icon Thousands rally against Aussie carbon tax plan
      204 33 AP CANBERRA More than 2,000 protesters gathered outside Australia’s Parliament House yesterday to demonstrate against government plans for an unpopular anti-pollution tax that many Australians believe will raise the cost of living. Prime Minister Julia Gillard (picture) is set to pass the legislation,
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      Lock icon GADDAFI FORCES FIRE FIRST SCUD MISSILE
      179 33 REUTERS Forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi fired a Scud missile for the first time in the country’s civil war, a United States defence official said, after rebel advances left the Libyan leader isolated in his capital. Rebels fighting to end Col Gaddafi’s 41-year
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      Lock icon Eugenics victim, son fighting together for justice
      1108 34 AP WINFALL (North Carolina) Ms Elaine Riddick’s small frame heaves, her rapid, shallow breaths whistling in her throat as she forces the words out between her sobs. “So what am I worth?” she asks the five people seated at the long table before
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      Lock icon CHINESE HERBAL MIX MAY RELIEVE FEVER IN MILD H1N1 CASES
      142 35 REUTERS In mild cases of H1N1 influenza, a traditional Chinese herbal mixture, known as maxingsh-igan-yinqiaosan, may relieve fever about as well as the antiviral drug Tamiflu, according to a study in China. The herbal mixture, heated and made into a
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      466 39  -  Yes, the little blue creatures are back and set to wow the world NICOLETTE ONG THE revival of The Smurfs has taken the world by storm. But even before the little blue men make their appearance on the big screen, the world celebrated Global Smurfs Day on
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      530 40  -  Ahead of Singapore’s return to the Malaysia Cup, FAS set up task force to help S-League flourish SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The announcement in Kuala Lumpur on July 12 that a Singapore football team will once again ply their trade in the Malaysia Cup
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      241 41  -  The retired Italian defender will hold football clinics and meet his PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE He is one of 19 men who have held the World Cup aloft. Voted player of the tournament in 2006, Fabio Cannavaro led Italy to
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      111 42 THE GUARDIAN Arsenal striker Gervinho will serve his three-match ban for violent conduct after the Football Association dismissed his appeal yesterday following his red card in Saturday’s Premier League game at Newcastle United. The 24-year-old Ivory Coast forward was sent off in the second half
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      87 42 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION We are not there to rock the boat, we are there to make the whole country very, very hODOV Tan Cheng Bock •VA f NLINE, ON THE GO Get all you need on the 2011 Singapore Presidential Election channelnewsasia. com/pe I will be visible and want to be
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      1180 2  -  From Dirty Dancing to Conan The Barbarian why is Hollywood ruining our childhood memories with ’80s remakes? GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg A REMAKE of Conan The Barbarian? And Dirty Dancing? And Footloose? It almost boggles the mind. Seriously, can you see anyone else besides Arnold “ex-Governator-turned-cheating-husband”
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      350 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: CONAN THE BARBARIAN M18, 112MIN Genevieve Loh genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg IN MOST people’s eyes,Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan the Barbarian. And, no, it’s not because of his barbaric act of cheating on his wife. It’s because the guy who would later become the Terminator made his Hollywood
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