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  • 39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday October 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday October 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 568 1 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s President Hu Jintao yesterday used the centennial of a revolution that ended imperial rule to call for China and Taiwan to reunite. Speaking at a ceremony attended by top Communist Party leaders, including former President Jiang Zemin, who made his
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    • 142 1 @tdysports SPORTS FANS, STAY UPTO DATE ATTWITTER.COM/TDYSPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS HOT NEWS 3 SURGERY TO FIGHT THE FLAB? COMMENT&ANALYSIS CHONG SIOW ANN THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF TALKING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS 10 DAVID BROOKS WHERE IS THE NEXT STEVE JOBS? 12 OOI KEE BENG WILL NAJIB’S ELECTION GOODIES BE ENOUGH? 13
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 349 2 AGENCIES BERLIN French President Nicolas Sarkozy said European leaders will cobble together a plan to resolve the debt crisis by the end of the month, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European leaders will do “everything necessary” to ensure the
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    • 575 3  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mr Hamide Awi (picture), could easily wolf down five plates of rice during meal times in the past. These days, however, it takes some effort to finish even one plate of it. Last November, Mr Hamide, 44,
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    • 379 3  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE It was only when her mother called her 50 times at one go she also randomly called a number in Afghanistan, racking up a huge phone bill that Ms Linda Chua, 54, sensed something was wrong. And after a memory test,
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    • 176 4 REUTERS MANILA The death toll from the two strong typhoons that cut across northern Philippines and left behind widespread flooding has risen to 101, the national disaster agency said yesterday. Typhoon Nesat hit the Philippines on Sept 27 and was followed on
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    • 279 4 AP MANILA Suspected homemade bombs exploded in a budget hotel and at a cockfighting arena in the southern Philippines yesterday, wounding at least 11 people, officials said. The nearly simultaneous blasts ripped through a hotel room and at the cockfighting arena at around
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    • 210 4 BANGKOK POST REUTERS BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced yesterday that she is postponing official visits to introduce herself to Malaysia tomorrow and Singapore on Wednesday in order to oversee efforts to combat flooding at home. Speaking at the National Flood Relief
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    • 326 6  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE A non-government organisation has criticised the Competition Commission of Singapore’s (CCS) decision to fine 16 employment agencies for price fixing. In a letter to the media on Saturday, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) executive director Jolovan Wham argued
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    • 269 6  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a scheme started in 1987 to help Singaporeans boost their retirement savings by topping up their own or their family members’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) Special or Retirement Accounts using cash or savings from their Ordinary Accounts.
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    • 251 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN The police are investigating a forum held on Saturday by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Responding to media queries, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement that it noted that the organisers of the forum on the Internal
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    • 197 8 AP WASHINGTON A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control United States Air Force drones flown on the warfront, according to a published report. Wired magazine reported on Friday that the spyware
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    • 165 8 AP The National Air and Space Museum in Washington was closed on Saturday after antiwar demonstrators swarmed the building to protest against a drone exhibit and a security guard used pepper spray to repel them. Smithsonian spokesman John Gibbons said that 100 to
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1460 10  -  CHONG SIOW ANN Associate Professor Chong Siow Ann is senior consultant psychiatrist and vice-chairman of the Medical Board (Research) at the Institute of Mental Health. For a number of years now, Oct 10 has been designated by the United Nations as World
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    • 860 12  -  We are in the age of innovation starvation. Now how do we end it? DAVID BROOKS David Brooks is a New York Times Op-Ed columnist. THE NEW YORK TIMES Let’s imagine that someone from the year 1970 miraculously travelled forward in time to today.
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    • 791 13  -  OOI KEE BENG Ooi Kee Beng writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. His latest book is The Right to Differ: A Biographical Sketch ofLim KitSiang. The annual budget is a powerful weapon for the Malaysian government, and never
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  • VOICES
    • 438 14  -  CCS should not block attempts to improve employment terms of maids Letter from Jolovan Wham Executive Director, Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics WE DISAGREE with the Competition Commission of Singapore’s decision, “16 maid employment agencies fined for price fixing” (Oct 1), for a number of reasons. The
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    • 394 14  -  Letter from Shaik Kadir PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has put up Palestine’s bid for full United Nations membership in order to seek Palestinian statehood through the UN. Let us hope this initiative becomes the catalyst to enhance peace and
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    • 300 15  -  Letter from Aw Tong Wee I HAVE been reading about the increasing number of cars here and the trafficjams during peak hours. As an off-peak car owner who works in the city area, I do not drive between 7am and 7pm on weekdays,
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    • 183 15  -  Letter from Raymund Koh Joo Guan WHEN I started driving about 20 years ago, there were often roadblocks at which checks were made against illegal car modifications. In the last 10 years, I have not seen such enforcement ac- tion even though I
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    • 162 15  -  Letter from Sarah Tan I REFER to the report “It’s ‘war on salt’ as 8 in 10 Singaporeans eat more of it” (Oct 4), regarding how most people here exceed the recommended daily salt intake by more than 60 per cent. As a
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    • 213 14 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices w Ms Wendy Kwek Spirit of Enterprise Award 2004 Featured in "The Million Makers, Channel News Asia" Creator of Entrepreneur Action Program Co-founder of Seven Businesses Discover how Ms Wendy Kwek f overcome challenges in life to building
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 116 16 Relief supplies donated from Singapore have reached flood-hit Cambodia to help locals tide over food shortage and lack of clean water. Five tonnes of locally bought rice and three bicycle-powered water filtration systems from Singapore were brought to Pursat over the weekend
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    • 283 16  -  S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite an uncertain global economy, job security is not at the top of Singaporeans’ minds yet, according to Members of Parliament. Instead, many of their constituents are troubled by cost of living issues, the MPs said. Tanjong Pagar
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    • 107 17 A pilot outreach project by the Tanglin-Cairnhill constituency and the Agency for Integrated Care has seen elderly citizens getting around with new mobility aids with the help of the s$10 million Senior’s Mobility Fund. Grassroots members conducted door-to-door visits to 1,200 rental units in Bukit Merah
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    • 474 17  -  SHARON SEE sharonsee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More degree holders in Singapore are returning to school to pursue a second degree. This is according to latest figures from SIM University (UniSIM) which show the figure balloon from only three people to 52 within five years.
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  • WORLD
    • 345 18 IAEA experts arrive to observe nuclear clean-up efforts in the city AP TOKYO Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima yesterday to observe the massive decontamination effort following the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Local doctors also
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    • 146 18 AP New Delhi police yesterday detained over a dozen Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital. The Tibetan Youth Congress said yesterday’s demonstration was a show of solidarity following recent self-immolation protests by Tibetans against the Chinese government. The protesters
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    • 168 19 THE GUARDIAN LONDON British Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s future hangs in the balance as The Observer yesterday revealed film and email evidence that contradict prior claims about his friend’s involvement in meetings with overseas dignitaries and businessmen. The
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    • 308 19 THE GUARDIAN WELLINGTON Salvage crews raced to avert a major environmental disaster in New Zealand as Prime Minister John Key said “serious questions” must be answered about how a container ship ran aground on a reef in the country’s pristine Bay of Plenty. The
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    • 126 19 AP The earthquake-rattled New Zealand city of Christchurch has been shaken by another powerful temblor. The magnitude-4.7 quake struck just after 8.30pm yesterday and there were no initial reports of significant damage or injuries. The country’s Prime Minister, Mr John Key, was in Christchurch watching
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    • 276 18 S P Jain EMBA OPEN HOUSE "Tangled Traffic: Success Failure of the Singapore Solution" III r Bm "3 1 V «*V s “Traffic congestion is a negative externality and results in market failure. Singapore, with its small area, competing land use needs, rising living standards and meeting the travel demands
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  • BUSINESS
    • 107 20 Mainboard-listed Keppel Corp has said an injured worker has died following an accident in one of its shipyards in the Philippines, raising the death toll to six. A stock exchange filing by the company over the weekend said sixotherworkersare being treated for injuries
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    • 129 20 Heng Long International has requested lifting of trading suspension following announcement that LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA has agreed to buy a controlling stake in the crocodile leather tannery, according to a stock exchange filing yesterday. The luxury brand has offered s$160.8
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    • 525 20  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is likely to face a tricky decision in the release of its next policy statement this Friday, revealing what stance it will take over the Singapore dollar. Its bi-annual policy statement comes amid a time
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    • 388 21  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp,com.sg SINGAPORE The bullish sentiment that pushed most Asian markets to end higher last Friday will likely carry over when trade opens this week, analysts said. Gains in United States payrolls which beat analyst expectations and showed
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (OCT 3 TO 7)
      • 51 21 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,640.30 (+1.43%) THEWEEKAHEAD On Friday, Singapore will announce its third quarter GDP and latest figures for retail sales while the central bank will release its bi-annual policy statement on the Singapore dollar. Thursday 2,603.12 p 2.94% Wednesday 2,528.71 q 2.31% Tuesday 2,531.02 q 3.45% Monday 2,621.40 q
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      • 28 21 HANG SENG Ç 17,707.01 (+0.65%) È NIKKEI 8,605.62 AUSTRALIA Ç È Ç SHANGHAI È CLOSED AUSTRALIA 4,162.90 (+3.85%) MUMBAI 16,232.54 (-1.34%) MALAYSIA 1,400.05 (+0.93%) SEOUL 1,759.77 (-0.56%)
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      • 80 21 STOCK CALL HOLD s$1.78 Kim Eng maintains its Hold recommendation and S$1.82 target price on SMRT. House says SMRT’s share price should be well-supported by a decent dividend yield of almost 5 per cent. House says the final two stages of the Circle Line, which opened on Saturday, and
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    • 33 21 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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  • DIGITAL
    • 589 22  -  The workplace is undergoing a fundamental shift in a revolution fuelled by technology COMMENTARY DOUG FARBER Doug Farber is managing director, APAC for Google Enterprise. Consumers are usually several technology leaps ahead of their workplace in their use of new and innovative technologies, the Internet
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  • SPORTS
    • 511 24 Aussies set up semi-final clash with All Blacks, as Springboks lose their crown REUTERS 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP Australia 11 South Africa 9 WELLINGTON If the old adage holds true that to be champions a team first have to beat one, then Australia’s 11-9
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    • 423 24 AP 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP New Zealand 33 Argentina 10 AUCKLAND A stony-faced Graham Henry had only one thing to say about reports that the All Blacks had been drinking in the buildup to yesterday’s World Cup quarter-final. “Oh I’ve dealt with that and
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    • 256 24 AP South Africa captain John Smit and coach Peter de Villiers ended their international careers after the Springboks’ World Cup campaign ended yesterday. With Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha surely also at the end of their international careers, a new dawn awaits South Africa. The defending champions
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    • 742 25 The youngest double world champion could set even more records AP FORMULA 1 Japanese Grand Prix SUZUKA There was little doubt Sebastian Vettel would clinch the point he needed to claim his second successive Formula 1 world drivers’ title at the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday.
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    • 334 25 REUTERS LONDON England are not good enough to win Euro 2012, according to former defender Gary Neville (picture). Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back who won 85 caps and retired earlier this year, felt Wayne Rooney’s sending off in Friday’s 2-2 draw
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    • 129 25 More than 10,000 runners took part in the Nike WE RUN SG 10K race yesterday morning. Jason Lawrence won the men’s race in a time of 34min 4sec, while Ann Date claimed the women’s title in 37min, 4sec. Flagged off from the Old Kallang Airport, runners
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    • 574 26  -  Jordanian coach Adnan unhappy with Jalan Besar pitch, but his team are in a confident mood SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg ASIAN ZONE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER, GROUP A Singapore vs Jordan SINGAPORE Offering only a soft greeting, he walked right past everyone and onto the artificial
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    • 379 26 AP GOLF Fry’s.com Open SAN MARTIN (California) Tiger Woods put together back-to-back rounds in the 60s for the first time since the start of the season. But it wasn’t enough on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at the Frys.com Open and Woods
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    • 597 27  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She arrived in Singapore from her hometown of Shandong, China, in 1999. In October 2003, thrower Zhang Guirong received her Singapore citizenship. Two months later, she took home one gold in the discus, and two silvers, in the
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    • 195 27 REUTERS TOKYO Andy Murray (left in picture) reduced Rafa Nadal’s gran-ite-like resistance to rubble as he stunned the Spaniard 3-6,6-2,6-0 to capture the Japan Open tennis crown yesterday. It was the Briton’s second title in as many weeks, after he won in Bangkok, and
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    • 176 27 S Africa thought they only needed a draw but REUTERS JOHANNESBURG A little more than a year after hosting a successful World Cup, South Africa woke up with a giant hangover yesterday after a failure to understand the rules saw them miss out on qualification for the African Nations Cup.
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 58 27 SPORTS FIXTURES This match is played on neutral ground. Ip Yrjj Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg or call 6786 6688 Towards Community
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    • 61 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL THE KALLANG THEATRE’S RESIDENT SHOW IS A BIT ODD T4 CATCH THE RADIO AWARDS ON TV T5 DESIGN THIS YEAR’S ARCHIFEST WANTS TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC T6 OCTOBER 10, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF RESPECTED ARTIST AMANDA HENG
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  • ARTS
    • 1395 2  -  The ongoing retrospective on S’pore artist Amanda Heng is a much-welcome anomaly MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg FOR a brief moment, the angels descended upon the Singapore Art Museum at 8Q. Last Thursday, 10 volunteers dressed in white and wearing wings proceeded to lead blindfolded guests around the museum, describing
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      300 4  -  THEATRE REVIEW: SINGAPURA, LION CITY MAY SEAH THE musical Singapura, Lion City left me speechless.As in, good golly gosh I don’t even know where to start. The show tells the history of Singapore in 80 minutes, from Sang Nila Utama’s lionspotting adventures to our days as a
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    • 205 4  -  MAYO MARTIN STATE OF THE ARTS: Performance artist Amanda Heng’s retrospective exhibition opened at the Singapore Art Museum, the second straight retrospective of a female Cultural Medallion recipient after Chng SeokTin at NAFA. Meanwhile, another CM recipient, potter Iskandar Jalil, announced that his latest solo show, which
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    • ARTSGUIDE
      • 63 4 da:ns Festival 2011 The annual international dance event wraps up this week and will feature We Came From The East by Indonesia’s Jecko Siompo, Ballet Nacional de Espana’s Sevilla/Madrid/Sevilla, Israel Galvan’s Solo, Sylvie Guillem’s 6,000 Miles Away and LASALLE College of the Arts’ Transposition, as well as free events.
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      • 125 4 Soliloquy In his first commercial exhibition, Singaporebased American artist Patrick Storey takes camera snapshots of incidental moments in his daily life, which he then replicates via painting, photography and sculpture. Until Oct 28, 10.30am to 6.30pm, Light Editions Gallery, 39 Keppel Road,Tanjong Pagar Distripark, #02-02B. By appointment only
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    • 139 5  -  GENEVIEVE LOH Presented by Running Into the Sun and MediaCorp Radio’s Class 95FM,the atmosphere at Retrolicious 2011, which was held on Saturday at the Fort Canning Park, was crackling from the get-go.The Human League delivered hit after hit, and the crowd was all pumped up for
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