Today, 28 November 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    42 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011* A PUBLICATION OF ftl=DIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November 28, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday November 28, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Change, from the bottom up: PM
    760 1  -  ‘New PAP’ to be less centralised, more interactive TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE First elected to Parliament in 2006, Ms Denise Phua has, on some occasions, spoken out against Government policies, including criticising the “many helping hands” approach in social services. Ms Phua, 52, yesterday
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon You can shout at Apple's soon-to-be launched TV
      247 2 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Apple is designing a television that you can shout and gesticulate at and it will understand you. Having revolutionised the music and mobile phone industries with its iPod and iPhone respectively, the company is planning an “iTV” to turn
      THE GUARDIAN  -  247 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia to alter planned public gathering law
      302 2 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Cabinet will ease the provisions of a proposed law setting down rules for public assemblies but opposition lawmakers have rejected the changes and are demanding that the Bill be withdrawn from Parliament pending public consultation. Details of the
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      Lock icon KL's 'women only' taxis
      183 2 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has launched a fleet of “taxis for women, driven by women” in a bid to provide more safe public transport options for women, reports said yesterday. The service currently has 50 taxis operating on an on-call basis around the greater Kuala Lumpur
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      Lock icon A HEARTWARMING NIGHT
      186 3 President Tony Tan receiving a S$300,000 cheque from NTUC FairPrice Foundation general manager Wee Leong How at the ComChest TrueHearts 2011 charity show last night at the Event Plaza@Marina Bay Sands. The show was organised by Community Chest, the fundraising arm of the National Council of Social
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      Lock icon PAP must connect with people: Khaw
      726 3  -  The political landscape has changed and the PAP has to work on its politics as well as its policies TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Less-than-effective Government policies that could not be resolved in time; a perception that the People’s Action Party (PAP) wants people to
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      GOVT SHOULD ALLOW MORE DEBATE FROM MPS, INPUT FROM SINGAPOREANS: INDERJIT SINGH
      466 3  -  TEO XUANWEI Rather than pushing through the second and third readings of new legislation in one parliamentary sitting, allow for more debate and for parliamentarians’ inputs to be taken on board. And beyond that, let a committee of
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      Religious groups to boost support for AIDS victims
      326 4  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE Some religious and non-gov-ernment organisations have come together to form the Singapore Interfaith Network on AIDS, which aims to encourage groups from various faiths to increase their support of persons living with AIDS. Religious leaders MediaCorp spoke to said
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      Lock icon HR practices should be sensitive to employees with HIV: Dr Khor
      636 4  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SOURCE: MINISTRY OF HEALTH SINGAPORE Guidelines on how employers can work with employees with HIV/AIDs will soon be updated and human resource managers will be aided with a list of frequently asked questions and answers on
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      Lock icon 4 drugs that lead to emergency hospital visits by older Americans
      364 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Blood thinners and diabetes drugs cause most of the emergency hospital visits for drug reactions among people over 65 in the United States, a new study shows. Just four medications or medication groups
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      Lock icon Accident jolts paralympic cyclist back to her feet after 14 years
      611 6 AGENCIES THE HAGUE After 14 years in a wheelchair, Dutch paralympic cyclist Monique van der Vorst stunned doctors by walking out of hospital after an accident jolted her back to her feet. Lying in her hospital bed, the 27-year-old
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      Lock icon Manila, FBI arrest hackers who sent money to militants
      304 8 REUTERS MANILA The Philippine police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested four people over a hacking operation that targeted customers of United States telecommunications giant AT&T to funnel money to a Saudi-based militant group. Those arrested on Wednesday in
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      Lock icon PAID S$204 A MONTH TO STOP FIGHTING ...
      137 8 PAID S$204 A MONTH TO STOP FIGHTING THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Members of theTaliban who give up their fight are being paid £100 (S$204) a month and will be allowed to keep their guns in a new initiative to end the insurgency. The “reintegration” programme, which has the full support of
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Failing again on climate change
      1220 10  -  The talks are becoming disconnected from reality and a mere diplomatic sideshow for world leaders JOHN VIDAL John Vidal is The Guardian’s environment editor. THE GUARDIAN I have just spent 10 days travelling across Africa to assess the impact of climate change. From north to
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      99 11 7 L V. y,' g n mm’ r W EST D 1759 W II THE IWORE YOU PUT IN, THE MORE YOU TAKE OUT WILLIAM SCORPION Known in Singapore as the Father of Mandopop and the Mentor of Mentors, William Scorpion ushered in a whole new genre of music. Today,
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  • VOICES
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      Balance research and teaching in varsities
      411 14  -  Letter from Kwan Jin Yao THE plan by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to expand university pathways is well-intentioned and very important. And as our educators and administrators study ways to do this, they should also pay heed to the research-teaching conundrum that has
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      Lock icon Try a softer, incentive-driven approach in traffic management
      339 15  -  Letter from Philip Kwek CAR ownership is both a necessity and a status symbol. Despite the cost, many people aspire to own one, if the wallet permits. With the car population increasing, roads and car parks are being expanded, for a freer
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      From transparency to opacity
      335 15  -  Letter from David Boey CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions should be put forward during public debate, such as in Parliament, so that all can solve problems together, government leaders said recently. However, relevant information is sometimes unavailable to the public or is not presented in a consistent format to
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  • SINGAPORE
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      More dust, noise with DTL3 construction
      335 16  -  HETTY MUSFIRAH hetty@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More inconvenience can be expected when con- struction of the Downtown Line 3 (DTL3) begins today compared to when Stages 1 and 2 were built, because the new line will run along densely populated areas. However, the Land Transport Authority
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      Lock icon UPROOTED TREE DISRUPTS CLEMENTI TRAFFIC
      84 16 Traffic along Clementi Road was disrupted for at least an hour yesterday afternoon after a tree was uprooted during heavy rain. Channel NewsAsia viewer Joanne Yeo sent in photos taken at around 5.30pm at the Sunset Way estate, showing the uprooted tree lying across the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon INDONESIA BRIDGE COLLAPSE, 40 MISSING
      116 18 AP Police said rescuers are searching for about 40 people missing after a bridge collapsed in central Indonesia, sending two buses, cars and motorcycles crashing into a river below. At least four people are confirmed dead. National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said yesterday that
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      Lock icon JOINT MEKONG PATROLS BEGIN NEXT MONTH
      112 18 AP China said joint police patrols with Thailand, Laos and Myanmar along the Mekong River will start next month. China had suspended shipping through South-east Asia’s Golden Triangle after two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and 13 sailors killed in early October. The state-run
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      Lock icon Pakistani forces fired first: Kabul
      336 18 AGENCIES PESHAWAR As Pakistan’s top leaders gathered yesterday to bury 24 Pakistani soldiers killed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike, Afghan officials said Pakistani forces fired first and challenged the Pakistani claim that the helicopter attack was unprovoked. The officials, who spoke on condition
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      Lock icon Iran Parliament votes to downgrade ties with Britain
      216 20 AGENCIES TEHRAN Iran’s Parliament yesterday approved a Bill requiring both Iran and Britain to withdraw their ambassadors from each other’s countries, following London’s support of recently upgraded United States sanctions on Tehran. London had banned all British financial institutions from doing business
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      Lock icon Foreign hands behind Egypt's latest unrest, says military ruler
      435 20 AGENCIES CAIRO Egypt’s military ruler warned of “extremely grave” consequences if the turbulent nation does not pull through its current crisis and urged voters to turn out for landmark parliamentary elections starting today. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi claimed “foreign hands” were
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      Lock icon Arab League approves Syria sanctions
      158 20 AP BEIRUT The Arab League yesterday approved sanctions against Syria to pressure the regime to end its deadly eight-month crackdown on dissent. Damascus slammed the move as a betrayal of Arab solidarity. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end its violent suppression of protests
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      Lock icon EASTERN AUSTRALIA FLOODS LEAVE HUNDREDS TRAPPED IN HOMES
      133 21 AGENCIES Flooding in eastern Australia has left hundreds of people trapped in their rural homes yesterday, with one child dead. Heavy rain inundated several townships in northern New South Wales state, trapping motorists in their cars on Saturday and leaving rural properties
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      Lock icon VIOLENCE DURING RALLY AGAINST US-S KOREA TRADE DEAL
      112 21 AP South Korean police said nearly 40 officers were injured during a rally opposing the ratification of the country’s free trade deal with the United States. Hundreds of protesters have been staging near-daily demonstrations since the ruling party railroaded the US trade
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      Lock icon Chinese developer blasts Iceland's stand on resort
      266 21 REUTERS BEIJING A multimillionaire Chinese developer is livid at Iceland’s rejection of his plan to build a sprawling resort, saying it reveals Western “hypocrisy and deep prejudice”. Foreigners also wrongly assume Chinese companies automatically have ties to China’s military, Mr Huang Nubo said
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      Lock icon HANOI PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF LAW ON DEMONSTRATIONS
      129 21 AGENCIES At least 10 Vietnamese protesters were held in Hanoi yesterday when police forcibly ended a rally in support of the Prime Minister’s recent call for a law on demonstrations. Up to 30 people had marched in silence through the centre of
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      Lock icon VIDEO GAME URINALS TO HIT UK NEXT YEAR
      143 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Going to the loo has never been more fun, since tests began in July on the world’s first urinecontrolled video game in a bar in Cambridge. The game was designed to create a valuable media opportunity from the 55
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      Lock icon GLOBAL WARMING LESS SERIOUS THAN THOUGHT: STUDY
      121 23 AGENCIES A new study in the journal Science suggests global temperatures could be less sensitive to changing atmospheric carbon dioxide than predicted before. The researchers said that people should still expect to see “drastic changes” in climate worldwide, but the risk was a
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      Lock icon New flu virus has WHO gearing up to respond
      256 23 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Flu experts are gearing up their response planning, after an odd new flu virus has been detected, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The virus is currently jumping from pigs to people in parts of
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      Lock icon HACKERS LEAK PERSONAL DETAILS OF 13 MILLION SOUTH KOREAN GAMERS
      146 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Personal information of more than 13 million subscribers of a popular online game in South Korea has been leaked by hackers. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said in a statement that games manufacturer Nexon reported that it
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  • BUSINESS
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      Global equity slump to continue
      402 24  -  LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE There seems to be no end in sight to the slump in global equities. Trading sentiment has been weak and looks to remain so this week. Analysts said the usual year-end market rally is unlikely to take place this year and expect
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      Lock icon Offshore sector could bounce back next year
      514 24  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Companies involved in offshore oil services may have underperformed the stock market this year, but the current market turmoil may create pockets of opportunity for investors. These cyclical stocks are expected to bounce back strongly when the economy recovers,
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      Lock icon CHINA KEEN TO INVEST IN WESTERN INFRASTRUCTURE
      195 26 REUTERS China is keen to invest in the ailing infrastructure of Western countries, especially Britain, the chairman and chief executive of the Asian country’s sovereign wealth fund wrote in TheFinancialTimes. “Now, infrastructure in the United States and Europe badly needs more investment,” China
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (NOV21 TO 25)
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        DOW
        20 26 FRIDAY CLOSE 11,231.80 (-0.23%) Thursday 11,257.50 UNCH Wednesday 11,257.50 q 2.05% Tuesday 11,493.70 q 0.46% Monday 11,547.30 q 2.11%
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        US
        10 26 È NASDAQ 2,441.51 H S&P500 S&P500 1,158.67 (-0.27%) È
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        EUROPE
        13 26 Ç FTSE100 5,164.65 (+0.72%) Ç Ç DAX 5,492.87 (+1.19%) CAC40 2,856.97 (+1.23%)
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        COMMODITIES
        9 26 Ç OIL US$98.03 (+US$1.26) Ç GOLD US$1,694.30 (+US$5.80)
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        THE WEEK THAT WAS
        45 26 The euro zone appears to have tipped into a mild recession, China is slowing and Japan’s exports are tumbling. And in America, optimism for a strong Q4 has been doused by mixed economic data and a downward revision to Q3 growth.
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        MIDAS HOLDINGS
        87 26 STOCK CALLS Neutral S$0.33 CIMB maintains neutral rating but cuts target price to S$0.36 from S$0.40. House says it expects the next two quarters for the manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products to remain “painful” until railway development resumes in China. It maintains earnings per share estimate for
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  • DIGITAL
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      Lock icon Britain unveils strategy to battle online threats
      565 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Criminals who commit offences online and cyber bullies will be banned from the Internet as part of the Government’s new cyber security strategy announced on Friday. It calls for police and courts to make more use of existing “cyber
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      45 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS THE CULTURAL MEDALLION IS SINGAPORE’S HIGHEST ARTS AWARD IN DANGER OF BEING MEANINGLESS? >>T2 W!LD RICE’S ALADDIN IS IN-GENIE-US >>T5 DESIGN: DRESSING UP THE DRESSING TABLE >>T6 NOVEMBER 28, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF
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