Today, 6 October 2012

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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 748 1  -  Loan tenure capped at 35 years LTV ratio tightenedfor mortgage exceeding 30 years PROPERTY MARKET TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 10 months after it last intervened in the property market, the Government yesterday announced a fresh round of cooling measures which analysts largely interpreted as an
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  • 694 1  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Noting how Singaporean parents will “travel long distances” and “sacrifice other life pursuits” for the sake of their children’s education and development, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing yesterday warned parents against chasing
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    • 38 1 HAS ‘URBAN PROGRESS’ MADE IT EASIER OR TOUGHER FOR THE BLIND IN SINGAPORE TO GET AROUND ON THEIR OWN? NEWS FEATURE 6 HOT NEWS 4 US JOBLESS RATE AT LOWEST SINCE 2009 SATURDAY PEOPLE 8 YITACHNG HASATHIRST FORTHENEW
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  • hot news
    • 348 2  -  Ministry to implement new framework develop courses to raise their capabilities JOB ENHANCEMENT NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A framework setting out the core skills childcare professionals should have, as well as the tools to develop their careers, have been launched, to improve the
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    • 421 4 us ECONOMY AGENCIES WA S H I NGTO N The unemployment rate in the United States tumbled to its lowest level in more than three-and-a-half years as employers in the world’s largest economy continued to create jobs, giving a potential boost
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    • 242 4 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Standard Chartered’s move to name four independent directors was welcome news for Temasek Holdings, its biggest shareholder, but the Singapore investment giant is holding tight to its view that the board is still too heavy with the bank’s executives.
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    • 428 4  -  HOUSING SECTOR COMMENTARY BY COLIN TAN Colin Tan is Head, Research Consultancy, at Chesterton Suntec International If not viewed in the light of the possibly harmful effects of the U S Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing (QE3) and other stimulus measures by
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    • 969 6  -  It’s a mixed report card on whether urban changes have all been for the better NEWS FEATURE TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg ited spaces.” additional reporting by AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE At the Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience Museum exhibit, blind visitors can trace, with their fingers, the outlines of
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    • 308 6  -  AMANDA LEE Discussions between the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) and the banks association started in the middle of last year. Yesterday, Standard Chartered announced that it has installed a talking ATM for persons with visual impairment the first bank here
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    • 299 2 VIDEO NEW FRAMEWORK FOR CHILDCARE PERSONNEL Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/vidchild1006 for the video. man^bestfrienJRJIJ n MBflflF rw' kisss. Home Broadband Offer MaxOnline Express 16Mbps cable home broadband plan (Typical Speed Range: 9.6Mbps 16Mbps) @$3^-95/ month FREE Voice-enabled Cable
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  • saturday people
    • 1071 8  -  Yi Ta Chng’s penchant for adventure keeps him stimulated as an innovation guru to MNCs THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg He describes himself as having been a “mediocre student” who could, when inspired, get As. At Anglo-Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College,
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    • 33 8 WHAT YI TA CHNG HAD AT YAN TING Chicken consomme with whelk and fish maw Dim Sum platter Pan-roasted rack of lamb with citronella Refreshing mango and pomelo soup with almond beancurd S$66.20++
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    • 29 8 I would not be surprised if they (the Gooi sisters, Jia Hui and Jia Yi) become household names in the future. NATIONAL JUNIOR WAKEBOARD TEAM COACH PAUL FONG 21
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  • voices
    • 96 12  -  FROM NIK ADY ARMAN Counsellor (Political), High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore The High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore refers to the commentary “Creating ripples with ‘water diplomacy’” (Sept 27). The writer made an error in stating that “Malaysia’s go-it-alone approach in arriving at
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    • 242 12  -  FROM ASIK ALI SADAYAN I refer to the commentary “Theory of evolution in crisis and it’s a good thing” (Sept 7) and the letter “Creationism still part of the evolution debate” (Sept 28). Creationism and evolution need not be in conflict. It is unwise
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    • 300 12  -  FROM ABDUL SAMIR SARIP I refer to Mr Andrew Soh’s letter “No recognition for these NSmen” (Oct 2). I feel the same way. My Operationally-Ready Date (ORD) was in 1994, after serving 2.5 years in the army. However, my first call-up for In-Camp Training
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    • 191 12  -  FROM JAMES TAN The commentary “Why men fail” (Sept 19) refers to the situation in the United States. The so-called failure of men represents the failure of the US education system in educating them. For instance, the US ranks low in mathematics and science education for
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    • 137 12  -  FROM PAUL CHIEW Director, Laboratory Department, for Chief Executive Officer, Agri-Food Veterinary Authority I thank Mr Dave Yap for his feedback in “Keep our food supply safe” (Sept 28). The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), which regulates the import of food products for food
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    • 27 12 LETTER THE TRUTH ABOUT THEORIES ON ORIGIN Scan the QR code using your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/origintruth for the letter from Amelia Leo Shu Qin.
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    • 43 12 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER SINGLE MEN HAVE IT TOUGH Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/singlemen for the letter from Tan Yong Chuan.
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  • singapore
    • 363 14 Moved by terminally-ill man’s plight, Minister calls for more compassion among S’poreans COMMUNITY SINGAPORE While there are rules for various situations, sometimes there has to be “discretion exercised” on how such rules are applied, said Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam (picture). Mr Shanmugam made this
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    • 146 14  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SINGAPORE Three officers of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) who recorded statements from Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang will be called as witnesses in the sex-for-contracts trial of ex-Central Narcotics Bureau Chief Ng Boon Gay. The prosecution was
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    • 252 15  -  AMIR HUSSAIN S ING A POR E A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) physician, who was censured by the TCM Practitioners Board for prescribing four Panamol (paracetamol) tablets to a patient, has been successful in his appeal to the High Court for a
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    • 277 15  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SINGAPORE Former Executive Director of the Singapore Environment Council Howard Shaw (picture), who started serving a 12-week jail term yesterday, has said that he respects what the law has handed down to him. He made the statement in response
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  • world
    • 549 16 Tehran offers plan to defuse the situation but US officials say it is unworkable NUCLEAR CRISIS AGENCIES TEHR A N Iran has come up with a “nine-point plan” to try and defuse the nuclear crisis with the West, a move taken by some to mean that
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    • 103 16 IN BRIEF AP China has offered a 3-billion-yuan (S$580-million) maritime cooperation fund with the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN), some of whose members have territorial disputes with Beijing. Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh said China announced the fund
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    • 426 17 AGENCIES DEN V ER United States President Barack Obama moved to regain the initiative in the election campaign with a forceful attack against Mitt Romney yesterday, a day after handing his challenger a lifeline by turning in what was widely judged to be a
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    • 174 17 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s aviation regulator is seeking legal opinion on cancelling the licence of beleaguered carrier Kingfisher Airlines, which has grounded its fleet since Monday, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said yesterday. The airline, controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, is
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    • 25 17 VIDEO OBAMA FIRES BACK AT ROMNEY Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/vidus1006 for the video.
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  • business
    • 501 18  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The cash-over-valuation amount for resale Housing Development Board (HDB) flats rose for the first time this year in the third quarter, reversing a nine-month downward trend, despite measures by the Government to cool the market. The overall median COV
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    • 498 18 Bank employee suspended for attempting to manipulate S’pore dollar swap offer rate RATE RIGGING SCANDAL AGENCIES SINGAPORE Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has suspended a trader for trying to rig the Singapore dollar swap offer rate (SOR), a key benchmark against which
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    • 165 18 BLOOMBERG S I N G A P O R E Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and CIMB Group Holdings are considering bidding for General Electric’s US$1.6 billion (S$2 billion) stake in Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya, said three people with knowledge of the matter. The two
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  • sports
    • 887 20  -  MALAYSIA CUP SEMI-FINAL, FIRST LEG COMMENTARY BY PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is Deputy Sports Editor at TODAY LIONSXII ATM 1 1 For the second week in succession, the LionsXII will go into the second leg of their Malaysia Cup tie needing a goal to
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    • 655 21  -  Gooi sisters may be competing for first time, but are tipped for great things DEBORAH ONG deborahong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Gooi sisters Jia Hui, 15, and Jia Yi, 13 are virtual unknowns in Singapore’s wakeboarding scene, for now. This weekend, they will be competing for the
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    • 496 21  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE If it is true that the quiet ones are the most dangerous, then mixed martial arts (MMA) fans are in for a treat at ONE FC: Rise of Kings at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tonight, when ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) rolls
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    • 577 22  -  FORMULA 1 COMMENTARY BY IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is TODAY’s senior F1 correspondent. For weeks, the posturing by team and driver pointed to an inevitable parting of ways. A fortnight ago, when Lewis Hamilton’s car whimpered to a stop after leading for a
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    • 544 22 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SUZUK A It is difficult to tell if Sergio Perez bats an eyelid when asked if he expects to be world champion in his debut season with McLaren next year. Donning big sunglasses throughout an indoor interview at Suzuka on Thursday, McLaren have
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    • 368 24 AP NEW DELHI A day after Formula 1 racing great Michael Schumacher announced his decision to retire at the end of the season, another sports star is contemplating calling it quits soon. Sachin Tendulkar has admitted in a television interview that
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    • 565 24 Man United are riding high again after Spurs loss, says Chicharito ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AGENCIES M A N C H E S T E R Javier Hernandez is confident that Manchester United can make amends for last week’s defeat at home to Tottenham, when the Red
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    • 49 25 SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2012 SOUTHERN COMFORT 26 PARIS MOTOR SHOW OUR PICKS OF THE VEHICULAR PACK 28 QUICK MEALS CAN YOU REALLY WHIP UP A JAMIE OLIVER MEAL IN 15 MINUTES? SINK YOUR TEETH INTO SOME OF THE TASTIEST CAJUN COOKING THIS SIDE OF LOUISIANA 29 PHOTO JASON HO
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    • cars
      • 841 26  -  OUR PICKS FROM THE 2012 PARIS MOTORSHOW DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Paris isn’t the most important European motor show on the calendar, unlike Geneva or Frankfurt, but it’s always interesting because carmakers tend to up the style ante and it’s a good indicator of what to expect at
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      • NEWS TRACKS
        • 86 27 BMW has promised more and less with the launch of its new 7-Series more fuel efficiency and less CO2 emissions. BMW says the new 7-Series line-up will be up to 25 per cent more fuel efficient and emit up to 21 per cent less CO2 than
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        • 79 27 Volkswagen has announced a new Beetle Convertible which will make its international debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show next month. It will feature an automated soft-top which can be opened or closed on the move up to a speed of 48 kmh. The car will
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        • 86 27 REUTERS Car sales in the United States last month rose 13 per cent to 1,188,865 new vehicles, their best showing in four-and-a-half years. Sales were helped by cheap financing, rising consumer confidence and a major rebound by Toyota. Analysts, on average, had expected an increase
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        • 72 27 Mazda has unveiled its new Mazda6 at the Paris Motor Show. It will be Mazda’s first mass production model to feature i-ELOOP, a brake energy-regeneration system. The car will also feature an “i-stop” idle-stop system and SKYACTIV powertrains. Engine options include two 2.0 litre petrol engines
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    • food
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        1072 28  -  Jamie Oliver’s book promises ‘15 Minute Meals’, but can you really rustle them up that fast? READY IN 15 SARAH RAINEY features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON My kitchen is full of smoke. I’m tossing a sizzling wok of vegetables with my left hand and searing a sirloin steak
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      • 514 29  -  Eat with your hands, make a mess and leave it for someone else to clean up REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE It doesn’t matter if you’re rich, not so rich, young or old. Heck, it doesn’t even matter if you haven’t mastered your basic table manners.
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      • 506 29 REUTERS N E W YORK The town of Serenity, South Carolina, the imaginary setting for author Sherryl Woods’s Sweet Magnolias novels, now has real food in it. The Sweet Magnolias Cookbook contains 150 recipes inspired by the popular series, which follows a coterie of women friends,
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      • 485 30  -  Bruno Menard’s sophomore restaurant in Singapore takes traditional brasserie fare and turns it on its head REVIEW ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE Hot on the heels of their success with &Made comes La Cantine, another collaboration between Michelin-starred chef Bruno Menard and Deliciae Hospitality Management. Barely a month
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      • 222 30 BITE SIZED SINGAPORE If you’ve been to Pizza Hut lately, you’ll know about the Chef Creations: Delectable main dishes created by Executive Chef Victor Tan (who has worked as the personal chef for the Australian Ambassador) and Executive Chef Jason Lee (who has worked with Michelin-star chefs).
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 556 31 Afghan film Buzkashi Boys aims to show country behind the headlines MAKING MOVIES THE GUARDIAN K ABUL An Afghan film that has already begun touring international film festivals and claimed several awards finally premiered in Kabul on Thursday night. Buzkashi Boys is the story of two young
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      • 137 31 AP NEW YORK Jay-Z is live-streaming the last of his eight concerts at New York City’s Barclays Center for the launch of his new YouTube channel. The rapper announced on Thursday that his performance at the new Brooklyn sports arena will be live- streamed on Saturday at
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      • 728 32 New Yorker film critic’s book questions the values, future of US movie business MOVIES REUTERS LOS ANGELES Superhero films and tentpole flicks geared at teenagers are ruining the movies for the rest of us and ultimately threatening the future of the movie business. So says long-time New Yorker
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    • things to do
      • 94 33 THE GREAT INDIA QUIZ SHOW GRAND FINALE It’s an exciting evening of celebrating India as the Great India Quiz Show reaches its climax. Renowned Quiz Master Derek O’Brien has been hosting quiz shows for over 25 years and he will be ratcheting the finalists up with the ultimate test on
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      • 72 33 To commemorate the 67th anniversary of the end of Japanese rule in Singapore, the National Museum is adding four permanent exhibits to its World War Two section of the History Gallery. These nev-er-before-shown portraits, documents and accounts from living relatives give visitors a rare look into this
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      • 94 33 OUR PICK Organisers Thunder Rock School promise an afternoon of stellar music, and you can show some love to our local animal welfare organisations, who will be raising funds and awareness for animals in need. These organisations are Noah’s Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary, Action for Singapore Dogs,
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      • 75 33 ONE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP RISE OF KINGS Returning to the Singapore Indoor Stadium for the third time after selling out arenas in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, One Fighting Championship is Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organisation. Rise Of Kings is the biggest MMA event of the year and some of
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      • 80 33 KONSERT GEMILANG: DATUK AHMAD NAWAB, JAMAL ABDILAH DATO KHADIJAH IBRAHIM It ’s a mega concert featuring three entertainment giants: Malay “King Of Pop” Jamal Abdillah, legendary songstress Dato’ Khadijah Ibrahim and foremost Malaysian composer Seniman Negara Datuk (Dr) Ahmad Nawab. All three have worked together for more than 30 years,
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      • 51 33 Enj oy music, food and beverages while getting an eyeful of the best wakeboarders from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Thai- land in Wakefest Singapore 2012, an international wakeboarding competition presented by Rip Curl. Oct 6 and 7, 8am to 6pm, Bedok Reservoir. Free
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    • 14 27 http://www. todayonline.com/ cars to read our review of the Audi A1 E-Tron Dual Mode
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    • 175 27 Calling all Worship Teams, Architects, Consultants, Engineers, Installers, Contractors, Technical Specialists, Sound/Technical System Operators Lighting Designers! *t- f HOUSES OF V WORSHIP TECHNOLOGIES ASIA Asia’s Inaugural Exhibition and Conference for Houses of Worship Technologies 4 5 October 2012 I 6 October 2012 11.00 am 8.00 pm 11.00 am 6.00 pm
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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