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  • 15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 6 MARCH 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 777 1 Air strikes followed by ground assault killed undetermined number of Filipino intruders SABAH SECURITY CRISIS AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia unleashed air strikes and mortar attacks yesterday on more than 150 Filipinos occupying a coastal village in the eastern state of Sabah but could not
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  • 816 1  -  TEO XUANWEI, TAN WEIZHEN xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While they lauded the newly-minted Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) as a generous move on the part of the Government, several Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday questioned whether it could achieve its aim of encouraging employers to
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  • hot news
    • 558 4  -  BUDGET DEBATE NEO CHAI CHIN, EUGENE NEUBRONNER chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite moves to increase wealth taxes in this year’s Budget, Aljunied GRC Member of Parliament Sylvia Lim yesterday urged the Government to look for ways to make the tax system even more progressive. There
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    • 446 6  -  Consider impact on those with genuine needs, middle-income earners, says Lim Biow Chuan BUDGET DEBATE WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The new limits on car loans are “sudden” and “drastic” and the Government should “refine” this measure, taking into consideration car buyers
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 6 If we can afford it, have all travel on public transport until the start of peak hour as free. If that’s too great a leap, then maybe for example, every weekday morning, for 30 minutes or an hour, ending at 7.45am, commuters travel for free Money has been
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    • 731 8  -  Proposal also underestimates impact of freezingforeign worker numbers: Govt response OPPOSITION PARTY’S POLICY PAPER TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Proposals made by the Workers’ Party’s (WP) population policy paper which, among other things, called for a freeze on foreign worker numbers and a lower
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    • 416 10  -  CAR FINANCING SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the car market still reeling from the new loan restrictions, the Singapore Vehicle Traders Association (SVTA) yesterday asked the authorities to relook the measures and increase the maximum loan quantum to 80 per cent of the
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    • 685 12 LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao entered his final days in power yesterday with a warning that the nation remained troubled by divisions between the urban rich, rural poor and unbalanced economic growth, and he vowed that the government
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    • 432 12 AGENCIES BEIJING China has kept unchanged its annual growth target of 7.5 per cent as it kicks off a meeting to finalise its leadership transition, reflecting how Beijing is turning away from breakneck growth based on exports in favour of a broader
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    • 456 10 Healthy Living begins with Good Hygiene UNICEF estimated that infectious disease cost the lives of 1.1 million children globally. For Malaysia, infectious diseases are the fourth in cause of hospitalisations and third in the cause of death in 2010 1 Germs are everywhere. They cause infectious diseases if hygiene is
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    • 19 12 CHINA&INDIA WEN SIGNS OFF WITH REGRET, BUT DEFENDS IMAGE 28 N KOREA THREATENS TO CANCEL KOREAN WAR CEASEFIRE 31
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    • 698 13 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Fair employment at work Resources and recourse are available to address discrimination at work Today, discriminatory race criteria in job ads published in Singapore are almost never seen. This is a huge improvement compared to the 1990s, when one third of all job ads had a
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1010 14  -  CONGESTION AND CAR OWNERSHIP RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. Anyone who wants to own a car in Singapore today faces a double dilemma. One, cars are expensive to begin with, and last week’s
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    • 893 16  -  WHO WE ARE ADRIAN W J KUAH Dr Adrian W J Kuah is an Assistant Professor at theS Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Throughout the Singapore Conversations, and especially in the furore over the Population White Paper, the
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    • 24 14 Will identity making be driven by fear, distrust and pessimism or by openness, fairness and an embrace of difference? ADRIAN W J KUAH 16
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  • voices
    • 271 20  -  FROM JAMES CHIA As a business owner, I support the measures in Budget 2013 targeted at businesses, which reiterate the need for pursuing productivity and higherquality growth, and welcome the enhancements to the Productivity and Innovation Credit scheme and other schemes. Many of my fellow
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    • 135 20  -  FROM PREM SINGH For a long time, many people thoughtlessly went with the flow in getting a new car, and kept up with the Joneses. In the process, they lived on thin ice, owing money to banks, financial institutions or motor dealers. The
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    • 192 20  -  FROM WEE BOON KIM President, National Taxi Association Members of the National Taxi Association (NTA) have observed that recently, the number of disputes and accidents arising from traffic incidents have been on the rise. As drivers, we are concerned and want our roads
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    • 195 21  -  FROM PHILIP KWEK It was reported that Manila has ruled that the maid placement fee of S$2,000 (66,000 pesos) must be passed to employers, apart from mandating four days off a month and a monthly salary of at least US$400 (S$498). According to
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    • 217 21  -  FROM YEE KOK KEONG I congratulate Adam Swandi for securing a two-year development contract with French side FC Metz, and the two sons of Fandi Ahmad for being offered a youth development contract at Spanish club Hercules CF. It is a milestone
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    • 137 21  -  FROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO At around 2pm on Monday (March 4), I was travelling in Ang Mo Kio on bus service 265, when an elderly man suddenly fell. Three of us tried to help him up, but he was too heavy for us. The bus
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  • singapore
    • 456 22  -  Transport operator says there are ‘limitations’ to attaining Quality of Service standards PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Bus operator SMRT yesterday went public with its concerns over stiffer fines if operators fall short of service standards from next month, even though the Public
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    • 68 23 More than 40 beneficiaries of HCA Hospice Care were treated last Saturday to an afternoon of songs and games at MediaCorp’s annual Chinese New Year party for its adopted charity. They also had a feast that included tossing yusheng (this group is shown with
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    • 316 23  -  WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE The Manpower Ministry (MOM) is looking at how other countries implement their entry of foreign talent at the Employment Pass (EP) level to ensure that Singaporeans are given fair consideration during hiring, said its Acting Minister Tan ChuanJin
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    • 220 23 SINGAPORE More than a third of foreign spouses of Singaporeans who were granted Long-Term Visit Passes (LTVPs) last year have lived here for more than three years, said Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran in Parliament yesterday. As
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    • 325 24  -  IN COURT CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 33-year-old man who stole a luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) after a tiff with his wife and drove it over 400km to Ipoh, Malaysia, was yesterdayjailed for 14 months. Philip Lim Chee Shong
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    • 394 25  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE —A High Court Judge ruled yesterday that City Harvest Church member Chew Eng Han had failed to show why he required an elite British lawyer to represent him at a coming criminal trial, nor had he made sufficient
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  • health
    • 882 26  -  Doctors advise early screening to prevent late-stage cases, which have poor survival ra tes A WORRYING TREND EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It started with stomach pains, followed by blood in stools symptoms which 38-year-old Toh Chee Kiong initially brushed off, thinking they were simply
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  • china&india
    • 646 28 Outgoing Chinese Premier admits he ‘fell short in some tasks’despite reform efforts LEADERSHIP TRANSITION THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, well known for baring his emotions in public, has displayed a blend of defeatism and defensiveness as he winds
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    • 555 31 IN RETALIATION AGAINST SANCTIONS AGENCIES SEOUL North Korea vowed yesterday to scrap the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War, citing a United States-led push to impose sanctions over its latest nuclear test and ongoing US-South Korean joint military drills. Without elaborating, the
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  • world
    • 830 34 Leaders of both countries under pressure as political crisis comes ahead of elections SABAH SECURITY CRISIS REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR —When dozens of armed Filipinos landed by boat on the state of Sabah last month claiming to be mem- bers of a royal
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    • 270 35 AGENCIES From the late 17th century, the sultanate ruled a region in eastern Sabah known as North Borneo. The region had been given by the Sultan of Brunei to the Sultan of Sulu as a reward for helping to quell a rebellion. In 1878, the
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    • 346 36 SABAH SECURITY CRISIS AGENCIES KOTA KINABALU Residents have begun stocking up food in areas affected by the crisis in Sabah, amid fears of more violent skirmishes between security forces and Filipino gunmen. “People are buying a lot of food, just in case.
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    • 471 38 EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE AGENCIES TOKYO —The Japan Coast Guard yesterday arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat in a region involved in an increasingly bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. The Chinese coral fishing boat with
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    • 175 40 AP JAK ARTA —Indonesia will investigate officers shown in a blurry video allegedly torturing four tied-up suspected terrorists in Central Sulawesi province, an official said yesterday. The 14-minute video was shot in Poso during a counterterrorism operation at an Islamic boarding school in
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    • 291 40 HEATWAVE THE NEW YORK TIMES SYDNEY —Climate change was a major driving force behind a string of extreme weather events that alternately scorched and soaked large sections of Australia in recent months, according to a report issued by the government’s Climate Commission. A
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 84 42 INCREASE EXPOSURE (S$0.37) SIAS Research notes that Falcon posted its strongest quarterly marine performance in Q4. Demand for support vessels has been strong and chartering rates are up about 10 per cent on-year. Taking into account the better chartering conditions, contribution from new vessels and some coal trading
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      • 62 42 BUY (S$0.88) OCBC is positive on Starhill Global’s performance after it announced the completed acquisition of Plaza Arcade in Perth. OCBC expects the transaction to be accretive to Starhill’s distribution per unit. Further upside in rent is possible when the lease renewal exercise comes in June, given
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      • 62 42 INCREASE EXPOSURE (S$0.21) SIAS Research says it likes the healthy performance of Uni-Asia’s cash generating activities from fee income and property development in Japan. It is also pleasantly surprised by the dividend payout which is, in SIAS’ view, a signal of positive cash flow and confidence in the
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      • 83 42 OUTPERFORM (S$6.44) CIMB thinks that UOL’s asset valuations have room for growth, adding that FY13 could still see some rental reversions which will help push up book values. CIMB also noted that UOL has mentioned that it has been consistently enhancing its assets. In addition, the company has
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    • 517 42  -  GROWING OPERATIONS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Tiger Airways plans to raise approximately S$297 million through a rights issue and preferential offering to fund growth in Asia, where strong demand has enabled budget carriers to expand their networks. Part of the capital raised
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    • 300 43 REUTERS SYDNEY —Australia’s central bank kept its main cash rate at a record low of 3 per cent yesterday as expected, but it reiterated there was room to cut the costs of funds if needed given a benign outlook for inflation. In
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    • 351 43 DOW JONES SYDNEY Residential and commercial real estate developer Australand Property Group yesterday said it had opened its books to potential bidders after its Singapore-based parent CapitaLand flagged a withdrawal from the Australian market. Australand, which has a market value of close to
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    • 290 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Xbox yesterday extended its role beyond a gaming console into an entertainment hub. British independent film Pulp will be the first film to premiere on the Xbox 360 games console. Instead of being released to the cinema, the film,
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    • 236 45 AGENCIES TAIPEI The successor to the iPhone 5 will be announced in June and launched in July, according to analyst Kuo Ming Chi of KGI Financial Services Group, who has had a notable record in predicting Apple’s hardware launches. Citing Mr
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    • 106 45 THE INTIMATE SIDE OF CIRQUE i 4 ‘v r OPENS NEXT TUESDAY GSh MASTERCARD MARINA BAY SANDS V_X_y THEATRES Direct from a sold out season in Tokyo Featuring former Cirque du Soleil performers The theatre transformed into a custom built circular stage providing 360° views An intimate and breathtakingly close
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    • 604 46  -  Singapore-based company secures deal for football teams to play here FOOTBALL IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Reigning world champion Spain, Portugal and Real Madrid are set to play at the new 55,000-seater National Stadium after the Sports Hub opens its gates in April next
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    • 316 46 AP JOHANNESBURG —The case surrounding Oscar Pistorius’ fatal shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp is threatening to spiral into a public feud. Yesterday, South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), accused the Olympic and Paralympic track star’s father Henke of racism and politicising
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    • 580 47 Leonardo’s remarks will haunt them if they fail to overcome Valencia REUTERS PA R I S Paris St Germain (PSG) could be made to eat humble pie unless they show a big improvement in today’s (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) second-leg clash against Valencia in the
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    • 468 47  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Irfan and Ikhsan Fandi, the sons of Fandi Ahmad, will not have to worry about their academic commitments in Singapore while they head off to Spain next week for a three-month attachment with second division side Hercules FC. The
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    • 474 48 FORMULA 1 AGENCIES BARCELONA Double world champion Fernando Alonso and Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa have warned against reading too much into the pre-season form of defending Formula 1 constructors’ world champions Red Bull. The consensus in the paddock is that the Austrian outfit
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    • 593 50 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Until only a week ago, Rafael Nadal still did not feel free to run to every ball, the injured left knee that forced him to take a sev-en-month hiatus from competition still causing enough trouble that, three tournaments into his
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    • 510 50 But young upstarts M1 Sunfish eager to cause an upset and reach finals CHEERS NETBALL SUPER LEAGUE S I N G A PO R E The Cheers Netball Super League (NSL) will be making its return this Saturday at the Toa Payoh
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        • 882 52  -  LIFE LESSONS FROM HOLLYWOOD’S GLOSSY WEDDING FLICKS GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg The legendary Hollywood wedding movie playbook is chock-full with rom-com clichés and misty watercoloured good intentions. Whether it’s the neurotic, naggy, insecure or simply bat-crazy Bridezilla or the mad dash to show some breathless, last-minute grand gesture
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        • 296 53  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Every wedding needs some music, but just what do you use to serenade the moment? Something classical, such as the ever-popular Canon In D, by Johann Pachelbel? Something retro, such as Endless Love by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross? Or something modern such as
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        • 165 54 Take bridal inspiration from these gorgeous movie gowns DRESS YOU UP 1Liv (Kate Hudson) in Bride Wars Poor Anne Hathaway as we saw at the Oscars, her friend always gets the better dress. Here’s frenemy Kate Hudson in classic lace and tulle Vera
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        • 410 56  -  Take a leaf from the silver screen when planning where to go on your honeymoon SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg 1RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL You can consummate your love a la Edward and Bella in Twilight Breaking Dawn Part I, in the very house where Robert Pattinson and Kristen
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        • 1016 58 Got a question about your wedding? Find the answer you need right here. BRIDAL Q&A We want our bridal entourage to look coordinated, but can’t afford to tailor outfits for them. What should we do? To make it simple, choose a colour scheme and get your bridesmaids to
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        • 372 60 THIS SONG’S FOR YOU Have a DJ or band at your reception. Get guests to dedicate their favourite songs to you by having them fill up request cards for the band/DJ to play. MIX AND MATCH Instead of giving each guest the same wedding favour, why
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        • 592 61 Check out these hotels in the city for your dream reception CARLTON HOTEL SINGAPORE 76 Bras Basah Road www.carltonhotel.sg Have your dream celebration at Carlton Hotel Singapore and let its banquet team take care of the arrangement. Built about two years ago, the modern Empress
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    • 110 58 WEDDINGS AT CARLTON I vv r-r i > oto/ly tiwcu/t, -hJjcfyr CkM yyo^ol. Family and friends. Joy, love and laughter. These are the things you want to savour and treasure for years to come. At Carlton we’ll take care of everything else, ensuring that every detail of your wedding celebration
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    • 144 59 V > 'jM rt ■■•awr i t -J i V >* MC* 'M rT ■ss 2 Ay 'Ay i 11 f\ i\ I Date: Sunday, 14 April 2013 Venue: Grand Mandarin Ballroom, Level 6, Mandarin Orchard Singapore Time: 11am-5pm Registration Fee: $28nett per couple. $20nettfor first 50 couples who register.
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