Today, 27 August 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    25 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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      79 1 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp Afairer healthcare system: Singaporeans? What does it mean to Is our society collectively ready to take a greater load off the individual? Is more means-testing needed for health subsidies? What should MediShield Life cover and/or exclude? How do
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      288 2 TOP MANAGER OF THE SEASON WINS US$5,000* TOP MANAGER OF EACH MONTH WINS US$500* 1 CREATE YOUR ULTIMATE TEAM. TODAY FANTASY LEAGUE GETS BIGGER PROVE YOU’RE THE BEST EPL MANAGER IN THE REGION Every time you tune into an English Premier League match, do you find yourself questioning the team
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  • Article
    COEs: Reclassify cars, say majority
    714 1  -  LTA SURVEY TO FINE-TUNE FRAMEWORK WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Cars should be re-cat-egorised to better separate luxury vehicles from mass-market ones, according to more than eight in 10 of the respondents who provided feedback to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on fine-tuning the Certificate
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    Lock icon Spectre of haze as hot spots spike
    557 1 SINGAPORE With a “sharp increase” in the number of hot spots detected in parts of Indonesia over the past few days, a shift in the wind direction could bring back the haze, the National Environment Agency (NEA) warned yesterday. The number of hot
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      36 1 EMPHASIS ON INTERNAL ISSUES SHOULD NOT DETRACT S’PORE FROM EXTERNAL CHALLENGES IT FACES: NICHOLAS FANG COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 SPORTS 35 ROONEY RUMOURS DOMINATE BORE DRAW CHELSEA TRANSFER TARGET GETS CHEERED BY BOTH SETS OF FANS IN 0-0STALEMATE
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      76 1 HOT NEWS 10 US COULD BE BROKE WITHIN 2 MONTHS, CONGRESS WARNED hm ir jetstar.com JetStBr^" Price based on payment at SingPost or by Jetstar Voucher for bookings through jetstar.com. For all other bookings, o booking ond service fee of $4$10 per passenger, per one way flight will apply. Singapore-Medan
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  • hot news
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      Ground-up initiatives for S’pore’s 50th birthday
      669 2  -  CELEBRATING COUNTRY’S HISTORY TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —Celebrations to mark the Republic’s 50th birthday in 2015 are expected to be filled with many “ground-up initiatives” from Singaporeans, the nature of which will be limited only by the people’s imagination, said Education
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      PAY-AS-YOU-BID MAY NOT LOWER COE PRICES
      337 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN A pay-as-you-bid system for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) and barring motor dealers from participating in the bidding may not necessarily lead to lower COE premiums, academics and industry experts have warned. Instead, they felt that the current COE bidding mechanism, where all
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    • Article
      China, S’pore to seek out new areas of cooperation
      837 6  -  Environmental collaboration, yuan clearing centres among areas discussed as PM Lee meets Chinese leaders BILATERAL RELATIONS ‘IN VERY GOOD SHAPE’ TEO XUANWEI IN BEIJING xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg BEIJING Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday pledged to grow bilateral
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      Xtron chief grilled on control of firm in CHC trial
      695 8  -  PROJECTED ALBUM SALES ‘NOT ENOUGH’ TO PAY OFF BONDS NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The criminal trial of six City Harvest Church leaders one of whom has since parted ways with the church resumed yesterday, with the prosecution calling its
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tepco looks abroad for help as radioactive water leaks
      460 10 REUTERS HIRONO (JAPAN) Tokyo Electric Po wer (Tepco), the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, said it would invite foreign decommissioning experts to advise it on how to deal with highly radioactive water leaking from the site, while Japan signalled
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      Lock icon US could be broke within two months, Congress warned
      477 10 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS WASHINGTON The Obama administration yesterday warned Congress that the United States could run out of money to pay its bills soon after mid-October if lawmakers do not move swiftly to raise a limit on government borrowing. “Congress should
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      Lock icon UN to contact US over spying report
      279 10 REUTERS NEW YORK The United Nations yesterday said that it plans to contact the United States over a report that the US National Security Agency (NSA) bugged its New York headquarters and warned that countries are expected to respect the world body’s diplomatic
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      89 3 A k A- H LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana meets The Tembusu by Arc Studio. Living Art, Living Heritage Does art imitate life.' Or life, art.' We like to think both. That is why you will see our art celebrating life. And our homes celebrating art. The comparisons grow deeper.
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon It is not just about economics
      1135 12  -  SINGAPORE’S STRATEGIC RETHINK NICHOLAS FANG Nicholas Fang is the Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and the Co-Director of the institute’s F50 programme. He is also a Nominated Member of Parliament. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent National Day Rally speech
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      Lock icon Enable those who fail to start over
      815 14  -  WANT MORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SINGAPORE? K RAVI KUMAR, FOO SAY WEI Professor K Ravi Kumar is the Shaw Chair Professor and Dean of the Nanyang Business School at the Nanyang Technological University. Associate Professor Foo Say Wei is the Academic Director at the
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  • voices
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      Youth corps: Preserve core of volunteerism
      450 16  -  FROM KWAN JIN YAO Some have wondered if it is wise to institutionalise volunteering in the form of the new volunteer youth corps. (“PM dialogue: Community spirit topmost on youths’ minds”; Aug 23) There are possible overlaps with existing structures in civil society and
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      S’poreans must come to terms with 80-20 reality
      260 16  -  FROM HAJ MOHAMED I refer to the report, “Govt to ensure ‘S’pore society remains fair’” (Aug 24), in which Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam attributed rising inequality in Singapore to globalisation and the transformation in education standards over a single generation. There
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    • Article
      Let optometrists refer patients for subsidised care
      276 17  -  FROM CHUI WEN JUAN I applaud the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health’s recommendation that general practitioners be allowed to refer patients for subsidised care at public hospitals (“Provide subsidy for referrals from GPs: Report”; Aug 14). The Health Ministry should also consider optometrists
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      Is it fair to make non-citizens contribute to MediShield Life?
      81 17  -  FROM STEVEN LEE THIEN POH I refer to the letter, “Non-citizen workers should contribute to MediShield Life” (Aug 23). Is it fair to expect non-citizens to contribute if they cannot claim for expenses under the scheme? As it is, they
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    • Article
      Ensure equal opportunities for the mentally ill
      184 17  -  FROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO At the National Day Rally, the Prime Minister highlighted how an A*Star scientist who became blind at age four went on to excel in life. Such recognition on a national level would encourage people with physical disabilities to work
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      139 16 SINGAPORE 18 FUNDING BOOST FOR 3D DOLPHIN PROJECT -'•V 'f V Bp* Ilf? 1 “After consuming for a week, ;|r dbwY /o wake up in the night to visit the toilet! Choo Hou Ren HEVJ Colon-Care™ Constipation Free Risks Free Constipation caused by: insufficient intake poor complexion, skin pigmenof dietary
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Funding boost to bring 3D dolphins closer to autistic children
      665 18  -  FROM ‘CINEMA’ TO MOBILE PHONES KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Standing in a darkened room surrounded by a curved screen, Gary Oh, who has autism, interacted with images of dolphins projected in 3D while soothing music played. Together with 14
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      Lock icon ITE students to help provide medical aid at F1
      444 19  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E Some paramedic and nursing students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will be able to get hands-on experience at the Formula 1 race held here next month, as part of
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      Lock icon Cenotaph vandal gets 3 months’ jail, 3 strokes of cane
      292 20  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —A security officer who vandalised the Cenotaph War Monument has been jailed for three months and ordered to be given three strokes of the cane. Mohamad Khalid Mohamad Yusop, 33, also had to foot the repair cost
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  • education
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      Lock icon Obama backs calls for shorter law course
      487 21 SCHOOLS PUSH FOR REFORM THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK United States President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind the call for law schools to consider cutting a year of classroom instruction, wading into a hotly-de-bated issue inside the beleaguered legal academy.
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      235 21 HP recommends Windows 8. Make it matter. f///, All touch. All-m-One. All your family needs. The next generation of PCs is here. Introducing the HP Pavilion 23 TouchSmart All-in-One. It’s the slim, hassle-free PC built for everyone in the family, featuring Windows 8 optimised for touch, powered by the Intel®
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Political stagecraft ‘evident’ in Bo trial
      615 22 THE BIGGEST TIGER AMONG ‘CORRUPT’ OFFICIALS THE NEW YORK TIMES jinan In the weeks before Bo Xilai, the fallen Communist Party star, went on trial here on corruption-relat-ed charges, senior officials from the powerful party investigation agency told him about two officials who had
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      Lock icon Man kills 4, wounds 11 in Chengdu knife attack
      243 23 AP BEIJING A disgruntled man has gone on a stabbing spree in a south-western Chinese city, killing four people and wounding 11, in the latest of a string of apparently random attacks across the country. The Public Security Bureau in Chengdu
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    • Article
      Lock icon Chinese oil exec the latest official under investigation
      368 23 AGENCIES BEIJING A top Chinese oil executive is the latest senior official to come under the scrutiny of the nation’s anti-graft agency as Beijing faces pressure to crack down on official corruption. In a one-sentence statement, the Ministry of Supervision said yesterday
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  • world
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      Lock icon Indonesia to buy Apache helicopters from the US
      556 24 It will also receive 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 60 military vehicles from Germany DEAL WORTH S$640M AGENCIES JAKARTA The United States will sell eight advanced Apache attack helicopters to Indonesia in a deal worth US$500 million (S$640 million), Defence Secretary
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      Lock icon Thai protest suggests return of past political turmoil
      588 25 THE NEW YORK TIMES BA N G KO K Politics is back on the streets in Thailand, after a relative lull of more than two years, with a protest over the weekend. It underlines the persistence of divisions in Thailand and raises
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    • Article
      Lock icon Kerry calls Syria gas attack ‘moral obscenity’, US seeks accountability
      563 26 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS WA SHINGTON United States Secre­tary of State John Kerry yesterday laid the groundwork for possible military action against the Syrian government over a suspected chemi­cal weapons attack, implicating Pre­sident Bashar Al Assad’s forces in a “moral obscenity”.
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      223 25 Call for Collaboration Outsourcing of Food Preparation Processes v r Preparation of food is a key process for any restaurant. Laborious work such as marinating of meats and cutting of vegetables, and preparation of noncore menu offerings, can be manpower-intensive. Food manufacturers and suppliers often have the capacity to fulfill
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  • business
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      Lock icon Facebook market value tops S$128b amid mobile push
      403 28 AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Facebook’s market value passed US$100 billion (S$128 billion) amid optimism that the world’s lar­gest social network can bolster sales from mobile advertising. The stock increased 1.9 per cent to US$41.34 at the close in New York. Earlier,
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      Lock icon US judge approves Facebook’s S$26m settlement over ads
      246 28 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO A United States judge yesterday granted final approval to Facebook’s US$20 million (S$26 mil­lion) settlement of a lawsuit over tar­geted advertising despite objections that the deal did not go far enough to protect children’s privacy. Five plaintiffs filed a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fed officials rebuff calls for coordination as QE taper looms
      522 29 AGENCIES JACK SON HOLE W YOMING —Federal Reserve officials have rebuffed international calls to take the threat of fallout in emerging markets into account when tapering United States monetary stimulus. The risk that the Fed’s trimming of bond buying will
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      Lock icon China says economy stabilising after long slowdown
      299 29 AGENCIES BEIJING —China’s economy is showing clear signs of stabilisation, helped by policy support and some improvement in global demand, and is on track to meet the government’s growth target of 7.5 per cent for the year, the statistics bureau said yesterday. The
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  • impact
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      Lock icon Tailored quality
      514 30  -  MediaCorp’s customised publications gain global recogn ition for excellence IN THE HANDS OF COMMITTED PROFESSIONALS HE PEIWEN hepeiwen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The importance of water conservation, the latest in medical science and developments in the accountancy industry on the surface, these do not seem like the most interesting subjects you
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Quickdraw shooter
      548 32  -  Sony’s Cyber-Shot RX 100 II may draw you back to using a camera for social media posts LIGHTWEIGHT AND FAST PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Compact cameras are great because they let you point-and-shoot. But if they are clunky beasts that take forever to start up, you might find
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    • Article
      Lock icon Instagram, Vine outage blamed on Amazon Web Services
      374 32 AGENCIES NEW YORK —An outage affecting several services on Sunday seemed to have originated from Amazon Web Services (AWS), which provides companies with online storage and computing power. A report from technology site TechCrunch said Instagram and Vine both went offline for
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  • sports
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      Lock icon NEW TWIST IN TRANSFER TALE
      938 33 Real’s S$1 71 million move for Bale could be hijacked by unknown club RECORD TRANSFER ON HOLD AGENCIES LONDON —Real Madrid’s summerlong pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale was supposed to have been concluded today, with both clubs reportedly having finally agreed a world-record
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    • Article
      Lock icon NG TO REVIEW OLYMPICS IF HE BECOMES IOC CHIEF
      330 34 REUTERS SINGAPORE —Future Olympics could have fewer athletes and medals after International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Ng Ser Miang said a review of the cost and size of the Games will be a priority if he wins next month’s vote.
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    • Article
      Lock icon AUSTRALIA JOINS ASEAN FOOTBALL
      227 34 REUTERS NEW DELHI —Australia became a full member of South-east Asia’s ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) yesterday, with the backing of all members of the regional organisation. “We look forward to being an active member and to contributing to the ongoing development and success of football in
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