Today, 28 September 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • 15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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  • 768 1 Area will see trial of convertible yuan, liberalised interest rates AN EFFORT TO REPEAT SHENZHEN’S SUCCESS AGENCIES SHANGHAI —More than three decades after Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s experiments with capitalism in Shenzhen began lifting millions out of poverty,
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  • 65 1 Officials rescuing a woman from the debris of a five-storey residential building which collapsed in Mumbai yesterday. At least eight people were killed and rescuers raced to reach dozens trapped under the rubble. Such collapses have been relatively common in India
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  • 613 1  -  XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E —A portal for bosses to find out what their employees do during In-Camp Training (ICT), or what skills they acquire so that these can be utilised at the workplace. Monetary incentives in the
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    • 100 1 THE PUNDITS ARE WRONG JAPAN’S TECH INDUSTRY HASN’T LOST ITS INNOVATIVE MOJO: PANASONIC’S YORIHISA SHIOKAWA SATURDAY PEOPLE 12 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp f\Mu/ NVk® SKIN SOLUTIONS 9ith 'Anniversary Celebration! Dark Eye Circles Pigmentation > Sensitive Skin Pimples Sagging Skin W s, m.
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  • hot news
    • 978 2  -  Lawyers propose solution to paradox of not fully licensing sex workers but punishing those who engage minors services VERIFICATION OF AGE A MITIGATING FACTOR IN RECENT CASES NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The State has pushed the obligation to regulate prostitution onto “unsuspecting individual
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    • 695 4 MANMADE WARMING ‘EXTREMELY LIKELY’ AGENCIES STOCKHOLM —For the first time, the world’s top climate scientists yesterday formally embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases while warning that it is likely to be exceeded within decades if emissions continue at a brisk pace,
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    • 915 6  -  Athletes also expected to be exemplary members of community, show commitment to their training programmes PROGRESS REVIEWED ONCE EVERY 6 MONTHS TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The amount of funding given to top national athletes under the new Sports Excellence Scholarship (spexScholarship) may have
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    • 494 6  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth named the new Chief Executive Officer of the National Arts Council (NAC) yesterday. A relative unknown in the arts scene, IE Singapore Assistant CEO Kathy Lai, has been tabbed to be the
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    • 692 8 HIGHEST SUBSTANTIVE TALKS IN A GENERATION REUTERS UNITED NATIONS Iran and the United States held their highest-level substantive talks in a generation on Thursday, saying the tone was positive but sounding cautious about resolving the long-running standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme. US
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    • 325 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES Iranian President Hasan Rouhani appeared to walk his condemnation of the Holocaust back a notch on Thursday, one day after he provoked a politically fraught uproar in both the United States and his home country with a
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    • 507 8 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Malaysia has been ranked as one of the most corrupt nations in an Asia-Pacific survey and listed as the country that is most likely to take shortcuts to meet targets when economic times are tough. A recent survey
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    • 137 4 AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY EXPO Buy Direct From Australian Developer! Today Sun Only! 10am to 7pm (Sept 28 29) Conrad Centennial Hotel (Salon III IV) 2 Temasek Boulevard BE FIRSTPreview Central Equity’s Major New Apartment Tower fromA$399,000* Save up to A$47,000* in Vic. Govt Stamp Duty (off the plan) Australian Lawyer in
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  • saturday people
    • 1510 12  -  Have Japanese tech firms lost their global edge? Panasonic’s Asia Pacific MD wants to convince the world that this isn’t the case THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg He never interrupts, and apologises before stating an honest opinion. Earnest, proper and polite, Mr Yorihisa Shiokawa
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    • 1130 14  -  JANET YELLEN ROBIN HARDING, RICHARD MCGREGOR Robin Harding and Richard McGregor are, respectively, the US Economics Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES There is perhaps only one thing in their notoriously contentious discipline upon
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    • 32 12 Surly and extra serious, Mourinho isn’t the same man that left Stamford Bridge six years ago, and you sense his squad don’t quite know what to make of it. ADRIAN CLARKE 26
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  • voices
    • 729 16 Debate on the latest hiring rules continued in the extended segment of VoicesTODAYon Thursday. Here are excerpts MEASURING SUCCESS Patrick Tay Teck Guan: Dependency ratios for professionals, managers and executives (PMEs), which the National Trades Union Congress proposed two years ago, are quite
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    • 226 16  -  FROM BRENTON ONG Ideally, the human resource practitioner is the gatekeeper for any enterprise to ensure that candidates are selected based on the specific position’s and operational requirements, regardless of nationality, race, age, marital status or gender. To do this responsibly,
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    • 217 16  -  FROM ABHIMANYAU PAL Executive Director, Society for the Physically Disabled The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) supports Mr David Soh’s call for a central database of job-seek-ers (“Have centralised job database, MOM”; Sept 25). This database should also support job placement
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    • 291 17  -  FROM GEORGE QUEK The Football Association of Singapore’s move to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its French counterpart is a big step forward for local football (“The French connection”; Sept 25). As FAS General Secretary Winston Lee
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    • 273 17  -  FROM ALVAN SIO JIA HENG I refer to the report, “Significant progress on hot-button issues: PM” (Sept 25). A key idea the Prime Minister presented was that Singaporeans must step up to the task of shaping Singapore’s future for themselves.
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  • singapore
    • 357 18  -  WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE —Prime Taxi the smallest taxi operator here will raise its flag-down fares across its fleet of 880 cabs from Tuesday, following in the footsteps of Premier Taxis, whose fare hikes were announced last Friday and took effect yesterday. Prime’s
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    • 342 18  -  FOCUS ON ATTRACTING, RETAINING LOCAL TALENT S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With healthcare spending in Asia projected to grow at a faster pace than other regions in the coming years, a S$10 million fund has been set aside to give the medical technology (MedTech) industry here
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    • 271 18 SINGAPORE —Residents in Jurong, Clementi and the city sector will have to pay more for waste collection from Tuesday. Those living in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats will pay S$7.49 each month. Currently, HDB households in Jurong pay S$6.08,
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    • 454 19  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Six men, aged between 20 and 25, pleaded guilty yesterday to the killing of a 52-year-old man at Tiong Bahru Park two years ago. The group, comprising Abdul Samad Mohamed Kasim, 25; Anandraj Manimaran and S Karthikesu,
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    • 119 19 The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 106 drug offenders and seized more than S$118,000 worth of drugs in an islandwide raid over the last four days, which also involved officers from the Singapore Police Force. The drugs seized included about 394g of heroin, 266g of ‘Ice’,
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    • 325 19  -  AMANDA LEE S I N G A P O R E —The National Parks Board (NParks) Assistant Director at the centre of the statutory board’s controversial purchase of 26 foldable Brompton bicycles indicated yesterday, during a brief court mention, that he
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    • 422 19 SINGAPORE —The ongoing plans to turn Jurong into a regional centre were hatched as far back as 1984. And the man who came up with the idea which was shelved because of a recession was former civil servant and prominent business leader Tang
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  • world
    • 730 20 Resolution would be legally binding, but sceptics fear Syrian complian ce may be partial AGREEMENT WOULD ELIMINATE SYRIA’S CHEMICAL-WEAPONS PROGRAMME AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS —The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on a resolution that will require Syria to
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    • 509 21 Defence Minister says move needed to protect Tokyo’s marine-related interests REUTERS TOKYO —Japan said yesterday that it needed to expand its surveillance activities to cover the Pacific Ocean off its east coast, to protect its interests in a zone rich with resources
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  • business
    • 552 22  -  SHIPPING INDUSTRY ‘STILL FACING HEADWINDS’ LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore is well-placed to retain its position as one of the world’s leading ports despite increased competition from other ports in the region, as its facilities and efficiency are
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    • 249 22 AGENCIES SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank (UOB) is interested in Hong Kong’s family-run Wing Hang Bank, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining other potential buyers seeking greater access to banking in China. For UOB, Singapore’s third-largest bank by assets, acquiring
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    • 334 22 REUTERS TOKYO —Japan’s core consumer inflation last month hit its highest level in nearly five years, while prices of personal electronics rose for the first time since 1992 signs Japan may be emerging from 15 years of nagging deflation. Core consumer prices, which include oil
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    • 629 23  -  MP says framework to ensure locals are considered for jobs will also benefit firms WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The local banking sector is an area where the newly announced Fair Consideration Framework (FCF) can help nurture a strong Singapore core,
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    • 163 23 makj (^vytsH. Singapore Celebrate WISH DISH in October by ordering a WISH DISH from the participating restaurants. 50% of the price of the dish will be donated to Make-A-Wish® wish dish Gourmet Partners CUT db Bistro Moderne Guy Savoy Osteria Mozza, Pizzeria Mozza Sky on 57® Waku Ghin Delectable Partners
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  • sports
    • 653 24  -  Inspirational skipper set for first start since Aug 31 as LionsXII seek first leg advantage MALAYSIA CUP QUARTER-FINAL, FIRST LEG: LIONSXII v ATM DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The form book suggests V Sundramoorthy’s LionsXII are the favourites, but the coach himself is under no
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    • 453 24  -  ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —His quest is to become the first male runner from the Republic to qualify for the 42km marathon at the Olympic Games, and Mok Ying Ren believes the goal is within his capabilities. With a personal best (PB)
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    • 519 25 111 found living in ‘slave-like conditions’ in Sao Paulo; Fifpro urges probe into Qatar AGENCIES LONDON —Following reports of appalling working conditions at Qatar’s 2022 World Cup work sites, news has emerged of a similar situation in Brazil at a project connected to
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    • 529 25  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE —With the prize of a trip to Madrid at stake, the 23 players remaining in Season 2 of First XI, MediaCorp’s football reality show, were forced to turn on their charm and pit their personalities and sporting skills against each other. Though the
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    • 776 26  -  THE BIG MATCH: TOTTENHAM v CHELSEA COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY EPL analyst Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications around the world.
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    • 213 26  -  ADRIAN CLARKE Sitting on top of the league and proudly boasting 11 consecutive wins away from home, Arsenal should be dancing their way to South Wales this weekend feeling more confident than ever before. Instead, their injury crisis has them worried.
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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    • 62 27 CASUALLY ELEGANT TRAS STREET’S LATEST ADDITION OFFERS MORE THAN JUST YOUR USUAL FRENCH FARE 31 SATURDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2013 TOUGH ENOUGH CHECK OUT THE LATEST SUVS TO HIT OUR ROADS AND OFF THEM, TOO 28 COOK LIKE JANE AUSTEN A NEW RECIPE BOOK LETS YOU WHIP UP THE DISHES FAVOURED
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      • 1389 28  -  MEET FOUR OF THE LATEST SUVS TO TAKE TO OUR ROADS, FROM RUGGED OFF-ROADERS TO CUSHY SOFT-ROADERS DAVID KHOO BEN CHIA 1 BMW X5 XDRIVE30D The new version of BMW’s X5 is cut from the same ruggedly muscular cloth as its predecessors, but it’s got the
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    • food
      • 1273 30  -  Two distinct British chefs share a love for fine local produce TIMELY FEASTS DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Notable British toques Rick Stein and Sat Bains are said to epitomise the discreet yet essential meeting of convention and culinary cunning. The two chefs are making their debut appearance at
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      • 486 31  -  Pidgin Kitchen Bar brings a new standard to Mod-Sin cuisine REVIEW: PIDGIN KITCHEN BAR ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —After a major revamp, what used to be Pamplemousse Bistro Bar at Dempsey is now the Pidgin Kitchen Bar. The transformation is more than skin deep: Singaporean owners
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        445 31  -  New French restaurant on Tras Street proffers accessible elegance REVIEW: FLEUR DE SEL ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —Tras Street which is already home to other French eateries Brasserie and Cafe Gavroche has welcomed a new French kid to the block. And one that boasts a chef-own-er with an Alain
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 222 32 THE CLIFF PRESENTS 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY MENU The Cliff has revamped its menu with dishes such as Six Textures Of Oysters prepared in six different hot or cold ways; Torchon of Foie Gras, and the highlight of the new menu Pan-fried US Prime Tenderloin, with a tender prime
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      • 238 32  -  DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE —The Cold Storage International Wine Fair is back (until Oct 7, 10am to 10pm daily) at VivoCity, Level 1 Atrium. The week-long event not only boasts a selection of more than 500 wine labels on sale, but a wider range of Italian
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      • 216 32  -  DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE —In celebration of its third anniversary, Tools Of The Trade Asia’s largest kitchen emporium, is organising Singapore’s largest blindtasting completion. Up to 50 contestants, blind-folded, will try to accurately identify more than 20 different food ingredients, sponsored by Jasons The Gourmet Grocer.
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      • 459 33 New recipe book helps the author’s fans cook the food enjoyed by her characters and family DINNER WITH MR DARCY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH L O N D O N Jane Austen was not a very descriptive writer. But food, in Austen’s domestic-centred world, is nearly always a
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      • 276 33  -  DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE It managed 6,000 Wish Dishes in its inaugural run last year, but organisers of the Wish Dish celebration and its growing band of dining partners hope to top that with at least 10,000 dishes sold this year. Participating restaurants will donate 50
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    • 89 30 WIN B: It’s actually very similar. It’s really creating dishes from locally produced Win a trip to this year’s Margaret River Gourmet Escape Visit http://tdy.sg/gourmetcontest to give us your pick for an iconic Singaporean dish and don’t forget to tell us why? The best answer will stand a chance to
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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    • 30 32 HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 .DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT U CLICK
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    • 27 33 How do you wrap up a festival? With a mini-fest! Find out what Natalie Hennedige and her company, Cake, are up to with Decimal Point. Visit http://tdy.sg/artssakeblog
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    • 731 34 ASIA POP 40 WITH DOM LAU The hottest English, Korean, Japanese and other Asian music from the region, AP40 counts down the most popular downloads across Asia. 6AM 9PM Movies Weekend (From Big Screen To Small Screen) 9AM 10AM You And The Law With Keith De Souza 10AM 11AM Road
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    • 189 34 To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline at 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily) VIDEO ON DEMAND Watch your favourite movies series anytime, anywhere NIM’S ISLAND Anything can happen on Nim’s Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl’s imagination. ROMANCING IN THIN AIR Michael may
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    • 692 35 6AM MN Movies Weekend (From Big Screen To Small Screen) 9AM 10AM Pet Project With Keith de Souza 10AM 11AM The Good Life With Daphne Lim NOON 1PM Hot In The City With Daphne Lim 9AM 11AM 987 Top 20 Countdown (Encore) 11AM 1PM Sunday Brunch With Darren 1PM 2PM
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    • 212 35 To subscribe, log on to www.toggle.sg or call Toggle Customer Care Hotline at 6388 3888 (9am-9pm daily) VIDEO ON DEMAND Watch your favourite movies series anytime, anywhere BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Ethan Wate has had the same recurring dream for months. A mysterious young girl waiting for him on a Civil War
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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