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  • 15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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  • 537 1  -  TAN QIUYI tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg PARIS —Singapore has to manage its immigration policies in a sustainable way, taking into account the political, demographic and economic objectives the country has for the long term, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a gathering of business
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  • 880 1 Dragnet spread across Beijing as authorities huntfor two suspected ethn ic Uighurs ‘LOOKS LIKE PRE-MEDITATED SUICIDE ATTACK’ AGENCIES BEIJING A day after a sports utility vehicle ploughed into a thoroughfare near the Tiananmen Gate, reports emerged attributing the incident, which killed five
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    • 237 1 LIKE JAPAN’S ABENOMICS, CHINA’S ‘LIKONOMICS’SEEMS MORE LIKE JUST ASLOGAN THAN A REAL ECONOMIC PLAN: WILLIAM PESEK COMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp YUN NAM w H A I R C A R E The Only Winner of Hair Care Superbrand 201 3
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  • hot news
    • 632 2  -  Minister lays out strategies to ensure low unemployment and better living standards GOVT TO FOCUS ON PRESCHOOL INITIATIVES AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Every Singaporean worker will be given the maximum support to upgrade his skills, while children from disadvantaged families can look
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    • 388 2  -  XUE JIANYUE While the retail sector has become more productive over the past three years, industry leaders need to push ahead with “significant initiatives”, tapping on technology to win customers and improve efficiency, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Speaking
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    • 567 6  -  Slower regional growth US fiscal impasse may still pose downside risks: MAS review ASIA EXPECTED TO BECOME BIGGER PLAYER WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic should see modest growth this year and the next as the economy gains strength from a
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    • 570 6  -  WONG WEI HAN SINGAPORE —Wages for resident employees grew at a much faster pace in the first half of this year, as businesses paid more to hire locals in a tight labour market caused in part by efforts to
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    • 415 8 RELATIONS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE AGENCIES TOKYO —The verbal sparring across the East China Sea continued yesterday, with Japan’s Defence Minister saying that Beijing’s behaviour in its territorial dispute with Tokyo is jeopardising peace. “I believe the
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    • 295 8 AGENCIES BEIJING —For the first time in more than 40 years, China has revealed a fleet of its older generation of nuclear submarines, which fire rockets from under the sea, a move state media hailed as necessary to show China’s military capabilities amid heightening regional
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    • 665 10  -  BCA calls tender to examine 10 non-residential buildings that are over 10 years old THOSE TESTED DURING HAZE DID NOT MEET S’PORE’S STANDARDS NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When the Republic went through its worst spell of haze
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    • 170 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The scheme that subsidises medical costs of vulnerable groups of Singaporeans for haze-related conditions will cease tomorrow. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said this is because the National Environment Agency has assessed that the likelihood of transboundary haze affecting Singapore for the rest
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    • 675 12 TOP INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TO TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama is poised to order the National Security Agency (NSA) to stop eavesdropping on the leaders of American allies, administration and congressional officials said on Monday, responding
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  • comment &analysis
    • 973 14  -  ‘LIKONOMICS’ SOUNDS MORE LIKE A MARKETING SLOGAN WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek won the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary. BLOOMBERG If imitation really is the greatest form of flattery, Mr Shinzo Abe should be thrilled
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    • 1146 18  -  THE INNOVATION SERIES REGINA E DUGAN, KAIGHAM J GABRIEL Regina E Dugan and Kaigham J Gabriel were formerly the Director and Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Dugan is currently a Senior Vice-President at Google’s Motorola Mobility business, where she leads
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    • 34 19 This is part of a weekly commentary series on Innovation that runs every Wednesday. To read the previous articles, scan the QR code on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/cominnovate for the articles.
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  • voices
    • 313 22  -  FROM DESMOND CHEW TSE SERN The question of whether morality can be legislated has been debated for centuries, and that it has resurfaced with regard to Ashley Madison is no surprise. In “Morality more than just about sexuality” (Oct 29), Mr Sanjay
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    • 280 22  -  FROM CEPHAS YEE I recognise adultery as abhorrent, Ashley Madison’s business model as despicable and family as an important building block of Singapore society. Yet, while Mr Makoto Hong makes compelling arguments for banning the website, in “Extramarital dating
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    • 399 23  -  FROM LUKE LU Mr Wong Hoong Hooi, in “Linguis­tic practices no less foisted on pu­pils by parental choice than by policy” (Oct 29), misunderstands my arguments. First, my suggestion that English be recognised as one of Singapore’s mother tongues is based on
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    • 140 23  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS Following the recent discussion in Voices, it struck me that much is made of the origin of people, rather than the core values held, as fundamental to the Singaporean identity. If one starts to focus on collective values,
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  • singapore
    • 365 24 HIGHER DENGUE RISK IN RAINY SEASON SINGAPORE There has been a spike in the number of mosquito breeding sites found in homes and construction sites this month, possibly due to the onset of the rainy season, said the National Environment Agency (NE A). As a
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    • 188 24  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE —After lengthy negotiations between Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and the Attractions, Resorts and Entertainment Union (AREU), the two finally inked a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday to offer union membership to more than 80 per cent of the
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    • 434 25  -  LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE With the use of cranes on the rise in tandem with the growth in construction activity in Singapore the Government is looking more closely at how to make crane operations safer. It has launched a trial to use data
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    • 86 25 Real estate agent Yusman Wright (centre), 43, won the MediaCorp Subaru Challenge yesterday. He kept his hand on the car for 75 hours and one minute. Mr Wright outlasted about 400 contestants and was participating in the competition for the fifth time. He won a Subaru
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    • 459 26  -  WINNER TEACHES KARATE ON VOLUNTARY BASIS KENNETH CHENG kennethcheng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Four years ago, Mr Audric Ping Wei Xiang lost his mother to breast cancer. He was only 14. Three months later, he lost another loved one his grandmother to a stroke.
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    • 554 28  -  CROSS-BORDER SPATS LIKELY TO INCREASE: SHANMUGAM AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Having gained a foothold as a choice arbitration venue for international commercial disputes, Singapore is casting its eye on growing its commercial mediation capabilities. At the same time, the nuts and
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    • 165 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Republic’s first woman judge, Justice Lai Siu Chiu, will retire today. The 65-year-old has been a member of the Supreme Court Bench for more than 22 years. Justice Lai was the first woman to be appointed as Judicial Commissioner in 1991 and
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    • 377 30  -  Three programmes to be launched in Joo Chiat constituency in three months IMPROVING SCHEMES FOR ELDERLY TIARA HAMARIAN tiarabtemh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Grassroots leaders in Joo Chiat, a constituency with a diverse population comprising a large number of retirees and foreigners, are using the arts to
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  • health
    • 357 34 Parents have intuitively sensed that it calms their young ones now a study proves it RESEARCHERS HOPE MUSIC CAN PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN HOSPITALS IN FUTURE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Parents should sing to their children when they hurt themselves as lullabies
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    • 654 35 BLOOMBERG LONDON —For the past year, Mr Stuart Adams has been fasting twice a week. While he has lost 6.8kg, the real reason he is depriving himself is to stave off brain disorders, including schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. “There’s a
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  • china&india
    • 595 36 Suspected senior member of Indian Mujahideen allegedly responsible for explosions BOMBERS TRYING TO SPARK STAMPEDE IN BIHAR REUTERS BHU BA NES WA R (INDI A) An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist
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    • 128 36 AP The police say they are investigating the explosion of a crude bomb that injured five people in a marketplace in northeast India. A police official in the Manipur state capital of Imphal said the homemade bomb was triggered by remote control yesterday
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    • 244 37 REUTERS BEIJING —China’s leaders will hold a key meeting, between Nov 9 and Nov 12, to discuss deepening financial reforms, the official Xinhua news agency said, as the ruling Communist Party looks to set its economic agenda for the next decade. The meeting
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    • 343 37 AGENCIES CANBERR A The Australian government said yesterday that it would maintain a two-year-old ban that excludes Chinese tech giant Huawei from working on the nation’s highspeed broadband network. The former Labor government cited cyber-security concerns when it banned Huawei from bidding
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  • world
    • 647 38 PROJECT DREAMT UP BY OTTOMAN SULTANS OVER 100 YEARS AGO AGENCIES ISTANBUL —Turkey yesterday opened the world’s first underwater rail link connecting Asia and Europe, allowing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise a project dreamt up by Ottoman sultans more
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    • 641 40 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —The United States military carried out a missile strike on a top Al Shabab operative in Somalia on Monday, according to Defence Department officials, three weeks after a Navy SEAL raid in another part of the
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    • 580 41 CONSTRUCTION LINKED TO LARGER ROCKETS, LAUNCHERS AGENCIES SEOUL —North Korea is expanding its main missile launch site, possibly in preparation for larger rockets and mobile launchers, according to United States-based analysts’ reading of the latest satellite images. 38 North, a North Korea-focused website run
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    • 381 42 SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS’ HOUSE ARREST FOR ‘ABUSING’ HIS FREEDOM AGENCIES HANOI A Vietnamese Facebook user was yesterday sentenced to 15 months house arrest for “abusing” his freedom by campaigning online for the release of his brother, who was jailed for criticising the government.
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    • 96 43 CAN YOUR CHILD SOLVE THIS PRIMARY 6 MATHS QUESTION? The diagram below shows 3 identical circles in a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 36cm. Find the total area of the shaded parts. 36cm Your child doesn’t need to understand rocket science to solve Primary 6 Maths questions. Just
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    • 448 44 Comments from central bank Governor immediately put dent in currency, as dollar drops SHIFT WOULD BE WELCOMED BY TRADE-EXPOSED SECTORS AGENCIES SYDNEY —Australia’s central bank Governor Glenn Stevens said yesterday that the Australian dollar was overvalued and would likely fall “materially” in the future,
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    • 186 44 AP MUMBAI —India’s central bank raised its key interest rate for the second time in two months yesterday, underlining the determination of its new chief to control inflation despite concerns economic growth could slow further. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan
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    • 363 46 SHIPMENTS NOT GROWING IN TANDEM WITH GLOBAL REBOUND REUTERS HONG KONG Asia’s once-reliable export engine remains stalled two years into a global economic recovery, raising concerns about the region’s competitiveness and its ability to motor through the next tough time for emerging markets.
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    • 598 47  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The local banking sector’s earnings were likely pressured in the third quarter as market volatilities cut into fee income and investment gains. Weaker economic growth in Asia might also have hurt their overseas performance and
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    • 303 50 SINGAPORE —Next week’s Singaporeleg of the FINA Swimming World Cup short course (25m) series has attracted a record 284 competitors from 32 countries. Yesterday, the organiser, the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA), confirmed that the Australian trio of Cate Campbell, Alicia
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    • 720 51 It will not be wise to bet against LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade leading Miami to a third NBA title. But the defending champions aside, which other teams are worth watching this season? We shine the spotlight on the Heat andfour other potentially
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    • 468 52 WINNER TO BE REVEALED ON JAN 13 AGENCIES ZURICH —Lionel Messi is in the running to be named the world’s best footballer for a fifth time. The Barcelona star is one of 23 candidates on the shortlist for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or award,
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    • 74 53 IN BRIEF AGENCIES Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart’s error, which gifted Chelsea a 2-1 win on Sunday, is set to cost him his place for the Capital One Cup game against Newcastle today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), with Costel Pantilimon taking his place. Hart’s erratic form
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    • 719 54  -  BLATINI’S NONSENSICAL PLANS FOR THE WORLD CUP COMMENTARY BY HENRY WINTER HENRY WINTER Henry Winter is The Daily Telegraph’s football correspondent. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Under Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini’s madcap World Cup expansion plans, countries such as San Marino, Lilliput, Mordor and
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        365 58  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE If there was one misconception about orchestras that Chan Tze Law, the Music Director of the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO), would like to correct, it’s this: Just because you’re an orchestra doesn’t mean you have to perform regular concerts of only Western classical music. “It’s
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      • 232 59  -  IN CINEMAS GENEVIEVE LOH KIMBERLY FONG Passion (M18, 97min) Since this is a Brian De Palma film headlined by Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, you can’t blame us for having high expectations. But perhaps our expectations were too high. The film takes a rather laborious way
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      • 216 61 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WA SHINGTON, DC Grammy Awardwinning R&B singer Chris Brown, 24, was freed from custody on Monday after facing a judge on a charge that he punched a man who tried to pose in a photograph with him. A District of Columbia judge
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