Today, 11 November 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    Lock icon Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
    762 1 10,000feared dead in one city; Presiden t Aquino declares ‘state of calamity in provinces as offers of aid begin pouring in APPEARS TO BE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN NATION’S HISTORY AGENCIES CEBU —One of the most powerful typhoons recorded appears to have devastated cities, towns
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    Work in progress to improve transport infrastructure in Bukit Panjang
    743 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN, SIAU MING EN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Work is under way to improve transport infrastructure in Bukit Panjang, where the town’s population is set to grow by close to 10 per cent with seven public housing projects in
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      44 1 AS A REFORM STRATEGY IS FORGED, IT’S TIME FOR CHINA TO LET THE MARKET WORK WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT COMMENT&ANALYSIS 16 VOICES 21 HOW HAS POSB MADE BANKING MORE CONVENIENT FOR ITS CUSTOMERS? HOT NEWS 10 Myanmar’s all geared up for SEA Games party
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon People’s Daily urges reform on second day of key meeting
      727 2 Party mouthpiece warns that China faces ‘uphill road’ in addressing new challenges PRESSURE FOR CHANGE GROWS, BUT ALLIES LIKELY TO RESIST AGENCIES BEIJING The mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party, the People’s Daily, has urged more economic reform as a policymaking
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      THREE S’POREANS IN TACLOBAN UNCONTACTABLE
      315 4  -  TAN QIUYI Three Singaporean women, who were in the typhoon-devastated city of Tacloban in the Philippines, have not been contactable since the disaster hit on Friday. Eileen Heng, Alyssa Chee and Vanessa Chong, all 23 and finalyear students at Flinders University in Australia, were on
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      Lock icon UN nuclear agency in talks with Iran as big powers falter
      640 6 IAEA chief ‘coming to a very important point’ in negotiations with Tehran US CONTINUES TO BE SCEPTICAL AGENCIES VIENNA —United Nations nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano said he hoped his talks with Iranian officials in Tehran today would yield
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      Lock icon IRAN STARTS PRODUCING NEW MISSILE SYSTEM
      137 6 REUTERS Iran’s Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan has inaugurated the production line of a missile system dubbed the Sayyad-2 (Hunter 2), media reported. “In order to counter aerial attack, we have put the production of the Sayyad-2 missile system on the agenda,” Mr Dehqan said
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      Lock icon McCain calls for NSA chief’s resignation
      476 8 Senator proposes commission to make recommendations on in telligence gathering DISCLOSURES MEAN IT IS TIME FOR ‘WHOLESALE HOUSE-CLEANING’ BLOOMBERG BERLIN —United States Senator John McCain called on National Security Agency (NSA) chief Keith Alexander to quit over the damage done to USGerman relations by
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      Residents of private estates kick off month of charity events
      447 8  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The People’s Association (PA) is stepping up efforts to encourage Neighbourhood Committees (NCs) to look beyond their work in private housing estates and collaborate with grassroots organisations and voluntary welfare organisations to help the less well-off.
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      303 12 “I am proud and happy that we are hosting it and I want to watch sports like archery, equestrian and volleyball because I used to play the sport.” To make the Games affordable to everyone, the Government is charging only 2,000 kyat for season tickets. However, tickets to the opening
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      Lock icon Myanmar’s all geared up for SEA Games party
      733 10  -  Joy, excitement on the streets as coun try prepares to welcome Games again after 44 years LOCALS UNFAZED BY OFFICIAL SPENDING LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg YANGON Like the slice of old-fash-ioned butter cake in his hands, Mr Hla Chit’s gesture was sweet
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      Lock icon THE SPORTS FACILITIES AND EVENTS TO BE HELD
      146 12 MOUNT PLEASANT Cycling NGALIKE DAM Canoeing, rowing, dragonboat ZABUTHIRI HOTEL Chess ROYAL MYANMAR GOLF COURSE Golf WUNNA THEIKDI Stadium (Capacity 30,000): Opening, closing ceremony, athletics Indoor stadium A, B, C (3,000, 5,000,3,000): Sepak takraw, chinlone, wushu, karate, taekwondo, badminton, table tennis Swimming
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      Naypyitaw’s games venues sport identical looks
      271 12  -  300KM FROM YANGON LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg NAYPYITAW —They are spanking new, and as alike as two peas in a pod. A visit to the Wunna Theikdi and Zeyar Thiri sports complexes, located about 35km apart in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyitaw, will be a
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      201 2 COMMENT &ANALYSIS CHINA’S UNTAPPED GROWTH POTENTIAL 14 POWER LEARNING CAMP 8 Give your child a HEADSTART as many parents have “Ruo Wei really enjoyed himself and has learnt many important skills that he can apply for the rest of his life.” Ms Stephanie Chan (P5 son) “I am pleasantly surprised
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      70 12 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA Is your PR visa expiring? If so, you should understand how decision makers have the discretion and flexibility to renew one’s PR status even when residential requirements have NOT been met; all applications being evaluated on a case-by-case basis. To present your case in the strongest possible
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon China’s untapped growth potential
      1091 14  -  7-8% GROWTH POSSIBLE OVER NEXT 10 YEARS ZHANG JUN Zhang Jun is Professor of Economics and Director of the China Center for Economic Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai. PROJECT SYNDICATE China’s economic slowdown, from a nearly 10 per cent annual output gain in 2007 to below
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      Lock icon Let market work, where state cannot
      1021 16  -  CHINA’S REFORM ROAD MAP AND THE THIRD PLENUM ANDREW SHENG, XIAO GENG Andrew Sheng, President of the Fung Global Institute, is a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Xiao
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      32 14 Clearly, China’s export-driven, manufacturing-based industrial revolution has enabled it to accumulate substantial domestic wealth. But, as its ongoing growth slowdown demonstrates, this model has its limits. ANDREW SHENG AND XIAO GENG 16
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  • voices
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      Current PTO model will never please everyone
      238 18  -  FROM JASON KHO YIN LONG The incorporation of public transport operators (PTOs) was to make operations financially viable and also bring dividends to shareholders. On the other hand, the PTOs’ main goal is to bring affordable public transport to the public. Clearly, this
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      Right attitude, not just right degree, key to prospects
      389 18  -  FROM JACE LOI CHEN MIN I refer to the report “Review of ITE, poly system to enhance prospects of graduates” (Nov 9). I applaud the practical considerations and recommendations “to focus more on applied learning” and “promote lifelong learning”. But what
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      PTOs not disadvantaged by fare review recommendations
      183 18  -  FROM CHEN TIAN QI I refer to Mr Chan Wing Kin’s letter “Fare review: Consider interests of PTO shareholders” (Nov 9). Equity investors are not entitled to a minimum level of return. When they invest in a regulated business such as a public
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    • Article
      Resources available for those with addictions
      369 20  -  FROM WONG KIM ENG Clinical Director, National Addictions Management Service, Institute of Mental Health We refer to Mr James Poh Ching Ping’s letter “Internet, sex addiction deserves attention, too” (Nov 7), in which he expressed his concerns about Internet Addiction Disorder in adolescents and
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      Segregating children with disabilities shows lack of inclusiveness
      268 20  -  FROM PETRINA LAI SILK CHEN I refer to the report “SPED teachers to get more funds for training” (Nov 9). It is heartening to see the Government’s efforts in trying to raise the quality of special education (SPED) in Singapore. However, as
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon PA initiative to help detect malnutrition among the elderly
      484 22  -  NUTRITION SURVEYS, HEALTH SCREENINGS TO BE CONDUCTED WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Concerned about malnutrition among the elderly, the People’s Association’s (PA) Paya Lebar Active Ageing Committee has piloted a ground-up initiative to detect the condition early. The Eating Well in
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      Lock icon Taxi plunges into condo pool after driver makes wrong turn
      183 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A taxi ended up in a swimming pool at a condominium when it took a wrong turn in heavy rain early yesterday morning. The ComfortDelGro taxi reportedly plunged into the pool at about 3am. ComfortDelGro spokesperson Tammy
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      Lock icon Sembawang GRC gets S$50,000 donation for wheelchair aid scheme
      254 23  -  SHARON SEE SINGAPORE —Children and adults alike played side by side on Tanjong Pagar Railway Station’s railway tracks, at an Active Ageing Carnival held for 3,000 residents from Sembawang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) yesterday. The event, organised by the People’s Association’s
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      S’POREAN HELPING TO TACKLE MALNUTRITION IN INDIA
      273 24  -  NEOCHAI CHIN The use of comics to tackle malnutrition may be hard to fathom at first, but a global initiative called Nutrients For All is looking to do just that, starting with outreach to pregnant women in India. Next month, Singaporean comic artist
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      Lock icon Mr Kiasu brought back ‘for a good cause’
      857 24  -  Whether he pops the question to Ai Swee will be resolved in new book, says creator REVIVAL OF ICONIC COMIC CHARACTER NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —He was depicted using a mobile phone the size of a brick nearly two
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      175 25 School of Accountancy “Accounting is the language of business. Deep insights and industry relevant skills make SMU MPA graduates especially fluent.” Irving Low Partner, Head of Risk Consulting KPIV1G Advisory LLP, Singapore Employer of SMU graduates OPEN UP A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SMU MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING. Accounting
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  • youth
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      Recipe for biodiesel success began in kitchen
      599 26  -  Mexican Daniel Gomez went from setting up a makeshift plant at home to building up a million-dollar business ‘DON’T JUST CHASE PROFITS’ MOHD AZHAR AZIZ mohdazhar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It started with just one question seven years ago: Can you make biodiesel a diesel fuel
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Indian PM to skip Commonwealth summit
      587 27 Move expected to sharpen focus on demandfor host Sri Lanka to account for thousands thought to have died in civil war SECOND LEADER AFTER CANADA’S TO DO SO AGENCIES NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will skip a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in
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      Lock icon Shoddy homes, broken hope in China’s new towns
      654 28 GOVT-LED URBANISATION FACES FRESH SET OF TROUBLES THE NEW YORK TIMES HUAMING (CHINA) —Three years ago, the Shanghai World Expo featured this newly-built town as a model for how China would shift from being a land of farms to a land of
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  • world
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      Lock icon Pahang religious official shot dead
      553 29 Police studying possible link between killing anti-Shia laws CRIME FOLLOWS KIDNAPPING OF UK TODDLER AGENCIES KUANTAN (PAHANG) A top official of the Pahang Islamic Religious Department, or JAIP, was shot dead at his home in Kuantan yesterday afternoon. The killing comes amid a surge in
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      Lock icon US Navy christens its most advanced aircraft carrier
      338 30 AP NORFOLK V IRG INIA) The Navy has christened the USS Gerald R Ford the most technologically advanced aircraft carrier the United States has built. The Ford is the lead ship in the Navy’s next class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. It is
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    • Article
      Lock icon Elderly woman’s killing shows divisions in Myanmar
      680 31 NO NATIONAL OUTCRY OVER MUSLIM DEATHS THE NEW YORK TIMES THABYU CHAING (MYANMAR) —Paralysed from the waist down, Daw Aye Kyi was too heavy for her daughter and granddaughter to carry into the surrounding jungle when a Buddhist mob stormed through the village
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  • business
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      Lock icon Iskandar’s property investment appeal ‘likely to decline’
      917 32  -  Measures will have impact on S’poreans but unlikely to kill market completely: Analysts DEVELOPERS MAY NEED TO RETHINK STRATEGIES LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The clock is ticking for Singaporeans who want to buy a massmarket home in the booming Iskandar region, as
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      750 37  -  Will Sony’s SmartWatch 2 or Samsung’s Galaxy Gear win the first wearable-tech war? A COMPANION TO ANDROID SMARTPHONES HIRANAND SUNNY hiranandsn@mediacorp.ccom.sg SINGAPORE —Wearable technology has been heralded as the new frontier of technology since Google unveiled its Google Glass device last year. But the Glass costs around US$1,500
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      455 39  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE “Have faith in us.” That was the plea from the Republic’s rugby sevens team, even as they failed to meet their target at the home leg of the HSBC Asian Rugby Sevens series, which concluded at the Yio Chu Kang
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      254 39  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE More than 14,000 women took part in the Great Eastern Women’s Run 2013 yesterday, with North Korean twins Kim Hye Gyong and Kim Hye Song proving worthy favourites with a 1-2 finish in the elite half-marathon. Hye Gyong, the
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      400 40 FINN TO HAVE BACK SURGERY THIS WEEK REUTERS LONDON Kimi Raikkonen (picture) has pulled out of the last two races of the Formula 1 season in Texas and Brazil after deciding to have back surgery this week, the management of the Lotus driver said
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        1125 42  -  NEXT YEAR’S ARTS FEST TO INCLUDE A ‘PUBLIC ART ACADEMY’. MICHAEL NYMAN, WOOSTER GROUP, JEROME BEL AMONG HIGHLIGHTS MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg British composer Michael Nyman, New York’s legendary experimental theatre company The Wooster Group and French choreographer and enfant terrible Jerome Bel are some big names
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        124 43  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The Singapore Writers Festival wrapped up over the weekend with the appearance of writers like Carol Ann Duffy, Mohsin Hamid and Gao Xingjian, and the launch of the late Arthur Yap’s collected poems. The National Arts Council announced this year’s Golden Point Award
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          71 43 The Esplanade’s annual festival celebrating Indian arts returns. Shows this week include: Apsaras Arts’ Angkor: An Untold Story, a talk with Indian novelist Chetan Bhagat, Temple Of Fine Arts’ Taal Express, Flinntheater and Samudra’s C Sharp C Blunt, Samarupa: Beyond Beauty, as well as free shows. Nov
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          46 43 An exhibition to mark the opening of Barnadas Huang, the sister gallery of Galeria Jordi Bernadas in Spain. Works from Spanish artists that centre on realism are featured. Nov 14 to Jan 13,11am to 8pm, Barnadas Huang Gallery, 22 Dempsey Road. Free admission.
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          59 43 Taking a leaf from Virginia Woolf ’s extended essay of the same name, Lavender Chang and Ruyi Wong present photography-based works the former revolving around the idea of hawker food, the latter mapping bodily images with other sculptural forms. Until Nov 20, noon to 7pm,
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          56 43 Participants of Cake’s In A Decade youth group reconstructs the theatre company’s 2008 piece that was presented at that year’s Singapore Arts Festival and Napoli Teatro Festival Italia. Nov 14 to 16, 8pm, Drama Centre Black Box. With a 3pm matinee on Saturday. Tickets at S$25 from Sistic.
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        250 44  -  JJ Lin impresses the sold-out crowd of 8,000 CONCERT REVIEW: JJ LIN’S TIMELINE WORLD TOUR HON JING YI S ING A PORE One does not often see more than half a dozen grown men and women wrestling for several minutes over a sweaty towel. Even if it is
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        314 45  -  The Wanted, Wang Leehom to headline year-end show CELEBRATE TV CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Let the countdown begin. Yes, in 50 days’ time, MediaCorp will celebrate 50 years of television in Singapore with a big bash titled Celebrate TV50. Held in conjunction with the annual New
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