Today, 20 November 2013, Afternoon Edition

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      Lock icon A better home for Singaporeans
      438 2 The Urban Redevelopment Authority released its Draft Master Plan 2013 today, with an aim to build townships for all ages that are green, healthy, connected, as well as strong in community interaction and spirit, and to bring quality jobs closer to home. Here are some
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      Lock icon URA unveils concept for Greater Southern Waterfront
      503 4  -  Preliminary plans include 30km stretch of wa terfron t promenade and a reservoir RELOCATION OF TERMINALS WILL FREE UP 1,000HA OF LAND SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More than a year after plans were first announced to free up prime land for development by
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      Lock icon Serangoon Garden, Jalan Kayu, Holland Village to be preserved
      489 6  -  URA designates the three areas as identity nodes in view of their distinctive character STRONG IDENTITIES THAT RESONATE WITH SINGAPOREANS SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is one of the oldest estates around and was once known as Ang Sar Lee (Red
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      Lock icon FILES SHOWED NSA REPEATEDLY VOWED TO FIX SPYING VIOLATIONS
      330 8 AP The National Security Agency (NSA) reported its own violations of surveillance rules to a United States intelligence court and promised additional safety measures to prevent repeat of similar missteps again, according to more than 1,000 pages of newly declassified files
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      Schools should instil spirit of service: PM Lee
      576 10  -  SAP SCHOOLS STILL IMPORTANT NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE All schools should instil the “spirit of service” in students, especially among those who have done well, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday as he reiterated the importance of Special Assistance Plan
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      PSLE results to be released on Friday
      277 12 SINGAPORE —The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results will be released on Friday and the Secondary 1 posting results will be released a month later, on Dec 20, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said yesterday. Unlike previous years, the highest and lowest PSLE
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      Lock icon Jailed Nobel Peace laureate seeks retrial
      419 12 LIU XIAOBO’S CHALLENGE UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED AP BEIJING —Five years into his 11-year prison term, Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo plans to challenge his subversion conviction on grounds that he was legally exercising his right to free speech, his lawyer said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Malaysian govt urged to focus on national unity
      511 14 CHINESE PARTY WARNS OF GROWING RACIAL DIVIDE AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Gerakan, one of the two main Chinese parties in Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, has warned of a growing chasm between Chinese and Malays on key issues, such as religion
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      Type of help, not size of monetary donation, key to relief effort: Shanmugam
      539 16  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Helping disaster-strick-en countries involves providing them with what is most needed to save lives, which may not necessarily be measured by the amount of monetary donations. Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K
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      Lock icon Aid efforts ‘getting more politicised’
      706 16  -  Selective help has affected relief efforts in conflict zones, says International Committee of the Red Cross President S’PORE A GOOD PLATFORM FOR SUCH ISSUES XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Humanitarian work is getting more politicised, presenting relief organisations with the dilemma of either staying neutral or
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      42 4 in WIS benefits for eligible Singaporeans orkfare WORK TRAIN. MORE TO GAIN! You could be eligible for WIS of up to $3,500 a year! Call 1800-222-6622 or visit www.workfare.sg for eligibility criteria. f(y« ISTRY OF MANPOWER mm WDA Singapore workforce development agency
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      244 13 i Fold a heart and SingTel will donate $1 to the Touching Lives Fund for each heart received. Use the red rectangle below to fold a heart and drop it into any post box (no postage required) by 25 November 2013. It takes little effort to bring joy and hope
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      410 15 nextu Transforming U December School Holidays Workshops (Admits up to one parent one child) Make Android Games with GameSalad® in 1 Day This half day workshop is specially designed for participants to make their Android games app using drag-and-drop commands without complex Have Fun with 3D Printing with Autodesk 123D
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon Needed on the home front
      2038 18  -  SOUTH KOREA’S CHAEBOL ARE LOOKING OVERSEAS SIMON MUNDY Simon Mundy is the Seoul correspondent for The Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES Flanked by rolling woodland and close to the peak of Mount Jiri, Namwon is one of South Korea’s most scenic towns. But its location
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      Lock icon Management itself needs innovation
      1114 24  -  THE INNOVATION SERIES NATALIE TURNER Natalie Turner is the founder and CEO of The Entheo Network, a global innovation and leadership company headquartered in Singapore. She works with Singaporean and international firms to help them build the skills and capabilities for sustainable innovation. When I say
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      44 18 If innovation is the creation of value out of new or novel ideas, maybe we need to blow the dust off our management theories and practices, look at them afresh and see where new thinking is required. Management itself needs innovation. NATALIE TURNER 24
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      144 23 I have what it takes to create memorable moments Masimov Elder MDIS Student (2013) Master of International Tourism Hotel Management Diploma in Travel, Tourism Hospitality Management Awarded by MDIS State-of-the-art training facility ITE Higher NITEC or ‘O’ Level graduates are welcome to apply Programme commences Dec 2013 Awarded by Southern
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      144 24 Study at a global university ranked among the world’s best. Western Australia’s largest and most multicultural university, Curtin University was ranked by QS as one of the world’s top 50 universities under 50 years of age and No.1 in the state 1 We want to change minds, lives and the
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      Return marked exam scripts to pupils
      311 28  -  FROM S GANESAMOORTHY It is the school holidays, and some pupils across various grades who performed poorly in their examinations are still unsure why they did, despite parent-teacher meetings. Why does this situation persist? The entrenched policy of some schools to retain the marked
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      Lock icon Do we treat global warming seriously enough?
      266 28  -  FROM SUN XI Singapore enjoys a favourable geographical location that shelters it from serious natural disasters. It is highly unlikely that a storm like Typhoon Haiyan would hit the island in the near future. However, Singapore is not an isolated haven immune to
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      Maids must first have right attitude and skills
      152 30  -  FROM DORIS LENG I refer to Mr Raymond Fernando’s let­ter, “To prevent tragedy, provide bet­ter support for maids” (Nov 19). As a maid employer, my experience tells me that maids must have the right work attitude and skills. Employers would want to
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      Review compensation for accidents linked to mobile phone use
      274 30  -  FROM JAMES POH CHING PING I refer to the report, “83% of Sing­apore drivers use their mobile phones while driving: Survey” (Nov 5, online). In the United States, text mes­saging has resulted in many fa­talities and serious injuries on the roads.
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      A guide on fitness goals for S’poreans?
      122 30  -  FROM GOH JIN WEI Without the need to pass the Indi­vidual Physical Proficiency Test, many male Singaporeans do not train, for whatever reason. We must continue to exercise as we get older, as it lowers one’s blood sugar and cholesterol. It would thus
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      14 28 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • singapore
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      Type of trees planted a factor in reducing emissions
      546 32  -  Urban planners should pick woody trees and consider soil respiration to curb emissions STUDY FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR TROPICAL CITY NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Urban greenery is widely seen as a vital measure to cut carbon emissions, but
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      Lock icon NEA unveils new guidelines for public toilets
      515 35  -  Design, infrastructure of washrooms to be improved under revision to Code MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY FEATURES TIARA HAMARIAN tiarabtemh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Snaking queues at female public toilets may become a thing of the past with the National Environment Agency’s (NE A) new guidelines aimed at improving
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      Lock icon Better training for pre-school relief teachers
      546 37  -  Enhancements expected to raise trainees’ability to support children’s development and learning CHANGES TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY NEXT JUNE SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NGJINGYNG SINGAPORE A training programme to groom a pool of relief teachers to ease the manpower crunch in pre-schools
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      Issuing payslips ‘will not add to employers’ costs’
      611 39 MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS GROUP CHIDES COMPANIES FOR ‘SPURIOUS CLAIMS’ SINGAPORE —Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a migrant workers’ rights group, has spoken out against the Government’s decision to hold off requiring employers to issue payslips. Making payslips mandatory was to have been
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      First appeal made against resentencing of convicted murderer
      434 41  -  OFFENCE WAS ‘COMMITTED WITH PREMEDITATION AND PLANNING’ AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —The prosecution has appealed against a High Court Judge’s decision to grant a convicted murderer life imprisonment, instead of the death penalty the first time it is doing so for
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      Maid jailed for trying to serve tainted water to employer
      123 41  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —An Indonesian domestic worker was sent to jail for four months for attempting to serve her former employer water laced with insecticide. On April 5, Pipih Sopiah, who was upset with her then-employer for scolding her, sprayed
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  • health
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      Mother’s mood can affect fetal growth: Study
      523 42  -  Findings suggest women with negative emotions have babies with differences in brain waves RESEARCH AIMS TO PREVENT ONSET OF METABOLIC DISEASES KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The mood of an expectant mother can affect the way her baby grows and develops, said researchers
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      1268 43 Findings based on insomnia treatmen t that uses talk therapy instead of drugs THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Curing insomnia in people with depression could double their chance of a full recovery, says scientists. The findings, based on an insomnia treatment that
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      466 45 EASING TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY PROVINCES REUTERS BEIJING —China will eventually scrap family planning restrictions, a senior official said yesterday, days after the government announced it will allow millions of families to have two children. China, with nearly 1.4 billion people, is the world’s
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      679 46 Rules would bar foreign firms from taking control of makers of ‘rare and critical’medicine IF APPROVED, MEASURE COULD FURTHER WEAKEN INVESTOR SENTIMENT AGENCIES N E W DE LH I India’s government is weighing sharp new restrictions on investment in the country’s pharmaceutical industry
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      498 48 Military alliance may grow stronger as America seeks to raise presence in country AMERICAN SHIPS ALSO DELIVER GOODWILL REUTERS MANILA The United States military’s response to the devastation wrought by one of the world’s most powerful typhoons has been breathtaking.
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      204 48 REUTERS The Philippines will allocate aid from countries to different areas in the typhoonravaged Central Visayas region to maximise relief efforts, a senior official said. The country is still struggling to get aid to devastated areas due to the extent of the
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      480 50 Lawmaker says decision would make it difficult to raise funds for reconstruction after Haiyan MONEY TO BE RETURNED TO TREASURY REUTERS M A NIL A —The Philippines’ highest court yesterday ruled that a widely misused fund for legislators’ pet projects was unconstitutional and
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      671 51 BLOOMBERG TOK YO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s failure to secure summits with the leaders of China and South Korea has masked a scalingdown of the country’s nationalist proposals that is allowing a nascent recovery in business ties. Mr Abe,
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      338 52 REUTERS YANGON Myanmar aims to attract private companies to upgrade and run nearly half its airports in a bid to improve its poor record on air safety and support a fast-growing tourism industry, officials said yesterday. Myanmar has an
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      685 53 Weaker economies and more aggressive climate policies may have played role in slowdown ‘COAL IS KING, STILL’ THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Global emissions of carbon dioxide are slowing somewhat from the rapid pace of the last decade, new figures show,
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      470 54 ACQUISITION WILL HELP FIRM EXPAND IN ASIA AGENCIES MUMBAI —IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE) has agreed to buy Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) for US$150 million (S$187 million) to add to its operations commodity futures trading in Asia, where China reigns as the biggest
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      613 55  -  No guaran tee of sufficient demand to allow owners to sell when they want: Analysts LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While the concentration of executive condominiums (ECs) in the north-east region of Punggol and Sengkang has not hurt current demand,
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      478 56  -  INDEX ALSO SUFFERING LOSS OF CONFIDENCE WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Straits Times Index is unlikely to see a repeat of 2012’s spectacular year-end rally, even though global economic conditions continue to improve and major stock markets are responding positively to Ms Janet Yellen’s dovish
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      345 57 Programme will focus on business space in multiple cities AGENCIES SING A PORE The Republic’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has signed up as a principal investor in a new programme by warehouse and industrial park developer Ascendas to invest in
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      285 57 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s planned new rules for share sales will boost the role of market forces, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Xiao Gang said, as the government pledges to loosen its control of the world’s second-largest economy. The switch to a
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      493 60 Some users complain about blinking blue lights, but the tech firm says problems likely to be isola ted incidents ‘MAJORITY OF FEEDBACK HAS BEEN POSITIVE’ THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Despite selling more than one million units on the day of its release
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      493 61 THE NEW YORK TIMES NE W YORK —Online storage, once a backwater of the Silicon Valley technology scene, is suddenly a hot commodity. Dropbox, a five-year-old San Francisco start-up that allows users to access stored documents via the Web, is seeking US$250 million (S$311
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      535 62  -  Thailand’s athletics chief says Republic hungry for SEA Games gold after missing out twice THAIS ARE FAVOURITES: S’PORE RELAYS COACH DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Thailand’s athletics chief Surapong Ariyamongkol has identified Singapore as the biggest threat to his country’s bid
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      464 62  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —The Singapore Tennis Association (STA) is set to welcome a new batch of young players into its full-time tennis programme, with four to six athletes aged 14 years and below to be recruited for 2014. With S$280,000 already spent on the
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      613 63  -  Singapore coach hopes experienced players can help in SEA Games quest DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Inconsistency will be Aide Iskandar’s greatest concern for Singapore ahead of the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games football competition in Myanmar next month. Given it is an under-23 competition,
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      334 63 REUTERS MONTEVIDEO —Two-time world champions Uruguay head into the second leg of their World Cup playoff against Jordan at the Centenario Stadium tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) with a 5-0 lead and looking all but assured of securing a berth at next
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      528 64 FORMER CYCLING CHIEF DENIES WRONGDOING AGENCIES PARIS —Former International Cycling Union (UCI) President Hein Verbruggen could be summoned before an independent anti-doping commission after Lance Armstrong accused him of helping him to cheat in 1999. Disgraced cyclist Armstrong, who was stripped of his
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      587 65 THE GUARDIAN MIAMI —David Beckham may have found a superstar sporting ally in LeBron James in his bid to launch a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise in Miami. The Miami Heat basketball star confirmed to a Florida newspaper that he is considering joining
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      418 66 F1 SUPREMO, 3 OTHER PARTIES IN S$174M DAMAGES CLAIM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone will be sacked by the sport’s owners if it is proven that he committed a crime in his dealings with jailed German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky,
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        342 73  -  Five reasons you shouldn’t miss SHA 2013 THE HIT LIST HON JING YI SINGAPORE —This year’s edition of the Singapore Hit Awards (SHA) promises to pack a punch, with performances by renowned Mandopop artistes from the region. But just in case you need more motivation, here are
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        906 74  -  Former Singaporean pop star Veronica Young says she has no regrets LOOKING BACK CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE “A simple person” is how Veronica Young describes herself. And it’s true. During our chat, Young keeps her statements simple. She’ll speak her mind or she won’t say a thing
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        396 75  -  IN CINEMAS GENEVIEVE LOH KIMBERLY FONG The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG,146min) They say sequels are never better than the original. But Catching Fire challenges the old adage. The pressure and expectation for the second instalment of the blockbuster film franchise based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling
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        673 76  -  Anthony Neely weighs in on his new physique, those puppydog eyes and a long life THINKING AHEAD HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —He’s known for his sweet, puppy-dog eyes and, of course, those deep vocals that launched his singing career. But, believe it or not, back in
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