Today, 17 December 2013

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    Lock icon Inquiry finds shortcomings in SingTel’s fire safety practices
    671 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After working on a cable duct with a blowtorch one not authorised by his employer, SingTel he had gone for lunch, neglecting to re-activate the fire detection system in the cable chamber. These lapses in protocol and other
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    Lock icon Govt to build more 2-room flats for singles
    640 1  -  Supply of bigger units will be reduced next year, as policy makers shift attention to singles ANALYSTS CONCERNED BY MOVE SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE The Government will build more two-room flats next year for singles while reducing the supply
    *There is a concurrent Sale of Balance Flats exercise; SOURCE: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT  -  640 words
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      214 1 LET’S DISCUSSTO WHAT EXTENT S’PORE SHOULD ENSURE PIONEERS’ PEACE OF MIND VIS-A-VIS MEDICALNEEDS: JEREMY LIM COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 Download the new TODAY ANDROID APPSFOR SMARTPHONES tdy.sg/todaydroidmobile AND TABLETS tdy.sg/todaydroidtablet SPORTS 40 Tottenham sack Villas-Boas PAGE 2 Mm Xmr Art l&tes Flight Draw what Lunar New means to you, the best cjesiyn
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Marathoner Mok powers to historic SEA Games win
      705 2  -  Athlete claims Singapore’s first 42km gold, ends 30-year gold drought in running events ‘AN UNEXPECTED WIN’ LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IN NAYPYIDAW N AYPYIDAW —With no “live” television coverage available, information filtered through that Singapore’s Mok Ying Ren was fourth in the
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      Lock icon S Korea’s Park warns of ‘reckless provocations’ from Pyongyang
      460 4 Seoul on alert following execution of powerful official PARK ORDERS MILITARY, POLICE TO INCREASE VIGILANCE AGENCIES SEOUL South Korean President Park Geun Hye yesterday warned that Pyongyang might attempt armed provocations to foster unity, following the execution of the man believed
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    • Article
      Police reviewing longer-term measures for Little India
      171 4 S I NG A PO R E Another man will be charged in court today in relation to the Little India riot on Dec 8, bringing the total number of people charged so far over the incident to 34. The man, 41, is
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      Lock icon US navy accused of harassing Chinese fleet
      534 6 A near collision marks the nations ’most serious maritime confrontation since2009 AMERICAN SHIP GOT ‘TOO CLOSE’ TO LIAONING DRILL AGENCIES BEIJING —An official Chinese newspaper yesterday accused the United States Navy of harassing a Chinese squadron earlier this month, shortly before a near
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      Lock icon U.S. GIVES MARITIME AID TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      242 6 AGENCIES The United States yesterday offered US$32.5 million (S$41 million) to Southeast Asian nations, with more than half the amount to Vietnam, to help boost maritime security, as tension grows between China and other countries over rival claims in the South China Sea.
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    • Article
      New private home sales up 15%, driven by Duo and Alex Residences
      557 8  -  Data shows buyers are still drawn to competitively priced condos with quality facilities in good locations say analysts DECEMBER’S VOLUME MAY FALL AS FESTIVE SEASON KICKS IN LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —New private-home sales rebounded
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      2 EC sites for sale in Choa Chu Kang, developers likely cautious
      564 8  -  LEE YEN NEE SING A PORE Developers will likely moderate their bids for the two executive condominium (EC) sites in Choa Chu Kang Grove that were released for sale yesterday, as recent changes to the rules governing the
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      283 4 I keep your future in the pink of health. It’s my choice. s ■> m c i At Kaplan, we strive to constantly bring you the best and the brightest. Through counselling and nursing programmes taught by experienced lecturers with rich expertise, we’ll help you gain the knowledge to invent
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      100 7 ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (ASD) ENGINEERING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (EPD) ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND DESIGN (ESD) INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN (ISTD) DON'T YOU WISH THAT ALL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK? At SUTD's Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) pillar, you can harness the power of technology and design to develop more
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Ensuring medical ‘peace of mind’ for pioneers
      995 10  -  TWO CONSIDERATIONS, THREE SUGGESTIONS JEREMY LIM Jeremy Lim has held senior level executive roles in the Singapore public and private sectors, and is the author of Myth Or Magic: The Singapore Healthcare System. At the recent People’s Action Party convention, Prime Minster Lee
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      No doctor today should be an island
      1150 12  -  THE NEW NORM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS THAM KUM YING Adjunct Associate Professor Tham Kum Ying is Senior Consultant, Emergency Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and Assistant Dean Phase 2 and 3, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. *Names of the patient and
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      154 10 The Singapore Management University (SMU) runs the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the research areas of Analytics for Business, Consumer Social Insights, and Finance Financial Markets. Students will choose from a Primary Specialisation and a Secondary Specialisation. The possible combinations include: Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme Analytics for Business, Consumer Social Insights Primary
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      31 10 Our healthcare education system must prepare the next generation of professionals to integrate patient and population health management across disciplines, settings, sectors and the severity of disease. THAM KUM YING 12
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  • voices
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      Don’t depend on schools for critical thinking, creativity
      266 16  -  FROM JACE LOI CHEN MIN I am unsure about having guiding questions in an examination, but I wish to highlight that critical thinking and creativity are best cultivated in a non-structured environment. (“‘Guiding’ questions kill creative, critical thinking”, Dec 11) Just talking
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      Stored value cards: Consumers must be aware of risks
      193 16  -  FROM ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Director (Communications), Monetary Authority of Singapore Mr Ee Teck Siew is correct in saying that the stored value facilities (SVFs) of smaller issuers, such as food court operators, are not regulated in the way the EZ-Link card, NETS
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    • Article
      Can companies influence doctors on issuing MCs?
      105 16  -  FROM DANNY TAN GHEE GAY I once went to my company doctor, who confirmed that I had the flu and a sore throat. He did not, however, give me a medical certificate to rest at home. Subsequently, I visited a general practitioner, who
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      Workers’ grouses do not justify unlawful behaviour
      362 17  -  FROM DUDLEY AU In the aftermath of the Little India riot, Voices writers who have put forward the treatment of foreign workers, their happiness and their living environment as factors have missed the point. These are not unimportant, but in what sense does
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      Post-riot, Indian High Commission should do more
      281 17  -  FROM HOE LYE SOON Amid extensive media coverage of the Little India riot, it is puzzling and unfair that the Indian High Commission in Singapore has yet to speak up against such wanton acts by its nationals. In contrast, the Bangladesh High Commissioner
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      14 16 •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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      MDA, Breakfast Network continue to cross swords
      672 18  -  ‘WE WILL CARRY ON OPERATING VIA FACEBOOK, TWITTER’ AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The exchange of words between the Media Development Authority (MDA) and socio-political commentary website Breakfast Network which was last week informed by the MDA to cease its “online service” as it
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      A dengue hot spot in Geylang; 83 cases reported
      585 19  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 1km stretch along Geylang Road has emerged as a dengue hot spot, with 83 people coming down with the mosquito-borne disease since Nov 8. Of these, 18 people were infected in the two weeks before
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      SAF sergeant gets 7 months’ jail for aiding loan sharks
      293 20  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —A Singapore Armed Forces Master Sergeant was sentenced yesterday to five months’jail and ordered to pay a S$60,000 fine for helping in unlicensed moneylending activities. As Tock Yong Keng (picture) has no money to pay the fine,
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      Lock icon ‘Samurai’ who wielded sword on train arrested
      257 20 SINGAPORE —A man decked in a samurai outfit, wielding a sword, startled passengers onboard an MRT train yesterday afternoon and was later arrested by the police. SMRT said that the man jumped over the fare gate at Paya Lebar MRT Station, and staff
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      Lock icon Faster repairs at Changi Airport, thanks to feedback system
      445 21 Employees inspect, report faults using smartphones, leading to S$2m savings, 5% manpower cut DIGITISING WORK PROCESSES SINGAPORE —Repairs at Changi Airport are now carried out more promptly and tracked constantly to ensure that faults are rectified, after a system aimed at
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      470 19 Dell recommends Windows. The official laptop of small business success. The power to do more Introducing the Dell Latitude 3000 Series We know there's nothing small about small business Every decision is critical and that's why the new Dell Latitude 3000 Series makes so much sense. Affordable, reliable and truly
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  • education
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      Lock icon Growing demand for children’s holiday camps
      799 22  -  Apart from running more camps several organisers have expanded range of offerings in increasingly competitive market FROM EXAM PREPARATION TO DRAMA WORKSHOPS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E Every year, when the school holidays come around, the 11.7ha open fields at
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      Lock icon Maths wiz is NUS’ new Science Dean
      278 23 S I N G A P O R E The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced yesterday that it has appointed Professor Shen Zuowei, an internationally-renowned mathematician, as the new Dean of its science faculty. Prof Shen, who currently heads the Department of
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Top security official probed as China intensifies graft fight
      774 24 First time someone from ruling party’s top rung of power is investigated for corruption ZHOU YONGKANG ONCE HAD CONTROL OVER POLICE, COURTS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —In authorising a corruption inquiry against the powerful former head of China’s domestic security
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      Lock icon China targets moon sampling mission in 2017
      237 25 AGENCIES BEIJING —China aims to launch its next unmanned lunar probe in 2017, with the aim of collecting and bringing back lunar samples, an official said yesterday, after the country’s first probe landed successfully on the moon during the weekend. China’s leaders have
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      Lock icon ‘Terror gang’ blamed for fresh unrest in Xinjiang
      398 25 AGENCIES BEIJING —Chinese police shot and killed 14 people during a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, the local government said yesterday. Two policemen were also killed during the latest unrest in a region that has a substantial Muslim
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  • world
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      Lock icon Thai protests threaten to harm tourism industry
      571 26 AT LEAST 39 COUNTRIES HAVE ISSUED TRAVEL WARNINGS AGENCIES BANGKOK —Anti-government protests in the Thai capital of Bangkok, now into their second month, are threatening to hurt the country’s vibrant tourism industry as its political crisis drags on. At least 39 countries have
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      Lock icon Sarawak assistant minister carjacked by armed men
      421 27 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —In yet another highprofile robbery in Malaysia, Sarawak Assistant Culture and Heritage Minister Liwan Lagang was yesterday robbed at knifepoint of his four-wheel drive vehicle in the capital of Kuching, media reports said. Malaysia has seen a rash of
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    • Article
      Lock icon US Navy helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan
      271 27 AGENCIES TOK YO —A United States Navy helicopter made an emergency landing near Tokyo yesterday, injuring two crew members, said US and Japanese officials. Kanagawa prefectural police said the helicopter was carrying four crew members when it landed at a landfill near
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      Lock icon Attempt to justify tapping is stupid: SBY spokesman
      604 28 ABBOTT URGES JAKARTA TO FORGIVE AND FORGET AGENCIES SYDNEY —A spokesman for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dismissed an Australian media report last week that he said attempted to justify the alleged phone tapping in 2009 of Jakarta’s political elite by
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  • business
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      Lock icon Weaker data hints at China’s wobbly economic recovery
      430 30 FACTORY-SECTOR GROWTH HITS 3-MONTH LOW AGENCIES BEIJING —Growth in activity in China’s vast factory sector slowed to a threemonth low in December as reduced output offset a pick-up in new orders and employment weakened, a preliminary private survey showed, in a new
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    • Article
      Tigerair, Scoot to set up new airlines in Asia
      585 31  -  DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Tigerair is set to extend its footprint in North-east Asia with the establishment of a new budget airline in Taiwan. The low-cost, short-haul offshoot of Singapore Airlines has signed a joint venture agreement with China
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  • impact
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      Lock icon Native ads can ‘tell fuller story behind concepts’
      606 32 DIGITAL PITCHES STYLED TO LOOK LIKE EDITORIAL CONTENT THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —As Madison Avenue debates the pros and cons of native advertising digital pitches styled to look like the editorial content of the publications in which they run Vanity
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  • technology
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      Lock icon China Mobile deal may do little to aid Apple’s battle
      554 34 Tech giant will still face stiff competition; marketing may become deciding factor in fight CONTRACT NETS FIRM 759M POTENTIAL NEW CUSTOMERS REUTERS BEIJING For all the hype, Apple’s longawaited iPhone agreement with China Mobile may deliver little more than a
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        642 36  -  Despite missing six-gold target, Schooling says he’s going in the right direction ‘ON TRACK TO FULFILLING POTENTIAL’ LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IN NAYPYIDAW NAYPYIDAW —He may have missed his target of winning six gold medals in six Games record times, but Joseph Schooling could
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        500 36  -  LOW LIN FHOONG NAYPYIDAW —A year of blood, sweat and toil had all come down to this a race to the finish in under 40 seconds. But despite taking a year off their studies and work to train full-time for this
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        629 37  -  Victory in women’s individual recurve breaks 30-year archery gold medal drought PHILIP GOH IN NAYPYIDAW Deputy Sports Editor philipgoh@med iacorp.com .sg NAYPYIDAW —Chan Jing Ru took a deep breath then, midway through exhaling, she held it for as long as she needed to release the
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        513 37  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Boxing may have been left out of the initial list of 30 sports for the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, but Singapore Amateur Boxing Association (SABA) President Syed Abdul Kadir is confident the sport will
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      551 38 Holders Bayern also face tough fixture against Arsenal CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 AP NYON —Barcelona were drawn yesterday to face in-form Manchester City and their strong contingent of Spanish internationals in the last 16 of the Champions League. The Spanish champions will first travel to
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      326 38 SINGAPORE —Former Singapore skipper Nazri Nasir has been unveiled as the LionsXII’s new assistant coach for next season’s Malaysian Super League. The appointment by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) reunites the 42-year-old with Fandi Ahmad, his former national and S-League team-mate. Nazri and
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      452 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Tottenham sacked Andre Villas-Boas yesterday after the club’s latest thrashing at the hands of Liverpool. Villas-Boas briefly met Spurs chiefs after the 5-0 home defeat against Liverpool and was summoned by Chairman Daniel Levy at the club’s Enfield training ground yesterday morning. Levy
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      785 40 HUMILIATION AT WHITE HART LANE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LO N DO N In this contest of two “bright young managers”, Brendan Rodgers crushed Andre Villas-Boas. So disorientated was Tottenham’s coach after this devastating 5-0 defeat that he found himself hugging Luis Suarez as
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      30 41 TUESDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2013 42 IMAGES GETTY S MOVIES FAMILY FOX PHOTOS: CAROL. CHRISTMAS MUPPET THE GET INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON BY MOOCHING IN FRONT OF THE TELLY
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        1037 42  -  THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE ON THE TELLY TO EASE YOU INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg There are some things that are worth it simply because they happen only once a year, like toffee-nut lattes, mulled wine hangovers and spending a fortune on
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        449 44  -  Australia’s Hi-5 returns to Singapore with a new stage show LOOK WHO’S BACK HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It’s time for a house party. Specifically, a Hi-5 House Party. This weekend, the cast of hit television series Hi-5 will be returning to Singapore with its latest live
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        307 44 SINGAPORE MediaCorp announced yesterday that all its seven free-to-air TV channels will be broadcast in digital (DVB-T2 format). In addition, four of the seven Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham will be broadcast in high definition (HD) while the remaining three Channel NewsAsia, Channel
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        429 45 AGENCIES NEW YORK —A day after renowned actor Peter O’Toole best known for his title role in Lawrence Of Arabia passed away on Saturday, actress Joan Fontaine died at her home in Carmel, California on Sunday. She was 96. Her death was confirmed by
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