Today, 28 December 2013

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    Lock icon Naked man hurls oven, dustbin down seven storeys
    540 1  -  AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E At about 8.20pm on Thursday, Mr Royce Choo, 33, was feeding his pet hamster in the kitchen of his seventh floor apartment at Block 5, St George’s Lane, when he
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    Lock icon DNC Registry exemption was ‘pragmatic, reasonable’
    1076 1  -  Commission and advisory committee defend move, which irked many consumers FIRMS WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD DATABASE WITH EARLIER SYSTEM TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —After facing a barrage of criticism from consumers, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) yesterday had to come out and
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Niche cabs may not need to meet LTA’s standards
      467 4 Regulator responds to taxi associations’ requests for tweaks to availability rules NEED TO BE ‘JUDICIOUS’ IN GRANTING EXEMPTIONS SINGAPORE —Taxi companies are free to apply for “niche” cabs in their fleet to be exempted from meeting availability standards, and the taxi
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      Downtown Line 1 suffers second disruption in a week
      210 4 SINGAPORE —The newly-opened Downtown Line 1 was crippled again last night, its second disruption since its opening last Sunday. A power fault struck all six stations on the line Chinatown, Telok Ayer, Downtown, Bayfront, Promenade and Bugis at about 9pm yesterday,
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    • Article
      Principals should be leaders: Education Minister
      414 4  -  XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —School principals need to redefine their leadership position in society and be respected as leaders in education, said Education Minister Heng Swee Keat yesterday. Unlike principals who were respected in the past because they were the only literate people in
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      Lock icon Thai army chief does not rule out coup
      666 6 General calls for end of violence asks Thais to stop asking military to take sides MARKED SHIFT FROM STRONG DENIALS ROUTINELY MADE BY THE MILITARY AGENCIES BANGKOK —Thailand’s powerful army chief yesterday did not explicitly rule out the possibility of a coup,
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      Lock icon Satellite navigation system brings many benefits, says China
      441 6 REUTERS BEIJING China’s homegrown satellite navigation system will bring untold economic, social and military benefits and other countries in Asia are welcome to use it, the Director of China’s satellite navigation agency said yesterday. The year-old Beidou satellite navigation system is a
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      Lock icon Tokyo halfway to inflation target on Abenomics boost
      512 7 Country is moving towards Bank of Japan’s target of 2per cent inflation by 2015 REUTERS TOKYO —Japan last month passed the halfway mark towards its inflation goal as consumer prices rose the most in five years, while regular wages halted 17 months
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      Lock icon Abe criticised at home, abroad for shrine visit
      459 7 AGENCIES BEIJING —Japanese and Chinese newspapers yesterday sharply criticised Japan’s Prime Minister, Mr Shinzo Abe, for visiting Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine. Mr Abe on Thursday visited the shrine where Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal after World War
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      Lock icon Japan’s trade ties with China ‘at risk’
      399 7 BLOOMBERG TOKYO —Japan’s economy may face new challenges after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to a shrine honouring war criminals risked deepening tensions with China, his nation’s largest trading partner. The Japanese economy, already facing the first bump in the sales tax in
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      32 4 REPORT BEING A ‘FOOL’ FOR THE GREATER GOOD A PRINCIPAL WHO CARES Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy. sg/ericleong28dec for the report.
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon THE MAN WHO WANTS TO TRANSFORM HIS COUNTRY
      2152 10  -  Alibaba founder Jack Ma is stepping down as the tech company’s Chief Executive to devote himself to tackling China’s looming environmental disaster ALIBABA’S JACK MA JAMIL ANDERLINI THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED The sound of 16,000 people chanting “Ali, Alibaba” fills the Yellow
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      401 10 SJ NC i AT > OT&& Wish to make a Career in the Electrical Industry? Calling all candidates from electrical discipline to join us. We ere an established international market leader in the design and manufacture of electrical and automation systems located In the west of Singapore. As a global
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      34 10 I was surprised that we were playing in Manchester and we had a referee from Greater Manchester. For Liverpool against Manchester City, I don’t think we’d get an official from Wirral. BRENDAN RODGERS 21
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  • voices
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      DNC Registry’s exemption order undermines data law
      306 12  -  FROM MANDY LIM I refer to the report, “Do Not Call Registry: Firms can send text, fax” (Dec 27). The exemption order issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) allows businesses, in effect, to continue sending text and fax messages to existing
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    • Article
      Pay maintenance on the basis of fairness, not gender
      418 12  -  FROM JOLENE TAN Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, Association of Women for Action and Research I refer to Mr Oo Choon Peng’s letter, “Women’s Charter: Time to review basis for claiming maintenance” (Dec 26). The Association of Women for Action and
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      Lock icon Shouldn’t Marina Coastal Expressway be MRE?
      75 12  -  FROM CHNG HEE KOK The Land Transport Authority (LTA) calls the new Marina Coastal Expressway MCE for short. This seems to be a change from the convention of naming our expressways using the first two syllables. For example, Ayer Rajah Expressway is AYE. The
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      Antibacterial products: Not enough evidence to recommend change
      416 13  -  FROM RAYMOND CHUA Group Director, Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority We refer to the report, “‘No proof’ antibacterial soap can stop germs” (Dec 18). We wish to update your readers on the Health Sciences Authority’s (HSA) review of triclosan, an
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      Lock icon Kidney transplant the best way to ease burden for patients
      292 13  -  FROM EVAN LEE Senior Director, Clinical Services, National Kidney Foundation We refer to the article, “Dialysis takes a toll” (Dec 26). Dialysis treatment aims to prolong life and improve quality of life. But it requires a lifestyle change, is costly
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      NEA working with agencies to improve waste collection
      173 13  -  FROM ONGSOOSAN Director, Waste and Resource Management Department, National Environment Agency We thank Mr Richard Hartung for his suggestion in his commentary, “Daily rubbish pick-up is out of sync with times” (Dec 5). In partnership with other agencies, the National Environment Agency
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      A PAP group to champion mental health issues, too?
      232 13  -  FROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO I agree that “More support can be given to mental health patients” (Dec 20). Persons with mental illness do not have the same level of support as those with physical disabilities. The reality is that most people
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  • singapore
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      Four suspected rioters face five fresh charges
      563 14  -  After hour-long argument in High Court, judge orders bail to be raised for quartet FOR VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Four of the 25 Indian nationals charged with participating in the Little India riot on Dec 8 now face five
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      New traffic schemes in Little India on Sundays: LTA
      318 14 SINGAPORE —Starting tomorrow, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will implement new traffic schemes in Little India on Sundays to manage traffic flow and “facilitate the operations” of private bus services that serve foreign workers in the area. A stretch of Hampshire
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      Hard-drive firm axes 530 workers, moving some jobs to Thailand
      321 14  -  MELISSA CHONG SINGAPORE —HGST, a global company that specialises in data storage, has retrenched 530 workers from its Singapore facility, in its largest retrenchment exercise here in the last 20 years. Its Singapore facility manufactures high-end hard drives. The company
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      Lock icon Choose your party: Fireworks, the ‘Harlem shake’ or dinosaurs
      352 15 Audiences at Marina Bay can look forward to an LED countdown display projected on the Ocean Financial Centre SINGAPORE —Party-goers looking to welcome the New Year with a bang can head to Marina Bay for a night of fireworks and an
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      CPIB officer to plead guilty to misappropriation charges
      211 15  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A senior Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer who has been accused of misappropriating S$1.76 million of public funds will plead guilty to the charges next month. In July, Edwin Yeo Seow Hiong, 39, was charged with 21 offences,
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop to Win draw
      130 15 Ms Grace Lim (third from left) receiving the cheque from New York Skin Solutions’ Consultant Olivia Ong (far left) and Branch Manager Joan Ong (second from left) and Ms Caroline Bone, Marketing Manager of MediaCorp Press. Ms Lim had spent S$535 on a skincare package
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      Six new bus services to start operations from next month
      292 15 SINGAPORE Six new bus services that will take commuters from housing estates to the Central Business District (CBD) during peak hours will begin operations from next month. City Direct Service 652, which will begin service on Jan 6, will ply
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      MPA calls off search for missing crew of capsized barge
      166 15 S I N G A P O R E After nine days of search-and-rescue efforts that covered an area of over 1,500 sq km and involved more than 300 vessels and two aircraft, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
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  • world
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      Lock icon Governor approves new Okinawa base
      872 16 But he remains sceptical of planned location, says moving it out of prefecture a better plan CAMP SCHWAB-HENOKO BAY TO BE LOCATED IN NORTH THE NEW YORK TIMES TOK YO A long-simmering dispute between the United States and Japan over the fate of a Marine
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      Lock icon More websites reining in online commentary
      705 17 AP NEW YORK —Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. It is a recipe for the worst of online comments. Blame anonymity, blame politicians, blame human nature. But a growing number of
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      Lock icon 4 dead in gas explosion in south-west China mall
      231 17 AP B EIJING A natural gas explosion at a shopping mall in south-west-ern China killed four people and injured 35 others, the local authorities said yesterday. Three floors of the Moerma shopping centre in the city of Luzhou in Sichuan province
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      Lock icon India police charge 6 in gang rape of young woman
      389 17 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —The police arrested 10 people and charged six of them with raping a 21-year-old woman in southern India, an officer said yesterday, a year after a fatal gang rape in New Delhi spurred debate on sexual violence
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      292 16 tomorrowsMEDICINE SPONSORSHIP NITEC IN DENTAL ASSISTING (REF: NDC/NUR/1213/001) You will be sponsored to pursue a 1-year NITEC in Dental Assisting conducted by the National Dental Centre of Singapore (NDCS), in collaboration with the Institute ofTechnical Education (ITE). During the course of training, you will be paid a monthly allowance. Upon
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  • business
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      Lock icon Cash payout adds fizz to F&N shares
      505 18  -  Investors cheer conglomerate’s plan to return almost S$607million to shareholders CAPPING OFF A BULLISH WEEK WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Shares in Fraser and Neave (F&N) rose yesterday as investors cheered the conglomerate’s plan to return almost S$607 million in cash
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      Lock icon Thai Nov output, consumption fall as worries about politics grow
      302 18 REUTERS BANGKOK —Thailand reported a fresh set of downbeat economic data yesterday, showing declines in factory output and consumption as political tension clouds the troubled country’s outlook for 2014. Mr Mathee Supapongse, a Bank of Thailand senior official, said yesterday
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      Lock icon Beijing audit chief pledges checks on govt debt
      350 19 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —China’s top government auditor has pledged to watch levels of debt and spending closely to ensure the country’s fiscal stability, as concerns mount that excessive borrowing by cities and provinces could derail Asia’s largest economy. “We will look at fiscal
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      Lock icon China’s annual trade growth to miss target
      256 19 REUTERS BEIJING —China’s total exports and imports are expected to reach US$4.14 trillion (S$5.25 trillion) this year, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said yesterday, indicating an annual trade growth rate of 7 per cent, below the official target of 8 per cent. The ministry
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      112 19 UK coxviksatiox stopper lust HFSORT HOLE IN II IE WALE k m i D IN THIS ISSUE \Vh(4 GET INTERACTIVE AND DOWNLOAD THE STYLE: ARP ON THE IPAD FOR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT AND VIDEOS. Digital edition also available on iOS and Android! Download now from www.magzter.com/ sg/mediacorp/ style:/fashion Follow Style: FACFBOOK
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  • sports
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      Lock icon ONLY THE FITTEST WILL SURVIVE
      950 20  -  CHELSEA V LIVERPOOL COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY’s 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. Follow him on Twitter @adrianjclarke
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      Lock icon CARDIFF AXE MACKAY
      487 21 Scot is latest manager to go after dispute with club’s Malaysian owner Tan AGENCIES CARDIFF WALES) —Cardiff City fired manager Malky Mackay yesterday following a destabilising power struggle with owner Vincent Tan, despite only being told earlier this week by the Welsh side that he would remain
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      Lock icon RODGERS’ COMMENTS ON REFEREE COULD LAND HIM IN HOT WATER
      530 21 THE DAILY TELE GRAPH L O N D O N Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will seek an explanation from the Premier League as to why “a referee from Greater Manchester” was in charge of their Premier League clash on Thursday
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      Lock icon DJOKOVIC HOPES FOR WINNING COACHING TANDEM
      493 22 Serbian confident of Australian Open chances despite lack of playing time AIMING FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE AUSTRALIAN OPEN WIN AGENCIES ABU DHABI —Novak Djokovic believes the combination of Boris Becker and Marian Vajda on his coaching team will enable him to challenge for a fourth
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      Lock icon NADAL DOESN’T FEEL NEED TO CHANGE COACH
      483 22 AGENCIES ABU DHABI —Many of his closest rivals may have turned to some of tennis’ past luminaries to beef up their game, but Spaniard world No 1 Rafael Nadal does not see any need to follow that trend. He has been coached by
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      Lock icon RED BULL WILL STAY: ECCLESTONE
      606 24 F1 supremo believes sport is only platform big enough for all-conquering Austrian outfit VETTEL HOPES NEXT SEASON WILL REMAIN COMPETITIVE AGENCIES LONDON —Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone believes that the dominance of Red Bull in recent seasons will not drive the Austrian outfit out
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      Lock icon WILD OATS XI RECLAIMS LEAD IN SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE
      421 24 AP H O B A R T A U S T R A L I A Defending champion Wild Oats XI retook the lead over fellow super maxi Perpetual Loyal yesterday as the two yachts duelled for line honours in
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      71 20 LIVE FIXTURES Tonight, 8.45pm Channel mioTV StarHub West Ham v West Brom 102 227 Tonight, 11pm Man City v C Palace 102 227 Norwich v Man Utd 103 228 Aston Villa v Swansea 104 229 Hull v Fulham 105 230 Tomorrow, 1.30am Cardiff v Sunderland 102 227 Tomorrow, 9.30pm Newcastle
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      84 21 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw l*BS'unc{ L i vewire MB S) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) I8*Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzzOKranji (18 years and above) [p'la'yS) Always play with care. [responslblyf Do not bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account
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  • T TODAY
    • food
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        Lock icon FOOD GODS OF SINGAPORE
        1573 26  -  WHO AND WHAT SHOOK OUR WORLD WHEN IT CAME TO WINING AND DINING SERENE LIM, HON JING YI features@mediacorp.com.sg It’s that time of the year where we eat, make merry and decide where to eat again. Everybody knows that food is such a huge obsession here:
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        DINING GUIDE
        395 27 NEW YEAR’S EVE AT 1-ALTITUDE 1-Altitude creates a carnival atmosphere with a line-up of performances and prime views of the fireworks at 1-Altitude’s Gallery Bar at S$68 (6pm to 9pm, and after 12.30am), including two drinks, and S$200 (10pm to 12.30am), including free flow of drinks. What’s more,
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon Time-honoured treats
        1003 28  -  Why we need to re-evaluate films we once thought were the most brilliant things in cinematic history SECOND SCREENING JOE QUEENAN features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN LONDON A few weeks ago I watched The Searchers, the 1956 John Ford horse opera that is routinely described by critics as one of
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Beyonce retains top Billboard spot
        244 29 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Beyonce held onto the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart for the second consecutive week as her new self-ti-tled album sold 374,000 copies in the lead-up to Christmas, according to recent figures released by Nielsen SoundScan. The pop star’s fifth
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        Lock icon Miley annoyed about leaked video
        315 29 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Miley Cyrus’s latest music video, which features the provocative pop singer in just her underwear, leaked online hours before its scheduled release on Thursday, prompting a profane rebuke from the former Disney star. The video for Cyrus’s most recent single, Adore You,
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    • cars
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        Lock icon BANGKOK TO BIG MOUNTAIN
        515 30  -  JUST TWO HOURS FROM BANGKOK LIES THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE DERRYNWONG features@mediacorp.com.sg IN KHAO YAI, THAILAND Bangkok’s Siam Paragon mega mall was the most Instagram-ed place of 2013, probably due to its status as a focal point for the recent protests in
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        Out of the ballpark
        446 31  -  The Audi S3 has matured into something far more than a great hot hatch it’s a do-everything car that’s fun, frugal and fast AUDI S3 SPORTBACK DERRYN WONG SINGAPORE The previous Audi S3 was a niche player. It had lots of power, Audi’s signature all-wheel drive
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