Today, 10 March 2014

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    24 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp MONDAY, 10 MARCH 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 10 MARCH 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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      89 1 DON’T MISS THE FINAL EPISODE ‘Live’ this Thursday, at 9pm on Channel 5 DROUGHT and HAZE: Is this the future? Singapore is weathering its driest spell in 145 years, and bushfires fuel the returning haze. What concerns do you have? Send us your questions for our panel of experts. Longer
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      93 2 THE ALL-NEW NOW ON EVERY ANDROID DEVICE ANDROID NATIVE. Built from scratch to maximise your smartphone or tablet’s potential. SOCIALLY ADEPT. Share the latest breaking news on your network of choice, be it Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Or Bookmark a story so you can visit it at your own leisure.
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    Lock icon KL investigates 4 on missing flight
    814 1 TWO PASSENGERS ON STOLEN PASSPORTS HAD BOOKED FLIGHT TOGETHER IN THAI BAHT MILITARY, CIVILIAN RADAR INDICATE THAT PLANE MAY HAVE TURNED BACK AUTHORITIES NOT RULING OUT UIGHUR INVOLVEMENT AFTER ATTACK IN KUNMING AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian authorities were yesterday investigating up to four
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    Lock icon Fragments spotted in Vietnam waters suspected to be from aircraft
    539 1 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —A Vietnamese search aircraft yesterday located fragments floating in waters off southern Vietnam that are suspected to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) jetliner. The fragments were believed to be an inner door and a piece
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      Checkpoint breach: Barrier ‘did not work optimally’
      900 2  -  MALAYSIAN NATIONAL TO BE CHARGED TODAY AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A security barrier was raised to stop him from entering Singapore, but despite it puncturing two of his tyres, the 64-year-old managed to drive his gold-coloured Singaporeregistered Mercedes Benz through Woodlands Checkpoint and
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    • flight mh370: pilot profile
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        Lock icon MH370 pilot an aviation junkie, with flight simulator set up at home
        439 4 CAPT ZAHARIE AN AVID COLLECTOR OF REMOTE CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT REUTERS kuala lumpur The pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 enjoyed flying the Boeing 777 so much that he spent his days off tinkering with a flight simulator of
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        Lock icon Japan Airlines flight forced to land in Hawaii
        147 4 REUTERS TOKYO A Japan Airlines-operated Boeing 787 made an emergency landing at Honolulu Airport after oil pressure in its right engine dropped, the Japanese carrier said. The two-engined jetliner en route to San Francisco from Tokyo diverted to Honolulu, landing at 1.43pm
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    • flight mh370: what might have happened?
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        Lock icon WEIGHING THE POSSIBILITIES
        505 5 BAD WEATHER Planes are designed to fly through most severe storms. However, in June 2009, an Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed during a bad storm over the Atlantic Ocean. Ice built up on the Airbus A330’s airspeed indicators, giving false readings. That,
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        Lock icon Catastrophe, or a criminal act, say experts
        575 5 Clues will come only with flight data recovery, voice recorders or examination of wreckage IT COULD TAKE INVESTIGATORS MONTHS OR YEARS TO DETERMINE FACTS AP NEW YORK The most dangerous parts of a flight are the takeoff and landing. Rarely do incidents happen
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    • flight mh370: families’ anguish
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        SAF deploys more assets to help search for missing plane
        131 6 SINGAPORE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has deployed more assets to help in the search-and-locate operation for the missing Beijing-bound Malaysia Airline plane MH370. The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that it has sent two more Republic of Singapore Air
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        Lock icon ‘What can you do?’: Loved ones wait, fret and fume
        741 6 From pain ters to calligraphers parents to children, those they leave behind want answers AS SEARCH FOR MH370 SURVIVORS STRETCHES, TEMPERS FLARE THE NEW YORK TIMES KUAL A LUMPUR A Canadian couple returning from vacation in Vietnam. An American who
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        Lock icon MAS TO OFFER COUNSELLING, FLY FAMILY MEMBERS TO KL
        159 6 AGENCIES Malaysia Airlines yesterday said it is helping family members of those on board Flight MH370 with emotional counselling as well as travel needs. The carrier will arrange for relatives of passengers to fly to Kuala Lumpur from Beijing as the
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    • flight mh370: twitter storm
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        Lock icon Ire over M’sian politician’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ tweet
        238 8 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR A Malaysian politician sparked outrage with a tweet in which he said Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 had gone missing in a “new Bermuda Triangle” off Vietnam. Mr Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, former Menteri Besar of Perak, was responding to a
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      Lock icon Anwar’s wife to take his place in Kajang by-election
      749 10 She is the best candidate, says Anwar, and is backed by Pakatan’s allies SECOND TIME WAN AZIZAH WILL STEP IN FOR HIM AGENCIES P U T R A JAYA For the second time in her life, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail,
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      160 4 Dr lay EeGuan Deputy CEO/Director, Clinical Corporate Services SingHealth Polyclinics > 3 J Mr Aloysius Voon Fresh Foods Director Mr Michael Ho Chin Tek Station Manager Singapore Petroleum Company Cold Storage Supermarkets We can save more with 95% course fee and absentee payroll funding A orkfare when our workers train.
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  • comment &analysis
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      Making a case for women leaders
      930 12  -  DISMAL NUMBERS AND REPRESENTATION IN BUSINESS AND POLITICS THERESA W DEVASAHAYAM, SRI RANJINI MEI HUA Dr Theresa W Devasahayam is President-Elect, Soroptimist International of Singapore and Sri Ranjini Mei Hua is Projects Officer (Science and Innovation) at the British High Commission. Asian women have
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      The economics of Indonesia’s election campaigns
      995 14  -  PARTIES, CANDIDATES EXPECTED TO INVEST HEAVILY FITRI BINTANG TIMUR, ADHI PRIAMARIZKI Fitri Bintang Timur is an Associate Research Fellow and Adhi Priamarizki is a Senior Analyst at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Indonesia’s election campaigns are an
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      26 12 In Indonesia, some politicians may attempt to use illegitimate funding sources, which will undermine their parties’ and candidates’ integrity. FITRIBINTANG TIMUR AND ADHI PRIAM ARIZKI 14
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      323 17 CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT A Quick Guide to the Adult Monthly Travel Card 6<¥ Adult Monthly Travel Card The new Adult Monthly Travel Card allows adult commuters who are Singaporeans and PRs to buy a monthly travel pass at $120. The pass offers you unlimited rides on basic bus services
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  • voices
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      Varsities should cherish freedom to air opposing views
      490 18  -  FROM CHONG JA IAN The author is an Assistant Professor of political science at the National University of Singapore. These comments are made in his personal capacity. I am unclear as to how current discussions about Associate Professor Syed Muhd Khairudin’s Facebook
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      Corrections
      80 18 In the report “No further curbs on inflow of foreign manpower this year” (March 8), we reported that the increase in foreign employment excluding foreign domestic workers for 2012 was 67,000. This is incorrect. The figure should be 67,100. We apologise for the error. In “Learning To Deal” (March
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    • Article
      Checkpoint breaches, riot inquiry reveal security gaps
      245 18  -  FROM ARTHUR LIM The reported breaches at our checkpoints are no laughing matter and should be handled with urgency to prevent more serious consequences (“Man arrested after driving through Woodlands Checkpoint barrier”, March 8). The latest incident shows the gaps in our security
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    • Article
      Move to stem harassment should focus on attitudes, not just action
      364 21  -  FROM JERALDINE PHNEAH JIALIN The Protection from Harassment Bill defines harassment as an act that, among other things, threatens, insults or causes distress to victims. (“Government seeks to throw the book at harassers, stalkers”; March 4) The move to
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      Cut cooling measures? But prices still near record highs
      261 21  -  FROM JACK KOH I refer to the report “COV for HDB flats falls to zero as resale volume slumps” (March 7). The report comes in the wake of recent calls by developers and property agencies that the Government scale back the
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  • Article, Illustration
    Paws up for kindness
    567 18  -  Produced by the Singapore Kindness Movement Written by Yen Wong Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, which left a deep impression on me. In a meeting that spanned two hours, our
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      323 19 CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT A Quick Guide to the Adult Monthly Travel Card 6<¥ Adult Monthly Travel Card The new Adult Monthly Travel Card allows adult commuters who are Singaporeans and PRs to buy a monthly travel pass at $120. The pass offers you unlimited rides on basic bus services
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    Paws up for kindness
    567 20  -  Produced by the Singapore Kindness Movement Written by Yen Wong Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, which left a deep impression on me. In a meeting that spanned two hours, our
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon More ComCare applicants a cause for cheer and concern, say MPs
      865 22  -  They ask if such schemes for low-income families address underlying issues such as deterioration of family support MP WARNS OF DANGER OF ENGENDERING AN ATTITUDE OF DEPENDENCE JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The rejection rate for the ComCare short-to-medium-term assistance
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      Lock icon Slightly hazy conditions to persist for next few days: NEA
      340 23 SINGAPORE The haze continued to linger over the weekend despite some improvement in air quality on Saturday morning, with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) readings remaining in the “moderate” range since 9pm last Friday. However, the situation was expected to
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      Lock icon From times that shaped S’pore
      86 23 A1941 Ford Mercury assembled in the Ford Motor Factory in Singapore and an ornate fountain gifted to pioneer Tan Jiak Kim have been brought to the National Museum of Singapore for the first time for its People’s Collection exhibition, which opens on March 15. The
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    • Article
      Clubhouse for foreign domestic workers to open next month
      283 25  -  3,000 SQ FT CENTRE WILL HAVE COMPUTER LAB, LIBRARY OLIVIA SIONG SINGAPORE Foreign domestic workers here will soon have a clubhouse where they can spend their days off. Located at 10 Raeburn Park, the 3,000-sq-ft centre is set to open next
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      Lock icon Music to their ears
      101 25 Over 1,500 Tampines residents were yesterday treated to songs performed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and community music groups. Organised by the Tampines grassroots organisations and People’s Association, Music Tampines 2014 was also attended by Tampines GRC Members of Parliament Education Minister H eng Swee Keat
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      More help for needy families in Pasir Ris West under voucher programme
      183 25  -  JOHN LEONG SINGAPORE About 100 needy families in Pasir Ris West are set to get more help with living expenses under the Community Vouchers Programme. Each family can apply for up to S$50 worth of vouchers for products
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s legal reform may give ruling party less say in most cases
      830 26 PLANS TO REDUCE NUMBER OF CRIMES THAT CARRY DEATH PENALTY REUTERS BEIJING China has curtailed the power of the ruling Communist Party’s Political and Legal Committee, a secretive body overseeing security services, to interfere in most legal cases,
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      Lock icon EX-SECURITY CHIEF ‘BEHIND MANY ABUSES’
      203 26 REUTERS Many previous abuses of the rule of law can be attributed to former security chief Zhou Yongkang, whose term “caused a big setback to the judicial system”, said Mr Jiang Ping, a Deputy Director of China’s National People’s Congress Law Committee from 1988 to
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      Lock icon Beijing to toughen laws to clamp down on polluters
      382 27 AGENCIES BEIJING —China will toughen its environmental protection laws to target polluters, said a high-level policy report released yesterday, paving the way for possibly unlimited penalties for polluting and the suspension or shutdown of polluters. The revised legislation would hold polluters
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      Lock icon CHINA TESTS ANTI-SMOG DRONE
      173 27 REUTERS China has tested a domestically produced drone aircraft designed to disperse smog, reported official media, in an important step for the country’s domestic aviation industry. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), produced by a subsidiary of state-owned aviation giant Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVI C),
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      106 27 MORE TO GAIN FOR SINGAPOREANS! Mr Tan Peng Boon Technician Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel MrSahul Hamid Pump Attendant Singapore Petroleum Company Ms Rahumatammal Ms Chia Gek Noi Health Attendant SingHealth Polyclinics Home-based Hairdresser (Self-Employed) *5 4. kJ .IT s orkfare WORK TRAIN. MORE TO GAIN! Workfare gives more to Singaporeans
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  • world
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      Lock icon No war allowed on Korean peninsula: China
      382 28 BEIJING DECLARES ‘RED LINE’ ON PYONGYANG REUTERS BEIJING China has declared a “red line” on North Korea, saying that China will not permit chaos or war on the Korean peninsula and that peace can come only through denuclearisation. China is North Korea’s most
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      Lock icon N Koreans cast votes, but govt decides for whom
      254 28 AP PYONGYANG —North Koreans went to polling stations yesterday to approve a new national legislature. The vote for the Supreme People’s Assembly is the first in five years and the first under leader Kim Jong Un. The last polls were held
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      Lock icon Thousands protest ahead of Fukushima anniversary
      313 28 AP TOKYO Banging on drums and waving signs that said “Sayonara nukes”, thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park and marched to Parliament yesterday to demand an end to nuclear power ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. Participants at the
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      Lock icon Despite US warning, Moscow tightens grip on Crimea
      656 29 REUTERS SIMFEROPOL —Russian forces tightened their grip on Crimea yesterday despite a United States warning to Moscow that annexing the southern Ukrainian region would close the door to diplomacy in a tense East-West stand-off. The seizure of the Black Sea peninsula by
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  • business
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      Lock icon Strikes in China may lead to heavy costs for MNCs
      549 30 SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS WORKERS ORGANISE PROTESTS REUTERS SHANGHAI —A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern China illustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country’s labour market are emboldening workers to take matters into their own hands, raising
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      Lock icon Chinese trade figures deal further blows to confidence
      509 30 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —China’s exports have recorded their biggest fall since the global financial crisis, while inflation and producer prices continue to fall, dealing more blows to confidence in the nation’s economy. Shipments abroad dropped 18.1 per cent from a year ago, said
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      Lock icon Number of US non-profit organisations up 25%
      238 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —The United States’ overall economy has been expanding slowly, but at least one sector is vibrant: Nonprofits, which have been growing at a breakneck pace. From 2001 to 2011, the number of non-profits in the US grew
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      413 31 REUTERS NEW YORK —The auction of JPMorgan Chase’s private equity business, One Equity Partners, in the market since at least November, has hit an impasse, according to three sources with knowledge of the situation. Two people close to
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      530 32  -  NEED FOR SPEED: THE MOVIE HIRANAND SUNNY hiranandsn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The video game industry was forever altered in August 1994 when the very first Need For Speed game was released. The game which was exclusive to the now-ancient 3DO consoles and DOS operating
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      802 34  -  Team’s owner says retractable roof, air-cooled seats persuaded him to launch World Club 10s and base Dragons here CLUB ENDS SEARCH FOR A HOME IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E Hong Kong has long been regarded as rugby’s financial and sports
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      82 34 National midfielder Hariss Harun, 23, traded his football gear for a spanking new suit yesterday as he married his girlfriend Syahirah Mohamad, 22. The couple held their wedding ceremony at a function hall in Foo Chow Building, opposite Jalan Besar Stadium. Hariss, who
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      775 35  -  GUNNERS REVIVE THEIR SEASON WITH WIN OVER EVERTON COMMENTARY BY HENRY WINTER sports@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Anyone watching Mesut Ozil, Per Mertesacker and the rest of Arsene Wenger’s players celebrate victory over Everton at the Emirates on Saturday will have understood this was
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      404 35  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Senior sports administrator Low Teo Ping has been tasked with looking into the appeals submitted by suspended Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) vice-presidents Loh Chan Pew (Competitions Organising) and Steven Lee (Training and Selection). SAA President Tang
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      472 36 SING A PORE Dutch rider Thomas Rabou scored the distinction of becoming the first OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team member to win at a Union Cycliste International (UCI) Tour event this season when he won the Criterium International d’Alger, the first
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      648 36 Speculation rife that former coach Phil Jackson may take up role in team’s front office 11-TIME NBA WINNER’S RETURN WOULD BE A PR BOON FOR STRUGGLING FRANCHISE AGENCIES NEW YORK —As far back as 15 years ago, the Knicks looked to Phil
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        662 38  -  OR NOT. HERE ARE THE BEST AND WORST DRINKS YOU’LL NEVER HAVE LEAH HYSLOP features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH We live in a world of pretty endless choices when it comes to drinks. These days, just going into the milk aisle of a supermarket is enough to
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        207 42  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE The international Tamil singing competition Superstar Challenge 2014 saw singers from such countries as Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Canada taking part; but it was the duo from India who walked away with the big prize. Singers Aravind and Abhilasha emerged as
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