Today, 9 June 2014, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 9 JUNE 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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    Lock icon Permanent subsidies for MediShield Life will be given automatically
    678 1  -  To make process as hassle-free as possible, one’s household income per capita will be the determiningfactor: Amy Khor GOVT WILL HELP THOSE WITH NO INCOME, LITTLE SAVINGS XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The permanent subsidies for lower- and middle-income Singaporeans needing help
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    Lock icon TIBETANS PROTEST AGAINST CHINESE MINISTER’S INDIA VISIT
    58 1 Exiled Tibetans protesting against Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi yesterday. Mr Wang is visiting India’s new leaders in hopes of spurring trade and easing decades of tensions. The protesters urged Indian Premier Narendra Modi to raise the Tibet issue
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    Adding teeth to killer litter laws ‘may have limited effect’
    690 1  -  LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Killer litter, a scourge that has refused to go away for more than four decades, has again been thrust into the spotlight following the death of an elderly woman the first reported fatality since 2002
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      130 1 PRESIDENT XI JINPING OUTLINES FEATURES OF CHINA TO HELP THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND COUNTRY BETTER COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 SPORTS 32 ‘Maradona Moment’ is all Messi needs Keep up to date with the World Cup at: tdy.sg/brazilwc2014 twitter: @tdysports facebook: tdy.sg/sportsfb TASTE IS KING www.burgerking.com.sg SELECT* COIIFIGURE, EHGAEE J y DOUBLE CHICKEN
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      3 1 HOT NEWS 4
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  • hot news
    • Article
      NO NEED TO RUSH INTO CANCELLING INSURANCE POLICIES: NTUC OFFICER
      333 2  -  XUE JIANYUE There is no need to rush into cancelling insurance policies before all the details of MediShield Life have been firmed up, said National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) assistant secretary-general Zainal Sapari. The recommendations by a committee looking into
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      Couples seeking homes near parents prefer higher grants to getting priority
      654 4  -  DUAL-KEY FLATS BIGGER DRAW THAN 3GEN UNITS LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E Giving priority to all young couples wanting to buy a home near their parents would be unfair. Instead, a higher housing grant
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      Lock icon India hails ‘productive’ talks to strengthen ties with China
      449 4 AGENCIES NEW DELHI China’s Foreign Minister met his Indian counterpart yesterday in talks hailed by India as a “productive beginning” for stronger ties between the two nations. In the first high-level bilateral meeting since Mr Narendra Modi was sworn in as
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      Lock icon Manila, Hanoi troops hold gathering on disputed island
      466 6 GROWING COOPERATION IN FACE OF CHINA’S ASSERTIVENESS AGENCIES MANIL A —Vietnamese and Philippine troops got together on a disputed island in the South China Sea yesterday to play football and volleyball, as well as drink beer, in a show of unity that
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      CapitaLand to acquire remaining CapitaMalls Asia shares
      261 6 SINGAPORE CapitaLand yesterday announced it had acquired a 97.1 per cent stake in CapitaMalls Asia (CMA), crossing the threshold to compulsorily acquire shares that it does not own. This will enable CapitaLand, South-east Asia’s largest listed developer, to take full control of its
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      Lock icon TODAY correspondent wins at Sports Awards
      601 8  -  Jason Chee’s recovery from an accident that saw him lose three limbs was basis of Low Lin Fhoong’s story JOURNALIST BROKE STORY OF NAVY MAN’S INSPIRING RECOVERY AND PARALYMPIC DREAM PHILIP GOH Deputy sports editor philipgoh@med iacorp.com .sg SING A PORE Navy Serviceman Jason
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      248 6 50' Anniversary It’s possible with our quality diploma. Gwee Wan Ling HR Executive 2014 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (HRM) To stay competitive, a diploma is essential and PSB Academy’s diploma in HRM covers both human resource management theories as well as business functions of an organisation. My acquired knowledge
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      270 8 More than 40 great escapes at even greater fares SMI I I t. UIH m DENPASAR 258 ALL-IN, RETURN HONG KONG “308 ALL-IN, RETURN GUANGZHOU “388 ALL-IN, RETURN PERTH I MALDIVES 0 498 ALL-IN, RETURN SHANGHAI I BEIJING "‘508 ALL-IN, RETURN TOKYO (HANEDA) I SEOUL OSAKA I TOKYO (NARITA) BRISBANE
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon China needs a development path that suits its reality: Xi
      2425 10  -  China has been in the news for its handling of territorial disputes with neighbours and domestic issues such as graft, economic reform and human rights. How does the nation see itself and the world? In a recent speech at the
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      Lock icon Last chance for action on climate change
      1024 12  -  ISSUE IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO BE LEFT TO POLITICIANS, BIG OIL AND THEIR MEDIA PROPAGANDISTS JEFFREY D SACHS Jeffrey D Sachs is Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He
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      23 10 Humanity has accelerated, rather than controlled, humaninduced climate change. This is now the greatest moral issue of our time. JEFFREY D SACHS 12
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  • voices
    • Article
      CPF benefits many, but system can be enhanced
      386 16  -  FROM CHONG LEE MING Given that their Central Provident Fund (CPF) money is the largest pile of cash some Singaporeans will have in their lifetime, it is understandable that some will be emotional when discussing it, especially in times of personal need.
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    • Article
      3Gen flats should be bigger, occupied by S’poreans only
      120 16  -  FROM YANG CHUN HONG I refer to the report “S’poreans favour policies that help families live closer together: Survey” (June 5). I applaud the National Development Ministry for conducting the online survey and holding Housing Conversations on closer families, so young
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      Politicians must have courage to acknowledge shortcomings
      96 16  -  FROM LIU RIJING I agree with Mr Ng Ya Ken’s and Mr Francis Cheng’s views in “Constructive politics means best ideas win” and “Leaders should have deep, abiding convictions” (both June 7) that constructive politics is about people’s future. Politicians, whether from the
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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
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon App lets students pose questions anonymously
      513 19  -  Man ’s own experience prompts him to create app for pupils to get academic help for free HUMAN TOUCH STILL VITAL, SAY VOLUNTARY WELFARE CENTRES NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As a rebellious student in his younger days, Mr Anders Tan felt asking questions
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    • Article
      Govt, unions seek work-life balance for low-wage workers
      390 20  -  NTUC TO GIVE LOWER-INCOME UNION MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES FREE ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN EAST XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government and unions want low-wage workers to have a good work-life balance as they work together to raise the workers’ wages, said Deputy
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      Lock icon Dengue fight continues
      106 20 As Singapore enters the traditional peak months for dengue cases June to September 1,000 bottles of insect repellent were given out to Braddell Heights residents yesterday, as part of efforts to fight dengue. Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng joined in the distribution, which will continue overthe
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China eyes technical education to tackle labour market mismatch
      983 22 Shortage of skilled workers, but many university graduates are ill-equipped to fill thejobs PROBLEM PART STRUCTURAL, PART ATTITUDE REUTERS BEIJING —China is waking up to a po-tentially-damaging mismatch in its labour market. A record 7.27 million graduates equivalent to the entire
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      Lock icon India’s govt moves to ease fears over freedom of expression
      542 23 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —India’s new government has sought to ease concerns that freedom of expression is under threat, promising to strengthen the independence of the state-run broadcaster and consider allowing more foreign investment in Indian media. Fears for freedom of
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  • world
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      Lock icon Thai troops kept off streets as protests dwindle
      717 24 ARMY CHIEF NAMES HIMSELF HEAD OF BOARD APPROVING INVESTMENT APPLICATIONS REUTERS BANGKOK —Thailand’s junta yesterday kept many of the thousands of troops and police officers it had put on standby to deal with protests in Bangkok off the streets, as the number
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      Lock icon Johor Chief Minister backtracks on Bill giving Sultan more powers
      684 25 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Johor Chief Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin yesterday said an amendment would be made to a controversial Bill due to be tabled today, after it became a controversy for legal experts and politicians from both sides of the
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  • business
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      Lock icon China’s May exports gain steam, but imports fall
      674 26 Exports rise 7per cent from a year earlier, but weaker domestic demand a concern IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWS GOVT MEASURES TO SUPPORT GROWTH REUTERS BEIJING China’s exports gained steam last month due to firmer global demand, data showed yesterday, but an unexpected fall in
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    Lock icon Win with the Watsons big sale
    278 28 tails. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM Get ready for the Great Singapore Sale at Watsons, as it celebrates with a wide range of offers and free gifts. Two purchase-with-purchase promotions are available this month. Spend at least S$18 nett and you can
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Made in Singapore, played worldwide
      672 30  -  Ghost Recon Phantoms now has more than 5m users and its crea tors are working to ensure it remains financially viable UBISOFT SINGAPORE GETS READY FOR GAMING CONVENTION IN LOS ANGELES ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is the biggest convention in the gaming industry and
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  • sports
    • TODAY BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP 04 DAYS TO KICK-OFF
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        Lock icon A ‘MARADONA MOMENT’ IS ALL MESSI NEEDS
        1036 32 Past winners of the prestigious FIFA Golden Ball, awarded to the top player at each World Cup, include Pele, Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane and, most recently, Uruguay’s Diego Forlan in 2010. TODAY takes a look at some of the possible standouts
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        LIONEL Messi
        491 33 Brazil 2014 can finally be the World Cup that Lionel Messi announces himself at, after false dawns in 2006 and 2010. But Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella must pick a side that supports and complements his style of play like how Diego Maradona had a strong supporting cast in
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        Lock icon SPONSORS RAISE PRESSURE ON FIFA OVER QATAR CLAIMS
        567 34 Sony, adidas, Visa signal unease over Qatar bribe claims ENGLISH PAPER PRINTS LEAKED DOCUMENTS ON BRIBES REUTERS LONDON —World Cup soccer sponsors adidas, Sony and Visa have voiced concerns over allegations that bribes were paid to secure the 2022 tournament for Qatar,
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      • Article
        Lock icon QATAR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT KEEPING 2022 WORLD CUP
        140 34 AP Qatar says it is confident its winning bid to host the 2022 World Cup will stand, following new allegations that a Qatari official had used his high-level contacts to buy support for the country’s bid. The Qatar 2022 supreme committee for delivery
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        Lock icon GULLIT GUNNING FOR AFRICAN SURPRISE
        351 35 REUTERS HONG KONG Ruud Gullit hopes a team from Africa will perform well and be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil, the former Dutch footballer told Reuters yesterday. Four years ago in South Africa, Ghana were the only one of the continent’s
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      • Article
        Lock icon CAMEROON PLAYERS STRIKE OVER BONUSES
        115 35 AP PARIS —Cameroon’s players refused to board a plane due to take them to Brazil for the World Cup because of disputes over bonuses, a newspaper report said yesterday. The website of French sports daily L’Equipe said the players were due to fly out from
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      • Article
        Lock icon FIFA TO EARN S$5B FROM BRAZIL 2014
        261 35 AGENCIES LONDON FIFA will earn at least £2.55 billion (S$5.36 billion) from the World Cup in Brazil, which starts on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), and more than £3 billion at the next tournament in Russia in 2018, capping off an extraordinary doubling
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      • WORLD CUP WATCH
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          Lock icon DAMIAN CECHEYES THIAGO MESSI
          91 36 AGENCIES If Thiago Messi son of Argentina star Lionel Messi goes on to become a footballer like his father, he could find himself facing Damian, the son of Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. The Czech international’s place at Stamford Bridge could be under threat if Thibaut Courtois
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          Lock icon HODGSON KEEPS FAITH IN OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN
          124 36 REUTERS England winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (picture) will be fit to play at the World Cup after damaging his medial knee ligament against Ecuador in a warm-up game, said manager Roy Hodgson.“I think he will make the tournament without a shadow of a doubt. That’s good
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        • Article
          Lock icon ECHIEJILE JOINS INJURY EXODUS
          141 36 AP Nigeria defender Uwa Echiejile is out of the World Cup with an unspecified injury. The team said in a statement on Saturday from its training base in the United States that the Monaco left-back had a muscle tear and needed three weeks to recover, not
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          INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES ON SATURDAY
          26 36 Argentina 2 Slovenia 0 Belgium 1 Tunisia 0 United States 2 Nigeria 1 England 0 Honduras 0 El Salvador 0 Spain 2
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        Lock icon MORE THAN A THOUSAND TICKETS NEED TO BE CHANGED
        487 36 AP SAO PAULO —Football’s world governing body FIFA said about 1,400 people will have to change their tickets less than a week before the World Cup begins because they were handed out before work at the stadiums was completed. FIFA said
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        Lock icon Argentina to get rapped for banner
        133 36 Argentina can expect to be warned by FIFA after its players posed in front of a banner backing the country’s claims to the British-ruled Falkland Islands. Before a 2-0 victory on Saturday over Slovenia in an international friendly in Buenos Aires, Argentine players stood
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        Lock icon IT’S NOW OR NEVER
        844 37 Many South American fans seizing only chance to watch a World Cup in person FROM BIKES, BUSES, BOATS AND A HOMEBUILT TRAILER AP SANTIAGO —Planes, trains and automobiles? That’s not all. With Latin American soccer fans eager to witness the sport’s biggest event in their home
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    • Article
      S’PORE TEEN OUTGUNS FORMER OLYMPIC CHAMPION
      206 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —Teenager Martina Lindsay Veloso, 14, delivered the biggest upset at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich yesterday when she beat 2008 Olympic world champion Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic to win the women’s 10m air
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      Lock icon S’PORE WATERPOLO TEAM SEEK TOP 4 ASIAD FINISH
      544 38  -  Bold ambition needed for 25-time SEA Games champion to break onto continental stage LONGER-TERM AMBITION MUST BE TO QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS: FORMER TEAM MANAGER LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Not content with being kingpins of South-east Asia, Singapore’s national men’s waterpolo team
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    • Article
      Lock icon MIAMI LOOK TO PUT HEAT ON SAN ANTONIO
      311 38 REUTERS SAN ANTONIO The Miami Heat have won 12 straight playoff games following a loss, a streak they will need to keep alive on Sunday (this morning, Singapore time) to avoid going into an ominous 0-2 hole against the San Antonio Spurs
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      Lock icon MORE QUEEN OF CLAY THAN A COW ON ICE
      489 40 Sharapova’s French Open victory affirms mastering of tricky surface SURGICALLY-REPAIRED SHOULDER DOES NOT STOP RUSSIAN PLAYER AP PARIS Nothing came easily for Maria Sharapova (picture) in the French Open final. Serves hit by her surgically-re-paired shoulder often missed the mark, resulting
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      63 37 WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/WORLDCUP Fan Zone Have your say on World Cup 2014 at the Fan Zone! Tag your pictures with THE Fan Zone IS ALL ABOUT #TodayWorldCup when you post on Instagram. Post a new tweet and take part in the latest polls and quizzes at the Check on the latest headlines
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
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