Today, 8 July 2014, Afternoon Edition

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    23 1 AbdiaCorp TUESDAY, 8 JULY 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 8 JULY 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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      651 2 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Everyone can become more active with a nudge in the right direction, like Jude Foo did If you think the couch is more enticing than the benchpress, you’re not alone. Only 31 per cent of Singaporeans between the ages of 18 and 24 are active, according
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    Fare hikes needed to keep bus contracting model sustainable: Lui
    832 1  -  JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Regular fare increases will be needed and new routes could be cancelled if there are insufficient passengers after some months, in or- der to make sure that the new bus contracting model is sustainable. Transport Minister
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    Lock icon SOC to get more officers, equipment in next 2-3 years
    1173 1  -  Measures will allow third troop to be on standby around the clock, boost unit’s ability to handle large-scale public order inciden ts says DPM Teo POLICE DID THE BEST THEY COULD DURING LITTLE INDIA RIOT: MINISTER NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg
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      138 1 EX-CHIEF SECRETARY OF HK CRITICISES GOVT, BEIJINGFOR MAKING CITY’S ROAD TO DEMOCRACY ‘INCREASINGLY LONG AND TORTUROUS’COMMENT&ANALYSIS 16 SPORTS 33 World Cup semi-finals: Germany and Brazil fans face off Keep up to date with the World Cup at: tdy.sg/brazilwc2014 twitter: @tdysports facebook: tdy.sg/sportsfb CATCH THE SEMI-FINALS FINALS ‘LIVE’ ON okto MORE
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Xi blasts Japan at ceremony to mark start of Sino-Japanese war
      752 2 Chinese president condemns efforts to deny, distort or beautify history andfacts PREMIER LI ALSO REINFORCES MESSAGE AT PRESS BRIEFING WITH VISITING GERMAN LEADER MERKEL AGENCIES beijing— Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday criticised Japan’s wartime aggression as he risked escalating
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      Lock icon Japan warns about typhoon likely to hit country’s south
      610 4 ‘ONCE IN DECADES STORM’ NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS HAIYAN AGENCIES TOKYO —Japan’s weather agency yesterday issued emergency warnings to urge people in the country’s southern islands to take maximum precautions, as a super typhoon described as a “once
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      Lock icon MOST S’POREANS UNAWARE OF SPECIFICS OF CPF SCHEME
      131 4 Eight in 10 Singaporeans have heard of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Minimum Sum, but the level of awareness of CPF schemes appears to be relatively low when it comes to the details. A survey by government feedback unit REACH published yesterday
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      Lock icon COI report affirms discontent not cause of riot: Chuan-Jin
      766 8  -  Such speculations were echoed blindly by some in the foreign media, says minister FINDINGS FROM M.O.M. SURVEY CORROBORATE PANEL’S VIEW XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The report by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) looking into the Little India riot puts to rest
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    • Article
      340 police cameras to be installed in Little India, Geylang
      513 8  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More police cameras will be installed in Little India, where a riot occurred last December, and in Geylang, another well-known hangout for foreign workers. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament yesterday that the police
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      Lock icon Stiffer fines proposed for firms that cause haze
      641 10  -  Govt recommends penalties of up to S$2m following feedback that suggestedfines were low PENALTIES INCREASED TO DETER COMPANIES FROM ENGAGING IN IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Government has proposed stiffer fines of up to S$2 million for companies that
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    • Article
      TALKS BETWEEN SMRT, LTA ON RAIL-FINANCING FRAMEWORK ONGOING
      267 10  -  JOY FANG About three months after SMRT submitted a proposal to sell its rail assets to the Government, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the public transport operator are still some way off from reaching any agreement. “Discussions between SMRT and LTA
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      No vulnerability in SingPass system: Yaacob
      504 12  -  GOVT TO IMPLEMENT STEPS TO TIGHTEN SECURITY TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The SingPass breaches discovered last month were not due to system vulnerability, although the Government is going ahead with steps to tighten security, including possibly mandating that passwords for accounts be changed more
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    • Article
      S’pore gears up for climate change
      539 14  -  Exercise will study measures needed to help public infrastructure adapt to higher temperatures, rise in sea level DECIDING WHAT IS EFFECTIVE IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD: BALAKRISHNAN NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Details on getting the Republic’s roads, drains, airport and other infrastructure ready for cli-
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon HK government must do more to bridge sharp public divide
      2099 16 ANSON CHAN CRITICISES BEIJING, HK GOVT FOR ‘LONG AND TORTUROUS ROAD’ TO DEMOCRACY Former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong Anson Chan gave a speech last week at the territory’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club in which she criticised the Hong Kong government
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  • voices
    • Article
      Dialects help strengthen learning of Mandarin
      314 20  -  FROM HENG CHO CHOON I agree with Ms Jeraldine Phneah Jia Lin (“Allow the use of dialects on television”; July 7) that there is little linguistic research evidence to show that learning dialects has an adverse effect on learning Mandarin. I grew up in
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    • Article
      Use fibre connection for better World Cup viewing experience
      99 20  -  FROM TRICIA LEE Senior corporate communications manager, SingTel We refer to Mr K Kalidas’ letter “SingTel’s handling of erratic World Cup telecast is disappointing” (July 3). The intermittent signal loss on Mr Kalidas’ mio TV service was caused by poor internal
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    • Article
      Get fit, not for IPPT, but the health benefits
      244 20  -  FROM LEONARD LOW ENG WEI I write in response to “Spare a thought for the unfit who just can’t pass IPPT” (July 4). The way the writer put it, it would seem that those who passed the Individual Physical Proficiency Test
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      14 20 •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 NUS student’s charity raises more than S$1.5m for Cambodian children
      461 22  -  ORGANISATION HOPES TO EMPOWER YOUTH TO DO GOOD JORDAN SKADIANG jordans@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A junior college classmate’s account of witnessing an operation conducted under torchlight at a Cambodian hospital left such a deep impression on Mr Jonathan Ng that he decided
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    • Article
      Number of licensed moneylenders down this year
      306 23  -  But amount of loan value grew to S$478 million says Indranee ALFRED CHUA alfredchuamf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of moneylenders in Singapore has fallen as of June this year, but the total value of loans has risen. There were 185 moneylenders as of June
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    • Article
      Lock icon Neighbourhood renewal scheme may be extended to newer blocks: Khaw
      277 23 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Ministry of National Development will consider the extension of the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP) to blocks built in the early 1990s. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament yesterday that if an extension is
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    • Article
      Maximum jail term for money laundering raised to 10 years
      519 24  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As part of efforts to dampen transnational money-launder-ing activities, Parliament yesterday passed amendments to laws, allowing the Government to deal more swiftly with criminal operations and deprive perpetrators of their illicit gains. Some of the changes
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    • Article
      Corals at Semakau Landfill to be relocated to Sisters’ Islands
      219 24 SINGAPORE —The National Environment Agency (NEA) will be relocating more than 600 coral colonies in a lagoon at Semakau Landfill to the Sisters’ Islands, as it closes an existing gap at the southern tip of the lagoon to convert it
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  • china&india
    • Article
      Lock icon Broad consensus reached on BRICS bank: China
      598 25 Development bank to be launched soon could begin lending in two years DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN BETWEEN COUNTRIES INVOLVED AGENCIES BEIJING —The five BRICS nations have reached a broad consensus on their US$100 billion (S$124 billion) development bank although some differences remain, a senior
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  • world
    • Article
      Lock icon Hamas vows to avenge fighters’ deaths
      533 26 SIX HAMAS MEN KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK THE NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEM Hamas’ military wing said yesterday that six of its fighters from Rafah in southern Gaza had been killed in Israeli air strikes, its heaviest losses in months, and vowed to avenge their
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s tight presidential race may be decided in West Java
      680 27 REUTERS TASIKMALAYA (INDONESIA) —The closest presidential race in Indonesia’s young democracy could be decided tomorrow among the mosques and rice paddies of West Java, the nation’s most populous province. The country’s 190 million voters face a clear choice in tomorrow’s
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  • business
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      ICBC eyes S’pore’s growth potential
      1179 28  -  Chinese bank plans to expand retail banking presence here alongside its growing yuan clearing operations FIVE-FOLD RISE IN BANK’S RETAIL CUSTOMER BASE SINCE 2012 WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Singapore is on the cusp of much greater
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  • technology
    • Article
      Lock icon Expedia makes S$820m booking for Wotif.com
      399 29 DEAL TO EXPAND PRESENCE IN ASIA-PACIFIC AGENCIES SYDNEY —Online travel-booking service Expedia has agreed to buy Australian travel agent Wotif.com Holdings for A$703 million (S$820 million), seeking to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. Online travel websites have been seeking revenue through acquisitions
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  • sports
    • TODAY BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
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        Lock icon A FITTING FINALE FOR THE GREATEST SHOW IN FOOTBALL
        988 30  -  CLASH OF FOUR GREAT TRADITIONS COMMENTARY BY PAUL HAYWARD PAUL HAYWARD IN RIO DE JANEIRO Paul Hayward is the chief sports writer at The Daily Telegraph. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH On a passport level, the potentially glorious World Cup semi-finals this week
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon NEYMAR IS DEFINITELY OUT
        656 31 Hosts reject reports that injured star could use painkillers to play AGENCIES RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil have denied reports Neymar could still play in the World Cup Final, should they beat Germany today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), after local media claimed the Barcelona star is considering
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      • Article
        Lock icon BRAZIL CROSSED THE LINE: SCHWEINSTEIGER
        374 31 AP Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger thinks Brazil have crossed the line with some of their hard tackling ahead of the semifinals and is urging referees to keep a closer eye on the host team. “I am all fora healthy hardness but some of Brazil’s fouls
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        Lock icon SCOLARI’S DARK PRAGMATISM COULD LEAD BRAZIL INTO THE LIGHT
        985 32  -  TWO MORE STEPS TO ‘HEAVEN’ COMMENTARY BY JASON BURT Jason Burt is a football correspondent with The Daily Telegraph. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Whatever happens now for the Selecao, there will be no shame. Brazil are in the semi-finals of the World
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        Lock icon WHY BRAZIL AND GERMANY FANS THINK THEIR TEAMS ARE BETTER
        1049 33  -  DANIAL HAKIM danialhakims@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Brazil’s victory over a unified Germany in the 2002 World Cup final in Yokohama is the only time the two nations have met in the World Cup (Brazil’s meeting with the former East Germany in 1974
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      • Article
        WORLD CUP VIEWING AT THE SPORTS HUB
        230 34  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE —The Singapore Sports Hub will offer live viewing of the semi-finals and the final of the World Cup at the OCBC Square. SportsHub Pte Ltd (SHPL) will be setting up a 7m by 4m screen, with seating for up to
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        Lock icon KRUL DEFENDS CONFRONTING COSTA RICANS
        527 34 Dutch goalkeeper will do it again if Argentina clash goes to penalties SUBSTITUTION CONFUSED LOS TICOS AP RIO DE JANEIRO —Netherlands goalkeeper Tim Krul insists he did nothing wrong in confronting Costa Rica’s penalty-takers during a World Cup quarter-final shootout. Krul’s crucial two saves on
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      • WORLD CUP WATCH
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          Lock icon NEYMAR LEAVES BLATTER HANGING
          105 34 AGENCIES FIFA president Sepp Blatter sent Neymar a note on Twitter, following the Brazil star’s injury that ruled him out of the World Cup, reported the Daily Mail. However, at press time yesterday, the 22-year-old forward had yet to reply on social media to football’s most
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        • Article
          Lock icon ROBBEN HITS BACK AT CRITICISMS
          90 34 AGENCIES Netherlands star Arjen Robben has hit out at continued criticsm over his diving in matches. The Bayern Munich winger admitted to diving in the first half in their second-round match against Mexico, but insisted the tackle on him in injury-time which led to Klaas-Jan
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        • Article
          Lock icon BRAZIL WORLD CUP HAS SECOND-BEST AVERAGE TURN-OUT
          150 34 REUTERS The average attendance at 2014 World Cup matches is now the second-highest of all time with an average gate of 52,762, overtaking the 52,491 at the 2006 tournament in Germany, FIFA said on Sunday. The record average attendance was set in the
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