Today, 26 November 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • 24 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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  • hot news
    • 570 2 OBAMA PLEADS FOR CALM AND RESTRAINT AGENCIES FERGUSON (MISSOURI) With this St Louis suburb reeling from a chaotic night of demonstrations that erupted in many fires, frequent bursts of gunshots, looting and waves of tear gas, Governor Jay Nixon said early
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    • 355 2 THE NEW YORK TIMES Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug 9 by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis. The shooting sparked protests that roiled the area for weeks. A St Louis
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    • 740 4  -  MAIN BOOST FROM MASSIVE UPWARD REVISION IN SERVICES SECTOR GROWTH: ECONOMIST LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Boosted by a solid performance in the services sector, Singapore’s economy grew in the third quarter at a much stronger pace than
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    • 448 4 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —The United States economy grew more than earlier estimated in the third quarter, giving the country its strongest six months of expansion in more than a decade and boosting expectations that the central bank will start to
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    • 469 6  -  PAYOUT IN LINE WITH WEAKER GROWTH SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Civil servants will receive a smaller year-end bonus of 0.8 month this year amid weaker economic growth, with lower-wage employees getting at least S$1,200, said the Public Service Division (PSD)
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    • 614 8  -  ALSO FOR SALE ARE UNITS UNDER THE ENHANCED MARRIED CHILD PRIORITY SCHEME KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 7,500 flats were offered by the Housing and De- velopment Board (HDB) yesterday in its biggest and final sales exercise
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    • 603 12  -  SURVEY SHOWS DROP IN F&B AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES EMILIA TAN emiliatankn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Amid a slump in visitor arrival numbers, tourist satisfaction levels have fallen sharply for the food beverage (F&B) and tourism sectors, showed survey results released yesterday. The 2014 third quarter
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    • 429 13 Graphic designer Yvonne Yau enjoys the challenge of capturing the expressions and emotions of people in her portrait shots tosbetter.” PRODUCEDBYTHETODAYSPECIAL PROJECTSTEAM As a graphic designer, Yvonne Yau seeks visual inspiration to help her in her job, so that her work can perhaps inspire others
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    • 561 14  -  AHPETC organised event despite multiple warnings, prosecutor tells State Courts COURT EXPECTED TO DELIVER ITS VERDICT BY FRIDAY AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E A defence lawyer for the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) argued yesterday that it
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    • 628 15  -  SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For Mr Tan Kok Hiang, being an architect for civic spaces is akin to being a custodian for the environment. “It’s an opportunity to construct the future of what you feel it should represent,” he said,
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    • 607 16 WASHINGTON INSIDERS SAY TOP DEFENCE JOB HAS LOST VALUE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON —The departure of United States Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday after less than 21 months in the job follows a litany of complaints by his predecessors and other former
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    • 409 16 THE NEW YORK TIMES US President Barack Obama, working to shift his team’s focus in confronting a raft of national security crises, is considering two former Defence Department officials as successors to Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, administration officials say.
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    • 621 18 WHITE PAPER WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY IN MOVE TO CONTAIN GROUP’S IDEOLOGY AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —The Malaysian government has tabled a White Paper on the threat of militancy in the country, outlining the real threat terrorist groups such
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  • comment & analysis
    • 914 20  -  THE INFLATION AND RISING INTEREST RATES THAT NEVER SHOWED UP PAUL KRUGMAN Paul Krugman, a columnist at The New York Times, won the Nobel Prize for economics and is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. THE NEW YORK TIMES Six years
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    • 875 21  -  FUTILE FOR THE MILITARY TO CRACK DOWN ATIYA ACHAKULWISUT Atiya Achakulwisut is a contributing editor at the Bangkok Post. BANGKOK POST Symbols alone will not topple a regime, especially if that regime is a fully-armed, militarised one. Thailand’s National Council for Peace
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    • 465 22 'flarbourFrontc Little pleasures, great surprises! V n I S A c p 2 Get in the spirit of giving with fun activities and all-round festive cheer at HarbourFront Centre. W 21 NOV'14-2 JAN'15 h ViH aS 1 Ni9 ht Sites" Res o |t5V $a 9e rk '-hair' Sling ndre Cassa
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  • voices
    • 473 24  -  FROM RAYMOND KOH BOCK SWI The Property commentary “TDSR running out of steam?” (Nov 21) suggests the current decline in property prices of only 5.2 per cent from their peak could mean that the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) is losing
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    • 300 24  -  FROM NG SWEE SHOON I refer to the letters “Barring private owners from HDB market is the right call”, “Flats should be for those with real housing needs” and “Change of rule may help solve the glut of flats” (Nov 25). Let us
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    • 254 25  -  FROM LIM CHANG SIANG I disagree that the course requirements of our national universities are higher than those of private part-time degrees. (“Unrealistic to think universities are all equal”; Nov 25) In the United Kingdom, Australia and Malaysia, agencies such as the
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    • 192 25  -  FROM NG CHEE KHEON Under the Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations, the engines of parked vehicles must not be left idling. This is to reduce air pollution, for better public health. (“NEA clamps down on drivers who leave engines
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    • 176 25  -  FROM TANG FOOK MENG Once again, it has become common for some motorists to switch on their hazard lights during heavy rain, especially on the expressways. This is wrong and dangerous for other motorists. The hazard lights could actually reduce visibility, making
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    • 289 25 BQsim university Manage Your Future X. I o ir tt Manage Your Volunteer Resources Volunteers play a significant role in building communities and remain a cornerstone in the work of the people sector and non-profit organisations. This course is targeted at managers of volunteers or anyone else who wants to
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  • singapore
    • 632 26  -  Website will post less content as directors of managing firm focus on securing funding ONLY 50 HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO SOCIOPOLITICAL WEBSITE XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The company managing sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) has made a public appeal for contributions, describing its funds
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    • 451 29  -  Minister urges firms to ensure economic growth is not at the expense of the environment CONSERVING ENERGY AND WATER REQUIRES ‘CHANGE IN PROCESSES’ VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Businesses with a wellexecuted environmental strategy will have an edge over others, as they would have
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    • 253 29 SINGAPORE Central Provident Fund (CPF) interest rates for Ordinary, Special and Medisave Accounts will remain unchanged for the period Jan 1 to March 31 next year, the CPF Board announced yesterday. The Retirement Account interest rate will remain the same. The Ordinary Account (OA)
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    • 362 30 Tele Infinity, Mobile Alliance had complaints filed against them and have given up leases ACCORD WOULD HAVE PREVENTED FIRMS FROM ENGAGING IN UNFAIR PRACTICES SINGAPORE —Two mobile phone retailers at People’s Park Complex have closed down after they were asked
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    • 400 30  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE A police report has been lodged against a former cop, whose victim is alleging that he used his “highlevel connections” in his time as a bodyguard of former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee
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    • 1098 31 Take up the ‘Bright Spots’ Challenge andjoin Ng Cheryl and Tan Ken Jin in keeping Singapore clean PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM CLEANER HAWKER CENTRES FOR ALL Ng Cheryl, 18, was a student at Dunman High School. Since 2012, she has
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    • 311 32 IT AIMS TO CONDUCT LOW-ORBIT EXPERIMENT, STUDY CLIMATE SINGAPORE —Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will launch two satellites into space next year: Singapore’s first climate satellite and an experimental communication satellite carrying technology that, if proven successful, may see low-Earth-orbit satellites being able to
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    • 987 28 RISING MID-CAP PERFORMERS 2014 DEVELOPING LOGISTICS HUBS IN ASIA Hence, OKH Global can capitalise on its inherent strength to create new value propositions for these European MNCs as it expand its business presence in Asia. Creating New Interlinked and Synergistic Business Opportunities Globalization is now the dominant business environment and
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    • 348 33 NTUC Membership a Labour of Love for MULTIPLY YOUR iHDi. i »>'“ VBA Discover the power of U WITH A FLASH OF YOUR NTUC MEMBERSHIP CARD! actCve55 Want to live a Happy, Healthy, Productive and Purposeful life? Sign up today for U Live Active 55+ Programme to reap the rewards
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  • health
    • 988 34 Experts say polycystic ovarian syndrome may be a result of insulin resistance and hormonal dysfunction CYSTS NOT INDICATIVE OF CONDITION THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Sometimes medical syndromes are named long before they are fully understood. Take polycystic ovarian syndrome or
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    • 674 36  -  Sports drinks’and energy bars’high sugar and acid content blamed for tooth decay among sportspeople DRINKING PLAIN WATER AFTER SPORTS DRINKS HELPS EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A PO R E Muscle sprains, joint problems and overuse injuries. But increasingly, new
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    • 243 37 Advertising Feature GIVES HEALTHY SMILES Systema Ting Ting-a-Smile event was a star-studded affair, graced by Systema brand ambassador Elvin Ng and campaign ambassadors Rebecca Lim, Pornsak and Aloysius Pang. Held at Bugis+ on Oct 25, the event was organised to promote good gum health for the underprivileged. Besides getting up-close
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  • china&india
    • 563 38 Demonstrators gather in MongKok; police use pepper spray to break up the crowds POLICE UNABLE TO DISPERSE PROTESTERS THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG Thousands of demonstrators surged into a Hong Kong neighbourhood yesterday, defying a police attempt to shrink one
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    • 437 39 REUTERS NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s estranged wife has questioned the government’s decision to provide her with gun-toting bodyguards around the clock, even when she travels in rickety three-wheel-er taxis. Madam Jashodaben Modi, 62, who lives in the western
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    • 888 39 South Asian bloc unlikely to counter Beijing un less the two countries overcome differences BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI For a senior Afghan diplomat sitting in India’s capital, it is easy to explain how a region with a quarter of the world’s people can
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  • world
    • 419 40 NAJIB ISSUES STRONGLY-WORDED REMINDER TO UMNO DELEGATES AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —In a closed-door meeting yesterday ahead of its much-tout-ed congress, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) President Najib Razak told delegates that Malays and Islam will be “damned” if the Barisan Nasional
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    • 551 40 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) delegates to be critical and speak their minds at its assembly, which begins today, if the party is to survive and move forward. UMNO members must be brave in openly
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    • 553 41 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia’s affirmative action policies in the past 40 years have created a culture of dependency, corruption and racial envy, a prominent Malaysian economist said yesterday. Dr Kamal Salih, an adjunct professor of Economics and Development Studies at
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    • 407 42 ITS FIRST PORT CALL ‘NOT A CHALLENGE TO CHINA’ REUTERS MANIL A —Vietnam yesterday showed off its two most powerful warships in the first port call to the Philippines, but an official said it was not trying to challenge China’s superior naval
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    • 579 43 AGENCIES BANGKOK —Thai police yesterday displayed stacks of cash, luxury cars and an extensive collection of antique Buddha statues seized in a probe that has led to the arrest of seven senior police officers in one of the biggest crackdowns on
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  • business
    • 542 44 MOVE SENDS STRONG SIGNAL TO INSTITUTIONS TO LOWER COST OF FUNDS REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s central bank cut the yield for a key short-term money rate yesterday for the fourth time this year, as regulators stepped up efforts to reduce funding pressure
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    • 209 44 SINGAPORE Sovereign wealth fund GIC has tied up with the Rajawali Group, one of the largest investment firms in Indonesia, to jointly invest up to US$500 million (S$652 million) in equity in property projects in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The joint
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