Today, 10 September 2011

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  • 17 1 TODAY on Saturday September 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 200/02/2011
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  • 846 1 Is S$547-billion American Jobs Act enough to bolster the US economy? AGENCIES WASHINGTON Mixing punchy rhetoric with sarcastic jabs, United States President Barack Obama challenged lawmakers to “pass this jobs Bill” a US$447-billion (S$547-billion) package of tax cuts and new government spending designed to revive
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    • 67 1 10 YEARS AFTER 9/11 HOT NEWS Self-radicalised lone wolves are a real threat today: DPM Teo Chee Hean Page 3 US cities on heightened alert Page 4 Keeping flying safe Page 6 COMMENT ANALYSIS Shanthie Mariet D’Souza Al Qaeda: More thriving than dead Page 8 Robert de Niro How a
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    • 7 1 >> OBAMA CHALLENGES REPUBLICANS OVER JOBS PLAN 21
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 633 2  -  It also wants more land sites on Reserve List to have a more sustainable JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS) has raised concerns over a potential oversupply of private homes in the near term, especially with
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    • 416 2  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE More Malay families with dependent children especially large families will now have a better chance of qualifying for tuition fee subsidies, with a revision in the criteria for the Mendaki selfhelp group’s Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) Scheme that
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    • 975 3  -  Terrorism, JI and self-radicalised lone wolves are real threat today, says DPM Teo TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Almost 10 years ago, the authorities succeeded in disrupting the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network in Singapore. Yet the terrorism threat, as well as the notorious group and
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    • 212 3  -  TEO XUANWEI With the manpower-stretched Home Team agencies having to take on a greater scope and more complex duties to tackle a spectrum of terror threats, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said more resources have been pumped in. New equipment that completes
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    • 188 4 AP United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki Moon said yesterday that he regrets that member nations have failed to agree on a comprehensive coun-ter-terrorism convention in the decade since the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. Mr Ban said the UN could
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    • 319 4 AP JAKARTA The real-life adventures of Mr Nasir Abas (picture), a former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist, have become a new comic book in Indonesia, chronicling his transformation from militant to invaluable ally in the fight against terrorism. The story of the soft-spoken 42-year-old
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    • 448 4 ‘Credible but unconfirmed’ threat to set off car bombs in Washington or AGENCIES NEW YORK The city of New York will be in a state of heightened alert over the 9/11 anniversary weekend, with extra bomb sweeps, surveillance of tunnels and bridges and even vehicle
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    • 180 4 AP Pakistan has said that the Taliban are plotting to get Osama bin Laden’s wives and children freed by kidnapping a government official and then offering to exchange him for the slain Al Qaeda chief’s family. American Navy SEALs killed Osama
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    • 162 6 10 YEARS AFTER 9/11 Protecting airline passengers is a priority for Changi Airport police officers, and this isn’t limited to checking passenger luggage. Al Qaeda: More thriving than dead Comment 8 KEEPING FLYING SAFE Download the free Tag Reader app from http://gettag. mobi and scan the Tag,
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    • 199 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen visited the elite Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) at the Poyan Range yesterday. As part of his visit, Dr Ng witnessed the SOTF conduct a live-firing exercise under different scenarios, including a hostage rescue.
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1442 8  -  It’s premature to write the obituary of a group with a formidable capacity to survive SHANTHIE MARIET D’SOUZA Dr Shanthie Mariet D’Souza is a visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. For the full version of this
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    • 977 10  -  How a film festival helped revive NYC and its international spirit ROBERT DE NIRO Robert De Niro is the co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival in downtown Manhattan and a board member of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero. He co-owns the Tribeca
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    • 1100 12  -  The euro zone’s crisis is dragging down the global economy full economic, political union is now urgent NOURIEL ROUBINI, NICOLAS BERGGRUEN Nouriel Roubini and Nicolas Berggruen are members of the Council for the Future of Europe. THE GUARDIAN After many months of muddling through
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    • 188 10 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? President, Northwest Invention Center, USA Booming Business "Started In United States Expanded to Australia, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, India. Dr Sobey launched Camp Invention, which now has more than
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    • 64 10 COMMENTARY ONLINE JEFFREY GOLDBERG America’s most dangerous terrorists might be its own self-radicalising ‘lone wolves’ who may succeed in an attack where foreign conspirators might fail. ED HUSAIN What happens among Western Muslims will define our ongoing struggle against Islamist terrorism. If more Muslims here can comfortably marry Islam and
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  • VOICES
    • 316 14  -  Deepavali considered before confirming O-Level exam LETTER FROM TAN LAY CHOO Chief Executive, Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board I REFER to Mr S Tharmaraj’s letter “A festive burden for some O-Level students” (Sept 6). We recognise that the situation is not ideal for Hindu candidates
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    • 279 14  -  LETTER FROM CHEW CHEE MENG I am one of the 400 successful applicants for the Telok Blangah Towers build-to-order (BTO) flats and a number of us are frustrated with the slow progress at the site. The Housing Development Board (HDB) told
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    • 300 14  -  Victor Sng Hoe Peng Letter from The letter “Good English starts at home” (Sept 5) mentions ways in which Singaporeans can better their English. In reality, it will be far from easy. As children here attend school for at least 40 weeks in
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    • 256 14  -  Letter from Helen Lim Acting Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority I REFER to Ms Sharon Tan’s letter “LTA invested $1m to aid taxi industry yet no significant changes seen” (Sept 7). Firstly, we are sorry to learn of the poor service she
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    • 130 14  -  he encounters the problem again. LETTER FROM DYLAN TAN, SENIOR CORPORATE DYLAN TAN FROM DYLAN TAN, SENIOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, SINGTEL We refer to Mr Yeo Shuan Chee’s letter “Why the three-day wait for an SMS?” (Sept 6). We
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 400 16  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 100,000 seniors have taken part in the People’s Association (PA) Wellness Programme since its launch in 2008. The PA gave this update as Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing visited the Bukit Merah Community
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    • 383 16  - Rajah Tann expands its regional footprint CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s secondlargest law firm, Rajah Tann LLP (R&T), which has more than 300 lawyers and support staff numbering another 300, continues to grow its reach overseas with new offices in Ho Chi Minh and Bangkok. Its overseas network now
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    • 269 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says putting education as one of the top national priorities has given the country a vital competitive advantage. Speaking yesterday at the 100th anniversary dinner of Zhonghua Secondary School, Mr Lee said the Government
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    • 100 16 Professor S Jayakumar has resigned as a permanent member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. An official media release said his resignation took effect on Thursday. In accepting his resignation, the chairman of the council, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, expressed
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    • 364 18  -  Executive claimed that he had left it in toilet ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As he dismissed the appeal of a Malaysian logistics executive found guilty of wrongfully taking a wallet that did not belong to him, Justice Steven Chong emphasised the importance of
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    • 235 18  -  MONICA KOTWANI SINGAPORE Twenty-six organisations from industries such as transport, property and media have signed the Singapore Mediation Charter, pledging to consider mediation as a first resort in resolving disputes. The charter is an initiative by the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC),
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    • 118 18 The National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and China’s Peking University’s School of Government announced yesterday that they would collaborate to provide students with a double degree programme that will enable them to spend a year
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    • 217 19 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Transport (MOT), together with its statutory boards, have raised more than S$600,000 for the Community Chest (ComChest). Presenting the cheque to Ms Jennie Chua, chairman of ComChest, at the MOT Family Charity Outreach event yesterday, Transport Minister
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    • 219 19 SINGAPORE About S$71,000 worth of “ice”, ketamine and Yaba, Erimin-5 and Ecstasy tablets were seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Thursday in two raids,. Five people were nabbed during the three-hour operation. Two men were arrested at around 6.10pm after they
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    • 277 19  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A man who posted S$100,000 bail for his younger brother so that the latter could marry his pregnant girlfriend will lose S$85,000 of the money because his brother absconded. Marketing manager Maqbool Ahmed Khan, 32, had posted the money for Irfan
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  • WORLD
    • 281 20 AGENCIES SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Il flanked by his son reviewed a military parade of goose-stepping North Korean soldiers in Pyongyang’s central square yesterday, underlining that a planned third generation of dynastic rule is on track. Mr Kim
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    • 190 20 AP BEIJING China has launched a programme to try to stop corrupt officials from fleeing the country by monitoring fund transfers and by reviewing overseas travel applications, a government management body said yesterday. The year-long programme, launched this month, has
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    • 345 20 AGENCIES WILKES-BARRE (Pennsylvania) Relentless rain caused catastrophic flooding in the eastern United States on Thursday, killing at least five people. President Barack Obama yesterday declared an emergency in New York and Pennsylvania, ordering federal agencies to coordinate disaster relief efforts. Remnants of Tropical Storm
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    • 197 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The Malaysian Cabinet is still considering using the biometric system at the next general election although it decided on Wednesday to approve the use of indelible ink for voters, a key demand by election reform movement Bersih 2.0. While
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    • 369 21 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The bitterly divided nature of Washington was reflected as politicians reacted to United States President Barack Obama’s US$447-billion (S$546-billion) jobs plan. In a rare joint session of Congress on Thursday night, Mr Obama challenged Republicans to end the “political circus” in Washington
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    • 122 21 A power outage accidentally triggered by an Arizona utility company worker darkened a broad swathe of the south-western United States and Mexico on Thursday, affecting nearly 4 million people. It left inland desert residents sweltering without air conditioners in the summer heat and brought some
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    • 133 21 AP A retired businesswoman and popular online activist was sentenced to nine months in jail yesterday for staging a protest on behalf of other activists in a case that shows the government’s unease about vocal, Internetempowered social campaigners. Wang Lihong, 56,
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    • 368 22 AGENCIES TRIPOLI As Interpol issued arrest warrants for fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two others yesterday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy of highranking Libyan officials crossing the desert. In Lyon, France, Interpol
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    • 233 22 AP LONDON A British judge yesterday sentenced a former Taliban fighter to life in prison for trying to recruit men for jihad in Afghanistan. Among those Pakistani-born Munir Farooqi tried to recruit were two undercover police officers, who recorded him bragging about how he
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    • 123 22 REUTERS A United States soldier killed an Afghan reporter working for the BBC, mistakenly believing him to be a suicide bomber aboutto detonate his explosives during an attack in July, a NATO-led alliance said on Thursday. The death of Omed Khpalwak, who
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    • 283 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MOSCOW The diary of a teenaged Russian schoolgirl who lived through the Nazi siege of Leningrad 70 years ago has been published for the first time, sparking comparisons with the diary of Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank. Historians and literary experts
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    • 125 23 Nike is to produce shoes based on a glowing pair worn by Michael J Fox in the film Back to the Future II. A total of 1,500 pairs will be made and put up for auction on eBay, with proceeds going to the Michael J Fox Foundation
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    • 117 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH French fashion brand Lacoste has asked Norwegian police to ban mass murderer Anders Breivik from wearing its clothes during court appearances. The killer insists on wearing a red Lacoste sweater with the distinctive crocodile logo on trips out
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    • 157 23 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mothers-to-be can reduce the chances of their babies developing food allergies by eating a diet rich in oily fish and nuts, according to new research in France. Academics have discovered that omega-3 fatty acids found in fish
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  • SCIENCE
    • 1126 26 Fossil find in South Africa touted as bridge between apes and humans but some scientists are not so sure THE NEW YORK TIMES JOHANNESBURG An ape-like creature with human features, whose fossil bones were discovered recently in a South African cave, is being greeted
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  • BUSINESS
    • 296 28 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that quick deficit reduction may hurt the recovery and said that the central bank will consider steps this month to bolster growth and spur hiring. “A substantial fiscal consolidation in the shorter term could
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    • 387 28 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s inflation retreated from a three-year high last month and industrial output growth slowed for a second month, adding to evidence that higher interest rates and lending curbs are cooling the world’s second-largest economy. Consumer prices rose 6.2 per cent from a
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    • 199 28 BLOOMBERG Malaysia’s industrial production unexpectedly fell in July as mining contracted and manufacturing growth slowed following weaker overseas demand. Production at factories, utilities and mines declined 0.6 per cent from a year earlier after rising a revised 1.3 per cent in
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    • 276 29 REUTERS TOKYO Global Logistic Properties (GLP), a subsidiary of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, is planning to raise at least ¥100 billion (S$1.6 billion) in an initial public offering of its Japanese assets by the end of this year, three people with
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    • 170 29 DOW JONES Tiger Airways, the budget carrier that recently suspended flights in Australia for six weeks amid safety concerns, said yesterday it carried 22 per cent fewer passengers last month than in the same month a year earlier. Tiger carried 344,000 passengers
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    • 55 29 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,825.10 (-1.11%) Thursday 2,856.90 p 0.87% Wednesday 2,832.13 p 2.08% Tuesday 2,774.33 p 0.04% Monday 2,773.17 q 2.46% TOP 5 BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 201,717 $1.700 p 0.592% Sheng Siong 86,358 $0.470 q 3.093% GoldenAgr 66,177 $0.670 p 1.515% MDR R 47,029 $0.001 UNCH
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    • 26 29 HANG SENG 19,866.63 (-0.23%) È È È NIKKEI 8,737.66 (-0.05%) Ç SHANGHAI È È 2,497.75 (-1.74%) AUSTRALIA 4,194.70 (+0.16%) MUMBAI 16,866.97 (-1.74%) MALAYSIA 1,469.12 (-0.05%)
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    • 64 29 STOCK CALL Buy s$2.93 OCBC cuts Singapore Technologies Engineering’s target to S$3.37 from S$3.58 while maintaining a Buy rating. House flags a stronger second-half earnings outlook, adding that ST Engineering is on track to meet its full-year earnings expectations despite a weakening US dollar. ST Engineering is “a
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  • PERSONAL FINANCE
    • 1050 32  -  What does the drama in the markets over the last few months mean for investors and how should they navigate the markets now that volatility looks here to stay COMME NTARY SHRIKANT BHAT Shrikant Bhat is head of wealth management at Citibank Singapore August has
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  • SPORTS
    • 488 34 Kiwis destroy Tongans in opening half, but can’t sustain their momentum REUTERS 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP, POOL A New Zealand 41 Tonga 10 AUCKLAND The lengthy build up and huge swell of anticipation were to blame for New Zealand’s error-strewn victory over Tonga in
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    • 358 34  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While he was impressed with New Zealand after their opening win, Australian great Stephen Larkham stopped short of naming the All Blacks as outright favourites for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Former Wallaby flyhalf Larkham was among 250-odd
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    • 542 35 English and the Pumas have plenty of muscle, but there’s a question mark over flair AGENCIES RUGBY WORLD CUP, POOL B Argentina vs England DUNEDIN The scrum has been the subject of so much talk ahead of today’s World Cup clash
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    • 241 35 AGENCIES AUCKLAND The opening of the long-awaited Rugby World Cup here yesterday saw scenes unprecedented in the city since 1995 when Peter Blake and Russell Coutts from Team New Zealand brought the America’s Cup to the city after the successful challenge with the San
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    • 506 36 The Potters and the Reds are undefeated and banking on their new faces for inspiration AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Stoke vs Liverpool LONDON Peter Crouch (picture) is preparing a warm welcome for his former club Liverpool, since becoming Stoke’s record signing in a
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    • 312 36 REUTERS ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal vs Swansea LONDON Arsene Wenger put on a brave face yesterday, even suggesting morale at Arsenal was high with the new players at the club ready to get the season up and running, as the team look for
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