Today, 10 November 2011

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    39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday November 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday November 10, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    TB not making a rapid comeback in Singapore
    608 1  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite recent media reports of three students in Bedok Town Secondary School diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), the disease a major public health problem in the ’50s and ’60s is not making a rapid comeback. At a press
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      6 1 >> S’PORE REMAINS VIGILANT ABOUTTB VOICES 25
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Bedok school TB cases 'not related to each other'
      356 2  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE The three cases of active tuberculosis (TB) disease in Bedok Town Secondary School were “not related to each other”, said Dr Jeffery Cutter, director of the communicable diseases division in the Health Ministry. Dr Cutter said yesterday
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      Lock icon LAGARDE SIGNS UP TO SHARE UPDATES ON CHINA’S TWITTER
      170 2 REUTERS International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has joined a growing panoply of Western luminaries and celebrities such as Bill Gates and actress Emma Watson on China’s most popular micro-blogging platform, Weibo. “Hello Sina weibo, looking forward to sharing updates here.
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      Lock icon World economy could suffer ‘lost decade’: IMF’s Lagarde
      406 2 AGENCIES BEIJING The global economy could suffer a “lost decade” unless nations act together to counter threats to growth, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde warned yesterday. Speaking at a financial forum, Ms Lagarde said: “There are clearly clouds on the
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      Lock icon China inflation, output create expectations of pro-growth steps
      432 2 REUTERS BEIJING Chinese industrial output grew at its weakest annual pace in a year last month and inflation fell sharply, raising expectations Beijing will do more to support economic growth by “fine-tuning” policy. A flurry of data yesterday showed that China’s factories
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      Lock icon It's not all smooth sailing at SEA Games
      642 3  -  Indonesian official apologises for power outage, shortage of hotel rooms, transportation, ticketing issues TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG A number of football teams in Jakarta, including the one from Singapore, have seen some of their players struck down by a stomach bug. The
      PHOTOS BY OOI BOON KEONG  -  642 words
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      Lock icon Italy enters bailout territory despite PM's concessions
      546 4 AGENCIES ROME Italy’s key borrowing rate spiked yesterday well above the 7 per cent level that eventually forced other euro zone countries to seek bailouts, amid uncertainty over who would lead the country when Premier Silvio Berlusconi steps down. After failing to secure
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      Lock icon Greece still in political, financial limbo
      235 4 AGENCIES ATHENS Another strong candidate for the post of interim Prime Minister emerged yesterday as pressure mounted on Greece’s two main political parties to wrap up three days of talks on a national unity government. Parliament Speaker and former Justice and Public Order Minister
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      Lock icon MBS jackpot winner to finally get her dues
      307 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A hawker who got into a dispute with Marina Bay Sands (MBS) after she was denied her full jackpot winnings will be getting the money after all. The MBS said yesterday that it has agreed to pay Madam Choo
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTO COURTESY CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  307 words
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      PAP announces CEC replacements
      228 6  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has appointed six replacements to fill vacancies in its Central Executive Committee (CEC), the party’s highest de-cision-making body. Three of them are new Members of Parliament (MPs) and office bearers who had contested in the May General
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      FORMER TEACHER ACCUSED OF MOLESTING THREE BOYS
      149 6 A former school teacher has been accused of molesting and performing oral sex on his pupils in a primary school located in the eastern part of Singapore. The 37-year-old allegedly committed the offences on three boys between nine and 11 years old. He
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      Lock icon Singaporean women still prefer taller men
      508 8  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Does size matter? Apparently it does to women surveyed by dating agency Lunch Actually. Only 14 per cent of Singaporean women surveyed would date a man who is shorter, although 42 per cent of Singaporean men said they would date
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      Lock icon AirAsia plans premium airline to compete with RedQ
      301 10 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes will set up a new premium regional airline that will compete head-on with Qantas’ new RedQ fullservice carrier, the Sun newspaper reported yesterday quoting unnamed sources. The report said the new full-service carrier will likely
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      Lock icon Hassle-free GST refunds the electronic way
      339 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Tourists here can now rely on an electronic GST refund system for a seamless and hassle-free tax refund experience. The Electronic Tourist Refund Scheme (eTRS) is jointly developed, deployed and operated by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and Global
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      Lock icon Toyota recalls 550,000 cars, mostly in US
      350 10 AGENCIES TOKYO Toyota Motor said yesterday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide mostly in the United States for problems that could make it harder to steer. The recall affects 447,000 vehicles in North America, 38,000 in Japan and 25,000 in Australia and
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      4 3 >> SEA GAMES REPORTS 64
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      72 4 >> WITH BERLUSCONI GONE, WILL EUROPE’S LEADERS BE ABLETO SAVETHE EURO? COMMENT 16 McHappy D a y® BUY A SMILE HELP A CHILD In celebration of McHappy Day, McDonald’s is selling Ronald Smiles at only $2 each. 100% of proceeds go towards the Ronald McDonald House Charities® to help sick
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      229 10 New Business Career Opportunities "The Ministry of Education will implement a new framework to enhance the development of 21st century competencies in our students." The Ministry of Education Press Release, March 9. 2010 HOW TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, THE S'PORE WAY (Extracted from The Straits Times 21 July 2007) (Extracted
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Is success a licence to cheat?
      1217 12  -  Teaching our students about values may be easy getting them to apply them day to day is the tough part MAK YUEN TEEN Mak Yuen Teen is an associate professor of accounting at the NUS Business School who specialises in corporate governance. I teach
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      Lock icon End bonuses for bankers
      1187 14  -  NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professor of risk engineering at New York University Polytechnic Institute, is the author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. He is a hedge fund investor and a former Wall Street trader. THE NEW YORK TIMES
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      Lock icon With Berlusconi gone, will Europe's leaders be able to save the euro?
      671 16 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG For years observers have wondered what it would take to unseat Mr Silvio Berlusconi as Italy’s Prime Minister. Serial scandals, prosecutions (three pending at last count), diplomatic pratfalls and a long record of economic failure
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      Lock icon Europe's real failure – its central bank
      936 16  - Europe's real failure its central bank The drama may be in Greece and Italy, but the fate of the euro is determined by two other men JOHN QUIGGIN John Quiggin, a visiting professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; AP  -  936 words
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      Beyond the handshakes, leadership of Asia-Pacific in turmoil
      781 19  -  SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post Crisis Divide from America. Leaders from Asia will soon be hosted by United States President Barack Obama for the Asia-Pacific Economic
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      Lock icon Turning the integration dream into reality
      1184 20  -  Substantial progress needed if South-east Asia’s goal of a more integrated, open market is to be met NICK WRIGHT Nick Wright is head of State Street Global Services and State Street Global Markets, South Asia. Although all part of the same region, the Association
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  • VOICES
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      Cat sterilisation effective: SPCA
      538 22  -  Letter from Corinne Fong Executive Director Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) I REFER to the letter “Why are cats the priority?” (Nov 7) and would like to address certain issues raised by Mr Peter Khaw. The prohibition on pet cats being kept
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      REGULATING CAT OWNERSHIP IS THE NEXT CRUCIAL STEP
      328 22  -  VERON LAU VICE-PRESIDENT, CAT WELFARE SOCIETY The measures that are being piloted as a collaboration between government agencies, animal welfare groups and the community aim to address the issues highlighted by Mr Peter Khaw in his letter “Why are cats the priority?”.
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      NMPs reduce the time for elected MPs to debate issues
      257 25  -  Letter from Anton L S Chan HOW effective were the Nominated Members of Parliament (Nov 9)? My answer is, they were neither effective, necessary nor required. Parliament is a place for elected Members of Parliament to contribute and debate on
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      S'pore health authorities remain vigilant about TB
      473 25  -  Letter from Dr Jeffery Cutter Director, Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health Wong Siew Hoong Director of Schools, Ministry of Education MR SEE Leong Kit in “No room for complacency in fight against tuberculosis” (Nov 3) noted the recent TB cases in schools
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      Credit refunds automatically to ez-link cards
      159 26  -  Letter from Paul Antony Fernandez MANY commuters have recently been affected by delays and disruptions in public transport services. The affected passengers have been advised to claim their refunds from TransitLink. We live at a hectic pace and often do not have the time
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      Respect confidentiality of contest participants
      147 26  -  Letter from Denis Distant THERE is a campaign by EZLink to get ez-link cardholders to change to the new card. As an incentive, cardholders are encouraged to “hurry down to a shop near you and pay for your shopping and meals with the ez-link card
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      Why are dogs on the loose in a public place?
      351 26  -  Letter from Brian J King I WOULD appreciate some clarification on the current regulations as they apply to dog owners exercising their dogs in a public place and the enforcement of such regulations. I regularly cycle or jog along the
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      416 26 REGISTER AT PERKS.MOCCA.COM perk up with great 12 th national eye care week s 12 19 November 2011 Healthy Eyes, Healthy Children Public forum organised by Singapore National Eye Centre and Health Promotion Board Date: 12 November 2011 Guest of Honour: Venue: Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel, Mr Gan Kim Yong
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Some people are not afraid to talk about dying
      364 30  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When he embarked on an end-of-life care planning pilot project two years ago, Dr Ian Leong was surprised that patients did not view talking about death as taboo. The head of Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s department of
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      Lock icon Teachers, don't leave the kids alone
      437 30  -  Parenting heading south, teachers are key players in a child’s life, says TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Parenting, according to Dr Tan Lai Yong (picture), is a double-edged sword which can produce either the best scholars, or the worst crooks. And the medical doctor, a
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      Lock icon Three East Coast Road blocks chosen for SERS
      277 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Three blocks of flats at East Coast Road Blocks 1,2 and 3 have been chosen for the Government’s Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS). The site, which is the 75th to benefit from SERS, has 82 sold flats which
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      Lock icon More Park & Ride lots at Circle Line stations
      168 32 More Park Ride lots at Circle Line stations CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Motorists now have more than 740 lots across 12 Park Ride sites near eight Circle Line (CCL) MRT stations. Besides the lots near the Bishan, Buona Vista, Marymount, Mountbatten and Serangoon CCL MRT stations, the Land Transport Authority (LTA)
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      Two men caught with drugs but they faced different charges
      424 34  -  Lawyer challenges AGC’s decision to charge one with bringing in smaller amount of TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two men were arrested together for bringing into Singapore enough drugs to receive the mandatory death penalty. However, only one of them, Ramalingam
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      Lock icon CHINA MAY BAN INFANT FORMULA ADS TO ENCOURAGE BREASTFEEDING
      199 37 BLOOMBERG China may ban sales promotions and advertising for milk formula designed for babies younger than six months in an effort to encourage breastfeeding. The Ministry of Health said in a statement on its website yesterday that the government is canvassing
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      395 37 Tehran making nuclear warhead, says UN agency; Ahmadinejad insists country won’t budge AGENCIES TEHRAN Iran won’t retreat “one iota” from its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday in his first reaction to a United Nations watchdog report that Tehran is on the brink of
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      344 39 AP ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s President promised to work with the United States to “eradicate” the militant Haqqani network during a meeting with visiting American congressmen, according to one of the lawmakers. But the head of the Homeland Security delegation, Mr Michael McCaul, played down
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      200 39 AP Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities while most teachers view non-Muslims as “enemies of Islam”, according to a study by a United States government commission released yesterday. The findings indicate how deeply ingrained
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      Lock icon Indian court convicts 31 Hindus of killing Muslims in 2002 riots
      179 39 AP AHMEDABAD (India) An Indian court yesterday convicted 31 Hindus for killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire in Gujarat state during one of India’s worst rounds of communal violence nine years ago. For several weeks
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      Lock icon WHO SAID MALAYSIAN MEN AREN'T ROMANTIC?
      172 41 AGENCIES A telco project engineer from Selangor, Malaysia, made his girlfriend an offer she could not refuse on Internet discount website Groupon: Marry me (picture). Mr Loke Hing Seong had noticed that his girlfriend Hon Mei Chin, a secretary for a non-governmental organisation, would
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      Lock icon China sentences property developer to death for swindling S$1.1 billion
      290 41 REUTERS HONG KONG A property developer in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang was sentenced to death for swindling more than 5.5 billion yuan (S$1.1 billion) from investors in an illegal fund-raising scheme, a newspaper reported yesterday. Ji Wenhua was
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      159 41 AGENICES Beijing’s environmental-monitoring centre began allowing individuals to tour its facilities this week to quell criticisms of its efforts to track air quality in the Chinese capital, the China Daily reported yesterday. Seven people toured the facilities on Tuesday, the newspaper reported,
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      Lock icon JAPAN RELEASES CHINA FISHING BOAT CAPTAIN
      108 41 REUTERS Japan released a Chinese fishing boat captain yesterday, three days after his arrest for refusing a coast guard inspection in Japanese territorial waters. The skipper had taken his boat into waters near the Goto islands off Nagasaki in south-western Japan on Sunday when
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      Lock icon Thai PM pledges S$5b flood relief as fight to save Bangkok goes on
      223 42 AGENCIES BANGKOK Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pledged more than US$4 billion (S$5.12 billion) yesterday to help Thailand recover from the worst floods in half a century, as workers slowed the flow of water threatening the commercial heart
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      351 42 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD More than nine million flood victims in Pakistan face an “unimaginable catastrophe” of disease and malnutrition due to a massive shortfall in emergency funding, international aid agencies have warned. In a statement issued yesterday, the UN and several other aid groups said they
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      Lock icon DEATH TOLL FROM VIETNAM FLOODS CLIMBS TO 100
      130 42 AP Vietnamese officials said flooding has killed 100 people and left two others missing mostly in southern Vietnam, which is suffering its worst floods in a decade. A disaster official in central Quang Nam province said yesterday that recent floods there have
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      215 43 AP MANILA —The Philippine President yesterday offered to fly in foreign doctors for his predecessor but refused to lift a travel ban against her, expressing concern that she might never come back because of corruption complaints. President Benigno Aquino III
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      240 43 AGENCIES LILLE (France) Myanmar’s pro-democra-cy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has admitted she has yet to summon the courage to watch the biopic of her life, which deals with the death of her father and husband. The director of The Lady, Mr Luc
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      62 43 Cambodian police officials stand near the Independence Monument as they participate in the country’s 58th Independence Day celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia yesterday. King Norodom Sihamoni was joined by civil servants and students to mark the special day. In 1953, Cambodia had gained complete independence from
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      Lock icon SONIA GANDHI CANCELS FIRST RALLY SINCE ILLNESS
      163 43 REUTERS India’s most powerful politician, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, has cancelled what would have been her first public address since undergoing surgery for an undisclosed illness, highlighting speculation about her ability to run the ruling Congress party. Mrs Gandhi, 64, was due to appear
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      134 44 AP West Hollywood has approved an ordinance that bans the sale of fur clothing, becoming what is believed to be the first United States city to enact such a law. Council deputy Michelle Rex said the precedent-setting ordinance received final approval
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      427 44 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Organised labour’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious. Union leaders, who were initially cautious in embracing the Occupy movement, have in recent weeks showered the protesters with help tents, air mattresses, propane heaters and
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      213 44 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL are joining forces in an online advertising attack on Google and Facebook. The alliance, announced on Tuesday, allows each of the companies to sell each other’s unsold premium advertising inventory known as display ads from January.
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      Lock icon Embattled Republican Cain vows to fight on
      222 44 THE GUARDIAN WASHINGTON Embattled United States Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has insisted he is not planning to pull out of the race, despite a second woman coming forward to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment. The woman, 55-year-old Treasury official Karen Kraushaar,
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      Lock icon US AIR FORCE MORTUARY LOST BODY PARTS FROM WAR DEAD
      168 46 AP The United States Air Force mortuary that receives America’s war dead and prepares them for burial lost portions of human remains twice in 2009, prompting the Air Force to discipline three officials for “gross mismanagement”, officials said on Tuesday.
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      121 46 REUTERS Expecting mothers in South Korea have inundated hospitals with requests for a Caesarean section delivery on Nov 11 to secure the unique lifelong identity number of “*****1” for their children, media reported yesterday. The Korean Resident Registration Number, an identification number for all residents, is
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      87 46 Biological analyst Alan Dowden of the Seattle Sperm Bank rides the Sperm Bike, a customdesigned, high-tech bicycle used to deliver donated sperm to fertility clinics, in Seattle on Tuesday. According to Seattle Sperm Bank managing director Gary Olsem, donor sperm is transported by medical technicians
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      125 46 THE GUARDIAN Ministers in the United Kingdom are considering making CCTV compulsory in abattoirs in England, Scotland and Wales to help enforce laws against animal cruelty. Secret footage taken by the charity Animal Aid of alleged abuses has already encouraged large supermarkets
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      393 46 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A private detective has claimed that the News of the World paid him to target more than 90 people, including Prince William, former Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith and Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe’s parents, over eight
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      169 48 AP A stunt pilot with the British military’s Red Arrows aerobatic display team died on Tuesday after being ejected from his aircraft while it was on the ground. The Royal Air Force released few other details, saying an
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      359 48 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russia’s bid for its first interplanetary mission in more than two decades went awry yesterday when an unmanned spacecraft failed to take the proper course towards Mars after its launch. Now Russian scientists are racing against the clock to find
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      Lock icon Noble Group posts s$22.5-million net loss in Q3, CEO resigns
      377 50 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Commodities supply chain manager Noble Group announced yesterday the resignation of its chief executive only hours after posting a surprise US$17.5-million (S$22.5-million) net loss in the third quarter from a net profit a year earlier on the
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      Lock icon Wilmar's profit misses estimates on forex losses
      326 50 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm-oil processing company, said third-quarter profit gained 24 per cent, missing estimates, as foreignexchange losses countered earnings in sugar milling. Net income rose to US$321 million (S$413 million), or 5 cents a share, in the three
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      Lock icon StarHub Q3 net profit falls 7.6% on costs
      233 52  -  WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RYAN HUANG, AGENCIES SINGAPORE StarHub, Singapore’s second-largest telecom firm, said yesterday third-quarter net profit fell 7.6 per cent to S$75.8 million from a year ago as operating expenses rose faster than revenue. The firm’s operating expenses rose 7.1
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      Venture Corp Q3 net profit falls 27.2%
      178 52 SINGAPORE Global electronics provider Venture Corp reported yesterday a third-quarter net profit of S$35.4 million, down 27.2 per cent from the corresponding quarter a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended September fell 13.9 per cent to S$583.6 million, largely due to a
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      JASPER AWARDS S$94.5M CONTRACT TO CHINA MERCHANTS UNIT
      114 52 Jasper Investments said yesterday it has awarded a US$73.6 million (S$94.5 million) contract to a subsidiary of China Merchants Industry Holding (CMIH) to retrofit and convert its Neptune Finder semi-submersible into an accommodation floatel. CMIH is part of the China Merchants Group,
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      VISTA PARK UP FOR TENDER WITH S$323M PRICE TAG
      115 52 A prime leasehold site next to Kent Ridge Park is up for sale by tender with a reserve price of S$323 million. The site, Vista Park at 50-66 South Buona Vista Road, has a potential gross floor area (GFA) of about
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      81 52 STOCK CALL Hold s$1.67 AmFraser maintains its Hold recommendation on Wheelock Properties but cuts fair value to S$1.88 from S$2.08. Notes Wheelock reported an 18% on-year drop in net profit to S$170 million in the first nine months but says it is within expectations and meets 61% of
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      30 52 HANG SENG Ç 20,014.43 (+1.71%) Ç Ç NIKKEI 8,755.44 (+1.15%) Ç È Ç Ç SHANGHAI 2,524.92 (+0.84%) AUSTRALIA 4,346.10 (+1.22%) MUMBAI 17,362.10 (-1.18%) MALAYSIA 1,489.64 (+0.62%) SEOUL 1,907.53 (+0.23%)
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      TAT HONG Q2 NET PROFIT JUMPS 78% AS REVENUE INCREASES BY 26 PER CENT
      167 54 Tat Hong Holdings reported yesterday its net profit for the fiscal second quarter ended September rose 78 per cent to S$12.63 million on-year. Revenue increased 26 per cent to S$183.3 million from the same period a
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      Govt bodies score lower in Pro-Enterprise Index
      247 54 Average score of 74.8 still a strong showing, as MPA reclaims top SINGAPORE Government agencies continue to be proactively responsive to business needs despite scoring a lower grade on an annual survey, a report by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) shows. The
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      YANGZIJIANG Q3 NET PROFIT RISES 40%
      107 54 Mainboard-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings said yesterday its third-quarter net profit rose 40 per cent from a year earlier, due to the construction and delivery of more vessels. Net profit rose to a record quarterly 1.02 billion yuan (S$203.6 million) in the three months ended
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      Lock icon TOLARAM TO POWER UP IN ESTONIA
      109 54 BLOOMBERG Singapore’s Tolaram Group plans to build a heat and power plant in Kehra, northern Estonia, for €30 million (S$52.7 million). The plant, to be commissioned by the end of 2014, would have an annual capacity of 108 gigawatt-hours of heat and 63 gigawatt-hours
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      Lock icon DBS CEO ELECTED TO IIF BOARD
      111 54 DOW JONES DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta has been elected to the board of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the lender said yesterday. He is the first executive from a Singapore bank to join the body. “Given Singapore’s status as a leading
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      Lock icon Galleon founder to pay S$118m in SEC case
      147 56 AGENCIES NEW YORK Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, who has been convicted of insider trading, must pay a record US$92.8 million (S$118 million) penalty in a related civil case brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal
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      130 56 BLOOMBERG Japan’s listed companies lost ¥301 billion (S$5 billion) because of the currency’s advance to a record high, a survey showed. Total losses related to currency transactions among 441 listed companies in the six months ended September rose 3.3 per cent on-year,
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      S$6m BIM fund benefits more than 100 local firms
      238 56 SINGAPORE More than 100 local firms, including about 30 engineering consultants, have received support through a S$6 million fund set up to promote building information modelling (BIM) in the construction industry. Speaking at the Professionals Engineers Board Day of Dedication yesterday,
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      191 58 REUTERS HELSINKI The amount of public wireless Internet hotspots (Wi-Fi) globally will grow more than four-fold to 5.8 million by 2015, boosted by consumers’ increasing demand for connections on smartphones and tablets, an industry study showed this week. Telecom operators see Internet
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      421 58 AP SEOUL Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday defended his company as a great innovator, contradicting an unflattering portrait drawn by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs before he died last month. Mr Schmidt told reporters that he is still “very sad and recovering from
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      194 58 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Adobe Systems, the largest maker of graphic-design software, said it will eliminate 750 jobs as it shifts focus to programs that enable digital publishing and Web advertising while lessening investment in other products. The job cuts, mostly in North
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      311 60 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK How much have the new features that Facebook introduced in September helped United States-based digital music services like Spotify, MOG and Slacker? According to Facebook, quite a bit. But some of those
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      361 60 AP STOCKHOLM Assa Abloy, the world’s leading lock group, said on Tuesday it is collaborating with Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry mobile phones, to include key-card technology in upcoming models. In a statement, Assa Abloy said the technology, known
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      340 65  -  SHAMIR OSMAN JAKARTA There have been 12 reported cases of stomach trouble, varying in degrees of severity, at the Sultan Hotel here where all 11 nations taking part in the SEA Games football competition reside. While there is no concrete evidence linking
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      597 67  -  Flush with confidence, 100m ace believes the Games’ most coveted individual gold will stay here TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg PALEMBANG It will be a baptism of fire for Franklin Burumi here at the 26th SEA Games. The Indonesian sprinter will make his SEA Games debut
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      538 69 Argentine striker looks set to be shown the door after leaving Man City without permission AGENCIES MANCHESTER Carlos Tevez launched a clear signal of defiance to Roberto Mancini and gave his clearest indication yet that he has no intention of staying at Manchester City when he
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      398 69 REUTERS TEST CRICKET India vs West Indies NEW DELHI Sachin Tendulkar’s sparkling 76 secured India’s five-wicket victory in the first Test against West Indies, while prolonging his agonising wait for his 100th international century. Statistically the greatest cricketer with 33,000-plus
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      318 7 REUTERS SINGER Shakira may already be a star, but she recently became the first Colombian artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, joining Latin stars Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera on the famed street. “I would like to dedicate this
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