Today, 14 May 2012

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday May 14, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Euro exit looms for Greece as coalition talks stall
    626 1 AGENCIES ATHENS Talks to form a coalition government in Greece have so far failed to produce a solution, leading the country one step closer to the alarming prospect of new elections, although the socialist party leader said he retained “existing but
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    Foreigners with TB: Whose responsibility is it?
    761 1  -  Employers and the authorities can do more, doctors and NGOs say WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the authorities seek to fend off a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) here, non-gov-ernment organisations (NGOs) have backed the medical fraternity’s call for more comprehensive screening for
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Euro zone debt ‘biggest threat to Japan’s economy’
      266 2 AGENCIES TOKYO Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said that the debt crisis plaguing the euro zone is the biggest threat to Japan’s economy. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswires on Saturday, Mr Noda also said that Japan and other countries cannot
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      Lock icon Spanish protesters return to the streets
      235 2 AGENCIES MADRID Protesters from Spain’s Indignado movement marked the one-year anniversary of their Occupy Madrid campaign on Saturday, with plans to hold three more days of demonstrations. A total of 72,000 people protested across Spain, according to the police, with 30,000 in Barcelona and
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      Lock icon PAP’s Choo out and about in Hougang, low profile for WP’s Png
      539 3  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Unlike his Workers’ Party opponent, the People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate for the Hougang by-election, Mr Desmond Choo, has been very much in the public eye since he was officially introduced by Deputy Prime
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      Flying Dutchman to rest after heart attack
      263 4  -  CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE MediaCorp radio personality Mark van Cuylenburg (picture), also known as The Flying Dutchman, is recuperating in hospital after suffering a heart attack yesterday morning. Doctors have ordered the 56-year-old, a popular deejay on MediaCorp Radio Class 95, to rest
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      TAXI DRIVER IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DIES
      122 4 The taxi driver who was hurt in Saturday’s pre-dawn accident at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street, involving his taxi, a Ferrari and a motorcycle, died yesterday evening. The 52-year-old man was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, but his condition remained
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      Students unfazed by Yale-NUS controversy
      338 4  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE Despite the controversy surrounding the YaleNUS College, its prospective students about 50 of them took part in activities over the weekend, together with their parents are unperturbed by the negative publicity. Ms Venezia Lim, 19, felt that the clash of views was
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      Lock icon Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul agree to start free-trade talks this year
      354 6 BLOOMBERG BEIJING The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea agreed to start negotiations this year on a free-trade accord between three of Asia’s four biggest economies. China’s Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and South Korea
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      Lock icon NORTH-EAST ASIAN POWERS TO TRY EASING N KOREA TENSIONS
      133 6 AP Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said yesterday that they will work together to try to calm tensions on the Korean peninsula, as the three largest East Asian economies also took
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      BCA reaches out to SMEs ...
      207 8  - BCA reaches out to SMEs SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More attention will be given to small and mediumsized construction companies to help them improve productivity as the Building and Construction Authority steps up engagement with SMEs. This comes after considerable take-up for the Construction Productivity and Capability Fund, and the
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      Lock icon UOB STAFF RUN FOR A CAUSE
      100 8 Some 10,000 employees of United Overseas Bank (UOB) and their families spread over five countries in the region took part in the annual UOB Heartbeat Run/Walk yesterday to raise funds for children’s charities. In Singapore, more than 3,500 bank employees and their families were
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      These teens are happy to go green
      301 8  -  HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Like ordinary teenagers, they surf the Internet, listen to music, hang out with their friends and study for examinations. Lorraine Lim, Brisa Quek and Abigail Lee from Ngee Ann Secondary have something else in common. They bring their
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      9 4 >> HEALTH MINISTRY MONITORING TB TRENDSAMONG FOREIGN WORKERS VOICES 13
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      The best place in the world to be creative
      1515 9  -  Why would an international best-selling writer on creativity live here? Because while New York may call itself ‘the capital of the world’, Singapore is the world FREDRIK HAREN Fredrik Haren, an author and speaker on business creativity, has lived in Asia
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      994 10  -  In a society where everything is for sale, civic practices are crowded out by market values, while rich and poor get further segregated THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman is a threetime Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES Poring through Harvard philosopher
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  • VOICES
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      Deepen reservoirs to increase capacity
      275 12  -  Letter from Paul Chan Poh Hoi I WAS impressed with the recent thoughtprovoking idea from former chief defence scientist Lui Pao Chuen that building underground reservoirs in rock caverns could increase our rainwater storage capacity by 10 million cubic metres. This may increase rainwater harvest
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      Indoor Stadium has potential
      170 12  -  Letter from Michelle Wong THE report “Let’s make the Singapore Indoor Stadium world-class” (April 10) mentioned that part of making the stadium world-class would be to make it a “multi-utility” centre, beyond a sporting arena, and that a community element would make it “come alive”. I
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      Health Ministry monitoring TB trends among foreign workers
      379 13  -  Letter from Dr Jeffery Cutter Jeffery Director, Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health WE THANK Dr Vincent Chia for his feedback in the letter “Are our TB screening measures for foreign workers enough?” (May 4). Screening requirements for tuberculosis vary according to
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      S’pore medical tourism needs careful rethink
      301 13  -  Letter from See Leong Kit THE timely report “India’s medical tourism could cause superbug to spread globally” (May 9) referred to a new superbug that has emerged from India, partly because of medical tourism, with scientists saying there are almost no drugs to treat
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Hotels up the ante despite poor outlook
      387 14  -  VIMITA MOHANDAS vimita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Tourism Board has conservatively projected S$24 billion in tourism receipts and some 14.5 million visitors for this year, mirroring the World Tourism Organisation’s sentiment that international tourism is set to grow at a slower rate. But this
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      Lock icon The crucial few seconds
      621 16  -  Knowing what to do in a medical emergency makes all the difference AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Six years ago, I felt helpless after my 53-year-old father fell at home and became unconscious. Overcome with fear that I might lose him, I did not know what to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon UMNO bullish on snap polls
      385 18 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The massive congregation of UMNO supporters which turned Bukit Jalil Stadium into a sea of red for its 66th anniversary has left the ruling Malaysian party’s rank-and-file eager for early elections despite coalition partners in Sabah and Sarawak calling for
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      Lock icon Massive Johor refinery to pull in S$49b in investments
      225 18 AGENCIES PENGERANG (Johor) The mammoth Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) in south-eastern Johor will become Malaysia’s biggest development project with Prime Minister Najib Razak revealing yesterday that investors are ready to pump in RM120 billion (S$49 billion) into the refinery
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      Lock icon INDONESIAN TEAMS SCOUR RAVINE FOR PLANE’S BLACK BOX
      162 18 AP Dozens of Indonesian special forces and professional climbers scaled down a treacherous ravine on a volcano face yesterday in search of the missing flight recorder that could explain the deadly crash of a Russianmade jetliner. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 had 45 people
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      Lock icon Bo wishes he had divorced wife: Japanese commentator
      339 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO Deposed Chinese communist boss Bo Xilai has said he regrets not divorcing his wife Gu Kailai, who is suspected of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood, a Japanese newspaper claims. Mr Keisuke Udagawa, a conservative Japanese political commentator who
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama fearful after being warned of ‘Chinese plot’
      201 19 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW DELHI The Dalai Lama (picture) has revealed his fears after being warned Chinese agents have hatched a plot to kill him. In an exclusive interview published in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner revealed
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      Lock icon TOP AFGHAN PEACE COUNCIL MEMBER SHOT DEAD
      149 19 AP An assassin armed with a pistol fitted with a silencer shot dead a top member of the Afghan Peace Council yesterday at a traffic intersection in the nation’s capital, the police said. The killing strikes another blow to efforts to negotiate a
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      Lock icon Woman abused on Facebook launches legal action to expose ‘trolls’
      239 20 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A woman abused on the Internet so badly that she was falsely portrayed as a paedophile has launched a landmark legal action to bring her online tormentors also known as “trolls” to justice. Ms Nicola Brookes,
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      Lock icon Romney seeks to win over evangelical voters
      238 20 AP LYNCHBURG (Virginia) United States Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney sought to win over evangelical voters in a speech on Saturday at a conservative Christian university by declaring his opposition to gay marriage, while barely mentioning the Mormon faith that has shaped his
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      Lock icon CUBAN PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER LEADS GAY RIGHTS MARCH
      205 20 AP ThedaughterofCuban President Raul Castro said during a rousing gay rights march on Saturday that her father advocated eliminating sexual discrimination and reiterated her own hope the country would soon legalise same sex marriage. Ms Mariela Castro, 50, a noted gay rights advocate
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  • BUSINESS
    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (MAY 7 TO MAY 11)
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        STI
        21 22 FRIDAY CLOSE 2,883.40 (-0.70%) Thursday 2,903.60 p 0.09% Wednesday 2,900.91 q 1.06% Tuesday 2,931.98 p 0.24% Monday 2,924.95 q 2.19%
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        NOBLE
        83 22 STOCK CALL Outperform S$1.16 CIMB upgrades from Trading Buy on an improved outlook and raises target to S$1.42 from S$1.40. It notes Q1 core profit, typically 20 per cent of FY results, came in slightly ahead at 24 per cent of the house’s fiscal 2012 forecast on higher revenue.
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      More tap S’pore funds
      369 22  -  THOMAS CHO thomaschokm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More foreign corporations are raising funds through the issue of debt in Singapore drawn by the ample supply of cheap funding here and the stable Singapore dollar. Last year, the number of Singapore dollar (SGD) foreign bond issuances jumped 24 per cent
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      SC Global buys resort site in Bali
      219 22 SINGAPORE Mainboard-listed SC Global Developments said it is acquiring a resort development site in Bali for US$32.5 million (S$40.7 million). In a Stock Exchange filing, the firm said the deal will be done via its subsidiary Tanah Investments. This unit will acquire two
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  • DIGITAL
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      The true costs of social media
      447 23  -  COMMENTARY ASHWIN MALSHE Ashwin Malshe is assistan t professor of Marketing at the ESSEC Business School, Paris-Singapore. Many companies jump on the social media bandwagon because they think social networks are free. However, sceptics argue that there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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      TECHSTREAM
      109 23 Facebook is updating its data use policy to give people more clarity on how it uses information they share, reported AP. It will share the changes through ads around the site and on its mobile apps. Facebook’s chief privacy officer Erin Egan will also host an online chat today
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon City paint the town blue
      754 24 Aguero scores at the death to steal the Premier League trophy from Man United AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 3 QPR 2 MANCHESTER On a mad, unforgettable afternoon that would surely go down as the most dramatic season finale in Premier League history, Manchester City
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      Lock icon A blockbuster of a season
      481 25 The 2011/2012 Premier League season will clearly be remembered for the war between the Manchester clubs and with it coming to a climax yesterday, we take a look at how the season has been played out like a six-part drama series replete with shock results,
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      Lock icon DI MATTEO HAPPY WITH HIS LEGACY
      253 25 AGENCIES Chelsea’s interim manager Roberto Di Matteo (picture) is happy with the impact he has made since Andre Villas-Boas’ departure in March and says he remains unconcerned about whether he will take over the reigns on a full-time basis. “My contract expires at the
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      Lock icon Renewed market jitters could stall F1 IPO
      319 26 REUTERS BARCELONA Renewed turbulence in global markets could put the brake on plans to float the Formula One motor racing business in Singapore next month, a source close to the deal told Reuters on Saturday. Formula One will be looking carefully at how
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      Lock icon Maldonado bags historic win in Catalunya
      602 26 Venezuelan gives Williams their first victory since 2004 FORMULA 1 Spanish Grand Prix REUTERS BARCELONA Pastor Maldonado grabbed an astonishing first Formula 1 victory yesterday in a Spanish Grand Prix thriller that handed former champions Williams their first triumph in 132 races and nearly
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      Lock icon Gasol the star as Lakers oust Nuggets
      421 27 NBA PLAY-OFFS Lakers 96 Nuggets 87 (Lakers win series 4-3) AP LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers used their quality and experience to finally put away the energetic Denver Nuggets 96-87 in a thrilling Game 7 on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to
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      Lock icon Na’s slow and steady waggles
      366 27 REUTERS PONTE VEDRA BEACH Kevin Na managed to secure the third-round lead at the Players Championship despite labouring with an infuriating inability to pull the trigger on his shots, annoying spectators, television commentators and even himself. Na shot a bogey-free 68 to lead by a
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      Lock icon RANGERS ACCEPT TAKEOVER BID FROM EX-SHEFF UTD CHIEF
      170 28 AGENCIES Administrators for stricken Scottish club Rangers accepted a takeover bid yesterday from a group led by former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green, who must now try to rescue the 140-year-old Glasgow team. Rangers went into administration in February over unpaid
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      Lock icon A First XI dream might soon be reality
      389 28  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE First XI footballers Mohamad Helmi Mohamad (picture) and Mohamed Kiyasudeen Nagoorgani were delighted to make the final cut when MediaCorp Channel 5’s sports reality TV show first unveiled its top 15 last week. There could be even
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