Today, 15 February 2013

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp FRIDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    Lock icon Ng Boon Gay acquitted
    1246 1  -  Existence of ex-CNB chief’s intimate relationship with IT executive means there’s no corrupt element, says judge SEX-FOR-CONTRACTS CASE AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After a 15-day trial that spanned four-and-a-half months, the most high-profile graft trial in years here drew to a close yesterday pending a possible
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    SingNet fined S$180,000 for mio TV service disruption
    488 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the largest fine meted out for pay-TV service disruption, SingNet was yesterday fined S$180,000 for a mio TV service outage during the final matches of the last Barclays Premier League (BPL) season. Investigations by regulator Media Development
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      38 1 WINNERS IN THE NEW ECONOMY WILL BE THOSE WITH P(ASSION)QAND C(URIOSITY)Q, NOT JUST IQ, AND WHO INVENT JOBS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 HOT NEWS 4 OSCAR PISTORIUS CHARGED WITH GIRLFRIEND’S MURDER SINGAPORE CPIB OFFICER UNDER PROBE FOR FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY 22
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Cecilia Sue’s claims ‘do not add up’
      552 2  -  Judge questions truthfulness of star witness for discrepancies in statements to CPIB and what she told the court SEX-FOR-CONTRACTS CASE AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Touted as the star witness in the sex-for-contracts trial, Ms Cecilia Sue Siew Nang provided “two contrasting versions of
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      Lock icon Oscar Pistorius charged with girlfriend’s murder
      534 4 VALENTINE’S DAY TRAGEDY AGENCIES LONDON —South African “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged yesterday with the murder of his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria. Ms Reeva Steenkamp, a model and
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      Skilled locals a major plus for Rolls-Royce
      558 6  -  MANPOWER DAVID BOTTOMLEY Business Editor davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Engineering company Rolls-Royce said that while it may continue to need access to additional foreign workers in Singapore, it was the highly qualified and skilled local talent pool that was a major reason it
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      Lock icon SMRT will take a ‘zero-defect attitude’, says CEO
      596 6  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —SMRT will be adopting a “zero-defect attitude” to provide commuters with more reliable services and enhance their commuting experience, but this would not be easy, said CEO Desmond Kuek. Speaking at a media conference yesterday, when he gave
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    • Article
      SAF sergeant under probe for Facebook post
      370 8  -  SOCIAL MEDIA EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —A sergeant in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is under investigation for a post on his personal Facebook page suggesting he let his anger out freely on recruits. In a post on its Cyber Pioneer Facebook
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      30 2 VIDEO EX-CNB CHIEF NG BOON GAY FOUND NOT GUILTY OF CORRUPTION Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/verdict15feb for the video.
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      7 4 SPORTS THE END OF PISTORIUS’ CAREER 45
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  • comment &analysis
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Mind the short-term trade-offs
      1034 10  -  PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RANDOLPH TAN Associate Professor Randolph Tan is Associate Professor, Business at SIM University, School of Business. This is the first of a three-part series on productivity issues. Despite the differences of opinion about the extent to which future growth should be driven
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      Lock icon The need for an evolving meritocracy
      1133 12  -  SINGAPORE SOCIETY PRAVIN PRAKASH Pravin Prakash is a political science graduate of the National University of Singapore. He currently tutors at NUS and runs a social commentary blog. Meritocracy, an essential and integral part of Singapore’s political and social culture, has of late seen
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      Lock icon It’s P(assion)Q and C(uriosity)Q, as much as IQ
      836 14  -  JOBS AND YOU THOMAS L FRIEDMAN Thomas L Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. This is excerpted from a longer commentary. THE NEW YORK TIMES Something very big happened in the last decade. The world went from connected to hyperconnected in
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      36 10 Inthehyperconnected world, the winners won’t just be those with more IQ. It will also be those with more PQ (passion quotient) and CQ (curiosity quotient) to leverage all the new digital tools. THOMAS L FRIEDMAN 14
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  • voices
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      A different S’pore story today
      437 16  -  FROM KOH CHOON HWEE In their commentary, “Immigration, opportunity and the S’porean core” (Feb 13), Ms Yolanda Chin and As­sistant Professor Norman Vasu pro­posed to lower the criteria of immi­gration laws to allow people with lower educational qualifications and economic status to become Singa­pore citizens.
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      Slow down, it’s time for lower speed limits
      138 16  -  FROM JAMES KOH LEE MENG It may be timely to review the speed limits in Singapore. With the growing population, Singapore has become a dense city. Given the size of our island, reduc­ing the expressway speed limit by 20kmh would not make
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    • Article
      Too quick to dismiss COE category idea?
      423 17  -  FROM LEOW ZI XIANG In the Parliamentary sitting on Feb 5, Member of Parliament Intan Azura Mokhtar (Ang Mo Kio GRC) suggested that first-time car buyers be classified under a different Certificate of Entitlement (COE) category where they can enjoy lower COE prices
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    • Article
      Let COEs reflect Prevailing Quota Premium
      170 17  -  FROM MARK WONG The Certificate of Entitlement is a strange thing. Its initial value is determined by auction, its depreciation is uniform over time, yet it is meant to be an instrument of vehicle population control. For COEs to do their job, make the
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    • Article
      FAS right to rebut Fandi’s accusations
      378 18  -  FROM GEORGE QUEK While it gives me no pleasure to see the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) openly rebutting Fandi Ahmad’s accusations, I applaud our football administrators for doing the right thing (“FAS hits back at Fandi’s claims of incompetence”; Feb 14). I cannot
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      Lock icon Heartlands is where S-League buzz should be
      135 18  -  FROM TAN CHI WEI I am puzzled as to why the S-League management chose to have the “S-League clubs hit Orchard Road to drum up support” (Feb 3, online). The pre-season fanfare to market the competition should have been in residential areas, where
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      206 16 LETTER EVEN IN PASSIONATE DEBATE, RESPECT IS NEEDED Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/debate15feb for the letter from Arthur Lim. Qantas now on sale Perth from $658* Sydney from $728 Sale ends 15 March 2013, unless sold out prior. Travel
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      14 16 •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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      375 18 NGEE ANN -ADELAIDE Af- BSaramra EDUCATION CENTRE J£Z gsi A PARTNERSHIP SINCE 1998 PROGRAMS OFFERED IN SINGAPORE NAA %Ssf ARE EQUIVALENT TO DEGREES OFFERED IN ADELAIDE THE UNIVERSITY ‘/ADELAIDE ASSOCIATED WITH 5 NOBEL LAUREATES PRODUCED 106 RHODES SCHOLARS GROUP OF EIGHT MEMBER AACSB Accreditation is a Hallmark of Excellence in
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  • singapore
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      Town councils offer incentives for cleanliness
      593 19  -  S&CC rebates to be given out to residents of cleanest blocks in Bishan-Toa Payoh MAINTENANCE LOUISA TANG, DESIREE TAY louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —At least two town councils have drawn up plans to dangle incentives to encourage residents to keep their estates clean, with one offering
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      Today’s nurses are better qualified, have wider job scope
      768 20  -  About~ three~ in~ four~ nurses~ here~ have~ at~ least~ a~ diploma,~ can~ make~ more~ independent~ decisions~ on~ patient~ care HEALTHCARE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE He had downloaded the Population White Paper and was reading it on the morning of
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      SDP proposes more rigorous screening for foreign professionals
      261 21  -  NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —A more rigorous scheme to screen foreign professionals seeking employment in Singapore and a progress indicator that takes into account environmental, social, economic and security factors. These were among the recommendations made by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
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      Judgment reserved on challenge to Section 377A
      371 21  -  TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE A High Court reserved judgment yesterday on a challenge that Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalises sex between gays, is unconstitutional the second such legal action in recent years. Graphic designers Gary Lim Meng Suang, 44, and Kenneth
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      Lock icon CPIB officer under probe for financial impropriety
      155 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —An officer from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is being investigated for suspected financial impropriety. The CPIB has confirmed the case and in a statement said it had referred the matter to the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) for investigation.
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    • Article
      Don’t forget ‘couple time’: Marriage Central
      434 22  -  FAMILY LIFE KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Valentine’s Day might have just passed, but the passion must not fizzle out married couples should set aside regular quality time for their spouses, said Marriage Central. A survey conducted last year by the agency which is part
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      115 22 BQsim university Manage Your Future Career success can go from ABC to Z. To nurture a spark in tomorrow’s young leaders as Valerie has sought to do, begin by nurturing your own at SIM University. Our School of Human Development and Social Services provides professional training across a range of
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  • science
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      Lock icon Singapore’s own anteaters under threat
      643 26  -  Tomorrow is World Pangolin Day and environmental group wants more to be done for these endangered species ENDANGERED SPECIES ZARA ZHUANG zarazh uang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Pangolins are one of the world’s endangered animal species that are native to Singapore. Yet, the shy, ant-eating mammal hardly registers
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      29 26 VIDEO ANNETTE OLSSON SPEAKS FOR WORLD PANGOLIN DAY, FEB 16 Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/pangolinvid for the video.
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s S$13b Cambodian project raises questions
      533 28 The mega-project to extract iron ore includes proposal to build a steel plant, seaport linked by 404km railroad FOREIGN INVESTMENT REUTERS ROVIENG (CAMBODIA) —The remote district of Rovieng in northern Cambodia was once a battleground between government troops and Pol Pot’s genocidal Khmer Rouge.
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      Lock icon China’s building boom comes at farmers’ expense
      591 29 DOW JONES CHENGDU (CHINA) Mr Fu Liang pulls his battered car alongside Golden Lakeshore, a collection of luxury villas in the southwestern city of Chengdu, whose salesroom, outfitted with chandeliers and velvet furniture, evokes a nouveau riche fantasy of Tuscany. “This is where
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  • world
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      Lock icon Najib approves projects in Sabah ahead of polls
      363 34 MALAYSIA POLITICS AGENCIES BE AUFORT —Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday announced an allocation of RM226 million (S$90.4 million) to build a water treatment plant in Beaufort constituency in Sabah, as he wrapped up a two-day trip to the state ahead of
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      Lock icon ‘SABOTAGE THREAT’ AT PSY’S PENANG PERFORMANCE
      162 34 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER Penang Police Chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi confirmed yesterday there was a threat to sabotage Korean singer Psy’s performance at a Barisan Nasional (BN) Chinese New Year event earlier this week. ‘We received information of a threat to sabotage Psy’s performance, so
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Armed intruders’ surrounded in Sabah stand-off
      620 36 Group believed to be from the Philippines, but Filipino official says they are unarmed and some are Sabah residents MALAYSIA SECURITY AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR The Malaysian authorities said security forces in Sabah yesterday surrounded armed intruders believed to be from the southern Philippines,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pope hints he will retire into seclusion
      171 36 AGENCIES VATICAN CITY —Pope Benedict XVI indicated yesterday that he would withdraw into isolation after his resignation on Feb 28 but said he will still remain close to the clergy. The Pontiff spoke to a gathering of parish priests and clergy of the
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono’s son resigns from Parliament to focus on party affairs
      430 36 AGENCIES JAKARTA —Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned to one of his sons to help him rescue the ruling party which opinion polls suggest faces crushing defeat in a legislative election next year. Late last week, Mr Yudhoyono effectively
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      Lock icon S Korea unveils missile that ‘can hit North’s leaders’
      335 37 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea unveiled a cruise missile yesterday that it said can hit the office of North Korea’s leaders, trying to address concerns that it is technologically behind its neighbour, which this week conducted its third nuclear test. South Korean
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    • Article
      Lock icon Horsemeat scandal set to spur tougher EU food tests
      247 37 AGENCIES BRUSSELS The European Commission has proposed increased DNA testing of meat products to assess the scale of a scandal involving horsemeat sold as beef that has shocked the public and raised concern over the continent’s food supply chains. The initial
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      Lock icon To stop floods, Netherlands lets the water in
      970 38 S$3.7b Dutch project may yield lessons in flood protection for other low-lying coastal regions ENVIRONMENT THE NEW YORK TIMES waspik(the Netherlands) For centuries, the Dutch have focused their efforts on holding back the sea and floodwaters, with varying degrees of success. These
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      269 41 BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Population Matters: Purpose, Priorities Perceptions BSI Conference 2013 SPEAKERS David Chan Director Behavioural Sciences Institute Singapore Management University Tan Ern Ser Associate Professor of Sociology National University of Singapore Charlotte Beck Senior Director (Elderly Disability) Ministry of Social Family Development Mathew Mathews Research Fellow
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      54 1 DANCE ON SINGAPORE HAS GREAT DANCE CULTURE, SAYS TODAYMOVEMENTDANCE CHAMPIONSHIP JUDGES 6 MUSICAL ENERGY CARLOS SANTANA ON WHAT MAKES HIM TICK 8 TELL IT LIKE IT IS JOAN RIVERS LETS LOOSE ON CELEBRITY FASHION FAUX PAS 12 FRIDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2013 FASHION STAKES EIGHT COOL TRENDS FROM NEW YORK FASHION
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