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Advertisement15 2013-02-20 1 WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2013 M I C A P) 0 93/0 6/2 0 1 215 words
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Title Section16 2013-02-20 1 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/201216 words
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Advertisement41 2013-02-20 1 DO WE WANT A GENERATION RAISED SOLELY ON MERITOCRATIC IDEALS OF ENTITLEMENT OR A STRONGER SENSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE? COMMENT&ANALYSIS 16 PEOPLE TALKING LOUDLY ON MOBILE PHONES SHARE YOUR PAIN ATOUCHTHIS.COM Ouch! SPORTS 40 ARSENAL BOOED AFTER HOME LOSS TO BAYERN41 words
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Article, Illustration492 2013-02-20 1 TEO XUANWEI - It will transform how people interact, degree of cooperation and interdependence: PM Lee BILATERAL TIES TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With several joint projects between Singapore and Malaysia in progress following the landmark resolution of a decades-long dispute over railway land, the two governments yesterday announcedPHOTO: DON WONG - 492 words
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Article128 2013-02-20 1 TEO XUANWEI - TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian Premier Najib Razak yesterday unveiled the design of Marina One one of a number of joint projects borne out of the major land-swop deal the two leaders sealed in 2010. The128 words
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Article232 2013-02-20 2 Plans are for the project to be a private-public partnership where private firms will run the project with strong government participation and infrastructural support, he added. The rail line is the latest agreement between both countries since Mr Najib took office in 2009. During the retreat, both leaders reaffirmed their232 words
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Article193 2013-02-20 2 There will also be another two 30-storey commercial towers with approximately 1.88 million sq ft net lettable area. Architect Christoph Ingenhoven, renowned for green and sustainable designs such as the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California was behind Marina One’s lushly landscaped design which includes waterfalls and rooftop gardens. The193 words
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Article, Illustration453 2013-02-20 2 WONG WEI HAN - Danga Bay, to be developed over 10 to 12 years, will include homes, offices, shopping mall BILATERAL TIES WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s links with Malaysia’s Iskandar region are set to deepen, with CapitaLand, Singapore’s largest listed developer, leading a joint venturePHOTO: DON WONG - 453 words
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353 2013-02-20 2 SUMITA SREEDHARAN - SUMITA SREEDHARAN SINGAPORE —Frequent travellers between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur cheered at the prospect of a highspeed rail link, which promises to be faster than the current alternatives on offer if waiting times are factored in. However, they felt that price, comfort and the353 words
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Article, Illustration571 2013-02-20 4 ASHLEY CHIA - But DPP says ex-SCDF chief should have declared a conflict of in terest in procuremen t case PETER LIM TRIAL ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Peter Lim Sin Pang, the former Commissioner of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), sat on two of its tenderPHOTOS: ERNEST CHUA - 571 words
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Article, Illustration558 2013-02-20 6 CYBERCRIME THE NEW YORK TIMES SHANGHAI —On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighbourhood dominated by a 12-storey white office tower, sits a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) base for China’s growing corps of cyberwarriors. The building off Datong Road is the headquartersTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 558 words
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95 2013-02-20 6 REUTERS The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the government firmly opposed hacking, adding that it doubted the evidence provided in the report. ‘Hacking attacks are transnational and anonymous. Determining their origins are extremely difficult. We don’t know how the evidence in this so-called report can be tenable,’REUTERS - 95 words
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Article, Illustration290 2013-02-20 8 TERRITORIAL DISPUTE AP BEIJING China said yesterday it has rejected the Philippines’ attempt to seek international arbitration over conflicting claims to territory in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that China’s Ambassador to Manila, Ms Ma Keqing, had returned Manila’sAP; PHOTO: REUTERS - 290 words
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Article, Illustration584 2013-02-20 10 PISTORIUS MURDER CHARGE THE NEW YORK TIMES PRETORIA —South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who is facing a charge of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, flatly denied on Tuesday that he intended to takeTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: AP - 584 words
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Advertisement214 2013-02-20 7 iPad 2:38 PM 91 m? hot news commentary voices daily focus china&india world MORE STORIES What makes a Singaporean core? S V tr X > i V Several MPs give their take on the concept on the first day of debate in Parliament O P o o o BYNEOCHAI CHINSINGAPORE214 words
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Article, Illustration1090 2013-02-20 12 SOON SZE MENG - BUDGET 2013 SOON SZE MENG Soon Sze Meng holds public policy and business administration degrees and works in a multinational corporation. He is a speaker at tomorrow’s Fulbright-SMU Policy Forum on ‘Social Mobility and Public Finance’. The Government’s spending plans traditionally aim to sustain a strong economyTODAY FILE PHOTO - 1,090 words
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Article743 2013-02-20 16 DICKSON LEE KE FENG - RETHINKING MERITOCRACY DICKSON LEE KE FENG Dickson Lee is a final-year law student at the Singapore Management University. It has long been thought that to account for the widening inequality gaps that meritocracy creates, Singapore must make the starting points for its people more equal,743 words
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Advertisement26 2013-02-20 12 A strong sense of self-entitlement based on inherited talents or birthright should be rejected, if Singapore wishes to stem or reverse income inequality. DICKSON LEE 1626 words
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Advertisement179 2013-02-20 17 Calling All Shutterbugs! Come over to Downtown East this March to capture fun memories of your time here and stand to win fantastic prizes! Pre-registration is required for the Pro-sumer Category. Win up to $16,000 worth of prizes including a MacBook Air, cash vouchers and resort stays! safe 0®. •Vo®®179 words
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417 2013-02-20 18 BENJAMIN WONG YONG QUAN - FROM BENJAMIN WONG YONG QUAN Meritocracy is one of Singapore’s avowed core values and has been lauded as a fair, efficient means of political, economic and social ordering. Last month, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said that there was no real417 words
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260 2013-02-20 18 ALAN CHIANG - FROM ALAN CHIANG Senior Executive, Corporate Affairs, Football Association of Singapore The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is grateful for the strong, unstinting support that football enjoys among Singaporeans. And we appreciate Mr George Quek’s call for fans to give us time and260 words
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511 2013-02-20 19 CORINNA LIM; PORSCHE POH - FROM CORINNA LIM Executive Director, Association of Women for Action and Research PORSCHE POH Executive Director, Silver Ribbon (Singapore) In Singapore, attempting suicide is a crime under Section 309 of the Penal Code. While most people do not attempt suicide, we are511 words
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Article90 2013-02-20 19 ABDUL KALIK ABDUL RAZAK - FROM ABDUL KALIK ABDUL RAZAK To Singaporean men, National Service and preparing for any eventuality as a reservist are obligations for the survival of our little red dot. So I agree with the writer, in “Spare a thought for senior former NS men” (Feb 18),90 words
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296 2013-02-20 20 LEGAL SECTOR SINGAPORE Four more foreign law firms were granted licences to practise in Singapore, in the second round of licences awarded since the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice scheme was launched in 2008. The four firms are Gibson, Dunn Crutcher,296 words
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297 2013-02-20 20 AMANDA LEE - AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE Give some elderly Public Assistance (PA) recipients free transport for their past contributions to Singapore’s economy. Provide more sheltered linkways. These were among the suggestions thrown up at a dialogue session for Our Singapore Conversation held yesterday with PA297 words
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Article, Illustration535 2013-02-20 23 TAN WEIZHEN, WOO SIAN BOON - TRAINING TAN WEIZHEN, WOO SIAN BOON weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More women here are signing up to be trained as confinement nannies amid rising demand, with participants of one programme drawing salaries of up to S$2,600 equivalent to the average monthly starting payPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 535 words
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349 2013-02-20 24 IN COURT SINGAPORE A man and his son were sentenced by the court on Friday to a fine of S$1.02 million each for conspiring to under-declare the value of 34 cars imported from Japan and providing the money to buy349 words
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Article271 2013-02-20 26 MOBILE APPLICATION CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has launched the world’s first free mobile app for glaucoma patients, aimed at helping patients and caregivers remember to apply their medication on time through reminder alerts. Doctors said this is timely as mostCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 271 words
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Article, Illustration482 2013-02-20 27 REUTERS NEW YORK Watery eyes and stuffy noses are seasonal martyrdom for millions of allergy sufferers around the globe, but now a German study finds that some help may come from an unlikely source acupuncture. Researchers, publishing in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal,REUTERS; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 482 words
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378 2013-02-20 28 REAL ESTATE BLOOMBERG BEIJING The Communist Party’s official newspaper, the People’s Daily, ran a commentary yesterday saying China must restrict access to property records, in response to calls for more disclosure amid allegations that public servants amassed real estate illegally. But it alsoBLOOMBERG - 378 words
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242 2013-02-20 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI Chinese officials are paying £130 (S$250) a time to have incriminating tweets about themselves removed from Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. The clean-up comes as corrupt officials, police and businesses hurriedly try to improve their online reputations ahead of theTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 242 words
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381 2013-02-20 29 REUTERS BEIJING The Chinese authorities said yesterday they had shut down a cashless casino bar in the resort island of Hainan, two days after a Reuters report drew attention to it. Casino gambling in China is only legal in Macau. Firms there earnedREUTERS - 381 words
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426 2013-02-20 30 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS TUNIS —Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after failing to replace a government pulled apart by acrimony between his Islamist allies and their secular opponents. Mr Jebali had threatened to quit if his plan forREUTERS - 426 words
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Article, Illustration350 2013-02-20 32 MALAYSIA POLITICS THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUA L A LUMPU R —The son of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed rumours of his candidacy as Chief Minister of Kedah, saying that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) needs to first recapture the state inTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER; TODAY FILE PHOTO - 350 words
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366 2013-02-20 33 AGENCIES GENEVA North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Disarmament yesterday, saying it could take “second and third steps” after a nuclear test last week. “As the saying goes, a newborn puppyAGENCIES - 366 words
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189 2013-02-20 33 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A 24-year-old Indonesian maid was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison by a Malaysian court after she pleaded guilty to two separate charges of attempted murder and physical abuse of her employer’s four-month-old baby. “A deterrent sentenceAGENCIES - 189 words
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324 2013-02-20 34 PRODUCT RECALL REUTERS LONDON Nestle, the world’s biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef has spread across Europe since last month, promptingREUTERS - 324 words
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Article58 2013-02-20 36 BUY (S$1.905) OSK DMG keeps rating and S$2.16 target price after Ezion secured its second charter contract of the year with a three-year deal and option for two more years from a South Asian national oil company valued at US$79.9 million (S$98.74 million). The house estimates the contract58 words
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Article68 2013-02-20 36 BUY (S$1.29) Maybank Kim Eng maintains rating but cuts target price to S$1.48 from S$1.57 after the precision machinery maker reported FY12 revenue and net profit of US$63.8 million and US$20.8 million, respectively. While profit was up 20 per cent y-o-y, it was below the house forecast of68 words
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Article27 2013-02-20 36 Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. TODAY cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.27 words
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471 2013-02-20 36 AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Dell yesterday reported a 31-per-cent drop in profit, hurt by a shrinking consumer business, as investors weighed founder Michael Dell’s offer to buy out the world’s No 3 maker of personal computers. Mr Dell, teaming up with privateAGENCIES - 471 words
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Article, Illustration376 2013-02-20 40 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LONDON Bayern Munich seized control of their Champions League last 16 tie against Arsenal as goals from Toni Kroos, Thomas Mueller and Mario Mandzukic earned the German giants an emphatic 3-1 first leg win at the Emirates yesterday (this morning,REUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 376 words
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