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  • 891 1  -  Labour chief Lim says such a scheme is highly attractive, but warns of its downsides BUDGET DEBATE TEO XUANWEI, NG JING YNG xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is an idea that has long been snubbed by the Government but a minimum wage policy
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    • 31 1 MAKE LITERATURE COMPULSORY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL, BUT WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF AN EXAMINATION COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 HOT NEWS 8 MICROSOFT SLAPPED WITH S$910M FINE FOR NOT GIVING USERS A CHOICE OF BROWSERS
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  • hot news
    • 1136 2 Stand-off might also point to dangers of other, perhaps larger flashpoints in region: Analysts SABAH SECURITY CRISIS AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Malaysia’s move to launch air strikes and send in ground troops to flush out an armed Filipino Muslim clan from a coastal village in the
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    • 744 4  -  BUDGET DEBATE SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A day after Pasir RisPunggol GRC Member of Parliament (MP) Janil Puthucheary proposed free bus and MRT rides during nonpeak hours, other MPs have joined him in it. Some also urged the Government to freeze
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      135 6 I would like to urge our Government to go one step further. In the management of expectations, we need to tell the people the bad news. This is not pleasant, but it is necessary as responsible politicians governing Singapore, we will have to be honest and communicate the
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    • 484 6  -  Hri Kumar says issue should be tackled as part of national effort to promote integration NATIONAL SERVICE EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com. sg S I N G A P O R E His suggestion last month to impose a
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    • 343 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE Stressing the importance of social enterprises in building an inclusive society, Member of Parliament Seah Kian Peng (Marine Parade GRC) yesterday defended the role of NTUC Foodfare, which he said provided Singaporeans with affordable cooked food amid “rampant” price increases
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    • 503 8 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS BRUSSELS —The European Union fined Microsoft €561 million (S$910 million) yesterday for failing to offer users a choice of Web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other firms involved in EU antitrust disputes. It
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    • 216 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK With less drama and a smaller rise than the previous day, the Dow industrials hit another milestone yesterday as the overall market ended higher after a sluggish day. As trading ended, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.3
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    • 326 8 REUTERS BEIRUT —Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar Al Assad’s forces pull back from a rebel-held village that has seen heavy recent fighting. The capture was
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    • 630 10 URBAN PLANNING AGENCIES BEIJING China’s planned urbanisation drive will be the main engine of growth for domestic economic activity in the years ahead, giving the government scope to boost domestic demand and infrastructure investment, a senior planning official said yesterday. China plans to
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    • 422 4 Redeem exciting gifts at IT Show 2013! Booth B011, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre B2,7-10 March 2013 Charge Redeem Charge to your Maybank Credit Card and redeem these gifts V Charge: S$2,500 and above Redeem: Bose® IE2 audio headphones Limited to first 150 redemptions Charge: S$1,500 and above Redeem: Innergie
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    • 10 4 SINGAPORE BUS COMPANIES TO RECEIVE ABOUT S$18M FROM ADS 22
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1124 12  -  TEXT AND THE CITY NAZRY BAHRAWI Nazry Bahrawi is a research associate at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, and lecturer at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. At the heart of the current debate about literary studies in Singapore lies a paradox.
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    • 913 14  -  TRAINING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS JEREMY LIM Dr Jeremy Lim has held senior executive positions in both public and private healthcare sectors. He is currently writing a book on the Singapore health system. This is part of a series on health policies in Singapore. To
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    • 1069 16  -  ANOTHER CRISIS IN THE WINGS? STEPHEN S ROACH Stephen S Roach, a faculty member at Yale University and former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is the author of The Next Asia. PROJECT SYNDICATE Apparently, policymakers at the Federal Reserve are having second thoughts about
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    • 107 12 Speaker Dr David Tan(Ret) (>40 Yrs Clinical experience) Organized by bioDYNE Labs® FREE Public Health Forum (Back by Request) Taming Cancer Food and Nutrition Natural Chemoprevenfive Stress Techniques Hear 3 recent participants share about their "Fights with Cancer" and how they have Tamed their Cancers Forum Date :9 th Mar
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    • 25 12 Medical schools the world over (including in Singapore) now emphasise empathy training. These take multiple forms, including movies, drama, poetry and literature. JEREMY LIM 14
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    • 30 15 COMMENTARY CLOSE THAT WORKPLACE GENDER GAP Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ comgender7march for the commentary by Theresa W Devasahayam.
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  • voices
    • 329 18  -  FROM HARRIS TAN KENG SHENG In its commitment to transforming the economy to one that is driven by productivity, the Government has adopted a calibrated long-term vision to create a sustainable model for the country, rather than offer short-term benefits to
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    • 255 18  -  FROM FARAH ABDUL RAHIM Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Manpower We refer to the letter (“Is the Cambodian maid pilot scheme fair?”, Feb 28) where Ms Alice Cheah opined that the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) selection of six employment agencies in a
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    • 377 20  -  FROM YVONNE WONG My thanks to TODAY for the cov­erage on the Finnish system of ed­ucation, which I believe educators around the world, including our Edu­cation Ministry, have been studying (“In teachers they trust”, March 4; “Learning for life, the Finnish way” and “Pre­school:
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    • 150 20  -  FROM SEBASTIAN TAN I refer to Mr Richard Hartung’s commentary “Why not a ‘drive less, pay less’ system?” (March 6). While there are certain merits to his proposals, I want to offer an­other perspective on the “charge by usage” proposal. Under
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    • 14 18 •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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  • singapore
    • 350 22  -  Transport Minister says lab findings will indicate if SMRT’s incident management plans need to be improved NEWTON TUNNEL FIRE SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Last month’s fire in a tunnel near Newton MRT Station was caused by a short circuit, which was most likely due
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    • 181 22 SINGAPORE —Public bus operators SBS Transit and SMRT Buses are expected to receive about S$18 million from advertising revenue collected by the Government during the current financial year. With effect from Financial Year (FY) 2012, the Government has allowed
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    • 790 24 Wong Hong Tao is proud to be part of the team shaping Singapore’s industrial landscape meet for a game of soccer. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM When it came to looking for a job, Mr Wong Hong Tao wanted a career that he could
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    • 565 25  -  State Counsel say decision to keep S377A based on ‘continuing protection of public morality’ AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —The High Court reserved judgment yesterday on a challenge the second such legal action to be heard in less than a month that Section
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    • 194 25  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —A Swiss national accused of having paid sex with an underage girl will be the first to fight the case this month. Juerg Buergin, 41, was one of 51 men implicated in the high-profile online vice
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    • 328 26 DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE CHANNEL NEWSASIA S ING A PORE The country’s ageing population is a one-off problem that resulted from having a very large baby boomer generation from the early ’50s to mid-’60s, Deputy Prime Minis- ter Teo Chee Hean said
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    • 203 26 NUS Centre for Clinical Pharmacology A partnership of Lily Research Laboratories and The National University of Singapore Healthy volunteers (21-70 years) required for clinical research We invite fit males or females, aged 21 to 70 years old to be screened for potential clinical research programmes conducted at our Centre. The
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  • silver
    • 564 28  -  Five women talk about their experiences in caring for the dying in docu-film After Cicely PALLIATIVE CARE KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As a young nurse in the 1970s, Sister Geraldine Tan was so overcome with grief when a patient died that she cried
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  • china&india
    • 769 32 More companies relocating to the area, drawn by the availability of office space andfuture development plans HK BUSINESS HUB DOW JONES HONG KONG —Hong Kong’s hub is shifting. For years, the epicentre of the city has been Central, where gleaming skyscrapers and luxury-goods stores mix with
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    • 480 36 RUSH TO BEAT THE TAXMAN REUTERS SHANGHAI At Shanghai’s Zhabei district marriage registration centre, officials divorced a record 53 couples in a single day this week that is about one every five minutes as couples rushed to untie the knot to avoid tougher
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    • 279 32 NEW PROPERTY RULINGS! So, Where ARE The Opportunities Find Out How You Can Still Own Multiple Properties! Register For A FREE 2-Hour Property Riches Seminar Now To Gain Some Insights on: (Limited] < Seats! J The new property rulings and where the opportunities are now How average people can also
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  • world
    • 679 38 SABAH SECURITY CRISIS AGENCIES F E L DA S A H A B AT S A B A H Malaysian security forces said they had killed 13 suspected Philippine militants as they expanded their hunt for an elusive armed group occupying a coastal
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    • 447 40 SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA AGENCIES SEOUL The United Nations Security Council moved closer on Tuesday to expanding sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile activities. The United States and China introduced a resolution that would target North Korean bankers
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    • 651 42 PASSING OF VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT AGENCIES CARACAS (VENEZUELA) —President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela died on Tuesday afternoon after a two-year battle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a political crisis that grew more acute
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    • 732 44 CEO Mayer’s decision ‘not a referendum on working remotely’, but to address staff problems like low morale BAN ON TELECOMMUTING THE NEW YORK TIMES SA N FR A NCI SCO —When Ms Marissa Mayer took over as Yahoo!’s Chief Executive last summer,
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 87 46 BUY (S$0.415) OCBC says Marco Polo Marine is still upbeat on the outlook for the ship repair business for the next year. Utilisation rates of drydocks remain healthy and OCBC believes they may be higher than the industry average. Growth is expected from the offshore support vessel
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      • 55 46 OUTPERFORM (S$1.17) CIMB notes that Noble, having come through its worst year ever, is looking forward to some normalisation in agriculture profits. This should be enough to drive the group’s FY13 profit growth. Organic growth from the energy and metals segments could also help. CIMB maintains its Outperform
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      • 66 46 BUY(S$2.04) After meeting with CapitaMalls management, Maybank Kim Eng remains confident it has the right strategies to succeed in China, while taking comfort that management constantly tries to ensure its malls stay relevant. The focus in China will be to scale up in cities where it has a
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      • 80 46 BUY (S$0.685) Tiger Airways has announced plans to raise S$297 million through a rights issue and preferential offering. OCBC says this is nearly twice the amount raised in 2011, but it is necessary for the group to maintain its operational push towards its goals. The house maintains its
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    • 312 46 REUTERS WA S H I N G TO N Economic growth continued to improve gradually in January and early last month as consumer spending picked up and the country’s battered housing market maintained a broad-based recovery, the United States Federal Reserve said
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      • 77 48 To celebrate its 30th birthday, 7-Eleven is giving away S$300 worth of Jetstar travel vouchers to 100 lucky shoppers. To participate, simply spend a minimum of S$3 at 7-Eleven stores and SMS to *****: 7EJS*NRIC*T#Receipt No.*Email*Name. There will be 25 winners selected every week until March 26.
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      • 157 48 find them and use them for evil. Each week, a picture featuring Crocodile King Cragger at various locations in Singapore will be revealed. Join the hunt and help Lion Laval secure the Chi Orbs before Crocodile King Cragger uses them to disrupt LEGO Singapore’s anniversary
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    • 325 58 REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO Google began testing a same-day delivery service with retailers in recent weeks, the latest move into Amazon.com’s e-commerce turf by the world’s largest Internet search company. A source said Google Shopping Express helps local retail stores sell
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    • 393 58 CEO Tim Cook meets music mogul, could be considering subscription partnership to complement iTunes ONLINE MUSIC REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Apple has held talks with Beats Electronics, the audio technology firm co-founded by influential hip-hop producer Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy
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    • 514 60  -  SMARTPHONE REVIEW HIRANAND SUNNY hiranandsn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Being an Android user can be very complicated. Ahead of us are extensive collections of handsets and operating system versions, which get updated with such increasing fre- quency at annual trade shows that it becomes difficult
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    • 481 66 AGENCIES MANCHESTER —Two big names in world football have come to Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir’s defence. Interestingly, one of them is a former Manchester United skipper who is still regarded as a hero at Old Trafford. Roy Keane did not mince his words on Tuesday night when
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    • 143 66 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS PARIS —Paris St Germain reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in 18 years yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after Ezequiel Lavezzi salvaged a 1-1 home draw with Valencia to secure a 3-2 aggregate success PSG, without suspended
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    • 770 67 Signs are ominous after his omission from starting XI for United’s biggest game of the season THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER —The Old Trafford public announcement system was playing Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash as news of Wayne Rooney’s absence from the
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    • 377 67 REUTERS BERLIN Having swept aside some of Europe’s biggest sides, Borussia Dortmund find themselves emerging as unlikely favourites for this season’s Champions League title. The German Bundesliga champions reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in 15 years with a
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    • 536 68  -  Early-round losses served a timely wake-up call for ACS I and MGS NATIONAL ‘B’ DIVISION SCHOOLS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP CHARLES ONG charlesongzc@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E At stake were bragging rights, not just over who would emerge as Singapore’s best tennisplaying school in their
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    • 85 68 NBA Celtics 109 76ers 101, Thunder 122 Lakers 105, Nuggets 120 Kings 113 AFC Cup (Group H) Tampines Rovers (Sin) 2 Sai Gon Xuan Thanh (Vie) 3 Europa League Anzhi Makhachkala vs Newcastle (SingTel mio TV Ch112, 1am), Steaua Bucharest vs Chelsea (SingTel mio TV Ch111,
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    • 395 68  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The team events at the 2013 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships (AJCFC) saw Singapore’s cadet fencers collecting two more medals yesterday in similar fashion. At the Fashion Island Shopping Centre in Bangkok, Singapore’s foil boys Joshua Lim, Christian Lim, Chan Wei
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      • 979 2  -  SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S HIPPEST CITY CONTINUES TO SURPRISE AND INNOVATE AT LIGHT SPEED SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg Bangkok is by far the most electrifying city in Southeast Asia. It’s cool without being pretentious; there’s enough edge, filth and grit to keep things real; and even as the city gets increasingly
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      • 448 6  -  SERENE LIM SINGAPORE —When your fashion creations have been featured by the likes of Women’s Wear Daily and Vogue Italia, as well as trendsetters like Tommy Ton and Susie Buble, you know your label’s definitely hit the big time. Ever since Kunihiko Mor inaga won
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      • 231 7  -  THINGS TO DO SERENE LIM SINGAPORE —La Serenissima or the Most Serene One, as it was once known has inspired countless poets, artists, lovers and weary travellers because of its haunting beauty and elegance that harkens to an age long gone. The home of Casanova, the city of
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      • 547 8  -  Singer-songwriter Charles J Tan is keen on telling stories through music MOSAIC MUSIC FEST CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —On the Mosaic Music Festival website, Singapore singer-song-writer Charles J Tan is described as “a proven performer”. Indeed, the multi-instrumental-ist, who’s now based in Melbourne, is a two-time finalist
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      • 156 8 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Django Unchained and Ted landed seven MTV Movie Awards nominations, leading the pack at the annual film awards voted for by youth audiences. Silver Linings Playbook’s Oscarwinning Jennifer Lawrence landed five nominations, including Best Female Performance, Best Kiss, Best On-Screen
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      • 597 10  -  The people behind Venus In Fur on playing their roles WHO’S ON TOP MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is kicking off its 20th anniversary season in the most provocative and sizzling way possible a play that has “sado-masochism” written all over it.
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        208 11  -  A visually dazzling prequel MOVIE REVIEW: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG, 131MIN) GENEVIEVE LOH SINGAPORE Why did we go off to see the wizard? To quote that wonderful song: “Because, because, because, because!” And also, because we wanted to see if director Sam Raimi and Disney deliver
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    • 559 12  -  Pure decadence for chocolate lovers ANNETTE TAN For many Singaporeans of a certain age, nothing says nostalgia like Ovaltine. Who didn’t grow up with the popular chocolate malted milk drink, with its comfortingly sweet, wheaty flavour? The old Ovaltine biscuits were childhood favourites for many of us,
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