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  • 24 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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    • 86 1 BICYCLE BAY DESIGN COMPETIT > /X S s r t'"n, J V fir. STOP SOMEONE FROM STEALING AN EASY RIDE Come join us in designing a bicycle bay that is easy to use, space-saving and secure! For details, please visit: www.spf.gov.sg www.facebook.com/singaporepoliceforce CASH PRIZES Champion 1st Runner Up: 2nd Runner
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    • 99 2 DON'T BE A VICTIM OF CRIME 1 r Keep your bicycle inside your house when you are not using it. uui ic tole Park your bicycle at a designated bicycle bay and secure all removable components with good locks. An Easy Ride Make unique permanent identification marks such as engravings,
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  • hot news
    • 661 2  -  Witness says it was not done with intention of receiving askingfor favours PETER LIM TRIAL ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A day after testifying in court that she had performed oral sex on former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) commissioner Peter
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    • 652 4 MALAYSIA POLITICS AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Malaysia may reach high-income status two years ahead of target, Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday as he highlighted the government’s economic achievements before elections that must be called by the end of April. South-east Asia’s third-larg-est
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    • 687 6 Lawmakers expected to reject amended plan to seize a percentage of bank deposits EURO ZONE CRISIS AGENCIES NICOSIA (CYPRUS) —Global markets remained on tenterhooks yesterday, hours ahead of a vote in Cyprus’ Parliament, where lawmakers were expected to reject an amended proposal to seize a
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    • 512 10  -  St James’ Church Kindergarten gets tenancy extension to raise funds for new premises PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After two years during which a petition was signed, letters to the media penned and a heartfelt video made by a parent showcasing the school
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    • 122 5 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY “'53' I J# HU W ilWJ0 o OJ np f m 'V -y Associate Professor Louis Phee Winner of President's Technology Award, 2012 See the world in new ways as you venture across disciplines. Many complex problems we face today need solutions that lie between the boundaries
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    • 237 10 File your tax early at my T3x.iras.g0v.sg Due date 18 Apr 2013 f filetax <space> NRIC/FIN to 9116 4900 to check if you need to file this year. INLAND REVENUE AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE Tax Help www.iras.gov.sg Helpline: 1800 356 8300 $k TMC Academy Since 1981 Every Step With You r
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  • comment & analysis
    • 2103 12  -  SOCIAL EQUALITY JOSEPH STIGLITZ Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel laureate in economics, a Columbia professor and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist for the World Bank. THE NEW YORK TIMES Inequality has been rising in most countries around the
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    • 877 16  -  DEBATING HEALTHCARE FINANCING REFORM JEREMY LIM Jeremy Lim has held senior executive positions in both the public and private healthcare sectors. He is writing a book on the Singapore health system. A fundamental review of Sing­apore’s healthcare financ­ing system is underway. In last week’s
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    • 284 12 To look first at Medisave, MediShield, Medifund and subsidies is akin to the tail wagging the dog. These are second-order questions which follow on after answering the first. Only one question is paramount: What is the appropriate level of co-payment? JEREMY LIM 16 R E E B O N Z
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    • 419 15 YOUR AMBITION. OUR ASPIRATION. As one of the largest private property developers in Singapore with a rich heritage of more than 50 years, Far East Organization has played a significant role in shaping how we all live, work and play. Having built over 700 developments across Singapore, and with a
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    • 152 16 All Aboard for 15-31 March 2013 Seafood lovers will rejoice as we present a sumptuous seafood feast. Dive into a refreshing variety of succulent seafood on ice including Snow Crab and Baby Lobster and appetising seafood delights such as Prawn with Celery in XO Sauce, Black Pepper Bamboo Clam, Chili
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    • 81 17 OTHER COMMENTARIES BY JEREMY LIM Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/jerlim to read his other views on healthcare policies. Hm Dat e: 21 Apr.M3 activ i.,es. W" the cast! >1' The little Company A Division of The Singapore Repertory Theatre
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  • voices
    • 342 18  -  FROM TAN RUO YU In the letter, “Ban alcohol consumption at common spaces” (March 19), Mr Lee Kok Leong raised the concerns of public drunkenness and binge drinking. He suggested banning alcohol consumption outright at public locations and increasing the retail price of
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    • 282 18  -  FROM JACE LOI CHEN MIN I applaud the timeliness of the report “Warning against complacency, 10 years after SARS” (March 19). In fact, my first concern when I read about the White Paper on Population’s projected population of 6.9 million people in
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    • 232 19  -  FROM LIM SING TAT I refer to the commentary by Mr Charles Tan Meah Yang “Why I’m coming back to you, Singapore” (March 19). The point he raised on the need for Singaporeans to “stop making emotionally-charged, one-sided complaints if they
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    • 278 19  -  FROM WONG KUM CHOW I refer to the VoicesTODAY topic for this week, “HDB flats: How far ‘back to basics’ should we go?”. To address the issue of affordability, the prices of Build-to-Order flats should be maintained at current levels
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    • 55 19 In the report “Proposal to protect PMEs against unfair dismissal” (March 15), we stated that nine in 10 smaller companies surveyed by the Ministry of Manpower did not provide employees with payslips. This is incorrect. Among companies that did not provide payslips, nine out of 10 were smaller companies.
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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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    • 28 19 HAVE YOUR SAY Go to tdy.sg/ voicestoday to have your say on this topic: HDB flats: Back to Basics?. Catch VoicesTODAY live on Channel 5 at 9pm tomorrow.
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  • singapore
    • 470 20  -  Funds will be used to assist residents through existing schemes over next three years COMMUNITY AID SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The South West Community Development Council (CDC) has pledged S$3.5 million over the next three years to assist its lower-income residents which
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    • 462 21  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Contrary to perception backed up by a Gallup poll last year that claimed the fewest number of adults here experienced positive emotions a survey based on what people are saying on social media claims that Singaporeans are among
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    • 297 22  -  TRAINING COLLABORATION LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E A new training programme has been developed to enhance engineering education, by using a framework that will train specialists to design curriculum that allows for more experiential learning. The programme
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    • 500 25  -  Sector records the largest improvement, ranks second behindfinance and insurance in customer satisfaction index NATIONAL STANDARDS KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Patients here are feeling more “satisfied” with service in the healthcare sector, with the sector recording the largest improvement in the latest Customer Satisfaction
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    • 70 24 Channel NewsAsia LUMIN WARDS 2013 CHANNEL I L'M f I m A I s CHANNEL NEWSASIA LUMINARY AWARDS 2013 which will be held on Tuesday 26 th March, honours the achievements of influential global business leaders and visionaries that spearhead Asian growth. Catch the highlights of this prestigious occasion on
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    • 248 25 HP recommends Windows 8. Beautiful, fast, fluid Windows 8 Touch has come to the PC. Extend your reach. The family of touch-enabled PCs from HP. Made for Windows 8. Touch is the most intuitive way to work. Which is why HP has created a family of touch-enabled PCs that let
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  • health
    • 1042 26 The rise of ‘superbugs’ is leading pharmaceuticalfirms to rethink risks and rewards MEDICAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT REUTERS LONDON Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drug-makers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicine.
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    • 836 28  - Caregiving a matter of the heart Breast cancer survivor Christine Peterson’s care for her 81-year-old husband, who suffers from dementia, wins her a SingHealth award INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —No one gave Mrs Christine Peterson formal lessons on how to care for a dementia patient. Yet, when her
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    • 122 29 •o I’m at the gym every day. Why am I not a 9? Health Promotion Board I eat more fruit and veggies than meat. Why am I still an 8? j I go for health screenings once in a while. Why am I only a 7? I don’t drink or
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  • china & india
    • 543 32 Key ethnic party withdraws from coalition over resolution criticising Sri Lanka’s wartime actions against Tamil minority INDIA POLITICS AGENCIES NEW DELHI —A dispute over a United Nations (UN) resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka’s civil war with ethnic Tamil rebels is
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    • 94 33 Rescuers and bystanders looking at the wreckage of a passenger bus that fell from a bridge in Ratnagiri district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra yesterday. At least 37 people were killed and 15 others injured. The packed overnight bus was travelling
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    • 475 33 AGENCIES NEW DELHI India’s Lower House of Parliament yesterday approved a Bill to toughen punishment for rapists and other sexual offenders, introduced in the wake of the brutal gang rape of a student in New Delhi last December. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill includes
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  • world
    • 487 34 AGENCIES VATICAN CITY —At the formal start of his papacy, Pope Francis offered a passionate pledge to serve “the poorest, the weakest, the least important”, striking the same tones of humility that have marked the days since he was elected last week.
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    • 641 35  -  NEWS ANALYSIS DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg JOHOR BARU —The entry of Mr Lim Kit Siang into the Johor race, combined with other moves being planned by the opposition, has the potential to be a game changer in the coming Malaysian
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    • 311 36 LAND DEALS AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —An international activist organisation yesterday claimed it has proof of shady land deals in Sarawak that allegedly implicates the state’s Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud (photo) and his family. London-based Global Witness (GW) said it had
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    • 410 38 Move highlights commitment to defend South Korea and is part of ongoing joint military exercises with Seoul TENSIONS IN THE PENINSULA AGENCIES WA SHINGTON —The United States is flying B-52 bombers on training missions over South Korea to
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    • 322 39 AP TOK YO Power has been restored to two fuel storage pools at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant, but two others are still without fresh cooling water after nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility that still runs on makeshift
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    • 213 39 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Record levels of radiation contamination have been found in fish near Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant. One fish, a greenling measuring 38cm in length, was contaminated with 740,000 becquerels per kg more than 7,400 times the recommended government limit
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  • business
    • STOCK CALLS
      • 50 40 UNDERPERFORM (S$3.56) CIMB keeps its rating and an SOP-based target price of S$3.23. The house says it remains cautious on SingTel primarily due to regulatory risks in India, margin pressure in Singapore where it is investing heavily on pay-TV content and competition in Australia, despite Optus’ more upbeat assessment.
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      • 96 40 BUY (S$1.38) Maybank Kim Eng maintains rating and target price of S$1.48 for the maker of precision technology products for the precious stones industry. Sarin’s share price surged by 17 per cent to a high of S$1.465 over three weeks after release of Q4 results before retreating. House believes
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    • 383 40 Inbound investment up 6.3% last month from February 2012 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AGENCIES BEIJING Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose for the first time in nine months in February, a sign that confidence in the world’s second-big-gest economy had improved amid optimism
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    • 569 41  -  Opportunities are ripe for investment in hotels, services WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s firms are continuing to bolster their presence in Myanmar’s rapidly expanding tourism sector, where demand currently outstrips the market’s fledging infrastructure and opportunities are ripe for investment in
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    • 391 42 TRADE AND INVESTMENT SINGAPORE Despite its reputation for being a risky and unsafe place to do business, Iraq offers many trade and investment opportunities for Singapore companies. That is the conclusion of delegates who visited Iraq earlier this month as part of a mission
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  • technology
    • 547 44  -  GAMING PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE IAHGames, a Singaporebased online game operator and distributor, announced yesterday that it wants to play with the big boys in the global gaming arena. To achieve this aim, the company has devised a strategy through partnering
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    • 199 45 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Electronic Arts’ (EA) Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello has resigned after six years at the helm of the video games publisher, saying he held himself accountable for missed operational targets. His departure comes after the latest instalment of popular
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      • 426 56 Star-maker Simon Cowell goes online to find new talent CYBER STARS REUTERS LONDON Talent show guru Simon Cowell is taking his popular television formula to find new stars seeking fast fame to YouTube, joining a growing trend of companies using the Internet to bypass traditional broadcasters.
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