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  • 24 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp TUESDAY, 30 JULY 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 30 JULY 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    • 81 1 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp Is Singapore a place to grow old in? Do senior citizens work because they want to or because they have to? Are younger Singaporeans willing to pay higher MediShield premiums so that the old pay less? Does society
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  • hot news
    • 570 2 Hard landing in China unlikely; US growth determined more by consumer spending: Analysts BILATERAL COMMERCE BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE —The economic recovery in the United States is on track even as China’s growth has slowed, US VicePresident Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast
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    • 321 2  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Cartoonist Leslie Chew Peng Ee, the man behind the online comic strip Demon-cratic Singapore, will not face further action following the completion of police investigations into alleged offences under the Sedition
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    • 765 4  -  MDA cites concern over foreign interest to fund theindependent.sg A MOVE TO GUARD AGAINST OVERSEAS INFLUENCE TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Media Development Authority (MDA) has notified the owners of a soon-to-be-launched current affairs and news website that it is required to register
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    • 501 5 With exclusive itineraries and an Italian theme, the ship offers a unique experience monuments in the world. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTSTEAM Set sail on a floating Italy. That’s what you can expect on the newly renovated Costa Victoria, which has been retrofitted
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    • 604 6  -  EMPOWERING THE PUBLIC WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE The number of trained volunteers empowered to book litterbugs will soon be almost doubled, with about 50 more volunteers having indicated their interest in being part of the scheme, said the National Environment Agency (NEA)
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    • 346 8 SECOND GROUP IN THE DOCK OVER ‘BLACK 505’ RALLY AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Thirty-three protesters, including activist Annie Ooi Siew Lan aka Aunty Bersih, were charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday with participating in an illegal assembly and causing a public nuisance
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    • 246 8 SINGAPORE —All card-issuing banks here will deactivate the magnetic stripes on credit and debit cards by Oct 1, under a directive by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). The move is in line with the association’s plan to phase
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    • 176 7 ne HELLO I f te KM w JAPAN: m 1 r* T V.*'b >W> I V4| FOOD GOURMET Athletic Fire VARIETY SHOWS GOCHI Dinner is on YOU TONIGHT! ANIME& LIVE ACTION £vi> *30 I a THE FIRST JAPANESE PURE ENTERTAINMENT l©2006iTSU BUR AYA* F?R0 DUGJ IONS Ultraman Mebius Music Station
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    • 38 8 t PUBLIC Have all your questions answered and more at our LASIK forums. 6.30pm, Aug 15 (Thu) 7.00pm, Aug 1 22 (Thu) W Eye Clinic, #01-402, Suntec City Mall Limited seats available. RSVPat 6337 97 19 or info@weyeclinic.sg
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1135 10  -  PUBLIC OFFICERS’ CONDUCT EUGENE K B TAN Eugene K B Tan is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Management University School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law and ethics and social responsibility. He is also a Nominated Member of Parliament. The Singapore Public
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  • voices
    • 511 14  -  ISAY VIOLET OON The writer is one of Singapore’s leading food gurus. When I started as a journalist in 1971, I first worked as a music critic for The New Nation newspaper. Everything changed when my editor, Mr David Kraal, told me to write
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    • 386 15  -  FROM ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Director (Communications), Monetary Authority of Singapore Mr Lim Soon Heng asks: “Isn’t car debt more risky than property debt?” (July 25). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) does not think so. First, property loans are much larger; they make
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    • 187 15  -  FROM NG CHEE KHEON Three taxi operators have raised the fares of their premium taxi services since May because of the increases in Certificate of Entitlement premiums, taxes and maintenance costs of their luxury or limo cabs. However, the general public has no need
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    • 29 15 LETTER HONEST OR PRACTICAL TAXI DRIVERS? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/ ltrtaxi30july for the letter from David Foo.
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  • singapore
    • 584 16  -  SUBSIDIES FOR ASSISTIVE DEVICES, TRANSPORT ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Seniors who need money for assistive devices or for specialised transport and consumables can now receive funds in about one week half the time it previously took after submitting an application under the Seniors’
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    • 379 16  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE —The new Assisi Hospice, to be ready in 2016, will not only have more beds but will also be able to better meet the needs of dementia patients with a specialised 16-bed ward. The hospice, which had its
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    • 361 18  -  Five non-profit organisations to presen t their cases before corporate judges and audience SANDS FOR SINGAPORE FESTIVAL EMILY LIU emilyrliu@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Five non-profit organisations will pitch their business plans to a corporate audience during next month’s Sands for Singapore Festival, in
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    • 246 19 SINGAPORE Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at three locations will go up by 50 cents and S$1 from next Monday, with two gantries along East Coast Parkway (ECP) set to impose a S$6 levy between 8.30am and 9am the highest rate to be
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    • 333 19  -  KOK XING HUI SINGAPORE —The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) recovered 31.8 per cent more money for consumers last year than in 2011, it said yesterday as it signed agreements with four associations to get them to settle disputes with customers by
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    • 157 19 .0/2 /fy/\ Health Promotion Board A Keep children with id mfmd at home. HFMD at home Rest is best. V > Children infected with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) should stay at home to minimise the risk of infecting others. Resting at home will also help them to recover
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  • education
    • 879 20 Priva te group con tributing to a larger deba te on recruitmen t, training and development of teachers in India MUMBAI HAS SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED EDUCATORS THE NEW YORK TIMES MUMBAI Mrs Samidha Shetya, a mill worker’s daughter with a 10th-grade education, was
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    • 67 20 CHANNEL NEWSASIA 79 students from 13 countries gathered at MediaCorp yesterday as part of this year’s Hwa Chong Asia-Pacific Young Leaders Summit. Started in 2006, it aims to provide a platform for students to discuss issues facing Asia. The nine-day programme also saw students visit various statutory
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    • 67 20 WATCH TECHNICIAN Responsibilities Repair service watches Provide service recommendation to customers Quality control of watches Requirements Min 2 years relevant experience as a watch technician All educational level and ages are welcome Positive working attitude be a good team player Walk-in Interview Fossil Singapore Pte Ltd 51 Bras Basah Road
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  • china&india
    • 554 22 One defendant reverses testimony and now says he was present at the time of the attack EVERYTHING MESSED UP, SAYS LAWYER FOR TWO ACCUSED AGENCIES NEW DELHI The case against the four men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman on an
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    • 377 23 AGENCIES TAIPEI —Taiwan’s top financial regulator and its Defence Minister have stepped down as part of a reshuffle that analysts say is aimed at boosting President Ma Ying-jeou’s increasingly poor popularity ratings. Mr Ma’s economic and China policies have triggered widespread
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    • 191 23 AP BEIJING —China has switched on a pipeline bringing natural gas from Myanmar, a state company said yesterday, in a project that has raised concerns in Myanmar’s nascent civil society about whether its giant neighbour’s resource grabs will benefit local people. The
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  • world
    • 464 24 Witnesses said it had been going at normal speed when it suddenly veered and started hitting cars COACH WAS CARRYING HOLIDAY MAKERS AP ROME —An Italian tour bus ploughed through cars, crashed through the side wall of a highway bridge and plunged
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    • 340 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The head of Malaysian non-government organisation (NGO) MyWatch had lodged at least two police reports on threats to his life before he was shot by unknown assailants on Saturday. Criminal Investigation Department chief Hadi Ho Abdullah, who is
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    • 440 25 AGENCIES PHNOM PENH —Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday rejected the results of a weekend election won by the long-time ruling party, raising fears of post-election instability and setting the stage for a new showdown with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The challenge by opposition
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    • 183 25 AGENCIES BANGKOK —Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached the popular tourist resort island of Koh Samet, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical said yesterday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea
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    • 165 26 ONLY Ml REWARDS YOU WITH FREE PREVIEW TICKETsfS^VORE Redeem Exclusive Preview Tickets Be the first to get tickets* to watch THE INTERNSHIP before its official release. PREVIEW DATE VENUE TIME RATING IN CINEMAS TO REDEEM 13 August (Tuesday) The Cathay (Handy Road) 7pm PG1B 22 August 2013 With just 400
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  • business
    • 448 28  -  RULING MAY NOT HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON TELCO PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Investors have brushed off SingTel’s concerns that losing the cross-carriage appeal for the Barclays Premier League (BPL) coverage could affect its ability to sell other mio TV content to subscribers, lending
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    • 148 28 SINGAPORE Swiber Holdings has secured contracts worth about US$435 million (S$550 million), which the company said bears witness to the industry’s recognition of Swiber’s leading-edge solutions. The company, which provides construction and support services to the offshore oil and gas industry, said the Swiber Group
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    • 479 29 DOW JONES S H A N G H A I China is considering measures to jump-start its fledgling budget airline market, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of further liberalisation in one of the nation’s most tightly regulated sectors. Mr
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    • 500 29 BLOOMBERG S ING A POR E A vault that can hold 200 tonnes of silver will open for business in Singapore this week to cater to increasing demand among Asia’s wealthy even as the precious metal leads price declines this
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    • 179 28 Nobel Laureate? Oscar' winner? It’s possible, Source: The University of Western Australia website trust SINGAPORE PSB Academy Reg. No. *****4825E 20-05-2010 to 19-05-2014 Cert No: EDU-2-2005 Validity: 20/05/2010 -19/05/2014 THE UNIVERSITY OF Western Australia A Century of Achievement Achieve International Excellence 1913 2013 CRICOS Provider Code: *****G Top 100 University
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  • impact
    • 1062 30 Prince George arrived to much fanfare. Here’s how advertisers got in on the act BRANDING VIA CULTURAL MOMENTS THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK When Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, left the hospital last Tuesday holding their son, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, they
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  • technology
    • 396 32  -  The Razer Blade’s success is due to passion and refusal to compromise says firm’s CEO BUILT WITH PASSION PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Research companies IDC and Gartner reported a continuing downward trend of personal computer (PC) sales earlier this month. According to gaming company Razer
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    • 231 32 Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre BE WITH US AT THE FOREFRONT OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS With a founding history dating back to 1973, the Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre has to-date trained and educated numerous marketing, sales and business professionals, some of whom today hold respectable key management
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    • 258 33 FIRST EXCLUSIVE ASIA PREMIERE the naked truth COMEDY 1VdiN3D comedycentral asi a.com in the news Emmy® and Peabody award-winning talkshow The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has conquered the very world of media mavens and political blowhards through parody. Jon's team of correspondents take the show out of the studio
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  • sports
    • 642 34  -  After debut race in new class, Khng and Tan aim to reach 2016 Olympics HARD WORK HELPED DUO IMPROVE QUICKLY AMIR YUSOF amiryusof@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Just eight months ago, Griselda Khng and Sara Tan had probably never touched a 49er FX double-handed skiff boat,
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    • 356 34  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE —Arguably Singapore’s most exciting young swimming talent in the last couple of years, Sergio Lopez believes it is time for Joseph Schooling to make the step up. The 18-year-old, who has trained under the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist for the past three
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    • 223 34  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE If their performance over the weekend was anything to go by, the Singapore judokas’ preparations for December’s SEA Games remain on track. The Republic won five medals, including two golds at the two-day Thailand International Judo Championship, which concluded on Sunday. They
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    • 369 35 REUTERS BERLIN —Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel admitted on Sunday to years of doping including erythropoietin (EPO), cortisone and blood doping days after he was named in a French Senate inquiry as a drug offender. Until Sunday, Zabel, who was among
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    • 501 35 REUTERS B U D A P E S T Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso emerged as a possible surprise candidate for the vacant Red Bull seat on Sunday, after the Formula 1 world champions refused to rule him out. After Alonso’s manager, Luis Garcia Abad,
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    • 680 36  -  StanChart bigwigs thrilled that millions of Reds fans wear bank’s name BRANDING, CHARITY VIA FOOTBALL GERARD WONG Sports Editor gerard@mediacorp.com.sg BANGKOK The majestic Rajamangala Stadium, Thailand’s national stadium, was transformed into a sea of red on Sunday as Liverpool-loving Thais packed the venue to watch
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    • 473 36 AGENCIES LO N DO N Spain international goalkeeper Pepe Reina has left Liverpool for a season-long loan at Serie A club Napoli, but said in an open letter to fans of the fivetimes European champions it was not his decision to
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 83 36 For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw TWpbwire] Live wire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 yrs and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 yrs and above) Ip a V(i) Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. Singapore Pools Account Service.
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  • T TODAY
    • television
      • 1119 38  -  WILL THE REAL OLIVIA MUNN PLEASE STAND UP? HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg If you’re as obsessive about American television as I am, you’ll probably have seen enough random Asian extras speaking pseudo-Asian languages to fill a small fake Asian city. We weren’t too impressed until we saw Olivia
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 232 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —They were one of the biggest double acts of the 1980s, but Dave Stewart now rarely talks to his former Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox and was not even invited to her wedding last year, he disclosed. The pair
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      • Article, Illustration
        481 40 Young star Selena Gomez said she isn’t afraid to reveal who she is in her music MUSIC REVELATIONS AP NE W YORK —Have a question for Selena Gomez? She says you’ll find the answer in her new album. The singer-actress, said she knows she hasn’t been too
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      • 139 42  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —This painting by Anthony Poon was originally untitled. But a museum-goer has given it the new title SMRT 2050 Map. So which one works? The ongoing Not Against Interpretation: Untitled showatthe Singapore Art Museum encourages visitors to give new titles to the untitled
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      • 554 42  -  Actress Diane Kruger on how close she is to her TV character Sonya COP SHOP CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE —She was the face that launched a thousand ships in the movie, Troy. She died an ignoble death as the countess Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglorious Basterds.
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      • 117 43 SINGAPORE —Almost six months after Singapore rocked to the sound of The Four Seasons via the musical, Jersey Boys; the original Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer and founder of The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli, will be in town for a one-night-only concert at The
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 241 38 YOUR WEEKLY RADIO CHARTS Get the top songs on MeRadio.sg now! I TOP 20 For the week: 26 Jul 01 Aug ,M\ Walks Like Rihanna The Wanted Blurred Lines Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell Can’t Hold Us Macklemore Ryan Lewis We Can’t Stop Miley Cyrus Miss Movin’ On Fifth Harmony What
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