Today, 6 August 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • 24 1 TODAY A=diaCorp TUESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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  • 693 1  -  Application rate highest in recent years, with over 8,500 to vie for 155 units available FIRST-TIMERS ‘NOT AFFECTED’ SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E Applications for new two-room flats set aside for singles shot through the roof, surpassing most
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  • 446 1 AGENCIES BEIJING —Less than a month after China hinted at a more conciliatory approach towards its Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbours, its Foreign Minister has said that Beijing is in no rush to sign a proposed agreement on
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    • 245 1 DESPITE EFFORTS OF WESTERN COUNTER-TERRORISM AGENCIES, ALQAEDA REMAINS A CONSIDERABLE THREAT: CON COUGHLINCOMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp HOT NEWS 6 MALAYSIA ROCKED BY ANOTHERSHOOTING HOT NEWS 10 BANGKOK BRACES FOR PROTESTS Pay to go and come home to Singapore for free*
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  • hot news
    • 523 2 BRITISH, FRENCH EMBASSIES IN YEMEN ALSO REMAIN CLOSED AGENCIES WA SHINGTON —Nineteen American diplomatic outposts across the Middle East and North Africa will remain closed this week, the State Department has said, despite what officials said was no new information about terrorist plots
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    • 374 2 DOW JONES SANA A —Widespread United States embassy closures and travel alerts prompted by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen show how the group has proved stubbornly resilient despite more than two years of American strikes against its leaders. The high level of concern
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    • 603 4  -  Republic also gunning to host one leg of Rugby Sevens World Series GOOD SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE SELLING POINT ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) is attempting to bring back top-class international rugby sevens action to the Republic
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    • 564 6 POLICE ALSO IDENTIFY GUNMAN WHO KILLED BANKER AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —A jobless man in Kelantan was shot 10 times at point-blank range at a food stall early yesterday the ninth gun-related incident since July 27. Mr Amirul Tajo Nasir, 40,
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    • 307 8  -  MAINTAINING PUBLIC TRUST TAN QIUYI tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —From time to time, individual officers will “fall short” of the high standards set for them, and the Home Team has to reflect on what went wrong, and work together to
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    • 302 8  -  WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE —While the number of dengue cases fell for the sixth consecutive week to 290 cases last week, the National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday urged the public not to let their guard down as the weekly number is
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    • 284 10 AGENCIES JAK ARTA —A small bomb exploded at a Buddhist temple in Jakarta, underscoring the threat of terrorist acts in the world’s most populous Muslimmajority nation as sectarian tensions rise in parts of South-east Asia. The blast comes three months after the authorities
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    • 367 10 JAIL OR FINE, IF FOUND GUILTY AP BANGKOK —The police in Thailand have started investigations into four people for allegedly causing panic by posting rumours of a possible military coup on Facebook and an investigator threatened yesterday to charge anyone who
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    • 282 6 With a global business education, I can succeed anywhere. It's my choice. Broaden your horizon with Birmingham City University’s one-year Honours degree programmes. Complemented with a global-centric business curriculum, we will equip you with the skills and knowledge to expand your international career opportunities. Part-time Programmes Private Education Institute'' Ranked
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1226 12  -  LATEST TERRORISM ALERTS CON COUGHLIN Con Coughlin is the Daily Telegraph’s Defence Editor and a world-renowned expert on global security and terrorism issues. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH For an organisation that is said to be in terminal decline, Al Qaeda will draw immense satisfaction
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    • 839 14  -  THE ECONOMY SIMON TAY Simon Tay is Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SI I A) and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post Crisis Divide from America. The SIIA will host the ASEAN Asia Forum on Sept 12 to discuss key
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    • 1177 16  -  HOUGANG BY-ELECTION CASE JACK LEE TSEN-TA Jack Lee Tsen-Ta is an assistant professor of law who teaches and researches administrative and constitutional law at the Singapore Management University. While he was consulted on a pro bono basis by counsel for the applicants in both
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    • 189 12 Rjjtgers Rutgers Business School Asia Pacific Shaping Leaders that Change the World Rutgers Executive MBA With the rapidly evolving business rules, tomorrow's business leaders need to incorporate all the aspects of decision making in today's global and complex business environment. Leadership is vital to the growth and sustainability of any
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    • 34 12 As the big waves of easy money recede, the rocks of local problems loom more prominently. Even kings cannot command the tide, and Asians cannot artificially stem this global financial outflow. SIMON TAY 14
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    • 196 18 Need Excitement? Amore Women’s Day Out 2013 Celebrated Women-Only National Workout Event. Designed To Exhilarate, 9 NOVEMBER 2013, 9.00AM-9.00PM THE CIVIC PLAZA, NGEE ANN CITY SEGMENT Experience Fitness: Lo Impact Aerobics, Kickbox StretchFit® Signature Dance Fusion: BellyBlitz® BollyBlilz® Tri Power Challenge: Cardiolatino®, CardioBlitz® Kickbox Dance Beats: FunkBlilz® MTV Body.Mind.Soul: StretchFit®
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    • 196 19 r r 2 V 48 sets of eXplorerkid playtime Wild Wild Wet tickets $4.80 each Time :2pm-3pm Venue: Main Street 10 August (Sat) 112pm 6pm Downtown East As Singapore gears up for its 48 th birthday, join our fun games held at special timings on 10 August (Sat) and snap
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  • voices
    • 389 20  -  FROM NG YA KEN I refer to the report, “Singapore must guard against elitism: Goh Chok Tong” (July 28, online). There exists in all societies another more pervasive kind of dividing force, which American academic Robert W Fuller coined “rankism” the “exploitation or
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    • 301 20  -  FROM SUN XI Singapore has made an impressive journey since its independence, and it will be 48 years old on Friday. What then is the next step? The National Pledge has the answer. It outlines that Singapore’s blueprint is “to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress”,
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    • 227 22  -  FROM WONG HOONG HOOI Mr Luke Lu argues for mother tongue to be individualised, to mean the lan­guages one grew up speaking plus any in which one later acquires proficiency (“English is also a part of S’pore’s mul­tilingual
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    • 163 22  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS There is merit in the proposal to “Bring community gardens into nurs­ing homes” (Aug 5). Nursing homes could potentially generate donations and raise funds from this through events such as Open Days. For as with any such community projects, it must
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    • 96 22  -  FROM ARTHUR PHUA Many patients might prolong their hospital stay for the care they receive, such as the daily visits by doctors, the medication and ability to use Medi­save. (“US prof’s solution to hospital bed crunch: Peg prices to inflation”, July 29). If
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    • 109 22  -  FROM M LUKSHUMAYEH It is heartening that the Government is taking steps to help in the health­care costs of the pioneer generation (“More help for pioneer generation soon: Tharman”, Aug 5). This group of people supported the Government during the crucial years
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    • 14 20 •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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    • 120 21 'll SIM UNIVERSITY Manage Your Future Achieve the high targets you set yourself. Like Vienna, you can chart a successful career through one of the degree programmes with SIM University’s School of Business. From accounting to business analytics to logistics and supply chain management, our degree programmes incorporate real-world relevance
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    • 756 22 LETTER ONE’S CULTURE APPRECIATED, EVEN WITH ENGLISH AS MOTHERTONGUE Scan the QR code or you can visit tdy.sg/culture6aug for the letter from Sandra Alison Jayandran. Sing Express Travel Sf Safe2Travel www.singexpress.com.sg El info@singexpress.com.sg Travel Fair Offers Extended! JAPAN TAIWAN CHINA 7D6N HOKKAIDO HAKODATE AUTUMN/WINTER (JP7HH) Chitose, Sapporo, Otaru, Noboribetsu, Toya,
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    • 274 23 IT Gadgets First ever one-stop place for IT Products Accessories, Stationery, English Books and Assessment Books. 2-11 Aug 2013 Suntec Singapore Hall 401 404 10am 10pm Organizer: si popular. Gadgets ill ill Gadgets Write Vouchers worth up to $500! i (working non-working condition) lit 6 AUG ONLY Co 45 i
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  • singapore
    • 257 24  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SINGAPORE —Transport operator SBS Transit was yesterday fined S$7,000 by a district court for failing to conduct a risk assessment at its North-East Line Depot at Sengkang East Avenue, which resulted in the death of security
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    • 426 24  -  ‘PRICE REVISION IS INEVITABLE’ KOK XING HUI SINGAPORE —At least three coffee joints here have recently raised prices, citing rising operational costs, especially rentals. The move comes as the chain operator of S11 coffeeshops increased its drink prices by 10 cents
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    • 367 25  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Almost two years after the project was announced, public exhumation of graves at the Bukit Brown Cemetery will begin from October this year to make way for the construction of a new dual four-lane road that
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    • 129 25 Ms Catherine Chang receiving the cheque from MrTng Ah Yiam, Managing Director, Group Purchasing, Merchandising International Trading, NTUC FairPrice Co-operative, and Ms Caroline Bone, Marketing Manager, MediaCorp Press. Ms Chang has been taking part in Shop to Win since its inception and finally got lucky
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    • 389 26  -  MAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —A 65-year-old man was yesterday convicted in the High Court of importing at least 94.96g of heroin into Singapore and could face the death penalty. Chum Tat Suan, a bookie and amulets vendor, was found with
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous

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    • 154 26 What are your best memories about Singapore and what makes it truly home to you? Share with us your #SGmoment via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, or submit it at www.todayonline.com/sgmoment. The best entries will be featured in the TODAY newspaper and stand to win a pair of tickets to the
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    • 57 28 Is it all about ‘me’ for young S’poreans? Are our under-35s merely ‘money-makers’ entitled, sheltered, all about the 5Cs? Or ‘change-makers’, who’d rather make an impact on society? Have definitions of success changed? Catch the debate! tdy.sg/voicestoday #voicestoday voices@mediacorp.com.sg ‘Live’ this Thursday, at 9pm on Channel 5. Catch the one-hour
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  • education
    • 619 29 The word’s out there’s ‘no need’ for spelling classes UKprof writes off traditional English lessons, says mobile phones can help correct errors MISTAKE TO RESIST TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE? THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Traditional classes in English language are a “bit unnecessary” at a time when pupils have so much access to
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    • 290 29 Making knowledge i work. S3 m. f 4 Ill v ?5SI s n feSfiSB S: 1 yc The University of Bradford believes in making you outstanding. Its reputable courses offered in MDIS will equip you with current skill sets that you would find relevant throughout your career. In other words,
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  • china&india
    • 779 30 Fonterra Chief Executive flies to Beijing to deal with fallout in one of its largest markets MOST AFFECTED PRODUCTS ALREADY CONTAINED AGENCIES BEIJING New Zealand’s Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, apologised yesterday for a milk powder contamination scare in China, as
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    • 396 30 DOW JONES New Zealand is the Saudi Arabia of milk, and has stepped up production in recent years to meet soaring demand from China. But a series of food-safety problems, most recently with a protein used in infantmilk formula, are shaking an industry on
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    • 497 32 VESSEL MAY BE ABLE TO LAUNCH PROPELLER-DRIVEN RADAR PLANES AGENCIES SHANGHAI Photographs of China’s second aircraft carrier under construction have been posted on Chinese Web forums, giving a glimpse of what could be its first domestical-ly-designed carrier and, if true, an important milestone
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    • 174 32 c Clariancy Restoring Radiance Skin tightening AND LIFTING DEVICE As featured on TriPOIIar stop Clariancy celebrates National day 2013 EDKrtl E3 3 WITH OUR a /W m CIAL ALS! UP $580 m s from 6th tollth August 2073on/ y Q NOW WIRELESS FACE AND BODY PEELING DEVICE LASER FACIAL AND
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    • 159 33 k SDIC Protects Deposits and Insurance Policies How can I get such protection? I A law has been passed to provide automatic protection for you. There is no need for you to take any further action. Savings, current and fixed deposits with a full bank or finance company are protected
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  • world
    • 474 34 DIRECT PITCH TO SUPPORT BASE DOW JONES SYDNEY —Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd began his re-election campaign yesterday by promising more aid to the nation’s ailing auto industry, a move that underscores how rising fears over job security are becoming a flashpoint
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    • 674 35 Star Cruises offers the purrrfectfamily vacation with Hello Kitty andfriends is just a short walk away. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTSTEAM Ahoy! Hello Kitty and friends are here, ready to go on a sailing adventure with you. From Nov 17 to Dec 29, Star
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    • 629 36 FEARS OF AN AGEING SOCIETY THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL As hopeful singles at the speed dating event shifted from table to table introducing themselves, Park Chang Won, a 32-year-old firefighter, grew more and more morose. By the time he reached the last
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    • 498 37 Incident may stoke anger over concentration of US military bases on the Japanese island AGENCIES TOKYO A United States military helicopter crashed on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa yesterday, US forces in the country said, an incident which may stoke anger over the concentration
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    • 171 36 COURSE OVERVIEW For children between 6 and 8 years old Available in English and Mandarin, Fun with Mat Yoyo uses material from the popular children television series in an interactive way to develop children’s performing skills to enhance creative and confident expression. Through the course, students can expect to learn
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  • business
    • 608 38 BUILDING ON MOMENTUM BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE —Bourse operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) will rely on derivatives to drive growth amid a dearth of merger and acquisition candidates in Asia and it is planning bond and energy futures, Chief Executive Magnus Bocker said yesterday. “Our primary
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    • 477 38  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg GUANGZHOU —Country Garden, one of China’s largest property developers, has chosen Malaysia as the first stop in its global expansion plan, with a mixed-use waterfront estate currently under construction in Iskandar, which is popular with Singaporeans. Its RM18
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    • 248 38 BLOOMBERG BRISBANE —Virgin Australia, whose largest single shareholder is Singapore Airlines (SIA), yesterday cut its full-year earnings forecast for the second time since May and predicted a loss of as much as A$110 million (S$124 million) on costs from a new ticket-booking system. “Aviation’s a
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  • impact
    • 402 39 Dove Men+Care banks on bad-tempered tennis star to sell deodorant JOHN MCENROE ‘IRRITATED’ NO MORE THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK As a tennis player, Mr John McEnroe was known as much for his on-court irritability as for his Wimbledon titles. Now, a brand has hired
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    • 109 39 CHANGING THEW NAMES IS PART OF THE FAME GAME 1 11 j names Who are these household names FOR CELEBS ho^sof^ea ter fame and fortune? Quah Cheng Hock he ditcned even his own surname for better luck. Hyena Lydia Mironoff the Oscarwinning actress who became Queen s m Chen Cuichang
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  • technology
    • 511 40  -  For the Taiwanese phone maker to soar, it needs to focus on its design language and key features RECAPTURING MARKET SHARE PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —For all the effort that Taiwanese mobilephone maker HTC is putting into its handsets, the results are hardly
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    • 364 40  -  ALVIN CHONG S I N G A P O R E Bass-heavy headphones seem like the way to go right now for many audio companies and now it appears that simple bass-boosting to match the dance and dub-step trends in music isn’t enough.
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    • 255 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony Playstation 4 (PS4) will be available in the United Kingdom in time for Christmas, according to release dates leaked by toy retailer Toys‘R’Us. The company’s website stated that the Xbox One console
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  • sports
    • 600 42  -  Stange wants Duric, Mustafic and Bennett to consider coaching options BACK IN THE NATIONAL FOLD? FELICIA QUICK feliciaquick@mediacorp.com.sg ing licence),” he said. A DDITIO N A L REPORTING BY IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE They may no longer be first-choice picks for the Republic’s new
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    • 477 42  -  LOW LIN FHOONG S ING A PORE Two teenagers from Tonga have emerged as likely candidates for the Singapore Rugby Union’s (SRU) Pacific Island Programme that was unveiled in February this year. The pilot project aims to recruit players aged between 16 and 17 from Tonga, Samoa,
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    • 561 43 AGENCIES LONDON —Manchester United have confirmed that they have rejected a second bid from Chelsea for striker Wayne Rooney. Chelsea put forward an offer, thought to be around £25 million (S$48.6 million), for the England international yesterday, but it was rejected. A
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