Today, 9 September 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • hot news
    • 758 2 Abbott pledges to construct new roads to stimulate growth, promises to scrap mining tax FIRST CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN SIX YEARS AGENCIES C A N B E R R A Australia’s incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday said his conservative administration would move
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    • 99 4 MediaCorp artiste Ann Kok (top) and the cast of Channel 5’s Mata Mata lent star power to the Celebrity Race of Race Me to the Stars 2013, a MediaCorp Soap Box Derby event, yesterday. Back for a second year, the challenge was held at the National
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    • 515 4  -  ‘WE SHOULD HELP THOSE WHO HAVE LESS’ XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Although the Government has pledged to offer a helping hand to those in need, Singaporeans have a part to play as well, and the challenge is in
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    • 602 6 AS OBAMA INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO WIN SUPPORT... AGENCIES WA S H I N G T O N Syrian President Bashar Al Assad yesterday denied he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people, CBS reported, as the United States indicated it
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  • comment &analysis
    • 986 10  -  PRIVATE CARS NOT A BASIC NEED NG YEW-KWANG Ng Yew-Kwang is Winsemius Professor in the Division of Economics at Nanyang Technological University. The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) auction system is being reviewed. In my view, Singapore should largely keep it but more taxis
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    • 1004 11  -  NOKIA’S SALE TO MICROSOFT ANDREW HILL Andrew Hill is the Financial Times’ Associate Editor and Management Editor. This is abridged from a longer analysis. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED On Tuesday, Nokia agreed to Microsoft’s takeover of its mobile phone business in a US$5.4-billion (S$6.9-billion) deal.
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  • voices
    • 336 14  -  FROM HENG CHO CHOON Mr Chua Sheng Yang had some good suggestions in his letter on how to preserve the Singapore “soul” and “increase our vibrancy as a nation” (“Enough malls, use land for other activities”, Sept 7). I would like
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    • 348 14  -  FROM QUEK SOO BENG The proposed MediShield Life announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the National Day Rally is a radical change in policy. While the initial public reaction was positive, concerns are now being expressed on cost sustainability and affordability. I
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    • 201 15  -  FROM LOH WAI POON I am a Changi Service Ambassador volunteering at the airport to help arriving tourists enjoy a stress-less stay on our beautiful island. The Prime Minister’s announcement on building a “Jewel” outside Terminal 1 for tourists’ and Singaporeans’ enjoyment certainly
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    • 367 15  -  FROM BERNARD LONG In the past month, two CCTV cameras have been installed at my block to deter illegal parking and waiting one at the larger service area where the loading/unloading of refuse trucks is and the other which is
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    • mediacorp showcase
      • 173 16 NICK VUJICIC IN SINGAPORE Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic urged companies to inspire through social responsibility during his recent visit here. Born without limbs, the 30-year-old Australian gave a talk toMediaCorp staff at its TV theatre, as well as to the media company’s top clients
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  • singapore
    • 551 17  -  Health Ministry to look at older schemes such as civil servant pensions during the revamp MOH-REACH DIALOGUE SESSION TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Some private medical care schemes may “appear to be better” than the revamped MediShield Life announced recently
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    • 585 18  -  YOUNGEST AT PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE VOLUNTEER DRIVE SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg S I N G A P O R E While many primary school boys spent the last June holidays playing computer games, 12-year-old Chia Yun Shan chose to spend every weekday of
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    • 223 19 SINGAPORE Two Singaporean men drowned on Saturday during a diving outing in Pantai Air Batang, Tioman island, reported Malaysia’s The Star newspaper yesterday. The victims, who were aged 35 and 48, had gone diving at a site about 25 metres from the
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • youth
    • 842 20  -  SMU society to hold drive this Wednesday and Thursday to recruit 400 to 500 new donors MORE NAMES NEEDED IN REGISTRY EMILY LIU emilyrliu@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When raising funds just was not “satisfying” enough, a group of undergraduates decided to focus their efforts on an
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  • china&india
    • 447 21 Premier Li says plan will centre on quality of life, environment and be driven by job creation REFORM EFFORT TO RESTRUCTURE ECONOMY REUTERS BEIJING —China’s Premier, Mr Li Keqiang, wants his plan to turn more Chinese into city dwellers to be hu-manity-centred,
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    • 316 22 Ding Shumiao allegedly involved in bribery and illegal activities totalling S$37.5b AGENCIES BEIJING A businesswoman linked to the corruption case against China’s former Railways Minister has been charged with bribery and illegal business activities, a state news agency reported yesterday. Ex-Railways Minister Liu
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    • 78 22 AP The Chinese police have arrested 16 people accused of blackmailing companies by pretending to be Communist Party or government officials and threatening to post damaging information about them online, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. They were accused of operating 11 websites that said falsely that they were
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    • 209 22 AP A Chinese reporter who was sentenced to prison in 2005 after Yahoo! disclosed details of his email has been released, a writer’s group announced yesterday. Shi Tao (picture) was released on Aug 23,15 months before the end of his sentence, the Independent
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  • world
    • 389 23 MOTHER TONGUE ‘CORE OF NATIONAL UNITY’ AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian right-wing group Perkasa has warned that the national language must not be sidelined as the government prioritises the teaching and learning of English. Mr Ibrahim Ali, the President of the group that
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    • 370 24 It will not take part in any form of govt until an independent probe into alleged election irregularities is carried out PARTY TO CONTINUE STREET PROTESTS AP PHNOM PENH The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) says it will boycott the opening session of Parliament
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    • 272 24 BLOOMBERG ISLAMABAD Mr Asif Ali Zardari (picture) stepped down as Pakistan’s President yesterday amid plans to rejuvenate his party after it was voted out of power in May’s general election, state television reported. The state-run Pakistan Television carried the announcement, making Mr Zardari the
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    • 647 25 REUTERS LONDON —Smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes to try to kick their habit are at least as likely to succeed in quitting or cutting down as users of nicotine patches, according to research published yesterday. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers compared
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  • business
    • 421 26 ECONOMY SHOWS SIGNS OF PICKING UP BLOOMBERG BEIJING —China’s exports increased more than estimated last month, adding to evidence the world’s secondlargest economy is rebounding after a two-quarter slowdown. Overseas shipments rose 7.2 per cent from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs
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    • 462 27 REUTERS LONDON —A Bank of England (BoE) policymaker who has been one of its biggest proponents of more bond buying said in an interview yesterday that the bank could hold off from pumping more money into the economy if its new
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    • 159 27 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON —Retail sales probably rose at a faster pace last month as Americans bought more cars and trucks, a sign that spending will help sustain economic growth in the second half of the year, economists said before a report this
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  • management
    • 554 28 LORNE MICHAELS: CREATOR OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 2013 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP Lorne Michaels created Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1975 and has spent nearly four decades at its helm, launching the careers of comedians from Eddie Murphy to Kristen Wiig. The
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  • technology
    • Article, Illustration
      414 29  -  Samsung, Sony and LG set to go head-to-headfor space in consumer living rooms BEYOND MOBILE DOMINANCE HIRANAND SUNNY IN BERLIN hiranandsn@mediacorp.com.sg BERLIN Asia scored a big win in the battle for mobile dominance at the IFA 2013, with Samsung, Sony and LG all unveiling their latest smartphones and
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    • 70 29 r r 7 I P L L I V 9-14 Sep, 730pm Civic Plaza FREE ADMISSION 19th Ngee Ann City National Lion Dance Championship 2013 This year's lion dance battle will leave you awestruck and thoroughly entertained. Also, watch out for the 24-style Jie Lin drum-beating troupe, stilt-walking, dragon dance
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  • sports
    • 744 30  -  First IOC presidential race in 12 years overshadows voting for host city and sports for 2020 Olympics S’POREAN MAY FACE TOUGHER FIGHT WITH JAPAN’S 2020 GAMES WIN TAN YO-HINN IN BUENOS AIRES Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg BUENOS AIRES Predicting who will be
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    • 414 30  -  TAN YO-HINN IN BUENOS AIRES BUENOS AIRES Wrestling has been reinstated to the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It will now feature at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics after it polled 49 votes via secret ballot at the 125th
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    • 515 31 REUTERS MONZA (ITALY) Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix at a canter yesterday to move 53 points clear of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the Formula 1 championship after six victories from 12 races. The triple champion, who celebrated his 32nd career
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    • 251 31 AGENCIES LONDON Manchester United want Wayne Rooney to sign a new contract keeping him at the club “well into his 30s”. Rooney’s present deal expires in June 2015 he will turn 30 in October that year and United are set to propose a lengthy
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    • 591 31 AP LONDON Italy, Germany and the Netherlands can seal their places at the 2014 World Cup in the latest round of European qualifiers today, while England will boost their hopes of joining them by avoiding defeat in Ukraine. All of the continent’s
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    • 1234 32 But world No 1 may pay price for sapping semi-final battle with Wawrinka THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —The classic match has become a Grand Slam ritual for Novak Djokovic, who it would seem was put on this Earth to push his and
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 111 32 Mon, 09/09/13 Football Singapore Thai Select -f Singapore U23 5.30pm International Football Malaysia U23 Myanmar U23 8.45pm LW f This match is played on neutral ground. For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw Ifcttunc] L i vew i re (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 yrs and above) Livewire (Singapore
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    • 77 33 MONDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2013 DOLL OF A TIME YOU DON’T REALLY NEED A PERFECT FIGURE TO PLAY BARBIE 36 TWIST O’ THE TALE THE SLO GIVES LA TRAVIATA A MODERN TAKE 37 WHEN IS A BED NOT A BED? WHEN IT’S A WORK OF ART, OF COURSE 34 YANG JIE
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  • T TODAY
    • arts&design
      • 443 34  -  FOCUS IS ON THE BED IN A NEW GROUP SHOW AT FOST GALLERY MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg Do you have a hard time sleeping? Drop by FOST Gallery where there could be a bed that will knock you out in no time. That, theoretically, is how one lifesized contraption
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      • 161 35  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE Not only did Ilo Ilo pull in an impressive S$210,000 on opening weekend, it was also chosen as Singapore’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year’s Oscars. Elsewhere, Goodman Arts Centre held its open house; Gillman Barracks celebrated its
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      • ARTS GUIDE
        • 72 35 Now in its fourth year, this show features the works of finalists Alecia Neo, Darren Soh, Dawn Ng, Liana Yang, Ore Huiying, Sarah Choo, Sim Chi Yin and Tan Ngiap Heng. Until Sept 15, 11am to 7pm, Chan Hampe Galleries, Raffles Hotel. Free. More info at
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        • 60 35 Yes, the world’s most famous doll takes to the stage in the world premiere of this all-ages dance-inspired musical. Barbie is shooting her latest film with best friend Teresa, who needs some encouragement. Sept 10 to 14, various times, Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands. Tickets from S$35 to
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 463 36  -  Pangdemonium’s musical about bipolar disorder is intense and alive THEATRE REVIEW: NEXT TO NORMAL MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —Next To Normal is hardly your “normal” musical. This Pulitzer Prize-winning work by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt can be depressing, as a seemingly exple-tive-infused script, with teenagers discussing their choice
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      • 349 36  -  What does it take to make the world’s most famous doll come to life? DOLL PLAY AMADEA NG features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —What does it take to play the world’s most well-known doll, Barbie? According to director/choreographer Kobi Rozenfeld, Chelsea Bernier. The stage actress was one of the
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      • Article, Illustration
        243 37  -  SLO’s modern take on Verdi’s classic fails to connect with the audience OPERA REVIEW: VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA MAY SEAH SINGAPORE —This may very well be the first time the Singapore Lyric Orchestra (SLO) stage has seen a MacBook and Converse sneakers and not during a rehearsal, either.
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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