Today, 2 October 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • 24 1 TODAY AbdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2013 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    • 87 1 The all-new TODAYAPP FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES exclusively available on Samsung Apps tdy.sg/newsandroidapp Can we ever be a happy society? Why are Singaporeans unhappy? Stress? Living costs? Lack of family time? Materialism? Vanishing roots? Inequality causes societal unhappiness, research shows so what can be done? tell us your views voices@mediacorp.com.sg Do
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    • 210 2 IPad 2:38 PM 91 m> daily focus china&india world hot news commentary voices MORE STORIES What makes a Singaporean core? v I Several MPs give their take on the concept on the first day of debate in Parliament *****00 BYNEOCHAI CHINSINGAPORE A common responsibility felt for one another. Stakeholders and
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  • 1135 1 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States government partially shut down for the first time in 17 years yesterday as a stand-off between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans over healthcare reforms closed government offices, museums and national parks, slowing everything from trade
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  • 48 1 (From left) President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Chinese Communist Party leaders during a tribute ceremony yesterday at the Monument to the People’s Heroes in Beijing, on the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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  • 740 1  -  Analysts attribute dip to increased availability of flats and measures to encourage financial prudence 0.7 PER CENT DROP COMPARED TO PREVIOUS QUARTER XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After lasting more than four years, the extended bull run of Housing and Development
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    • 246 1 PRODUCTIVITY ISN’T A CURE-ALL— S’PORE NEEDS TRUE INNOVATION TO GET WHERE IT WANTS TO BE: VALERIO NANNINI COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 TRUE FALSEor Q: Protons are made of quarks. Log on to to xinmsn.com/nsc2013 to answer and win prizes! o f One of the highest 12-month SGD Fixed Deposits at 1.1% p.a.
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  • hot news
    • 745 4  -  Train operators penalised for five incidents in the past year, have two weeks to appeal TWO OTHER CASES ON NORTH-EAST LINE ALSO EXAMINED SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Train operators SMRT and SBS Transit will be fined a total of S$1.1 million by the authorities for
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    • 220 4 SINGAPORE —Despite the partial shutdown of the United States government yesterday, operations at the US Embassy here will not be affected for now. However, it is unclear how long its operations will continue. In response to TODAY’S queries, a staff member said
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    • 628 6  -  S’PORE FILM CAN EXPECT TOUGH COMPETITION AT AWARDS GENEVIEVE SARAH LOH genevievel@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Fresh from winning a string of awards at last month’s film festivals in Russia and Hungary, Singapore film Ilo Ilo could be in line for more honours
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    • 611 8  -  Framework dented affordability of homes and prompted buyers to be more prudent, say analysts SMALLEST INCREASE SINCE Q***** LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Private home prices rose at the slowest pace in six quarters after the Government announced
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    • 462 10 MOVE TO CONTROL PUBLIC DEBT REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a step yesterday that none of his predecessors had managed in more than 15 years making a dent in the government’s runaway debt. Mr Abe, riding
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  • comment &analysis
    • 1345 12  -  THE INNOVATION SERIES VALERIO NANNINI Valerio Nannini is the Managing Director of Nestle Singapore. A Singapore permanent resident, he is also a board member at the National Research Foundation and the Chairman of the board of advisers at the SMF Singapore Innovation
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    • 1150 16  -  FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICIES: STRENGTHS, NEW INSECURITIES HO SHU HUANG, TAN KWOH JACK, KOH SWEE LEAN COLLIN Ho Shu Huang, Tan Kwoh Jack and Koh Swee Lean Collin are Associate Research Fellows in the Military Studies Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of
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    • 31 12 No longer merely about ‘coping’with vulnerability, foreign policy today is also shaped around drawing on Singapore’s strength and success. HO SHU HUANG, TAN KWOH JACK AND KOH SWEE LEAN COLLIN 16
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  • voices
    • 417 20  -  FROM SUSAN LOW This week’s VoicesTODAY topic, “Can we ever be a happy society?”, caught my attention. Being a mother of two, I am a happy Singaporean because we are a peaceful society with minimal disasters. However, we have unhappy
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    • 324 20  -  FROM NG YA KEN In his commentary “Why the Danish mermaid is happier than the Singapore Merlion” (Sept 30), Mr Avi Liran gave eight reasons the Danes are happier than us. I wish to add another: The Danes choose what to
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    • 249 21  -  FROM HELEN LIM Director, Media Relations, Land Transport Authority We refer to Mr Tan Poh Lam’s letter, “Is upgrading EMAS signs on expressways really necessary?” (Sept 23). Since 1998, the Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (EMAS) has been an effective, integrated incident
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    • 32 21 Our headline, “China’s first free trade zone opens” (Sept 30), for the story on the zone in Shanghai was incorrect. China has 15 free trade zones. We apologise for the error.
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    • 161 21  -  FROM WILL WOONG KWOK SIONG While I applaud the Government for its various public assistance schemes, I feel that the Utilities-Save (U-Save) rebates should not be based only on the type of public flat, while excluding other important factors. (“Electricity tariffs to go
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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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  • singapore
    • 601 22  -  Vocational training for students, scholarships for teachers amongMOE’s plans PM VISITS PATHLIGHT SCHOOL ON ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government will do more to help special education (SPED) schools, in terms of looking at how to train more
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    • 245 22 SINGAPORE The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has given JEM the all-clear to reopen the first floor area in the mall where a false ceiling came crashing down on Sept 18, resulting in a near-two-week closure. The authorities had ordered the closure of only the
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    • 545 23  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Even though investigations are still ongoing into Monday’s tower crane collapse at the National Art Gallery construction site, the weight it was carrying was “well within” its capacity, said Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday. Speaking to reporters
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    • 445 24 THINK-TANKS ‘HELP FACILITATE CITIZEN-GOVT ENGAGEMENT’ SINGAPORE —With the online media space increasingly the platform on which people voice their opinions on the challenges facing Singapore, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) must strive to carve a place for itself as
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    • 427 25 SINGAPORE —A 22-year lawyer who was struck off the rolls was allowed to go back to practice, provided he, among other things, attends classes with and sits for a law examination for recent law graduates. These were part of the additional conditions that the Court
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    • 209 25 SINGAPORE —With effect from yesterday, former Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong has joined the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Law as its first Distinguished Fellow. The university said the term of appointment is on an honorary basis, and
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    • 241 26  -  ACCUSED ALLEGEDLY THREATENED MOTHER WITH KNIFE CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE A woman has been accused of threatening her mother who once unsuccessfully sued the Novena Church over an alleged failed exorcism with a knife. Subashini Jeyabal (picture), 28, was charged
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    • 861 27 1 i V A \j r apore s Silver Lining r i par t i te Alliance for F air E mployment P ractices Advances in healthcare and nutrition have helped raise the life expectancy of Singaporeans from 72 years in 1980 to 82 years in 2011 one of the
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  • health
    • 520 28  -  Study found that there is lack of discussion of treatment goals between physicians, patien ts ENHANCEMENTS BY SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS TIARA HAMARIAN tiarabtemh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Recent enhancements in healthcare delivery introduced by SingHealth Polyclinics have helped to improve cardiovascular (CVD) patients’ conditions, after an earlier
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    • 966 28 REUTERS ANAND (GUJARAT) —Dressed in a green surgical gown and cap, British restaurateur Rekha Patel cradled her newborn daughter at the Akanksha clinic in north-western India as her husband Daniel smiled warmly, peering in through a glass door. “I can’t believe
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  • china&india
    • 572 34 Relations to be tested, with Beijing’s assertiveness in region dotted with states that will seek Washington’s help if attacked TERRITORIAL DISPUTES MAY BE DISCUSSED AT APEC FORUM BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s official People’s Daily newspaper lambasted the United States when
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    • 740 35 DOW JONES BEIJING —The ambitions of some consumer brands in China are colliding with an unexpected new reality hardball Mao-era politics. Increasingly, a drive against alleged corporate price-fixing and graft that has ensnared some of the biggest names in the global dairy and pharmaceutical
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    • 593 36 False terrorist threats and restrictions related to military use of airspace behind appalling punctuality record TRAVELLERS BLAME INEFFICIENCY THE GUARDIAN BEIJING —When the young flight attendant joined a major Chinese airline last year, he received the usual training: How to evacuate an aircraft, how
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  • world
    • 767 38 Australian PM also supports Jakarta’s plans to invest in cattle farms Down Under ‘RESPECTFUL, CONSULTATIVE APPROACH’ TO BILATERAL RELATIONS AGENCIES JAKARTA —Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday looked to move beyond border issues that have been a key part of his
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    • 478 39 AGENCIES S EOU L South Korea displayed its longest-range missile, which is capable of striking all of North Korea, and other sophisticated weapons at a massive military ceremony yesterday, a display of force meant to show Pyongyang that any provocation would
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    • 93 39 AP South Korea’s military needs to improve its missile defence and cyber capabilities to better defend the country against persistent threats from Pyongyang, the commander of US forces in Korea said yesterday. General James Thurman, who will leave his command today and retire,
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    • 394 40 AGENCIES YANGON —President Thein Sein travelled to Myanmar’s conflict-torn west as a new spate of mob-led arson attacks against Muslim homes erupted yesterday, his first visit to the divided region since sectarian violence broke out there more than a year ago. A
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    • 551 41 Forty-five people have died so far this year, compared to 27 in the same period last year VIRUS PLAGUING SOUTH-EAST ASIA DOW JONES K UA L A L U M P U R Dengue fever has killed 45 people in Malaysia this year
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    • 214 41 DOW JONES Escherichia coli can cause serious food poisoning but Korean scientists have come up with a more helpful use for the sometimes-deadly bacteria: Producing petrol. Using genetically modified E. coli to generate biofuel is not new. Scientists in the United
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  • business
    • 319 42 SMALL COMPANIES FACING DIFFICULTIES AGENCIES B E I J I N G China’s manufacturing growth notched up slightly last month, official data showed yesterday, with small firms struggling in the face of overcapacity and weak demand, signalling limits on the nation’s rebound from a two-quarter economic slowdown.
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    • 281 42  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) has questioned an eight-fold jump in the share price of mainboard-listed investment firm Blumont Group this year, calling on the company to provide an “acceptable explanation” on the unusual
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    • 232 43 SING A PORE —Singapore-based fund managers will soon be able to offer their retail funds directly to investors in Malaysia and Thailand under a streamlined process, following an agreement by the three countries to facilitate the cross-border offering of collective investment
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    • 445 43  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The United States economy remains on track for recovery and its equity market is more attractive compared with its Asian counterpart over the next year. This is according to Mr Rajesh Malkani, head of Standard Chartered’s
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    • 436 44  -  NEED TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Latin American countries sought to tighten control on cargo movements across their borders post Sept 11, technology firm CrimsonLogic saw an opportunity to extend its e-services to a region relatively
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