Today, 12 March 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • hot news
    • 424 2 Senior military officer says plane changed course after Kota Baru took lower altitude FINDING APPEARS TO RULE OUT SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC MECHANICAL FAILURE AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —The Malaysian military believes the plane missing for almost four days turned and flew
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    • 207 2 AGENCIES K UA L A L U M P U R There were no “health issues” with the Boeing 777-200 aircraft used for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, said MAS Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya. In a statement released yesterday, the
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    • 528 4 MANY COUNTRIES DO NOT INTEGRATE INTERPOL’S DATABASE AGENCIES WASHINGTON —Aviation safety experts said the discovery that two passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane were travelling on stolen passports has revealed a major gap in airline security procedures developed since
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    • 241 4 DOW JONES KUA L A LUM PU R —The co-pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane invited two female passengers into the cockpit on a previous flight, in a possible breach of security, one of the women said yesterday. South
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    • 693 8  -  SATISFACTION WITH BUS SERVICES ROSE IN ALMOST ALL INDICATORS SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Commuters’ satisfaction with train services has fallen and recent setbacks illustrate starkly how the journey towards better train reliability is a lengthy and painstaking journey, said Transport Minister Lui
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    • 617 10  -  REPLACEMENT CAN PROVIDE VALUE-ADDED SERVICES, TOO JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The development of the next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system will soon be underway: The Government plans to call a tender over the next few months to build the system, which should
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    • 751 12  -  CHANGE ONE OF SEVERAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic could experience many more days of “moderate” air quality from May, despite the air being no more polluted than the past. This is because levels of fine particulate
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    • 572 14  -  2014 COULD BE AN EL NINO YEAR SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With the current dry spell, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan stressed the need for industries and homes to conserve water. As part of
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    • 493 16 OPPOSITION MP TO APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR SEDITION AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian opposition lawmaker Karpal Singh has been fined RM4,000 (S$1,544) for his sedition conviction, a sentence that will cost him his Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat. Under Malaysia’s Federal Constitution, an
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    • 287 16 AGENCIES The Kajang by-election will pit Barisan Nasional candidate Chew Mei Fun against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (picture), after the two filed their nomination papers yesterday. Dr Wan Azizah is stepping in for her husband, opposition
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    • 561 17 Economy to grow by 3.1% this year, while unemployment, deficits, housing have improved AGENCIES WA SHINGTON —Five years removed from the worst of the financial crisis, the United States economy is on track for robust growth as businesses add jobs and households
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  • comment &analysis
    • 958 18  -  WHY WE NEED TO BRING HUMANITY BACK INTO OUR JOBS PETA STEELE Peta Steele is Head of Smarter Workforce at IBM ASEAN. A lot has been said in Singapore about the workforce, and much of it seems like 50 shades of
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    • 33 18 DON'T FLIP TABLES. Confucius says, "When you f re feeling angry, consider the consequences before you react." Pause and think before responding to a negative situation. For more mental wellbeing tips, visit enrichyourmind.sg.
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  • voices
    • 261 20  -  FROM HAZELYN A YUEN Regarding this week’s VoicesTODAY topic, “Drought and haze: Is this the future?”, my concerns include whether we can keep up with climate change, as well as how we can keep the air pollution here in check and use
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    • 94 20  -  FROM MELISSA G OOI I read with interest the letter “Water rationing will give S’poreans a wakeup call” (March 11). I agree that some form of rationing needs to be in place, especially as I see water being wasted. An example I have
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    • 135 20  -  FROM MICHELLE LEE JOO GEK I agree with the letter “Save used water to pour on dry grass” (March 11). Households use a substantial amount of water for laundry and other cleaning activities. If each household could contribute a pail of used water for trees
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    • 271 23  -  FROM NG YA KEN The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore the costliest city for expatriates, mainly because of the exclusion of housing in its survey. However, housing is generally the largest cost for them. (“Singapore is ‘world’s costliest city to live
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    • 255 23  -  FROM ALICE ANG The news that dyslexia remediation will be provided at 20 more primary schools, in “Initiatives to help students develop potential rolled out” (March 8), comes some time after talk of a school for those afflicted with the condition
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    • 235 23  -  FROM SHAWN LUM President, Nature Society (Singapore) To say that I was encouraged by Minister of State (National Development) Desmond Lee’s parliamentary speech on Monday about Pulau Ubin is an understatement. He has set a new standard for engaging stakeholders on her-itage-related matters.
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    • 18 20 "SORRY" o URE. Forgive quickly and freely for peace of mind. For more mental wellbeing tips, visit enrichyourmind.sg.
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    • 179 20 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER NOISE NUISANCE FROM NEIGHBOURS, NOT HIGHWAYS Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/ ltrnoise12mar Own A Luxurious Condominium With Just USD5,000 (Oh yes, you had read correctly) Olympia Tower C7: Residence V “ta Shopping Center
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  • singapore
    • 705 24  -  IT ALSO CALLS FOR BETTER TRANSPORT FOR WORKERS IN LITTLE INDIA AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE People who have to interact with foreign workers as part of their work should be trained to understand and communicate with them better. This
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    • 819 25  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Since 2008, households here in general are spending less on recreational and cultural activities as a proportion of their incomes. In contrast, the expenditure to income ratio for big ticket items such as housing has been generally trending
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    • 464 26  -  Enhancements include speed humps, centre dividers as well as special footpath markings MPS WANT CYCLING TO BE PROMOTED SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Five towns with a high elderly population and relatively high accident rates involving this group have been chosen to
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    • 443 26  -  JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The standards of taxi availability have seen some improvement due to measures implemented last year, with the most significant progress seen in the number of taxis operating in two shifts, said Senior Minister of State (Finance
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    • 378 26  -  SIAU MING EN S I N G A PO R E —It was not so much the increase in mosquito breeding spots, but rather its coupling with the population’s low herd immunity to the new variant of dengue that led to the
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    • 381 27  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —About S$1.5 billion will be invested to give Singaporeans more access to sports facilities under the first phase of the Government’s Sports Facilities Master Plan (SFMP), said Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong
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    • 275 27  -  HON JINGYI SINGAPORE —The Government will be pumping in S$65 million over the next few years to revamp Singapore’s museums and cultural institutions, said Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong yesterday. About S$35 million will go towards
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    • 437 28  -  ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALERTED SHOP OWNER TO TENDER CLAIRE HUANG clairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Both avid cyclists, they became friends in 2011 when they met at a cycling event, and often discussed the sport. However, when online chatter questioning a tender won by
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    • 14 24 Foster good relations with those around you. For more mental wellbeing tips, visit enrichyourmind.sg
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  • mediacorp showcase
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  • health
    • 1036 30 USING APPS AND GADGETS TO TRACK SLEEPING PATTERNS AND BEHAVIOUR THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Computers and mobile devices are enemies of a good night’s sleep, interrupting slumber with text alerts and disrupting natural sleep rhythms with their glowing screens. However, a
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    • 241 31 REUTERS TOKYO —A Japanese scientist on Monday called for his headline-grabbing study on stem cells to be withdrawn from publication, saying its findings had been thrown into too much doubt. The research hailed when it came out in January as a breakthrough
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    • 997 34 KIDS SAY THEY FEEL HURT BY ADULT CARERS’ LACK OF ATTENTION THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Every age of parenthood and parenthood at every age yields some discouraging metric, some new rating system on which parents can be judged and found wanting.
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  • china&india
    • 560 38 Filipino vessels with fresh supplies were trying to reach soldiers guarding disputed shoal in the South China Sea CHINESE SAY SHIPS WERE LOADED WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AP M ANIL A The Chinese coast guard prevented delivery of supplies to Filipino soldiers
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    • 632 39 REUTERS N E W DELHI Opposition challenger Narendra Modi’s hunt for allies to emerge from India’s April-May election with a coalition large enough to rule is gaining momentum, with regional politicians flocking to team up with his Hindu nationalist
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  • world
    • 461 40 Reconstruction plans finally taking shape, but shortage of skilled workers and materials is delaying work NEARLY 270,000 REMAIN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES AP TOKYO —Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to boost rebuilding efforts as Japan marked the third anniversary
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    • 406 41 AGENCIES TOKYO —In the once-bustling fishing town of Minamisanriku, residents gathered in front of what is left of the town’s disaster prevention centre, where dozens of town employees died in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. They prayed
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    • 205 41 AGENCIES TOKYO —Three years after the magni-tude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged north-eastern Japan, a large majority of survivors surveyed by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper believe the disaster is being forgotten and reconstruction has stalled. Survivors also remain worried about their daily
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    • 622 42 POLITICAL CONFLICT HAS DEALT A BLOW TO MANY BUSINESSES REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand is expected to lift a State of Emergency in Bangkok, almost two months after it was imposed to quell anti-government protests, because of pressure from businesses and in light
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    • Article, Illustration
      526 43 Expect laughter aplenty at the Francisco household Spend some time with the Francisco family and one thing soon becomes apparent. This is one happy household that is filled with laughter. There’s no mistaking that this is a close-knit group, where spending time together as a family takes centrestage
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  • business
    • 511 44  -  S’PORE IS 4TH-MOST-ACTIVE HIRING MARKET GLOBALLY: POLL WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Being average is not going to cut it any more in Singapore’s financial sector, where firms are dividing the bonus pool more ruthlessly than they did in the past, prioritising rewards
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    • 596 45  -  WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Singapore-listed conglomerate Yoma Strategic Holdings is planning to expand into education, agriculture and logistics in a bid to capture emerging business trends and diversify its income stream in Myanmar, a booming frontier market. The conglomerate, which has
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    • 377 46 RECOVERY ‘LOOKS SET TO CONTINUE’ AGENCIES TOK YO The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has refrained from adding another shot of stimulus in the weeks before a consumption tax rise, saying that the country’s moderate recovery looks set to continue despite persistent
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    • 470 47 SINGAPORE A residential site at Yishun Avenue 9 received only five bids at the close of the tender yesterday, indicating tempering demand in a traditionally popular district, though some analysts noted the relatively high offer by EL Development. Notably, the margin
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    • 232 47 DOW JONES SINGAPORE —Online property portal group PropertyGuru is seeking to launch an initial public offering within the next 18 months, with Singapore or Australia the most likely listing destination, the company’s Chief Executive said yesterday. If the company lists in Singapore, it
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