Today, 22 March 2014

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Jakarta expresses regret at Indon marines posing as bombers, launches probe
      445 2 DPM Teo, Indonesian minister express their ‘common desire’ to continue to have good bila teral relations S’PORE MINISTERS THANK INDON LEADERS FOR ‘IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION’ SINGAPORE Indonesian leaders yesterday contacted their Singaporean counterparts to express regret over Wednesday’s incident where
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      Lock icon WP-run town council raises S&CC rates by up to S$10
      358 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA S I N G A P O R E The Aljunied-Hou-gang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC), run by the Workers’ Party, has revised its service and conservancy charges (S&CC), with hikes amounting to between S$3.50 and S$10 for some
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      Lock icon Temasek buys S$7.2b stake in HK’s AS Watson
      634 3 HKfirm is world’s largest health and beauty retailer, with 10,500 stores in 25 markets LARGEST PURCHASE BY SINGAPORE INVESTMENT FIRM AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Temasek Holdings is paying HK$44 billion (S$7.2 billion) for a 24.95 per cent stake in Hong Kong retail giant AS
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      Lock icon Search taking place in ‘most inaccessible spot’ on Earth
      603 4 Body of water infamous for strong winds and waves that can rise up to 6m and h igher AIRCRAFT TAKES EIGHT HOURS TO FLY TO SEARCH AREA AND BACK AGENCIES SYDNEY —The search for the plane that began in the tropical
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      Lock icon Chinese kin in Beijing express anger at Malaysian govt officials
      561 4 AGENCIES BEIJING —Relatives of the Chinese passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 yesterday expressed their anger at Malaysian government officials in their first meeting in Beijing, denouncing them for timewasting after two weeks since the aircraft vanished, the Sydney
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      Lock icon CHINESE REQUEST TO SEARCH IN INDIAN WATERS TURNED DOWN: REPORTS
      277 4 AGENCIES India has turned down a Chinese request seeking consent for four of its warships to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane near India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Times of India reported. China had on Thursday sought consent
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      Police cannot rely on manuals to deal with riots, COI told
      645 6  -  Doctrines should also not preclude use of innovative tactics when dealing with riots, says ex-Police Commissioner COMMISSION IS NOT AGAINST THE POLICE, STRESSES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When it comes to dealing with riots, police officers cannot
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      Lock icon US First Lady meets Chinese President Xi, wife
      358 6 AP BEIJING —United States First Lady Michelle Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday, the first day of her week-long visit to China, in a sign that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies are seeking to build stronger bonds. The
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      Lock icon Putin officially gets Crimea as Ukraine and EU sign deal
      545 6 AGENCIES M O S C O W Russian President Vladimir Putin completed his annexation of Crimea yesterday, signing a law making the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia just as Ukraine itself sealed a deal pulling it closer into Europe’s
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      234 5 Future-proofing our Healthcare Finance Framework Our healthcare financing framework comprises heavy subsidies and the 3Ms Medisave, MediShield and Medifund to keep healthcare affordable. Over the next 20 months, we will enhance the framework to better meet future needs. Here is a timeline of the changes in store. MORE Subsidised Drugs
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      43 7 “Better to be than pretty and strong useless. Lilith Saintcrow Lilith Saintcrow is an award winning American novelist renowned for writing paranormal and urban fantasy fction. Feel inspired by the quote? Log on to mediacorp.sg/women to submit your quote by 13 April 2014.
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  • saturday people
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      Lock icon A HEART FOR HR
      1670 8  -  Vineet Gambhir is Yahoo!’s first VP for HR in the Asia-Pacific and his passion for people matches the Internet giant’s THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES ALICIA WONG aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg Less than two years ago, Internet giant Yahoo! was in a state of flux, struggling through a series of
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      26 8 Arsene Wenger may have managed the Gunners 999 times but, remarkably, he is still awaiting his first victory against a Jose Mourinho side. ADRIAN CLARKE 23
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  • voices
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      Current COE system hurts motorcyclists too
      371 12  -  FROM IAN TAN YONG HOE Between 2003 and last year, the number of cars in Singapore jumped from 405,300 to 621,300, a 53 per cent increase. In that period, the number of motorcycles rose from 134,800 to 144,300, a 7 per cent increase. Cars
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      Take a leaf out of Obama’s book for MediShield Life
      211 12  -  FROM DESMOND LOI Private insurers routinely decline people with pre-existing conditions, to protect their bottom line. So, their Integrated Plans consist mainly of healthier individuals, while excluding those with pre-existing conditions, making the term “risk pool” meaningless. In the United
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      Lack of graciousness is the tip of ‘indifference iceberg’
      294 12  -  FROM NG YA KEN Though Ms Charlotte Ashton may have over-generalised that Singaporeans suffer from a “massive compassion deficit”, she was not totally wrong. (“BBC article a good reminder to be more gracious, says PM Lee”: March 17) Too many of
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      Rotten apples abound, so don’t condemn the whole barrel
      182 12  -  FROM ANTHONY OEI Much has been said about freelance reporter Charlotte Ashton’s comments on Singapore, especially on the label “misery city”. I say to her and others, point out our shortcomings by all means, but please do not make rash judgments.
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      Religion getting in the way of filial piety
      239 13  -  FROM EVELYN TAN My husband’s grandmother died recently at the age of 91. The last couple of years were difficult as she was bedridden and fading day by day. Certainly, she lived a fruitful life, with five children, multiple grandchildren and several
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      Lock icon S’pore should do more to cut down on food wastage
      186 13  -  FROM JEFFREY OOI As a consumer, I was shocked to read this week on http://www.reach.gov. sg that Singapore wasted 796,000 tonnes of food last year. We are so fortunate that we fill our stomachs without worrying about what will happen
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      181 13 LETTER FAMILY UPSET BY CARE OF MUM AT RESIDENTIAL HOME Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/ upset22mar for the letter from Raymond Anthony Fernando. BQsim university Start off your career on the right note Manage Your Future Muhamad Haikel has the POWER TO ACHIEVE ««iiSall School of Human Development
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Shoddy workmanship at new Yishun EC shocks some residents
      683 14  -  Scratches on glass surfaces cracks on walls and ceilings uneven flooring, poorly plastered walls among defects SOME OWNERS ASK WHY THEY SHOULD STILL PAY MAINTENANCE FEES JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After nearly four years of waiting, residents of The Canopy, an
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      Lock icon ‘Massive movement’ to drive patients from hospitals into GPs’ arms
      423 14  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com S ING A POR E In the United States, family doctors receive additional training, such as in treating certain chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Similarly, in Thailand, some doctors perform dual roles of both
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      West Coast Way attack: Unemployed man arrested
      429 15  -  22-year-old to be charged with aggravated outrage of modesty ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A 22-year-old unemployed man has been arrested in relation to an attack on a woman near West Coast Way on Monday. He will be charged today with aggravated outrage of
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      Power fault disrupts train services between Hougang and Dhoby Ghaut
      258 15  -  WOO SIAN BOON woosianboon@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Train services along the North East Line (NEL) between Hougang and Dhoby Ghaut were disrupted for over 30 minutes yesterday afternoon due to a power fault, affecting about 5,900 passengers. The fault, which occurred at
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      Lock icon Singapore Army gets new Chief
      115 15 Brigadier-General (BG) Perry Lim Cheng Yeow became the new Chief of Army yesterday, taking over the symbol of command from MajorGeneral (MG) Ravinder Singh Harchand Singh during a Change of Command Parade at Pasir Laba Camp. BG Lim, 41, joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
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      Woman in gag order case says half-siblings always had ‘resentful feelings’
      425 15  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The woman sued by her stepmother for breaching a gag order against talking publicly about her family became emotional on the stand yesterday as she described how their relationship soured after her late father’s will
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      Lock icon NEWater’s winning message recognised by UN
      329 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Republic’s brand of recycled water, NEWater, has won the “Water for Life” United Nations Water (UN-Water) Best Practices Award 2014 for its public communications and education efforts. Conferred annually by UN-Water, the award aims to promote efforts to fulfil international
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      Lock icon Eight in 10 S’poreans say being a good spouse a top priority
      244 17 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —About 81 per cent of Singaporeans have said being a good spouse is one of the top priorities in their lives, a survey by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has shown. The
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      192 16 MediaCorp Switches to Digital Broadcast With the move towards digital TV, viewers will be able to receive better quality pictures, superior sound, multi-language subtitles and electronic programme guides for TV programmes. Digital TV will progressively be rolled out in Singapore over the next two years. How Do I Get Digital
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  • world
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      Lock icon Obama to host summit with Japan, S Korea
      773 18 Abe and Park to meet for first time during three-way meeting on sidelin es of n uclear talks MEETING WILL FOCUS ON NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, THREAT OF PROLIFERATION IN REGION AGENCIES TOKYO —The current leaders of Japan and South Korea will
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      Lock icon China probes schools over unauthorised use of medicine
      409 18 REUTERS BEIJING China has launched a nationwide inspection of schools amid rising public anger at revelations that many educational institutions had secretly given children medicine to ward off illnesses and boost attendance, the state media said yesterday. No deaths have been reported,
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      Lock icon TWO CHILDREN DIE IN KINDERGARTEN POISONING
      167 18 AP Two children died and another 30 were sickened in a mass poisoning at a kindergarten in south-western China, said the authorities yesterday. I nvestigators identified the toxic substance as a powerful rat poison, but did not know yet how it had been ingested
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      Lock icon Hindu nationalists’ support could prove costly for Modi
      1156 19 BJP’ backers wants end to laws protecting Muslims which could cost party minority votes BLOOMBERG N E W DE LH I As dawn breaks in the Delhi suburb of Trilokpuri, more than a dozen men in khaki shorts and black jackets work
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  • business
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      Local banks gear up to attract SME customers
      706 20  -  DBS TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH UOB, OCBC IN THIS SEGMENT WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Small and medium enterprise (SME) banking is becoming a major battlefront for Singapore’s three local banks, which are ramping up their offerings in this area at
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      Lock icon OCBC says it has not finalised terms on Wing Hang deal
      337 20 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation said yesterday that it has not entered into any binding agreement on its offer to take over Hong Kong’s family-run Wing Hang Bank, after having extended the deadline for the deal twice in the
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      192 21 YOUNG TALENTS PROJECT 2014 A talent search for the next classical music prodigy Z Nikolai Song 2013 Grand Prize Winner 1 Gala Concert 2013 C n Ksk Into its third year, Symphony 92.4FM is on the hunt for the next classical music prodigy aged 15 and below. Get the chance
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  • sports
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      Lock icon SCHOLES BACKS UNITED’S MOYES
      694 22  -  Former Red Devil star says Scot has ability to bring club back to glory ‘FAR TOO EARLY TO SHOW MANAGER THE DOOR’ IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E Former Manchester United star Paul Scholes is backing embattled David Moyes to come
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      Lock icon MORE BIG STARS AND SURPRISES IN STORE, SAYS COURTS MD
      372 22  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE In 2011, it paraded two of the most celebrated names in world football, Brazilian legend Pele and former France and Manchester United star Eric Cantona, whose presence attracted the biggest press turnout in local football history—
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      TIME FOR WENGER TO GET ONE OVER ON MOURINHO
      670 23  -  GUNNERS NEED TO OVERCOME MENTAL BLOCK TO TRIUMPH AGAINST THE BLUES COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg TODAY’s EPL analyst Adrian Clarke is a former Arsenal midfielder who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he
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      Lock icon MOYES FACES SELECTION DILEMMA AGAINST WEST HAM
      255 23  -  ADRIAN CLARKE LONDON —No pace, no creativity, no belief, no game plan. Manchester United were shuddered to their core by the humiliation Liverpool dished out on them last weekend at the Theatre of Bad Dreams. Six days on, the world suddenly looks a
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      Lock icon BAYERN IN MAN UNITED’S WAY
      499 24 Barca and Real kept apart as Chelsea get PSG TEAMS’ LAST MEETING WAS IN 2010 THE GUARDIAN NYON (SWITZERL AND) Manchester United will meet the team they beat to win the European Cup in their treble year of 1999, the reigning champions and favourites Bayern
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      TIME TO STAND UP: FANDI
      435 24  -  DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The key to victory for the LionsXII against PKNS FC tonight is in the heart, says Fandi Ahmad, who has called on his boys to stop the run of two straight defeats. “Now is the time to stand up to
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      77 23 COMING FIXTURES Tonight, 8.45pm Channel mio TV StarHub Chelsea v Arsenal 102 227 Tonight, 11pm Cardiff City v Liverpool 102 227 Everton v Swansea City 104 229 Hull City v West Brom 106 231 Man City v Fulham 103 228 Newcastle United v Crystal Palace 105 230 Norwich v Sunderland
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      91 24 Sat, 22/03/14 LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore Pools) For the latest live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg iw mww! Live wire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip Y(i) Always play with care.
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      31 25 LANDMARK SHOW SATURDAY, 22 MARCH 2014 26 UNEARTHING A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM ART REVIEW TWO EXHIBITIONS THAT COVER A LOT OF GROUND 28 PHOTO: SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
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    • arts
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        Lock icon NEW TERRITORY
        1010 26  -  WILL THE FIRST SHOW UNDER A NEW BOSS MARK A NEW DIRECTION FOR THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM? MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The ground has shifted at the Singapore Art Museum. Well, a part of it at least there’s a gaping square patch of nothing at the museum’s front lawn,
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        STATE OF THE ARTS
        114 27  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The Singapore Art Museum opened its first post-Biennale exhibition, Unearthed, which also marks its first show under the new leadership of museum director Susie Lingham. And speaking of leadership, the arts community was witness to a public email spat between the Singapore International
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon Covering ground
        521 28  -  From landscape art to chance meetings, two shows offer a point of view about places ART REVIEW: THINKING OF LANDSCAPE, MAPS AND MEETINGS BRUCE QUEK features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE What sort of images does the term “landscape art” call to mind? Most of us might find ourselves imagining breathtaking views
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        Lock icon Adapting to the times
        875 28  -  Adapting young adult fiction for film is a balancing act PAGE TURNER ROBERT ITO features@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES NE W YORK —There’s a scene in the 2010 film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in which Bella (Kristen Stewart), the movie’s teenage heroine, gets on the back
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        What’s on
        494 29 Performances and exhibitions to check out this week TODAY’S PICK (MUSIC) *SCAPE CONFESSTIVAL Music festival *SCAPE Confesstival will be featuring popular local bands like Giveth and Stopgap, scene veterans such as Plainsunset and more. Young contenders compete with each other in the finals of Youth Jammerz Battle of
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        Lock icon Storming into the global arena
        796 31 Team X beat 88 other teams and will fly the Singapore flag in Paris L’OREAL BRANDSTORM and competencies. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM It’s no mean feat to stand out among a global cast of dozens of outstanding marketing teams. And yet, Singapore
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    • family
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        Lock icon Weekend planner
        1107 30 KIDS 12 AND BELOW BOOK LAUNCH: ATOOTAFLOOF IN MAMA’S SHOES Catch the launch of Atootafloof In Mama’s Shoes, an illustrated book about friendship, love and consideration for others. It’s a fun read with catchy rhymes, and authors Zizi and Nora will be conducting a little poetry activity for
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    • television
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        Lock icon The show went on
        341 32  -  Desmond Tan’s freak accident didn’t deter him from playing his guitar THAT’S DEDICATION MAY SEAH SINGAPORE Desmond Tan suffered a fall on Thursday night, when he suddenly passed out. In spite of a deep cut and abrasions on his face, he insisted on pushing ahead with
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        Lock icon Nikita’s Maggie Q finds new gig
        116 32 REUTERS LOS A NG ELES Maggie Q has found her post-Nikita TV gig. The actress, whose titular show wrapped up its run in December, has come aboard a new drama show by The Vampire Diaries creator Kevin Williamson. She joins a cast that includes
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