Today, 18 April 2014

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  • 15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp FRIDAY, 18 APRIL 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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  • 839 1 Five more bodies recovered in S Korean waters late yesterday Passengers told to stay inside and wait Captain ‘abandoned ship’ CHANCES OF FINDING SURVIVORS ARE NOT ZERO: MARITIME RESCUE FEDERATION CHIEF AGENCIES JINDO (SOUTH KOREA) —Rescuers struggled with strong waves, persistent rain and
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  • 592 1  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s exports slumped last month after a strong rebound in February, suggesting it may take longer for Singapore to reap the benefits from the improving world economy. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell by 6.6
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    • 40 1 THE ‘GOTONG ROYONG’ SPIRIT REVIVAL CAN ONLY COME ABOUT WITH THE DEATH OF THE UGLY SINGAPOREANCOMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 Download the new TODAY ANDROID APPSFOR SMARTPHONES tdy.sg/todaydroidmobile AND TABLETS tdy.sg/todaydroidtablet HOT NEWS 6 Karpal Singh: Passing of an ‘indefatigable fighter of justice’
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  • hot news
    • 459 2 APOLOGY WAS FOR FACT THAT DECISION ON SHIP’S NAME WAS FINAL SINGAPORE —The chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) yesterday clarified the remarks he made in a television interview on Jakarta’s controversial move to name a warship after two Indonesian marines
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    • 453 2  -  XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the Republic faces a manpower crunch, more opportunities to take on leadership positions during front-line operations will be given to full-time national servicemen (NSFs) in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). Speaking at the SCDF’s annual
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    • 821 4 President Park Geun-hye vows to ‘make every effort’to search for missing passengers RELATIVES CRITICISE OFFICIALS FOR LACK OF INFORMATION AGENCIES JINDO (SOUTH KOREA) —The South Korean authorities have been accused of being slow to react and for lack of information on
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    • 231 4 AGENCIES There has been no official explanation forthe sinking, although officials denied reports thatthe ship, built in Japan 20 years ago, was sharply off its authorised route. Although the wider area has rock hazards and shallow waters, these were not in the immediate
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    • 677 5 AGENCIES SEOUL —Passengers on board the ferry that sank off South Korea’s southern coast, possibly with scores of people trapped inside, had sent text messages and made phone calls to loved ones, telling them they were getting desperate for help. One
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    • 599 6 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Mr Karpal Singh, 73, died early yesterday in a road accident while on the way to Penang to do what he did best: Go to court for a client. One of his sons said Mr Singh had insisted
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    • 746 6 His vehicle was travelling on straight expressway on clear night when it hit back of lorry, initial investigations showed PASSING OF AN ‘INDEFATIGABLE FIGHTER OF JUSTICE’ AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Veteran Malaysian opposition lawmaker and top criminal lawyer Karpal Singh
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  • comment &analysis
    • 999 8  -  BAD BEHAVIOUR ERODES SOCIAL COHESION DAMIEN CHEONG Damien Cheong is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security, a constituent unit of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • 1260 9  -  HOW BUSINESSES CAN DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ANDREW WINSTON Andrew Winston is co-author of the bestseller Green To Gold and the author of Green Recovery. His forthcoming book, The Big Pivot, will be released this month. He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on
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    • 1117 10  -  HOW ASIA CAN BENEFIT AS SPAIN AND PORTUGAL EXPORT THEIR WAY TO RECOVERY DEVADAS KRISHNADAS Devadas Krishnadas is Managing Director of Future-Moves, a boutique strategic risk consultancy based in Singapore. The sovereign debt crisis has left both Portugal and Spain reeling from a
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    • 741 11  -  CAR LOAN BUBBLE FORMING? GILLIAN TETT Gillian Tett is markets and finance commentator and an assistant editor of The Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES A few short years ago, “subprime” was almost an expletive. During the financial crisis, mortgages linked to subprime
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    • 43 8 Iberia’s future is a mixed bag. But this in itself is a cause for optimism. A few years ago, both Spain’s and Portugal’s economies were seen as basket cases. While they are still lagging badly, there are seeds of hope. DEVADAS KRISHNADAS 10
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  • voices
    • 289 12  -  FROM ALEX RUIZ DE LA CUESTA I agree with the comments in the letters “Maid agencies must ensure maids are fit to work here” (April 15) and “Employment agencies must do more to improve quality of maids, training” (April 16). However, the letters
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    • 95 12  -  FROM MAYUR KUMAR VORA As having money for domestic needs is important to the elderly and their carers, I feel the maid levy should be waived for seniors who cannot do basic tasks, such as dressing themselves, or who are in a wheelchair.
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    • 188 12  -  FROM NG YEOW BOON Senior Director, Joint Operations Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, Co-chair of Singapore Inter-Agency Taskforce on Trafficking-in-Persons We refer to Mr Peter Miller’s letter, “Need for tougher action against illegal sex trade” (April 7). Singapore does not condone
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    • 231 13  -  FROM PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ I refer to the report “More training options to help special needs students get jobs” (April 16) and the letter “Extend help to all special needs schools offering vocational training” (April 17). The push for more educational facilities for
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    • 215 13  -  FROM DANNY LIN DECAI The faults in the Primary 1 registration system have accumulated and compounded over the years, culminating in the mushrooming of elite schools (“Different phases of Pri 1 registration system based on different affiliations”; April 4). The solutions taken to
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  • singapore
    • 552 14  -  Important to encourage public to use other modes of travel such as cycling or walking says Minister BP S’PORE WINS LTA AWARD FOR GREEN TRAVEL INITIATIVES JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A healthy breakfast for employees who arrive in the office before
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    • 531 14  -  JOY FANG, XUE JIANYUE SINGAPORE —SBS Transit bus driver Elizabeth Lim Poh Suan (picture) symbolises the shift witnessed in her profession more women are entering the company’s ranks as bus drivers, and in 2011, Ms Lim became the
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    • 621 16  -  Govts need to find ways to pay for costly new technologies that may not always work HOSPITALS SHOULD COMPETE ON QUALITY OF CARE, PATIENT SAFETY INSTEAD OF INNOVATION NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Hospitals should compete on quality of care and patient
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    • 319 16  -  KOK XING HUI SINGAPORE Scores of dead fish have been found again this time at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve near the West Johor Straits. The mysterious deaths come two months after 160 tonnes of fish from fish farms on both the
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    • 412 16  -  TAN SHI WEI SINGAPORE —A Chinese-language nursery rhyme that describes a child’s first spicy, savoury bite of chilli crab and an interactive learning application that animates a robot’s adventures through multilingual Singapore are among five proposals that will receive
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    • 583 18  -  MAN WHO STABBED COLLEAGUE AT JURONG EAST MRT ‘SAW HER APPARITION’ AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The day after he was scolded by his colleague at work, a cleaner suffering from paranoid schizophrenia started seeing and hearing things. Pua Kok Heng thought he
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  • china&india
    • 846 22 Ruling Congress party struggling to hold ground against BJP and its allies BIGGEST DAY OF VOTING IN THE SUBCONTINENT REUTERS BANGALORE India called a quarter of its 815 million voters to the polls yesterday, the biggest day of its staggered election, in areas ranging from Himalayan
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    • 403 22 REUTERS NEW DELHI Indian prime ministerial front-runner Narendra Modi has ruled out the first use of nuclear weapons, seeking to calm concerns after his Hindu nationalist party, Bharatiya Janata Party (B JP), vowed to revise arms strategy if elected. Mr Modi told
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    • 657 26 SERIES OF VISITS BETWEEN THE TWO ASIAN GIANTS HINTS AT POSSIBLE SHIFT IN RELATIONS REUTERS TOK YO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticised Beijing for trying to change the status quo with force in maritime disputes, but said China
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    • 990 26 REUTERS BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of senior officials suspected of corruption to put his own men and reform-minded bureaucrats in key positions across the Communist Party, the government and the military, sources said.
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  • world
    • 568 28 God knows why territory became part of Ukraine, says Russian President at Q&A REMARKS COME AHEAD OF FOUR-WAY NEGOTIATIONS IN GENEVA THE NEW YORK TIMES MOSCOW —Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasised yesterday that the upper chamber of
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    • 215 28 THE GUARDIAN The United States has promised Ukraine non-lethal military aid but urged Kiev to act in a “measured and responsible way” in responding to unrest in the east. The American offer came before yesterday’s talks over the fate of eastern Ukraine and as low morale among
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    • 342 28 REUTERS MARIUPOL (UKR AINE) Separatists attacked a Ukrainian national guard base on Wednesday night and Kiev said three separatists were killed, the worst bloodshed yet in a 10-day proRussian uprising in east Ukraine. The crisis has seen armed proRussian fighters seize
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    • 714 30 BLUEFIN-21 FINALLY COMPLETES SCAN AFTER FIRST TWO MISSIONS WERE CUT SHORT AGENCIES SYDNEY —A deep-sea drone has completed its much-anticipated first full scan of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean, said the team looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner
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    • 599 32 Guardian Australia reveals a customs vessel went far deeper into Indonesian seas than previously reported INCIDENT CAUSED BY MISCALCULATION OF MARITIME BOUNDARIES: REVIEW THE GUARDIAN PERTH —The chief of the Australian navy has sacked a senior commanding officer involved
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  • business
    • 500 36 Investor demand for higher yields boosting growth of wealth products, structured notes and deposits GROWTH IN MALAYSIA EXPECTED THIS YEAR BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE —Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, South-east Asia’s secondlargest lender by assets, expects its structured note sales to grow as
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    • 248 36 S I N G A P O R E CapitaCommercial Trust’s (CCT) distributable income rose 7.6 per cent on-year to S$59.9 million in the first quarter, thanks to higher revenue contribution from most of the properties in its portfolio and lower interest expenses. This
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    • 317 36 SINGAPORE —SGX-listed Linc Energy yesterday said it would “staunchly defend allegations” that it caused environmental harm at its Chinchilla Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) research and development facility in Queensland, Australia. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, the diversified energy company added that its
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    • market buzz
      • 193 38 Mark your calendars for the Singapore Hobbies Expo 2014, happening at Singapore Expo, Hall 7, from 5pm– 10pm (April 25), 9am–10pm (April 26) and 9am–8pm (April 27). Visitors can view a wide selection of collector’s items, including 100-year-old pu’er tea, antique teapots, century-old silverware
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      • 62 38 Enjoy up to 70 per cent off women’s shoes, accessories and bags at the Mitju Warehouse Sale. There will be a wide range of items on sale, including stilettoes, sandals and wedges. The Mitju Warehouse Sale is at *Scape, level two, The Ground Theatre, until Sunday, from
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      • 72 38 Do your part for charity and be rewarded with discounts at The GOLDLION Green Trade-In. Until May 4, trade in any of your used shirts, polo-shirts or wallets, and enjoy S$30 off wallets, S$20 off belts and up to S$39 off long-sleeved shirts at all GOLDLION
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      • 90 38 Earlier this month, PPP Laser Clinic opened two outlets at #04-23 NEX and 51 Yishun Central 1, #01-07. The two clinics by Dr Goh Seng Heng offer aesthetics medical services for those suffering from open pores, pimples and pigmentation. With a total of 12
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      • 143 38 Making your favourite MILO beverage is now easier with the new NESCAFE Dolce Gusto MILO capsules (S$10.90 per box of 16 capsules). Simply pop the capsule into the NESCAFE Dolce Gusto system and it will dispense chocolate malt and milk froth for that perfect cup of MILO.
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      • 129 38 If you think you have the strength and endurance to “freeze” in a challenging position for hours, take part in the H-TWO-O Ultimate Challenge and stand to win up to S$10,000 cash. Last year, the winner beat other contestants with a record of 10 hours. To
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      • Article, Illustration
        132 38 Hang out at the ice bar at 2 Degree Ice Art Exhibition. The bar features a cold room and bar area carved from ice, including the furniture and mugs. Visitors can enjoy a wide range of beverages in -15°C and indulge in promotions, such as one-for-one beer mugs
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      • 59 38 I Love Yo! All-In-1 Yogurt Cleanser removes face and eye makeup in a minute. It is 100-per-cent natural and does not contain antiseptics, petro-chemicals, paraben, alcohol and PEG, making it suitable for all skin types. Choose from three flavours: Milk, Aloe and Strawberry. I Love
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      • 63 38 The next time you need to visit the Nirvana Memorial Garden, take the hourly shuttle service from Boon Lay MRT Station. This service offered by Nirvana Memorial Garden is free and is aimed at improving accessibility for visitors. To enhance customer experience, Nirvana Memorial Garden provided valet
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    • 262 39 AGENCIES SINGAPORE —PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), part of the business empire of Malaysia’s richest man, Mr Robert Kuok, launched its initial public offering on the main board yesterday, seeking to raise about S$388 million after pricing the IPO at the
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    • 351 39 ‘TWITTER OF CHINA’ VALUED AT S$4.5B AGENCIES NEW YORK —Weibo, the microblogging service formed by the Sina Corp, has been called the Twitter of China. But the company will carry a value well below that of its United States counterpart when it begins trading
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  • property
    • 979 40  -  DEVELOPMENT OF SINGAPORE’S NORTHERN GATEWAY COMMENTARY BY CHRISTINE LI prope rty@mediacorp.com. sg Christine Li is the head of research and consultancy at property firm OrangeTee. Last week, a commercial site in Woodlands attracted strong in­terest from developers, includ­ing some of the biggest names
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    • 750 41 Housing sector seen as biggest downside risk to slowing economy, but govt adamant it is not considering stimulus BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s slump in property sales and construction is spurring speculation that the government’s four-year-old campaign of real estate controls
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  • technology
    • 857 42 Purchase of robotics and other tech firms fails to boost earnings as operating costs rise FACEBOOK A VIABLE THREAT TO NET GIANT IN BATTLE FOR AD REVENUE THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FR ANCISCO —Alexander the Great is said to have wept because
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    • 315 42 REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO —Sony has sold more than seven million PlayStation 4 video-game consoles in just more than four months from Nov 29 double the number of the older version, PlayStation 3, sold in about the same time frame after its
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    • 581 43 BLOOMBERG SAN FR ANCISCO Apple wants to help you identify that tune. The company is planning to unveil a song-discovery feature in an update of its iOS mobile software that will let users identify a song and its artiste using an
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  • sports
    • 334 44 REUTERS H A NOI —Vietnam withdrew as hosts of the 2019 Asian Games yesterday, citing a lack of preparedness and concerns that holding the multi-sport event would not prove financially viable. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said Vietnam was suffering the effects of
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