Today, 1 May 2014

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  • Article
    Develop better workers, jobs to honour pioneers: PM Lee
    593 1 He calls on employers, workers, unions to build on that generation’s achievements GROWTH OF 2-4% THIS YEAR ‘TYPICAL OF MATURING ECONOMY’ SINGAPORE —Invoking the spirit of the Pioneer Generation, who overcame great odds to set the Republic on its path of
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    Lock icon Two pre-school anchor operators to raise wages in bid to retain talent
    754 1  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Two of the largest preschool anchor operators here —which employ a total of9,300 staff— yesterday announced that they are raising salaries and reviewing career progression opportunities for teachers, as part of efforts to recruit
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      54 1 ONE IN SIX PEOPLE IN S’PORE SUFFER FROMMENTAL ILLNESS, YET IT IS STILL STIGMATISED BY PREJUDICE, IGNORANCE AN D FEAR COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 HOT NEWS Mahathir dismisses Obama’s call for equal opportunities inM’sia SINGAPORE Graft charges against former STTA president dropped SPORTS NBA team owner Sterling banned for life PAGE 32
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      20 1 Download the new TODAY ANDROID APPSFOR SMARTPHONES tdy.sg/todaydroidmobile AND TABLETS tdy.sg/todaydroidtablet WORLD 22 Pro-Russian militants seize another eastern Ukrainian town
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Unemployment inches up in first quarter but ‘remains low’
      480 2  -  Job creation slows, but fewer layoffs compared with previous quarter, MOM report shows INCREASE IN RATE NOT CAUSE FOR CONCERN, SAY ANALYSTS LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Unemployment in the first three months of this year inched up and job creation slowed
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      Value contributions made by mature workers, says WP
      449 2 SINGAPORE —The Workers’ Party (WP) yesterday called on employers to value the contributions made by mature workers and reiterated its stand that companies should give priority to hiring Singaporeans. In its May Day message, the WP said Singapore’s progress has been built
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      Lock icon New psychoactive drugs to become illegal in S’pore
      546 3  -  JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A PO R E The authorities have moved to reclassify a list of so-called “legal highs” which mimic the effects of drugs such as cocaine and Ecstasy as Class A controlled drugs, making the abuse of
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    • Article
      Construction worker first to plead guilty to rioting in Little India
      436 3  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —A construction worker yesterday pleaded guilty to rioting in Little India on Dec 8 last year the first among 25 men implicated in the case to admit to such a charge. During the chaos, Ramalingam Sakthivel
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    • Article
      Lock icon US economy stalls in Q1, but figures give reason for optimism
      406 4 REUTERS WA S H I N GTO N The United States economy barely grew in the first quarter as exports tumbled and businesses accumulated stocks at the slowest pace in nearly a year, although activity already appears to be
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      Lock icon Singapore banks cash in on broad growth in first quarter
      737 4  -  Quarterly records broken at DBS, OCBC, while UOB sees earnings jump WEALTH MANAGEMENT AMONG GROWTH DRIVERS WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s three local banks got off to a flying start for the year as they pulled in record
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    • Article
      Lock icon COOLING MEASURES HIT HOME LOANS
      276 4  -  WONG WEI HAN AGENCIES Hit by repeated rounds of cooling measures and loan restrictions, the housing market has emerged as a concern for Singapore’s banks, with loans to the sector and new mortgage applications slowing. Housing and bridging loans expanded 7.9 per cent in March
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      Lock icon Brunei adopts Syariah law, amid international protests
      810 5 Most of the laws will also apply to non-Muslims, raising concerns among country ’s migrant workers REUTERS BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN —Brunei has become the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic law, the latest example of a deepening religious conservatism that has also
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      Lock icon Mahathir dismisses Obama’s call for equal opportunities in M’sia
      526 5 AGENCIES KUA L A LUMPUR —Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday came to the defence of the country’s policies, saying he disagreed with remarks made by United States President Barack Obama last week that had called on Malaysia to ensure
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon Let’s end stigma of mental illness
      923 8  -  REDUCING PREJUDICE AND FEAR JOEL YANG Dr Joel Yang heads the Master of Counselling programme at SIM University, and is a clinical psychologist in private practice. With the recent highlight of mental illness in our society, we need to start asking if we are
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      Lock icon Re-governing China
      889 8  -  DELIVERING THE CHINESE DREAM ANDREW SHENG, XIAO GENG Andrew Sheng is Distinguished Fellow of the Fung Global Institute and a member of the UNEP Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance. Xiao Geng is Director of Research at the Fung Global Institute. PROJECT SYNDICATE This year’s China Development Forum in
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      Lock icon Making social welfare states competitive
      819 10  -  THE NORDIC WELFARE MODEL JOERGEN OERSTROEM MOELLER Joergen Oerstroem Moeller is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. He is also Adjunct Professor with the Singapore Management University and Copenhagen Business School. One of the biggest and most important
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      Lock icon How to get a job at Google (Part 2)
      1269 12  -  MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION THOMAS L FRIEDMAN New York Times columnist Thomas L Friedman is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES How’s my kid going to get a job? There are few questions I hear more often
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      Lock icon India needs a jolt — and Modi is a risk worth taking
      1014 13  - India needs a jolt and Modi is a risk worth taking HIS RECORD OFFERS REASONS FOR HOPE GIDEON RACHMAN Gideon Rachman is the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist. THE FINANCIAL TIMES There is something thrilling about the rise of Mr Narendra Modi. Indian politics has been dominated by the
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      49 8 Humans are by nature creative beings, but not by nature logical, structured-thinking beings. Those are skills you have to learn. One of the things that makes people more effective is if you can do both... If you’re great on both attributes, you’ll have a lot more options.LASZLO BOCK 12
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  • voices
    • Article
      To be a Singaporean is to embrace diversity
      458 14  -  FROM DANIEL SIM SHAO QI I am surprised that there was not a more vocal response to the deplorable, vitriolic comments from Singaporean Internet users about the Philippine Independence Day celebration. (“S’poreans should say no to bigotry, says Tan Chuan-Jin”; April 19)
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      Not so simple to call it bigotry
      227 14  -  FROM DANIEL HO SHENG I refer to the reports “Those who harassed Philippine Independence Day organisers ‘a disgrace to S’pore’: PM Lee” (online) and “S’poreans should say no to bigotry, says Tan Chuan- Jin” (both April 19). The use, and misuse, of words
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    • Article
      Longer tenure for A-Gs could ensure more certainty, consistency in the law
      377 14  -  FROM MANDY LIM I refer to the report “Justice V K Rajah appointed Attorney-General” (April 29). With Justice Rajah’s appointment next month, Singapore would have had five Attorneys-General in the past eight years. In contrast, former Chief Justice
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    • Article
      Correction
      44 14 In “WP potential candidates make appearance at public event” (April 30), we reported incorrectly that Mr Leon Perera is a vice-president on the board of the Humanitarian Organisaion for Migration Economics. He no longer sits on the board. We apologise for the error.
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      Lock icon Open refuse bins may be health hazard
      128 15  -  FROM KANG CHOON TIAN Refuse collection in my estate is presently done using a motorised vehicle carrying open bins. Since the rubbish chutes are not far apart, the cleaners may find it impractical to cover the bins. There must be a way, though,
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      Expand Pioneer Package to subsidise hearing aids, too
      170 15  -  FROM PHILIP LIM The Pioneer Generation Package is designed to help subsidise healthcare for senior citizens. There is, however, one area that has long been overlooked: Hearing problems. Although deafness may appear insignificant compared with other types of sickness, it plays a
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    • Article
      Exempt those with schizophrenia from NS to prevent further loss of life
      180 15  -  FROM TERENCE LIM EU SENG No amount of training would provide the Ministry of Defence with enough expertise in managing personnel with mental conditions. (“MINDEF should ensure top-down training on mental health issues”; April 17) The challenges are
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon NTU to spend S$20m to become green varsity
      582 16  -  Firms with eco-friendly ideas can use campus as test bed UNIVERSITY COLLABORATES WITH 11 FIRMS AS PART OF INITIATIVE TAN SHI WEI tanshiwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Companies with ideas on how to reduce energy and water usage could see them tested out at Nanyang
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    • Article
      Cathay Pacific first airline to confirm move to Terminal 4
      281 16 SINGAPORE —The Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it will relocate from Changi Airport’s Terminal 1 to the newest Terminal 4 (T4) when it opens in 2017, becoming the first airline to confirm such a move. In
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      In about-face, lawyer apologises over complaints of misconduct
      437 17  -  Intention in release of court documents was not to affect court proceedings he says AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After vowing to “vigorously defend his position” against complaints of misconduct the Attor-ney-General had filed against him three months ago, lawyer M Ravi has
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      Lock icon Former STTA president acquitted of graft charges
      234 17  -  CLAIRE HUANG S I N G A P O R E —Corruption charges against former Member of Parliament Choo Wee Khiang (picture) were dropped yesterday and, although he was granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal, he was given a stern warning. The
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    • Article
      Alleged organiser of Guy Fawkes Day march charged
      202 17  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE —A man who allegedly organised a march in Singapore to commemorate Guy Fawkes Day last year, despite not having permission from the authorities to do so, was charged in court yesterday. Jacob Lau Jian Rong, 23, is accused of
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      Lock icon Police advise protest organiser against defacing poster of PM Lee
      337 17 SINGAPORE The police have contacted social activist Gilbert Goh (picture) regarding his Facebook post calling on the public to deface a poster of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a planned Labour Day demonstration at Hong Lim Park today. In
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon US has obligation to help in case of attack, says Philippines
      632 18 Manila seeks to dispel doubts over whether deal covers South China Sea disputes FOREIGN SECRETARY REFERS TO 1999 DIPLOMATIC LETTER FROM WASHINGTON AGENCIES MANILA The United States has a treaty obligation to help the Philippines in case of an
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      Lock icon Blast rocks railway station in Xinjiang region, injuring many
      533 18 AGENCIES BEIJING —An explosion shook a railway station in China’s restive far-western region of Xinjiang yesterday, injuring many people, the state media reported, in what is likely to be seen as an embarrassing security lapse for the government. The blast happened
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      Lock icon Chinese Premier’s Africa visit aimed at boosting living standards
      580 19 REUTERS BEIJING —Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (picture) is to visit four African countries, including oil-rich Angola and Nigeria, but will not be going simply for energy deals as China increasingly aims to boost African living standards, officials said yesterday. Trips by
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  • world
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      Lock icon SOME BODIES IN FERRY TRAGEDY MAY BE LOST, SAYS COAST GUARD
      253 20 AGENCIES Divers searching the sunken Sewol ferry might not be able to recover every missing body, said the South Korean coast guard yesterday. The coast guard is still considering ways to prevent bodies from being lost from the Sewol,
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      Lock icon Off-duty captain’s ferry warning ignored: Prosecutor
      623 20 REFURBISHMENT HAD MADE SHIP LESS STABLE, SAID CAPTAIN AGENCIES MOKPO —An off-duty captain of the sunken South Korean ferry has told investigators the owners ignored his warnings about problems with the vessel’s stability and that the ship should not carry too much cargo, said
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      Lock icon Thailand to hold fresh election on July 20
      780 21 Opposition declines to say whether it will take part in poll, while anti-govt protesters vow to continue their disruption AGENCIES BANGKOK —Thailand’s prime minister and the country’s Election Commission yesterday agreed to hold an election in July, despite the opposition’s reluctance to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Searchers dismiss claim that MH370 wreckage is in Bay of Bengal
      571 21 AGENCIES SYDNEY —The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has dismissed a claim by a resource survey firm that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal. The location
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      Lock icon Pro-Russian militants seize another eastern Ukrainian town
      747 22 Horlivka slips from central control, as Kiev announces creation of special police force E.U. TO SIGN ECONOMIC DEAL AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON MAY 25 AGENCIES HORLIVKA, UKRAINE —Masked gunmen in military fatigues seized government offices in another Ukrainian town yesterday, in a further
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  • business
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      Healthy response expected for land sales in Potong Pasir, Sembawang
      525 24  -  PARCELS ESTIMATED TO YIELD ABOUT 1,300 HOMES LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Two sites in Potong Pasir and Sembawang, with a combined yield of about 1,300 homes, have been released for sale under the Government Land Sales (GLS)
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      Lock icon Business expectations up in services and manufacturing
      490 24  -  LEE YEN NEE SINGAPORE—Sentiment in the real estate sector continues to be weak, with firms in the industry emerging as the least optimistic about their business prospects in the coming months, said a survey by the Department of Statistics released yesterday. The Business
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      Lock icon Mapletree, Oakwood ink deal for corporate, serviced apartments
      250 24 AGENCIES S I NG A POR E Mapletree Group has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with California-based Oakwood Worldwide to buy and develop about US$4 billion (S$5 billion) worth of corporate and serviced apartments across the globe. The deal will see Mapletree acquire
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      Lock icon China poised to pass US as world’s leading economic power
      623 26 IMF expects Chinese economy to have grown 24% between 2011 and 2014, while the US is expected to expand only 7.6% INDIA BECOMES THIRD-LARGEST ECONOMY THE FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON —The United States is on the brink of losing its status
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      Lock icon WH Group pulls IPO as market underwhelms
      328 26 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG —WH Group has pulled the plug on a US$1.9 billion (S$2.4 billion) Hong Kong initial public offering as senior executives resisted selling shares at the low end of a marketed range, according to sources. The world’s biggest pork producer cancelled
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      Lock icon Temasek, RRJ to invest in ING before its IPO
      162 26 REUTERS AMSTERDAM —Temasek Holdings and RRJ Capital have agreed to invest €1.28 billion (S$2.2 billion) in ING Groep’s NN insurance business before the unit’s initial public offering. ING will get €750 million in cash from RRJ, €425 million from Temasek and
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  • sports
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE TAME SOUTH KOREA
      621 30  -  Women paddlers upset world No 2 to put spot in last eight of World Champs within reach 2014 WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s women table tennis head coach Jing Junhong heaved a sigh of relief at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Gymnasium yesterday
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      SPORTS HUB ON TRACK FOR JUNE OPENING: DELAVAUD
      521 30  -  IAN DE COTTA SING A PORE The Sports Hub will open as planned in June, Singapore Sports Hub Pte Ltd (SHPL) chief executive officer Philippe Collin Delavaud, refuting a report in The New Paper yesterday that completion of the S$1.3 billion facility
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      Lock icon GUARDIOLA UNDER FIRE AFTER REAL ROUT
      615 31 Spaniard’s methods questioned as Bayern failed to turn up for their biggest match of the season REUTERS MU N ICH Bayern Munich’s humbling Champions League defeat against Real Madrid will increase the pressure on coach Pep Guardiola to change his methods, which were being
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      Lock icon I JOINED THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CLUB FOR THIS: BALE
      446 31 THE GUARDIAN MUNICH —Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid to dismantle Bayern Munich in their own stadium, taking his club to a first Champions League final since 2002, and said that momentous nights such as these were the reason he moved from
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      Lock icon BANNED, FINED AND NO LONGER WELCOMED
      642 32 NBA sanctions LA Clippers owner, wants him out of league altogether ASSOCIATION TO TRY TO FORCE STERLING TO SELL TEAM THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES —The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Tuesday handed a lifetime ban to longtime Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald
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      Lock icon NBA PLAYOFF WATCH
      394 32 GAME OF THE DAY LACLIPPERS113 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS103 (Clippers lead series 3-2) The planned protests fizzled out after the Sterling verdict was announced, bringing closure to a certain extent to one of the NBA’s uglier episodes. Game 5 was played hours later in an air of festivity
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  • T TODAY
    • travel
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