Today, 19 May 2014

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    15 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY yVI bdiaCorp MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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    Lock icon Haze likely to return to S’pore from next month
    599 1  -  Singaporeans now better prepared to deal with situation: Balakrishnan EL NINO EFFECT MAY WORSEN AIR QUALITY NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The haze is possibly returning to shroud our skies from next month and the El Nino effect characterised by severely
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    Lock icon MERS SCREENING KICKS IN
    65 1 Temperature checks at Changi Airport began yesterday for passengers arriving from Mid- dle East countries affected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus. Some countries affected by the MERS virus include Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Yemen and Lebanon. The pre-emptive measure
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    Vietnam reassures S’pore of safety at industrial parks
    386 1 S I N G A P O R E Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh has reassured Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam that all necessary steps will be taken to ensure the safety and security of
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      136 1 IN MAKING S’PORE A ‘DIGITAL VILLAGE’, TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS, CREATE SOLUTIONS, BETTER LIVES COMMENT&ANALYSIS 8 Download the new TODAY ANDROID APPSFOR SMARTPHONES tdy.sg/todaydroidmobile AND TABLETS tdy.sg/todaydroidtablet SINGAPORE 16 Fish farmers still reeling from losses after mass deaths WORLD 21 j* *i r 5/4. -f V iibJ|
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Technology can make public services more responsive, says Balakrishnan
      540 2  -  INNOVATION SHOULD BE TAPPED SUCH THAT PEOPLE REALISE NEEDS ARE RECOGNISED: MINISTER NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —If technology is appropriately tapped, public services can be more citizen-centric and responsive to people’s needs, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
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      Lock icon Vietnam clamps down on demonstrations as China pulls out citizens
      286 4 POLICE FLOOD MAJOR CITIES; SHIPS SENT TO TAKE CHINESE HOME AGENCIES HANOI —Vietnam flooded major cities with police officers to avert anti-China protests yesterday, while Beijing evacuated thousands of its citizens, after a flare-up over disputed sovereignty in the South
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    • Article
      Firms channel productivity subsidy back to employees
      418 6  -  FUNDS USED FOR MEDICAL BENEFITS, JOB REDESIGN AND TO INVEST IN SHARES XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE Some employers have channelled the payouts they received from the Wage Credit Scheme (WCS) a government subsidy for wage increases, to help companies raise productivity
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      Lock icon China to quicken pace of economic reforms
      319 6 AGENCIES BEIJING —China will try to quicken the pace of economic reforms this year as part of the government’s efforts to arrest a slowdown in the world’s sec-ond-largest economy, the country’s top economic planning agency said on Saturday. The National Development and Reform
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      139 5 BUSINESS FIRST LOAN OCBC Bank WORLD’S STRONGEST BANK 2011 -2012- 2013 (2nd) Ranked by Bloomberg Markets YOUR FIRST BUSINESS LOAN. YOU R FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS. Begin your entrepreneurial journey with OCBC Business First Loan, specially designed for young businesses. Here’s how we make your first step easier: ♦Collateral-free loan*
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Making Singapore a digital village
      1084 8  -  HOW TO FOSTER A ‘GOTONG ROYONG’ SPIRIT ONLINE CAROL SOON Of late, the “kampung spirit” has been summoned by policymakers and community leaders to remind citizens to be socially cohesive. Technology can be harnessed to create a “digital village”, where people collectively identify problems, create
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      Lock icon The rise of the Square People
      969 10  -  YOUNG, WELL-CONNECTED POLITICAL FORCE UNITED BY A SHARED DIRECTION THEY WANT FOR THEIR SOCIETIES THOMAS L FRIEDMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES I think I’ll plan to go from Kiev to Hanoi more often. It’s only when you go to two seemingly disconnected places that
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    • Article
      Lock icon What India should expect from Modi’s big win
      756 12 INVESTORS HOPING FOR MIRACLES MAY BE LET DOWN BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG EDITORS After five weeks of staggered voting, more than 550 million ballots cast and almost US$5 billion (S$6.25 billion) spent, the world’s largest democracy finally has a new leader. Yet, the question
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      41 8 From Russia’s Vladimir Putin to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, such charismatic figures tend to overreach, weakening their nations in the end. Mr Modi would do better to find common ground. On economic policy, that should not be impossible. BLOOMBERG EDITORS 12
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      191 11 STORIES OF OUR CITY CO M P E T I T I O N 9 M AY TO 1 5 J U N E 2 0 1 4 P H OTO Food. Nature. People. The three elements that shape the quintessential life and landscape of Singapore. Stories of Our City
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      161 12 tiaerair langkawi «w m X //m V7* > "i J. +$60 taxes return dip in crystal clear waters, have fun trying out watersports and take evening walks alongside the setting sun. the beaches of langkawi are nothing less than beautiful, enjoy exclusive privileges in langkawi with your Tigerair boarding pass
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      11 12 CHINA&INDIA MODI LOOKS TO VETERANS IN BID TO FORM CABINET 18
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  • voices
    • Article
      Individuals with dyslexia may have advantages, too
      488 14  -  FROM LEE SIANG Chief Operating Officer, Dyslexia Association of Singapore The Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) is heartened by Professor K Ranga Krishnan’s commentary “How do we learn to read and write?” (May 12) and Ms June Cheah-Nicholls’ letter “Dyslexia is an inconvenience,
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      Exams must be tailored for students with dyslexia to cope
      379 14  -  FROM DARREN CHAN KENG LEONG I agree with the points made in the commentary “How do we learn to read and write?” (May 12). It is true that students with dyslexia struggle to cope with their condition and to perform
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    • Article
      Home prices unlikely to fall, due to high demand
      323 15  -  FROM WANG TOON TUAN I refer to the report “Resale prices of non-landed private homes hit 16-month low” (May 13). The expectation by one of the analysts, that the residential property price index would fall by 5 per cent to 10
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    • Article
      Make Robertson Quay both a smoke-free and no-alcohol zone
      233 15  -  FROM LIM TECK KOON The report “Zouk to remain in Jiak Kim Street till year-end” (May 16), mentioned Member of Parliament (Tanjong Pagar) Indranee Rajah’s proposal of a no-alcohol zone in Robertson Quay in response to residents’ complaints of noise, littering
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      14 14 •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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      206 15 Radunovic Jagos MDIS Student (2014) Master of Business Administration 1 2 7 MBA in Banking and Finance 3 MBA in International Marketing 3 Master in International Business 5 Master of Science in Finance 5 Master of International Tourism and Hotel Management 7 SINGAPORE’S OLDEST NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE GAIN INFINITE SUCCESS
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  • singapore
    • Article
      Farmers still reeling from losses after fish deaths
      641 16  -  FISH FARM OWNERS WANT MORE SUBSIDIES TO BUY FEED NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Three months after losing about 160 tonnes of fish to plankton bloom and low levels of dissolved oxygen, fish farmers are having a bumpy road to recovery, despite
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      Lock icon Helping others my natural instinct, says award recipient
      480 17  -  LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —From rendering first aid to a driver involved in an accident to helping to nab snatch thieves this grandmother of three has done it all in her 18 years of helping her community in Yishun. On Friday, Madam
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    • Article
      Little India surveillance cameras help nab jewellery theft suspect
      139 17 SINGAPORE —A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole gold jewellery worth more than S$16,000 from two shops on Serangoon Road last week has been arrested with the help of surveillance cameras installed after the riot in the area in December last year.
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon Modi looks to veterans in bid to form Cabinet
      738 18 Jaitley favourite for Finance Minister, despite election setback PM-ELECT MAY MERGE MINISTRIES TO STREAMLINE GOVERNMENT REUTERS NEW DELHI India’s next Prime Minister Narendra Modi was huddled in discussions with close aides and advisers yesterday, finalising the names of people to join
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    • Article
      Lock icon Chinese police blame separatist group for Urumqi station attack
      772 19 REUTERS BEIJING —The Chinese police have blamed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for an attack last month at a train station in the western city of Urumqi that killed three people, the state Xinhua news agency said yesterday, the first
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      54 18 Contract Manufacturing/ Packaging Operators 1st Shift: 8am to 5.20pm 2nd Shift: 2pm to 11pm Attractive allowances benefi ts Open to Singaporeans Walk-in Interview: 19/05/14 to 30/05/14 (8:30am to 5:30pm) HAW PAR HEALTHCARE LIMITED 2 Chia Ping Road #09-03 Haw Par Tiger Balm Building S(*****8) Tel: 6303 7354/355/357/359 (Bus No: 246
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      189 19 50' Anniversary Learn the art of hospitality and earn a degree in 8 months*. It’s possible. One of the Top 10 UK universities for “getting a job” (The Telegraph, ***** j Industry-informed programmes designed for today's global economy J Lectures will be delivered by faculty members direct from Edinburgh Napier
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  • world
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      Lock icon Early projections show Swiss reject world’s highest minimum wage
      637 20 Businesses were worried a ‘yes’ vote would reduce the country ’s competitiveness, cause job cuts SUPPORTERS SAY IT WOULD REDUCE SALARY INEQUALITIES AGENCIES ZURICH Swiss citizens rejected a proposal to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage of at least 22 Swiss
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      Lock icon N Korea admits residents killed in building collapse
      388 20 THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL —A 23-storey apartment building that may have housed more than 90 families collapsed in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang last week, a South Korean government official said yesterday, after the North reported a “serious” accident at
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      Lock icon MERS may have spread from person to person in US
      606 21 AGENCIES NEW YORK Health officials reported on Saturday what appears to be the first time that the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has spread from one person to another in the United States, raising the number of infected cases in
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      196 20 IF YOU HAVE A PASSION I TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF OTHERS The Chinese Development Assistance Council, a community self-help group, invites you to join as: Student Care Teachers Job Description Supervise primary school students in their studies Work as a team to provide a safe and positive learning environment
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      243 21 t -i. V# •V' future starts here. Gain advanced standing into a Curtin University degree in Singapore. Diploma holders from local polytechnics can begin their university studies at Curtin Singapore and may be entitled up to 50% credit exemptions, depending on the course units covered from their previous diploma studies.
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  • business
    • Article
      Lock icon Growth in China’s home prices slows, prompting easing
      695 22 More relaxation of property curbs expected in coming months as market slides further, says economist HANGZHOU HAD LARGEST FALL LAST MONTH AMONG CITIES TRACKED BLOOMBERG BEIJING —China’s new-home prices rose at a slower pace in more cities last month as developers offered
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      Lock icon Surging home prices biggest threat to UK economy, says BOE governor
      676 23 Central bank head warns that more needs to be done to check market as economy improves and inflation is under con trol LONDON —Mr Mark Carney, Bank of England (BOE) governor, has identified surging housing prices as the biggest
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      111 23 Your Career, Your Future, Begins Here! Early Childhood Career Education Fair 2014 31 May 2014 Saturday 8.00 am 8.00 pm Level 3 Concourse Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre Join us at the Early Childhood Career and Education Fair 2014! Engage in exciting career seminars, discover new learning opportunities and
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    Great deals at Unity
    366 24 NTUC Unity Healthcare customers, rejoice: Some fabulous promotions will be on offer from now till July. So if you’re looking for great deals, or need some durable tupperware, you are in luck. DISCOUNTS GALORE Great discounts are now available at Unity Pharmacies across Singapore as part
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      166 24 Until Aug 31, spend a minimum of S$30 in a single receipt with participating brands and you could walk away with S$30,000 in the TODAY Shop to Win grand draw. That’s not all. Stand to win S$10,000 in the weekly draws when you shop at Shop to Win retail partners.
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  • technology
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Living it Up
      472 26  -  MAKING BETTER LIFESTYLE CHOICES ALVIN CHONG alvinchonggl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It’s a common refrain: We’re too sedentary and don’t sleep enough. The Jawbone UP fitness tracker rein leased in 2012 aimed to reverse this trend by helping users make better life- style choices, and now Jawbone has released an
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  • sports
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      Lock icon LIM’S VALENCIA TAKEOVER CAN LIFT LOCAL GAME
      710 27  -  Industry players confident coup can produce tangible benefits here FAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OWNER ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Football industry players and observers here are energised as news of Singaporean businessman Peter Lim’s takeover of Spanish top flight side Valencia CF
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    • Article
      DISHEARTENED POLE VAULTERS COULD QUIT
      499 27  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —It began with a series of Facebook posts and led to warning letters being issued by the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA), the latest of which has caused national pole vaulters Rachel Yang and Sean Lim to consider quitting the sport ahead
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      Lock icon Double bronze for Team Singapore paddlers
      77 28 Singapore’s dragon-boaters signed off on the 2014 DBS Marina Regatta, held at Marina Bay, with bronze medals forthe men in the DBS International Premier Open (22-crew 500m) and the women (picture) in the DBS International Premier Women (12-crew 500m). Thailand claimed the overall championship
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    • Article
      HONG KONG DOUBLE AGAIN AT KRANJI
      201 28  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE —For a second-year running, Hong Kong ran away with both the feature races of the Singapore International Racing Carnival, with Dan Excel upstaging stablemate Military Attack for the S$3 million Singapore Airlines International (SIA) Cup (3,000m), the Republic’s biggest racing prize,
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      Lock icon WONG HITS THE MARK
      651 28  -  Weightlifter heaves a combined 312kg, which should qualify him for July’s C’wealth Games ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Should weightlifter Scott Wong want to adopt a mantra, “persistence pays” would be a natural choice. Last month, the 23-year-old lifted a personal best of 303kg at the British
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      Lock icon WENGER HAILS ‘IMPORTANT’ FA CUP WIN
      685 29 Frenchman confirms staying on as Arsenal boss after Gunners come back from the brink in season showpiece THE GUARDIAN LONDON —Arsene Wenger described Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Hull City in Saturday’s FA Cup final as a “big moment of happiness”, and even went as
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      Lock icon ATLETICO TURN ATTENTION TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
      552 29 REUTERS MADRID —Atletico Madrid have little time to celebrate their stunning Spanish Primera Division triumph and must immediately turn their focus on Saturday’s Champions League final against city rivals Real Madrid. Atletico sealed their first La Liga title in 18 years thanks to a
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      Lock icon IBAKA’S INJURY A BLOW FOR THUNDER
      573 30 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Two left legs may decide this match-up of the best teams in the Western Conference. For the San Antonio Spurs, a wily group of veterans who held on to capture their third No 1
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
      • ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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          Lock icon OUR LIST OF FAVOURITE ALBUMS THAT ARE COMMEMORATING KEY BIRTHDAYS THIS YEAR
          947 32  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg It looks like 2014 is turning out to be a great year for music anniversaries. And we’re not just talking about music milestones like how Michael Jackson made a seven-win sweep at The Grammys. No,
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          Lock icon The mutant Olsen
          634 34  -  Elizabeth Olsen is making a name for herself with Godzilla and the next Avengers movie RISING STAR EXECUTIVE EDITOR PHIN WONG phin@mediacorp.com.sg NEW YORK You may be more familiar with her famous last name than her actual body of work, but playing onehalf of a powerful set
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    • television
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        Lock icon More dramas for US TV next season
        514 36 Such shows are featuring darker themes and sell well overseas TV GETS SERIOUS REUTERS LOS ANGELES —If what’s projected is any thing to go by, viewers may be laugh- ing a lot less when they turn on their televisions, as the major United
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