Today, 20 May 2014, Afternoon Edition

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    23 1 TODAY A=diaCorp TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /AbdiaCorp TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/2013
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      87 1 FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS. Turn the page. Food. Nature. People. The three elements that shape the quintessential life and landscape of Singapore. Stories of Our City aims to capture these moments. Join the photo competition stand to win over $4000 worth of fantastic Canon prizes. First Prize Canon EOS 70D
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      91 2 LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE! Register now for the exclusive TODAY Canon Photography Symposium Let our panel of photo veterans and MediaCorp artistes show you how to get that award-winning shot through a practical hands-on session and valuable critique discussion. Sunday, 25 May 2014 1pm 5pm Waterview Room, Gardens by the Bay
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    Lock icon Indon poll to be two-horse race
    755 1  -  Golkar switches support, giving Jakarta Governor’s rival Gerindra party a slight edge JOKOWI NAMES FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT AS RUNNING MATE HERA DIANI AGENCIES JA K A RTA Indonesia’s presidential election yesterday turned into a tight two-horse race after the country’s second-largest party, Golkar, suddenly switched
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    PM demands blogger remove post or face legal action
    450 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A healthcare worker who accused Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of misappropriating Singaporeans’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) monies on his blog has been asked through Mr Lee’s lawyers to re- move the offending article by tomorrow
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      233 1 CHINA’S ACTION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA CAN BE SEEN AS A PUSH BACK AGAINST OBAMA’S ‘PIVOT’ TOWARDS ASIA COMMENT&ANALYSIS 12 CAPPUCCINO From $3 20 Find us at mcdonalds.com.sg/McCafe e Buy 1 Get! FREE 'Airport taxes and fees from $0 to $100 are payable for the free flight. Airport taxes
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      More training for PMETs to stay relevant
      765 2  -  MINDSET SHIFT NEEDED AMONG GROUP NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LOUISA TANG SINGAPORE White-collar workers’ training and employability will be among the areas of focus for policymakers in the second half of the Government’s term, with several programmes and initiatives targeted
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      SMEsTOGETS$300M BOOST OVER NEXT THREE YEARS
      231 2  -  XUE JIANYUE The Government will invest S$300 million in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next three years to help the businesses restructure and seize growth opportunities locally and abroad. This is over and beyond the S$1 billion already committed from the S$2-billion
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      Sports Hub ‘more than 80%’ complete
      598 4  -  OCBC Aquatic Centre first to be ready, series of test events to be held next month PUBLIC CAN TRY FACILITIES FOR FREE ON JUNE 27 AND 28 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The S$1.33 billion Singapore Sports Hub is “more than 80 per cent”
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      JUVENTUS TO FACE SINGAPORE SELECTION ON AUG 16
      238 4 Leading Italian football club Juventus will face a Singapore Selection side at the S$1.33 billion Sports Hub’s National Stadium on Aug 16. It was announced yesterday that the 32-time Italian Serie A champions would play at the arena, with 2006 World Cup
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      Family courts will adopt holistic approach to solving disputes
      624 6  -  Revamped system will address problems early so families do not have to go to court CHILDREN’S WELFARE WILL ALSO BE PRIORITISED AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When it comes to family disputes, a holistic approach is needed to address problems early on
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      Lock icon Special coin the top pick in Jubilee Baby Gift poll
      241 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE A special medallion or coin that is what Singaporeans would most like to receive as a Jubilee Baby Gift next year. The medallion/coin garnered 61 per cent of nearly 20,000 votes cast during the month-long poll, which
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      Lock icon Thai economy shrinks; raises recession worries
      549 8 GDP CONTRACTED 2.1% IN JAN-MARCH FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER AGENCIES BANGKOK —Thailand’s political turmoil is wreaking greater damage on the economy than analysts had estimated, adding to fears the country is sliding into recession. Gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 2.1 per cent in January-March from
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      Lock icon THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS
      189 8 AGENCIES Mr Jusuf Kalla, running mate to Mr Joko Widodo in PDI-P coalition A former vice-president, Mr Kalla, 72, served during outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s first term in office from 2004 to 2009. Since leaving office, he has headed the Indonesian Red Cross, which has an
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      Lock icon South Korea to disband coast guard over ferry disaster
      684 10 COUNTRY OWES REFORM AND TRANSFORMATION TO FERRY VICTIMS, SAYS PRESIDENT AGENCIES SEOUL —President Park Geun-hye of South Korea yesterday vowed to disband her country’s coast guard, saying that the nation owed “reform and a great transformation” to the hundreds of high
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      115 8 SAM Seriously Addictive Mathematics Mathematics Works! I like the fact that the SAM program is catered for the preparation of the Singapore Mathematic Syllabus. Also, as the progression is based on individual ability, it has allowed my 6 year old son to progress to Primary 3 Level Mathematics in a
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      8 8 WORLD THAI ACTING PM RULES OUT RESIGNING 28
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon Reacting to China — and its grand plan
      931 12  - Reacting to China and its grand plan HOW COUNTRIES RESPOND TO ITS RECENT ACTIONS WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION AND U.S. SIMON TAY, NICHOLAS FANG Simon Tay and Nicholas Fang are, respectively, chairman and executive director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Both were part of a Singapore
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      Lock icon Google case: Free speech versus right to be forgotten
      924 16  -  WITH GOOD SEARCH ENGINES, TIME NO LONGER HEALS ALL WOUNDS CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL Christopher Caldwell is senior editor at The Weekly Standard and writes a weekly column on politics, culture and international affairs for the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES Of all
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      23 12 When stigmatisation for even minor misdeeds becomes permanent, the case grows weaker that doing something about it violates free speech. CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL 16
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  • voices
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      Share South China Sea resources
      384 20  -  FROM ANNE CHONG SU YAN The tensions between China and Vietnam and between China and the Philippines cannot be resolved amicably if they adopt a “might is right” mentality. This would only provoke skirmishes, maybe even war, serving only to enrich arms and warship manufacturers.
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      With a shared purpose, S’pore can become a digital village
      285 20  -  FROM LANCE DU GUOXIAN In the commentary “Making Singapore a digital village” (May 19), the writer envisioned Singapore as a digital kampung where “villagers” use digital technology to work together and improve their lives. It reminded me of a Facebook
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      Let Singaporeans write and choose their NDP song
      120 20  -  FROM TAY YONG HONG I was surprised that the National Day Parade committee has chosen to reuse some NDP oldies instead of having a new theme song this year. (“S’poreans at the heart of this year’s NDP”; May 15) The committee may
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      Correction
      53 20 In “Hong Kong double again at Kranji” (May 19), the distance of the Singapore Airlines International Cup was stated wrongly. It is 2,000 metres, not 3,000m. Also, the correct name of the other major feature race of the Singapore International Racing Carnival is the KrisFlyer International Sprint. We apologise
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      Let BCA maintain active oversight of management corporations
      463 22  -  FROM CHEW KOK KWEE I agree there are loopholes in governance and transparency even if a management corporation complies with the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act. (“Issues of governance, compliance and disclosure with condo management law”; May 13), Due to the
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      Weightlifter should wait
      161 22  -  FROM THOMAS LEE CHEE CHEE I read the report “Wong hits the mark” (May 19) on our weightlifter Scott Wong with concern. He plans to appeal to be included in July’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, even though he is suffering from a slipped disc in his lower
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      103 21 I Dt k v T 5857^ /75/A 1^ r With the Government investing in 1,000 new buses by 2017, commuters are already seeing shorter waiting times. But there is still some way to go. What are the main improvements to public bus services that you would like to see? What
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Gerard Ee succeeds veteran professor as UniSIM head
      589 23  -  NEW CHAIR, CHANCELLOR HOPES TO BRING FRESH PERSPECTIVE ALFRED CHUA alfredchuamf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Professor Cham Tao Soon helped establish SIM University (UniSIM) in 2005, he had a hard time convincing faculty members to embrace online teaching. “They were reluctant to use it
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      Court increases sentence of negligent driver who killed worker
      444 24  -  Woman gets four weeks in jail, after initially being fined suspendedfrom driving PROSECUTION’S APPEAL ALLOWED NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —A driver who got into an accident after going 24 hours without sleep had her sentence increased from a
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      Lock icon Giving back to society, one patient at a time
      1029 25 Meet the nurse who’s furthering his studies at Kaplan to take better care of his patients and play a wider role in the healthcare sector in society.” produced by the today special PROJECTS TEAM Nursing critically ill patients isn’t for the
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      87 23 WHERE '/OH CAN SuR RIGHT UP TO T D -r^ -k v£X Travel to Gold Coast from SGD108 Enjoy yourjoumey before you arrive with Scoot™. Stop for shows at Dreamworld or let your figure be the showstopper at Mermaid Beach. Get outta here to Gold Coast on Scoot. With Fly,
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      268 24 AMALAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company No. (*****58) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 that the Company is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 9th May, 2014. The liquidator is ANDREAS MICHEL BLOMQVIST of Blk 182
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      68 24 CIERANT LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company No. (*****63) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 that the Company is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 9th May, 2014. The liquidator is ANDREAS MICHEL BLOMQVIST of Blk 182 Ang
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon US charges Chinese officials for cyberspying
      512 26 Indictment againstfive military officials a ccused of hacking in to American firms first of its kind MOVE LARGELY SYMBOLIC, SAY ANALYSTS AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States has brought first-of-its-kind cyberespionage charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into US firms to gain
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      Lock icon China demands ASEAN remain neutral in South China Sea dispute
      401 26 AGENCIES BEIJING China has criticised the top official of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) for saying Beijing intruded in Vietnamese territory and a Chinese official has demanded the group stay out of the dispute. A Foreign Ministry spokesman,
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      Lock icon Russia and China bolster ties with signing of gas deal
      624 27 AGENCIES MOSCOW —Russia sees relations with China as its top priority and ties between the two countries are now at the highest level, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the Chinese media released by the Kremlin yesterday,
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      428 27 f t L A K r K EXPLORE DARWIN ‘TOP END’ OF AUSTRALIA’S OUTBACK NOW! The 'Top End' of Australia's Outback Northern Territory collectively refers to its three northern tropical and sub-tropical regions: Darwin, the capital city, World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park and the Katherine region, further south. Travellers will
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  • world
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      Lock icon THAI LABOUR UNIONS CALL FOR STRIKE
      316 28 AGENCIES Labour unions representing workers in Thai state firms have called for a strike this week to force the government out, siding with street protesters who have been trying for six months to get a new Prime Minister appointed.The State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation,
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      Lock icon Thai acting PM rules out resigning
      693 28 Anti-govt protesters step up pressure to remove him and install a new administration COUNTRY’S ECONOMY SHRANK 2.1% IN FIRST QUARTER OF YEAR AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Acting Prime Minister yesterday ruled out resigning as a way out of a protracted political crisis that is stunting
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    • Article
      Lock icon Union slams MAS for abandoning families of MH370 crew
      739 29 AP K U A L A L U M P U R Malaysia’s National Union of Flight Attendants (Nufam) yesterday criticised Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for terminating its caregiver services to families of the crew from missing flight MH370 after they sought
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      69 28 DERMONT ENTERPRISES LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company No. (*****40) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 that the Company is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 9th May, 2014. The liquidator is ANDREAS MICHEL BLOMQVIST of Blk 182
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      12 29 BUSINESS MAS SHARES AT RECORD LOW AFTER LOSSES, NAJIB’S BANKRUPTCY TALK 31
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  • business
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      EU-S’pore trade pact may come into force early 2015
      970 30  -  Free trade agreement would provide ‘real improvement in union ’s market access to govt procurement in the Republic’ NEXT BREAKTHROUGH FOR ROBUST TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES WONG WEI HAN IN PARIS wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg PARIS The European Union (EU) has entered the
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      Lock icon Trade ministers gather in Singapore for TPP talks
      120 30 Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang was at the Hotel InterContinental in Singapore yesterday with his counterparts from 11 other countries for two days of talks to make progress towards signing the Trans-Pa-cific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is seen as
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    • Article
      Lock icon MAS shares at record low after losses, Najib’s bankruptcy talk
      410 31 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Shares in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) logged a second day of sharp declines to hit a record low on Monday, after the airline posted big quarterly losses due to the disappearance of flight MH370 and the Prime
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      Lock icon KKR in advanced talks to buy S’pore’s Goodpack
      259 31 REUTERS HONG KONG —Singapore-listed Goodpack is reportedly nearing a deal with private equity firm KKR Co, which may make an offer to buy the world’s largest maker of intermediate bulk containers at more than S$1 billion. The United States private equity firm
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      409 31 Marketing Institute of Singapore EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN EVENT MANAGEMENT 24 27 JUN 2014 MIS is proud to partner with the Australian Centre for Event Management (ACEM), University of Technology, Sydney to bring to Singapore the world renowned Executive Certificate in Event Management. This course is designed to enhance the professional
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Google closes in on S$1.25b buy of live gaming website Twitch
      381 32 Purchase would enable search giant to tap into rapidly rising trends of videogame streaming and videos around video games TWITCH REJECTED MICROSOFT OFFER: SOURCES THE GUARDIAN SA N FR A NCISCO —Google’s YouTube has reportedly reached a US$1 billion
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    • Article
      SingTel rings in new 4G voice service
      368 32  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E SingTel yesterday launched what it said is the world’s first full-featured Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) service that will allow for clearer conversations and faster connection times over the 4G
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      367 32 DE II I TOMORROW’S M§MEDICIIiE> FOOD AND BEVERAGE ASSISTANTS You will provide support to Food Service Operations by assisting with the management of the Meal Ordering System, You may also be required to support the Central Dishwashing Service, and the procurement and distribution of food supplies. Requirements Diploma in Food
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