Today, 30 December 2014

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    15 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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    Lock icon Hope fades in search for missing jetliner
    784 1 Based on known coordinates, plane likely to be at the bottom of the sea: Indon search chief TOO EARLY TO SAY IF TWO OILY SPOTS SEEN ARE LINKED TO PLANE AGENCIES SURABAYA (INDONESIA) An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw
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    Search teams fan out from once-quiet town
    406 1  -  XUE JIANYUE IN BELITUNG xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg BELITUNG (INDONESIA) Scores of ambulances and fleets of police cars have descended on Manggar on Belitung’s eastern coast, as the sleepy fishing town 32 nautical miles from where AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control on
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    Gentle fall in HDB resale prices a good thing: Khaw
    601 1  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE A continued decline in the prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats next year albeit a gentle one would be a positive development, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. Speaking after
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      33 1 IN A DECADE, SINGAPORE WILL LOOK BACK AT 2014 AS THE TURNING POINT IN THE REPUBLIC’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEMCOMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 SINGAPORE 18 Marine firm sanctioned for replacing S’poreans with foreigners MORE REPORTS PAGES 2-6
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      63 1 TODAY looks at the major issues and events that will shape the year ahead in the second of a three-part special report WORLD Fears of new Cold War exaggerated Challenges for ASEAN economic integration as deadline looms Eforts to combat Islamic State to be stepped up PAGES 8-12 TOMORROW What’s
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  • hot news
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      Well-loved Hwa Chong teacher among passengers
      530 2  -  INDONESIAN DESCRIBED AS FRIENDLY, VIVACIOUS AND HELPFUL KELLY NG, ELGIN CHONG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A scholarship holder from Indonesia studying in Singapore, she was sensitive to the needs of newcomers living in boarding school like herself, playing big sister to those adjusting to a new
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      Lock icon Sick relative, missed call save families from missing flight
      535 2 BLOOMBERG KUAL A LUMPUR A sick grandfather, a missed call and an unopened email kept three Indonesian families from making it onto the AirAsia flight that vanished en route to Singapore. Former beauty queen Anggi Mahesti said she was part of
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      Lock icon Jakarta accepts S’pore’s offer of submarine support vessel, tools
      446 4 UNDERWATER LOCATOR BEACON DETECTORS TO HELP LOCATE PLANE’S FLIGHT DATA RECORDER ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ELGIN CHONG SINGAPORE —Indonesia has accepted a Singapore Armed Forces’ offer of a submarine support-and-rescue vessel in the search for the missing AirAsia plane that entered its
      PHOTO: REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NAVY; Source: Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore; TODAY Graphic  -  446 words
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      Lock icon Indonesian Transport Minister ‘responsible for disappearance’
      441 4 AGENCIES JAK ARTA The disappearance of the AirAsia jet en route from Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday the latest of many recent air incidents for Indonesia has put pressure on the country’s Transport Ministry, with an opposition politician saying the minister should be held
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      Lock icon AirAsia boss Fernandes under the spotlight as he faces ‘worst nightmare’
      728 6 CEO POSTED TO TWITTER WHEN PLANE LOST CONTACT, THEN FLEW TO INDONESIA AGENCIES SING A PORE Only two months ago, AirAsia communication executives attended an industry conference in the United States with dozens of other communication professionals, journalists and
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      Lock icon AIRASIA SHARES SEE BIGGEST FALL IN 3 YEARS
      305 6 AGENCIES Shares in Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia plunged their most in three years in very heavy trading yesterday after flight QZ8501, operated by its Indonesian affiliate, disappeared en route from Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday. The shares slid as much as 13
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      229 5 NTUC Membership a Labour of Love for MULTIPLY YOUR u Discover the power of u IN 2015 WITH YOUR NTUC CARD! Inline/:^Live MUSEUM SINGAPORE h 50% OFF 1 2nd Ticket (Adult/Child) when you buy 1 full-priced k. Adult Ticket* $15 Seniors Weekday Ticket* m ission FREE Admission if your birthday
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  • 2015: A look ahead
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      Lock icon Fears of new Cold War overblown
      1633 8  -  LACK OF IDEOLOGICAL CONFRONTATION A KEY FACTOR, SAY ANALYSTS IDAYU SUPARTO nuridayus@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Recent signs of the increasingly close ties between Russia and China have led to concerns of a new Cold War emerging that pits onetime allies Beijing and Moscow against Western powers.
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      Lock icon ASEAN economic integration faces tough road ahead
      1225 10  -  2015 DEADLINE ‘ONLY A MILESTONE FOR MEMBER STATES’ ALBERT WAI, IDAYU SUPARTO albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has set a goal of merging the economies of its member states into an integrated economic region by the end of next
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      Lock icon Fight against Islamic State to intensify in 2015
      1372 12  -  Washington has spent at least S$561m on daily air strikes against militant group UNLIKELY TO SEE SWIFT RESOLUTION, SAY EXPERTS ALBERT WAI albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E —Efforts to combat the rising threat of the Islamic State
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon 2014 a turning point in S’pore healthcare
      1100 14  -  MORE INCLUSIVE POLICIES NARROW DIVIDE BETWEEN PRIVATE, PUBLIC SECTORS JEREMY LIM Dr Jeremy Lim is head of the health and life sciences practice for the Asia-Pacific for Oliver Wyman, the global consultancy. He is the author of Myth Or Magic: The Singapore Healthcare
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      Lock icon Indians split over politics of proselytising
      703 14  -  MODI ’S FAILURE TO DEFEND PLURALISM RAISE S CONCERNS ABOUT HIDDEN SOCIAL AGENDA AMY KAZMIN Amy Kazmin is the New Delhibased South Asia correspondent at the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES India’s progressive Constitution, written by the Western-educated lawyer Bhimrao Ambedkar and adopted in
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  • voices
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      Unfair to judge Stange on merely three matches
      501 16  -  FROM GEORGE QUEK I agree with Mr Melvin Tan that continuity is a key factor in determining a football team’s level of success. (“Keep faith with Stange, Lions”; Dec 2) National coach Bernd Stange has been in the job for less than
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      Amend legislation to ensure board independence soon
      305 16  -  FROM TAN KOK TIM I am concerned over the report “S’pore-listed firms may miss corporate governance 2017 deadline” (Dec 20), as many Central Provident Fund members have invested their retirement money in the stock market. Their interests and those of the investing public
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    • Article
      Restrict smoking in shared residential spaces
      167 16  -  FROM DULCINEA CHIN PUI WAH I agree with Mr Teh Oh Kian on the need for tougher smoking laws, as there are still many loopholes. (“Toughen laws to reduce exposure to secondhand, third-hand smoke”; Dec 18) In a condominium, for example, although smoking is
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    • Article
      Change laws to cover repairs in private estates, too
      113 16  -  FROM WILL WOONG KWOK SIONG I applaud the National Development Minister for proposing legislative amendments to empower Housing and Development Board (HDB) officers to access flats to investigate and repair leaky ceilings. (“Govt looking to empower HDB to enter flats for
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      10 16 SPORTS STANGE TO STAY ON AS LIONS HEAD COACH 28
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  • singapore
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s leaders urged to allow more defaults among zombie firms
      913 22 Bond brokerages say greater use of bankruptcy la ws needed to support the economy ‘NECESSARY STEP’ IN BUILDING SOUND FINANCIAL ASSET PRICING SYSTEM BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI —Bond brokerages have a New Year’s resolution proposal for China’s policymakers: Allow more defaults among
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      Lock icon Beijing looking at deal with US to recover dirty assets
      475 22 REUTERS BEIJING —China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, as the government tightens the screws in its an-ti-graft battle. The authorities have vowed to pursue
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  • world
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      Lock icon Five dead in Greek ferry disaster
      539 24 414 PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM VESSEL, WHICH CAUGHT FIRE AGENCIES BARI —Italian Premier Matteo Renzi yesterday said the evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania had been completed and that only the vessel’s captain and several Italian sailors remained on board to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Amid hacking tensions, S Korea proposes resuming talks with North
      424 24 AGENCIES SEOUL —South Korea proposed yesterday to resume stalled talks with North Korea, an overture that comes amid heightened diplomatic tension after Seoul’s key ally, the United States, blamed the North for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. Seoul’s Unification
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      Lock icon Kelantan flood eases, but supplies scarce, services disrupted
      661 25 AGENCIES KOTA BHARU —Water levels in Kelantan’s capital are starting to recede, but life for locals remains far from normal as food is still scarce and key services such as banking are still unavailable. The scarcity has forced locals to rely on
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  • business
    • Article
      SMEs expect slower growth in first half of 2015
      426 26  -  GLOBAL ECONOMIC PRESSURES COULD HAVE DOUBLE-EDGED IMPACT LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore expect global and domestic pressures to weigh on growth momentum in the first half of next year, a survey showed yesterday, while
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      Lock icon China’s deposit rule change to free up S$1.1t
      404 26 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s central bank is joining the balancing act of developedworld counterparts as it extended its toolkit to free up what analysts say amounts to at least 5 trillion yuan (S$1.08 trillion) in funds for lenders, seeking to support growth without
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    • Article
      SGX to upgrade derivatives trading, clearing platforms
      256 26  -  ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday it will upgrade its derivatives trading and clearing platforms to increase efficiency and lower costs for market participants, making yet another move to bolster its derivatives business amid an uphill battle to improve its
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      258 26 MAPLETON CONTINENTAL S.A. (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company No. (*****8) 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 11th December, 2014. The liquidator is ANDREAS MICHEL BLOMQVIST of Blk 182
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  • technology
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      Lock icon China ‘extends Gmail ban’ to third-party apps
      470 27 Data from search giant shows its mail service’s traffic volume in the country fell to nearly zero GOOGLE DISRUPTION BEGAN IN RUN-UP TO TIANANMEN CRACKDOWN’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY AGENCIES BEIJING China has blocked access to Google’s Gmail through third-party applications, adding the world’s biggest
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    • Article
      M1 offers corporate customers free perks with Rakuten tie-up
      397 27  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE M1 has tied up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to help the local telco’s corporate customers ride on rapid e-commerce growth in Singapore. M1 will offer these customers a three-month subscription waiver if they launch their e-commerce businesses
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  • sports
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      Lock icon STANGE TO STAY ON AS LIONS HEAD COACH
      717 28  -  FAS Exco backs German, says he will be reviewed again after SEA Games next June COACH WILL ‘LEARN FROM, RECTIFY MISTAKES MADE’ DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Bernd Stange will continue as head coach of the Singapore national football team, at least
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      Lock icon TROUBLED RUSSIAN FOOTBALL UNION TO PAY COACH CAPELLO SOON
      312 28 AP MOSCOW —The Russian Football Union (RFU) says it is close to paying national team coach Fabio Capello (picture), who last received his salary six months ago. Hit by financial problems, the RFU has been unable to meet Capello’s reported US$11
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      Lock icon REF RANT COULD BE ALL PART OF MOURINHO’S PLAN
      607 29  -  BLUES MANAGER SLAMS REFEREEING DECISION IN SOUTHAMPTON GAME COMMENTARY BY JEREMY WILSON JEREMY WILSON Jeremy Wilson is deputy football correspondent at the Telegraph Media Group. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH There were two obvious mistakes that cost Chelsea at Southampton on Sunday one
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      Lock icon TORRES SET FOR ATLETICO RETURN
      354 29 REUTERS M A DRID Spain forward Fernando Torres has agreed to return to Atletico Madrid on loan from AC Milan until the end of the 2015-16 season, seven-and-a-half years after leaving his boyhood club, the La Liga champions said yesterday. Torres, 30, has been struggling
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘REFEREE, FATIGUE AND PITCH TO BLAME FOR CITY DRAW’
      301 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Manuel Pellegrini blamed referee Kevin Friend, fatigue and the state of the Etihad Stadium pitch after Manchester City threw away a two-goal lead to draw at home to relegationthreatened Burnley on Sunday. After seeing leaders Chelsea held to
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      Lock icon SCHUMACHER’S MANAGER DISPUTES RECOVERY REPORT
      364 30 EX-F1 DRIVER ‘MAKING PROGRESS APPROPRIATE TO SEVERITY OF SITUATION’ REUTERS PARIS —Michael Schumacher faces a long fight for recovery, the former Formula 1 driver’s manager said on Sunday. Her comments, which came on the eve of the first anniversary of his skiing accident, cast doubts
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      Lock icon FERRARI, MCLAREN HIT BY MARUSSIA COLLAPSE
      269 30 REUTERS LO N D O N Ferrari and McLaren stand to lose millions as a result of the collapse of the Marussia Formula 1 team, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. It said documents from administrators FRP Advisory dated Dec 18 showed that Ferrari, F1’s
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      Lock icon NBA WATCH
      352 30 AP CLEVELAND 80 DETROIT103 The Detroit Pistons have stepped up their play since releasing veteran forward Josh Smith last week. The Cleveland Cavaliers are searching for consistency. Brandon Jennings (picture) scored 25 points, and the Pistons used an 18-0 run in the second quarter to roll past the
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
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        Lock icon PREPPING FOR THE NEW YEAR
        1075 32 IT’S TIME TO SHAKE OFF THAT HOLIDAY BLOAT AND GET READY FOR 2015 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Oops, you did it again. You just had to stuff yourself silly over Christmas and know you’re going to be bathing in bubbly at the New Year’s Eve party
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Getting that No 1 hit
        517 34 A study suggests repetition may be the key to pop success SECRET TO STARDOM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Here’s a question that all aspiring musicians want the answer to: How does my song become a hit? According to researchers, the answer is apparently fairly simple:
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      • Article
        Lock icon The Interview has made over S$19m online: Sony
        363 35 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —The Interview is shaping up to be a groundbreaking video-on-demand (VOD) success, earning US$15 million (S$19.8 million) online over the weekend. The comedy, which has earned nearly US$3 million in cinemas, was rented or downloaded more than two million
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        Lock icon The Hobbit finale conquering global box office
        270 35 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies crossed the US$400 million (S$529 million) mark at the international box office, topping charts for a third consecutive weekend. The Middle-earth finale earned US$89.2 million from 62 territories, pushing its global haul
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    • television
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        Lock icon Animated neighbourhood
        621 36  -  First local cartoon sitcom can take us to places live action TV can’t HEARTLAND HUBBY MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Stand aside, Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin Singapore will now be taking its animated cue from Encik Lim Teh Peng, the fatherly figure in the first local
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