The Straits Times, 28 December 2016

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    26 1 THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28,2016 SINCE1845 80 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS $1.10 $1.10 To subscribe: 6388-3838 sphsubscription.com.sg A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 041/02/2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon New moves to improve corporate transparency
    437 1  -  Proposals could also bring down costs of compliance and ease burden on businesses Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Sweeping reforms are on the way to lower companies’ compliance costs as well as to improve corporate transparency. The changes range from altering rules around whether annual
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    Lock icon Heavy rain wreaks havoc in the region
    515 1 Two days ago, new mother Suhaili Saharuddin had to wade through waist-deep water with her two-week-old baby to get to a relief centre in Kemaman, in Malaysia’s Terengganustate.Itwas3am. “I was sleeping when my husband woke me up, saying water had entered the house,”
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      110 1 Looking forward to 2017 Trump takes charge A18 Housing, education changes to come B4&5 Home E-scooter crash victim defies the odds B1 Digital Pick your favourite gadgets B12 Life Monsters, mayhem on The Great Wall D2&3 Opinion Fewer permanent jobs, more short-term gigs A20 Bad information’s assault on democracy A22
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      6 1 SEE WORLD A10, HOME B3 EmpText
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’sNext
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        Lock icon Abe to visit Pearl Harbour
        85 2 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to Hawaii’s Pearl Harbour this morning, Singapore time, to visit the site of the Japanese attack 75 years ago that drew the United States into World War II. Although Mr Abe is not expected to apologise for the
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        Lock icon Launch of book on RSIS
        48 2 A book that delves into the contributions of the Nanyang T echnological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) is slated to be launched today. The launchofthebook–entitledForward Engagement: RSIS As A Think Tank Of International Studies And Security In The Asia-Pacific–tiesinwiththeschool’s20th anniversary.
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        Lock icon Findings of business survey
        43 2 The Singapore Business Federation will release its annual National Business Survey today. More than 1,100 companies were polled on their priorities, challenges and future plans. The findings will be shared with the Government for its consideration for Budget 2017.
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    • What’sNews
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        Lock icon TOP OF THE NEWS Sweeping reforms for firms
        54 2 A host of reforms to lower firms’ compliance costs as well as improve corporate transparency are on the way. One of the key changes will require companies to maintain registers of their beneficial owners or controllers, in a bid to clamp down
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        Lock icon TOP OF THE NEWS Public’s beef with spam
        60 2 Complaints about unsolicited messages offering loans and online gambling are down by 18 per cent this year but still form 80 per cent of all complaints received by Singapore’s privacy watchdog, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC). From January to September, the
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        Lock icon WORLD Law on ill-gotten property
        67 2 Fresh from launching a crackdown on illegal cash, the Indian authorities are set to implement a new law to tackle property bought through illicit funds. The move is part of the promise by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (above) to fight corruption and curb the
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        Lock icon WORLD Plane’s black box found
        50 2 Russian divers have retrieved one of the recorders from the wreckage of a Russian military jet that crashed en route to Syria on Christmas Day, killing all 92 on board. Investigators hope that the recorder can help to explain the cause of the crash. A17
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        Lock icon OPINION Dealing with the gig economy
        54 2 The growth of the gig economy is worrying for its impact on less-skilled workers who have no option but to work a string of such jobs and risk having a lack of security in their retirement years, writes Yasmine Yahya. She highlights efforts to
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        Lock icon HOME On the mend after crash
        61 2 It was a special Christmas for the Leong family as mum returned after being in hospital for three months. Madam Ang Liu Kiow, 53, had been in a coma after being seriously hurt in an accident on Sept 17 involving a 17-year-old on an
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        Lock icon HOME Lifts leak in heavy rain
        42 2 Heavy downpours on Christmas Eve caused “rain” in lifts at two HDBblocks–oneinToaPayohand the other in Tampines. A Facebook video shows water flowing from the ceiling of one of the lifts at the Toa Payoh block. B3
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        Lock icon BUSINESS GIC eyeing maps provider
        53 2 Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC will be part of a consortium planning to acquire a 10 per cent stake in open location platform company Here, a provider of maps and location services in almost 200 countries. China’s digital maps and locationservicesproviderNavInfo and Internet giant Tencent
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        Lock icon SPORTS Cheer for cheerleaders
        60 2 Far from being a spectacle of Spandexjumpsuits, slogan shouting and pom-pom waving, cheerleading is a physically demanding activity that gained provisional recognition as an Olympic sport earlier this month. To Singapore cheerleading groups, the news is cause for optimism that they could one day represent the
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        Lock icon LIFE Pet project keeps singer busy
        73 2 Malaysian chanteuse Salamiah Hassan (below), who had a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s, is still activelyperforming–mostlyfor the sake of her pets. The income that she gets from gigs goes to the care of four stray cats that she took in, three
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      Lock icon Express bus worries return
      311 2  -  WhyltMatters Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief shannont@sph.com.sg The express bus industry in Malaysia is a dying trade, with only 140 licences issued last year compared with 389 in 2008, due largely to the boom in low-cost airline travel in the region. Yet, despite a budget carrier
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  • TOPOFTHENEWS
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      Lock icon Christmas is over, but not the shopping
      705 3  -  Sales at malls and department stores draw crowds shopping for Chinese New Year and school supplies Jalelah Abu Baker jalmsab@sph.com.sg The shopping frenzy continues after Christmas as Orchard Road and neighbourhood malls lay on the post-Christmas sales to reel in the crowds. Mall
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      Lock icon 80% of complaints about spam involve online gambling, loans
      434 4  -  Irene Tham Tech Editor itham@sph.com.sg The mobile phone beeps and the text message is from somebody offering an unsolicited loan or an invitation to gamble online. Perhaps, like youth worker Bobby Zhang, 44, you just delete it, dismissing the message as
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      Lock icon Court to proceed with Ahok’s blasphemy trial
      639 4  -  Jakarta Governor accused of insulting Muslims at election rally faces maximum jail term of five years if convicted Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta wahyudis@sph.com.sg An Indonesian court ruled yesterday that it will proceed with the blasphemy trial against Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja
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      Lock icon Six dead after being locked up in toilet by intruders
      436 4  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja JAKARTA Six people died and five others were injured after they were locked up by intruders overnight in a 2m-by-1m maid’s toilet in a posh house in East Jakarta, media reports said. The police are treating the case
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      Lock icon Abe pays respects at Hawaii memorials
      692 6 Japan PM says he hopes to send out message of reconciliation ahead of Pearl Harbour visit REUTERS NYTIMES HONOLULU/TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stopped at several memorials in Hawaii on Monday, one day before he was to visit the site of the 1941
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      Lock icon Obama says he could have beaten Trump in election
      657 6 THE WASHINGTON POST NYTIMES WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama has said in an interview that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again”. In his most pointed critique yet, Mr Obama said Democratic candidate Hillary
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      Lock icon S’pore and Australia committed to deal on training area: Mindef
      370 6  -  Adrian Lim adrianl@sph.com.sg The defence departments of Singapore and Australia “remain committed” to an agreement signed in October this year to develop a military training area in northern Queensland, Singapore’s Defence Ministry (Mindef) said yesterday. Addressing a recent report that
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      Lock icon Taiwan warns of growing China threat
      610 7 It stresses need to maintain combat alertness and strengthen the training of its soldiers REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwan has warned that “the threat of our enemies is growing day by day”, as Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier sailed towards
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      Lock icon Certis Cisco recruiting officers from Taiwan
      485 7  -  Tan Tam Mei tammei@sph.com.sg For the first time, private security firm Certis Cisco is looking to hire Taiwanese nationals to be auxiliary police officers (APOs), making them the first group of potential hires who are not Singaporean or Malaysian. Recruitment will start next month,
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      Lock icon Who should be Singaporean of the Year? Cast vote now
      437 7 Their haul of two gold medals and a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this year produced Singapore’s best performance at the Games and generated a huge debate over whether cash rewards for athletes with
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    • 2016: A YEAR OF DISRUPTION
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        Lock icon Major reforms for rail ops
        818 8 / 9  -  SMRT’s delisting, Govt taking over rail assets allow company to focus on service reliability Adrian Lim adrianl@sph.com.sg The reliability woes plaguing the MRT system have often been blamed on the disconnect of having a public-listed firm, SMRT, run a public transportation system. Many have questioned
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        Lock icon Ride-hailing apps transform taxi sector
        520 8 / 9  -  Adrian Lim In 2013, the Land Transport Authority imposed a rule that required cabbies to clock at least 250km on the roads a day, to boost the supply of taxis. Three years later, it has decided that this requirement will be scrapped from next year.
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        Lock icon Driverless vehicles make inroads here
        549 8 / 9  -  Zhaki Abdullah azhaki@sph.com.sg Within the next decade or two, transportation in Singapore could look very different as driverless vehicles ranging from buses to taxis hit the roads. The Government sees autonomous vehicles (AVs) as a key plank in moving the Republic towards a car-lite future.
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        Lock icon Taking major steps towards a car-lite city
        547 8 / 9  -  Danson Cheong dansonc@sph.com.sg In 2016, the Government made a major push towards taking cars off the road from redesigning a future expressway to include cycling paths to tabling a law legitimising bicycles and personal mobility devices (PMDs) as a mode of transport. These
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      • Article
        Lock icon Foreign players take on local bus routes
        334 8 / 9  -  Royston Sim Two foreign bus operators started services this year, dismantling a three-decade duopoly held by SBS Transit and SMRT Buses. Anglo-Australian Tower Transit took over 26 bus services under the Bulim package in May and June, while British-based Go-Ahead began running 24
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      41 7 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPOREAN OF THE YEAR 2016 PRESENTED BY UBS WATCH THE VIDEOS AND VOTE To watch videos on the stories of the candidates shortlisted for the Singaporean of the Year Award, and vote for your choice, go to: str.sg/soty2016
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  • WORLD
    • It’s wet, wet, wet
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        Lock icon Typhoon Nock-Ten leaves six dead, 18 missing
        456 10 It was a miserable Christmas for regional countries like the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia, which are dealing with the damage wrought by wet weather even as they prepare for the deluge to continue. The Philippines AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA At least six people have
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        Lock icon Heavy rain to continue until year end
        283 10 Malaysia THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Downpours and intermittent showers are expected to persist in Malaysia until the end of the year, causing floods especially in the east coast states. It is north-east monsoon season in the country, which usually lasts from
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        Lock icon Freak rain turns Uluru into waterfall
        302 10 Australia REUTERS MELBOURNE Unusual torrential rain in Australia’s outback has turned the Uluru monolith into a series of cascading waterfalls and triggered flash floods. Police were using helicopters yesterday to search for a family of six, missing since the Christmas Day downpour which drenched
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Modi’s next target: III-gotten properties
        699 11  -  Under new law, those unable to explain source of funds for purchases face jail term Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg After illegal cash, the Narendra Modi government in India is going after properties bought through illicit funds a move that experts
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        Lock icon Felda under fire for deal with Indonesian palm oil company
        614 14 Malaysian authority plans to pay $732m for stake in Eagle High; critics say it’s too much REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is coming under mounting criticism for its plans to purchase a stake in Indonesian palm
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        Lock icon Plane skids off runway and lands in ditch in Goa
        402 14 REUTERS MUMBAI A Jet Airways Boeing 737 aircraft with 161 people on board veered off an airport runway in Goa shortly before take-off, crossing a field before spinning into a ditch at the side of a service road just before
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        Lock icon Malaysian ‘food flotilla’ for Rohingya next month
        330 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA A “food flotilla” will depart from Malaysia for the restive Rakhine state in Myanmar next month. The flotilla is expected to deliver almost 200 tonnes of rice, medical aid and other essential supplies to the state that
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        Lock icon Thai police abort raid on temple again
        496 14  -  Tan Hui Yee Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok tanhy@sph.com.sg Thai police aborted an attempt to arrest a controversial monk yesterday after thousands of devotees massed inside his mega temple. Police held back, fearing the risk of a confrontation. But the hundreds of policemen someinriotgear–removedametal
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        Lock icon China’s space programme: Aim is to protect nation
        495 15 White Paper outlines plans for probes on Mars and the moon, but stresses peaceful aim XINHUA REUTERS BEIJING China’s space programme must help protect the country’s national security, but China is dedicated to the peaceful use of space and opposes a space
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      • AsiaBriefs
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          Lock icon ‘Abused’ Indonesian maid leaves hospital
          72 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA A 19-year-old Indonesian maid was discharged from hospital and placed in the Indonesian Embassy’s care yesterday after being found unconscious by a drain in Kuala Lumpur last week. Suyanti’s 43-year-old female employer surrendered to police last Wednesday after claims
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          Lock icon Cambodian opposition head gets 5 years’ jail
          70 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to five years’ jail yesterday on charges including “falsifying public documents”, over a Facebook post concerning a 37-year-old treaty withVietnam–aconviction that makes his return from self-imposed exile unlikely. The conviction caps a
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          Lock icon Manila seizes record $174m worth of meth
          60 15 REUTERS MANILA The Philippine authorities have seized about 6 billion pesos (S$174 million) worth of methamphetamines in a series of raids this month that have yielded the biggest haul in the country’s history, the Justice Minister said yesterday. Sixpeople were arrested and 560kg
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        Lock icon New opposition party eyes Ban for president
        654 16  -  Breakaway group of 29 leaves scandal-hit President Park to launch new party next month Chang May Choon South Korea Correspondent In Seoul changmc@sph.com.sg A group of lawmakers from the ruling Saenuri Party who voted to impeach South Korean President Park Geun Hye has
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        Lock icon N. Korea ‘plans nuclear push in 2017’
        228 16 SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning a “prime time” nuclear weapons push next year to take advantage of leadership transi- tions in South Korea and the United States, a high-ranking defector said yesterday. In his first press conference since fleeing
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        Lock icon Gigantic job for robot handler
        42 16 An employee controlling the arms of a manned biped walking robot METHOD-2 during a demonstration in Gunpo, South Korea. The company behind the 4m-tall humanoid says it is the largest biped robot in the world. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Korean Air to use stun guns on unruly travellers
        334 16 REUTERS GIMPO (South Korea) Korean Air Lines said it will allow crew members to “readily use stun guns” to manage violent passengers, and hire more male flight attendants, after coming in for criticism from American singer Richard Marx over its handling
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon One black box found, another yet to be raised
        630 17 Moscow grounds all TU-154 planes pending inquiry into crash which killed 92 people Russian plane crash REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW The Russian authorities have found a flight recorder in the wreckage of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea
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          Lock icon Ex-Bush aide is Trump’s counter-terror adviser
          43 17 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States President-elect Donald Trump yesterday named Mr Thomas Bossert as his White House adviser on security and counterterrorism issues. Mr Bossert was deputy homeland security adviser to former US president George W. Bush. REUTERS
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          Lock icon US tops global weapon sales list
          43 17 NYTIMES WASHINGTON The United States ranked first in global weapon sales last year, with sales of US$40 billion (S$58 billion), or half of all global arms agreements. Developing nations, led by Qatar, were the main customers. NYTIMES
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          Lock icon Cheetahs in danger of becoming extinct
          40 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The fastest land animal, the cheetah, is sprinting to extinction, a new study says, with hunting and trafficking blamed for cutting the feline’s numbers to just 7,100 in Africa and Iran.
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        Lock icon Unpredictable States of America
        856 18  -  Trump wants to shake things up but bureaucracy and competing interests could prove a formidable barrier Outlook 2017 This is the second of a five-part series looking at the key events and issues facing the world in 2017. Today, The Straits Times looks at the United
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        Lock icon Jobs and the China dilemma among Trump’s tests
        970 18  -  Nirmal Ghosh Domestic REPEALING OBAMACARE The Affordable Care Act has resulted in an estimated 20 million people gaining health insurance coverage between 2010, when it was passed, and early 2016 what the US Department of Health and Human Services calls a “historic
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        Lock icon Thousands turn up for Mexican teen’s party after invite goes viral
        386 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN LUIS POTOSI (Mexico) A huge crowd turned out to celebrate the 15th birthday of Rubi Ibarra, a small-townMexicangirl–thoughit was fewer than the 1.3 million people who said they were coming after the invitation went viral. Girls’
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      • Article
        Lock icon 29 cops on trial in Istanbul over coup
        556 19 They allegedly refused to protect Turkish President’s home on the night of the putsch AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ISTANBUL More than two dozen Turkish police officers went on trial in Istanbul yesterday, charged with involvement in the July 15 coup. It is the
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      694 19 Advertising Feature STEP Up and Succeed Upon understanding the demands of the Singapore education system, most parents and students feel that tuition is needed in order to survive and thrive in it. The main reason is the desire that both students and parents have to perform well at landmark examinations
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Need for deft handling in Hong Kong
      403 20 The Straits Times says IthasbeencleareversinceLordChrisPatten,thelastBritishgovernor,leftHongKongfollowingitshandovertoChina,thattheroadtotheterritory’sGovernmentHouserunsthroughBeijing.Withitscurrent incumbent, the unpopular Mr Leung Chun Ying, announcing that he wouldnot seek a second term as Chief Executive,the field is open tofreshcandidates.ThelatesttothrowherhatintotheringisMsReginaIp,aformersecretaryfor security in the Hong Kong administration and co-founderofthepro-BeijingNewPeople’sParty. RetiredjudgeWooKwokHinghadpreviouslyannounced his intention to contest. Two others, Chief
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      Lock icon Managing the gig economy
      1672 20  -  EconomicAffairs Yasmine Yahya Assistant Business Editor yasminey@sph.com.sg The future of work has been a hot topic over the past year, and much has been said about how important it is for workers to keep upgrading their skills so that they remain relevant amid the inexorable march
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      Lock icon Helpless unity in terror-struck Berlin
      820 21  -  Anna Sauerbrey The writer is an editor on the opinion page of the newspaper DerTagesspiegel. NYTIMES BERLIN It has been more than a week since a truck ploughed through a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring dozens. In the
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      Lock icon Fear Trump could help unleash nuclear catastrophe with one tweet
      996 21  -  Greg Sargent WASHINGTON POST Mr Donald Trump’s alarming tweet about his desire to “greatly strengthen and expand” the “nuclear capability” of the United States unleashed a frenzy of media efforts to try to divine his actual policy intentions. It forced
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      Lock icon If you’re so intelligent, why aren’t you rich ?
      762 21  - If you’re so intelligent, why aren’t you rich Faye Flam Faye Flam was a staff writerfor Science magazine and a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and she is the author of The Score: How The Quest For Sex Has Shaped The Modern Man. BLOOMBERG VIEW How much is a child’s
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      Lock icon The emergence of a post-fact world
      1169 22  -  Francis Fukuyama Thewriterisaseniorfellowand Mosbacher Director of Stanford University’s Centre on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. PROJECT SYNDICATE STANFORD One of the more striking developments this year and its highly unusual politics was the emergence of a “post-fact” world, in which virtually all
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        103 23 Feng Tianwei is a role model and an inspiration to all (“Table tennis: Feng Tianwei shocks world No. 1 Ding Ning in Chinese Super League”; ST Online, Dec 5). Even though she was axed by the Singapore Table Tennis Association–whichwasablow toherandhercareer–andmust have felt
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        233 23 E-sports are rising in popularity, but Singapore still does not treat such gaming as a real sport, perceiving it to be just a leisure activity (“E-sports is not just child’s play” by Wu Yu; Voices of Youth, Dec 14). Competitive gaming requires an
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        146 23 It is common to see parents driving their children to school. However, the cars’ back seats are mostly empty. This is a waste of resources, as other students living in the same block could hitch a ride, through car pooling. Adopting eco-friendly modes of
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      339 23  -  Lionel Loi Zhi Rui I share Professor Tommy Koh’s concern about Singapore becoming a rentier economy, especially with the rise of real estate investment trusts (Reits) here (“Is Singapore the new sick man of Asia?”; Dec 24). Rising rents and commercial property
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      323 23  -  Kuharajahsingam Karalasingam There are many parts to the story of intergenerational offending, from dysfunctional families to harsh punishment policies and uncoordinated efforts by government and volunteer agencies (“Her mother, aunt, grandparents are ex-cons. Can Aisyah break the cycle?”; Dec 18). Children
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      359 23  -  Tan Ser Kiat (Professor) President Singapore MedicalCouncil In her article (“TPA fees not key reason for rising healthcare costs”; Dec 22), senior health correspondent Salma Khalik queried why the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) is trying to upset the apple cart “if the companies,
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      160 23  -  Jeffrey Ling General Manager Retail Division (Foodcourt/ Coffee shop/ Hawker centre) NTUC Foodfare Cooperative We thank Mr Jeffrey Law Lee Beng for his feedback (“Social enterprises should keep food prices low”; Dec 23). We do moderate and monitor
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      243 23  -  Jason Su Chenglong Recently, I issued a cheque to a friend, which was rejected when she went to cash it at the DBS Bank branch at Plaza Singapura. The bank staff said it was because my signature was irregular. They said
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      30 23 HortPark’s urban farming plots are popular, with people renting them on three-year leases Year 2 Year 1 Finally, on the last day of Year 3... Time’s up! It’s my turn.
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      160 24 These cross-country skiers seemed keen to pursue their sport through thick and thin, as they made their way to the Goms Valley in Switzerland on Monday on just a fine layer of snow. The Goms region is well known among skiers for its
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      619 1  -  She is out of coma and back home; incident led to calls for stiffer rules for mobility devices Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg It was a special Christmas for the Leong family as mum returned after being in hospital for three months. Madam
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      565 2  -  New coffee table book features Kranji countryside’s charm, history, farms and people Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg Visitors to Singapore’s countryside are often charmed by its farms and nature areas, but not many may know that the Kranji area is also home to an
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        189 2 The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) will investigate an alleged dog-biting incident involving a passenger who used the GrabHitch service in the early hours of Sunday. University student Rushdan Eilyaas, 24, claimed in a Facebook post on Monday that his driver’s chihuahua bit him on
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        87 2 The Lion City has earned the No. 2 spot on Peta’s list of the Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Cities in Asia, for its lively vegan food scene. Mr Jason Baker, vice-president of international campaigns for People for the Ethical T reatment of Animals
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      513 3  -  Heavy rain on Christmas Eve caused leaks at HDB blocks in Toa Payoh and Tampines Yeo Sam Jo yeosamjo@sph.com.sg Some residents resorted to using umbrellas in their lifts as a heavy downpour on Christmas Eve caused massive leaks at an HDB block
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      136 3 A man was fined $30,000 yesterday for carrying out the activities of an employment agency without a licence. Mohamed Yasin Hameed Sultan,45, is also barred from holding an employment agency licence, the Manpower Ministry said in a statement yesterday. He distributed pamphlets and
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      954 4 / 5  -  HDB will start laying the groundwork to cut waiting times for young couples by 2018 Looking forward to 2017 Even as 2016 draws to a close, with many notable events shaping what has been called by many a year of change, 2017
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      1105 4 / 5  -  Education Sandra Davie Senior Education Correspondent sandra@sph.com.sg It had been a long wait but in July, the Ministry of Education (MOE) finally announced significant changes to the PSLE scoring system. Pupils will no longer be graded on how they perform relative to
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      983 4 / 5  -  Heritage Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg For years, the former National Aerated Water Company factory stood, disused and seemingly forgotten. Then, on Dec 9, came the news that the 62-year-old building in Serangoon Road had been sold to a Malaysian developer and could be
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      374 6  -  K. C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg A mysterious man turned up at a casual gathering in Paya Lebar and cried out: “Who is Saddam?” “Saddam” went away to speak alone with the man but moments later, he
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      70 6 On Sundays, the field next to Kallang MRT station comes alive as hundreds of volleyball enthusiasts gather, including Ms Marilyn Babas, the captain of Braveheart, a volleyball team made up of Filipino domestic helpers. Spend an afternoon with Team Braveheart in the fourth episode
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      644 6  -  He pleads guilty to being part of unlawful assembly, in incident that saw cop draw gun Amir Hussain amirh@sph.com.sg An aggressive crowd of up to 100 people in a Geylang back lane prompted a plainclothes policeman on an anti-vice
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      637 7  -  All done through e-mail, Evie integrates artificial intelligence and schedule planning Start-up Lester Hio lesterh@sph.com.sg Scheduling meetings and appointments can be a time-consuming affair, due to conflicting schedules, changes in plans or when taking time zones into consideration. Busy executives outsource this administrative work to
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      694 8  -  No electronic viewfinder, but the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 is great for travel too Photos Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10 is a prosumer compact camera with a large 1-inch image sensor that competes with the likes of Sony Cy-ber-shot RX100 V and Canon
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      556 8  -  Trevor Tan The Ricoh Theta SC is a cheaper version of the Theta S ($628). The Theta S successor to Theta m15 uses two 12-megapixel 180-degree cameras to produce 14-megapixel 360-degree still images, up from its predecessor’s 6-meg-apixel output. It has 8GB
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      414 8  -  Compiled by Trevor Tan Casio G-Shock MRG-G1000HG-9A WATCH $9,299, available next month To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Casio’s G-Shock MR-G watch series, a limited-edition MRG-G1000HG has been crafted, with only 300 pieces available worldwide. This MR-G was finished using cutting-edge technologies, with gold-ion plating on the bezel,
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      742 9  -  Theoriginalwasalreadyveryimpressive– Olympus puts the Mark II higher up the scale Photos Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg It has been three years since Olympus launched the OM-D E-M1, a very impressive mirrorless camera with speedy autofocusing (AF), as well as great image quality, handling and build.
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      618 10  -  Faster Wi-Fi, excellent battery life are among the laptop’s pluses PC Vincent Chang vinchang@sph.com.sg Acer’s tagline for the Swift 5 book–gosmaller,seemore–isentirely accurate, even if it rolls off the tongue rather awkwardly. What Acer is trying to say is that the Swift
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      564 10  -  Vincent Chang Earlier this year, I tested the Aorus X3 Plus, which, at 1.8kg, is one of the thinnest and lightest gaming laptops in the market. The latest v6 revision has a similar design but a more powerful graphics
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      515 10  -  Printer Vincent Chang Printers rarely achieve their advertised print speeds, at least the ones I have tried. The Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CP315 dw is one of the few exceptions. This single-function colour laser printer is said to produce up to
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      596 11  -  The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is first to support Google’s augmented-reality system Phones Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is the first consumer device to ship with support for Tango, Google’s augment-ed-reality (AR) system. While there are not that many Tango-compatible apps
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      515 11  -  Personal mobility devices Lisabel Ting The Mobot Knight is a fancy-look-ing mash-up between an electric scooter and a bicycle, packed full of features such as a waterproof Bluetooth speaker, USB charging and a remote control key. While the Knight is definitely a
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      242 12  -  The Straits Times Digital Awards is back, revised into seven broad themes which include new categories. Readers, too, have their say and can win prizes worth more than $28,000 ST Digital Awards 2017 Irene Tham Tech Editor itham@sph.com.sg The Straits Times Digital Awards will return for the
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      499 1  -  Wong Siew Ying wongsy@sph.com.sg Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is part of a consortium that intends to buy a 10 per cent stake in digital maps firm Here which provides maps and location services in almost 200 countries. The
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      433 1  -  Lee Xin En xinen@sph.com.sg Global Logistic Properties (GLP), which counts Singapore sovereign wealthfundGICasitslargeststakeholder, is looking to build Japan’s largest modern logistics park. The fund manager and logistics facilities provider, which manages US$39 billion (S$57 billion) of industrial properties worldwide,
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      495 3 Central bank says financial institution failed to promptly report rate-fixing misconduct REUTERS BLOOMBERG KUALALUMPUR BankNegaraMalaysia said it was taking action against an unnamed financial institution for failing to promptly notify the central bank of its dealers’ misconduct involving the fixing of the
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      387 3 BLOOMBERG BEIJING The onshore yuan’s surging trading volume is another piece of evidence that capital is fleeing China at a faster pace. The daily average value of transactions in Shanghai climbed to US$34 billion (S$49 billion) this month as of Monday, the
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        132 3 Date: Jan 20 Time: 9.30am to 12.15pm Venue: Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Seminar Room 2, Level 21, Keppel Towers, 10 Hoe Chiang Road Fees: $53.50 forSBF and American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) members, $107 for non-members Singapore enjoys strong and longstanding
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      517 4  -  Bank counters, Singtel and some energy plays are among the gainers BullsAndBears Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore stocks closed higher yesterday as stronger economic data from China and higher oil prices gave a shot of much-needed adrenaline in an otherwise-thin trading day. The
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      43 4 1 Satsintendstoacquirea10per centstakeinEvergreenSky CateringCorp(ESCC)from MalaysiaAirlinesfor RM100million(S$32.3million). Satswillown25percentof ESCCaftertheacquisition. 2 ForelandFabrictechHoldings willtakelegalactionagainst formerexecutivechairman TsoiKinChitoverpossible breachesofsecuritieslaws.The firmearlierlodgedacomplaint withtheCommercialAffairs DepartmentagainstMrTsoi. 3 FoodEmpireHoldings’51per cent-ownedunitHallyu Ventureswillextendan unsecuredloanof11.06billion Koreanwon(S$13.5million) toCaffebene,oneofSouth Korea’slargestcoffeechains. 4 KrisEnergyshareholders approvedresolutionsatan extraordinarygeneralmeeting yesterdaythatwillallowthe companytoproceedwithits debtrestructuringplan. 5 SweeHongissellingits freeholdpropertyat190Aand 190CChoaChuKangAvenue1 toHongEeCorpfor$3.1 million.Thesitecomprisestwo strata-titledunitsaboveand beloweachother,which formanintermediateunit.
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      866 7  -  Local cheerleading fraternity eager to show sport deserves its day under the Olympic stars Nicole Chia cnicole@sph.com.sg At the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Aces’ cheerleading training session, voices count in unison as a girl is hoisted up, performs a mid-air flip before landing on
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        55 8 Singapore’s handball club team, the Breakers, beat Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 27-0 yesterday in the women’s competition of the Singapore Handball Open Tournament at Hougang Sports Hall. Singapore’s national development team lost 10 -2 0 to Saitama of Japan. Tomorrow is the final
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        101 8 XINHUA RIO DE JANEIRO Barcelona footballer Neymar has accepted an invitation to play in a charity match for families affected by the Chapecoense plane crash, Brazilian media reported on Monday. Former Argentina international midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron and Spain World Cup winner Joan Capdevila will
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        100 8 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Liverpool are prepared to let Lucas Leiva join Inter Milan on loan for the rest of the season. The Brazilian footballer has started only three English Premier League games this season while making 11 appearances in all competitions. Inter are looking
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        99 8 REUTERS DUBAI Italian football club Roma are on track to break ground on a new 56,000-seat stadium that will be built in Rome’s south-west, their chief executive said in Dubai yesterday. Originally set to open in this ongoing Serie A season, Umberto Gandini
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      712 9 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BANGKOK Ariya Jutanugarn has the No. 1 spot in women’s golf on her mind, as she starts her 2017 campaign, trailing arch-rival Lydia Ko by just 3.72 points. The Thai proved to be the
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      422 10 THE GUARDIAN AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger hailed Olivier Giroud’s fighting spirit after the Arsenal striker marked his first Premier League start of the season with the winning goal against West Bromwich Albion. The Frenchman headed home four minutes from the end of
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      341 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Disaster struck eighttime winner Wild Oats XI yesterday, as it was forced to retire from the Sydney to Hobart race with keel damage. It was the second straight year that the local favourite the race’s most successful yacht had to
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      709 11  -  EyeOnEPL Aleksandar Duric stsports@sph.com.sg When a football team go on a long winning run like Chelsea, winners of 12 matches in a row in the English Premier League (EPL), the team will be incredibly hard to stop. In the 2007 S-League season, my
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      575 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GUARDIAN LONDON Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes that every game in the second half of the season will be like a Cup final for his title hopefuls. An impressive and hard-earned 3-0 Premier League win at
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      201 11 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Home I Away I Timing Wed, 28 Dec 2016 A League Melbourne Viet Central Coast 4.50pm LW Thu, 29 Dec 2016 English Premier Southampton Tottenham 3.45am LW LOTTERY TOTO Mon, 26 Dec 2016 Draw No. 3226/2016 Group 1 Prize: $368,554 3 Winning Shares Sold at: 1. Singapore
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      70 1 DSINGING FOR CATS Veteran Malaysian star’s earnings go towards her ill pets D5 BRITNEY’S ALIVE AND WELL Sony is hacked once again D12 BREAKING DOWN WALLS Acclaimed film-maker Zhang Yimou agreed to be a director-for-hire on The Great Wall, a fantasy blockbuster starring Matt Damon (left), because he thinks it
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        1494 2 / 3  -  Zhang Yimou’s latest film, centred on China’s iconic megastructure, is a grand attempt at showcasing Chinese culture to the world Yip Wai Yee In Beijing yipwy@sph.com.sg Celebrated Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou’s latest film The Great Wall is a CGI-heavy popcorn movie featuring millions
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        410 2 / 3  -  REVIEW/ACTION-FANTASY THE GREAT WALL (PG13) 104 minutes/opens tomorrow/ The story: Two adventurers from the West, Garin and Tovar (Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal) are captured by soldiers of the Nameless Order, who stand guard at The Great Wall. The Order’s commanders (two
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        386 4  -  But Jackie Chan and his son jaycee steal the show with their jibes at each other REVIEW/ACTION-COMEDY RAILROAD TIGERS (PG) 125 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Ma Yuan (Jackie Chan) is the head of a group of railroad workers who regularly steals supplies from the
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        392 5 NYTIMES SAN FRANCISCO The de Young Museum has drawn big crowds before with shows on Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier and Yves Saint Laurent. But for its next fashion extravaganza, the museum is entering new territory– and moving from gowns to the headscarves
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        557 6  -  Chao Chuan’s hit, I Am Ugly But Tender, got listeners fixated on his lack of looks and jokes were made at his expense Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Taiwanese singer Chao Chuan has a love-hate relationship with the stirring, heart-on-sleeve ballad I Am Ugly
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        704 6 NEW YORK The presents have been unwrapped. The batteries have been charged. Chances are, a few of those new gizmos may be designed to make air travel less stressful and more productive. Even so, when it is time to board the flight home
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        497 8  -  Actor Donald Glover turns from hip-hop to woozy soul tunes imbued with heart AlbumsOfTheWeek Eddino Abdul Hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, is an entertainer who is as multifaceted as the music he produces. Television viewers know him from acclaimed comedies Community and Atlanta. Film fans
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        610 8  -  Yeow Kai Chai Reviewing this mere days after George Michael’s death is bittersweet. The soundtrack to La La Land wants to sweep you into romance, but the romance is really about the romance of dreams and not just love. Likewise,
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          233 8  -  Gwendolyn Ng Made is popular South Korean boyband BigBang’s long goodbye to their fans before they take a hiatus as rapper T.O.P enlists for a mandatory two-year military service. The quintet have been releasing the album’s 11 tracks over the past 11/2years–itisasthoughtheywant fans to relish the farewell over
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        219 8 APPLE MUSIC 1.(3)FxxkIt BigBang (Korean) 2.(2)Closer The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 3.(5)LastDance BigBang (Korean) 4.(1)IDon’tWannaLiveForever(Fifty ShadesDarker) Zayn and Taylor Swift 5.(4)SayYouWon’tLetGo James Arthur 6.(9)24KMagic Bruno Mars 7.(6)Starboy The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 8.(-)StayWithMe Chanyeol Punch (Korean) 9.(8)LetMeLoveYou DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber 10.(7)Faded Alan Walker For the weekending Dec 22
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        737 9  -  James Poniewozik NYTIMES NEWYORK Television’s best sight gag of the year comes near the end of The Club, the eighth episode of FX series Atlanta. It begins with gunfire and ends with people being run over by a car, and it is
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      1303 10 Late singer George Michael had a long history of hard living, but was also given to spontaneous acts of generosity NYTIMES LONDON As heartbroken friends and fans mourned George Michael online and at his homes in Britain on Monday, questions swirled about the health
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        252 12 BLOOMBERG NYTIMES NEW YORK Pop star Britney Spears and Sony Music Entertainment were the targets of a Twitter hoax on Monday morning. The Sony Music Global Twitter account had several tweets announcing that the singer had died; they were later deleted. “Britney Spears is
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        216 12 KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEOUL Actor-comedian Lee Kwang Soo took a top prize at this year’s SBS Entertainment Awards on Sunday for Running Man, the popular variety programme that has been recently plagued with controversy and then cancelled. He received the Top Excellence Award
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        357 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Makoto Shinkai has a big problem. His mystical teenage gender-swopping movie Your Name has become such a massive hit, it is beginning to worry him. “It’s not healthy,” the Japanese director said. “I don’t think any more people should see
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        234 12 NYTIMES NEWYORK Rogue One once again dominated movie theatres, taking in an estimated US$96 million (S$139 million) across North America over the four-day Christmas weekend and easily fending off a new batch of star-studded movies. The Star Wars spin-off film, starring Felicity Jones and Diego
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      680 8 D10 BUKIT TIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/ TANGLIN HOUSES FOR SALE 403 D10 BUKIT TIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/ TANGLIN HOUSES FOR SALE 403 Landed Property Transactions in the month of Nov 2016 Street Prop Contract Tenure Built-In/ Price Psf Name Type Month Land Area (S$'000) (S$) (sq ft) District 5 Chwee Chian View
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      282 8 D11 NEWTON/NOVENA HOUSES FOR SALE 404 D11 CHANCERY GCB 21,600 sf. Elevated plot! Wide frontage! A&A/ rebuild! Serious seller. Call King Kong 9889-5547 D13 MACPHERSON/ BRADDELL/ POTONG PASIR HOUSES FOR SALE 405 Eugene Lum 9012 1202 JLN CHENGKEK 2.5STY terr FH 2800 land/ 4000 sf built up. Near famous eateries,
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      677 8 D20 THOMSON/ BISHAN/ ANG MO KIO HOUSES FOR SALE 408 D20 THOMSON/ BISHAN/ ANG MO KIO HOUSES FOR SALE 408 Landed Property Transactions in the month of Nov 2016 Street Prop Contract Tenure Built-In/ Price Psf Name Type Month Land Area (S$'000) (S$) (sq ft) District 17 Jalan Batalong Semi-D
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      1844 9 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in November 2016 This week: 20 25 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE
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      80 9 D09 ORCHARD/ CAIRNHILL PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 Lawrence Goh 9106 8754 CLAYMORE PLAZA FH Besides Shaw, Above HSBC. 1 min to Orchard MRT. 775sf Lowest price/maintenance.Ask $1.4m Best Deal CITYVISTA RES (CAIRNHILL) 2142/ 2626/ 2800sf. 3/4rm. Fr $3.95M. 2 Penthses 9182sf 5mins MRT *****599 Eileen D10 BUKIT TIMAH/ HOLLAND
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      293 10 D11 NEWTON/ NOVENA PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 NEWTON/ NOVENA PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 NEWTON/NOVENA PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 NEWTON/NOVENA PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 NEWTON/NOVENA PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 Since 1993 OPEN HOUSE
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      57 10 D12 BALESTIER/TOA PAYOH/ SERANGOON/ BOON KENG PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 Bryan Koh 8200 2024 CALARASI, F’HOLD 3 bdrms. 1184sf. Next to Whampoa Mkt High flr. Unblocked. Corner. A1 reno. Price reduce! $1.2xM! Visit SRX.com.sg/code-8273 Keener Sense of Real Estate DREAM HOME PANORAMIC VIEW 2-BDRMS Balestier Plaza. FH. Windy. 100%
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      316 10 D13 MACPHERSON/ BRADDELL/ POTONG PASIR PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 SENNETT RESIDENCE FOR SALE! T.O.P obtained Ground floor and penthouse unit avail 8 mins to Orchard Road and CBD Directly connected to Potong Pasir MRT station Contact Developer 9835 6536 8338 2028 salesenquiry@tuansing.com D14 GEYLANG/EUNOS/ PAYA LEBAR PTE APTS FOR
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      310 10 D18 TAMPINES/PASIR RIS PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 New Listing SEASTRAND 2BDRM 2 bath. 990 sf. Grd flr, brand new. Reno. Sch, Asking $900K up The Esparis 3bdrm Blk 7A. 1200 sf. Reno. Near shpg mall/ schs. Ask $860K up. D’nest 3bdrm. #0x-43. 1130 sf. Brand new! Mall/ Sch/ amenities.
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      362 10 D27 YISHUN/SEMBAWANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 421 3-RM LILYDALE CONDO Yishun. 1194sf. Pool view. Vacant. Mins amenities. $820K neg. Rajan *****037 D28 SELETAR PTE APTS FOR SALE 421 SELETAR PARK RESIDENCE Immediate Occupation! Last 3 units! 3 bdrm Grd floor Penthouse. Contact Developer *****878/ *****833 ANG MO KIO HDB FOR
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      30 11 BUKIT PANJANG HDB FOR SALE 430 BUKIT PANJANG HDB FOR SALE 430 BUKIT PANJANG HDB FOR SALE 430 BUKIT PANJANG HDB FOR SALE 430 BUKIT PANJANG HDB FOR SALE 430
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      396 11 432 CENTRAL HDB FOR SALE 432 CENTRAL HDB FOR SALE 432 CENTRAL HDB FOR SALE Keener Sense of Real Estate DREAM HOME GEM IN CITY! Sago Lane. Blk 4 High flr. Unblock View. Convenient. Simple, well kept Must View!!! Eric 9001-4795 Eugene Lum 9012 1202 462 CRAWFORD LANE, rare 3I.
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      1094 12 KALLANG/ WHAMPOA HDBFOR SALE 439 Mindy Soh 9220 4434 Keener Sense of Real Estate 47 BENDEMEER RD 3’I’ +utility High flr. Corridor unit. Simple Well kept. Chinese owner. Boon Keng MRT, amenities. Kevin Ng 9740 0852 4S BLK 30 Jln Bahagia 904 sf High/lift flr, unblocked. Reno. Mins to town/sch/eateries
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      141 12 D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST HOUSES FOR RENT 454 61 GOODMAN RD. New Bunglw 4500/7300sf, 6+1+2 family rms pool. $20K. Owner *****635/ *****996. Sale/ rent: www.wahkhiaw.com.sg 2-STY BUNGLW Siglap. 4+1 Ingrd pool. 6000sf. Mrt. Walk to East Coast Pk. *****259 D18 TAMPINES/ PASIR RIS HOUSES FOR RENT 454 Expat's
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      165 12 D28 SELETAR HOUSES FOR RENT 454 Keener Sense of Real Estate EXPAT'S CHOICE JLN REDOP SEMI-D 6+1, pool Roof terr. Near Greenwich/ Seletar Mall. P/furn. Windy. Immed. Call 9688-5988 Liz MIXED DISTRICTS HOUSES FOR RENT 460 C/W COOKING/ PER head charge, Minimart, Recreation, Clean 24 hrs security, Agent welcome. *****518
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      237 13 D16 BEDOK/UPP EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 CHANGI GREEN CONDO. Reno. 3+1 rm, furn. Full facilities. Avail mid jan. Agt 9068 2259 D17 CHANGI/ LOYANG PTE APTS FOR RENT 467 CHANGI GDN 3+1 F/furnish. Quiet,Bus to MRT. $1800 nett Immed. 9666-9068 EC10 D18 TAMPINES/ PASIR RIS PTE APTS
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      482 13 BISHAN HDB FOR RENT 484 484 BISHAN HDB FOR RENT 484 BISHAN HDB FOR RENT D20 THOMSON/ BISHAN/ ANGMOKIO PTE APTS FOR RENT 468 COUNTRY ESQUIRE 3+1. Full facilities. P/furn. Bright, airy. Easy access *****259 EC10 D21 ULU PANDAN/ CLEMENTI RD/ SUNSET/ BT TIMAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 469 ASA
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      77 14 GREAT WORLD CITY o Shuttle Bus Services to Orchard/Tiong Bahru MRT o Ample Car Park Lots o Out side CBD o Sizes fr 1,200 to 7,000 sf o Available Immediately Contact Landlord: 6839 3849 CENDEX CENTRE 4,400 sqft office space, A Class View, C Class price, near MRT, Rent/ Sale.
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      147 15 RESTAURANT/LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT 540 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD. Grd flr Approx 4,600 sf. F&B/ Cafe Kopitiam. Ample parking. Tel 9630 1900/9858 3548 Don’t Miss **BEAUTIFUL F&B RESTRN East Coast Rd. Est 2200 sf for takeover. Brand new. Grd flr. Good frontage. 9818 1929 NIGHTCLUB/ KTV NEAR Beach Road for takeover.
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