The Straits Times, 9 January 2017

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    68 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY JANUARY 9,2017 SINCE1845 Top of the News Swifter justice for abused foreign workers A3• Home New smoking zones in Orchard Road B1 EXCELLENCE IN REDESIGN: SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN, BEST NEWS WEBSITE: WAN-IFRA 76 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS $1.10 76 PAGES $1.10
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    Lock icon It’s back to the beach after oil spill cleanup
    350 1  -  Samantha Boh samboh@sph.com.sg Changi beach was back to its normal state yesterday, with no sign of the black goop on its shore and in its waters. And whether it was for some sun or a glimpse of airplanes landing, beachgoers were
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    Lock icon 126,000 learn new skills using SkillsFuture Credit
    579 1  -  IT courses most popular; more partners such as Insead to offer training under scheme Calvin Yang calyang@sph.com.sg A national programme to spur Singaporeans to pick up skills and encourage lifelong learning saw more than 126,000 people using it in its first year. They
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
      • Article
        Lock icon TOP OF THE NEWS Lawyers for foreign workers
        51 2 A special group of lawyers from the Attorney-General’s Chambers has helped to expedite court cases involving abused foreign workers. It attended to 244 cases from October 2014 to June last year, and almost halved the average time taken to close the cases.
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        Lock icon TOP OF THE NEWS No plans to run for president
        51 2 Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim does not see himself running in the upcoming presidential election, as he is happy in his current role. He also said there are enough Malay candidates for the highest office in the land.
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        Lock icon WORLD Cold front clears Beijing smog
        76 2 Beijingers who had been cloistered indoors for the past week were out in droves to enjoy clean air and clear skies yesterday, as a cold front dispersed the smog that had been hovering over Beijing since the beginning of the year. Smog has become
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      • StraitsTimes Digital
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        Lock icon WORLD Trump completes trade troika
        40 2 US President-elect Donald Trump injected experience in international trade legalities and negotiations with his pick of Mr Robert Lighthizer as T rade Representative, completing a protectionist troika set to renegotiate the country’s trade relationships. A16
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        Lock icon OPINION Brexit: May’s big challenge
        41 2 Criticism of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan is overblown. She can still regain the initiative, although that will require her to impose her vision on Britain’s separation from Europe, writes Europe correspondent Jonathan Eyal.A19
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        Lock icon HOME Funeral home’s new service
        47 2 A Singapore funeral home is launching a service that allows family members to take part in bathing and dressing rituals before the body is placed in the coffin, a practice aimed at giving closure. It is inspired by a Japanese movie. B2
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      • Article
        Lock icon HOME Book tells Seletar club’s story
        64 2 Seletar Country Club started as a humble 10-hole golf course within the then RAF Seletar airbase, which saw action in World War II. Today it is an oasis of green, a country club set in wetlands that also offer a rare birds sanctuary. The
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        Lock icon BUSINESS E-commerce goes small
        52 2 E-commerce is a rapidly growing but also increasingly crowded space dominated by giants such as Alibaba and Amazon. But a new crop of e-commerce start-ups in the region is emerging that has chosen to focus on sustainability and small, independent designers. They include players such as
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      • Article
        Lock icon SPORT Giroud saves Arsenal again
        65 2 Arsene Wenger hailed the performance of stand-in Arsenal captain Olivier Giroud, after his late goal sealed a 2-1 FA Cup third-round win over second-tier side Preston North End last Saturday. Giroud has been in good scoring form of late. The striker also scored the vital
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        Lock icon LIFE Korean idol’s idol
        57 2 South Korean actor Song Seung Heon broke out in the hugely popular television romantic drama, Autumn In My Heart (2000). But even he has an idol, and that is none other than his co-star, Lee Young Ae of Jewel In The Palace (2003) fame, in his
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    • What’s Next
      • Article
        Lock icon Rolf Harris assault trial begins
        53 2 Australia-born entertainer Rolf Harris, 86, a fixture on British television for six decades, will go on trial in London today for alleged assaults against minors. The case will focus on alleged incidents between 1971 and 2004, amounting to seven counts of indecent assault and one
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        Lock icon SUTD, health alliance extending tie-up
        54 2 Eastern Health Alliance and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are extending their partnership for five years, and will have a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony today. The aim is to develop solutions for better healthcare delivery, nurture future healthcare engineers and cultivate
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        Lock icon US to release labour market index
        76 2 The United States will report its latest Labour Market Conditions Index, an experimental indicator compiled by the US Federal Reserve to track labour market activity. The index has been on the rise in recent months, signalling robust economic growth. If it continues to show
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      Lock icon Win-win way to curb tax evasion
      332 2  -  WhyItMatters Yasmine Yahya Assistant Business Editor yasminey@sph.com.sg At the start of this year, banks and other financial firms in Singapore had to begin establishing the tax residency status of all their account holders. It may seem like yet another form of disclosure that banks
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      130 2 REACH US AT Website: www.straitstimes.com Facebook: www.fb.com/thestraitstimes Twitter: @STcom Instagram: @Straits_Times Shoring Dangerous? t t f Do you snore loudly every night? Do you wake up feeling tired and drowsy? Learn about the common symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, treatment options and other available services at Asia Sleep Centre Public
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      228 2 CONGRATULATIONS Graduands of the Strathclyde MBA MBA with Distinction Cristina Jimenez Ojeda Lim Chee Wah Lim Yi Fang Ng Jia Min Adrian Leong Sang Jie Ang Yu Xuan @AmeliaAng Bernard Ong Kay Heng Chai Min Jin Steven Chew Ting Feng Ching You Yi Chua Joo Yong HenryArianto Khoo Jun Jie,
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Swifter justice for abused foreign workers
      763 3  -  Average time taken to bring closure to cases has nearly halved –thanks to AGC group of lawyers Joanna Seow joseow@sph.com.sg Domestic helper Evangeline (not her real name) was called all manner of offensive names by her employer’s adult son. He also slapped her a
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      Lock icon No plans to run for president, says Yaacob
      652 4  -  Minister who has been touted as a potential candidate says he is happy in his current role doing policy work Toh Yong Chuan tohyc@sph.com.sg Cabinet minister Yaacob Ibrahim has ruled himself out of the upcoming presidential election, which will be reserved for
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    • Article
      Lock icon Call to embrace diversity in Islam
      407 4  -  Toh Yong Chuan There is a growing confidence in the Malay-Muslim community about its place in Singapore, said Minis-ter-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. But even as it enjoys successes, challenges remain, he said, highlighting the need for the community to embrace diversity in
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      Lock icon Bendy bus crashes into tree; 5 taken to hospital
      249 4  -  Tan Tam Mei and Samantha Boh tammei@sph.com.sg samboh@sph.com.sg Residents in Choa Chu Kang were greeted with an unusual sight yesterday afternoon after an SMRT bendy bus veered off the road and crashed into a tree. The Straits Times understands that the
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      Lock icon President Tan begins state visit to Cambodia
      588 4  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh NurAsyiqinMohamadSalleh In Phnom Penh asyiqins@sph.com.sg It has been a rocky road to success for Mr Nicholas Goh, a Singaporean who first set up a composting facility in Cambodia five years ago. Twice, he was forced to shutter his business
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      Lock icon Six new correspondents for ST’s foreign network
      751 6 In less than a fortnight, Mr Donald Trump will take his oath of office as the 45th President of the United States. The Straits Times’ new US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh will be there to cover the inauguration, an event causing much trepidation
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      Lock icon Manila on high alert ahead of Catholic event
      616 6  -  Security forces concerned that ISIS-linked groups may target procession in retaliation for recent setbacks Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg Philippine security forces are on high alert to secure a Catholic religious procession today that draws millions to the capital Manila,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Batam rejected passport applicants over suspected militant links
      355 6  -  Arlina Arshad ArlinaArshad IndonesiaCorrespondent InJakarta aarlina@sph.com.sg The Indonesian immigration authorities have rejected 418 passport applications made through their Batam office last year, with some of those denied suspected to have made plans to travel to the Middle East to join the Islamic
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      Lock icon ‘Popiah King’ receives China award
      529 8  -  Chong Koh Ping ChongKohPing ChinaCorrespondent InBeijing kohping@sph.com.sg Singaporean tycoon Sam Goi, known as the Popiah King, has received an award in Beijing in recognition of his contributions and success as an overseas Chinese. Mr Goi, 67, well known for his popiah skin business, Tee Yih
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      Lock icon NParks to track migratory birds in two-year study
      608 8  -  Satellite data will play critical role in conservation of species which visit S’pore during winter months Samantha Boh sam boh@sph.com. sg The travel times, stopovers and breeding patterns of Singapore’s avian tourists are being placed under scrutiny here, as the National Parks
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      Lock icon Florida shooting suspect could face death penalty
      449 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MIAMI Iraq war veteran Esteban Santiago, 26, accused of shooting five people dead in a Florida airport rampage, has been charged and could face the death penalty. The Justice Department charged Santiago on Saturday with firearms offences and carrying out
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      Lock icon Fireman, retiree among victims
      277 8 REUTERS FORT LAUDERDALE A volunteer firefighter in his 60s and a retiree en route to a cruise ship vacation were among the five travellers fatally gunned down in last Friday’s airport attack in Florida. The US authorities have not named any of the victims of the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Beijing breathing easy – for now
      646 9 Beijing breathing easy for now Heavy smog disperses; minister points to vehicle emissions as main source of urban air pollution XINHUA BEIJING Beijing residents who had been cloistered indoors for the past week came out in droves to enjoy clean air and clear skies yesterday, as a cold front dispersed
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      Lock icon 27 deaths as cold weather sweeps Europe
      325 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WARSAW/LYON A cold wave across Europe has taken at least 27 lives in the past few days, including those of several migrants and homeless people, and victims of accidents due to icy roads. Russia, meanwhile, celebrated the coldest Orthodox Christmas in
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      Lock icon Snowstorm slams eastern US, warning of more cold
      323 9 REUTERS LOS ANGELES The eastern United States began digging out from a massive storm that dumped heavy snow from Georgia to Massachusetts, knocking out power for thousands of people and causing hundreds of car crashes, officials said as they warned of more
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon S. Korea re-examining presidential system
        690 10  -  Discussion comes amid growing consensus that it is necessary to limit president’s powers Chang May Choon ChangMayChoon SouthKoreaCorrespondent InSeoul changmc@sph.com.sg Even as a scandal that would lead to her downfall started to unravel late last October, President Park Geun Hye proposed changing the Constitution to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Monk sets himself on fire in protest
        313 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL A South Korean Buddhist monk is in critical condition after setting himself on fire during a mass protest against impeached President Park Geun Hye, officials said yesterday. The monk, who is in his 60s and whose name was not released,
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        Lock icon Abe urges Seoul to remove statue of ‘comfort woman’
        498 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on South Korea to remove a statue of a “comfort woman” which has reignited a diplomatic row over Tokyo’s wartime sex slavery. Tensions spiked last Friday when Tokyo recalled its ambassador
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        Lock icon China faces bigger travel rush during Spring Festival
        537 11 Nearly 3 billion trips expected, with bullet trains popular CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING The world’s largest annual human migration, the Spring Festival travel rush, will be even larger this year. The Chinese will make a total of 2.98 billion trips nationwide
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        Lock icon Tsai transits in Texas, greeted by US officials
        609 12 Taiwanese President visits museum, factory during stopover en route to Central America TAIPEI Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in Houston for a transit stop that has drawn intense international scrutiny, particularly from China. She was received at the airport by Texas
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        Lock icon Protests in Sri Lanka against China investment
        393 12 REUTERS HAMBANTOTA Sri Lankan police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of stone-throw-ing demonstrators protesting against a planned investment zone supported by China. Hospital officials said at least 21 people were injured in Saturday’s protests. According to police, 52 demonstrators
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      • Article
        Lock icon Tough stance on graft ahead of China’s leadership transition
        310 12  -  Goh Sui Noi China Bureau Chief In Beijing suinoi@sph.com.sg Ahead of a crucial leadership transition later this year, China’s anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan has set out the tasks for the anti-graft apparatus of the Chinese Communist Party which included maintaining a
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        Lock icon Indonesia’s military head known for nationalistic stance
        848 13  -  General behind move to suspend military ties with Australia is wary of foreign powers People Arlina Arshad Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta aarlina@sph.com.sg The man at the centre of Indonesia’s surprise move to suspend a part of bilateral military ties with Australia is known
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        Lock icon Political buzz over holiday pictures of Najib, Muhyiddin
        590 14 Malaysian PM, opposition leader criticised for not tending to urgent domestic matters KUALA LUMPUR Holiday pictures posted on Instagram by the son of Prime Minister Najib Razak and relatives of opposition leader Muhyiddin Yassin have created a buzz in Malaysia, where everything
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        Lock icon KL picks up another top corruption suspect
        414 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Malaysian antigraft officials yesterday picked up a former chief executive officer at a government agency, in another corruption swoop. The arrest of the 62-year-old at his home in the Selangor capital of Shah Alam followed the detention
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        Lock icon Malaysian duo held in Guantanamo Bay not likely to be sent home
        400 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian militants held at Guantanamo Bay are unlikely to be transferred back to their country, Malaysian intelligence sources say, following news that US President Barrack Obama is planning to transfer out
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      • Asia Briefs
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          Lock icon S’poreans top in unpaid summonses
          65 14 JOHOR BARU Singaporeans made up the largest number of foreign traffic offenders in Malaysia between 2010 and last year, with 184,014 unpaid summonses, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Motorists from Brunei came second with 63,696 unpaid summonses, said Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chiefMahamadAkhirDarus.
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          Lock icon Xi’an’s ‘toilet chiefs’ to boost cleanliness
          101 14 XINHUA XI’AN The north-western Chinese city of Xi’an, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, is to appoint “toilet chiefs” this year, the city tourism bureau said yesterday. The city aims to make all public toilets and those in entertainment venues
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          Lock icon 4 arrested over attack on Myanmar outpost
          63 14 XINHUA YANGON Four suspects involved in an October attack on Kyikanpyin, one of the three border outposts in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, have been arrested. They were captured in a hideout in two villages last Saturday when security forces carried out checks in
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          Lock icon Ex-Tiananmen leader planning think-tank
          76 14 HONG KONG A former leader of the Tiananmen protests, Mr Wang Dan, said he is planning to set up a think-tank calling for policy change and democracy in China when he returns to the United States this year, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Mr
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon US will bargain hard – but stop short of trade war
        894 16  - US will bargain hard but stop short of trade war Trump team’s appointments suggest he will upend status quo, unleash steep tariffs Nirmal Ghosh US Bureau Chief in Washington nirmal@sph.com.sg US President-elect Donald Trump injected long practical experience in international trade legalities and negotiations with his pick of Mr Robert
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      • Incoming administration’s trade picks: A troika of protectionists and China sceptics
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          Lock icon WILBUR ROSS, 79
          329 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh The Commerce Secretary-designate was estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of US$2.9 billion (S$4.2 billion)lastyear–andatonetimereportedlycontrolled 1.2 billion tonnes of coal reserves. The New Jersey native has been called the “King of Bankruptcy” and a “vulture investor” for his success in buying and rehabilitating
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          Lock icon PETER NAVARRO, 67
          319 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh In the introduction to his documentary film, Death By China, economist Peter Navarro implores viewers: “Please, help defend America and protect your family. Don’t buy made in China.” His 2013 film talks of “weapons of jobs destruction”, or how China’s growth came at the cost
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          Lock icon ROBERT LIGHTHIZER, 69
          333 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh The US Trade Representative-designate served as a deputy trade representative in the Ronald Reagan administration in the 1980s when the Republican president was at his most protectionist and Japan was considered the primary threat to US economic dominance. In the 30 years since, the Ohio
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        Lock icon Russians mock US report on election meddling
        651 17 Politicians ridicule US intelligence agencies’ assertion that Kremlin helped to boost Trump NYTIMES MOSCOW Spies are usually thought of as bystanders who quietly steal secrets in the shadows. But the Russian versions, schooled in techniques used during the Cold War against the United
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        Lock icon Trump’s son-in-law poised to resign as CEO of real estate firm
        415 17 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Mr Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President-elect Donald Trump, is preparing to resign as chief executive from his real estate development company, his lawyer said in a statement. The move is designed to reduce conflict-of-interest concerns
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        Lock icon Trump picks ex-senator for intelligence director
        320 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON President-elect Donald Trump has formally announced former Indiana senator Dan Coats as his pick for United States director of national intelligence. A mild-mannered former ambassador to Germany who also served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mr Coats had been widely tipped
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      • Article
        Lock icon French military to boost defences against cyber attacks
        341 17 REUTERS PARIS France is no less vulnerable than the United States to cyber attacks from foreign countries and the French military will boost its resources to defend against them, the French defence minister said yesterday. In an interview with French weekly Le
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        Lock icon Israeli embassy says sorry over threat
        430 18 Employee caught on film threatening to take down British minister who is critical of Israel LONDON The Israeli embassy in London has sought to head off a diplomatic storm, apologising after one of its staff was caught on camera threatening to “take down” a
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        Lock icon 4 soldiers killed in Jerusalem lorry attack
        346 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS JERUSALEM Four Israeli soldiers were killed when they were run over by a lorry in Jerusalem, in what police are treating as a deliberate attack. “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police spokesman said on Israel
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        Lock icon At least 18 killed in suicide bombings at Baghdad markets
        529 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD A suicide bomber targeted Baghdad’s main vegetable market yesterday, killing at least 12 people in the latest attack claimed by ISIS as Iraqi forces battle the militants for Mosul. Another suicide bomber detonated explosives at a market
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        Lock icon Islamist threat getting more challenging: German security chief
        371 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Germany’s domestic security chief warned that the country’s radical Islamist scene is not only growing, but also becoming more decentralised and posing greater challenges to surveillance operations. In an interview with national news agency DPA, Dr Hans-Georg Maassen yesterday
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      • World Briefs
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          Lock icon Istanbul nightclub attacker ‘an Uzbek’
          86 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL The attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year’s Day at an Istanbul nightclub has been identified as an Uzbek militant who is a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Turkish press reports said. Intelligence services and
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          Lock icon Hunt on for attacker of US consular officer
          58 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GUADALAJARA (Mexico) The Mexican authorities are on the hunt for a gunman who was disguised as a female nurse when he shot and wounded a United States consular official in the city of Guadalajara. The US official, who is in
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          Lock icon Ex-Portuguese president dies at 92
          53 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LISBON Portugal’s former president Mario Soares, widely seen as the father of the country’s modern-day democracy, died aged 92 last Saturday, a fortnight after being admitted to hospital. Portugal has declared three days of national mourning from today and his state funeral will
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Resetting tax relations with India
      428 19 The Straits Times says StartinginApril,Indiawillbeginimposingcapital-gains tax on share-market investments in the countrythatoriginatedinSingapore.Thischange is embodied in the revised Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) that was inked in New Delhi recently by Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The existing tax exemption on capital gains for shares
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      Lock icon Brexit: Theresa May can still regain initiative
      1382 19  -  Criticism of the British PM’s plan is overblown despite some early slip-ups GlobalAffairs Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON Spare a thought for British Prime Minister Theresa May. She supported her country’s continued membership of the European Union (EU), only to be landed
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      101 9 Singapore Slingers’ Xavier Alexander attempts to score against the Malaysia Dragons in a thrilling Asean Basketball League (ABL) game at the OCBC Arena yesterday. In a nail-biting game, which went into double overtime, the hosts clawed back from 72-77 down with less
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      295 9 REUTERS CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers completed the trade for guard Kyle Korver from the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, giving the defending National Basketball Association (NBA) champions another premier shooter. The Hawks in return received forward Mike Dunleavy, guard Mo Williams, cash considerations and a
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      391 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov ended a 21/2-year trophy drought yesterday after outlasting Kei Nishikori of Japan in an absorbing final at the Brisbane International tennis tournament. The 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 win at the Pat Rafter Arena was the
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      376 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KAPALUA (HAWAII) Justin Thomas is doing his best to avoid a repeat of his lacklustre start to 2016, shooting a six-under-par 67 on Saturday to seize sole possession of the lead at the USPGA Tournament of Champions. The American was at 201
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      370 11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spanish football club Valencia suffered another setback on Saturday, when sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch resigned. The 53-year-old, appointed a year ago, had offered his resignation 10 days ago when Italian coach Cesare Prandelli quit the club, although it
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      335 11 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Pep Guardiola has admitted making mistakes since arriving at Manchester City and that he has been forced to adapt his managerial style to suit the demands of English football. The City manager’s frank confession came
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      396 11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Millwall enjoyed a welcome respite from worrying about their future in English football by producing the biggest shock of the FA Cup third round with a 3-0 victory over Premier League side Bournemouth on Saturday. Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe
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      543 12  -  Klopp’s gamble backfires as Plymouth hold firm for replay in Liverpool’s packed calendar FA CUP Liverpool 0 Plymouth 0 Richard Jolly stsports@sph.com.sg Forget the supposed magic of the FA Cup, this was an example of the pragmatism of its participants. Jurgen Klopp decided this was the
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      441 12 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Last night’s FA Cup tie against Plymouth showcased something fundamental happening to Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp. It featured Ben Woodburn, the shy 17-year-old winger-striker from Cheshire, alongside two other golden kids, Trent Alexander-Arnold, 18, a versatile player who grew up
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      1346 7  -  British hockey star Sam Quek reveals why S’pore can take some credit for her Rio gold People Lin Xinyi linxinyi@sph.com.sg On an August day, a Singaporean father watched his child reach the top step of the Olympic podium in Rio de Janeiro. His name was not
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      656 8  -  National short-track speed skating coach wants charges to improve stamina and speed Alvin Chia chiazya@sph.com.sg Singapore topped the medal standings with 17 golds out of 44 at the MapleZ South-east Asian Short Track Trophy last weekend but national short-track speed skating coach Chun
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      372 8 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Eddie Jones does not believe that the introduction of bonus points in rugby’s Six Nations this year will make any difference to the style of play of sides in the tournament, as he works to ensure that England set
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      493 8 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Damian Collins MP, the head of the British House of Commons culture, media and sport committee, has called upon Team Sky to give more detailed information about their use of Fluimucil. The antioxidant and mucolytic is said to have been
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        47 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JOHANNESBURG South African Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya married her long-term female partner in Pretoria on Saturday. The Rio gold medallist celebrated her 26th birthday by tying the knot with Violet Raseboya in a lavish ceremony in the South African capital.
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        56 8 XINHUA TEHRAN Iranian national football head coach Carlos Queiroz has resigned, after losing his cool over another coach’s comments. Branko Ivankovic, who coaches Iranian club Persepolis, criticised the Portuguese for holding a training camp during mid-season. Queiroz expelled seven Persepolis’ players from the camp
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        42 8 REUTERS BERNE Fifa has proposed merging the Concacaf and South American qualifiers as part of its plans to expand the 2026 World Cup. Venezuelan Football Federation president Laureano Gonzalez said the idea was Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s. REUTERS
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      1223 8  -  Stand to win prizes–from Chinese New Year meals to tickets for a musical production Rebecca Lynne Tan Food Correspondent rltan@sph.com.sg Follow Rebecca Lynne Tan on Twitter @STrebeccatan To usher in the Yearofthe Rooster, The Straits Times’ new food website straitstimesfood.com will be giving away everything from
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      322 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British clothing brand Topman Design revived the country’s 1990s rave culture for its London Fashion Week show last Friday, dazzling the catwalk with fluorescent colours, psychedelic prints and underground attitude. Celebrating the anarchic house music scene that spontaneously swept the country
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      559 10  -  Peng! Palast’s work shows that combat, cooking and creation can help people to forge connections Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Okay. Okay, okay, okay. It’s about this guy. This girl. And this other guy. Three members of Gen X or Y. In the punchy rhythms of Chuck Palahniuk
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      262 10  -  Benson Ang If you loved the choreography of the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, this Mandarin production might have appealed to you as well as it also offered impressive co-ordination and spectacle. After all, Legend Of The Moon, a 90-minute cultural stage performance, is
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      524 10  -  Mervin Beng The evening’s Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) guest conductor, Venezuela-born Gustavo Dudamel, is certainly conductor of the moment, having just directed the classical calendar’s premiere opening concert the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2017 New Year’s Concert. His concerto partner was regular SSO guest soloist French
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        559 3  -  Upcoming epic drama Saimdang sees actor Song Seung Heon play an artist in love with his married childhood sweetheart Gwendolyn Ng nggwen@sph.com.sg South Korean actor Song Seung Heon was the object of affection of 1,500 fervent fans at a public meet-and-greet event at
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        998 4 NYTIMES NEW YORK At the start of last year, Kanye West was already sounding alarms. On Dec 31, 2015, he released Facts, an out-of-nowhere harangue that insulted Nike, praised his wife’s business acumen and seemed to express sympathy for comedian Bill Cosby. About a
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        616 5  -  Political scientist Lam Peng Er’s debut album has songs inspired by topical events such as the Arab Spring Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg By day, Dr Lam Peng Er is a political scientist who weighs in on issues such as the local political landscape
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        488 5 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Carrie Fisher never minced words about her bipolar disorder and her problems with drugs and alcohol. She had openly described herself as manic depressive, never shying away from talking about her fight against her mental illness. “Bring it on,” she
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        860 9 Some fast-casual eateries in the United States have assigned staff to specifically chat with diners to provide more human contact NYTIMES NEW YORK Fritz the Schmoozer has his eye on you from the moment you walk through the door. It is his job.
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        243 12  -  Gwendolyn Ng Local actress Yvonne Lim, 40, had her good pals fellow actresses HongHuifang and Zoe Tay– flying to Taipei to give her support when she gave birth to a daughter in Taipei last Friday afternoon. Her Taiwanese businessman husband Alex Tien, 37, told
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        251 12  -  Lydia Lam Two personalities from the getai show business got hitched last Saturday with a procession of 11 luxury cars, two Hello Kitty mascots (left), 18 groomsmen and 21 bridesmaids. Mr Melvin Tan and Ms Zhang Tingting were wedded inaceremonyattheRegentHotelatabout8am,reported Shin Min Daily News. Ms
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        90 12 Buzzing Taiwanese singer Yoga Lin confirmed last Saturday that he and actress Kiki Ting, 32, have married. “Happened to be free, so went to register the marriage. Got married for a good newyear,” he said after Ting tagged “Newbie Wife’s Diary” to a
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        215 2 You may still remember last year’s Brexit, the triumph of Trump in the United States and the magical swim of Schooling, but there were other important, but not so flashy, developments that will affect the new year. Scan or click on these three QR codes to
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        379 3  -  BY ANG ANG YIYING From beginning to end, performers from the end-of-year charity concert ChildAid 2016 kept the audience enthralled at Resorts World Sentosa in November. The show, themed Living Dreams, ran for two nights. It kicked off with an instrumental version of the original
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        381 4 / 5  -  MEGAN SOPHIE LAU Ang Yiying When Megan Sophie Lau auditioned to dance at ChildAid, the 15-year-old did not expect to be picked to introduce the other acts as well. The Methodist Girls’ School student performed a self-choreo-graphed dance at the auditions and was
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        301 4 / 5  -  ITE COMBINED CHOIR Tan Yu Quan A common passion for singing brought together this group of students from three different ITE Colleges. The students, aged 16 to 23, meet at ITE College Central twice a week to do what they love as the ITE
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        324 4 / 5  -  JOSHUA GOH Ruth Choo Joshua Goh finds that seeing people smile after his performance is the most rewarding part of being a vocalist. At ChildAid, the 13-year-old, accompanied by violinist Isabel Ong, performed I’ve Never Been In Love Before, from the 1950s musical
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        269 4 / 5  -  MUHAMMAD RIZKI IKHSAN Nur Sarah Sudiran Muhammad Rizki Ikhsan had played the guitar since he was a child, but one day, his teachers asked him to make the leap to playing the cello. Both might be string instruments, but Rizki found
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      323 12 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE 538 MICHELLE GOH 9023 3111 PRIME LOCATION NEAR Clarke Quay. Face main rd. 775 sf Rare, suit 24-hr retail $1.4xM neg, no GST. Serious seller! 828 sf unit also avail $1.5xM. Motivated Seller VERY CHEAP! 2-STY Arab St shophouse. Land 917sf. GFA 1600sf/High St Ctr #3
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      486 13 TENDER NOTICE TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THE PROVISION OF PRINTING SERVICES FOR THE CLUB’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR A PERIOD OF TEN (10) MONTHS FROM 1 MARCH 2017 TO 31 DECEMBER 2017, OPTION TO EXTEND 1 JANUARY 31 DECEMBER 2018 Tender Reference: Tender Reference: SICC/002/2017 Contract Period: 1 March 2017 to
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      476 16 769 Cleaners NTU JURONG require Cleaner. Salary $1000 above incentive. Prefer stay at Jurong/ Boon Lay Pioneer Road North. Can take bus no.199 from Boon Lay interchange alight at hall 11 canteen. 5.5 day work. Annual leave/ medical leave. Immed. Call *****868/ *****800 CLEANING FLOATER NEEDED SPF Ulu Pandan. Prefer
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      102 18 New Open at Rivervale Mall (Dec) Hillion Mall (Feb) Management Trainee* Fr $1800/mth OT Service/ Kitchen Crew* Fr $1650/mth OT *+$50 Attendance bonus Part Time: $7-$9/hr JCube/ Liang Court/ Cathay Toa Payoh/ Hougang 1 other outlets islandwide *****315 For more info The Daily Cut Pte Ltd (restaurant) requires: Full/ Part
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