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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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    Climate change forces S’pore to look at 5th desalination plant, in Jurong
    660 1  -  Plan comes after drier weather causes levels in Linggiu Reservoir to drop to historic lows NEED TO STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE: MASAGOS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Just seven months after announcing the construction of Singapore’s fourth desalination plant
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    Lock icon MAKING LAKSA IS WORTH A TRY
    66 1 MAKING LAKSA IS WORTH A TRY Play ers from the Australian rugby sevens team (from left) Stephan van der Walt, Sam Myers, Frank Winterstein and Cameron Clark getting ready to try their hand at making laksa at Lau Pa Sat yesterday. The team are
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    Grab, Uber drivers to be licensed under new regime
    715 1  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE By the first half of next year, the private-hire car industry will be regulated under a regime which includes licensing for drivers, registration of vehicles with the authorities, and the prominent display of decals and drivers’
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Swiss seek S’pore’s help for criminal probe into 1MDB
      687 2 AGENCIES SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said yesterday it has received a request from its Swiss counterparts for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters related to troubled state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The statement, which was issued
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      Lock icon Euro 2016 ‘was the original target of Brussels terrorists’
      595 2 I.S. SWITCHED FOCUS BECAUSE OF FEAR POLICE WERE CLOSING IN AGENCIES PARIS The Islamic State (IS) terrorist cell behind the Paris and Brussels attacks was targeting the Euro 2016 football tournament in France this summer, according to French media. Mohamed Abrini,
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      Transport 2030 ‘much more than just about roads and cars’
      178 4  -  Mr Khaw Boon Wan MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, COORDINATING MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE We do not yet know how exactly the future will pan out but we can be sure that transport in, say, 2030 will be very different from today. We
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      Taxi groups seek tougher rules to ensure a level playing field for cabbies
      855 4  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The proposed regulatory framework for private-hire cars yesterday drew mixed responses: While private-hire car operators welcomed it, the National Taxi Association (NTA) exhorted the authorities to take “bolder” steps to ensure a level
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      Enforcement against errant cyclists, PMD users to be stepped up
      729 6  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will set up a dedicated enforcement team to take action against reckless cyclists and users of Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs), after the Government accepted in full the recommendations made by a
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      Rail academy to be set up to enhance, develop industry workforce
      994 8  -  VALERIE KOH, AMANDA LEE valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E As part of efforts to achieve a “quantum leap” in the manpower numbers and capabilities of the rail industry, the Land Transport Authority will
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      Lock icon Former NTU president tasked with developing rail engineers
      596 8 VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE Having played a pivotal role in establishing the then Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) and SIM University (UniSIM), Professor Cham Tao Soon now has a new challenge getting the new Singapore Rail Academy up and running to make up for
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      Lock icon Push to make hawker centres better, and a gathering point for Singaporeans
      855 10  -  Committee will also suggest ways to improve levels of graciousness promote the trade 14-MEMBER TEAM LED BY SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE AMY KHOR NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With nearly 20 more hawker centres to be built by
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      Lock icon NEA to deploy bacteria-infected mosquitoes in fight against dengue
      563 12  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Male Aedes mosquitoes infected with a naturally-occurring bacteria that causes dud eggs when they mate will be released at a few selected sites at the end of this year in the first field study in Singapore
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      Lock icon NEA to deploy bacteria-infected mosquitoes in fight against dengue
      576 12 (2nd Edition)  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Male Aedes mosquitoes infected with a naturally-occurring bacteria that causes dud eggs when they mate will be released at a few selected sites at the end of this year in the first field study in Singapore
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    • Article
      Diesel emissions to be studied, smoking ban to be expanded
      492 12  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Amid concerns over the harmful effects of air pollution, Singapore will conduct a study of pollution from diesel vehicles here and tighten emissions standards for motorcycles. Diesel vehicles have become more popular worldwide but there
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      Diesel emissions to be studied, smoking ban to be expanded
      492 12 (2nd Edition)  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Amid concerns over the harmful effects of air pollution, Singapore will conduct a study of pollution from diesel vehicles here and tighten emissions standards for motorcycles. Diesel vehicles have become more popular worldwide but there
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      Lock icon Govt to take the lead in using environment-friendly products
      319 12 NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —Even as Singapore authorities pursue action under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, the government sector will play its part as a consumer by buying only printing paper products with the Singapore Green Label from the third-quarter of
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      Lock icon Govt to take the lead in using environment-friendly products
      319 12 (2nd Edition) NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE —Even as Singapore authorities pursue action under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, the government sector will play its part as a consumer by buying only printing paper products with the Singapore Green Label from the third-quarter of
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      MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
      144 14 S$2.5 billion projected spending this financial year, an 11.8 per cent increase from S$2.24 billion last year Unwed mothers to become eligible for Government-paid paternity leave; their children to become eligible for Child Development Account Three-year KidSTART pilot to support vulnerable children of low-income
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      MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
      144 14 (2nd Edition) S$2.5 billion projected spending this financial year, an 11.8 per cent increase from S$2.24 billion last year Unwed mothers to become eligible for Government-paid maternity leave; their children to become eligible for Child Development Account Three-year KidSTART pilot to support vulnerable children of low-income
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      Unwed mums to get 16-week maternity leave from next year
      533 14  -  Children to also qualify for Child Development Account, including S$3,000 grant SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE After years of calls for more support to be given to unwed mothers, this group of women are set to benefit from the
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      Unwed mums to get 16-week maternity leave from next year
      528 14 (2nd Edition)  -  Children to also qualify for Child Development Account, including S$3,000 grant SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE After years of calls for more support to be given to unwed mothers, this group of women are set to benefit from the
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      Lock icon Woman acquitted of sexual assault as law ‘does not cover women as offenders’
      731 15 KELLY NG Singapore— In a landmark decision, a High Court ruled that women cannot be charged with the offence of sexual penetration of minors. The unprecedented decision came in a case of a transgender man who was
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon What Molenbeek says about Europe
      910 16  -  JIHADIS LOVE A VACUUM, AND BELGIUM IS AS CLOSE TO A VACUUM AS EUROPE OFFERS ROGER COHEN Roger Cohen is a columnist at The New York Times, where he was previously foreign editor. THE NEW YORK TIMES There are military trucks parked in Molenbeek, and
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      Lock icon China’s new approach to encouraging childbirth likely to make policy a success
      1006 18  -  EXCHANGING CONTROL FOR FREEDOM A MORE APPEALING STRATEGY STUART GIETEL-BASTEN Stuart GietelBasten is associate professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford. THE CONVERSATION A rather remarkable turnaround has occurred in China. For a country famous for having the
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      39 16 There is now a broad agreement that it is not just the family-planning policies that pushed and kept fertility down in China. As such, just changing the policy is likely to have only a limited impact. STUART GIETEL-BASTEN 18
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  • voices
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      Earn and Learn scheme has role in shaping career paths
      352 20  -  FROM AMIR MIRZA JOHARI I read with interest the report “Earn and Learn programme to be enhanced, expanded” (April 9). Students graduating from polytechnics, such as myself, face the dilemma of starting their career or pursuing further studies at the
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      Change is inevitable in efforts to improve the education system
      251 20  -  FROM ANATASSIA BASYARUDIN Change, such as the Primary School Leaving Examination scoring system to be implemented in 2021 and the review of the Direct School Admission scheme, is a process (“PSLE scoring system to be revamped, T-scores will be removed”;
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      Japan’s service culture holds many lessons for Singapore
      382 21  -  FROM EDWIN TEONG YING KEAT I refer to the commentary “Why service with a smile may not always pay” (April 7). While serving others may seem an easy task, we sometimes forget the interpersonal skills involved in the process. These are the
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    • Article
      Regulate medication costs to curb price inflation
      167 21  -  F ROM SOMASUNDARAM SANDIRAN General practitioner clinics participating in the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) seem to be taking full advantage of the scheme (“CHAS subsidies more than six times amount given out in 2013”: March 14). I am of the view that
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  • singapore
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      KidSTART to support 1,000 vulnerable children
      536 22  -  S$20M PILOT PROGRAMME TO TARGET CHILDREN FROM 5 AREAS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Vulnerable children from low-income families from Bukit Merah, Kreta Ayer, Boon Lay, Taman Jurong and Geylang Serai will be sought out by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), and be
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      KidSTART to support 1,000 vulnerable children
      538 22 (2nd Edition)  -  S$20M PILOT PROGRAMME TO TARGET CHILDREN FROM 5 AREAS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Vulnerable children from low-income families from Bukit Merah, Kreta Ayer, Boon Lay, Taman Jurong and Geylang Serai will be sought out by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), and be
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      Lock icon Higher cash aid for Comcare recipients as cost of living increases
      481 22 AMANDA LEE S I N G A P O R E Recipients of the ComCare Long Term Assistance scheme will be getting more cash aid from July, with the rates for one-person households to be increased from S$450 to
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      Lock icon Higher cash aid for Comcare recipients as cost of living increases
      472 22 (2nd Edition) AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE Recipients of the ComCare Long Term Assistance scheme will get more cash aid from July, with the rates for one-person households to be increased from S$450 to $500, while bigger households will get more. The increase,
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      Private housing resale volume jumps 48% in March: SRX
      579 23  -  After four months of decline, activity is picking up but analysts are still wary LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Resale transactions for non-landed private homes surged 47.6 per cent last month from the previous month, rebounding after four straight
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  • health
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      Lock icon Don’t suffer in silence — leg pain may be a warning sign
      981 26 Don’t suffer in silence leg pain may be a warning sign It could come from peripheral artery disease an often underdiagnosed condition PAIN MAKES EXERCISE PAINFUL, BUT LIMITING ACTIVITY NOT THE ANSWER THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK More than eight million older Americans have a condition that can cause
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      Lock icon THE LOW-DOWN ON ALLERGIES
      160 27 TIP OF THE WEEK BY Clarityn be prescribed to reduce the immune response. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM Allergies occur when the immune system reacts to substances that are usually considered harmless, such as dust mites, mold and pet dander. According to the AllergyUK
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      60 27 :Enjoy subsidies at General Practitioner (GP) and dental clinics near your home under the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS). For All Ages. A network of CHASclinics islandwide! Successful applicants, including Pioneers*, can enjoy higher subsidiesat polyclinics and subsidised SOCs. This is on top of the Pioneer card benefi ts! Have
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon US moves to solidify military ties with Philippines, India
      729 28 ALLIANCES STRENGTHEN AS BEIJING CONTINUES S CHINA SEA AGGRESSION AGENCIES M A NIL A N E W DELHI —After a rocky patch of 25 years, the United States and the Philippines will solidify a new, increasingly complex military relationship this week,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Taiwan slams China over role in Kenya deportations
      647 29 REUTERS TAIPEI —Kenyan police broke through a police station wall and threw tear gas to force a second group of Taiwanese onto a plane bound for China yesterday, said Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry, in a bizarre diplomatic row in which Taiwan has accused
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    • Article
      Lock icon China warns G7 to stop ‘hyping up’ maritime disputes
      566 30 Beijing says the group should focus on the global economy rather than ‘fuelling tensions’ BLOOMBERG TOKYO The Group of Seven (G7) nations should stop inflaming territorial disputes in Asian waters and focus its energy on dealing with a slumping global economy,
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      Lock icon JAPANESE DESTROYERS VISIT VIETNAM PORT
      285 30 KYODO NEWS Two guided-missile destroyers from Japan made a port call at Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Bay yesterday for “bilateral defence cooperation”, irking Beijing, which is at odds with Hanoi over claims to nearby islands. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a regular press briefing in
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      Lock icon Rural water, not city smog, may be China’s worst pollution threat
      633 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —More than 80 per cent of the water from underground wells used by farms, factories and households across the heavily populated plains of China is unfit for drinking or bathing because of contamination from
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      610 29 Exhibition Opening Hours Fri 15 Apr 11 am to 9pm Sat 16 Apr 11 am to 9pm Sun 17 Apr 11am to 7pm 15 TO 17 APRIL 2016 SUNTEC SINGAPORE HALL 404 www.facebook.com/asiaxpedition www.asiaxpedition.com COME ON DOWN FOR ASIA XPEDITION Find great deals for sports wear, gear and equipment, and
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      307 38 ADELENE WONG It was a case of deja vu for national shuttler Derek Wong at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday, as the 27-year-old suffered an early exit from the OUE Singapore Open in a repeat of the result from last year’s
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      567 38  -  Dismissing suggestions he is past his prime, the former world No 1 eyes his first Open crown BADMINTON GREAT IS ALSO TARGETING RECORD THIRD OLYMPIC TITLE ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When Chinese badminton great Lin Dan last competed in the Singapore Open
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      642 39  -  Conditions are ripe for the sport to expand exponentially, says 7s series sponsor NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —For years, the sport of rugby sevens has been deemed inferior to its more illustrious 15-a-side cousin. But this is about to change as the sevens game
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      526 39 AMANPREET SINGH SINGAPORE —It has been a case of so near yet so far over and over again for the Australian men’s rugby sevens team in this season’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. They sit in fourth place in the
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      601 40 Govt briefing says the sport is an ‘important vessel of the national spirit’ AP BEIJING —Seeking to close a glaring gap in its international sporting prowess, China has announced an ambitious football development plan that envisions 50 million players in the
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      372 40 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Shares of sports apparel maker Under Armour dropped nearly 6 per cent on Monday, a day after defending champion Jordan Spieth (picture) lost the Masters golf tournament in a shocking meltdown. Spieth signed a 10-year agreement with the American sportswear
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      56 41 WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 CHARLIZE THERON ON STRONG CHARACTERS AND HOW WOMEN ARE MISREPRESENTED IN MOVIES > 42 COOL CHARACTERS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FAVOURITE ICE QUEENS ON SCREEN AND IN REAL LIFE > 43 LED ZEP ON TRIAL THE MOST POPULAR GUITAR RIFT IN HISTORY COULD HAVE
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        955 42  -  CHARLIZE THERON SAYS THERE ARE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WOMEN IN FILMS GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg She has a stunning face with supermodel features, an athlete’s physique coupled with that old Hollywood bombshell vibe and a penetrating stare. If you haven’t met Charlize Theron before, it’s safe to say you
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        431 45 REUTERS LOS ANGELES Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a jury trial in the United States over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic Stairway To Heaven. In a decision on Friday, US District Judge
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      261 46 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza NOON The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2.00PM The Afternoon News With Eugene Loh And Michelle Martin 6.00 Evening Digest With Daniel Martin And Daphne Lim 9.00 LateNite Lineup With Howie Lim THE AFTERNOON NEWS WITH EUGENE LOH AND MICHELLE MARTIN
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