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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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  • 985 1 Indonesian Minister says ‘substantial review process’is a unilateral move JAKARTA —Indonesia will scrap some ongoing and upcoming collaboration projects with Singapore on environment, forestry and haze-related issues as part of a unilateral review on bilateral cooperation that Jakarta is conducting, said the
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  • 60 1 MAN UNITED’S FINAL GAME ABANDONED Officials and sniffer dogs conducting a search at Old Trafford yesterday after the match between Man United and Bournemouth was abandoned when a suspicious package believed to be a bomb was discovered. The alert was sounded about 20 minutes before
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  • 648 1  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A new vocation has been formed within the Singapore Police Force to educate the public on how to cope with terrorist threats or attacks as part of the new SG Secure movement that will
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    • 267 1 PERSPECTIVES: 5 BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON A CEO’S ROLE IN CORPORATE SUCCESSION PLANNING• 24 IN OUR BUSINE SS SECTION TEA LEAVE S: AN ANALYST’S VIEW EACH WEEK OF HOW THE MARKET WILL PERFORM• 22 ON THE MONEY: PREPARE FOR THE COST OF RAISING A CHILD• 22 Singaporean tasked
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    • 483 2 Says the annual military report to US Congress ‘severely damaged’ mutual trust ACCUSES WASHINGTON OF STOKING TENSIONS IN S CHINA SEA AGENCIES BEIJING China yesterday condemned the United States Defense Department’s annual report on the Chinese military, calling it deliberate distortion
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    • 789 4  -  Public can give feedback on proposed law changes, which cover all businesses, from today NGJING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE By the end of this year, public officers from the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring Singapore) could be able to march into
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    • 1252 6  -  Experts suggest a higher bar for companies in such R&D projects after firm fails to pay its sub-contractors NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Questions on corporate responsibility and the low financial requirements of enterprises undertaking government research projects here have
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    • 633 8 AGENCIES MANCHESTER —Police ordered Manchester United to abandon their final English Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth yesterday after a suspicious package believed to be a bomb was discovered at Old Trafford stadium. Tens of thousands of fans were ordered to leave
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    • 639 8 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES MANCHESTER —Police ordered Manchester United to abandon their final English Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth yesterday after a suspicious package believed to be a bomb was discovered at Old Trafford stadium. Tens of thousands of fans were ordered to leave
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    • 186 9 University at Buffalo The State University of New York If you want to be heard, speak up. At the University at Buffalo, we encourage students to question, debate and voice opinions in an open and discussive learning environment. Because in the real world, you need to be quick on your
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    • 1739 10 COUNTRIES CAN ALSO WORK TOGETHER ON RESEARCH, INNOVATION With the recent landmark SingaporeAustralia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) agreement paving the way for smoother trade and investment between the two countries, Singaporean businesses could find new opportunities in tourism infrastructure and student accommoda
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    • 859 12  -  ELECTIONS, RESISTANCE TO CHANGE FROM BUREAUCRATS HOLD PM BACK VICTOR MALLET Victor Mallet is the Asia news editor for the Financial Times. He was previously the FT’s South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi. govern.” FINANCIAL TIMES Mr Narendra Modi’s
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    • 621 13  -  Staying healthy helps Singapore Netball Team’s co-vice-captain Charmaine Soh enjoy a good life balance BY NICOLETTE ONG BY NICOLETTEONG American basketball head coach of UCLA John Wooden once said: “Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are
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    • 29 10 The principal complaint about Mr Modi is not that he is a domineering Hindu puritan but that he has failed to do much for economic development. VICTOR MALLET 12
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    • 12 12 CHINA&INDIA MODI EASES SOME RED TAPE, BUT FOREIGN FIRMS STILL STRUGGLE 19
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    • 110 13 MARIGOLD LIFE ISN'T A SPECTATOR SPORT, BUTA BALANCING ACT. Charmaine Soh Co Vice-Captain Singapore Netball Team HL i/ MARIf.OLD M m Don’t watch life pass you by. Whether you’re an athlete, a mother, a busy executive, or simply trying to strike a balance in your life, MARIGOLD HL Milk is
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  • voices
    • 395 14  -  FROM FROM STEVE N LO C HOC K FE I I refer to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) reply to suggestions for making the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) disbursements more transparent and for increasing polyclinics’ accessibility to patients (“MOH to
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    • 408 14  -  F ROM CHUA CHUA TIONG GUAN I refer to the report “Doc suspended over inadequate MCs for foreign worker” (May 12). First, I applaud the migrant worker advocacy groups for raising awareness about the issues of inadequate medical certificates
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    • 35 14 In the article “Island Grub” (May 14), we incorrectly referred to Mr Koh Tai Poo as the late husband of Ms Connie Loi. He was in fact her schoolmate. We apologise for the error.
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    • 257 15  -  FROM CHUA HIN BEE It is good to learn that the National Environment Agency (NEA) is imposing stiffer fines for motorists who leave vehicle engines idling when they are not in traffic (“Stiffer penalties for taxi fare cheats, drivers who leave engines
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    • 131 15  -  FROM DAVID YAP PENG KHOON It was shocking to hear that S$1.34 million and S$504,000 were given to SBS Transit and SMRT, respectively, for improvements in bus waiting times and less crowding between June and November last year (“SBS, SMRT get record S$1.84m for
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    • 102 15  -  QUICK HITS DAVID KWOK NG KAN It is good news indeed that the Government is giving S$500 in SkillsFuture credits to all Singaporeans aged 25 and above. I hope the authorities do not neglect the needs of retirees who are not savvy with computers and illiterate.
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  • singapore
    • 644 16  -  Toolkit reminds them to include sufficient protein calcium in diet reduce sodium intake AVAILABLE AT COMMUNITY CENTRES, SOME FOOD OUTLETS AND PHARMACIES LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —After a bid to get seniors to exercise, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) is
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    • 307 16  -  LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE —About 30 mosquito breeding spots, mostly in homes, have been found and destroyed in Watten Estate and its vicinity, with inspections of the 800 or so premises there past the midpoint. The inspections were sparked by the first case
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    • 626 17  -  541 households sold back part of their lease since April last year a more than 100% jump ASYRAF KAMIL noorasyrafbk@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYCLIFFORD LEE SINGAPORE Knowing he was going to be laid off because of his age, Mr Abdul
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    • 228 21 Join the fast growing life science industry in Asia. GO PLACES WITH PSB ACADEMY St Undergraduate Fair 2016 j Sat, 4 June 2016 1 pm 6pm 9 PSBAcademy@Delta Find out more at psb-academy.edu.sg/UGFair2016 4 With many leading biomedical and technology firms making Singapore their regional base for innovative research and
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  • business
    • 873 22  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg New babies are a bundle of joy and, despite occasional challenges along the way, children bring parents tremendous delight. Yet parents also need to make sure they have enough money to pay for the cost of
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    • 445 22  -  TEA LEAVES BERNARDAW Bernard Aw is market strategist at IG. You may wish to follow Bernard on Twitter at @BernardAw_IG Investors must be frustrated by the lack of absolute clarity from Federal Reserve officials last week. While the general tone seemed to lean towards
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    • 622 24  -  PERSPECTIVES Compiled by (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) Rumi Hardasmalani (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) JOELSNG Co-founder and CEO, honestbee The CEO plays a critical role in corporate succession planning. One should always be building a business with senior leadership that embraces and seeks out change and
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    • 1733 25  -  Giving up scholarships at top US universities has paid off for one S’pore start-up’s founders ANGELATENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The world is your oyster. Three young Singaporean adults took that saying to heart as they forsook their scholarships to top United States universities and
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  • technology
    • 859 26  -  EXPERTS CALL OUT COMPANIES THAT CROSS THE LINE BETWEEN NUDGE AND MANIPULATION NATASHASINGER today@mediacorp.com.sg THENEWYORK TIMES NEW YORK Mr Harry Brignull, a user-experience consultant in Britain who helps websites and apps develop consumer-friendly features, has a professional bone to pick with sites that
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  • sports
    • 522 27  -  S’porean looks forward to testing himself against 18-time Olympic gold medallist DUO TO MEET AT THE 2016 ELITE INVITE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ADELENEWONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In what could be a prelude to August’s Rio Olympics, Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling is set to race against childhood
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    • 413 27 REUTERS GEORGE TOWN (CAYMAN ISLANDS) Sprint king Usain Bolt took his first stride towards the goal of an unprecedented Olympic threepeat at the Rio de Janeiro Games with a modest 10.05s, 100m run and an easy win at the Cayman Invitational
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    • 389 28 anyone REUTERS BARCELONA —Dutch teenager Max Verstappen made Formula One history as the youngest race winner yesterday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide and crash out on the opening lap.
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    • 858 28  -  Benjamin Tan is new deputy CEO of Premier League Thailand STANLEY HO Deputy Sports Editor stanleyho@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Widely regarded as the best professional football league in South-east Asia, the Premier League Thailand (PLT) now has plans to be among the best competitions in
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    • 386 28 (2nd Edition) REUTERS BARCELONA —Dutch teenager Max Verstappen made Formula One history as the youngest race winner yesterday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide and crash out on the opening lap. Verstappen,
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    • 851 28 (2nd Edition)  -  Benjamin Tan is new deputy CEO of Premier League Thailand STANLEY HO Deputy Sports Editor stanleyho@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Widely regarded as the best professional football league in South-east Asia, the Premier League Thailand (PLT) now has plans to be among the best competitions in
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    • 514 30 First female secretary-general will put UN skills to good use PARIS —Fatma Samoura, Fifa’s firstever female secretary-general, may be an outsider in the football world, but she is hoping her two decades of experience as a United Nations (UN) diplomat will help
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    • 49 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA STORIES THAT MATTER FROM THE HEART OF ASIA 23T\ -A v x Panu Wongcha-Um Thailand 1 m 'W~*cs\ r_. 4 X!7 L Roland Lim Hong Kong m 4T> >SK. 3r><SN, 15, .v k i 1 Saifulbahri Ismail Chandm Vatvam Indonesia l r r channelnewsasia.com mediacorp Channel newsAsia
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    • 51 31 NAP TIME WHEN CELEBRITIES AREN’T ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU AWAKE AT CANNES 33 REVIEWS PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND A SINGAPORE CLASSIC NOVEL TAKE CENTRE STAGE MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016 34 32 POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDS SUPERHEROES TO DRAW PEOPLE IN WHEN LES MISERABLES HAS JEAN VALJEAN? PHOTO: MATTHEW
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        668 32  -  WHY LES MISERABLES CONTINUES TO CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION ACROSS GENERATIONS HON JINGYI IN BRISBANE honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg At first glance, Les Miserables doesn’t seem like the sort of musical that would appeal to younger audiences who have grown up on a diet of superhero movies. Based on the 1862 Victor
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      • 125 32 SINGAPORE Hong Kong theatre star Tse Kwan-Ho took centre stage over the weekend at the staging of The Mad Phoenix, the classic work of renowned playwright Raymond To and producer-cum-director Clifton Ko. Presented by Mediacorp VizPro and Sprint-Time Productions at The Theatre@Mediacorp after a successful run
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      • 396 33 Sleeping paparazzo becomes star of celebrity photocall BEHIND THE SCENES AGENCIES CANNES The Cannes Film Festival’s punishing whirlwind of parties and premieres has been the downfall of many a screen idol. But a 70-something press photographer became an unwitting star of the film festival on Saturday after
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      • 714 34  -  It wasn’t quite the literary adaptation it claims to be but the food was tasty THEATRE REVIEW: IF WE DREAM TOO LONG JO TAN features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —There’s no denying that Andsoforth’s If We Dream Too Long is extremely Instagrammable. This latest foray by a company that
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        557 34  -  Pangdemonium’s play about a child with autism sheds light on the community and the caregivers THEATRE REVIEW: FALLING NAEEM KAPADIA features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In a society that valorises wealth, popularity and privilege, too many of our everyday heroes are ignored. Falling, a gripping drama by American playwright Deanna Jent,
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    • 156 33 PHOTO: AP ONLINE A giant stomps into Cannes Steven Spielberg’s “whizzpopping, swizzfiggling” new movie debuts to a mixed reception http://bit.ly/todaymovies l>ore SEMINARS IM NURTURE A SMART BABY FROM BUMP TO BIRTH SATURDAY, 21 MAY 12.30 3.00 PM SUNTEC CONVENTION CENTRE (HALLS 401-402) EARLY BIRD SPECIAL 50% OFF GOODIE BAG DISCOUNT
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    • 79 35 r THE A > r> N ft H i < xJ i All you need to know about The Hush! Toggle Toggle.sg/TheHushCh5 Catch up on episodes you missed and other exclusive videos. mediacorp SARAH LIAN JITENRAM ESTHER LOW REMESH PANICKER CASSANDRA TAY PING HUI CARMEN SOO FOOFANGRONG SHANE MARDJUKI JASON
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    • 261 36 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 6.00AM The Bright Side With Sonia Chew 10.00 9
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