Today, 23 May 2016

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    • 121 1 with .,v Friendship MAGic More exciting June programmes on page 2! se nSo sC poo I N.® c 2P CQ m Mega Beach Festival 'b A' T\. 28 May 5 June 2016 (28 May sold out) 10m 7pm* Palawan Green VaA P> A m oS ■o IB And Many More!
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    • 365 2 BROUGHT TO YOU BY WITH This June holiday, visit Sentosa for oodles of family fun BY NICOLETTE ONG Step foot into this mysterious wild forest and be amazed by the magic of the ponies in the digital space. June 11 to July 17 10.30am to 7pm Palawan Beach Free event
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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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  • 749 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES HANOI When American President Barack Obama arrives in Hanoi early today, the United States and Vietnam bedevilled by the Vietnam War and decades of misunderstanding and wariness have a chance to create an unlikely
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    • 184 1 IF TURNING 100 BECOMES NORMAL, A FUNDAMENTAL REDE SIGN OF HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVE SWILL BECOME INEVITABLECOM M E NT&ANALYSIS 13 Horses help at-risk youths keep a rein on their lives SI NGAPORE 19 Amazing Attraction, Awesome Offer f I ss, V* i&SM u. a si V«m, v Universal
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  • 1147 1  -  Spaces for critically endangered animals such as otters among plans announced WORK TO START NEXT YEAR AND FINISH BY EARLY 2020 KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A rejuvenated shoreline, a new coastal boardwalk and spaces for critically endangered animal species such as otter dens
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  • 745 1 (2nd Edition) region.THE NEW YORK TIMES HANOI American President Barack Obama arrived in Hanoi late last night, and the United States and Vietnam bedevilled by the Vietnam War and decades of misunderstanding and wariness now have a chance to create
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  • 824 1 (2nd Edition)  -  Spaces for critically endangered animals such as otters among plans announced WORK TO START NEXT YEAR AND FINISH BY EARLY 2020 KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A rejuvenated shoreline, a new coastal boardwalk and spaces for critically endangered animal species such as otter dens
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    • 191 1 (2nd Edition) IF TURNING 100 BECOMES NORMAL, A FUNDAMENTAL REDE SIGN OF HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVE SWILL BECOME INEVITABLECOM M E NT&ANALYSIS 13 Horses help at-risk youths keep a rein on their lives HOT NEWS 2 Amazing Attraction, Awesome Offer ir r 1 *4 m f V Universal Studios Singapore® 10%
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  • hot news
    • 388 2  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —More than six months after their loss in Aljunied GRC at last September’s General Election, the People’s Action Party (PAP) activists who contested have continued working the ground in the Workers’ Partyrun constituency, rolling out projects such
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    • 778 2 (2nd Edition)  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To help at-risk youths get back on their feet and put a lid on adolescent angst, a programme aimed at helping such youngsters has turned to the unlikeliest of places: The horse stable. Last year, the
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    • 984 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES C AIRO —In an eerie coincidence, the EgyptAir jetliner that plunged into the Mediterranean was once the target of political vandals who wrote in Arabic on its underside, “We will bring this plane down”.
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    • 446 6 Ruling party member alleges key opposition figure got cheap bungalow in shady land deal AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysian anti-cor-ruption officials searched the house of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng yesterday, as part of an ongoing probe into
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    • 229 6 AP Ahead of United States President Barack Obama’s first visit to Vietnam, the country voted yesterday in once-every-five-year-elections fora rubber-stamp Parliament whose membership has already been largely determined by the Communist Party. Voting closed yesterday evening, hours before Mr Obama’s arrival, and the
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    • 148 4 1 5] iiing %Ms, SRARIQE Nurturing Carton* Le .rners! TdFrS«c«x>. BY PAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WE ARE HIRING! Centre Principals Preschool Teachers Infant Educarers Cooks Cleaners WALK-IN INTERVIEW 28 May 2016 (Saturday), 9am to 12pm at these locations: 1) Blk 183Jelebu Road #01-38 Singapore *****3 (Nearest MRT: Bukit Panjang) 2) Blk
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    • 198 7 EXCLUSIVE PRpVIEW INVITES TO TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS I r# /s i 5.4 m: m I NA(. URTL 1 fSlHS ujimU llffi (53i iWBEwiiiiiiiaiumra/HiiPii 1-J.) ft i. Nil 4 1 Wilt C1NEM 3D AND JUNE 3D m OO TEENAGE MUTANT NINJATURTLES: g|4 OUT OF THE SHADOWS
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  • 216 8  -  Science-fiction becomes reality: Singapore on the road to becoming the world's very first Smart Nation THERESA TAN brandstudio@mediacorp.eom.sg f m is hard to imagine how early man lived, bound hopelessly to his desktop. JL M. Today we Whatsapp our friends groups at a time. We Skype our
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  • 297 9  -  TEXT: MARGUERITATAN Mobile phone systems for cars and trains are first made available in countries such as Sweden and parts of America, using technology comprising cell towers, rotary dials and switchboards at base stations in a specific region. 1950S Motorola presents the world's first
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  • 387 9 Pervasive connectivity anyone can be connected anytime and anywhere is not just facilitating your home renovation mood board on Pinterest. It is also fuelling Singapore’s mission to become the world’s first Smart Nation. Maximising technological advancement so that the individual and businesses are empowered with more
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  • 327 10 While we’re waiting for the hyperdrive of our personal Millennium Falcon to become a reality, what drives pervasive connectivity is a high-speed and stable network in the palm of our hands. And that requires constant testing and innovation. You may have seen a short film on
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  • 272 10 A decade ago, humans did not share videos of how they bathed their pet cats. Nor did they walk through retail stores holding up their phones, talking to an invisible audience of thousands on social media. In 2015, video made up a whopping 55 per cent
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  • 274 10 oi Two-Way Wrist Radio Watch Dick Tracy, tggo "Radio"? Flow 1930s.The modern-day counterpart of the famous detective's iconic wristwatch is the Apple Watch. 03 Handheld Communicator Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, tg84 The StarTrek franchise inspired many of today's modern technologies,
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  • 367 11  -  TEXT: MARGUERITA TAN networks. That means being able to use Internet-dependent apps, make and receive calls, and even video calls. Connected devices are also changing the healthcare game. The Sidly Care, for example, is described as the “Swiss Army Knife of medical wearables”. Hospitals
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  • 319 11 Each day in 2015, the world created 2.5 quintillion (2,500,000,000,000,000,000) bytes of data. And it’s not going to slow down anytime soon. In the Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast white paper, released in February, it is predicted that by 2020, monthly global mobile data
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    • 103 11 CREATED BY mediacorp brandSTUDio CAN A MOBILE NETWORK REPLACE YOUR EYES? Sabres were swung, little monsters bashed and car tires worn. We did it all in a series of unique tests that involved 3 individuals taking on 3 unique precision challenges to demonstrate the performance of our 4G mobile network.
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  • comment & analysis
    • 924 12  -  HIGH TIME JAKARTA TREATS SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NEIGHBOURS AS EQUALS JOHANNES NUGROHO Johannes Nugroho is a writer and businessman from Surabaya. THE JAKARTA GLOBE Tensions between Indonesia and Singapore are simmering as a kerfuffle is developing over the decision by a Singaporean
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    • 906 13  -  HOW HIGHER LIFE EXPECTANCY WILL CHANGE OUR APPROACH TO WORK AND FAMILY SIMON KUPER Simon Kuper is a columnist with the Financial Times. FINANCIAL TIMES The majority of children born in rich countries today can expect to live to more than 100,
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    • 144 13 AFCC BOOK FAIR Date: 25 29 May 2016 Time: 10am 6pm Venue: National Library Building, L1, Plaza FREEACTIVITIES Come join the AFCC Book Fair to discover and buy the latest children’s books! More than 40 exhibitors A wide selection of multilingual children’s and young adult titles from local and international
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    • 226 14 BACHELOR Of Arts (HONS) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (top up) BUSINESS FINANCE (top up) HR MANAGEMENT (top up) Awarded by: Kingston University London Y Ranked 51st in uk (The QS World University Rankings 2015/2016) TT Top 4% University in the World (THE World University Rankings 2015/2016: based on ***** higher education institutions
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    • 235 15 20-year-old Timothy* has suffered for years The OCBC-TODAY Children’s Fund focuses on the emotional needs of children from distressed homes. Donations go towards the Singapore Children’s Society and its beneficiaries. It supports the cost of counselling and therapy to build up the children’s self-esteem and empower them to strive towards
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  • voices
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    • 277 16 LETTER RISE OF A DESTABILISING MIDDLE CLASS DETRIMENTAL TO CLEAN POLITICS AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE Visit http://bit.ly/risemidclass for the letter from Elliot John Chin. Master the next level. Heighten my achievements. It’s my choice. RANKED IN THE WORLD’S TOP 20/ OF HIGHER O EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS* FLEXIBILITY TO PLAN VOUR STUDY SCHEDULE
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    • 14 16 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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    • 66 17 v DoubleTroubleSG When Ah Beng Diva meets A collision of comedy and truth when the duo is unleashed onto the streets to talk about all things Singaporean. Joined by celebrity guests like Tosh Zhang, Wang Weiliang, Joshua Tan, Eunice Annabel Lim, Munah Hirzi, Tree Potatoes and more! A New Episode
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  • singapore
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  • china & india
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 39 20 TOTO Estimated Group 1 Prize $2.2 Million Draw on Mon, 23 May 2016, 6.30pm at Singapore Pools Building (210 Middle Road) For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg p Always play with care responsiblyy Do not bet illegally. RCB Reg No: *****0202G
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  • world
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    • 106 22 "Education is our Business where our Students come First Prof Tim Boatswain Chairman, TEG Board of Directors, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Huddersfield, University of Bedfordshire^ TEG IlNTERNATIONAL ICOLLEGE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING I Project Management Engineering Management Sc I I III i Start Date: 2 Jun 2016 Part-time -18
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  • business
    • 907 24  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg The traditional path for investors who want to invest in shares has been to select stocks in individual companies. While investors who choose the right shares may gain, that approach can be quite risky. “Who would have expected
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    • 403 24  -  TEA LEAVES YEO KEE YAN Yeo Kee Yan is retail market strategist at DBS Group Research. Singapore’s final first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure will be released this Wednesday. Consensus, according to a Bloomberg poll, expects first quarter GDP
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    • 694 25  -  PERSPECTIVES Compiled by Rumi Hardasmalani (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) SEANTAN Singapore general manager, iProperty Group We are always busy with our work and personal lives, and as a business leader managing a team in Singapore, I am responsible for corporate portfolio expansion
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    • 967 27  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —City Developments Limited (CDL) may have placed great effort in recent years to grow its global footprint from the appointment of an Australian as its very first CEO to rapid overseas expansion but the listed homegrown property unit
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    • 606 27 REUTERS SHILING (CHINA) Squeezed by high costs and unpredictable demand, some factories in southern China’s manufacturing heartland are turning to a new strategy to survive: Hiring workers by the day. It is a far cry from Beijing’s vision of a slick,
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  • technology
    • 1125 28 LCD DISPLAY SCREEN BEHIND STEERING WHEEL IGNITES DEBATE THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The video game experience has arrived in the automobile. It is called the virtual cockpit and, starting with Audi, it will become a more common feature in cars
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  • sports
    • 617 30  -  Former Lions star Steven Tan headlines group tasked with grooming talent VETERANS EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THEIR SKILLS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As a budding young footballer, Steven “Supersub” Tan spent many happy days at the Mountbatten Football Field, honing his skills
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    • 480 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE V Sundramoorthy’s imminent appointment as the new Lions coach has earned kudos from the local sports community, but football legend Quah Kim Song warns that a one-year deal for the ex-inter-national is too short. Speaking to TODAY on the sidelines
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    • 787 31 FA Cup triumph not enough to save Van Gaal from the chop THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Jose Mourinho will finally be appointed manager of Manchester United this week, in place of Louis van Gaal, who will not see out the final year
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    • 285 31  -  STANLEY HO SINGAPORE —Beset by financial issues, the beleaguered Singapore Floorball Association (SFA) has called for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EOGM) on May 30. According to a notice sent out to its affiliates that TODAY has seen, the SFA will nominate
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    • 66 31 More than 4,600 children got up early yesterday morning to participate in the ninth edition of the Cold Storage Kids Run, held at The Meadow, Gardens by the Bay. Children, together with their families, took part in events across 16 race categories, which
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    • 1269 32  -  ITALIAN COACH SAYS FLEXIBILITY IS KEY TO MANAGING GALACTIC EGOS COMMENTARY BY JANAN GANESH sports@mediacorp.com.sg Janan Ganesh is the FT’s political columnist “German is the hardest language.” Bavaria-bound Carlo Ancelotti remembers the relative doddle of English, Spanish and French as he
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    • 33 33 MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016 CHILD-FRIENDLY WHY FITNESS GROUPS ARE SETTING THEIR SIGHTS ON CHILDREN >34 NOT JUST GOOFING AROUND ACTING LIKE A CLOWN REQUIRES SKILL, SAYS FRENCH THEATRE ACTOR > 35 PHOTO: INNERVATE CROSSFIT
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  • T TODAY culture & lifestyle
    • 672 34  -  MORE FITNESS GROUPS ARE ROLLING OUT PROGRAMMES TO SUIT CHILDREN EMILIA TAN features@mediacorp.com.sg The June school holidays are approaching, and that means many parents are racking their brains for activities to keep their children entertained. What if we suggest sending your kids to the gym? It’s not
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    • 763 35 But Ronald McDonald is a fake, says French theatre director-actor COSTUMES NOT A MUST SINGAPORE We’ve heard of clowning around, but did you know “clowning” is an actual art form? (And by that, we don’t mean just being silly or
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 267 36 MORNING AGENDA WITH BHARATI JAGDISH AND KEITH DE SOUZA Start your morning with the freshest news and views of the day. Be part of the action call in to share your views on Talkback. 6.00AM Morning Agenda WITH BHARATIJAGDISH AND KEITH DE SOUZA NOON The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2.00PM
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    • 353 36 E: English C: Chinese M: Malay T: Tamil Mediacorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. FREE TOGGLE ORIGINALS Check out exclusive movies and series produced by Toggle anytime, anywhere. DOUBLE TROUBLE (EP 11)
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 1266 37 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Adventures II (Pre-school) 6.30 Toby’s Travelling Circus: The Wheel Inspector (Pre-school) 7.00 Club M.A.G.I.C II 7.30 Mat Yoyo II (Pre-school) 8.00 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Adventures II (Pre-school) 8.30 Toby’s Travelling Circus: The Wheel Inspector (Pre-school) 9.00 The Dr Oz
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