Today, 4 June 2016

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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon Telcos ring the changes as the consumer becomes king
    2422 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A frequent traveller to places such as the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan for work, information technology sales professional Brandon Lim used to chalk up mobile phone bills of at least S$500 to $600 a month.
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    Lock icon A CLOSE DEFENCE RELATIONSHIP
    93 1 A CLOSE DEFENCE RELATIONSHIP Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and United States Secretary of Defence Ash Carter looking through the window of a P-8 Poseidon aircraft that flew over the Malacca Strait yesterday, following a breakfast meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue. Both leaders
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  • Article
    Pay as you throw among ideas to cut down waste in Singapore
    682 1  -  Part of aim to hit 70% national recycling rate, maximise energy recovered from waste by 2030 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP LED BY NEA SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Sorting household waste with colour-coded bags or charging
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      Lock icon Carter calls for a more cooperative China
      799 2  -  US Defence Secretary asks Beijing to participate in ‘inclusive’ security network ENG HEN SAYS ISSUE IS ACCOMMODATING RESIDENT AND RISING POWERS KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg WITH REUTERS SINGAPORE Amid the recent trading of barbs between the United States and China over the latter’s actions
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      US, Singapore reaffirm their close defence relationship
      362 2  -  KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —The United States and Singapore yesterday reaffirmed longstanding bilateral defence relations at a meeting between US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter and Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen. At a breakfast hosted by Dr Ng, the two men discussed a broad
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      Lock icon Beijing slams Manila’s definition of disputed South China Sea ‘reef’
      474 3 Philippines challenges Chinese claims by arguing Spratlys are not life-sustaining islands AGENCIES BEIJING Hours before Asia’s biggest security summit began, China yesterday accused the Philippines of seeking to negate its sovereignty in the South China Sea after Manila described Taiping
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      Lock icon THAI PM WANTS NEW ‘STRATEGIC EQUILIBRIUM’ AMID SECURITY THREATS
      435 3  -  press ALBERT WAI Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha last night called for a new “strategic equilibrium” in Asia as the governments in the region seek to tackle multiple security challenges.Delivering the keynote speech for the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies
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      Lock icon US job growth brakes sharply, lowers chance of rate hike
      548 3 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —The United States economy created the fewest number of jobs in more than five years in May, hurt by a strike by Verizon workers and a fall in employment in the goods-produc-ing sector, pointing to labour market weakness
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      Lock icon Army gadgets you can rifle through
      67 4 Members of the public got the chance to examine sniper rifles, artillery guns, armoured vehicles and other military equipment during a Singapore Armed Forces exhibition yesterday at the open field outside NEX mall in Serangoon. The exhibition is on until tomorrow, but will be
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      Electric buses, charging stations part of proposals in LTA’s 2050 road map
      611 4  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Decades from now, electric buses with carbon emission levels that are half of those from dieselpowered buses could ply Singapore’s roads, where they may be able to be charged quickly at bus stops
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      Lock icon PAS members uneasy about possible Umno alliance told: Forgive your enemies
      725 5 Islam teaches followers to treat political foes with respect, says party leader AGENCIES KOTA BHARU —In yet another sign that Malaysian opposition party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) is moving closer to the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno), PAS
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      Lock icon Hadi criticises non-Muslim parties for opposing Syariah Bill
      632 5 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR The leader of Malaysia’s opposition party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) has criticised other non-Muslim parties over their opposition of his proposed parliamentary Bill to strengthen the power of the Syariah Courts, saying they have made a big deal
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      154 6 m DANCE PERFORMANCE QUIZ SESSION “DANCE WITH ME” SESSION K h ffl chinoro donco rio/to a 0=1B£ECDQjjQj !l June 2DIG 5pm Amphitheatre outside Toa Payoh Public Library I2 June 2DIG 17:30pm S 3pm Esplanade Outdoor Theatre Experience the beauty, energy, and diversity of Chinese dance at Chinese Dance Fiesta organised
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  • voices
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      Lock icon To stay relevant, S’pore must adapt to change, think global
      437 8  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS I refer to the letter “Holistic solution needed to problem of laid-off PMETs” (May 31). No doubt many changes are evident in this globalised, fast-chang-ing world, with implications for employment trends. New challenges are emerging not only
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      Correction
      44 8 In the story “Hunger calls” (June 3), we said that “UberEATS goes one better (than Deliveroo) by letting you track the location of the deliveryman”. This is incorrect. Deliveroo also allows the user to track the deliveryman’s location. We apologise for the error.
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      Inclusive classrooms can benefit from intervention programmes
      437 8  -  FROM BRYAN TAM WEI HOE There has been a recent interest in the inclusion of children with special needs in schools, which is encouraging, as inclusiveness is starting to become a global trend (“S’poreans support inclusive education but do not walk the talk:
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      Ungrammatical, fractured English is difficult to unlearn
      397 9  -  FROM TAN KIM HOCK Singlish is not only a threat to our mastery of good English, it may inadvertently become a stigma attached to us if we end up as pidgin speakers (“Singlish a uniquely Singaporean threat”; June 1). This would happen one
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      Work diligently, systematically to raise language proficiency
      347 9  -  FROM HO KONG LOON I am not against the use of Singlish per se. It is already a part of our communicative arsenal. But one must be judicious in using it (“Singlish a uniquely Singaporean threat”; June 1). Singlish adds pungency and character
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      Don’t hide behind Singlish to justify poor language
      304 9  -  F ROM TAN AH UNG Associate Professor Eugene Tan’s commentary “Singlish a uniquely Singaporean threat” (June 1) is a timely reminder of the ongoing controversy over, and the diverse views for and against, the usage of Singlish. Also amid recent events was
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      Scapegoating Singlish as a threat without research is misleading
      256 9  -  FROM LUKE LU JIQUN I respond to the commentary “Singlish a uniquely Singaporean threat” (June 1) from the perspective of a sociolinguist. First, no one is valorising Singlish nor clamouring for it to replace Standard English in official domains. We need
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      ‘CHINESE HELICOPTER’ SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OXFORD DICTIONARY
      75 9 QUICK HIT Unlike blur sotongs, the “Chinese helicopter” has obviously fallen into disuse for decades. Hence my surprise to see this term resurface in the Oxford English Dictionary, of all places. Given its lack of currency in the Singlish lexicon today, I
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      35 8 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER REVIEW OF LEGAL COSTS A RECOURSE IN LITIGATION AGAINST GOVT Visit tdy.sg/ltrlegal for the letter from Danny Chua Hock Chye.
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      NLB launches two-month festival to promote reading
      365 10  -  EVENT WILL END WITH NATIONAL READING DAY ON JULY 30 ILIYAS JUANDA iliyasj@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ten-minute “bite-sized” theatre performances adapted from works by local writers, and a horror literary trail based on places mentioned in a Tamil novel. These are just two of the
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      Library volunteers laud initiatives under National Reading Movement
      594 10  -  ILIYAS JUANDA SINGAPORE Growing up with eight siblings and about 10 cousins under one roof, Madam Wong See Moey had always put family first. Spending her childhood in an attap house in Sembawang, the former childcare teacher recalled being taught the importance
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      Three-year URA study to help relocate heavy vehicle parks
      469 11  -  Some 7,000 vehicles to be fitted with GPS device to track their travel, parking patterns REGINA MARIE LEE reginalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE To find suitable alternative locations for heavy vehicle parks, the authorities are looking to collect data on these vehicles’ travel and
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      Lock icon Newborn baby’s body found in Tampines MRT Station toilet
      461 11  -  LOUISA TANG SINGAPORE She was going about her daily cleaning duties at a toilet at Tampines MRT Station yesterday afternoon, when she stumbled upon a shocking find in a sanitary bin: The body of a newborn in a red plastic bag.
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      Company fined S$200,000 for misleading customers about links to Acra
      404 11  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE A private company that tricked businesses into subscribing to its services by sending out letters designed to look like they came from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Singapore (Acra) was yesterday fined S$200,000. Data Register, which
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      108 10 I V 'h 1 '»'v i T *> K* i *m ft. f Flavors of India at Seasonal Tastes Experience a myriad of vivid flavors as Chef Sadab Qureshi from The Westin Pune, Koregaon Park, presents the colourful aromas and textures of North India. Dinner buffet at $52++ (Monday to
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  • world
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      Lock icon Two weeks into term, Tsai pivots away from China
      904 12 Policy decisions include warmer relations with Japan, naming of ‘ambassador’ to US CHINA WARNS COMMERCIAL, TOURISM AND CULTURAL AGREEMENTS ARE AT RISK BLOOMBERG TAIPEI Two weeks into the job, Taiwan’s new President is bringing clarity to her policy towards China, and
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      Lock icon N Korea missile tests aim to bolster Kim’s standing: Analysts
      993 13 Experts say Korean leader is trying to compensate for past failures before US-Beijing talks THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL A recent string of unsuccessful missile tests by North Korea, and the release of a video showing the launch of a
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      Lock icon N Korea missile tests aim to bolster Kim’s standing: Analysts
      993 13 (2nd Edition) Experts say Korean leader is trying to compensate for past failures before US-Beijing talks THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL A recent string of unsuccessful missile tests by North Korea, and the release of a video showing the launch of a
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      Lock icon Duterte dares media to stop covering him, blasts UN
      559 13 AGENCIES DAVAO CITY (PHILIPPINES) Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has dared reporters to stop covering him after drawing flack for earlier comments that corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, even as he vowed to be a changed man by the end
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      Lock icon Hailstones and flash floods lash KL
      398 13 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Hailstones and flash floods were reported in the Malaysian capital yesterday following a thunderstorm that hit several areas in the late afternoon. At around 6pm, the two incidents caused massive traffic congestion and damaged several houses and buildings in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • business
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      Lock icon Noble announces S$688m rights issue, Elman to resign
      843 14  -  After resignation news, group’s shares slump to S$0.26 with 225 million changing hands FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN WILL STEP DOWN IN NEXT 12 MONTHS ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shares in Noble Group tumbled to their lowest since 2003 yesterday as the commodities trader approved
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      Lock icon Frasers property trust to raise up to S$902m in Singapore IPO
      397 14 WITH AGENCIES SING A PORE Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust plans to raise up to S$902 million through an initial public offer (IPO) in Singapore, according to its prospectus filed yesterday. Backed by industrial and logistics assets in Australia,
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  • sports
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      Lock icon FARIS HANDS SUNDRAMA WINNING START
      499 15  -  Goalkeeper Hassan puts in man-of-the-match display as Lions edge Myanmar 1-0 NEW COACH SCORES FIRST VICTORY AMANPREET SINGH amanpreet@mediacorp.com.sg YANGON —A first-half strike from Faris Ramli was enough to hand V Sundramoorthy victory in his first match as head coach of the national football team
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      Lock icon LIONS GRIND OUT A CLASSIC ‘SUNDRAM’ WIN
      646 15 (2nd Edition)  -  NEW COACH SCORES FIRST VICTORY AGAINST MYANMAR NOAH TAN IN YANGON noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg YANGON —Anyone watching the first 30 minutes of last night’s AYA Bank Cup match between Singapore and Myanmar at the YTC Stadium would have found it hard to imagine the Republic
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      Lock icon MUHAMMAD ALI IN HOSPITAL WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
      496 15 AP PHOENIX (ARIZONA) —Boxing great Muhammad Ali has been hospitalised in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. According to them, Ali is fighting respiratory issues that are
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      Lock icon YOUNG LIONS HAMMERED BY MALAYSIA
      378 15 (2nd Edition)  -  AMANPREET SINGH MAL ACCA —The Singapore Under-21 national football team’s road to next year’s South-east Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur got off to a rocky start as they were thrashed 3-0 by their Malaysian counterparts in the inaugural Nations Cup at the Hang Jebat Stadium
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      Lock icon WELSH DRAGONS WILL NEED TO RISE ABOVE OVER-RELIANCE ON BALE
      1176 16  -  Our Euro 2016 countdown continues but we take a break from previewing the big guns, with the focus instead on two underdog sides that we think can make an impact. First up Wales. Participating in their first major tournament in
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      Lock icon KANE-VARDY COMBO SIDELINED AS ROONEY TAKES THE LEAD
      867 17  -  COMMENTARY BY PAUL HAYWARD Paul Hayward is The Daily Telegraph’s chief sports writer. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy on a single team sheet evoked the great striking double acts of English legend. Here was a country reclaiming its heritage
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      Lock icon ENGLISH SIDE A WORK IN PROGRESS BUT STRIKER CONFIDENT
      420 17 AFP LONDON Harry Kane has admitted that England’s spluttering attack still has plenty of room for improvement ahead of their Euro 2016 opener. The main talking point of England’s drab display in their 1-0 win over Portugal at Wembley was the
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      Lock icon EX-SWIMMER TOKIC AIMS TO GET BALESTIER OUT OF TROUBLED WATERS
      676 18  -  AMANPREET SINGH amanpreet@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E When he was growing up, Niko Tokic spent five years of his life in the swimming pool at a professional swimming club. And he always stood out among
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      Lock icon IFLY SINGAPORE FOUNDER WANTS TO FORM ELITE SKYDIVING TEAM
      500 18  -  ADELENE WONG S I N G A P O R E The crowd watched enthralled, letting out gasps as teen skydivers Kyra Poh and Choo Yi Xuan pulled off a string of impressive and dizzying flips and turns in iFly Singapore’s
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      82 18 No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. LW: Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) SB: SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip A Y(ij Always play
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      73 19 YOUR GO-TO GUIDE FOR THE RAMADAN MONTH SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2016 21 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION It is all about Instagram-worthy food and kampung spirit at the Hari Raya light-up TUCKING IN Where to go for delicious Iftar meals 22 20 DOORS WIDE OPEN WHY THERE IS PLENTY IN THE MALAY
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        Lock icon A MONTH FOR ALL
        1128 20  -  RAMADAN CAN SERVE AS A TIME FOR MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS TO BUILD INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims around the world, and is a period when Muslims engage in prayer, fasting and charity-giving. Far from being just for the devotees,
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        Big and bright
        405 21  -  This year’s Hari Raya light-up goes large SERENE LIM SINGAPORE Larger-than-life exhibits for photo opportunities; an intricate display of lights stretching over a longer distance, younger stall owners hawking hipster food these are some highlights you can expect at this year’s Hari Raya light up and bazaar.
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        What to look forward to at this year’s Hari Raya bazaar
        380 21 PERFORMANCES The main stage will see the first Singaporean winner of Malaysian singing reality television show Akademi Fantasia, Sufie Rashid, performing at 8pm tonight as part of the light-up ceremony. Assoc Prof Fatimah also teased that several artistes from
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        All are welcome
        504 22  -  Dinner this Ramadan can be exceptionally delicious for everyone IFTAR MEALS DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ramadan is a month-long observation of prayer and fasting for Muslims. And the meal to break a day of fasting is often marked by some exceptionally delicious fare, and expectedly so. Many
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        Our pick of Iftar buffets
        857 22 KATONG KITCHEN (25 Marine Parade Road, Village Hotel Katong, Tel: *****141) The option to order from an a la carte menu is still on the table, but why decide between a slowroasted baby lamb that’s first marinated in Cajun spices and the restaurant’s signature ayam
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        Lock icon Not your typical kopitiam
        624 23  -  This new local brand of budget fare serves traditional dishes with a twist FOOD REVIEW: SENG KEE THE BLACK SEED BY CHEF BENNY LOWSHIPING SINGAPORE At first glance, it is natural to compare Seng Kee The Black Seed By Chef Benny with Ya Kun or Toast
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        Lock icon Weekend dining guide: Where to get your tasty treats
        545 23 NEW SUNDAY BRUNCH AT AURA If you needed another reason to head to the rooftop of this Italian restaurant at the National Museum Singapore, its all new Sunday Champagne Brunch at its Sky Lounge starts this Sunday, and combines hearty Italian
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        Lock icon The gift of family
        906 24  -  What daddy’s girl Syirah Jusni cherishes most about Ramadan COUNTING HER BLESSINGS MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For Syirah Jusni, the month of Ramadan is a gift of family time which draws her closer to her father, in particular. The 27-year-old actress, who stars in Mediacorp TV
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        Lock icon WEEKEND GUIDE: Things to do
        510 24 THE MARKET HOP |A PS X DREAM Hop from one market to another starting from the APS Gallery (along Muthuraman Chetty Road) to the Dream showroom (along River Valley Road). There are more than 50 F&B and lifestyle merchants at these locations, and you can
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        HEADS UP:
        94 24 DAD’S DAY OUT Father’s Day is coming and what better way to celebrate it than by bringing your dad to this event? Located at Singapore Sports Hub’s OCBC Square, families can participate in the Dad’s Challenge activties, which consist of a series of seven fun-filled activities such as
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        Lock icon BUSY IN BUSAN
        1014 25  -  THE BUSAN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW OFFERS KOREAN AUTO MAKERS A CHANCE TO STRUT THEIR STUFF ON HOME GROUND HOME-GROUND HEROES LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg BU SA N (SOUTH KOR E A) What better place to strut your stuff than on home ground? The Busan International Motor Show gives
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        722 26  -  Volvo’s S90 sedan has even bigger shoes to fill than its predecessor, but it seems more than up to the challenge VOLVO S90 T6 AWD DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg MAL AGA (SPAIN) Volvo’s latest sedan is a big gamble, and that’s not just because it’s a challenger in the
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        Lock icon Scoring a coup
        609 27  -  The new Mercedes-Benz C 180 Coupe looks, feels and drives like a proper two-door cruiser MERCEDES-BENZ C 180 COUPE DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In recent years, coupes have run wild in the imagination of car buyers, but few, if any, found real homes. The word “coupe-like” or
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        Lock icon New Audi A5 family hits the road
        121 27 Audi has launched its new A5 coupe and, as with most things Audi, the new model is longer, lighter, more efficient and offers more load-lugging ability than the outgoing model. The new model will be up to 60kg lighter than its predecessor with
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        Lock icon Ford launches hottest Fiesta yet
        102 27 Hot hatch fans, rejoice. Ford is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Fiesta in a big way, with the launch of the Fiesta ST200, an even hotter version of its popular compact hatch. Powered by a 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine producing 197hp (200ps), and 290Nm of
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      1274 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Food Detectives C (HD) 6.30 On The Red Dot (HD) (CC) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 Jamie’s Food Escapes (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII
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      1267 29 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Holiday Gone Wrong C, M (HD) (PG) 6.30 Talking Point (HD) 7.00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 The Hoarder Next Door II (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII
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      309 30 ON SATURDAY 6.00AM News Plus Body And Soul And Parenting Made Easy 10.00 News Plus On The Record And Sports Review 2.00PM News Plus A Slice Of Life And WOW Club 6.00 News Plus Talking Books And The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 7.00AM Asia Pop 40 With Dom Lau 10.00
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        Lock icon With ‘Alice’ Director, Even More Whimsy
        691 14  -  Emotion with a comic touch in a topsy-turvy fantasyland. By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES It was inevitable that Walt Disney Studios would make a sequel to “Alice in Wonderland.” That 2010 movie, directed by Tim Burton, took in more than $1 billion at the
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        Lock icon A Form of Modern Dance Seeks Balance
        628 14  -  Concern that a great Cuban invention may lose its identity. By BRIAN SEIBERT HAVANA Idania Wambrug teaches dance in a capacious, brick-vaulted studio. It’s the same studio where she was a student in the 1960s, in the National School of Dance here, part
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        Lock icon River Hotel In Bangkok Maintains Old Charm
        731 13  -  A glimpse into the Thai capital’s rich history. By TONY PERROTTET When the British author Somerset Maugham staggered from the Bangkok train station one steaming day in 1923, he knew exactly where to head: the Chao Phraya the River of Kings whose fresh
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        Lock icon On a Greek Island, A Haven for Many
        693 13  -  Vacationers and the war weary both find kindness. By DANIELLA CHESLOW, DANIEL ESTRIN On the island of Lesbos, the rustic rhythms of Greek life rule. Sheep block traffic as they cross mountain roads. At a seaside tavern, diners nibble on fresh calamari
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        Lock icon A Kingdom of Relics and Deserts, All to Myself
        922 12  -  The birthplace of Islam does not cater to tourists. ESSAY BEN HUBBARD I reached the port of Jizan in southwestern Saudi Arabiajust in time to catch the speedboat. After buying my ticket and having my passport checked, I climbed into the
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        Lock icon Wild Colombia, Waves Included
        548 12  -  ESSAY MURRAY CARPENTER Though it attracts far fewer tourists than Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the wild, wet and mostly roadless Chocó region in the country’s Pacific northwest is well known to vacationing Colombians. They visit on summer weekends to watch humpback whales breaching near shore. Ecologists come
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        Lock icon Unplugging a Mighty River to Counter Climate Change
        823 11  -  Some say a great American dam defeats its purpose. By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN Abrahm Lustgarten is a reporter for the news site ProPublica. Wedged between Arizona and Utah, less than 32 kilometers upriver from the Grand Canyon, a soaring concrete wall blocks the
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        Lock icon Hearing Aids Get High-Tech Makeover
        603 11  -  By ANDREW POLLACK PHOENIX, Arizona At the Audiology Now! convention here this spring, visitors stood next to blowing electric fans to experience how a new hearing aid could screen out wind noise. They donned goggles to attend a virtual reality party to learn how new
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        Lock icon Smallest Porpoise Is Facing Extinction
        618 10  -  China’s appetite for one species threatens another one. By ELISABETH MALKIN MEXICO CITY The world’s smallest porpoise, the vaquita, is slipping closer to extinction despite the Mexican Navy’s efforts to protect it and its habitat from illegal fishing, experts have warned. Only about 60 of
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        Lock icon Cancer Victims Sue Baby Powder Maker
        749 10  -  By RONICARYN RABIN Deane Berg thought she was going to die, and she wanted to know why. She was 49, way too young, she thought, to have advanced cancer in her ovaries. As she scrolled through websites that listed possible causes of ovarian cancer,
        DAVID EGGEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  749 words
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        Lock icon Margaritaville: 1 Part Song, 1 Part Empire
        685 9  -  By BROOKS BARNES His newest project, a 17-story hotel near Miami, has three pools, a spa and eight restaurants, including an upscale steakhouse. Over near Orlando, work has started on his $800 million resort, which will include a water park and 1,200 homes
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        Lock icon Venture Capital Fund Lets the Crowd Manage It
        661 9  -  By NATHANIEL POPPER Olivier Stern, a 31-year-old French socialist, recently invested a third of his life savings —10,000 euros in a cryptocurrency start-up that may run into regulatory obstacles, yet might upend the mysterious world of virtual investing. The start-up, a sort
        PIERRE TERDJMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  661 words
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        Lock icon A Japanese Ice Cream Comes With an Apology
        710 8  -  The price of a kid’s treat rises, a rarity in Japan’s slump. By JONATHAN SOBLE TOKYO One of the most talk-ed-about television commercials in Japan this year advertises an unusual product: contrition. The ad shows workers and executives from an ice cream
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        Lock icon Swedes Try the Six-Hour Workday
        704 8  -  Utopian folly, or a way to motivate a work force? By LIZ ALDERMAN Christina Anderson contributed reporting. GOTHENBURG, Sweden Arturo Perez used to come home worn out from his job as a caregiver at the Svartedalens nursing home. Eight-hour stretches would leave him sapped, with
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        Lock icon French Labor Unions Arrive at a Crossroads
        734 6  -  By ALISSAJ. RUBIN Aurelien Breeden contributed reporting. PARIS Workers nearly everywhere are facing an onslaught of global pressures that seem only to gather with each passing decade. Those in France are no exception. Although unions retain a special significance here, their heyday in
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        Lock icon Robots Teach Tech Skills in Africa
        627 6  -  An emphasis is placed on skills that can have practical uses. By DIONNE SEARCEY DAKAR, Senegal One robot slammed into some blocks and nearly fell to the floor. Another sideswiped a wall. Yet another spun in circles. So when the robot built by students
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        Lock icon Justice Through Other Eyes
        601 5  -  A hungry man’s theft of food raises a divisive issue. ROBB TODD For comments, write to nytweekly@nytimes.com. What is a crime and what is not depends on how desperate you are. And where you live. A court in Italy recently sided with the “right to survival”
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        Lock icon Document Leaks Serve as an Inspiration
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        Lock icon Tears for Missing Women Stain a Remote Highway in Canada
        806 3  -  By DAN LEVIN SMITHERS, British Columbia Less than a year after her 15-year-old cousin vanished, Delphine Nikal, 16, was last seen hitchhiking from this isolated northern Canadian town on a spring morning in 1990. Ramona Wilson, 16, left home one
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        Lock icon Fleeing From Cuba to U.S., Via Boat and Providence
        726 3  -  By LIZETTE ALVAREZ MIAMI The sign from God and the Virgin Mary came near the end of their perilous, sun-scorched journey from Cuba to Florida: A dozen or so dolphins swam up to their homebuilt, overloaded sailboat, guiding them, they felt,
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        Lock icon Holidaying on Islands At Center of a Dispute
        461 2  -  A cruise with global tensions and patriotic events. By and JANE PERLEZ, YUFAN HUANG BEIJING Tropical islands in the South China Sea have become a major strategic headache between China and the United States. As tensions escalate over China’s construction of military
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        Lock icon China’s Middle-Class Anxieties
        969 2  -  INTELLIGENCE/ INTELLIGENCE/MURONG XUECUN MurongXuecun is an author whose latest novel to be published in English is “Dancing Through Red Dust.” This article was translated by The New York Times from the Chinese. Send comments to intelligence@nytimes.com. Hong Kong “How do you get your money out of China?
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      Lock icon The World’s Masterpieces Are Hidden In Storage
      1053 1  -  The rich stash millions of works to avoid taxes. By GRAHAM and By GRAHAM BOWLEY and DOREEN CARVAJAL The free port zone near the Geneva city center, a compound of warehouses, looks like the kind of place where beauty goes to die. But
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