Today, 19 December 2016

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  • 519 1 (2nd Edition)  -  BUS TRAVEL MADE EASIER TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With the opening of the Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange yesterday, commuters can now experience what the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has planned for bus interchanges and integrated transport hubs of the future. The interchange
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  • 55 1 (2nd Edition) Operations executive Veluchamy Muniapparaj, 30, from India performing the Karagattam (a traditional dance) as audience members cheer at the 'Our Migrant Workers Got Talent 2!' show, organised by the Migrant Workers' Centre, on International Migrants Day yesterday. Mr Veluchamy went on to win first prize in
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  • 1252 1 (2nd Edition)  -  WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY BEN HO AGENCIES SINGAPORE —American President-elect Donald Trump has taken to social media to hit back at Beijing even after it promised to return an underwater drone seized from an American navy vessel operating in the disputed South
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  • hot news
    • 795 2 (2nd Edition)  -  ELDERLY MORE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT DEATH SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —For more than two decades, 83-year-old Ho Kwai Yeng did not dare to ask people for help even though she was worried about having enough money to pay for her
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    • 795 2  -  ELDERLY MORE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT DEATH SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —For more than two decades, 83-year-old Ho Kwai Yeng did not dare to ask people for help even though she was worried about having enough money to pay for her
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    • 1633 4  -  FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —Kids burst into tears when Mr Johnny Goh stepped into the classroom, and if his first week as a pre-school teacher could not get any worse, a girl vomited all over him. The former
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    • 333 6 About 800jobs will be created every year till 2020 for PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and technicians). Openings available include educarer, pre-school teacher and centre leader/ principal. Salary ranges from S$1,300 to over S$6,000. SOME JOB OPTIONS Pre-school Teacher Salary: S$2,000 to S$4,000 Job description: Undertake the
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    • 171 4 EARLY CHILDHOOD SECTOR Amid the slowing economy and uncertain job market, many Singaporeans have said they are unsure of where to start looking for opportunities in several growth industries. To that end, TODAY has launched an eight-part weekly series that looks at the openings available, the
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    • 581 8 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Four million residents in the Klang Valley will be without water for five days starting today due to repairs at an electrical substation, leading many of them to question whether the works could be postponed
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    • 230 7 Bring joy to your world with the incredible iPhone 7 on Mi’s new Upsized Data options /A 4' >r V v, v V' i iPhone Designee by Aooc in Ca'fomia Asscino cfl in China Moce: A1784 FCC ID: BCC-E3092A C 579C-E3092A Send with effect :vte£, 'H'/ c < yW '.'."'T.
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    • 75 9 BELINDA LEE BEN YEO PAIGE CHUA TAY PING HUI CHEN HAN WEI AILEEN TAN BRYAN WONG 12 15 January 2017 Suntec Singapore Level 3 4 Ticketing details at MORE THAN 20 AUTOMOBILE BRANDS AND ACCESSORIES DEBUTS, LAUNCHES AND DISPLAYS OF PASSENGER CARS, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES SPECIAL PROMOTIONS AND PACKAGES
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  • comment & analysis
    • 906 10  -  JOB LOSS THE MOST WORRYING CONSEQUENCE TAN TECK BOON Tan Teck Boon is a research fellow with the National Security Studies Programme in the Office of the Executive Deputy Chairman, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Amazon recently announced that it
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    • 1797 11  -  INTERNET FIRM KEEPING PEOPLE GLUED TO THEIR PHONES LOUISE LUCAS Louise Lucas is Asia technology correspondent for Financial Times. FINANCIAL TIMES Xu Ye is a thoroughly modern metropolitan millennial. She reads science and cultural articles on the way in to work, takes and dispatches
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 57 10 TOTO Estimated Group 1 Prize $4 Million Draw on Mon, 19 Dec 2016 at 6.30pm SINGAPORE First Prize: $2.3 Million SWEEP Next Draw: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 Draw venue:Singapore Pools Building (210 Middle Road) For details, visit singaporepools.com PLAY RESPONSIBLY Stay Legal. I National Problem Gambling Bet With Care. I
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    • 55 11 THE WEST END AND DROADWAY SMASH HIT I THE SEXIEST MOST SENSATIONAL MUSICAL’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘THE MOST EXCITING MUSICAL OF ITS GENERATION’ -THETIMES, UK ft m i V IS 1 r m i a il 0 •"••g f THE MUSICAL OPENS 8 FED MASTERCARD THEATRES i T MARINA BAY SANDS
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  • voices
    • 381 13  -  FROM MANORAJ RAJATHURAI I refer to the report “Oil prices soar on global producer deal to cut crude output” (Dec 13). Analysts are of the opinion that oil prices will probably reach close to US$60 (S$87) a barrel soon, which would be something
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    • 142 13  -  FROM GAN KOK TIONG The trial displaying real-time data on buses will help commuters already on their journey to plan ahead of their ultimate destination, provided the data are accurate (“Trial to test display of more real-time data on buses: LTA”; Dec 9). But
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    • 352 13  -  FROM LEETECKCHUAN I refer to the letter “Everyone, not just the Govt, is responsible for raising innovation levels” (Dec 12). Perhaps circumstances forced our forefathers to be entrepreneurial when they came to this land. But how have we lost these instincts? From a
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    • 286 13  -  FROM SHIVANIEKKANATH Tax revenue is crucial to safeguarding the macroeconomy, and Singapore has gained in this area as discussed in the report “S’pore fifth worst tax haven in the world: Oxfam” (Dec 13). Singapore should be proud of this “statistic”, for it is a
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    • 22 13 ENABLE FUND Give a gift to those with disabilities this festive season. Go to todayonline.com/ enable to find out how you can.
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    • 37 13 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER FAKE NEWS A MALAISE THAT NEEDS ADDRESSING Visit todayonline.com/voices or download the TODAY app for the letter from Phillip Tan Fong Lip
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  • singapore
    • 571 14  -  COUNSELLING, MEDIATION SERVICES TO BE OFFERED VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Support for foreign workers looks set to grow, with the Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) to launch its own shelter and the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) to set up its second mobile
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    • 409 14  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE —While at the supermarket, Mdm Goh Bong Yeo, 83, often receives compliments for her shopping trolley made from recycled drink cartons. It took her two to three months to collect, wash and cut up around 100 empty cartons, which she then
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    • 468 15  -  TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With 10 children to feed and a pay packet of about S$1,600, security officer Norjohan Buniran, 42, must think twice about buying a school bag for each of his schoolgoing children. So yesterday was
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    • 149 15 After taking part in TODAY Shop To Win for many years, Mr Ong Kok Keng (left) has finally won. The 47-year-old manager said: “I have seen the contest evolve over the years and I used to envy the winners who were featured in the newspaper.” Mr
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    • 119 17 Show V. our x nr i H rss w ro s 0 Scan for more details Do you know a neighbour with a big heart whom you can always count on? Or one who goes the extra mile to make a newcomer feel right at home? Don't miss this chance
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  • world
    • 2343 18 IDEA OF UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME GAINING TRACTION THE NEWYORK TIMES OULU (FINLAND) —No one would confuse this frigid corner of northern Finland with Silicon Valley. Notched in low pine forests just 161km below the Arctic Circle, Oulu seems more likely to achieve dominance
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  • business
    • 893 20  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg As Christmas and New Year roll around, it is easy to get caught up in buying presents, attending Christmas lunches and a lot more. When the bills come in January, however, they may
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    • 440 20  -  TEA LEAVES BRYAN LUM Bryan Lum is strategist at Phillip Futures. A Trump victory on Nov 8 was unexpected. The market reaction that followed has been a greater surprise still. While investors warned that a Republican Party win would
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    • 947 21  -  Co-founder of local sushi chain Maki-San looking to take business overseas and expanding its make-your-own concept to include other food types ANGELATENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Mr Omar Marks, the cofounder of make-your-own sushi chain Maki-San, is the most unlikely person to
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    • 472 21 FINANCIAL TIMES SINGAPORE —Bank of Singapore is considering setting up a private bank in the United Kingdom, its CEO Bahren Shaari told Financial Times, because costs there have fallen thanks to the pound’s sharp drop since Britain voted to leave
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  • technology
    • 355 22 A new version of the six-second video app will still allow users to record share and save clips THE NEWYORK TIMES NEW YORK Vine has died. Vine has risen again. Fans of Vine, the sixsecond video app owned by Twitter, were writing their eulogies
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  • sports
    • 811 24  -  Lions skipper Shahril Ishak believes this will lead to higher playing standards ASEAN NEIGHBOURS ‘REAPED BENEFITS OF STRONG LOCAL LEAGUE’ NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Lions’ failure to advance to the knockout stages of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championships for the
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    • 209 24  -  NOAHTAN A new rooftop sports and recreation venue, the Skypark Arena Rooftop Sports Hub, was officially opened yesterday afternoon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by national football captain Shahril Ishak. The facility, which measures a total of 27m by
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    • 1291 25  -  WHY WE RUN NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When he was just 13, Goh Chang Teck was diagnosed by doctors with stage 1 mycosis fungoides and pityriasis lichenoides, which are two forms of skin cancer. Characterised by red patches, sores, rashes and scaly
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    • 419 26  -  12 players chosen for nine-day training camp at Valencia GloVal Academy NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —They impressed over the course of the year with their good conduct, attitude, discipline and achievements in football. As a reward, 12 local student-ath-letes were chosen to
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  • T TODAY
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      1193 27  -  IN A COOKING COMPETITION BETWEEN DESMOND TAN, ZHANG ZHEN HUAN AND ROMEO TAN, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO PUSH ONWARDS TO VICTORY? MAYSEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Mediacorp actors Desmond Tan, Zhang Zhen Huan and Romeo Tan may be pitted against one another in The Celebrity Cookoff, a Facebook
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    • 1122 27  -  How to get your children away from gadgets and enjoy the holiday season in other ways PARENTING COLUMN BALVINDERSANDHU SINGAPORE —It is a common sight these days. The tableaux of families sitting together at the dining table are disrupted by children and sometimes, even the parents themselves
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 30 28 sudokuplus DIFFICULTY LEVEL HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 978 29 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIII (HD) 7.00 First Look Asia (HD) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VII (HD) 9.40 Just For Laughs Gags XV (HD) 10.00 Euromaxx (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIV (HD) (PG) NOON Chuck’s Day Off
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