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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp TUESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon China, US holding ‘unimpeded’ talks to return seized drone
    837 1 Navy has ‘responsibility’ to examine object before giving it back, says Chinese Foreign Ministry AGENCIES BEIJING —The Chinese and American militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of a United States underwater drone seized by a Chinese naval vessel in
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    Lock icon Accident on AYE leaves TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
    703 1  -  1 KILLED 4 SERIOUSLY INJURED 6 VEHICLES WRECKED KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE A bizarre accident caused by a silver Mercedes travelling at high speed against the flow of traffic along the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) during morning rush hour yesterday killed
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      156 1 ALL EYES ARE SET ON TRUMPTO KEEP THE MUSIC INDUSTRY— AND BY EXTENSION, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY— HUMMING COM M E NT&ANALYSIS 14 IMF chief Lagarde guilty of negligence HOT NEWS 8 HOT NEWS MUTED U.S. RESPONSE TO CHINA’S SEIZURE OFDRONE WORRIES ASIAN ALLIES 8 IBUYS" w SEASON’S SAVINGS 9PCS BK
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Crash victim was a media personality
      347 2  -  Jackie Liong appeared in several local films such as Code of Law and Point of Entry HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The 37-year-old man who died in the accident on the Ayer Rajah Expressway on Monday morning has
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      Lock icon Driverless minibus trial set to kick off at NTU
      697 4  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A self-driving minibus slated to hit the roads of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) by March next year may allow students to stop at canteens and other places, for example. If all goes well, the later part of
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      Lock icon Chinese state media accuses Trump of lacking in diplomacy
      692 6 AGENCIES BEIJING While China’s leaders have shown relative restraint as Mr Donald Trump continues to rattle relations between Beijing and Washington with his tweets, the Chinese state media has lashed out at the United States President-elect. The English-language version of the
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      Lock icon Muted US response to China’s seizure of drone worries Asian allies
      1009 8 Lack of strong reaction from Obama administration will embolden China analysts say THE NEWYORKTIMES BEIJING Only a day before a small Chinese boat sidled up to a United States Navy research vessel in waters off the Philippines and audaciously
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      Lock icon IMF chief Lagarde found guilty of negligence
      550 8 AGENCIES PARIS —Ms Christine Lagarde (picture), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was found guilty yesterday of criminal charges linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as France’s Finance Minister, a verdict that could force her out
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      Lock icon HOW YOUTHS THINK SINGAPORE IS FARING AT SG50
      42 10 DOING WELL Higher education Safety Basic education Health Connectivity ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Community Political engagement Housing Career progression Environment Family Leisure culture Basic income YOUTHS’ VIEWS ON CONTENTIOUS ISSUES SOURCE: ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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      Lock icon S’pore tops in infrastructure, but lacking in ‘kampung’ spirit: SG100 poll
      989 10 SINGAPORE —While Singapore has done well in areas such as basic education and safety, it can do better in catering to the personal aspirations of its people. This was the view of 244 student leaders surveyed at a forum
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Is Indonesia an oasis of economic stability?
      992 12  -  CONTINUED AMBIVALENCE TO PROTECTIONIST POLICIES MARI PANGESTU Mari Pangestu is a Senior Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, and was formerly Indonesia’s Minister of Trade and Tourism and the Creative Economy. EAST ASIA FORUM Despite major domestic and
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      How will Trump tackle intellectual property issues?
      969 14  -  HIS THREAT TO RIP UP TPP CAUSING CORPORATE ANXIETY SOHKAR LIANG Soh Kar Liang chairs the AsiaPacific, Africa and Middle East Subcommittee of the Legislation and Regulation Committee of the International Trademark Association. He is also the managing director of intellectual property boutique
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  • voices
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      US, China should resolve trade dispute decorously
      355 16  -  F ROM ALBERT NGYA KEN The exchange of rhetoric between the United States and China over the US’ refusal to recognise China as a “market economy” and its intent to take punitive measures against China are unproductive. US President-elect Donald Trump said: “China
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      Cost, not skills, may weigh more on the minds of firms
      130 16  -  FROM LIU RIJING The writer of “Displaced workers must retool to rejoin a changing workforce” (Dec 16) mentioned that retrenched workers find it hard to get rehired because of their salary expectations, and thus their skill set becomes obsolete.
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    • Article
      FAS can do more to tap connections to raise standards
      128 16  -  F ROM MARCUS TAN TUAN HIN Recently, FC Barcelona’s services were acquired to develop a football school in China. Likewise, our Football Association of Singapore (FAS) could tap its connections to lift our footballing standards (“Return to basics to make
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    • Article
      Motorists should get extra insurance cover for mishaps
      217 16  -  F ROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO Ensuring that our motorists exercise caution and obey traffic rules is necessary, given the many accidents on our roads, some resulting in death or serious injury. To this end, I support the call for long-time motorists to
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      Correction
      56 16 In the article “The man who landed the ‘best job in the world’” (Dec 17), we reported wrongly that other prizes from Carlsberg’s promotion include getting S$1 and S$5 off on your next purchase. The prizes include getting S$1 off your next bottle of Carlsberg and winning S$5 in
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      21 16 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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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon Inspired by mum, N-Level student to pursue studies in western culinary arts
      668 18  -  GREW FOCUSED AFTER COMPLETING INDUSTRY TRAINING FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Knowing that he was not book-smart and driven by his passion to be a chef, Nur Halif Abdullah Sani decided in 2012 that a vocational route was his
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      N-Levels passing rate goes up, more qualify for Secondary 5
      422 18  -  FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE Three in four Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students who took the GCE N-Level examination this year qualified to move on to Secondary 5, the highest number since 2010, and the overall passing rate for the examination went
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      Lock icon Bus driver who goes the extra mile awarded trip to UK
      473 19  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —For more than a decade, he has been a familiar face on bus service 106 which zips from Bukit Batok to the heart of the Central Business District so much so that bus driver Vijaya
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    • Article
      TOP PERFORMING EMPLOYEES REWARDED
      172 19  -  KENNETH CHENG From vacations and overseas learning trips to cash, vouchers and durians, transport operators here are rewarding their stellar bus drivers in various ways. Next year, SBS Transit plans to send about 10 of its top-performing employees, including bus captains, on an overseas learning trip
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon China declares pollution ‘red alert’
      199 20 Engulfed in choking smog, some northern Chinese cities limited the number of cars on roads and temporarily shut down factories yesterday to cut down pollution during a national “red alert”. More than 700 companies stopped production in Beijing and traffic police were restricting drivers by
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    • Article
      Lock icon Modi’s challenge to ‘triple talaq’ practice pitched at women
      811 20 PROPOSAL A TEST OF PM’S POPULARITY REUTERS DEOBAND (INDIA) –When Mr Narendra Modi stood before faithful followers in October, on a stage swathed in the saffron colours of his Hindu nationalist movement, the Indian leader made an unexpected overture. “It is
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      Lock icon Critics lament a lack of rules for China’s notorious ‘chengguan’ officers
      1274 21 Policymakers yet to set detailed laws to govern local enforcers as public resentment grows CAIXIN BEIJING —In April, an iconic statue of Ronald McDonald that was standing outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Guangzhou was torn down and taken away
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  • world
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      Lock icon Popularity of religious studies leaves Indonesia short of skilled professionals
      1211 22 JOKOWI’S INFRASTRUCTURE AMBITIONS IN PERIL THE NEW YORK TIMES JAK ARTA —Like many college students, Mr Abdul Hamid is not thinking too much about life after graduation. After all, Mr Hamid, 20, is only in his second year at Syarif
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  1,211 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia leads calls for regional action on Rohingya plight
      534 23 AGENCIES YANGON —Malaysia said yesterday the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was a regional concern, and called for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to coordinate humanitarian aid and investigate alleged atrocities committed against them. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah
      AGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  534 words
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      151 23 jcu.singapore.fanpage jcusingaporevideo it @jcu_singapore (s) jcusingapore www.jcu.edu.sg JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE 1 V Course Preview Graduate Certificate of Career Development and Master of Guidance and Counselling 10th January, Tuesday 7:00pm 9:00pm 1149 Sims Drive, S(*****0), Room A1-05 Equips you with the skills to become an Education and Career Guidance counsellor
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  • business
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      Lock icon S’pore bond market faces S$22 billion refinancing bill
      829 24 HEALTHY DEMAND EXPECTED, ALBEIT AT HIGHER YIELDS REUTERS SINGAPORE —Singapore dollar bonds worth S$22 billion are callable or due to mature next year, exposing issuers and investors to refinancing risks as borrowing costs rise in the United States, according to a report
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      Lock icon Ringgit dips to weakest versus US$ since 1998
      529 24 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR —The ringgit yesterday fell to its lowest level against the United States dollar since the Asian financial crisis in 1998, as investors continued to sell down emerging market assets while a crackdown introduced last month on currency speculators exacerbated
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  • technology
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      Lock icon BlackBerry switches gears to autonomous vehicles
      391 26 After giving up on smartphone market, firm now plans to develop tech for self-driving cars REUTERS OTTAWA Canada’s BlackBerry is opening an autonomous driving research centre, as it tries to make itself an indispensable under-the-hood piece of the automotive industry’s weaponry in the self-driving
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      33 26 18 March 2017, Saturday 5pm to 10pm Palawan Green, Sentosa Singapore's only Yoga Music festival! MW ?m G/IRETH prr?N/lNDjZ 1 ~pa*Gni!— ft n JOIN US NOW! <s> WWW. blissout.com.sg (eT) @BlissOutSG mediacorp.sg mediacorp
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  • sports
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      Lock icon FENCER FIGHTS OFF FLU, KNEE INJURY TO BRING HOME BRONZE
      753 27  -  National team-mate also wins bronze in female epee competition in Taipei SURPRISE MEDALS AT EPEE SATELLITE WORLD CUP TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Battling fever and flu, Singaporean fencer Lim Wei Wen did not expect to do well at the inaugural 2016
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      Lock icon FIFA NOT WORLD DOPING POLICE: INFANTINO
      367 27 AFP BERLIN Fifa president Gianni Infantino has ruled out taking the 2018 World Cup from Russia in the wake of the latest findings of the McLaren report. “Fifa is not the world police and certainly not the world doping police,” the head of world
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      Lock icon LOOKS LIKE ARSENAL’S ANNUAL EPL COLLAPSE HAS RETURNED
      1005 28 Wenger blasts congested fixture list but problem could lie with Sanchez, Ozil THE NEWYORKTIMES MANCHESTER It is late in coming, but it has at last arrived. According to English Premier League lore, there is one month more than any other in which
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      Lock icon KIATISUK LIKELY TO GET NEW CONTRACT AFTER SUZUKI CUP TRIUMPH
      367 28 THE BANGKOKPOST BANGKOK Thailand’s commendable comeback victory over Indonesia in Saturday night’s Suzuki Cup final is likely to result in a contract extension for national team coach Kiatisuk Senamuang. Kiatisuk’s contract with the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) as national
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      Lock icon SUAREZ HOPES MESSI STAYS ON AT BARCELONA
      599 29 AFP BARCELONA Barcelona striker Luis Suarez hopes team-mate Lionel Messi will follow his lead by signing a long-term contract to see out the remainder of his prime years at Camp Nou. Suarez celebrated a new five-year deal by scoring twice in a 4-1
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      Lock icon IT WAS A NICE BREAK, BUT I’M NOT RETIRING YET: FEDERER
      1344 30 17-time Grand Slam winner is hungry again and ready for comeback THE NEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK The Federer family has shared many a road trip, but in this unusually settled period, the patriarch and primary breadwinner has been fielding more
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      139 29 Register with a friend and both will enjoy 10%* discount "It takes a great effort, much study, the development of habits and a technique to bring to the stage the life of every human being. That is why we actors are obliged to engage in unflagging, systematic exercises and training.
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  • T TODAY .
    • culture & lifestyle
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        Lock icon STAR GIFTS
        1416 31  -  THE FINE ART OF LAST-MINUTE SHOPPING, ACCORDING TO LOCAL CELEBS MAYSEAHAND REENADEVI features@mediacorp.com.sg There is an unsettling feeling in the pit of your stomach, like when you have chugged a can of cream soda on a turbulent plane. No, it is not indigestion: It is the panic of
        PHOTOS: JON GRESHAM, JASON HO; PHOTOS: CHUA HONG YIN, JANICE KOH, CHARLENE SHEPHERDSON  -  1,416 words
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        Lock icon Who among Girl’s Day would be the first to perish on a desert island?
        537 31 The Korean girl group fields questions from inquisitive journalists CELEBRITY INTERVIEW SINGAPORE Korean stars, although almost always unfailingly polite, are not always the easiest people to interview. Take girl group Girl’s Day, for example. The four-member
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      Lock icon A life of glitz and glamour
      1070 34 Zsa Zsa Gabor, famous for her sense of style and her marriages, dies at 99 CELEBRITY OBITUARY NEW YORK TIMES new York Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian actress whose self-parodying glamour and revolving-door marriages to millionaires put a luster of American celebrity on a
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