Today, 11 February 2017

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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp SATURDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon CFE’s focus on strategy, not schemes, a sign of the times
    2387 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN AND VALERIE KOH tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg va leriekohsf@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —The Committee on the Future Economy’s report released on Thursday marks the third time in less than two decades where Singapore had assembled some of its brightest economic and
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    Lock icon CHINGAY CELEBRATION KICKS OFF
    72 1 Performers from the opening item ‘Crescent and Stars’ at this year’s Chingay main parade, held at the F1 pit building yesterday. This year’s parade involves 2,500 performers, comprising local and international acts. Chingay, which is Asia’s largest street performance and float parade, will be held again
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    Lock icon US will stick to One China policy, Trump tells Xi
    990 1 AGENCIES WA S H I N G T O N President Donald Trump has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he will respect the One China policy, a move that will ease tensions between the world powers. “The two leaders
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Hague court reveals Malaysia’s ‘new facts’ on Pedra Branca
      1004 2 Challenge originates from three documents recently found in UK’s national archive SINGAPORE —The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has released the full text of Malaysia’s application to challenge a 2008judgment to award sovereignty of Pedra Branca to Singapore, shedding new light
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      Lock icon Crime rates dip, but love scams see 65% spike
      598 3  -  New scam involving the impersonation of Chinese officials cheated victims ofS$23m ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s general crime rate fell last year, but online Romeos continued to net windfalls by duping people, with the number of cases rising 65
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      WOMAN SCAMMED BY FAKE ONLINE ROMEO
      306 3  -  ALFRED CHUA After befriending a man who appeared to be a Caucasian on Facebook and spending time communicating with him, Jenny (not her real name), who is in her 50s, fell head over heels with the person, who went by the name “J Carl”.
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      Lock icon ALLEGED KILLER TAKEN BACK TO THE CRIME SCENE
      135 4 Nearly two weeks after he was arrested for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife, former property agent Teo Ghim Heng was taken back to his Woodlands flat yesterday afternoon for a re-enactment of the crime. Cuffed at the wrists and ankles, the 41-year-old
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      Police camera footage helped solve over 1,600 cases
      411 4  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —More than 1,600 cases were solved last year with the help of footage from police cameras across the island, said the police yesterday as they gave details about the expansion of the programme. From now until 2019, cameras
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      Fewer babies born last year than in Singapore’s Golden Jubilee year
      347 4 SINGAPORE Fewer babies were born last year, after the previous year saw highest number of births in over a decade. A total of 33,161 Singaporeans babies were born last year, a shade under the 33,725 babies born in 2015.
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      Lock icon US scrambled to undo damage from Tsai’s call to Trump for creative
      520 5 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —The important but delayed call between the leaders of the two world powers would not have materialised without hard work behind the scenes. Relations between Washington and Beijing had been frozen since December, when then-Presi-dent-elect Donald
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      Lock icon BALI LANDSLIDE KILLS 12 IN THREE VILLAGES
      135 6 tomorrow. AGENCIES Twelve people, including three children, were killed in landslides across the Indonesian resort island of Bali, as torrential rain lashed the area, Indonesia’s disaster agency said yesterday.The landslides destroyed houses in three villages in Bali’s Kintamani district, on the slopes of
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      Lock icon Trump bid to reinstate travel ban fails again
      778 6 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —A federal appeals panel has unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to reinstate his ban on travel into the United States from seven largely Muslim nations, a rebuke of the administration’s claim that the courts have no role as a
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      TWO DECADE S OF REMAKING S’PORE’S ECONOMY
      447 8 1 ECONOMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE (2001-2003) In Dec 2001, then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced the formation of the Economic Review Committee (ERC) to address what he described as the most severe challenges affecting security, social cohesion, and jobs facing Singapore since its independence
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      Lock icon HUNDREDS OF WHALES DIE AFTER BEING STRANDED ON NEW ZEALAND BEACH
      101 9 Hundreds of pilot whales that swam into the shallow waters of a New Zealand bay died overnight after they got stuck in the waterway and got beached on the coastline. More than 500 rescuers tried to send the whales
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      Rail network hit by 3 disruptions in a day
      593 9  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Commuters were hit by three rail breakdowns at different parts of the island yesterday one on the North-South Line (NSL) and two on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines beginning from the morning till late in evening.
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      New jobs app offers real-time matches
      355 9  -  RUMIHARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When staff at the Katong eatery The Chop House asked for leave during the Chinese New Year period, restaurant manager Jack Taylor Yang found himself in a bind, as he always does during peak periods due to the manpower crunch in
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon HOPING FOR A WINDFALL
      92 10 Four people will be splitting S$12,001,648, after their numbers were picked in yesterday’s Toto Hong Bao draw. The winning numbers were 7, 29, 2,27, 24, 34 and the additional number was 21. Each winner will be taking back just slightly over S$3 million in earnings.Earlier in
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      Chutney Mary outlet at T2 to close for two weeks after selling ‘unclean’ food
      384 10 FOUR OTHER EATERIES ALSO SUSPENDED OVER VARIOUS OFFENCES SINGAPORE —A restaurant at Changi Airport Terminal 2 will be closed for two weeks starting next Monday after it was found to have sold unclean food. In a
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      Cat found behind hospital in Yishun killed by dogs: AVA
      249 10 SINGAPORE —Animal abuse has been ruled out as the cause of death for one of the cats found in Yishun on Thursday, with the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) saying that closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showed the feline had
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    • news
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        Police looking into allegedly inappropriate comments made by officer
        339 11  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The police are looking into allegations of inappropriate comments made by one of their female officers while attending to a complaint relating to an alleged molest case, as they revealed that an arrest had been made over
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        Nurse upset by defence’s questions about intimate messages to attacker
        630 11  -  hearing.FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —Emotions ran high in the attempted murder trial of healthcare assistant Varadharajan Mahadevan Mahadevan yesterday, when questioning by the defence lawyer provoked an outburst from the victim on the witness stand. The defence lawyer was trying to
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        Lock icon St Margaret’s School celebrates 175th anniversary
        282 11  -  JEONG HONGBIN SINGAPORE —St Margaret’s School, the oldest girls’ school in Singapore, celebrated its 175th anniversary yesterday with the reopening of its heritage gallery and to complete a record-break-ing feat witnessed by representatives from the Singapore Book of Records. The school’s students and staff
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        Auction of art, ESM’s personal items to raise funds for TODAY charity
        414 12 SINGAPORE —Special-needs artists will auction off their artworks as part of a fund-raising dinner to be held for the TODAY Enable Fund. The four original artworks and three colour-accent-ed prints by six autistic artists feature nature, animals and
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        Lock icon New campaign focuses on greater acceptance for people with disabilities
        685 12  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Hit by a bus while on a business trip in Paris in 2011, Mr Rajan Raju was paralysed from the neck down. But the corporate high-flier who has regained much of his mobility and even attempted
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    • sports
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        Lock icon SLA eases restrictions on Hyfa’s youth academy pitch usage
        871 14  -  MattarRoadfacility can now extend operations by two hours on weeknights and use 11-a-side pitches for weekends NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg the survey. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TEOTENGKIAT SINGAPORE —The restrictions imposed on the Home United Youth Football Academy (Hyfa) have been eased, as
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        No change in Hyfa rent despite new operating rules
        326 14  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE —There will be no change in how much rent Home United Football Club (HUFC) has to pay for its Home United Youth Football Academy (Hyfa) despite the new operating hours and guidelines imposed on the training facility, TODAY
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        Lock icon More dialects added to hit Hokkien drama
        1100 15  -  Cast of Eat Already 2 will also speak in Cantonese, Teochew HONJINGYI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Hit dialect drama Eat Already? will return for a second season on Feb 24 with a bigger cast, more dialects and new themes. In addition to Hokkien, the second
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      86 12 ENABLE FUND Support the TODAY Enable Fund for the special-needs community. Find out more via www.todayonline. com/enable TURN YOUR MILES INTO MONEY DRIVE WITH UBER AND EARN BIG Be Your Own Boss Drive whenever, wherever Up to $3,000 in incentives When you use your own car with Uber No Car?
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon What the CFE report left unsaid is critical to future success
      1034 16  -  DETAILS, COMPLEXITY CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT ADRIAN WJKUAH AND HAWYEE AUYONG Adrian W J Kuah is senior research fellow and Hawyee Auyong is research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. They both work on the Future Ready
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      Lock icon Why ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ is the wrong phrase
      1322 17  -  REAL PROBLEMS ARE ENEMY DOCTRINES AND IDEOLOGIES, NOT RELIGION KUMAR RAMAKRISHNA Kumar Ramakrishna is associate professor, head of Policy Studies and coordinator of the National Security Studies Programme in the office of the executive deputy chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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      42 16 The global economy is weakening, and Singapore could be hard hit. And Singapore is not in the same category as countries that have the domestic resources to stay comfortably afloat, or in a commanding position to negotiate better trade terms. VOICES 18
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      Reskilling before finding a new job is risky
      304 18  -  F ROM FOO LI MING I refer to the report “SkillsFuture to focus on reaching out to more Singaporeans this year” (Feb 6), on how SkillsFuture Singapore is trying to help individuals reskill and find new jobs. I do agree to a
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      Consider top-ups for SkillsFuture Credit
      156 18  -  F ROM CHIN KEE THOU Last year, I attended a digital photography course for beginners at LaSalle College of the Arts at the cost of S$490 and used my SkillsFuture Credit. I intend to sign up for the next level of the course that costs
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      Allow use of CPF savings for postgraduate degree studies
      135 18  -  F ROM TAN CHI WEI I earned my master’s degree almost a decade ago and would like to pursue another postgraduate degree at the same level to complement my existing qualification, so as to take my career in a slightly different
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      Water price hike could weaken Singapore’s position
      249 18  -  FROM PREM SINGH I refer to the report “Govt will ensure ‘higher water prices do not hurt Singapore’s competitiveness” (Feb 9). Perhaps there is a case for increasing water prices, but I am concerned about the timing of such increases. The global economy
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      34 19 All you need to know about Eat List Star Toggle.sg/EATLISTSTAR Sundays, 930pm on Channel 5 Premieres 5 February 2017 Catch up on episodes you missed and other exclusive videos. @eatliststar @mediacorpch5 OFFICIAL RADIO STATION
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  • world
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      Lock icon US, Chinese military planes in ‘unsafe’ encounter over South China Sea
      429 20 U.S. NAVY BELIEVES INCIDENT WAS UNINTENTIONAL REUTERS WASHINGTON —A United States Navy P-3 plane and a Chinese military aircraft came close to each other over the South China Sea in an incident the Navy believes was inadvertent, a US
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      Lock icon Chaotic scenes as blaze in Hong Kong train injures 11
      488 20 AGENCIES HONG KONG Panic struck evening rush-hour commuters on Hong Kong’s subway system yesterday after a fire broke out in a passenger cabin, injuring at least 11 people after a man reportedly tried to hurl a petrol bomb. Initial information
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      Lock icon Indonesia, S’pore bring maritime treaty into force
      511 21  -  BEN HO ben.ho@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Indonesia and Singapore have brought into force a landmark maritime boundary treaty, and jointly announced that the two nations would celebrate the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations this year. At a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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      Lock icon Jakarta will ‘spare no effort’ in uniting Asean: Indonesian foreign minister
      626 21  -  BEN HO, WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE Indonesia’s foreign policy under President Joko Widodo has been one of activism despite some observers suggesting when he first took power that the leader would be more inward looking, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno
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        Lock icon Collapsing Liverpool must reboot or risk a Spurs beating
        1099 26 THE REDS HAVE BEEN FLAT, PREDICTABLE, MENTALLY SLUGGISH Played 10, won 1, drawn 4, lost 5. If Liverpool could rewind the clock and start 2017 all over again, they wouldjump at the chance. It has been a horrendous start to the
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        BIG-MATCH PREDICTIONS
        222 26 Arsenal vs Hull City (Tonight, Singtel Ch102 StarHub Ch227; 8.30pm) Arsenal fans are disenchanted by recent performances and bitterly divided over Arsene Wenger’s future, so expect plenty of empty seats in protest, amid an uneasy atmosphere at Emirates Stadium. Tactically, fast-improving Hull will try and frustrate an already
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  • INSIDE ASIA
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      Lock icon EYE ON ASIA
      72 22 Dressed for success An ethnic Miao man clad in the costume of a ‘Manggao’, a legendary creature in the Miao culture, chasing local residents as he attempts to smear black ash on their faces during a local event to celebrate Chinese New Year in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang
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      Lock icon In Yangon, upfront rents stretch tenants, small businesses
      738 22 THE MYANMARTIMES YANGON As rents in the commercial capital rise, the illegal but common practice of landlords demanding six months’ or even a year’s rent upfront is stretching Yangon’s residential and business tenants to breaking point. Mr Soe Win Maung runs a
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      Lock icon Persecution prevails despite official end to China’s one-child policy
      991 22 SOME PROVINCES IMPOSE ‘SOCIAL MAINTENANCE FEE’ CAIXIN ONLINE BEIJING —On the first day of this Chinese New Year, a shop owner in Zhejiang province found an enforcement notice posted on his front door that ordered his family to pay an overdue
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      Lock icon Japan opens door to foreign maids, but protection, cost remain issues
      759 23  -  KYODO YOKOHAMA —The door has opened for the first foreign housekeepers to be hired under a government policy to support professional women wanting to re-enter the workforce after having children. The domestic workers begin training this month in Kanagawa
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      QUOTE OF THE WEEK
      134 24 I hope he will stay in DAP a little bit longer. The problem is that in this country, we have a race of frogs. These frogs, they like to hop here, hop there and when I try to catch one, they’ve... hopped somewhere else. Former Malaysian
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      Lock icon SBY trolled on Twitter after posting complaints
      392 24 JAKARTAGLOBE JAKARTA —Former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s habit of taking his grievances to Twitter backfired this week when Indonesians roundly mocked his recent self-pitying tweets. Mr Yudhoyono took to Twitter to complain that his house in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, was stormed
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      Lock icon India turns to tech in bid to improve rail safety
      697 24 FINANCIAL TIMES DELHI —India is phasing out the daily track inspections conducted by an army of 125,000 engineers across its vast colonial-era railway network, as ministers attempt to put an end to the blight of deadly derailments. A plan to
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      NEXT WEEK ONE THING TO LOOK OUT FOR
      79 25 Feb 15 Jakarta will hold its gubernatorial election, in which incumbent Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (picture), also known as Ahok, will seek re-election. Mr Purnama is Jakarta’s first ethnic Chinese and Christian Governor. His main rival is Mr Agus Yudhoyono, son of
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s school complaint box plan raises fears of abuse
      478 25 THE MALAYMAILONLINE KUALA LUMPUR —A plan by Malaysia’s Education Ministry to introduce complaint boxes in schools to encourage students to anonymously report misbehaviour by peers might end up creating an environment of suspicion and backstabbing, parent groups said. Malacca Action Group
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      961 27 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM There Was A Time (HD) C 6.30 On The Red Dot It Takes A Village: Singapore Boys’ Home(CC) (HD) 7.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) (PG) 8.00 Food For Thought (HD) 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune XXXIII (HD) (CC) 9.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 10.00
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      292 27 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. TOGGLE SPORTS… Watch LIVE Premier League matches PAID MANCHESTER UNITED VS WATFORD Watford travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United, whom they beat in a
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      656 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Two Greedy Italians II 7.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) 8.00 Food For Thought (HD) 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune XXXIII (HD) (CC) 9.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 10.00 This Is Opera (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIII (HD) 11.45 Just For Laughs Gags
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      616 28 4.15 The Glittering Days (PG) E CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 8.00AM Home Shopping 10.00 Sing My Song II C 11.30 King Of The Kitchens NOON The Unusual City 12.30PM Innocence Lost II (CC) E, C 1.30 Healthy U (CC) E 2.00 Secret Singapore (CC) C 2.30 Big Food (CC) C 3.00 Marriage,
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