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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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    PCF infant care assistant, 22, detained for IS activities
    1285 1  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A 22-year-old infant care assistant who wanted to be an Islamic State (IS) “martyr’s widow” has become the first female to be detained in Singapore for becoming radicalised, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) yesterday.
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      36 1 MORE REPORTS Report individuals at risk of radicalisation early, MHA urges 6 TH E DAI LY BRI E F China, S’pore to boost collaboration on Belt and Road Initiative in 3 key areas HOT NEWS 2
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      11 1 Working with authorities can save loved ones: Mufti tells Muslims 6
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      34 1 ‘No threat to children under radicalised woman’s care’ 8 All Singaporeans must stand together, or terrorists will win: Grace Fu 8 Conservative MPs come out to defend embattled British PM May HOT NEWS 10
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      Lock icon S’pore, China to strengthen BRI cooperation in three areas
      643 2 NO FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGIC DISAGREEMENTS WITH BEIJING: VIVIAN AGENCIES BEIJING —China and Singapore yesterday pledged to strengthen cooperation on trade and regional infrastructure projects, including those under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), where both sides will work together to improve connectivity
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      Up to 72 National Dental Centre patients treated with partially sterilised instruments
      564 2  -  NEOCHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Up to 72 patients at the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS) received treatment with instruments that were not fully sterilised, the centre said yesterday in response to media queries. The instruments such as probes,
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      Report individuals at risk of radicalisation early, MHA urges
      640 6 Proper guidance and counselling can steer people away from misguided paths SINGAPORE —Reiterating its call for family and friends to report radicalised individuals, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari “could have potentially been turned
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      Working with authorities can save loved ones: Mufti tells Muslims
      814 6  -  ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JOEY CHUAXUE TING SING A PORE —Saying he was deeply troubled by news of the first-ever detention of a Singaporean woman for radicalism, Dr Fatris Bakaram, the Mufti of Singapore yesterday urged the Muslim community to take
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      All S’poreans must stand together, or terrorists will win: Grace Fu
      422 8  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singaporeans must stand united amid “challenging times”, said Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu yesterday, following news of the detention of infant care assistant Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari for radicalisation. Noting Muslims
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      Lock icon ‘No threat to children under radicalised woman’s care’
      649 8  -  SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The children who were previously under the care of Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari are “safe and well cared for”, said the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) yesterday. The assurance came following a visit by the agency to the
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      Lock icon Senior Cabinet members stand by embattled May
      846 10 AGENCIES LONDON —Several senior members of Mrs Theresa May’s Cabinet came out to defend the embattled Prime Minister yesterday amid doubts about whether she will remain in power after last week’s disastrous election, which saw her party’s majority wiped out in Parliament. Mrs
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      Lock icon Philippines falls short on promise to free Marawi as it marks independence day
      632 10 AGENCIES MAR AWI —Bomb blasts rocked Marawi City in the southern Philippines yesterday as the national flag was raised to mark independence day, almost three weeks after hundreds of Islamist militants overran the town and hunkered down
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon Vulnerable groups do not feel socially included: Survey
      803 12  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Many people with disabilities and those recovering from mental health conditions had cited the lack of social inclusion as a top concern, a National Council of Social Service (NCSS) study showed. This first large-scale study on the
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        Lock icon SingPost unveils SmartPost initiative to improve service
        449 17 SINGAPORE —Singapore Post (SingPost) customers can look forward to better service quality after the postal and logistics services provider yesterday unveiled SmartPost what it calls a transformational initiative at the leading edge of harnessing wireless and digital technologies. SmartPost is an integrated suite
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        PropNex, DWG join forces to form S’pore’s largest property agency
        611 18  -  RUMIHARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two homegrown property brokerage firms PropNex Realty and Dennis Wee Group (DWG) are merging to create Singapore’s largest real estate agency with a combined salesforce of about 7,000 people. PropNex and DWG announced the merger yesterday. Both
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        Lock icon Tourist surge boosts April’s non-auto retail sales by 4.9%
        571 18 SINGAPORE Retail sales expanded in April from the same period last year as discretionary spending increased amid a surge in visitor arrivals in the first quarter. Data from the Department of Statistics yesterday showed that excluding vehicles, retail sales rose 4.9
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      S’pore, China can work together to add value to BRI
      1658 20  -  Singapore and Beijing can cooperate to add value to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which the Republic strongly supports, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan in an interview with China Daily published yesterday. Below is an excerpt from
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      Lock icon How climate change disrupts our sleep
      876 22  -  UNUSUALLY WARM NIGHTS LINKED TO POOR SLUMRER: RESEARCH ANJANAAHUJA Anjana Ahuja is a contributing writer on science for the Financial Times. FINANCIAL TIMES While the consequences of climate change on the planet are well established, its effects on health are less well understood. Death
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      36 20 Death rates rise during heatwaves, especially among the elderly, who find it harder to regulate their body temperature, and now scientists believe that the quality of our sleep may suffer as the planet warms.ANJANA AHUJA 22
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      Academics, mind your social media comments
      226 23  -  FROM TAN CHOON HUAT I am discomfited that within a short span, two academics had used social media to express views that were shown to be erroneous and misleading. The first, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy associate dean Donald Low, misconstrued the
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      Lawyers are keeping up with the times
      352 23  -  FROM GLORIA JAMES-CIVETTA I am perturbed by the letter “Make legal services more accessible and affordable to clients” (June 7), and write in defence of lawyers. As we do owe a duty of care to clients and the court, we discharge it honourably.
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      Civil Service must meet aspirations of the new generation
      161 23  -  FROM ALBERT NGYA KEN In the age of the Internet and the digital economy, the Civil Service should act and react fast (Civil servants should not wait for feedback before acting; May 23). Civil servants must be given space to voice
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      Shared responsibility needed in maid employment contracts
      170 23  -  FROM TOH SHU FANG It is important to allow employers and maids to exercise their right to terminate their contract. Yet, irrespective of who ends it, the employer ends up paying for the air ticket or incurring costs in getting a replacement. The
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      Lock icon Malaysian IS militant killed in clashes with Iraqi forces, Zahid confirms
      488 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia confirmed yesterday that Malaysian Islamic State (IS) fighter Mohd Nizam Ariffin was killed in clashes with security forces in Iraq. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the militant, also known as Abu Afghan, was
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      Lock icon Grab tests helicopter service in Jakarta
      373 24 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian executives weary of Jakarta’s notorious traffic jams may in future be able to order a helicopter ride with their smartphones through a new service being considered by ride-hailing firm Grab. The South-east Asian company conducted a trial run of GrabHeli on
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        Lock icon For Britain, political stability is a quaint relic
        1444 25 The country is becoming increasingly confusing and unpredictable to allies itself THE NEWYORK TIMES LONDON —In little more than two years, Britain has had two general elections and a nationwide referendum. Each time, the politicians, pollsters, betting markets, political scientists and commentators
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        Lock icon US uneasy as South Korea tilts towards China
        829 26 FINANCIAL TIMES SEOUL When Mr Moon Jae-in became South Korean president last month, many feared the former human rights lawyer would shake up the nation’s foreign policies at the expense of its long-standing alliance with the United States. Those concerns gained ground
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        Lock icon President Moon urges lawmakers to approve job-creating budget
        576 26 REUTERS SEOUL —South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday unemployment was “very serious”, and it could turn into a national catastrophe unless addressed, and urged Parliament to pass a proposed extra budget to put more people to work. “If we leave our
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        Lock icon Sarawak pulls out of Malaysia Tourism Board after tax row
        634 27 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Sarawak yesterday removed its representative from the Malaysian Tourism Board with immediate effect, as the tiff between the Borneo state and Putrajaya over the introduction of a new tourism tax escalated. “The Sarawak state government has
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