Today, 17 July 2017

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  • 16 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY mediacorp MONDAY, 17 JULY 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017 HOT NEWS 5
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  • 72 1 Mr Tan Chee Kiang, 69, nephew of the original owner of House 63C (picture) on Pulau Ubin, looking at his childhood home, which now stands in disrepair. The kampung house is one of at least five on the island that will be restored
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  • 866 1  -  TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A nationwide survey has found that parents’ idea of a good school is one where teachers care about their students’ social-emo-tional development and that places an emphasis on character-building and discipline. This was the
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    • 108 1 TH E DAI LY BRI E F HK needs to find role in BRI to stay viable, say experts WORLD NEWS 29 iv’s y-W Vk. Ju. 95gP!!«jBg inPlECES IUtenders each CHICK H SHARE S«s/ ■.i> rite 4 V ECE5 GGETS 5 PIECES CHICKEN Limited time offer. While stocks last. 5
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    • 16 1 S’pore youth footballer, 16, inks two-year contract with Fulham SI NGAPORE SPORTS 15 SI NGAPORE 10
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    • 25 1 ‘I won’t feel so left out’: Stateless girl who is now S’poreanSI NGAPORE NEWS 11 HALIMAH YACOB THINKING OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HOT NEWS 5
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  • hot news
    • 501 2  -  Most parents also agree that primary school curriculum should be more manageable TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE High-stakes exams, such as the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), are still viewed by a majority of parents as a “necessary checkpoint” for their child’s learning progress
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    • 550 4  -  LOUISA TANG SINGAPORE Mario Low Ke Wei (picture) was an adventurous, jovial individual who loved to fish, and had recently moved to Sydney for work. The 29-year-old, who was killed in an accident on Saturday during a tandem skydive in
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    • 631 5  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob said yesterday for the first time that she is considering throwing her hat in the ring in the coming presidential race but will have to consult her family members and colleagues first. “I’ve
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    • 1113 6  -  Experts, community leaders say its definition should be ‘inclusive, not too narrow’ FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E The issue of whether a presidential hopeful is “Malay enough” to contest in the coming Presidential Election reserved for
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    • 609 7 AGENCIES JAKARTA Encrypted messaging service Telegram will shut down “ter-rorist-related” public channels, its founder said yesterday, after Indonesia’s government limited access to the app and threatened a total ban, citing security concerns. Mr Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app, said on Telegram
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    • 944 8 Chongqing commun ist party chief now replaced by rising star close to leader Xi Jinping OFFICIAL SUSPECTED OF ‘SERIOUS DISCIPLINE VIOLATIONS’ AGENCIES BEIJING A senior Chinese official who was considered as a contender for top leadership is being investigated, according to Reuters’ sources with
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    • 198 6 > Ethan Lim Vice President, Internal Audit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Usha Chandradas Lawyer Owen Hawkes Partner, Forensic KPMG in Singapore School of Accountancy Master of Professional Accounting Opens Up a World of Opportunity For ten years and counting, SMU’s Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) has been attracting top executives
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  • singapore
    • 565 9  -  6,000 young people will get to volunteer around Asia as of next year, up from 4,000 now KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Young people looking to serve the regional community in specialised areas such as technology, entrepreneurship and the environment will have a
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    • 638 9  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —It is an occurrence that has left many Singaporeans feeling washed out... you are around the corner from the MRT station when it starts pouring, and you get drenched. Now, a group of students has come up with
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    • news
      • 575 10  -  LOUISA TANG louisa.tang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Restored kampung houses, a comprehensive survey of biodiversity and a revamped nature gallery. These will soon grace or are already enhancing Pulau Ubin. At least five disused kampung houses on the island will be restored to
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      • 699 10  -  TOHEEMING SINGAPORE A team of deaf bowlers flew off last Friday to Samsun, Turkey, for the 23rd Summer Deaflympics 2017 hoping to bring home Singapore’s first medal from the event. Held every four years, the Deaflympics are organised by the International
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      • 644 11  -  WONG PEI TING wongpeiting@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While her classmates were worrying about their impending Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), Cindy Lim Geok Lian was fretting over whether her mother could pay the monthly rental for their room and her school fees. But all these worries
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    • business
      • 995 14  -  ON THE MONEY AWCHOONHUI today@mediacorp.com.sg Aw Choon Hui is the deputy CEO of GYC Financial Advisory, a licensed financial adviser and registered fund management company. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, was recently in the news, reporting a declining annualised rate of return for
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      • 440 14  -  TEA LEAVES YIN THU TUN Yin Thu Tun is a dealer for Phillip Futures. The year so far has been full of surprises. Geopolitical events in the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union, as well as the two rate hikes by
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    • sports
      • 631 15  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Like many young players around the world, his dream is to play in the English Premier League (EPL). Last Tuesday, national youth player Ben Davis took a huge step towards realising his ambition, by officially signing a two-year
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    • lifestyle
      • 1031 16  -  Children with the condition have to deal with more than just educational issues, say experts PARENTING MATTERS BALVINDER SANDHU features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Dyslexia used to be typically associated with educational problems in children, but it was recently revealed that the condition could also lead to various social and
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  • Learning Minds {SPECIAL}
    • 944 17  -  Top tips that will help any student achieve future career success BY LEONARD LAI BY LEONARDLAI Nanyang Technological University Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) deputy provost for Education Kam Chan Hin calls it an integral part of NTU’s holistic education and a proven way for its
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    • 416 18 Indigo Group helps your children navigate challenging subjects such as General Paper and Language Arts With undergraduate scholarships and university places at stake, is there an effective way for students to tackle the make-or-break General Paper (GP) examination? Mr Samuel Lim, the man behind Indigo
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    • 581 19 Sebastian San starts up his start-up career with help from Kaplan in Singapore Four years may have passed since Mr Sebastian San graduated with a Bachelor of Business in Management and International Business (Double Major), awarded by Murdoch University, from Kaplan in Singapore. But time
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    • 481 20 Athalia Ho sheds her past for a future in the tech industry With a story arc that included a fresh start and happy outcome, Ms Athalia Ho’s career journey would not be out of place in any of the independent films she used to work on.
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    • 449 21 With his master’s degree from NUS-ISS, Andrew Chong is able to add more value at work Even though he has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, senior defence research engineer Andrew Chong, 36, wanted to upgrade his skills so he could contribute more to the design
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    • 449 22 SIM Global Educa tion’s flexible programme allowed Alex Kua to earn internship experiences while studying full time During his younger years, Mr Alex Kua, 25, did not do well in school. However, when he finally started to excel academically, he realised that he had to “put in more
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    • 362 23 Republic Polytechnic introduces two specialist diplomas in healthcare and IT Republic Polytechnic (RP) will launch two year-long specialist diploma courses in October: The Specialist Diploma in Internet of Things (SDIoT), and the Specialist Diploma in Transitional Care Management (SDTCM). The latter is jointly developed
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    • 209 22 r If you want to be heard, speak up. University at Buffalo The State University of New York At the University at Buffalo, we encourage students to question, debate and voice opinions in an open and discussive learning environment. Because in the real world, you need to be quick on
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1292 24  -  OVERARCHING EMPHASIS ON SECURITY COULD HURT BUSINESS VIBRANCY BENJAMIN GOH Benjamin Goh is a recent Master in Public Policy graduate from the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also research assistant to Professor James Waldo, chief technology officer for Harvard. Recent high-profile cyber
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    • 904 25  -  FRAMEWORK HAS DEFIED EXPECTATIONS FOR 2 DECADES PETERTYCHEUNG Peter TY Cheung is associate professor of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. When Hong Kong was reunited with the People’s Republic of China in 1997, no one
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    • 41 24 Any price hike may trigger a chain reaction, hence the increased prices at coffee stalls should come as no surprise. But although business owners have a right to set their own prices, it comes down to how this is done.VOICES 26
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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  • voices
    • 186 26  -  FROM YAPEKCHOR Any act intended to fix the prices of business entities is illegal. It seems the discussion (about raising coffee prices) held by the stall owners may have violated the Competition Act (Why go after hawkers over price hikes?; July
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    • 298 26  -  F ROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI While the rise of automation may have some adverse impact on the outsourcing of labour to developing nations, it would not preclude economic development entirely (Economic model that Asia has used for decades is now broken; June
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    • 217 26  -  FROM WONG TOON TUAN The letter “Solution to HK’s housing woes is wishful thinking” (July 13), in response to the report “No easy fixes in sight to Hong Kong’s housing woes” (July 10), stated that property prices have rocketed beyond reach
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  • world
    • 578 27 Umno making the most of the opposition’s internal wrangling as election date draws closer AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians should not risk their future by placing their fate in the hands of the opposition, said Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday as he
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    • 442 27 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Kedah chapter of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) has said it would consider listing in its general election manifesto public caning for Syariah offenders in the state, amid signs of growing religious conservatism in the country. This is the second
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    • news
      • 669 28 FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING China is ramping up acquisitions of overseas ports as it expands its reach as a maritime power, doubling its investments in port projects over the past year to US$20 billion (S$27.4 billion) and pushing ahead with plans to
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      • 616 28 BLOOMBERG BEIJING As 100 days of trade talks between the two largest economies rumble to a close, Chinese officials and executives have been roaming the farmland of Iowa and doing what might appeal to United States President Donald Trump most:
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      • 1415 29  -  To remain viable experts say territory needs to find a role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative ALBERT WAI IN HONG KONG albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg HONG KONG During the past two decades since returning to Chinese rule, Hong Kong’s economy has
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 923 30 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Art Of II (HD) 6.30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School II (HD) 7.00 First Look Asia (HD) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VII (HD) 10.00 Euromaxx (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 Planet Food V NOON Anjum’s Spice Stories (HD) 12.30PM Chuck’s Day Off
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    • 217 30 TV HIGHLIGHTS TANGLIN (HD) (PG) (CC) Xiaoxi pushes A-hua down the stairs. Mingren witnesses the scene. When asked why she did so, Xiaoxi insists she did nothing wrong. Back at the Zhous, Mingren continues interrogating Xiaoxi. Irritated, she hops onto a bicycle and rides away. He gives chase but is
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