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Advertisement144 2017-09-05 2 GRABNOW a m wu The more rewarding way to flag a taxi. GrabNow is the new way to flag a taxi off the street. When you connect your phone to your driver's, you can make a cashless payment for your ride without paying admin fees. So you can just hop144 words
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Title Section14 2017-09-05 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp TUESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2017 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI (P) 082/04/201714 words
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Article, Illustration71 2017-09-05 1 The South Korean military conducting a live-fire exercise yesterday using surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles to simulate an attack on the North’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site. This comes after Pyongyang tested its sixth nuclear device South Korea the North be launch anotherPHOTO: AP - 71 words
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850 2017-09-05 1 KENNETH CHENG - KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Ride-hailing firm Grab has launched one of its most aggressive moves yet against its chief rivals, dangling heavily discounted rental rates shaving off about half of what they are currently paying in some cases to850 words
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Advertisement137 2017-09-05 1 Two new Presidential Election applicants disqualified for not being Malay Singapore 12 /0 4 2 0 17 U.S. AND ALLIES STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND KIM’S MOTIVES HOT NEWS 8 TH E DAI LY BRI E F Manufacturing activity last month highest in nearly three years SI NGAPORE BUSI NE S S137 words
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hot news
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440 2017-09-05 2 KENNETH CHENG - KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Grab’s latest move to entice ComfortDelGro cabbies to join its taxi partners is akin to killing two birds with one stone, and could nudge the taxi operator and Uber towards a partnership, analysts said. ComfortDelGro and Uber were440 words
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368 2017-09-05 2 In the first month after new regulations kicked in for private-hire car drivers to display car decals to identify themselves, the authorities have already caught 23 drivers flouting these requirements. They had obscured, altered or not displayed the decals, The368 words
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658 2017-09-05 4 KELLY NG - KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —To tackle longer-term issues facing the healthcare system, the Ministry of Health announced a new Office for Healthcare Transformation yesterday to be headed by the outgoing president of the National University of Singapore, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan.658 words
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Article, Illustration655 2017-09-05 6 AGENCIES SEOUL —North Korea may be preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), South Korea said yesterday, in a move that could further aggravate the tense geopolitical stand-off in East Asia. “We have continued to see signs of possibly more ballisticAGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 655 words
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Article, Illustration655 2017-09-05 6 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES SEOUL —North Korea may be preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), South Korea said yesterday, in a move that could further aggravate the tense geopolitical stand-off in East Asia. “We have continued to see signs of possibly more ballisticAGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 655 words
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698 2017-09-05 6 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —While the world agonised over the huge nuclear test in North Korea this weekend, President Donald Trump aimed his most pointed rhetorical fire not at the renegade regime in Pyongyang, but at the United States’ closest partner inAGENCIES - 698 words
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698 2017-09-05 6 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES WASHINGTON —While the world agonised over the huge nuclear test in North Korea this weekend, President Donald Trump aimed his most pointed rhetorical fire not at the renegade regime in Pyongyang, but at the United States’ closest partner inAGENCIES - 698 words
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Article, Illustration1320 2017-09-05 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO What does Mr Kim Jong-un want? That remains far harder to answer than the technical questions about Mr Kim’s bombs and the reach of his missiles that have preoccupied American, Japanese and South Korean intelligenceTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 1,320 words
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312 2017-09-05 8 AGENCIES Global stock markets slid yesterday as investors sought safer bets after North Korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb, one week after firing a ballistic missile over Japan. Asian stock markets slid along with the South Korean won, while the yenAGENCIES - 312 words
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483 2017-09-05 10 FARIS MOKHTAR - He allegedly preyed on her at home at least twice while her siblings were in another room FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —A man appeared in court yesterday charged with raping his daughter at least twice over a threemonth period in their home, while her483 words
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singapore
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Article, Illustration653 2017-09-05 12 ILDYKO ANG - Over-55s being offered new tests to help hospitals detect developing problems ILDYKO ANG ildyko.ang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Like their younger countrymen who do National Service, senior citizens in north-eastern Singapore can now take an individual physical proficiency test (IPPT). However the IPPT forPHOTO: SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL - 653 words
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319 2017-09-05 12 KELLY NG - KELLY NG SINGAPORE —Five applications in total were submitted to contest the upcoming Presidential Election, the Elections Department said, after applications closed at 5pm yesterday. However, two applicants are out of the running automatically, because one declared himself to be319 words
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singapore | news
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Article, Illustration313 2017-09-05 14 FARIS MOKHTAR - Duo were nabbed 3 hours after collecting their commission for the purchase of a vessel FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Two foreigners were charged in court yesterday with cheating a shipping firm of S$1.5 million through a plot that involvedPHOTO: ROBIN CHOO - 313 words
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456 2017-09-05 14 FARIS MOKHTAR - FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —A convicted paedophile who preyed on 10 boys, aged 10 to 15, had his jail sentence increased from 12.5 years to 18.5 years yesterday, after the Court of Appeal found that he had shown456 words
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314 2017-09-05 14 FARIS MOKHTAR - FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —A former vice-principal of a primary school was yesterday charged in court over a series of sexual offences against a 14-year-old boy, said to have been committed at the accused’s workplace and home. The 55-year-old man,314 words
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singapore | business
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492 2017-09-05 16 RUMI HARDASMALANI - RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —Manufacturing activity surged last month to its highest in nearly three years, boosted by the continued expansion in the electronics segment and prompting analysts to upgrade their forecasts for Singapore’s economic growth. The Purchasing492 words
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619 2017-09-05 16 SINGAPORE —The Republic has proved to be an attractive place for companies in the western Chinese metropolis of Chongqing to raise funds, the head of Singapore’s central bank said yesterday, adding that Singapore can play a useful role in financing619 words
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singapore | sports
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Article, Illustration688 2017-09-05 18 NOAH TAN - NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It has taken more than a year and 17 international matches, but Lions head coach V Sundramoorthy believes he has finally found the solution to his team’s long-standing goalscoring woes with a new 3-4-3 formation. Singapore adoptedPHOTO: FAS - 688 words
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357 2017-09-05 18 NOAH TAN - NOAH TAN SINGAPORE —Fresh off their successful outing at the recent South-East Asian (SEA) Games, where they won two gold and three bronze medals, Fencing Singapore (FS) will be organising a fencing-related workshop on Saturday afternoon as part of their ongoing efforts357 words
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singapore | lifestyle
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Article, Illustration505 2017-09-05 19 CHERYL LIN - NAC, CDCs renew partnership for WeCare project serving underprivileged communities CHERYL LIN cheryl.lin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ms Judith Teo used to suffer panic attacks when she rehearsed for a play about war and refugees. With the help and support of her fellowPHOTO: NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL - 505 words
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comment & analysis
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Article, Illustration1110 2017-09-05 20 FARIS MOKHTAR - LESSONS FOR RELIGIOUS TEACHERS IN FIGHTING RADICALISM FARIS MOKHTAR Faris Mokhtar is a reporter with TODAY’s local desk. He covers terrorism among other issues, and travelled to Marawi in June to report on the IS-backed siege there.PHOTO: AP - 1,110 words
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Article, Illustration725 2017-09-05 21 HARINI NAGENDRA - EXTREME RAINFALL, RAPID DEVELOPMENT RECIPE FOR DISASTER HARINI NAGENDRA Harini Nagendra is Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, India. THE CONVERSATION As the storm that was Hurricane Harvey deluged the areas around Houston, Texas, large parts of northern India, NepalTHE CONVERSATION - 725 words
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Article, Illustration1116 2017-09-05 22 JOHANNES NUGROHO - INDONESIA BALANCING NEUTRALITY AND BEING AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN S CHINA SEA DISPUTE JOHANNES NUGROHO Johannes Nugroho is a businessman and writer from Surabaya. In an official letter dated Aug 25 to the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, the Chinese Ministry of ForeignPHOTO: REUTERS - 1,116 words
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Advertisement33 2017-09-05 20 Indonesia’s response to growing Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea has been largely symbolic in nature, evidently designed to discourage further encroachment by China rather than mount an outright challenge.JOHANNES NUGROHO 2233 words
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voices
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105 2017-09-05 23 STELLA TING - FROM STELLA TING I refer to the letter “Address the issues that keep cabbies from embracing e-payments” (Aug 25) and wish to highlight my son’s experience of e-payment for Grab services. Following a debit card payment for a Grab service, a total of105 words
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458 2017-09-05 23 E DWI N GOH X IAN JUN - FROM E DWI N GOH X IAN JUN The Young Lions project must end when the S.League season finishes. While Football Association of Singapore technical director Michel Sablon has defended the project, his rationale is perplexing, given that his home country Belgium458 words
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259 2017-09-05 23 DEREK CHUA - FROM DEREK CHUA The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) should go back to basics for youth development and stop giving excuses about budgets, coaching quality, et cetera. The majority of the players in the age groups lack the skills, tactical awareness and259 words
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115 2017-09-05 23 DAUD ABDUL WAHID - FROM DAUD ABDUL WAHID I refer to the letter “Take cue from some govt departments to give NSmen day off” (Aug 29). It is high time taxi operators give cabbies a day off too, with no rental, during their festivals, for example115 words
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world
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Article, Illustration597 2017-09-05 24 REUTERS XIAMEN —China will give US$80 million (S$109 million) in funding for Brics cooperation plans, Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday, while the bloc of five emerging countries pledged to oppose protectionism. Mr Xi offered 500 million yuan (S$109 million) for aREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 597 words
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481 2017-09-05 24 AGENCIES TAIPEI —Taiwan’s President Tsai Ingwen has accepted the resignation of Premier Lin Chuan, the ruling party said yesterday, a departure that had been widely expected because of the president’s falling public support. “The president has accepted his resignation afterAGENCIES - 481 words
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world | news
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Article, Illustration1477 2017-09-05 25 THE NEW YORK TIMES P U R WO R E J O K L A M P O K I N D O N E S I A) The quiet young Indonesian aircraft mechanic dashed out ofTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,477 words
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Article, Illustration765 2017-09-05 26 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI —Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, who was appointed India’s first woman defence minister in 35 years, has her work cut out. She has to deliver on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of modernising the nation’s Soviet-era military equipment as border tensionsBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS - 765 words
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Article, Illustration628 2017-09-05 26 AGENCIES YANGON —Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and Muslim countries in Asia led a growing chorus of criticism yesterday aimed at Myanmar and its civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the plight of its Rohingya Muslim minority. “Every time I see the news,AGENCIES - 628 words
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Page 28 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous985 2017-09-05 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Martha Bakes III (HD) 6.30 The Mind Of A Chef II (HD) 7.00 First Look Asia (HD) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VIII (HD) 10.00 Arts 21 (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 Cheetah: Price Of Speed (HD) NOON Everyday Gourmet III (HD) 12.30PM985 words
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Miscellaneous236 2017-09-05 28 TV HIGHLIGHTS MY STAR GUIDE XII (HD) (CC) Star tour guide, Desmond Tan visits the Australian capital of Canberra in this latest episode. From Mount Ainslie Lookout to the Australian War Memorial where members of its armed forces and supporting organisations have died in wars involving the country. Head down236 words
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