The Straits Times, 30 January 2017

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    45 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY JANUARY 30, 2017 G SINCE1845 EXCELLENCE IN REDESIGN: SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN, BEST NEWS WEBSITE: WAN-IFRA 66 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS $1.10 $1.10 To subscribe: 6388-3838 sphsubscription.com.sg sphsubscription.com.sg A Singapore Press Holdings publication publication MCI (P) 041/02/2016
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    Lock icon Federer bags record 18th Grand Slam title
    89 1 Roger Federer with the trophy after defeating his arch-rival Rafael Nadal in yesterday’s Australian Open men’ssingles final in Melbourne. Despite missing the last six months because of injury, the Swiss earned his record 18th Grand Slamtitle–and fifth Australian Openwin–after edging Nadal 6-4, 3-6,6-1,3-6,6-3
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    Lock icon 22 Chinese tourists rescued, 3 dead after boat sinks off Sabah
    286 1 THESTAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK STAR/ASIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, KUALA LUMPUR Twenty-two Chinese nationals were found alive after their tourist boat sank off eastern Malaysia, but three people died and six remained missing at press time. Their catamaran sank on Saturday off
    THESTAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; STAR/ASIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,  -  286 words
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    Lock icon Trump defends travel curbs despite outcry
    543 1  -  Courts offer relief to detained visitors from several Muslim countries amid protests Nirmal Ghosh NirmalGhosh US Bureau Chief In Washington nirmal@sph.com.sg US President Donald Trump yesterday defended his latest immigration curbs despite protests at major airports and mounting criticism from world leaders and countries
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
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        Lock icon Trump defends entry ban
        57 2 TOP OF THE NEWS US President Donald Trump has defended his order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country for at least 90 days, even as federal courts intervened to order the release of dozens of people with valid visas who were held
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        Lock icon Identifying new aviation jobs
        71 2 transport industry. TOP OF THE NEWS SkillsFuture Singapore, a statutory board under the Ministry of Education, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore are working to identify new jobs and skills in the growing aviation sector. Air traffic is expected to grow more than 50 per
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        Lock icon ISIS SEA leader hurt in strike
        74 2 WORLD Isnilon Hapilon, chief of the Abu Sayyaf militant group and the top commander of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South-east Asia, has been gravely wounded in an air strike carried out by the Philippine military. He is bedridden following the
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      • Straits Times Digital
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        Lock icon N. Korea ‘restarts reactor’
        59 2 WORLD North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons programme at its main nuclear site in Yongbyon, according to new commercial satellite imagery. The images show a water plume originating from the cooling water outlet of the reactor,
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        Lock icon OPINION Trump and Europe’s choice
        37 2 OPINION Europe has a choice: to shun US President Donald Trump or engage him as British Prime Minister Theresa May did. Each carries its own risks, says Europe correspondent Jonathan Eyal. A19
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        Lock icon Anonymous donor’s gift
        44 2 HOME In one of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd’s six gardens lies Homeless Jesus, a bronze life-size sculpture created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz. An anonymous donor paid for the work, which has stirred some controversy overseas, and shipping. B2
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        Lock icon Behind the city’s vibrancy
        51 2 HOME Housing Board CEO Cheong Koon Hean has won the Urban Land Institute’s J. C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. She is planning to use the prize money of more than $140,000 to start a scholarship or bursary in urban design or urban planning.
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        Lock icon Hatching plans in Rooster year
        65 2 BUSINESS With fowls ruling the roost this Chinese New Year, some local companies in the chicken business talk about the plans they are hatching in the Year of the Rooster. For instance, chicken farmer and processor Kee Song Brothers Poultry Industries has been running its
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        Lock icon Klopp takes flak for flop
        69 2 SPORTS Klopp takes Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted full responsibility for Liverpool’s surprise FA Cup exit after a 1-2 loss to Championship side Wolves. The German faced strident criticism from former England player Gary Lineker for his inexplicable team selection, but said: “I was asked
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        Lock icon S’porean wins Sundance award
        64 2 LIFE Film-maker Kirsten Tan picked up the first Sundance award won by a Singaporean yesterday. Her debut feature film Pop Aye won the Special Jury award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition for its screenplay at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. D4 A
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    • What’s Next
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        Lock icon Jordan’s King on visit to US
        69 2 Jordan’s King Abdullah will make a working visit to the United States today, becoming the first Arab leader to hold talks with the new Trump administration. The Jordanian Embassy in Washington, which announced the visit last Thursday, said King Abdullah would meet US President
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        Lock icon $110m Chinese cultural centre opens
        72 2 The new $110 million, 11-storey Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre in Shenton Way opens by hosting the community’s largest Chinese New Year gathering this morning. Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun
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        Lock icon Investors eye Fed, BOJ rate moves
        73 2 Many regional bourses will take a festive break early this week but investors will be watching two interest-rate decisions. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to keep rates steady at just below zero tomorrow. Early on Thursday Singapore time, the US Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon SMEs take cue for deep change
      325 2  -  Why It Matters Marissa Lee marilee@sph.com.sg Even as 2016 goes down as a year of uncertainty and soul-searching for bosses of many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), some of them are embracing the productivity push, it seems. According to tabulations released by enterprise development
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Mum and daughter found dead in bedroom
      674 3  -  Mother and four-year-old child were inseparable; police arrest man believed to be her husband ZaihanMohamedYusof zaihan@sph.com.sg After years of trying, and several miscarriages, Madam Choong Pei Shan finally had a baby. Four-year-old Teo Zi Ning could do no wrong and Madam Choong, 39,
      Woodlands. PHOTOS: SHIN MIN DAILY, FACEBOOK PAGE OF ADE TEO  -  674 words
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      Lock icon PM hopeful pickup in economy will endure
      678 4  -  People are finding jobs and new jobs being created; Govt keeping an eye on retrenchment, re-employment figures Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg As the country celebrates Chinese New Year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes the pickup in economic numbers towards the end
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      Lock icon Govt paying heed to firms’ needs of the hour, says Iswaran
      380 4  -  Rupali Karekar rupsk@sph.com.sg The Government is paying close attention to the immediate needs of companies here as they face an uncertain environment, Trade and Industry Minister (Industry) S. Iswaran said last Saturday. It will also continue to support trade
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      Lock icon Roaring visit to the Istana
      78 4 President Tony Tan Keng Yam, his wife, Mrs Mary Tan, and Istana visitors enjoying a performance by the Yi Quan Athletic Association’s lion dance troupe yesterday. The Istana the official residence of the president of Singapore opened its doors to more than 20,000 guests on
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      Lock icon New centre to host big CNY gathering
      434 4  -  Leong Weng Kam LeongWengKam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg Five years in the making, the long-awaited Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) will host the Chinese community’s largest Chinese New Year gathering today. It is the first official function to be held at the new $110
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    • MUSLIM WORLD REACTS
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        Lock icon Jakarta sees negative impact on global fight against terror
        364 6  -  Arlina Arshad Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta aarlina@sph.com.sg Indonesia “deeply regrets” the order by United States President Donald Trump to suspend refugee arrivals and barring visas for travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries. While accepting that the executive order is the right of
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        Lock icon KL opposition calls for protest rally outside US Embassy
        301 6  -  Shannon Teoh Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur shannont@sph.com.sg The opposition has called on Malaysians to go out into the streets to protest against the United States’ immigration ban by rallying on Friday outside the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Datuk
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        Lock icon Iran dubs US ban a ‘great gift to extremists’ that aids recruitment
        355 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TEHERAN Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to ban arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries was “a great gift to extremists”. “#MuslimBan will be recorded in history as
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      Lock icon France and Germany voice growing alarm at decisions
      557 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The European Union’s traditional power couple, France and Germany, have expressed mounting alarm at key decisions by US President Donald Trump in his first week in office, saying they raised many issues of concern. French President Francois Hollande vowed
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      Lock icon What’s in Trump’s executive order on immigration
      551 7 NYTIMES REUTERS THE ATLANTIC A look at US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and what it does and does not do. WHO IS AFFECTED? The order signed last Friday bars the entry of foreign nationals from certain countries for 90 days.
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      Lock icon Airlines have a tough time complying with US entry restrictions
      520 8 Confusion over whether lawful US permanent residents from nations listed in ban can return BLOOMBERG REUTERS LOS ANGELES Global airlines are struggling to comply with new travel restrictions after being caught flat-footed by US President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking
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      Lock icon On the ground: Dreams dashed and anger at discrimination
      1037 8 NYTIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS Social media shook with emotion. Headlines shouted the news. Legal scholars debated the order’s scope. But the most immediate effect ofPresident Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the United States and halting entry from seven
      NYTIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY  -  1,037 words
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      Lock icon Tech firms recall overseas staff, decry order
      343 8 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Leading technology companies in the United States are recalling overseas employees and sharply criticising US President Donald Trump after he signed an executive order barring for 90 days immigrants and visitors from seven Muslim nations from entering the country. The
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      Lock icon Disruptions due to track circuits, not sleepers: SMRT
      470 9  -  It says new signalling system by end-2018 will moderate delays like those on East-West Line in Jan Zhaki Abdullah azhaki@sph.com.sg Disruptions on the East-West MRT line earlier this month were caused by faulty track circuits, and not by the new set of
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      Lock icon Study under way to cater to emerging jobs in aviation sector
      527 9  -  Karamjit Kaur KaramjitKaur AviationCorrespondent karam@sph.com.sg A detailed study is being carried out on upcoming jobs in the growing aviation sector and the skills needed to perform them. Singapore is preparing for air traffic to grow about 50 per cent
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon ISIS’ top commander in S-E Asia gravely hurt
      603 10  -  Hapilon, who had planned to setup ISIS caliphate in Mindanao, wounded in military air strikes Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg The top commander of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South-east Asia has been gravely wounded in
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dhaka keeping tabs on radicalised Bangladeshis with dual citizenships
      355 10 THE DAILYSTAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK DHAKA Radicalised Bangladeshis with dual citizenships have become a major challenge for coun-ter-terrorism teams, according to a major local daily. Officials dealing with militancy told The Daily Star that law enforcers have little information about Bangladesh-origin foreign
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      Lock icon Trump gives Pentagon 30 days to devise plan to crush ISIS
      521 10 AGENCEFRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order giving the military 30 days to devise a plan to “defeat” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The move makes good on a key campaign
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon US affirms ‘ironclad’ support for Japan
        560 11 Trump, Abe to meet next month; US leader also speaks on phone to other world leaders dentHwangKyoAhnyesterday. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, NYTIMES, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, REUTERS WASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to a face-to-face meeting next month as
        dentHwangKyoAhnyesterday. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, NYTIMES,; AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, REUTERS  -  560 words
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        Lock icon N. Korea likely restarted reactor: US think-tank
        370 11 REUTERS WASHINGTON New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons programme, a US thinktank has said. Washington’s 38 North North Korea monitoring project said previous
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        Lock icon Vendors worried after blaze at popular Jakarta market
        952 12  -  Traders and consumers hope Pasar Senen will reopen and not be replaced with a shiny mall Arlina Arshad Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta aarlina@sph.com.sg A massive fire broke out in a historic market in Jakarta popular for sec-ond-hand goods last week, in the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Lawyer for Suu Kyi’s party shot dead
        376 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS YANGON A legal adviser to Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy was shot dead outside the country’s busiest airport yesterday after returning from a government-led trip to Indonesia. An unidentified lone gunman killed Mr Ko Ni and injured two others
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        Lock icon Delhi set to ease pain from cash crunch via Budget
        508 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI India’s government is expected to ramp up spending in its latest Budget this week, seeking to ease the pain from a ban on high-val-ue banknotes that slammed the brakes on the world’s fastest-grow-ing major economy. Ahead
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        Lock icon Taiwan’s convenience stores raise their game
        699 14 Consumers can borrow books, pick up online orders or buy train tickets from these places AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Borrow library books, buy train tickets, pick up online orders or even eat dinner with friends Taiwan’s expansive network of convenience stores takes the concept to
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      • Asia Briefs
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          Lock icon Tiger kills man in China wildlife park
          102 14 SHANGHAI A tiger killed a visitor to a wildlife park in eastern China yesterday after the man apparently entered its enclosure, the second such attack in six months, said media reports. The incident occurred at the Youngor Wildlife Park in Ningbo, about 200km
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          Lock icon Missing Pakistani activists returned
          84 14 ISLAMABAD Three Pakistani activists who went missing early this month have been returned and are safe, said their families, three weeks after their disappearance and that of two others sparked protests and fears of a government crackdown. One was academic Salman Haider; another was a blogger
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          Lock icon Indian soldiers saved after snow cave-in
          83 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SRINAGAR Five Indian soldiers have been rescued after being buried under heavy snow on Saturday in Kashmir, where 20 people were killed by avalanches earlier this week, said a military official. The soldiers had been approaching a border post in Machil, north-west
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        Lock icon Australia reels in China movie industry
        651 14  -  Jonathan Pearlman JonathanPearlman ForTheStraitsTimes InSydney Jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com Last August, workers and tourists in Sydney’s city centre were surprised to see film star Jackie Chan climbing up the Opera House before launching into hand-to-hand combat with a woman armed with a knife in each hand. The
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon Spicer keeps the heat on mainstream media
        949 15  -  But Trump spokesman has his hands full as go-between for unpredictable boss and press People PaulZach US Correspondent In Cleveland (Ohio) zach@sph.com.sg At his first official press conference as the new White House press secretary, Mr Sean Spicer broke with a longstanding tradition:
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      • Article
        Lock icon Trump puts Bannon on security council
        153 15 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON United States President Donald Trump has restructured the National Security Council (NSC) to include his top political adviser, Mr Stephen Bannon. In an executive order on Saturday, Mr Trump reorganised the NSC to, among other changes, give the White House chief
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        Lock icon French presidential hopeful Fillon faces fresh graft allegations
        465 16 Claims add to worries for Republican party candidate considered to be the front runner AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon yesterday faced fresh allegations of misusing public funds, following claims that his wife had been paid for a fake
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      • Article
        Lock icon Socialists set to pick eithe Valls or Hamon
        325 16 REUTERS PARIS French Socialists were yesterday due to choose their candidate for this year’s presidential election, in a run-off pitting pro-busi-ness former premier Manuel Valls against hard-left lawmaker Benoit Hamon. Mr Hamon, who is often compared with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,
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        Lock icon Social Democrats endorse Schulz as candidate
        629 17 Party’s exco votes for him to be new leader and run against Merkel in Sept polls REUTERS BERLIN Leaders of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) endorsed former European Parliament president Martin Schulz yesterday as their candidate to run against conservative Angela Merkel in September’s
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        Lock icon Trump, May agree to talks on post-Brexit deal
        579 18 US President assures British leader current trade terms will continue when UK leaves EU BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON President Donald Trump has promised Mrs Theresa May that Britain will be able to continue trading with the US on the same terms as
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        Lock icon Death toll from Chile forest fires rises to 11
        260 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANTIAGO Forest fires ravaging southern Chile have killed 11 people, President Michelle Bachelet said, as firefighters waged an all-out battle to extinguish the raging infernos. Ms Bachelet told reporters on Saturday that more than 9,000 firefighters and other responders
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        Lock icon Power battle between Pope and traditionalists escalates
        480 18 NYTIMES ROME It began as a fight over staffing. Then came a dispute about condoms, followed by papal concerns about Freemasons. Now it has become a full-scale proxy war between Pope Francis and the Vatican traditionalists who oppose him, with the battleground being
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      • World Briefs
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          Lock icon 57 killed in US raid against Al-Qaeda
          119 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADEN A United States raid in Yemen killed 41 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and 16 civilians yesterday, an official said, in what would be the US’ first military action in Yemen under President Donald Trump. Eight women and eight children were among
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        • Article
          Lock icon Noriega released from jail to undergo surgery
          108 18 REUTERS PANAMA CITY Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been released from prison for three months to have surgery to remove a brain tumour, his lawyer said on Saturday. Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989, left prison under heavy police guard
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Bringing the wayward back home
      374 19 The Straits Times says Singapore’ssecuritydependscruciallyonitsbeingabletoadaptitselftotheevolutionoftheterroristthreat.ArecentvisitbyPresidentTonyTanKengYam to a centre run by the Religious RehabilitationGroup(RRG)atteststothatnecessity.When the RRG was set up in 2003, its main challenge was to counter the threat emanating from the South-east Asian terror group, Jemaah Islamiah (JI).Thiswastheclandestinegroupingthataimed toestablishanIslamicStateintheregionthrough violentmeans.Linkedtotheglobalterrororganisation, Al-Qaeda, which had carried out
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      Lock icon A steadying hand on Trump
      1475 19  -  Europe has a choice: To shun the US President or engage him as British PM Theresa May has done. Each option carries its own risks. Global Affairs Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON She didn’t hold his hand, did she? Well, she not only did
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      Lock icon Behind the Trump reality TV show, watch out for the real action
      1334 20  -  The real point isn’t what the US President says, but what his administration does. Niall Ferguson Thewriterisaseniorfellowofthe Hoover Institution, Stanford University. America is living through a kind of Trumpian Genesis: seven days of high-speed political creation. In the
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      Lock icon The politics of cowardice
      931 20  -  David Brooks NYTIMES This is a column directed at high school and college students. I’m going to try to convey to you how astoundingly different the Republican Party felt when I was your age. The big guy then was Mr Ronald Reagan. Temperamentally, though not politically,
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  • FORUM
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      Lock icon Set up fund to help unpaid migrant workers
      284 21  -  Jolovan Wham Acting Executive Director Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics We are glad that the plight of Bangladeshi worker Islam Rafiqul was highlighted in The Straits Times. The outpouring of support for him is testament to how readers felt about the injustice
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      Lock icon Large childcare centres must meet licensing criteria too
      257 21  -  largerchildcarecentres. Eugene Leong Eugene Leong Chief Executive Officer Early Childhood Development Agency We thank Dr Rebecca Chan for her feedback (“How will mega childcare centres affect kids’ development?”; Jan 23). The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) places a high priority on the
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      Lock icon Simple language works best in public campaign advertisements
      159 21  -  Michael Loh Toon Seng An advertisement by the Singapore Police Force, Singapore Road Safety Council and Sgcarmart.com reads: “Get a ride home. Don’t drive to drink, and you will never drink and drive.” It took me a while to figure out what
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      629 2  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg Since arriving in Singapore for work last August, welder S. Kumar has not sent a single cent home. The 42-year-old was looking forward to supporting his wife and two young children back in India, but his hopes were dashed
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      284 2  -  Jalelah Abu Baker A 19-year-old fish farmer is believed to have fallen into the sea off Changi Beach last Friday and drowned. The Myanmar national was brought to shore by passers-by at about 6pm the next day. Fish farm owner Phillip Lim, who happened to
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      459 3  -  Photographers who use illegal methods to take shots may face fines of up to $50,000 Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg It is the time of the year when photographers flock to immortalise migratory birds in Singapore to escape the winter chill of the
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      515 5  -  Family gets together again to fulfil dying wish of woman who was adopted as an infant Jose Hong josehong@sph.com. sg In June 2015, Madam Zawiah Abdullah, 69, met her Chinese biological family for the first time. Tragically, the reunion did not
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      199 5  -  Lydia Lam Minister of State for Communications and Information, and Health Chee Hong Tat visited Singapore Press Holdings last Saturday to greet staff working on the first day of Chinese New Year. Also on the visit was Permanent Secretary for Communications and Information Gabriel
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      563 5  -  Janice Tai jantai@sph.com.sg The steamboat pot for the reunion dinner last Friday was almost tipping over with fishballs and prawns, and the conversation was light at Mr Keh Eng Song’s home. As he had done for the last four years, the chief
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      144 1 “Being out there in theopen sea showed me that we really know very little about whatthe earth has to offer. MS TAN FANGNING, one of nine NUS undergraduates who embarked on a seven-day voyage on a schooner in a hands-on learning journey. B11 NPARKSSTAY ON TRAILS AND DON’T FEED BIRDSB3
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      968 6 / 7  -  Most of its members are Malay but this lion dance troupe stands tall in a competitive industry NeoXiaobin Executive Photojournalist xiaobinn@sph.com.sg Gigantic eyelids fluttering and head twitching from side to side, the lion’s head moved in time to the relentless beat of the drums. Six-year-old Jamsairi Kamaruddin was
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      781 8  -  Upcoming developments enjoy eco-friendly features that help residents lower their carbon footprint BY MEREDITH MEREDITH WOO HARVESTING your own backyard produce or access to convenient car or bicycle sharing facilities is no longer a pipe dream for eco-conscious home buyers. At City Developments Limited’s (CDL) The
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      198 8 STARTING Dec 3, Dream Cruises will homeport its Genting Dream vessel year-round in Singapore. This is the first time that Singapore will host a brand and large-scale 151,300- Singapore new and large-scale 151,300tonne cruise ship year-round. Says Mr Thatcher Brown, president of Dream Cruises: “We are truly
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        58 8 Pick up a limited edition F&N Sparkling Drinks Festive Pack ($1 2.80 for 24 cans of assorted flavours) this Chinese New Year. Buy two Festive Packs at selected stores to redeem one box of Home’s Favourite cookies. For more excitement, light up the F&N Firesparkler at www.fnnfoods. com/cny2017
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        53 8 Topp Care Hair Solutions offers a wide range of treatments that address specific hair and scalp conditions. Plant extracts such as aloe vera, burdock, ginkgo and thyme form the key composition of its ampoules, masks, shampoos ampoules, masks, shampoos and conditioners. Visit Topp Care at #01-1131, Block 201D,
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      194 8 WHEN you visit Lee Hwa Diamond Promenade at ION Orchard, look out for some unique pieces designed by young talents from Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Russia. These stunning jewellery designs, inspired by the theme Metamorphosis, edged out hundreds of other entries from
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      1124 9  -  One parent reflects on homeschooling her kid for 3 years leading up to PSLE Tracey Or stnewsdesk@sph.com.sg Tracey Or is a former teacher, now freelance writer and blog owner at www.memoirsofabudgetmum.com We’ve just surfaced for air after a gruelling2016–anepicyearonall fronts for our family. We
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      1012 11  -  For 7 days, NUS students navigated a ship through storms and explored Riau Islands Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg Half of them had no sailing experience, and some could not even swim. But for seven days this month, before the school semester started, a group
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      316 1 Poultry supplier KSB Distribution invests about 3 to 5 per cent of its revenue almost every year to upgrade its technology and machinery as part of efforts to stay at the cutting edge. The company has also been innovating and expanding its range of
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      360 1 Expansion both at home and abroad is on the cards this year for home-grown restaurant 4Fingers Crispy Chicken. The fried-chicken chain, which is Singapore’s second-largest chicken brand after KFC, also has plans to ramp up its international growth, said chief executive Steen Puggaard. The company opened
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      1353 2  -  Head of UOB Private Bank recalls varied and challenging experiences in career People Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg In a dusty corner of the home she was moving out of some three years ago, banker Ong Yeng Fang discovered 15 boxes
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      345 2  -  Lee Xin En xinen@sph.com.sg The wealth management arm of Swiss bank UBS has announced a five-year plan aimed at improving its expertise in serving women clients. The move involves embedding gender as a consideration in its standard processes, establishing a dedicated advisory board,
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      257 2 Mr Ong Khiaw Hong has been named the new chief executive of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) with effect from April 1. Mr Ong, who is currently the deputy commissioner (corporate and services group) at the Inland Revenue Authority of
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        45 2 Wong Tat Keung: Appointed independent director with effect from Jan 27. Mr Wong, 46, has a background in accounting and auditing. He has also served as an independent non-executive director at various listed companies, including Roma Group, Heng Fai Enterprises and Singhaiyi Group.
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        135 3 Brokers: OCBC Investment Research Call: Buy Target Price: $2.68 Ascendas Reit (A-Reit) reported its third-quarter results for financial year 2017. Gross revenue increased 7.6 per cent year on year to $208.6 million, while distribution per unit grew at a slower pace of 1.2 per cent to 3.993 cents,
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      560 4  -  Markets Insight Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg Asian stock markets could be in for a quiet week, given closures for the Chinese New Year holidays, though investors remain watchful over the slew of edicts emerging from UnitedStates President Donald Trump. The Singapore bourse
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      1021 4 Chief operating officer also notes ‘sweet spot’ in jet fuel trade for group Ms Jean Teo, chief operating officer of mainboard-listed China Aviation Oil (CAO), adheres to a strict code of ethics, and can be a contrarian of sorts. A
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      782 7  -  S’porean Jerry Ling goes from an untrained outsider to a key organiser for Winter Games People May Chen maychen@sph.com.sg By his own admission, Jerry Ling was neither trained nor prepared for the work he has done over the last 12 years.
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      566 7 REUTERS OAKLAND (California) Instead of celebrating one of his signature shots at the end of the second quarter on Saturday, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry took time at half-time to reflect on something his college coach once told him. It led to even greater
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      347 7 NYTIMES CHICAGO When the United Center went black on Friday and the spotlights started to swirl, Dwyane Wade was not where he was supposed to be. Instead, for the first time in the 43 games he has played during his first National Basketball Association
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      369 8 DENVER (Colorado) Valentina Shevchenko won the battle against Julianna Pena, then got into a war of words with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Nunes was cageside at UFC on FOX 23 on Saturday in what was billed as a contender
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      284 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LA JOLLA (California) Patrick Rodgers fired a flawless 67 on Saturday to join defending champion Brandt Snedeker atop the leaderboard at the US PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Rodgers had five birdies in a five-under round
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      312 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI Stacy Lewis eagled the final hole to seize a share of the lead alongside fellow American Lexi Thompson, after Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Pure Silk Bahamas Classic. Her sparkling 10-under 63 at the Ocean Club course on
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      633 9  -  Bernie Ecclestone denies he will start a rival series as he defends the way he ran the circuit Chua Siang Yee siangyee@sph.com. sg Bernie Ecclestone’s almost four-decade stint as the man at the helm of Formula One divided opinions. Some praise
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      869 9  - Ecclestone's formula worked although it was flawed Commentary Matthew Syed THETIMES, LONDON LONDON He grew up in poverty, the son of a trawlerman in a home with no running water. During his childhood, he witnessed dogfights between Spitfires and the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. He was bullied at
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      585 10 A home league loss and two domestic Cup exits in eight days leave Reds boss reeling AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manager Jurgen Klopp accepted responsibility for Liverpool’s stunning FA Cup fourth round exit as Championship club Wolverhampton earned a shock 2-1 winatAnfield. Klopp’s line-up featured
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        82 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON France international Dimitri Payet’s prolonged transfer saga ended yesterday as Premier League side West Ham agreed to sell him to French Ligue 1 outfit Marseille for a reported £25 million (S$44.9 million). The29-year-old–who starred for the Hammers last seasonwith12goals–had effectively
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        57 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s Ippei Watanabe broke the men’s 200m breaststroke world record yesterday, becoming the first swimmer to go under two minutes and seven seconds. The 19-year-old clocked a time of2:06.67 at the Kosuke Kitajima Cup in Tokyo, eclipsing the previous best set by countryman
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        69 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROUEN (France) Brazil’s Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz got the better of world record holder Renaud Lavillenie again on Saturday when he won the Rouen indoor event with a leap of 5.86m. Lavillenie, beaten in stormy circumstances by Braz
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        57 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI Arrogate romped to victory in the first running of the US$12 million (S$17 million) Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, as California Chrome failed to shine in the world’s richest horse race. Arrogate powered alone through the stretch to win
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        64 10 REUTERS BERLIN Bayern Munich edged past Werder Bremen 2-1 on Saturday for a Bundesliga record 13th consecutive win over them to stay three points clear at the top of the table. Bayern are now on 45 points, with promoted RB Leipzig
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        94 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Barcelona’s Spanish La Liga title challenge suffered a huge blow as the Spanish champions were held 1-1 at RealBetis. Alex Alegria gave Betis the lead their dominance deserved 15 minutes from time. However, Barca were infuriated seconds later as the
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      428 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANCEVILLE (GABON) No sooner had Sadio Mane missed a decisive penalty that enabled Cameroon to knock fancied Senegal out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals on Saturday, Liverpool arranged for their star man to return to
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      287 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praised the mental strength and resilience of Danny Welbeck, after the England forward scored twice in the Gunners’ 5-0 FA Cup thrashing of Southampton–hisfirststartsincesufferinga serious knee injury last May. Welbeck followed his first-half double at St Mary’s on
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      659 11 Former champions’ fighting qualities a vital factor in Williams’ record 23rd Major victory Australian Open 2017 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE Serena Williams says her rise to become perhaps the greatest player of all time is all down to mental strength and never giving up, a trait learnt
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      503 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Pep Guardiola said he had seen a vision of Manchester City’s future after Gabriel Jesus inspired his side to a 3-0 FA Cup victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Making his full debut, Jesus set up Raheem Sterling for City’s opener
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      166 11 STATOFTHEDAY 4 Numberof different US Presidents who have been in office when Serena Williams won a Major title Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obamaand DonaldTrump. PAYING TRI BUTE TO SERENA SerenaWilliams–that’smylittle sister, you guys. Your win has alwaysbeenmywin.Ithinkyou know that. VENUS WILLIAMS, losing finalist Congrats to
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      239 11 REUTERS LONDON Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said his side were lucky to reach the FA Cup fifth round, after battling back to edge a 4-3 thriller against fourth-tier opponents Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday. The hosts took their winning run at home to nine in
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      474 12 At 35 years old, after a long injury lay-off, Federer defies odds to win 18th Grand Slam Australian Open 2017 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MELBOURNE Many people thought Roger Federer’s Grand Slam title-winning days were behind him, but he defied age and conventional logic to seal his
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      1030 12  -  Open Minded Rohit Brijnath Assistant Sports Editor In Melbourne rohitb@sph.com.sg If you hadn’t seen it, hadn’t borne emotional witness to it, hadn’t been here in this arena or at home nibbling at your nails, you’d laugh it off as
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      1463 1  -  Jenny Teng understands how bad skin can affect one’s confidence, being a victim herself in her teens. She and her daughter Pauline Ng now run a boutique spa with its own skincare brand Two’s Company With Foundrs Of Porcelain,The Face Spa Ankita Varma avarma@sph.com.sg The latest
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        282 2 Jenny Teng on Pauline Ng Ms Jenny Teng’s biggest lesson after working for seven years with her daughter is to trust her. “You must keep an open mind and just have faith that your children can handle themselves,” she says. For the 52-year-old, it was
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        324 2 Pauline Ng on Jenny Teng Asked for the secret behind the comfortable working relationship with her mother, Ms Pauline Ng says with a laugh: “Keeping a respectful distance. “When you’re working with family, setting boundaries and clear responsibilities early on becomes key to keeping
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        471 2 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY Mrs Melania Trump’s first glossy magazine cover as First Lady of the UnitedStatesisonVanityFairMexico– but the timing (just as her husband’s border-wall plans are souring the United States relationship with Mexico) and the pose are just a little... well,
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        830 3  -  The only Singaporean contestant on reality TV show Cesar’s Recruit: Asia would rather work with canines than humans 8Q Gurveen Kaur gu rveenk@sph.com.sg Mr Ethan Loke, the sole Singaporean contestant on reality TV contest Cesar’s Recruit: Asia, recalls that his first encounter with dogs was a
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        724 5 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Emmanuelle Riva, a French actress whose most memorable roles came more than 50 years apart, first in the 1959 classic Hiroshima Mon Amour, then in 2012’s Amour, died last Friday at a medical facility in Paris. She was 89.
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        216 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Geoff Nicholls, keyboardist with seminal British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, died last Saturday aged 68 following a battle with lung cancer, guitarist Tony Iommi wrote on Facebook. “So saddened to hear the loss of one of my dearest and
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        848 6  -  Offshoots of popular restaurants here will come together in a new dining enclave at Science Park Drive Eunice Quek eu niceq@sph.com.sg Come March, some of Singapore’s popular restaurants will come together at a new dining enclave called Savourworld. The sprawling 60,000 sq ft space
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        602 6 NYTIMES NEWYORK Jeff Bridges is famously laid-back, but he was chill to the point of being incommunicative at an interview for Hell Or High Water thismonth–atleastatfirst. Bridges, who plays a Texas Ranger in the modern western, landed an Oscar nomination for Best
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      533 4  -  Kirsten Tan’s debut feature film Pop Aye won the Special Jury award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition for its screenplay at the prestigious festival Chew Hui Min and Boon Chan chuimin@sph.com.sg bchan@sph.com.sg Film-maker Kirsten Tan picked up the first-ever Sundance award won by
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      525 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore, a movie long on ambition and longer in title, came away with the top prize as the Sundance Film Festival wrapped last Saturday. Starring
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      694 7  -  This year’s Best Picture nominees may not have been commercial juggernauts, but are crowd-pleasers that give populism a good name Ann Hornaday WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Are our moviegoing bubbles as impermeable as our political ones? When the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were
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      529 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Thousands of papers from the reign of Britain’s King George III went online last Saturday, including an essay by the monarch on losing America and details of his spy network. Some 33,000 pages were published by the Royal Archives, detailing the
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      969 8  - Bruce Lee: the AsianAmerican male hero The martial arts icon was one of the first to highlight Asian masculinity to the West Daniel McDermon NYTIMES NEW YORK Western culture has a long tradition of emasculating Asian men, from Fu Manchu to Charlie Chan to Hop Sing on Bonanza. So it
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      563 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Ye Haiyan, one of China’s most prominent women’s rights activists, huddled in her unheated apartment on the outskirts of Beijing, waiting to learn if the documentary that propelled her to international fame would receive an Oscar nod. Last
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      798 9 Actress plays a frumpy real estate-agent who transforms into a sexed-up maneater in new Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet NYTIMES NEW YORK Drew Barrymore may have her own wine label, but it is not her pride-and-joy rose sloshing around in that smoothie cup in
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      654 9 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON The shelter comes in two boxes, along with the tools that someone would need to assemble it. It can be put together in about four hours. It has a front door that can be locked. And a solar-powered wall. This is
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      1128 10 Readers who are wary of the authoritarian overtones of the current United States administration seek insight from dystopian fiction NYTIMES NEW YORK Last weekend, as hundreds of thousands of women gathered in Washington to protest against the inauguration of United States
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      689 10 NYTIMES NEW YORK An autocratic leader has won the vote. He has charm, yes, and smarts of a kind, but also a cruel streak. Beatings are frequent, andassassination–foreignanddomestic has become commonplace. His cultural pronouncements have had a chilling effect on the arts, theatre in particular. Take
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        518 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES Dreamy musical La La Land took home best movie at the Producers Guild Awards last Saturday, putting it in the box seat for the much-anticipated Oscars next month. It beat industry favourites and other leading Academy
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        308 12 REUTERS LONDON Britain’s Prince William and his younger brother Harry have commissioned a statue in honour of their mother Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash 20 years ago, to be erected outside their official London home, their office
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        598 2  -  BY SERENE EDITOR SERENE LUO EDITOR I was leaving my family doctor’s clinic, sick with a fever, when I encountered something that made me feel worse. A young woman, dressed in a T-shirt and a puffy white skirt, was promoting a ride-sharing company by approaching
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        200 2 The start of the Chinese New Year marked the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar and was a welcome break after the first few “gruelling” weeks of school. Snap or click on these QR codes to learn some useful information about the traditions that mark the
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        388 3  -  BY FELICIA FELICIA CHAN Through a 3m x 3m Snakes And Ladders game as well as carnival-in-spired activities, students from Catholic Junior College (CJC) tried to impart gracious and responsible heartland living tips to visitors at the opening of the Punggol Town Square and Punggol
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        146 3 The Punggol Town Square is a new community space where residents can take part in activities with friends and neighbours to strengthen community ties. The 1,620 sq m area is part of the Remaking Our Heartland programme, which aims to rejuvenate HDB estates. It offers
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        260 12 / 13 A record 16,000 Primary 6 pupils applied for places in secondary schools through the Direct School Admission (DSA) route last year 1,000 more than in 2015. In the end, 2,800 pupils successfully landed places in 118 secondary schools, including the 17 Integrated Programme schools that offer a six-year programme
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        317 12 / 13 Local researchers have developed a new blood test to detect traces of a virus associated with nose cancer and it could be used in clinics in three months. Doctors said it could allow for earlier detection of residual or recurrent nose cancer the eighth most common and seventh most
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        216 12 / 13 The festive season may be the season of giving but not all donations are worth receiving. Up to 40 per cent of donations in kind received by charities such as food products or clothing given by members of the public end up being discarded because they are plain junk.
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