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    • 860 2 Govt to reinterpret Japan ’s anti-war Constitution to allow its armedforces to aid friendly nations under attack NEW POLICY WILL NOT CHANGE COUNTRY INTO ONE THAT WAGES WARS: ABE AGENCIES TOKYO Japan yesterday took a symbolically significant step towards playing a
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    • 527 2 SINGAPORE —The United States may be weary from its involvement in various conflicts around the world and from the global financial crisis, but it will “bounce back” as it had done before, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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    • 486 4 Nationalfootballfederation to investigate accusations of fraud in team’s first-round matches 4-0 DEFEAT TO CROATIA OF PARTICULAR INTEREST THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Cameroon’s football federation (FECAFOOT) is to investigate allegations of match-fixing by its players at the ongoing World Cup finals. FECAFOOT’s ethics
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    • 277 6  -  Some commuters say LTA shouldfocus on improving service reliability instead ‘WE HAVE TO TACKLE THIS ALONG MULTIPLE FRONTS’ JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —While the authorities are continuing their work to improve the reliability of MRT services, they should also try
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    • 195 6 SINGAPORE —By 2017, SBS Transit will have completed the replacement of almost its entire fleet of buses and expanded the fleet by more than 36 per cent, the transport operator said yesterday. Almost all its buses will also be wheel-chair-accessible by
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    • 462 8  -  Property experts expect Resale Price Index to continue falling over next two quarters ANALYSTS ASCRIBE TREND TO PROPERTY COOLING MEASURES LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Resale flat prices fell for the fourth consecutive quarter, with property analysts attributing this to the various property
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    • 92 10 To commemorate Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day and celebrate the contributions of SAF servicemen to the nation, Burger King’s Arena Country Club outlet yesterday served free WHOPPER burgers for the first 1,000 SAF servicemen who were dressed in their Number 4
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    • 496 10  -  DEFENCE CHIEF DISPUTES EXPERTS’ VIEWS XUE JIANYUE xuejianyue@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Extending the training period for the Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) to give servicemen more time to pass will not result in poorer fitness levels. This was the view of the chief
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    • 667 12 Defence Ministry panel to probe the accused who will be sent back to Wellington if necessary: Malaysian Foreign Minister DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY ‘NOT LICENCE TO COMMIT CRIME’ AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Malaysia yesterday said it would take stern action against
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    • 154 12 psb 1 Anarlerr Academy Anniversary Celebrating success in education PSB Academy Celebrates 50! Join us for a carnival of food, fun, games and performances. Free entry for all. Come and join us! 5 July 2014 (Saturday), 11am to 5pm PSB Academy Main Campus (Next to Tiong Bahru MRT Station) I
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  • comment & analysis
    • 3156 14 In a wide-ranging interview with Politico Magazine during his visit to the United States last week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about Sino- US ties, territorial disputes in the South China Sea and America’s role in keeping the international world order.
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    • 625 19  -  THE INNOVATION COLUMN NATALIE TURNER Natalie Turner is the founder and CEO of The Entheo Network, a global innovation and leadership company headquartered in Singapore. She works with Singaporean and international companies to help build the skills and capabilities for sustainable innovation. Do you consider yourself innova­tive? This
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    • 237 14 r*IS Marketing Institute of Singapore Training Centre BE WITH US AT THE FOREFRONT OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS The Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) was established in 1973 as a not-for-profit organisation serving the Marketing profession in Singapore. As the Continuing Education arm of the MIS, the Marketing Institute of Singapore
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    • 39 14 Broaden innovation beyond the realms of products and research and development. Think how it occurs within services, processes, business models and ways of working. The way IKEA offers cheap designer DIY furniture is a good example. NATALIE TURNER 19
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    • 219 18 iSIMsJp 1 SIM 50 th ANNIVERSARY Fulfilling Aspirations SIM Annual Management Lecture Senior Management Seminar LEAP! Mobile Photography Contest Business Management Challenge MANAGEMENT FESTIVAL 2014 embrace engage elevate Human Capital Forum: ‘Bridging the Talent-Employment Gap’ SIM Interest Group Convention 2014 ‘Come Alive’ Management Monitor Forum COME AND BE INSPIRED! IMMERSE
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    • 193 19 w2 Health Promotion Board *> Keep children with HFMD at home. Rest is best. I Children infected with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) should stay at home to minimise the risk of infecting others. Resting at home will also help them to recover from their illness. Stop the spread
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  • voices
    • 428 20  -  FROM IAN SIM The writer is head of corporate services for a private healthcare group and is writing in his personal capacity. Health screenings take on a greater importance with the coming introduction of the MediShield Life scheme, where a
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    • 82 20  -  FROM ARTHUR PHUA Instead of coupons, the Urban Redevelopment Authority should look into developing mobile apps that allow drivers and motorists to pay for parking at public car parks. Parking attendants would use another interface that lists the payment status when a vehicle
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    • 52 20 In “Buskers, themed cabins for a better MRT experience” (June 30), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the soccer-themed cabin was a collaboration with Singapore Polytechnic Design School students. The LTA has clarified that it is a collaboration with students from the polytechnic’s Business Innovation and Design and Interior
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    • 44 20 In “Main spark of Little India riot was accident: Inquiry panel” (July 1), it was stated that, to date, three men have been convicted for their involvement in the riot. This is incorrect. It should be 12 men. We apologise for the error.
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    • 346 22  -  FROM KRIS HO Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Operations), SAFRA We refer to the letter “SAFRA clubhouses should cater for NSmen of all ages” (June 21) by Mr Francis Cheng. SAFRA currently has a network of five clubs islandwide with
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    • 165 22  -  FROM JACKALIN ER Director (Corporate Communications), Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore We thank Ms Crystal Tan for her feedback (“More help needed for beginner entrepreneurs from sandwich class”; June 23, online), in which she highlighted the financial difficulties her spouse faced as he
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    • 102 22  -  FROM FONG HANG YIN The National Environment Agency needs to take more preventive measures in its campaign against dengue. For instance, flowerpot saucers containing stagnant water are still commonly found along residential corridors and mosquito larvae have been found in them from time to time.
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    • 10 22 WORLD NO MORE DENGUE MOSQUITOES WHEN BRAZIL HOSTS OLYMPICS? 40
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  • singapore
    • 571 24  -  ORGANISATION PLEDGES ADDITIONAL ENDOWMENT OF S$60M LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Beginning with help for a pregnant mother such as prenatal care and job support to support for a child even before he or she enters pre-school, a new programme by
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    • 530 25 SINGAPORE —The Republic needs to go beyond the recommendations laid out by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) that looked into the Little India riot if it wants to fully realise the rights of foreign workers, said the Humanitarian Organization for
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    • 485 26  -  Student intake expected to double with opening of new branch NAK Derbyshire PARENTS REALISING IMPORTANCE OF ART EDUCATION, SAYS PRINCIPAL ALFRED CHUA alfredchuamf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —For an hour every day, students at NAFA Arts Kindergarten (NAK) immerse themselves in the world of art. It
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    • 501 27  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Businessman Eric Ding Si Yang has been found guilty of three charges of bribing three Lebanese football officials with prostitutes, as an inducement to fix matches that they would officiate in future. His lawyer, Mr Hamidul Haq, yesterday told the
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    • 288 27  -  AMANDA LEE S ING A POR E A spirited discussion about Arsenal’s defeat in a football match last December at a coffee shop turned ugly for three Manchester City fans, when their conversation sparked off an attack by another group
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    • 217 28  -  TAN SHI WEI SINGAPORE —From next month, electrical, gas and cable detection workers can apply for a lifetime licence instead of renewing their licences every one to three years a move that will help them save on compliance costs. The
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    • 378 28  -  MORE REQUESTS FOR HELP FROM OVERSEAS JORDAN SKADIANG jordans@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More reports of suspicious financial transactions were received last year, rising 25 per cent from 17,975 in 2012 to 22,417 last year, the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) said in its annual report released
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    • 970 29 CIMBBANK Wo. Rewards For Life" Excessive shopping is encouraged. Get never-ending rewards every time you spend. This Great Singapore Sale, it’s easy to be overwhelmed with rewards every time you spend with your CIMB Credit Card. The more you shop, the more you get. So let the shopping begin! S$680
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  • health
    • 1113 30 Work-life balance getting short shrift in the country, with staff complaining about excessive overtime taking a toll SUCH EMPLOYEES HELD UP AS HEROES OF THE MODERN AGE BLOOMBERG CHIN A After 26 years of “putting the cause of the party and the people” first, Chinese
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    • 467 32 ABSTINENCE FROM SEX FOR A FEW DAYS MAY HELP REUTERS NEW YORK —For couples struggling with infertility, there are few lifestyle changes men can make to improve the size and shape of their sperm, suggested a new study. Sperm shape and size known
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    • 238 33 MediaCorp Switches to Digital Broadcast With the move towards digital TV, viewers will be able to receive better quality pictures, superior sound, multi-language subtitles and electronic programme guides for TV programmes. Digital TV will progressively be rolled out in Singapore over the next two years.* How Do I Get Digital
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  • world
    • 493 38 NATION IN POLITICAL LIMBO AGENCIES BAGHDAD —Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq’s new Parliament yesterday after Shias failed to name a Prime Minister to replace Mr Nouri Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly
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    • 599 39 Indon presidential candidate denies that he favours return to authoritarian form of govt AGENCIES JAKARTA Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has denied that he favoured a return to an authoritarian form of government, following earlier reports that he would change the electoral system to concentrate
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    • 469 40 PANEL WILL CONVENE IN AUGUST TO ADVISE ON USING BACTERIA TO KILL MOSQUITOES IN S’PORE AGENCIES LONDON Brazil is developing a weapon that may be ready when it hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics: Genetically modified mosquitoes that self-des-truct before doing any damage.
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  • business
    • 458 42 DIVERSIFYING RISK FROM WEAK S’PORE MARKET AGENCIES SINGAPORE Frasers Centrepoint Ltd (FCL), a company backed by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, will pursue its offer to buy the Australand Property Group for about A$2.6 billion (S$3.1 billion), in the Singapore real estate company’s
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    • 589 43  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s semiconductor industry, which has seen challenging times lately, has received a new lease of life in the form of a S$250 million commitment from Taiwanese firm MediaTek. The fabless semiconductor company, which yesterday opened its new innovation
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  • technology
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  • sports
    • TODAY BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
      • 581 46 Dutch winger defends himself amid ongoing diving furore in Mexico clash THE DAILY TELEGRAPH RIO DE JANEIRO —Arjen Robben has argued that he is guilty only of being too honest after he escaped punishment from FIFA despite admitting he had dived during the
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      • 459 46  -  MORE CONSISTENCY NEEDED TO DEAL WITH CHEATING COMMENTARY BY TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is deputy sports editor at TO DAY. Has FIFA missed a good chance to act on its policy of not condoning the act of simulation or, in common speak,
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      • 734 47 But that approach may not be enough to overcome France AGENCIES PORTO A LEG RE —Football matches between old rivals Germany and France are usually tense, closelyfought affairs. But if the Germans fail to improve from their uncharacteristically disjointed performance against Algeria, then
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      • 920 48  -  PUGNACIOUS MANAGER HAS TALENT FOR MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS COMMENTARY BY PAUL HAYWARD Paul Hayward is The Daily Telegraph’s chief sports writer. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Dismissed as a “water carrier” by Eric Cantona, Didier Deschamps is turning l’eau into wine. As France advance to
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      • 651 49  -  ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E —Anti-World Cup protests, accounts of friends accosted by Brazilian teenagers along a quiet street, and kids running through a busy crowd along Copacabana beach stealing bags were some incidents Singaporeans in Brazil for the
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      • 472 49 AP T E R E S O P O L I S —Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admits a lack of experience has left his young squad at a disadvantage at the World Cup. The coach is also blaming some of the team’s struggles,
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        • 83 50 AP The Algerian Football Association has been fined 50,000 Swiss francs (S$70,300) by FIFA after its fans shone lasers at players during the World Cup Group H game against Russia. Television images showed a green light, typical of the kind generated by laser pens, being shone in
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        • 157 50 Neymar is having doubts about what to wear to his World Cup matches. Brazil’s attracted Brazil’s star attracted some attention in the team’s second-round match against Chile on Saturday after changing his boots at half-time. Neymar played the firsthalf with a
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        • 164 50 AP Disappointed South Korean fans have expressed their anger towards the national team as they made their return home following an early exit from the World Cup in Brazil. Local media showed clips of a fan throwing Korean traditional taffy candy, known as “yeot”, at
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      • 614 50 Striker’s belated apology for Chiellini bite may be strategic THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MONTEVIDEO —Luis Suarez has finally admitted he bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini and apologised for the conduct that led to his banishment from the World Cup. The Uruguayan and Liverpool striker has
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    • 355 51  -  DANIAL HAKIM Three young Singaporean athletes shooter Martina Veloso (picture) and swimmers Nur Marina Chan and Samantha Yeo will be competing in three major competitions back-to-back. At the Team Singapore send-off yesterday for the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2nd Youth Olympic
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    • 739 52  -  Fandi’s sons in Austrian training tour, along with national seniors preparing for Suzuki Cup defence TEAMS TO PLAY FRIENDLIES AGAINST EUROPEAN CLUBS DAN GUEN CHIN danguenchin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Their father bears one of the most familiar sporting names in Singapore, but the inclusion of Irfan and
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    • 224 52 REUTERS LIVERPOOL —Premier League giants Liverpool signed England midfielder Adam Lallana (picture) from Southampton on a long-term deal yesterday, reuniting the 26-year-old with his former club mate Rickie Lambert at Anfield. No transfer fee was announced, but British media estimated Liverpool paid around £25 million
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    • 445 53 REUTERS LONDON —Roger Federer’s immaculate Wimbledon continued, as he moved smoothly into the quarterfinals for the 12th time in his career yesterday by outclassing Spaniard Tommy Robredo. The Swiss, bidding for a record eighth title at the grasscourt Slam, needed only one hour and 34
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    • 88 53 AP Five-time Major champion Maria Sharapova bowed out in the fourth round at Wimbledon yesterday, losing 7-6 4-6 6-4 to Angelique Kerber of Germany. Sharapova had lost only seven games in her three previous matches at the All England Club this year. She saved six match points against
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