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  • 43 1 TODAY A=diaCorp WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/2014 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/2014 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING /VI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015 MCI (P) 046/06/2014
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  • hot news
    • 624 2 PR to move a parliamen tary censure against police chief PUTRAJAYA ‘ABUSING ITS POWERS BY USING POLICE TO SILENCE CRITICS’ AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s police chief Khalid Abu Bakar came under sharp criticism yesterday for the arrest of opposition Member
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    • 606 2 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR All revenue from the coming Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be used for the benefit of the people and not to pay off government debts, Malaysian Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan said yesterday in a
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    • 542 6  -  STORES NEED DIFFERENTIATION: CONGLOMERATE’S ASIA HEAD LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has far too many shopping malls that are too similar to one another and this is unsustainable for the retail sector here, said the regional head of Al-Futtaim Group,
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    • 216 6  -  LEE YEN NEE The Republic is losing its lustre as the region’s top shopping destination, with its position under threat from other South-east Asian cities, whose population and spending power are growing faster, said Mr Kesri Kapur, Al-Futtaim Group’s head of business in Asia.
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    • 536 10  -  INTERACTIVE ONLINE MATERIALS TO SUPPORT CLASSROOM TEACHING NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Online learning will be a key feature of the bite-sized courses to be offered by the publicly-funded universities and polytechnics as part of the SkillsFuture initiatives to drive
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    • 643 12 COUNTRY CAN DOUBLE CRUDE EXPORTS QUICKLY IF SANCTIONS GO: OIL MINISTER AGENCIES LONDON As talks between Iran, the United States and its allies continue in the hopes of keeping the Islamic republic from being able to build a nuclear bomb, the
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  • comment&analysis
    • 951 14  -  BE IJI NG S HOULD BE MORE TRAN S PARE NT, PROVI DE MORE I N FORMATION ON ITS I M PLE M E NTATION LI MINGJIANG Associate Professor Li Mingjiang is coordinator of the China Programme at the S Rajaratnam
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    • 1014 17  -  WHY THE THEORY IS STILL A BIG MYSTERY SABINE HOSSENFELDER Sabine Hossenfelder is a professor at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm, Sweden. PROJECT SYNDICATE This year marks the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, his masterwork
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    • 27 14 As is often true in science, Einstein’s insights in the theory of relativity have provided physicists with as many questions as they have answered. SABINE HOSSENFELDER 17
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    • 421 15 SUNTECCITY SINGAPORE PERFORMING™ FESTIVAL 2015 c i i m ft Now 22 March •c fP I. H» Vf Lt A nine-day extravaganza by the young for the younger! Presented to you by Suntec City Kids Performing™ Academy Of The Arts EVENT HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR 2015 (3) SUNTEC CITY EAST
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  • voices
    • 35 22 The photo caption for the report “China vows to act if economy slows” (March 16), stated wrongly that China had a debt load ofS$39 million, instead of S$39 trillion. We apologise for the error.
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    • 333 22  -  FROM GEOFFREY KUNG KUO-WOO The report “Keppel Corp extends deadline for S$3.2b property unit takeover” (March 13) stated that KPMG’s assessment of the offer as “not fair but reasonable” may have “added to the confusion”. KPMG Corporate Finance, which is advising Keppel Land’s
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    • 139 22  -  FROM ERIC CHIN Director, National Archives of Singapore We thank Dr Danny Tan for his support of our Citizen Archivist Project in his letter “Robust vetting a must for citizen archivist work” (March 12). The National Archives of Singapore launched the project
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    • 89 22  -  F ROM YUM SHOEN LIANG Retirement planning should not start at age 35, as suggested in “Offer retirement planning to CPF members aged 35 or 45” (March 11). It should start as early as possible, for example, when one first earns a
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    • 247 23  -  FROM NARAYANA NARAYANA I refer to the letter “Small-cap listed firms should consolidate shares to round number” (March 9). If history is any guide, the present need to introduce a 20-cent minimum trading price was necessitated by a Frankenstein of the
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    • 329 23  -  FROM G KAVIDASAN I refer to this week’s Talking Point, “Sleepless in Singapore”. The time zone here is the biggest contributor to the problem: The sun rises at around 7am, when most of the children are already headed for school or in
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    • 14 22 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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    • 208 23 You HAVE TO THINK LIKE a Hacker to OUTSMART a Hacked I didn’t learn it in schpol. I learnt it at MDIS. Shawn Yeo MDIS Student (2015) SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY E-LEARNING t- L* 1 1 h AM A Cybersecurity IT professionals have never been more in demand, with an influx
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  • singapore
    • 507 24  -  MODELS SHOULD TAP ECONOMIES OF SCALE, SAYS MINISTER SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE With the Republic facing the challenges of changing family structures and an ageing population, Singaporeans need to look beyond care models of having foreign domestic helpers at home
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    • 609 25  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For years, pre-school teacher Doris Oo had been calling her mother who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes during her lunch break to ensure all was well at home. But these days, she no longer has to
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    • 663 29  -  After three-month trial, service to extend to 6,500 individuals turning 55 this year ONE-ON-ONE SESSION WAS A ‘WAKE UP CALL’ SAYS TRIAL PARTICIPANT MATTHIAS TAY matthiastay@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With three children and a career as a retail manager, retirement planning was the last
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    • 401 30 Per capita income cap for eligibility to be raised to S$1,800 SINGAPORE —More people with disabilities (PWDs) are set to qualify for subsidies for making use of assistive technology such as Braille typewriters and hearing aids with tweaks to the
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    • 260 30  -  JORDON SIMPSON SINGAPORE Measures announced in this year’s Budget to ease the financial burden of retirees received strong support, while response to efforts to help Singaporeans accumulate more Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings was less enthusiastic in comparison, a poll conducted
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    • 516 31 How do you talk to your children about the facts of life? Start by paying careful attention to them It’s understandable for parents to be uncertain about how much, how little or exactly what they should tell their children about the facts of life. Rather than
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    • 230 31 Part and parcel of growing up It’s normal for your teenage children to develop feelings for people they fancy, so be prepared to talk to them about dating. It is important to be open and respectful of their feelings as you guide them through
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    • 162 29 SINGAPORE MAJORITY APPROVE OF SILVER SUPPORT, SKILLSFUTURE, CPF CHANGES: POLL 30 SMU MBA A true reflection of global connections. Information Sessions SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY MBA Being strategically located in the central business district of Singapore, and with Asia leading the world's economic growth, SMU is at the epicentre of global
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  • health
    • 938 32  -  KKHospital sees up to 150 new cases yearly, but parents awareness of this childhood disease is low MOST COMMON ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE IN CHILDREN IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: DOCTOR EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Just seven months old, Ihsan takes aspirin, crushed and mixed with water, every day. The
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    • 617 34 Health experts who work with Coca-Cola say it is CALL FOR RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE MESSAGES: DIETITIAN ASSOCIATION AP NEW YORK —Coca-Cola is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its soda as a treat at a time when the world’s biggest beverage maker is being blamed
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    • 612 35 Blow off the myths from the facts to help you better manage allergies BROUGHT TO YOU BY SINGAPORE Allergic rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal airways caused by airborne particles such as dust, pollen or animal dander. But how much do you know
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    • 204 33 DSD YOU KNOW NOT ALL CALCIUM YOU CONSUME MAY BE ABSORBED FOR BUILDING STRONG BONESr N FACT T 1 ,--rc >-'•7 ■M INSUFFICIENT SUNSHINE Sunlight is needed for the production of vitamin D in your body, which is important for calcium absorption. Ironically, many Singaporeans prefer to shy away from
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    • 105 35 The answer to allergies is clear. Clarityn Non-Drowsy Clarityn <3 I i- g Fast, Non loratadine 10 mg Allergy Relief t, Non-Drowsy Relief: Sneezing Runny, Itchy Nose Watery. Itchy Byes Itchy Skin Rash years adults If) TABLETS Itchy throat, watery eyes, runny nose, constant sneezing... an allergy can really ruin
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  • china&india
    • 666 36 CRISIS AT ODDS WITH MODI’S VISION OF MODERN METROPOLISES BLOOMBERG MUMBAI A memorable scene in the film Slumdog Millionaire, set in Mumbai, depicts the boy hero plunging into a ghastly pool of liquid excrement. Truth is not much stranger than fiction. The city
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    • 617 37 AGENCIES HONG KONG —Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-Ying yesterday asked the media to give his daughter, Ms Leung ChaiYan, some space after she posted online about being pushed and slapped by her mother, Ms Regina Tong, allegations that have
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    • 45 36 We’re here to share delightful news. Presenting our winners from UOB Cards Delight Christmas Promotion. $10,000 Dairy Farm Gift Vouchers Wu Jinfeng SXXXX245G 19 vfbs/w UOB CARDS Cold Storage The fresh food people SAVINGS, GREAT VALUE guardian United Overseas Bank Limited Co. Reg. No. *****0026Z
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  • world world
    • 451 38 Decision on whether to join is up to individual nations: Top Washington diplomat FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY FOLLOW UK LEAD REUTERS SEOUL A senior United States diplomat said it was up to individual countries whether to join a new China-led international development bank, as
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    • 408 38 (2nd Edition) DECISION REFLECTS WASHINGTON’S LOOSENING GRIP ON G7 MEMBERS AGENCIES PARIS In a challenge to the Americanled world financial order, some of the United States’ crucial European allies said yesterday they wouldjoin a new development bank for Asia that is largely
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    • 584 39 AGENCIES JERUSALEM With his political future in question, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday made a list-ditch appeal to hard-liners as the country went to the polls in a tight parliamentary election, saying that high Arab voter turnout was endangering his right
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    • 427 40  -  MOVE AIMS TO DRAW MORE TOURISTS; AUSTRALIA NOT INCLUDED IN LIST JAKARTA GLOBE JAKARTA To boost tourist numbers, Indonesia from next month will waive visa requirements for nationals from an extra 30 countries but not Australia the government has announced. When the new
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    • 459 40 (2nd Edition)  -  CHILDREN ALSO SHOWN RECITING KORAN VERSES IN FRONT OF ISLAMIC STATE FLAG JAKARTA GLOBE JAKARTA—Indonesia’s State Intelligence Agency (BIN) said yesterday it would work with the Ministry of Communications and Information to block a video that appears to show Indonesian
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    • 730 41 THE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL Tension between Seoul and Beijing over Washington’s desire to deploy a ballistic missile defence system in South Korea intensified yesterday as South Korea made an unusual public retort to China, asking it not
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    • 583 42  -  Lab can produce up to 300,000 carats of diamonds annually, including those of rare IIa variety GEMS COULD BE PRICED 30-40% LOWER THAN NATURAL ONES TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Gem lovers will soon be able to purchase made-in-Singapore diamonds: A facility launched
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    • 283 42  -  ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE —A residential plot of land in Tampines has been put up for sale by public tender, with analysts saying developers will likely be cautious in their bids given the site’s unattractive location and the large housing supply in
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    • 392 43 SINGAPORE To boost the investigation of market misconduct and crack down on offenders, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the police’s white-collar crime unit, the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), will jointly probe offences such as insider trading and share-price manipulation under
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    • 272 43 REUTERS SINGAPORE Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is in talks to buy a stake in South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier Jeju Air, in what would be its first foray into North Asia, where rising demand from Chinese passengers is fuelling growth. SIA
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    • 591 43 ADVERTISING FEATURE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT COLON CANCER SURGERY In Singapore, colon cancer (also known as colorectal cancer] is the most common form of cancer among men and the second most common among women. However, despite the fact that it is so common, many misconceptions exist regarding colon cancer surgery which is
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    • 393 44 FIRST AUCTIONS TO START ON APRIL 1 REUTERS NEW YORK Going, going, gone! Sold to the highest bidder on the auction floor, on the phone or on a new eBay platform that will stream Sotheby’s New York auctions live, beginning next month. The new
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    • 379 44 REUTERS WASHINGTON Aerospace giant Boeing could clinch a deal this year to build a high-throughput communications satellite for top technology companies such as Google, Amazon or Facebook, a senior company official said on Monday. Mr Jim Simpson, vice-president of business development
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    • 729 45  -  THREE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORTS ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Singapore’s sports industry grows at a steady rate with an increasing number of local and international events held here and as the S$1.33 billion Sports Hub add more
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    • 730 45 (2nd Edition)  -  THREE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN SPORTS ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Singapore’s sports industry grows at a steady rate with an increasing number of local and international events held here and as the S$1.33 billion Sports Hub add more
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    • 428 45  -  SHANJAYAN MUNIAPPAN S I N G A P O R E National swimmers Quah Zheng Wen and Christopher Cheong may have set national records on the opening day of the senior category of the Singapura Finance Singapore National AgeGroup
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    • 744 46  -  TEAM HAVE SPENT ON PLAYERS WHO FAILED TO DELIVER COMMENTARY BY MARK OGDEN Mark Ogden is The Daily Telegraph’s northern football correspondent. THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Manchester City will attempt to achieve a dramatic Champions League fightback against Barcelona tonight with a team containing as
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    • 394 46 REUTERS LONDON Lance Armstrong’s plan to ride this year’s Tour de France route for charity has been branded “disrespectful” by International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson. The disgraced American, stripped of his seven Tour titles because of blood doping, has
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    • 605 47 A win over Liverpool will give Louis van Gaal’s side the momentum, says midfielder THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER —Michael Carrick has claimed that Manchester United can overhaul Manchester City and target runners-up spot in the Premier League if they emerge unbeaten from the trip to
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    • 241 47 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH L O N D O N Dick Advocaat on Monday night said he had signed a contract to replace Gus Poyet at Sunderland until the end of the season and hinted he would like to stay at the club if he helps them
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    • 429 48 SIDE WILL BE FIRST PROFESSIONAL U.S TEAM TO VISIT SINCE RESTORATION OF DIPLOMATIC TIES THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —The New York Cosmos will play in Cuba in June, but it may prove difficult for their fans to join them on the trip. The
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    • 259 48 REUTERS BERLIN —German sportswear group adidas will not renew its contract to supply kit to the United States National Basketball Association (NBA), saying it feels it would be better to invest money in new products and players. adidas has been losing market share in
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      352 48 AP MIAMI 106 CLEVELAND 92 Dwyane Wade’s top offensive highlight of the night led to no points. It didn’t matter. The Miami Heat had more than enough. Wade scored 21 of his 32 points in the first half, Goran Dragic added 20 points and nine assists, helping Miami
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    • 30 49 WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2015 THIN IS NOT IN France’s new legislation banning the use of ‘super skinny’ models might just change the look of Paris Fashion Week 50 PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • 518 50 FRANCE LIKELY TO PASS LEGISLATION BANNING SUPER-THIN MODELS AGENCIES Now that the last of the applause from Paris Fashion Week has died down, French lawmakers are getting down to the skinny on fashion models and asking people to forget about being “Paris thin”. The government is
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      • 273 50  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE Kit Chan may be holding her concert in an SG50 year, but the singer insists her coming show has nothing to do with Singapore’s birthday celebrations. “As a Singaporean, I love my country all the time, so we don’t have
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      • 355 51 Dolce Gabbana hit back at Elton John boycott The Italian fashion designers say it’s all about respecting others’ differences THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON After Elton John’s Instagram post to denounce remarks made by Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the pair issued a statement saying that it was
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    • 1253 53 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Super Why II 6.30 Everything’s Rosie 7.00 Milly, Molly 7.30 Driver Dan’s Story Train II 8.00 Mouk 8.30 The Hive 9.00 Dr Oz Show V (HD) (PG) 10.00 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII (HD) NOON Martha Stewart’s Cooking
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