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Title Section17 2015-08-11 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2015 MCI (P) 021/06/201517 words
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Article, Illustration69 2015-08-11 1 For one extra day, the backdrop of the National Day Parade, decorations on the facade of the National Gallery of Singapore and the saluting platform remained in place for Singaporeans to capture the celebratory feel at the Padang. Many came and fanned across the island69 words
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642 2015-08-11 1 SIAU MING EN - PAP will reveal its full candidate line-up before Aug 23, says party organising secretary RESIDENTS’ FEEDBACK PROMPTS CHANGES SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore has entered “election season”, said the ruling People’s Action Party’s organising secretary Ng Eng Hen yesterday, sending642 words
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668 2015-08-11 1 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Opposition yesterday resolved three out of four potential multi-cornered fights among political parties in the coming General Election, after a week of back and forth on the constituencies in which they sought to contest. The668 words
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276 2015-08-11 2 SIAU MING EN - SIAU MING EN In their first visit to the newest parts of their Group Representation Constituency since the electoral boundaries were redrawn, Bishan-Toa Payoh’s Members of Parliament (MPs), led by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen, assured residents they would be looked after.276 words
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633 2015-08-11 4 SIAU MING EN - THIS YEAR’S NDP TO BE LARGEST FOR LONG TIME TO COME, SAYS DEFENCE MINISTER SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other ministers were all praise for Sunday’s National Day Parade (NDP) and yesterday thanked the many people633 words
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Article, Illustration518 2015-08-11 4 ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE Ten weekends of visiting the Padang were not enough for one man, as he came back to soak in the atmosphere for the final time before the decorations, backdrop and saluting platform for the National Day celebrations were toANGELA TENG; PHOTO: ROBIN CHOO - 518 words
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Article, Illustration614 2015-08-11 6 ANGELA TENG - OVER 83,000 VISITORS AT MUSEUMS, HERITAGE SITES AS OF 4PM YESTERDAY: NHB ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E —As they wound down from the long Jubilee weekend, Singaporeans did not let the final day go to waste, withPHOTOS: ROBIN CHOO - 614 words
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Article, Illustration215 2015-08-11 6 SINGAPORE The Republic received 129 Singaporean babies as a birthday present on its 50th anniversary. They were born in hospitals across the country on Sunday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Grace Fu said yesterday on her Facebook page. She added thatPHOTO: GRACE FU’S FACEBOOK PAGE - 215 words
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Article, Illustration195 2015-08-11 6 ANGELA TENG - ANGELA TENG Baking a National Day cake, making SG50 cookies and eating hawker food that is what one family and their friends did as part of a National Day-themed family celebration for the Golden Jubilee weekend. Their potluck party even included a small charity drive,PHOTO: MDM RACHAEL LAU - 195 words
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Article, Illustration801 2015-08-11 8 NEO CHAI CHIN - MORE THAN 60 GLOBAL EVENTS MARK THE COUNTRY’S GOLDEN JUBILEE NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They came together, all seeking a slice of home from thousands of kilometres away. Some feasted on hawker fare while others watched the National Day Parade. About 13,000 ofPHOTOS JANICE WONG, AILEEN ANG, SINGAPORE CONNECT, SINGAPORE EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC - 801 words
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Article, Illustration289 2015-08-11 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Mr Lee Seng Wee, the former chairman of OCBC Bank, died on Friday at the age of 85. A private service and cremation was held on Saturday, according to his wishes. He had sustained a head injury fromCHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTO: OCBC - 289 words
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442 2015-08-11 10 REUTERS SINGAPORE Malaysia’s ringgit yesterday plumbed lows last seen during the Asian financial crisis 17 years ago, after a fall in foreign exchange reserves raised doubts over the currency’s ability to withstand pressure from political uncertainty and slower growth. Investor sentiment towardREUTERS - 442 words
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210 2015-08-11 10 REUTERS BEIJING China’s top economic planner said yesterday the property market was likely to continue to improve in the second half of this year, a good sign for the struggling economy. A year-long slump in the housing market has draggedREUTERS - 210 words
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770 2015-08-11 11 WORLD HAS HAD A GOOD LAUGH: RETIRED STATESMAN AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Mounting a fresh attack on Prime Minister Najib Razak, Dr Mahathir Mohamad declared in a lengthy blog post yesterday that nobody believed Mr Najib’s explanation on the scandal surrounding 1Malaysia DevelopmentAGENCIES - 770 words
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Article, Illustration275 2015-08-11 11 AGENCIES The country stands to lose the most from the unyielding attacks on the Prime Minister because of the negative image that will be shown to the global community, said the son of Malaysian Premier Najib Razak. Describing the attacks asAGENCIES - 275 words
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446 2015-08-11 11 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUAL A LUMPUR Most Malay Malaysians identify themselves as “Muslims first” rather than Malaysians or Malays first, independent pollster Merdeka Centre said yesterday, amid rising religious conservatism in the country. The centre’s executive director Ibrahim Suffian said itsTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 446 words
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712 2015-08-11 12 BODY’S INVESTIGATION OF 1MDB MUST BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED: OPPOSITION AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Two directors from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) who had earlier spoken out on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy and were issued transfer orders to the Prime Minister’s OfficeAGENCIES - 712 words
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Article, Illustration597 2015-08-11 12 THE MALAY MAIL KUALA LUMPUR Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has again denied claims that he is an “ultra Malay”, saying that although he fights hard for the Malay community’s rights as well as for Islam, he believes inTHE MALAY MAIL; PHOTO: MALAY MAIL ONLINE - 597 words
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Article, Illustration594 2015-08-11 14 Japanese PM will include the words ‘apology’, ‘aggression’ as he struggles to please supporters, maintain ties with neighbours PREMIER MAY ‘ALTER CONTEXT IN WHICH WORDS ARE USED’ AGENCIES TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will include the words “apology” and “aggression” inAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 594 words
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528 2015-08-11 14 REUTERS BEIJING China hit back yesterday at the United States’ criticism that it restricts navigation and overflights in the South China Sea, amid a festering marine territorial dispute with some of its neighbours. Freedom of overflight and navigation does not meanREUTERS - 528 words
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Article, Illustration1267 2015-08-11 16 PETER DRYSDALE - JAPANESE PM NEEDS TO BRIDGE TRUST DEFICIT IN NORTH-EAST ASIA PETER DRYSDALE Peter Drysdale is editor of the East Asia Forum. EAST ASIA FORUM There has been a great deal of soul-searching about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s statement onEAST ASIA FORUM; PHOTO: KYODO NEWS - 1,267 words
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Article, Illustration962 2015-08-11 18 BASSKARAN NAIR - WHY THE COUNTRY NEEDS THINKERS AND TINKERERS BASSKARAN NAIR An innovating society will vigorously try out proposed solutions to recurrent and future problems, making a hard-headed and multi-dimensional evaluation of the outcomes. If the policy options after evaluation show that the solutions need toPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 962 words
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Article, Illustration775 2015-08-11 19 DHIRAJ NAYYAR - INDIAN PM MUST COUNTER OPPOSITION’S OBSTRUCTIONIST MOVES DHIRAJ NAYYAR BLOOMBERG An important parliamentary session in India one that gets its name from the country’s monsoon rainfall season is set to be a total washout. The session, which ends this week, has been disrupted, stalled andBLOOMBERG - 775 words
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250 2015-08-11 20 HONG MAA ZHI - FROM MAA ZHI HONG I hope my fellow Singaporeans had a good long Jubilee Weekend. It has been an amazing 50 years for Singapore as many know, we have been an improbable nation from the start. By every measure, we250 words
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Article, Illustration99 2015-08-11 20 HONG TAY YONG - FROM TAY YONG HONG My wife and I attended the National Day Parade at the Padang, and a heartening sight after the show was that the place was amazingly clean. We saw many Singaporeans carrying their trash using the bags provided.PHOTO: TAY YONG HONG - 99 words
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145 2015-08-11 20 BABY MATHEN MATHEWS - FROM BABY MATHEN MATHEWS The unity and strength demonstrated in multicultural Singapore’s 50th birthday celebration was overwhelming. From being written off in 1965 to a Golden Jubilee now, the centenary celebration in 2065 looks promising, and the future is bright. I145 words
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Article, Illustration436 2015-08-11 21 KWAN JIN YAO - FROM KWAN JIN YAO In an ambitious commentary, “A new vision for National Service in Singapore” (Aug 7), Mr Seah Chin Siong argues that NS “can no longer continue to be defined narrowly and simply as forced conscription into military service”. HeTODAY FILE PHOTO - 436 words
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POSB
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Article, Illustration740 2015-08-11 23 This father used various approaches to help his child learn the importance of thrift and saving for a rainy day When Mr Joshua Lee was a young boy, he learnt about saving the traditional way by putting awayPHOTO: KOHMUIFONG; GRAPHICS: CINDY CHAN - 740 words
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Article, Illustration399 2015-08-11 23 DERRICK GOH - FROM DERRICK GOH Head of POSB Most parents in Singapore know the importance of teaching their children to save for a rainy day. Doing this will help them inculcate the value of money as they are growing up. Young children may not399 words
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Article, Illustration574 2015-08-11 26 TOH EE MING - Education Minister to hold dialogue on his experience working with late founding PM, launches photo book chronicling national week of mourning TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The red box that Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew used as his briefcase willyesterday.PHOTO: OOI BOON KEONG - 574 words
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Article, Illustration567 2015-08-11 27 New technologies can help reduce the costs of healthcare, education and financial services in emerging markets THE POWER OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Technological breakthroughs in the areas of information technology, wireless data communication and advanced robotics are changing the way we work, play and live. These emergingPHOTO: KOH MUI FONG - 567 words
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Article, Illustration410 2015-08-11 28 NEO CHAI CHIN - FAMILIES FOR LIFE GIVING OUT 20,000 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PASSES TO CREATE BONDING OPPORTUNITIES NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a bid to get Singaporeans to spend more time with extended family members, Families for Life is giving outSOURCE: FAMILIES FOR LIFE COUNCIL - 410 words
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Article, Illustration143 2015-08-11 28 Volunteers from Kampong Chai Chee Community Centre Youth Executive Committee and Bethesda Cathedral began distributing canned food yesterday to more than 150 needyfamiliesin Kampong Chai Chee and Bedok. Members of the public had donated more than 14,000 tins of canned food toPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 143 words
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248 2015-08-11 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Bedok Central has seen more changes in the past three years than it had in the previous 35, East Coast GRC Member of Parliament Lee Yi Shyan said yesterday. These include the development of Bedok Mall, as well asCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 248 words
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Article, Illustration734 2015-08-11 30 New Delhi may recover S$360b in lost shipping trade as Modi moves to scrap law RESERVING INTRA-PORT TRADE FOR LOCAL VESSELS DETERS FOREIGN SHIPS BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI A southern Indian port has established the nation’s newest facilities toBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: KRISHNAPATNAM PORT COMPANY - 734 words
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Article, Illustration1458 2015-08-11 32 Illiterate workforce not ready for complex jobs when roles are taken over by machines AUTOMATED CHINESE FACTORIES RETAIN COMPETITIVE EDGE OVER LOWER-WAGE RIVALS BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI At a sweltering factory in southern India, Royal Enfield motorcycles are being paintedBLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS - 1,458 words
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752 2015-08-11 34 Seoul promises ‘searing’ consequences in furious response to mine blasts BAD TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES LOOK SET TO WORSEN AP SEOUL South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts across the border with rival North Korea yesterday for the first time in 11AP - 752 words
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Article214 2015-08-11 34 KYODO NEWS South Korean President Park Geun Hye yesterday spoke of “deep regret” over North Korea’s implementation of a new time zone beginning this Saturday. “It is a matter of deep regret North Korea announced its decision to fix a new standard time without any priorKYODO NEWS - 214 words
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Article, Illustration595 2015-08-11 35 DAVID BOTTOMLEY - British Foreign Secretary says he hopes Singapore businesses won’t put UKplans on hold ahead ofEU membership vote DAVID BOTTOMLEY davidb@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The United Kingdom’s looming referendum on membership of the European Union (EU) should not be a barrier to Singapore companies doing businessREUTERS - 595 words
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Article, Illustration628 2015-08-11 36 Rupiah unlikely to drop when Fed acts as move ‘has been built into market expectations’ RUPIAH IS UNDERVALUED, SAYS INDONESIAN ECONOMICS MINISTER REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia wants the United States Federal Reserve to hurry up and raise interest rates because uncertaintyREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 628 words
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Article, Illustration549 2015-08-11 36 REUTERS JAKARTA A steep increase in Indonesia’s import tariffs on wine and spirits could more than double prices that were already sky-high, denting demand and raising the risk of smuggling, said drinks industry executives. Under new tariffs that came into effectREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 549 words
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390 2015-08-11 37 TROUBLED TRADER COUNTERS CRITICISM WITH NEW REPORT BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Noble Group announced its second-quarter profit fell amid a slump in commodity prices and released an auditor report commissioned by the company that it said counters criticism of itsBLOOMBERG - 390 words
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Article, Illustration379 2015-08-11 37 REUTERS TOKYO Japanese consumer confidence worsened sharply to hit a sixmonth low in July, a government survey showed, signifying households were feeling the pinch from rising food prices and tame wage growth. A separate survey on service workers catering toREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 379 words
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502 2015-08-11 37 BLOOMBERG HANGZHOU Alibaba Group Holding will spend 28.3 billion yuan (S$6.29 billion) for a stake in Suning Commerce Group, as China’s biggest e-commerce operator adds a network of electronics stores in its biggest deal ever. Alibaba will buy a 19.99 per centBLOOMBERG - 502 words
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Article, Illustration957 2015-08-11 38 I [RM SEEKS TO REDUCE RISK BY RENTING OUT l'l'S BRAN I REUTERS FR ANKFURT/HELSINKI Nokia is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners as it plots its return to the mobile-phone and consumer-technology arena it abandoned with the saleREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 957 words
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Article, Illustration587 2015-08-11 39 ADELENE WONG - Team now on a mission to breach best finish of 12th spot at World Cup TEAM START FIGHT FOR NINTH SPOT TODAY ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After losing all but one of their three preliminary round matches at the ongoing 2015 NetballPHOTO: NETBALL SINGAPORE - 587 words
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Article, Illustration352 2015-08-11 39 AP JERUSALEM Indonesia granted an Israeli badminton player a visa to enter the country and compete in the world championships in Jakarta after a months-long standoff, Israel’s national Olympic committee said yesterday. The Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) said Misha Zilberman, 26,AP; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 352 words
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Article, Illustration745 2015-08-11 40 Red Devils’ boss insists there is no need for reinforcements, as the England striker will deliver CONCERNS OVER TEAM’S GOAL-SCORING ABILITY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MANCHESTER —This was closer to the Manchester United the manager wants, a glimpse of the philosophy he seeks to impose. OnTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 745 words
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Article, Illustration353 2015-08-11 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Arsene Wenger accused his Arsenal team of collectively “killing ourselves” against West Ham United, and was adamant that new goalkeeper Petr Cech should not be individually blamed for the defeat. Defensive lapses gifted West Ham their two goals, withTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 353 words
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200 2015-08-11 40 REUTERS Jose Mourinho has said Chelsea do not miss goalkeeper Petr Cech, 33, and is sure his side will cope well without the suspended Thibaut Courtois when they visit Manchester City on Sunday. Mourinho was not keen on allowing Cech to join London rivalsREUTERS - 200 words
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Article, Illustration676 2015-08-11 41 Prime-time TV demands for 2016 Olympics will see later start times for pool programme REUTERS KAZAN —As soon as the world championships concluded on Sunday, swimming’s top nations were setting their sights on an altogether different proposition how to dealREUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 676 words
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Article, Illustration492 2015-08-11 41 REUTERS MELBOURNE —Australia head coach Jacco Verhaeren praised his swim team’s “phenomenal” results at the world championships after landing their biggest medals haul in eight years, but his enthusiasm is tempered by some notable flops at Kazan. Australia scooped seven gold,REUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 492 words
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Article, Illustration475 2015-08-11 42 In the face of inquisition, the world champions will look to avenge their Aussie defeat MEDIA CRITICISE TEAM AFTER LOSS IN SYDNEY REUTERS WELLINGTON —A first loss to Australia in four years was a bitter pill to swallow for the All Blacks, but conceding they wereREUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 475 words
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Article, Illustration420 2015-08-11 42 REUTERS SYDNEY —Wallabies prop Scott Sio is almost certain to make his World Cup debut next month after an impressive display in the weekend’s win over New Zealand, but he already boasts a special link to rugby’s showpiece event. Sio’s father,REUTERS; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 420 words
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