Today, 11 August 2015

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  • 17 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp TUESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2015 MCI (P) 021/06/2015
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  • 69 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 island
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  • 642 1  -  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, sending
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  • 668 1  -  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. The
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  • hot news
    • 276 2  -  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.
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    • 633 4  -  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 people
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    • 518 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 to
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    • 614 6  -  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, with
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    • 215 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 that
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    • 195 6  -  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,
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    • 801 8  -  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 of
      PHOTOS JANICE WONG, AILEEN ANG, SINGAPORE CONNECT, SINGAPORE EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC  -  801 words
    • 289 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 from
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA; PHOTO: OCBC  -  289 words
    • 442 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 toward
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    • 210 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 dragged
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    • 770 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 Development
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    • 275 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 as
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    • 446 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 its
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    • 712 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 Office
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    • 597 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 in
      THE MALAY MAIL; PHOTO: MALAY MAIL ONLINE  -  597 words
    • 594 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” in
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    • 528 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 mean
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  • comment&analysis
    • 1267 16  -  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 on
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    • 962 18  -  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 to
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    • 775 19  -  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 and
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  • voices
    • 250 20  -  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, we
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    • 99 20  -  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.
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    • 145 20  -  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. I
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    • 436 21  -  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”. He
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    • POSB
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      • 399 23  -  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 not
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    • 132 24 DISCOVER THE WORLD ON A PLATE 3 rd ANNUAL FOOD WINE FAIR 14 16 AUG 2015 Sands Expo®and Convention Centre Engage your senses this weekend with palate-pleasing adventures: SAMPLE SIGNATURE DISHES Try signatures from ten Celebrity Chef Restaurants including the new Bread Street Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay and Spago by
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  • singapore
    • 574 26  -  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 will
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    • 567 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 emerging
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    • 410 28  -  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 out
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    • 143 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 to
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    • 248 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 as
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    • 214 27 RttRO INSPIRED Visit www.jcu.edu.sg/retroinspiredto register! vliv jcu SINGAPORE 15-16 August Game Jam Venue: JCU Singapore, 149 Sims Drive S(*****0) 20 August// Public Lectures 2:30pm 5:30pm Venue: Games Solution Centre, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent S(*****1) An Early History of Digital Entertainment by A/Prof. Roberto Dillon (JCU) The First Home Computer by
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  • china&india
    • 734 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 to
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    • 1458 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 painted
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  • world
    • 752 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 11
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    • 214 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 prior
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    • 595 35  -  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 business
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  • business
    • 628 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 uncertainty
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    • 549 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 effect
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    • 390 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 its
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    • 379 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 to
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    • 502 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 cent
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  • technology
    • 957 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 sale
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  • sports
    • 587 39  -  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 Netball
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    • 352 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,
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    • 745 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. On
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    • 353 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, with
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    • 200 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 rivals
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    • 676 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 deal
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    • 492 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,
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    • 475 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 were
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    • 420 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,
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  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
      • 1137 44  -  HOW LUXURY HOTELS USE TECHNOLOGY TO SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET WHEN YOU VISIT SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg The Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong, that gorgeous grand dame in Tsim Sha Tsui, turns 87 this year; but the latest addition to its array of amenities isn’t anything old
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      • Article, Illustration
        776 45  -  TV presenter Jonathan Phang takes luxe living to the max GOURMET TRAINS CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE While many people may prefer taking a flight instead of embarking on a long train journey to get to their destinations, Jonathan Phang admitted that the trains featured in the second season of
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 228 46 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza 10.00 Viewpoints With Howie Lim And Andre Ahchak 2.00PM The Culture Cafe With Angela Lim And Daphne Lim 6.00 Evening Digest With Michelle Martin And Daniel Martin 9.00 LateNite Lineup With William Xavier THE BRIGHT SIDE WITH SONIA CHEW Start
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