Today, 25 August 2015

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  • hot news
    • 611 2  -  OVER 21,000 FAMILIES BENEFITED FROM PREVIOUS RAISE IN 2011 LAURA PHILOMIN SINGAPORE —More singles will qualify to buy new or resale two-room flats from the HDB, with the income ceiling raised from S$5,000 to S$6,000, in tandem with the higher income
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    • 636 4  -  AMANDA LEE, LAURA PHILOMIN leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new scheme to help former home owners living in rental flats buy two-room flats, as well as provide support for their other problems such as debt or unemployment could be
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    • 251 4  -  LAURA PHILOMIN Starting from the next Build-to-Order (BTO) launch next month, lower- and middle-income first-time buyers can enjoy a bigger Special CPF Housing Grant (SHG) and a higher SHG income ceiling of S$8,500. The maximum SHG amount will be doubled, from S$20,000 to S$40,000. Households
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    • 1485 5  -  Experts, politicians divided over its impact, but one thing is clear: They cannot ignore it POLITICAL PARTIES ARE TURNING TO NEW MEDIA TO REACH OUT TO VOTERS NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While political observers and analysts do not see
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    • 881 6  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E To politicians, social media these days is a double-edged sword. While it is a valuable tool for engagement, retiring People’s Action Party Member of Parliament (MP) Ellen Lee is among those who
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    • 370 6  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE —The troubles of the National Solidarity Party (NSP) continued yesterday, with the resignation of a member of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) ahead of the coming polls, making it the second resignation from the party’s decision-making
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    • 1346 8 A need to enhance surveillance without being overly in trusive or paralysing public spaces GOVTS FACE NEW CLIMATE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH SHEER SCALE OF POLICING CHALLENGE THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS Days after a young Moroccan man was thwarted
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    • 972 10 NEWS ANALYSIS BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s central bank, which helped trigger a market rout with a surprise devaluation two weeks ago, may be the only one around the world with the firepower to arrest it. With about 25 trillion yuan (S$5.5
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    • 564 11  -  MARISSA YEO, ANGELA TENG marissayeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Malaysian ringgit yesterday sank to an all-time low, breaching the 3.00 to the Singapore dollar level to trade as low as 3.0114 ringgit to one Singapore dollar. Hit by the deepening commodity price slump
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    • 579 11 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Commodity prices tumbled along with global share markets yesterday, as fears spread that a severe slowdown in China would pull down other economies across the world, denting energy and raw-mate-rial consumption. The Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22 raw
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    • 755 12 Abe decided not to attend as event ‘could be anti-Japanese’, presence could be misconstrued AGENCIES TOK YO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit China to attend a major ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of
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    • 208 3 tiaerair new I route inaugural flight on 28 2015 sep Ur Itl •d v. I ri 't--9 i 0 'm $188 all-in one-way fares from 2Sb now you will be able to chance upon a laozi stone statue from the song dynasty, or relish in the original flavours of the
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    • 213 6 El SIM UNIVERSITY ,rs Manage Your Future 5. Language, Cultureandjdentity The School of Arts and Social Sciences, SIM University, warmly invites you to Speaking Singapore: Language, Culture and Identity, this year’s edition of the biennial series of Language in Singapore forums. As Singapore celebrates SC50 this year, we take stock
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    • 184 12 UFI Florida BCA ACADEMY Right Master’s degree program in Construction Management and Productivity UF FLORIDA iirni EN HILL GRIFFIN STAD1U Awarded by the University of Florida, USA Ranked among World’s Top 2% universities 1 Ranked #14, Best Public Universities in the US 2 The key to productivity improvement lies in
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1108 13  -  ERODING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE OVER HANDLING OF 1MDB SAGA SALEENA SALEEM, DAVID HAN GUO XIONG Saleena Saleem is an associate research fellow and David Han Guo Xiong is a research analyst with the Malaysia programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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    • 932 14  -  REPUBLIC CAN TAKE LEAD IN RECYCLING AS GROWTH INDUSTRY RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a financial consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. The level of recycling has declined in Singapore, bucking the trend seen in other countries. In Taiwan, for
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    • 973 14  -  IS AMAZON’S WORK CULTURE AN OUTLIER? JOE NOCERA Joe Nocera is a columnist for The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIMES The best thing about Jeff Bezos, the founder, chairman, president and chief executive of Amazon, is that he
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    • 37 13 Mr Bezos liked to say that he did not want Amazon to become ‘a country club’ where people went ‘to retire’. His point of reference was Microsoft, which had devolved to a sluggish bureaucracy. JOE NOCERA 14
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  • voices
    • 191 16  -  FROM CHING WEI HONG Chairman, Families for Life Council This year’s National Day Rally was very family-centric, with a holistic approach to encourage young couples to start families as well as have larger families (“More support for new parents to boost S’pore’s
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    • 111 16  -  FROM FRANK YOUNG There is one factor that is even more foundational for Singapore’s success: The lucid realisation of our critical dependency on the global economy, which necessitated the elimination of romantic ideologies and forced us to think in pragmatic terms. Multicultural harmony, mitigating
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    • 484 16  -  FROM EDMUND KHOO KIM HOCK It was suggested that the increase in complaints against doctors points not to a declining standard of care, but to miscommunication between patient and physician (“Doctor-patient ties can improve with better communication”; Aug 21). Despite patients being more
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    • 208 16  -  FROM HENG CHO CHOON I concur with the letter “Govt policy against Chinese dialects may be ripe for review” (Aug 22). Mr Lee Kuan Yew wanted the young to be bilingual English and their mother tongue for economic survival and the retention of
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    • 90 16  -  F ROM ACE KINDRED CHEONG I agree with the sentiment in the letter “When it comes to role models, race is irrelevant” (Aug 21). That being said, it is important to highlight the different races because Singapore is a multiracial nation. It
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    • POSB
      • 644 19 These paren ts have embarked on multiple savings paths and prioritised their needs to ensure the bestfuture for their children Mdm Jane Chang, 32, and her husband want to do everything they can to secure a bright future for their
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      • 369 19  -  FROM DERRICK GOH Head of POSB Planning for a child’s financial future may seem challenging for many parents, especially as they need to balance this with meeting their own financial goals, like growing their retirement savings. Mdm Chang and her husband have
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  • singapore
    • 651 20 But number of violent or serious property crimes housebreaking and related crimes has fallen PUBLIC PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN COUNTERING ONLINE CRIME: C.A.D. SINGAPORE Driven by a spike in the number of people falling for e-com-merce cheats, love
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    • 421 21 Appointedfirm will work with NEA to start good practices in proper refuse segregation SING A PORE The National Environment Agency (NEA) has called a tender for a pilot project to collect and transport food waste for co-digestion. The appointed company or companies will
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    • 162 21 SINGAPORE —Hazy conditions are expected to persist today, with the 24-hour Pollutants Standard Index (PSI) reading expected to be in the high end of the moderate range (51-100). In an advisory posted on its website yesterday evening, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said Singapore experienced
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  • china&india
    • 1337 22 Bihar, with its poverty and decrepit infrastructure, reflects Indian PM’s challenge in overhauling his nation ECONOMIC PROMISES ALONE WILL NOT HELP IN WINNING STATE ELECTIONS BLOOMBERG RAGHOPUR ISLAND (INDIA) —A bullet tore through police officer Anil Kumar’s chest as he fell
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  • world
    • MEMBER STATES TO CONFER ASEAN PEOPLE’S AWARD TO DESERVING CITIZENS, ORGANISATIONS
      • 706 24  -  ALBERT WAI albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Greater economic integration in the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) must be complemented by efforts to build a stronger regional identity among the people, said Foreign Minister K Shanmugam yesterday. “We are on the right track when our
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      • 598 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries agreed yesterday to eliminate tariffs on 80 per cent of their imports within a decade, in a major breakthrough in talks for a massive regional free-trade deal. The 10-member Association
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    • 571 25 AGENCIES SEOUL —South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded yesterday that Pyongyang apologise over recent landmine blasts, while the two bitter rivals held marathon talks to defuse tensions that had brought the peninsula back to the brink of armed conflict. Ms Park said
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  • business
    • 722 26  -  Deflationary pressures build as S’pore dollar appreciates against neighbours’ currencies WORSENING EXTERNAL OUTLOOK RAISES CHANCE OF MONETARY POLICY EASING ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Consumer prices in Singapore fell for the ninth straight month in July, largely due to lower Certificate of
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    • 431 26 AGENCIES TOKYO As global markets plummeted yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged that the central bank’s inflation target is getting more difficult to meet as energy prices slump. “With oil prices plunging, we think it’s unavoidable that it hasn’t been able
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  • technology
    • 1062 27 Chipmaker recognises need to diversify as cloud-driven businesses begin to dominate COMPUTING MOVES AWAY FROM STAND-ALONE ‘WHITE BOXES’ THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO Intel, the world’s biggest maker of computer chips, has seen its future: There may not be room for some
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  • sports
    • 705 28  -  Singapore fly specialist says they have what it takes to be the next big names in swimming RECORD-BREAKING TALENTS WILL BE THE ONES TO WATCH NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Singapore’s Joseph Schooling has tipped
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    • 419 28 REUTERS BEIJING Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made it another Jamaican night at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest, sprinting to the 100m gold for a record-tying third time in the world championships a feat that matches teammate Usain Bolt. Like Bolt, Fraser-Pryce came into the championships with two
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    • 881 29  -  PELLEGRINI STAYING COOL, BUT COMFORTABLE WINS ARE CAUSE FOR EXCITEMENT COMMENTARY BY CHRIS BASCOMBE Chris Bascombe covers football for The Daily Telegraph in England. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Three games into the Premier League season, the most pertinent question after
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    • 395 29 REUTERS With just over a week to go until the British transfer window closes for four months, several Premier League clubs are steeling themselves to resist raids on their young stars from bigger rivals. Southampton boss Ronald Koeman described the Sept 1
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    • 478 30 Former F1 competitor Wilson in critical condition after being hit by debris from leading car DRAMA IN PENULTIMATE RACE OF THE SEASON AP LONG POND IndyCar driver Justin Wilson (picture) is in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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    • 69 31 TUESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2015 MUMMY KNOWS BEST CAN OUR TV STARS MAKE IT AS MOTHERS WHO ARE KIASU TO THE MAX? 33 ART OF CRAFT LOCAL BREWERY ARCHIPELAGO WANTS TO UP THE STAKES 35 FASHION MAVEN TV HOST JEANNIE MAI SAYS WOMEN SHOULD STAND OUT WITH THEIR STYLE 36 32
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
      • 662 32  -  SINGER-SONGWRITER THE LITTLE GIANT WANTS YOU TO QUESTION YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE ISSUES THROUGH HER MUSIC KEVIN MATHEWS features@mediacorp.com.sg Modern pop music sometimes demands conformity, especially from female artistes. This constraint is occasionally compounded if one is doing creative work in Singapore. So it’s a good
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      • 917 33  -  It is anything but a case of ‘hakuna matata’ in the new Channel 5 drama Lion Moms PARENT TRAP MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Nothing lends legitimacy to a phenomenon like being satirised. And that is what will happen when MediaCorp TV Channel 5’s latest drama Lion Moms premieres.
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      • 749 35  -  Archipelago boss Malcolm Davies is bullish and wants to roll out new variants COME FROTH CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE This is the right time for craft beers. At least that’s what Malcolm Davies, the head of Archipelago, Singapore’s first commercial brewery, thinks. Craft beer,
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      • 423 35 AGENCIES LONDON It’s the moment every teenage music fan dreads the break-up of their favourite group. Joining the ranks of so many before them, the members of the boyband One Direction are to go their separate ways but they’ve promised they’ll reunite after a year
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      • Article, Illustration
        544 36  -  Host Jeannie Mai wants Asian women to stop blending in STYLE MAVEN SERENE LIM SINGAPORE After helping countless sartorially challenged women and fashion victims turn their wardrobes and lives around in American reality series How Do I Look, host Jeannie Mai is psyched about the Asia edition
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    • 157 37 N r tY fllllb GLG FIND OUT WHERE YOUR BUSINESS STANDS AGAINST ASIA’S BEST THE CHANNEL NEWSASIA INNOVATION GREEN LUMINARY AWARDS SURVEY 2015 An unmistakable trend has arisen over the years where companies are engaging in more green initiatives, and profits are increasingly weighted in favour of innovative contributions. To
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 1214 39 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM A Bite of China 7.00 Good Man, Great Taste 7.30 Hello Singapore Highlights (HD) 8.00 The Journey: Our Homeland (HD)(PG) 9.00 Morning Express (HD)(Live) 9.30 118 (HD)(PG) 10.00 Commandos (HD) 10.30 Unique Flavour 12.30PM Food Detective 1.00 News 8 At One (HD) 1.30 Rites Rituals
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