Today, 29 August 2015

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    16 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2015 MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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    Lock icon Moves aplenty as S’pore stands on the cusp of demographic shift
    3850 1  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For years, policymakers and experts here have been seized by the effects of an ageing population, raising social spending and putting in place a raft of comprehensive initiatives and policies. These include elder-ly-friendly infrastructure and
    Source: National Population and Talent Division, Department of Statistics; TODAY; PHOTO: JASLIN GOH; PHOTO: ROBIN CHOO  -  3,850 words
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    Lock icon Malaysia on edge as a gathering storm builds
    965 1 KL tense ahead of Bersih rally this weekend, while lawsuit against UMNO adds to PM Najib’s woes PROTESTERS TO CONVERGE AT 5 LOCATIONS IN CAPITAL AND IN EAST MALAYSIA AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR On the eve of a planned nationwide anti-govern-ment protest, Prime
    AGENCIES; PHOTOS: DAP TWITTER, MALAY MAIL ONLINE; PHOTO: MALAY MAIL ONLINE  -  965 words
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Not right to hold rally so close to Merdeka Day, says Najib
      816 2 NATIONAL DAY ‘NOT A PLATFORM FOR POLITICAL CLASHES’ AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday made an 11th-hour bid to discourage Malaysians from participating in today’s mass anti-govern-ment rally, urging them to reconsider if the rally’s venue
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    • HOT NEWS General Election 2015 HOT NEWS General Election 2015
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        Lock icon Few surprises in PAP’s much-awaited Aljunied slate
        937 6  -  Party unveils its last slate finalised only a week ago before Nomination Day on Tuesday JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With all eyes on the People’s Action Party (PAP) line-up to mount a challenge on the Opposition-held Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), the slate
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        Lock icon Few surprises in PAP’s much-awaited Aljunied slate
        936 6 (2nd Edition)  -  Party unveils its last slate finalised only a week ago before Nomination Day on Tuesday JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With all eyes on the People’s Action Party (PAP) line-up to mount a challenge on the Opposition-held Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC), the slate
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        JUGGLING ACTIVIST WORK, MOTHERHOOD TOOK A TOLL ON CHAN
        397 6  -  SIAU MING EN Struggling to keep up with the pace of a grassroots activist’s work with two young children in tow, People’s Action Party (PAP) Serangoon branch chairman Chan Hui Yuh (picture) decided to take her name out of the running
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        JUGGLING ACTIVIST WORK, MOTHERHOOD TOOK A TOLL ON CHAN
        397 6 (2nd Edition)  -  SIAU MING EN Struggling to keep up with the pace of a grassroots activist’s work with two young children in tow, People’s Action Party (PAP) Serangoon branch chairman Chan Hui Yuh (picture) decided to take her name out of the running
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        ‘PAP NEEDED A CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH KAHAR WAS HARDWORKING’
        336 6  -  SIAU MING EN Elaborating on why ex-People’s Action Party (PAP) Kaki Bukit branch chairman Kahar Hassan (picture) was asked to step down last month, former PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng said yesterday the party felt that it needed a change, even
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        ‘PAP NEEDED A CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH KAHAR WAS HARDWORKING’
        336 6 (2nd Edition)  -  SIAU MING EN Elaborating on why ex-People’s Action Party (PAP) Kaki Bukit branch chairman Kahar Hassan (picture) was asked to step down last month, former PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng said yesterday the party felt that it needed a change, even
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        Lock icon PAP team unfazed by task of retaking Aljunied
        860 7  -  Candidates banking on their extensive grassroots work in constituency JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While they will be going up against the Workers’ Party’s (WP) A team, the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) candidates for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) were unfazed by the
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        AHPETC issue not being used to go after WP, says Tharman
        536 7  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The financial management lapses committed by the Workers’ Party (WP)-run Aljunied-Hou-gang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) are not being treated as a “political game” and the issue is “not aimed at putting the (WP)
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        Lock icon Son of former minister wants to give back to society
        545 8  -  JOY FANG SINGAPORE —Mr Chua Eng Leong, the son of former Cabinet Minister Chua Sian Chin, describes himself as “born PAP”. At the age of five or six, he would follow his father on his community visits. On Sundays, they
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      • PAP’S CANDIDATES FOR ALJUNIED GRC
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          Not afraid to take the harder choices in life
          526 9  -  The People’s Action Party (PAP) yesterday unveiled its final and most-anticipated line-up of the election season —for the Workers Party-held Aljunied GRC. Even so, the PAP left the door open for changes to come on Nomination Day on Sept 1, with
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          Lawyer wants to prevent ‘permanent underclass’ in S’pore
          459 9  -  TOH EE MING SINGAPORE Having seen the problems faced by the underprivileged during his course of work as a grassroots leader, lawyer K Muralidharan Pillai says he wants to prevent a “permanent underclass” from developing, by focusing on social mobility. “The model
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          A desire to champion ‘underdogs’ in schools
          445 9  -  TOH EE MING SINGAPORE Former teacher Shamsul Kamar has a soft spot for the “underdogs” in schools students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, but show great promise. “These students are talented and creative. I have put them through a number of projects, and
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        Lock icon PAP a formidable foe, but WP will work hard for Aljunied: Sylvia Lim
        512 10  -  Opposition can go further and stand as shadow Cabinet, she says, but this will take time IT IS UP TO RESIDENTS TO DECIDE IF TIDE HAS TURNED IN FAVOUR OF RULING PARTY, SAYS CHAIRMAN NG JING YNG
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        Lock icon Poison pen letter prompts WP candidate to file police report
        397 10  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE Workers’ Party candidate Daniel Goh (picture) yesterday lodged a police report over the poison pen letter about him that was sent to several media outlets and his party leaders on Thursday night. Writing on his Facebook
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      • WORKERS’ PARTY UNVEILS THREE NEW CANDIDATES
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          Lawyer wants young S’poreans to stand up and be heard
          569 11  -  The Workers’ Party (WP) yesterday introduced four candidates for its election slate, among them three new faces who began volunteering with the party after the 2011 General Election. The fourth is Mr L Somasundaram, a polytechnic lecturer who was part
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          Impoverished childhood taught him empathy and compassion
          462 11  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE —Having grown up in a poor family, Mr Adrian Sim Tian Hock understands what it is like to be faced with the prospect of a bleak future. Speaking in Mandarin, Mr Sim, who was introduced as one of the
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          Warmth and friendship of residents inspired him to serve
          440 11  -  HON JING YI SINGAPORE —No family or child should be disadvantaged by their background, said Mr Ron Tan Jun Yen yesterday, as he was introduced as one of the Workers’ Party’s (WP) new candidates for next month’s polls. Mr Tan, who
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      • HOUSING POLICY, PERCEIVED ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS THEIR AREAS OF FOCUS
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        Lock icon SingFirst to campaign on immigration issues
        611 13  -  The opposition party introduced four new faces yesterday; wants to ‘Restore our Nation’ LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE Singaporeans First (SingFirst), the newest opposition party on the block, kicked off its preparations for the General Election yesterday with the launch of its
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        Lock icon Party says printer’s error led to botched Tamil translation
        290 13  -  LEE YEN NEE SINGAPORE Its newly-launched campaign slogan was emblazoned in the four official languages across a large banner, which was used as a backdrop at a press conference to introduce its election candidates but the Singaporeans First (SingFirst) Party had
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      • SINGAPOREANS FIRST INTRODUCES FOUR CANDIDATES
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          Sales exec concerned over woes of the sandwiched class
          443 14  -  The newest opposition party on the block introduced its first slate of election candidates yesterday, without revealing which constituencies they will stand in. Singaporeans First, founded last year, has made immigration policies a focal point for the party, and four of
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          Chance to shape party without ‘baggage’ led him to join SingFirst
          373 14 SINGAPORE The opportunity to shape the direction of a new political party was what led Mr Fahmi Rais to join the team that founded Singaporeans First (SingFirst) last year. Now, Fahmi Rais, 48, will take a step further and
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          IT consultant wants to debate population growth issue
          417 14 SINGAPORE He gave up his pursuit of a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) last year, after being approached by Singaporeans First’s (SingFirst) secretary—general Tan J ee Say to assist in building up the party. Mr Wong Chee Wai, 44, also felt that being
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          Market risk manager aims to speak up for PMETs
          355 14 SINGAPORE He has seen how the past economic downturns have affected the professional, managerial, executive and technician (PMET) group, and found the Singaporeans First (SingFirst) party to be an avenue to speak up for such people. “The PMETs have a tough
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        Lock icon RP’s Ang Mo Kio candidates ‘not seeking to raise ruckus in Parliament’
        547 15  -  Press conference to in troduce candidates delayed as party forced to change venues twice KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Although they pitched themselves as activists with “loud voices” whom Singaporeans have come to be acquainted with, the Reform Party’s
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      • Article
        After filing papers on Nomination Day, Ngerng will have to rush to court
        385 15  -  KELLY NG S I N G A P O R E Election hopeful Roy Ngerng, who is facing two criminal charges for his involvement in a protest at Speakers’ Corner last year, will have to rush to
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      • REFORM PARTY UNVEILS SLATE FOR ANG MO KIO GRC
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          Better living standards for Singaporeans
          386 16  -  The Reform Party (RP) presented its candidates for a return challenge in AngMo Kio GRC, where they had garnered 30.7per cent of the votes in GE2011. Four of them, including team leader M Ravi, will be heading into their maiden electoral battle. With the six
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          Championing for minimum wage on his agenda
          313 16  -  MARISSA YEO SINGAPORE Noting that he has heard complaints of jobs paying S$5 per hour, Mr Jesse Loo, who is currently unemployed, said championing for a minimum wage will be on his agenda, should be get elected. The 52-year-old, who is looking for
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          M Ravi to lead team to contest in Ang Mo Kio
          400 16  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE Recounting difficulties he faced in challenging “unfair laws” in court citing the death penalty regime and media regulations lawyer M Ravi said he wants to bring his legal expertise into the legislature to check these laws.
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          Speaking up for down-trodden Singaporeans
          407 16  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE Having gained prominence for speaking up on issues related to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) system, blogger Roy Ngerng hopes to get a seat in Parliament to speak up for “down-trodden Singaporeans” such as the elderly who have to work into their
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  • voices
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      Lock icon Missing in the election discourse: The economy
      409 17  -  FROM KWAN JIN YAO With the General Election imminent, political parties are preparing for their campaigns and their candidates have raised a plethora of issues, including, but not limited to housing and public transportation, healthcare and retirement policies for an ageing population, as
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      Corrections
      145 17 Our headline and story on the National Day Rally public forum organised by REACH misquoted Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan (“Don’t be seduced by notion politicians can work without incentives: Vivian; Aug 28). He did not use the word “incentives” when responding to a participant’s
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      Taking the bus with dangerous drivers stressful for seniors
      222 17  -  FROM FRANCIS CHOWDHURIE It is heartening to note that Senior Minister of State for Transport and Finance Josephine Teo is looking at ways to make it easier and less stressful for seniors to travel on public transport (“Senior-friendly enhancements to public
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    • Article
      Father’s role in parenting a child cannot be replicated
      340 17  -  FROM SHELEN ANG Head, Research and Development, Focus on the Family Singapore The Government’s move to double paternity leave to two weeks is “a gentle nudge for fathers to rethink their role, and see it in a different light”, said Dr
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  • singapore
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      Move to ease congestion at TPE’s Sengkang exit to kick in end-Sept
      279 18 Motorists can now use outer bus lane though they must still give way to buses says Land Transport Authority BOTTLENECK AT ROADS LEADING TO SENGKANG AND PUNGGOL S I N G A P O R E —An extra
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    • Article
      Brothers fined for collecting kickbacks from foreign workers
      289 18 SINGAPORE —A company owner and his brother have been each fined S$180,000 for collecting kickbacks from foreign workers to have their work permits renewed. The money that Lim Boon Hwa and his brother, Boon Hong, collected amounted to nearly S$418,000, the Ministry
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop To Win draw
      133 18 Mr David Sng won the S$10,000 prize in the weekly TODAY Shop To Win draw. His wife, Ms Soo Hui Ling (right), accepted the cheque on his behalf from Mr Tng Ah Yiam, deputy chief executive officer of merchandising at NTUC FairPrice Cooperative. Mr Sng,
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      Shanmugam to file police report over ‘seditious’ Facebook post
      252 18 SINGAPORE —Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam has responded to an individual’s Facebook post that misconstrued comments on the Malaysian education system that he had made at a forum on Thursday. At the event organised by the Singapore Press Club,
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  • world
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      Lock icon US, China stress positives ahead of Xi trip
      480 19 NEITHER PARTY TOUCHED ON CHINA’S ECONOMIC TURMOIL AGENCIES BEIJING China and the United States stressed the positives in their complex relationship yesterday during meetings between the US National Security Advisor and Chinese offi- cials, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to
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      Lock icon Japan’s male-centred, unforgiving work culture must go: Abe
      734 19  -  JASON TAN IN TOKYO Associate Editor jasontancc@mediacorp.com.sg TOKYO To overcome the challenges of an ageing population and falling birthrate, Japan needs to change its male-dominated workplace culture to be more pro-family, said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose government yesterday passed a new
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      Lock icon The changing face of religion in Indonesia
      1878 20 Increasing piety is feeding concerns Indonesia’s tolerant brand of Islam is at risk MORE SYARIAH BYLAWS BEING ENFORCED, MANY OF WHICH ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE FINANCIAL TIMES JAKARTA —With roofs swooping to the sky like the horns of a buffalo, the traditional homes of
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      Lock icon Programme to connect races focuses on generating respect
      546 21 MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia’s Education Ministry is drawing up a module to conduct “Bina Bangsa” or nationbuilding programmes for vernacular primary schools to address the lack of interaction between races among school children. Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid said the programme would
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      Lock icon A peek into the global container trade
      409 22 Container shipping plays an indispensable role in global logistics and trade. All 10 of the world’s largest container ports are located in Asia, underlining the region’s central role in global maritime trade. TODAY takes a closer look at the overall picture of global
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  • business
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      Lock icon China stocks surge for 2nd day as Xi readies for WWII parade
      779 24 Beijing ‘wants to save face’as policymakers seek to stabilise market ahead of Sept 3 event PENSION FUNDS MANAGED BY LOCAL GOVTS TO PUMP S$441B INTO STOCKS, OTHER ASSETS AGENCIES SHANGHAI —Chinese stocks rallied yesterday for a second day
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mitsubishi’s 20% purchase of Olam will help firm grow: CEO
      600 24 AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Mitsubishi Corp’s decision to spend S$1.53 billion for onefifth of Olam International is a key vote of confidence that will allow the Singapore agri-trader to exploit M&A opportunities thrown up by the slump in the global commodities market.
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  • sports
    • WINS 50M BACKSTROKE FINAL IN RECORD TIME
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        Lock icon GOLD, AT LAST, FOR MICHAEL ANDREW
        780 26  -  Up-and-coming young US swimmer finally tastes victory at juniors NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was one of the young stars expected to take the 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore by storm, but the United States’ Michael Andrew struggled to find his
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        WORLD C’SHIPS A POSSIBILITY FOR S’PORE: FINA
        445 26  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE The curtains have yet to come down on the 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held here from Aug 25 to 30, but FINA president Julio Maglione has already seen enough to conclude that Singapore has the ability to host
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      Lock icon BIG NIGHT OF SURPRISES IN BEIJING
      642 27 IAAF World C’ships delivers thrills and spills, as Schippers claims 200m gold AGENCIES BEIJING —Dafne Schippers completed an incredible switch from heptathlete to sprinter by winning the 200m world title at the IAAF World Championships yesterday, denying Jamaica its fourth gold medal in the
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      SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S TOP CYCLISTS ARE IN TOWN
      560 27  -  ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE —Local fans will be able to catch some of the region’s best cyclists in action at the OCBC Cycle SEA Speedway Championship, held at the Sports Hub this weekend. A first-of-its-kind event in Southeast Asia, the championship will feature hosts
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      Lock icon ROONEY’S BACK, BUT THE SWANS ARE SOARING
      1013 28  -  Manchester United may have heaved a sigh of relief over the return of Wayne Rooney’s goalscoring form, but Swansea have been impressive so far this season and have the personnel to hurt the Red Devils, says TODAY’S EPL analyst Adrian Clarke (sports@mediacorp.com.sg) CLAIMS
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      DEFENDERS TO WATCH
      365 28 Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United v Arsenal) The Argentinian’s heart was notin it at St James’ Park last season, and it showed. Frustrated by owner Mike Ashley’s policy of refusing players over the age of 30 a contract extension in excess of 12 months, Coloccini (picture) threw his
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      Lock icon JUVENTUS HEADACHE FOR CITY
      741 29 Man City drawn in tough group as Pellegrini looks to take team beyond the last 16 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MONACO —The reaction said it all. “It’s a little bit different this time,” said Brian Marwood, Manchester City’s head of football administration. “We didn’t get Barcelona and
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      Lock icon STONES IS NOT FOR SALE: EVERTON STAY FIRM
      383 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Everton manager Roberto Martinez has held face-to-face talks with John Stones to inform him that his dream of joining Chelsea is over. Everton released a club statement reiterating their position that Stones was not for sale and the
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      Lock icon NOT JUST THE WILLIAMS SHOW
      757 30 Women’s top seed is chasing history, but there will be plenty of other action OTHER PLAYERS WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON AP NEW YORK —There is no question that the most talked-about topic heading into the US Open which begins on Monday in New York
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      Lock icon SERENA CHASES GRAND SLAM HISTORY
      424 30 AP NEW YORK Ask Serena Williams what could prevent her from completing tennis’ first true Grand Slam in more than a quarter-century at the US Open, and the response will not include the name of a single possible opponent. “Well,” she began when that question
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      71 28 FIXTURES Tonight, 7.45pm Channel Singtel TV StarHub Newscastle v Arsenal 102 227 Tonight, 9.55pm Chelsea v Crystal Palace 102 227 Man City v Watford 103 228 Liverpool v West Ham 104 229 Villa v Sunderland 105 230 Stoke v West Brom 106 231 Bournemouth v 107 232 Leicester City Tomorrow,
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      91 30 LW*: Telecast not available at LivewirefSingapore Pools) No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to claim any prize. LW: Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Uvewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) Singapore SB: SportsBuzz@Kranji (18
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      67 31 SATURDAY, 29 AUGUST 2015 32 MUMMY KNOWS BEST TIGER MUM AUTHOR AMY CHUA OFFERS TIPS ON GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR CHILD (AND IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT STUDYING ALL DAY) BUILDING TIME RENOWNED CHEF JANICE WONG TAKES INSPIRATION FROM QUALITY TIMEPIECES ARCHIFE ST 2015 ORGANISERS HAVE PLANNED NEW
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    • culture&lifestyle
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        WHEN SLACKER MUM MEETS TIGER MUM
        1026 32  -  WHAT A ‘BO CHAP’ MOTHER CAN LEARN FROM AMY CHUA’S TIGER PARENTING METHODS SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg By most accounts, I’m a pretty relaxed mother. A friend termed me “the most bo chap (don’t care) mother in the nicest possible way”. My idea of extracurricular
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        Time for chocolate
        517 33  -  Swiss watch brand Claude Bernard gets the sweet treatment from S’pore chef Janice Wong PASSION ON DISPLAY CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Swiss artisanal watch brand Claude Bernard often emphasises the passion that artisans invest in their craft. So it was not surprising that the company looked to
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        Lock icon Nicki Minaj to open VMAs
        438 33 AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Fans looking forward to this Sunday’s live telecast (Monday 9am, Singapore time, Starhub Channel 533 and Singtel Channel 350) will be glad to know that Nicki Minaj will open the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), MTV announced. The female MC will
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        STATE of THE ARTS
        154 33  -  MAYO MARTIN SING A PORE Another busy week for the arts with three festivals taking place concurrently: The ongoing Singapore International Festival of Arts’ dance marathon series was rolled out along with W!ld Rice’s Hotel and a show by avant garde musician Margaret Leng Tan; the
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        694 34 fora rehearsal.) ADDITIONALTEXTFROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SINGAPORE —When it comes to breaking records, Singapore has had its fair share of quirky ones: From the world’s largest cupcake mosaic (made by Ayer Rajah Community Centre Youth Club, Shatec Institute and other volunteers using 20,000 cupcakes and measuring 110.60
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      795 8  -  By ADAM NOSSITER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY AGADEZ, Niger Behind high metal gates at the edge of town, the migrants wait their turn, not daring to leave their mud-brick compounds the final staging post before the perilous trip across
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      622 8  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By IAN URBINA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY ON A PLATFORM IN THE CELEBES SEA In the next several years, thousands of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, many of them built during a global construction boom in the 1970s
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      643 6  -  By NEIL MacFARQUHAR THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SAKI, Crimea Tamara Tsetlayana stood on a narrow stretch of gray beach, rinsing off the black, ostensibly therapeutic mud that has drawn visitors to the salty lake here for more than a century. The dreary
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      597 6  -  AGUIRÓ~ JOURNAL By RAPHAEL MINDER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY AGUIRÓ, Spain During the summer months, Josep Jordana, a 56-year-old sheep farmer, moves his flock from this hamlet of just a dozen residents, perched on the Catalan side of the Pyrenees, up a dirt track
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      Lock icon Europe Confronts Its Vulnerable Rails
      655 5  -  By ADAM NOSSITER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY PARIS After a young Moroccan man was thwarted from an apparent plan to cause carnage on a Paris-bound express train, European officials confronted the deepening quandary of what additional steps they could take in the face
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      823 5  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By DAVID E. SANGER and MICHAEL R. GORDON THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY WASHINGTON As President Barack Obama pushes for approval of the Iran nuclear deal, his strongest selling point is also his greatest vulnerability. The deal with Iran places
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      648 4  -  LENS TOM BRADY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY How we vacation reveals a lot about us, and it goes beyond the cliché about how Americans live to work and Europeans work to live for their monthlong summer breaks. Psychologists from the University of Virginia
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      804 3  -  By JONATHAN SOBLE THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY YOKOSUKA, Japan Ever since her elderly neighbor moved a decade ago, Yoriko Haneda regularly trims the empty house’s shrubs and clips its narrow strip of grass. The volunteer yard work has not extended to the house
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      527 3  -  By SOMINI SENGUPTA THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY UNITED NATIONS Women have been elected to lead countries as varied as Germany and South Korea. The International Monetary Fund is led by a woman. The United Nations, though, has been something
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      618 2  -  By JODI RUDOREN and MAJD AL WAHEIDI THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY GAZA CITY The men of Shejaiya come daily to sit vigil in the desolate ruins of their neighborhood, drinking tea and playing chess. But these days,
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      1445 9  -  By JODI KANTOR and DAVID STREITFELD THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY SEATTLE, Washington On Monday mornings, fresh recruits line up for an orientation meant to catapult them into Amazon’s singular way of working. They are told to forget the “poor
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      871 10  -  By JAMES GORMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY FRONT ROYAL, Virginia The five red panda cubs in large cribs at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute here are bottle-fed, sleepy and wobbly on their legs. They have bandit masks and thick,
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      519 10  -  By CARL ZIMMER THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY You are what you eat, and so were your ancient ancestors. But figuring out what they actually dined on has been no easy task. There are no Pleistocene cookbooks to consult. Instead,
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      763 11  -  By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY DORAL, Florida Talking is a skill most children take for granted. But not in this classroom. A dozen children sit in a circle, dressed for pajama day. Some clutch their knees or a stuffed animal.
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      614 11  -  By CLAIRE MARTIN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY The lenses that Don McPherson invented were meant for surgeons. But through serendipity he found a different use for them: as a possible treatment for colorblindness. Mr. McPherson is a glass scientist. He discovered that the
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        755 12  -  RACHEL DONADIO THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY MILAN At the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1853, the potato chip made its debut. The Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York, introduced the X-ray machine. This year’s world’s
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        616 13  -  JAMES CONAWAY THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY I grew up in Memphis with a faint tantalizing aroma emanating from my father’s whiskey glass. He drank Kentucky straight bourbon, not its cousin, Tennessee whiskey, which Dad thought too sweet. There were once 2,000 distilleries in
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      593 12  -  By DANNY HAKIM THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Kalles Kaviar is Sweden’s answer to Marmite. Made from cod roe, it is squeezed out of what looks like a bright blue toothpaste tube and should not be confused with fine Russian caviar. Swedes love
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      833 13  -  By JAN HOFFMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY How often have you bought something you felt wasn’t worth the money? What if you could set the price? What factors would influence your number? For years, behavioral scientists have studied such questions. They often look
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      813 14  -  By BROOKS BARNES THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY LOS ANGELES “I don’t know, bro. I was screwed up in the head.” M. Night Shyamalan, ruminating recently about career choices gone wrong, spoke those words and then burst into a giddy giggle.
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      581 14  -  By NINA SIEGAL THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY Anyone in the art market who was not paying attention to the social media platform Instagram had to sit up and take notice in late April after the actor Pierce Brosnan visited the showroom of
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