Today, 16 February 2016

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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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    Lock icon Almost 70% of new drug abusers under age 30
    692 1  -  ‘Signs of increasing tolerant attitudes towards drugs’among older youths a concern 1,311 NEW DRUG ABUSERS NABBED LAST YEAR VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With drugs increasingly perceived as “stress relievers” or non-addictive and increasingly available online, more new abusers were nabbed last
    Source: Central Narcotics Bureau TODAY  -  692 words
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      86 1 TO MAKE PIVOT TO ASIA LAST, OBAMA MUST LAY DOWN FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN U.S. ENGAGEMENT AFTER HE LEAVES OFFICE COMMENT&ANALYSIS 13 NAZAL (jm sato SPRAV Nazar NEW PACKAGING mi No sparkle as Tampines Rovers held to 3-3 draw in Pennant debut SPORTS 27 2016 McDonald’s. k. Myke Muk K C
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    Lock icon FLYING OFF TO A GREAT START
    67 1 STARTVisitors will be greeted to a life-size decommissioned Boeing 737 at the Palawan Kidz City in Sentosa. The aircraft, which measures over 25m long with a full wingspan of 28m, is part of a partnership between KidZania Singapore and Qatar Airways. The role-playing education
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    Lock icon More gloom for S’pore firms as Chinese trade tumbles
    560 1 AGENCIES BEIJING —China’s trade sector slumped last month as tepid demand persisted both at home and abroad, raising expectations of further government measures to quell market jitters in the world’s largest trading nation. January exports fell 11.2 per cent from a
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    Lock icon Almost 70% of new drug abusers under age 30
    692 1 (2nd Edition)  -  ‘Signs of increasing tolerant attitudes towards drugs’among older youths a concern 1,311 NEW DRUG ABUSERS NABBED LAST YEAR VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With drugs increasingly perceived as “stress relievers” or non-addictive and increasingly available online, more new abusers were nabbed last
    Source: Central Narcotics Bureau TODAY  -  692 words
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    Lock icon FLYING OFF TO A GREAT START
    67 1 (2nd Edition) STARTVisitors will be greeted to a life-size decommissioned Boeing 737 at the Palawan Kidz City in Sentosa. The aircraft, which measures over 25m long with a full wingspan of 28m, is part of a partnership between KidZania Singapore and Qatar Airways. The role-playing education
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon More gloom for S’pore firms as Chinese trade tumbles
    560 1 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES BEIJING —China’s trade sector slumped last month as tepid demand persisted both at home and abroad, raising expectations of further government measures to quell market jitters in the world’s largest trading nation. January exports fell 11.2 per cent from a
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      87 1 (2nd Edition) TO MAKE PIVOT TO ASIA LAST, OBAMA MUST LAY DOWN FRAMEWORK TO SUSTAIN U.S. ENGAGEMENT AFTER HE LEAVES OFFICE COMMENT&ANALYSIS 13 iitii HflZflL a WSPRQV■ sato NOZAl NEW PACKAGING Ml No sparkle as Tampines Rovers held to 3-3 draw in Pennant debut SPORTS 27 2016 McDonald’s. k. Myke Muk K
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  • hot news
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      Aviation, IT sectors ‘present good jobs, opportunities for S’poreans’
      502 2  -  TWO SUB-COMMITTEES DEVELOPING FUTURE STRATEGIES MET FOR FIRST TIME YESTERDAY NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Amid a subdued job market and concerns over the health of the global economy, Acting Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung said yesterday that
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    • Article
      Developers log worst January sales since 2009
      632 4  -  SINGAPORE January’s new private home sales skidded to its slowest start in seven years, as stock market blues affected buyer sentiment and developers refrained from launching new properties in the seasonally slow period ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays. SLIDE DUE TO
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      Lock icon HSBC to keep headquarters in London, rejects move to Hong Kong
      764 4 REUTERS LONDON Global banking giant HSBC Holdings has decided to keep its headquarters in Britain, rejecting the option to shift the centre of gravity back to its main profit-generating hub of Hong Kong after a thorough 10-month review. The
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      US wants China to clarify its S China Sea intentions
      584 6  -  Navy commander concerned by China’s use of ‘cabbage ships’ to assert its territorial claims EILEEN NG eileenng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —China needs to be more “transparent” with its intentions in the South China Sea, said the Commander of the United States Navy
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      Lock icon YUAN SURGES AS MARKETS REOPEN
      249 6 BLOOMBERG China’s yuan surged at the steepest pace in more than a decade yesterday as mainland markets reopened following the week-long Lunar New Year break, after the central bank chief voiced support for the currency and raised its fixing by the most in three months.
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      Aviation industry must adapt to face new threats, challenges: Khaw
      914 8  -  BUT FOCUS ON GROWTH CANNOT BE MINDLESS, WARNS MINISTER KELLY NG AND RUMI HARDASMALANI kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The aviation industry can still help lift the global economy, if it manages to adapt to greater economic uncertainties, as well as increased competition,
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      Lock icon Experts agree on threat of drones, but divided over regulation matters
      518 8 KELLY NG SINGAPORE With drones posing a “real and growing threat” to the safety of civilian aircraft, the director general and chief executive of the International Air Transport Association yesterday called for regulation that is “sensible”, and supported by
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      146 3 MEGA DEVELOPMENTS THAT FLOURISH WITH LIFE ENGINEER WHAT'S NEXT. Zero energy buildings that power themselves. Green neighbourhoods that harmonise with the environment. An underground Liquid hydrocarbons storage space for Land-scarce Singapore. A used water superhighway to meet the nation's water needs. Singapore's engineering marvels aren't built on dreams, but a
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Why China needs a governance overhaul
      943 10  -  SUSTAINABLE GROWTH REQUIRES FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO POLITICAL AND REGULATORY SYSTEMS KEYUJIN Keyu Jin, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a member of the Richemont Group Advisory Board. PROJECT SYNDICATE Pessimism about
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      Lock icon How Obama can make his pivot to Asia a lasting one
      651 13  -  U.S. SHOULD HAVE STEADY AND CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT WITH ASEAN BLOOMBERG EDITORS BLOOMBERG The unprecedented gathering of South-east Asian leaders in California this week can be seen as a significant achievement for Mr Barack Obama’s oft-dismissed “pivot” to Asia. Now,
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      102 10 In the long run, the US has an interest in promoting not only open markets in the region, but also open societies, something that young South-east Asians can be expected to demand. BLOOMBERG EDITORS 13 n jcu.singapore.fanpage jcusingaporevideo H @jcu_singapore jcusingapore www.jcu.edu.sg JCU Your Master's Your Way With the option
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  • voices
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      No substitute for ‘natural monuments’ at MacRitchie
      427 14  -  FROM ALOYSIUS TEO I agree that the Cross Island Line should be routed along Lornie Road instead of cutting through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (“MacRitchie route for MRT line an irreversible error”; Feb 13). Constructing the MRT line along an existing road
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      Preservation of primary forests should not be main concern
      135 14  -  FROM DAVID CHONG CHEE MING I refer to “MacRitchie route for MRT line an irreversible error” (Feb 13). As a Singaporean, I treasure the MacRitchie reservoir very much. But preservation of the primary lowland rainforest in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve
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      Correction
      43 14 In the report “S’pore banks still hiring, bucking global firing trend” (Feb 12), we reported that CIMB announced that it would cut about 50 jobs this year. This is incorrect. The job cut was announced last year. We apologise for the error.
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      14 14 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon Go-Ahead overtaking SB ST, SMRT in wooing jobseekers
      868 16  -  Incentives include free public transport, flexible benefits that can be used for wellness, leisure RECRUITMENT TO START THIS MONTH AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Amid the long-running challenges of wooing jobseekers to the bus industry, United Kingdom-based bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore is going
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    • Article
      Saving for retirement takes back seat for young: Survey
      466 18  -  NGJINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Saving for retirement is not a priority, at least not until after one turns 36, falling behind concerns such as buying a property, a survey by NTUC Income has found. Through online polling of554 working Singaporeans, and face-to-face
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      Ex-teacher jailed 21 months for sexually assaulting schoolgirl, 12
      587 19  -  THEY CAME INTO CONTACT AFTER CHATTING VIA AN ONLINE APP SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE A former primary school Chinese language teacher was yesterday sentenced to 21 months’jail for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old student a week after he met her through online
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      269 16 EJsim university Manage Your Future -•-\-ss8* MARK MAKE'[OUR soc\tn improve LIVES TRAMSEORNUHG a w .V •<y4 1 1 LI m IX Syed Arif Anwar Bin Syed Ahmad Alkugsi School of Human Development and Social Services THE UniSIM ADVANTAGE CHOICE FLEXIBILITY OPPORTUNITY FULL-TIME PROGRAMMES S PART-TIME PROGRAMMES Open House 27 February
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon China urges US, N Korea to talk directly to end nuclear tensions
      361 20 SLAMS PLANS FOR MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AGENCIES BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday urged the United States and North Korea to sit down with each other face-to-face and resolve their problems, as tension continues to climb on the Korean
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      Lock icon Chaos erupts after arrest of Indian student activist
      596 21 Police ‘make no effort’to intervene as BJP supporters attack students, media outside court AP NEW DELHI Massive protests paralysed one of India’s top universities yesterday after the president of the student union was arrested on charges of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested
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  • world
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      Lock icon Police open defamation probe against Mahathir
      591 22 DR M’S BLOG POSTS SEEN TO SLAM ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S CREDIBILITY AGENCIES GEORGE TOWN (MALAYSIA) Malaysian police are investigating former leader Mahathir Mohamad for criminal defamation over a recent blog post in which he criticised the AttorneyGeneral for not bringing corruption charges against Prime Minister Najib
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      Lock icon Dozens arrested in Indonesia over alleged terrorism plots
      485 22 AFP JAKARTA —Indonesian police have arrested dozens of people from radical Islamic groups who were plotting attacks against the airport and other targets in the near future, the national police chief said yesterday. The 33 people were arrested by the police anti-terror
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      Lock icon Late Pope had ‘intense relationship’ with woman
      563 23 BBC documentary has revealed intimate letters from Pope John Paul II to a Polish philosopher AFP LONDON Pope John Paul II had a close relationship with a married woman, which lasted more than 30 years, according to letters that feature in a documentary
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      47 22 Guyferic Teo My mum doesn’t eat beef, and has to settle for McChicken or Filet-O-Fish, which she feels ‘xianz’ already. You said it. We made it. Lookout for it on 18 February 2016. Actual comment on our Facebook page. Details at www.mcdonalds.com.sg/ yousaiditwemadeit m i’m lovin’ it
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      268 23 Triple-crown glory. What I put on my credentials matters It's my choice Jl*| PRIVATE EDUCATION ff I INSTITUTE'' A > Ranked in the Top 1% of universities worldwide* > UCD College of Business is one of the elite business schools in the world to receive the Triple-Crown Accreditation from AACSB,
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  • business
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      Lock icon Sembcorp Marine suffers S$537m Q4 loss on Brazil woes
      508 24 FIRST QUARTERLY LOSS IN AT LEAST 12 YEARS AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Sembcorp Marine, the world’s second-largest oil rig builder, has suffered its first quarterly loss in at least 12 years after it booked large impairment charges and provisions, as plunging oil prices
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      Trail blazers must wean S’pore off Govt reliance: Panel
      518 24  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E While a top-down approach has transformed the Republic from a Third World nation to a developed economy, Singapore’s future growth requires businesses here to shift from this dependency
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      198 24 How to Pick Winning Stocks VI, A CKEe Have you been struggling to find success when it comes to investments? Many investors lose hundreds even thousands of dollars as they use trial and error in an attempt to develop an effective, winning strategy. The right investment strategies can make all
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      41 24 The burgers are ALWAYS the same!! Can we have something else? You said it. We made it. Look out for it on 18 February 2016. Adapted from Leia’s comment on our Facebook page. Details at www.mcdonalds.com.sg/ yousaiditwemadeit m i’m lovin’ it
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  • technology
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      Lock icon How human should our computers sound?
      791 26 It is a key question facing software designers as they work on creating a computer ‘personality NEW DESIGN SCIENCE EMERGES TO BUILD CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS THENEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK —When computers speak, how human should they sound? This was the question that a team of six
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  • sports
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      Lock icon NO SPARKLE FOR TAMPINES ROVERS, DESPITE PENNANT
      650 27  -  Ex-Arsenal winger makes debut, but Tampines held to draw with Geylang MATCH DRAWS HIGHEST ATTENDANCE OF ALL 4 LEAGUE MATCHES SO FAR WITH OVER 2,930 SPECTATORS NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg ing the game live.” additional reporting BY AMANPREET SINGH SINGAPORE Boasting marquee signing Jermaine
      ing the game live.” additional reporting BY AMANPREET SINGH; PHOTO: WEETECKHIAN  -  650 words
    • Article
      FEISTY S’PORE SHUTTLERS NARROWLY BEATEN 3-2 BY CHINA AT ASIA C’SHIPS
      387 27  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Team Singapore’s shuttlers have kicked off their campaign at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad with a feisty challenge against the mighty Chinese. Up against the four-time Asian champions in the men’s group MA,
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      Lock icon SPURS SHOWING PLENTY OF CONFIDENCE IN FINAL STRETCH
      572 28  -  WIN PUTS TOTTENHAM WITHIN 2 POINTS OF LEICESTER SAM WALLACE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Sam Wallace is The Daily Telegraph’s chief football writer. THE DAILYTELEGRAPH They like to talk about the fine notion of the glory of the game, and 1961 and all that, but
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    • Article
      Lock icon CHELSEA BEWARE: THIAGO SILVA SAYS PSG CAN GO ALL THE WAY
      503 28 AGENCIES LONDON Paris St Germain (PSG) would be odds-on certainties to easily beat Chelsea and take a big step towards the Champions League quarter- finals tomorrow (Singapore time) if statistics and domestic form decided matches. But there is far
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      Lock icon LIU, CHEN TAKE ON TOP TABLE TENNIS JOBS
      524 29  -  STTA confirm head coaches for men’s, women’s teams LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three months after announcing a shake-up in their coaching structure, the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) have finally confirmed the head coaches for the men’s and women’s national teams.
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      Lock icon S’PORE RUGBY TO TAP INTO FIJIAN PROWESS
      547 30  -  ADELENEWONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —They are the reigning world rugby sevens series champions, and one of the heavy favourites for the gold medal when the sport makes its debut at August’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. And come April, the mighty Fiji national
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      49 28 TV LISTINGS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND-OF-16,1ST LEG Tomorrow PSG vs Chelsea 3.30am: Singtel TV Ch 112 Benfica vs Zenit 3.40am: Singtel TV Ch 111, StarHub TV Ch 202 Thursday Roma vs Real Madrid 3.30am: Singtel TV Ch 112 Gent vs Wolfsburg 3.40am: Singtel TV Ch 111, StarHub TV Ch 202
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      100 30 Event Venue SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS Home Away Timing LW* Telecast not available at Livewire(Singapore 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) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and
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      38 31 TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2016 ROCKER FOR THE ARTS FESTE CHINESE MUSICIAN PERHAT KHALIQ IS ONE OF THE ROCK MUSICIANS HEADING THIS WAY FOR THE S’PORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS 32 PHOTO: PERHAT KHALIQ’S WEIBO; DIGITAL IMAGING: CRYS LEE
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        1033 32  -  MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg A concert by a reality television star from China. Shakespeare’s Hamlet like you’ve never seen it before. An invitation to cosy up to actors in bed these are just some of the things to expect at this year’s
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        437 35 AP LONDON The British film industry showered Valentine’s Day love on The Revenant on Sunday (Feb 14), awarding the endurance epic five prizes, including Best Picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. Revenant star Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his Oscar-favourite status by taking the Best Actor
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      59 33 SIFA 2016 will run from Aug 11 to Sept 17, while The OPEN will run from June 23 to July 9. Tickets are set to go on sale on April 8. For more info, visit https://sifa.sg/ There is also an open call on March 19 for participants for Speak Cryptic’s
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      140 33 \\ojthrtiirMa* m. m 3ft 4* •a 7 4 >4 > I 59k. I! n SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2016 8PM NATIONAL STADIUM at Singapore sports hub TICKET PRICES: vip $1288/cati $688/cat2 $588 cat3 $488/cat4 $388/cat5 $288/cat6 $188/cat7 $108 +S$4 BOOKING FEE *this concert is "R18" classification with the consumer advisory "sexual
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      29 35 New episodes of A Selfie’s Tale are available on toggle.sg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Catch You Think You Know: Food InSingaporeon Tuesdays at 8.30pm on MediacorpTV Channel 5.
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      229 36 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza NOON The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2.00PM The Afternoon News With Eugene Loh And Daphne Lim 6.00 Evening Digest With Michelle Martin And Daniel Martin 9.00 LateNite Lineup With Howie Lim 6.00AM The Bright Side With Sonia Chew 10.00 9
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      340 36 Mediacorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. E: English C: Chinese M: Malay T: Tamil LATEST CATCH-UP TV Watch episodes on Toggle after they are shown on TV. FREE LIFE FEAR NOT (EPISODE
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      1222 37 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM William Sparkle’s Magical Tales (Pre-school) 6.30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom II (Pre-school) 7.00 The Doozers (HD) (Pre-school) 7.30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (HD) (Pre-school) 8.00 Ella Bella Bingo II (Pre-school) 8.30 Mouk II (HD) (Pre-school) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) 10.00 JML TV
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      64 37 ON STARHUB CABLE TV EXPEDITION WILD (S3) Casey plunges headlong into a covertops wildlife stakeout, spending several weeks of filming to determine the ultimate scavenger in a gladiator-style contest. KINGS OF THE WILD Kiwi hunter Josh James and British chef Matt Tebbutt travel to the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. Discovery
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