Today, 23 July 2016

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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp SATURDAY, 23 JULY 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon High-speed rail’s benefits go far beyond an easy commute
    1556 1  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg economist. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE Popping by Kuala Lumpur to watch a show and attend a business meeting, and then returning to Singapore in time for dinner with the family this was the rosy picture painted
    economist. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TAN WEIZHEN; PHOTO: KYODO  -  1,556 words
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    Lock icon US urges Malaysia to commit to transparency
    869 1 KL should ‘demonstrate commitment to good governance to encourage investments’ RINGGIT SUFFERS FIVE-DAY DECLINE AGENCIES WA S H I N G T O N/ K U A L A L U M P U R The White House urged Malaysia yesterday to demonstrate
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      102 1 Indonesia mulls fatwa against Pokemon Go• 37 S Korea dog farms struggle amid abuse allegations 39 Atop a Philippines landfill sits a baseball field of dreams• 40 WEEKEND GUIDE NEW WAYS TO PRESERVE OLD TRADES 22 NO PAIN, NO GAIN PHOTO: JASON QUAH With less than two weeks to go
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Search to be suspended as MH370 HOPES FADE
      571 2 SCAN OF DESIGNATED AREA ALMOST COMPLETE AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Hopes of finding Flight MH370’s final resting place are fading and the massive three-nation search for the doomed jet will be suspended if nothing turns up in the suspected crash zone, said Malaysia,
      AGENCIES; Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau; Adolfo Arranz/ TODAY  -  571 words
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      Lock icon Families plead for Malaysia Airlines plane hunt to continue
      353 2 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Families of the 239 people aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have urged the search for the aircraft to continue, following an announcement by Malaysia, Australia and China that the hunt for the plane will be suspended if
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      Lock icon Trump casts himself as saviour of a nation in crisis
      1501 3 THE NEW YORK TIMES CLEVELAND —Mr Donald John Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination yesterday with an unusually vehement appeal to Americans who feel that their country is spiralling out of control and yearn for a leader who will take
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      Lock icon Japan makes pitch for HSR link, stressing safety record
      630 4  -  BENEFITS OF SHINKANSEN SYSTEM TOUTED TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Just two days after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Singapore and Malaysia on the Singapore-Kua-la Lumpur High Speed Rail (HSR) project, Japanese authorities are stepping up on their
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      S’pore bans IS-linked newspaper Al Fatihin
      418 6  -  Publication’s intention is to spread extremist ideology in the region: Minister Yaacob ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Al Fatihin, the newspaper linked to terror group Islamic State (IS),hasbeenbannedhereby the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI), the first time in more than 20 years that the
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      Lock icon MPs, lawyers call for more safeguards for consumers buying prepaid deals
      947 6  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —With consumers finding themselves at the losing end time and again when businesses fold most recently, California Fitness lawyers and Members of Parliament say more safeguards should be put in place for the sale of prepaid
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      Lock icon Indonesia says it is prepared to take on Singapore over tax amnesty scheme
      636 7  -  AGENCIES WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RUMI HARDASMALANI RUMIHARDASMALANI AGENCIES JAKARTA —Indonesia has said it is prepared to take on Singapore as it attempts to recover millions stashed by Indonesian citizens overseas via a tax amnesty programme, after
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      Lock icon Queues, waiting times grow longer at Michelin-starred hawker stalls
      722 7  -  JOY FANG Deputy Features Editor joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg ter waiting in line. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYSONIAYEO SINGAPORE A day after Michelin Guide Singapore announced the recipients of its prestigious stars, crowds flocked to the two hawker stalls, which have become overnight sensations after they
      ter waiting in line. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYSONIAYEO; PHOTO: ERNEST CHUA  -  722 words
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  • voices
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      Don’t just fight terrorism — eliminate it
      450 8  - Don’t just fight terrorism eliminate it FROM RAJIV MALHOTRA The letter “Stoicism, not fear, needed in face of terror” (July 20) deserves appreciation for acknowledging terrorism’s growing threat and for stressing that complacency on security is not a choice. I see a lot of focus —in the media and forums
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      Mastermind of failed Turkey coup should not be portrayed as naive
      421 8  -  FROM OMER ORHUN CELIKKOL Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey I refer to the commentary “Democracy on the rocks in Turkey” (July 21). It was disappointing that Mr Fethullah Gulen, an imam and leader
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      Lock icon Time needed for parents to change mindset of chasing ‘good schools’
      343 9  -  FROM LING MING HUI The new Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scoring system announced recently raises much interest and discussion among parents. In my view, no matter how the system is changed, it may not necessarily reduce stress levels
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      Preservation of equality principle key to fostering car-lite society
      192 9  -  FROM AW CHON WAI Over the years, various measures to control the vehicle population in Singapore have been implemented. These include the Certificate of Entitlement and Electronic Road Pricing, which have centred on a monetary approach. As the Government drives towards
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      Lock icon New report on Iraq invasion raises questions around S’pore’s involvement
      515 9  -  FROM AZIAH HUSSIN In 2003, Singapore deployed servicemen, ships and aircraft to the Persian Gulf in support of the Iraq war, as part of a mission to “maintain security” and to see Iraq achieve self-govern-ment through a political transition. Singapore
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  • singapore
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      No change in HDB resale prices in Q2
      322 10 SINGAPORE Prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats for the second quarter of the year remained unchanged from the previous three months, even as more flats changed hands, said the HDB yesterday. The figure is a slight revision of flash
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      Deceptive sales tactics, refund issues among complaints against spas, salons
      642 10 Some grouses were about unprofessional untrained incompetent beauticians 90% OF REPORTS LODGED BY FEMALES SINGAPORE Some customers had their personal belongings withheld while a salesperson pushed more products or services to them, while others had beauticians make harsh and critical
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      Man accused of raping mum takes the stand, admits lifting her blouse
      735 11  -  He says he did it to look at her private parts but did not sexually assault her SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He drank, played loud music, invaded the privacy of his mother and stepfather, and called them
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      Lock icon Contractors seek review of public sector contracts and payment rules
      552 11  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE Contractors here want the authorities to review the laws for the industry to ease the settlement of payment disputes and to have a fairer allocation of risks to them. The issue was raised by industry veteran, Dr
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      Lock icon PUB technical officer accused of cheating, money laundering
      396 12  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A technical officer with national water agency PUB was charged yesterday with deceiving his colleagues into approving S$2 million worth of purchases to businesses controlled by him. Mohamed Sa’ad Mohamed Ali (picture), 42, faces 718 counts of
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      Lock icon Man, 64, charged with murder of Geylang coffee-shop helper
      378 12  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE —A 64-year-old man was charged yesterday with the murder of 52-year-old Goh Eng Thiam, who was found dead in Geylang two weeks ago. Toh Sia Guan was accused of killing Goh between 7.30am and 8am on July
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      Man arrested for job scams
      185 12 SINGAPORE —The police have arrested a 48-year-old man for his suspected involvement in multiple cases of employment scam, where he allegedly conned job seekers into paying agent fees to him during their interviews. The suspect, who would be charged in court today for cheating, allegedly
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  • world
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      Lock icon Beijing’s claims on S China Sea ‘throwing Asean into disarray’
      697 13 Divisions set to deepen as China ally Laos hosts regional diplomats this weekend DISHARMONY WILL CAST SHADOW OVER WEEKEND SUMMIT AFP VIENTIANE —South-east Asian nations are in disarray over Beijing’s sabrerattling in the South China Sea, say analysts and insiders,
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      Lock icon M’sian cleric calls for Pokemon Go ban because of ‘gambling’ aspects
      503 13 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria has called on the Malaysian government to ban Pokemon Go as it contains “elements of gambling”, amid news reports the Nintendo’s augmented-reality game may be available in the country soon. The
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      Lock icon Indonesia vaccine scandal highlights broken system
      833 14 Police probe fake doses said to have been given as far back as 2003 with 23 arrests so far AP JAKARTA —A scandal over fake vaccines given to children prompted angry and confused parents to physically attack a doctor in the Indonesian capital in
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      Lock icon Tsai calls on Xi to take less hardline stance on cross-strait ties
      564 14 KYODO NEWS TAIPEI —Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen has expressed hopes that Chinese President Xi Jinping will take a less hardline stance on relations with the self-ruled island in what is seen as an attempt to reach out to
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      Lock icon How Islamic State is losing ground
      243 15 Islamic State (IS) was able to carve out a sprawling territory across Iraq and Syria through military dominance over 126 key places. But the group’s momentum has slowed over the past year, and it has lost its hold on nearly half of those locations.
      Sources: The New York Times, IHS Conflict Monitor, The Institute for the Study of War, Reuters; TODAY  -  243 words
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  • business
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      Lock icon Private home transactions jump to three-year high in Q2
      593 16  -  More signs of life seen in the residential market, rebound in prime resale especially strong TOTAL TRANSACTIONS ROSE 59.8% QUARTER-ON-QUARTER LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s private housing market stirred in the second quarter, with transactions in both primary and
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      S’pore-Chongqing initiative moves forward as billions in deals signed
      427 16  -  ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE —The Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI), the third govern-ment-led project between Singapore and China that was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his state visit to the Republic last November, has taken off in a big way.
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      Lock icon China cannot carry heaviest burden of world’s economy: Li
      594 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —As the world struggles to break out of a prolonged period of sluggish expansion, do not count on its No 2 economy to ride to the rescue. That was the message from China’s Premier Li Keqiang on the eve
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  • sports
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      MEDIACORP OFFERING FREE RIO GAMES COVERAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
      409 18 SINGAPORE —Mediacorp, Singapore’s biggest broadcaster, will bring the best of the Rio 2016 Olympics to local audiences for free on its multiple platforms including digital, television, radio and print. Currently the only broadcaster that will be providing coverage of the Games,
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      NO MORE OLYMPIC WILDCARD FIASCOS, SAYS ATHLETICS CHIEF
      601 18  -  Also wants S’pore to win more SEA Games medals, organise more events COMMISSION WILL FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS WITH ATHLETES LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Fraught with controversy, unhappiness and an 11th-hour about-turn, Singapore Athletics’ (SA) wildcard selection for the Olympic Games was eventually
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      Lock icon Ex-captain is king of the kids in Sentosa
      95 18 Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Ledley King exchanging high-fives with local children yesterday at the official opening of KidZania Singapore’s kid-sized Stadium at Palawan Kidz City, Sentosa, in partnership with insurers AIA Singapore. King said Spurs do not need to add many new
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      Lock icon NO NEED FOR THOSE HEAVY WEIGHTS — JUST DO MORE REPS
      897 19 NO NEED FOR THOSE HEAVY WEIGHTS JUST DO MORE REPS Study finds that lifting light weights more times results in almost same gains in strength and muscle size THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Upending conventions about how best to strength train, a new study finds that people who lift
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      Lock icon MAN UNITED WAS MEANT TO BE, SAYS MOURINHO
      1244 20 Manager describes Old Trafford destiny, how he convinced Ibrahimovic to join THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI —The soles of his trainers were red, his shirt was red, even his mobile phone case was red. For a manager who has spent his Premier League
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      Lock icon Man United lose 4-1 to Dortmund in China training tour
      89 20 Manchester United’s China training tour got off to a disappointing start last night, when they were beaten 4-1 by German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai. Jose Mourinho’s men were three goals down inside an hour before new signing Henrikh
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      17 21 YOUR GO-TO GUIDE TO WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 22 DISHING THE GOODS TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES MEET NEW IDEAS
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      35 21 25 SLURP IT UP Malaysia’s Souper Tang opens at The Centrepoint 26 HANDMADE WITH LOVE The rise of doing things the old-fashioned way 30 TURBO TITAN Porsche’s 718 Cayman is a fast, focused driver’s dream
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  • T TODAY
    • weekend guide
      • FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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          AS THE THEME OF TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION TAKES CENTRESTAGE WITH THE SINGAPORE FOOD FESTIVAL THIS MONTH, SINGAPOREANS ARE GETTING MORE INVENTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING AN OLD TRADE
          323 22  -  SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg July is definitely a mouth-wa-tering month of food celebrations—from the long-running Singapore Food Festival to the inaugural Michelin
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          DISHING ON THE FISHMONGER
          824 22  -  SERENE LIM Jeffrey Tan is unlike any fishmonger you’ve met before Even before you see Dish The Fish, you’d be surprised to hear the choice of music from its radio: The ending notes of a bossa nova version of Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off trail offbefore
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          Lock icon NEW GENERATION BREW
          935 23  -  Coffee Break’s new breed of hawkers is taking Singapore’s favourite drinks to new places DON MENDOZA Coffee Break is a drinks stall at Amoy Street Food Centre that is run by third-generation “hawkerpreneurs” Jack Sai, 32, and his sisters, twins Faye and Anna, 29. Although they are
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          KUEH FIX TO LIFE
          686 24  -  SERENELIM A humble Teochew snack finds a new lease of life thanks to social media and One Kueh At A Time When you think about where you might get your hands on a silky piece of soon kueh (turnip dumplings), a hipster third-wave coffee house or
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          SCALING NEW HEIGHTS
          667 24  -  DON MENDOZA A new breed of farmers is helping make locally farmed seafood a reality For most of us, the image of a kelong (a wooden offshore platform used by fishermen and fish farmers) is often associated with the region’s past, and pegged to short trips to
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        Lock icon Comfort in a bowl
        563 25  -  Traditional Chinese medicine gets incorporated into a cafe setting FOOD REVIEW: SOUPER TANG LOW SHIPING SINGAPORE —With a name like Souper Tang, it is easy to guess that broths are the focus of this restaurant. The brand hails from Malaysia, where it has 18 outlets, and
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        Lock icon Weekend dining guide: Where to get your tasty treats
        791 25 SUMMER UNAGI FESTIVAL ATMIKUNI Mikuni brings back its Summer Unagi Festival “Doyo No Ushi No Hi” for the second year, with exquisite unagi dishes in a six-course set menu. Created by Mikuni’s executive chef Moon Kyung Soo, the meal will kick
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        Lock icon Handmade to last
        1565 26  -  These young people see opportunity in brushes and books and are determined to make old crafts cool again THE VOGUE OF TRADITION CHEONG KAMEI features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While it may seem like we are increasingly glued to the screens of our computers and smartphones, there is also a
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        Lock icon Upcoming workshops for you to pick up an old-school craft
        239 27 Single Alternate Needle Coptic Binding Workshop by The Thistle Bindery In this four-hour workshop, participants will decorate a cover board with block printed hand-made papers and learn how to sew sections of papers onto the covers using different variants of
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        Lock icon A jolly good space
        587 28  -  Goodman Arts Centre has expanded with a new block for more creative efforts in the future NEW ARTS SPACE REENA DEVI reena@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Here is a new building you might want to check out: It is made entirely out of recycled container units piled on top
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        Lock icon Legends of the Shaolin Temple
        756 28  -  VICTORIA BARKER SINGAPORE Imagine lying down on razor-sharp machetes, then having someone else lie on top of you with only, oh, a bed of nails between you both. Now, add slabs of concrete to the top person’s chest, and bring on the sledgehammer. That is
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        Lock icon Crossing boundaries
        561 29  -  This year’s Indian Heritage Centre Culturefest features fusion performances JOY FANG SINGAPORE If you are passing by the Indian Heritage Centre (IHC) this evening, you might hear strains of music that would stop you in your tracks. You can probably detect the Raga or Raag typically found in
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        WEEKEND PLANNER: Other things to do this weekend
        659 29 KUEH APPRECIATION DAY 2016 Venue: ToTT Store Address: 896 Dunearn Road, #01-01A 24/07/2016 10am-24/07/2016 5pm FREE Slow Food is presenting Kueh Appreciation Day 2016, which pays tribute to the traditional kueh and local snacks found in Singapore. Expect an assortment of savoury
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        HEADS UP
        104 29 COMMUNITY CHEST HEARTSTRINGS WALK 2016 Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Event Plaza, Level 1 31/07/2016 7am 31/07/2016 11.30am S$10 Next Sunday’s Community Chest Heartstrings Walk 2016 is a great opportunity for abled-bodied folk to walk alongside friends with disabilites for a good cause. Those who are interested can go
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    • cars
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        Lock icon KILLER CROC
        642 30  -  PORSCHE’S NEW 718 CAYMAN HAS AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE UP ITS SLEEVE TURBOCHARGED TITANS DERRYN WONG todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg MALMO (SWEDEN) As crocodiles go, caimans are among the smallest members of the species. But far from being the crocodilian equivalent of smurfs, they are small, smart and deadly. Porsche’s Cayman has
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        Lock icon Kia fortifies its Forte
        553 32  -  The sedan gets a new face and a posher cabin, but stays true to itself KIA K3 FORTE SX LEOW JU-LEN todaycars@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Carmakers usually give their products a facelift at least once in their product cycle to keep them looking fresh, so potential buyers will
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        Lock icon Powering up the ranks
        460 32  -  SCOTT MARSH Remember when South Korea defied all expectations and qualified for the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup thanks to giant-killing soccer feats? Well, the Koreans are back to their giant-slaying ways again, only this time in the field of automotive endeavours. Last month, Kia
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      269 33 RENAULT Passion for life Xin i jk 1 fnuja 'X„ Ss i #1 p Vi V L I 1 At 1 1 At Our Newly Expanded Showroom 23-24 Jul (Final Weekend) II: <15 FIUENCE 7/ 5= X m KADJAR ,-~A < *r C 1 v r Sale Prices from just
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      1276 34 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg programming@channelnewsasia.com tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Everyday Heroes (HD) 6.30 On The Red Dot (HD) (CC) 7.00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible Specials (PG) (CC) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 Jamie’s Great Britain (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XII
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      1241 35 CHANNEL CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg programming@channelnewsasia.com tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Life Story Cindy Han 6.30 Just For Laughs Gags XIV (HD) 7 .00 The Dr Oz Show V (HD) 8.00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible Specials Dynamo (CC) 9.00 Wheel Of Fortune XXXI (HD) (CC) 10.00 Seconds From Disaster VI 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres
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      387 37 THE JAKARTA GLOBE I ndonesia’s highest Islamic clerical body has said the issuance of a fatwa against app-based game Pokemon Go is possible, warning it could lead the public to be unproductive. Excessive use of the augment ed-reality game that uses smartphones to overlay
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      910 37  -  COMMENTARY XIAO PING ABOUT THE AUTHOR Xiao Ping is assistant professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore Business School. This is part of an ongoing series on doing business in China. C onventional wisdom has it that the entry of
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      95 38 He was talking about Malaysia’s plan to make coding part of the syllabus in national schools starting next year in his column in the Malay Mail Online. Back in 1998, Malaysia’s theneducation minister Anwar Ibrahim nowajailed leader of opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat announced that computer skills
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      873 38 In death a Pakistani social media star is celebrated as a feminist hero THE NEW YORK TIMES T he killing of Qandeel Baloch, a social media star some called the Kim Kardashian of Pakistan, provoked an outcry on social media from Pakistani feminists and others who saw the 26-year-old as
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      289 38 MALAY MAIL ONLINE c oding will be officially added to the syllabuses of Malaysian national schools starting next year, according to Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) CEO Yasmin Mahmood. She said computer coding will not only be taught as part of a computer
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      91 39 July 26 The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) foreign ministers arrive in Vientiane this weekend for a series of meetings with their regional counterparts that culminate in the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) on Tuesday. All eyes are on whether Asean will
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      1055 39 AP N am Ki-sung has raised puppies on a small, rural farm for 15 years, delighting in their company, mourning their deaths and eking out a living. No more: He now has less than US$60 (S$81) in the bank, and struggles
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      397 40 THE NEW YORK TIMES s everal times a year, fearsome “shadow planets” Rahu and Ketu, along with slow-moving Saturn, destroyer of whatever house he occupies, are for a few days disentangled from the path of any other planet.
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      932 40  -  Mr Garry Riparip THE COMMUNITY’S HEAD COACH AFP T eenager Piolo Perez swings his bat on a baseball field built atop the Philippines’ most notorious rubbish heap, sending home run balls crashing through the shanties mushrooming on the outfield. Inspired
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      602 41 THE MYANMAR TIMES T wo months into a city-wide suspension on high-rise construction, some Yangon developers faced with frozen projects are telling their workers to seek employment elsewhere. The Yangon authorities halted hundreds of high-rise projects in May, over 60
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      Lock icon Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think ‘lost’ drug war
      863 41 REUTERS s omsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, turning 30, he is not yet halfway through his 33-year sentence at Bangkok’s high-secu-rity Klong Prem prison. Somsak was “just a kid, not a big-time
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      Lock icon Nalanda to give out postgrad degrees for the first time in 800 years
      810 43  -  EILEEN NG eileenng@mediacorp.com.sg I ndia’s Nalanda University will etch a milestone in its annals on Aug 27 when the institute of higher learning holds a convocation ceremony for its students for the first time in 800 years.
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      902 44 BLOOMBERG A s Japan’s population shrinks and ages, some rural communities are in danger of extinction. Yet in Tokyo, one mayor has the opposite problem. Packed trains, overcrowded schools and the country’s longest waiting lists for preschool care are the norm
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      1716 44 URBAN WOES CAIXIN ONLINE R eckless urbanisation coupled with half-hearted efforts to protect communities from rain-swollen rivers and lakes may have contributed to China’s worst flooding in 18 years. Weeks of torrential rain triggered flooding along lakes and rivers including the Yangtze
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