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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp MONDAY, 22 AUGUST 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon Unity will see S’pore through challenging times: PM
    998 1  -  Problems include rising threat of terrorism increasingly complex diplomatic landscape SOMBRE MESSAGE OF TOUGH ROAD AHEAD LOH CHEE KONG Associate Editor cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the first National Day Rally (NDR) after last year’s SG50 celebrations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday delivered
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    After ‘brief fainting spell’, a standing ovation as PM returns
    374 1 SINGAPORE —About two-thirds into his English speech at the National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, visibly pale, wavered on his feet. He then stopped speaking, appeared to stumble, prompting some members of the audience, among them Defence Minister
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      190 1 PE RSPECTIVE S: 5 BUSINESS LEADERS ON HOW FIRMS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THREAT OF TERRORISM• 31 IN OUR BUSINE SS SECTION TEA LEAVES: AN ANALYST’S VIEW EACH WEEK OF HOW THE MARKET WILL PERFORM 30 Team Singapore’s report card at the Olympics SPORTS 38 42 NATIONAL DAY RALLY RE
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      Lock icon Coral bleaching forces closure of Sisters’ Island dive trails
      919 2  -  Shutdown in place since June, a ‘pre-emptive measure to minimise stress to corals’ SIGNS OF RECOVERY SEEN THIS MONTH KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Dive trails at the Sisters’ Island Marine Park, Singapore’s first marine park, will be closed until the end
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      74 3 999 I K’ v m W&m? iZ&sf&Tg* 3sx g WMSUm ACCIDENTS HURT YOUR FAMILY THE MOST Every day, more than 30 people are injured at work. Every week, one dies. Injuries not only affect you, but also the people around you. You can prevent injuries at the workplace. Your loved
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  • national day rally 2016
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      When tested, S’poreans ‘must not be found wanting’
      593 4  -  TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Recalling the ups and downs that have brought Singaporeans together over the past 15 years, among them pivotal events such as the discovery of a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror plot and the global financial crisis, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon ‘Vital to ensure minority President from time to time’, as race still matters
      1298 6  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Government must ensure that minorities get elected as President from time to time as the reality is that people do vote along racial lines despite the progress Singapore has made in terms
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      PM calls on Chinese community to support proposed EP changes
      288 6 SINGAPORE During a visit to Tanjong Pagar after Mr Lee Kuan Yew died, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was asked by a resident: “PM, please send us a multilingual minister.” This was despite the fact that he was accompanied by
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      Lock icon Heng Swee Keat to return to work progressively
      933 8  -  Lawrence Wong appointed Second Minister to help out with duties at Finance Ministry TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE The first thing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about when he resumed his National Day Rally speech, after a bout of feeling
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      GRC system an ‘important stabiliser’ in political landscape
      465 8  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE —Despite the initial misgivings it drew, the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system has become an “important stabiliser” in the Republic’s political landscape, allowing minority Members of Parliament (MPs) to enter Parliament “whatever the election outcome”, said Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon ElderShield to be reviewed to provide wider coverage
      510 9  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —ElderShield will be reviewed to cover more people and provide better coverage while continuing to be affordable, announced Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday, who described the enhancement as the final piece of work for a strengthened social
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      Lock icon Malays urged to master technology to participate fully in new economy
      633 9  -  TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With technology being a game changer in today’s economy, it is increasingly important for Malay Singaporeans to master technology and participate fully in the new economy, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Kicking off
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      Lock icon Terror threat has led to events being moved, rescheduled
      597 10  -  Foiled Batam plot was not the only definite plan to attack Singapore says PM SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Underlining the gravity of the terror threat Singapore could face, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed yesterday that there have been events
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      Singaporeans must prepare to stand together if attack occurs
      699 10  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It might be easier for Singaporeans to stand together if the country were attacked by foreign terrorists, but its multiracial society would come under tremendous strain if the attackers were Singaporeans, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Authorities picking up steady trickle of radicals
      796 11  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE With the Republic facing a significant external and domestic threat of terrorism, the authorities have continued to pick up a “steady trickle” of radicalised individuals, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. On average, one or two
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      Govt to mandate that all Islamic teachers are accredited
      687 11  -  KELLY NG, KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —The Government plans to make the accreditation scheme for Islamic religious teachers compulsory from Jan 1 next year, with a transition period of around one year, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday. The hope
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      Disruption ‘brings opportunities for those that are quick to strike’
      956 12  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —The upheaval brought about by technology and globalisation is not all doom and gloom, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech yesterday. New opportunities are arising from disruption,
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      Homegrown firms are leading the way in high-tech world
      553 12  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com. sg S I N G A P O R E Homegrown robotics company Hope Technik, which provides high-performance engineering solutions for civilian and military uses, now counts aerospace giant Airbus among its clients. Another local, Internet of Things
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      Lock icon Art of the possible: Chapatis made by robots
      519 13  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The humble Indian flatbread chapati accompanying lentils, vegetables or meat now has broader international reach and appeal thanks to Singaporean entrepreneur Pranoti Nagarkar, a National University of Singapore graduate in mechanical engineering and her software engineer husband Rishi
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      SkillsFuture ‘relevant at various career stages’
      371 13  -  AMANDA LEE, KENNETH CHENG leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Reiterating that a strong economy is built on a skilled workforce, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the SkillsFuture movement is not only crucial to Singapore’s current phase of economic development, but enables workers to hold better
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      Lock icon Improving skills, adjusting expectations to keep up with times
      404 13  -  AMANDA LEE, KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —After completing her OLevels, Madam Janessa Puvaneswari Kumaran joined the PAP Community Foundation (PCF) as a pre-school teacher in 2001, but the changes in the education sector meant that she could not remain indifferent to them.
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      Lock icon Despite superpower pressure, S’pore must choose its ‘own place to stand’
      1149 14  -  ALBERT WAI albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While Singapore is good friends with both the United States and China, managing ties with the superpowers is not easy, as their interests will conflict and the Republic will be pressured to choose sides, said
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      S’pore-Beijing relations go beyond S China Sea: PM
      721 15  -  ALBERT WAI albertwai@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that Singapore’s relationship with China is much broader than the South China Sea issue, as ties between both countries have been buttressed over the past few decades by several flagship developmental
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      Lock icon Republic’s ties with M’sia, Indonesia ‘complex, important’
      718 15  -  EILEEN NG eileenng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s relationships with Malaysia and Indonesia are “good”, and the Republic will continue to work on enhancing ties with its two “most important partners” despite the complex relationships and occasional differences with them, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s sectarian violence assumes a religious guise
      918 16  -  RELIGION A POSSIBLE COVER FOR RESENTMENT HUI YEW-FOONG, DEASY SIMANDJUNTAK Hui Yew-Foong and Deasy Simandjuntak are senior fellow and visiting fellow, respectively, at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Late last month, the port city of Tanjung Balai in North Sumatra experienced Indonesia’s latest bout
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      Lock icon China should beware of traps amid structural transformation
      851 16  -  URBANISATION A KEY ZHANG JUN Zhang Jun is professor of economics and director of the China Center for Economic Studies at Fudan University. PROJECT SYNDICATE For more than a year, headlines worldwide have been pointing to a Chinese economic slowdown. But a
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      Lock icon Why Trump will struggle to beat Clinton
      1407 18 REPUBLICAN NOMINEE HAS NARROW BASE OF SUPPORT Democratic presidential nominee Mrs Hillary Clinton will most likely win the Nov 8 elections even though it may not be a landslide victory, said Am erican political analyst Kyle Kondik, whose analysis of United States politics
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      52 16 Mr Donald Trump has a very narrow and passionate base of support, but that does not make up the majority of voters in the US. He is doing worse than a typical Republican, and it is one of the reasons why Mrs Hillary Clinton is favoured in this election. KYLE
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  • voices
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      Parents play huge role in upholding racial harmony
      274 20  -  FROM BERNICE LIM I refer to the commentary “Why we need to talk about race” (Aug 19). Though I am not surprised there are Singaporeans who harbour negative stereotypes of their fellow citizens of different races, I am shocked that they form
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    • Article
      Foreign teams make S.League more competitive, exciting
      163 20  -  FROM LIM CHIN Chief Executive Officer, S.League We thank Mr Vengadasalam Rengayyan for his letter, “Sputtering S.League due to years of bad management” (Aug 13). The participation by foreign teams in the league has contributed to an improvement in the standard of local
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      Support local talent, but don’t knock athletes born overseas
      399 20  -  FROM ALBERT NGYA KEN Amid the Schooling-mania hitting fever pitch, there have been callous criticism and even abuse of our for-eign-born sports talents, including those who have won medals and brought glory to Singapore in the past, in various media and
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      229 21 REBEL TURNED ROLE MODEL When John* was 12 years old, life looked bleak. While his peers were focused on their PSLE preparations, he skipped two months of school due to difficulties at home. His mother was suffering from a severe mental condition. His father was largely absent from his life.
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  • Singapore
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      Experts call for greater awareness of sarcopenia among elderly
      919 22  -  MUSCLE-DIMINISHING CONDITION LINKED TO OTHER RISKS LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is not as well known as other ageing-related conditions such as dementia, but geriatrics doctors here say there should be greater awareness of sarcopenia, the progressive loss of skeletal muscle
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      Lock icon Sata launches pilot study to monitor health of seniors remotely
      292 23 SINGAPORE —Community health services provider Sata CommHealth has launched a telehealth pilot study to remotely monitor the health of elderly individuals with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. The study, a first for Sata CommHealth, will monitor 60
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      Lock icon TODAY Shop to Win
      123 23 After years of taking part in TODAY Shop to Win, Ms Charmaine Yang (left) has finally won. She is seen here receiving the S$10,000 cheque from Ms Jasmine Ong, marcom executive at OG. The 31-year-old, who had shopped at OG Albert Complex with her mum and
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon Start-ups build confidence with govt help in Chengdu
      976 24 This is the second instalment of a two-part report on Chengdu’s high-tech investment zone. Read part one at bit.ly/chengdutech. FINANCIAL TIMES CHENGDU —Asked about his choice of Chengdu as a base for his start-up technology company Topplus, Mr Adam Xu, its founder,
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      Lock icon China moves to help end Myanmar conflict for commercial ends
      1074 26 Beijing presents letter from rebel groups saying they will hold talks with Aung San Suu Kyi THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING As Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi met last week with Chinese officials during her five-day visit to Beijing,
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    Lock icon Making STEM come alive SHELL STEM CHALLENGE 2016 CATEGORIES
    750 25  -  The Shell STEM Youth Innovation Challenge takes math and science out from textbooks and into the lives of students BY LEONARD LAI BY LEONARD LAI Students studying at secondary schools offering the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Applied Learning Programme (STEM
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  • world
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      Lock icon Duterte threatens to pull Philippines out of UN
      465 27 PRESIDENT ANGRY AT CRITICISM OF DRUG WAR AGENCIES MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations (UN) yesterday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs, saying he might leave the
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      Lock icon 50 killed in Turkey wedding blast, IS blamed
      880 28 Aim of attack was to spread incitement along ethnic and religious lines: President AGENCIES gaziantep Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday the Islamic State (IS) group was the “likely perpetrator” of a bomb attack on a wedding in the city of
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      Lock icon Dr M’s party ‘more open with membership than BN’
      641 29 MALAY MAIL ONLINE KUAL A LUMPUR —Newly formed Parti Pribumi Bersatu (Bersatu) is more open than Malaysia’s ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) as it allows non-Bumiputra applicants to be associate members, claimed party president Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday. Mr Muhyiddin, who was
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      157 27 Building a Critical Brain Foundation in Your Child V SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 2016 9.30AM 1.00PM VENUE SUNTEC CONVENTION CENTRE PRICE $40 PER PERSON $55 PER COUPLE the speakers > 4 DR STEVE MILLER CHIEF SCIENTIST, NERVANIX, PH.Q, PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, USA MS CHERYL CHIA
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  • business
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      Lock icon Minimising forex costs for travel or wiring money abroad
      909 30  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg Head overseas for travel or send money to a relative abroad and you could end up paying quite a bit extra in foreign exchange fees, unless you are careful. If you are a Singaporean sending
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      Is the Fed feeling dovish or hawkish?
      370 30  -  TEA LEAVES BERNARD AW Bernard Aw is a market strategist at IG. You may wish to follow Bernard on Twitter at @BernardAw_IG It seems that financial markets will never get tired of speculating on the Fed’s next move. The minutes of July’s meeting
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      Lock icon How can businesses protect themselves from the threat of terrorism?
      751 31  -  PERSPECTIVES Compiled by Rumi Hardasmalani (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) KARL HAMANN CEO, QBE Insurance Singapore In today’s world, the threat of terrorism has become so pervasive and so fluid that it is impossible for businesses to completely insulate themselves. The key is to
      PHOTOS: QBE INSURANCE, APPKNOX, DYNASTY TRAVEL, LYNX ANALYTICS, BIOFOURMIS  -  751 words
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      Lock icon Buyers swoop in on pound as latest data surprises
      362 31 BLOOMBERG LONDON —The world’s worst-perform-ing major currency of year is starting to win some friends. Old Mutual Asset Managers, which oversees £327 billion (S$576 billion), said it turned bullish on the pound after the United Kingdom’s economic data signalled the country
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      Lock icon Start-ups emerge to support ‘sharing economy’ firms
      871 32  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the concept of the sharing economy gains greater momentum with the increasing number of disruptive firms such as Airbnb and Uber making waves here and globally, a generation of start-ups offering support services to better the sharing
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      Lock icon Pay for Grab rides with Citi points — soon
      353 32 Pay for Grab rides with Citi points soon FINANCIAL TIMES SINGAPORE Citigroup is working on a partnership with Singapore-based ride-hailing app Grab that will allow credit card holders to use points to pay for rides. The initiative, the first time anywhere in the world that Citi has integrated its credit
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    Organic and delicious
    459 34 Shopping for organic produce? Turn to FairPrice Finest for a wide selection of organic products, ranging from fresh salads to cereals. To inspire you to go organic, here are four food ideas from FairPrice Finest. EASY-TO-MAKE SALAD Make yourself a yummy kale Caesar salad that is rich
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Xiaomi gearing up for US debut
      393 36 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Xiaomi is preparing to enter the United States’ smartphone market “in the near future”, employing the same online sales and social media marketing tactics that have helped the six-year-old company become China’s largest privately funded start-up. Xiaomi can no longer afford
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  • sports
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      1525 38  -  TODAY looks at the highs and lows of Singapore’s campaign at the Rio Olympics TEAM SINGAPORE’S REPORT CARD LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, there was a palpable buzz of excitement and anticipation that kept growing, as Team Singapore’s
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