Today, 25 April 2017

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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 2017 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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    Lock icon WAVE OF THE FUTURE
    63 1 Nanyang Technological University yesterday launched South-east Asia’s first sustainable sports hall, which was built using an innovative wood construction technology. The facility comes with state-of-the-art technologies such as mechanised retractable seats. Named after its curved roof, The Wave was officially opened by Minister for National Development
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    Lock icon Cheaper, cleaner electricity for households on the cards
    791 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The largest renewable energy provider here plans to shake things up when the energy market becomes fully liberalised next year, by offering households prices that are 15 to 30 per cent cheaper than current rates. Consumers can
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    FAS’ financial practices ‘are sound, but donation policy needed’
    866 1  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) being embroiled in a major scandal linked to a six-figure donation, several of the association’s former council members who are running for office in the coming election have defended the
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Gloves off as Le Pen, Macron get set for final round
      819 2 European shares rise sharply on likelihood of 39-year-old centrist winning the presidency FAR-RIGHT CAMP QUESTIONS OPPONENT’S PATRIOTISM AGENCIES PA RI S Far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday sharply attacked her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron, who is favourite to beat
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      Lock icon LESSONS FROM2002’S DEFEAT
      189 2 AGENCIES Marine Le Pen will be keen to avoid a repetition of 2002, when her father and National Front founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, got through to the second round in a surprise vote but went on to lose in a humiliating landslide against incumbent right-wing president Jacques
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      Lock icon Gloves off as Le Pen, Macron get set for final round
      845 2 (2nd Edition) FAR-RIGHT CAMP QUESTIONS OPPONENT’S PATRIOTISM AGENCIES PARIS —Far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday sharply attacked her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron, who is favourite to beat her for the French presidency, as campaigning for the final round on May 7
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    • Article
      Lock icon LESSONS FROM2002’S DEFEAT
      189 2 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES Marine Le Pen will be keen to avoid a repetition of 2002, when her father and National Front founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen, got through to the second round in a surprise vote but went on to lose in a humiliating landslide against incumbent right-wing president Jacques
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    • Anti-globalism vs nationalism in fight for French presidency
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        Lock icon Far-right National Front leader plans to tax foreign workers
        590 4 MARINE LE PEN AGENCIES PARIS —It was in a down-at-heel town in the National Front heartlands of northern France, far from the despised Parisian elite, that Ms Marine Le Pen chose to celebrate Sunday’s election victory that brought her just one
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        Lock icon Self-declared outsider vows to shake up bipartisan politics
        589 4 EMMANUEL MACRON AGENCIES PARIS —An independent centrist who formed his own movement only a year ago, Mr Emmanuel Macron’s lightning ascent has belied doubts about his ability to win over “la France profonde”, the French heartlands. He casts himself as an outsider
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      FAS has no control over how NFL clubs run jackpot operations
      508 6  -  Amateur clubs not funded by sport’s governing body; jackpot licences are issued by the police GERARD WONG Editor Sports Editor gerard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Questions may have arisen over how Tiong Bahru Football Club (TBFC) was allowed to reap more than
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      Construction projects using new technologies to quadruple by 2020
      643 8 Firms need to rely less on manpower or plans risk being held back or deferred says Lawrence Wong SINGAPORE —If construction projects in Singapore continue to remain man-power-intensive, plans in the pipeline, including more flats, hospitals and MRT lines, could be
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      Lock icon Xi urges restraint on N Korea in call to Trump
      695 10 AGENCIES BEIJING President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Mr Xi Jinping, discussed growing tensions over North Korea’s advancing nuclear arms programme, with Mr Xi urging the American leader to show restraint despite signs that the North may be preparing
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      Lock icon Signalling trials on North-South Line to involve more trains
      574 10  -  KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE Despite some glitches, the two all-day trials of the new signalling system on the North-South Line have so far been “fairly successful” and more trains would be part of the tests over the next few weeks, rail operator
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      Lock icon Teen dies after goalpost falls on him in tragic mishap
      485 11  -  FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Like many budding footballers, Muhammad Hambali Sumathi dreamt of becoming a professional. But a routine move during a physical education lesson in school yesterday took a tragic turn. A promising goalkeeper who was part of the
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      106 9 SldLUfutkreUiB vy vj/ vj/ wy xy xy {ioifo u*J to find out more about SkillsFuture and how you can benefit from it! 29 30 April 2017 (Sat Sun) 11am 9pm Suntec City West Atrium, Level 1 (outside H&M) 2 ESPLANADE Find out which SkillsFuture initiatives best suit you Check out
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      160 11 A 7 Highlights Founded in 1846, LIB is one of the leading public universities in the US First public university in New York admitted into the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) Accredited by the US Middle States Commission on Higher Education PROGRAM BRIEFING Date: Sat, 6 May Time: 10am
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  • Singapore
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      Lock icon No-frills international schools a hit with budget-conscious expats
      936 12  -  Many foreigners have had their expat packages trimmed due to high cost of living in Singapore THEY OFFER AFFORDABLE FEES, SMALLER CLASS SIZES FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When her German husband was posted here about one-and-a-half years ago, his remuneration package did
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        Lippo unit buys S$15m Healthway convertible notes
        699 16  -  Gateway to remain long-term partner as business returns to n ormal at medical group ANGELATENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg approve second S$60 million deal. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KELLY NG BY KELLY NG SINGAPORE Two days after shareholders of Healthway Medical Corp overwhelmingly approved a S$60 million
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        Lock icon Consumer prices up for 4th straight month
        596 16  -  ANGELA TENG SINGAPORE Consumer prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in March, again mainly led by the increase in private road transport costs. The All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7 per cent last month from March a year earlier, said the
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        Lock icon 8-day extravaganza to mark Chinese cultural centre launch
        563 17  -  The S$110 million building will open in May with workshops and opera performances REENADEVI reena@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) will celebrate its official opening with an eight-day Cultural Extravaganza, kicking off on May 20 with a performance helmed by
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      218 12 CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, HERKIMER COUNTY, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by the Grace of God Free and Independent, In the Matter of ALMA B. ROSTISER, DECEASED, to JOHN HABERSTOCK, JR., whereabouts unknown, Singapore, C. Fogarty) who is domiciled at 1354 State Route 169, Little Falls, New York
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      178 13 f* DEEPEN YOUR SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE *Subsidy for SkillsFuture Courses Higher subsidy if you are 40 years old above CET REGISTRATION Register from April 17 to May 31 for the July 2017 semester at www.suss.edu.sg/CET ‘Terms and conditions apply Be Ready for the Transformation of the Economy Singapore University
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      100 14 CIDP Singapore is looking for dark skin volunteers aged 12 years and above having moderate to severe acne for research participation. Duration of the study: 16 weeks Total number of visits: 5 Duration per visit: 45 minutes to 2 hours Objective of the study: The evaluate subject reported outcomes with
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      264 15 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC SP Development and Apprenticeship (DNA) Programmes Chemicals To train fresh graduates from ITE to acquire the necessary skills to work in the Chemical Manufacturing sector. Available Positions: N. COIM Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Chemical Technician Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Chemical Technician Biologies Pharmaceuticals To prepare fresh entrants
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      38 17 E 4/10°S Read Watch Listen The new Channel NewsAsia app and website. Consume news the way you want to. channelnewsasia.com Download the app. Download on the w AppStore b GET IT ON Google Play A mediacorp Channel NewsAsia
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon School mergers: More questions than answers
      989 20  -  MORE DETAILS ARE NEEDED ON WHY SOME SCHOOLS ARE CHOSEN LEONGCHAN-HOONG Dr Leong Chan-Hoong is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies and Head of IPS Social Lab, a centre for social indicators research. I wrote about the demise of our
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      Lock icon Australia’s new Trump-style rules miss mark
      558 21  -  CHANGES DO NOT ADDRESS VISA ABUSES BLOOMBERG EDITORS BLOOMBERG In Sydney last weekend, United States Vice-President Mike Pence hailed the close economic ties linking the US and Australia. In fact, currently, America’s chief export to the Antipodes seems to be bad ideas. Last week,
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      Lock icon Time has come to cut security guards’ overtime
      1334 22  -  OUT-OF-THE-BOX IDEAS ABOUND TO EASE MANPOWER CRUNCH ZAINALSAPARI Zainal Sapari is NTUC assistant secretary-general and Security Tripartite Cluster chairman. This is an extract from an entry on LabourBeat, the labour movement’s blog. In a recent survey commissioned by the Union of Security
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      122 21 Weekly Mother's Day Culinary Workshop Bond with mum Itotp of gomes C td—m 6 ’J»J> celebrity has, Moses bm #ILoveYouMunn Challenge i Co a ncotd 2 e° Hojel Smgopom Levet) Ve U Concorde Ballroom 3rd Wl *****0 1°° 0rC (Registration from Ham) Ticket price a single ticket, 50 Moses Um
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  • voices
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      School mergers: How are decisions made?
      259 23  -  FROM TOM C HAN WHYE S H IUNG I can understand the need for school mergers because of falling enrolment (28 schools set for merger amid fall in birth rates, demand; April 21). What befuddles me is that, between choosing two schools to merge,
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      Add more landscape features to Orchard Rd
      145 23  -  FROM DANIEL KOH KAH SOON Any plan to reclaim space for pedestrians is a good idea (Going fully carfree among plans to refresh Orchard Road; April 14). Converting Orchard Road into a pedestrian precinct would liven up that stretch of road and perhaps
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      Religiosity should have no bearing on the rule of law
      200 23  -  FROM FROM JUN E C H EAH-N IC HOLLS I agree that religious harmony is sacrosanct, and the rule of law is one of many tools in building cohesion and harmony. The City Harvest example cited in “Reinforce religious ideas
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      Trade associations can help to counter profiteering
      327 23  -  FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI Setting up an anti-profiteering task force may not necessarily help to rein in price hikes owing to the water price increase (Case to monitor possible profiteering as utility tariffs rise; April 4). It may be useful to invite
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  • world
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      Lock icon Police, rioting students clash in Indian Kashmir
      553 24 LIVE ROUNDS FIRED TO DISPERSE CROWD AFP SRINAGAR (INDIA) —The police clashed with stone-throwing students in Indian Kashmir yesterday, as violence in the disputed Himalayan region intensified. Hundreds of student protesters shouting “We want freedom” and “Go India, go back” fought with government
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      Lock icon Thailand approves S$547m purchase of Chinese submarines
      341 24 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the first of three planned submarine purchases from China worth US$393 million (S$547 million), a government spokesman said yesterday. The plan to buy the three Chinesebuilt submarines worth 36 billion baht (S$1.5 billion) was confirmed in July,
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    • news
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        Lock icon For Indians, US under Trump is no longer the land of opportunity
        1029 25 THE NEWYORK TIMES MUMBAI Generations of Indians have admired the United States for almost everything. But many are infuriated and unnerved by what they see as a wave of racist violence under President Donald Trump, souring the US’
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        Lock icon Canberra, Beijing agree to anti-cyber-theft pact
        555 26 FINANCIAL TIMES CANBERRA Australia has agreed to a cyber-security pact with Beijing, under which both countries have pledged to not conduct or support the theft of intellectual property or trade secrets from each other. The agreement follows a specific request made by Mr Malcolm
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        Lock icon In shadow of China’s reef city, Philippines seeks upgrade for Thitu islanders
        758 26 REUTERS THITU ISLAND (SOUTH CHINA SEA) —If the Filipinos on the remote South China Sea island of Thitu had binoculars, they might just be envious of how their neighbours on the next island live. Just 24km across the
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      30 26 Qvgolia I Class 3 Drivers Outdoor Cleaners Only Singaporeans need apply Walk-in Interview 9am 4pm, 26 Apr 2017 (Wed) 23 Randan Avenue Bus 78 from dementi MRTStation Call: 6681 0328/321
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      77 27 DELIGHTFUL DINING TREATS Good Old Days Sentosa PerBacco Craig Place Madrinaa Italiano Holland Village Fumée By Habanos Millenia Walk The Laneway Market Tanjong Katong Cubing Café Hougang Ollie Kitchen Bar The Centre Point Burlamacco Ristorante Amoy Street With Feast, you can now savour mouth-watering 1-for-1 dining treats islandwide! For a
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      965 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Four Rooms (HD) 7.00 First Look Asia (HD) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VII (HD) 10.00 Arts 21 (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIV (HD) NOON Save With Jamie II (HD) 1.00PM Wheel Of Fortune XXXIV (HD) (CC) 1.30
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      225 28 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. TOGGLE-IT-FIRST Watch episodes in advance before anyone else. PAID MIGHTIEST MOTHER-IN-LAW (EP 11) (PG) Shuhui changes for the better. She runs into Ke’en, who shows off
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