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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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    Lock icon Malaysians with IS ties ‘planning attacks over Rohingya issue’
    611 1  -  to Bangladesh as well.” agencies, with ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY EILEEN NG EILEEN NG AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians with links to the Islamic State (IS) militant group are planning to engage in “jihad” against the Myanmar government on behalf of the minority
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    Lock icon REMOTE-CONTROLLED TUNNEL INSPECTION
    54 1 A Land Transport Authority employee using a drone to inspect rail infrastructure at the completed Thomson-East Coast Line tunnel between Orchard and Orchard Boulevard stations yesterday. The unmanned aircraft, which covers 2m per second and takes videos and photos, drastically reduces the time needed to conduct inspections.
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      13 5 HOT NEWS HOW VIOLENCE IN MYANMAR RADICALISED A NEW GENERATION OF ROHINGYA 6
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  • Singapore
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      MOE bans schools from using foldable goalposts for football
      748 12  -  New guidelines follow death of 12-year-old student who grabbed crossbar during match SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Ministry of Education (MOE) has issued new safety guidelines to all schools on the use of football goalposts, banning foldable ones. A student
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      MOE bans schools from using foldable goalposts for football
      786 12 (2nd Edition)  -  New guidelines follow death of 12-year-old student who grabbed crossbar during match SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Ministry of Education (MOE) has issued enhanced safety guidelines to all schools on the use of football goalposts, banning foldable ones, and it
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      Lock icon Victim’s family still coming to terms with accident, taking legal advice
      328 12  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE —Five months after a set of goalposts collapsed on 12-year-old Muhammad Hambali Sumathi and killed him, his family members are still struggling to cope with the accident and unable to find closure. They are also
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      Lock icon Victim’s family still coming to terms with accident, taking legal advice
      332 12 (2nd Edition)  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE —Five months after a crossbar fell on 12-year-old Muhammad Hambali Sumathi and killed him during a football game, his family members are still struggling to cope with the accident and unable to find closure. They
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    • singapore | business
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        Lock icon Cyber security sector gets S$16m boost in grants
        683 17  -  Funding awarded to projects by S’pore-based companies to promote training and research TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE— More than S$16 million will be invested into new cyber security projects with the potential to be commercialised or to develop capabilities to meet Singapore’s
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        Two new programmes unveiled to nurture tech entrepreneurs
        417 17  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE —To further support entrepreneurship efforts in Singapore, two new programmes were launched yesterday a polytechnic incubator programme and an entrepreneurial training programme for researchers. Announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat at the opening of the Singapore Week of
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        S’pore gives S$1.5m to boost Asean cyber security
        440 18  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Cyber security efforts in Asean countries will be given a boost, with Singapore setting aside S$1.5 million over three years to help train incident responders and operators in the region to tackle cyber threats. The money will come
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        S$60m lab set up to develop manufacturing technology
        377 18 SINGAPORE —A joint lab which will develop smart manufacturing technologies was launched yesterday by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), British manufacturing giant Rolls-Royce and Singapore Aero Engine Services (SAESL). The three parties will invest up to S$60 million in
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    • singapore | sports
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        Lock icon New coach Milicich plots S’pore netball’s climb to the top
        812 19  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Just two days after arriving in Singapore, new national coach Natalie Milicich went to the OCBC Arena to observe her charges at training for the first time. While the New Zealander did not take charge of
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        Lock icon Swimmer Wei Soong wins S’pore’s first gold at Asean Para Games
        467 19  -  RAYMOND THAM SINGAPORE —Team Singapore won its first gold of the Asean Para Games (APG) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday when swimmer Toh Wei Soong emerged victorious in the 100m S7 freestyle race. The 19-year-old clocked 1min 7.53sec to set
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon Who will replace a retreating US in S-E Asia?
      1065 20  -  CHINA MOST LIKELY TO FILL STRATEGIC VACUUM KHONG YUEN FOONG Khong Yuen Foong is Lee Ka Shing Professor of Political Science at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. EAST ASIA FORUM What would South-east Asia’s
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      Lock icon S’pore firms must act fast before India’s GST reform bites
      956 21  -  NEW UNIFORM TAX CUTS OUT INEFFICIENCIES TAY LIAN CHEW Tay Lian Chew is group director of North and South Asia Group, International Enterprise Singapore. He is based in New Delhi. India’s new goods and services tax (GST) imposes a uniform
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      Lock icon How the NCC can continue to help build resilience
      927 22  -  A MARCH IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE S.A.F. MELVIN LEE Melvin Lee is an assistant manager in a student care centre. As a student in the NCC, he attained the rank of a Cadet Officer and served at his alma mater, Bartley
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      44 20 The GST’s implementation will make India more attractive as a market. Along with this, opportunities for Singapore companies will increase. Such a massive roll-out will not be smooth and problems are to be expected in the short to medium term. TAY LIAN CHEW 21
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  • voices
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      Literary community can seek other ways of funding
      260 24  -  FROM LEE TECK CHUAN Nothing escapes money, and financial grants make writing possible for those who wish to have their works published. But conditions are laid down from the outset, so all parties know what is at stake and should abide by
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      Suu Kyi must step up amid Rohingya crisis
      126 24  -  FROM SHIGERU ICHIGE It is painful and frustrating to read about the struggles the Rohingya are going through (Aid agency warns of mass deaths as Rohingya crisis deepens; Sept 18). Why has Myanmar not recognised this as its problem? Why does it
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      Lock icon Time to review food labelling guidelines
      161 24  -  FROM CHIN KEE THOU Food packaging provides vital data on the content, ingredients and nutritional value for consumers. But the guidelines in the Health Promotion Board’s Handbook on Nutrition Labelling do not require small packaging, with a total surface area of less than 100
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      Communities can play bigger role in countering exclusivism
      225 24  -  FROM LEONARD POH I was shocked to learn that the process of radicalisation could be as short as one or two months (Time taken for people to be radicalised has been shortened: Shanmugam; Sept 14). Also, there has been an increase in
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      37 24 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices LETTER LETTEACHERS BE STRICTER ABOUT DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS Visit todayonline.com/voices or download the TODAY app for the letter from Victor Sng Hoe Peng.
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  • world
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      Lock icon Forex inquiry’s real purpose is to cast me in negative light: Mahathir
      538 26 Ex-Malaysian PM says move is reprisal for his continued criticism of Najib and his team AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday the real purpose of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into forex
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      Lock icon We can restore Malaysia’s reputation: Opposition
      655 26 AP KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad says the opposition alliance can win the next general elections and pull Malaysia back from a slide into kleptocracy. The energetic 92-year-old, Asia’s longest-serving leader before stepping down in 2003, has made a highprofile return to
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    • world | news
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        Lock icon Abe will decide on snap election after US trip
        667 27 BLOOMBERG TOK YO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he will decide on calling a snap election after he returns from a trip to the United States, confirming media reports that he was considering calling a vote more than a year
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        Lock icon Korean Peninsula draws range of military drills in show of force against N Korea
        776 27 AGENCIES SEOUL —The United States military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean Peninsula and Russia and China began naval exercises ahead of a United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting today where North Korea’s
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        Lock icon Source of N Korea’s potent missile fuel a mystery
        1228 28 Even if Pyongyang’s access to rare prepellant is cut, it may be too late say intelligence officers THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON D.C. —When North Korea launched long-range missiles this summer, and again on Friday, demonstrating its ability to strike Guam
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        Lock icon China, EU team up in global warming fight; US relooks Paris pact
        667 29 AGENCIES BRUSSELS —Europe and China are stepping up their coordination in the battle against global warming, a top European Union (EU) official said, as the United States mulls over re-engaging in a landmark Paris agreement to cut greenhouse
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        Lock icon 2 dead, 3 missing as Typhoon Talim rips through Japan
        522 29 AGENCIES TOKYO —A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago yesterday, leaving two people dead and three others missing, officials and news reports said. Typhoon Talim, a Tagalog word meaning “Cutting Edge”, made landfall on Sunday in Kyushu, the southernmost
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      238 30 TV HIGHLIGHTS KANAVU MEIPADA (HD) (CC) Udaya takes Elangovan to Sablayan in the Philippines. Elango goes around Sablayan snorkelling, trying the freshest sashimi and visiting the village school while Udaya goes on a jeepney ride exploring Manila. Vasantham, 9pm E, T LION MUMS II (HD) (CC) (PG13-MATURE THEMES) The inter-school
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