Today, 20 September 2017

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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp WEDNESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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  • 884 1  -  KELLY NG IN BEIJING kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg BEIJING Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang reaffirmed the warm and long-standing friendship between their two countries during a meeting yesterday. During their talks, both leaders reviewed the extensive cooperation
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  • 586 1  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) is setting up the first academy in Singapore to train experienced cyber security professionals, plugging gaps not covered by institutes of higher learning. Announcing this at the opening of the
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    • 64 1 Stay Productive Effectively Suppresses Dry Cough Tussidex Forte tus Sarsaparilla flavour Non-sedating Sugar-free Gluten-free Alcohol-free Lactose-free TH E DAI LY BRI E F ComfortDelGro shares plummet to lowest in three-and-a-half years HOT NEWS 2 Property agents criticised for cashing in on buzz over Halimah’s Yishun flat HOT NEWS 4 Toys
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  • hot news
    • 597 2  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —ComfortDelGro shares continued on a downward spiral yesterday to hit their lowest level in nearly three-and-a-half years, as investors deserted the stock in droves after two blows to the transport operator’s business last week. ComfortDelGro shares closed
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    • 273 2  -  KENNETH CHENG The association representing private-hire car drivers yesterday called on the taxman to review allowable business expenses so that drivers are taxed fairly. Allowable business expenses are deducted from individuals’ business incomes to cut the taxable amount. The National Private Hire Vehicles Association’s
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    • 793 4  -  CYNTHIA CHOO cynthia.choo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some property agents are trying to capitalise on the keen public interest in President Halimah Yacob’s decision to continue staying in her Yishun flat. Their actions, however, have drawn flak from some industry players for
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    • 677 4  -  TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Asian arm of popular toy-store chain Toys ‘R’ Us Inc has reassured customers that its shops in the region would not be affected in their operations, after the retail giant filed for
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    • 780 6 AGENCIES NAYPYIDAW —Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and de facto leader of Myanmar, stood before a room of government officials and foreign dignitaries yesterday, after weeks of international urging, to address the plight of
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    • 539 8  -  LOUISA TANG louisa.tang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The body of Third Sergeant (3SG) Gavin Chan, who was killed in a vehicular accident during an overseas military exercise last Friday, was flown back to Singapore yesterday after being given a send-off by his unit at an
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  • singapore
    • 676 10  -  WONG PEI TING wongpeiting@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Since its rollout at the start of this month, 15,000 Singaporeans have used the Ministry of Health’s diabetes risk assessment (DRA) tool, and 4 per cent of them have received letters inviting them to go for
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    • 454 10 SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE —The Australian man convicted of assaulting police officers at Changi Airport and other offences was given a longer jail term by the High Court yesterday. Jason Peter Darragh, 44, whose earliest release from prison was
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    • singapore | news
      • 507 12  -  Loca ted at Bishan-AMK and Tiong Bahru parks, they aim to improve well-being of seniors TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two new therapeutic gardens designed to provide respite and improve the mental well-being of visitors, especially seniors were opened yesterday at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio
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    • singapore | business
      • 513 14  -  LOUISA TANG SINGAPORE —TODAY business reporter Angela Teng, 29, has been named the Most Promising Journalist of The Year at the Securities Investors Association Singapore (Sias) Investor’s Choice Awards 2017. The Sias annual awards ceremony, now in its 18th
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      • 579 14  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —Homegrown Far East Hospitality (FEH) is stepping up its expansion plans as it looks to bring more properties in key cities in the region, including those in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia as well as Australia
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      • 568 15 SINGAPORE E-commerce and the digital economy will be the key points of focus when Singapore takes over the chairmanship of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) next year, Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry and
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    • singapore | sports
      • 551 18  -  RAYMOND THAM raymondmarkt@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —She may be a Special Olympics double-gold medallist, but up until yesterday, para swimmer Danielle Moi had never stood on the podium at the Asean Para Games (APG). Her debut at the APG on home
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      • 405 18  -  TEO TENG KIAT SINGAPORE —They were tipped to win a silver medal at the recent SEA Games after two bronze medals in 2013 and 2015, but Singapore’s basketball team failed to make the podium in Kuala Lumpur. A narrow
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      • 611 19  -  TEO TENG KIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Aleksandar Duric sees the National Stadium pitch almost every day, but he has never once set foot on it. As principal of the ActiveSG Football Academy, Duric’s office is located in Sport Singapore’s premises at the
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    • Article, Illustration
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  • health
    • 1625 22  -  ACHES COST SINGAPORE S$8.4 BILLION A YEAR EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Over the past four years, Madam Noraini Mohd Ali (picture) has been popping painkillers regularly to help her cope with the debilitating pain from osteoarthritis in her right knee. The degenerative
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1158 24  -  ONE POSSIBLE AREA OF COOPERATION: CLIMATE CHANGE THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS THE NEW YORK TIMES Mr Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, was as apocalyptic as ever about China on the eve of his trip to Hong Kong last
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    • 1355 25  -  HOW STORYTELLING IS EMPOWERING SINGAPORE’S MOST VULNERABLE AMANDA CHONG Amanda Chong is a lawyer and poet with a strong interest in gender justice. Her first poetry collection is Professions. This commentary first appeared in The Birthday Book 2017, a collection of 52 essays that examines
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    • 44 24 The risks of telemedicine include patients not getting the correct diagnosis and treatment as well as doctors breaking the Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines. That the telemedicine apps and platforms are provided by third-party administrators, situated between patient and doctor, poses further problems.VOICES 26
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  • voices
    • 355 26  -  FROM DESMOND WAI CHUN TAO (DR) There are issues that telemedicine providers should resolve before marketing their services (“SMC guidelines apply even for electronic MCs: MOH” and “Seeing the doc online? Some physicians advise caution”; Sep 15/16, online). The Singapore Medical Council’s
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    • 265 26  -  FROM TEO KUEH LIANG I am concerned about some of the factors in the Age of Decadence highlighted in the article “Lessons for S’pore on the rise and fall of empires” (Sept 13). As we live in a commercialised, competitive
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    • 103 26  -  FROM GAN KOK TIONG I read “Rail workers deserve cheers, not jeers, says Khaw” (Sept 12) with interest. A distinction must be made be- tween praise and criticism where warranted. It is folly to praise a job done badly, just as
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  • world
    • 533 27 Current rules not designed to deal with Beijing’s economic model, says top US trade rep AGENCIES WASHINGTON China’s economic model represents an “unprecedented” threat to the world trading system that cannot be addressed under current global rules, United States President Donald Trump’s top
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    • 541 27 AGENCIES BEIJING A top European business lobby said yesterday it hopes the new leadership to emerge from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) meeting will show a commitment to market opening, but that its members were not optimistic and
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    • 504 27 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES BEIJING A top European business lobby said yesterday it hopes the new leadership to emerge from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) meeting will show a commitment to market opening, but that its members were not optimistic and
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    • 749 27 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS —American President Donald Trump (picture) warned last night that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a “rocket man”
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    • world | news
      • 737 28 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —The controversy over a decision by Kuala Lumpur authorities to bar an annual craft beer festival continued to rage yesterday, as starkly divergent views were laid bare. The event organiser had said that it was informed by Kuala Lumpur City
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      • 383 28 REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia’s government has issued new regulations aimed at tracing and taxing the wealth of taxpayers who were not pardoned in the nine-month tax amnesty that ended in March. Around 972,000 taxpayers joined the amnesty programme and declared assets
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      • 525 29 Japan moves missile defence system to base near recent missile flyover routes AGENCIES BEIJING Threatening action or rhetoric cannot help resolve the situation on the Korean Peninsula, China’s foreign ministry said yesterday, after American Defence Secretary Jim Mattis hinted about the
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      • 502 29 REUTERS HONG KONG The leader of Hong Kong has urged an immediate end to independence debates in the Chineseruled global financial hub yesterday, warning that the issue was harming the city’s relationship with Beijing’s Communist Party leaders. Insisting that the government
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      • 574 29 (2nd Edition) REUTERS BRUSSELS —Twitter Incorporated said that its internal controls were allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the “promotion of terrorism” earlier rather than responding to government requests to close them down. American and European governments have been
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      • 502 29 (2nd Edition) REUTERS HONG KONG The leader of Hong Kong has urged an immediate end to independence debates in the Chineseruled global financial hub yesterday, warning that the issue was harming the city’s relationship with Beijing’s Communist Party leaders. Insisting that the government
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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    • 291 30 TV HIGHLIGHTS MOVE ON (CC) Dr Khoo Sork Hoon is a family doctor. Always hale and hearty, she discovered she had breast cancer seven years ago when she was 52 years old. How could she adjust her state of mind and emotions now that the tables had been turned on
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    • 63 31 9 9 KUALA lUMPJR 201/ 9 th ASEAN PARA GAMES Support Team Singapore at the 9 th ASEAN Para Games from 17-23 September! br y. All Photos Credit: Sport Singapore Catch daily highlights at 9pm on S3 sktoSports or download the Toggle app and watch for free Follow the oktoSports
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