The Straits Times, 29 August 2017

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  • 42 1 THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAYAUGUST29,2017 SINCE 1845 EXCELLENCE IN REDESIGN: SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN, BEST NEWS WEBSITE: WAN-IFRA 80 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS $1.10 $1.10 To subscribe: 6388-3838 sphsubscription.com.sg A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) MCI (P) 053/02/2017
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  • 581 1  -  Elections committee to check if candidates meet criteria, and inform them by Sept 12 Charissa Yong Political Correspondent charyong@sph.com. sg Singaporeans will vote for their eighth president on Sept 23, if more than one person qualifies to run for the position. The
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  • 90 1 Torrential rain due to Tropical Storm Harvey has flooded roads in Houston, Texas, including the Interstate 45 highway. Emergency officials said they expect over 30,000 people to seek refuge in temporary shelters. United States President Donald Trump declared a federal state of emergency yesterday in neighbouring
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  • 161 1 A businesswoman, 45, spent more than $1 million earlier this year in a bid to help free a “close friend” allegedly detained on money laundering suspicions in Malaysia. The Singaporean permanent resident ended up losing the money and being among the victims
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    • 152 1 Top of the News Sloane Court Hotel to make way for condo A4 Sport Surprise cycling gold for S’pore C16 World ‘Guru of bling’ gets 20 years’ jail A10 uru of bling’ ears’ jail Life A more inclusive arts scene D1&2 Top of the News SPH launches new education portals
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’s News
      • 61 2 TOP OF THE NEWS Singapore’s first reserved presidential election will be held on Sept 23, if more than one person qualifies to run for the position. The Presidential Elections Committee will screen all presidential hopefuls and inform them on whether they meet the eligibility
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      • 62 2 TOP OF THE NEWS Singapore has actively supported China’s One Belt, One Road (Obor) push and is well-positioned to make gains from it, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam. In a wide-ranging speech that centred on the initiative, he said that the Republic
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      • 78 2 WORLD Final Philippine troops are bracing themselves for one last push to retake Marawi from Islamist militants who overran the southern city more than three months ago. More than 770 people, comprising 603 militants, 130 soldiers and policemen, and 45 civilians, have died in the
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      • Straits Times Digital
        • 23 2 VIDEO Dietitian BibiChia tells you how to make your meal more appealing when you order brown riceatthe hawker centre. str.sg/healthierfood
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          17 2 VIDEO The Ministry of Education kindergartens’ programmes emphasise purposeful play and quality interactions. str.sg/kinderplay
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      • 56 2 WORLD India said yesterday it had agreed with China to end a months-long military stand-off at a disputed area in the Himalayas. India said it had reached an “understanding” after talks with China about the confrontation in Doklam, an area near the Indian border claimed
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      • 47 2 OPINION The United States is stuck in failure mode in Afghanistan, says Professor Hugh White. The Taleban remains strong and the government weak, but maybe it’s the rival terrorist groups that should be the target of US policy in Kabul, he says. A17
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      • 51 2 HOME Crime dipped slightly overall in the first half of the year, but Internet love scams remain a great cause of concern, said the police. More than $22 million was conned out of victims, with the largest amount of nearly $6 million from one victim alone.
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      • 45 2 HOME The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine was officially opened yesterday, though its first class of 440 students, who entered in 2013, will graduate next year. The school is a collaboration between Nanyang Technological University and Imperial College London. B2
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      • 49 2 BUSINESS Property firms OrangeTee and Edmund Tie Company are joining forces with a new joint venture that they hope will prove a defensive wall against technological disruption.OrangeTee Tie will combine OrangeTee’s associate agency division of2,938 agents and Edmund Tie Company Property Network’s 1,122 agents. C1
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      • 60 2 SPORT The speculation over Monaco’s teenage striker Kylian Mbappe’s immediate future is over. According to French media, Paris Saint-Germain agreed to pay €180 million (S$291 million), including bonuses, for the French international. As a concession to Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules, the club will initially sign
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      • 56 2 LIFE The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) will run under the guidance of its board executive committee and cease its search for a new museum director or chief executive. A museum spokesman said there is no intention to fill the posts that were vacated last
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    • What’s Next
      • 58 2 The Philippine Senate will today resume hearings on the killing of teenager Kian Loyd de los Santos, whose death this month in the hands of anti-narcotics agents sparked a furore over President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs. The three policemen who allegedly killed
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      • 75 2 The role of intellectual property in the economy of the future at a time when technology is making it easier to breach rules on authorised content– will be discussed at the IP Week, starting today. Themed “Ideas to assets driving the future economy with intellectual property”,
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      • 64 2 Japan will release data on its household spending and unemployment rate for last month today, amid a spate of positive economic news in recent weeks. The world’s third-largest economy grew4 per cent in the second quarter, the government said earlier this month, outperforming economists’ expectations
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    • 294 2  -  Why It Matters Jessica Lim Assistant Life Editor limjess@sph.com.sg Last Thursday, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Economic Development Board (EDB) launched the new slogan, Passion Made Possible, to market Singapore internationally for tourism and business purposes, backed by a campaign that puts the focus
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    • 93 2 C'u Singapore Medical Specialists Centre One day ,one Stop, one Centre “Dizziness and vertigo affect 69.4% of the population and increase the risk of falls, especially in the elderly” Constant Fatigue Sinus Problems Blocked Nose Snoring Problems V Dizziness Hearing Loss Lump In Throat Sensation Hoarse Voice Prevention is better
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 665 3  -  28-year-old, who was once a maid in S’pore, plotted to hit presidential palace in Jakarta Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta wahyudis@sph.com.sg A 28-year-old Indonesian woman who plotted to blow herself up outside the presidential palace in Jakarta has been
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    • 770 4  -  Its edge includes good governance, educated workforce, financial centre and port, says Shanmugam Elgin Toh elgintoh@sph.com.sg Having recognised early the benefits of China’s One Belt, One Road push, Singapore has actively supported it and is well-positioned to make gains
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    • 404 4  -  Elgin Toh Think-tanks may sometimes disagree with the Government, but they must not do so under the influence of a foreign country, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday. While such institutions play an important role
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    • 387 4  -  Chia Yan Min Economics Correspondent chiaym@sph.com.sg Singapore companies keen to tap opportunities in Belt and Road countries “must act fast to secure our first-mover advantage”, said Mr Liew Mun Leong, the chairman of Changi Airport Group and Surbana Jurong Group. While
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    • 496 4  -  Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg The historic Tudor-style Sloane Court Hotel and a small adjoining plot in Balmoral Road, belonging to the children of the late Chiam Heng Luan, is being sold for $80.5 million for redevelopment into a condominium. The two-storey hotel,
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    • 448 6 / 7  -  Farid confident of getting nod, rolls out videos to woo voters With the Writ of Election out, all three hopefuls are stepping up preparations for the campaign in the lead-up to Nomination Day. Presidential Election 2017 Toh Yong Chuan Senior Correspondent tohyc@sph.com.sg Businessman Farid Khan is confident
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    • 348 6 / 7  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh Whether 2.5 million voters will have the chance to head to the polls on Sept 23 rests on the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC). This six-member panel, headed by Public Service Commission chairman Eddie Teo, will decide which of
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    • 419 6 / 7  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg Presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob yesterday announced her proposer for next month’s election Singapore Business Federation chairman and Chinese community leader Teo Siong Seng. Madam Halimah, 63, is the only one of three aspiring candidates to automatically qualify
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    • 427 6 / 7  -  Danson Cheong dansonc@sph.com.sg Presidential hopeful Salleh Marican yesterday reiterated he will be a president who is independent of any political party or organisation. In a statement after the Writ of Election was issued yesterday, the businessman also pledged to guard
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    • 871 6 / 7  -  News analysis Elgin Toh Insight Editor elgintoh@sph.com.sg The clock has started ticking. In less than four weeks, Singapore will elect its eighth president. Nomination Day will fall on Sept 13. Polling Day will be Sept 23. The election will be reserved for Malay candidates, since
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    • 340 6 / 7  -  Joanna Seow joseow@sph.com.sg A helicopter, ship, flower, feather and magnifying glass are among eight approved symbols candidates could use to represent themselves in the Presidential Election next month. Candidates must provide a symbol to be placed next to their names on ballot papers and
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    • 159 6 / 7  -  Charissa Yong The Workers’ Party (WP) wants to take up the issue of when the Government should start counting the five presidential terms of office needed to trigger a reserved election. On Facebook, the party said that its chairman
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    • 668 8 Chest-high water in Houston neighbourhoods; 450,000 people expected to seek disaster aid REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NYTIMES WASHINGTON United States President Donald Trump yesterday declared an emergency in Louisiana as rain from Tropical Storm Harvey spread to the state after historic flooding
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    • 402 8  -  Audrey Tan and Yuen Sin audreyt@sph.com.sg yuensin@sph.com.sg Singaporeans in Houston, Texas, have been taking extra safety precautions as Tropical Storm Harvey, the strongest storm to hit the US state since 1961, continues to dump rain. Undergraduate Jaswin John, 21, has been staying indoors since
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    • 334 8 AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING A landslide caused part of a mountain to collapse onto a township in China’s remote south-west, killing at least two people, with 25 missing. The landslide sent rubble sweeping over 34 homes in Zhangjiawan township
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    • 480 8 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON As the first major natural disaster of his administration played out in the Gulf Coast, leaving millions at risk of deadly winds and flooding from Hurricane Harvey, President Donald Trump was tweeting the unfolding events live. “Wow Now
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    • 515 9  -  Move may pave way for further consolidation of both carriers’ functions to beat competition Karamjit Kaur Karamjit Kaur Senior Aviation Correspondent karam@sph.com.sg Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its regional arm, SilkAir, have merged part of their finance operations, as part of an ongoing transformation
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    • 514 9  -  Shayna Toh shaytoh@sph.com.sg Singapore Press Holdings launched two education portals yesterday which provide learning activities that supplement articles from The Straits Times and the media group’s other publications. NewsEd by The Straits Times and ZBSchools.sg by the Chinese Media Group, launched under the new SPH
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    • 400 9  -  Shayna Toh For the inventive ways they used the news in their classrooms, four teachers received the Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) inaugural Innovative Educators Award at the SPH Education Symposium 2017 yesterday. Ms Mavis Ho of Pasir Ris Secondary School and Mr
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    • 468 9  -  Audrey Tan audreyt@sph.com.sg The bodies of all 10 sailors from the USS John S. McCain who went missing after it collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Aug 21, have been found within the vessel. In an update yesterday,
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  • WORLD
    • 839 10 Self-styled ‘godman’ breaks down, begs for leniency amid fears of violence from devotees ROHTAK (India) Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled “godman” who gained both a cult-like following and notoriety for ordering the castration of male followers, yesterday begged for forgiveness when
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    • 478 10 BLOOMBERG REUTERS NEW DELHI India and China appeared to end a months-long military stand-off in the Himalayas, with both sides seeking to portray the withdrawal as a victory. India yesterday said both sides agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops at Doklam,
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    • 356 10 REUTERS MUMBAI Symantec, a digital security company, said it has identified a sustained cyber-spying campaign, likely state-sponsored, against Indian and Pakistani entities involved in regional security issues. In a threat intelligence report that was sent to clients in July,
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    • 487 11  -  Last of militants surrounded, but battle against extremism far from over, say analysts Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg Philippine troops are bracing themselves for one last push to retake Marawi from Muslim militants who overran the southern city more than
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    • 427 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS YANGON Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday accused Rohingya fighters of burning down homes and using child soldiers during a recent surge in violence in the troubled Rakhine state, allegations denied by the militants. The impoverished western state neighbouring Bangladesh
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    • 262 11 REUTERS JAKARTA Thousands of ATMs and electronic card payment machines in Indonesia went offline over the weekend, after an outage from a satellite belonging to state-con-trolled telecom giant PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom). It could take two weeks before the services are fully restored. Around
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    • 1567 12 / 13  -  Recent events a reminder of how statues reflect people’s memory WORLD FOCUS Ho Ai Li hoaili@sph.com.sg A statue is not just a statue. Recent controversies, from Charlottesville to Sydney and Seoul, have underlined how these monuments are often proxies in the battle over what people remember.
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    • 496 14  -  Issues such as contamination at new site to be fixed first Walter Sim Walter Sim Japan Correspondent In Tokyo waltsim@sph.com.sg Tsukiji, the ageing fish market that is also the world’s busiest, will be relocated to its new waterfront site at Toyosu no
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    • 81 14 Indonesia’s new submarine, the KRI Nagapasa 403, arriving in Surabaya yesterday. It was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The South Korea firm handed over the 1,400-ton submarine on Aug 2, reported Yonhap news agency. It is the first of three
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    • 465 14 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE PHNOM PENH POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s ruling junta yesterday said it did not allow former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to flee the country ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict last Friday on whether she was
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    • 399 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL Lawyers for the jailed heir to the Samsung empire yesterday filed an appeal against his conviction as South Korea’s media divided on the ruling that put the country’s top business leader behind bars. Lee jae Yong, the de-facto head of Samsung
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    • Asia Briefs
      • 97 14 Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Medan in North Sumatra and Batam in Riau Islands on a trip starting today. Dr Balakrishnan will officiate at the upgrading of the Singapore consulates in Medan and Batam to the status of consulate-general during
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      • 73 14 XINHUA TOKYO Japan’s former prime minister Tsutomu Hata died of natural causes at his home in Tokyo yesterday at the age of 82. Mr Hata was first elected to the Lower House in 1969 from a constituency in Nagano prefecture. He went on
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      • 81 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Pakistan has postponed a visit by an American diplomat who had been due to arrive yesterday, a week after United States President Donald Trump publicly upbraided Islamabad for harbouring militants attacking US and Afghan troops. The delegation led by Assistant Secretary of
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      • 115 14 REUTERS MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told police yesterday they could kill “idiots” who violently resist arrest, two days after hundreds of people turned the funeral of a slain teenager into a protest against his deadly war on drugs. “Your duty requires
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    • 542 15 Man jailed for life may have been involved in Germany’s worst post-war killing spree AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN A male nurse jailed for life two years ago for killing two patients with lethal drug overdoses murdered at least 90 patients in total, in what
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    • World Briefs
      • 44 15 NAIROBI Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of US$40,000 (S$54,180), as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect yesterday. REUTERS
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      • 59 15 REUTERS BEIRUT The Syrian army and Hizbollah are to transport Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters from an enclave on the border with Lebanon to eastern Syria after a ceasefire ended a week-long offensive against the group. It is the first time
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      • 47 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD A car bomb in the Iraqi capital’s Shi’ite-majority district of Sadr city yesterday killed 11 people and wounded 26, security officials and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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      • 63 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS French riders working for the food delivery company Deliveroo have staged protests to complain about changes to their pay they claim will reduce their earnings by 20-30 per cent. Deliveroo has said the change affects about 600 out of
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    • 372 15 LONDON Health officials in England say 233 people were treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak along Britain’s southern coast. Emergency services evacuated a beach in Sussex on Sunday after people at Birling Gap reported pain and a stinging feeling
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    • 568 16 His firm planned to develop Trump Tower; deal aborted due to lack of land, permits WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON While Mr Donald Trump was running for president of the United States in late 2015 and early last year, his company was pursuing a
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    • 77 16 Two million Muslims from across the globe are converging on Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the haj pilgrimage, a religious duty and, for some, the journey of a lifetime. This year sees the return of pilgrims from Shi’ite Iran, which is near Sunni powerhouse Saudi
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    • 315 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QUITO (Ecuador) A court in Ecuador has sentenced the crew of a Chinese ship caught fishing for endangered sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve to prison terms. The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone
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    • 367 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has defended American values after a United Nations panel criticised the official response to racist violence in the country but he conspicuously declined to speak for President Donald Trump. Mr Tillerson, asked on
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    • 348 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala is facing a fresh political crisis after President Jimmy Morales tried to expel a UN official investigating him for suspected graft, but was overruled by the courts. The row comes two years after a corruption affair
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  • OPINION
    • 465 17 The Straits Times says A navigational record set this month by a Russian tanker taking the Arctic route portends a shipping future that will be characterised by more options than are now available. The ship took liquefied natural gas from Norway to South Korea in
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    • 1058 17  -  Even the new policy of sending more troops to Afghanistan won’t change the basic set-up: a weak government that can’t dislodge the Taleban. But maybe it’s the rival terrorist groups, not the Taleban, that should be the target of US policy in
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    • 638 17  -  Jennifer Rubin WASHINGTON POST It has become painfully obvious that United States President Donald Trump does the ranting, and the generals (one still a three-star, the other two retired) do the governing. That’s a problem for democracy and also for domestic policy. Mr Trump
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    • 1017 18  -  There are fault lines and common ground in Malaysia’s ethnic relations and policies. Lee Hwok-Aun For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg LeeHwok-Aunisaseniorfellow at ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. As Malaysia’s election coalitions and platforms shape up, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition’s ethnic politics and
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    • 967 18  -  Steven R. Okun For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg Steven R.Okun is founder and CEOofAPAC Advisors,a public affairs consultancy based in Singapore. He also serves as chairman of the AmCham Singapore TPPTask Force. As the United
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  • FORUM
    • 390 19  -  Daniel Ng Peng Keat (Dr) Mexico is the current poster child for the sugar tax, having managed to reduce the purchases of sugary beverages by 5.5 per cent in 2014 and 9.7 per cent in 2015, following the imposition of such a tax
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    • 378 19  -  David Goh Chee Hoe In these challenging times, many public-listed companies, especially in the oil, gas, shipping and marine sectors, are getting delisted, being taken over by major shareholders/private funds, or filing for bankruptcy protection. Many public-listed companies have less than $200 million market
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    • 470 19 A writer suggests installing more water coolers along the streets so that people will get into the habit of drinking plain water instead of sugary drinks. Would this work? This should be done, of course. All malls and, maybe, every bus stop and MRT station should have it.
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    • 228 19  -  Norman Chong Director Tobacco Regulation Branch Health Products Regulation Group Health Sciences Authority We thank Mr Lim Teck Koon for his feedback and support for tobacco control (Concrete plan needed to tackle teen smoking; Aug 19). It is an offence for
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    • 272 19  -  Yik Keng Yeong (Dr) While the imposition of a sugar tax will help in lowering diabetic risks, diabetes is as much a disease of excessive carbohydrate consumption and obesity as it is of sugar consumption (Recommended level in Singapore too high, by Ms
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    • 302 19  -  George Pasqual Most Singaporean football fans would agree with the hard truth that the plan of having the Young Lions play in the S-League for competitive experience has seriously failed to meet expectations (Time to end the Young Lions project; Aug 17). Currently, no
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    • 130 19  -  Neo Poh Goon Table tennis star Feng Tianwei had been dropped by the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) and had to go solo, find a coach and manage her training routine all at her own expense. She could have denounced her Singapore links
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    • 67 19 IN:Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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    • 123 19  -  Teoh Ren Shang (Dr) My friends from the minority races are uncomfortable with the highlighting of the war on diabetes along racial lines, as seen from their social media posts. This is an old issue and has surfaced at various times over
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    • 27 19 1. MS TAN KIM HONG: Why fuss overwhen Pioneer Generation card is shown? 2. JEFF TAN HONG LIAK: Let’s put a stop to ‘chope’ mentality.
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  • BIG PICTURE
    • 175 20 These couples said “I do” in unison yesterday when a group wedding ceremony was held in traditional Han dynasty style to celebrate the Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine’s Day, in Hengyang, in China’s Hunan province. According to the legend behind the festival, mortal cowherd
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous

  • HOME
    • 702 1  -  Police: Significant proportion of online crimes committed remotely by foreign syndicates Seow Bei Yi byseow@sph.com.sg Singapore’s overall crime dipped slightly in the first half of this year, but more Casanova conmen, e-mail impersonators and molesters have surfaced and ensnared victims. Mid-year
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    • 75 1 An end to domestic violence, and environmental sustainability are two causes close to the hearts of Miss Universe Singapore 2017finalists Rudihra Ramathas (left), 26, and Shonalie Raha, 23. The pageant, organised by The New Paper and Miss Universe Singapore Organisation, aims to showcase not only beauty
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    • 470 2  -  Lee Kong Chian medical school, which officially opened yesterday, pairs students with patients who have long-term needs in project Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg Singapore’s youngest medical school officially opened its doors yesterday morning, four years after it first started operation. The
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    • 204 2 Singaporeans held in Abu Dhabi Two Singaporeans who were each sentenced to a year’s jail in Abu Dhabi for wearing women’s clothes had their punishments reduced on Sunday by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to a Dh10,000 (S$3, 690) fine and deportation
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    • 340 2  -  Seow Bei Yi Molestation cases that take place at entertainment nightspots could have happened as perpetrators believed they would not get caught in a crowded, public environment, said Ms Anisha Joseph, manager of the Association of Women for Action and Research’s Sexual
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    • 670 3  -  Infant, childcare centre within nursing home bridges generational gap with shared spaces Sue-Ann Tan suetan@sph.com.sg One is 65 years old and in a wheelchair; the other is only five years old and bursting with energy. Yet, they sit opposite each other on the
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    • 490 4  -  Ministry says director-general’s purported remarks on compliant students in S’pore are false Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg The Ministry of Education (MOE) has decried as “fake news” a series of statements purportedly made by its director-general of education that attributed Singapore’s educational success to “standardised test
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    • 97 4 Craftsmen from Sichuan hanging one of 112 animal lanterns that will adorn a “family tree” which measures 12m high by 10m wide. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations will feature more than 1,000 lanterns and more than 10,000 LED light bulbs. The tree,
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    • 460 4  -  Irene Tham Senior T ech Correspondent itham@sph.com.sg OCBC mobile banking customers can now type into any messaging app like WhatsApp, Facebook, Gmail and Instagram to initiate a funds transfer to another mobile number. This is possible with the roll-out of OCBC Keyboard,
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    • 280 4 If you are travelling through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas from Thursday to Sept 10, do expect some delays. Due to the Hari Raya Haji holiday on Friday and the school holidays from Sept 4 to 10, traffic flow is expected
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    • 307 4  -  Jose Hong, Fabian Koh josehong@sph.com.sg fabkoh@sph.com.sg The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is reconsidering how early in the booking process travel agents should inform customers of cancellation terms and conditions. This was among the suggestions made during a three-week-long public consultation on proposed
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    • 451 6  -  4th tender under contract model sees fewer bidders; winning operator to run 18 services Zhaki Abdullah azhaki@sph.com.sg Six companies have put in bids for the Bukit Merah bus package, the fourth such tender under the Government’s bus contracting model. The tender, which
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    • 226 6  -  Fabian Koh An electric scooter sharing platform will soon be available downtown and in the heartland. Singapore-based company PopScoot, which started in April this year, will take the service to downtown commercial clusters and the heartland next month. A soft launch at
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    • 445 7  -  Zhaki Abdullah azhaki@sph.com.sg With the theme of “Vie for a Beautiful Cause”, this year’s Miss Universe Singapore pageant aims to celebrate its top 20 finalists as women of style and substance. The contest wants to put the spotlight on not just the looks or
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    • 292 7  -  Car driven into sea off Sentosa Shaffiq Alkhatib ashaffiq@sph.com.sg A man who allegedly drove a car into the waters off Sentosa last Friday has been charged with committing a rash act. Lim Jin Ping, 36, was hauled to court last Saturday and is now
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    • 405 7  -  Elena Chong Chong Court Correspondent elena@sph.com.sg Claiming to be a broker for car parts and expensive watches and an expert in the import of vehicles, a man conned his victims into paying deposits to buy a used Porsche car and Rolex watches
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    • 370 7  -  Man originally fined $10,000 for negligently causing elderly pedestrian’s death Selina Lum selinal@sph.com.sg Avan driver, who was originally fined $10,000 for negligently causing the death of an elderly pedestrian, was given a two-week jail term instead yesterday, following an appeal by the
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    • 543 12  - Easy does it just tap and swipe for health There’s an app for everything... yes, even for healthcare services Mobile medical apps Felicia Choo feliciac@sph.com.sg With a smartphone in nearly every person’s pocket now, more healthcare institutes are turning to apps to improve the delivery of health products and services.
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    • 431 11  -  The app allows users to tele-consult doctors and pharmacists on simple illnesses Mobile medical apps Felicia Choo For simple tele-consultations with doctors and pharmacists from the convenience of one’s home, the MyDoc app has been gaining ground with a growing number of users. And next
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    • 284 11  -  Felicia Choo Caregivers of people with dementia are having an easier time organising and monitoring caregiving tasks, thanks to the eCareApp launched in November last year. Through the app, they can form groups with other caregivers, keep a journal that they can share with others,
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    • 573 1  -  New firm will be third-largest real estate agency in Singapore Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Property firms OrangeTee and Edmund Tie Company are joining forces in a new joint venture that they hope will prove a defensive wall against technological disruption and a
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    • 549 1  -  Ann Williams ann@sph.com.sg The collective sale fever just got a bit hotter with news yesterday of two freehold condominiums up for sale. Owners at Jervois Gardens, a condo of 17 apartments off River Valley Road, want $68 million for their estate while
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    • 337 1  -  Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg Resale condominium prices continued to tick higher last month, though at a slower pace than in June. Prices of non-landed private homes climbed 0.5 per cent over the month before, according to flash estimates from NUS Singapore Residential
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    • 572 2  -  It wants to work with Republic to build industrial park in SCZone, among other projects: Egyptian minister Chia Yan Min Chia Yan Min Economics Correspondent chiaym@sph.com.sg Egypt is keen to work with Singapore to set up an industrial park in the Suez Canal
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    • 446 2  -  Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg Troubled shipbuilder Nam Cheong has announced a number of amendments relating to equity and liabilities in its latest set of financial results. The Malaysian firm said in a filing to the Singapore Exchange yesterday that its share capital stood at
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    • 236 2 ExxonMobil Asia Pacific has completed its acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The plant, previously owned by Jurong Aromatics Corporation (jAC), is located near ExxonMobil’s largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex in the world, with an ethylene
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    • 305 2  -  Jacqueline Woo Students should embrace trends such as new technologies and developments that are changing industries, enterprises and jobs across Asia and turn them into opportunities. This was the message Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) S. Iswaran had for students
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    • 1121 3  -  Curiosity about goings-on in town led Lai XinChu,28, and Kendrick Wong, 29, to join forces in May and start Hapz, a curated events platform that recently clinched $680,000 in seed funding. They hope to triple their user base by the end of the year, from 8,500
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      • 134 3 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) has launched the second round of its Co-Creation Grant, which supports software developers creating solutions that benefit the taxpaying community and harness Iras Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). APIs are sets of codes for building software
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      • 95 3 Singapore-based Taiger, an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions start-up, has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Tembusu ICT Fund I and SGInnovate. Taiger will use the financing to pump up its sales and research efforts, and expand its presence
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    • 398 4 Deal will thwart widely-expected takeover attempt by Murdoch-led consortium REUTERS SYDNEY CBS, the United States’ most-watched TV network, yesterday said it plans to buy its biggest customer in Australia, Ten Network Holdings, and launch its streaming service in the country. Through the
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    • 450 4 News analysis BLOOMBERG Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is buying one-third of the rental property unit of India’s largest developer in a US$1.4 billion (S$1.9 billion) investment viewed as a turnaround point in the country’s debt-laden real estate business. But it also
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    • 473 5 Veteran dealmaker and Trump critic not named publicly as finalist in search beset by leaks, boardroom infighting BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Uber Technologies will appoint Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi to run the global ride-hailing leviathan, two people familiar with the matter said. He will succeed
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    • 463 5 REUTERS NEW YORK American International Group’s (AIG’s) new chief executive Brian Duperreault has pledged to revive the insurer’s glory days of top talent, underwriting discipline and fat profit margins. One thing he has already brought back: big pay packages. As he rejoined
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    • 255 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI Shares in the hotel chain of Chinese conglomerate Wanda plunged in Hong Kong to close 8.09 per cent lower yesterday, despite the firm dismissing as false reports that chairman Wang jianlin had been barred from leaving the
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      • 132 5 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR CIMB Group Holdings turned in its second-best quarter in four years, blowing past a consensus estimate, and said it was confident of reaching an annual loan growth target given strength across its banking segments and a firm Malaysian economy. CIMB raked in
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      • 94 5 BLOOMBERG SEOUL Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of memory chips, yesterday said it will invest US$7 billion (S$9.5 billion) in a Chinese semiconductor plant to meet growing demand for the NAND flash memory used in smartphones and other electronic devices. The spending will
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    • 527 6  -  Investors likely assessing impact of Tropical Storm Harvey; STI gains backed by banks Bulls And Bears Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg Singapore equities eked out some gains yesterday amid a mixed showing across Asia. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) put on 8.05 points, or
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    • 160 6 1 Far East Group said Swee Builders has exercised an option to purchase 5 Third Lok Yang Road, a service centre and storage facility which Far East was looking to divest, and has paid a deposit of $166,920. 2 Oxley Holdings has incorporated a new subsidiary in Singapore,
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    • 55 6 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST ’VOL GROSS HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-’000 YIELD COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE ♦OR'VOL ■ooo vSS 276 220 AscendasReit 264 789 597 HongkongLand USD US738 -2 849 2.6 9613 6 176 143.5 CapitaCom Trust 171 +1 4624 5.3 388 296 CapitaLand 373
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    • 92 6 FTSE ST Large Mid-Cap Index stocks 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST ’VOL GROSS HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-’000 YIELD COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R’VOL '000 GROSS YIELD 276 220 AscendasReit 264 +3 9613 6 125 105.5 Ascott Reit 118 -1 789 597 HongkongLand USD US738 -2 849 2.6 7 86.5
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    • 37 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE VOL CL0SE($) CHANGE HeatecJietong 33,282.978 0.082 *0.022 +36.67 Pan Hong Shows the stocks with the highest combination of price change and of daily activity relative to the three-month average volume
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    • 78 6 52-Week Vol Last Quote High Low Counter Last Sale +/-(’000) Buy Sell Counter Last Sale Vol ('000) Last Quote Buy Sell 120.1 112.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.2 ♦0.3 82 115.9 2830 2183 DBXT MSTaiwan US$ US2812 +40 3 2803 2815 ***** ***** DBXT USDIGInfl US$ US***** ***** *****
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    • 62 6 BYCENTS CLOSE UP CLOSE UP Venture Corp 1516 10.0 0.7 2065 22.0 Micro-Mechanics 144 7.0 5.1 UOB Brook Crompton 69 6.0 9.5 HL Global Ent 47.5 5.0 11.8 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 813 Heatec Jietong 8.2 36.7 2.2 1.2 Venture Corp 1516 10.0 Pharmesis Intl 25 13.6 3.0 Pan
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    • 51 6 BYCENTS CLOSE DOWN CLOSE DOWN Great Eastern 2615 -21.0 -0.8 Haw Par Corp 1101 -16.0 -1.4 6560 ChinaKangdaFood 22 -15.0 -40.5 -2.2 Shangri-La HKD 1270 -5.2 -2.3 4362 -25.8 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN ChinaKangdaFood 22 -40.5 -15.0 Courage Marine 14.8 -18.2 -3.3 -0.8 HawParCorp 1101 -16.0 -1.4 Hi-PIntl 130.5
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    • 517 7  -  Acquisition will make territory 2nd-largest income contributor to MLT Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) is set to buy Mapletree Logistics Hub Tsing Yi in Hong Kong for about HK$4.8 billion (S$836 million). The manager of the trust said in a
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      • 178 7 Property developer CapitaLand has announced several changes to its management and at its subsidiaries that will take effect from next year. Mr Jason Leow Juan Thong will move from chief executive and executive director of CapitaLand Mall Asia to become group chief operating officer of CapitaLand. CapitaLand Mall Asia
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      • 107 7 The managing partner of venture fund Stream Global, Mr Lim Chin Hu, will cease to be a member of Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) listings advisory committee (LAC) from Sept 20, the bourse operator said yesterday. He will be standing for election to be appointed as a non-executive and non-independent
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      • 61 7 Fragrance Group has acquired The Townhouse Hotel in Manchester, England, for £12.5 million (S$21.9 million). The 85-bedroom hotel is in the heart of the city and underwent extensive refurbishment in 2010 to transform into a four-star boutique establishment, the firm said. The hotel is expected to contribute positively
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    • 65 7 Aug 28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day’s code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****W 2.500 01-Jun-19 102.07 102.07 102.07 5-Year N*****0F 1.750 01-Apr-22 100.65 100.62 100.57 10-Year NZ*****S 3.500 01-Mar-27 111.68 111.69 111.65 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 106.11 106.15 106.15 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 97.50
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    • 140 7 Aug 28 S$ Offer Bid 0vernight 1.1 0.90 Bid 2-months 1.0625 0.9375 3-months 1.125 1.0 Overnight mode: 1.0 US$ Offer Bid 1.0 0.875 2 months 1.38 1.28 3 months 1.38 1.28 6 months 1.60 1.40 9 months 1.75 1.55 12 months 1.90 1.70 A$ Offer Bid Overnight mode:
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    • 171 11 Learnhow to prevent and manage sports injuries The Straits Times, in partnership with OCBC, is offering 50 ST readers a chance to attend an injury prevention and management talk at the Auditorium@NUH Dental Centre on Sept 16 from 8.30am-10am. Conducted by OCBC Cycle 2017 offcial partner National University Hospital, the
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    • 413 16  -  He pays tribute to all after his omnium gold S’pore’s 1st men’s cycling title in 20 years SEA Games 2017 Nicole Chia In Kuala Lumpur cnicole@sph.com.sg He may have just won Singapore’s first men’s cycling SEA Games gold in 20 years, but to Calvin Sim,
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    • 740 16  -  Jonathan Wong Jonathan Wong In Kuala Lumpur jonwong@sph.com.sg With only 32 golds and just two days of the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games left, this has been one of the most underwhelming performances by Indonesia at the biennial affair in recent
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    • 609 9 Dane confesses he was nervous while denying Lin Dan his sixth world crown AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen fulfilled a childhood dream by beating the legendary Lin Dan in straight games to claim the men’s singles gold at badminton’s World Championships in Glasgow
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    • 666 10 Mercedes driver mouths off on race stewards’ decision to deploy measure that held up race REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium) Lewis Hamilton took issue with Formula One’s race direction on Sunday, suggesting the safety car was deployed longer than necessary at the Belgian Grand Prix
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    • 801 10  -  In The Driver’s Seat David Tremayne stsports@sph.com.sg So, Lewis Hamilton did exactly what he said he had gone to Belgium to do he won the race. And in doing so, he kept Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari at bay for the entire 44
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    • 101 10 TODAY ATHLETICS IAAF World Challenge Zagreb (StarHubCh201, tomorrow, 12.40am). CRICKET 1st Test Bangladesh v Australia: Day 3 (Singtel TV Ch123 StarHub Ch236, 11.50am). 2nd Test England v West Indies: Day 5 (Ch123 Ch236,7pm). FOOTBALL AFC World Cup qualifying, 3rd rd Group B: United Arab Emirates v Saudi
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    • 385 11  -  Jonathan Wong Jonathan Wong In Kuala Lumpur jon wong@sph.com. sg Inter Milan chairman Erick Thohir yesterday apologised to the Italian football club’s supporters after a gaffe he made earlier this month was picked up and reported last week. Speaking to
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    • 533 11 Transitory arrangement in €180m transfer will help big spenders avoid FFP sanctions AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Monaco’s teen sensation Kylian Mbappe is set to join Paris Saint-Germain, after radio stations France Info and RMC revealed on Sunday that the football club has agreed
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      • 79 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Germany’s coach Joachim Low said yesterday that he is not prepared to risk captain Manuel Neuer for their football World Cup qualifiers despite grumblings from the goalkeeper, who is back after injury. The Bayern Munich player was unhappy about
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      • 67 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA French footballer Ousmane Dembele’s presentation as Barcelona’s newest star yesterday was overshadowed by the tense atmosphere surrounding the Catalan club, as fans jeered and called for president Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign. The LaLiga giants’ planned programme fora blockbuster presentation
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    • 356 11 REUTERS MADRID Change happens in the blink of an eye at Real Madrid and the clock may be ticking for Gareth Bale. The Welsh forward netted the team’s first goal of the league season against Deportivo La Coruna as the European champions put
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    • 519 12 Wenger blasts his side for inept performance against Liverpool while he faces fans’wrath THE TIMES, LONDON THE GUARDIAN LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger branded his side’s surrender in the 4-0 rout by Liverpool on Sunday as unacceptable and “absolutely disastrous” as his tenure
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    • 542 12  -  Commentary Henry Winter THE TIMES, LONDON Meetings between these famous clubs have settled Cup finals and titles, but the main issue settled on Sunday, as if any confirmation were needed, was that Arsenal are going backwards under Arsene Wenger and Liverpool are going forward
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    • 255 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Mauricio Pochettino said Tottenham have a “mental problem, not a Wembley problem” after their hoodoo at their temporary home struck again against Burnley on Sunday. The London football club could not hold on to Dele Alli’s 49th-minute opener in
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    • 320 12 THE GUARDIAN 1 PEP GIVES STERLING ALL CREDIT Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola made an unexpected revelation that he has not been inspiring the in-form Raheem Sterling in training but that it is the other way around. “I learn from him,” Guardiola said. “The players
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    • 534 13  -  Unexpected college hiccup is no hurdle for Freida Lim, who seals second place in 10m platform SEA Games 2017 Chua Zikai chuazk@sph.com.sg Diver Freida Lim found herself in limbo just five months ago, when her American university suddenly axed its diving programme. Yesterday,
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    • 463 13  -  Jonathan Wong KUALA LUMPUR For 15 seconds, but what must have felt like an eternity, Trinh Van Vinh balanced 172kg of weights above his shoulders. “Habis (finished), habis,” muttered the Indonesian journalists, expecting the Vietnamese weightlifter to falter in yesterday’s men’s 62kg event and concede
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    • 187 13 CRICKET Men T20 final (2pm) CYCLING (TRACK) MenTeam pursuit,1km: Low, Mohamed Elyas, Keirin: Mohamed Elyas. Women 500m: Dinah Chan, Joy Loo, Keirin: Dinah Chan (from 2.22pm) DIVING Men Synchronised 3m springboard: Timothy Lee/Mark Lee (6.15pm) Women Synchronised 3m springboard: Fong Kay Yian/Ashlee Tan (5pm) Mixed Synchronised
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    • Games In Brief
      • 41 13 Windsurfer Nicole Lim finished third in the women’s RS:One event topickupabronze medal for Singapore at the National Sailing Centre in Langkawi yesterday. Fellow Games debutant Reynold Chan was fifth in the men’s RS:One.
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      • 39 13 The Singapore women’s field hockey team clinched the bronze medal, after defeating Indonesia 2-0 at the National Hockey Stadium yesterday. Hosts Malaysia were the champions, beating Thailand 2-0 in the gold-medal match.
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      • 52 13 Singapore’s Mark Leong and Sasha Christian emerged as top qualifiers during the preliminary rounds in the men’s and women’s waterski slalom events respectively. Leong rounded four buoys on a 14m rope (with a score of 4.00/58/14.00m) while Christian registered one buoy on a 12m
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    • 94 14 SEA Games 2017 YESTERDAY’S TRIUMPH PHOTO: DANNY TOH/SINGAPORE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COUNCIL CYCLING Men’s omnium: Calvin Sim G S B Total Country 77 111 Malaysia 69 1 257 72 Thailand 60 75 2 207 Vietnam 54 41 51 3 146 44 49 Singapore 63 4 156 54
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    • 715 14  -  Hosts confident of topping medal tally after equalling best haul amid strong local support Nicole Chia In Kuala Lumpur cnicole@sph.com.sg Malaysians rejoiced as their country hit the 111-gold mark for the 29th SEA Games yesterday, with many confident that the hosts will
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    • 380 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR SEA Games organisers have played down fears that trouble might erupt at today’s men’s football final. Malaysia are set to play Thailand in one of the most hotly anticipated fixtures of the Games. But there have already been problems
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      94 15 SEA Games 2017 Filipino basketballer Kiefer Ravena makes it four of a kind. The guard’s latest gold is in good company alongside the ones from the 2011, 2013 and 2015 Games. PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/ SPINPH Indonesian volleyball couple Nandita Ayu Salsabila (left) and Aji Maulana celebrate matching silvers. Nothing
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    • 541 15  -  Rhythmic gymnastics team regroup to win bronze despite personnel change two weeks ago Nicole Chia In Kuala Lumpur cnicole@sph.com.sg Two weeks ago, the national rhythmic gymnastic team’s SEA Games plans were thrown into disarray. Team member Lyn Yeo had injured her knee during training, and had
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    • 921 15  -  Sporting Life Rohit Brijnath Assistant Sports Editor rohitb@sph.com.sg When an athlete wins a medal at the SEA Games and returns home this is what they might do. Put off the alarm. Hide the clock. Wake up for once after
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    • 1338 1  -  Arts groups are stepping up efforts to enhance their programmes to embrace artists and audiences with special needs Akshita Nanda Arts Correspondent akshitan@sph.com.sg Last week, Koko The Great, a play for children aged two to four, was staged with bright lights and no sudden changes in sound.
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      • 965 2 Artists and arts professionals with disabilities juggle their dislike of labels with the desire for greater understanding from others. Award-winning actor and theatre-maker Ramesh Meyyappan, 42, who was born deaf, says: “In terms of supporting deaf or disabled artists, stop labelling them. Collaborate with
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      • 599 2  -  Akshita Nanda In the middle of next month, 80 people will challenge themselves to write a new play in exactly one day. This year marks the 20th anniversary of TheatreWorks’ 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, which has inspired several theatre-mak-ers here. The contest will be held from
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      • 641 3  -  The Singapore Art Museum says it has run smoothly under its board executive committee, which will continue to guide it Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) will run under the guidance of its board executive committee and cease its search for
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      • 555 3  -  Nabilah Said Put nine dancers and non-dancers together in a space. Let them be themselves. Add colour, then more colour. What do you get? Apparently, you get life and more than you bargained for. Commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of Arts, sitespecific performance
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      • 318 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAEGU (South Korea) The bodies of dozens of female models were turned into living canvases at a festival in South Korea last weekend, with delicate brush strokes and flamboyant illustrations covering their bare skin. Near-naked women wearing only panties and strategically placed pieces
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    • life books
      • 1426 4  -  That is how ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has had to live after his creative powers peaked in his early 20s, as a biography of him shows The Big Read Cheong Suk-Wai Cheong Senior Writer suk@sph.com.sg In his heyday with The Beatles, Paul McCartney sang
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      • 318 4 FICTION 1. (1) Rich People Problems by Kevin K wan 2. (2) Sad Girls by Lang Leav 3. (4) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 4. (5) The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew 5. (3) Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami 6. (6) The Ministry
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      • 773 4  -  Review Yeo Wei Wei This is a very likeable work of fiction for a number of reasons. Firstly, the voice of the first-person narrator is intelligent and engaging. We know that she is brainy; at the start of the novel, she is
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      • 802 5  -  Fiona Mozley’s first novel, Elmet, makes its mark tackling exploitation with a teenage heroine of immense strength Olivia Ho oliviaho@sph.com.sg When the longlist for the prestigious Man Booker prize was announced last month, many of the literary titans named previous winner Arundhati Roy,
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      • 546 5  -  Review Olivia Ho Every Man Booker prize has its wild cards and this year’s is Fiona Mozley’s Elmet which is fitting, given that her debut novel is about the wild card, both the exhilarating promise of its unlikely success and the odds stacked
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      • 353 5  -  Olivia Ho FICTION THE BRIGADIER’S DAUGHTER ByPaulCallan Epigram Books/ Paperback/ 256 pages/ $26.64/Major bookstores This erotic novel, set in pre-merger Malaya, tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Jin, a sensitive kampung lad and aspiring artist, and Stephanie, the privileged Eurasian daughter of a brigadier. NON-FICTION A PENNILESS
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      • 121 10 I have worked too hard inthislifeandthis career to be whittled down to a sad, childlesshuman. ACTRESS JENNIFER ANISTON on being ACTRESS JENNIFER ANISTON on being shamed for not having children The more you tell yourself that you’re beautiful, the more you start to believe it. SINGER
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      • 905 10 Gabriel Tallent had considered abandoning My Absolute Darling, which he rewrote many times over eight years NYTIMES NEW YORK With its unconventional heroine and unflinching portrayal of an abused girl’s fight to save herself, Gabriel Tallent’s My Absolute Darling seems poised to become the
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      • 738 10 NYTIMES NEW YORK John Grisham wrote his latest page-turner without visiting the scene of the crime. He said so himself. He explained in an author’s note at the end of Camino Island, published in June, that he did not want to inspire “some
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    • 900 9  -  The last episode of Season 7 of Game Of Thrones reveals plot details many had suspected Spoiler Alert PHOTO: HBO ASIA Yip Wai Yee Yip Wai Yee Entertainment Correspondent yipwy@sph.com.sg Fans of the popular American fantasy drama series Game OfThrones were mostly happy with
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    • 750 9 Obituary NYTIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Tobe Hooper, who realised just how terrifying a chainsaw in the wrong hands could be and used the insight to make one of the most influential horror movies of the last century, The Texas Chainsaw
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    • life buzz
      • 562 12 MTV Video Music Awards REUTERS WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES Rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran won the top prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday, but lifetime achievement honouree Pink and an absent Taylor Swift dominated
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      • Buzzing
        • 103 12 North American movie theatres were open over the weekend, but it was hard to tell by ticket sales, which were held back by lethargic new movies, competition from the Floyd MayweatherConor McGregor boxing match and Hurricane Harvey. The top 12 films took in
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    • 1064 6  -  Venturing off the beaten track in Honduras, Hong Weixi soaks in the rustic life at La Mosquitia Hong Weixi I WAS getting pins and needles in my legs and tried to adjust my position. But with four women and a kid squeezed onto a seat that was
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    • 1210 7  -  Craig McTurk pops into three cities in New England, the north-east corner of the United States, for an enticing glimpse into a region famed for its food and history Craig McTurk NEW England offers a glimpse into America’s earliest incarnation, for it was here that the country’s push
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        110 8 Under its new fully Chinese speaking 8D Jiangnan Splendid Tour, the itinerary takes in Shanghai; Suzhou, known as the “Oriental Venice” due to its extensive network of canals; Wuxi; Jiangnan Big Ice Cave, where you can view the surrounds on a glass platform in Haining; Yiwu; a first-hand
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    • 197 1 Last week, the other Dots and I settled down in front of the TV to watch Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong deliver this year’s National Day Rally. It was actually my first time watching it live I usually just wait for some of the others, such
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      • 325 2  -  ACTIVITY BY JESSIE JESSIE LIM ST, Aug 14 Excerpt from: Harvard grad opts to work in charity By Priscilla Goy At 22, Ms Chew Chia Shao Wei is the youngest and newest employee at charity Brahm Centre. “But don’t look down on her just because
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      • 452 3  - Higher hopes higher anxiety ACTIVITY BY JESSIE LIM ST, Aug 20 Excerpt from: S’pore students suffer from high levels of anxiety: Study By Sandra Davie Singapore students may be topping the charts in mathematics, science and reading, but it is exacting a heavy emotional price on them. An international study
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        79 3 After reading the article, answer the following questions. 1. What are the possible reasons a well-prepared student would feel anxious before an exam? 2. Should there be a Primary School Leaving Examination? Why or why not? 3. How do you think educators and parents can help pupils deal 2.
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      • 510 4  -  Rescuing shell-shocked soldiers from the waters and beaches of a French port Text: Source: Ang Qing Source: BBC Ramsgate, England, 1940 From the diary of Frederic Roger Lightoller, aged 33, a lieutenant in the British navy Dear Diary, The military said that there was a mistake in
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        24 4 These words appeared in the text. Find out their meanings and write them on the lines provided. shell-shocked: ghastly: ordeal: requisitioned: reservists: reservists:
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    • big thing
      • 302 5  -  Jessie Lim joins ecstatic pupils of Yuhua Primary School as they welcome Joseph Schooling during a special assembly Jessie Lim With Team Singapore flags and clappers, over 1,000 Yuhua Primary School pupils went gaga over sporting icon Joseph Schooling in a special assembly session on
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      • 176 5 Little Red Dot meets swim king Joseph Schooling at Yuhua Primary School. Here are five questions we asked Singapore’s first Olympic gold medallist. What music do you listen to before races? Hip-hop, alternative rock and house music. These genres pump me up. What was your favourite
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      • 829 6 / 7 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted three long-term issues that will affect the future well-being of this nation in his National Day Rally speech on Aug 20, at ITE College Central. Three members of Little Red Dot’s family watched the Rally and here are their
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      • 399 8  -  In case you missed it, Jessie Lim sums up the action that took place during the 29th South-east Asian Games Jessie Lim What is the South-east Asian (SEA) Games? The SEA Games is the biggest multi-sports event in South-east Asia, held once every two years. This
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    • 167 9  -  Goh Yan Han brings you news from the region Goh Yan Han Source: Reuters AirAsia, the biggest budget carrier in Asia, is planning to train thousands of its staff to fight human trafficking, becoming one of the first airlines in the continent to
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    • 75 9 The Straits Times A total of 427 Malaysian army personnel, including 32 officers, are involved in tackling emergency situations, such as terrorist attacks, during the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. WHY IT MATTERS Acts of terrorism have filled the news this year, with attacks in Paris, London
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      17 9 How is Singapore trying to counter the terror threat? Read The Straits Times and find out.
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    • 118 9 Beijing Morning Post In Beijing, over a thousand folding stools were placed in its bus stops on Aug 13 as a folding stool-sharing service was launched. But at the end of the first day, more of half of its seats were missing and presumed stolen.
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        541 10 / 11  -  Here’s what happened around the world recently. How do you feel after reading about these events? Write to stdot@sph.com.sg and tell us TEXT: FRANCE-PRESSE, TEXT: GOH YAN HAN FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS TEXT: GOH SOURCES: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, GOH YAN HAN FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS EGYPT Archaeologists
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    • 269 10 D20 THOMSON/ BISHAN/ ANG MO KIO HOUSES FOR SALE 408 THOMSON HILL 2-STY Semi-D Red Brick, Land 4459 sf. Gdn 6 bdrms, reno, park 6 cars Face South. Joey *****000 Penny Ang 9022 9821 2STY SEMI-D Thomson 5+1 3950/ 3200sf, elevated land serene ambience. Face N.E. Walk to amenities, reservoir
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    • 496 14 SERANGOON HDB FOR RENT 503 SERANGOON HDB FOR RENT 503 SERANGOON HDB FOR RENT 503 BLK 4 BLK 524, 5I, 4 bdrms, painted new fittings 122sqm partial furn. Shops bus stop. Avail immed. Susanne *****518 Visit SRX.com.sg/code-4706 TAMPINES HDBFOR RENT 504 TAMPINES ST 71, Blk 728, 4rooms. Well-kept f/furn. Immed.
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    • 432 15 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 BRING CHEQUE MRT! MRT! CHINATOWN 1300 sf. Suits F&B/ retail/ office/ clinic/ travel/ maid agy. Cobroke full comm. 8821-2727 Keener Sense of Real Estate DON'T MISS MOUNTBATTEN SQ. NEXT to MRT. 463 6211 sf. Ample car pk. Promo fr $4.30 psf, up to 5 mths
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    • 284 15 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 RETAIL F&B SPACE FOR LEASE Call *****336 retailleasing@fareast.com.sg Rendezvous Hotel Close to Bras Basah MRT Station, SMU, SOTA and NAFA Catchment of shoppers from Dhoby Ghaut precinct comprising tourists, students and office executives Ideal for F&B Spa Wellness Hair Salon
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