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Title Section15 2014-04-09 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp WEDNESDAY, 9 APRIL 2014 MICA (P) 053/06/201315 words
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Article, Illustration674 2014-04-09 1 Beijing says it will not stir up trouble with Tokyo, but is ready to use military if needed to safeguard territory HAGEL SAYS WASHINGTON WILL PROTECT JAPAN IN A DISPUTE WITH CHINA AGENCIES BEIJING The defence chiefs of ChinaAGENCIES; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 674 words
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Article, Illustration818 2014-04-09 1 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The prosecutors in the trial of six City Harvest Church leaders strung together email correspondence in piecemeal fashion, charging the accused with a “cut and paste” conspiracy to misappropriate church funds, said defence lawyers yesterday asPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 818 words
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hot news
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Article, Illustration795 2014-04-09 2 HERA DIANI - ANALYSTS BELIEVE NUMBER OF VOTERS COULD FURTHER DECLINE THIS YEAR HERA DIANI today@mediacorp.com.sg JAKARTA —As Indonesians vote in parliamentary elections today after an intensive, colourful three-week campaign by more than a dozen political parties, analysts said the opposition Indonesian795 words
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Article, Illustration512 2014-04-09 4 SERENE LIM - CLIP REMOVED FROM AGENCY’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Intended to woo Filipino tourists to Singapore’s shores, a Singapore Tourism Board (STB) promotional video which has been ridiculed by viewers here has been removed from the government agency’s YouTube channel512 words
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Article, Illustration581 2014-04-09 8 AMANDA LEE - DSP says accused was adamant about wanting to enter an off-limits area ENCOUNTER HAD BEEN ‘BRIEF’ AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE The police officer who ordered the arrest of a man who had insisted on entering an off-limits areaPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 581 words
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827 2014-04-09 10 NARROWING SEARCH ZONE ‘CRITICAL’ AGENCIES S Y D N E Y —An Australian ship that picked up possible pings from the black boxes of the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has been unable to detect any further signals and time isAGENCIES - 827 words
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477 2014-04-09 12 KOK XING HUI - MONEY WILL GO INTO HIRING MORE ENGINEERS AND PROGRAMMERS, SAYS FOUNDER OF TECH START-UP KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com. sg S I N G A P O R E —In a nod to the huge market potential of third-party taxi booking477 words
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comment &analysis
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Article, Illustration1059 2014-04-09 14 JOHN GAPPER - THE INNOVATION COLUMN JOHN GAPPER John Gapper is Associate Editor and Chief Business Commentator of the Financial Times. For more commentaries from our Innovation columnists, go to tdy.sg/ cominnovation. THE FINANCIAL TIMES A year before he died in 2011, Steve Jobs wrote a blunt descriptionTHE FINANCIAL TIMES; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 1,059 words
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voices
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371 2014-04-09 18 PREETI ATHAVLE - FROM PREETI ATHAVLE Singapore’s education system is one of the world’s best. Our pupils’ ability to do well in the Programme for International Student Assessment and other such assessments reflects this. What is lacking, though, are more opportunities for hands-on experience. (“Education371 words
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255 2014-04-09 18 BEY MUI LENG - FROM BEY MUI LENG Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health In “Allow Medisave use for yearly blood tests, too” (March 14), Mr James Chi proposed the use of Medisave to pay for blood tests. We agree that appropriate screening tests are key to early255 words
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398 2014-04-09 19 PERRY TAN CHIK CHOONG - FROM PERRY TAN CHIK CHOONG Singapore students topped a recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) problem-solving test, which was celebrated by some as a validation that we produce creative problem-solvers, not rote learners. It is all well and good398 words
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152 2014-04-09 19 DOROTHY CHEUNG - FROM DOROTHY CHEUNG Public Relations Manager, Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council, on behalf of 15 People’s Action Party Town Councils We thank Ms Kelly Lek for her suggestion in “Town council cleaners can help to pick out recyclables” (April 5). The town councils152 words
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singapore
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561 2014-04-09 20 SIAU MING EN - 27per cent of deaths occur at home last year, while 61 per cent take place in hospitals HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE PERCEIVED TO BE COSTLY SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While less than a third of deaths occurred at home last year,561 words
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463 2014-04-09 21 KOK XING HUI - Eighty cases of fare evasion were reported last year, despite warnings and stiffer penalties KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The number of taxi fare cheats referred to the authorities hit a three-year high last year, with 80 cases of fare evasion reported.463 words
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332 2014-04-09 21 JOY FANG, AMIR HUSSAIN - JOY FANG, AMIR HUSSAIN joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A four-year-old boy was found dead on Monday morning at a Toa Payoh Lorong 1 unit, while his 41-year-old father is believed to have been arrested separately for drug-re-lated offences. Neighbours said the family usually kept to332 words
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521 2014-04-09 23 AMIR HUSSAIN - Lawyer claims State Coroner acted ‘illegally or irrationally’ as evidence linked to Dinesh’s death was never heard in court SENIOR STATE COUNSEL SAYS NO EVIDENCE PRISON OFFICERS’ STATEMENTS WERE NOT CONSIDERED AMIR HUSSAIN amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The apex court521 words
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173 2014-04-09 23 LEONG WAI KIT - LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE An inmate whose 12-year imprisonment is set to end next year has been given another 10 years’ jail for attacking a senior prison officer. Sociago Kennard, 53, had punched and repeatedly stabbed Assistant Superintendent Jaiy Santosh Annanthan,173 words
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442 2014-04-09 26 22-MEMBER GROUP WILL FOCUS ON OUTREACH SINGAPORE As they are usually the first the elderly turn to for answers, front-line staff at healthcare institutions and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) will be tapped to help elderly Singaporeans better understand the Pioneer442 words
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Article354 2014-04-09 27 SINGAPORE Holidaymakers, rejoice a list of public holidays for 2015 announced by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) yesterday showed there will be seven long weekends next year. Seven public holidays will fall on either a Friday or Monday next year, the most since 2010, when354 words
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151 2014-04-09 27 LEONG WAI KIT - LEONG WAI KIT SINGAPORE —Eleven men were charged yesterday with rioting at a construction site off Choa Chu Kang Avenue 3 last Sunday afternoon. Four Chinese nationals, aged between 25 and 46, are accused of punching and kicking seven Bangladeshi nationals on April151 words
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133 2014-04-09 27 DURGA DEVI - DURGA DEVI SINGAPORE —A man who allegedly bit a policeman while he was held in a police lock-up was yesterday charged with hurting a police officer. Bai Ting, a Chinese national, also faces a charge of being drunk and incapable of taking care of133 words
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health
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785 2014-04-09 28 Scientists to test ‘affinity therapy’, based on idea that children can learn social cues through characters they love TREATMENT INVOLVES PLAY-ACTING CHILD’S FAVOURITE MOVIES THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Therapists who specialise in autism often use a child’s interests, toysTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 785 words
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Article, Illustration656 2014-04-09 30 SUPPORTERS SAY GOVT’S HANDLING OF CASE ‘NOT JUSTIFIABLE’ AGENCIES Conviction inevitable for accused though their actions were legitimate says lawyer BEIJING —The trial of two Chinese activists accused of disturbing public order after they urged officials to reveal their assets began yesterday,AGENCIES - 656 words
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707 2014-04-09 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI During the past several years, as the yearning for a strong leader began to deepen and swell among the Indian electorate, one politician was preparing himself to be the answer to that demand. Mr NarendraTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 707 words
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world
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378 2014-04-09 32 COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO BOOST SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea and Australia yesterday signed a free trade agreement that they hope will deepen their strategic ties and boost trade in cars, energy and natural resources. Under the deal, signed during Australian Prime MinisterAGENCIES - 378 words
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Article, Illustration623 2014-04-09 33 AP PRETORIA Oscar Pistorius yesterday described what he said were the terror-filled moments before he shot Reeva Steenkamp to death, removing his prosthetic legs in court during his testimony at his murder trial to show how he stoodAP; PHOTO: AP - 623 words
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business
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259 2014-04-09 34 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will probably keep favouring currency gains at its policy meeting next Monday as it seeks to curb inflation while supporting economic growth. All 23 analysts polled by Bloomberg said the MAS, which uses the exchangeBLOOMBERG - 259 words
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Article, Illustration690 2014-04-09 35 TAN WEIZHEN - Govt launches S$100 million financing scheme aimed at companies in technology sector DBS, OCBC, UOB TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHEME TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Local businesses with intellectual property assets can now use these patents, trademarks and designs690 words
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technology
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517 2014-04-09 36 FALLING PRICES, COMPETITION FROM CHINESE FIRMS PILE ON PRESSURE AGENCIES S EOU L Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone and mobile phone maker, said it is on track to post its second consecutive quarter of profit decline, as margins in theAGENCIES - 517 words
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Article, Illustration750 2014-04-09 37 ALICIA WONG - ALICIA WONG aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg SIEM REAP From getting more accurate and relevant search results to interacting with the imagery on a map, users could get an even more immersive experience when they access online maps on their mobile devices in future. These maps couldPHOTO: GOOGLE - 750 words
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sports
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236 2014-04-09 38 AGENCIES SYDNEY Former swimming superstar Ian Thorpe is in intensive care after being treated for a serious infection that could cause him to lose one of his arms, reports said. The 31-year-old is said to be in a Sydney hospital, having returnedAGENCIES - 236 words
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Article, Illustration848 2014-04-09 38 ADELENE WONG - Jannah Wong and three others set national age-group and meet records on historic day for local athletics ‘TRULY MEMORABLE’ DAY WITH 15 RECORDS SET ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It rained hurdles records at the 55th National Inter-School Track and Field Championships yesterday as four talentedPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 848 words
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Article, Illustration694 2014-04-09 39 LOW LIN FHOONG - LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Word had spread along the eighth floor of the Mandarin Orchard hotel that the world’s best badminton player was in their midst, resulting in a small group of hotel staff gathering to wait patiently for a photo with MalaysianPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 694 words
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Article, Illustration444 2014-04-09 39 ADELENE WONG - ADELENE WONG SINGAPORE —Some say he will never be able to surpass Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors. Some even think he is past his prime. But no matter what people think of Tiger Woods, the reality is that golf needs the American, said formerPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 444 words
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