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Title Section15 2014-10-18 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2014 MCI (P) 046/06/201415 words
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813 2014-10-18 1 LOW LIN FHOONG - Jay Chou concert postponed Mariah Carey performance to be set up away from pitch MUSIC AFICIONADOS UP IN ARMS LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After a maelstrom of public criticism over the past week of the poor state of the National813 words
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Article, Illustration52 2014-10-18 1 Indonesia’s losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (left) finally met and congratulated winner Joko Widodo yesterday, more than three months after the bitterly contested polls. Following the meeting, Mr Prabowo said he had asked his party to back Mr Widodo, who will be inaugurated on Monday.PHOTO: REUTERS - 52 words
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Article, Illustration1157 2014-10-18 1 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It will be a matter of time before militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is put in its proper place, but such malignant cells may persist unless the Islamic world can find aPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 1,157 words
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667 2014-10-18 1 AGENCIES BEIJING China and Vietnam have agreed to “address and control” maritime disputes in the South China Sea, China’s state media said yesterday, following a meeting between the two countries’ leaders, in what is seen as the strongest indication yet by bothAGENCIES - 667 words
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Article, Illustration667 2014-10-18 2 Chaos unfolded last night after police cleared Mong Kok protest site yesterday morning PRE-DAWN OPERATION SURPRISES MANY DEMONSTRATORS WHO WERE STILL ASLEEP AGENCIES HONG KONG —Hong Kong riot police last night struggled to hold back hundreds of defiant pro-democracyAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 667 words
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Article, Illustration704 2014-10-18 4 VERNON LEE - SIA TO RAISE STAKE IN BUDGET AIRLINE, WHICH WILL SELL AUSTRALIAN JOINT-VENTURE STAKE TO VIRGIN VERNON LEE vernonleeky@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Tiger Airways has stepped up its turnaround plans amid heavy losses and stiff competition,PHOTO: TIGER AIR - 704 words
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414 2014-10-18 4 AGENCIES Qantas vs Virgin Australia: The fight between the two carriers to rule Australia’s skies are at the forefront once again following Virgin’s decision yesterday to take over full control of Tigerair Australia. Fourteen months ago, Virgin Australia, the country’s second-largest carrier,AGENCIES - 414 words
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Article, Illustration603 2014-10-18 6 KELLY NG - DOMESTIC DISORDER WILL AFFECT EXTERNAL WING: ESM GOH KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore cannot afford to be inward-looking when robust foreign policy is key to sustaining the Republic’s growth, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. Referring to domestic and foreignPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 603 words
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402 2014-10-18 6 WONG WEI HAN - WONG WEI HAN SINGAPORE —The Republic’s exports grew less than expected last month as electronics shipments once again declined and demand from the eurozone the Republic’s largest export market slowed, data from International Enterprise (IE) Singapore showed. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose 0.9402 words
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497 2014-10-18 8 WONG SIEW YING - NO PURELY MILITARY SOLUTION IN BATTLE, SAYS MR LEE WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL NEWSASIA MILAN —Singapore is “seriously considering” how it can be a helpful partner in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), PrimeCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 497 words
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Article, Illustration607 2014-10-18 9 LAURA PHILOMIN - LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While the Republic’s first Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, was “against welfarism as a blunt instrument of redistributing wealth, and rightly so” as Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, put itPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 607 words
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Article, Illustration800 2014-10-18 10 JOY FANG - Challenges facing next-gen electronic road pricing system surmountable if right investments are made: Expert PRIVACY ‘NOT AN ISSUE’ WHEN NEW SYSTEM IS IN PLACE JOY FANG joyfangz@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —By 2020, when the new Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system using satelliteTODAY FILE PHOTO - 800 words
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Article, Illustration590 2014-10-18 12 Former general calls on his party to back Indonesian President-elect in first meeting since bitter pollfight BUT HE WILL NOT HESITATE TO CRITICISE JOKOWI’S POLICIES AGENCIES JAKARTA —Indonesia’s defeated presidential candidate and the victor Joko Widodo have met for the first time since the bitterly contestedAGENCIES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 590 words
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Article, Illustration765 2014-10-18 12 AGENCIES GENEVA The World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the nowspiralling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of information. “Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairlyAGENCIES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 765 words
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376 2014-10-18 14 MARK ANANRAJ VINCENT - FROM MARK ANANRAJ VINCENT This week, a Vatican synod on the family released a report that sent ripples throughout the world. It called for greater inclusiveness of homosexuals and divorcees by the Catholic Church (“Vatican signals more tolerance towards gays and376 words
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454 2014-10-18 14 MATTHEW GLASNER - FROM MATTHEW GLASNER The writer is the managing director of a specialised background verification company. With the increase in employee attrition in job markets across the AsiaPacific, recruiters are spending long hours browsing and filtering the most suitable candidates from454 words
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291 2014-10-18 14 HONG WONG BOON - FROM WONG BOON HONG Regarding this week’s Talking Point, “Are we an innovation nation?”, I believe Singapore can work on three major areas to build an innovation culture. First, we should start with the young. While our educational system has been291 words
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462 2014-10-18 15 LEONARD CHEW JIA XI - FROM LEONARD CHEW JIA XI Currently, the Carbon Emissionsbased Vehicle Scheme (CEVS) can be considered a fixed cost alongside other private-vehicle tax components, such as the Certificate of Entitlement, Additional Registration Fee and road tax. Naturally, owners would seek to maximise their462 words
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Article, Illustration76 2014-10-18 15 TAN CHEK WEE - FROM TAN CHEK WEE Many people with disabilities and many elderly are able to maintain their independence by using wheelchairs. Such barriers (picture) erected to deter cyclists at some public apartment blocks are hindrances to wheelchair mobility. I hope thePHOTO: TAN CHEK WEE - 76 words
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367 2014-10-18 15 FRANCIS CHENG CHOON FEI - FROM FRANCIS CHENG CHOON FEI To free up more land for public transport and infrastructure, our Government should consider a zero vehicle growth rate. (“Growth rate of vehicles to be halved”: Oct 17) A growth rate of 0.25 per cent will not367 words
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273 2014-10-18 15 PAUL CHAN POH HOI - FROM PAUL CHAN POH HOI I do not see the merit of a more complicated dynamic scheme to charge taxi fares. (“Use dynamic instead of fixed taxi surcharges”; Oct 15) Relying on such technology for payment is fraught with security273 words
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Article, Illustration75 2014-10-18 16 A young visitor at the River Talk: Myths and Legends show reaching out to touch a Bearded Dragon, while a Red Panda is seen nearajack-o-lantern filled with its favourite treats at the River Safari’s Safari Boo, a trick-or-treat event designed for families with children. ThePHOTO: WILDLIFE RESERVES SINGAPORE - 75 words
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Article, Illustration783 2014-10-18 16 AMANDA LEE - ‘FIELD AGENTS’ OF COMPANY INCLUDE EX-OFFENDERS AND FORMER POLICE OFFICERS AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They have been chased off with an iron rod, had hot water flung at them and even been accused of damaging property, allPHOTO: GENEIEVE TEO - 783 words
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Article, Illustration581 2014-10-18 18 EMILIA TAN - HCI STUDENTS WIN TOP PRIZE FOR SURVEY AT SINGHEALTH SYMPOSIUM EMILIA TAN emiliatankn@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —With the wait for a kidney or heart transplant well over a year up to nine years on average for patients waiting for a kidneyPHOTO: NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION - 581 words
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201 2014-10-18 18 SINGAPORE —Some callers who dialled local telco M1’s hotline yesterday found their calls diverted to the police hotline 999 instead. M1 said the issue had occurred because of a flawed configuration file and only mobile users who accessed the Internet with201 words
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Article, Illustration589 2014-10-18 18 ROBIN CHOO - ROBIN CHOO SINGAPORE A patient with mental illness can have contact with multiple healthcare institutions, social service agencies and government bodies, and receive assistance from each of them, but still fall through the gaps when there is a lack of coordinationTODAY FILE PHOTO - 589 words
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372 2014-10-18 19 SINGAPORE A panel of experts has recommended that Singapore conduct studies involving the release of male Aedes mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacteria into the field, to combat the dengue problem. The aim is to get these Wol-bachia-carrying males to mate with female372 words
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Article, Illustration493 2014-10-18 19 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE With an average of 60 arts and culture events being staged daily, the National Arts Council (NAC) has come up with The A List a new fortnightly arts magazine to keep audiences in the know. Besides an extensive arts listingPHOTO: NAC - 493 words
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Article, Illustration376 2014-10-18 19 ELGIN CHONG - ELGIN CHONG SINGAPORE The first day of temporary closure at Changi Airport Terminal 1’s (T1) open-air car park went relatively smoothly yesterday, except for some minor confusion about changes that have been made. The airport is conducting a fourdayPHOTO: ERNEST CHUA - 376 words
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Article, Illustration906 2014-10-18 20 BOTH UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO CONTAIN DAMAGE TO NATIONS’ HUGE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP THE NEW YORK TIMES TOK YO The leaders of Japan and China are likely to meet for the first time next month on the sidelines of aTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTOS: REUTERS - 906 words
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419 2014-10-18 20 AGENCIES TOKYO China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday expressed serious concern and opposition to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s sending of a religious offering to Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine. “China reiterates that only by Japan earnestly and squarely facing, deeply reflecting upon its historyAGENCIES - 419 words
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Article, Illustration671 2014-10-18 22 REPEAL OF SEDITION ACT ‘WILL BE COLOSSAL MISTAKE’ AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A group of retired police officers and several lawyers have objected to any move to repeal the Sedition Act, a day after the Malaysian Bar staged a protest march against the law,AGENCIES; PHOTO: AP - 671 words
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Article, Illustration637 2014-10-18 22 THE MALAY MAIL ONLINE KUAL A LUMPUR Nearly one-third of Malaysians see religious and ethnic hatred as posing the greatest danger to the world, showed the latest survey finding by the Pew Research Center a concern shared by Indonesia amid simmering religiousTHE MALAY MAIL ONLINE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 637 words
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Article, Illustration928 2014-10-18 23 Strategy to fight Islamic State rests on working with moderate rebels but US officials do not trust them AP WASHINGTON —Despite years of diplomacy and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation to vet and train moderate rebels, the United States finds itselfAP; SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF RADICALISATION AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, SOUFAN GROUP - 928 words
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551 2014-10-18 24 LEE YEN NEE - STI up 0.43% following strong US economic data, but reprieve likely to be temporary: Analysts ASIAN MARKETS FIND SOME FOOTING LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The local share market yesterday clawed back some of the previous session’s losses to lift the Straits Times Index551 words
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Article, Illustration520 2014-10-18 24 THE NEW YORK TIMES CUPERTINO —In reaction to declining sales of tablets, Apple’s chief executive Timothy Cook recently remarked that shipments of the computing devices had hit a “speed bump” that was nothing to be concerned about. Now Apple is tryingTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES - 520 words
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305 2014-10-18 24 SINGAPORE The Republic and the European Union (EU) have completed talks over the investment protection clauses of the EU-Sin-gapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), marking the successful conclusion of the negotiations of the entire deal, the key parts of which were signed in September305 words
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Article, Illustration676 2014-10-18 26 ADELENE WONG - Wimbledon champ Kvitova still finds it ‘very strange’ to be recognised by public CZECH STAR WANTS TO END YEAR WITH FLOURISH ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —She broke through in 2011 for her first Major at Wimbledon, and backed that up with her second Major thisPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 676 words
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Article, Illustration432 2014-10-18 26 JEAN IAU - JEAN IAU S I N G A P O R E They have tweeted about spending time shopping and posted pictures from the famed Marina Bay Sands’ infinity pool. But come Monday, it will be all business for the world’s top eight women’s tennis players.PHOTO: GENEIEVE TEO - 432 words
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Article, Illustration587 2014-10-18 27 EMMANUEL PHUA - Mixed fortunes for two Singaporeans in WTA Future Stars event EMMANUEL PHUA Emmanuel Phua@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE —A handshake was as much courtesy that top seed Cao Siqi extended to local player Nicole Tan, as the Chinese player motored to aPHOTO: WEE TECK HIAN - 587 words
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264 2014-10-18 27 REUTERS LONDON —Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli has changed its compounds for next month’s Brazilian Grand Prix after reassessing the state of new asphalt laid at Sao Paulo’s Interlagos circuit. The original choice of hard and medium tyres was criticised byREUTERS - 264 words
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Article, Illustration321 2014-10-18 27 AP JOHANNESBURG —South Africa is reluctant to step in as a last-minute host for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations, its sport ministry said on Friday as it cited fears over Ebola and unplanned staging costs. “ThereAP; GETTY IMAGES - 321 words
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Article, Illustration91 2014-10-18 28 AGENCIES Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he will continue with his habit of shaking hands before the final whistle, brushing off criticism from Roy Keane and Paul Lambert. Keane called Mourinho a “disgrace” after the Portuguese attempted to shake hands with Aston Villa’s managerial team forAGENCIES - 91 words
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Article, Illustration77 2014-10-18 28 REUTERS Former Sheffield United and Wales striker Ched Evans was released from prison yesterday after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape. United manager Nigel Clough has discussed the possibility of Evans making a comeback with the third-tier club but more than 145,000 peopleREUTERS - 77 words
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85 2014-10-18 28 AGENCIES QPR boss Harry Redknapp says he is under no pressure despite his side managing just one win from the first seven matches. Ahead of hosting Liverpool on Sunday, Redknapp says his players are looking forward to upsetting the Reds. “Nobody is walking around feelingAGENCIES - 85 words
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Article, Illustration972 2014-10-18 29 Adrian Clarke - TheEPL action returns after a twoweek international break and TODAY columnist Adrian Clarke (sports@ mediacorp.com.sg) looks at two big teams who are expected to win, but face potential banana-skin fixtures. MAN CITY, LIVERPOOL MUST BRING THEIR A-GAMES THIS WEEKEND Adrian Clarke columnist Adrian ClarkePHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 972 words
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Article, Illustration789 2014-10-18 30 Agreement with NFL involves tablets, Xbox sets FIRM REPORTEDLY PAID S$509M OVER FIVE YEARS THE NEW YORK TIMES REDMOND (WASHINGTON) Few things are left to chance when it comes to National Football League (NFL) games. Strict rules govern everything from the uniforms toTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS - 789 words
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Article, Illustration581 2014-10-18 32 MAYO MARTIN - PHOTOGRAPHER TAN NGIAP HENG SHOWCASES HIS LATEST DANCE PORTRAITS MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg Photographer Tan Ngiap Heng has long been synonymous with the Singapore dance scene, having photographed various dance groups and artists. But during a personal trip to Tuscany in 2010, he decided to take his relationship withPHOTO: TAN NGIAP HENG - 581 words
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Article, Illustration133 2014-10-18 33 MAYO MARTIN - MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE —A big week for the arts: Theatre practitioner Alvin Tan, sculptor Chong Fah Cheong and poet KTM Iqbal received the Cultural Medallion while five young artists also received the Young Artist Award. The National Arts Council also launched a new arts magazine, The133 words
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Article, Illustration458 2014-10-18 33 Masterful storytelling in this one-man show by The Finger Players’ Oliver Chong THEATRE REVIEW: ROOTS MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE First staged to critical acclaim in 2012, The Finger Players group has revived their production, Roots, as part of its 15th anniversary season. I can clearly see why it hadPHOTO: TUCKYS PHOTOGRAPHY - 458 words
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Article, Illustration340 2014-10-18 33 MAY SEAH - MAY SEAH Singapore— It is abusy time for fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. Earlier this year, her iconic wrap dress marked its 40th anniversary with an exhibition in Los Angeles. Next week, she releases her new memoir, The Woman I WantedPHOTO: E! - 340 words
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Article, Illustration457 2014-10-18 34 KIDS 12 AND BELOW ART ROJAK! S$10 WORKSHOPS Discover your child’s creativity and talent with these arts workshops, a community initiative by The Playtent aimed at making the arts more accessible to everyone. Workshops are held every Saturday this month and next, and range from performance storytelling to457 words
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Article, Illustration531 2014-10-18 35 Analysts say a new era of TV has arrived ONLINE PRESENCE THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —Just one day after HBO said it would start an Internet-only offering, American network CBS announced its own subscription streaming service that lets people watch its liveTHE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES - 531 words
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