Today, 15 December 2015

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    16 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2015 MCI (P) 021/06/2015
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  • Article
    SMRT launches aggressive drive to fill 700 jobs
    542 1  -  Transport operator dangles bonuses of up to S$3,000 in face of competition BREWING TALENT WAR AMONG OPERATORS TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Amid rising operating costs, public transport operator SMRT announced yesterday that it will go on a hiring binge to recruit
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    Lock icon Couple accused of starving maid, whose weight dropped to 29kg
    1344 1  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE In a shocking case of alleged maid abuse, a Singaporean couple is accused of providing their Filipino domestic worker with two meals daily of only instant noodles and bread for more than a year,
    PHOTOS: JASON QUAH  -  1,344 words
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Alibaba to pay S$375m for SCMP
      698 2 DEAL, INCLUDING OTHER MEDIA ASSETS, AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 10 TIMES ANNUAL ADJUSTED EBITDA AGENCIES HONG KONG —Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant headed by billionaire Jack Ma, will pay HK$2.06 billion (S$375 million) for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) and other
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      Lock icon Aim to counter Western media’s China coverage
      656 2 THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG Alibaba Group Holdings, in taking over Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP), is making an ambitious play to reshape media coverage of its home country, taking aim at what company executives call the negative portrayal of
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      Lock icon Asian markets fall ahead of Fed meeting
      642 4 Brighter picture emerging for Chinese economy despite weaker yuan and oil plunge AGENCIES SINGAPORE Asian stocks slumped yesterday as a weaker yuan and plunging oil prices added to investors’ nervousness ahead of an expected United States interest-rate rise this week and overshadowed better-than-expected
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      Lock icon Asian markets fall ahead of Fed meeting
      679 4 (2nd Edition) Brighter picture emerging for Chinese economy despite weaker yuan and oil plunge AGENCIES SINGAPORE Asian stocks slumped yesterday as a weaker yuan and plunging oil prices added to investors’ nervousness ahead of an expected United States interest-rate rise this week and overshadowed better-than-expected
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      Lock icon Nations move to convert climate pledges into action
      1265 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS Before the applause had even settled in the suburban convention centre where the Paris Agreement was adopted by consensus on Saturday night, world leaders warned that momentum from the historic accord must not be allowed to dissipate.
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  1,265 words
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      Lock icon XI, OBAMA PLEDGE TO IMPLEMENT PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, SAYS BEIJING
      193 6 AGENCIES Chinese President Xi Jinping and his United States counterpart Barack Obama, the leaders of the world’s two biggest polluters, pledged to work together to implement the climate deal adopted in Paris in a phone call yesterday Beijing’s foreign ministry
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      Lock icon Deal had its origins in failure of Copenhagen
      1477 8 With lessons learnt from the failed 2009 climate summit, the worldfinally united in France PRE-PARIS DISCUSSIONS AND ARTFUL DIPLOMACY PLAYED KEY ROLES IN RESULT AGENCIES PARIS It took almost two weeks for negotiators from 195 countries to finally pass the landmark climate
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    • Article
      S’poreans-first policies ‘may affect integration of foreigners’
      510 10  -  NGJINGYNG SINGAPORE Government policies in Singapore that were introduced in recent years to enhance preferential treatment for citizens over permanent residents (PR) might have created unintended hurdles for social integration, a geography don who researches on citizenship and migration has found. Associate Professor
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  • comment & analysis
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Climate deal may be terminal for coal, but death will be lingering
      868 12  -  HOW ASIA CAN WEAN ITSELF OFF THE DIRTY FUEL CLYDE RUSSELL Clyde Russell is Asia Commodities Columnist at Thomson Reuters. REUTERS It is tempting to take the cham-pagne-fuelled view that the historic global climate agreement reached in Paris
      REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  868 words
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      Succession planning for family businesses: Getting it right
      927 12  -  OVERCOMING FACTORS SUCH AS FAMILY DYNAMICS AND EMOTIONS GOH SIOW HUI, SHERYL TAN Goh Siow Hui and Sheryl Tan are, respectively, Partner (Tax and Private Client Services) and Senior Manager (Tax) at EY in Singapore. The views reflected in this article are
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Junta’s crackdown on open debate will not solve Thailand’s problems
      496 17 MEDIA OUTLETS RAIDED, REPORTERS SENT TO CAMPS THE NEW YORK TIMES THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS Since it seized power in a military coup last year, Thailand’s military junta, led by General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, has become increasingly obsessed with controlling
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  496 words
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      46 12 The best way for Gen Prayuth to calm growing public frustration is to tackle Thailand’s lagging economy, clean up corruption in the military’s ranks and make progress towards drafting a Constitution and holding elections for a transition to civilian rule. THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS 17
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  • voices
    • Article
      Price jumps in SBS Transit, SMRT shares not unusual
      202 18  -  FROM NARAYANA NARAYANA The Singapore Exchange’s queries to the two transport operators after noting their share price movements were, of course, routine (“SBS Transit, SMRT quizzed over ‘unusual price movements’”; Dec 5). Most of us at the lay level could connect
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    • Article
      Japanese defence build-up sensible
      164 18  -  FROM SHIGERU ICHIGE If Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his administration are trying to revive the Emperor as head of state and repeat 1930s militarism, we must stop it (“Abe’s agenda behind his ‘Fourth Arrow’: Remilitarising Japan”; Dec 4). Japan is trying sensibly, however, to
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    • QUICK HITS
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        FULLERTON BUILDING USED TO HAVE A LIGHTHOUSE
        84 18  -  TOMMY AUNG Let us not neglect one fact about the Fullerton building, which has been declared a National Monument: It used to have a lighthouse (“Fullerton building: From GPO to national landmark”; Dec 7). In 1958, a revolving beacon of 540 kilocandelas (equivalent
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      • Article
        GOVT SHOULD REVIEW SMOKING IN CASINOS
        86 18  -  ANG LAY KUAN I agree with Mr Tay Yong Hong that smoking should be confined to smoking rooms (“Public smoking should be banned, confined to rooms”; Dec 11). This is especially so for local casinos, where smoke pollution is terrible. Sometimes, as many as
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    • Article
      National-level sports should not be at mercy of Sports Hub
      150 18  -  FROM IVAN GOH SIAN LUNG I read with disbelief that the Merlion Cup organisers have decided not to host the tournament at the National Stadium and are seeking other venues (“Merlion Cup seeks new venue”; Dec 8). The National Stadium
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Unfit for travel, vacationer recovers cost of holiday, thanks to travel insurance
      742 21 A suspected lung infection led to Tan Pang Tong missing his holiday, but he did not have to forfeit the cost of his trip as he bought travel insurance early $POSB Every year, Mr Tan Pang Tong, 64,
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  • singapore singapore
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      Lock icon New algorithm may help firms save on energy costs
      412 22  -  DESIGNED BY NTU SCIENTIST, IT PREDICTS ENERGY-CONSUMPTION NEEDS FRANCIS LAW SINGAPORE —A scientist from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has designed an algorithm that can help companies and factories save as much as 10 per cent in energy bills by letting them
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    • Article
      CPF, Microsoft find cause of e-services glitch
      372 22 (2nd Edition) All data including CPF members account details unaffected; full public access to site not restored CHECKS ARE ONGOING SINGAPORE The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board and its IT services vendor, Microsoft, have identified the root cause of the technical glitches it has been
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    • Article
      S’pore firm guilty of facilitating arms shipment to North Korea
      576 26  -  COMPANY ALSO CONVICTED OF RUNNING REMITTANCE BUSINESS WITHOUT VALID LICENCE SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE A Singapore-registered shipping firm, Chinpo Shipping Company, was yesterday found guilty of transferring money that could have contributed to North Korea’s nucle- ar-related programmes
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s biggest polluters face wrath of data-wielding citizens
      506 28 APPS LET PEOPLE KNOW THE SOURCES OF POLLUTION BLOOMBERG BEIJING Besides facing hefty fines, criminal punishments and the possibility of closure, the worst emitters in China risk additional public anger as new smartphone applications and lower-cost monitoring devices widen access to data
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      Lock icon Supporters, police clash at human rights lawyer’s trial
      458 28 AGENCIES BEIJING One of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers was tried yesterday over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police scuffled with supporters and journalists outside the courthouse. Pu Zhiqiang, who has represented labour camp victims and dissident
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      Lock icon Dead forgotten at New Delhi’s decrepit morgues
      675 30 AFP NEW DELHI —A rusted carving knife and a mallet lie on a steel table, while inside the cold storage rooms, bodies take up every square inch of the bloodstained floors. More than 2,500 autopsies are carried out every year at New Delhi’s
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Working her way home
    1049 29 Low Bee Ting always knew she was coming back to Singapore, for her family and career BROUGHT TO YOU BY Ms Low Bee Ting thought it was a dream come true when she got ajob overseas in the highly specialised field of membrane technology. By the
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      63 31 ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS 2015 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Terrestrial Channel of the Year We bring you the stories that matter to help you understand Asia. Thank you for making us Channel of the Year! mm m LI DANGER ZONE KABUL Best Documentary Programme Best Direction jmtsaBsgmk PiE LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG DREAMS Best
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  • world
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      Lock icon 700,000 displaced as typhoon hits Philippines
      413 32 NO REPORTS OF DEATHS OR CASUALTIES AS DISASTER PLANS PAY OFF AGENCIES MANIL A More than 700,000 people in the central Philippines fled to safer areas for fear of giant waves, floods or landslides as Typhoon Melor slammed into the archipelago nation yesterday, said
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    • Article
      Lock icon Najib tightens grip by bringing UMNO, PAS closer
      704 33 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Having silenced his critics at a meeting of Malaysia’s ruling party, Prime Minister Najib Razak is moving to cement his hold on power by further wooing the ethnic Malay majority, say political analysts, who noted how Mr Najib
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      288 33 Dec 19, 2015 10am 9pm Singapore Sports Hub FREE RCTIVITIES FOR THE FRMILV TO CELEBRRTE PRREflTHOOD IR SIRGRPORE! 8 PLftv zones Bring the family down and soak up the fun with a total of 8 play zones line-up for you! That includes aiming and shooting at Game Zone, and art
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  • business
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      Lock icon Banks losing patience with the great Asian giveaway
      638 34 BARCLAYS, DEUTSCHE BANK LOOK TO REDUCE PRESENCE IN THE REGION BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Giving things away is something we usually associate with the music business, not banking. But that is exactly the problem with Asian investment banking, one that the new leaders
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      Lock icon A380 owners look abroad as SIA evaluates lease extension
      380 34 BLOOMBERG FR ANKFURT The owners of five Airbus Group A380s leased to Singapore Airlines (SIA) have begun touting the superjumbos around potential future operators while the Asian carrier evaluates whether to retain them. SIA must reach a decision by next September,
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  • technology
    • Article
      Lock icon Twitter warns of possible govt-sponsored hackings
      393 35 SOCIAL-MEDIA SITE ON ALERT AS IT INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE SECURITY BREACHES FINANCIAL TIMES SAN FRANCISCO Twitter has issued its first warning about a possible hack by state-sponsored actors, as the microblogging social-media site steps up its scrutiny of possible security breaches. The company’s alert highlights
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  • sports
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      Lock icon RHAMANAN READY FOR NEXT BIG MOVE
      619 36  -  National squash player plans to train, compete in US to achieve dream of winning Games medal OLD CHANG KEE SINGAPORE SQUASH OPEN IS THE WORLD NO 372’S NEXT CHALLENGE AMANPREET SINGH amanpreet@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His dream is to win a medal at the 2018 Asian
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE’S NATIONS CUP HOPES HANG BY A THREAD
      440 36  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE After a narrow 44-43 loss to Papua New Guinea in their opening match on Sunday, Singapore’s netballers were on a mission to win all their remaining games at the Mission Foods Nations Cup in order to give themselves a
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      Lock icon ARSENAL TO MEET HOLDERS BARCA IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
      613 37 Chelsea to meet PSG; City will fancy chances against Dynamo Kiev THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON It will be 10 years next summer that Arsenal lost to Barcelona in the single Champions League final in their history, and from which point the two
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      Lock icon MAN CITY FOCUSED ON PREMIER LEAGUE
      530 37 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON When it comes to the Champions League, Manuel Pellegrini is not quite on the same page as Manchester City’s owners. Khaldoon al Mubarak, the club’s chairman, suggested during a summer of significant spending that success in Europe’s top competition had
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      Lock icon ATLETICO DRAW LEVEL WITH TABLE-TOPPERS BARCA
      613 38 Tale of two fortunes as Atletico beat Bilbao 2-1, while rivals Real lose 1-0 at Villarreal REUTERS MADRID —Atletico Madrid turned up the heat on champions Barcelona when they fought back to secure a 2-1 win at home to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga
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    • Article
      Lock icon SOUTH AFRICA WIN CAPE TOWN 7S TITLE
      402 38 AP CAPE TOWN —Rosco Speckman and Seabelo Senatla scored two tries each as South Africa beat Argentina 29-14 to win the Cape Town Sevens and join Fiji at the top of the sevens rugby world series standings. While the Blitzboks’ physicality had been
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      Lock icon Off they go to Valencia
      176 38 Nine young recipients of the Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF)–Peter Lim Scholarship are getting the chance of a lifetime at Spanish club Valencia CF this month. The student athletes from Crest Secondary School were selected to participate in the scholarship’s Amunt Valencia Football Camp, which kicks
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