Today, 29 December 2015

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  • 16 1 TODAY TODAYONLI NE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 29 DECEMBER 2015 MCI (P) 021/06/2015
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  • 951 1 S$11.7m payment from Tokyo will be used by Seoul to help women who served as sex sla ves in World War II LEADERS HAIL AGREEMENT, EXPRESS HOPE IT WILL OPEN NEW CHAPTER IN BILATERAL TIES AGENCIES SEOUL —More than 70
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  • 878 1  -  FRANCIS LAW francislaw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The taskforce looking at how to improve Singapore’s response to infectious disease outbreaks is studying the possibility of setting up a national-level “SWAT team” of experts that can be mobilised at a short notice, said
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    • 118 1 THINKING ABOUT SINGAPORE’S FUTURE INVOLVES ENGAGING ASPIRATIONS, VALUES AND NOTIONS OFIDENTITY COMMENT&ANALYSIS 14 Christmas with DBS POSB Cards Extra 15% off storewide at COACH X DBS PLUS, SPIN REDEEM INSTANT GIFTS with the DBS Lifestyle app j *Valid till 3 Jan 2016. T&Cs apply, visit the DBS Lifestyle app. DBS
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  • hot news
    • 606 2 LANGKAWI COUNCIL TO CALL DEVELOPER TO ‘IMMEDIATELY TAKE ACTION’ AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —A decision by the Kedah state government to order the developer of a housing project in Langkawi to paint over air wells on rooftops that resemble crosses
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    • 257 2 AGENCIES The Sultan of Johor has spoken out against Malaysian politicians who try to play up racial or religious tensions, and urged them to focus on more urgent economic issues instead. “Please do not waste time creating news
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    • 622 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD Iraqi forces said yesterday that they had seized a strategic government complex in the western city of Ramadi from the Islamic State (IS) after a fierce week-long battle to retake it, following a brutal sevenmonth
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    • 719 4 Tensions escalate between two nations over death sentence of Myanmar pair in murder case HUNDREDS PROTEST AT THAI-MYANMAR BORDER AGAINST WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS AN UNFAIR RESULT AGENCIES BANGKOK Tensions between two neighbours over the death sentences imposed by a Thai court
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    • 710 6  -  AVA says he was identified after enquiries on the ground, follow-up investigations SUSPECT, BELIEVED TO BE A RESIDENT OF BLOCK 115B, YISHUN RING ROAD, ARRESTED ON SUNDAY TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The series of cat abuse cases in Yishun
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  • BUSINESSES 2015: HIGHS AND LOWS

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  • BUSINESS 2016: WHAT LIES AHEAD
    • 1602 10  -  Export-oriented sectors will bear the brunt of the weak international markets ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KELLY NG Given China’s stuttering economy and the United States struggling to get out of first gear, Singapore will need to
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    • 1273 11  -  The lacklustre economic environment is likely to depress sentiment further LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@mediacorp.com.sg After another year of subdued home buying activity, property analysts warned that the Republic’s private residential property market may be in for tougher times in 2016 as the
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    • 1587 12  -  China’s slowdown, higher US interest rates and a stronger US dollar will shape 2016 RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg The world is not on the verge of another global recession. Some very dark clouds are indeed looming over the global economy, but pockets of bright
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    • 25 13 IN TOMORROW’S PAPER ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS TODAY looks at what is in store next year in the lifestyle, cultural and sporting scenes. Next Monday: Singapore
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  • comment & analysis
    • 983 14  -  ENGAGE MORE WITH ASPIRATIONS, VALUES AND NOTIONS OF IDENTITY ADRIAN W J KUAH Dr Adrian W J Kuah is Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. In this SG50 year, no shortage
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    • 1159 16  -  WHY COMPARING THE TWO GROUPS IS NOT APPROPRIATE ONG KENG YONG, KYAW SAN WAI Ong Keng Yong is executive deputy chairman and Kyaw San Wai is a senior analyst at S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. This
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    • 44 14 What the EU has achieved in integration is instructive, but not the model for ASEAN community-building. ASEAN remains an inter-government body, distinct from the EU’s supra-national construct. Directly comparing ASEAN with the EU is not apt. ONG KENG YONG AND KYAW SAN WAI 16
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    • 173 15 Enjoy iPhone 6s when you travel using your local data bundle. m V w w 1 fu i. PHOTO SQUARE pano slo-mo VIDEO I iPhone 6® With 3D Touch, Live Photos, 7000 Series aluminium, the A9 chip, advanced cameras. Retina HD display and so much more, you'll see how the
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  • voices
    • 410 18  -  FROM NG YA KEN The Committee on the Future Economy should expand its agenda beyond moving the economy up the innovation ladder from “value-adding” to “valuecreating” (“Committee on S’pore’s economic future to focus on 5 key areas”, Dec 22). Some of
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    • 323 18  -  FROM NARAYANA NARAYANA The report SIA stands fir m on buyout offer for Tigerair” (Dec 22) effectively puts paid to any hopes minority shareholders in Tigerair may have had that SIA would revise its buyout offer. SIA’s 41-cent cash offer “representing premiums
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    • 14 18 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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  • 404 19 Usher in Chinese New Year with New Moon BROUGHT TO YOU BY Add abundance to your Chinese New Year reunion dinner and celebrations with New Moon abalone, renowned for being Singapore’s No 1 best-selling abalone (Source: Nielsen Singapore). It is believed that eating abalone at the beginning
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  • singapore
    • 526 20  -  TWO EYEWITNESSES HAD STEPPED FORWARD TO SAY HE WAS NOT AGGRESSOR IN INCIDENT VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A man who had pleaded guilty to assaulting a taxi driver returned to court for a re-trial yester- day, after two eyewitnesses
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    • 476 20  -  STACEY LIM SINGAPORE Boasting features that encourage patients to be more independent and that allow nurses to be more productive, the S$320 million Yishun Community Hospital received its first patients yesterday. Four 20m bridges link the new community hospital to Khoo Teck Puat
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    • 186 20  -  NG JING YNG SINGAPORE Two weeks after the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board restored its online services, which were disrupted because of a technical glitch, its website has been hit by technical problems again over its e-payment service. The e-payment service on the
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    • 216 21 SINGAPORE A man was caught with 253 cartons of contraband cigarettes in his car at Woodlands Checkpoint on Sunday, after he attempted to return to Malaysia by claiming his vehicle had broken down. Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers sensed something
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    • 138 21 Ms Catherine Chang could not have asked for a better birthday present. Two days before she turned 57, she became the winner of a S$10,000 cash prize in the TODAY Shop to Win weekly draw conducted on Dec 14. Ms Chang had taken part in
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  • china&india
    • 1858 22 With parents forced to work in cities toddlers are left vulnerable to kidnapping THE DEMAND FOR BOYS TO ADOPT HAS LED TO WIDESPREAD TRAFFICKING FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING Zhaoyuan was playing by the village store when he disappeared. His worried grandparents found the toddler’s footprints in
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    • 737 24 The island’s working-age population is not earning enough nor growing fast enough REUTERS TAIPEI Mr Jason Tsai is among the few people in Taiwan with excellent English skills, but two years after graduating from university, the sought-after language has failed to secure
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    • 737 24 (2nd Edition) The island’s working-age population is not earning enough nor growing fast enough REUTERS TAIPEI Mr Jason Tsai is among the few people in Taiwan with excellent English skills, but two years after graduating from university, the sought-after language has failed to secure
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    • 422 24 AGENCIES SHENZHEN —A government official in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has killed himself, a week after a landslide from a pileup of construction waste in his city left scores missing and presumed dead, local police said yesterday. The former director
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    • 425 24 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES BEIJING —Twelve people have been detained over a landslide from a pileup of construction waste in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen that left dozens missing, local police said yesterday, adding that a former district official whose office approved and oversaw the
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  • world
    • 1146 25 Tokyo is working hard to sell the symbol of its technological might, the Shinkansen TOKYO’S IMPECCABLE SAFETY RECORD VS BEIJING’S LOW COSTS FINANCIAL TIMES TOKYO/BEIJING When Japan lost out to China on a US$5 billion (S$7 billion) deal to
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  • business
    • 657 26  -  ONLY 13 IPOs LISTED ON SGX THIS YEAR ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of initial public offerings (IPO) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) plunged 57 per cent this year from last year, with analysts attributing the lacklustre performance to a weak market
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    • 269 26 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has extended by more than a week the deadline for its offer to buy out all the shares it does not already own in subsidiary Tiger Airways Holdings, the unprofitable budget carrier it listed less
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  • sports
    • 782 29  -  Singapore Athletics in talks with athlete’s family on possible funding, scholarship S RINT QUEEN YES ASIAN GAMES MEDAL ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The country’s fastest swimmer, Joseph Schooling, has done it, as have national track and field team-mates Soh Rui Yong
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    • 175 29  -  ADELENE WONG National track and field athletes such as Soh Rui Yong, Dipna Lim-Prasad and Shanti Pereira can now seek TCM (traditional healthcare medicine) treatment from local firm Kin Teck Tong (KTT), after Singapore Athletics (SA) signed a one-year S$280,000
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    • 733 30  -  Sport set to gain greater support when it debuts at the 2017 Games ONLY THE MEN’S CATEGORY WILL BE PLAYED NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It was one of the sports that narrowly missed out on being featured at the SEA Games on home soil
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    • 413 30  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE —Back in October, Singapore women’s canoe polo team made history when they stunned five-time champions Iran in the final to win the Asian Championship for the first time. Their victory, while surprising, was no less than they deserved
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    • 592 31 Portuguese not keen to return to Madrid or become England manager THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Jose Mourinho is resisting the temptation to explore a quick return to his former club Real Madrid as he waits to see how the situation will develop at Manchester United
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    • 336 31 AGENCIES MOSCOW —The former head of the scandal-hit Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has claimed that 40 per cent of drug test violations have come from youth sports. Ramil Khabriev made the shocking claim as Russia bids to clean up its
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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  • T TODAY
    • culture&lifestyle
      • 1062 34  -  THREE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS HERE LOOK TO TURN THEIR PASSION INTO A SUCCESS DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg As much as we may still squabble over how expensive organic foods are, the Singapore market is very driven by health and food trends. At least, that is what art director
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      • 828 35  -  MAY SEAH SINGAPORE —When actor Ian Fang conceptualised his streetwear brand First Attempt, he already had big dreams for its first anniversary; the plan was to book a club, invite all his friends and showcase his clothes. On Sunday night, he made it happen.
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      • 491 36 The Force Awakens has become the fastest-selling movie this year BREAKING THE BOX OFFICE AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reached US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) at the box office, achiev- ing the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Co said
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    • 19 37 14 17 JANUARY SUNTEC SINGAPORE LEVELS 3 4 WWW.MOTORSHOW.COM.SG Singapore Motorshow 2016 instagram.com/motorshow2016 Proudly Presented By: In Partnership With:
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 255 38 VIEWPOINTS WITH HOWIE LIM AND ANDRE AHCHAK Get an in-depth look at lifestyle issues, from home trends to technology news, as well as investment advice. 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza 10.00 Viewpoints With Howie Lim And Andre Ahchak 2.00PM The Culture Cafe With Angela Lim
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