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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp MONDAY, 7 MARCH 2016 MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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  • 58 1 Dogs are seen next to a taiji performance at the National Kidney Foundation’s ‘Pawfect Health Day’ held at Bishan Park yesterday. The event aimed to engage and educate people on kidney disease and prevention, as well as encourage them to engage in more physical activity
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  • 885 1  -  Singapore faces new challenges such as income divide differing opinions and values: Grace Fu BUILDING A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVT, S’POREANS SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg S I N G A P O R E New fault lines are emerging in
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  • 668 1 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Defying his critics, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stated yesterday that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition remained strong even though some of its members have joined former premier Mahathir Mohamad in demanding his removal, and
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    • 20 1 IN OUR BUSINE SS SECTION TEA LEAVE S: AN ANALYST’S VIEW EACH WEEK ON HOW THE MARKET WILL PERFORM• 24
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    • 137 1 PERSPECTIVES: 5 BUSINESS LEADERS GIVE SOME INSIGHTS INTO THEIR LEADERSHIP STYLES 25 Tapping the star power of social media influencers HOT NEWS 4 7 YEARS RUNNING FREE SEATS 3 MILLION PROMO SEATS UP FOR GRABS TO DESTINATIONS ACROSS OUR NETWORK! Fly from Singapore Phuket* Bali Langkawi Penang Bangkok Bandung Pattaya
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  • hot news
    • 762 2 But experts warn the country may not be able to manage the government’s optimistic targets PREMIER SAYS ECONOMY TO GROW AT LEAST 6.5% IN 2016 AGENCIES BEIJING As economic growth has fallen while debts and excess industrial output
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    • 292 2 REUTERS China will never allow the tragedy of Taiwan being “split” off from the rest of the country to happen again, state media yesterday quoted President Xi Jinping as saying, offering a strong warning to the island
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    • 859 4  -  Lifestyle and travel bloggers, Instagram ‘stars’roped in to spread messages LAURA PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In December, fashion blogger Nellie Lim was engaged by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to generate some buzz for the opening of Downtown Line 2 (DTL2) with
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    • 160 4 Digital branding agencies said they were seeing more interest from Government agencies in engaging influencers, as well as social media as a whole. Depending on the number, type and duration of engagement with influencers, clients can spend between S$1,000 and S$10,000 for engaging influencers, said
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    • 803 6  -  FIRST FEMALE FULL MINISTER HELMING A MINISTRY ON CHALLENGES FACED SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When she was chief executive officer at PSA South East Asia and Japan, many clients would look past her to her male counterparts, assuming the
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    • 1355 8  -  MORE CUSTOMISED PLATFORMS ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In the current uncertain economic climate, where nary a week goes by without news of yet another company laying off staff, it can be worrying for jobseekers already finding it tough to
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    • 1154 10 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Senator Ted Cruz scored decisive wins in the Kansas and Maine caucuses yesterday, demonstrating his enduring appeal among conservatives as he tried to reel in Mr Donald Trump’s significant lead in the Republican presidential race.
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    • 130 5 An initiative by T ripartite Alliance for Fair Progressive Employment Practices F V VV A "My brother and I took turns to care for our mom when she was ill. It meant a lot to me that I could adjust my work hours with Flexible Work Arrangements.” Chong Chee Kheong
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  • comment & analysis
    • 964 12  -  IN FIGHTING BACK, NAJIB MAY OPEN HIMSELF TO MORE ATTACKS MOHAMED NAWAB, MOHAMED OSMAN, RASHAAD ALI Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman is coordinator of the Malaysia Program at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and Rashaad Ali is
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    • 1020 13  -  IT MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON A FIRM’S BOTTOMLINE AMY OU Amy Ou is assistant professor in the Department of Management and Organisation at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. This is part of an ongoing weekly series on leadership. Successful leaders, it is
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    • 93 13 0 ,4 V' /kV V/ l noyv. Ready for later. Every day brings new opportunities, a chance to enjoy, a chance to be better than the day before. But making the most of your later days means planning for them now. We can help you plan for a brighter tomorrow,
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    • 100 14 HU T 'l T UNARY '“iNsnir 1 eat list STAR THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT BIG CULINARY STAR m 3Suriyana Binte Jumari a o The semi-finals are on. 20 talented home cooks and chefs are all set to impress our judges Cheryl Tiu INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIST Ya M a* Loh Lik
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    • 175 15 SMU Master of Professional Accounting Opens up a world of opportunity Ethan Lim Vice President, Internal Audit Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Accounting is the language of business. Anyone seeking career advancement and professional growth will benefit from the SMU Master of Professional Accounting (MPA). Designed to develop your technical accounting
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  • voices
    • 210 16  -  FROM ANKUR KHANKHANWALA I refer to the report “Falling cohort will see 22 secondary schools merged into 11” (March 5). I am a foreigner who has been residing in Singapore for past six years. My daughter goes to one
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    • 407 16  -  F ROM KAITLYN FROM KAITLYN TAN SHU MEI, MELIZA HUI TING, JOYCE SONG SILIN Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education students, Wheelock College Singapore Recently, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and National University Hospital revealed that there has been an
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    • 220 17  - School break meant for recharging not more work, activities FROM JOANNE TAN I have two school-going children. My son, who is in primary school, has to go back to school thrice during the upcoming March school holidays in preparation for an upcoming inter-school competition. This I can understand to some
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    • 349 17  -  FROM EDWIN TEONG YING KEAT The commentary “A more forgiving culture can empower businesses” (Feb 20) provided intriguing insight. I feel the same tenets of forgiveness are relevant and should be inculcated in Singaporeans as fundamentals for moving on to anything greater.
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  • singapore
    • 474 18  -  They also recognise the need to continuously upgrade themselves to be employable UNIVERSITY EDUCATION NOT THE ONLY WAY TO ADVANCE AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The SkillsFuture movement is a good start to helping Singaporeans empower themselves with the necessary skills,
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    • 356 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE About 11,000 participants raced down the Rail Corridor for the last edition of the Green Corridor Run yesterday morning. The run, which started at the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and ended at the old Bukit Timah Railway Station,
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    • 117 19 Ms Ang Kwee Choon is the winner of the S$30,000 grand prize in the TODAY Shop to Win draw. The 52-year-old, who spent S$380.85 on health and supplementary products at OG Orchard Point, said: “I couldn’t believe it when I got the call saying
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    • 72 19 STAY ALERT. FIGHT DENGUE i ■A li l J ii i Getting rid of stagnant water at home is the first step to protecting our families and the neighbourhood against dengue. Do the 5-Step Mozzie Wipeout. Be a dengue fighter. Get updates on dengue.gov.sg dengue clusters: n facebook.com/Stop.Dengue.Now twitter.com/NEAsg NEA
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  • china & india
    • 1194 20 RULING PARTY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO CONNECT WITH YOUTH AP BEIJING What is the world’s largest propaganda organ to do when it finds itself struggling to get television drama-obsessed young Chinese to pay attention to the latest raft of Communist Party slogans?
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    • 618 21 Chinese smog has silver lining for mask makers AFP BEIJING The steel plants and cement factories scattered across China’s Shandong province have made it one of the most contaminated areas of the world’s biggest polluter. But for one company, that just makes the business climate better. ASL Masks says it
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    • 161 20 PRIFYSGOL Slyndwr V_ J UNIVERSITY Master of Business Administration MBA (Accounting and Finance) MBA (Human Resource Management) MBA (International Business) MBA (Marketing) MBA (Healthcare Management) MBA (IT Management) <i((^ University of Sunderland MSC BEngMSc Engineering Management MSc Project Management B Eng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Top-up) B Eng (Hons)
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  • world
    • 1112 22 NOT ALL U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE BEHIND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S PUSH AGAINST ENCRYPTION THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —The intensifying legal battle over encryption between Apple and the United States Justice Department has all but obscured another more subtle division, the one inside
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    • 640 23 AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR Families devastated by the loss of their loved ones on Flight MH370 vowed yesterday never to quit fighting for answers to the aviation mystery and said the huge search for the Malaysia Airlines plane should continue until something
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    • 634 23 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES JOHOR BARU Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday expressed confidence that a series of megaprojects in Johor, including Forest City and the high speed rail, would transform the southern state into an economic powerhouse. The controversial Forest City development in particular, is set
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • business
    • 876 24  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg Just after Chinese New Year, Rakuten surprised about 30 of its employees in Singapore by telling them they were being made redundant. Over the last couple of months, employees at Shell, Barclays, Yahoo and Resorts World Sentosa have
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    • 398 24  -  TEA LEAVES BERNARD AW Bernard Aw is market strategist at IG. For more timely tips, you may wish to follow him on Twitter at @BernardAw_IG. Risk appetite is coming back into the market, with the S&P 500 putting on about 9 per cent
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    • 624 25  -  PERSPECTIVES Compiled by Rumi Hardasmalani (rumih@mediacorp.com.sg) LOH BOON CHYE CEO, Singapore Exchange Mutual respect, humility and fairness are traits that I value in a good leader. In every organisation, people are the fundamental asset and these aspects form the building blocks of healthy working relationships
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    • 336 26 BLOOMBERG FRANKFURT Negative interest-rate policies currently in use by several central banks around the world have worked through their respective systems in much the same way as positive rates, though it is not known how far below zero that would continue
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    • 251 26 SINGAPORE Mediacorp’s content marketing unit, Brand Studio, has teamed up with the South Australia Tourism Commission to showcase the best that South Australia has to offer for welltravelled singles and young couples in a three-month campaign. The campaign saw Brand Studio create
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  • technology
    • 831 27 The low-cost medium has allowed niche-interest communities to grow, thrive FROM PRINCE TO SPORTS, ANALYSIS IS UNCONSTRAINED FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON “You’ve got the kick drum in the left speaker and the open snare in the right, but then you’ve got the reverb coming
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  • sports
    • 796 28  -  Becomes first local to not finish last at HSBC Women’s Champions event LOUDEST CHEERS NOT JUST FOR WINNER, HA NA JANG ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SING APORE Loud cheers erupted from the crowd that turned up at the Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course yesterday for
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    • 808 28 (2nd Edition)  -  Becomes first local to not finish last at HSBC Women’s Champions event LOUDEST CHEERS NOT JUST FOR WINNER, HA NA JANG ADELENE WONG adelenewong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Loud cheers erupted from the crowd that turned up at the Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course yesterday for the
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    • 765 31  -  Paddlers have an uneven, tough road ahead, but much is expected at Games LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg shah alam It is not all doom and gloom for Singapore’s women’s table tennis players, despite the world No 5 team missing out on
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    • 464 31 AGENCIES LONDON Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has called upon his players to treat every one of their remaining nine English Premier League matches as a cup final after the Foxes defeated Watford 1-0 on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to
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    • 765 29 (2nd Edition)  -  Paddlers have an uneven, tough road ahead, but much is expected at Games LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg shah alam It is not all doom and gloom for Singapore’s women’s table tennis players, despite the world No 5 team missing out on
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    • 530 29 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES LONDON Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has called upon his players to treat every one of their remaining nine English Premier League matches as a cup final after the Foxes defeated Watford 1-0 on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to
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    • 826 30  -  Canadian, who has been playing in the S.League since 2010, hopes to play for S’pore in Suzuki Cup AMANPREET SINGH amanpreet@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Without fail, he calls the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) at the end of every month to check on the status
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    • 331 30 After spending the last four years backing the H-TWO-O/ITE Ultimate Dream Team Programme, which has produced more than 15 players for the S.League, such as Ignatius Ang (Warriors FC), and Samuel Benjamin and Afiq Noor (both Hougang United), Yeo’s has decided to
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    • 40 31 32 FUTURE HEADLINERS YOUNG LOCAL MUSICIANS SHINE DESPITE SET CUTS AT THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SINGULAR SENSATION TAIWANESE SONGSTRESS HEBE TIEN HOLDS HER OWN AT HER LARGEST SOLO CONCERT IN SINGAPORE MONDAY, 7 MARCH 2016 33 PHOTO: UNUSUAL ENTERTAINMENT
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    • culture & lifestyle
      • 1010 32  -  STILL, YOUNG LOCAL MUSICIANS MANAGED TO SHOW THEY HAVE ENOUGH TALENT TO BECOME HEADLINERS HON JING YI honjingyi@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL TEXT BY CHRISTOPHERTOH Can Singapore’s young musicians headline a major festival such as the Singapore International Jazz Festival (Sing Jazz)? The festival’s
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      • 499 33  -  The Taiwanese singer shines, with or without her bandmates CONCERT REVIEW: HEBE TIEN IF WORLD TOUR HON JING YI SINGAPORE Six years ago, Hebe Tien was perhaps best known as a member of popular Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. Pretty, introverted and reticent, she always seemed happy staying out
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      • 377 36 His natural language was poetry, says Barbra Streisand LITERARY LOSS REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Pat Conroy, the American author of bestsellers including The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline, died on Friday in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was 70 and had
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      • 191 36 REUTERS LOS ANGELES —Disney’s Zootopia was apex predator at the weekend box office with an expected three-day haul of around US$70 million (S$96 million), according to studio estimates. Herds of moviegoers were expected to turn out for the animated family
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    • 254 35 Get ready for the multimedia and multi-sensory performance that dares you to live in full colour BROUGHT TO YOU BY SLIDING DOORS ENTERTAINMENT The wildly popular Blue Man Group is renowned worldwide for their timeless show that combines music, comedy, science, technology and mind-boggling creativity into
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    • 62 36 This special DVD box set is a collection of exclusive archive footages and interviews which traces the life and legacy to remember Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee Kuan Yew: Forging A Nation Lee Kuan Yew: In His Own Words Time Nor Tide Remembering Lee Kuan Yew Available
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 564 38 6.00AM Morning Agenda With Bharati Jagdish And Keith De Souza NOON The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2.00PM The Afternoon News With Eugene Loh And Daphne Lim 6.00 Evening Digest With Michelle Martin And Daniel Martin 9.00 LateNite Lineup With Howie Lim 6.00AM The Bright Side With Sonia Chew 10.00 9
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    • 1209 39 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannel8@mediacorp.com.sg CHANNEL tellchannelu@mediacorp.com.sg programming@channelnewsasia.com 6.00AM My Home Cuisine 6.30 The Best Bet 7 .00 Tuesday Report. All In The Family 7 .30 Hello Singapore Highlights (HD) 8.00 The Queen (HD) (PG-Some Violence) 9.00 Morning Express (HD)(Live) 9.30 Life Fear Not (HD)(PG-Some Drug References) 10.00 Taiwan Taste (HD)
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