Today, 22 March 2016

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    • 201 2 66 This year, we will have a special assembly on Wednesday. My friend and I are going to recite a poem, about Mr Lee and his contributions and how we are going to continue his legacy. 99 AFRARAFI AHMED Primary 6 student Telok Kurau Primary School Mr Lee inspired the
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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM mediacorp TUESDAY, 22 MARCH 2016 WE SET YOU THINKING MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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  • 68 1 SINGAPORE, AS SEEN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION A photo tweeted by United States astronaut Tim Kopra, the current commander of the International Space Station, offers a stunning view of Singapore by night as seen from space. Mr Kopra’s photo has been
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  • 622 1  -  Shutdown will involve students only; staff still required to work says Education Ministry TEMPERATURES WENT ABOVE 37°C FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY LOUISA TANG AGENCIES, KUALA LUMPUR Schools in two northern Malaysian states are to be temporarily closed
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  • 846 1  -  LAURA PHILOMIN AND AMANDA LEE lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The People’s Action Party (PAP) is well aware that the Opposition holds the advantage in a by-election, which was why it chose a candidate with strong grassroots experience and a rapport
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1023 10  -  FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNANCE HAS REEN LAID EUGENEKBTAN Eugene KB Tan is associate professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University. Life goes on, a year since Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s passing. This is a reflection of the
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    • 851 12  -  GROWTH IN THE REST OF ASIA CAN OFFSET SLOWING CHINESE DEMAND ABDULABIAD AND SHANG-JIN WEI Abdul Abiad is economic adviser at the Asian Development Bank. Shang-Jin Wei is chief economist of the Asian Development Bank. PROJECT SYNDICATE There is no doubt that China’s
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    • 1003 14  -  WOMEN AT WORK DO NOT NEED TO BE DEPICTED AS PRETTY LUCY KELLAWAY Lucy Kellaway is associate editor and management columnist at the Financial Times. THE FINANCIAL TIMES What do women look like at work? From my desk in an
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    • 48 10 If a company wants to show that it really values women and wants to prioritise action in the gender equality landscape, it will show pictures of them in which they do not always look cool or gorgeous. They just look like professional women at work. LUCY KELLAWAY 14
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  • voices
    • 292 16  -  FROM YOWKEBED WONG SONG HUI The law that was passed recently to ban tobacco products from shop displays is a good move towards deterring people from taking up smoking (“MPs call for more deterrent measures as display of tobacco products is banned”;
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    • 176 16  -  FROM LIM TECK KOON NTUC FairPrice was the first off the starting blocks with vending machines to sell and dispense cigarettes, even before the tobacco display ban takes effect (“NTUC FairPrice trials cigarette vending machine for tobacco display ban”; March 17). Its fast reaction
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    • 164 16  -  FROM FROM GANE SH RAM R The report “Pay-TV operators must offer options for shorter contracts from next month: MDA” (March 17) is welcome news. It is a significant step to safeguard consumer interests and stop operators from doing business with the
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    • 382 16  -  FROM FROM IVAN GOH SIAN LUNG With recent wins by Balestier Khalsa and Tampines Rovers in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup, S.League clubs seem to be going into overdrive (“Tigers sink fangs into Kitchee”; March 9). Even the crowds at S.League
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  • Singapore
    • 399 18  -  HYDROGEOLOGIST DEVELOPED SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Canadian hydrogeologist John Anthony Cherry, 74, has been awarded this year’s Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, for his lifelong dedication to his work in groundwater research, and developing solutions to provide
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    • 497 19 Total value of the contract with all options exercised is about S$1.63 billion SINGAPORE Singapore defence company Singapore Technologies (ST) Kinetics has cleared a hurdle to go heads-up with a British firm for a US$1.2 billion contract with the United States
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  • china & india
    • 626 20 IF SUCCESSFUL, FACEBOOK FOUNDER’S APPROACH WOULD SET A PRECEDENT declares, son-in-law THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG In terms of publicity, it was a great weekend for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in China. He returned to Beijing for yet another trip that
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    • 631 21 BLOOMBERG BANGALORE As India drags the United States before the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a spike in American visa fees for foreign workers, the stakes go well beyond the few thousand dollars required for paperwork. It is the first time
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  • world
    • 1039 22 Port in Darwin is a gateway to South China Sea and serves as a base for training US Marines AUSTRALIA REJECTS CRITICISM, SAYS LEASE IS UNLIKELY FOR ESPIONAGE business.”THE NEW YORK TIMES DA RW I N The port
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    • 640 23 AGENCIES NAYPYIDAW Myanmar’s new Parliament voted yesterday to reduce the number of government ministries, with the country’s new Presidentelect, Mr Htin Kyaw, assuring lawmakers that no civil servants will lose their jobs and that the nation will save more than US$4.1 million
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  • business
    • 655 24 ANALYSTS PREDICT THREE INTEREST-RATE HIKES FROM FED Washington.AGENCIES SINGAPORE Banking giant Goldman Sachs is holding fast to its bullish stance on the United States dollar, unmoved by the currency’s recent slide after an increasingly cautious Federal Reserve scaled back its rate
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    • 299 24 REUTERS SINGAPORE —Inflation in Singapore probably fell last month at the fastest year-on-year pace in three months, dragged down by the sharp drop in the price of Certificates of Entitlement for cars, showed a Reuters poll yesterday, ahead of
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    • 206 25 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Brings new ideas to life at the Garage, scales new heights in researc NTU’s CN Yang Scholars Programme is designed for curious minds j who want to make a better world through research. Like undergraduate I Shu Ning, who is working with a team on an innovative
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  • technology
    • 908 26 STAGNANT IPHONE SALES COULD TEST COMPANY’S PRINCIPLES REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO As Apple feuds with the United States government over iPhone privacy protections, the tech giant is also grappling with internal conflicts over privacy that could pose challenges to its long-term product
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  • sports
    • 606 27 Country’s richest man says 3 Chinese firms may become top-level sponsors SPONSORSHIPS WILL FURTHER COUNTRY’S FOOTBALL AMBITIONS REUTERS BEIJING Wang Jianlin, China’s richest man, said FIFA’s corruption scandal was an opportunity for big Chinese companies to further the country’s lofty footballing ambitions by undertaking sponsorship
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    • 455 27  -  NOAH TAN noahtanYW@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While the uncertainty surrounding the futures of Singapore national football coach Bernd Stange and his assistant Fandi Ahmad has dominated the headlines the past week, it does not appear to have had a destabilising effect on the Lions ahead of
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    • 1172 28  -  DOMINANCE OF BIG FOUR CLUBS IS OVER; MONEY FROM NEW TV RIGHTS DEAL HAS CHANGED THE GAME COMMENTARY BY JASON BURT sports@mediacorp.com.sg Jason Burt is the chief football correspondent of The Daily Telegraph very THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Sitting over coffee,
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    • 525 30  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E Clutching his Most Valuable Swimmer (13-14-year-old category) trophy, Jonathan Tan beamed as he basked in the glow of his success at last week’s Singapura Finance 47th Singapore National
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    • 54 31 NEW PLANS JAPANESE BRAND MUJI WANTS TO HELP GROOM SINGAPORE DESIGNERS OLD HANDS THE OBSERVATORY’S CONCERT SHOWS HOW THEY BLEND THE CEREBRAL WITH THE VISCERAL 33 34 TUESDAY, 22 MARCH 2016 32 A MOTHER’S WORK MORE AND MORE ORGANISATIONS ARE COMING FORTH WITH HELP FOR MUMS WHO WORK FROM HOME
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    • culture & lifestyle
      • 1181 32  -  IT’S THE AG OF NEW FAST-GROWING FACTION OF THE MUMPRENEUR MARIANNE WEE-SLATER features@mediacorp.com.sg It may not be easy to be an entrepreneur in Singapore, but a simple search on Google throws up a whole host of organisations, grants and events that aim to help fly the
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      • Article, Illustration
        460 33  -  The Japanese brand wants to bring out the best in Singaporean design by having a stronger presence NEW PLANS FOR POPULAR LIFESTYLE STORE JOSEPH LIM features@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Design transcends geographical borders and Masaaki Kanai, chairman and representative director of Ryohin Keikaku Co Ltd, the parent company of Muji
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      • 514 34  -  Singapore’s foremost experimental band shows why it has remained at the top of its game for 15 years CONCERT REVIEW KEVIN MATHEWS SINGAPORE Believe it or not, but it has been 15 years since The Observatory first got together. And what a journey it has been.
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
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