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  • 13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016 MCI(P) 021/06/2015
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  • 1043 1  -  CLOSURE COMES AFTER BREACHES OF ANTI-MONEY-LAUNDERING RULES; SIX STAFF UNDER INVESTIGATION ALISON JENNER Deputy Business Editor jenneras@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE —In its first such move in more than three decades, Singapore’s central bank has ordered Swiss pri- vate bank BSI to shut down
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  • 1043 1  -  CLOSURE COMES AFTER BREACHES OF ANTI-MONEY-LAUNDERING RULES; SIX STAFF UNDER INVESTIGATION ALISON JENNER Deputy Business Editor jenneras@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE —In its first such move in more than three decades, Singapore’s central bank has ordered Swiss pri- vate bank BSI to shut down
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  • 53 1 PHOTO: ANTHONY BOURDAIN FACEBOOK PAGE DINNER FOR 2 IN HANOI. COST: US$6 United States President Barack Obama and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain enjoying noodles and beers at a streetside restaurant in Hanoi yesterday. The unexpected visit brought a crowd to gather outside the
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  • 636 1  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday put up almost 9,000 flats for sale, with a quarter of the new units being offered in the mature estates of Ang Mo
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  • hot news
    • 522 2  -  Central bank would have sorted out issues before it moved to shut down the bank experts say AUTHORITY SAYS IT IS WORKING WITH SWISS COUNTERPART LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg ance framework. ADDITIONAL REPORTing BY RUMI HADARSMALANI S ING A POR E Assuring BSI’s clients
      ance framework. ADDITIONAL REPORTing BY RUMI HADARSMALANI; PHOTO: LOUISA TANG  -  522 words
    • 518 2 (2nd Edition)  -  Authority would have sorted out issues before it moved to shut down the bank experts say CENTRAL BANK SAYS IT IS WORKING WITH SWISS INVESTIGATORS LOUISA TANG louisa@mediacorp.com.sg ance framework. ADDITIONAL REPORTing BY RUMI HADARSMALANI SINGAPORE Assuring BSI’s clients that the bank is
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    • 318 2  -  ANGELATENG The acquisition of BSI SA, which is the parent company of BSI Bank in Singapore, by Switzerland-based lender EFG Bank from Brazilian financial services giant Grupo BTG Pactual, has been approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma). “The regulatory approval process in other jurisdictions
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    • 319 2 (2nd Edition)  -  ANGELA TENG The acquisition of BSI SA, which is the parent company of BSI Bank in Singapore, by Switzerland-based lender EFG Bank from Brazilian financial services giant Grupo BTG Pactual, has been approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma). “The regulatory approval process in other
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    • 908 4  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) order to close down BSI Bank sends out a strong message to banks and financial institutions operating in the Republic that it has a zero-tolerance policy towards those abusing
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    • 766 6 SINGAPORE —The names of six former and current senior BSI Bank management and staff— including its former wealth planner Yeo Jiawei, who has already been charged with various offences have been referred to the Public Prosecutor, to assess if they have committed
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    • 571 6  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —As the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) moved against his former employer BSI Bank for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, two fresh cheating charges were pressed against Yeo Jiawei, formerly a wealth planner at the
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    • 956 8 AGENCIES HANOI —United States President Barack Obama yesterday lauded growing ties between the US and Vietnam, noting the two countries that were once divided by the Vietnam War have now evolved to be partners. At a speech at the National Convention Centre
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    • 661 10  -  Promising outlook forecast by Google, Temasek is also being predicted for other SEA nations TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Within 10 years, the size of Singapore’s e-commerce market will grow more than five times to be worth US$5.4 billion (S$7.5
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    • 180 10  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE —Private-hire car services such as Uber and Grab are expected to keep growing. A Google and Temasek Holdings report found that this market in Singapore was worth US$800 million (S$1.1 billion) last year, and is expect- ed
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    • 693 14  -  REGINA MARIE LEE, CLIFFORD LEE SINGAPORE —Pek Kio Market and Food Centre will be closed for cleaning and disinfection today and tomorrow after more than 180 cases of gastroenteritis, or stomach flu, were reported in
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  • 700 3  -  This Singaporean wan ts to give children a brighter future through art THE NEW RETIREMENT DREAM PENNY HSIEH brandstudio@ mediacorp.com. sg THERE is barely a wall or shelf in Ong Poh Yean’s home that isn’t overrun by trophies and prize cheques. Steppingin,
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    • 254 5 HELLO, BUS CONTRACTING MODEL! Come 29 May 2016, our newest bus operator, Tower Transit Singapore (TTS), will be starting its seruice under the Bus Contracting Model! TTS will be rolling out these bus seruices in stages to help commuters adjust progressiuely. Implementation Date Bus Seruices 77,106,173,177,189, 941, 945, 947, 990
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  • 297 12  -  in 20 years”, he noted. NG JING YNG AND NOORASYRAF KAMIL A plan to launch 330 Build-to-Order (BTO) units in Bukit Merah this month has been deferred to enable the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to study how it can
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1331 16  -  THERE ARE WORRIES AMERICA MIGHT PIVOT AWAY FROM THE REGION DAVID SANGER THE NEW YORK TIMES When United States President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he was ending a half-century-long arms embargo against Vietnam, it was another milestone in his long-running
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    • 1014 20  -  OVERALL IMPACT ON THE POPULATION AN IMPORTANT FACTOR ANNELIES WILDER-SMITH The Philippines recently rolled out the new CYD-TDV dengue vaccine, developed by pharmaceutical company Sanofi. This makes it the first country in Asia to do so. With an efficacy rate of just over 60
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    • 37 16 In addition to the prevention of infection at the individual level, the introduction of vaccines into national programmes has to be driven by information on the vaccine’s impact on the population. ANNELIES WILDER-SMITH 20 UPGRADE UPSKILL UPTAKE
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  • voices
    • 286 22  -  FROM CHEN JUNYI In “Atomic bombs unnecessary as Japan had plans to surrender” (May 18), the writer claimed that Japan might have surrendered by November 1945 and there was no basis to think the bombs saved lives. I disagree. First, that Japan
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    • 118 22  -  FROM SHIGERU ICHIGE I thank the writer for his detailed letter “Atomic bombs unnecessary as Japan had plans to surrender” (May 18). The reasons the Emperor decided to surrender were: The two atomic bombs; the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, Karafuto and the Chishima islands;
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    • 208 22  -  FROM MUHAMMAD ALI AZIZ I beg to differ with the writer of “Atomic bombs may have saved Japan from a slaughter” (May 14). Decimating thousands of defenceless civilians in a matter of seconds cannot be justified on the grounds
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    • 197 23  -  FROM PATRICIA WOO Director, Corporate and Marketing Communications, Singapore Workforce Development Agency The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has various outreach efforts to encourage Singaporeans to use their SkillsFuture Credit to learn new skills and maximise their potential (“SkillsFuture: Help the
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    • 139 23  -  FROM YUM SHOEN LIANG If one compares processed foodstuffs produced in Singapore with many overseas brands, one would see an unhealthy pattern, such as relatively higher sodium and sugar contents. The battle against diabetes thus starts in the boardrooms (“Size of food portions
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    • 183 23  -  F ROM SOON MIN SIN General Manager, Sembawang Town Council We refer to the letter “For transparency, display lift maintenance certificates” (May 21). Based on our records, there was a total of four breakdowns in Block 773A multi-storey car park over
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  • singapore
    • 423 24  -  WATTEN ESTATE STILL A MONTH AWAY FROM GETTING THE ALL-CLEAR FROM AUTHORITIES LAURA ELIZABETH PHILOMIN lauraphilomin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With the June school holidays around the corner and the earliest date for Watten Estate where Singapore’s first Zika patient lives to get the
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    • 624 26  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Information painting a “fuller picture” of the circumstances of a case is needed by the court to help in its decision and sentencing, said a High Court judge, who criticised prosecutors for tendering an “inadequate”
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    • 558 28 SINGAPORE While layoffs are inevitable as companies restructure, they should consider alternative ways of managing excess manpower, such as redeploying workers, having a shorter work week and a flexible wage system, before turning to retrenchment as a last resort. The recommendations are part
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  • 588 29  -  Tech Saturday 2016 showcased Smart Nation technologies that could benefit everyone BY SCOTT MARSH For one Singapore-based startup at Tech Saturday, the sky wasn’t the limit when it decided to turn its tech dreams into reality. ASTROSCALE was founded in 2013 with the intention of
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  • health
    • 1274 30  -  NEW BOOK AIMS TO HELP YOUNG ONES COPE WITH GRIEF, LOSS EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When 11-year-old Phua Wenxin first learnt of her younger brother’s incurable disease in 2014, she accepted the bad news without fuss. But as her brother’s condition deteriorated over the following
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    • 485 31 REUTERS Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), usually diagnosed in children, may show up for the first time in adulthood, suggest two recent studies. And not only can ADHD appear for the first time after childhood, the symptoms for adult-onset ADHD may be
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    • 173 34 BROUGHT TO YOU BY Source: webmd.com SUPPLEMENTING TESTOSTERONE SWISSOATS A111 contains natural substances that are similar to your body’s testosterone. The globulins bind to these substances instead, therefore freeing up your body’s testosterone. Here’s a look at how SWISSOATS A111’s key ingredients may help to improve sexual health, enhance the
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  • Health & Wellness Special
    • 220 34  -  Find out how testosterone can boost energy levels and more in both men and women by khoobeekhim BY KHOOBEEKHIM As you age, you may find yourself resigning to perpetual states of lethargy, frequent bouts of sickness, lacklustre skin and a flagging sex drive. These out-of-sorts feelings could
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    • 117 35  -  The lifestyle choices and medical tests you can go for to optimise your health in your 30s, 40s and 50s BY HE PEIWEN BY HE PEIWEN A positive mindset and good lifestyle choices go a long way in ensuring that you are at the
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    • Article, Illustration
      344 35 You’re probably financially independent and embarking on exciting challenges at work. And with many Singaporeans choosing to marry from ages 30 to 34, according to the 2014 Department of Statistics report, you might also be starting a new chapter in life. This is the best time to
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    • Article, Illustration
      303 35 The need for reading glasses aside, it’s the stuff that are not so apparent that you should pay attention to. For instance, stress may exacerbate as many people of this age group belong to the Sandwich Generation. According to a 2010 report by The Economist, these individuals
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    • Article, Illustration
      321 35 With more time and fewer responsibilities on hand, you can finally focus on you. And a good thing, too, because this is the age of “use it or lose it”. While the risks of some cognitive and physical problems are inherited or age-related, a healthy lifestyle and
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    • 380 36 Boost your immune system with medicinal mushrooms and by drinking sufficient water You might chalk up a dry and sticky mouth, thirst, decreased urine output, headache and/or dizziness to Singapore’s warm weather. But did you know that you could be displaying signs of
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    • 411 37 Warm up and relax your muscles with this nifty device A massage does wonders for the body. It can help relax tense muscles, provide a gentle warm-up prior to exercise or improve blood circulation. AIBI’s ReFa ACTIVE may help you enjoy those benefits right at home. The
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    • 990 38  -  Bring that zing back into your life caffeine not needed BY MELODY CHONG Did you wake up this morning feeling like you’ve not slept? Do you keep yawning at meetings? We often blame that sense of tiredness on having too many things to juggle:
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    • 516 39 A convenient way to include more grains into your diet Healthy eating doesn’t only mean consuming fruits and vegetables. According to the Health Promotion Board (HPB), the vitamins, antioxidants and fibre found in fruits and vegetables can also be found in whole grains, such as brown
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    • 466 40 Boost bone health with a natural calcium supplement sourced from organic milk We know that calcium is essential for strong bones. But how much of the mineral do you actually need? According to the Health Promotion Board (HPB), adults require 800mg of calcium a day. This daily
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    • 351 41 Enjoy the benefits of medicinal mushroom the easy way The yunzhi mushroom, nicknamed turkey tail for its resemblance to one, is an ingredient used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Eu Yan Sang herbalists recognise it for its potential health benefits, such as helping to strengthen the body
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    • 448 42 Nourishing your follicles may help a certain form of hair loss There are many reasons why you suffer from hair loss. They include age, illness, the prolonged consumption of strong medication, the use of unsuitable haircare products, pregnancy, crash dieting, stress, or even hormones, said Dr Kenneth
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  • china & india
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    • 651 54  -  First for Republic aquatics with diving vice-president to be a judge in Rio UP TO 136 DIVERS EXPECTED TO COMPETE LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The Republic’s athletes may not be on the platform when the Olympic diving competition leaps off at
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    • 999 55  - TIME TO GO, GIGGS IT’S NOT THE SAME UNITED ANYMORE CLUB LEGEND’S NEW REALITY: RESIGN OR FACE DIMINISHED ROLE COMMENTARY BY JASON BURT sports@mediacorp.com.sg Jason Burt is The Daily Telegraph’s chief football correspondent THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Ryan Giggs would be the manager of Manchester United right now had he not
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    • 541 56 CHINESE GROUP BUYS 65% STAKE IN MP SILVA Move values sports media firm, which has a S$25m FAS deal, at more than S$1.38b AGENCIES SINGAPORE —MP Silva, a sports media company whose partners include the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), National Football League (NFL), Formula 1 racing and the English
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    • 52 57 WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016 SINGAPORE MUSICIAN SHABIR IS RELISHING THE CHANCE TO TAP INTO A MORE GLOBAL MARKET &gt; 58 PROMISCUOUS BOY ELVIN NG IS THRILLED ABOUT PLAYING A PLAYBOY IN HIS LATEST DRAMA &gt; 59 HUMAN BEAN WHY ROWAN ATKINSON IS JUST THE ACTOR TO PLAY DETECTIVE MAIGRET &gt;
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      • 1135 58  -  SINGAPOREAN MUSICIAN SHABIR SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON LOCAL TALENT GOING GLOBAL MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg Local musician Shabir, having scored a Kollywood movie, is making inroads into the Tamil film industry. The singer-songwriter composed and wrote the lyrics of seven songs for the upcoming film Sagaa, Indian
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      • 481 59 Actor Elvin Ng is thrilled to finally play a Casanova in a new drama A CHANGE OF PACE TOGGLE.SG SINGAPORE After more than a decade in the acting industry, Elvin Ng is thrilled to finally shake off the goody-two-shoes characters he is usually entrusted with.
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