Today, 18 August 2016

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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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  • 835 1  -  ‘Dismal’figure last month adds to list of data pointing to risk of economic contraction ahead STEEPEST PLUNGE IN 4 MONTHS ALISON JENNER Deputy Business Editor jenneras@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s exports engine choked and sputtered in July to its steepest plunge in four months, as
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  • 835 1  -  ‘Dismal’figure last month adds to list of data pointing to risk of economic contraction ahead STEEPEST PLUNGE IN 4 MONTHS ALISON JENNER Deputy Business Editor jenneras@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s exports engine choked and sputtered in July to its steepest plunge in four months, as
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  • 874 1  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In her seventh-floor office on Tampines Street 92, Madam Amy Lau, a human-resources administra- tor at Vishay Intertechnology Asia, was going about her usual workday when she caught sight of smoke billowing out of the fourth-floor of the
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    • 9 1 Joseph Schooling is worth millions, say analysts SPORTS 52
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  • hot news
    • 704 4 Prime Minister Lee will also address issues raised in the report at National Day Rally SINGAPORE After six months of work, during which they held four public hearings for 19 individuals and groups to present their views, the Constitutional Commission
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    • 599 6  -  4,841 UNITS LAUNCHED IN HOUGANG, TAMPINES, SEMBAWANG AND YISHUN AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Close to 5,000 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats were launched by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday, with more than half of them in the mature town of Tampines,
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    • 807 6  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —After being hit by a lean spell that saw the number of licensed agents in the Republic fall to its lowest since 2011, the real estate agency business is set for another
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    • 596 8 They are allowed to reopen but will remain under watch SINGAPORE —The popular Pow Sing eateries in Serangoon Gardens have been allowed to resume operations, after they were deemed to have satisfactorily addressed the hygiene lapses that led to an outbreak
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    • 596 8 They are allowed to reopen but will remain under watch SINGAPORE —The popular Pow Sing eateries in Serangoon Gardens have been allowed to resume operations, after they were deemed to have satisfactorily addressed the hygiene lapses that led to an outbreak
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    • 561 10 AGENCIES JAK ARTA Indonesia marked its Independence Day yesterday by sinking 60 foreign ships seized for fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said the ships were sunk at eight locations across the Indonesian archipelago. Ms Pudjiastuti
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    • 503 12 Dr M backs Bersatu’s bumi focus rural voters ‘want race politics’ SAYS HIS NEW PARTY IS WORKING ON SAME LINES AS ‘UMNO’S KIND OF RACISM’ AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —People in rural and unsophisticated urban constituencies in Malaysia still want racial politics, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad claimed yesterday when
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    • 1021 12 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK —The release on websites this week of what appears to be topsecret computer code that the National Security Agency (NSA) has used to break into the networks of foreign governments and other espionage targets
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    • 771 13  -  S’pore artist’s work on Srivijaya era will represent Republic at famous exhibition next year REENA DEVI SINGAPORE —It has been a long time coming, but after some 30 year s of trying to find his focus through experimenting with multi-disciplinary art forms, Singapore contemporary
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1141 14  -  VIOLENCE LIES LATENT IN EXTREMISTS’ MENTALITY KUMAR RAMAKRISHNA Associate Professor Kumar Ramakrishna is Head of Policy Studies and Coordinator of the National Security Studies Programme in the Office of the Executive Deputy Chairman, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. The
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    • 918 15 (2nd Edition)  -  PROSPERITY REQUIRES FAITH TIM HARFORD Tim Harford is the author of ‘The Undercover Economist Strikes Back’. FINANCIAL TIMES I am on holiday in Bavaria, where, in between the beer and schnitzels, I have been contemplating the nature of trust. A rather
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    • 1242 16  -  IMBALANCES BETWEEN CHINA AND WESTERN MARKETS UNSUSTAINABLE BORJE LJUNGGREN Borje Ljunggren, author of Den kinesiska drommmen utmaningar for Kina och varlden (The Chinese Dream Challenges for China and the World), is a former Swedish ambassador to China and Vietnam. At
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    • 28 14 The G20 meeting in Hangzhou in early September offers an opportunity to deepen global cooperation on structural issues at a time of grave potential polarisation. BORJE LJUNGGREN 16
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • voices
    • 149 18  -  FROM MUTHHUKUMAR MALAIIYYAPPAN I refer to the letter “Encourage cycling by installing bike racks on buses” (Aug 1). Singapore is a bustling, cosmopolitan city, and our roads are crowded during peak hours. Installing bicycle racks on buses would not help solve the problem
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    • 181 18  -  FROM RAYMOND LO WAN MOU After bathing in the glory and happiness of Joseph Schooling’s gold medal feat for the past few days, Singaporeans were let down by our women’s table tennis team (“Under-par Singapore bid sayonara to Rio”; Aug 17). The main letdown was
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    • 126 18  -  FROM DANIEL CHAN WAI PIEW Well done, Joseph Schooling, our pride and joy. Now that the euphoria has subsided, let us ponder how close we were to missing this significant moment in Singapore’s history. We should thank Mediacorp for clinching an 11th-hour deal
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    • 330 18  -  FROM JUNE CHEAH-NICHOLLS I read with sadness about the Bishan Street 11 murder case. And now, a member of the police force is accused of removing evidence from the crime scene (“Murder suspect’s husband charged with maid abuse”; Aug 12).
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    • 301 18  -  FROM NEERAJ THIRUMOORTI Scammers seem to be everywhere and could be anyone (“Remittance firm’s vigilance helps foil scam involving S$1,000”: Aug 5, “DHL scammers cheated victims of S$12 million in three months”; July 29, and “Man arrested for job
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  • Singapore
    • 233 20 LTA received 6,286 bids, fewer COEs are available from this month until October SMALL CAR, MOTORCYCLE PREMIUMS SEE INCREASE SINGAPORE Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums closed mixed at the end of the latest bidding exercise yesterday, with premiums for Category A
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    • 600 20  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE Using a hacking tool he downloaded, Lim Jun Quan exploited security vulnerabilities on several local websites to steal their database of customers’ usernames and passwords. He then used the same combinations to make fraudulent purchases ranging from
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    • 510 20  -  ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN BLOCK RELIEVED TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Two months after a malfunctioning lift shot up and down erratically and caused a woman to suffer a spinal fracture, it is finally back in service, to the
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    • 497 20  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE Using a hacking tool he downloaded, Lim Jun Quan exploited security vulnerabilities on several local websites to steal their database of customers’ usernames and passwords. He then used the same combinations to make fraudulent purchases ranging from
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    • 614 21  -  TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the Republic facing imminent security threats and new fault lines looming on the horizon, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing stressed that community harmony and national unity would serve as one of
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    • 698 24  -  Kok HengLeun said he felt reassured new laws would not really change current practices VOTED ‘YES’ TO HONOUR DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Apologising to those who felt angered or disappointed by his change of heart on amending
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    • 466 25  -  SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After several false starts, the first day of blogger Amos Yee’s trial yesterday was adjourned for the 17-year-old to use a court process that helps accused persons consider whether to claim trial or plead guilty.
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  • china & india
    • 516 26 CHINA, SOUTH KOREA INVITED TO TALKS AGENCIES TOKYO BEIJING —Japan, China and South Korea are in talks to hold a meeting of their foreign ministers next week, despite rows between Tokyo and Beijing over China’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea
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    • 447 26 REUTERS BEIJING —China’s pending cyber security law will not create obstacles for foreign business, China’s Foreign Ministry said, responding to concerns by international business lobbies over the planned rules. More than 40 global business groups last week petitioned Chinese Premier
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    • 260 28 AFP SRINAGAR (INDIA) —Suspected militants killed two soldiers and one police officer in an ambush on a convoy overnight in Indian-administrated Kashmir, an official in the troubled region said yesterday. An unknown number of gunmen opened fire on the two
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    • 493 28 REUTERS MUMBAI A survey of Mumbai’s slums to establish which residents are eligible for rehousing is being delayed by missing documents and criticised by activists who say the effort will fail unless the rights of all slum dwellers are recognised.
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    • 1375 30  -  CAIXIN ONLINE BEIJING —New regulations and a blockbuster merger between the industry’s largest players are reshaping the business landscape for China’s car-hailing app companies. And the landscape is widening as car-hailing companies including Didi Chuxing Technology Company, which merged in August with Uber
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  • world
    • 1067 32 The Wadah group from the deep South claims it has been made the scapegoat GROUP SAYS CHARTER ‘NOT A LIFE OR DEATH’ ISSUE BANGKOK POST BANGKOK —A group of influential Muslim politicians from southern Thailand has denied involvement in last week’s
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    • 1098 34 FINANCIAL TIMES BEIJING —China’s ongoing transition from low-wage manufacturer to budding high-tech hothouse is creating waves across the rest of Asia. The biggest winner from the Middle Kingdom’s move up the value chain looks set to be Vietnam, while
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    • 599 38 AGENCIES SEOUL —South Korea said yesterday that North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Britain had defected to Seoul, in what amounts to a major loss of diplomatic face for Pyongyang. News of the defection came just as North Korea announced it has
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    • 595 40 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The haze in Malaysia worsened yesterday, with some areas crossing into the unhealthy range on the Air Pollutant Index (API) for the first time this dry season. Tanjung Malim in Perak registered a reading of 110 on the API
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    • 502 38 8D7N Insta-worthy Mt Wudang and Shennongjia with Mediacorp artiste Lee Teng! What do Hollywood flick The Karate Kid (the 2010 remake) and arthouse wuxia movie The Assassin have in common? Both were shot in Mt Wudang in the province of Hubei, China. The scene-stealing region is known for its spectacular
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  • business
    • 654 42  -  WOLFGANG BAIER’S NEXT MAKEOVER CHALLENGE RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Singapore Post’s former group CEO Dr Wolfgang Baier, whose abrupt resignation surprised the market last December, has a new job: To lead transformation at the fragrance and cosmetics distributor Luxasia. As group CEO of
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    • 617 44  -  LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —Imagine the typical process of settling your bill at a restaurant at the end of your meal: You wave your hand to get the waiter’s attention, wait for him to present the
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    • Article, Illustration
      892 48 THE NEXT YOUNG BEETHOVEN Catch the grand finals of Young Talents Project 2016 at Victoria Concert Hall (9 Empress Place) on Saturday. Watch as the young classical musicians battle it out for cash prizes worth S$12,000. Organised by Mediacorp’s classical music station Symphony 924, the competition offers young musicians
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    • 716 53 China are well short of London high as badminton and diving disappoint REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO —Defeats in sports dominated by China at previous Olympics have left the country in an unfamiliar third place on the medals table, with some predicting that Rio
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    • 556 53 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO —The world gymnastics chief has blamed China’s “robotic” style in Rio for the once-dominant team’s worst Olympics in more than 30 years. China failed to take a gold for the first time since 1984 winning just two
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    • 1296 54 By-product of dominance is migration of players to other countries when they don’t make cut at home THE NEW YORK TIMES RIO DE JANEIRO Ni Xialian helped the Chinese team win a gold medal at the 1983 world table tennis championships. But even that
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    • 436 55 REUTERS riode Janeiro— Eight years after carrying Malaysia’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games, Azizulhasni Awang finally fulfilled the dream of winning his country’s firstever track cycling medal on Tuesday. Nicknamed the “pocket rocket” because of his small
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    • 831 56  -  Local fighters to face Filipino rivals at S’pore Fighting Championship on Sunday NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Two months after winning the Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) Female Intercontinental super-featherweight title and becoming Singapore’s first professional boxing champion, Nurshahidah Roslie will be lacing
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    • 450 56 LONDON —Wayne Rooney is slow, overweight, unable to move his body quickly enough to shoot properly and still playing for Manchester United mainly for marketing reasons, according to Paul Parker, the club’s former defender. In a withering assessment
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    • 1295 57  -  DUSSELDORFAND ITS SURROUNDS YIELD A MAGICAL FUN FAIR, POKEMON AND BEER LOTS OF IT MAY SEAH IN DUSSELDORF, GERMANY may@mediacorp.com.sg When I touched down on German soil, I suddenly found that I was very important. My plane’s arrival was heralded by no less than
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    • 1291 57  -  There is a new hostel brand in Singapore that is set to go places SERENE LIM SINGAPORE The travel industry has seen several disruptors in the past few years the biggest undoubtedly being home vacation rental site Airbnb; the exponential growth of the millennial travellers;
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      • 286 60 1 There is a large Japanese population in Dusseldorf, owing to the fact that Japan tapped into the city’s steel industry in an effort to rebuild itself after World War II. As a result, there are lots of sakura trees. And each July,
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      • 953 64  -  Joseph Schooling’s Olympic gold for Singapore has shone the spotlight on the tiny Eurasian community. Here’s what you should know about Eurasians CULTURAL STUDIES MELISSA DE SILVA features@mediacorp.com.sg Melissa De Silva writes about Eurasian culture and identity at https://eurasiansg. com. She has been published in literary
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      • 1320 65  -  More businesses are relying on technology to service a growing halal market MARKET DEMANDS DON MENDOZA donm@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As more food and beverage businesses here work towards getting halal certification, a bold new enterprise in the online sphere is looking to leverage on the seemingly
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      • 678 66  -  Taiwan distributor says its Catchplay On-Demand service has a stronger movie line-up MORE OPTIONS FOR FILM BUFFS SONIA YEO soniayeosj@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A new on-demand movie streaming service has launched in Singapore, but the Taiwanese outfit bringing it here said it is not intending to directly
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      • 745 8  -  Kreuzberg’s countercultural vibe makes it a unique destination BY HE PEIWEN Kreuzberg is the face and some say heart of the city that many Berliners, out-of-towners and visitors love. Once one of the poorest quarters in Berlin, it is now the hippest district to live
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      • 923 12  -  Get away from it all in Jeolla BY MAUREENYEO The southern part of South Korea is a laidback place with lots to offer visitors who want to take it easy. Two of the nicest places to unplug and recharge are Jeonju in Jeollabuk-do and Boseong in
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      • 1095 16  -  Five destinations that don’t deserve their foreboding reputations BY NELLIE HUANG These days, it’s becoming harder to find untouched destinations as travel becomes more affordable and destinations more accessible. I don’t believe in risking my life for bragging rights, but it is sometimes worth exploring a
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      • 709 22 Follow the cherry blossom front and combine hanami season with a whirlwind tour of Japan hepeiwen Around late March to April every year, the mood in Japan is especially buoyant. There is little doubt that spring has arrived, thanks to the thousands of cherry blossom
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      • 785 24  -  Ho Chi Minh City is a foodie’s dream come true BY PETER YEO Ho Chi Minh City is one of Vietnam’s most visited cities. Segmented into 12 districts separating the city’s central and suburb areas, District 1 is the place for travelling foodies. Here
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      • 804 26  -  Get a taste of the Alps in Argentina MAUREEN YEO In the 1930s, as part of a push by the Argentine government to encourage domestic tourism, the town centre of San Carlos de Bariloche was redesigned to become Little Switzerland, in a nod to its
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    • 1551 30  -  Stress reliever or inducer? Here’s what a holiday does to your body BY EVELINE GAN While some people swear by the restorative effects of an overseas holiday, why does that dreaded cold seem to befall some of us whenever we are due for a holiday? Clinical
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    • 769 28  -  Uncover the delights of this dramatic island at the edge of the tropics BY LEONARD LAI PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM To holiday in Taiwan is to face a delicious dilemma. How does one experience as much of the country’s bounty as possible
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      • 267 32 Explore eastern and central Europe with Asia Global Vacation. A part of the Chan Brothers Group of companies, Asia Global Vacation specialises in affordable tours that offer great value. One such tour is the 13D10N Trails of Budapest, Slovenia and Croatia package, which is valid from Sept 1
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      • 331 33 Macao offers a fascinating blend of Chinese and Portuguese culture. Thanks to its unique blend of East and West, there’s rarely a dull moment at this intriguing destination. Try a variety of local snacks and delicacies like African chicken and Macanese chilli shrimp. You also can
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      • 221 33 Score fantastic deals at CTC’s booth at Travel Revolution Fair 2016 Booth A7. The event runs from 11am to 9.30pm from tomorrow to Sunday. Terms and conditions apply for all promotions, which include: A 50-per-cent discount for the second person on selected tours and packages One-for-one
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