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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp THURSDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2016 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon Signal interference issue plagues Circle Line again
    794 1  -  Mobile services may be suspended along parts of the line for short periods if similar faults recur PROBLEM SIMILAR TO SEPT INCIDENT; CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN, SAY LTA, SMRT Bahru.ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY Bahru.ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHRISTOPHERTOH AND KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —A signal interference problem
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      117 1 AS M’SIA, CHINA MARK 44 YEARS OF RELATIONS, THEIR TIES ARE SET TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS WITH TRADE, DEFENCE DEALS COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 NKI NG 6/0 6/ 2 0 1 6 recur are still cause of the suspend CCL first anSMRT saywas Pawhole SMRT that six 3 BRANDS rtk essenceof CHICKEN
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Audit report on AHTC’s past payments inconclusive: Low
      751 2  -  WP chief emphasises that KPMG did not find town council had broken the law KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The audit report on the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council’s (AHTC) past payments and transactions remains “inconclusive” despite the manpower and resources spent, said Workers’ Party
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      Lock icon Persistent signal issue worrying and a bad sign: Experts
      719 3  -  Authorities shutting down telco services from time to time to try and fin d source of interference KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —While the authorities and rail operator SMRT have announced steps to try to solve the bewildering signal fault on the
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      Lock icon Amazon ramps up hiring in S’pore amid reports of 2017 launch
      940 4  -  ALISON JENNER Deputy Business Editor jenneras@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY NEO CHAI CHIN SINGAPORE E-commerce giant Amazon is ramping up its hiring in the Republic, amid reports that it plans to expand to South-east Asia through a Singapore launch slated
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      Lock icon Fire destroys warehouse at Sungei Kadut, 7 rescued
      620 4  -  WONG PEI TING wongpeiting@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A fire that raged for three hours yesterday morning gutted a three-storey showroom and warehouse of furniture supplier Winter International Group on Sungei Kadut Loop. About 80 firefighters and 19 firefighting vehicles were deployed to put out
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      Lock icon Najib rebukes West as he seeks to build ties with China
      886 6 BEIJING —Former colonial powers should not lecture countries that they once exploited on their domestic affairs, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a sharp rebuke to Western powers as he looks to build ties with China. Making this
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      Lock icon US Senator thwarts sale of assault weapons to Philippines police force
      606 6 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States’ State Department halted the planned sale of some 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippines’ national police after Senator Ben Cardin said he would oppose it, according to Senate aides. The aides said Senator Cardin,
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      Lock icon Most SMEs say they can’t send workers for skills training
      677 7  -  ANGELA TENG angelateng@mediaocorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Despite the Government’s clarion call for workers to upgrade their skills in order to stay relevant in the future economy, the vast majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are finding it difficult to invest in
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      Lock icon FBI’s email decision broke pattern set by two recent cases
      1131 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON —The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Justice Department faced a hard decision in two investigations this past summer that had the potential to rock the presidential election. The first case involved Mr
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      Lock icon Asian markets, US$ rattled as Trump closes gap with Clinton
      615 9 AGENCIES TO K YO Asian shares tumbled to seven-week lows and the dollar lost ground against the yen and the euro yesterday, as investors were rattled by signs the United States presidential election race was tightening just days before the
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  • comment & analysis
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      Fruits harvested from the seeds of trust
      998 10  -  SINO-MALAYSIA RELATIONS TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS NAJIB RAZAK Najib Razak is the Malaysian Prime Minister. This piece is reprinted with permission from the Prime Minister’s Office, Malaysia. It originally appeared in China Daily. Forty-two years ago, in 1974, thenPrime Minister of Malaysia Abdul
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      Lock icon Behind 2016’s turmoil, a crisis of white identity
      1967 11  -  RISE OF WHITE IDENTITY POLITICS AMANDA TAUB THE NEW YORK TIMES Call it the crisis of whiteness. White anxiety has fuelled this year’s political tumult in the West: Britain’s surprising vote to exit the European Union; Mr Donald Trump’s unexpected capture of
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      Lock icon Teamwork — the Everest way
      1262 13  - Teamwork the Everest way AGREEING ON SHARED GOALS IS TOP PRIORITY RANDEL CARLOCK Randel Carlock is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and the Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Insead. He was the first academic director of the Wendel Centre for Family Enterprise and
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      52 10 The six women from Singapore knew that the freezing climb would push them to their limits so their main aim was to put just one team member on the summit. They were all prepared to accept the fact that they might not be the one to plant the Singapore flag.RANDEL
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      169 11 R FEST 201 SINGAPORE VER VALI m RIVER f CONNECTIONS* 4- 5 N0V2016 BOAT QUAY, CLARKE QUAY AND. ROBERTSON QUAY Join us to celebrate our River A C41i> r mt-, 11 a y-it I•u 5C »1% r* j2^ 1 iintf*!" KEY HIGHLIGHTS Headline Act: Crossings by Underclouds Cie Witness Crossings,
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      Do more to make cycling a better alternative to driving
      366 14  -  FROM CHEN SI Punggol has joined the list of “cycling towns”, which, together with the Round Island Route, are part of the Transport Ministry’s strategy to promote a car-lite Singapore (“Punggol residents get bicycle connectivity to key facilities with new
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      Technology should complement human labour, not replace it
      251 14  -  FROM LIU RIJING The writer of “Build up skills for new economy, technological age” (Oct 28) agrees that there is a skills mismatch in the job market. While the economy is undergoing structural changes in terms of skills becoming obsolete and technology
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      Use of artificial intelligence in S’pore’s defence a good step forward
      207 14  -  FROM SHIVANIEKKANATH The report “SAF looks to artificial intelligence to gain punch” (Oct 28) highlights a groundbreaking move by the Singapore Armed Forces that may herald a new era of defence. A capable military is a public good, essential
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      Help the distressed work towards a purpose-driven life
      382 15  -  FROM SERENE HO LAY PING I concur with the writer of “Step up suicide prevention efforts, not just intervention” (Nov 2) that death has been romanticised, an observation we cannot overlook if we are to arrest the rising suicide rate, especially among
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      Mutual understanding needed in customer service
      237 15  -  FROM TANDALAI TANDALAI NATESAN SRINIVASAN The question “Is the customer always right?” (Oct 31) is a good one for customers to contemplate. In earlier days, “customer is king” and “service with a smile” were slogans for the staff of organisations to stay customer-centric, which
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      44 14 TOTO Estimated Group 1 Prize $1 Million Draw on Thu, 3 Nov 2016, 6.30pm at Singapore Pools Building (210 Middle Road) For details, visit singaporepools.com PLAY RESPONSIBLY Stay Legal. I National Problem Gambling Bet With Care. I Helpline: 1800-6-668-668 RCB Reg No.: *****0202G m
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  • singapore
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      80% of special-needs students in jobs programme employed
      699 16  -  M.O.E. TO EXPAND INITIATIVE TO MORE SCHOOLS KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A programme launched two years ago to help a small group of students with special needs prepare for the workplace has enjoyed promising outcomes, with 80 per cent of these students
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      Lock icon Graduate from special-needs school finds job at NUH
      516 16  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE She folds clothes and refills the garment trolleys in the linen department at National University Hospital (NUH) and what she does at work is sometimes recorded on video, which is played back for her parents. This is because Ms
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      Local farms urged to ‘embrace technology’ to increase food supply
      714 17  -  ‘S’pore can make a leap in food production levels, new innovation could be shared’ TOH EE MING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With increasing stress on global food supply brought on by growing demand and degrading conditions for producing food, farms including those
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      Lock icon Tables turned on prosecution witness in trial of ex-BSI banker
      608 18  -  Defence accuses Kevin Michael Swampillai of being behind attempts to conceal the truth VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ex-BSI banker Yeo Jiawei’s lawyers yesterday turned the tables on Yeo’s former supervisor Kevin Michael Swampillai, saying the accusations the latter had levelled
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      Suspended SEC executive director quizzed for two hours in inquiry
      392 18  -  FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE Singapore Environment Council (SEC) executive director Edwin Seah, who was suspended from duty last month, attended an inquiry lasting nearly two hours at his office yesterday, but both sides were tightlipped after the meeting. An SEC spokesperson
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon Xi, ‘core leader’ of China, appears both triumphant and anxious
      1312 20 Slowing economy, corruption concerns, bureaucratic inertia weighing on the President PARTY BOOST TEMPERED BY FEARS OF RISKS FACING COUNTRY THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Even in a moment of triumph, China’s President Xi Jinping exudes anxiety. Since the Communist Party
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      Lock icon HK pro-independence lawmakers ignite third week of turmoil
      564 22 AFP HONG KONG Two lawmakers who want Hong Kong to split from China wrestled with security in Parliament yesterday, with one of them dragged from the chamber, as fears grow Beijing will step in over the saga. There are widespread concerns in
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      Lock icon S Korea opens fire on 30 Chinese fishing boats
      304 22 AFP SEOUL South Korean coast guard vessels have, for the first time, fired machine guns at Chinese boats illegally fishing in Korean waters, an official said yesterday. There were no casualties reported after the Tuesday incident, which was the first of
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      Lock icon Toddler’s death while mum was on phone a wake-up call for China
      755 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —A video showing an SUV running over a toddler while her mother appeared distracted by her phone has prompted hand-wringing on Chinese social media about the perils of overusing smartphones. Surveillance cameras captured
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      Lock icon India wavers on toxic emissions as power plants baulk at price tag
      525 23 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI India may ease a deadline to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants blamed for causing the world’s worst air quality amid pressure from generators who say it is too difficult to implement the US$37 billion (S$51
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  • world
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      Lock icon In bid to play down scandal, Park picks new prime minister
      890 24 Opposition has denounced the reshuffle as a diversionary tactic amid President’s crisis MOVE SEEN AS AN OVERTURE TO OPPOSITION PARTIES AGENCIES SEOUL President Park Geun-hye of South Korea yesterday replaced the country’s prime minister, the No 2 official in
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi seeks investment, experts to create growth
      623 25 AGENCIES TOKYO Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called on the country’s diaspora to do more for Myanmar’s development, saying the South-east Asian nation needs investment and experts to create growth. Speaking to members of the local Myanmar community
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      Lock icon Belgium’s ‘city of jihadis’ struggles to cope with returnees
      2160 26 The country has fought to stem an outflow of Islamists but now faces their return FINANCIAL TIMES BRUSSELS One winter’s day in 2014 in a small Belgian town, an apparition from Syria’s war walked unannounced into Hans Bonte’s office. Only recently
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      81 27 We are looking for: Coordinators, Facilities Management (1-Year Contract) Editor, Digital News (Editorial) HR Business Partner Senior/ Account Manager, Sales Senior Creative Producer, Family English Segment Senior/Producer, Branded Content and Programme Production (News Segment) Senior/ Producer, Current Aff airs (Editorial) Senior/ Reporter, Singapore News (Editorial) Senior Video Engineer Video Editor,
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  • business
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      Lock icon Oil, gas exposure affects S’pore banks’ profitability: Moody’s
      549 28 Despite the headwinds, Republic’s top 3 lenders have robust loss-absorption buffers CHALLENGES EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER NEXT FEW QUARTERS SINGAPORE The profitability and asset quality of Singapore’s three largest banks DBS, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and United Overseas Bank have deteriorated because of
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      Manufacturing expands in October, employment index contracts
      367 28 SINGAPORE Manufacturing activity in Singapore continued to expand last month, albeit at a slower rate compared with September. Data from the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management released yesterday showed that October’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell marginally by 0.1 point to
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      Lock icon What to watch for as the results come in
      1538 32 With the most unconventional election in modern American history drawing to a close, investors worldwide have begun hedging their bets that voters will keep a Democrat in the White House and Republicans in control of at least one chamber of Congress.
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  • technology
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      567 42  -  National swimmer has received many gifts since Olympic win HE REPRESENTED CLUB FROM 2000 TO 2009 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Since winning the Republic’s first-ever Olympic gold medal, national swimmer Joseph Schooling has received numerous gifts and offers: A million KrisFlyer miles, a lifetime
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      351 42 REUTERS NEW YORK —Former world No 1 Tiger Woods will make his competitive comeback at next month’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, an event which he hosts, after being sidelined for more than a year. “I am excited
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      761 43  -  ONE Championship chief explains why UFC is struggling to find Asian foothold STANLEY HO Deputy Sports Editor stanleyho@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Western sports entities cannot bring a “cookie-cutter formula” to Asia and expect their product to be as successful here as
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      177 43 ONE Championship is planning to hold a fight at the 55,000-seater National Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub next year. According to its chairman Chatri Sityodtong, two of the minimum 24 events that ONE Championship is staging will be in Singapore. “Next year will be
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      356 43 AFP LOS ANGELES —Mixed martial arts superstar Ronda Rousey (picture) said on Tuesday that next month’s comeback bout against Amanda Nunes will be one of her last fights. The 29-year-old from Los Angeles returns to the octagon on Dec 30 in Las Vegas
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      1258 44  -  3-1 VICTORY OVER BARCA A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME FOR GUARDIOLA’S TEAM RORY SMITH THE NEW YORK TIMES It was not an end Pep Guardiola was quite clear but a start. The night Manchester City beat Barcelona,
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      1064 45  -  IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT TRAVELLERS ARE ALLOWED THE CHOICE TO SIT FAR AWAY FROM CHILDREN IF THEY SO WISH DEBORAH TAN features@mediacorp.com.sg The school holidays will be upon us soon, and if you are one of those travellers who fears getting stuck next
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      820 45  -  The singer-songwriter has signed with Canada-based Nettwerk Music Group, which has worked with Coldplay LOCAL MUSIC HON JING YI SINGAPORE Linying is a fascinating individual. Listen to her music and you will find an ethereal, minimalistic, almost exquisite sound, hyper-con-scious of the way
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        356 49 The two Canadian winners of Airbnb’s contest were picked out of 88,000 entries for having a personal link to Dracula himself QUIRKY SLEEPOVER REUTERS BUCHAREST As the sun set over Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, brother and sister Robin and Tami Varma slid into red velvet-trimmed black
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        281 50 Singapore Airlines reveals more about the process behind its decision to introduce a Teochew menu UP IN THE AIR SINGAPORE News of Singapore Airlines introducing Teochew dishes across all cabin classes on Monday was eagerly lapped up by travellers. For the next four months, passengers
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        485 51 SERENE LIM thought Teochew cuisine was ideal,” explained Betty Wong, Singapore Airlines’ divisional vice-president of customer experience. The team spent more than nine months on this project. They visited several Teochew restaurants such as Chin Lee Restaurant and Swatow
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        424 52  -  Will this be her biggest challenge ever? ON THE TELLY MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Mediacorp TV Channel 8’s 2017 mid-year blockbuster will be The Lead, a show about four friends who enter the entertainment industry together but find success at
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