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    14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon IS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack
    777 1 Unclear whether terrorist group organised it; gunman still at large SIMILARITIES WITH ATATURK AIRPORT ATTACK IN JUNE: REPORTS AGENCIES ISTANBUL —The Islamic State (IS) group yesterday issued a rare claim of responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that
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      76 1 WHILE EXPERTS DETECT TURBULENCE BELOW THE SURFACE, JAPAN’S IMMUNITY FROM THE POPULIST TIDE IS REMARKABLE COMMENT&ANALYSIS 18 First of a four-part special: WHAT 2017 WILL BRING FOR... SINGAPORE COMPLEX DYNAMICS AT PLAY AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL POLL 6 ON HIGH ALERT FOR BUGS FROM ABROAD 8 ALL EYES ON PAYOUTS AS
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon China sends shot across bow of budding Hong Kong independence movement
      563 2 DON’T USE TERRITORY TO INFILTRATE, SUBVERT MAINLAND, WARNS BEIJING AGENCIES BEIJING —China will not allow anyone to use Hong Kong as a base for subversion against mainland China or to damage its political stability, Beijing’s top official in the
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      Lock icon Massacre at upscale nightclub exposes Turkey’s fault lines
      961 4 separates Europe from Asia. THE NEW YORK TIMES ISTANBUL —When a lone gunman murdered dozens of New Year’s revellers early on Sunday, he targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul that is increasingly under threat: A dazzling nightclub where people from around
      separates Europe from Asia. THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: AFP  -  961 words
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      173 3 m i’m lovin’ it* NEW WRAP, NEW 7 Sizzling chicken bacon, crisp baby spinach leaves, caramelised onions and fluffy scrambled eggs. It’s everything good about breakfast and more, all wrapped up in a wholegrain tortilla! Now, with more affordable options up for grabs, there’ll always be something for every morning!
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      126 5 F- I 8 m y m i MONUMENTAL DECISIONS Vt FOSTER SUCCESS I i an irovjrn* At MDIS, we nurture and amplify the potential of our students while encouraging them to become lifelong learners. For more than 60 years, we have fostered professionals capable of carving out exciting careers and
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  • what 2017 will bring for ... singapore
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      Lock icon COMPLEX DYNAMICS AT PLAY AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL POLL
      1466 6  -  Next Presidential Election ‘may serve as a barometer for the public’s acceptance of the Govt’s socio-moral direction’ SIAU MING EN siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg Following a hotly-contested Presidential Election (PE) in 2011 and recent changes made to the scheme to elect Singapore’s Head of State,
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      Lock icon ON HIGH ALERT FOR BUGS FROM ABROAD
      1488 8  -  Singapore’s vulnerability to pandemics means it must be better prepared to manage outbreaks KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg It was a year in which infectious diseases —namely Zika and tuberculosis (TB) claimed the spotlight. And the threat is set to stay and might even intensify
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      Lock icon ALL EYES ON PAYOUTS AS ELDERSHIELD REVIEW GETS UNDER WAY
      1486 10  -  Severe disability schemes’ payouts average 2.6 years, but a quarter outlive period of coverage NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg Public consultation gets under way this month on ElderShield, the severe disability insurance scheme under review that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon ONWARDS TO A NEW FARE FORMULA FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT
      1421 14  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg Change swept through the public transport sector last year, with Tower Transit and Go-Ahead Singapore launching bus services under the government contracting model and SMRT’s switchover to the new rail financing framework signalling a new landscape that places
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      Lock icon THE RISE OF A ROBOTIC DAWN IN SERVICES INDUSTRY
      1326 16  -  More companies are turning to innovation and automation to boost productivity in an increasingly manpower-lean economy TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg Food delivery, hotel room service, and delivery of hotel amenities such as towels and toiletries are currently undertaken by robots in a
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      Lock icon KEY EVENTS of 2016
      849 6 STEPPING UP ON SECURITY Jan 20 The first of five rounds of arrests and detentions under the Internal Security Act last year was announced, involving 27 Bangladeshi construction workers contemplating armed jihad overseas. Eighteen others were dealt with under the Act over the year. CHANGES PROPOSED
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon More economic uncertainty hanging over China
      1012 18  -  TWO AREAS TO WATCH ARE GROWTH POLICY AND S.O.E REFORM YIPING HUANG EAST ASIA FORUM Official and unofficial data confirm that the Chinese economy had stabilised during the middle of 2016. But there is still a lot of disagreement about the country’s growth outlook
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      Lock icon How Japan resists the populist tide
      800 18  -  INCLUSIVITY, CONSENSUALISM ARE KEY JOHN PLENDER John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at Financial Times since 1981. FINANCIAL TIMES After December’s No vote in the Italian referendum, the rise of Mr Donald Trump and the British vote to leave the
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      Lock icon Tricky, but necessary, to build resilience against security threats
      1383 20  -  DEALING WITH RETURNING TERRORISTS AND RADICALISATION SHASHI JAYAKUMAR Terrorism and radicalisation will be an inescapable part of our lives from here on, and the main threats for 2017 and beyond should be divided into two parts. The first is the foreign
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      10 18 BUSINESS CHINA SHOULD SET FLEXIBLE 2017 GROWTH TARGET: ADVISER 34
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      41 18 Singapore will have to maintain its values of multiculturalism and tolerance. These will be increasingly valued in an era where these are becoming rare commodities (and, indeed, in an era where these qualities are persecuted in some quarters). SHASHI JAYAKUMAR 20
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      213 19 MANCHESTER 1824 The University of Manchester Manchester Business School Be firm in your business goals. But flexible in your approach. First, our students learn the fundamentals. Then they learn how to use them to their advantage. Because at The University of Manchester, we recognise that business success starts with original
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      82 25 Economics 0 Business Psychology S Information Systems 0 4 0 0 9 Singapore Management University PhD PROGRAMMES Research Excellence across Management, Social Science Computing 0 0 Specialised Fully-funded Academic Interdisciplinary Scholarships* Industry Research Placements Q World-class Professional City Campus Development Applications are open for August 2017 intake. Closing date for
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Outgoing director proud ITE no longer plagued by negative stereotypes
      802 26  -  HE STEPS DOWN AFTER A DECADE AT THE HELM FARIS MOKHTAR farism@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the early years of his tenure as director and chief executive of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Mr Bruce Poh (picture) noticed one thing about
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      Lock icon New chief aims to continue making technical education fulfilling
      660 26  -  FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —She does not come with a long background in vocational education, but incoming Institute of Technical Education (ITE) chief executive Mdm Low Khah Gek can remember one standout moment when the potential of the vocational track was made
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      Lock icon Ride-sharing service for schoolchildren kicks off today
      625 27  -  WONG PEI TING SINGAPORE Schoolber, a new ridesharing service for schoolchildren, will be put to the test on the first day of school today, as it kicks off operations with about 200 parents making school runs to pick up approximately 400 other children
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon China expects ivory trade ban to enhance its image
      1163 28 Decision to close market based on African concerns, desire to show global leadership MAMMOTH TASK AHEAD TO ENFORCE ACTION THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING —China’s vow to shut down its commercial ivory trade by the end of this year was welcomed
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      Lock icon Modi cash ban brings pain, but corruption-weary India grits teeth in support
      1456 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES MUMBAI It was a bold and risky gamble by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi that quickly seemed to backfire. The announcement of a ban on the largest currency bills circulating in India, which came
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  • world
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      Lock icon Trump’s Indonesia projects proceed despite potential conflicts of interest
      1345 32 Trump Organisation to honour ‘binding contracts’ for luxurious resort developments PRESIDENT-ELECT HAD PLEDGED THERE WOULD BE ‘NO NEW DEALS’ IN OFFICE THE NEW YORK TIMES JAKARTA —One resort, planned as the largest in Bali, will overlook a spectacular Hindu temple. The
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      Lock icon US condemns North Korea’s ‘provocative’ missile plan
      563 33 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —The United States early yesterday sharply condemned North Korea’s plan to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and warned Pyongyang against “provocative actions”. The toughly-worded statement by the Pentagon called on “all states” to show the North that any unlawful actions
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  • business
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      Lock icon China should set flexible 2017 growth target: Adviser
      464 34 BLOOMBERG BEIJING —China should set a more flexible 2017 economic growth target to give policy makers more room to enact reform, said Mr Huang Yiping, an adviser to the People’s Bank of China. He proposed a range of 6 per cent to
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Intelligent-tech arms race looming at CES
      768 36 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH L AS VEGAS —It was June 1967, the beginning of the summer of love. The Beatles had set the mood with the release of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and a sense of optimism filled New York’s warm air. This
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  • sports
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      Lock icon NEW HOUGANG HEAD COACH PHILIPPE AW TO FOCUS ON YOUTH
      761 38  -  Ex-Home United coach signs deal for one year, aims to develop promising players for S’pore LONG-TERM VISION IS TO IMPROVE LOCAL FOOTBALL NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Hougang United have officially appointed Philippe Aw as their head coach for the 2017
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      Lock icon AMRI GOES FROM YOUNG LION TO THIRD-TIME STAG
      257 38  -  NOAH TAN SINGAPORE —Tampines Rovers have confirmed the signing of national striker Khairul Amri. The 31-year-old, who scored Singapore’s only goal at the Suzuki Cup last year, joined the Stags from the Garena Young Lions on a two-year deal, Tampines general manager
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      Lock icon SCORPION KING GIROUD GETS 2017 OFF TO A FLYING START
      783 39 Spectacular goal hailed by pundits as better than Mkhitaryan’s effort against Sunderland THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Call off the search: Olivier Giroud has just scored the goal of the year just one day into 2017. The Arsenal striker has had
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      Lock icon SHANGHAI SIPG SUPPORTERS WELCOME OSCAR, THEIR S$96M MAN
      283 39 AFP SHANGHAI —Brazilian midfielder Oscar landed in Shanghai yesterday where the 25-year-old was set to smash the Asian transfer record with a reported €60 million (S$96 million) deal with Shanghai SIPG. Dozens of supporters chanting club songs swarmed the former Chelsea player
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      Lock icon GURU-GURU MASTERS HIS RIVALS FOR NEW YEAR WIN
      432 40 SINGAPORE Guru-Guru got his 2017 off to a great start on Sunday when the Faltaat four-year-old won the S$200,000 Group 3 New Year Cup (1,900m) at Kranji. With veteran jockey Azhar Ismail on top, Guru-Guru was up against stellar opposition such as
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE SILAT AIMING HIGH FOR 2017 SEA GAMES
      604 40  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE— It was a joyous affair yesterday night at the Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel as the Singapore Silat Federation (SSF) hosted a dinner for close to 30 guests to celebrate their athletes’ performances at last month’s World Pencak
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  • T TODAY
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      Lock icon SHERLOCK AND AWE
      765 41  -  AS THE HIT SHOW RETURNS FOR A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FOURTH SEASON, ITS PRODUCERS SOUND OFF ABOUT WHAT HAS MADE SHERLOCK SUCH A HIT MAY SEAH IN LIVERPOOL may@mediacorp.com.sg There is no denying that Sherlock is one of the biggest shows on television right now. Critics are almost
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      Lock icon The dark art of forecasting food trends
      1320 41 EATING HABITS THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Remember when wraps seemed revolutionary? Then you shifted into a comforting pot roast period, followed by the martini and cupcake years. In the mid-2000s, perhaps you pivoted into a complete rejection of carbs, then slid
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    • culture & lifestyle
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        Lock icon Breakup of Singapore team for Venice Biennale 2017
        731 44  -  Lead curator and project manager withdraw from representing Singapore A SURPRISE ENDING REENA DEVI reena@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Just five months after the National Arts Council (NAC) announced that a contemporary artist and an arts historian-curator will be Singapore’s representatives at the 2017 Venice
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        Lock icon Korean ban sees Japanese works make it big in China
        531 44 VARIETY/REUTERS LOS ANGELES Gender-swapping anime Your Name last month became the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time in China. But its significance may go beyond mere box office records. The recent warming towards Japan comes at a time when China
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  • Page 44 Miscellaneous
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      304 46 Mediacorp’s latest online TV service offers entertainment, lifestyle, information and news across multiple devices. Log on to www.toggle.sg or download the Toggle App now. TOGGLE-IT-FIRST Watch episodes in advance before anyone else. PAID HOME TRULY (EP 1) (PG) It’s Peng Dayu and A-xiang’s wedding day. As one of the groomsmen,
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