Today, 4 February 2017

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    14 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY mediacorp SATURDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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    Lock icon Help or hindrance? There’s a downside to posting clips of traffic incidents
    2113 1  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Since his colleagues introduced him to online pages featuring traffic accidents, near-misses, inconsiderate drivers and such, Mr Toh who did not want his full name used has submitted more than 10 video clips culled
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    Lock icon U.S. VOWS ‘OVERWHELMING’ RESPONSE IF PYONGYANG USES NUKES
    93 1 United States Defence Secretary James Mattis burning incense at the National Cemetery in Seoul yesterday, as his South Korean counterpart Mr Han Min-koo (right) looks on. Mr Mattis, who is on his first overseas trip as Pentagon chief, assured key allies South
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    Malaysia to challenge Pedra Branca ruling with ‘new facts’
    686 1  -  ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ELIZABETH ZACHARIAH AND NEO CHAI CHIN SING A PORE Malaysia, citing “new facts” discovered in recently declassified British documents, has filed a challenge to the 2008 decision by the International Court of Justice (IC J) that ruled Pedra
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      30 1 TH E DAI LY BRI E F Red Dot Traffic building to be repainted SINGAPORE NEWS 10 Kovan double murder: Former cop to hang after losing appeal HOT NEWS 2
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      28 1 IN THE WORKS: RESERVED STALLS FOR BUDDING HAWKERS HOT NEWS 4 METRO FOUNDER’S GRANDSON ADMITS TO SMOKING CANNABIS EVERY DAY SI NGAPORE NEWS 12 HOT N EWS 5
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      Lock icon Ex-cop to hang for Kovan double murder after appeal is denied
      910 2  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg trying to accept reality.” additional REPORTING BYVALERIE KOH SINGAPORE Ex-cop Iskandar Rahmat’s appeal against the death penalty for a 2013 double murder was thrown out yesterday by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that premeditation was
      trying to accept reality.” additional REPORTING BYVALERIE KOH; TODAY FILE PHOTO  -  910 words
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      BANK DEBTS LED TO PLAN TO ROB, KILL
      364 2  -  KELLY NG Iskandar Rahmat, a 14-year veteran in the police force, schemed to pay off his bank debts by robbing and killing father-and-son duo Tan Boon Sin, 67, and Tan Chee Heong, 42. On July 10, 2013, the body of the younger
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      KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
      195 4 The Hawker Centre 3.0 Committee proposals come under four broad categories: 1 Sustain the trade and support the injection of new blood through •Practice-oriented training programmes to develop hawkers’ culinary and business management skills •An incubation stall programme to give aspiring hawkers a chance to try their hand
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      Lock icon ‘Tasting portion’ among ideas to get more into hawker trade
      788 4  -  SIAU MING EN SINGAPORE —To encourage more to enter the hawker trade, stalls could be set aside for aspiring hawkers to try their hand at running the business under the guidance of veterans. And with most hawker centres located in
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      Lock icon Mattis vows full, unwavering US support for key allies Japan, S Korea
      810 5 AGENCIES TO K YO/ S EO U L United States Defence Secretary James Mattis reassured two key treaty allies, Japan and South Korea, yesterday of America’s full commitment to their security, and warned North Korea against using nuclear
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      Lock icon Trump sends top aides to placate Australia after testy call
      489 5 AGENCIES WASHINGTON DC —United States President Donald Trump dispatched two top advisers to reassure Australia’s ambassador of American support for a decades-old alliance, a day after reports of his criticism of a refugee resettlement deal in a heated phone call.
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      Lock icon In reversal, Trump follows Obama’s foreign policy playbook
      1137 6 THE NEWYORKTIMES WASHINGTON President Donald Trump, after promising a radical break with the foreign policy of Mr Barack Obama, is embracing some key pillars of the former administration’s strategy, including warning Israel to curb settlement construction, demanding that Russia withdraw from Crimea
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      Lock icon US jobs growth surges to 227k to beat expectations
      632 9 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —Jobs growth in the United States surged more than expected last month, a sign that President Donald Trump has inherited a robust job market. The US Labour Department said yesterday that employers added 227,000 jobs in January, the most
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      80 3 DELIGHTFUL DINING TREATS Mondo Mio Robertson Quay Siam Society Jalan Riang Sen of Japan The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands Good Old Days Sentosa The Clan Dhoby Ghaut Tolido’s Espresso Nook Crawford Lane Hoshino Coffee Capitol Piazza Arbite Serangoon Gardens With Feast, you can now savour mouth-watering 1-for-1 dining treats
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      Lock icon Red Dot building to lose unique hue in S$25 million extension project
      547 10  -  CONSTRUCTION TENDER TO BE CALLED THIS MONTH VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For over a decade, the Red Dot Traffic building has been an iconic landmark on Maxwell Road, with its firecracker-red walls standing out amid a cluster of
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      TURNING TO THE PAST
      252 10  -  VALERIE KOH To unravel some of the curiosities of the Red Dot Traffic building, six students from the Singapore University of Technology (SUTD) will spend the next six months speaking to retired traffic policemen and revisiting their memories of the old Traffic Police Headquarters, which was
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        Dentist suspended, fined for not supervising oral health therapist
        258 11  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE A dentist and an oral health therapist have been suspended over procedures that were performed on a patient without proper supervision, the Singapore Dental Council said in a press release yesterday. Dentist Sharifah Nazilah
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        Lock icon LUCKY TIMINGS
        93 11 As Li Chun rolled around yesterday, marking the start of spring, long lines formed at ATMs around the island, such as this one at an OCBC branch in Northpoint, at around 12.30pm. Some Chinese believe that depositing money at auspicious times on Li Chun will bring them more
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        On Parliament’s agenda: Town Councils Act, road safety, trade issues
        387 11 SING A PORE —Changes to the Town Councils Act are due to be tabled on Monday when Parliament sits, with the Town Councils (Amendment) Bill to be read for the first time. Last year, the Ministry of National Development (MND)
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        Lock icon Hariss will benefit from playing in Spanish third division, say experts
        1173 13  -  Pundits familiar with Spanish football say standard is higher than S’pore, Malaysia leagues TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As Hariss Harun prepares for his first foray into Europe, pundits familiar with Spanish football have warned that the Singapore international midfielder will
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE QUALIFY FOR WORLD FLOORBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
        101 14 Singapore have qualified for the women’s World Floorball Championships (WFC) later this year after beating New Zealand yesterday afternoon. Jill Quek’s charges ran out 7-1 victors over the hosts at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington to take the fourth and final qualification slot
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        Lock icon Hafiz warming up to life in Thai football following new club deal
        974 14  -  With wife by his side, S’pore midfielder is determined to prove his worth at BBCU NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg BANGKOK —January has proved a memorable month for Singapore international Hafiz Abu Sujad. First, he signed for Thai League 2
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        Lock icon Award-winning Foo’d at Victoria Theatre
        781 15  -  Michelin-starred Davide Oldani ventures into Singapore with a restaurant at Victoria Theatre Concert Hall MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The restaurant scene in Singapore has become so vibrant that more and more of the world’s top chefs seem eager to set up shop here. The latest
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      Lock icon Siege mentality takes hold in Indonesia
      978 16  -  POPULARITY OF HORROR FILMS COULD REFLECT INGRAINED SUSPICIONS ABOUT FOREIGNERS JOHANNESNUGROHO Johannes Nugroho is a writer and businessman from Surabaya. In a recent post on Facebook, Hollywood actress Milla Jovovich thanked her Indonesian fans, as the movie she stars in, Resident Evil: The Final
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      Lock icon The risks of a Democratic war against Trump
      1231 17  -  RASH ACTIONS COULD LEAD TO NATIONWIDE CONSEQUENCES PRASHANTH PARAMESWARAN Prashanth Parameswaran is associate editor at The Diplomat Magazine based in Washington, DC, where he writes extensively about US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific, Asian security affairs, and South-east Asia. He is also
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      30 16 So where do we draw the line between protecting animals and accepting them as part of our lives, and eradicating them totally because they have no relevance to us?VOICES 18
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      Lock icon Machete-wielding ‘terrorist’ shot during attack near Louvre museum
      566 19 SECOND MAN SHOWING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR ARRESTED AGENCIES PARIS —A French soldier patrolling at the Louvre museum yesterday shot and seriously injured a machetewielding man who yelled “Allahu Akbar” (“God is greatest”) as he attacked security forces, police said. Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve
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      Lock icon Trump pick for envoy to China keen to ‘increase trade, enhance ties’
      459 19 REUTERS BEIJING —United States President Donald Trump’s pick for Ambassador to China, Mr Terry Branstad, said he would help increase trade in a “winwin” for both countries, reported Chinese state media, amid concerns over protectionist talk from the
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        Lock icon Gunners must go right to exploit Blues’ weakness
        1008 26  -  Unless you are a Chelsea fan, no one wants to see a runaway one-horse race to the English Premier League (EPL) crown, so Arsenal owe it to themselves and the chasing pack to keep things interesting with victory at Stamford Bridge tonight.
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        BIG-MATCH PREDICTIONS
        199 26 Hull City vs Liverpool (Tonight, Singtel Ch103 StarHub Ch228; 11pm) People scoffed when the Tigers appointed Marco Silva as manager last month, but he is turning Hull City into an assured, tactically astute outfit. Buoyed by their draw at Manchester United, Hull can ruffle Liverpool’s feathers too. I
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          Lock icon A welcome distraction
          93 22 A bull savar jockey) guiding his animals as he competes in a bull race in Pind Sultani, Pakistan, on Jan 31. Bull racing in the country is a centuries-old tradition, in which thousands of villagers gather to watch men race a pair of bulls while balancing on
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        Japan tries to revive carpentry by luring grads
        846 22  -  KYODO TOKYO —Heisei Corporation, a small construction company in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has a pool of 220 carpenters, many with graduate degrees from the country’s top schools, such as the University of Tokyo. The company is a bright spot in the
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        Lock icon Kickbacks from drug firms plague China’s health system
        1451 22 CAIXIN ONLINE BEIJING —Last month, a doctor at a Shanghai hospital was caught on camera accepting four cash envelopes within three minutes from pharmaceutical agents, and even telling one that he would prescribe enough drugs so that the salesman could afford a
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        NEXT WEEK ONE THING TO LOOK OUT FOR
        100 25 Feb 9-10 Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi (picture) will make an official visit to Singapore at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries.
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        Lock icon In Thailand, a lone crusade against lecturers with fake degrees
        826 25 BANGKOK POST BANGKOK —Dr Weerachai Phutdhawong (picture), an associate professor of chemistry at Kasetsart University, has no background in criminology or investigative work. But he has been exposing scams for nearly a decade. His target: Lecturers who buy fake degrees
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        Lock icon Animal rights activists slam Taiwan’s ‘holy pig’ festival
        295 25 REUTERS SANXIA (TAIWAN) The owner of the winner of Taiwan’s “holy pig” ceremony this week defended the Chinese New Year tradition against critics who argue the fattened animals are raised under cruel conditions. The ceremony harkens back to a time when early
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        Lock icon Ankle bone replicated with 3D printing tech in medical first for Hong Kong
        430 23 ing emergency treatment. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG In a medical first for Hong Kong, doctors at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital have used 3D printing technology to manufacture a replica of a talus a
        ing emergency treatment. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST; PHOTO: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST  -  430 words
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        QUOTE OF THE WEEK
        124 24 Mr Duterte said this when he announced on Thursday that the military would take a leading role in his deadly war against drugs, where he vowed to kill more traffickers and addicts. The police had initially led the anti-drugs campaign, but Mr Duterte had to sideline
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        Lock icon Sun sets on Bagan temple climbers
        591 24 THE MYANMAR TIMES BAGAN (MYANMAR) —Sunrise and sunset viewings atop Bagan pagodas will soon be a thing of the past. The popular tourist drawcard will be banned after this year’s tourist season, an officer from the Archaeology, National Museum and Library Department told The
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      85 26 OTHER LIVE FIXTURES TODAY Chelsea vs Arsenal Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub Ch 227, 8.30pm Southampton vs West Ham Singtel TV Ch 102 StarHub Ch 227, 11pm Everton vs Bournemouth Singtel TV Ch 104 StarHub Ch 229,11pm Crystal Palace vs Sunderland Singtel TV Ch 105 StarHub Ch 230, 11pm Watford
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      942 27 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM There Was A Time (HD) C 6.30 On The Red Dot It Takes A Village (HD) (PG) (CC) 7.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) 8.00 Food For Thought (HD) 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune XXXIII (HD) (CC) 9.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 10.00 Euromaxx (HD)
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      320 27 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 SPORTS Watch LIVE Premier League matches. PAID HULL CITY VS LIVERPOOL Liverpool travel to Hull City as they attempt to put their latest Premier League
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      192 28 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 ORIGINALS Check out exclusive series produced by Toggle anytime, anywhere. K.O. (PG13-VIOLENCE) The protagonist of this series is a girl who may seem weak on
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      980 28 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM Two Greedy Italians II 7.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) 8.00 Food For Thought (HD) 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune XXXIII (HD) (CC) 9.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 10.00 This Is Opera (HD) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIII (HD) 11.40 Just For Laughs Gags
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