Today, 7 March 2017

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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp TUESDAY, 7 MARCH 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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  • 1023 1  -  PMETs are facing ‘a new bottleneck’ during period of economic transition: Swee Say KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More white-collar workers will get greater support in the job market, with higher wage subsidies for firms taking on these employees. Under the Career Support Programme (CSP),
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  • 1023 1  -  PMETs are facing ‘a new bottleneck’ during period of economic transition: Swee Say KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More white-collar workers will get greater support in the job market, with higher wage subsidies for firms taking on these employees. Under the Career Support Programme (CSP),
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  • 61 1 Expelled North Korean ambassador to Malaysia Kang Chol (centre) being escorted by the police to the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday, where he boarded a 6.25pm flight to Beijing. In a tit-for-tat move, Pyongyang also demanded that Malaysia’s envoy
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  • hot news
    • 656 2 AGENCIES SEOUL/TOKYO Tokyo and Seoul reacted angrily yesterday after Pyongyang fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan’s north-west, days after North Korea promised retaliation over United States-South Korea military drills it sees as a preparation for war. China, one
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    • 521 2  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Even if the taxi operators’ requests to introduce new ways of charging commuters such as surge pricing are accepted by the authorities, commuters will still be able to pay metered fares when they book taxis,
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    • hot news | parliament
      • 392 4  -  KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —Ask senior career coach Cheng Hing Nan about the don’ts of the job-search process, and chances are, he will advise you against firing off resumes aimlessly, hoping an interview lands. Jobseekers run the risk of flooding the
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      • 449 4 (2nd Edition)  -  KENNETH CHENG SINGAPORE —Ask senior career coach Cheng Hing Nan about the don’ts of the job-search process, and chances are, he will advise you against firing off resumes aimlessly, hoping an interview lands. Jobseekers run the risk of flooding the
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      • 432 8 Companies in infocomm technology finance sectors taken to task by ministry SINGAPORE Some 250 companies have been placed on a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) watchlist for not doing enough to hire and groom Singaporeans as of the end
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      • 260 8  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE —The threshold of the fulltime equivalent (FTE) salary used to determine the number of local workers a company has, and to calculate their foreign worker quota will be raised by S$200 to S$1,200 in two phases from July 1.
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      • 396 8  -  KENNETH CHENG The authorities are considering spelling out by law the clear role of corporate officers in ensuring workplace safety, Minister of State (Manpower) Sam Tan announced in Parliament yesterday. Speaking during the debate on the budget of the
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      • 662 10  -  Rise of the gig economy calls for rethink of current labour laws to give workers proper support KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With freelance work becoming more common, the Government will set up a tripartite workgroup to study the concerns faced by those
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      • 642 10  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —In support of efforts to embrace a gig economy in Singapore and to provide stronger workplace protection for freelancers, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has launched a mediation subsidy for those caught in disputes relating to work done by
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      • 679 12  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —With earlier efforts to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) go digital failing to gather steam, and many saying they are not sufficiently tech savvy, the Infocommunications Media Development Authority (IMDA) is stepping in to
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      • 537 12  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —Public service broadcasting must continue to produce quality local content and stay relevant in the digital age, said Minister of State (Communications and Information) Chee Hong Tat yesterday, as he announced a Content Development Fund to keep public
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    • 116 6 Guests looking at the Kyo Project, which consists of a series of furniture and lifestyle products created by Singapore designers and Japanese craftsmen, at SingaPlural 2017 yesterday.The special collaboration marks 50 years of established diplomatic relations between Japan and Singapore. SingaPlural 2017’s
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    • 512 6  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —In the next three months, the Government will tie up with private sector employment agencies which have been working with governments in the United Kingdom and Australia to help secure jobs for two groups of workers:
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    • 345 6  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE —A Central Provident Fund (CPF) annuity scheme with increasing payouts will kick off next January, and members hoping to switch from their existing plan to the new option will be given one year to do
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    • 935 14 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey has asked the Department of Justice to publicly reject President Donald Trump’s assertion that former president Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr Trump’s phones, senior American officials said
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    • 611 14 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES WA S H I N G T O N President Donald Trump late last night signed a revised version of his executive order banning migrants from predominantly Muslim nations, removing Iraqi citizens from the original travel ban at the
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    • 351 14 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey has asked the Department of Justice to publicly reject President Donald Trump’s assertion that former president Barack Obama ordered the tapping of Mr Trump’s phones, senior American officials said over
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  • singapore
    • 557 16  -  KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —From book swaps in workplaces to promoting Singapore literature and reading in one’s mother tongue, the National Library Board (NLB) is doubling its efforts to promote reading among adults this year. According to an inaugural study on
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    • 594 16  -  KELLY NG SINGAPORE —The Broadcasting Act will be updated this year to take into account changes to the media landscape, among them the wide variety of content on the Internet. With overseas content providers directly targeting Singaporeans, the Government needs
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    • singapore | news
    • singapore | business
      • 643 22  -  RUMI HARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp,com.sg SINGAPORE —The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will monitor financial institutions in the Republic more closely to ensure they have the right culture within their organisations, as the regulator seeks to go beyond compliance and control measures to
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      • 420 22 SINGAPORE —In line with Singapore’s focus to strengthen its position as a leading digital health hub, government investment vehicle EDBI and Dutch consumer technology giant Royal Philips said yesterday they will accelerate their joint investment alliance and co-invest in high-potential digital
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    • singapore | sports
      • 893 24  -  Development team has suffered in S.League raising doubts over SEA Games preparation TEO TENG KIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They are Singapore football’s development pipeline for the SEA Games and national teams, formed in 2003 to compete in the S.League in the hopes of
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      • 291 24  -  TEO TENG KIAT SINGAPORE –Singaporean shuttler Yeo Jia Min won her first title of the season on Sunday after capturing the Yonex Dutch Junior International crown. The top-seeded 18-year-old, currently No 2 in the world junior rankings, beat No 5 Pattarasuda Chaiwan
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      • 714 25  -  Singaporeans to face each other at collegiate swim event this month after Quah gets green light to compete LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Up-and-coming young swimmer Quah Zheng Wen is all set for an exciting showdown with Singapore teammate and
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    • singapore | lifestyle
      • 769 26  -  S’porean artists envision the products we will use in 2065; local designers collaborate with Japanese craftsmen REENA DEVI reena@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A vision of the future that is what 10 top designers and 10 illustrators were tasked to imagine, and then present, for Singaplural 2017.
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      • 432 26  -  MAY SEAH SINGAPORE Royal Caribbean International has entered a second multi-million-dollar marketing partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Changi Airport Group (CAG). The initiative is aimed at encouraging overseas visitors to Singapore to embark on a cruise out of the country on
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    • singapore | entertainment
      • 482 27  -  Ning Cai will also be the first Asian to perform at the South Tyneside Magic event CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For 10 years, Ning Cai astounded audiences with her daring escape stunts as one-half of the awardwinning magician duo, JC Sum and Magic Babe
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1273 28 The real threat employees in Singapore face in the competition for jobs is not technology but global competition, said Minister for Manpower Lim Swee Say during the parliamentary debate on his ministry’s budget. He also explained why the net growth in
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    • 2458 29  -  CORPORATE CULTURE UNDER THREAT CHOESANG-HUN, PAUL MOZUR Choe SangHun is The New York Times’ Korea correspondent and Paul Mozur is a technology reporter based in Hong Kong. THE NEWYORK TIMES Jay Y Lee, heir to one of the world’s biggest corporate empires, followed in
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    • 29 28 Skills training and retraining are crucial in an evolving economy, although oldschool concepts remain relevant and useful in discovering new ways of doing things and creating work opportunities.VOICES• 32
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  • voices
    • 256 32  -  FROM JAMES POH CHING PING We are already mindful of the scarcity of water in Singapore and that the state is working towards self-suf-ficiency with NE Water and desalinated water (“Price hike debate should remind S’poreans of water’s importance: PM”; March 3).
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    • 146 32  -  FROM SHIRLEY SWEE Many suggestions have been put forward following the announcement of the pending increase in water prices (“Provide raw water for non-drinking purposes” and “Saving water: Move beyond price to focus on public education”; March 6). The toilet auto-flush system
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    • 176 32  -  FROM MARTIN PIPER In the report “Govt has no plans to repeal section 377A for now” (March 2), the Prime Minister said: “I believe if you have a referendum on the issue today, 377A would stand.” But I expect that if there had been a
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    • 345 32  -  FROM JOACHIM SIM KHIM HUANG It is said that the biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. We can all be a better student, worker, employer, child, spouse, parent or teacher, and lead more fulfilling lives. Education imparts the conceptual frameworks for solving
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  • world
    • 600 34 SENTIMENTS BECOMING INCREASINGLY BITTER AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR/PYONGYANG North Korea said yesterday it would expel Malaysia’s ambassador in a tit-for-tat move just as Pyongyang’s envoy left the South-east Asian nation in the evening in an increasingly bitter row over the assassination of Kim
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    • 686 34 AFP VARANASI (INDIA) Boat owner Prabhu Sahani backed Mr Narendra Modi in the 2014 general election, but the Indian Prime Minister will not be getting his vote when the ancient city on the Ganges goes to the polls again tomorrow.
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    • world | news
      • 490 35 REUTERS MANIL A A retired policeman testified before a Philippine Senate hearing yesterday, and admitted to killing nearly 200 people as part of a death squad under President Rodrigo Duterte when the latter was the mayor of Davao City. Mr Arturo Lascanas
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    • world | business
      • 955 36 AGENCIES BEIJING China’s minister for economic and development policies has downplayed concerns of slower economic growth, saying Beijing is confident about charting a healthy and steady course of growth. A press conference yesterday was the first for Mr He Lifeng as
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    • world | sports
      • 1145 37 PSV, AZ see cognitive training as the next breakthrough in identifying, improving players THE NEW YORK TIMES EINDHOVEN —Some of the young players enrolled at PSV Eindhoven’s academy have had to burst balloons. Others have been told to shoot dots, and
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 1024 38 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIII (HD) 7.00 First Look Asia (HD) 9.00 The Dr Oz Show VII (HD) 10.00 Arts 21 (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIV (HD) (PG) 11.45 Just For Laughs Gags XV (HD) NOON Food Factory
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