Today, 13 March 2017

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  • 14 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY mediacorp MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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  • 66 1 A vehicle carrying South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye, 65, from the presidential Blue House to her private home in Seoul yesterday. She is South Korea’s first democratically-elected leader to be forced from office, after the Constitutional Court on Friday removed her over a massive
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  • 608 1 Chinese courts heard 45,000 cases last year as top prosecutor vows no let-up in graft fight AGENCIES B E I J I N G —The number of corruption cases heard by Chinese courts jumped by about one-third last
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  • 66 1 (2nd Edition) A vehicle carrying South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye, 65, from the presidential Blue House to her private home in Seoul yesterday. She is South Korea’s first democratically-elected leader to be forced from office, after the Constitutional Court on Friday removed her over a massive
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  • 607 1 (2nd Edition) Corruption cases heard by Chinese courts up by about one-third last year to 45,000 AGENCIES B E I J I N G —The number of corruption cases heard by Chinese courts jumped by about one-third last year, as
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  • hot news
    • 1022 2  -  But job does not add to their resumes and does not include medical leave CPF, experts say APPLICATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL LICENCE OPEN TODAY KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —When she was winding down the cleaning firm she ran with
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    • 917 4 AGENCIES NEW DELHI —With an overwhelming victory in India’s most important state election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured his place as the country’s most influential leader in more than three decades, eclipsing his rivals and positioning his party
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    • 228 4 Keshav Prasad Maurya, 47 The current Uttar Pradesh BJP unit president (right) and a senior party leader. Mr Maurya is also Phulpur Member of Parliament. His appointment as the president of the state unit was aimed at garnering support among those who are
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    • 643 6 AGENCIES SEOUL —Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye yesterday struck a defiant tone towards the corruption allegations against her as she vacated the presidential palace, while her likely successor, liberal politician Moon Jae-in, pledged to work hard for justice and common sense. “I feel
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    • 552 6 AP SEOUL —The future of South Korea’s Constitution has emerged as a major political topic after the Constitutional Court removed Ms Park Geun-hye as president last week. Several parties, including conservatives, said South Koreans should vote on a new Constitution in addition to a
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    • 331 7 SINGAPORE —The 25-year-old driver who was arrested after an accident that killed two men and injured six others on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) last Saturday will be charged in court today. The police said yesterday that
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    • 1018 8  -  RUMIHARDASMALANI rumih@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —When Zalora opened its first store at ION Orchard in October 2014, the online fashion retailer noticed that four out of five customers purchasing at the pop-up store were first-time buyers. The offline strategy, aimed at building
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    • 132 10 Ashley Lim powering her way to victory in the 200m butterfly for 12-year-olds at the China Life 48th Singapore National Age-Group Swimming Championships. The Singapore Swimming Club swimmer won the event in a new meet
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    • 1068 10  -  TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Sport Singapore (SportSG) has acknowledged that its ActiveSG Football Academy may have affected the businesses of private academies, but its chief executive officer Lim Teck Yin is not making any apologies for how the academy is run.
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  • Singapore
    • 528 11  -  PROGRESSIVE ROLL-OUT FROM JUNE KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Students to senior citizens will soon have more avenues to buy or replace their public transport concession fare cards. From June, TransitLink will be progressively rolling out 10 new kiosks at
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    • news
      • 674 12  -  TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Nestled in a corner of the Kembangan-Chai Chee Community Hub is a 56-seater cafe called the APSN Mystical Cafe For All. While its staff may take a little longer to serve customers, they dish up plenty of magic
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      • 337 12  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE While fiscal adjustments were “not major” in this year’s Budget, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is going through an “overwhelming” adjustment in order to prepare children for changes in the world coming their way, said Education
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      • 475 13  -  SIAUMINGEN siaumingen@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —When water levels in the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor—which allows Singapore to reliably draw water from the Johor River, accounting for half of the Republic’s water needs fell to historic lows in the middle of last year, the Nee
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    • business
      • 925 14  -  ON THE MONEY RICHARD HARTUNG today@mediacorp.com.sg While life and health insurance policies are commonplace, insurance companies now offer coverage for risks you might not even have thought about. You can get insurance to protect your pets, artwork, golf game, cyber security risks or even
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      • 441 15  -  TEA LEAVES BERNARD AW Bernard Aw is an economist at IHS Markit. The impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye comes at a time when the country’s economy is grappling with weak growth momentum and geopolitical tensions. The Nikkei South Korea Purchasing
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    • sports
      • 125 16 Singapore Community Games 2017 (SCG) started yesterday with an expanded suite of sporting opportunities, including Children and Corporate categories, introduced for the first time. In its fifth edition, the SCG will bring multiracial and multi-generational national-level competitions to the heart of the community. This
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      • 869 16  -  TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore —It was just his third competitive 400m race ever, but Thiruben Thana Rajan (picture) was feeling confident ahead of it. But even he did not expect to smash a 32-year-old meet record at the 43rd Singapore
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    • entertainment
      • 392 17  -  Roy Payamal was arrested outside Takashimaya on Saturday and was back performing yesterday REENADEVI SINGAPORE Singapore’s “Silver Man” and pioneering busker Roy Payamal was arrested on Saturday night in front of Takashimaya but was released on bail yesterday morning and back performing last
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    • lifestyle
      • 1068 18  -  Many parents find it tough to find the middle ground on how hard to push their kids PARENTING MATTERS ANAOW features@mediacorp.com.sg Ana Ow is a full-time copywriter and freelance writer who has authored pieces ranging from travel to parenting. SINGAPORE I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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    • 145 13 *»!rNS5P FROM MY GENERATION TO YOURS DATE OF ISSUE: 14 MARCH 2017 r A LASTING SALUTE TO ALL OUR NATIONAL SERVICEMEN Singapore Post commemorates 50 Years of National Service I'.. Passing of the National hirst batch of NSFs enlisted First batch of NSFs enlisted into SPF Introduction of Open Mobilisation
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    • 153 17 LAY ITAGE CENTRE m. l Ml m ni: ...M s iSi The Malay Heritage Centre is housed in the former Istana Kampong Gelam, which was gazetted as a National Monument in 2015. The centre showcases the history, culture and contributions of the Malay community within the context of Singapore’s history
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    • 188 18 Prof Tim Boatswain Chairman, TEG Board of Directors, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Huddersfield, University of Bedfordshire Education is our business where students come first. DISCOUNT for Singaporeans, PRs and Work-Pass Holders FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE University of Sunderland University of Sunderland BTEC Approved Centre MSC BEng Diploma MSc Engineering
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1150 19  -  NEW BUSINESS MODELS ARE NEEDED JEREMY LIM Dr Jeremy Lim is head of the Health and Life Sciences Practice in Asia at Oliver Wyman, the global consultancy. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and his team deserve full credit for presenting, last week,
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    • 1539 20  -  IT COULD FOIL CHINA’S ABILITY TO DETER NUCLEAR ATTACKS CHRIS BUCKLEY Chris Buckley is Beijing correspondent for The New York Times. THE NEWYORK TIMES Mao Zedong famously dismissed the atomic bomb as a “paper tiger”, able to kill and terrify, but not decisive
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  • voices
    • 227 22  -  FROM SEAHLAYKHIM I refer to the Big Read article “Price of success? How S’pore’s water conservation message got diluted” (March 11). I support the need for all Singaporeans and our foreign friends living and working among us to appreciate the
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    • 80 22  -  FROM SAM LAU I refer to the Big Read article “Price of success? How S’pore’s water conservation message got diluted” (March 11). Water prices can be tiered to usage level for each household type. This way, households that use water conservatively pay a lower
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    • 188 22  -  FROM SHIRLEY TAN I refer to the article “Legal smoking age to be raised to 21” (March 10). Smoking, especially among the young, is a very serious issue that should be looked into from a systems perspective. Unfortunately, we are addressing it
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    • 182 22  -  FROM LIU RIJING I refer to “Grooming S’poreans to be global citizens who can thrive anywhere” (Feb 27). The writer paints a picture of the future economy being less certain, where jobs are less secure and people have to have more than
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    • 356 23  -  FROM SOH SAI BOR Acting Assistant Chief Executive, Economic Regulation Division Energy Market Authority MICHAEL TOH Director, Water Supply Network Department PUB, the national water agency CHUAH KEE HENG Managing Director, SP Services SP Group We thank Mr James Poh Ching
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    • 99 23  -  FROM PETER YU I disagree with one point in the letter “Offer public transport subsidies to help S’pore become car-lite” (March 11), where the writer suggested raising taxes for private vehicles as one alternative to reforming the public transport fare structure. The vehicle
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  • world
    • 487 24 China’s students appear to be at class ‘in body but not in spirit’, says worried politician OUTDATED CLASSES, CRUDE TOOLS ARE ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES REUTERS BEIJING China is doing a poor job at political education for university students because the classes are outdated and
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    • 400 24 SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG Hong Kong will not rule out imposing requirements for flats to be built above a minimum size, as the number of tiny flats in what is already the world’s least affordable housing market continues
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    • news
      • 1763 26 Defenders of the US Secretary of State say his low visibility is due to hard work behind scenes KISSINGER ‘IMPRESSED’ WITH U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE’S CONFIDENCE THE NEWYORKTIMES WA SHINGTON —Mr Henry Kissinger slipped into the State Department two weeks ago for a
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      • 450 28 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Controversial Islamic scholar Zakir Naik has denied allegations that he is a terrorist amid investigations against him for terrorism in India. He said those who accused him of being a terrorist could be “terrorists” themselves.
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      • 499 28 AFP YANGON The family of Myanmar’s last King hit out yesterday at a Thai soap opera inspired by the palace intrigue of their ancestors, accusing Thailand of double standards in how it treats another country’s royals. Mr Soe Win, the
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 983 30 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 Euromaxx (HD) 10.30 JML TV Home Shopping (Paid Presentation) 11.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show XIV (HD) (PG) 11.50 Just For Laughs Gags XV (HD) NOON Food Factory IV
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