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  • 14 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp SATURDAY, 25 MARCH 2017 MCI (P) 026/06/2016
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  • 3187 1  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Given the current jobs situation, the periodic release of the official jobs data which has made for grim reading of late is typically followed by much handwringing. The latest 2016 labour market report issued by the Ministry
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  • 74 1 Thousands thronged the sidewalks of Hong Kong’s central financial district to attend an election campaign by candidate and former finance secretary John Tsang yesterday, two days before the city’s Chief Executive election. Mr Tsang, who is popular with the city’s residents, is one
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  • 839 1 AGENCIES LONDON —British police said yesterday they had made two further “significant” arrests over Wednesday’s terror attack outside Parliament, as the authorities combed through a large amount of evidence seized in searches across the country to probe deeper into the movitations behind the
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  • 3187 1 (2nd Edition)  -  KENNETH CHENG kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Given the current jobs situation, the periodic release of the official jobs data which has made for grim reading of late is typically followed by much handwringing. The latest 2016 labour market report issued by the Ministry
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  • 74 1 (2nd Edition) Thousands thronged the sidewalks of Hong Kong’s central financial district to attend an election campaign by candidate and former finance secretary John Tsang yesterday, two days before the city’s Chief Executive election. Mr Tsang, who is popular with the city’s residents, is one
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  • 838 1 (2nd Edition) AGENCIES LONDON —British police said yesterday they had made two further “significant” arrests over Wednesday’s terror attack outside Parliament, as the authorities combed through a large amount of evidence seized in searches across the country to probe deeper into the movitations behind the rampage.
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  • hot news
    • 624 2  -  SIAU MING EN IN HANOI siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg HANOI —Despite the uncertainty hanging over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the United States’ formal withdrawal, Singapore will continue its preparations to ratify the trade pact, the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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    • 378 2  -  SIAU MING EN Opening up the skies to allow flights to and from Singapore, Vietnam and a third country will benefit businesses and is among the ways to grow economic ties between the two countries, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
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    • 423 2  -  SIAU MING EN HANOI —The recent reorganisation of various agencies to push forward the Smart Nation drive was to bring about the right degree of centralisation and tighter coordination, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. While the Republic is digitalised,
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    • 401 4  -  SIAU MING EN IN HANOI siaumingen@mediacorp.com.sg HANOI —While Singaporeans must be conscious that an attack like the one in London could happen here, “we cannot be fortified every single moment of our lives”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • 593 4 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —The Malaysian police yesterday announced that they have arrested nine people including a primary school teacher across the country for terror links to Islamic State (IS) in recent days. The suspects included a duo plotting a bomb
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    • 637 6 AGENCIES LONDON Khalid Masood (picture), the Westminster attacker, snapped because of racism in his village and slashed the face of a cafe owner before being radicalised in jail. Born Adrian Russell Ajao, he was a career criminal with a history of violent
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    • 575 6 AGENCIES LONDON —The fact that Khalid Masood lived most recently in Birmingham, where he hired a car to carry out the terror attacks outside the British Parliament, did not come as a surprise to counter-terrorism experts. Birmingham has had a history of
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    • 459 7 S ING A POR E —Singapore’s high-end manufacturing sector will receive a boost with the opening of state-of-the-art facilities at US-based Emerson’s new global additive manufacturing (AM) centre in Pandan Crescent. The new centre uses advanced industrial three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities to produce
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    • 11 5 HOT NEWS ATTACKER A CAREER CRIMINAL, LIKELY RADICALISED IN JAIL 6
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    • 210 7 PEDORTHIC FOOTCARE ASSOCIATION Member of Pedorthic Footcare Association Happy Walker your foot solutions a •> y H a p pie Children Feet Customised Insoles by Happy Walker I 4 Mi Jfj /l) r r r mrr riirrrirri writ 4 Suitable for age 4 and above A (4, -A f*, A
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  • singapore
    • 98 10 Floating wetlands and timber boardwalk at Bukit Panjang’s Pang Sua Pond, which is part of PUB’s Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) project. The elevated boardwalk, suspended up to 7 metres over water, along with the two lookout decks built along
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    • 472 10  -  The tender to build own, operate and maintain the system with 100 docking stations closed in December last year with 13 bids PILOT MOOTED IN 2013 TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY KELLY NG kellyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Plans for a governmentfunded bike-sharing system in Jurong
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    • 306 10 SINGAPORE —A man was killed after he fell onto the tracks at Fajar LRT Station and was run over by a driverless train early yesterday morning. The man’s body was spotted by an SMRT employee after the last train
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    • singapore | news
      • 536 11 SINGAPORE Blood transfusions given to adult dengue patients with low blood platelet counts and who do not suffer severe bleeding are not effective, a study led by doctors here has found. Platelets are tiny blood cells that help one’s body to form
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      • 287 12  -  months after the seizure. ADDITIONal REPORTING BY FARIS MOKHTAR BY FARIS MOKHTAR SINGAPORE —The captain of the APL container ship carrying Singapore’s armoured troop carriers that was detained in November last year appeared in a Hong Kong court to face charges yesterday.
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      • 555 12  -  VALERIE KOH valeriekohsf@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —A man, who was not represented by a lawyer, had his conviction for heroin consumption overturned yesterday, after a High Court judge found “serious credibility issues” with the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer who
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      • 367 12  -  VALERIE KOH SINGAPORE A housewife was sentenced to five months’ jail yesterday for providing drug addicts with forged medical certificates (MCs) to cover their absence from urine tests. Nursusilla Kassim, 26, faced four charges of providing or selling forged MCs from
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    • singapore | business
      • 578 13 Increase in chip output led to a 12.6 per cent year-on-year rise in Feb, but rocky times expected AGENCIES SINGAPORE —Factory production rose more than expected last month from February a year earlier, thanks to a surge in chip output, but analysts
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      • 471 13 SINGAPORE Singapore Post and research platform Tumcreate will launch a trial next Tuesday of a prototype electric mail delivery vehicle with zero exhaust emissions and a storage system to boost the postal worker’s efficiency. The customised three-wheeler is designed to streamline postal
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    • singapore | sports
      • 825 14  -  With 23 votes, they are courted by Lim’s and Ng’s teams, and included in their slates NOAH TAN noahtanyw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Even before the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) conducts its first-ever election of office bearers on April 29, it is
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      • 341 14 INDIANA Joseph Schooling has expressed his satisfaction with his performances on the first day of the NCAA Championships after winning two team relay golds and an individual bronze. The University of Texas (UT) undergrad contributed to his varsity’s wins in the 200-yard
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      • 535 15  -  TEO TENG KIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E During the two years he spent fighting to save his beloved S.League club from being closed down, Woodlands Wellington FC supporter James Lim saw many things he felt needed to be changed in
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    • singapore | lifestyle
      • 778 16  -  The event will spill onto Empress Lawn, and is the brainchild of new CEO Sarah Martin REENA DEVI reena@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When Sarah Martin was in talks to take over the helm of The Arts House, she told the Arts House Limited
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      • 523 16  -  MAY SEAH SINGAPORE Nat Ho is known as an actor and a musician. But recently, he quietly added “stallholder” to his resume. He opened Love Bento, a food stall offering healthy, easy meals, at Shaw Towers’ Wild Market food court three months ago.
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      • 505 17  -  SONIA YEO SINGAPORE —As many as 200 companies are minimising the use of their lights for Earth Hour today. The usual slew of initiatives includes restaurants dimming their lights, and malls turning off their facade illumination. However, WooBar at W
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    • 134 15 mwm't DIPLOMA IN FILMMAKING /l\ ?§T>*MiS s^s+Hia^KUtiJE^. Beijing Film Academy and Singapore Media Academy presents this unique 2-year full-time diploma programme that will be taught in 2 countries and in 2 languages. Based on the prestigious curriculum of the world-renowned Beijing Film Academy, the alma mater of illuminary alumni, this
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    • 325 17 1 Mi r \r sm rtparents MAGIC SHOW 1 APRIL Your mini-me will love the free magic show at the atrium. v mm? 8 to 16 April (Weekend® Starting 18 March, 112 Katong will stage fantastic and fabulous activities kids will savour every weekend! Don’t miss the fun at entertainment
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1111 18  -  TAXI REGULATORS MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO STEP IN TO SET FARES HAWYEE AUYONG Hawyee Auyong is a research fellow at the Case Studies Unit of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Last week, ride-hailing platform Grab announced that it would partner five
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    • 875 19  -  TIME FOR UNION TO OPEN NEW CHAPTER IN ITS DEVELOPMENT MICHAEL PULCH Dr Michael Pulch is the EU Ambassador to Singapore. Last week, onboard the ITS Carabiniere, a European multi-mis-sion frigate that made its port-of-call in Singapore, we marked the 60th anniversary of
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  • voices
    • 118 20  -  FROM PERUMAL KRISHNA The recent talk about the importance of water conservation due to the impending water-price hike should not become an excuse for malls, food courts and other eateries to overlook hygiene matters. Patrons and food handlers still need to regularly wash
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    • 395 20  -  FROM JONATHON COCKS I read with interest the robust defence of the “Singapore way” as expressed by Lee Teck Chuan in the letter “Freedom with responsibility the Singapore way, unlike West” (March 24). I, too, share his admiration of the Singapore
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    • 205 20  -  FROM YEO SHUAN CHEE Working in the logistics field, I have recently seen many more customers demanding to see or take down our delivery workers’ names, identity card numbers and dates of birth. Although I understand and appreciate that customers are concerned about security
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    • 211 20  -  FROM CHRISTINE GAN TZE TING I am writing with regard to the article “Video series highlights ‘stories behind hawker food cooked with love’” (March 20) I am heartened that the startup WhyQ which pools food orders from hawker centres and food courts, and delivers
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    • 28 20 LETTER TOILETS AT COFFEE SHOPS, FOOD COURTS SHOULDN’T BE OPEN TO PUBLIC USE Visit todayonline.com/voices or download the TODAY app for the letter from Priscilla Poh Beng Hoon.
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  • world
    • 556 21 AGENCIES CANBERRA —Australia does not have to choose between the United States and China, said Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday, just as some officials in Canberra are questioning if the country should pivot towards Beijing. “We have a staunch, strong ally in
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    • 703 21 FINANCIAL TIMES TOKYO —Japan is launching an urgent drive to shore up the population of 148 remote islands as it tries to head off new territorial disputes with China and South Korea. According to officials working on the plan, the government
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    • world | news
      • 325 22 AP BEKASI, INDONESIA Indonesian police fired tear gas yesterday to disperse hard-line Muslims protesting against the construction of a Catholic church in a satellite city of the capital, Jakarta. Several hundred protesters from a group called Forum for Bekasi Muslim
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      • 754 22 AGENCIES WASHINGTON —United States President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to recalcitrant Republicans to fall in line behind a broad health insurance overhaul or see their opportunity to repeal the Affordable Care Act vanish, setting up a high-stakes showdown with members of
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      • 132 23 Ms Carrie Lam, 59 Former Hong Kong deputy chief executive She has worked in government since 1980 and led a government task force on political reform before its findings were rejected by pandemocrats in 2015 Widely seen as having Beijing’s backing Mr
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      • 855 23 AGENCIES HONG KONG Hong Kong authorities will deploy close to 2,000 police officers in a show of force to quell possible unrest as the territory chooses its next Chief Executive tomorrow. Security will be tight around the polling station in
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  • INSIDE ASIA
    • 660 24 KYODO NEWS TOKYO —Construction sites in Japan are enjoying a wave of automation amid an increasing shortage of labourers, with the introduction of robots to do the heavy lifting and drones that fly from above and instantly collect data. As the
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    • Article, Illustration
      91 24 Seoul returns Chinese soldiers’ remains A Chinese military officer saluting near the remains of Chinese soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War, during ceremonial rites to place the remains in a temporary military ossuary in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. Despite bilateral tensions
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    • 1571 24 SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG Middle-class mainlander Laura Zhang found the idea of owning a home overseas irresistible after being bombarded by commercials for an affordable project “near Singapore”. The Forest City project in the southern Malaysian state
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    • 100 26 They (the opposition) create false propaganda like the idea that this is a state on the verge of bankruptcy some of which sadly gains traction internationally. This running down of Malaysia is nothing less than economic sabotage for selfish and personal political gain. Malaysian Prime Minister
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    • 618 26 BANGKOK POST BANGKOK —Experts are supportive of new regulations that make it harder for people to obtain a driving licence in Thailand, and make it easier for the authorities to seize licences from errant motorists to ensure compliance with traffic laws.
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    • 61 27 March 26-29 French President Francois Hollande visits Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia as part of a tour to South-east Asia before ending his term. This will be his last tour to Asia as President of France, as he has decided not to stand
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    • 458 27 AGENCIES KUA L A TE R E NGG A N U The state capital’s newest and only cineplex began operations with a bang, with thousands of teenagers thronging Paya Bunga Square to watch the latest blockbusters. For
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    • 481 27 MYANMAR TIMES MANDALAY —This year’s Thingyan celebration, the Buddhist festival in Myanmar that marks the New Year, is being organised into modern and traditional sections. “This year, Thingyan will be totally different from previous Thingyans. Visitors and residents can enjoy
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 930 29 CHANNEL tellchannel5@mediacorp.com.sg 6.00AM There Was A Time II: C Banding Up Brothers Road To National Service (Part 2) (HD) 6.30 On The Red Dot 2016 In My Parents’ Shoes (HD) (CC) 7.00 The Dr Oz Show VI (HD) 7.40 Just For Laughs Gags XV (HD) 8.00 Classical Destinations (HD) 8.30
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