Today, 17 April 2017

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    13 1 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING mediacorp MONDAY, 17 APRIL 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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    Lock icon More homes, recreation areas to turn Woodlands into ‘Star of the North’
    999 1  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Woodlands will transform into the “Star Destination of the North” in the next decade, following a comprehensive facelift under the Remaking Our Heartland programme. An exhibition showcasing the proposed raft of plans for six
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    Lock icon CANADA MAKE HISTORY AT S’PORE RUGBY SEVENS
    76 1 Team Canada celebrating their 26-19 win over United States in the final of the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens at the National Stadium yesterday. The victory saw the unfancied Canadians claiming their first Cup title in 140 appearances at the World Rugby Sevens since
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    Lock icon China joins global calls for N Korea to stop ‘threatening behaviour’: US
    1199 1 AGENCIES SEOUL/PYONGYANG —Hours after North Korea’s failed missile launch, United States national security adviser Lieu-tenant-General H R McMaster said yesterday an international consensus that includes China has now emerged that Pyongyang’s “threatening behaviour” cannot go on. This comes
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      24 1 TH E DAI LY BRI E F First of 57 MRT trains with new signalling system rolls out on North-South Line HOT NEWS 7
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      13 1 FAS ex-chief and general secretary face questions over S$500k donation HOT NEWS 6
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      201 4 Working in Partnership with uo University of Northampton State-of-the-art Main Campus at3 Kay Siang Road, Singapore Singapore's 10 largest MBA programme 2016 (Singapore Business Review, 2016) One of Singapore’s 30 largest MBA programme (Singapore Business Review, 2014 2015) City Campus located at National Library Building, Singapore Premier College by Accreditation
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  • hot news
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      Most have switched to 3G as 2G shuts down tomorrow
      566 5  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With a day to go before the 2G mobile network shuts down fully, construction worker M Rajesh, 29, is relieved that he had just migrated to 3G and had no loss of network. Mr Rajesh, who
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      Lock icon FAS elections: Questions raised over S$500k donation
      981 6  -  TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With the battle heating up between rival groups as the inaugural Football Association of Singapore (FAS) elections draw closer, the spotlight has unexpectedly fallen on expresident Zainudin Nordin and general secretary Winston Lee. In particular, the pair are facing a
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      SportSG demands clarification on how money was used
      362 6  -  TEOTENGKIAT SINGAPORE —National sports governing body Sport Singapore (SportSG) has called for a full explanation from the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) over its usage of donations from Hougang United chairman Bill Ng. The reported sum of close to S$850,000 has caught
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      Lock icon First of 57 trains with new signalling system starts service
      487 7  -  Feature will cut waiting time; upgraded train to run every Sunday on North-South Line TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —Shortly before 8.30am yesterday, a 50-strong crowd gathered on the train platform at Ang Mo Kio Station, craning their necks whenever
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  • singapore
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      Lock icon Amid ringgit slump, a tale of two families’ contrasting fortunes
      1482 8  -  As the Malaysian ringgit continues to notch new lows against the Singapore dollar, TODAY reporter Wong Pei Ting (wongpeiting@mediacorp. com.sg) looks at how the fortunes of two families have changed. SINGDOLLAR HITS NEW HIGH OF 3.1786 AGAINST RINGGIT dollar, TODAY
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        Lock icon Q1 shares rally likely to ease for S’pore
        889 11  -  ANGELATENG angelateng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The solid performance of the local stockmarket in the first quarter of this year may have lifted Singapore out of the gloom from late 2016, but analysts caution that the Republic is not in the clear yet. A pickup
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        Are bullish crude oil prices here to stay?
        454 11  -  TEA LEAVES CAMELIA ONG SHI TING Camelia Ong Shi Ting is a dealer at Phillip Futures Crude oil prices have recovered sharply and are on a strong uptrend, trading at six-week highs. Oil prices were boosted by the continued disruptions, which halted
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        Lock icon Don’t put too much stock in market forecasts
        1151 12  -  ON THE MONEY AWCHOONHUI today@mediacorp.com.sg Aw Choon Hui is the deputy CEO of GYC Financial Advisory, a licensed financial adviser and registered fund management company. Investors often seek direction from financial experts on where they should invest, which gives the financial industry
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    • sports
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        Lock icon Historic win for Canada at S’pore Rugby Sevens
        503 13  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The gutsy Canadian 7s team were crowned champions of the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens last night in a dramatic end to a day of upsets at the 55,000-seater National Stadium. A 26-19 victory over the United States
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        Lock icon World No 1 shuttler Tai smashes to fifth straight title with S’pore Open win
        578 13  -  TEO TENG KIAT SINGAPORE World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying (picture) is proving to be an unstoppable force on the badminton world circuit, with the Taiwanese extending her winning streak to five consecutive titles yesterday after
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    • lifestyle
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        Lock icon What we can learn from Japanese parents
        967 14  -  Discover the secret behind their children’s good manners PARENTING MATTERS DIANA SER features@mediacorp.com.sg Diana Ser is a TV host who currently runs online portal Crazy About Chinese, which encourages parents to teach their children the Chinese language through daily activities. She is married
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    • entertainment
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        Lock icon Zoe Tay wins Best Actress at Star Awards
        1468 16  -  Accolade is her first such win at the awards show in 21 years; Chen Hanwei gets Best Actor MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JILLALPHONSO, HON JINGYI AND SONIA YEO SINGAPORE Call it a great comeback moment for the Queen of Caldecott.
        ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JILLALPHONSO, HON JINGYI AND SONIA YEO; PHOTO: JASON QUAH; PHOTOS: JASON QUAH AN D HONJINGYI  -  1,468 words
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  • Learning Minds Special
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      Lock icon Helping from experience
      425 18 Mr Tho Wai Keong uses his experience and advanced diploma in psychology as a stepping stone to doing good Being sent to the school counsellor over scuffles with classmates when he was younger got Mr Tho Wai Keong thinking about human behaviour. In turn, it inspired him
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      Lock icon Making sense of business
      443 19 Ms Eng Su Ting learns more about business law, procurement and economics Ms Eng Su Ting may have just started her studies in Bachelor of Business Studies (Honours) in Business with Law last October at Kaplan. But she already likes what she’s learning. “Business studies has
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      Lock icon For China, Trump realises trade and security do mix
      1075 20  -  U.S. OFFERS BEIJING BETTER TRADE IF THEY HELP WITH N KOREA NOAH FELDMAN Noah Feldman is a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard University and was a clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter. His seven books
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      Lock icon Ample India a wellspring of hope and awe
      831 21  -  NATION’S ALCHEMY IS GOOD DESPITE ERRORS ROGER COHEN Roger Cohen is a columnist at The New York Times, where he was previously foreign editor. THE NEWYORK TIMES By various accounts, there are five or six Jews left in Cochin, but Jew Town,
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      Lock icon What skills does Singapore need for the future economy?
      1111 22  -  ABILITY TO ADAPT WILL BE KEY DERRICK CHANG Derrick Chang is Chief Executive Officer of the PSB Academy. We live in a time when roughly half of the jobs in 2020 are not yet known to us, and conversely, half of
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      30 20 Rather than moulding the workforce for the unknown jobs of the future, educational institutions should instead focus on imparting the adaptive skills needed for the future economy. DERRICK CHANG 22
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  • world
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      Lock icon Ties warm between PAS, Umno ahead of Malaysian election
      602 24 PAS president Hadi says collaboration necessary for the ‘good of Islam and the people PARTIES’ RELATIONSHIP WAS PREVIOUSLY TENUOUS THE MALAY MAIL ONLINE KUALA LUMPUR —Malaysia’s opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang said voters should select either his
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      Lock icon Controversial cleric tells India: ‘Come find me in Malaysia’
      453 24 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik challenged Indian authorities to locate him in Malaysia, following New Delhi’s plans to seek Interpol assistance in a terrorism investigation against him. “Such a cowardly investigation. They have got no guts. If they
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        Lock icon POPE CONDEMNS ‘OPPRESSIVE REGIMES’ IN EASTER MESSAGE
        105 26 Pope Francis waving to the crowd as he delivers his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (To the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square at the Vatican yesterday. He denounced ‘oppressive regimes’ in his message, but in an apparent call
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        Lock icon POPE CONDEMNS ‘OPPRESSIVE REGIMES’ IN EASTER MESSAGE
        105 26 (2nd Edition) Pope Francis waving to the crowd as he delivers his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (To the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square at the Vatican yesterday. He denounced ‘oppressive regimes’ in his message, but in an apparent call
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        Lock icon Outgoing HK leader spars with lawmaker over govt’s tech policy
        492 26 SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG —A war of words erupted between Hong Kong’s outgoing Chief Executive and pan-democratic lawmaker Charles Mok yesterday after the latter wrote an article criticising the government’s policies in innovation and technology, saying it lagged
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        Lock icon Outgoing HK leader spars with lawmaker over govt’s tech policy
        492 26 (2nd Edition) SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST HONG KONG —A war of words erupted between Hong Kong’s outgoing Chief Executive and pan-democratic lawmaker Charles Mok yesterday after the latter wrote an article criticising the government’s policies in innovation and technology, saying it lagged
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        Lock icon China, Nepal hold first joint military drill ever
        313 26 AGENCIES K ATHMANDU —China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises yesterday, a move likely to rattle New Delhi as Beijing boosts its influence in the region. Impoverished Nepal is sandwiched between China and India, and has in recent years pingponged
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        Lock icon Philippines to hold annual drills with US troops next month
        327 26 (2nd Edition) AFP MANIL A —The Philippine military said yesterday it would hold annual exercises with United States troops next month, reaffirming its commitment to the alliance despite cooling relations under President Rodrigo Duterte. The annual military exercises, known as Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder),
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        Lock icon Crime rate, economy benefit from Indian state’s alcohol ban
        1095 28 THE NEW YORK TIMES BANDOL (INDIA) —Dozens of women brandishing brooms swooped down on a straw house in this village on a recent weekend, sending the owner fleeing through a rice field as they seized buckets of fruit juice being fermented
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