Today, 19 April 2017

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  • 13 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY mediacorp WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2017 MCI(P) 082/04/2017
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  • 71 1 Mr Othman Wok’s casket being carried by a Coffin Bearer Party, comprising nine officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Police, to a gun carriage following funeral prayers at the Sultan Mosque yesterday. Six roads around Victoria Concert Hall will be closed from noon
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  • 1825 1  -  NOAH TAN noahtanyw@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and FAS presidential hopeful Bill Ng yesterday traded accusations, as the saga surrounding a S$500,000 donation deepened. Making public several documents, the FAS accused Mr Ng of lying that
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    • 45 1 TH E DAI LY BRI E F New all-in-one health facility to open in Woodlands from 2022 HOT NEWS 2 69-year-old man arrested over Woodleigh MRT Station security scare HOT NEWS 2 In shock move, British PM calls for snap elections onJune8 WORLD NEWS 26
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  • hot news
    • 568 2  -  It will leverage heavily on smart tech for patient care, operations and infrastructure TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Touted as a pioneer of the next generation of healthcare facilities by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday, the Woodlands Health Campus (WHC) which will sit
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    • 694 2  -  KENNETH CHENG AND ALFRED CHUA kennethcjw@mediacorp.com.sg alfredchuam@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —For causing public alarm, a 69-year-old man was nabbed yesterday and two other men are called for questioning by the police after what was believed to be a
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  • othman wok: 1924-2017
    • 897 6  -  FARIS MOKHTAR AND TOH EE MING farism@mediacorp.com.sg toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite a torrential downpour yesterday, many Singaporeans turned up to bid farewell to the late Mr Othman Wok, as they paid their last respects at a private wake. Others gathered
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    • 245 6 SINGAPORE —Six roads around Victoria Concert Hall will be closed from noon today until 2am tomorrow, as part of traffic arrangements for the memorial service for the late former Cabinet minister Othman Wok. The roads are: Fullerton Road, Connaught Drive, St Andrew’s
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    • 105 7 Mufti of Singapore Dr Mohamed Fatris Bakaram leading the funeral prayer service for pioneer Cabinet Minister Othman Wok at Sultan Mosque yesterday afternoon. PHOTOS: FARIS MOKHTAR, WEETECK HIAN Left: Mr Othman’s State Flag-draped casket being transported by a Coffin Bearer Party comprising
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    • 286 8  -  TOHEEMING toheeming@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As dark clouds loomed overhead, the gun carriage bearing Mr Othman Wok’s casket reached Choa Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery yesterday afternoon as part of the State-assisted funeral for the pioneer leader. The casket was received at about 3.15pm by
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  • singapore
    • 93 10 The brick wall surrounding a bungalow at 66 Dalvey Road collapsed during a heavy downpour yesterday afternoon, while parts of the walls at houses numbers 64 and 68 also fell. The footpath was cordoned off and will remain closed until rectification work is completed, the
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    • 588 10 The authority is working with Acres to remove a monkey that is wreaking havoc in the area 160 ATTACKS REPORTED IN LAST SIX MONTHS SINGAPORE In the past six months, there have been 160 instances of wild monkeys attacking
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    • news
      • 233 12  -  ALFRED CHUA alfredchuam@mediacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE A 60-year-old man has been charged with setting a storeroom in St Hilda’s Church alight on the morning of Easter Sunday. Yeo Liang Chai was yesterday charged with one count of mischief by fire, an offence
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      • 740 12 SINGAPORE —The morning rush-hour commute yesterday was hit by delays on both the North-South Line (NSL) and the East-West Line (EWL), with a track fault at Khatib station on the NSL taking more than five hours to resolve. The second reported track
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    • business
    • sports
      • 600 14  -  TEOTENGKIAT tengkiat.teo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The year 2016 was an unforgettable one for Singapore sports, with landmark achievements courtesy of national swimmer Joseph Schooling’s historic Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro, and a record haul of three medals at the Paralympic
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    • entertainment
      • 519 15  -  The woman whom the actor gave money to has had other police reports filed against her SONIA YEO SINGAPORE At least two other people have lodged police reports against the same woman who allegedly cheated actor Edmund Chen of S$11,000. One man,
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • SKIN DEEP
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  • health
    • 1127 20  -  NUH develops screening system to assess swallowing abilities of those in intensive care unit PASSING ‘SWALLOW TEST’ THE FIRST STEP EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mechanical ventilators are a life-saving measure for critically ill patients who are unable to breathe
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  • comment & analysis
    • 1090 22  -  MAKE THE MOST OF VP MIKE PENCE’S VISIT TO JAKARTA HOANG THI HA Hoang Thi Ha is a lead researcher (political and security affairs) at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Asean Studies Centre. The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean)
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  • voices
    • 484 24  -  FROM WILLIAM WAN General Secretary, Singapore Kindness Movement Ms Diana Ser’s observations about parenting while on holiday in Japan gives us food for thought (What we can learn from Japanese parents; April 17). I agree with her that a “gracious society” should
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    • 180 24  -  FROM JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG People like me, from the pioneer generation, appreciate the contributions of the Old Guard, and Mr Othman Wok was one of the latter (Othman Wok, who helped PAP secure Malay ground, dies; April 18). His commitment to
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    • 147 24  -  FROM CAROL LIM SIEW IMM It is time, following the United Airlines incident, to change the airline rules for prepaid tickets (Solving the problem of overbooked flights; April 18). Overbooking should not be allowed; it is not as if seats are
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  • world
    • 798 26 AGENCIES LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May stunned Britain yesterday by announcing that she would call an early election on June 8, placing a bet that voters would give her Conservative Party a strong mandate as her government negotiates the country’s
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    • news
      • 601 27 Trump administration to work with Japan S Korea, China to curb Pyongyang’s ambitions AGENCIES TOKYO/BEIJING —United States VicePresident Mike Pence said yesterday that the Trump administration is committed to working with its allies to find a peaceful solution on
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      • 276 27 THE NEWYORK TIMES North Korea’s weekend military parade appeared intent on sending a message to the rest of the world: The country is seeking a programme sophisticated enough to ensure a guaranteed nuclear retaliation in any war, including against the United States. That plan
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      • 444 27 AGENCIES JAKARTA Jakarta’s hotly contested gubernatorial election runoff takes place today, with the Indonesian capital city on high alert amid rising sectarian tensions. A total of 65,000 security personnel from the police, armed forces and civil defence branches will be deployed all
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      • 349 28 REUTERS DARWIN —United States Marines began arriving in Australia’s tropical north yesterday for a six-month deployment during which they will conduct exercises with Australian and visiting Chinese forces. “I think that the commitment that we’ve taken to put a task force
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      • 318 28 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR —Controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik, currently on the run from Indian authorities, who are investigating him for terrorism, has had permanent residence (PR) status in Malaysia for five years, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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