Today, 15 April 2013, Afternoon Edition

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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Can’t afford to pay the bills? You’re hired
      439 2  -  AngMoKio residents who owe S&CC charges may be offered odd jobs under new scheme ASSISTING THE NEEDY TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A PORE —A scheme to help the needy by putting some cash in their hands and, in the process, help
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      Agency to address pre-school manpower crunch
      387 4  -  TRAINING AND PUBLIC IMAGE ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) will be taking various steps to alleviate the manpower crunch plaguing the pre- school sector. Among other things, it hopes to increase the capacity of training programmes, including in the
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      Lock icon Lion Air crash: Pilot felt plane ‘dragged’ from sky
      650 6 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS bali The pilot whose Indonesian jet slumped into the sea while trying to land in Bali has described how he felt it “dragged” down by wind while he struggled to regain control, a person familiar with the matter
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      Lock icon Bird flu virus spreads, two new cases in Henan
      560 8 Three cases reported outside of eastern China where the new strain emerged last month H7N9 STRAIN AGENCIES BEIJING Two people in the central Chinese province of Henan have been infected by the new strain of avian influenza, the H7N9 virus, the
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      Lock icon US will protect allies, but seeks peace: Kerry
      627 8 AGENCIES TOKYO United States Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday vowed that the US would protect its Asian allies against any provocative acts by North Korea but stressed that Washington wants a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the region. The North
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      Lock icon LEADING BRITISH UNIVERSITY ATTACKS BBC OVER COVERT NORTH KOREA TRIP
      212 8 AGENCIES A leading British university criticised the BBC yesterday for arranging an academic trip to North Korea to make an undercover documentary, saying it had put students who were unaware of the plans in danger.The renowned London School of Economics
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      85 4 302^ fUGV^ LET'S GO SHOPPING! Save on travel, splurge on shopping KUALA LUMPUR TOKYO PRICE FROM 90 PRICE FROM 569 BANGKOK LONDON PRICE FROM 209 *1,269 HONG KONG ALL-IN PRICE FROM PARIS 459 *1,589 Check online for more destinations book now! Booking period: Now 30 April 2013 Travel period: Now
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      133 5 NAFA-) stealing w degree programme enrolment se 27 Apr 2013 11 am NAFA Campus Take your talent to the next level with our top-up degree courses, offered in collaboration with our partners in the UK. Loughborough University Bachelor of Arts (Honours) 3D Design: New Practice Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Graphic
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      265 6 i unc in n CONNECTED WITH YOUR LIFESTYLE 9 15 APRIL /C 30 JUNE 2013 9 At jimction 10, the reward ends and it just got better! Collect stamps as you shop §nd stand a chance to spin our SURE-WIN wheel with'every 5 stamps collected! From dining to lifestyle' deals,
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      232 7 TPOSB Neighbours first, bankers second since 1877 f 4:1 HDB Loan V iKtXttlCil V. „ll iiiiv. Found your dream home? Our first priority is to offer you interest rate savings for 10 years. ii V.OMM e l tVvavv vxcessv Co \joau Your neighbourhood bank now protects you from interest rate
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  • comment &analysis
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      Lock icon From boom, to blowing bubbles
      1621 10  -  SINGAPORE PROPERTY MARKET DEVADAS KRISHNADAS Devadas Krishnadas, a social and political commentator, is the director of a foresight consultancy. Singapore’s property market has been framed as a success story. Prices have moved inexorably up since 2005 despite several rounds of cooling measures. The intervention of
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      Young voters as kingmakers?
      756 14  -  MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION MOHAMED NAWAB MOHAMED OSMAN Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman is a Research Fellow with the Malaysia Programme and Contemporary Islam Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. This is the fifth of a six-part series by RSIS commentators
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      305 10 BRITISH COUNCIL The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. Customer Services Executive In Singapore, the British Council is involved in teaching English, building relationships and promoting study opportunties between people in the UK and Singapore. With branches across the island, we are
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      37 10 The many choices that made certain companies great are consistent with just three seemingly elementary rules: 1. Better before cheaper, 2. Revenue before cost, 3. There are no other rules. MICHAEL E RAYNOR AND MUMTAZ AHMED 32
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      180 12 university lS|Pr GREENWICH V Rich history of academic excellence since 1890 V Ranked top 65 among UK Universities for Computer Science Guardian 2013 getITright Bachelor Of Science (Hons) Computing Awarded by: University of Greenwich Higher Diploma in Information Technology Validated by: Cambridge International Examinations Diploma in Information Technology Validated by:
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      454 13 SINGAPORE’S 3RD CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS DAY S CYBER SECURITY CHALLENGE TODAY! Challenge your creativity, innovation and understanding of infocomm security at this year’s National Infocomm Security Competition. From poster drawing to video production and development of online game plus coming up with IT security solutions, the National Infocomm Security Competition
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      229 14 s^tn?lYourjThroaHand I. n k S5l $300 cash -v i~.fi ■its. f Promotion Period: 01 April 2013 to 30 June 2013 Prize given are at the discretion of the judges. Winner do not have the option to choose their prizes How to participate: Send in contest form attached original receipt with
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      289 14 MALAYSIAN ELECTION COVERAGE ON PAGES 24 25 *5 Singapore-Stanford Biodesign Fellowship 2014 Call for Fellowship Applicants Be the next generation of medical device innovators of Asia f PI f ,1.1 f f ft f I-Singapore-Stanford Biodesign (SSB) Programme is a joint partnership between the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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  • voices
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      Lock icon Flying the flag for a gracious society on social media
      400 16  -  FROM MARIA TEO A few days ago, I found a pink wallet at the back of a bus I had just boarded. The driver told me to leave the wallet at the passenger service office at the bus interchange, but
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      Lock icon Children need better guidance in arts appreciation
      261 16  -  FROM LIU YIRU I watched a wonderful performance at the Esplanade last Friday evening by the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) Orchestra and Chorus, in celebration of NAFA’s 75th anniversary. Among the audience were distinguished composers, NAFA alumni, as well as guest
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      FAS, MSF should support efforts to help ex-FAS chief
      325 16  -  FROM RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO I was saddened to read of the plight of former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) chief N Ganesan, who is in a nursing home, bedridden with a speech impediment and memory lapses, and unable to pay his
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      35 17 www.meon3.sg Ofcial Balls From now till 30 April Official Game Ball Partners Managed by Sanctioned by Registration (cash only) can be made at World Of Sports, Wisma Atria Outlet. Brought to you by Supported by
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  • singapore
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      New heritage trail launched at Tiong Bahru
      693 18  -  Trail will offer insight into the area’s unique pre-war and post-war architecture SINGAPORE’S HERITAGE WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Like many places in Tiong Bahru, Block 78, which straddles Moh Guan Terrace and Guan Chuan Street, embodies a part of Singapore’s history. Built
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      Lock icon Namco Bandai S’pore studio to hire local talent
      382 19  -  EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Hit Japanese game developer and publisher Namco Bandai Games is looking to hire about 10 to 15 locals for its new regional headquarters in Singapore to develop content for its Asia-Pacific customers. The Singapore headquarters to open in
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      Lock icon 2,500 used cars which qualify for full loans sold: SVTA
      232 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —About a week after the authorities lifted borrowing limits for second-hand vehicles in stock before Feb 25, some 2,500 of these used cars about 30 per cent of the total number have been sold so far, according
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      159 19 X v [ain%Afays.com r ¥f TT of exotic India! thiruvananthapuram enjoy a picturesque and scenic view as you stroll along thiruvananthapuram’s famous lighthouse beach, not only can you enjoy surfing or a boat ride out, you can also sample the local delights at the snack stalls that line the beach!
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  • youth
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      Lock icon Discouraging youths from gang life
      635 20 Ex-members from two notorious Birmingham gangs set up social enterprise after a 20-year war VIOLENCE IN THE UK THE GUARDIAN LONDON —Tenesha is only 17 but has already lost four of her friends to stabbings or shootings. When she was eight, she saw her dad
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      133 20 Almost 50% of Singapore’s population suffers from symptoms of tooth sensitivity*. Are you one of them? Find out at the Sensodyne® roadshow. Come discover how you can get relief from tooth sensitivity without compromising on the benefits of regular toothpaste. Also, pledge to fight against tooth sensitivity by bringing your
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      53 21 s New Whimsical Web Series Debuts Exclusively on xinmsn 15 April 2013 art of oop Pierre Png, Romeo Tan, Jayley Woo, Tang Ling Yi, Lawrence Wong Also featuring: Josh Zhang and Wang Wei Liang from “Ah Boys to Men” Repeat telecast on Ch U from 12 May, Every Sunday 8.30pm
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  • china&india
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      Lock icon China’s bad air driving out expatriates
      876 22 Many leave out of concern over impact of pollution on family’s health; other push factors are food safety, water quality AIR POLLUTION DOW JONES BEIJING —After Beijing’s air-pollution readings soared in January, local executives for German automaker BMW received bad news several candidates for
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      Lock icon Finish job of eradicating polio, say top scientists
      384 23 It is possible, they say, because of the great gains India has made against the disease A REALISTIC ROAD MAP DOW JONES NEW DELHI Hundreds of leading scientists are urging the world to finish the job on polio, declaring that the disease
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      Lock icon 11 dead, 50 injured in Hubei hotel fire
      178 23 AP BEIJING A fire at an Internet cafe in central China spread to a hotel yesterday, killing 11 people and injuring 50 others, state media and firefighters said. The fire broke out in Xiangyang city in Hubei province, the official Xinhua news
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  • world
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      Lock icon US-China nuclear balance tested by Korean tensions
      844 24 Escalating crisis has increased urgency for regular nuclear security dialogue to build trust between allies: Analysts TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA DOW JONES BEJIING —The escalating crisis on the Korean peninsula is upsetting a delicate nuclear balance between China and the United States
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      Lock icon Najib cites improved public transport as reason to vote BN
      462 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR —Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday cited the “stark” improvement in public transport by his government as a reason to support the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition at the May 5 polls. Pitching his first personal
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      Lock icon Pakatan’s non-Malay candidates in Johor get support from Malays
      254 25 AGENCIES kulai Some of the predominantly Malay voters in Johor, a stronghold of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), have expressed support for non-Malay candidates in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, reflecting the close battle for the state in the
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      Lock icon Pakatan appeals to youths to defend Selangor
      381 25 AGENCIES SHAH AL AM —Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) leaders have called on Selangor’s youths to vote for them in the May 5 polls to maintain the opposition coalition’s hold on Malaysia’s richest state against the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) onslaught. “The youth have three
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      Lock icon Embattled Palestinian Prime Minister leaving office
      240 26 AGENCIES TEL AVIV Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (picture) is leaving office, opening up a leadership vacuum at a time when the United States is trying to restart peace negotiations and the Palestinian government is grappling with a financial crisis. Mr Fayyad resigned on
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      Lock icon Myanmar to ‘take lessons from past’
      247 26 ROAD TO DEMOCRACY AP YANGON Myanmar’s President said yesterday his country needs to learn from the violence and instability that has wracked the nation over the last two years if it is to overcome the challenge of democratisation. Mr Thein Sein spoke in a
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      Lock icon Celebrating Thatcher’s death
      49 26 AGENCIES Revellers in Trafalgar Square, central London, celebrating the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Saturday. Respected on the right for reviving Britain’s economy, Thatcher is reviled by some on the left for her bruising confrontation with the country’s union movement. PHOTO AP
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      Lock icon Emirati laws trap a doctor just passing through
      591 28 Paediatric oncologist has been stuck in the UAEfor 7 months UNEXPECTED LEGAL TROUBLES THE NEW YORK TIMES JOHANNESBURG For Dr Cyril Karabus, it was a routine job, albeit in an exotic location. For six weeks in 2002, he filled in for another
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      282 25 0 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS WSQ COURSES for DATING INDUSTRY FOR DATING AGENCY OWNERS PRACTITIONERS 1 ESTABLISH MANAGE A DATING BUSINESS REGISTER AT www, sgemployers.com Course Details: 25-27 Apr 2013* or 18-20 Jul 2013 A Time: 9am to 6pm Cost: $342.40 per participant (GST inclusive) Closing Date: *11 Apr 2013
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      108 26 Rouse your toes for a good cause. Sign up for the Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2013 barefoot walk. Your feet will love it and what's more, you'll be helping raise funds for projects that improve the living conditions of Singapore's elderly and less fortunate. Sign up at bareyoursole.org.sg Date: 1st
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      113 27 PAIR OF TICKETS TO J u. st do thi f s Ur\/. a/ f >1% m iCA Wt\ LvVM ■«xrr —^5^' r o Sr To veg' 5 \i\sT U\Ec^ to c oW- s 9 lodaV0°^ to3 Goo^™ Mfccwfc w a^ Siovea«a b .Goo! §e p' 3^ >PP Stof e cebooH
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      129 29 CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh) Bedok Green Primary School East Coast Primary School East Spring Primary School FirstToa Payoh Primary School Indian International School, East Coast Campus Greenwood Primary School Kranji Primary School Marsiling Primary School Nan Hua Primary School PasirRis Primary School Qihua Primary School Queenstown Primary School Sembawang Primary
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  • business30
    • STOCK CALLS
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        TRIYARDS HOLDINGS
        80 30 BUY (S$0.795) OCBC keeps call with S$1.07 fair value estimate. Says engineering and fabrication solutions provider’s second-quarter results in line with expectations. Triyards reported 23% on-year rise in revenue and 15% rise in net profit. Adds that management also receiving healthy enquiries for construction of self-ele-vating units and
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        THAI BEVERAGE
        57 30 OUTPERFORM (S$0.61) CIMB keeps call with S$0.77 target. Says S&P’s downgrade of ThaiBev’s debt to BBBfrom BBB on increased debt and lower cash flow not a concern. Adds that it highlighted previously the F&N deal would push debt levels higher. ThaiBev’s moves to dominate beverage sector in Singapore,
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        MAPLETREE LOGISTICS TRUST
        59 30 HOLD (S$1.32) OCBC downgrades from Buy and raises fair value from S$1.25 to S$1.34. Says investors finally acknowledging the trust’s attractiveness, as evidenced by its recent strong unit price performance. Believes the trust is now fairly priced. Adds: “Given the market conditions, we believe that any upside
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        GENTING SINGAPORE
        87 30 NEUTRAL (S$1.44) DMG Partners keeps call and lowers target to S$1.47 from S$1.57. Expects contribution from casino operation to grow by mid- to high-single digits, but cautions on greater default risks. Notes potential passing of a gaming Bill in Japan. Adds that Genting Singapore “likely to rope in
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      Lock icon China could tap policy brakes as economy gathers speed
      808 30 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS B EIJ ING China’s recovery from its slowest year of economic growth since 1999 likely accelerated in the first three months of 2013, fuelled by a credit boom that could quickly be thrown into reverse if property speculation
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      61 31 Rising inflation, stagnating wages, and the pain of economic restructuring What does this mean to the average worker? TALKING POINT ASKf** X Lr LT Acting Minister for Manpower, Tan Chuan-Jin is in the hot seat, in the final episode of Ask Minister Got a question for him? Tweet us ©tpvote,
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  • management
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      3 rules for making a company truly great
      1071 32  -  SECRETS OF SUCCESS MICHAEL E RAYNOR, MUMTAZ AHMED Michael E Raynor is a director at Deloitte Services LP, and Mumtaz Ahmed is a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and the Chief Strategy Officer for Deloitte LLP. They are the authors of The
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      162 32 ONLINE GURU TRADER Presents FREE TRADE TQ WEALTH SEMI A r WIN nNAR We Pay You If You Don’t Make Money Date: 15 April, Monday Time: 7.00pm 9.30pm Date: 17 April, Wednesday Time: 7.00pm 9.30pm Venue: Six Battery Road #20-01 Singapore *****9 (Above Raffles Place MRT Exit H) I Thomas
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  • technology
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      Lock icon Breaking the Surface
      329 33  -  Microsoft’s tablet is a PC in disguise well, almost MOBILE DEVICE PETER YEO peteryeo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Announced last October, Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet finally landed in Singapore earlier this month. It comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which has Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote.
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      155 33 A w> f 3' A i I used to love playtime with Ah Boy...until painful joints turned fun into torture. Then an old friend suggested Viartril®-S. Within weeks, I was having fun again. Beating th&payifi/ fe&U good! Tan Peng Thiam, 63 Doting Grandpa Take Viartril®-S Glucosamine Sulphate daily for healthy
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  • sports
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      Lock icon NASRI, AGUERO PUT CITY IN FINAL
      560 34 Mancini’s men survive Ba scare to maintain remaining hope for silverware ENGLISH FA CUP THE GUARDIAN CHELSEA MAN CITY 1 2 LONDON Manchester City beat holders Chelsea 2-1 yesterday to reach the FA Cup final, where they will be favourites to beat Wigan. Samir
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      Lock icon VAN PERSIE ENDS DROUGHT AS UNITED CLOSE IN ON TITLE
      400 34 AP STOKE —Manchester United resumed their charge to the Premier League title by outclassing Stoke 2-0 yesterday, with Robin van Persie ending his two-month goal drought on a day of jubilant celebrations involving managers. The striker hugged manager Alex Ferguson
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    • Article
      RELAY SPRINTERS BOOK SEA GAMES TICKET
      408 35  -  GERARD WONG Sports Editor gerard@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The national 4x100m men’s relay squad took a huge step towards realising their dreams of winning Singapore’s first South-east Asian Games gold in the event when they easily qualified for December’s Myanmar Games yesterday in their first competitive
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      Lock icon FERRARI’S ALONSO WINS SHANGHAI TYRE SHOOT-OUT
      707 35 Spaniard serves notice of team’s championship potential AP SHANGHAI —Fernando Alonso’s win at the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday announced the Ferrari driver as a strong contender for the Formula 1 championship after a comfortable victory which he claimed to have plenty to spare. Alonso
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      Lock icon MAGICAL MARLINS STAY PERFECT
      472 36 CHEERS NETBALL SUPER LEAGUE S I N G A P O R E The foreign players may have arrived to spice things up for the 2013 Cheers Netball Super League but, it is very much business as usual at the top end of the competition that
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      Lock icon RONALDO HITS 50 FOR THE SEASON
      446 36 AFTERNOON LATEST AP BARCELONA —Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 49th and 50th goals in all competitions this season as Real Madrid won 3-0 at Athletic Bilbao last night (this morning, Singapore time), while Barcelona didn’t need Lionel Messi to brush aside Real Zaragoza 3-0 and
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      Lock icon MILAN-NAPOLI DRAW LEAVES NO ONE HAPPY
      215 36 AP mi lan AC Milan and Napoli played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at San Siro in a battle for an automatic Champions League spot yesterday. It was a mixed night for Mathieu Flamini, who fired Milan into the lead in the 30th minute
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      Lock icon SCOTT BREAKS AUSTRALIA’S MASTERS DUCK
      441 37 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS AUGUSTA (GEORGIA) —Adam Scott ended decades of Australian disappointment when he became the first player from his country to win the Masters with a gripping playoff victory over Argentinia’s Angel Cabrera at a rainsoaked Augusta National yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Scott
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      Lock icon BACK TO SCHOOL FOR YOUNG GUAN
      260 37 REUTERS Chinese eighth-grader Guan Tianlang will get back to homework and thinking about his future after concluding his incredible adventure as the youngest ever competitor in the Masters yesterday. The 14-year-old Asia-Pacific Amateur champion hit a delicate downhill lag putt at 18 that stopped
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      560 38  -  2013 EXTREME SAILING SERIES: ACT 2 IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg S ING A POR E Windless conditions meant organisers were only able to run one of the eight planned races of the Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) yesterday at the Marina Reservoir. But it was
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