The New Paper, 27 May 2001

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  • NEWS
    • 431 2  -  By Fraemoneon Wee THEY looked sombre, standing around at the orthopaedic ward of Singapore General Hospital yesterday evening. They were relatives of a police officer whose hand had to be amputated after a routine exercise on Pulau Senang went awry in the morning. There
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    • 91 2 A TWO-DAY carnival began yesterday at the Police Academy, signalling the start of the Singapore Police Force's annual Police Week. The special focus this year is to raise $250,000f0r charity and honourthe spirit of volunteerism here.' Mrs S R Nathan, wife of
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    • 657 4  -  Byl Lee Tee Jong Business is good for this hair salon. Especially because it is close to the juvenile court. It is a-salon that serves a lot of youngsters, dyeing their hair in various colours. And then it gets some more who are in a hurry to get
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    • 518 5 SURE, you can say "dosai" and "curry". But next time you go to Serangoon Road, see if you can pronounce "escargot" and "duck a Torange". If you can't, well, you can still order French onion soup. And mind you, we aren't talking of
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    • 970 6 Early last year, a man literally beat the senses out of his wife. He smashed her head into the furniture, walls andfloor causing her to lose her sense of smell, then taste. She tells FRAEMONE WEE what it's like
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    • 111 6 VIOLENT blows to the head can cause you to lose your sense of smell. "Severe head injuries can tear nerve fibres that connect the nose to the brain, and that can affect one's ability to smell," said Dr Ho K H, consultant neurologist at Gleneagles Hospital. Dr Ho
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    • 727 8  -  The Chuas' kidney back-up plan is an unusual one, says Dr Akira Wu, consultant renal physician. Dr Wu said the closest case he has heard of is one from the US two years ago. The parents of a child with leukaemia had decided to have
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    • 92 8 EARNIE had deplastic kidneys, a condition in which the organ has not developed normally and cannot function well, said her doctor, Professor Yap Hui Kim, head of pediatric nephrology of the Shaw-NKF-NUH Children's Kidney Centre at the National University Hospital. Before the transplant, Earnie had to undergo 10
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    • 1071 10  -  Viagra has been on the local scene for more than two years now. It has'changed the lives of many men who use it, and surprisingly, the life of a doctor who prescribes it REPORTS NG WAN CHING There was a woman on the phone, threatening to
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    • 352 11 JOHN (not his real name) goes off to Malaysia to get his supply of Viagra. A pill there is cheaper by about $2. It costs $22 here. He swears by it, though it gives him a headache. "It's worth it, a small price to
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    • Article, Illustration
      178 11 SP took Viagra for a year, but he's off it now. The 52-year-old started suffering from impotence 10 years ago. When Viagra came along two years ago, Prof Peter Lim asked if he wanted to take part in the trial. Said the father-of-two: "I was one of
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    • 228 11 AT any one time, one in two men here suffers from impotence due to psychogenic and physical factors, said Professor Peter Lim. Psychogenic factors include stress, worry, relationship problems and performance anxiety. Performance anxiety can be a vicious cycle. For example, if a man tries to
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  • 638 12 Tell mum I love her very much IT'S past 2am on a Wednesday and I'm huddled on a narrow bench outside Radio Gate at Caldecott Hill, waiting for an ex-colleague. Since January, Fve been listening to him on Perfect 10 late at night. I hear him, his silver Mazda RX7
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  • NEWS
    • 948 14  -  BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR: GES INTERNATIONAL'S GOH LIK TUAN AND... By Ng Wan Ching AS a young bride, Mrs Kessy Goh knew that she and her husband would have to work hard for a bright future. So, she did not complain when her husband, Mr
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    • the new paper MAID THE YEAR 2001 WESTERN MONEY UNION TRANSFER
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        396 15 Today is the last day to vote for The New Paper-Western Union Maid of the Year2001. Here is a summary of each finalist's unique contributions You can read the full story of each of the Maid of the Year finalists on our website at: newpaper.asial. com.sg FINALIST
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      • 137 15 YOU have read about the finalists. Now's your chance to vote for the winner. The winner of The New Paper-Western Union Maid of the Year 2001 crown will win $5,000 cash. The first and second runners-up will win $3,000 and $2,000 respectively, and the other three finalists
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    • 826 16  -  He heads an international chain of hotels, but he has... By Ichigo Umehara I AM amused whenever visitors look for my office at the Pan Pacific Hotel at Marina Square. Little do they know that they'll never find it. Unlike most other presidents or chief executives,
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    • 251 17 BESIDES the pursuit of business excellence, I also believe that work must be meaningful in a personal way. That is why one of our core values is to make a difference to the lives of people, especially the under-privileged ones, and thereby enriching the
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    • 251 17 YOITVE read their stories. Some have written in to say how much you love them. Thank you Sue-Lynn for your kind words. You wrote: "I love your Expat Page very much. It's something I look forward to every Sunday. I'm sure many others would agree with me
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  • ATA GLANCE
    • 237 18 IT may be hard to say Tm sorry', but in recent years, people are going public with it. The number of public apologies in the newspapers is growing. Mrs Elsie Chua, who heads The Straits Times' Classifieds section, said apology notices make up about 2 per
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    • 66 18 A boat in the shape of a fish cutting through a red ribbon to mark the opening of the Forth and Clyde canal in Falkirk, Scotland, yesterday. The canal was re-opened after decades of being closed. It allows passage from the North Sea across
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    • 206 18 IN ry v $ml 3* HE didn't want to be caught by the police for speeding. But he died, after colliding with an alleged drink driver. The 21-year-old died of multiple injuries after he flew off his motorcycle, crashed into the windscreen and landed on
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 80 18 THE CPF Board will continue to pay its minimum interest of 2.5 per cent a year on members' ordinary and Medisave accounts in the next quarter (July 1 to Sept 30). The interest rate is usually based on fixed-deposit and savings interest rates paid out
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      • 89 18 HI, good-looking, I'm a sergeant, want to join the army? Don't be surprised if this happened to be what you overheard at the disco-cum-pub and restaurant, China Jump, yesterday. In its latest bid to attract women, the Army Recruitment Centre is picking them up at the disco.
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      • 87 18 GOOD news for the sick elderly from low-income families. From July, they can go to 72 more family clinics where they will be charged subsidised rates. Altogether, there are 95 GP clinics providing such subsidised medical services. These clinics serve nine areas. A polyclinic in Clementi,
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      • 78 19 18m lawsuit dropped THE Singapore High Court has dismissed an US$10 million ($18m) lawsuit against the Crown Prince of Johor. It ruled that the case should be tried in Malaysia as most events took place there. Also, all the witnesses are Malaysian. Malaysian businessman Captain Hamzah Mohamed Noor had alleged
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      • 96 19 A 46-YEAR-OLD Singaporean was killed after he was shot outside a disco in Johor, Malaysian police said yesterday. District police chief Abu Bakar Said the victim, Ng Khen Kay, was shot in his chest at close range early yesterday, AFP reports. Mr Ng was rushed to the
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      • 86 19 A NARCOTICS officer who asked for and was paid a bribe by a loanshark was jailed seven months on Friday. Ong Hoe Seng, 32, a corporal with Jurong's Central Narcotics Bureau division, was found guilty of soliciting money on Feb 16 last year, and receiving $500 from
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      • 84 19 FROM next month, passengers who are rude to airport check-in staff will be barred from boarding British Airways flights. And, those causing more serious incidents may even face a possible life ban. The airline has re-written its conditions of carriage to warn travellers that they will be prevented
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      • 87 19 HE was supposed to give a talk about the progress of Asian-Americans in the US. But the first Asian-American in the US House of Representatives, Mr David Wu, was delayed 15 minutes by security guards at the Energy Department on Wednesday. Mr Wu, 46, said he
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      • 88 19 CHELSEA Clinton has a chance to read history at University College, Oxford, after impressing tutors in a discreet interview, The Times of London reported. Miss Clinton, 21, accompanying her father, former US president Bill Clinton, on a visit to the UK, slipped away for an hour-long interview
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    • 102 19 IF THAI'S YOUR THING...: Come down to the Thai Lifestyle fair at the main atrium of Marina Square, Level 2, from 11am to 9pm tomorrow. Shop for hand-crafted Thai goods and sample delicious Thai cuisine. If you buy $50 worth of goods at the mall and Marina
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    • 363 19  -  MATTHEW THOMMEN REMEMBER Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid joking of his predecessors the first being crazy about women, the second being crazy about money and the third being just plain crazy? I guess he himself has always been crazy about jokes. It's
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 46 19 I Showers with thunder >n the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, western and eastern Singapore. erammmmmmmmam norm Thtrce-stoi-ns sunrise 6.56 om rL. sunset 7.08 pm «fr P°% H moonme 10.49 am sff faa&a 1 wimrn 26 C firsllkla 3.0 m: 1.03 m 2D
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  • 950 20  -  GUEST EDITOR 3 NEXT WEEK: Marketing manager of Star TV (SEA), Yoesman Sugianto Cheryl Marie Cordeiro MISS SINGAPORE UNIVERSE 1999 IT was the complaints from viewers of the Miss Singapore Universe 2001 pageant, on how poorly the girls answered questions which sparked a renewed interest from
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  • Health Now WITH JOANNA HUGHES
    • 298 22 THE really hot diets now are high-pro-tein ones. And they sound like a dieter's dream: A diet with butter and cream on it! While doctors and nutritionists debate the value of these diets, they have raised one important question for all of us: Just how much protein
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    • 271 22 TMifmi i with flats Food combining is a fad that's been around in one form or another for 100 years. Basically, food combiners say that food is metabolised better if you eat certain foods together. Some combiners won't eat meat and vegetables together; others wont eat
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  • NEWS
    • 704 23 The Singaporean police officer was on a shopping trip in Batam when he was arrested. He was charged with using fake money, and has been held in jail there for four months. If found guilty, he can be imprisoned for up
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    • 698 24 Busy week on Everest T7JI f 1. J 1 world s highest peak, taking advantage of a break in the weather. At least 50 teams are currently oh their J.. way to climb Everest before the short mountaineering season ends this Thursday. AP. AN
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    • 336 25 YOU normally adopt someone to legally make that person your child. But in the US, a man has adopted his gay partner of 32 years so as to establish a legal family relationship, The Washington Post reports. Holland legalised gay marriages
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    • 380 25 JOHANNESBURG graveyards are running out of space. As the Aids epidemic gathers pace in South Africa, some cemeteries have already been closed, while others are bursting at the seams. And the authorities are contemplating drastic measures to give themselves more time: Multiple
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    • 248 27 SINGAPORE IS 4TH BUSIEST SURFER AP. AS you are reading this, someojie near you is probably clicking away on the mouse. According to study results released on Friday, Asia is now the "engine room" driving most of the world's Internet activity. Internet research firm
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    • 101 29 Reuters. HE used to be the poster-boy for reform. That got him elected as the Prime Minister. Now, Mr Junichiro Koizumi is fast becoming the poster-boy who's adorning the walls of Japan. Maybe it's the long, tousled hair... a la Richard Gere. Maybe it's the personality. But
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    • 148 30 BRITNEY Spears (left) has sparked rumours about her love life by refusing to say if she's still a virgin. The 19-year-old pop star admitted she struggles to abstain from sex when she's around N'Sync boyfriend Justin Timberlake, reported Sky News. In a magazine interview,
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    • 175 31 ZH ai[ ZZ 1% TV WORKS PRESENTS A musical extravaganza created by Dick Lee, in his I first major production since returning to Singapore! I The story of four ordinary Singaporeans with secret dreams I and houu those dreams come true one magical night. 8T dp I TAN as CYNTHIA
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      507 34 Off to Laos —to build a CC School holiday special Most students work in fast food chains, restaurants or stores to rake in some extra money during their holidays. But not all of them are in search of cold, hard cash... LIN Zhi Hao is still having a
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    • 415 34 HE knows that many of his peers will be taking on vacation jobs next month. "I don't think it's wrong," says Kelvin Ong, 15. "Unfortunately, the vast majority are only doing it to earn extra money so they can satisfy their material wants. "I
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    • 290 34 HE spends most of his vacation in a fantasy world called the Fragile Forest a home to scorpions, tarantulas, butterflies and the occasional lemur. No, he isn't devouring comic books. The 19-year-old polytechnic student spends his vacations working hard. And he doesn't make a cent from it.
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    • 230 34 KEEN to offer your help during the school holidays? Try these places: The Singapore Zoological Gardens Interested parties should be expected to work at least a minimum of six hours each day. Jobs include cleaning, scrubbing, washing, preparation of food and care of animals. You must be
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    • 1409 36  -  SIVA CHOY CAROL LEONG ME: Hey, Joe I'm phoning you because Gilbert told me someone removed your notebook from your car, and I was thinking that there have been a lot of cases recently of thieves breaking into cars and
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      272 36 WITH a name like Dim, I can only light up your life! Unlike some ladies, I'm not ashamed of my age I'm a dignified five-year-old. I'm a big girl too. And I'm perfect for people who want a less active friend at home. I love to be carried
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    • 614 37  -  New fortnightly parenting column for you! GLORIA CHANDY gloria@sph.com.sg I've always been an advocate of early learning. Not LEARNING for real. Fun learning. I bought cloth books, propped my child up oh-my knee and read to her from the time she was a baby. I
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    • 298 37 FEED children from an early age on a rich diet of stories, rhymes and songs to develop their oral, listening, reading and writing skills. Traditional and new rhymes, rhymes with action, fingerplays and songs build intonation patterns and a store of oral vocabulary. A solid
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    • 377 39  - A great history h A j I Wf% d £jH (ft TV WATCHIT ARULJOHN SUN, sand and sea. Pearl Harbor (as the Americans spell it) in Hawaii in 1941 is like a tropical paradise. American sailors flirt with pretty girls wearing little more than grass skirts and flower garlands. The
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    • 277 41  -  MATTERS OF THE HEART AND SOUL I HAVE known my boyfriend for 11 months. He is 26 years old. Seven months ago, we became lovers. The problem is that I'm only 16 years old and my family is very against the age gap that exists
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    • 186 41 Last week's letter: TAKESHI is 19 and in love with a girl two years his senior. He does not care that she is older than him. To him, she's an angel beautiful, sweet-natured with one of the nicest voices he's ever heard. He has not
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    • 145 41 Readers' advice: I UNDERSTAND how you feel about liking someone older than you. I'm 19 and thought I was crazy about this guy who is eight years my senior. He was very sweet a real gentleman. He said he had no girlfriend and I thought I stood
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    • 129 41 WHEN you love somebody, let them know how you feel. You should not worry about what others have to say about you falling for an older girl. It is none of their business. The important thing is that as long as you both like each other and
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    • 519 42 I AM a 20-year-old currently serving NS. I have a very short fuse and fear that my temper will jeopardise my career. Ever since I was 14 years old, I can't seem to control my bad temper. I think I am smart and talented. I work hard
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    • 255 42 I KNOW X and regard him as my own father. He is 35 years old. I pity him. He is in an unhappy marriage. I really don't know why he married his wife in the first place. He doesn't get any freedom and there is no
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    • 226 42  -  DR LIM SU MIN I'M A 16-year-old schoolQboy. What is pornography? I keep hearing the word being used. Is looking at pictures of naked women considered pornography? Would pictures of women wearing bikinis or bras be considered pornographic? Also, my right nipple is harder than the one
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    • 144 42 lAMa 15 -year-old boy. Ql have a problem with my voice. My voice is still very high-pitched. When I talk, I sound like a girl. Not surprisingly, my friends make fun of me. I am also quite short. How do I solve this problem?
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    • 665 43  -  (Clockwise from top left) TV Works sprang to life with a 1.3 m musical and variety show; Some of rival MediaCorp's stars include Sharon Au; Zoe Tay; Qi Yuwu. NICHOLAS LEE BEING a keen observer of the emerging competition in local television and with
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    • 448 44  -  MIHARU CHANG PORNO Graffitti. What a naughty name for a rock band! But maybe that's all it took talent aside for this trio from Hiroshima to get noticed in the bustling music scene in Japan. In fact, it is one of the fastest rising rock
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    • 811 45  -  An on-going war may have ravaged some parts of this tropical paradise, but its rich culture, heritage and natural landscape leave reporter SETO NU-WEN spellbound JET, SET, GO I Ik J| OST South-east Asian WUU airports have one thing in I v I common. 8
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    • 118 45 Gems: Best are the blue sapphires and moonstones. Sandalwood carvings and silverware: Come in all forms bookmarks, coasters, gift boxes. Ayurvedic oils: Buy some to take home and have a massage at leisure. Spices: Sri Lankan curries are yummy but can be quite fiery. Get a packet of the
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    • 474 47 IMHOTEP is resurrected by an evil museum curator, who wants him to conquer an ancient warrior called the Scorpion King, so as to gain world domination. So it is up to Mummy-buster Rick O'Connell to save the world again. Stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold
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    • 710 50  -  CAROL LEONG FORGET lifestyle, a home is about living. Think of home like a giant womb you can truly rest in, where hopefully, you can create a space of peace and harmony. True, many people don't have the freedom to have a totally free hand
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 932 38 HEY/rt) -sK" 9B Pearl Harbor: Legacy of vAttack )SHHe i National Geographic journeys to Pearl js. pi V"t§ Harbor (as the Americans spell it) for a §L -Hk contemporary look at the devastating the best of this week's c*Bif TY |V. U M surprise attack that signalled the US'entry AJ
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 491 39 Highlights LA Confidential Channel 5, I Opm Set in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, a corrupt cop works with a sleazy tabloid publisher, while another thinks he can rise above the muck of the department. Stars Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce. What About Joan TV Works, 8pm Two-time
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    • 68 54 PICK OF THE DAY This Our Poetic Prince progeny has more ability than his recent efforts suggest. Was an easy prey for Pampanito in the home straight after setting a scorching pace last time out. Drops back in distance to 1,200 m this afternoon.
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    • 71 54 RACE 3: Wooly Buily. RACE 4: King General, Victory Treasure, Alfred's Princess. RACE 5: Darumasan, Casual Dragon, Jovena's Joy. RACE 6: Genuine, Moon Town, Daily Accountant. RACE 7: Prince Galery, Truly Serious. RACE 8: Cookie, Mega Success, Intan Singapura 11, New Formula, Key Man. RACE 9: Confidence V, Twenty
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    • 49 55 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, A) RACE RESULTS Going: Good DOUBLE SALUTE: Jockey Paddy Payne returning triumphant aboard Contando, his second teg of a double at Kranji yesterday. Leading in the winner is trainer Michael Kent (Below) Payne with his first winner, the Laurie Laxon-trained Untold Story. Pictures/ Drew Fritz
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    • 145 56 NEW ZEALAND trainer Laurie Laxon (left) is fast developing a habit that is proving popular with local racegoers. At Kranji last night, the 55-year-old Melbourne Cup-winning trainer completed yet another hat-trick. This time round it was Untold Story (Race 1), Skip (Race 5) and Prince
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    • 1419 57 RACE 1: After being loaded into the barriers, LANCASTER became restless and knocked his leg on the gate. LANCASTER was removed from the barriers, checked by the vet, passed fit to race and reboxed. SLONIM jumped awkwardly, with his head up and
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