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Title Section27 2007-12-30 1 the new paper Sunday 30 DEC 2007 30 DEC 2007 Singapore Press Holdings MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS 8 *****1 *****9 30 Dec 2007 30 Dec 200727 words
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Advertisement43 2007-12-30 1 SOARING PRICE OF LOVE IN S PORE As wedding banquets cost more, $100 hongbao not enough >;• SYDNEY MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING OWN CHILD W }!f I*# VJ,' -**> > V Ji- 5^# '-'1 •£«>•. >>I;■ > V .v.» •4*fi»M IIS j*. I f 1 f I 2043 words
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Article, Illustration1333 2007-12-30 2 Tay Shi'an - SOARING PRICE OF LOVE t feeling I gifts remain Co °l «s prices of the same Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg WHEN you attend a wedding dinner next year, think twice before you seal that hongbao. The money you put in may not be enoughpicture | gavin foo - 1,333 words
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Article, Illustration735 2007-12-30 3 Tay Shi’an - Couple pays $3,000 to be among Ist to celebrate wedding on S'pore Flyer When cost is no object Tay Shi’an shian@sph.com.sg HE proposed to his fiancee "in the sky" in a cable car overlooking Mount Faber and Sentosa last Christmas Eve. So the couple figured theypicture | gavin foo - 735 words
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Article, Illustration741 2007-12-30 5 Chong Zi Liang - WE ASK 100 S'POREANS: sun news Chong Zi Liang Newsroom intern ziliang@sph.com.sg TEENAGE lovebirds strolling down Orchard Road in their school uniforms are a common sight. Sometimes, they even indulge in a hug or quick peck on the cheek. But in South Africa,file picture | the straits times - 741 words
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Advertisement208 2007-12-30 6 TRIBUTE TO OUR PIONEERS Q: Which S'pore founding father nearly lost his life when sago pearls in pan caught fire exploded? ■fi Learn more about the 10 political pioneers w who made a difference to all our lives. (A Ultimate pocket guides for young busy readers. Chockful of anecdotes, pictures,208 words
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Article, Illustration965 2007-12-30 9 Joyce Lim - Like Ao Ling, Alice also started living alone at 13 when she convinced STRANGERS NOT STUDYING BUT PARTYING DEPRESSED Left to fend for themselves at a young age, some foreign students here wrestle with loneliness, go wild with freedom... and sometimes get > into trouble with thepictures | kua chee siong - 965 words
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454 2007-12-30 9 Genevieve Jiang - Genevieve Jiang gencviev@sph.com.sg LIKE a kid in a candy store, some foreign students here are grabbing everything they can with their new-found freedom. Some, as young as 14, have taken to smoking, drinking, and experimenting with drugs and sex, say youth counsellors here.454 words
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Article, Illustration1083 2007-12-30 11 Genevieve Jiang; Zabaidah Nazeer - Fun? Sleazy? Wild? Mild? S'poreans think beach parties like ZoukOut go overboard By Genevieve Jiang and Zabaidah Nazeer tnp@sph.com.sg A WILD party that sparked a raging debate. The party at ZoukOut, that is. The question: Where to draw the line between wild and mild? This year,pictures | gavin foo - 1,083 words
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Article428 2007-12-30 12 Susan Tam - Everyone should let their hair down on occasion Comment by Susan Tam susantam@sph.com.sg HOW anyone takes time off to have a little bit of fun is a personal choice, I believe. Some like to wind down at a jazz bar over a few drinks, some like a428 words
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Article, Illustration846 2007-12-30 13 Elysa Chen - Delivery drivers to Northpoint mall face parking problems caused by construction Elysa Chen dysac@sph.com.sg SINCE November last year, whenever delivery man Tan Hong Kee parks outside Northpoint Shopping Centre in Yishun, he has to dash in and out of the mall with his trolley of vinegar.pictures | chong jun liang - 846 words
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Article, Illustration719 2007-12-30 14 Susan Tam - How will the Indian vote sway the coming M'sian elections? Susan Tam susantam@sph.com.sg THEY are a minority in Malaysia, but Indians might be large enough a bloc in some parliamentary seats to make the difference between winning and losing. Indians represent only 7 per cent of the Malaysian719 words
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Article, Illustration484 2007-12-30 15 WHITHER 2008 ELECTION? INDIAN voters are not the only ones upset with the Malaysian government. Other races have also expressed their disappointment with the ruling government, as pointed out by independent think-tank Merdeka Centre's latest poll. Centre director Ibrahim Suffian said the pollpicture | routers; graphics | cel gulapa - 484 words
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Article, Illustration644 2007-12-30 16 Kor Kian Beng - Mad dash with no time for rest, food or privacy in race for hearts of Thai voters ON THE THAI CAMPAIGN TRAIL REPORTING FROM BANGKOK Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg JUST like torn yam, Thai politics can be spicy, exciting and unpredictable. It has been one644 words
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Article460 2007-12-30 16 FOR many, the Christmas and New Year weeks are a mad rush of parties, shopping, catching up with friends and getting wet in the rain. I often yearn for simple food during this period, and here are two healthy dishes you can prepare. The best part is460 words
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Article, Illustration223 2007-12-30 16 HjUfljiii is isf r IS ove AS we usher in a brand new I'd just like to pay tribute t simple old food which may its days here numbered and heat for a dull sunset. It is heartening to see many fc shows andpictures | gavin foo - 223 words
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909 2007-12-30 17 KIDNAP Man allegedly spirits child to S’pore after wealthy wife leaves him RANSOM He allegedly demands 1.6 m from her for child’s return DEATH THREATS He allegedly makes threatening phone calls to wife, says she will’die young High-profile Sydney man and family charged in court DEATH threats, phone taps, an909 words
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Article, Illustration479 2007-12-30 19 Political panic in Pakistan AT her grave. With her husband at her family home in southern Pakistan. With her supporters at the Rawalpindi hospital where she died. Vowing to "fight (her) war from now on". Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seems to be here, therepictures | afp, routers - 479 words
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229 2007-12-30 19 ANOTHER former politician has also attacked President Musharraf after Ms Bhutto's death, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. Cricketing great and high-profile political leader Imran Khan has put himself in the firing line after also calling for President Musharraf to quit. Mr Khan, who is chairman229 words
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Article, Illustration594 2007-12-30 20 MEXICO'SBOTCHEDOPE RATIONS Many were promised AP. AT the age of 40, Gabriela Sanchez of Mexico felt self-conscious about her small breasts. Two days after her mother Consuelo returned home from surgery to her nose to help her breathe better, Ms Sanchez decided to get her breasts enlarged.AP.; picture | ap - 594 words
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Article, Illustration754 2007-12-30 21 Rocker seen as New Jersey's own Bono I'LL Be There For You. These five words are what US rock star Jon Bon Jovi will often tell US politicians who go to him. The 45-year-old rocker can be seen posing forpictures reuters, ap - 754 words
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Article54 2007-12-30 22 Today, the environmental movement increasingly mimics religion in its identification of humans as sinners against nature, its calls for personal redemption via lifestyle changes, its claims that environmental issues are now moral issues. And, with its predicted global warming apocalypse, environmentalists even have their biblically-propor-tioned Armageddon. Paul Taylor,54 words
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Article85 2007-12-30 22 FIVE Malaysian train services in the East Coast sector were disrupted due to a derailment of the Ekspres Timuran Singapore-Tumpat at Triang-Mentakab yesterday morning. No one was injured in the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) train which had about 700 passengers. The passengers were able to continue their85 words
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Article, Illustration100 2007-12-30 22 A FIRE gutted a cafe's kitchen at the Mountbatten Community Club yesterday. Bystanders said they saw smoke coming out from Passion Cafe at 5.15pm. Two men were seen trying to put out the .fire with extinguishers. Firefighters arrived at 5.29pm and had the fire under controlpicture | gavin foo - 100 words
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Article78 2007-12-30 22 AUSTRALIAN authorities evacuated campers and closed beaches along Brisbane's Gold Coast yesterday in anticipation of wild weather and waves of up to 6m, reported AP. Storms that have hit the coasdine for several days are expected to worsen over the weekend. Although there have been no injuries78 words
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Article97 2007-12-30 22 PRIMA Food has been given the green light to resume full production operations. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) says it has found Prima Food's factory operations to be satisfactory, reported Channel News Asia. This comes after a food poisoning outbreak caused by salmonella bacteria that resulted97 words
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Article169 2007-12-30 22 4 At least 60 motorists issued summons each day for beating red lights IN the first nine months of this year, an average of 62 people were issued with summons each day for beating the red light. That's an 80 per cent jump compared to the same169 words
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Article208 2007-12-30 22 HONG KONG's chief executive Donald Tsang has said Beijing will allow the special region's people to directly elect their leader by 2017, and their legislators by 2020. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, issued this ruling yesterday. The208 words
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Article74 2007-12-30 22 A 72-year-old woman had the wrong leg cut open during surgery on Christmas Day at a hospital in Brampton, Canada, reported The Toronto Sun. Amar Kaur Brar fractured her left thigh bone slipping on the stairs at home, but in the operating room, doctors cut her right leg open74 words
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Advertisement48 2007-12-30 14 v-,il INDIANS FORM SMALL MINORITY. OTHERS MALAY 50% J. .BUT INDIANS MAY SWING VOTES IN THESE SEATS More than 10% Indian voters More than 20% Indian voters PAHANG SELANGOR KUALA LUMPUR NB: Excluding East Malaysia Source: 2004 General election results, Election Commission, various media reports, CIA World Factbook48 words
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Miscellaneous19 2007-12-30 22 Weather Singapore ThunTemperature max 32 C min 24 C High Tide first tide 2.6m 3.52am second tide 2.7m 3.05am19 words
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Article, Illustration937 2007-12-30 23 Wendy Teo - Behind the glory of winning goM medals are hours of training studies, leaving the S'pore women's gymnastics team little free time Wendy Teo tcowyw@sph.coinjg THE performance: A haul of four gold, three silver medals and the champion tide. The reward: a day's breakpictures | kelvin chng, afp; design | kelvin chan - 937 words
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Article, Illustration407 2007-12-30 24 THEY are small, but raring to go. Four years ago when Mr Sng Puay Liang set up Bazgym Gymnastics School at Balestier, he had less than 30 students but hoped to grow the pool to 100. The 37-year-old, who represented Singapore in the 1993 SEApicture | mohd ishak - 407 words
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Article, Illustration548 2007-12-30 25 Sylvia Toh Paik Choo - Stuck with same old new resolutions? Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo @sph. com.sg TIS the season for year-enders and year-starters, the last weekend of 2007 segue-ing into the first week of 2008. When normal people, with mouths where unsaturated non-transfat butter would548 words
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Article, Illustration636 2007-12-30 26 Ng Wan Ching - BALDING BUT WANT A FULL HEAD OF HAIR LIKE THESE MEN? Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg BALDING can be a traumatic experience for anyone, but especially so for the young. Take Mr Bernard Chua, who started experiencing thinning and dropping hair from the age of 14.file pictures - 636 words
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Article, Illustration418 2007-12-30 27 Sylvia Toh Paik Choo - Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg VICTORIA or Carol? Both, actually. A Victorian Christmas Carol dinner that would have brought Marley back from the dead with its jollity chimed in the yuletide season for friends of Miss Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Mr Frank Cintamani. Misspictures | gavin foo - 418 words
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Article, Illustration473 2007-12-30 28 Chua Wei Yng Columnist - Chua Wei Yng Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg FOR many, the Christmas and New Year weeks are a mad rush of parties, shopping, catching up with friends and getting wet in the rain. I often yearn for simple food during this period, and here are473 words
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Article, Illustration782 2007-12-30 29 K F Seetah - K F Seetah Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg AS we usher in a brand new year, I'd just like to pay tribute to a simple old food which may see its days here numbered and heading for a dull sunset. It is heartening782 words
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Article, Illustration552 2007-12-30 30 Bharat Thakur - Yoga For A Good Sex Life 4 Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT is the state of your pelvic girdle? 1 For the last three Sundays, we've focused on strengthening this part of 1 your body as it plays a key i role in sexual activity. i552 words
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Miscellaneous117 2007-12-30 31 Mr Mrs Smith Channel 5, 7.15pm A bored married couple are surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Starring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. CHANNEL 5 HiMHB Lexus Cup 2007(Sports) iMjgj 2007 Swatch-Fivb Beach I Volley World Tour 1 jNttTC Sunday Afternoon117 words
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Miscellaneous163 2007-12-30 31 The Singapore Short Story Project III Arts Central, 9pm The third season of the local anthology series. features eight new dramas helmed by some of Singapore's best producers, including storylines about an older man seeking a younger woman for sex so he can die, a man who keeps a ghost163 words
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Miscellaneous71 2007-12-30 31 if V 4- CHANNEL U 10.00am My Secret Garden II 12.00m Lecture Room: 3 Kingdoms 1.00pm Rediscovering The Yangtze River (Education) I.30 > Night Walk (Variety) 2.00 Stairway To Heaven (Drama) 4.00 f Body Code (Variety) &00 The Little Fairy (Drama) 7.00 News Club (News) 7.30 Making Of "Seven i71 words
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Miscellaneous130 2007-12-30 31 X-Men: The Last Stand Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm When a cure is found to treat mutations and Jean Grey returns as the malignant Dark Phoenix, lines are drawn among the X-Men led by Professor X and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Magneto. Starring Hugh130 words
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Miscellaneous126 2007-12-30 31 Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby HBO (StarHub Ch 60), 9pm A N as car driver who stays atop the heap thanks to a pact with his best Mend and teammate finds that his talent and devotion are put to the test when a French Formula One driver makes126 words
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Miscellaneous38 2007-12-30 31 Sweet Revenge Celestial Movies (StarHub Ch 61), 9pm A rebellious teen burns down his house while his stepsister escapes the flames, but he mysteriously reappears 20 years later as her best friend's boyfriend. Starring Nick Cheung, Fan Bingbing.38 words
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Article, Illustration260 2007-12-30 32 OURjbflDflV Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to tnank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to... tnpf0rum@sph.c0m.sg My pretty wife Mandy Li. Thank you for being my wife and I will do all I260 words
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Article96 2007-12-30 34 (Race 4 AJo. 1) BEST BET THIS promising Stephen Cook-trained sprinter can wrap up a memorable debut season by notching his sixth success although his rivals are no pushovers. He gets the nod on his sheer consistency. In seven starts to date, he has been beaten only twice.96 words
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Article, Illustration204 2007-12-30 34 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon a Marc Tan Denotes tipster's best bet of the day 4R2^ H3 rfl5jZS Q£S R8 5 Red Cedar 6 Zabai Zabai 1 2 Hari Kaya 1JUG FULL 5 Fast Flying 3 Key Commander 6 Dynasty Vader 11 Tiger In The Hunt 2 Amaro204 words
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Article1226 2007-12-30 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD No Last 6 runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 -***** Raaas Itesic 57 (42) J Nizam c3 10 (5nzg V Nathan-Blossom) 2 0-2422 Amaro Dm 56 (40) J Saimee 2 (4ag P Roslan-Perfectum) 3 0907-8 Condesir'e 55.5 (39) P Vellaikannu1,226 words
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Article104 2007-12-30 34 RACE 1: Rainbow Sapphire, Break The Bank, Astonish. RACE 2: Business King, Iron Eyes Cody, Banker Way, Joker Jack. RACE 3: Bintang Melang, Hari Kaya, Out Of Quandary, Light Easy. RACE 4: Jug Full, Penang Wonder, Cheyenne Dancer, Speed Tiger, Where Also Ken. RACE 5: Golden Ace, Royal Admiral,104 words
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260 2007-12-30 35 Mare Tan - Mare Tan npracing @sph. com.sg FIGHT to the finish. That is what Panamanian jockey Oscar Chavez will be aiming to do as he bids to overhaul leader Azhar Ismail at Penang today on the final day of the racing calendar. The Malaysian260 words
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Article742 2007-12-30 35 GOING: GOOD 7 MMJHTY RULER 56 (25-10) I Azhar (11) 5 3 1 (448) 4 STAY THE CAUSE 56.5 c 55.5 (23-7) SSalee (1) 3 4 2 (482) 0.5 12 WORLD CRUISES 51 c 50.5 (178-44) *KT Cheng (4) 12 11 3 (446) Shd 5 BABY HAN742 words
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556 2007-12-30 35 GOING: GOOD 5 NETREBKO 53.5 (13-6) P King (3) 1 4 TWO STRONG HEARTS 55.0 (16-5) S Parnham 1 2 6 OFFER ME JEWELS 53.5 (43-10) L Camilleri (5) 3 Trainer GE Daly. Margins: 0.5,1,1. Time: Imin 11.48 sec Forecast: $10 Tierce: $64 Trio: $18. 1556 words
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Article, Illustration676 2007-12-30 36 RACE 1 KING OF LIONS began awkwardly and lost ground. Shortly after the start, MULTIPLE SUCCESS checked when crowded between NOTHING TO FEAR and MUSIC FIGHTER, who shifted in after being bumped by LUCKY BANKER who, in turn, was bumped by HANAUMApicture | chong jun liang - 676 words
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113 2007-12-30 36 FRIDAY'S TRACKWORK WILLIAM LOWS guide to workouts by horses engaged on Tuesday: Race 1: Carry On Victory* canter/42, It's My Magic canter/38.9, Transcend canter/40.5. Race 2: Kiwi Maestro canter/39.9, Our Brightia 33.5. Race 3: None. Race 4: Triple A 36.6, Sunny Bravia113 words
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Article232 2007-12-30 36 RACE 1: Arkadian Boy* (E Aslam) 38.8, Red Auspice (A Ng) 35.9, Steel Cut canter/33.2. Slow work: Welcome Back. RACE 2: Carry On Glory 39, Protege* (S Cheam) canter/38.9, Thanks For Memory 43.5, Dragon Gate* 36.6. Slow work: Gold Help, Dan Noble, Blue Flag. RACE 3: No Time232 words
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Article, Illustration813 2007-12-30 37 Mad about golf CHRISTMAS is over and you've perhaps got a bit of a hangover. Rest assured, you're not alone. Who, then, has the golfing equivalent of the "morning after the night before" after an iffy 2007? Here are a few candidates. Happy New Year. GARY PLAYERpictures | reuters - 813 words
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Article, Illustration521 2007-12-30 38 Based on a reader's question to The New Paper's Singapore at Large series about improving the nation's sporting culture, we asked local athletes who won medals at the recent South-east Asia Games to give their opinions. ARUN RAJ met them atpictures | choo chwee hua - 521 words
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Article, Illustration520 2007-12-30 39 Arun Raj - Arun Raj npsports@sph.com.sg THE response from them ahead of the new year was immediate and rather generic. "To qualify for the Beijing Olympics." "To do well in my exams." "Set a personal best time." Like actors, they delivered their lines on cue.520 words
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Article, Illustration682 2007-12-30 39 Ernest Luis - Comment by Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg LETTING your hands or feet do the talking in today's media-driven sporting world is not enough. Especially if you're an athlete who feels that there isn't enough public attention for other sports in Singapore besides football. Reader Kervin682 words
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Article, Illustration811 2007-12-30 40 With Christmas shrinking in our rear-view mirror and 2008 looming on the horizon, it's time for us to don our tuxedos for my favourite time of the year, The lain Macintosh Awards. So, let's open our show. Best Newcomer Award FOR the person who has811 words
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Article, Illustration355 2007-12-30 41 The transfer window reopens on Tuesday and that only guarantees one thing: More speculation about Nicolas Anelka's future. With tongue firmly in cheek, ARUN RAJ takes a peek into the diary of the Incredible Sulk. v DEAR Diary, V j Today I am in a verypicture | reuters - 355 words
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90 2007-12-30 41 31 Jan Alvaro Arbeloa (Deportivo La Coruna to Liverpool) Michael Ball (PS V Eindhoven to Man City) Shaun Moloney (Celtic to Aston Villa) Matthew Upson (Birmingham to West Ham) 30 Jan Edgar Davids (Tottenham Hotspur to Ajax) 23 Jan Ashley Young (Watford to Aston Villa) 2290 words
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Article241 2007-12-30 41 January is almost nere and football fans will be wonderincj: Who's going where? We look at the probables (most likely to happen), maybes (could happen)and unlikely (enough said) PROBABLES NICOLAS ANELKA from Bolton Wanderers to Chelsea/Man United JENS LEHMANN from Arsenal to Borussia Dortmund LUKA MODRIC from Dinamo241 words
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Article, Illustration811 2007-12-30 42 The January transfer window is almost upon us, so brace yourselves for a flurry or cliches, fevered speculation and a massive anti-climax all round. PA Sport takes a look at what COULD happen. ARSENAL Arsene Wenger maintains his policy of planning for the futurepictures | reuters, action images - 811 words
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Article, Illustration436 2007-12-30 43 PA Sport. NEW Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has embraced the relegation battle that lies ahead and is convinced he can lead the Cottagers to safety. Morale at the London club has hit rock-bottom following the 5-1 Boxing Day rout at Tottenham, and last night'sPA Sport. - 436 words
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Article, Illustration182 2007-12-30 43 PA Sport. NEWCASTLE midfielder Joey Barton will spend the New Year in jail after being remanded on charges of common assault and affray. The 25-year-old (left) was arrested in Liverpool early on Thursday following an alleged incident in the city centre. Barton appearedPA Sport. - 182 words
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Article, Illustration157 2007-12-30 43 PA Sport. CHELSEA defender Ashley Cole (left) has lost an appeal against the red card he received during the 4-4 draw against Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Cole (above) was sent off for committing a handball in the final minute of the match at StamfordPA Sport. - 157 words
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Article, Illustration664 2007-12-30 45 NEDUM ONUOHA Manchester City LIFE is pretty busy for us at the moment. We're well into the hectic schedule of the Christmas period and we play our third game in eight days against Liverpool tonight at the City of Manchester Stadium. But I'm enjoying the constantpicture | action images - 664 words
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Article, Illustration451 2007-12-30 46 PA Sport. RAFAEL Benitez insists the "best is yet to come" from Liverpool and their goalscoring sensation Fernando Torres. Benitez knows the Reds must continue their winning ways at Manchester City today and then against Wigan next Wednesday to retain the momentum theyPA Sport.; Picture reuters - 451 words
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204 2007-12-30 46 Wire Services. LIVERPOOL co-owner Tom Hicks has accused Anfield manager Rafael Benitez of behaving petulantly in the recent dispute over transfer policy. In a phone interview with Associated Press, Hicks, 61, revisited the row l over transfers, v which saw bA BenitezWire Services. - 204 words
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Article, Illustration533 2007-12-30 47 Jonathan Turner - Jonathan Turner PA Sport DERBY v BLACKBURN (Derby 2 Blackburn 1) RECENT form doesn't make pretty reading for either of this pair. Derby have managed just a point from their last nine games, while it's a draw and three defeats for Blackburn. However, there havepicture | ap - 533 words
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Article, Illustration383 2007-12-30 48 TEAM FACTS: LIM HAN MING; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: IAIN MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: DERBY COUNTY: Pearson, Todd (injured); Oakley, Jones, Edworthy, Griffin (doubtful) BLACKBURN ROVERS: Ooijer (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Derby 38; Blackburn 49; draws 31 LAST MEETING: 29 Dec, 2001383 words
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Article, Illustration365 2007-12-30 48 INJURIES/SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER CITY: Pearson, Todd (injured); Oakley, Jones, Edworthy, Griffin (doubtful) LIVERPOOL: Pennant (injured); Agger, Hyypia, Arbeloa (doubtful); Crouch (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Man City 40; Pool 77; draws 36 LAST MEETING: 14 April, 2007 Man City 0 Pool 0 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: MAN365 words
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Article, Illustration598 2007-12-30 49 Tennis superstars Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze met fans who bought tickets priced at 1,800 each at the Fullerton Hotel yesterday. ARUN RAJ talks to some of the star-struck fans MEETING a bonafide sports celebrity on your own shores could be once-in-a-lifetime experiencepictures | kelvin chng - 598 words
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Article, Illustration1245 2007-12-30 51 Maria answers your queries The TNPPostman received 50 letters last week with the heading "Dear Maria". When ERNEST LUIS told tennis hottest star, Maria Sharapova, they were from our very own readers, her eyes lit up... WEEK in, week out, Maria Sharapovapictures | kelvin chng - 1,245 words
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Article, Illustration1020 2007-12-30 52 ARUNRAJ observes Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze in training and finds their methods poles apart WHEN you have been to the summit, a hallowed ground that few have ventured onto, you obviously have been doing something right. The former world No. 1 women's tennispictures | kelvin chng - 1,020 words
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Article, Illustration804 2007-12-30 53 Ted Thorley - F Ted Thorley Special Correspondent KENWYNE JONES headed home his first goal in nine games as Sunderland eased their relegation fears. The TYinidad and Tobago international converted a 32nd-minute Kieran Richardson corner after the former Manchester United midfielder had given the home side a 12th-minute804 words
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Article, Illustration248 2007-12-30 53 Rob Wright - SL Rob Wright Special Correspondent PA Sport NEW Fulham manager Roy Hodgson saw his side pick up a rare away point after surviving a second-half battering from Birmingham and the sending off of Hameur Bouazza for two bookable offences. Hodgson, who officially takes charge onPA Sport - 248 words
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Article, Illustration629 2007-12-30 54 Ted Boyne - Bl. Ted Boyne Special Correspondent ASTON VILLA staged a second-half revival to end Wigan's resurgence under new boss Steve Bruce and send the Latics crashing back into the Premier League relegation zone. Titus Bramble headed Wigan into the lead in the first half,629 words
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Article, Illustration309 2007-12-30 54 PA Sport Round-up DIMITAR BERBATOV scored four times in a crazy clash at White Hart Lane, where Tottenham edged Reading 6-4 to the points in a thriller. Berbatov opened the scoring when he tapped in frdm Robbie Keane's cross in the seventh minute.PA Sport - 309 words
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Article, Illustration628 2007-12-30 55 Lim Han Ming - WEST HAM 2 MAN UNITED 1 TV VIEW Lim Han Ming npsports @sph. com.sg HE has been their best player this season. When Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal for Manchester United in the 14th minute last night, it looked like one of those days inpicture | reuters - 628 words
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Article161 2007-12-30 55 CRISTIANO Ronaldo had not missed his penalty in the 67th minute? It would have been game, set and match if the Portuguese winger had converted his spot-kick after Jonathan Spector had handled the ball in his own area. But, to his horror, he completely missed the target, giving161 words
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Article, Illustration629 2007-12-30 56 Your English Kaki says all is not well at Stamford Bridge CHELSEA 2 NEWCASTLE 1 A VRAM Grant ran the gauntlet with his own fans for much of the second half, but the lucky general's fortune held out. Just. Berated by his own fans for mostpicture | action images - 629 words
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Article111 2007-12-30 56 ...boMrcmi mdiuiik ndu made better use of the gilt-edged chance he was presented with in the 14th minute? A beautiful through-ball by Nicky Butt put him clean through, but he seemed unable to get the ball out of his feet. ...ALEX had put his 28th-minute header anywhere apart111 words
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