The New Paper, 6 January 2008

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  • 455 2 Open your eyes to a world of new experiences at the Singapore Poly open house Be tere S 'pom[cHNic WovSC BU4IMUC i T" DO you have what it takes to be a marine engineer? Have you ever wondered how buildings can withstand an actual earthquake? Simulators that
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  • sun news
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      747 3  -  5'PORE GETS 6 NEW SENIOR COUNSEL Karen Wong Karen @sph. com.sg MR HRI Kumar never really aspired to be a lawyer when he was a young boy. But when he came to one of life's crossroads, he chose to read law instead of medicine. That decision many years
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    • 1280 4  -  JURONG BRIDAL SHOP SUDDENLY CLOSES Man loses 1,000, left with no gown, suit and car two weeks before wedding Hedy Khoo hcdykhoo@sph.com.sg HIS wedding was in two weeks. All he had to do was to go with his bride for the final fitting of
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    • 545 4 MANAGER OF SHOP THAT TOOK OVER CUENTS: HE had seen it as a chance to boost his own bridal shop's business. What he did not expect was that taking over some clients from Focus Bridal would give him a big headache. Mr Eric Chai, 46, the
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  • sun news
    • 740 7  -  Resident who often digs in garden stunned by explosives found in shallow pit WAR RELICS FOUND IN AUUNIED REPORT AND PICTURES Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan <Stsph.com.sg HE would have never guessed what they found barely 1 metre outside his house and under his garden
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      1150 8  - TAX S'porean who ran hotel in China challenges Ridiculous 7 taxes of more than $200,000 in court Chinese authorities refute* businessman's claims says it collects taxes according to the law Ho Lian-Yi lianyi@sph.com.sg HE had to pay "prostitution taxes", he claimed, as well as taxes on facilities that didn't exist
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    • 773 9  -  Coroner's report on S'pore comedian (right) out in 2 to 3 months FRIENDS SAY Wendy Teo teowyw@sph.eom.sg IT E watched his health, I exercised regularly and had no 1. known health problems, nd a recent health check on edian Jimmy Nah showed that >lood and cholesterol
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    • 294 9 THE mood at Jimmy's wake was one of sad acceptance. Celebrities Thomas Ong and Aileen Tan, who were among the earliest to arrive at the wake yesterday, declined to speak to the press. Like Aileen, DJ Renee Yap could not control her emotions when approached
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    • 965 11  -  Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg WITH their spectacular view of the Marina Bay area from their living room of their HDB flat, the Rockey family are used to holding New Year and National Day gatherings at their house to see the fireworks. Come September, Mr Rockey Michael,
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    • 1087 12  -  Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg THE recent sex DVD scandal M involving former Malaysian y Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek shows how easy it is to rig a spy camera and film someone without their knowledge. Experts tell The New
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    • 364 12  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchooQsph.comjg DOCTOR. Community leader. Datuk Seri. Health Minister. Now add: Buaya. So what else would you expect from Malaysian Chua Soi Lek than crocodile tears? Really sorry, mister? No red face. No head hung lower than low. No thousand apologies to your wife,
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    • 727 14  -  Susan Tam susantam@sph.com.sg AS VOYEURS both sides of the Causeway pore over the nuances of the dirty DVD featuring ex-Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek and his florist lover, political observers are now weighing the political fallout from the biggest sex scandal to
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    • 616 15  -  ZOE TURNS 40 AND TELLS OUR REPORTER: Mandarin for big sister Hokkien for aunly Yeoh Wee Teck wcetcck@sph.com.sg IT was a group that consisted mostly of two demographics: Women with babies in strollers and young people who looked like they were
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    • 517 16 Authorities and community helped raise over $7,500 for her HELP me, I have cancer. This was what Madam Dai Yufen, 33, told her constituency representative, Mr Gan Tian Loo. Mr Gan, a state assemblyman in Duyong in Malacca, was sympathetic to Madam Dai's request
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    • 304 16 HONG KONG MUM IN TROUBLE SHE left her son alone in their home for 11 days as she wanted him to learn to be independent. But the 45-year-old Hong Kong widow's action has landed her in trouble with
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    • 394 17 Police investigating if two Bank of China ATMs dispensed fake 100 yuan notes COUNTERFEIT CLAIMS IN HONG KON IT is impossible for the ATMs to give out fake notes. That's what a Bank of China (BoC) spokesman said after reports surfaced about two cases in Hong
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    • 473 17 Passenger jets wtfl have jammers to thwart neat seeking missiles THE US is upping its defences against terrorists planning to target its planes. The country is going hi-tech and sparing no cost- in its efforts to make flying safer as it plans
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    • 668 18 ORPHANED ir-Kioppn LEFT TO DIE JGNORED BUNDED Jt IMPOVERISHED AFP. HE was orphaned and blinded as a kid during the Korean War. That did not deter Kim Sun-Tae. Since then he has overcome disability,
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    • 474 19 Man who survives 47 storey fall in New York HOW did window washer Alcides Moreno survive? This is something doctors are having a hard time trying to explain. On 7 Dec, his window washer's platform came crashing down from the top of
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    • 492 20 TWISTS, TURNS TERRIFIC VIEWS Driving through the Alps is an unmatched experience BREATH-TAKING views. That is if you are not the faint-hearted one at the steering wheel. These photos you see of long-winding roads were taken by American Brian Wilson who went on a motorcycle trip with a group in
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      683 21 Chelsea Clinton pulls in the crowds as Hillary feels the heat OPRAH Winfrey is doing it for Illinois senator Barack Obama adding glitz to his bid to become America's next president. So what does rival Democrat Hillary Clinton do? She has unleashed her only child Chelsea Clinton
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    • SNAPSHOT
      • 59 22 If the human mind is wired to make lonely people hunjger for connection... then the inverse is probably also true. That is, people who are not lonely, who are secure in their circle of friends and family, may be more likely to dehumanise strangers; they have no motivation
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      • 104 22 A CLOUDED leopard's search for food led it to a chicken coop at a former rubber estate in Ipoh where it was later captured by wildlife officials. The Perak Department of Midlife and National Parks was called in after a man discovered the adult
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      • 78 22 MALAYSIA has limited cooking oil purchases after panic buying caused severe shortages, reported the Bernama news agency. From next week, customers can buy only a maximum of skg of cooking oil at any one time, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal said. Talk
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      • 149 22 EVEN as his organs are failing, a team of doctors have been called upon to treat former Indonesian president Suharto. The 86-year-old is said to be in critical condition, and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked his own doctors to attend
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      • 109 22 THE Indian government is struggling to find the right protocol for French President Nicolas Sarkozy's girlfriend Carla Bruni should she accompany him to New Delhi, the local media said. The newly divorced president is due to arrive in India on 24 Jan, to join the Republic Day
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      • 201 22 MORE than 1,100 people have applied for 714 condominium-like flats in Boon Keng Road by 6pm on Saturday, the first day of the application period. At 40 storeys high, the development City View Boon Keng promises a fantastic city view. There were more than
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      • 72 22 MR Stan Friedman, a librarian, beat three others to be named champion couch potato on 1 Jan, after more than 29 hours of continuous sports viewing that included endless loops of sports highlights. Contestants could eat and drink freely, but could not sleep or leave their seats except for
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      • 94 22 A SUSHI restaurant owner from Hong Kong paid a record U5555,700 ($80,000) yesterday for a massive bluefin tuna. This was during the first auction of the year at the world's largest fish market in Tokyo, reported Kyodo News. The 276 kg fish was sold for 22,000 yen ($290)
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  • OUR sunday
    • 912 23  - Made in S'pore AND PROUD OF IT Jazz singer Marina Xavier is often asked if she's from LA, New York or Brazil. But she never forgets her roots ancfner home Ivan Lim pjlim@sph.com.sg SHE has been in showbiz for 25 years now, and it's easy to tell. Meet Marina Xavier,
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      225 24 We search the heartlands and tell you about the gorgeous people we meet, like SINGAPORE Polytechnic student Joanna Teh doesn't just bury herself in textbooks. She's also very passionate about hip-hop dancing and likes outdoor activities.. What's your heartland background? I have been living in Sembawang Crescent with
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    • 183 24 THIS jovial and outgoing girl was spotted in her neighbourhood on her way to meet some friends for a drink. Siti Syahedah Md Sani, 17, loves checking out places to eat around her neighbourhood. What's your heartland background? I have been living in Bedok
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    • 677 25  - Make pores smaller with targeted laser ...and also get rid of oily skin, wrinkles and acne scars Ng Wan Ching wanching (Qsph.com.sg SINCE her teens, Ms Samantha Ng has suffered from severe acne, which left her with acne scars and big pores. It was a problem she tried to hide
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    • 553 26  -  Siva Choy Columnist tnp@sph.comsg THE hurricane of Christmas and the New Year has swept past us but, instead of feeling relief, I sense the hard part is just starting. Because I am looking at a table covered in small presents that I
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    • 581 27  -  Dr Joseph Guan Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg THE following Brain Gym holds and exercises will help to energise you during the day. You will only require a minute or two to do these exercises. They will enhance your energy and promote greater concentration and focus.
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    • 801 28  -  KF Seetoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg IN the era when Singaporean footballers ruled the Malaysia Cup roost with banana kicks from the likes of S Rajagopal and Mohd Noh, I would always alight enroute to school at Bras Basah, two stops before. One reason was the
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    • 552 29  -  Yoga for good sex life 5 Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.comsg A STRONG, healthy body helps you enjoy a good sex life. We've spent a few Sundays strengthening the pelvic girdle, now let's work on the back. The back, especially die lower back, can come under
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 260 30 our sunonv CHANNEL 5 ■■■■Sports Disasters (Sorts) Identity (Variety) Afternoon Movie: Frogmen 3.00 ■The Academy (Variety) 4.00 ■Psych (Drama/Premiere) 5.00 ■Veronica Mars II (Drama) 6.00 ■Gilmore Girts VII (Drama) 7.00 HJust For Laughs Gags 7.15 HSunday Prime Movie: The Italian Job 9.30 News 5 Tonight Noose (Comedy) Got Talent (Variety)
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    • 97 30 TView Tht Italian Job Channal 5, 7.15pm A gang of thieves plans to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest traffic jam ever wift their Mini Cooper getaway cars. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron. Omkara Arts C antral, 10pm Based on William Shakespeare's Othello and
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    • 142 30 Eragon (right) Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm A farm boy chances upon a dragon's egg, a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realises he's the one person who can defend his homeland against an evil king. Starring Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons. Tha Covenant HBO (StarHub
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    322 31 OUR SUNDAY Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? Maybe you want to thank someone? Whatever it is, we want to know. Send your pictures and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg To my beloved wife, Salina Finally, we tied the knot on 29 Dec 07, after so
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  • SUN RACING
    • 1429 33 GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY MUDLARKS RACE 3: High Five, Reap Without. RACE 5: Big Capacity, Silver Dawn, Lim's World. RACE 6: Northern Music, King's Strike, Miracle Power. RACE 7: Ninetyfive Seal, Easy Go Lucky, Time To Remember. RACE 8: Flying Cheetah, Matisse, Authentic Halo. RACE
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    • 85 33 BEST BET OBVIOUSLY named after former charismatic Chelsea soccer manager Jose Mourinho (left), this four-year-old by Chanteclair has been anything but special. But he should finally get his chance to live up to his name after three starts this afternoon. Although beaten by
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    • 161 34 Danny Khoo M Tan Thean Loon a Marc Tan i BEpS 1 The Special One 2 Uncletwo 6 Flirting Prince 1 THE SPECIAL ONE |r^ci Fib> *Mlgh n9 7 Arewina Clinic 3 Setia 2 Lucky Beauty 5 Jeram Fashion 1 Ifsmypasslo fW 10 Zanhooves 2 Sky Missile 8
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    • 783 34 RACE 1 As there was no similar claiming rider available, the stewards allowed S Sakai to replace S John on EXTRA POWER. CHAPTER TWO fly-jumped at the start. Shortly after the start, LUCKY SEVEN steadied away from the heels of EXTRA POWER,
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    • 343 35  -  12-year-old Kelven's Express snares 12th victory in style Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg AT 12 years of age and nine seasons of campaigning, he's probably the oldest horse in training on the Malayan Racing Association (MRA) circuit. But this old warrior seems to be far
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    • 480 35 GOING: GOOD 6 OAK QUEE1 53.5 (131-24) M Faitfar (2) 1 4 ZEMCO 55 (36-10) I RMUMd 7 2 1 TBI DEGREES 55 (16-5) S O'OonMll (6) 3 Traiaan JW Doughty Marfias: Nk, hd, ns. Tta»: 59 62sec Forecast: $113. Placa Forecast; $12 (Nos. 1-4), $35
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    • 747 35 GOING: SOFT (RACES 1-5); HEAVY (RACES 6-8) 2 AfUOM 55 C 51 (14-6) HS Gill (4) 1 1 1 (519) 9 MELANG ANGEL 53.5 (8-5) lUw (8) 5 2 2 (501) 1.75 4 CITY BEAT 55 C 53 (468-70) A Kumar (3 8 5 3 (474) 1.25
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    • 929 36 Preview and tips by PHILLIP WOO, courtesy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Race 1 (1,400 m) Perfect Athlete (No 7) has been mixing his form, but was a close second (Silver Wraith was fifth) behind recent Class
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 33 35 i Saturday, 5 Jan 2008 First Second Third 7821 2259 7611 Starters 3690 4584 1241 7228 6780 8669 0067 7624 0227 2575 Consolation 5442 9058 0204 9567 0449 1597 9912 2962 3627 6044
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  • 977 37 Sunday SPORTS WHAT will be great in 2008? I'm not a big fan of New Year's Eve. Bit too forced for my liking, as if we are being politely but firmly informed that we must have a good time. However, I am a fan of
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  • sun SPORTS
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      648 38 AP. MIKE Weir holed an 18-foot birdie-putt on the final hole for a six-under 67 and a one-shot lead over fellow Canadians Stephen Ames and Jonathan Byrd at the Mercedes-Benz Championship on Friday at Kapalua, Hawaii. Ames, the only player in the field who actually lives in Canada,
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    • 291 38 WORLD No. 1 Tiger Woods (left) has confirmed that he will be returning to Dubai to compete in the 2008 Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club from 31 lan to 3 Feb. The tournament will be preceded by a challenge match on 30
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    • 710 39  -  Gary Lim npsports @sph. com.sg KONG Chee Seng's passion for sports doesn't stop at being a player. As a father of four, the doctor talks of his dreams of a better environment that would spur kids' sporting development. As a sports official, he aims
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    • 199 39 MANCHESTER City's excellent form this season may not have amused many football fans here. But Dr Kong Chee Seng has been pleasandy surprised. He was a City fan back during the early 70s, when they were a top force in English football. He said: "After seeing their
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    • 216 39 AS vice president of the Singapore Hockey Federation, one of Dr Kong Chee Seng's ambitions is to make Singapore a regional powerhouse. The last time Singapore made it as an Asian hockey stalwart team was in the *****. The last two decades have been, to put
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      928 40 The support for our 2010 Youth Olympics bid needs to be contagious like a virus. 50... Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS looks at how you, dear reader, can
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    • 538 40  -  Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg THIS story is for you, if you're the boss of a high-flying company. Or you may be your own boss. Or you may have extra funds to raise support for Singapore's 2010 Youth Olympic Games bid by
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    • 937 41  -  Brian Miller npsports @sph.com.sg TAN Eng Yoon's fast. Well, that was what we have been told. Champion sprinter. Champion hurdler. Champion triple jumper. Champion coach. But last night, Eng Yoon chose to go "long distance" when he addressed his guests at the Seletar Country Club.
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    • 245 41 TAN Eng Yoon was an athletics great who represented Singapore at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. He won Singapore's first South-east Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP) gold medal in the 400 m hurdles in Bangkok in 1959. He also won the triple jump gold at the same Games,
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    • epl 2007/08
      • 427 42 TRANSFER TRAIL PA Sport Manchester united boss Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out making any new signings this month. A number of players including Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and Rangers defender Alan Hutton have been linked with a possible switch to Old Trafford now
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      • 389 42 PA Sport CHELSEA manager Avram Grant remains tight-lipped over the expected arrival of Nicolas Anelka but has dismissed suggestions linking the club with Dimitar Berbatov. Bolton striker Anelka is expected to make the switch to Stamford Bridge but Grant diplomatically kept a lid
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      • 252 43 JKAVc JndJXY Kifl^WßKkmg^ J jr.. -;•-> 3* DERBY have finalised the £2 rniilinn ci on in ex at Qtrikpr Y r *j Hxnanuei Vttla,;^ Pari^^&^twluAGTSSs apH has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Bams. Derby boas Paul Feweß said: *TWs is a very exciting
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      • 498 43 PA Sport ARSENE Wenger admits he is reluctant to allow anyone to leave Arsenal this month. The Gunners head into today's FA Cup third-round tie at Coca-Cola Championship Burnley still very much in contention for honours. The Premier League leaders have the first leg
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    • 198 44 ARE you the wife or a girlfriend (WAG) of a football fan? Or are you a football fan with a WAG you'd like us to feature? The new Paper's Ivan Lim would like to have a chat with your WAG and feature her like we have
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    • 207 44 YOU are a long-suffering Leeds United fan. Perhaps, a fan of Nottingham Forest, whose last appearance on our television screens was way back in 1999. Or just a fan of any other football club with a rich history. Maybe you were born and bred right into
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      51 44 READERS, is there anything you want to know trom Joe Morrison, the new face of English Premier League coverage in Singapore? Email your questions to npsports@sph.com.sg by noon and he will try and answer as many as possible. Look out for Morrison's answers every weekend in The New
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    • 150 44 ALL you amateur and social weekend warriors who play on soccer fields and hardcourts out there, want to be featured in The New Paper? Does your team have an interesting history, background, or colourful characters with great stories, or unique match rituals and habits/ Oo you
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    • FA CUP
      • 726 45  -  Jonathan Tumer Dave Tindall PA Sport BURNLEY v ARSENAL (Burnley 0 Arsenal 3) WE'VE got a nagging feeling that Arsenal's results are better than recent performances merit. But that argument is becoming harder to sustain following their come-from-behind win at Everton and Wednesday's success over
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      • 129 46 BRIAN GARY ERIC UMHAN MILLER UM DING MING LUTON 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 DRAW 4.90 4,90 4.90 LIVERPOOL C HOME (+1 1/2) l£Z 1,87 AWAY (-1 1/2) <S> <£b OGOAL 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 1 4.S0 4.50 430 430 2 /'"3.60 s ✓5.675^ /y.60"^ 3
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      • 557 47 BETTING BURNIfYv ARSENAL DAVID Unsworth is suspended and fellow Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle is out with a hamstring problem. Alan Mahon (groin) is doubtful but fellow midfielders Joey Gudjonsson and John Spicer return after suspension. Veteran German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann looks set for a rare start
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    • FA CUP
      • 496 48 STOKE V NEWCASTLE PA Sport. ANDY Wilkinson believes Stoke team-mate Ricardo Fuller is "one of the best players outside the Premier League" and could pose Newcasde coundess problems when they meet in the FA Cup tonight. But there's a big "if'. If the experienced striker
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      • 396 49 PA Sport Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has ordered midfielder Nicky Butt not to rein himself in as he attempts negotiate a disciplinary minefield. The 32-year-old former England international heads into tonight's vital FA Cup third-round clash with Stoke on nine bookings for the season
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      • 343 49 PA Sport. NEWCASTLE boss Sam Allardyce has been told simply to get on with his job amid intense speculation over his future. The 53-year-old will send his side into an FA Cup third round tie at Coca-Cola Championship Stoke tonight with critics predicting defeat
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    • 312 57 It has something for everyone WITH its bright yellow facade and a slew of fun activities, the student hub@Moberiy at Singapore Polytechnic is the place to be. "It is our chilk)ut zone," said Ms Hope Lee, manager for student clubs and activities.
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    • 251 57 Love of language brought these students together IT al wWt studvtois Jaoanese. Andrew Goh, 19, was picking up the language and ended up falling in love with Japanese culture. So the enterprising young man and some friends set up the Japanese Cultural Club at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) in
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      211 58 This musical made Superstars of its participants I FIVE cWfarent personaMes, from the ■bentf to iiercf, al vying to become [big-time smging innirtimir Wi they make it 7 Or wi their dreams shatter to pieces? Two years back, Singapore Polytechnic (SP) put together a megamusical that answered that flpesbon.
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      211 58 Unique race shows creativity RAFTS in the shape of cars, water creatures, bicycles, bath tubs and even beds, sailing down the Singapore River. Sounds oneof-a-kind? Mr Tan Chin Chye, 56, deputy director of Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) Department of Student and Alumni Affairs thinks so. He calls SPs
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      • 596 60 Standing strong in the face of tough competition IT was an earth-shattering experience in more ways than one. Sixteen finatyear students from Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) School of the Built Environment beat a team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and 92 others in an international competition
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      • 457 63 Final year project turns into full-time clothing business WHAT started it a final-year project hat now become a full-fledged business for two former Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students. In August 2006, Miss Eileen Feng, 21, and three other Diploma in Business Administration (Entrepreneurship Concentration) students set up a
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      • 571 64 Inspired by his teachers, this lecturer wants to pass that same method on to his students HE talks so fast that his students need to record his lessons to avoid missing important details. But lecturer Benjamin Yang's intriguing teaching methods more than make up for it. The
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      • 458 66 s^; Fun course allows students to unleash their creativity THESE students in the Diploma in Experience Design (Interaction 1 Product), or DXDP, are the envy of their peers at Singapore Polytechnic (SP). Students Wang Mm.l 6, Glenn Lum, 17 and Muhd Junaidi, 18, who are in the
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      • 449 67 Take gaming to the next level at this course PLAY games for three years and get a diploma for that Sounds too good to be true? Well, not for students taking the Diploma in Games Design and Development (DGDD) course at Singapore Polytechnic. While other students slave
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        465 69 Mechanical Engineering guys get to break stuff apart and put them together again THINK mechanical engineering, and images of boring men on big machines come to mind. But meet the students from Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME) and youll have another think coming.
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      • 413 70 These students march to, a diffprpnt beat THEY interact with a distinguished musician on a first name basis. These lucky students of Diploma in Music and Audio Technology offered by Singapore Polytechnic's (SP) School of Media and Inf Technology count Mr Jimmy Ye, a renowned bilingual
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