The New Paper, 20 April 2008

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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon I SUE EX-WIFE... I SUE MINISTRY... I SUE PRINCIPAL...
      1115 2  -  Engineer in custody row fights to keep son's family name Crystal Chan crystalc@sph.com.sg A DIVORCED couple's bitter custody battle over their only child took a twist when the ex-husband learnt that the boy no longer had his surname. Instead, the boy,
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      Lock icon Another dad lost surname fight in 2002
      221 3 IN January 2002, a businessman, who left his family for another woman, wanted to nullify the deed poll that changed his son's surname to the surname of his ex-wife's second husband. But the businessman lost his case because the High Court found that
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      Lock icon Let me see what happened there...
      281 4 'Kaypoh' motorcyclist then loses control of bike ONE death due to an accident yesterday morning could have caused more harm no thanks to one "kaypoh" motorcyclist. While apparendy rubbernecking the fatal accident on the opposite side of the highway, the motorcyclist lost control of
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      52 3 A' STICK? Blogger Cheyenne Lu gets teunted by smokers while spending three deys in Orchard Road glass house to kick smoking habit IE Snapshot 21 Sun Social 32 Coif 39 mmm 1800-733 4455 Website tnp.sg E-mail tnp#sph.com.sg Fax 6319 8266 Operations Desk 6319 5544 Circulation Hotline 63M 3838 üßj IN
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    Lock icon STOPPING THE BIG WHEEL FOR THEIR SMALL WHEELS
    557 6  -  S'pore Flyer pauses for first time to let charity guests in wheelchairs board SUN NEWS Shree Ann Mathavan shrecann@sph.com.sg WHEN there's a wheel, there's certainly a way. For several moments yesterday, the Singapore Flyer stopped. The world's largest observation wheel, if you
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  • SUN NEWS
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      Lock icon THE MOST BORING HOUSEHOLD IN SINGAPORE
      1163 8  -  Part three of our focus on women political high-fliers Karen Wong karen@sph.com.sg HIGHLY CAPABLE and effectively bilingual, Ms Grace Fu is one of the fastest rising stars in politics. At home, the Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education is the disciplinarian.
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      Lock icon Stay-at-home mums are 'wonderful'
      194 9 CAN full-time mothers become politicians? Why not? That's the response from Ms Grace Fu. "I always think that stay-at-home mums deserve my fullest respect," she added. "I can spend eight hours at work, but it would be a struggle for me to spend eight hours coaching
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      Lock icon IS GEYLANG BOOM TOWN OR COWBOY TOWN?
      1040 10  -  The area is fast becoming the migrant's Orchard Road. vVill it bring good times or bad times Ng Tze Yong tzcyong@sph.com.sg GEYLANG is Geylang. Messy, seedy, prostitutes and beef hor fun at lam. Things are different there. One look at the bronze-skinned uncle
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      Lock icon GREEN RIVALRY
      757 12 PASIR RIS RESIDENTS IN DISPUTE AFTER PLANTS START DYING MYSTERIOUSLY THE plants don't talk. If they did, they may shed light on what has been going on. Instead, one by one, they started dying. The carefully-tendered plants line the llth-floor corridor of a Housing Board block at an
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      Lock icon CHINA WOMAN JAILED FOR FAKING DIPLOMA
      411 13  -  Crystal Chan crystalcQsph.comsg DIPLOMAS usually carry a photograph of a young adult So when Chinese national Deng Xiao Hong, 33, submitted a diploma with a recent photograph of herself, an officer at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) became suspicious. Ms Abby Wong, the processing
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      Lock icon TAKING THE GREEN ROUTE ON THE DEEP BLUE
      786 14  -  REPORT AND PICTURES Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEY were lured by the blue seas and determined to go green. Avid sailors Henry Marinus Mellegers and Glenys Taylor, both in their 50s, made a remarkable voyage across the Pacific on the Dreamcatcher, their 14-metre
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      Lock icon DAD VANISHES DURING LOO BREAK
      684 15  -  Sisters left in JB coffee shop Hours after he reunites with girls (right)... Ho Lian-yi lianyi@sph.com.sg HE'S done it again. The Malaysian father who allegedly abandoned his two young children in a Johor Baru coffee shop has disappeared just hours after a tearful reunion with
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      Lock icon MAN PICKS BABY UP BEFORE CARS HIT HIM
      542 16 CHILD FLUNG OUT OF CAR ONTO BUSY HIGHWAY MEET Malaysia's miracle baby. This nine-month-old child was flung out of a car and rolled around along a busy highway. A quick-thinking passer-by rushed to his rescue, picked the screaming baby up and whisked
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      Lock icon REALITY: DRUG SMUGGLER
      370 16 JOB OFFER: WAITRESS IN SPAIN SHE left her three young kids at home in search of a better-paying job in Spain. But this Malaysian woman ended up getting arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine into Malta. Her case is not the only one, say reports in the
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      Lock icon 'NEW LOVE' HAS FAKE...
      1039 17 FAMED AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE'S HE used to turn heads with sultry actress Padma Lakshmi on his arm. Now, author Sir Salman Rushdie is drawing stares again with his new lady, model Aimee Mullins. At 1.75m tall, the slender beauty is 28 years younger and at least
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      164 17 Other MayDec pairings WHAT is it about these older blokes which seem to attract younger women like bees to honey? We look at other recent high-profile May-December pairings. VLADIMIR PUTIN, 56 ALINA KABAEVA, 24 Rumours are abuzz that the Russian president is set to tie the knot with the beautiful
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      Lock icon THEY BARE ALL BUT LOSE ALL
      353 18 BAD BUSINESS DEAL AP. THEY took their clothes off for good intentions. But a lack of business acumen and a case of just bad timing has left seven daring mothers in Spain in debt. The women, from the village of Serradilla del Arroyo in
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      Lock icon PROPERTY MARKET CRASHES, BUT HE MAKES $5b
      420 18 GOOD BUSINESS DEAL HE saw the mortgage crash coming. And he bet big on it So where others struggled because of the credit crisis, Mr John Paulson, a previously obscure fund manager from New York, took home a startling US$3.7 billion ($5b) last
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    • SNAPSHOT
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        47 19 Every pushy parent... would be advised to cut out the picture of the beautiful Sufiah (Yusof) gyrating naked and consult it each time they are tempted to strong-arm their child into yet another 'improving 7 activity or extra Mandarin lesson. Carol Midgley in The Times
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        53 19 TWO Bolivian "cholitas" (indigenous young women of the Aymara ethnic group) wrestle enthusiastically. This is during a catch-as-catch-can (a kind of wrestling competition) evening on 13 Apr. Juanita "the Warm One" is lying on the mat as Isabel "the Heart Robber" is about use her as a landing
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        97 19 ONE game distributor has said it will not Sass on to the consumer extra costs arising om the implementation of the new MlB video classification. Infocomm Asia Holdings (lAH) plans to import 20,000 copies of Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA 4), the first game to be
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        65 19 TROPICAL storm Neoguri hit China's southern Hainan island yesterday, leaving 18 fishermen missing and thousands of travellers stranded. Some 42,000 residents in five major cities were evacuated, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Neoguri began lashing Hainan's northeastern coast late on Friday, blacking out the city of
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        Lock icon ANWAR SUES MINISTER
        105 19 DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim, adviser to the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat, has filed a defamation suit against Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister, Dr Wee Ka Siong. Mr Anwar, whose party made big gains in the recent elections, is seeking RMIO million ($4.3 m) for remarks made by Dr
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        172 19 SARAWAK TO BE MALAYSIA'S NEW 'RICE BOWL' MALAYSIA is embarking on a massive project to increase food production, including a plan to grow more rice in Sarawak, amid fears of shortages caused by a global food crisis. The RM4 billion 1.75b) allocated for the plan
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        Lock icon CHINESE PROTESTS OUTSIDE CARREFOUR
        202 19 PEOPLE in several Chinese cities took to the streets yesterday against Tibetan independence and to call for a boycott of French goods after the Olympic torch relay was disrupted in Paris. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a branch of the French supermarket chain Carrefour in Wuhan,
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        78 19 A 29-year-old British tourist wandered onto the set of Iron Man at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas last June and spent seven hours working as an extra. He found himself next to Robert Downey Jr and missed his flight home while "some 38 takes" of a scene with Gwyneth
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      205 9 SINGAPORE'S VERY OWN MARRIED WOMEN CONTEST IS NOW OPEN! I Show the world your great looks, personality, inner beauty and charm! There is NO SWIMWEAR in this contest. Mrs Singapore) /s D V/ To qualify, you should be between 22 -44 years of age for the I Mrs Singapore Catagory
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      164 13 Congratulations to our mio TV Lucky Draw winners 1 i*t PRIZE ready 1 I 2nd PRIZE: J LG M l f«°OW I Draw 1 (Nov 2007) I sl Tan Dai Khin SXXXX429F 2 nd LamFuiPauh SXXXXOI3A Draw 2 (Dec 2007) I s Rugayah Binte Matrady SXXXXS6BF 2 nd Tang Wee
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  • OUR Sunday
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      1017 20  -  She staysingla&iiQiise quit smoking* But... Elysa Chen elysac@sph.com.sg I HE endured cold showers, cold stares and cold turkey in her L/ latest attempt to get smoke-free. And she did it in the most uncomfortable way possible in the public eye. Blogger Cheyenne Lu spent
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      Lock icon New space, but... SAME GREAT TASTES
      600 22  -  Cafe is famous for chicken rice, but it's the char kway teow that is the must-have Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck@sph.com.sg JUST as Table For 4 moved from Friday to Sunday, Chatterbox has also moved from its long-time home on the ground floor of the
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      Lock icon Win tickets to watch James Blunt
      156 22 A JAMES Blunt concert is the last place you'd expect to see stage-diving especially when it's the British singer-songwriter himself doing it. That's what happened at his recent show in the US. Blunt broke his right little finger after launching himself into a sea
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      Lock icon Meet his pother' team
      501 23 Man 0, AKIHIRO NAKAMURA watth the OanMntf stadium. 4 He recaHed: 1 saw how much tiwytflfoyed thejame. j "But I soon realised them were notiniy V football schools that cater to the Japaneft boys who reside here." So Akihcro decided to set up one him** He
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      Lock icon Banning is hard
      713 24  -  Somebodyis always trying to beat the system By SM Ong smong(3)sph.com.sg AS we are all aware, the Singapore Government likes to ban stuff. Like pornography, the sale of chewing gum and Phua Chu Kang speaking Singlish. I should know. I used to produce PCK. But lately, the
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      Lock icon Thanks for ticking me off
      583 26  -  Santokh Singh santokh @sph.com.sg A FRIEND'S reminder recently saved me from falling off the stage of fatherhood. I must admit that in being the leader of a home in a fast-paced competitive society, it is so easy to lose sight of one's basic principles. And
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      196 27 The Young Warriors Channel 8,10.30pm This new Hong Kong-Taiwan-China co-production set in the Song dynasty tells the story of the Yang clan and how they became legendary patriotic warriors. Starring Weng Jiaming, Peter Ho. White Chicks Channel 5, 7pm Two disgraced black FBI agents go way undercover as white women
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      162 27 CHANNEL 5 Everwood IV Foreverwood I Golden Moments B Life's Funniest Moments K Paul Merton In China I Old School I Just For Laughs Gags VI 101 Incredible Celebrity I Slimdowns Psych I Son Ot The Dragon Gilmore Girls White Chicks I Crimewatch 2008 News 5 Tonight I Rouge I
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      22 27 Show times are subject to change Be our I HIT] desirechat.sg r ffiin (TT [Samsung's i450! rr> «i A 1900*912 9111 h'
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  • Queen Elizabeth II Cup Sunday, 20 April 2008 Singapore Racecourse
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      Lock icon Kranji's truly one and only Queen-sized classic affair
      501 28 Race named in honour of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has come a long way since its inception in 1972 IN horse-racing circles around the world, there are races that just have to be won. And don't think for one minute that
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      Lock icon Another way to pick the winners
      190 28 EVENS and Odds. In an age where you can have a flutter on almost everything and "exotic bets" such as Quartets (first four in order) with attractive payouts are all the rage, ifs nice when you can find a simple way to have a
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      Lock icon Special treats for ladies only
      133 28 IT just gets better and better for the "fillies" at Kranji today. Apart from world-class racing highlighted by the running of the 37th Queen Elizabeth II Cup the Singapore Turf Club will be making it a day to remember for ladies with loads of extra
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      Lock icon Reaching out to elderly needy
      286 28 WITH many chances in today's Queen Elizabeth II Cup, there is no guarantee who will walk away the winner. With one exception. Thanks to the Tsao Foundation and Singapore Turf Club (STC), the Hua Mei Clinical Services will receive much-needed funds for its operations. And
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    328 29 our sunpflv 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... tnpforum@sph.com.sg Dearest hubby, thanks for all that you've done for me. You make my life worth living.
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  • SUN RACING
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TOPTIPS
      144 31 Danny Khoo a Tan Thean Loon Z Marc Taa A ■p 4R2 FS3 w K3 Ml K KWming 5 ARBITRATOR W 1 8 Kipadi i 1 Fantastic Owners 10 Risky Business 2 Call MJmit f" ■■-< w* 9 Premier Night B Jade 3 Gust 6 The Hornet i|
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      901 31 RACE 1 Trainers J Meagher and Dr KC Yeoh were advised that a warning had been placed on LIM'S KNIGHT and SIR NORTH respectively regarding their barrier manners. PERFECT PASSION jumped awkwardly out, bumping PAYBACK TIME out onto HAPPY FEET. Near
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KRANJI (SHORT COURSE C) RACE CARD
      1707 32 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 to. Latlran NMK Wl IMlai 1 •ark w tnlMf-owMr) 1 *****2 *****5 3 *****2 4 434-39 5 *****0 6 -00-02 7 *****7 B 5043-5 9 65-660 10 0000-0 11 79-090 12 90-908 13 870-43 14 000-0-WmmJmsk Start Mali
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      Lock icon GUERILLA
      76 32 (Race 9 No. 6) BEST BET THIS John Meagher-trained gelding looks tuned up for his fourth hurrah over his pet 1,200m trip. The Iglesia four-year-old stepped out from a two-month break on 6 Apr to run a sweet third behind the promising Beau Brummell. He should be fitter today
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      86 32 RACE It Imperial Treasure, Sea Of Tranquility, Kismet. RACE 8s Sporting Chance, Tricky Master. RACE 4: Kg Occasion Welcome Change, Kipadi. RACE St King Of Honour, Strawberry Power, Zoid, Promise Me Gold, Pin Number. RACE 6: King And King, Breckenridge, Jade, Emperor Commands, Forest Gold, Graduate Boy. RACE 7:
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      Lock icon Onceuponatime, Top Spin set for battle royale
      2252 33 LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S KRANJI RACES RACE 1 (1,400m) 1 D'Mighty Bull Run two starts back in better company easily good enough for this; the one to beat with blinkers back on. 2 Imperial Treasure Always solid but may need it longer
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      Lock icon SUNDAY TOPTIPS
      158 34 Danny Khoo :-MSm Leon A ?Sr C a E3 di?2^ HJ 1 pr* t 4 flfi K Tr7 J aR8 R9^ 3 Mighty Midget irexn i-j 10 Cany On Winning 1 Big Beau SClMon Super SJug Full 1 12 Conamor'e 11 Iron Eyes idw... 6 Superb It 1
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      Lock icon CHEYENNE DANCER
      67 34 (Race 3 No. 2) BEST BET THIS horse has been a revelation since he relocated from Kranji last year. In his five outings across the Causeway, the Indian Danehill gelding notched a hat-trick and two seconds over his pet 1,200 m trip. On form alone, none of his
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
      1403 34 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING RACE 1 Last«ran HOUSE W! Rati if Jockey tori V (AfO/W if la/Ml, MMf-UMf) 1 709 CMCTMCMCS 55 <**) OCfeavtz t (3i«o P Tennenf-C dence/C fluence) 2 905 ftaftnM 55 |44» MINpMr 1 (3ac S Cook-Time) 3 7-66-- iirti>li« 55
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      Lock icon MUDLARKS
      78 34 RACE 2: Royal Galloper, Sunshine Beauty RACE 3: Leon, Cheyenne Dancer, Mahadesa, Magical Cigar, Conbience, Thundershock RACE 5: Dashing Wonder RACE 6: Big Beau, Reno, Bushrange, Dashing Hero, Light Easy, Iron Eyes Cody, Long Socks, Summer Red, Courageous General RACE 7:1 Am, Cyril, Joker Treasure, Clarton Super RACE 8:
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      Lock icon PORT OF HAINAN SPRJNG SURPRISE
      174 35  -  Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg HE had not won for exactly two years. That explained his long odds on both sides of the Causeway. But for those faithfuls who called on Port Of Hainan to deliver in Race 4 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, they were well
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S RESULTS – GOING: HEAVY RACE 1 IN SYDNEY; YIELDING RACES 2-9 IN KL
      723 35 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS GOING: HEAVY RACE 1 IN SYDNEY; YIELDING RACES 2-9 IN KL Race 1 Golden Sliper Stakes (Sydney) 1200m 8 BM 56.5 (29-12) IIM (5) 1 W 7 W COST A K MHO 56 5 (135*3$) CVNm (15) 2 j-j 10 PWTUt 54.5 (241-69) 1MB (9 3 Traiaar G
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S WATC (ASCOT) RESULTS
      452 35 GOING: GOOD 8 TEARINUPTHECOUNTRY 54 (31 -8) W Plka (5) 1 2 RANCHER'S BOY 56 (25-7) P Harvey (7) 2 4 ZMOER 55 (148-26) C Chatfleld (9) 3 Traiaen P Grantham. MargiaK Nk, 0.75, hd. Time: 1min 50.9sec. EOB: $27 Forecast: $44 Place Forecast: $82 (Nos.
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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      32 35 Saturday, 19 Apr 2008 First Second Third 9798 3111 4621 Starters 6126 1585 6674 0564 9665 4004 9979 8729 5519 4030 Consolation 5390 9898 1361 5878 1171 9160 3449 0439 6251 1718
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  • Sunday SPORTS
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      Lock icon Has the Masters lost its sparkle?
      897 36 Mad about golf HOLD on to your hats and take a deep breath, for we are entering dangerous territory this week. In fact, never mind dangerous, for where we are about to venture into is bordering on the sacrilegious. It has to be said,
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      Lock icon McGrane poised maiden win
      717 37 IRELAND'S Damien McGrane took pole position at the Volvo China Open when he shot a four-under 68 in the third round yesterday. His three-day total of 11-under 205 gave him a three-shot cushion over overnight leader Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France and England's Oliver Wilson going into
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      Lock icon Tseng's record-breaking blitz leaves Pettersen in her wake
      384 37 AFP ROOKIE Tseng Yani fired a course-record eight-under 64 to seize the lead at the US$2.6 million ($3.5m) Ginn Open in Friday's second round at Orlando. The rising Taiwanese star (right) had nine birdies and broke Cristie Kerr's mark of 65 set
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      307 38 AFP. AMERICAN Lucas Glover grabbed the lead at the US$5.5 million ($6.4m) PGA Heritage tournament by firing a five-under 66 in Friday's second round. Glover rolled in six birdies and a bogey after starting at the 10th to grab a one-shot lead at 10-under 132 at
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      195 38 TWO sets of brothers are in the Singapore contingent of 12 players recommended for the 2008 Callaway Golf Junior World Championship in San Diego, United States, in July. They are the Tan brothers, Levine and Enzo, children of insurepreneur Jerry. And the Foo brothers, George and Gregory, sons
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      296 39 In our Singapore at Large series last week, JOYCE LIM checked out park connectors in the east and west of Singapore. Today, she tries out those along the rivers THE Geylang River was a picture of calm. It was almost still as I cycled alongside it, from
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      Lock icon GEYLANG PARK CONNECTOR
      159 40 THE 3-km connector starts from Geylang Lorong 40 and takes you to Kampong Arang Road. THE GOOD Beautiful colours mark the cycling and walking tracks along the river. The lush greenery which lines the river, behind the backyards of heritage houses, provide ample shade, while the ramp
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      Lock icon WHAMPOA PARK CONNECTOR
      43 40 I The 1.8-km park connectoi I links Bendemeer Road and I Jalan Rajah. I ♦THE GOOD I Nothing. ♦THE BAD Too many road crossings and construction work. RATING: 1/5 SO BORING: The Whampoa Park Connector is an uneventful I.Bkm ride.
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      651 41  -  FOR2/M z Gary Lim npsports @sph. com.sg IT was the defining period of Daniele Massaro's career. The year was 1994. AC Milan had captured their first Italian Serie A and Champions League Double in its illustrious history, and Massaro had been a crucial factor behind the team's successes.
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      103 42 DANIELE Massaro was in Singapore recently to promote the AC Milan Junior Camp, which is scheduled to be held here in November. The five-day camp is co-organised by local sports company Kick Off! Aide Iskandar, former Singapore national team captain, has been installed as the camp's technical
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      728 42 From car-racing to golf/ former Italy and AC Milan marksman Daniele Massaro has plenty of things to keep himselt busy after he had retired as a player, as GARY LIM finds out GARY: How has life been for you after football? MASSARO: I
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      • BETTING
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          408 43 HOT Sticking six past Derby is the perfect tonic for those end-of-the-season blues. After a goal like his 45-yarder, it might even perk up poor Stilian Petrov who has struggled since moving from Celtic. MOT Birmingham seem to be one of those sides who
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          432 43 HOT It's 10 points from four games for Kevin Keegan now and with Michael Owen excelling in his new role behind the strikers, you can expect another win. The Geordies will go into the summer on a high, no doubt expecting a top-four finish next
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          Lock icon MATCH 0310: MAN CITY V PORTSMOUTH
          418 44 TEAM FACTS: ARUM RAJ; BEST PICK: BRIAN MILLER; WHO'S HOT; WHO'S MOT: IAIM MACINTOSH (Reporting from London) HOT The threats hanging over Sven-Goran Eriksson's head may be the only way of getting these players to up their performances. The Swede is a popular manager
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          Lock icon POMPEY TO NICK IT
          553 44  -  Ben Linfoot and Dave Tindall PA Sport MANCHESTER CITY v PORTSMOUTH (Man City 0 Portsmouth 1) ONLY the top four have won more home games than City this season while only Chelsea have won more times on the road than Pompey so both sides have legitimate
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        Lock icon No favours for old boy Benjani
        358 45 MAN CITY v PORTSMOUTH AFP. IT'S just business. Portsmouth will put old friendships aside when they line up against ex-striker Benjani Mwaruwari at Manchester City today. Pompey first-team coach Joe Jordan admitted that his Uefa Cup chasing south-coast club owe a huge debt to
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        287 45 Reuters. MANCHESTER City's clash with Portsmouth today has been overshadowed by club owner Thaksin Shinawatra's veiled criticism of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. The former Thai Prime Minister caused a stir at Eastlands this week when he announced from Thailand that there would be a review of the club
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        376 45 NEWCASTLE v SUNDERLAND AFP. NEWCASTLE boss Kevin Keegan takes on Roy Keane's Sunderland with the St James' boss singing the praises of the Irishman who has virtually made sure of the Black Cats' Premier League status. It will be the first time the two men
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    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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        271 46 PA Sport. X OSE Mourinho is backing I former club Chelsea to J exact their revenge on Liverpool in the Champions League having twice been dumped out of the semi-finals by the Merseysiders. Mourinho lost to Rafael Benitez's side in the last four
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        108 46 MINISTRY of Community Development, Youth and Sports Senior Parliamentary Secretary Teo Ser Luck wants to hear more from you on any grassroots sports issues or questions you might have, that affect yourself, people you know or others like you at a
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        606 47  -  By Duncan MacMillan Special Correspondent PA Sport Gavin mccann snatched a dramatic winner as Bolton kept alive their hopes of escaping relegation from the English Premier League. The result, which had seemed unlikely as Boro ran the visitors ragged in the opening 10 minutes,
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        542 48  -  5JL Ken Gaunt Special Correspondent SUBSTITUTE Carlton Cole scored a late winner as West Ham made hard work of beating relegated Derby at Upton Park. Bobby Zamora had given the home side a 20th minute lead when he headed home George
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        655 48  -  ®L John Curtis Special Correspondent PA Sport EMILE HESKEY salvaged a point for Wigan for the second time in six days, although their fight for survival is far from over. Bolton's win at Middlesbrough means the Latics are now just Ave points clear of the EPL
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        Lock icon Rafa's gamble pays off
        707 49  -  FULHAM 0 LIVERPOOL 2 Crouch and Pennant deliver the goods as Liverpool send Fulham closer to relegation trap door TV VIEW Lim Han Ming npsports @sph. com.sg NO Steven Gerrard. No Fernando Torres. No Jamie Carragher. No Xabi Alonso. No problem for Liverpool. Despite not starting
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        166 50 WHAT IF... FULHAM had brought in quality attacking reinforcements during the January transfer window? David Heaty and Brian McBride are not the kind of top-level strikers who can score goals week in, week out. Fulham's goal-shy record is one of the reasons why they are mired in the relegation zone.
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        Lock icon Reds storm showing no sign of abating
        486 50 Wire Services THE battle between the US owners of Liverpool and potential buyer Dubai International Capital (DIC) will go on for a few weeks. Sources close to the club claim that DIC isn't prepared to raise its offer. The situation is deadlocked as
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        432 51 Wire Services. WANTED: a top defender. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, having seen his season dramatically unravel, is already making plans for the next campaign but insisted he is not in the market for Spanish hitman David Villa. The highly-rated Valencia striker, expected to
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        Lock icon Frustrated Walcott wants more games
        159 51 PA Sport. THEO Walcott is ready to confront Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger over his lack of first-team chances. The 19-year-old forward has been used mainly as an impact substitute since joining the Gunners in January 2006. Walcott insists he has done everything asked of him
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        72 53 Kolo Toure chips in a delightful ball into the danger area which evades the Reading defence. Emmanuel Adebayor traps the ball with one touch before firing low past goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. Gilberto Silva receives the ball from Fabregas just outside the area. He calmly takes a touch to
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        Lock icon Game over, Jens
        428 54  -  lain Macintosh npsports@sph.com.sg THE next season starts now. So said a defiant Arsene Wenger after his side's 2-0 victory over strugging Reading. Looking calm and relaxed after a game that was never in doubt, he appeared to be eager to put the events of the last fortnight
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        226 54 PA Sport ARSENAL midfielder Cesc Fabregas hopes his future remains with the Gunners. Fabregas was impressive in his side's 2-0 Premier League victory over Reading at the Emirates Stadium last night. The Gunners whose hopes of the league title and European glory have evaporated in recent weeks
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        Lock icon Gunners back to their best
        682 55 Your English Kaki r who was at the Emirates Stadium, watched as Reading were royally ravaaed by the free-flowing Gunners ARSENAL returned to winning ways at a freezing cold Emirates Stadium with a convincing 2-0 victory over a Reading side which is nose-diving at the
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        155 56 ...JIMMY Kebe had reached Dave Kitson's first-half cross? With the score at 0-0, Reading were making a nuisance of themselves and an early goal could have changed everything. Kitson whipped the ball behind the Arsenal defenders, but the Mali-born winger couldn't quite reach it. It was a fortunate
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