The New Paper, 24 August 2008

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    20 1 The New Paper on sunday 24 Aug 08 JM mm Singapore PnM W Holding* MICA (P) 113/12/2007 I 80 CENTS
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      60 1 Glitter From rock star to pariah 22 Glitz Top property agents open their homes 12 Grief Double death at Jin Damai 15 <1 n 3 i t >> a v*V! «k f THE GREAT MARRIAGE E VERSION 2.0 I ;v r successful V sinnlfi S'poreans on their elusive search for
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        Lock icon How can you say, 'How can?'
        402 2  -  THE BUZZ REGGIE J tapOaplLconLsg IT IS in the news again. The Speak Good English Movement will soon be Launching yet another campaign. Bookshops can get into the act by having storytelling sessions. Read it out loud to stimulate the imagination. Many teachers in
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        88 2 "I didn 't study so hard just to make babies." 20-something woman chatting online about PM Lee's call for singles to get married and have children "She looks like an aunty you see at the market, but her backhand is damn killer, lor." A young man
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        Lock icon QUICK ON THE DRAW
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS... SOO Chinese like most about the Olympic Games
        52 2 1 Opening Ceremony 2 World's focus on China 3 The feeling that it is bringing the world together 4 Number of gold medals China has won 5 The intense sporting competition An online survey by Synovate in the first week
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        Lock icon TV presenters do it, so... can, ah?
        226 3  -  FROM READER PETER DORNEY I READ your eariier column on this subject, Reggie, and I too have been "disturbed" by die ongoing mispronunciations of many erf the TV news readers. I've even called MediaCorp and asked them to tell Sushila Krishnan that the
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        Lock icon S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX We track what made you happy – or unhappy – over the past week
        240 3 S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX We track what made you happy or unhappy over the past week +20 —> Billion plus for babies More Growth Dividends, more utility rebates, more; wnllllwl political liberalisation and a $1£biMon package -with immediate effect-to encourage Singaporeans to marry and have more babies, move... it makes everybody
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      Lock icon Now my legs look so scary
      753 4  -  Sisters allege fungal infection after fish spa treatment REPORT AND PICTURE BY HEDY KHOO hedykhooOsptuxmsg THE latest health fad in town involves letting little fishes nibble your legs to get rid of dead skin. These fishes are dubbed "doctor fish", but two sisters who
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      Lock icon Dermatologist Patricia Yuen says:
      94 4 1 ■No proven medical benefit from fish spa. Etah might bite off skin ceils, but it is not a medical treatment. If water is not treated for hygiene, it could be a breeding ground for fungi- 2 Possible to get a fungal and bacterial skin infection
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      301 5 THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY 24 August 2008 5 m. Retail therapy can still be satisfying on a budget. Our shopping reporter YVONNE PHOO indulges at four outlets in Suntec City with less than $40 s i iff t c in ury witn less tnan *4U III! III! More bang
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      Lock icon SO ARE YOU THEIR MR RIGHT?
      961 6  -  Sassy singles end up dating Mr Fright MAUREEN KOH AND CRYSTAL CHAN tnpOsph.comsg THEY are attractive, well-educated, have good careers and are financially independent They have gone through several relationships. And yet.. Singapore women like them occupy space on the mind of Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Going Dutch on first date? Hmph MESS JENNIFER YEO, 32, CORP COMMS MANAGER
      393 7  -  MAUREEN KOH AND CRYSTAL CHAN InpOsptuoofiLsg I'm single but not desperate because... Women are better educated and they have more choices. People are also getting married later because they want to pursue their careers first When I
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      Lock icon Shooting the New Faces
      237 8 From top of Swissotel the Stamford to Jurong Bird Park STAND straight 1 No face the other direction 1 Chin up' Look at the camera"*" Tha 4 s //hat our 20 Ne a Paper New Face 2003 finalists have been hearing f or the past f
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      431 11 With property prices dipping, here's what some of Singapore's top real-estate brokers look for when they go house-hunting. And they show you what makes their homes sweet ELYSA CHEN reports MASTER OF HIS CASTLE Dr Dennis Wee, 56, founder and chairman of Dennis Wee Group A Secondary 2
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      96 11 Tip #1 You won't go wrong investing in property Dr Wee said: "Invest in property. With a strong and good Government, our real-estate market will always be there. Unless war breaks out in Singapore, you won't go bust. But with stocks, you see companies going bust all
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      136 12 J Tip #1 Look around now Now is a good time to start looking for a house because developers are getting more realistic about prices. Tip #2 Go to a developer She also suggested that buyers can consider buying from developers as the house would be done
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      Lock icon THE QUEEN Ms Ivy Lee, 44, founder and CEO of Ivy Lee Realty
      332 12 A former nurse and florist, she went into real estate in 1994 because she needed money to tide over some financial difficulties while running her floral shop. Ayear later, she earned a reputation as Queen of die
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      Lock icon Dream home near dream school
      178 13 THE FAMILY MAN Mr Mohamed Ismail, 45, CEO of PropNex Property Management HE started his company in 1996 after 13 years as an army officer. Today, his company employs 5,500 agents. In the secondjquarter of this year, Propnex's revenue hit $28 million Last year, its
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      130 13 Tip #1 Don't let your emotions rule your head Mr Ismail said: "At launches, people are selling a lifestyle. But your house is not a showroom house. You are not going to swim in the pool every day." Hp #2 Landed property provides value In land-scarce Singapore,
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      Lock icon Mystery diary entries, DOUBLE DEATH FALL
      942 14  -  CRYSTAL CHAN crystalcOsph.com.sg THE two boys had apparently written diary entries with words like "goodbye" and "last day". Yet, some of those around them said they had not noticed anything unusual in their behaviour. The day before the two 16-year-olds died, one of them
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      Lock icon Why Thursday is thenew Friday
      855 15  -  4-day work week is Uncle Sam's latest move to cut oil use ZHEN MING BOSTONjjjjgg'V ITS only 5am. The radio alarm in your bedroom goes off Five more minutes, you mumble to yourself, as you stumble in the dark to press the snooze button. But
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      576 16  -  LINCOLN TAN tnpOsph.com.sg FORMER Raffles Institution student Shawn Tan (eight) wants to become a New Zealand member of parliament The 26-year-old, who moved to New Zealand in 1996, wants to give Asians here a "bigger voice". But his employer, the Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
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      436 16 Singapore immigrants create a stir in NZ ANOTHER activist from Singapore is staging an anti-crime protest in New Zealand Mr Peter Low (right) said the government there is "not listening to the cries of the people". So yesterday, the immigrant from Singapore, who is a
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      Lock icon Police dig up 10 bodies at his parents' home
      930 18  -  INDON SERIAL-KILLING SUSPECT TEH JEN LEE jenlee©sph.com.sg IT is not quite The Amityville Horror, but it is no less spine-chilling. And it begins with a house in Jombang, East Java, that sits in the middle of rice paddies and sugarcane fields.
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      Lock icon From rock star to pariah
      574 19 Glitter's long journey home ONCE a glam-rock star, Gary Glitter has nowhere now that he can call home. Also, he has been shunned by his friends. Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, is now back in London after Ming to find a
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      Lock icon Only tea and chit chat
      409 20 "Tell me. sweetie, what is the weather like in England? I'm not used to the cold any more. I've got so used to the heat in Asia." Even as he tried to make conversation, Gary Glitter stroked the arm of the reporter from the tabloid
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      Lock icon Treat paedophiles as MAD OR BAD?
      841 20  -  Jail or therapy? Castration or counselling? MEVILIE CLAD in a sequin-studded suit and crowned by a shock of black hair, Gary Glitter was the strutting symbol of glam rock But off-duty he was bald, elderly and lascivious. The typical "dirty old man". No child
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      77 13 BASED ON FOOTBALL LEGENDS: Coach Choo Seiuj Qwee, Dollah Kassim. Quah Kim Song. Rajagopal others "This is a film not only for soccer fans but for all to savour the boom of the Kallang Roar" Ivan Tan. incmemas sg Kallang Roar is designed to leave audience simultaneously cheering and moved
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      104 15 One fewer workday 139 m No of US workers at end of 2007 118 m No of Americans who drive alone to work 45km Average round trip distance of US commute 5.3b No of km Americans drive to work each day. Equivalent to 6,915 trips to the moon and back
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      282 21 MORE RENTAL FLATS, SCHEME TO BE REVIEWED BY YEAR-END APPLICANTS with more urgent needs for rental flats will be allowed to bypass the queue. At the same time, the eligibility criteria for such flats will be tightened to moderate demand. National Development Ministef
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      Lock icon Lavigne's Kuala Lumpur show to go on after all
      91 21 ON, off, and now on again. After an outcry from music fans, the authorities in Malaysia have reversed a decision to cancel next week's concert by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne. The Arts, Culture and Heritage Ministry had earlier responded to complaints
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      Lock icon Zoom 8 storeys high from Braddell to Lomie roads
      92 21 THE viadtict linking BraddeU and Lomie roads is to open to traffic today. Rising over the existing Macßitchie flyover, it is the highest viaduct here, almost eight stories high at its crest. Motorists using it can travel the 17km from Bartley
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      Lock icon Obama picks Biden as V-P running mate
      83 21 US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has named Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate. Mr Biden, 65, has twice sought the White House, and is a Catholic with blue-collar roots and a generally liberal voting record. In more than 30
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      76 21 PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS: These poppy straws may look pre*7 2 :he Cer/r-.tl Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is now cautioning the public that these poppy straws contain opium 0 a Class A controlled drug Any shops or florists found with poppy straws may be prosecuted under the Misuse of Drugs
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      Lock icon TOO HOT for sport?
      683 23  -  HO LIAN-YI tanyfOsphxtmsg ATHLETES competed in the nude during the ancient Olympics. They no longer do, but there is still plenty of flesh on display. At die current Games in Beijing, there is no shortage of athletes wearing shorts so tiny, they are nearly thongs. As
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    Lock icon Tricked into modelling
    277 24 Enjoy Model Expat Fighter- turned- model Osny Fernandes De Oliveira is 1.9 m tall and has angelic good looks coupled with a devilish hot bod. The Brazilian, who has been on the cover of Men's Health, shares his thoughts on girls, marriage, and the modelling industry. Name:
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      531 25  -  Be inspired, get that look To dress well, let your imagination take flight ANGELINE NEO I._ JIL .J. or* uifxffspn.com.sg IF people-watching were an Olympic sport Singaporeans would never even make it to the heats. Why? Where would you train? It's not so much the dearth of places to
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      454 26  -  Go for gold with silver YEOH WEE TECK SILVER is the new gold. I don't care where you stand on the Foreign Talent Scheme debate, but I m just glad Singapore won a medal. So to celebrate the table tennis victory, I'm going to vanquish the gold-worshipping inner-aunty in
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      Lock icon Mad to make a difference
      520 27  -  Heroes with a punch land on Helipad first Fly on the Wall SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchooOsph.com.sg THEY are quite mad. About Making A Difference (hence the "mad"). The invitation had the words "helipad" and "heroes" in the same sentence, so with even a rubberband
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    Lock icon Unique name, but he's S'porean
    464 28 MAN to WATCH JERRY Bartholomeusz is a pa*|MI,| m n uent man. It took five year s f or the Woodlands Welington FC defender and his wife, Siti Fardiya, to get their first child, Tarif, now 3 going on 4. And Jerry, 34, always waits
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      53 28 f. i Words MELISSA TAN Photo JOHN HENG Design CELGULAPA Official Convergence Communication GMng Hope Improving lives. AVAyA Sponsors JtISIN JtSSEN CDfWUWC'TMMt Club Apparel Sponsors umkn Club Main Sponsors SAfiYO civkc FTMS m SUB IMB STA*R IJSHT* omtJSSumm, IV QT <s> HYunoni 0 sembcorp uhlsport# Pj r ,r ton H
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      344 29 I 2nd Blue Max title TERMS CONDITIONS Discount on title of same or lower value. Valid for Blue Max Title only S tV •Zm:i":•< |U|t£| rn iwa .Si ii F 0 *Sf I Sw?l 2nd item TERMS CONDmONS Valid with minimum purchase of 2 items Excludes food stuff and selected
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      Lock icon Leave some stout for the stew
      485 30 IRISH BEEF STEW WITH STOUT Hed Chef HEDYKHOO hedykhoo@sph.com. sg 1 LOVE my meat and I make no bones about it. But just in case it has the potential to cause my brain cells to degenerate and leave me behaving like a cow, let's
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        Lock icon Chain letters – now with pictures
        638 31  - Chain letters now with pictures Thank heavens for the delete key BRIAN MILLER LIFE I GOT another one just the other day. A note which spewed eternal damnation and die possible loss of my first bom-if I did not do as told. It wasn't the first time I had received
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        Lock icon My footwear!
        647 31  -  Will my kids one day win Olympic glory? S MURALI FATHER FIGURES 1 READ the other day that Britain's Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington was motivated to go for gold by the promise of a pair of designer shoes from her mother. It seems that the young Brit has
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        Lock icon When it comes to face, it's a farce
        578 32  -  The flaming of drop-out hurdling hope LiuXiang SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOG JUST PAIK CHOO YOU know how two people can go to a movie together and emerge having seen two different films? One thinks it's about that pretty girl with the peculiar
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        244 32 Barbie lands a good catch It was pink, just slightly longer than his forearm, and had the word "Barbie" on it. But Mr David Hayes, of Elkin North Carolina, somehow managed to use his granddaughter's toy fishing rod to reel in a 9.6 kg catfish a state record. He
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        Lock icon Why I bet against S'pore in Olympics
        409 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smongOsph.com sg JUST before the historic Olympic women's table-tennis semi-final between Singapore and South Korea two weeks ago, I had a wager with a Malaysian friend. I bet $20 on Singapore to lose. Now before someone revokes my
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      72 33 y Enjoy Comics Sw°°m S'cR'tt MMtAL'P DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS ITA GOING TO A SEKINAR THAT UILL TEACH fAE HOW TO NAKE A MILLION DOLLARS! i ipfl BUT IT WONT WORK BECAUSE I HAVE DREAMS! I WONT BE A BITTER AND BROKEN CYNIC LIKE YOU TWO! YOU JUST WANT TO CRUSH
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      66 33 I RAVENT EVEN TOLD YOU THE NAME OF THE SEMINAR! YOU CANT BE SURE IT IS A SCAM IF YOU KNOW NONE OF THE DETAILS. S I LL HAVE THE LA5T LAUGH AFTER I PAY NY NOMINAL FEE AND LEARN HOW TO TURN A HUMORED DOLLARS INTO A MILLION.' ni
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      293 33 LEO You will think you got Apple's 3G smartphone at a bargain on eßay until someone points out that the label on your new gadget shouldn't read "GGGiPhone". VIRGO The Government will reject your application for the enhanced Baby Bonus scheme. It doesn't matter how cute you think your Tamagotchi
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    Lock icon Olympics? I'd rather watch a formulaic sports movie
    633 34  -  Enjoy Flick Chick JEANMARIE TAN 1 BP WOO-HOO! The 2008 Olympics is finally almost over and normal daily TV programming can resume. Not that I really cared, since I didn't catch a single match not even one involving the silver medal-win-ning table
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      55 35 Find the familiar phrase, name in this arrangement Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters. Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement or letters. time emit I DEEP li I ii L« m i t —< SOLUTION Sign oo the dolled line
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      372 35 Enjoy TV m CHANNELS IBpi Olympics: Artistic Gymnastics JUT" Olympics: Boxing ).00 I Olympics: Water Polo 100 I Today In Beijing |HR Olympics: Closing ceremony 10.30 NewssTonight HHra| The 2007 Victoria's Secret I Fashion Show p* CHANNELB MBK£ Sunday Matinee: Romance 1 In The 7th Month The Golden Path 130
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      60 35 m ZG The numbers in the black cells are clues. Numbers above the slash are across clues, numbers below the slash are down clues. The goal is to enter digits 1 9 in the white cells to add up to the number clues. You cannot enter any digit more than
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    282 36 Enjoy 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 t0... tnpfomm@sph.com.sg Dear love, I am thankful to have you by my side every day and night On our
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        Lock icon TODAY'S SINGAPORE (SHORT COURSE C) RACE CARD
        1517 37 GOING: YIELDING RACE 1 Kb. LMMiw HORSE W fWhg Joduy Barrti 1 52 BtaaOfOory 59 (53) DBaatay 13 (4raBJIta^«-iMBbsg) 2 6 1 Dwtm 59 (53} TMhntf*o4 M C fk mrtr»n 1 > ifci i A i il la f^jrAjruTii 3 ««ltenr SB (53)
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        231 38 RACE 1 RACE2 RACE3 RACE4 RACES RACES RACE7 RACE8 RACES RACE 10 RACE 11 ftazaOf .So Andrew's 4 Carys New J Golden m Jwam 3 Urn's JLOmn Raphael ffcfcaat S Glory PI MaMc 1 Gold 1 Road Leader r Tiger Future 1 Fighter Bate GUI •5 sl 'S?
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        Lock icon JERAM FUTURE (Race 7 No. 4)
        56 38 BEST BET WAS distinctly unlucky last timeout when second to August Moon. Got caught m traffic problems at crucial stage but still managed to power home to finish just 3 /4-length behind the winner. Barring similar misfortune, the Flying Spur four-year-old should make amends
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPES' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        928 38 RACE 1 WEALTH SECTOR, FORTUNE WARRIOR and KEEP D'UMIT were slow. Shortly after the start, WEALTH SECTOR steadied away from the heels of HAKUHO, who shifted in. SNARING TIGER was crowded on jumping between NINETYFIVE LIGHT and JAVELIN, who shifted out. Near the
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        Lock icon LARRY FOLEY'S COMMENTS FOR TODA Y'SKRANJI RACES
        1714 39 RACE 1 (1,200 m) 1 Blaze Of Glory Nbe return to racing last start and can go dose again. 2 Desert Leo Debut was probably better than it looked but bad draw here suggests wait til later. 3 Gift Of Honour Won Offk&
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        475 39 GOING: GOOD Race 1 "W E PRESENTATIONS H'CAP 2200M 3 MNDHELOSFARM(NZ) 55.5(8-5) PHawy 9 WNXLOWMUJS54(49-15) 0«MOk 5 THE BLACK PIG 543 (46-18) PKhQ (4) 1 (3) 2 (6) 3 Trainer Frank Menard. Mvgfew: Nk, nk, 1.25. ItaK 2mln 17.288 c. $11. Faracaatsl9.naoaForaGaetsl2(NOß.3-5),56(N08.3-9),519(N06.5-9). Throe: $97 Mac $29.
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        2173 40 GOING: YIELDING Racel MS (SC) 1600m I R MBS CHARUZE 55 (79-23) RFradd (13) 1 (495) 9 STRME0N55(16-5) Dfr) Aas (8) 1 1 2 (477) Nk 2 FAST AS UGHTNMG 56.5 c 53.5 (15-12) HSGV (2) 6 6 3 (457) Hd 14 STAR RSH
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        309 40  -  DANNY KHOO dkhooQsph.com.sg A SHORT break and a rise in distance was just what the well-bred Miss Charlize needed to open her winning accounts on the resumption of racing at Kranji yesterday after a 19-day break. The half-sister to Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup winner Mr
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        809 41  -  STEVE NEWELL an*. msocfMteoti.comji WE'RE coming to the end of a terrific Beijing Olympics, an extravaganza of sport and showbiz the like of which we will probably never see again. Certainly London 2012 will be a considerably less flashy affair. And looking even further ahead, what
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        187 41 AFP. DEFENDING champion Steve Strieker, who has not won since his victory last year, fired a bo-gey-free seven-under 64 to vault into the lead after the second round of The Barclays. "I didn't think the scoring was going to be this low," Strieker (below) said
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        350 42 Aussie rookie eyes maiden Asian Tour victory AFP. AUSTRALIAN rookie Rick Kulacz surged into the third-round lead at the US300,000 ($420,000) Brunei Open yesterday with Asia's most prolific winner Thaworn Wiratchant and South Korea's Ted Oh snapping at his heels. Kulacz, playing in his first season on the
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        178 42 AFP. ANGELA Park tops the leaderboard after shooting a six-under-par 66 in the first round of the US$l.7 million ($2. lm) Safeway Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club on Friday. Park, who is in search of her first career LPGA tide in her second
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      386 43 JOYCE LMS PICK: RAFAEL NADAL Flava of the Week ()N1- has made history with eight ()l\ mpic gold medals. I 'lie other has won only 0ne...50 far. Both have set world records. Both are good-looking- to me. But Kaiael Nadal. not Michael Phelps, is mv llava ot the
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        550 44  -  Bosses, do you have an active lifestyle or play one or more non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss?. Email npsports@sph. com.sg ANY SHE always does all she can to get to the top. Even if it means getting herself dirty doing it This week's
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        348 44 Did you follow the Beijing Olympic Games? What has been the highlight for you? I didn't really follow the Olympic Games closely. But I was in a restaurant when our table tennis women's team were playing against China in the decisive match. When our players
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        463 45  -  LING THE Valencia street circuit in today's European Grand Prix will be new to all Formula One drivers. Performing exceptionally well at a totally new track definitely separates a top driver from an average driver. In order to get that extra edge at a new circuit,
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        249 45 ALTHOUGH Ferrari managed to secure a podium finish at Hungary in the last race three weeks back, many are starting to question Ferrari's choice of strategy attd of course their reliability. In Hungary, Kimi Raikkonen only managed a disappointing sixth place on the grid after qualifying. He
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        204 45 LEWIS Hamilton has been said to be too hard on his tyres this season. Being hard on tyres would usually be a factor at any circuit, and not just in Valencia today. His aggressive style of driving punishes his tyres. But after what happened in Hungary (where
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        134 45 UNLIKE most street circuits, the European Grand Prix Valencia will see a wide street trade, which is also a high speed one that allows more room for overtaking. Hie circuit consists of 25 turns and is 5.44 km long. With an estimated average speed of around 200kmh,
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      625 46 AFP IN THE second street circuit on the calendar, Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa again took pole position off McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in qualifying in Valencia. As in Monaco, Massa again found himself in pole yesterday after a scintillating final lap for today's European Grand
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        320 47  -  Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 Betting TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK A WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: WIGAN ATHLETIC: Taylor, Ed man (injured) CHELSEA: Drogba (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Wiun wins
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        211 47 Dyer, Bellamy (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: 91 City wins 38; Wart Ham 34; draws 14 LAST MEETING: 21 J««, 2WB MAM CITY 1 WEST HAM 1 (EPL) t LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: *S*CIIY:L 76-90: ij) flmsjHm 0-15 min: 2,0 16-30:0,0 31-45:0,0 THISSEASON'S •Tgaj Ti V
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        718 48  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME t SPORTS FEMME t npsporis@sph.com.sg K 3 S q a a h Sf ffi a> 2 > i 8 <8 ,8 £9 r i§ > 1 o cp g E? g o i^lflsllliil' £Jtifiiflt |i iiiliflilllli liiiiiifiii l-llill! II i&l 11ff-ll I |i"i
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        578 49  -  GARYUM talks to football analyst TOHABIPAIJAN, who discusses Chelsea's probable gameplan as they prepare to take on Wigan at the JJB Stadium tonight. TOHMMtWJMi FOOTBALL THE CENTRAL ASSAULT: CHELSEA played some breathtaking football when they tore Portsmouth apart in their 4-0 win last week. Much of the credit
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        382 49  -  DAVID JOHN PA Sport WIGANv CHELSEA (Wigan 1 CtofceaZ) STEVE Bnice's Wigan fell out of the starting stalls at Upton Park last week and found themselves 2-0 down inside 10 minutes. But they managed to pick themselves up despite the damage already being done and
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      30 38 4-D Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 First Second Third Starters 3624 4770 9073 1976 3983 4448 1114 8799 6561 4329 Consolation 6788 1705 4466 8733 4121 7798 1663 3037 6212 2976
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      69 42 You and Us NEW VIEWS Sports EPL You And Us Ma* ABUvNBU But United Nothing But United A i, k EPL Sports r 5ft ■rift HIS FIRE COULD DESTROY HIS SKILL (AIG 2 YOUR VIEWS Sport* TtePbstnui, s v r r Dec V i LETTER or THE WEEK >■> y
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        431 51  -  Br Jacx Witty Special Correspondent PA Sport Michael Owen sent a timely reminder of his goalscoring prowess to Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to kill off Bolton's stubborn resistance. The 28-year-old, whose contractual situation will be at least one of the topics for discussion
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        184 51 EVERTON recovered from a dismal opening 45 minutes to register their first win of the campaign thanks to second-half goals from Leon Osman and Ayegbeni Yakubu. David Mayes' side, shorn of several key players through injury, looked to be suffering a hangover from their last-gasp defeat
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        Lock icon Sidibe late show rescues the points for lucky Stoke
        173 51 MAMADY SIDIBE headed home in injury time to give Stoke a dramatic 3-2.victory over Aston Villa in the first EPL game at the Britannia Stadium. Liam Lawrence's 30th-minute penalty was cancelled out by John Carew's neat finish in the 62nd minute
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        743 52  -  Black Cats condemn Tottenham to second straight defeat as Ramos leaves Berbatov out Byl Mike McGrath Special Corraponden t SUNDERLAND striker Djibril Cisse came off the bench to score the winner atWhjte Hart Lane on his debut as Dimitar Berbatov's transfer saga threatens to undermine Tottenham's start
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        207 52 Blackburn ................1 Hull ■■■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■■■a 1 Blackburn: Roberts (38)' Hut Garcia (40) PA Sport BLACKBURN and HuU maintained their unbeaten starts to the EPL campaign after an entertaining 1-1 draw at Ewood Park that neither side deserved to lose. Rovers took the lead in the 39th minute
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        535 53  -  Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 1 VfidO i A TV VIEW ERNEST LUIS GOOD things come to those who wait Oh how Liverpool fans will agree with that, after their beloved Reds staged another of their incredible comebacks. This time, it was a last-gasp 2-1 win over a feisty Middlesbrough
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        248 53 HEARTBREAK What a goal It could have been tor Middlesbrough tf only Tuncay Sarti had not shot straight at Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Relna from close range. When he received the low cross from HoeaamMido in the 61st minute, he cleverly spun the ball up in mid-air, maWng It
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        Lock icon Angel to the rescue
        549 54 E Nigeria 0 Argentina 1 Wire Services. IN THE searing heat of the "Bird's Nest", Argentina's angel struck to deliver Argentina the gold medal in yesterday's Olympic football final. With the game poised at 0-0 in the second half, it was a stroke of genius by
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        277 54 AFP. DIEGO Maradona claimed yes(terday it was "inhuman" to play the Olympic Games men's football final in temperatures re- corded at a sizzling 42 degrees •-Celsiu*%* "It's inhuman. The players can't breathe and it's difficult to run. The heat is unbearable,"l said the Argentine
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        Lock icon NO REGRETS Ian Thorpe stands by what he said about Michael Phelps and is happy to have retired
        770 55  -  REPORTING FROM BEIJING LIM HAN MING FORMER Australian head coach Don Talbot once called him "the greatest swimmer the world has seen". Bob Bowman, the personal coach of Michael Phelps, thinks that
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        290 56 ST7F. does not matter. That is lan Thorpe's personal words of encouragement to Singapore's Tao LL The 18-year-old Singaporean created history last week when she became the first Singaporean swimmer to qualify for an Olympic final. Standing at 1.60-metre tall, the Singapore Sports
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        566 56 Reuters. ETHIOPIAN Kenenisa Bekele became the first man to complete the Olympic long-distance double for 28 years when he romped to the 5,000 metres tide on the final evening of the athletics competition at the Bird's Nest yesterday. There was more east
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      395 57 AFP. JAMAICAN track and field officials were quick yesterday to scotch any rumours that their star Olympic medalling athletes were doped, saying that more than half of the team had been tested in Beijing. In the face of a misfiring US team, the Jamaicans have made merry at
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      36 57 Swim legend lan Thorpe tells our man In Beijing that size is no handicap for Tao Li Page 60. Sports femme Alison Ratclifffe takes a light-hearted view of John Terry being named England captain Page 53.
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      693 58 SPORTS MORNING -r. S3 NIGHT SUPERSPORTS (Ch 22) 12.30pm-3.30pm: Rewind: US Open 07- FOderer v Djokovic ATP Tour-CastefaSwedßh Open Final 5.30pm-7.30pm: WWE SmackDownl 470 ESPN (Ch 23) Sportscenter. The Held Report 12.30pm-1 pm: WA X Games Asian Skateboard Park Ipm-3pm:Uefa Champions Lgeo7/08-Laziovßeal Madrid 3pm-&s6pm: MLB 2006-Yankees v Orioles &55-&2Spm:FootbaH Asia
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