The New Paper, 19 October 2008

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1 58 The New Paper
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    22 1 The New Paper 19 Oct 08 sunday 11l 111 8 ******1 "*****9 > Singapore s Press WKm Holdings MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS
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      102 1 Exposed Dr Date Boro v Chelsea Jungle brothel in Lim Chu Kang 6 Use your hot bod 27 Rape at Riverside 60 The New Paper on Lenovo Laptop for $288 or lower www.tatarah.com.sg 19 Oct 08 rt ii ■i A i'-ar 4 M IN THE RED DOWNTURN DESPERADOS THEY PRAY
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        Lock icon Time to give foreign workers stake in community?
        727 2  -  THE BUZZ EUGENE WEE eogenew@sph.com.sg Have you found yourself working longer hours at the office lately? Or maybe being forced to pop back to the office on Saturdays to clear up loose ends before you enjoy your weekend? Some friends have lamented
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        Lock icon OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS
        82 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW "I wonder if the Ah Longs (loansharks in Hokkien) also stopped lending." An office worker commenting on how cautious US banks have become in lending "Forget about bonuses. If I get Christmas card torn my boss, damn good already." A banking staff
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS ABOUT THE US ELECTION CAMPAIGN SO FAR
        120 2 1 Democrat Barack Obama would win the presidency if the polls were held this week, according to a CNN projection. 2 Mr Obama is 20 points ahead in a 7-Eleven poll based on choices made by coffee drinkers. 3 Ireland bookmaker
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        Lock icon S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        247 3 We track what made you happy or unhappy over the past week. -10 There will be a longer wait for Twenty20 cricket matches and an Asean Football League here as higher construction costs and the global credit crisis have pushed the completion date of the Sports Hub
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      Lock icon Thai ‘sex slaves’ smuggled to S'pore yearly
      725 4  -  Bangkok newspaper: GENEVIEVE JIANG geneviev@sph.com.sg BY day, the forested area appears abandoned and empty. But when darkness falls, mattresses and cardboard sheets are laid on the ground ready for business. Instantly, the area is transformed into a makeshift love camp a hotbed of
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      Lock icon Police check if sex workers are victims
      200 4 THE police conducted 950 vice-related operations islandwide and arrested 5,400 foreign prostitutes last year. There were no figures available for the number of raids conducted or people arrested at forest brothels. A spokesman for the Ministry of Home Affairs said: "The police do
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      319 5 [•IT* 11 •HI Si S B Hfr E c C114 MILL Fun treats SUNTEC grounds mean there is lots to cfiscover when you're shoppjig. You could spend a few weekends, just getting to know every comer of the mall. Spend this weekend on MPG, short for My PlayGround, on Level
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      Lock icon SEX in the WILD
      819 6  -  The New Paper on Sunday exposes 2 forest brothels, one of them run by women, just minutes from the main road in Lim Chu Kang ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaiian@sph.com.sg YET another forest brothel has been discovered, this time off Lim Chu Kang Lane 3. Located 60m
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      Lock icon Exposed sex dens here
      180 6 1 Sep 2001 Boon Lay Way Thai pimp who operated "village of vice" was found murdered by a compatriot. Police crackdown on the jungle hideout resulted in arrest of 245 people. 2 Sep 2007 Woodlands Ave 9 Police nabbed 12 men and 12 women in connection
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    • The Great Crash
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        Lock icon MILLIONAIRES BURNT BY PAPER LOSSES
        494 7  -  FIRE SALE: OWNERS DUMPCONDOS/PAGEIO INVESTORS BURN INCENSE FOR LUCK/PAGE 12 HELLO? WE CAN T REPAY OUR LOANS/PAGE 14 ELYSA CHEN etysac@sph.com.sg IF you are sitting on tens of thousands in paper losses in the stock market, take comfort. You are not alone. Indeed, many of
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        Lock icon TOP 10 IN PAPER LOSSES
        366 7 Ranked according to percentage loss Ranked according to percentage loss 1 RON SIM Founder, chairman and CEO Net worth: $60 million Company: OSIM International Ltd Share value at the start of the year: $96.1 million Share value last Monday: $17.6million Paper loss: 81.6 per cent
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        Lock icon FIRE SALE: WONERS DUMP CONDOS
        709 9  -  Agents: Some clients give as much as 20 per cent discount ELYSA CHEN etysac@sph.com. sg FOR sale: Luxurious multi-million-dollar apartments, not quite for a steal but with a hefty discount Stock market losses have forced some property owners to resort to "fire sales" for a
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        Lock icon INVESTORS BURN INCENSE FOR LUCK
        1181 9  -  MAUREEN KOH maureenkOsph.coni.sg WHEN you're swimming in a sea of red, when nothing, not even rescue packages initiated by governments around the world, seem able to stem the bleeding in markets, what are you going to do? Pray. Desperate investors, it seems, are seek- ing
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        Lock icon HELLO? WE CAN'T REPLAY OUR LOANS
        620 12 HOME; SOB, HOME American desperados' tales of woe stun Indian debt collectors WITH her flowing, hot-pink Indian suit, jangling silver bangles and perky voice, the last thing you would not picture Ms Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, to be is a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But
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        Lock icon 3 Fridays in 3 cities yield 3 remedies
        764 12  -  ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN I'VE somehow crash-landed my time-machine in the middle of Harvard Square on 8 Aug 2008 when I should have been at the Bird's Nest in Beijing. But my wayward trip on this freaky Friday is not entirely wasted.
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      Lock icon Soya bean wars
      872 14  -  Relationship sours between two stall owners at Ghim Moh HEDY KHOO hectykhoo@sph.com.sg MILK is a controversial subject at this food centre in Ghim Moh. Soya milk, that is. Just ask two stall owners at Blk 20, Ghim Moh Road, who are selling the sweet drink next to
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      77 9 O-lfiOK STSt,I!EB SOVSNSYjr. 'Tropic Thunder, is raunchy, I t V <v 4 u: f V*«*» raucous and riotously funny.' Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer 'Gory, vulgar and dly funny. Easily the jr < ''V summer's best Comedy.' Rafer Newsday SB® IM "Bfc L m m jfli l 1 (12ft 1 m
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      332 15 Sweet milk, sour rivals HOW DID THE DISPUTE START? Original's Madam Ttong: "We started the business 13 years ago in 1995. In 1997, we leased the business and the stall to Mr Wong and became sleeping partners, last October, he tenninated the lease and set up shop next door We
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      285 16 Bungling bomb squad THIRD time wasn't the charm for Madam Salina Ismail. On Friday morning, she and her family were told to evacuate her home in Pauh, Perlis. An "unexploded" World War II bomb had been found less than a kilometre from her
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      Lock icon Cops rescue robbers from roof
      373 16 Bungling robbers THE three bumbling robbers had successfully robbed an employment agency office. But they should have paid more attention to their escape plan. They ended up getting stuck on the roof of the office building and had to be rescued by the fire department
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      Lock icon Tots help untie grandma
      278 16 Hero toddlers HER feet were bound and her hands were tied behind her back. The 62-year-old grandmother was left helpless and unable to move after three robbers ransacked her house in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur on Friday afternoon. The only other people at home were her
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      Lock icon Ritchie, Madonna in mud-slinging spat after split
      466 17 THE acrimonious split between pop star Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie has taken yet another ugjy turn. For their divorce proceedings, the singer will claim that her husband was cruel and verbally abusive towards her during their 7 1 /2-year marriage. Her
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      214 17 THE split between Madonna and Guy Ritchie wiH also see two of Britain's most powerful matrimonial lawyers slug It out in the courtroom, reported The Independent Mrs Fiona Shackleton, 52. nicknamed the "Steel Magnolia", is reported to be advising Madonna. Mrs Shackleton was catapulted
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        Lock icon M'sian PM: Umno not a racial 'bully'
        90 18 AP MALAYSIAN prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (above) denied yesterday that his Malay-Muslim ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), is a "bully" who tramples on the rights of ethnic minorities. Tensions have risen between Umno and other parties representing minorities in
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        Lock icon MCA elections: Ong Tee Keat nabs top post Chua Soi Lek is No. 2
        104 18 TRANSPORT Minister Ong Tee Keat pipped Mr Chua Jui Meng to be president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in the party's elections yesterday. Mr Ong received 1,429 votes, whereas Mr Chua, a former MCA vice-president,
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        Lock icon Greater engagement to build resilience
        106 18 GRASSROOTS organisations from seven constituencies in Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang have rallied together for an elaborate Community Engagement Programme (CEP) to build up the resilience of the com- munity in times of emergency. Called the CEP Plus Project, the initiative allows the
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        247 18 HEALTH MINISTER KHAW BOON WAN Singaporeans may be allowed to use their Medisave to pay for treatment overseas, but only if it is done through a local hospital, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. He said: "Hospitals here with branches or formal relationships
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        53 18 CASKET CASE: As part of a challenge organised to coincide with the release of the horror film, "The Coffin", participants mimic the waking dead on Saturday at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. The first 100 received movie tickets and red packets containing lottery tickets to ward off bad luck. TNP
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      Lock icon Only $100 each for luxury yacht cruise
      663 20  -  SHREE ANN MATMAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg WITH the economy in recession, people are suddenly desperately trying to cut down on unnecessary spending. But some are still living it up, basking on board a luxury yacht while sipping wine on the high seas. If you think
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      Lock icon It's sheer hell in monsoon season
      360 21 Fly on the Wall IT was a Halloween party with few surprises. Apart from the many guises of the devil in the Conrad Hotel ballroom, guests were either in various stages of dying or in drag. A few enterprising ones were dying drags. Halloween
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        497 22  -  ETHNCCHC Yes, you can wear a cheongsam without looking like a waitress in a Chinese restaurant ANGEL MBFTOl; J It i HERE'S a fine line between being a tradi- tionalist and being plain old-fashioned. A One has character, the other one is just a caricature from the past fuddy-duddy
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        286 23  -  Cover for your peepers YEOH WEE TECK A PAIR of sunglasses can come in very handy. There is its traditional and very important purpose- to protect your eyes from the sun Then there are the other uses. Ahard night of partying? Your shades will hide the telltale red eyes.
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        249 23 i i Chariaal Keith ($46J0): Here is a pair of trendy shades you can buy for under $50. Thare b a touch of movie-star gtamour in this pair of large sumies that comes in Hack, brow and pink. Chooee tha pink for something startling and very LoMta-Hke
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      354 24  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com. sg IT's amazing how much salads have in common with women. Good dressing goes a long way for both. Ever noticed how a form-fitting dress can transform a drab woman into a beautiful swan? (All right, in this case, hair-styling and some make-up are necessary.
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      Lock icon Forget pick-up lines, make your bod hot
      651 25 A LANDMARK study at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), discovered that 93 per cent of likeability was attributable not to what you say, but to how you say it In fact, body language accounted for 55 per cent, vocal tonality for 38
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      Lock icon All guns blazing in exam battle
      381 25  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES FOR the past month or so, I have been experiencing symptoms of KESD, which is short for Kids' Exam Stress Disorder. Parents in Singapore need no introduction to this crippling condition. Common symptoms include waking up in a cold sweat
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    • Humour
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        Lock icon The suits are sharper, but aren't bouncers really still the same?
        713 26  -  And are they really the problem in clubs? Our columnist wonders SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME trnOsoh.com.sd SOME of the nicest guys I have known have been nightclub bouncers. Okay, rottweilers, pit bull terriers and dobermans are also known to
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        210 26 Longest sandwich? Crowd can't wait for proof Reuters. IRAN on Friday failed to register what it said would be the world's largest sandwich in the Guinness World Records after people rushed forward and began eating it (above) before it was measured. Event organisers had planned to stuff the 1,500m-long
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        Lock icon How I solved credit crisis with one phone call
        428 26  -  S M ONG ACTBLUS smong©sph.com.sg.. FORGET the global economic turmoil. I faced my own credit crisis when I received my credit card statement from DBS last week. It said I owed $353.10 even though I didn't use my DBS Black American
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      Lock icon SEEING STARS
      308 27  -  ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILBURN Comics horoscope BY KUAH SENG SENG LIBRA: Your goal of sending Singapore's first unmanned spacecraft to the moon will hit a snag when the authorities veto your plan to build a "giant slingshot thingy" at the Padang. SCORPIO: Due to the recession, the stars
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      Lock icon When you can't control Max Payne
      665 28  -  Lack of interactivity reed thin plots mar video-game movies Flick Chick JEAN MARIE TAN djfkdjdkjd AS a proud video-game illiterate, I've never thought much of the noisy, violent excesses it promotes. Recalling the times I'd peered over the shoulders of gamers and watched them
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      44 29 Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters. www.wtwtztt.com October 23, 2008 Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters. HA HA Hi HO HO HE HE HEE li SOLUTION He who laughs last, laughs longest
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      22 29 IS SCXUDON Show on sight www.wttatztt.coni October 24, 2006 ftWHfiTZili? Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters.
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      26 29 BCAOn www.whaUit.com October 25, 2008 BMKTZiTr?! Find the familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters. CATHAY TAURUS MQUE Bull in a china shop
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      246 29 Enj oy CHANNEL 5 i| Football Asia Show 2008/ Whacked Out Movie: Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding Style Her Famous/Fashion Police Movie: Mr And Mrs Smith I News 5 Tonight I Lonely Planet Bluelist: Best In Asia R~ Oprah's Big Give Whose Line Is It Anyway? CHANNELB IShuang Xiang Pao Supreme Matron/
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      204 29 WATCH 'EM Premonition Star Movies {Starttub Cti 58), 9pm A depressed housewife who learns her husband died in a car accident the previous day, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home. She then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still
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      72 29 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE CrMtvd by Timothy E. Parker Today's puzzle solution 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
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  • Sports
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        389 32 Danny Khoo Tan Tlwan Loon j Marc Tan Larry Foley RACE 1 R ACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACES R ACE 6 a ACE 7 RACE 8 RACE B RACE 10 a ACE 11 R ACE 12 7 ftUinhi Nmjxy Staining 2 Ua*g Km I Famout Om*m
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        Lock icon LAST SINGAORE TURF CLUB STEPS REPORT HIGHLINGHTS
        851 32 RACE1 Approaching the 300m, ACE ARCADIA checftod whilst racing to the inside of LIGHTNING ONE and RAK KRUNG THAI and to the outside of SAADIYAT, GRANDE SWIFT and GALLANT. An inquiry into this incident will be held. Passing the300m, ACE ARCADIA and RAK
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        Lock icon Top Spin big chance in Kranji Mile
        373 32  -  LARRY FOLEY npracingOsph.com.sg THE $500,000 Group 1 Kranji Mile in Race 9 this afternoon, sponsored by Panasonic for the third year running, has been won by champions. In eight runnings, the honour roll reads like a who's who of Singapore racing. The machine
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        Lock icon TODAY'S SINGAPORE RACE CARD (KRANJI SHORT COURSE A) GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING
        1756 33 Sakura Day The Races —1200*1 (SC) gfgjjl r No. Last 6 runs 1 7 2 000 3 80 4 0 5 2 6 9 7 34 8 9 10 11 HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner)
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        77 33 RACE 2: Master Of Triumph, Up Ahead, Magic Eight. RACE 3: It's A Secret. RACE 7: Daring Commander, Lim's Ocean, Sea Of Tranquility. RACE 8: Guerilla, Helium, Promise Me Gold, Flying Langfuhr, Strawberry Power. RACE 9: Lim's Fighter, Top Spin, Trigger Express, Kiko's Return, Mr Line, World Delight, Jade,
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        Lock icon Wait patiently for Waikato
        2093 34 RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 Yari Cozzene Had some support at debut where he Mil do a lot right, so look for improvement with each wn. 2 Jeram Liondty n 3 Chilli Bkten added but stM hard to oonsxter 4 Illuminator No. 5 Look At Me Raced
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      33 34 4-D Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 Rrst Second Third 0212 9696 7310 Starters 1348 8220 1179 4362 2062 9546 4979 5713 2569 8346 Consolation 9455 0523 2248 1047 2271 8981 7573 4679 8289 4151
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  • Sakura Day @ the Races Sunday, 19 October 2008 Singapore Race course
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      Lock icon Cherry Blossom time at Kranji, again
      911 35 SINGAPORE is famous for its Chinatown, Arab Street, Kampong Glam and Little India precincts. Tourists and locals alike get a taste of international culture locally including traditional dress, products and, of course, the wonderful food from the region. Today, you may want to add
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      Lock icon 'Tacky' move blazes trail for JAPANESE HORSEMEN
      851 36 HOKKAIDO-BASED trainer Hideyuki Takaoka made Japanese racing history when he moved his stables to Singapore in 2002. Probably better known as a jockey than trainer back home, the soft-spoken handler took the plunge not only to further his own career but to show
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      Lock icon Group joy: There's jade, Diamond Dust and...
      274 36 WHILE the likes of Cosmo Bulk, Shadow Gate, Yutaka Take and Hideyuki Takaoka may be familiar names to both Japanese and Singapore race-goers, there have been others who have toiled gamefully at Kranji. Two locally-based, Japanese-bred horses who stand heads and shoulders above
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        Lock icon Sunday's Tips
        251 37 <? Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon RACE 1 RACE 2 i ST 7 Sr. M Fwmate Record Pupte Ztai 2 Gold 3 Gong &g »sT* Cin n aj sinar Wond Permata 9 Record RACE 3 Mmm 0 CopperieKj t Viva 1 Amu Dearly Precious Sovereign Ace 1 VWa
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        71 37 FREE SPOUT (Race 7 No. 1) With a superior rating of 127 points a hefty 25 more than his nearest rival this classy seven-year-old gelding by Citidancer looks all the rage. He meets his rivals on equal terms and shouldn't have too much trouble bringing up his win
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        Lock icon TODAY'S KULA LUMPOR
        1364 37 RACE1 I No. Last 6 runs 1 0— 2 3 3 -080 4 -2364 5 0-002 6 *****5 7 0-779 8 *****0 9 *****10 27-304 11 5432-6 12 *****0 HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Age/origin/sex, fraiier-owner) Home Sweet Home 57 (53) SSarfcl 7 (4nzg B Brogan-LK Lew)
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        Lock icon It'll pay to follow Brilliant Decision
        141 38 PUNTERS were absolutely right in supporting Brilliant Decision yesterday. The sleek American-bred became the medium of a last-minute heavy plunge to $7 for the win in Singapore and duly obliged with a brilliant victory win in the RMIOO,OOO ($42,000) Three-Year-Old Spe- rial Stakes in
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        727 38 E2 122 ES 6 TNMK OF THE PAST 52 c 49 (28-22) KYY*f (8) 1 i 1 (498) 8 MADAM JADE 46.5 c 48.5 (20-5) SJahn (2) 2 2 2 (420) 0.75 1 ULTIMATE DEOOa 57 C 55.5 (16-6) RBumaO (5) 3 3 3 (514) Shd
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY'S AUSTRALIA (CAULFI ELD/RAN DWICK) RACE RESULTS
        246 38 RACEI Ist 2 Estee ($l9-$9) 2nd 8 Think Money ($l9) 3rd 1 Testa Monte ($l4). EOB $20. Forecast $61. Place forecast $12 (1 -2), $54 (1 -8). $15 (2-8). Tisrcs $699. Trio $166. RACE 2 Ist 9 Heart Of Dreams ($lB-$l2) 2nd 10
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        579 38 GOING: GOOD 1 Race 1 B RUM COLA H'l CAP--1500M 1 HAWKEYE MORT 58.0 (37-12) BPamham 0 1 3 PTONCE UNA 56.0 (21 -9) PHaney (5) 2 7 KEY MBS 53.0 (48-17) WPfce (8) 3 Trainer A Mortimer. Maighu. 1.25,0.75,2. Time: Imin 28.585 ec EOB: $22.
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        740 39  -  It's cruel that Seve, the face of European golf, has to suffer this illness STEVE NEWELL npsports@sph.com.sg FEW news items genuinely have what ypu might call the shock factor, even in these upside-down crazy times. But I found myself shocked at the news last weekend of the
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        72 39 SEVE Ballesteros is in a stable condition despite complications following the brain tumour operation, the La Paz Hospital in Madrid said. Forty eight hours after that operation Ballesteros' condition took a turn for the worse, reported Xinhua. "The patient Severiano Ballesteros has presented a dropping in his levels
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        594 40 SOUTH Korean teenager Noh Seung Yul closed in on his first Asian Tour title when he opened up a two-stroke lead at the Midea China Classic. Noh posted a four-under-par 67 in the third round yesterday to take the outright lead on a three-day total
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        119 40 IT WAS a never-ending list of donors and sponsors, running into three of the six pages in the Tanah Merah CC's booklet prepared for the fund-raising dinner event. All for a good cause: the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at the Singapore Management
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        134 40 NORWAY'S Suzann Pettersen posted an even-par 72 for a share of the lead after the second round of the LPGA Kapalua Classic. Pettersen is tied atop the leaderboard with American Brittany Lang. Pettersen moved to a four-under 140 total along with Lang who shot a
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        142 40 AFP. She posted her best finish when she tied for second at the Sybase Classic in May. The pair was briefly joined by Laura Diaz, who was tied for the lead through 13 holes until bogeying the 14th hole en route to a 71. Diaz is tied for
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        139 40 SINGAPORE are in a good position of finishing as the top South-east Asian country at the World Amateur Teams Golf Championship at The Grange and Royal Adelaide Golf Clubs. The team comprising Quincy Quek, Choo Tze Huang and Jonathan Leong are lying in 28th spot
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        Lock icon Drive for points, not for glory
        439 41  -  LUKE NETTO np3portsosptl.com.sg IT WOULD be interesting to know Lewis Hamilton's gameplan for the remaining two races of the F1 season. With a five-point lead in the drivers' standings, should the McLaren driver go on the offensive in the Chinese Grand Prix as he
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        148 41 RENAULT'S Fernando Alonso has shocked the world and probably himself with his recent double victory in Singapore and Japan. Some may say that the Spaniard (below) got lucky on both occasions, but without a doubt he is the only driver who has performed like a world
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        183 41 SO YOU thought penalties only belong mostly in football or rugby? There has been so many different kinds of penalties handed out to drivers this -season that one would be wondering if he was watching Formula One racing. It has been an F1 season full of controversial decisions,
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        149 41 THE CHINESE Grand Prix is one of the newer circuits on the FI calendar. This is the fourth year that the Chinese Grand Prix is being held at the Shanghai International Circuit. The 16-corner circuit has been extremely interesting to watch in recent years. It is a circuit
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        448 42 AP. CHAMPIONSHIP leader Lewis Hamilton put himself in prime position to claim the Formula One title this weekend by taking pole position yesterday for the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton set a best time of 1 minute, 36.303 seconds, and will start today's race ahead of Ferrari pair
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        Lock icon CHINESE GP QUALIFYING
        117 42 1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 1 :36.303 2. Kiml Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1.3&646 3. Feiipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:384)88 4. Fernando Alonso (Renault) 1:36.927 5. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) 1:36.930 6. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 1:37.083 (Relegated 10 places for blown engine) 7. Nick Heidfeld (BMWSauber) 1:37.201 8. Sebastian Vettel (Toro
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        561 43  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg SPORTS and entertainment are intertwined. And this week's sporty boss Tay Eu-Yen, executive chairman of nightspot The Butter Factory, is well aware of that. "That's why we recently launched our T-shirt line Butter Loves. We believe in pop culture, hip hop, street art and
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        264 43 How can we make Formula One better next year? FRANKLY, I don't see the Formula One race as a sports event. It's more of an event to promote the tourism and entertainment industry in Singapore. During the F1 week,, we had a lot of tourists coming
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      470 44 Flava of the Week GARY LIM'S PICK: WAYNE ROONEY THEY said the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United has taken the edge off Wayne Rooney's game. Even Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that Rooney had been sacrificed for the good of the team. But he also added that
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        643 45  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg BEFORE we start I'd like to make a request. If I make a spelling mistake please don't come around to my house and stand on the pavement booing. I know I dish out 600 words of miserable bile every week but we all
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        793 46 After an electrifying start to the 1991-92 season, Manchester United were slowly reeled in and eventually overtaken by Leeds. In this instalment of Your English Kaki's serialisation of his new book, "Football Fables", Bryan Robson explains what happened after the summer of
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          Lock icon MATCH 0308: HULL CITY v WEST HAM
          330 47 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST PICK S WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: HULL CITY: Giannakopolous, Barmby, Gardner (doubtful); Fagan (injured) WEST HAM: AsMon, Gabbidon, Spector, Dyer (Injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Hall arias Wast Han 13; draws 13 LAST MEETING: 23 Mar, 1991
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          267 47 Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: STOKE CITY: Diao,Faye, Fuller (doubtful); Lawrence (injured) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Pavlyuchenko, Hutton (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Stoke wins 20; Spars 36; draws 17 LASTMEETING: 2 Mar, 1985 STOKE
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          Lock icon Hull's luck may run out
          641 48  -  JONATHAN TURNER PA Sport HULL CITY v WEST HAM (Hull 2 West Ham 2) IT'S BEEN dreamland for Hull ever since their promotion to the Premier League and they started this weekend inside the top three. They are unbeaten since August, Phil Brown won September's
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          311 48  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN Special Correspondent HULL v WEST HAM (Homo 36 per cent, Draw 26 per cent, Away 37 par cent) HULL have had an extraordinary start to the season. The reason? An amazing efficiency in defence. Against Spurs and Arsenal they were under constant siege
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        863 50 Aston Villa ..................0 Portsmouth 0 Kick-off 3<m (UK taw) Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Davies. Laursen (L Young 88), Milner, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Barry, A Young, Agbonlahor, Carew Subs not used: Guzan, Sidwell. Harewood, Knight, Shorey. Gardner Booked: A Young. Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Traore
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        498 51  -  Bolton 0 Blackburn ...................0 Bolton: Jaastaiainen, Stenssor (J OBnen 77), A OBnen, Cahd. Samuel, MoCanr, Dcmos, Nolan, Muamba (Gardner 69), Taylor (Riga 86), Ehwder. Sub6 not uaed: AJ Habsi, Hint Smotarek, ShBu. Booted: Storaoon. Blackburn: Robnson, Smpeon, Natoan, Samba, Ooljer, Emerton, VManuewa (Derbyshre 62), Wamock, FoMer
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        272 51  -  Sunderland ................0 Futham: Schwarzer, Partsi, Hughes, Hangetend, Konchesky, Davtes. Murphy Bulard, Gera (Dempsey 73). Zamora, Johnson. Subs not used; ZJbertxjhter, Nevtend, Gray, Andreasen, Katto, Baird. Booked: Murphy. Sunderland: Gordon, Chmbonda, Ferdnand, Coins, McCartney. Mabranque, Leadbitter (Retd 62), Whitehead, Richardson, Osse (Murphy 84), Chopra (Heety 69).
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        660 52  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI IF ARSENAL are to put up a challenge for the title this season, they seem determined to do it the hard way. Don't be deceived by the comfortable looking scoreline, after defeats to Fulham and Hull already this campaign, the home
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        570 53  -  LIM HAN MING gfrp8pofl9Osph.cofn.s0 CALL them the comeback kings if you like. Five times this season, Liverpool had gone behind to their opponents in the Premiership and in the Champions League. On all five occasions, they mounted unlikely comebacks to win their matches. Middlesbrough, Manchester United, Marseille and
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        280 53 LIVERPOOL 3 Kuytt'37,Bs) RieiatdOi WIGAN 2 Zaki (29. 45) rT TOOK a stupendous save from Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland to deny Dirk Kuyt what would have been one of the goals of the season. The Liverpool striker's dipping shot from long range looked destined for the top right
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        369 54  -  TOHARIPAUAN tells GARYUM why he thinks Chelsea are the favourites for the title TOKAN PALIAN FOOTBALL ANALYST What a performance by Chelsea. Which part of their game impresses you most? TOHARI: THERE are two aspects to their game mentality and quality. Sometimes, you have one but
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        499 55  -  M'BROUGH CHELSEA GARY LIM dfkddk.com.sg SCARY, scary Chelsea. If anyone had suggested that Chelsea were going to walk all over Middlesbrough yesterday, you would have laughed it off as an over-zealous Chelsea fan being overly-optimistic as usual. Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was without regulars Petr Cech,
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        332 55 <31 ON FIRE JULIANO Belletti has grabbed his chance in the starting line-up with both hands. And he capped a fine midfield performance with a wonderful 30-metre goal that should rank as one of his best goals ever. Id SURPRISE 1 1 SO ravaged by injuries were Chelsea
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      405 56 l/UMVLUL \J>> Ifli 4LJ 111/\. Lewis Hamilton takes pole, ahead of Ferrari pair Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa Page 46 GOLF TRIBUTE: Columnist Steve Newell says Seve Ballesteros, not Tiger Woods, is his most exciting golfer Page 44 -A <4LV.SB /V ml AP. SALOMON Kalou scored twice and
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      261 57 PORTS TV EPL Today: HULL v WEST HAM Ch 27,9.55pm Tuesday NEWCASTLE v MAN CITY Ch 27,2.55 am UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Wednesday: ZENIT v BATE BORISOV Ch 23,12.25 am MAN UTDv CELTIC Ch 23,2.30 am JUVENTUS v REAL MADRID Ch24,2.30am FENERBAHCE v ARSENAL Ch 23,5.30 am (Delayed) Thursday: CHELSEA v
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      224 57 'Ail itldCdSlo Hvt UlilcbS StatdU utlhJl iAl£>6. For latest, please check www. starhub. com/cabletv FIT TO PLAY: Manchester City striker Robinho is expected to be fit to play against n mMm iln«nl*n Newcastle despite limping out of Brazil's 0-0 draw with Colombia in PICTURE: AP J r. rA I i
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      79 57 WRITE TO US Weekend Warriors Be it football, basketball, or even beach volleyball, if you belong to a group of people who play sports together regularly, we want to hear from you. Sporty Bosses Are you a boss who leads an active sporting lifestyle despite your busy schedule? Or do
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