The New Paper, 9 November 2008

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  • 22 1 The New Paper The New Paper on sundav 9 Nov 08 Plllil! M| Singapore Pnss Wttf Holdings MICA (P) 113/12/2007 80 CENTS
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    • 77 1 Sales up at second-hand stores 12 $600 worth of discounts J2 Gunners are back 61 The New Paper on 1 9 Nov 08 <2 T t i ■a m f- m sm mzv DESPERATE LIVES OF SEX WORKERS Jail? Disease? Rough men? Murder? I still need to eat, says one.
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  • News
    • Exchange
      • 760 2  -  THE BUZZ EUGENE WEE eugenewOsphxanvag .i t 1 IT was an election that could have easily been made into a blockbuster movie. •> i There was agreat script, a«oh<j cast of memorable characters, lots of action, agdlots oflaughs. The only thing mfesiQg
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      • 76 2 "This is actually more exciting than watching the Oscars." -An accounts manager commenting on the US elections. "I hope she runs for president in 2012. Makes it more entertaining." A teacher commenting on bumbling Republican vice-president nominee Sarah Palin. "Why you all so excited? So what
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      • 87 2 IHe has read every Harry Potter book. 2 He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream. 3 He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the
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      • 142 3 We track what made you happy or unhappy over the past week -10 Debt collectors are seeing more cases, indicating an increase in the number of people who can't pay their credit card bills. +10 Petrol pump prices came down three times in a week, to levels
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    • Special Report
      • 1010 4 j Sex workers like Mary, 45, see earnings dip in economic downturn, but who'll help them? SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 1np@sph.com.sg IN A downturn, one group of workers are unlikely to get a helping hand. Theirs might be the "oldest profession in the world" but empathy
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        50 5 Although there are not many organisations that prostitutes in distress can turn to, troubled women can call the following helplines: One Hope Centre: 6547 1011 (9am to 6pm). E-mail: help@ onehopecentre.org Aware (Association of Women for Action and Research): 1800-774-5935 I know my work is shameful/NEXT PAGE
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      • 964 6 Sex worker, 33, ignores horror stories to continue woridng SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT tnpOsph.com.sg SHE knows the risks. If caught by the authorities, she could be jailed and deported. Yet, the lure of fast money in exchange for sex has brought Jenny and other foreign women
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    • 843 8  -  Woman scolds MRTpassenger (above) in 5-min online clip SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreearm@sph.com.sg HONG KONG has its notorious "bus uncle", who scolded a man relentlessly on a bus after being told to pipe down while talking on his handphone. And now, unfortunately, Singapore has its
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    • 97 8 WHEN asked, SMRT could not provide more niu,, tfc i 1 1 iniormauon on tno incioeni. A spokesman said that wnne siauon sun members conduct regular A ri MAAAIAMA ikuji CHOCKS 81 ftUuORS 800 trains, It is not possible for its staff members to keep a lookout
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    • 749 9  -  Students not following local uni dress codes SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg Undergraduates we spoke to from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Friday sang the same tune when asked about their choice of attire. We don't dress sexily, they said.
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    • 32 10 MDES: No singlets, low-cut tops, shorts and mini-skirts. Don't wear slippers, have dyed hair, facial piercings and visible tattoos. NUS/NTU: Don't wear shorts, singlets, slippers and clothing with rude slogans.
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    • 985 11  -  Second-hand shops doing brisk business CRYSTAL CHAN crystaJc@spti.com.sg BAD times mean good times for some retailers. Just ask the second-hand goods stores now doing brisk business. Apparently, more people are visiting them these days, both to sell and buy. Mr Jeremy Taylor, managing director of the Cash
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    • 638 12 WHAT do ÜBS, ING and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have in common? They are all important sponsors of sports, despite being hit hard by die financial crash. ÜBS is sponsoring the Singapore stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race, ING is backing Renault's Formula
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    • 134 12 BANKING SPORTS Lloyds TSB: This British bank paid £80 million ($lBB million) to become the official bank of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The deal allows it to display the Olympics logo in its branches. Royal Bank of Scotland: Its contract with the AT&T Williams F1 team is reportedly
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    • 691 13 Man repeals act in M'sia after he was exposed in Australia IF you had met "Prince" Omar Jihad Yusuf, you would have thought he was the real deal. The father of five, who portrayed himself as a Saudi Arabian prince who
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    • 757 14 UK man (right) then flings neighbour's head into London canal WHEN a judge heard about Mohamed Boudjenane's crime, he called the latter a "very dangerous individual". It turns out that the description could be a bit of an understatement. It wasn't that Boudjenane,
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    • 330 14 HE was on a floating platform 100m from a HK beach when he heard three teenage girls crying for help nearby. One of the girls was having troUble with her inflatable float, which had started leaking air, reported
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    • 373 15 US ELECTION CAMPAIGN: THE SECRET FILES A team from Newsweek provides a unique behind-the-scenes iookatthe campaigns of both candidates A after spending A a year with mi theirteams mm TJ" ER ability to shock and upI —l set people is not restricted JL JL
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    • 332 15 McCain the gent V Republican presidential nominee John McCain (below) set certain boundaries. No attacking Michelle Obama. No attacking Mr Obama for not serving in the military. Mr McCain also stopped an ad using images of children that suggested that Obama might not protect them from
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    • 662 16  -  Our columnist pens an open letter to the next president of the US ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN r tnpQspti.com .sg DEAR President-elect Obama, My heartfelt congratulations on your election as the 44th President of the United States of America. I was
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    • 423 16 OBAMA WIN SPARKS FEARS OF TIGHTER GUN LAWS AP. GUN lovers in the US are reaching for their wallets. They're stocking up on firearms because they fear the combination of an Obama administration and a Democratdominated Congress will result in tough new gun laws. "I
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    • Snapshot
      • 286 17 PM LEE WEIGHS IN ON HOT TOPIC SINGAPORE may have a non-Chinese Prime Minister one day, but it may be a while yet before that happens, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. He was speaking at a dialogue session yesterday with the Malay-Muslim community, and
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        13 17 SINGAPORE WEATHER Thunderstoms High 33 Low 25" DIFFERENT BEAT: PICTURE: AP
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      • 100 17 BRITAIN has revoked the visas of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Thailand's foreign ministry told AFP yesterday. The ministry confirmed this af- ter an airline official said the British Embassy in Bangkok had e-mailed all airlines informing them not to allow the
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      • 123 17 HIV screening will be an opt-out process in all public hospitals by the end of this year. Speaking to reporters at the 6th Singapore Aids conference, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Balaji Sadasivan said there needs
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      • 102 17 CAMBODIA and Vietnam have signed a deal to link their railways, Cambodia's foreign minister said yesterday, helping revive long-run-ning plans to link Asia by rail. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said China would help Cambodia with the railroad link to Vietnam, which
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      • 108 17 NEW Zealand yesterday elected its first conservative government in almost a decade, ending the rule of one of the world's longest-serving elected women. Mr John Key, 47, a multimillion- aire former foreign currency trader, ousted Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Party, AP reported.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 41 2 QUICK ON THE DRAW 7M y i 0 My 1 4 <f8 i <i ■m w i t t* ?//£i AfcMi I With the election over, the McCain campaign fulfils its promise to donate Palin's wardrobe to charity. TNP ILLUSTRATION: CHNG
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      36 18 Handpicked by top China director for new drama serial, unknown S'porean ex-model is now set to be household name Keep hubby at home with hot pie 4 simple steps to greater style
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    • 367 19  -  Chance encounter moves top China director so much he casts her in lead role MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com .sg WHEN acclaimed Chinese sitcom ac-tor-turned-director Zhao Benshan announced his lead actress pick for his new drama series Dongbei Master, the question on the minds of most
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    • 942 19 HE is called the Oriental Laughing God, though Zhao Benshan's early beginnings have been anything but funny. Born to a peasant family in Uaoning in 1958, he was orphaned when he was only 6. He lived with a blind uncle and it was from him
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        • 821 20  -  ANGELINE NEO brp During my uni days, I took a music module as one of my dectives. And there were many interesting characters in class from an Erykah Badu lookalike to a gentle giant, and then these two blokes who never failed to get
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        • 440 21  -  YEOH WEE TECK weerdf OUT from die economic crisis a new term arises: Recessionista. I am both jealous and impressed. Jealous because I wish I had come 14) with that term, and impressed because it is a word that neatly summarises my thoughts. Yes,
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        • 291 21 I This Balenciaga dress will take you everywhere. You can wear it with accessories and the look will be transformed. I like that it is slightly conservative but still sexy. The dress is at $380 ($1,899 before). Here, model Chew Tzeling teams it with a
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    • 533 22  -  Fly on the Wall Customers still flock to launch of pricey Parisian-themed gem collection during economic slowdown SYLYIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchooOsph.com.sg A DAY in Paris, a night at the museum, and the Duchess ofWindsor's zipper. How not to have an intriguing good
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    • Hed Chef
      • 453 23  -  HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com. sg PIES are great Not the humble ones, of course, especially if I am the one eating it Pies are not just wonderful meat "holders", they are also potential man-traps. This one's for die married women out there. You have
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    • 683 24  -  Flick Chick JEANMARIE TAN jeanm THE casting announcement of the Bond girls for every new 007 film is always met with much hype and fanfare. After all, among thousands of girls who audition, only a couple become the chosen ones. Quantum Of Solace's once-unknown Olga Kurylenko
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  • Article, Illustration
    605 25 Kenji Arai MAN to WATCH ONE can say that it was football that brought Japanese player Kenji Arai and his wife together. Kenji, a 30year-o!d SAFFC defender met his wife, 2£year-oid Yoko Tajima, through a mutual friend five years ago. At that time, Yoko was a
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  • Enjoy
    • Dr Date
      • 645 26  -  Dear Dr Date. My friends set me up on dates, but every time, I find that I have very little to talk about with the guy. Is there really such a thing as "guy talk"? And how do I learn it? Yours, Susan Dear Susan,
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      • 36 26 Have problems finding love? Make a date with Dr Date. He'll go over the finer points of courtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnpOsph.com.sg
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    • Columns
      • 647 27  -  (or Tips to escape your family) HD LIAN-YI W10PIE CHASS (This column will make use of many abbreviations without explanation. It is the author's opinion that if you don't know what CPF or osPs means, you have no business buying a house in Singapore.) IF
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      • 716 27  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES safTtokhQsph.com.sg HOW life has changed and if only the kids really understand that. That's what I was thinking after I sent my wife off at the airport on Thursday night She and three other staff members were taking 26 pupils
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    • Humour
      • 709 28  -  Our columnist ponders: what's up? SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME KVftMuua HOW would you feel if a stranger at a dinner party asked you where you worked, what you did, why you should work harder to get more qualifications, why you should change to a better job
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      • 214 28 AP. Stick with this toy A mag'-: mano a fishing 'oo or a roya scepter 0 The lowly stick. a playthmg powered by a d s imagination. landec n the Satonal To/ Hal: of Fane on Thursday along *rth the Baby Don and the skateboard. Curators said the stck
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      • 393 28  -  SMONG ACT BLUR 8mongOsph.com.sg WITH Barack Hussein Obama winning the US presidential election, this is the closest I've come to having a relative in the White House. How is Obama related to me? His half-sister is married to someone with the surname
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 178 29 Enjoy Comics ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILBURN 4. t > r. ThE KoStnTrtM fttUTHtRs' fcYciTiMfc*T QovckLf ToRj4tD 1 6 VlHtftTHtY 0i < icAl<R*0 Tuts PKKTVCUIML UfttcVUoH's ~?cT[ o' GolD" DILBERT SCOn ADAMS |1 m m. f' 6 SCOTT ADAMS r»> w IB PHASE ONE UILL BE UNUARRANTED optimism supported BY DELUSIONS
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    • 346 29 BY KUAH SENG SENG SCORPIO: Even with a tuxedo and a martini in hand, your new greeting of "My name is "Ah Chu, Ong Ah Chu" will not get you as many babes as you think. SAGITTARIUS: Be wary of that creepy new friend who will comment that you "look
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 202 31 PICTURE: SHAW WATCH 'EM Balls Of Fury (above) HBO (Star Hub Ch 60), 9pm A down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenomenon is sucked into a maelstrom when an FBI agent recruits him for a secret mission which also allows him to bounce back and smoke out his father's killer. Starring Dan
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    • 306 31 CHANNELS ■M Football Asia Show 2008/ Whacked Out Sports Movie: Kangaroo Jack I Style Her Famous-Jessica Aiba I Fashion Police Psych 11/Kyle XYII Identity II I Making of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 7.15 The Simpsons Box Office Showcase: Madagascar I News 5 Tonight Lonely Planet Bluelist/Reaper 11 JO 9 Oprah's
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    • 142 31 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE Crmtmd by Timothy E. Pmrkor 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
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  • Article, Illustration
    138 32 Enjoy Share your Big Walk memories with us! If your picture gets published here in Social Sunday, you will win exclusive Big Walk T-shirts. Thanks to your overwhelming response, we will be extending this contest for the next three weeks. So send your Big Walk pictures, a short caption,
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  • Sports
    • Racing
      • 1742 33 TODAY'S betting on Australian racing is for races held at Ararat and C ran bourne. Ararat is a town in south-west Victoria, about 205 km west of Melbourne. Cranbourae is a suburb of Melbourne, about 47lan south-east of Downtown Melbourne. Tips and comments for Races 1
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      • 910 34 1024 tan 1 Quartet ARARAT 1200M LMEECH 15) 57 BRAWLLER <9 57 3 wemmuiz DYEN0MUL (3) 57 A Hm 1 NOLEN (6) 57 5 RB4ABAJTATE KP0ST (2) 57 ft mH7 imr (7) 55 7 HOUDAVS CUND0P (1) 56 8 UMFnBCTEDJBMEY CRoeensoN (8) 7 55 9
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      • 562 35  -  Trainer now targets his rising star for next year's Four-Year-Old Challenge DANNY KHOO dkhooOsph.com.sg THE promising Keep Away continued his rise to top class with another brilliant display at Kranji yesterday. Making lightwork of his top 58kg impost, the three-year-old Japanese-bred gelding sent his older rivals
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      • 662 35 Racel Class 5 1400m 7 RRSTKMGHT128 (57-17) BPrebbte (14) (6) 1 .4 GRAND GBBW. 129(54-17) CWWong 2 14 ELEPHANT STAR 118(38-15) ...WMLai (7) 3 9 OASMNGAAR 127(201-49) HWLai (2) 4 Trainer S Woods. Mwgjnr 1.25,0.75. Time: Imti 23.8 sec. E08: $31. Fomcaat
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      • 1965 36 TOO SPEEDY: Richest Gift (No. 10), ridden by replacement jockey Benny Woodwortti, easily staving off the late-closing Beau Bnimmell for a fast-run victory in Imin 09.5 sec for 1,200 m in Race 7 yesterday. Race 1 C5(LC) 1200m 1 MLLJONL0T57(17-5) 0 Chavez (7) 5
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      • 341 36 RACEI Ist 9 Vigor ($54-$l4) 2nd 6 Voice Commander ($7) 3rd 7 Arlington ($10). EOB $18. Forecast $47. Ptaoe forecast $15 (6-7), $16 (6-9), $13 (7-9). Ttorca $251. Trio $57. Quartet $2680. RACE 2 Ist 4 Zarock ($2O-$5) 2nd 1 Pinwheel (SB)M3 Miss independent (no
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      • 157 37 «RACE1 RACE2 RACE3 RACE4 RACES RACER RACE7 RACER RACES RACE 10 RACE 11 RACE 12 n«—» 4 a i£T».fg« i|S |5r IS E" SW1 «!S5« "5.* 1 »ts I a- »sa i»» i ST a > ES» a H. tM o««, iZ S *«*«Mr*PB» B nt fl Dvtig
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      • 59 37 TOP SPIN (Race 9 No. 1) may not need to be at his best to bag the Raffles Cup. The way he disposed of his rivals in the Group 1 Kranji Mile on 19 Oct suggests the Laurie Laxon-trained gelding will be awfully hard to beat in the
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      • 61 37 RACE 3: Classicardo, Hethel. RACE 5: Cepat Lari Wins, Golden Chestnut. RACE 7: Blue Angel, Promise Me Gold, Veeandvee, Flying Langfuhr, Strawberry Power. RACE 8: Magic Eight. RACE 9: Top Spin, Lim's Fighter, Trigger Express, Mr Line, Itmaybeyou, King And King, Big Valour, Stedman. RACE 10: Best Knight. RACE
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      • 1227 37 RACE 1 GOLDEN MILE was withdrawn when found to be lame near-hind. BLUE FLAG was slow. THANKS FOR MEMORY was slow into stride after making contact with BRANDY DRY. SILENCE TOUCH was difficult to settle in the early stages. BRANDY DRY was
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      • 1781 38 RACE 1 No. Last 6 runt HORSE MA 1 Ral Mng Jockey Barrier (Aga/origintax, Mnar-omner) 1 -9 StomiKbig 58 I 53 MZakf*c2 5 (4ag H Takaoka-Happmess Come) 2 Whi Dragon 58 53' MEwe*c2 2 i4nzgChartee Lack-Three-J) 3 4 5 00-38-526 5-7
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      • 2148 39 LAMHY RACE 1 (1,600 m) 1 Storm King Showed dash at debut before fading but wiH have appreciated that run. 2 Win Dragon Tough to haveuxi trial form with market best guide 3 Danasinga's Baby Had enough excuses m last few to consider in
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    • Mad about Golf
      • 726 40  -  STEVE MEWELL dkfd'; WE'RE right in the middle of a huge couple of weeks golf-wise in the Far East, with the HSBC Champions kicking-off the inaugural Race to Dubai for 2009, followed by the Singapore Open which continues to grow in stature under the
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      • 513 40 AP. SOUTH Korea's Shin Ji Yai shot a bogey-free six under 66 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of die LPGA's MizunoOpen. Shin (left), the 2008 Women's British Open champion, carded six birdies at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club course
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      • 554 41  -  Thai Pariya makes up four-shot deficit to win LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg IT WAS his title to lose. Taking a commanding four-shot lead into the final round, Singapore's Lam Chih Bing was the odds-on favourite to win the Mercedes-Benz Masters Singapore yesterday. But the
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      • 578 41 SPANISH sensation Sergio Garcia fired a four-under 68 to catch Sweden's Henrik Stenson at the top of the HSBC Champions leaderboard after a rain-delayed second round in Shanghai yesterday. World No. 3 Garcia and Stenson, who carded a 69, are tied on 10-under,
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      • 424 42 Reuters. IF YOU'RE confident about keeping your job, now may be a good time to take up golf. Prices for exclusive golf club memberships in Singapore have sunk to an 18-month low as the global financial crisis seeps into the real economy. A
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      • 221 42 EKALAK Waisayakul, one of a big band of Thai youngsters recently turned professional, grabbed a dream spot yesterday in the elite field for the US$5 million ($7.4 m) Barclays Singapore Open this week. The 20-year-old, who only joined the pro ranks five months
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      • 277 42 THEJBEST of Asia, led by the six recent Order of Merit champions, will be aiming for a famous victory at the cash-rich Barclays Singapore Open this week. Eighteen of the current top-20 players from the Merit list will also be in
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    • Sports Celebrities
      • 668 43 This week JOYCE LIM goes for a swim with actor Joshua Ang YOU would remember him as the child star who played the EM3 student in the 2002 movie, I Not Stupid. Following the success of his debut movie, Joshua Ang continued to shine in local
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    • 622 44 Flava of the Week UM HAN MING'S PICK: PAULA RADCUFFE PAULA Radcliffe is the perfect inspiration to all the mothers in the world. The 34-year-old Briton proved that age and motherhood are no barriers to a successful career in sports when she led from start to finish to
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    • EPL
      • 614 45  -  LIVERPOOL FANATIC LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg HOW much would you pay for a football jersey of your favourite Premiership club? About $100 for the current strip? Or maybe twice as much for one in a previous champion-ship-winning season? How about $1,200 for a vintage long-sleeved
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      • 135 45 $1,200 1987/88 Liverpool home jersey, autographed by the entire first team $1,200 Robbie Fowler's 2000/01 treble winners commemorative jersey $1,200 Stan Collymore's 1995/% Carlsberg home jersey $900 Ronnie Whelan's 1989/90 Candy home jersey $900 Roy Keane's Manchester United away jersey during the "Stand Up, Speak Up"
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      • Article, Illustration
        734 46  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE npsportsesph.com.sg I'M GOING to try to be unbiased but you might have to make allowances. If I'm going to talk about Arsenal, I can't be certain a teeny little bit of pure, whitehot hatred won't slip in by accident. Arsene Wenger. Intelligent man, turns out teams who
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      • Betting
        • 638 47 DAVE TINDALL AND JONATHAN TURNER PA Sport BLACKBURNv CHELSEA (Blackburn 1 Chelsea 3) AFTER looking pretty much invincible under new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, a few cracks have started to appear in Chelsea. First, they lost their four-year unbeaten home record in the Premier
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        • 391 47  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN Special Correspondent ASTON VILLA v BORO (Horn* 54 par cent Draw 24 par cant Away 22 par cant) VILLA have really impressed this season, so they will be keen to get back on track after losing to Newcastle. This one, despite being at home,
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      • 572 48 PA Sport. RAY Wilkins insists Chelsea are ready to shake off their Roma defeat and bounce back in style against Blackburn tonight. The Blues were left stunned by their 3-1 defeat at the hands of the struggling Serie A side in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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      • 448 48 PA Sport. ASTON Villa manager Martin O'Neill has warned his players Middlesbrough will present a significant challenge tonight. The Villa camp is buzzing after Thursday's 1-0 win against Slavia Prague in the Uefa Cup their fourth win in five games. Middlesbrough will arrive
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      • 421 49 PA Sport. TOTTENHAM Hotspur are finally playing like a dream. But Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits the form of his players has given him a selection headache for tonight's Premier League match at Manchester City. Vedran Corluka and Roman Paviyuchenko are back after being cup-tied for the midweek
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      • 317 49 Wire Services. INTERIM Newcastle boss Joe Kjnnear admits there could be "dozens" of clubs lining up to talk to Magpies captain Michael Owen in January. Owen (right) could be tempted to look for a move away from St James' Park having slipped out of England contention
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      • Betting
        • 297 50 TEAM FACTS: AHUM RAJ; BEST PICKS WHO'S HOT, WHO'S HOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: BLACKBURN ROVERS: Santa Cruz, Reid, Dunn (injured); McCarthy, O'Keefe (suspended) CHELSEA: Carvalho, A.Cole, Ballack, Essien (injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Blackburn wins 34; Chelsea 41; draws 27 LAST MEETING: 23 Dec, 2W7 BLACKBURN 0
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        • 279 50 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: MANCHESTER CITY: Vassell, Mwaruwari (doubtful); Petrov, Johnson, Bojinov (injured); Kompany TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Gilberto, Jenas (doubtful); Parrett (suspended) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Man City wins 50; Spars 52; draws 33 LAST MEETING: x 16 Mar, 2008 MAN CITY 1 SPURS 1 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS:
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        • 267 51 Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: ASTON VILLA: Bouma (injured) MIDDLESBROUGH: Huth, Williams, Shawky (injured) 3* sH HEAD-TO-HEAD: Villa wins 64; Boro 39; draws 32 LAST MEETING: 12 Mar, 2008 VILLA
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        • 298 51 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: FULHAM: Seol, Andranik, Kamara (injured) NEWCASTLE: Gonzalez, Smith, Ngo Baheng, Viduka (Injured) HEAD-TO-HEAD: Folham wins 23; Newcastle 24; draws 12 LAST MEETING: 22 Mar, 2008 NEWCASTLE 2 FULHAM 0 (EPL) LAST FIVE LEAGUE RESULTS: FULHAM: L-W-D-D-L NEWCASTLE: W-W-L-D-D GOAL STATS (SCORED, CONCEDED): FULHAM
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      • 718 52  -  By Rory Dollard Special Correspondent Thomas sorensen made a series of fine second-half saves to secure another valuable EPL point for Stoke. The former Aston Villa goalkeeper pulled off a late double save to deny Wigan's Amr Zaki and Antonio Valencia and also got down well
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      • 241 52  -  By Sean Collins Special Correspondent JERMAIN DEFOE handed Tony Adams his first win as Portsmouth boss in a dramatic finish at Sunderland. The England striker converted an injury-time penalty to snatch all three points after the Black Cats had failed to make the
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      • 487 53  -  Bl John Ennis Special Correspondent Matthew taylor inflicted upon Hull a third successive defeat, but it was Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen who emerged his side's real hero. For the first time since mid-April Bolton manager Gary Megson can reflect on back-to-back victories after Taylor's 50th-minutehalf volley
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      • 266 53 THREE goals in five minutes capped a sensational Everton fightback against West Ham. West Ham looked to be cruising to all three points when substitute Jack Collison scored on his home debut in the 53rd minute. But an equaliser from loleon Lescott in the
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      • The Big Match
        • 737 54 DAVID LEE and football analyst TOHARIPAUAN discuss Arsenal vMan Utd-arguably the best match of the season so far What a breathtaking match! How did toothless Arsenal find their bite back against the defending champions? TOHARl: Arsene Wenger scored a major tactical victory on this occasion.
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        • 762 57  -  Your English Kaki was at The Emirates to witness Arsenal's return to form MATCH STATS Crowd: 60,106 Yellow cards: Gallas, Clichy, Sagna (Arsenal), Evra, Carrick(ManUtd) Arsenal: Manuel Almunia 7 (Lukasz Fabianski 7), Abou Diaby 6 (Kolo Toure 6), Bacary Sagna 6, Cesc Fabregas 7, Samlr Nasri 9,
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        • 535 58 Wire Services. IT WAS the perfect response. After critics claimed Arsenal were lurching towards a crisis, the Gunners replied with a 2-1 over Manchester United last night. Arsene Wenger's side had gone three games without a win after blowing a two-goal lead against Tottenham, was roughed up
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        • 290 58 Wire Services. MANCHESTER United didn't get the break they deserved. According to Sir Alex Ferguson, his team was denied an obvious penalty as it lost 2-1 to Arsenal in their showdownTwo goals from Samir Nasri gave the Gunners a 2-0 lead and even after a late reply
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  • 305 60  -  LIM HAN MING npsportsOsph.com.sg NO EMMANUEL Adebayor, no Robin van Persie, no Eduardo da Silva. No problem. With only one recognised striker in Nicklas Bendtner, one wondered where Arseiyil would get their goals from in the big clash with Manchester United last night. lUp stepped Samir Nasri
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