The New Paper, 14 December 2008

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    21 1 The New Paper on Sunday 14 Dec 08 Singapore Press WKm Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS hi in: 8"*****1 *****9 >
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      56 1 Checkpoint card confusion 6 .Suntec City: Snip Save 31 i The New Paper on T uDecos sunaay/ I logging bus seat Sholiing prawns Spitting gum on losing temper in air- eon bus fellow passenger's hair ARE WE GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY? O if O If "0 f, 0 0 fi 4
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      Lock icon Seat-hogging uncle kicks up storm on public bus
      1029 2  -  Other ugly incidents involving elderly ny&xjußStion: Are our senior citizens growing old disgradmlly? REPORTS:! HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com .sg STEP aside yuppies, here comes a new set of people out to assert themselves the grumpies. The young urban professional (ie. the yuppie) was
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      Lock icon Bus held up for 10 mins while old man argues
      720 3 Old man shouts at bus driver too THE elderly woman was carrying a small luggage bag when she boarded bus service number 33 at about 1.15pm at Block 22, Old Airport Road.. All the other seats on the bus were
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      Lock icon BUS PESTS OF ALL AGES
      269 4 DRUNK VOMITING Mr Gan Chin Loo, 49, senior bus captain of Service 70: "Once, a middle-aged man who was drunk boarded my bus. A few stops later, he threw up. The smell was so bad In the air-conditioned bus for the commuters that I had
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      210 4 T* i -t -s,.:, v FESTIVE COUNTDOWN An Early Christmas Treat A Family Celebration (1 Dec '08 -1 Jan '09) (24 31 Dec '08) Christmas comes early at the River Garden! Bring the family for an extravagant celebration dinner at the newly-renovated River Garden. Our daily Festive Buffet features a
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      339 5 Now when you top-up your Sing Tel Prepaid Mobile Card with Bonus $30 Top-Up card, you can be a lucky winner to win these cash prizes: f Promotion November 31 December 2008. a H Ist Prize > Gets3oworthofTalktimeforjustsls IrlmSTlM $3,888 CASH pBBI >8«/min EVERYDAY IMMNHHIv 1 2nd Prize $888 CASH
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    Lock icon JB-bound motorists fume over $21 toll card
    811 6  -  Confusion reigns as some think that's how much they have to pay to cross checkpoint News REPORT:! SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg PAYRMSO ($2l) just to enter Johor Barn? Some Singapore motorists think they'll have to do so under a new cashless card system.
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      222 7 IT'S A TASTIER CHRISTMAS WITH A FREE CURRY'O! GET A FREE OLD CHANG KEE CURRY'O WITH EVERY $18 GREEN PREPAID SIM OR TOP-UP CARD W!£Kml QldCfwngKee •J"j H I ihhhrhhpbbs l vfIHHHHIHHHHHiIBi WS^m'?"S.? M '-•■•>•". "j^p^PfES l^P p StcirHub |H f* > 3 Enjoy these benefits with GREEN Prepaid: calls
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      Lock icon ZoukOut virgins let their hair down
      862 8  -  Even recession can't deter first-timers from turning up to drink, danceanddip REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sp.com.sg PERHAPS it was the full moon, but it seemed that everyone was out partying at ZoukOut last night. The economy may be in recession, but the gloom was
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      Lock icon World's fastest production car makes S'pore debut
      706 10  -  PICTURES AND REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg THIS car is small. The front seat passenger cannot move without hitting the driver's elbows. When it rains, you had better pit in or be ready with a rain coat as there is no roof over
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      Lock icon $180,000
      714 12  -  That's how much investor loses in foreign exchange trades in 3 months REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com .sg HIGH-risk investments can make or break an investor, especially during the current troubled times. If the investor makes the decision to invest, but also expects his bank's relationship manager to watch out
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      Lock icon 'Investors must take responsibility'
      319 13 MR AARON Sim, CEO of Wealth Mentors, has spent five years coaching investors, and he has seen his fair share of investors who have had their fingers burnt. He said: "In cases such as John's, it is difficult to point the finger at the relationship manager.
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      Lock icon Only 29, but he gave himself death sentence
      950 14  -  Ex-drug addict finds out he has HIV from sharing needles but cant afford treatment REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com .sg AT 29, this former drug addict has given up hope of living to a ripe old age. He had injected himself with heroin
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      Lock icon South African teens smoking HIV drugs
      251 15 ANTI-RETROVIRAL drugs used to treat HIV/Aids are being bought and smoked by teenagers in South Africa to get high, reported BBC. Schoolchildren as young as 15 have been spotted smoking the drugs, which are ground into powder and sometimes mixed with painkillers or marijuana.
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      Lock icon Another Ox year, another baby bust?
      807 16  -  ZHEN MING BOSTON BRAHMIN THE proverbial stork now comes much later and on fewer occasions, too. Not surprisingly, the size of the average Singapore family has shrunk sharply. Among women aged 40 years or older who have ever married (that is, among those who
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      Lock icon No invites needed for 'private sales'
      409 17 LUXURY FASHION BRANDS FORCED TO CUT PRICES IN fashion, the cut of an outfit is vital, but Parisian Marie Dupuis has found that it can also apply to price. Thanks to a little bargaining, the 32-year-old shopper recently bought a Jean-Paul Gaultier dress at
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      Lock icon US activists put homeless families in foreclosed homes
      330 17 THEY are homes in good condition but are left vacant as a fallout from the current economic downturn. To Mr Max Rameau, these houses are a charitable opportunity. Mr Rameau runs a controversial programme called Take Back The Land. Using Internet listings
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      Lock icon Hokkien Queen slashed by fan?
      482 18 Concert-goers subdue attacker hand him to police KNOWN to her fans as the little Hokkien Heavenly Queen, singer Dong Meiyan is used to getting a passionate response from her audience. But what happened on Thursday night took her completely by surprise. Ms Dong was in
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      Lock icon Hi, my kid's name is 'Number 16 Bus Shelter'
      415 18 WEIRD NZ, AUSSIE NAMES NEVAEH and Namia are okay. But not Gummy Bear, Coca Cola and King John I. The Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages has seen it all when it comes to parents picking weird names for their
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      Lock icon Putting the INK in OINK
      506 19 Artist draws complaints lor selling tattooed pigs HE is a conceptual artist known for many unconventional projects. One of them is the tattooed pigs, which were part of an exhibit called "Art Farm". Mr Wim Delvoye, a 43-year-old Belgian, tattooed the designs on the animals
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      82 17 *^-^y£*Ayy?rf*£ IMThe|W£T RJN-A-THOM! Sat 20 December 2008 7pm to 11pm, Orchard Road (Collection of goodie bag and Game Guide at The Heeren Basement 1) Hurry! Sign up now with family friends at www.ordurtkoad^g Registration doses on 17 December 2008 or when entries hit 2,000. (First 100 registrants each get an
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      77 19 THE MOST ANTICIPATED VAMPIRE MOVIE OF THE YEAR US BOX OFFICE NO. 1 ..{A, S" Lpic! Sexy, stylish y*4 the coolest movie of the year." y r„ FOX TV X 1 "I he most epic romance I since Titanic." > HOLLYWOOD COM J W 1 MV 1 (wsra iHf Nf!vn
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    Lock icon Is it time to part with office Christmas parties?
    637 20  -  THE BUZZ News Exchange COMMENT: REGGIE J tnpOsph.com.sg r 1 IS the season for the office Christmas party. And opinions are divided Can this annual ritual be enjoyed? Does it have to be endured? Should it be banned? Here is the
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      221 20 t OVERHEARD IN THE STREETS QUICK ON THE DRAW "I think even Santa Claus is scared f? I r that he might be retrenched." toft Places f -A man on the economy. Jnf t4-> &**t Ijjj "Does it mean I also have to tell i him whether I'm doing big
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      241 21 S'PORE HAPPINESS INDEX We track what made you happy -or unhappy over the past week. w 1 i\ H f m mtrHftlMu Jwf -10 +10 -20 +10 +10 MORE health scares, ACCOLADES and awards MORE than half the IN a climate change A BAILOUT plan for US with cancer-causing continue
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      Lock icon Many jobs are still available despite the recession – Tharman
      252 22 Many jobs are still available despite the recession Tharman YES, there have been job losses and you may be worried about growing unemployment. But, even in a recession, there are still many jobs available for Singaporeans, though you may not know about them. So says Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. These
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      Lock icon NEA warns of flash floods over next few days
      104 22 MODERATE to heavy rain is expected in Singapore in the next few days, and this could cause flash floods in several low-lying areas, the National Environment Agency (NEA) warns. These places include Mountbatten Road and Everitt Road North near Joo Chiat.
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      Lock icon Car makers elsewhere worry as industry struggles in US
      106 22 Wires. TOP European car makers warned of a bleak 2009 as signs grew that the crisis facing the auto industry went beyond US firms' struggle to avoid bankruptcy. The heads of Renault-Nissan and Fiat said the car market would decline further
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      Lock icon S'poreans spend the most during M'sian sales
      95 22 The Star SINGAPOREANS are the biggest foreign spenders in Malaysia. Figures from the 2008 Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival statistics showed that Singaporeans spent the most, RM64.7 million ($27 mil- lion) in credit card transactions. Indonesians came second with RM42.9 million. Datuk Idros Mohd,
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      Lock icon Thaksin phone-in speech at Bangkok rally cancelled
      97 22 Wires ABOUT 50,000 supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra filled Bangkok's National Stadium yesterday for the Truth Today rally, to hear the ousted former prime minister deliver a speech by phone. But at 8pm (9pm Singapore time), the call-in was cancelled and a pre-recorded video
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      Lock icon Student pageant queens meet again
      193 23  -  Their last lace-off was at a school beauty contest last year. They're back together for Seventeen magazine's Queen of Queens contest Time to party, part]/, pate Old-style glamour at the new Clifford Pier REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg THEY have each won the crown once at
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      707 24 From PAGE 23 Is that an advantage when it comes to beauty pageants? She replied: "I guess so?" Hie Queen Of Queens pageant is an in-ter-varsity beauty contest Other than SIM, Singapore Management University (SMU), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University
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    463 25  -  CHICKEN LIVER PATE Enjoy Hed Chef HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg TEN days to the bigXmas pig out! You have invites to various house parties, where there could possibly be handsome chappies milling around. If you're lucky, you might spot one so delectable as to take your mind
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      506 26  -  Clifford Pier rvopesis after facelift REPORT: SYLYIA TOH PAIK CHOO Jfe CLIFFORD Pter. Er, character on The OC, actor on Greek? Voice on Family Guy? You were bom too late to have known that curved colonial structure on Cofiyer Quay the oldies f called "Ang Teng" (for the
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      Lock icon Come on baby light my fire
      351 26  -  PGR I SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO (WikrhooCSsph coin sq MAGICIAN Bosco Francis' hair stood on end. And as you can see. he has an awful lot of it to be starting with. The hair-raising moment came when Francis heard his name called out for
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    835 27  -  Lose weight keep curves? It's a bust Enjoy Shopping ANGELINE NEO tnp@soh.com sg YOU can always count on best mates for tough love. Just recently, I caught up with some Mends I had not seen in a couple of months. They noticed the weight loss immediately very sweet of
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      Lock icon Do one social activity a week
      722 28  -  DAVID TIAN fdfg SOME people are lucky. They marry their childhood sweetheart at age 22 and never have to worry about dating again. Most people are not so fortunate. And some of them simply never meet new love interests. Years go by without a
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      Lock icon How Elmo nearly dampened my holiday plans
      562 28  -  S MURALI FATHK FIGURES muraitBQBph.com.sg TWO days before I was due to take the family on a wallet-mauling trip to Hong Kong Disneyland, we went to Marina Square to do a bit of pre-trip shopping. But when we get there, what do we
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      241 29 Brought to I I Wltti countless dinner parties to attend ttiis festive season, having that brilliant f is essential. Raoul (#Ol-022/024, Galleria, ■p 1 i- Level 1) carries an elegant silk a j j J bright colour, which is sure to get you v_J \D I I J noticed. This
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      670 30  -  They should learn to take care of themselves SIVA CHOY HUMOUR ME tnpOsph.conua PLANTS don't like me. Because no matter how I take care of them, they either fall violently ill or just drop dead. I used to water them twice a day because
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        121 30 A NEW ruling in Australia could force prison officers to provide inmates with hotei-like services New "soft ceil' human rights guidelines from Victoria s Office of Police Integrity has called for ceil blocks to be calm and relaxing with light-shaded wall colours Officers have
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        118 30 TIRED of not finaing his pe r fe:t woman. Canadian inventor Le did the ne*t best thing he fcu.:: ce The 33-year-old created Aiko a pretty female robot that not only looks good, but alsd does household chores and his accounts Aiko speaks
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      Lock icon Condoms, even Hard Rock ones, are a bad gift idea
      464 30  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smongOsph.com.sg PREVIOUSLY in this column, I described how I accidentally exposed myself while jogging in my Goldlion boxer shorts. I then escaped to South Korea only to have my family traumatised by the all-nude public
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    290 31  -  Enjoy Comics BY KUAH SENG SENG ARIES You will learn that sex after marriage is just as good as it was before, just as long as your wife doesn't find out. TAURUS You will soon become the most oft cited subject in medical studies on puncture wounds caused
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    711 32  -  Enjoy Flick Chick JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com sq WHEN my husband took his vow to love me in sickness and in health, he certainly meant it Because of late, I've been struggling with a "condition". I am sick. Lovesick, to be precise. For the past
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      791 33 e!s-~~ F \v\ yu jt -ytftet -I l lliflrfc a universal KAKURO puz z l e Crmatad by Timothy E. Parkt BB His ■■■HHI H «j® PICTURE: BBC ENTERTAINMENT H B H WATCH'EM CHANNEL 5 BUB 11.00b(h AFF Suzuki Cup-Indonesia v Singapore (r) 9Q SSMHEh The State Within (above) I.oopm
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    137 34 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 picture and messages to tnpforum@sph.com.sg Happy 2nd Birthday to our little princess Tara. Love always from IVllimXYiy Janet It Daddy Jarence fg My
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  • Sports Racing
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      Lock icon Benny's back on top in jockeys' title chase
      289 35  -  MARC TAN npraangOsph.com.sg THINGS are getting real hot at the top of the Malaysian jockeys' table. With only three race days to go, Benny Woodworth has thrown the gauntlet down to five-time champion Azhar Ismail. The 34-year-old regained the lead with a
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS GOING:GOOD
      667 35 Race 1 MS (SC) 1200ml 9 JBMMCMMVA 54(1W&gt; IWnlMrti (8} 1 1 1 (527) 2 0NAW«GAMQAmYB)!i7c54(46-tG).- NbLm* (3) 2 2 2 (518) 0.75 11 NOTMMGTOFEM515(19-7) J9w*ar M 4 4 3 CJS6) 1 6 FWEWAWflOfl 56 c 51(78-35 GMatffte(1) 8 7 4 (455) 0.75 MtantaitaUK Gold
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S WATC (ASCOT) RESULTS GOING:GOOD
      481 35 3 XAARAVID 55 (104-26) THwnusM (7) 1 1 WIZARDS POINT 57(9-7) PNng (6) 2 7 ARIA MAGIC 53 (93-14) WPike (4) 3 Trainer George Daly. Margins: 0.5, 0.75,1. Time: Imin 4.7 sec. EOB: $14. Forecast $31 Place Forecast $15 (Nos. 1 -3), $12 (Nos. 1
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      Lock icon Balius ship-shape for HK Cup
      290 36 IF there is one runner you cannot ignore in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup in Race 8 this afternoon, it has to be Balius (left). The Carlos Laffon-Parias trained galloper, a "get-back-and-run-on" type, is in great shape for the HK$2O million ($42 million) affair
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      Lock icon LAST FRIDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHT
      1218 36 RACE 1 GALACTIC BOUND was slow. SAMURAI SOUL and FOREVER HAPPY jumped awkwardly. Near the 700 m, PERFECT ALIGN lost ground when racing to the inside of GALACTIC BOUND and to the outside of CULLENATOR and MOON DAZZLE An inquiry will
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      Lock icon Doctor Dino making house call once more
      879 37 RACE 1 (1,400m) Six-time winner Pocket Money (No. 2) was unlucky not to better his course-and-distance statistic a fortnight ago and looks poised for a top effort. Down Town (1) was second behind Hong Kong Sprint starter Green Birdie last October and has
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      Lock icon TODAY'S HONG KONG (SHA TIN)RACE CARD GOING FORECAST:GOOD
      952 37 1 DOWNTOWN CHY CWWong(-3) 133 4 2 POCKET MONEY JS FCoetzee 128 2 3 SUNNY(ONG JM DBeadman 127 6 4 SKYVBNBAR ALe CBrown 122 7 5 GALLANTUON CF ODoteuze 121 8 6 MASTER POWER JM GGomez 120 9 8 MY CHOICE DJH
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      212 38 1 Dai f to RACE 1 1 Uptfnnte 5 Crayheya Golden 1 Fire Heart RACE 2 a Oscar W Sunday Joter 4 Ptaaatie «d Venetian 10 .io^.y RACE 3 Gold 3 Zest Venom 7 Passion RACE 4 Jeram 4 James Gotd 1 Babe Afiratam RACE 5 Duty Free
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      97 38 rMBLESS (Race 6 No. 3), a promising four-year-old gelding by Kashani, is gunning for his fourth straight success on home turf this afternoon and he looks the part He takes on Class 3 opposition for the first time but should have no trouble holding his own Last Saturday,
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      Lock icon TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD GOING FORECAST:YIELDING TO SOFT
      1029 38 No. Last6nms HORSE WI Rating Jockey Banter (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 4 Uptww* 57 (52) SSanicI 6 (4agBBrogan-BBrogan) 2 9- 56.5 (51) ISaMudhi 1 (4ag 0 Sidek-Denon) 3 7-0 Kamfcazn 55 (48) MEwe*c2 7 (5agBTUm Htshafato) 4 207-7 HavanaOgar 53.5 (45) JShankarc2 8
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  • Sports Mad about Golf
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      Lock icon Golfing good times
      850 39  -  STEVE NEWELL npsportsOspttcomaQ L HERE we go, then. It is that delicious time of the year when we get to select our winners and losers from the last 12 months. We start this week with those who had "good times" in 2008. Next week... yes, you guessed
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      362 39 AFP. ANNIKA Sorenstam remained optimistic despite falling four shots behind leader Anja Monke of Germany after the third round of the Dubai Ladies Masters yesterday. In the season-ending tournament on the Ladies European Tour at the Majlis course of Emirates Golf Club, nothing
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      494 41 Reuters. FORMULA One teams will cut their costs by almost a third next year under a package of measures approved on Friday to secure the sport's future in the face of the global credit crunch. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in
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      203 41 F1 faces crunch with cost-cutting measures Following the withdrawal of the Honda team from Formula One, team bosses and the FIA have agreed a range of drastic measures including doubling the lifespan of engines intended to cut costs by at least a third F1 COSTS (inUS$) Top team expenditure breakdown
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    717 42 777/S wee/r JOYCEUM spars with actor Zheng Geping Sports Sporty Celebrities AT 44, veteran actor Zheng Geping is still hot. Other than bagging the best actor award at last year's Star Awards, Geping's amazing physique also beats some of MediaCorp's younger heartthrobs. Most women would swoon
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    549 43 Sports Flava of the Week 1 IE W AS shorter, smaller and lighter than his opponent. But man. can he fight. Mann\ "Pac-man" Pacquiao proved that si/e does not matter in boxing when he walloped l()-time world champion ()scar de la 1 loya into submission in their non-title
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      566 44 Wire Services. IT COULD have been a statement of delusion or of sheer confidence. When Manchester United chief executive David Gill declared that the United hierarchy were confident they would match their current £19-million-a-year ($42.9 m) shirt sponsorship deal when they look for
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      199 44 SHARP (1982 -1999) (left) THE JAPANESE electronics company was United's principal sponsor for 17 years, one of the most lucrative and lengthy sponsorship deals in English football. In that period, United enjoyed amazing success, winning seven Premier League titles, five FA Cups, one League
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      267 44 NIKE MANCHESTER United's official sportswear partner, the American company has been a sponsor since 2002. They signed a record breaking £302.9 million ($673.8mi1) deal over 13 years, handing the sportswear manufacturer exclusive rights to sponsor their gear, manufacture and sell their merchandise and operate United's existing
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    1132 45  -  Sports IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsportsOspti.com.sg I HAVE a confession to make. My name is lain Macintosh and I'm a Football Manager-aholic. It started with the original Championship Manager, way back in 1993. It took 45 minutes to load
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    690 46  -  Sports EPL ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports©sph.com.sg GOD giveth and He taketh away. Apparently, Luiz Felipe Scolari prayed to the great football manager in the sky when Didier Drogba injured his knee last month. And lo and behold, Didier turned out not to have damaged his cruciate ligaments. Check
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      260 47 TEAM FACTS: ARUN RAJ; BEST RICK WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: BRIAN MILLER INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: PORTSMOUTH: Diarra (doubtful); Diop (suspended). NEWCASTLE UNITED: Duff, Gonzalez, Barton, Smith, Ngo Baheng (injured). HEAD-TO-HEAD: Pompey wins 21; Newcastle 29; draws 17 LASTMEETING: 12 Apr, 2008 POMPEY 0 NEWCASTLE 0 (EPL)
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      257 47 Bet responsibly. Need help? Call: 1800 X GAMBLE (or 1800-942 6253), 6RECOVER (or 6732 6837), 1800-666 8668 INJURIES/ SUSPENSIONS: CHELSEA: Di Santo, Bellettl, Carvalho (doubtful); Essien (injured). WEST HAM UNITED: Ashton, Gabbidon (injured): HEAD-TO-HEAD: Clwlm wins 37; West Ham M;tfrawslo LAST MEETING: 1 Mar,
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      439 48  -  DANIEL FINKELSTEIN Special Correspondent CHELSEA v WEST HAM (Nome win 82 per cent Draw 12 per cent Away win 5 per cent) CHELSEA have to win this. It is as simple as that. They don't have to win it because they are at home (it's Chelsea's away
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      276 48 PORTSMOUTH v NEWCASTLE IMAGINE if Mike Ashley had just let Kevin Keegan get on with his work unmolested. Newcastle would be somewhere in mid-table by now, quite safe and playing entertaining football. He'd be ironing his black and white shirt and getting ready for a
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      521 49 PA Sport. JOHN Terry has been tipped to eclipse Gianfranco Zola in Chelsea's ultimate hall of fame. Chelsea are preparing to welcome back two of their former heroes tonight in the shape of West Ham boss Zola and his assistant Steve Clarke. Zola scored 80
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      356 49 PA Sport. GIANFRANCO Zola hopes his first appearance at Stamford Bridge as West Ham manager will be treated with "common sense" by Chelsea fans. Zola (right) was revered by Blues supporters during his brilliant seven-year spell with the club and is preparing for tonight's eager-ly-awaited
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      618 50  -  By RORY DOLLARO Special Correspondent Gabriel agbonlahor took his goal tally for the season into double figures as Aston Villa climbed above Arsenal into fourth place in the EPL with this resounding victory. Agbonlahor netted twice as Martin O'Neill's side took advantage of the Gunners
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      237 50  -  By Mark Hill Special Correspondent WIGAN increased the pressure on under-fire Blackburn manager Paul Ince with a comprehensive victory at the JJB Stadium. Winger Antonio Valencia stole the show, setting up Emile Heskey for a clever lOth-minute backheel and Lee Cattermole's 77th-minute effort,
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      399 51  -  By Ken gaunt Special Correspondent TIM CAHILL headed an injury-time winner as Everton defied the odds to stun Manchester City at Eastlands. The Toffees did not have one fit striker to choose from and were forced to play Cahill up front on his own in front
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      270 51 ROUND-UP KENWYNE JONES struck twice within a minute to hand managerless Sunderland a precious 4-0 victory in their basement clash with West Brom. The Trinidad and Tobago international headed home Andy Reid's 22nd-minute cross, and then added a second from close range seconds
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      298 53 SAFE HANDS ARSENAL have their goalkeeper Manuel Almunia to thank for leaving the Riverside Stadium with a point. The Spanish goalkeeper was at his best when he pulled off a one-handed save from Stewart Downing in the 60th minute. Other than that save, Almunia had a relatively easy
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      422 54 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger vowed his side will fight to keep its fading Premier League title dream alive despite seeing another two precious points dropped at the Riverside Stadium. Wenger watched former Gunner Jeremie Aliadiere deny his side victory with a clever glancing header past Manuel
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      567 55  -  LIVERPOOL 2 Gerrard (24,32) HULL CITY 2 McShane (12), Carragher (og-22) TV VIEW GARY LIM npBportsoBph.com.sg FOR THE Liverpool fans, it was like a script from the scariest horror movie ever. They had thought that a win in last night's match against Hull City was a given.
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      270 55 SHOCKER FEW HAD expected Hull City to put up such a marvellous fight at Anfield last night. Even fewer would have imagined the start they had to the game. By the 22nd minute, Liverpool were already down by two goals. The Kop were stunned into silence. The Reds
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      550 56 SPORTS TV *AII telecasts live unless stated otherwise. For latest, please check www. starhub. com/cabletv O O tlH o o CO PQ CO EH CO EPL Today: STOKE CITY vFULHAM Ch 27,7am (Same day delayed) WIGANv BLACKBURN Ch 27,4pm (Same day delayed) SUNDERLAND v WEST BROM Ch 27,7pm (Same day
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    227 57 sports PA Sport. DIDIER Drogba insists he has not considered leaving Chelsea next month, although he will speak to the club about his future next summer. Drogba has endured a difficult start to the season and has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge. A
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