The New Paper, 12 January 2009

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    • 37 1 GOT YOUR O-LEVEL RESULTS? Now get our private education pullout guide GUIDE SHOCKING ATTACK ON YIO CHU KANG MP Volunteer helps catch suspect who set MP ‘His hands reeked of petrol’PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO PAGE 2 "*****1 *****1
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    • 1106 2 / 3  -  REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg HE HEARD shouting, and when he looked up, he saw several people chasing a man who was fleeing Yio Chu Kang Community Club. The next thing Mr Richard Jonathan saw totally shocked him. His Member of Parliament, Mr Seng Han Thong,
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    • 870 4 / 5  -  That’sourjob,saythreeMPs interviewed in the wake of MP Seng Han Thong being burnt REACTION AFTER MP SET ON FIRE REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHOCK, followed by immediate concern were their reactions when they first heard the news that a fellow MP had been viciously attacked. Said
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    • 225 4 / 5 ON 20 Jul 2006, former taxi driver Koo Tong Huat went to see Mr Seng Han Thong during a Meet-the-People sessionoverhisappealtogethis revoked taxi licence reinstated. But before the MP could take out a letter to show that he had acted on his appeal, Mr
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    • 976 6 / 7  -  Following our report on Sun City superviser’sabuseofstaff... REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg IT STARTED with one brave soul and a fuzzy handphone video. When a whistle blower contacted The New Paper last November, a week after zoo worker Nordin Montong was killed at the
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    • 432 6 / 7  -  REPORT: TAN MAY PING mayping@sph.com.sg WORKERS from Sun City Maintenance hope to get better pay and more rest days now that their plight has been made known to the zoo management. One of their biggest gripes is that they are still given only
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  • Local News watch
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      50 8 SWEETHARVEST:Abouteightyearsago,retireeHuang Guoping decided to plant a longan tree outside his Kelantan Road flat to pass his time. The retiree and his wife (below) have since tasted the fruit of his labour. The tree is about 3m tall and has since borne fruit about four times. PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO
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    • 222 8 TOUGH TIMES AHEAD BUT... THE coming year is expected to be tough but Singaporeans should not just rely and depend on the Government forhelp in “everything”. Rather, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) urged the community to also chip in during this
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    • 96 8 MUSLIMS here should not rule out working in the upcoming integrated resorts where there are jobs, as long as it is not in their gaming sections, said Minister Yaacob Ibrahim. “We are very clear. Just exclude ourselves from the gaming part.
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    • 108 8 THE parents of a former full-time national serviceman, who has remained in a coma for over three years after an incident in camp, are taking the Ministry of Defence to court. They claim that then-corporal Jeremy Tan, now 26, is entitled
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    • 84 8 SMALLER firms put off by excessive paper-work when applying for gov-ernment-backed loans now have more help. Spring Singapore has launched the Financial Facilitator Pro- gramme which aims to help businesses overcome challenges when applying for the enhanced government financing schemes. SME bosses have
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    • 428 10  -  OLD WOODLANDS CHECKPOINT TO BE USED AGAIN Sing Keng Loon –SingKengLoon,newsroomintern WITHtheopeningofthenewWoodlandsCheck-point, some residents living near the Causeway had thought that they would get some peaceatlast. Theirjoywasshort-lived. The New Paper understands that from the end of nextmonth,theImmigrationandCheckpointsAuthority(ICA)willbeprocessingincomingmotorcyclesatthe old Woodlands Checkpoint during peak hours. (See otherreport.)
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    • 169 10 ON 21 Nov last year, the ICA announced that the old Woodlands Checkpoint will be opened to ease traffic at the existingWoodlandsCheckpoint. This checkpoint is the busiest ofallICA’scheckpoints,hence the need to accommodate and facilitate the flow of people and cargo without causing undue delay. The re-development
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      228 12/13  -  Wondersneverceasedatyesterday’s Wonderland-themed Chingay rehearsal PICTURES REPORT GAVIN FOO gavinfoo@sph.com.sg FIRE breathing dragons, human-size bees and butterflies and even Noah’s Ark will be there. With so many colourful characters, youwishyouwerein“Wonderland”! Asia’slargest float and street paradeis coming to town again on 30 and 31 Jan. Theleadfloatinthisyear’sparadeisamagnificent golden lion, typifying courage,
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    • 363 14  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.cam.sg IT SHOULD be clear by now jokes about bombsatairportsoronplanesaren’tfunny. A Taiwanese woman on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight learnt this the hard way when her wisecrack about her heavy carry-on luggage was met with a security alert
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    • 204 15 IP Murdoch UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE SINGAPORE Rated 5-Stars for: Teaching Quality, Research Intensity and the only Australian University to achieve a 5 star rating for Graduate Satisfaction 13 out of 14 years.(Good Universities Guide 2008) PREVIEW TALKS Bachelor Of Science in IT CYBER FORENSICS Speaker A/Professor Peter Cole, Dean,
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  • Global News watch
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      60 16 FATALCRASH:TwoSingaporeanswerekilledandanotherseriously injured in a collision involving a car, a bus and a lorry on the Johor Baru-Mersing road on Saturday. The car driver, Mr Lim Tow Kwan, 53, died on the spot, while passenger Madam Lim Lan Fang, 55, died on the way to the hospital. Madam Lek
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    • 227 16 THAI BY-ELECTION AFP THAIS voted yesterday in by-elections that are the first test at the polls for new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose party is hoping to shore up its shaky coalition. Voting closed at 3pm (4pm Singapore time) for 29 parliament seats, with
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    • 107 16 MORE than 260 passengers and crew had to fight for their lives after a ferry sank in stormy seas off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island early on Sunday. Officials said the ferry was about 50km off Majene, in western Sulawesi, when authorities lost
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    • 121 16 Reuters US PRESIDENT-elect Barack Obama urged a revamping of the government’s US$700 billion ($1 trillion) financial bailout plan. Expressing his disappointment with how the process has unfolded so far, Mr Obama said in an interview on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
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    • 107 16 ISRAEL’S war on Hamas has left nearly 900 dead in the Gaza Strip. But survivors may soon have some respite. Israeli officials suggested that the fighting may be ending soon, even as infantry units backed by tanks pushed deeper into
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    • 166 17 HAVING your durians stolen is frustrating enough. Now imagine finding that about 100 of your durian trees are no longer standing (left). This was the unfortunate situation three Malaysian orchard owners found themselves in last week. For reasons that remain unclear, about
      PICTURE: CHINA PRESS  -  166 words
    • 482 17 WITH six more days to the Kuala Terengganu by-election, the serenity of the quaint village of Kampong Paloh, located within this parliamentary constituency, is set to change. The fight for votes is expected to be most intense here on 17 Jan as its
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    • 490 18 Mum’splaytimewith daughter turns into living nightmare SHE had often watched her brother-in-law play with her young daughter, so she suspected nothing when he walked into the room and picked up the little girl. So the 28-year-old woman was completely unprepared for what
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    • 310 18 THEBRITISHPrime Minister’s jobadvertisement for a butler has been slammed by his opponents. And this is mostly because of the £30,000 ($68,000) a year pay, labelled as whopping by some of his opposition Conservative members of parliament. The salaryincludesa“duty roster allowance” of
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    • 336 19 Players caught flouting dress code with skimpy outfits will be fined REFEREES officiating at the Australian Open are set to double up as fashion police in an attempt to stamp out skimpy outfits. This comes after Alize Cornet caused a stir with a see-through top
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    • 591 20 TEACHER TARGETTED BY CYBER BULLIES STUDENTS at a girls’ school in the UK disliked their teacher so much that they formed a hate group online and posted disparaging comments about her to vent their frustrations. But this has landed members of “The Hate
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    • 345 20 CHEAP OR FREE TICKETS TO OBAMA INAUGURATION EVENT AFP AS MANY as 10 inaugural balls are being prepared by the new presidential team as part of Mr Barack Obama’sswearing-in on 20Jan. But one of them, the Neighbourhood Ball, will break away from
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    • 13 16 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High:32˚,Low:24˚ Jakarta:Rain High:31˚,Low:24˚ Bangkok:Windy High:27˚,Low:16˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High:28˚,Low:23˚
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      29 21 FROM READER IMRAN BIN EBRAHIM LOOKWHO’SCOMING:Hide and seek at the void deck just got a little tougher, thanks to this mirrorata HDB’s staircase parapet in Clementi Street 14.
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    • 134 21 1 MORE professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) are expected to be hit in this recession than during previous ones, Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday. But the Government is rolling out more training programmes to target this group, such as the
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    • 370 21 FROMREADER GANCHAU LINKING GENERATIONS SOMEONE from the Philippines wrote about how she found her father’s scrapbook on the late President John F Kennedy(It’sthesimplethingsthatlinkgenerations, The New Paper, 2 Jan 2009). The scrapbook made her feel close to her late father, and she found out much about him
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    • 182 21 FROM READER ANDY WONG MENG KEONG IN LIGHT of what was reported in The New Paper (Million-dollar makeover, 5 Jan, 2009), I would like to highlight to the Singapore Sports Council the condition of some of the sports complex facilities, in particular St Wilfrid
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    • 80 21 FROM S SATISH APPOO, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WE REFER to the forum page letter Rubbish bins are not emptied often enough (The New Paper, 6 Jan 2009). Our field officers have checked and found that the rubbish bins in
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      29 22 Should gloves be made compulsory for all food handlers at food stalls? “Yes.I thinkit’s abasic thingthatwill helpensure hygieneandcleanliness.It’ll also helpin preventing illnesses,andpossible spreadingof diseases.” Zillur RahmanSiddiqui, 36, systemsspecialist
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    • 105 22 Comments on how passengers who live near the airport are faced with grouchy treatment from cabbies when they take taxis home from the airport: I have experienced this problem as I live in Tampines. There is a surcharge of $3 or $5 for passengers who take cabs
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    • 650 23  -  She’shadafewlong-time beaus, but Taiwanese star Lin Chiling is not always logical in love REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg BEAUTY,brains and a soaring career Taiwanese actress Lin Chiling seems to have it all. The 34-year-old who has a double degree in economics and Western art history
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      • 132 25 Money matters even to stars. We cash in on the highs and lows of celebrity dough IT’S great being married to one of Hollywood’s most successful actors. Actress Katie Holmes (right) has been on a major spending spree ever since she moved to New York last
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      • 110 25 Good-bye, Neverland. Hello, Bel-Air. Michael Jackson (above) has signed a year-long lease on a US$100,000-per-month ($147,800) French chateau-style mansion. The50-year-oldsinger’srep,TohmeTohme, called the gated property, which was built in 2002, “alittlebitmorethananaveragehome”. He said the King of Pop has been living there for about a month. Jackson’smovebacktoLosAngelestobe closer
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      • 85 25 America Ferrera (above) has put her Hollywood Hills home up for sale just eight months after buying it. The 24-year-old Ugly Betty actress put the property on the market after her hit TV show moved production to New York, reported the Daily Mail. The three
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      • 166 26 For £80,000 ($181,000), you could buy a one-bedroom flat in Victoria Beckham’s(right)hometownof Harlow in Essex and still have change left over for curtains. But for 34-year-old pop singer, that is the cost of her latest handbag –adesignerBirkinbagstudded with hundreds of diamonds. The silver Himalayan tote was
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      • 122 26 Yet another celebrity might be joining the HollywoodpackinDubai. ActressLindsayLohan(farright) andherpartner,DJSamanthaRonson (right) are reportedly house hunting in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubaiinabidtoescapethe paparazzi. The pair fell in love with the glamorous Palm Island resort after Ronson, 31, performed at the nearby luxurious Atlantis Hotel last
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      • 93 26 The cast of TV series How I Met Your Mother is getting a NewYear’sbonus. Neil Patrick Harris (above), Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders have all been given big raises. The increase will amount up to two to three times more, reported the
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    • 489 41 JAPAN’S Toru Taniguchi holed the winning putt. And Asia completed a convincing 10-6 victory over two-time champions Europe in the Royal Trophy team competition yesterday. Asia needed just two points from eight singles matches after dominating the first two days and battled some spirited resistance from
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    • 305 41 Reuters GEOFF Ogilvy’s closest challengers were left demoralised and trailing in his wake. The Australian surged six strokes ahead of the field in the Mercedes-Benz Championship third round on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Although relatively benign con- ditions at the Kapalua Resort led to
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      192 41 AP CONGRATULATIONS Mr and Mrs McGee. Annika Sorenstam and Mike McGee were married on Saturday, four weeks after the Swedish golf star ended her Hall of Fame career. About 125 guests attended the afternoon ceremony and evening reception at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida.
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    • 656 42/43  -  JOYCELIMasksiftheOCBCCycleSingaporeeventwilldoforcyclinghere,whatthe Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon has done for running in the past few years JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg SOMETIMES, all it takes is for one well-sponsored mass event to spur a fitness craze in Singapore. After all, it’s not difficult to argue that the Standard
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    • 150 42/43 DID YOU know that major insurance companies here do not compensate those who injure themselves in cycling races as well as biathlons, duathlons and triathlons? “If you are participating in an organised event, insurance companies here consider it as a race and when you are racing,
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    • 412 42/43 ITWON’TBEAT RUNNING “OCBC CycleSingapore will probablyspin off more cycling events in the next few years, but I don’tthink cyclingwill be asbig asrunning. Cycling is more equipment-based. You will need at least a bike and a helmet, not just a pair of running shoes. “Butit isgoodtoknow that OCBCCycle
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    • 923 44 INTER-MILAN 1 (Ibrahimovic 77) CAGLIARI1 (Acquafresca 65) DEPORTIVO1 SE VILLA 3 SPANISH LA LIGA IT WAS an inspired substitution. Ten-man Sevilla nudged Valencia from second when they defeated Deportivo La Coruna for the second time in a week with a 3-1 victory all thanks to the introduction
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    • 279 44 Wire Services GENOA 3 TORINO 0 GENOA rose to fifth with a 3-0 home win over Torino on Saturday in Serie A’s first game since the mid-season break. Genoa, in their second season back in the top flight, went level on 32 points with Fiorentina after
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  • 159 45 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: AP DEFENDING champion Maria Sharapova has been forced to withdraw from the Australian Open tennis tournament. This is due to her slower than expected recovery to full fitness following a shoulder injury. Sharapova advised tournament officials yesterday that she would not be able to de- fend
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  • 244 45 PA Sport TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp has received an offer for Heurelho Gomes but wants to keep the goalkeeper after he turned around his poor early-season form. Gomes, who arrived from PSV Eindhoven in the summer for around £7 million 15.8m), has not put a
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  • 212 45 PA Sport ZENIT St Petersburg have revealed they have turned down a bid from Arsenal for midfielder Andrei Arshavin. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been coy about his side’s interest in Arshavin, but his club are believed to be leading the chase for the
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  • 180 45 PA Sport AC MILAN would be “foolish” not to look into extending David Beckham’s contract, said Milan’s director of operations Umberto Gandini. Beckham recently joined Milan on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy but he is due to return to America in March for the
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    • 413 45 A CAREER with a DIFFERENCE jThe Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) plays a key role in shaping Singapore into a global air hub and aims to connect Singapore to the world as well as make aviation a key contributor to our country's success. CAAS is also responsible for building
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    • 124 46 PA Sport CHELSEA’S preparations for last night’s crucial Premier League clash against Manchester United were interrupted by a hotel fire alarm early in the morning. Blues manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, his backroom staff, players and other hotel guests were all evacuated from their Manchester hotel when the alarm
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    • 671 47 STOKE0 LIVERPOOL0 Rafa Benitez says... PA Sport IF HE could turn back the clock, Rafa Benitez will repeat every single word of his controversial comments about Sir Alex Ferguson. No regrets. No holds barred. No olive branch. Even if the Football Association decide to investigate his comments
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    • 420 47 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez launched an astonishing attack on his Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson on Friday. The Spaniard claimed United boss Fergusonis“theonlymanagerwho willnotbepunished”foroutspoken attacks on referees. Here, we take a look at other rants delivered by managers over the years. JOE
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      198 48 WHAT Rafa said on Friday: IN MAY, Alex Ferguson was cleared of improper conduct charges over comments made about referee Martin Atkinson and Keith Hackett, the general manager of Professional Game Match Officials, after United were eliminated from the FA Cup by Portsmouth. Ferguson said Atkinson’s display was
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      273 48 “Butthatwasformarching onto the field after the 4-3 win over Hull and for comments made directly to the referee, Mike Dean, who, in reporting the misconduct, forced the FA’shand.” STEVE McMANAMAN: “WHEN I heard about Rafa’s press conference on Friday, I actually thought it would be worse than whatitwas.Peopletoldme.‘Rafa’s
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    • 148 48 “Itisonlynormalthata referee will feel under pressure in an atmosphere likethatwith80,000people.’’ JOSE MOURINHO: THE Inter-Milan manager (left) has rejected Rafa Benitez’s claims that Manchester United receive preferential treatment from referees. Former Chelsea boss Mourinho, who does not enjoy a good relationship with old rival Benitez, hasadded his opinion andhe
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    • 699 49  -  ERNEST LUIS asks TheNewPaper’s football analyst TOHARIPAIJAN about the motive behind the latest spat between Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benitez TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg THE FERGIE-RAFA SPAT LAST Friday, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez sensationally claimed that his rival at Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson is
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    • 532 50 PA Sport ANEW king of world football will be crowned tonight. And Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite of five candidates to walk away with the Fifa World Player of the Year award. The Manchester United forward, who has already picked up the FIFPro and Ballon d’Or
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    • 480 50  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT UNLESS the sun rose in the west this morning, Cristiano Ronaldo will tonight be named last season’sworld’sbest player. Oh yes, it’s going to be that predictable when the Fifa World Player of the Year 2008 award is handed out in a
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      46 51 FA CUP (REPLAY) Wednesday: BRISTOL CITY v PORTSMOUTH Ch 24,3.40am Thursday: SOUTHEND v CHELSEA Ch 24,4.05am Peter Clarke (right) scored a last-minute equaliser against Chelsea a fortnightago. Can hebeSouthend’s hero again in the replay on Thursday? *Programmetimessubjecttochange *Alltelecastliveunlessstatedotherwise. For latest, please check www.starhub.com/cabletv PICTURE: REUTERS
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      231 51 FOOTBALL: IT WILL be a tiring week for Manchester United as they catch up on their games in hand in the English Premier League. Afterthis earlymorning’s clash with Chelsea, they will have only two days to rest before they host Wigan on Wednesday (Thursday morning, Singapore time). Can
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  • 475 52  -  AISHAH HAMZA npsports@sph.com.sg PLAYSTATIONS,iPhonesandNintendoWiis.Ask a Singaporean child what he or she wants andthesearethelatesttechgadgetstheymightlist. But for Cristiano Ronaldo, all he ever wanted as a kid wasafootball. “It was always a football, just a football,’’ he told The SundayMirror. Headded:“WhenIwasfive,sixorsevenIalwaysasked mymumforafootballasapresent. “It was never a bike or
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    • 27 52 RAFA BENITEZ: I stand by all that I said PAGE47 PICTURE:AFP RONALDO UP FOR WORLD PLAYER AWARD/Page 58 EPL– WIGAN 1TOTTENHAM0: Defoe’s returnofno help toSpurs. PAGE 46
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        693 22/23 InternationalstudentsinS’pore create a cosmopolitan vibe WANTtostudyinacosmopolitanenvironmentafteryourOlevels? There’s no need to head overseas. Singapore is on its way to becoming a Global Schoolhouse, with 150,000 international students by 2015. In 2007, there were 86,000 foreign students from more than 120 countries. Many private schools here are melting pots of
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        • 523 9 Don’tbesurprisedifyouendupactingorwritinginthisartcourse LASALLE College of the Arts MYTH number one: You only work on the computer in animation class. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Animation Art at the LASALLE College of the Arts actually learn how to act and make puppets in animation. What has
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        • 96 9 O-LEVEL graduates who wish to study at LASALLE College of the Arts have to take a one-year foundation programme to prepare for entry into courses with a specialisation in arts management, design, film, fine arts, media arts or performing arts. All foundation programme
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        • 385 11 Lecturers’real-lifeexperienceshelpbringmediacoursetolife Management Development Institute of Singapore IN front of the television camera, Charmaine Tan is confidence personified. She attributes thatto the exposure she received from her course at the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). Charmaine, 18, is a first-year student of the Bachelor of Arts
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        • 411 13 Fashion designer realises aspirations with Nafa education Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts AS a child, 23-year-old Priscilla Tan filled stacks of paper in her house with colourful drawings of dolls in beautiful dresses. What used to be just a childhood passion is now her career–sheisnowafull-timefashiondesigner.
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        • 464 15 Early childhood education is more than just nappy changing RTRC Asia A SIGN near the reception desk has the words of a Chineseproverb:“Alltheflowersofallthetomorrows areintheseedsoftoday.” Indeed, at the Regional Training and Resource Centre in Early Childhood Care and Education for Asia (RTRC), the seeds
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          539 17 Institute offers courses for those interested in audio-video and multimedia production SAE Institute HE was pushing 26 and it bothered him that he did not even have a diploma. Mr James Michael Peters wanted to follow his heart. He was passionate about music, so he enrolled in the
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        • 519 19 Work stint inspires student to take up psychology course at SMa SMa School of Management IT STARTED out as a work stint at the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds). HemaThenarassudidn’texpecttodiscover her passion for counselling and psychology there and to further her
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        • 272 20 Raffles Design Institute JUST like one of her favourite designers British fashion maven John Galliano, Steffi Tjong, 20, hopes to make her mark on the fashion world. That may become reality with the headstart she had from her three-year full-time Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) course at
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        • 301 21 SIM Global Education HE was disappointed when his O-level results meant he was not eligible for junior college (JC). But Shawn Goh, 19, is now a second-year SIM Global Education student, pursuing a psychology degree, to be awarded by the University at Buffalo
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      • 575 27 O-level 19-pointergets university scholarship after APSSB stint Asia Pacific School of Sports and Business AS a student at the Asia Pacific School of Sports and Business (APSSB), he was always the first to arrive and one of the last to leave. FrederickKwan’shard workpaidoff last year
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      • 501 29 School devoted to groom students here to fill job niche Image School of Technology THERE is a demand for students like 19-year-old Mullai Nathan. He is one of the local IT talents the Image School of Technology wants to groom in order to fill what
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      • 413 31 Turned down by polytechnic, Myanmar national gets another chance with diploma at Kaplan Kaplan Singapore SHE came to Singapore from Myanmar two years ago to take care of her ailing mother. She thought she could continue her studies at a polytechnic here while juggling her
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      • 442 33 TwoS’poreansmakerightchoicewithPSBAcademyoverseascourse PSB Academy WHAT do Singaporeans Gabriel Oh and Michelle Wong have in common with award-winning Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and comedian Steve Martin? They all have the same alma mater: The California State University, Long Beach. Gabriel, 20, graduated in May last year from the PSB Academy
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      • 452 35 Caringteachershelpherchooseherfuture–acareerinaccountancy Singapore Accountancy Academy WHEN Agnes Koh (below) was unsure of what to do after her O-level examinations in 2006, she asked both her private tutor and her school teacher for advice. Theybothsaidthesamething–buildon your strengths in accounting. And Agnes took their advice to heart. She
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      • 288 36 Raffles Education Corp College MOST people would have given up after sending out more than 50 CVs over six months. But Miss Vanessa Lee was determined to fulfil her ambition of being a fashion designer in London. The then- 20-year-old had left Singapore for the UK after graduating
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      • 263 37 SIM Global Education SOME would say Cherie Tan Si Shi was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her father runs his own construction business and she has the option of working for his company. But the spunky teen chose the path less travelled after
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      • 234 38 TMC Education Group THE promise of a unique educational experience lured 18-year-old Jane Quek to enrol in the TMC Education Group (TMC). She chose the Diploma in Business course, which is awarded by the Monash College in Australia. Thefull-timestudentsaid:“Experiencingadifferentsystem oflearningisexciting.” The diploma is a two-part course,
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        • 446 41 Studentmakesupforlosttimewith associatedegree programme Center for American Education HE quit his polytechnic studies after a year as he could not wait to venture into the working world. But having spent two years working, Mr Kevin Boon realised his opportunities were limited without a degree. He wanted
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        • 420 43 Not just theory, hands-on skills are key in casino management course SchoolD’Hospitality HE handles playing cards like a seasoned casino professional. But Mr Ryan Marc Pereira is no gambler. The 26-year-old had attended the year-long Advanced Diploma in Casino Management course at School D’Hospitality(SD’H).
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        • 270 44 EastAsiaInstituteofManagement STUDENTS Lynette Siew and William Seng were both eager to complete their tertiary education in as short a time as possible. That’sbecausetheyhavedreamstofulfil:Shewantstobe an events planner, while he plans to set up his own business. No wonder they were attracted to the courses offered by
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        • 258 45 Raffles Campus THE lure of an overseas attachment in Dubai was irresistible. Mr Heizan Misabi (left), 24, had a headache when he was trying to decide which hospitality private school to enrol in. This was because most of the private schools here offered similar programmes. ButRafflesCampus–whichoffereditsstudentsan
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        • 322 46 Tourism Management Institute of Singapore THEY might have completed their university education. But long-time schoolmates Loke Min Xiu and Tsai Wen Juan had a burning interest in the hospitality and tourism industry. So they enrolled in the Tourism Management Institute of Singapore (TMIS), the official training
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