The New Paper, 1 March 2009

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    18 1 The New Paper on sunday 1 Mar 09 AIM Singapore Press ViV Holdings MICA (P) 194/11/2008 80 CENTS
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      59 1 6 Wife’s fall: Fandi ‘coping’ It’s over, Reds 58 5 Beach chalet sleaze? S’PORE AND HER BITTER STUDENT LOVER TNP PICTURE: KUA CHEE SIONG JIAWEI ON HUBBY LI CHAO Why I fell for him so quickly Years after affair, he went on Internet to exact revenge on married woman for
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      Lock icon I GO ONLINE TO DESTROY YOU
      747 2/3  -  StudenttakessmearcampaigntoInternet aftermarriedfemalelecturerendsaffair REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg UPSET that he was spurned by a lecturer after a brief torrid affair, a tertiary student turned to the Internet to smear her reputation. The year-long liaison, which took place more than 10 yearsago,ended whenthe lecturer’s husband learnt
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      969 2/3  -  Financialexec(right)can’tshutdown expletive-ridden blog set up in her name REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg CALL it the wild west web. Hiding behind the cloak of anonymity in the World Wide Web, an increasing number of troublemakers are using the Internet as their weapon to
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      Lock icon Other online defamation cases
      164 4 Who: Dawn Yang vs Xiaxue What happened: Ms Wendy Cheng, also known as Xiaxue, posts an entry on her blog on 30 Jun last year, calling her fellow blogger“aconsistent and persistent liar”. MsYangsentMsChenga lawyer’s letter asking for a public apology for the allegedly defamatory remarks, and
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      Lock icon Will short-stay option attract sleazy guests?
      737 5  -  CHALET OPERATOR OFFERS HOURLY PRICING SCHEME REPORT: HO LIAN-YI,JOANNA HOR lianyi@sph.com.sg HOURLY rates are offered by a number of hotels, but this is often associated with sleaze. So what happens when chalets, which have, until recently, allowed only overnight bookings, also start charging by
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      Lock icon Fandi’s wife ‘all right’
      835 6 / 7  -  Friends:FandiAhmad hospitalised wife WendyJacobs are ‘copingwell’ REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH Fandi Ahmad is no stranger to adversity, his wife’s fall in their Jakarta home last month counts as a low point in his life. Still, Fandi, 47, seems to be dealing with this episode with
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      Lock icon A night in Hong Kong for $33
      768 8 / 9  -  HotelsinKL,Bangkok offerrock-bottomrates to attract travellers REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg TO entice Singaporeans to travel, there is nothing thathotelsabroadwon’tdo,itseems. They will even offer rock-bottom hotel rates of only about $30 a night. As if that’s not enough, breakfast and airport transfers are thrown
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      397 8 / 9  -  Shree Ann Mathavan SHOULD Singapore offer similar rock-bottom rates to entice tourists to come here? After all, a check with operators who send tourists here shows that their business has slowed considerably. Jakarta Mr Paulus Sofyan Gazali, 57, director of Tara Tour Travel, said since last
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      455 10  -  Lowerpricesto attract bookings REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg FORMULA One fans will have a reason to cheer this year. Unlike soaring hotel rates which led to a drop in occupancy last year, many hotels are playing it safe by slashing their rates by up to
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      Lock icon Queuing in the dead of night to get high on S’pore Flyer
      418 11  -  REPORTANDPICTURES:NGXIJIE NG XI JIE ngxijie@sph.com.sg AN ELDERLY man played Jewel Quest on his PSP through the night; a boy slept soundly on a mat for seven hours; others made new friends while enduring a sleepless night. Theywereall taking
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      478 12  -  THENEWPAPERWEDDINGPLANNEREVENT Han Su-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern THE 10 men sat on stage wearing sleeping masks, one leg of their trousers rolled up to the knee. They were waiting to be recognised by their brides-to-be. How? By their hairy legs, of course! The women, who were
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      488 13  -  REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg FORmorethanthreeyears,ashopinKatongShop-pingCentresoldobsceneandpiratedDVDs.Theoperatorswere verycautiousandsetup pinhole surveillance cameras and would open the door onlyforregularcustomers. Businesswasbriskfrom2003to2007. But in late 2007, the law caught up with Er Sok Tin, 49, and her accomplices, Tan Choon and Leong Chee Liong, when the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID)IntellectualPropertyRightsBranchreceivedinformationaboutthem. Thecopsalsogotthehelpoftheirregularcustomers.
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      995 14/15  -  M’sianwomanhas2ndbaby after15years,4miscarriages REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHE didn’t succeed at first, so she tried and tried and tried again. And finally, after 15 years of trying, the 46-year-old Malaysian has done it. She and her husband now have a second child. Fashion retailer June Tan,
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      Lock icon LONG ROAD TO HER 2ND CHILD
      101 14/15 1990 Madam Tan naturally conceives and gives birth to eldest daughter Vanessa. 1993 Sheconceives twicenaturally, but both pregnancies end in miscarriages. Part of her fallopian tube is removed. 1993-1995 3 attempts at artificial inseminationfail. 1995 Madam Tan tries IVF for the first time. She
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      308 16  -  Hermesturns stationery into giant window art Han Su-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern. IMAGINE if the contents of your pencilcase spilled out and became a fantasy world decorated with colourful Hermes merchandise. This is the scene at Hermes window displays at their Ngee Ann City and Liat Towers outlets. Created by the
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      330 17 Kids,5,weretrappedin roomwhichcaughtfire SUPERHEROGrandpa.That’s what the residents of a block of flats at Bandar Baru Uda in Johor Baru are calling this 68-year-oldman. Mr Wan Muda Wan Idris bravely broke down a bedroom door with his bare strength to save his two grandchildren when their
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      Lock icon Tighter checks at M’sian parliament
      308 17 THE next time Malaysian assemblymen show up for parliament, they will be subject to tighter security. Dewan Negara has stepped up security checks followinglastThursday’sincident where opposition leader Karpal Singh was mobbed by Umno Youth members. Sources told the New Straits Times (NST) that from Monday,
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      Lock icon ‘A breast op from me will get you a man’
      437 18 Aussie cosmetic surgeons use hard-sell tactics to booby trap women GETaboobjob.Youneedit.It could help you land a date. Like what it did for my sales consultant did. And if you allow us to use your be-fore-and-afterphotos on ouradonline, we’ll giveyouadiscountonourservices. These
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      531 19 Indian kids charities in UK see spike in inquiries about helping after Slumdog win Slumdogchildactor’sdad‘hits’him to makehimcontinuetalkingtomedia THE Slumdog Millionaire momentum is still rolling. Anti-poverty charity ActionAid says there has been a surge in Indian child sponsorship inquiries in the UK since the movie nabbed top
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      Lock icon One-armed TV host blamed for scaring kids
      501 20 SHE’Sachildren’sTVshowhostwhohasonlyonehand.Insteadofgettingsympathy,CerrieBurnell has found herself in the middle of a controversyoverherdisability. BBC spokeswoman Katya Mira told CNN thatthechannelhasreceivedatleast25“official”complaintsaboutMsBurnell. The 29-year-old, who was born with one hand, is the host of two shows on the BBC-runCBeebiestelevisionnetwork. The programmes are aimed children youngerthansix. Ms Mira says
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      Lock icon Whiff of controversy over e-cigarettes
      339 20 IT looks like a cigarette and even emits curls of smoke. But the Ruyan V8, an electronic cigarette that is fast gaining popularity among smokers who need their nicotine fix, is mired in controversy. Its sellers are touting it as a healthier alternative to smoking
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      465 21 Hemaynotbecharged for alleged assault HASRihannaforgivenandforgotten?ThesexyR&Bsingerhasreportedlypatchedupwithherex-boyfriend,singerChrisBrown. This is barely a month after he allegedly assaulted her,leavingherwithabloodynoseandswollenlip,bite marks and hand print marks on her body, and bruises onherface. A source told People magazine that the pair are together again,their first in-person reunionsince the 8 Febincident. The
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        613 22/23  -  THE BUZZ REPORT: BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg THE wrecking ball is wreaking havoc with my memories. And, like some reader commented in a letter to the papers, Singapore is losing its soul. Iwouldn’tgosofarastoequateprogresswithlosing one’ssoul.Butwe’recertainlylosingsomething. Fifteen years ago, I watched as a monument from
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        111 22/23 1 BaboonMetaphysics by Dorothy L Cheneyand Robert MSeyfarth.The authorsspent yearsobserving a clanof baboonsto documenthow theirsocial instinctsdevelop. 2 CurbsideConsultation ofthe Colon byBrooks DCash. Ever wondered whatthe appropriateevaluationis forfaecal incontinence?This book, writtenfor themedical community, seekstoanswer such thorny questionsamong doctors. 3 The 2009-2014World Outlookfor
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        21 22/23 Are we buying too many US government bonds? Well, we're still moving. TNP ILLUSTRATION: LEE HUP KHENG
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        76 22/23 On anonymity and blogging: “Ifwhata netizensays is reasonable, meaningful and insightful, does it ma tter if we know his or her identity in real life? What additional value does it add to the debate?” TheWayang PartyClub (http://wayangparty.com) “I’mnot afraid of criticism; I just want to hear the
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        49 22/23 “Giantrain!Giant rain!” Awoman onthe heavydownpourlast week. “Heis my ouxiang(idol in mandarin).” Aman on Hong Kongactor EdisonChen,who testified this week that a female celebrity sent him 40obscene photosas a“present”. “Dothevoters goout of their way to nominate only themostboringmovies?” Aman commentingon the AcademyAwards nominees for Best Movie.
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        235 22/23 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad Last week’s index: 70 This week’s index: 60 +10 NTUC will boost its schemes to help needy union members, with a new fund, U Care, for transport and utility vouchers. And the new Professional Skills Programme will help better educated retrenched employees
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        Lock icon PM Lee urges Asean nations to shun protectionism
        101 24 AFP PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong (above) yesterday called on South-east Asia to shun protectionism and to work together, as he warned that a full global economic recovery could take years. Speaking in an interview with the Bangkok Post, PM Lee said
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        102 24 AFP MALAYSIAN police yesterday used water cannons on Indian demonstrators and arrested 17. They were protesting the ill-treatment of a detained rights group leader, an opposition politician said. Lawmaker Gobind Singh Deo said nearly 400 supporters of banned Indian rights
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        Lock icon China’s stimulus working well, but global crisis may worsen: Wen
        104 24 AFP CHINA’S stimulus spending has started to nudge the economy in the right direction, but the global financial crisis could still take a turn for the worse, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told an online fo- rum yesterday. Mr Wen’s message
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        Lock icon 271,000 workers to get $294m
        253 24 WORKFARE SPECIAL PAYMENTS THE Government will be making the next Workfare payment this month. About 271,000 workers will receive a total of $294 million for work done last year. They will also get a further $49 million in the first of three one-off Workfare Special
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        34 24 STRUCK BY LIGHTNING: Singapore's tourism icon, the Merlion, was slightly damaged yesterday when it was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. No one was hurt in the incident. TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
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      275 6 / 7 Australia Medicine Health Science J Open Day Date Time Sat 7 Sun 8 March 2009, 11am 5pm Venue Level 3, Grand Ballroom, Orchard Hotel Join one of the fastest emerging industries by attending our Medicine and Health Science Open Day! Tertiary academics and admission professionals will be present to advise
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      30 8 / 9 E SUPERBAD behaviour, SUPERBAD attitude, SUPERBAD example, A-: SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT PAUL RUDD Mai k <§ j s JE www.rolenpodelsmoviexo.uk.' A UNIVERSAL PICIHRE—C^^ l SET A BAD EXAMPtE IN CINEMAS NOW
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      218 10 Presented By FlTNE sS MENU SERIES Biore I i rt m It's the art of war that's taking the world by storm. The ancient Thai combat sport, also known as the Science of Eight Limbs with the use of fists, elbows, knees and legs, will keep you fighting fit. Don't
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      214 18 Exciting Performances By Local And International Artistes! Huriy, Tickets Going Fast! Wt SINGAPORE ENTERTAI N M E NT AWARDS2009 Marina Bay Floating Platform Grandstand 7 March 2009,7pm Gates open at 5pm http://sgeawards.omy.sg Standing Frontstage Ticket: $148 Seated Centrefront Ticket: $50 (UP: $88) Each ticket purchase* qualifies you for a lucky
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      132 21 HOT STORY Call us. If story is published you get this HOT PHONE HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 thenewpaper Samsung J-700 Slider PROPERTY SPECULATORS are back in action NEEDA JOB?. far thesunday imes HELPS YOU FIND ONE IN OUR WEEKLY JOBS PACE Don't miss this week's JOBS page ZDreajmchat 'M7i4>rc
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      860 25  -  PaddlerLiJiaweiopensuponherChinahubby REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg IT’S affinity not timing that contributes to the essence of a relationship, said Singapore table-ten-nis star Li Jiawei. The world No 7 also admitted that she was aware of the speculation following her whirlwind courtship and marriage to Beijing businessman Li
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      308 26 / 27  -  Maureen Koh IFthere’s onebridalservices teamthat Li Jiawei counts on, it is WhiteLink. After all, boss Kerano Heng and her siblings, who make up her team of stylists, have worked with Jiawei for nearly five years. Jiawei said:“Kerano and hersisters have
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        407 28 / 29  -  REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg ONEpercentbeef.Ifyou’veseenhisnowinfamouspho-tographspostedaroundtheworld. SowhenCarl’sJr.launchedits100%black Angusbeefburgers,well,whowouldyoucall? EdisonChen,natch! The boy who took those ed-in-AsiapictureswasinSingaporeanddou-ble-booked,givenhisnotoriety. But you know what, Edison is such a nice boy,no,really. Howelsedoyougetsomanygirlfriendsto doanything foryou? Itwasplain badluck,all thatstuffwiththelaptop. Butbacktothesandwich.Helookedcompletely befuddled at the fuss and fans surrounding Grand Hyatt hotel
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        Lock icon An Italian welcome from a princess
        318 28 / 29  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo LAST year, it was Sophia Loren. The legendary Italian actress was red-carpeted into Singapore to officiateattheinauguralBikeAsia 2008. Mamma mia (the expression, not the movie), how the Italian community in Singapore came out in droves to meet and greet La Loren.
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          412 30 / 31  -  Usemake-uptoenhance,nothide,yourbeauty ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg SOMETIMES,womenscareme.Just last night, I saw a couple of women wholookedtoomuchlikemen…indrag. AndIwasn’tevenplastered. These women were wearing too much make-upasiftheyneededtohidesomething. Itisn’taprettysight. Somepeopleneedmakeovers,othersarein need of make-unders. Just check out the albumsonFacebookandyou’llseewhatImean. You know the ones of folkswho upload 700 pictures of themselves, from the
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          619 30 / 31  -  YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg IT started when my favourite actress Meryl Streep was robbed of her Best Actress Oscar. Then the week just started sliding. Ihaven’thadtimetospendwithmyloved one,everythingIwantedtobuywasn’tonsale and I needed a haircut but my hairdresser is never free. Although the new Annie Lennox CD
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        Lock icon Here’s how you ‘meat’ vegan hotties halfway
        176 32  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph. com. sg IF MATES are hard to find, they are even harder to keep. Relationship maintenance is a big hassle. Of course, as everyone knows, the keyword is compromise. Yes, compromise. What a big grown-up word. It smacks of maturity
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        136 32 INGREDIENTS 300g minced pork, or minced chicken meat if you prefer 3 chilli padi, sliced 2 cloves of garlic 2 cloves of shallots Half a white onion 10-20 basil leaves 2 tbsp cooking oil 10 buttercup lettuce leaves SEASONING 1 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp fish sauce,
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        Lock icon Should girls be hard to get?
        550 33  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg THE answer to this age-old question is, as with most perennial questions, both yes and no. The right reply really depends on what a girl is looking for. Are you looking for a fun fling for a night or two? If
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        235 33 Mysisterisinher40s.She’sattractive, intelligent, and very friendly. She has been going on a lot of dates. However, she can never seem to get a second date.Ican’tfigureoutwhatshe’sdoing wrong. Please help. Sincerely, Cheryl Dear Cheryl, It’sgreat tohear thatyour sister is able to get a lot of firstdates. That’sanexcellent start. Withoutfurtherdetails,it’s difficult
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        622 33  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES santokh@sph.com.sg AFRIEND’scalllastweekremindedmethatit was that time of the year again. When some schools in general, and some of their teachers in particular, would be asking students to drop subjects. The annual exercise is usually done after the release
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        Lock icon Oscars? More like Ozzz-cars thanks to Hugh Jackman
        526 34  -  Our writer is grumpy about the weak start to her week SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg ONEGirl’s Weak. That was my original lame idea for a column name, which would then constrict me to seven days of the week,
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          Lock icon Please send me back to prison, I’m hungry
          107 34 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters UNABLE to find a job, a Taiwan man released from prison two years ago asked police to send him back so he couldget regular meals– asign ofthe worsening economy. When police found the 45-year-old man lying on
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          83 34 He helps saves old ladies gets fined AP SOMETIMES,it doesn’tpayto do a good deed. When a Denver man helped two elderly ladies cross the street, he was hit by a pickup truck while trying to save them. His reward for saving the ladies? A ticket for jaywalking because they crossed
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        282 34  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg IT SEEMS to be the hot new buzzword of the economic crisis.Andno,I’mnotreferringtoJobCredits. That’ssotwomonthsago. Actually, it's not even a word, but an unpronounceable acronym –PMET. It standsfor Professionals, Managers, Executives and Technicians. I
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      32 33 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date with DrDate.He’ll go over thefiner points ofcourtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg
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      8 35 ARGYLE SWEATER SCOTT HILBURN DILBERT SCOTTADAMS CALVINANDHOBBES BILLWATTERSON
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      272 35 Seeing stars BY KUAH SENG SENG ARIES: Strongly believing that beauty is skin deep, you will now keep only the epidermis of your future mates while throwing away the remaining fleshy bits. TAURUS: Your friendsare right.He’s just not that into you. Or your basketball-sized goitre. GEMINI: Give some serious thought
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      319 36 PICTURE: STAR MOVIES WATCH’EM John Rambo (above) Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma to rescue a team of foreign missionaries and medics kidnapped by a sadistic Major. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz. Inside A Sharia Court Crime Investigation Network
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      2 36 KAKURO WHATZIT
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        1337 38/39 GOING: GOOD (1 -7), YIELDING (8-9), SOFT (10-11) Race1 MS(LC)1800m 5 GENERALCONSPIRACY56.5(14-8) RFradd (4) 6 3 1 (514) 8 KINKESEKI53.5(49-20) MGallagher (9) 5 6 2 (526) 1.25 6 EASTCAMP55.5(30-5) KBSoo (10) 2 2 3 (472) 1.75 3 BOMBARDIER56.5c52.5(17-6) TAffandi* (6) 4 4 4 (465) 3.5
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        410 38/39  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg THE HORNET showed just why he was regarded as one of the most gutsy gallopers at Kranji when he captured the Singapore Four-Year-Old Mile yesterday. With the winning post looming large, the Douglas Drag-on-trained gelding looked as if he would have to settle
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        2202 38/39 RACE 1 LUCKY SEVEN lost ground after jumping away awkwardly and making contact with MAGIC EIGHT. FAIRY STORY was slow. Shortly after the start, MAGICAL WINNER steadied when racing tight between OLD TOWN and AGGRESSIVE, who shifted out. Passing the
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        334 40 POST race urine/blood: 3 Aug 2008 meeting, Race 7 All samples were analysed and none failed except for Sample Coded: *****19 which revealed the presence of Bufotenine taken from Lim’s Connection, trained by S Burridge, who ran first. The Stewards concluded an inquiry last Wednesday. Burridge
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        583 40 GOING:SOFT Race1 RM(STRAIGHT)1100m 9 TIVOLLI55c54(8-5) AFiezan (4) 1 1 1 (453) 17 QUEENOFHEARTS44c43(164-40) HBarnabas (1) 4 2 2 (471) 1.25 3 INVINCIBLETHREE55c55.5(351-83) RBurnett (2) 11 7 3 (443) 0.75 10 TRIPLEDASH55c52(51-22) CKTan* (14) 9 5 4 (456) Nk ?Winning owner/trainer: P Tennent. Time: 1min 6.8sec. Forecast: $32.
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        264 40 Danny Khoo Tan Thean Loon Marc Tan RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 2 Blesswithtalent Fire Bird 13 BeijingCity 1 Blesswithtalent BeijingCity Fire Bird BeijingCity Blesswithtalent DragonIn July 2 1 13 1 2 14 Inter Police Fire To Win 13 Cosmos 4 4 Cosmos Inter Police
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        228 40 WILLIAM LOW’S guide to gallops by horses engaged at Kranji on Wednesday: Class5 –1,200m: Kiwi Maestro (D Azis) 38.2. Mr Happy (trainer C Leck) 38. Tricky Master? ?canter/35.4. Casino Royale? ?(Leck) 37.5. Rollin Rich (HK Cheng) fast in back straight. Kiwijazz 38.1. Chevy? pace work. Sweet Memory (SH
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        1141 41 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE1 RM 1.15 -1100m(STRAIGHT) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 03 BeijingCity 55 LouHo*c2 13 (3agJMcGillivray-Gift) 2 3 Blesswithtalent 55 HSGill*c2 6 (3agBTLim-Blesswithluck) 3 DragonInJuly 55 MDjulkiflic1 2 (3nzgKLChong-LuckyNine) 4 FullPower 55 IAzhar 4 (3agKCoetzee-GoldenKnight) 5 0 GoldenOrchid 55
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        75 41 THIS former five-time Kranji winner (above) has had four starts in Malaysia for three seconds and a smack-up fifth. Now trained by Peter Lee, the New Zealand-bred gets his chance to break through up north in what appears to be a mediocre Class
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        916 42 RACE 1 (1,600m) Big Profit (2) has dominated both restricted races for sale’s graduates so far over 1,400m and did hold own last time out when a close third in open company. Hannah King Prawn (1) has improved by leaps and bounds since his
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        982 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 RESTRICTED 1600M TIME:12:25 Stakes:HK$1,600,000(Qtt) NO. HORSENAME JOCKEY TRAINER WT(IB) BAR 1 HANNAHKINGPRAWN KLCHUI ASCRUZ 128 5 2 BIGPROFIT YTCHENG CSSHUM 127 1 3 BIGWINNERAGAIN DWHYTE ATMILLARD 121 4 4 SPEEDYSTAR GMOSSE LHO 121 3 5 GREENGLORY WMARWING PFYIU 121 2
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        624 43  -  STEVE NEWELL npsports@sph.com.sg Steve Newell is an experienced golf writer who has workedwithmanyoftheworld’sleadingplayersand teachers,andhaswrittenseveralbooksongolf.Henow works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els. ILIKE Retief Goosen. I can tell you he’s one of the most genuine people in the game of golf. Astand-upguy,astheysay.He’smod-est, quietly spoken and very likeable.
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        231 43 AP THREE consecutive birdies on the back nine gave Paula Creamer a five-under 67 yesterday and a three-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand event. The American (right) delighted the Thai galleries with birdies on 12, 13 and 14 to finish
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        183 43 THONGCHAI Jaidee birdied the 18th hole for a narrow one-stroke lead in the third round of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open yesterday. The Thai star nailed six birdies against a lone dropped shot for a nine-under-par 207 total and a one-stroke advantage over Sweden’s Alexander Noren who
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      466 44 FRANCE 21 WALES 16 RUGBY Wire Services RESURGENT France have dealt Wales’ Six Nations Grand Slam dream a severe blow. A try each by flanker Thierry Dusautoir and winger Cedric Heymans plus three penalties from scrum-half Morgan Parra gave France a 21-16 victory over Wales
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      565 44 GOLF AFP IRISH golf sensation Rory McIlroy has ended Tiger-tamer Tim Clark’s run at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship with a 4-and-3 third-round victory. McIlroy, the 19-year-old who captured his first European Tour title with a wire-to-wire win in the Dubai Desert Classic earlier last month,
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        612 45  -  STANLEY HO npsports@sph.com.sg WHEN Indra Sahdan was just a boy playing football with his friends at the void deck of his neighbourhood, all he ever wanted was to score goals. “I simply refused to defend,” the Singapore national captain recalled fondly. “I would just park myself
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        999 46/47  -  Top Singapore triathletes Mok Ying Ren and Dinah Chan were caught alone together in a hotel room at the Asian Beach Games in Bali last October. The pair open up to JOYCE LIMontheirstory JOYCE LIM IT WAS fear of a terrorist attack that prompted Dinah
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        681 46/47  -  JOYCE LIM THEY were crowned the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the Team National University of Singapore (NUS) Sports Awards last year. Mok Ying Ren, 20, and Dinah Chan, 22, are triathletes who spend a lot of their time training together. Thus the speculation
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        803 48 Wire Services WEST Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has warned his players not to be distracted by the storm surrounding Craig Bellamy’s return to Upton Park with Manchester City today. Bellamy (above) left West Ham in controversial circumstances during the January transfer window after refusing to
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        920 49  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE npsports@sph.com.sg I HATE it when people make it hard for you to hate them. There I was a few years ago happily hating Cristiano Ronaldo. (This is football fan hatred by the way. I don’t really loathe him. Well,
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        783 50 PA Sport GARY Megson believes his Bolton Wanderers are not getting the credit they deserve as the season approaches a critical stage. Megson is irritated that his team is continually perceived as one-dimensional and lacking flair. Bolton, who host Newcastle at the Reebok Stadium tonight, are
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        838 51 AFP AFTER watching Aston Villa crash out of the Uefa and FA cups and suffer a blow in their bid for a top-four Premier League finish, arguably one of the last teams Martin O’Neill would havewanted to facewere TonyPulis’Stoke. O’Neill and his Aston Villa
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        404 56  -  By Sam Thwaites Special Correspondent INJURY-JINXED Louis Saha reminded everyone at Goodison Park what a fine finisher he can be when he is eventually able to overcome countlessinjuriesandgetonto the pitch. The Frenchman has been out since November with a hamstring
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        463 56  -  BY RORY DOLLARD Special Correspondent PA Sport ISFIRINGArsenal failed to find the net for the fourth straight EPL game as their clash with Fulham ended goalless at Emirates Stadium. Leading scorer Robin van Persie was twice denied by Mark Schwarzer from close range in the
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        760 57  -  REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE CHELSEA 2 (Terry 25, Lampard 90) WIGAN1 (Kapo 82) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg FOOTBALLmanagersmaycomeandgoatStamfordBridgebut,thankful-lyforChelseafans,twooftheirplay-ersareasimmovableasmountains. In a tightly-fought clash, it was Frank LampardwhohitalatewinnerwhileJohn Terryslammedhomeaferociousleft-foot-edvolleytoopenthescoring. Yes, you read that right. Whatever the England captain had for breakfast yesterday morning should be issued
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        716 58  -  MIDDLESBROUGH 2 (Alonso og-31,Tuncay 63) LIVERPOOL0 GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg WHEN it came down to the final straight, Liverpool came up short. While leaders Manchester United appeared to relish the pressure of a title race, picking up win after win, the Reds seemed to lack the stomach for the
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        144 58  -  GARYLIM SHOCKER ITWASonly a fewdays agowhen Liverpool metRealMadrid inthe Champions League. Duringthe game,XabiAlonsowas so confidentthat heeven had agoal attempt fromthehalfway line. Yesterday,the mostlastingimage ofthe gamewas ared-facedAlonso,when he put theball into hisown nettogive Middlesbroughthelead. MAN OF THE MATCH STEWART Downinghasalwaysbeen frustratingtowatch. At times, helooks like atop playerwho cangive anydefender
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        889 52  -  ANDY SCHOOLER,DAVID JOHN PA Sport HULL CITY v BLACKBURN (Hull 1 Blackburn 2) BOTH Phil Brown and Sam Allardyce made numerous changes for their midweek FA Cup replays, so we’re not sure how much should be read into either result. Hull City earned a rare
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        646 53  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg NOW, I don’t like to show off, but I actually predicted Tottenham’s League Cup victory last year. I really did, you can look it up. Under Avram Grant, Chelsea’s steely belief in themselves had slowly corroded and, though they
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        610 54/55 PA Sport WITH a combined 128 years of experience, the League Cup final is a meeting of two of the game’s greatest minds. But Sir Alex Ferguson will be wary of the man standing in his way of an unprecedented quintuple Manchester United’s cup nemesis
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        717 54/55 PA Sport SIR ALEX Ferguson’s young guns will lead Manchester United into battle when they look to tick off the second major trophy of their season by beating Tottenham in the League Cup final. The world club champions are still on target for an amazing quintuple
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        105 59 SERIEA LEAGUECUPFINAL Tonight: MAN UTD v TOTTENHAM Ch 27,11pm EPL Tonight: WEST HAM v MAN CITY Ch 27, 8.30pm HULLvBLACKBURN Ch 22, 8.30pm After a bright start to the season, Hull have been in a free fall. Will Hull striker Daniel Cousin (right) help halt their run of bad
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        7 59 HSBC OPEN Today: FINALS Ch 22,10.30am
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        10 59 ENJOY JAKARTA INDONESIA OPEN Today: DAY 4 Ch 24,12pm
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        48 59 YESTERDAY’SEPL RESULTS: EVERTON 2 Cahill (36), Saha (70) WEST BROM 0 ARSENAL 0 FULHAM 0 CHELSEA 2 Terry (25), Lampard (90) WIGAN1 Kapo (82) M’BROUGH 2 Alonso (31 og), Tuncay (63) LIVERPOOL 0 S-LEAGUE Yesterday: SAFFC 2 GEYLANG0 Tomorrow: BALESTIER v TAMPINES Tuesday: WOODLANDS v YOUNG LIONS
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        308 59 LOCAL EVENTS BIKING What: BikeAsia 2009 When: Today Where: Singapore Expo INTO its second year, BikeAsia 2009 is expected to attract over 150 international and local exhibitors from around the world. Check out motorcycle and bicycle stunts from local and international talents. What: Singapore Mountain Bike Carnival
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      451 60  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg WHICH Heurelho Gomes will turn up at Wembley? Harry Redknapp has indicated that he’ll choose the Brazilian stopper for the big day, but will he get a performance to warrant that faith? 1 There
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