The New Paper, 12 April 2009

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    20 1 The New Paper on sunday 12 Apr 09 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS 3JdJ I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 194/11/2008
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      51 1 MORE S’PORE TOY-BOY BARS FOR TAI-TAIS 12 EXCLUSIVE Protest leader on the spark that led to storming of Asean Summit Hawkers spill the gravy on dirty stalls scary habits Hawkers’ horror show fortat terror in PattayaPICTURE:REUTE Out of the blue, they saw red PICTURE: REUTERS 2 80 CENTS MICA (P)
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      Lock icon ‘They shoot, we attack’
      925 2 / 3  -  Red shirts leader says protestinPattayawas meant to be peaceful INPATTAYA REDFACES WHAT SPARKED THE STORMING? REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg OUToftheblue,theysawred.Shots rang out from men wearing blue. Two protesters,wearingred,werehit. AndthatsparkedoffthestormingofPattaya’sRoyal CliffBeach Resort,leading to the hurriedevacuation of 16leadersattendingtheAsean-Plus-SixSummit,which beganonFriday. Among the leaders evacuated was Singapore’s Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Soldiers’ dilemma: If they shoot, critics will attack
      739 4 / 5  -  Thaisecuritydoesn’twanttobe slammed as rights abusers PATTAYA REDFACESIN WHAT HAPPENED TO SECURITY? REPORT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF Zaihan@sph.com.sg TERRIFYINGmorethanbaffling.The shocking security breach at the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya, where the Asean summit was beingheld,hadadeadlyringtoit. Picture this: The “Red shirts” met with little resistance
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    • News Rojak Food Poisoning
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        Lock icon BEFORE YOU EAT, REMEMBER TO... LOOK
        1199 6 / 7  -  Hawkers reveal how theydecidewhereit’s safe to eat REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg HAWKERS,too,eatathawkercentres.Andhawk-ers,too,havetheirhorrorhawkerstories.They, perhaps more than most, know the dirty shortcutsofthetradeandthetell-talesigns. Forget about National Enviroment Agency (NEA) cleanliness ratings, said one hawker. Check out the stallholder or worker, instead. His appearance speaks volumesofhishygienestandards. Don’t only
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        797 6 / 7  -  Want to know more about Indianrojak?Clue:it’snot from India REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg IF YOU were in India and want to find the best Indian rojak,you’d besorelydisappointed. There is no such thing as Indian rojak in India. That’s because the colourful dish, in the news now for the
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      Lock icon New cases of food poisoning reported
      98 8 LATESTNEWS THE Health Ministry (MOH) was notified yesterday of 12 new cases of food poisoning. All people involved in the cases had eaten at a steamboat restaurant BaShuRenJia at 233 Lorong 9 Geylang Road on Friday evening, said the ministry in a joint statement
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      Lock icon Weakened by treatment, Infection quickly killed him
      594 9  -  It’stheleadingcause ofdeathforchemorelatedcomplications SUDDEN DEATH OF DBS CHIEF REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg IT was so unexpected. DBS chief executive Richard Stanley had seemed to be making progress in his battle with cancer. Then, just a day after a setback was reported, he was
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      Lock icon Leukaemia cells can spread to rest of body
      234 9 ADULT acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Normally, the bone marrow makes blood stem cells (immature cells) that develop into mature blood cells over time. A blood stem cell may become a myeloid stem cell
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      Lock icon Tai-tai: I visit club because I can’t resist temptation
      1568 12 / 13  -  SomeS’porean women spend hundreds of dollars or more to flirt with the toy boys in theseKTVclubs REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH,TAN KEE YUN tnp@sph.com.sg IN her own words, she’s happily married to a businessman who lavishes her with expensive gifts and dotes on
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      523 14  -  Experts say women visit such clubs so they can feel loved and desired REPORT: tnp@sph.com.sg MAUREEN KOH,TAN KEE YUN tnp@sph.com.sg DO the rising number of clubs catering to women at least 11 which have opened in under a year necessarily mean that women are
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      Lock icon MP:‘During hard times, write’
      616 15 Irene Ng becomes full-time writer, possibly first MP to do so CAN the recession spur Singapore to produce an author with the magic touch of the creator of the hit series, Harry Potter? Perhaps it can, if a broke professional out there does something about his
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      Lock icon SHE LIVES WITH A CANNIBAL
      667 16/17  -  Forsakeof school project, S’porestudent stays with ‘holyman’ REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg FEWwouldconsideritwisetospendthenight at the home of a stranger they meetoverseas. Evenfewerwoulddosoifthestrangerlooked likeLaliBaba andprofessedtoeating human fleshbefore. ButSingaporeanNadiaKamil,22,didafter she struck up an unlikely friendship with an Indian holy man, Satyanand Giri, better knownasLaliBaba. Thefinal-yearTemasekPolytechnicvisual communications student
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      265 16/17 WHEN Miss Nadia told her parents that she planned to travel alone to India for five weeks for her photography project, they were supportive. She lives with her father, 50, a head of department in a secondary school, and two younger brothers, 18 and 11, in
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      Lock icon TB scare for 3 children’s hospitals in Chicago
      446 18 Hundredswerein contactwith infected resident THREE hospitals in the Chicago-area are in the grip of a tuberculosis (TB) scare. The reason: A 26-year-old female paediatric resident was diagnosed on Tuesday with TB at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after experiencing symptoms consistent with
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      Lock icon Priest crashes his car into churchgoers
      292 18 CALL her a godsend, but if not for a nurse who was attending a Good Friday service at a Pennsylvania church, more may have suffered. On Friday, a car being driven by a priest at St Maurice Church struck worshippers, leaving one woman dead
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      Lock icon Pet dog pulls off Robinson Crusoe stunt, hunting goats to survive
      273 18 A PET dog, which was washed overboard and believed drowned, has been foundfourmonthslater –as acastaway on a remote Australian island, reported BBC. Sophie Tucker named after the famous US singer and comedian vanished as Jan and Dave Griffith sailed
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        Lock icon Poor hygiene is ungracious
        327 19 SOCIAL IMPACT OF POOR HYGIENE THE recent food poisoning incident at the Geylang Serai market shows how poor hygiene can have a wide impact on public health, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. He urged Singaporeans to view hygiene as part of gracious behaviour, during
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        63 19 ATTACKED: A picture taken on Friday shows pirates and hostages on the boat, the Tanit, that was seized by Somali pirates on 4 Apr. French commandos launched an operation on Friday to rescue the hostages, during which a hostage was killed. Four other hostages, including a child, were
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        Lock icon Complaints about irregularities in Indonesia’s elections
        95 19 INDONESIA’S general elections have been marred by complaints about irregularities, raising questions about the legitimacy of the vote in some areas. The election supervisory body said it had received almost 400 reports of irregularitiessurrounding Thursday’s legislativevote. Supervisory body vote-counting chief Wahidah Suaib said the
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        95 19 FIREFIGHTERS battled wildfires which roared across Texas and Oklahoma on Friday, while rescue workers dug through the rubble after tornados swept across Tennessee and Arkansas. Oklahoma’s governor declared a state of emergency in 31 counties where 62 people were injured and about 200 homes
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        Lock icon Sending parents to jail not the first option
        125 19 SENDING parents to jail if they have not enrolled their children for Primary 1 is not what the Ministry of Education (MOE) wants to do right off the bat. Instead, it will continue working with voluntary organisations to reach out to these
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        Lock icon US deficit hits US$1 trillion
        104 19 THE US budget deficit accelerated in March to hit a record nearly one trillion dollars (S$1.5 trillion) just halfway through the current fiscal year, as the government moved to bail out troubled financial institu- tions. The deficit for the first six months of the fiscal
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    • News Exchange
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        Lock icon Ask yourself how much you earn before you judge
        604 20 / 21  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT:NGTZE NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg IWAS having supper with a friend last week when, out of the blue, he started ranting about New Creation Church. The mega church raised eyebrows recently when its congregation raised $19 million in one
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        Lock icon 5 THINGS ABOUT FOOD POISONING CASES
        116 20 / 21 1 Inoneof theworst casesof food poisoningin China, melamine-taintedmilk causednearly 13,000 babies tofallsickand killedfour last year. TwoofficialsofSanlu, thedairythat producedthe milk,weresentencedto death fortheir role in thescandal. 2 In2007, 319 peoplefell ill aftereatingVietnamese-style springrolls fromabakery in Sydney,making itthe worst caseoffood poisoningin New SouthWales, Australia.The ownershad leftthe rollsout
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        Lock icon QUICK ON THE DRAW
        15 20 / 21 The US Navy sends in more warships to intercept Somali pirates
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        Lock icon HEARD ON THE STREETS
        38 20 / 21 “There wasno Internet. Inearlydied.” A woman lamenting the lack of amenities at a spa retreat in Thailand. “Aslong as my pay cutis smaller than the discounts atthesales, I willsurvive.” Awoman lookingatthe brightside of therecession.
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE HAPPINESS INDEX
        201 20 / 21 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad Last week’s index: 50 This week’s index: 30 +10 Students from low-income families will enjoy subsidies of up to 90 per cent for tuition classes, which will also be nearer their homes, under a scheme co-funded by the community development councils and
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        56 20 / 21 On the Indian rojakfoodpoisoning case: “Victimsof foodpoisoning willalmost always know the source of their infection. If doctors are required bylaw to inform the Ministry of Health when they diagnose infectious diseases like Sars, they should also be required to report any cases of food poisoning to the
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      32 14 BIGGEST MOVIE IN AMERICA! RE-TOOLED. RE-BUILT. RE-CHARGED I/IN PAUL MICHELLE JORDANA DIESEL WALKER RODRIGUEZ BREWSTER URIOUS& New Model. Original Parts. ORIGINAL FILM www.fastandfuriousmovie.net ft UNIVERSAL PMH'S" 1 |PG| Someviolencel IN CINEMAS NOW
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      Lock icon Ladies’ fright
      495 22 / 23  -  Women’stoiletsin clubs are filthy, says our columnist. The New Paper on Sunday rates the best–andtheworst Careless clubbers, cool loos latrine horrors REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREhastheworstrestroomsshehadeverseen,declaredNancySit.ThatwastheimpressiontheHongKong actress had when she was filming here a few years ago, according to a report published in ShinMinDailyNews. She was referring to
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      Lock icon When ladies drink –and stink
      491 24  -  EILEEN NG tnp@sph.com.sg IHAVEbeenblessedwiththeopportuni-ty to travel fairly often in the last two years, and the place I have travelled to most is a lovely island 8 deg south of the EquatorcalledBaliinIndonesia. It is a small island, yet plays host to a large melting pot of
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      Lock icon ‘Have vomit bowls in clubs’
      233 24 WORLD Toilet Organisation founder Jack Sim was not surprised at the results of our study. The 52-year-old said: “Most of the club toilets in Singapore are actually rather nice. What hits them the hardest is when drunk peoplehurlandmiss.” That problem, Mr Sim pointed out, could
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      Lock icon It was a life-changing experience for me
      313 24  -  CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg PARDON the pun, but this was literally a crap assignment. If someone had told me that visiting 20 restrooms in two nights would be life-changing,Iwouldn’t havebelievedhim. It was. While party animals painted the town red last week, I had the
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        Lock icon Easter feast for two
        394 25  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg A ROAST leg of lamb may be traditional fare for an EasterSundaydinner,butit’snotquitefeasibleif it’sonlydinnerfortwo. An obvious alternative is of course, lamb cutlets. It’s an easy, fuss-free dish that requires little effort if you have a food processor within reach. Even less effort is needed
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        Lock icon Save your style
        183 26  -  Splurge on steals, cultivate your look andinvestinbasicsintheseleantimes ANGELINE NEO tnp@sph.com.sg IF THERE’S a song that serves as a recession anthem, Billy Ocean’s 1985 UK number one hit When The Going Gets Tough,TheToughGetGoing–hastobeit. Not to make light of lean times, but has anyone noticed the bargains that are
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          Lock icon STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME:
          451 26 There’salways abetter sale Youknow the signsthat read “allsales are final”?Utter bull.There isalways another one coming up, especially now. Sales can be the saving grace for a recessionista, but the pitfall of an indiscriminatespender. Everyoneloves to pick up designer buys for less. But buy only because
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        Lock icon SETTING HEARTS AFIRE
        281 27  -  Hot stuff at Fox, TianPo andSwarovskievents Michelle Tay THEREwerediamonds,crystalsandaFox-yBar.TheweekoffashionstartedwiththeappearanceofIsraelisupermodelBarRefaeli. Best known for her recent Sports Illustrated cover and hanging off the arm of actor Leonardo DiCarprio, Refaeli turned up with fellow Fox spokesman Noam Toor at VivoCity last Friday for the launch of the new logoforthefashionlabel. Sowhatcamedowntherunway?
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        Lock icon The Monster above me
        594 28  -  Neighbours’ renovation creates a wall of noise JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg FOR the past two weeks, I have been attacked by a monster. Attacked in my own home. As I leave the office from my evening shift in the small hours of the morning, the blissful calm
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          Lock icon Three times a lady
          121 28 Odd news that’sfor real Reuters A GERMAN woman was involved in three car accidents in less than an hour, leaving seven vehicles damaged. But she got away with only slight injuries, the police said. The 69-year-old woman from Berlin first crashed into three cars while trying
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        • Article
          Lock icon Tofu snafu
          97 28 AP ONEColoradowoman’slove for tofu has been judged X-rated by state officials. Ms Kelly Coffman-Lee, 38, wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd by picking certain lettersfor her SUV’s licenseplate. Her suggestion for the plate: ILVTOFU. But the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan
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        Lock icon Only 17 bus services in S’pore overcrowded?
        409 28  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg SO I was sitting in SMRT feeder bus service 302, accompanying my daughter home from her primary school one evening last week. Exceptthebuswasn’tmoving. The bus captain was waiting for the last action hero who boarded the sardine
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        Lock icon Make your man invest in you
        390 30  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg IKNOWalotofguyswillresentmeforleakingthis.Thoseplayersouttheredesperatelydon’twantyoutoknowthis.ButI’mfedupwithseeinggirlshurtbyguyswhoplaywithemotions.Ladies, if you want to test whether a guy is a player, employ the concept of “compliance”, which was brilliantly expounded by the renowned professor of psychology,RobertCialdini. Makeyourguyinvestinyou. It’s a simple concept, but it can be hard to implement. Ifallyouwantareshortflings,though,don’tdothis, asitwillactuallymakeitharderforyoutohookupwith
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        115 30 How important are looks when you are trying to get a girl? Sincerely, John Dear John, Guystend tofocus exclusivelyon girls’ looks. Then they mistakenly assume that women are the same way. Women care much less about looks than most guys think. Girls want to be the prettier
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        Lock icon Taking on those bullies, daddy-style
        502 30  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg ONE of the most intense memories I have of my childhood is watching my elder brother getting beaten up by the neighbourhood bully. It was a quick scuffle and I cannot even remember what sparked it, but my brother, who
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      134 29 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN Thereare four houseswith different colours in arow.Each owner plays adifferent instrumentandspeaksadifferent language. Howtoplay 1.Findthecluesthatindicatea fixedHouse(egGeorgelivesin firsthouse)andotherrelated clues(egbluehousenextto George’s).Fillthetablewith theclues. 2.Findothercluesthatcanbe placedintable.Youmayhave tofigureoutafewrelatedclues together. 3.Onceyou’veworkedoutall thecluesandputtheminthe table,you’llbeabletoanswer thequestion. Answers/PAGE31 1. The piano player lives right of the drum player. 2. The green house is occupied by
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      261 29 Seeing stars BY KUAH SENG SENG ARIES: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But the stars doubt a juicer will help when life gives you a steaming pile of dog poo this week. TAURUS: Few will believe that you were trying to launch a “communicationssatellite” when you tie your
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      33 30 Ask Dr Date Have problems finding love? Make a date with DrDate.He’ll go over thefiner points of courtship in his weekly column in The New Paper on Sunday. E-mail your questions to tnp@sph.com.sg
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      254 31 JUMPAROUND:HaydenChristensencan’t stand still in Jumper. PICTURE: STARMOVIES WATCH’EM Jumper (above) Star Movies (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm A high-schoolstudent who discovershe can “jump” instantaneously to any place on earth finds himself caughtina war between “jumpers”andthose on the hunt to kill them. Starring Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow
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      34 31 KAKURO TIMOTHY E PARKER BRAINWORKOUTANSWER Question:WhospeaksGerman? HOUSE 1 HOUSE 2 HOUSE 3 HOUSE 4 Colour green red grey brown Person Bobby Francis Charlie Edward Instrument bass trumpet drum piano Language German Italian Japanese French
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    • Sports Racing
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        Lock icon TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
        1352 33 GOING FORECAST: SOFT RACE1 C5 QTT 12.45 -1400m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 0-1--7 Greatest 57 (43) IAzhar 7 (7agJMcGillivray-Luckily) 2 90-412 SkySoldier 57 (43) VSivan 10 (5agMSukri-Sky) 3 89-770 Gemini 56.5 (42) HBarnabasc2 13 (8agKNoordin-PurpleRain) 4 98-409 OneManShow 56.5
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        Lock icon MUDLARKS
        148 33 RACE 1: Sky Soldier, Gemini, Diamond N Ace. RACE 2: Ready To Go, Insider, Laugh Heartily, Big Capacity, Kim Dragon, Triple Coin. RACE 3: Cizen Supreme, Brilliant Legend, Baby Emperor, Courageous General,King’sAngel. RACE 4: Superb General, Dark General, Cyril, It’s All Money, Raul, Worth The Wait. RACE 6: Royal
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        Lock icon One-eyed Ace Armada makes triumphant return
        407 34/35  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg TRAINER Laurie Laxon and jockey Vlad Duric put the icing on the cake when they combined to land the $125,000 Jockey Club of Turkey Cup with one-eyed galloper Ace Armada yesterday. The five-year-old gelding by Lord Ballina, who is without a
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE (LONG COURSE E) RESULTS
        1132 34/35 GOING: GOOD (RACES 1-8), YIELDING (9-11) Race1 MS(LC)1200m 4 ROYALPALM54c50(15-5) THKoh* (1) 1 1 1 (490) 1 DOUBLEFIANCHETTO59(8-5) JMoreira (3) 4 4 2 (479) Nk 3 ETERNALCHEERS54.5c52.5(291-30) MEwe* (2) 5 5 3 (477) 4 8 TOAHORSERADISH50c51(182-21) DChee (7) 2 2 4 (470) 1.25 5
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
        432 34/35 GOING: GOOD (RACES 1 -4), SOFT (5-10) Race1 RM(SC)1100m 12 BULLTERRIER52.5c51.5(115-21) SAnandan (9) 6 6 1 (454) 8 FULLPOWER55.5(24-5) IAzhar (7) 3 3 2 (492) 0.5 13 FIREBIRD52.5(8-5) OChavez (10) 2 2 3 (538) 0.5 6 DANJAROSS55.5(452-67) LSofhan (4) 5 5 4 (461) Shd ?Winningowner:Osman.Trainer:BTLim.Time:1min06.1sec. Forecast:$71.Tierce:$620.Quartet:$9193.MalaysianW/P:RM64,RM17,RM7,RM5.
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        Lock icon MUDLARKS FOR TODAY’S KL MEETING
        151 34/35 RACE 1: Sky Soldier, Gemini, Diamond N Ace. RACE 2: Ready To Go, Insider, Laugh Heartily, Big Capacity, Kim Dragon, Triple Coin. RACE 3: Cizen Supreme, Brilliant Legend, Baby Emperor, CourageousGeneral, King’sAngel. RACE 4: Superb General, Dark General, Cyril, It’s All Money, Raul, Worth The
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        Lock icon TAN THEAN LOON’S KL TIPS FOR TODAY
        119 34/35 RACE 1:7 Rana’sMusic 2 Sky Soldier 5 Diamond N Ace RACE 2:4 Cutting Edge 5 Insider 1 Royal Currency RACE 3:1 Cizen Supreme 2 Yellow Sapphire 3 Brilliant Legend RACE 4:9 Raul 10 Worth The Wait 2 Dark General RACE 5: 4 Double
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        Lock icon TODAY’S AUSTRALIA (STAWELL/MORNINGTON) RACE CARD
        1093 36 10:55Race1 Quartet STAWELL 1100M 1 COOLFORCE MFLAHERTY (14) 58 2 LASTRITES MPUMPA (11) 58 3 MORGANSLANE CAROBERTSON (8) 58 4 TELLUSTREV WHOKAI (6) 58 5 WHEREDEGO NWILSON (5) 58 6 BILLYOFCHICAGO BCROSS (15) 57.5 7 CITATOUSSPIRIT JMOTT (9) 57.5 8 STAR'SSON ECASSAR (13) 57.5 9
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        Lock icon Tips and comments courtesy of Australian Associated Press
        464 36 Races 1 to 5 not available RACE 6 (Mornington, 1,500m) 5 BRUNO (AL Krushka) (12:0-2-2): Fitter and extra distance suits. 8 STAVROS (John McArdle) (4:0-0-1): Comes to hand quickly and trip suits. Strong claims. 2 FLAK (CR Manson) (8:0-0-0): Shows some ability.
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
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        Lock icon WIND OF FORTUNE FOR SOME AT AUGUSTA
        963 37 THE WIND came up at Augusta National Golf Club on Friday and the sec-ond-round scores went up with it. But this was no struggle against the elements. The fortunes of some golfers were blown off course, but for many others the prospects seemed
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        Lock icon Agonising miss for Jeev
        220 37 AFP INDIA’S Jeev Milkha Singh missed the cut at the Masters for the first time on Friday but learned some valuable lessons from a true master. The Asian Tour No. 1 carded a second round three-over-par 75 on a wind-swept day at Augusta National to agonisingly
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        464 38/39  -  Professor Ho Peng Kee, the former president and now adviser of the Football Association of Singapore, talks about his partnership with his successor ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg WHAT gave you true satisfaction in Singapore football when you look back at your tenure (2004-2009)? PROF HO: I derive
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        937 38/39  -  New FAS president Zainudin Nordin tells ERNEST LUIS how he intends to win over a non-Malaysia Cup generationthatknowsonlyforeignfootballoncableTV ERNEST LUIS AT NATIONAL level, the team is well supported (betterthan it’sbeen for a long time since the Malaysia Cup days). But at S-League level, what do you
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        203 42 PA Sport MARTINO’Neill believesAstonVillastriker John Carew “can be anything he wants to be” in football if he shows more consistency. Carew has made a big impact since returning to the Villa side after nearly three months out with a back problem and has scored 12 goals
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        190 54  -  –IAINMACINTOSH LION HEART THERE’Sno questionof wherePhilBardsley’s loyaltieslie.The formerManchesterUnited defender savedSunderlandfromconceding earlywhen he put hisfacein the wayof aPaulScholes thunderbolt.No greaterlove cana man havefor his teamthan to put hisnose infront ofsomething thatpowerful. CLUELESS FORROB Styles’ benefit,let’s justclarify the handball rule.The key wordis“deliberate”. EvenWayne Rooney isn’tagood enough playerto deliberately handleaball blastedathim
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        529 46  -  The sweet surprises sprung by the BeautifulGamehaveourSportsFemme purring with delight ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg THEENGLISHgamerightnowisliketheEaster Egg tasting session I was invited tolastweek. There were at least 20 different chocolate eggs covering a table. Big ones, small ones, someasbigasyourhead.Somebigger. One of them had chocolate thicker than JohnTerry’sskull.Withnuttybits. That’s
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        358 55 WHAT'S ON BLURB /RESULTS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS SWIMMING What: Asean Inter-Club Age-Group Swimming Championships When: Ends today Where: Singapore Sports School A TOTAL of 522 participants from 24 swimming clubs from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore are taking part in the three-day competition. SAILING What: 6th ST Marine SAFYC
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