The New Paper, 14 April 2009

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    12 1 the new paper 14 Apr 09 tues 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      97 1 MAKANSUTRA’S KF SEETOH ON FILTHY FOOD STALLS Make hawkers makan-susah PAGE 30 (or more accountable) UnseemlyPM was almost evacuated by sea in small boat, reveals Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo in blog PICTURE: AP 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008 While evacuation from Pattaya Summit was taking place, Caucasian tourists continued
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      965 2/3 Foreign Minister George Yeo was in Pattaya when riots broke out. He blogs about how he and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong weighed their options and managed to leave Thailand safely “ASOURconvoytravelledfrom Pattaya to U-Tapao Airforce Base at about 4pm on Saturday for our flight home, it was as
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      135 4 Be T. in the IR 'Indus The Tourism Hospitality industry in Singapore will boom with the opening of two integrated resorts. With billions committed in this investment, the industry is poised for the tremendous growth and career opportunities that you will not want to miss. MAKE THE CHOICE NOW DON'T
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      15 4 WHEN WILL MORE PEOPLE DIE? Situation will worsen: Analysts PAGE 20 FLASHPOINTS PMgives4-daydeadline;Thaksincallsfor revolutionPAGE20 PADthreatenstofightprotestersPAGE20
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      554 6  -  Familyvisitsgrandparents’ grave for Qing Ming, only to find it covered in debris Grave specially chosen by feng shui master but damaged by exhumation contractor Contractor and family agree to resolve the accident REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg FOR one family, this Qing Ming festival has been one of
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      Lock icon Tributes at DBS chief's funeral
      107 7 BRIEF NEWSIN SOME 1,000 people attended the funeral mass of DBS chief executive Richard Stanley at the Church of St Teresa in Kampong Bahru Road yesterday. Eulogies by his father and others revealed Mr Stanley, 48, who died on Saturday after a short battle with
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      Lock icon No money for CNY, so he cries robbery
      353 7  -  Broke, he makes false police report that 2 men rob his cash necklace REPORT: JOYCELYN WONG joycelyn@sph.com.sg TOO embarrassed to admit to his family that he didn’t have any money for their Chinese New Year hongbao, he lied. No hongbao this year,
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      55 8 FATAL:Twoemergencyliftrepairmendiedwhentheirvanhitan MRT track pillar along Commonwealth Avenue, outside Singapore Polytechnic, at about 10.20am yesterday. The van was travelling towards Clementi when it crashed into the pillar before turning on its side and falling back onto the road. Both men were trapped in the front compartment of the van. SCDF
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      Lock icon $15 million boost for youth sports
      225 8 SUPPORT FOR SPORTING CULTURE YOUTH sports here have been given a big boost with the announcement of a $15 million funding for youth sports development initiatives. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Tote Board have
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      Lock icon Iras’e-filing website hit by technical problems
      49 8 WITH the looming deadline of 18 Apr for e-filing, taxpayers trying to file tax returns online were frustrated yesterday when the website of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) was plagued with Singapore(Iras)wasplaguedwith technicalproblems. Irassaidthatthee-filingsystemwasexperiencing “intermittentslownessandwasunstable”atabout 10amyesterday.Thewebsitewasdownthroughoutthe afternoonandonlycamebackuparound6pm. Atpresstime,Irassaidthattheywereinvestigating thecauseandthatupdateswouldbeprovidedontheir websiteregardingtheavailabilityofthee-filingsystem. Irasapologisedfortheinconveniencecaused.
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      Lock icon 3,000 jobs up for grabs at Ion Orchard mall
      113 8 ABOUT 3,000 jobs for shop assistants, customer service officers and even administrative managers are up for grabs at the soon-to-be opened Ion Orchard mall. The shopping centre, located above Orchard MRT station, is the latest outfit to tie up with the
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      Lock icon 5% drop in HDB industrial and commercial rents
      80 8 RENTS for Housing Board tenants has come down 5 per cent since January, Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu said yesterday. This is for its commercial and industrial tenants and is in line with prevailing market rents, she said.
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      707 10 / 11  -  Death of scholar prompts queries over SAFHRpolicies in parliament session REPORT:LOW :LOW CHING LING lowcl@sph.com.sg IN RECENT weeks, the family of the late Captain (Dr) Allan Ooi have engaged the Defence Ministry (Mindef) about his death in newspaper forums. The incident prompted MP
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      621 10 / 11  -  REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg YOU could be ordered to leave and stay away from a designated area for up to 24 hours if you behave as if you are a threat to people and public order. The move-onorder– basedon the Australian model but
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        674 14  -  Choa Chu Kang resident says town council needs to get tough on serial vandals REPORT: SHREE ANN MATHAVAN shreeann@sph.com.sg IT’S the same frustrating story at this Choa Chu Kang block, one that is repeated almost every other week. Vandals would spray graffiti on the
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        140 14 EVERY month, the Hong Kah Town council receives 15 complaints about vandalism cases affecting the constituency. A spokesmansaid: “The most common cases are apparent scribbling by loansharks and unauthorised pasting of stickers, flyersby marketers.” So far, none of these vandals have been caught. Cases of vandalism
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      599 16/17  -  No contract, no receipt, yet worker gave agent $8,000 REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg THEREwasnocontract,nosignature,noreceipt.Justaverbalpromise,ahandshake,andasmile.But it was enough for Mr Nahid Rana Shoriful Islam, 24, to hand over $8,000 to an agent in BangladeshwhopromisedhimworkinSingapore. Now, in hindsight, Mr Nahid admitted: “I was so
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      Lock icon Back home to be a farmer to pay off debts
      353 16/17 NOWORKINS’PORE AFTER working for only two days in February last year, a Bangladeshi worker claimed, he was told that his services were no longer required. Even during the two days which he worked, the only tasks available to him were
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      356 18  -  Audrey Tan Ruiping –AudreyTanRuiping,newsroomintern IF YOU ever have to take refuge or wait it out in one of these bomb shelters, they are pretty well stocked, you will be pleased to know. They stock more stuff than your average 7-Eleven store. Indeed, they are 7-Eleven stores.
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      Lock icon Dine-in at a 7-Eleven store?
      197 18  -  Audrey Tan Ruiping –AudreyTanRuiping,newsroomintern “LET’Shave lunch at7-Eleven.” Youcould suggest that ifyou’reever around Sengkang. Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has opened an outlet at the Sengkang Sports and RecreationCentre– and you caneat there. It is about three times the size of other 7-Eleven stores, and was officially
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      20 19 JUMBODISPLAY:Thismodelofapassengerjet nosecone was spotted in front of a shophouse in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. PICTURE: XINHUA
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      Lock icon Najib faces dissent from Indian minority leaders
      168 19 MALAYSIAN POLITICS AP MALAYSIA’Srulingcoalitionsoughttoquellinternalconflict yesterday,amidfearsthatethnic Indianminorityleadersmightquit theCabinetbecauseofcomplaints ofunfairtreatment. MembersoftheMalaysian IndianCongress,thecountry’s mainethnicIndianpoliticalparty, wereunhappyafterPrimeMinister NajibRazak(right)appointedonly oneoftheparty’sofficialsasa Cabinetminister,andtwoas deputyministers,lastweek. The dissent could destabilise the National Front multi-ethnic coalition, which is struggling to shore up its flagging support. The Star newspaper and independent Malaysiakini news website reported
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      104 19 AP INDONESIA will shut down all airlines that do not have at least 10 planes by 2012, a Transportation Ministry official said yesterday. The new regulation, signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy- ono earlier this year, is part of efforts to improve
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      104 19 Reuters CHINA has promised its citizens stronger legal protection, better income and expanded channels to complain, as part of its first “humanrights action plan”. The plan, revealed by Xinhua news agency yesterday, will focus on lifting living standards of hundreds
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      92 19 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrived in Vietnam yesterday for a five-day official visit. The visit is at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. In Ho Chi Minh City, Mr Lee will meet Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai. He will
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        Lock icon Q Will more lives be lost?
        876 20/21 PAD:WE’LLFIGHT‘REDSHIRTS’ ANALYSTS: SITUATION WILL WORSEN FIVEdays ofmayhemhave passed onthe streets ofBangkok– in the form of violent face-offs between protesters and the army. With petrol bombs and gunfire being exchanged, 133 have been injured as of last evening, reported Reuters. Two died. Now,with thePeople’s Alliance
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      Lock icon Plea to OK ‘crooked causeway’
      388 22 Johor businessmen hope project makes comeback with new prime minister REMEMBER the crooked bridge that’s supposed to link Johor and Singapore? Well,there’srenewedoptimismforthe project to be revived, now that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is the prime minister, reported The Star. Businessmen and the public in
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      Lock icon Parents forced to throw children out of windows
      210 22 HOMELESS SHELTER FIRE IN POLAND KILLS 21 AFP PEOPLE with their clothes on fire jumped from the windows. Parents threw their children out of windows to firefighters and witnesses. Poland’sdeadliestfire innearly three decades tore through a homeless shelter yesterdayin the country’snorthwest,killing 21,
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      Lock icon Woman’s fingers chopped off for ring
      312 22 IN CHINA A WOMAN died after a robber chopped off three of her fingers to get her ring. Apple Daily reported that Madam Liu Yunzhen, 53, was attacked by the robber in her four-storey house in Huizhou city, Guangzhou, China. Madam Liu, a Hong
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      177 23  -  LAST Wednesday, the MaerskAlabama, a container ship, was attacked by pirates off Somalia. On Sunday, US special forces mounted a daringrescueoperationto rescue her captain. TEXT:ANDRE ANDRE YEO 1 CaptainRichard Phillips, 53, hasbeenheld hostageon a lifeboatby threeSomali pirates sinceWednesday. Accordingtothe BBC, CaptPhillips told his crewtolock themselvesina
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      186 23 IT’SA risky business butworth it. And even though nearly half of the hostages held by Somali pirates are Filipino sailors, they will still take up the job if offered one. More Filipinos than any other nationalities are held hostage by Somali pirates, Reuters
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      13 19 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Cloudy High32˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High34˚,Low26˚ Manila:Hazy High33˚,Low28˚
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      52 24 FROM READER CHRIS CHEE NOT SO CHICKEN FEET: Our reader was disgusted at the sight of raw food left outside the closed door of a restaurant on Circular Road. Why leave the food on the floor where people, stray cats and birds walk by, he asked. E-mail your pictures
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      70 24 On train commuters not giving up their seat to those who need them more: “Itis sad thatpeople donot understandpriority seating. In Japan, priority seats are kept unoccupied even in packed trains. Singapore is a goner in social graces despite the many fines, education and publicity campaigns in
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      124 24 FROM READER ACE KINDRED CHEONG Punishing poor service of public transport operators AFTER reading the article “No need forheavyfine,sayexperts”(TheNew Paper, 9 Apr), I agree that fining transport operators is not the way to go. What I would like to recommend is that the authorities make
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      215 24 FROM READER MUNTAZ BINTE ZAINUDDIN I WOULD like to applaud the service of the driver of the taxi SHC 5138A. Around 6am on 4 Apr, I hailed a cab from Changi General Hospital and directed the driver to go to Sengkang where
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      111 24 FROM READER BRYAN TANG AS WE are getting more and more bus lanes, and all-daybuslanes,shouldn’tbusesstayonthem? I find that bus drivers are taking up space on other lanes and jamming up traffic at some points. On Orchard Road especially, buses can often be seen driving
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      59 24 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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      958 25  -  At 22, Zac Efron says he’sreadytomoveon 'I was a geek' REPORT: TAN SHOU CHEN tnp@sph.com.sg Tan Shou Chen is a freelance writer. HE’Sstrippeddowntoaglorioussix-packon the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. His deep blue eyes and toothpaste-white smile launched a multi-million dollar movie franchise and
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      469 27  -  Michelle Tay is heavier than other actresses but, thanks to her Perfect Cut role, she gets attention REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg THEbiggirlgetsthehunk.Well at least it happened on-screen for local actressMichelleTay,39. Butthebiggirlalsogetsthefans.Andthathappened forreal. Michelleis1.46m-tallandtipsthescalesat86kgbut she’s currently grabbing eyeballs in an industry where slenderfiguresareprized. All thanks
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        524 28/29  -  REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg NEVER underestimate our national obesssion with Japanese food. When Manpuku opened its doors in Tampines 1 last Thursday, the crowd was so overwhelming that the 10 stalls inside ran out of food! While the food is Japanese, the concept seems
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        170 28/29  -  Michelle Tay –MichelleTay,newsroomintern HOW often can you count the Mediterranean Sea as your travel destination? Not much, considering the recession. The closest you can step into the exotica is Element, at Amara Singapore, where they will be having a Mediterranean festival lunch
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        143 28/29  -  Michelle Tay –MichelleTay,newsroomintern LOBSTER lovers, Park Palace at Grand Park City Hall has unveiled a Lobsterfest promotion. Available until the end of the month, the Chinese restaurant will be churning up eight lobster dishes, cooked in different styles. Try the oriental-style drunken lobster with Chinese
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        356 28/29  -  REPORT: KELVIN CHAN chanymk@sph.com.sg YOUDON’Tneed tobustyour budget atthe World Gourmet Summit (WGS). This year, you can have a WGS meal for under $60. In fact, the cheapest event starts from just $35. This means you get the top quality food and experience without hurting
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        826 30  - Go ahead eat, but be eagle-eyed too With hawker business booming in downturn, time to up the ante? K F SEETOH tnp@sph.com.sg FIRST it was overcharging and now, a fatal food poisoning case. Aiyoh, bad year for our makan reputation. Although both cases have been dealt with under the law,
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        618 42 LAST SATURDAY RACE 1: YARGU dislodged N Azman behind the barrier and bolted. He was withdrawn as he showed signs of distress. RACE 2: MW Teh, the rider of TRIPLE SMILE, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding and was suspended three race
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        1099 43 Cabrera wins Masters in playoff AP ANGEL Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the Green Jacket at Augusta National on Easter Sunday by surviving a wild final round that began with a supercharged duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and ended with a stunning collapse
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      483 44 GOLF: AP SHINGO Katayama is still quite the showman. The Japanese golfer (above) closed an impressive week at the Masters with a four-under 68 on Sunday, the best score among those not making the three-man playoff. Katayama reprised the carefree style and nifty shot-making and don’t
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      549 44 FORZA! PA Sport LEADERS Inter-Milan finally dropped points in their chase for the Scudetto. Alas second-placed Juventus failed to take advantage, and even fell further behind after their loss to Genoa. Inter looked good for a win after Mario Balotelli’s strike and a penalty
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        282 45  -  The majority of our readers felt that Liverpool fared best over the weekend. Our Letter of the Weekend winner explainsSaturday’sactionsuccinctly LETTER OF THE WEEKEND Chan Ka Wai –ChanKaWai,20,student, Man United fan ALL RIVALRIES aside, Liverpool continued their great form with a 4-0 win against Blackburn. It
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          86 45 MANCHESTER United are beginning to show the kind of resilience synonymous with championship-winning teams getting the job done without playing well. The emergence of Federico Macheda has not only helped ease United’s thinning squad, but also inspired a renewed belief in their game as shown by the
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          99 45 CHELSEA were forced to settle for a 4-3 win over Bolton Wanderers at home despite dominating for long periods of the game and had 21 shots at goal. However, Chelsea had the chance to replace key players like Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard in the
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          85 45 LIVERPOOL were the biggest winners. Thrashing Blackburn 4-0 without Steven Gerrard means there’s hope for them in the second leg at Chelsea. With Fernando Torres in fine form and even substitute David Ngog and central defender Daniel Agger scoring, Liverpool still have a chance in their Champions
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        631 46 PA Sport MANCHESTER City boss Mark Hughes defended his decision to leave Robinho on the bench after his side slumped to a dismal 3-1 home defeat against Fulham. But the Blues boss felt he had no other option given Robinho has been involved almost constantly since
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        247 46 PA Sport STEPHENIreland’sgoalforManchester City proved to be the only noteworthy effort of the opening 45 minutes of the match. There was no immediate danger when Valeri Bojinov flicked a pass to Ireland on the halfway line in the 28th minute. Fulham fatally decided to stand off,
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        639 47  -  Seven-goal feast at Stamford Bridge pays $100 on Exact Score option BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg THEREwasbigmoneytobemadeattheJJB Stadium where Arsenal played the part of the ungracious guests whack-inghostsWigan4-1. There was a bonanza payout at the Reebok where Bolton and Chelsea dished out a seven-goal thriller
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        582 48  -  Despite having a four-goal advantage against Bayern Munich from the first leg, Barcelona’sDaniAlvestellsTheNewPaper that reaching the Champions League semi-finals is not a foregone conclusion EXCLUSIVE ASHIKIN HASHIM npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. MIGHTY Barcelona may be riding high on their impressive Champions League form.
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        635 49 AFP GUUS Hiddink believes Chelsea’s unbreakable team spirit will stop Liverpool staging a famous revival in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final. AlthoughHiddink’ssidehasonefootin the semi-finals after last week’s stunning 3-1 victory at Anfield, Liverpoolhave developed a habit of upsetting the form book
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        465 49  -  VIEWPOINT Chian Kong Er TNP reader CHELSEA fans rejoice, for 2009 might be the year that Chelsea will win the Champions League. For the past six seasons, whoever knocks Real Madrid out of the Champions League has been defeated by the eventual champions. Last year,
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        635 51 IF LIVERPOOL want extra inspiration for the enormity of the task they face at Chelsea in the Champions League tomorrow morning they need only look as far as Bolton Wanderers. Liverpool need to score at least three goals at Stamford Bridge to have any chance of
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        270 51 PA Sport MICHAEL Essien is ready to sacrifice his all-ac-tion style in order to do another shackling job on Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard when Chelsea look to reach the Champions League semi-fi-nals tomorrow morning. Essien (above) was rested for Chelsea’s 4-3 Premier League win over
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        745 52  -  LIM SAYHENG speaks to football analyst TOHARIPAIJAN,whodissectsLiverpool’suphill task at Stamford Bridge tomorrow morning LIM SAY HENG LIVERPOOL will definitely have to make changes to the side which lost to Chelsea last week, otherwise they deserve to be booted out of the Champions League. After all,
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        408 53  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg LIVERPOOLhaveearnedthem-selves a reputation of doing thingsdifferentlybuteventhe mostoptimisticfanmustbeexpectingtheworst. The Reds need to score three goalsatStamfordBridge,atthevery least, to have a chance of overturning the 3-1 deficit against Chelsea fromthefirstleg. Thenagain,itwasjustthreedays agowhenBoltonscoredthreegoals there,sothereisahintofyetanotherdramaticconclusiontothistie. But it is this glimmer of hope, which Liverpool are holding on to, which
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        477 53  -  GARY LIM THE ALLIANZ Arena has certainly seen better days. Bayern Munich, Champions League winners in 2001, are staring down the barrel of a gun. There won’t be too many Bayern Munich fans out there hopeful of a miracle when the German club takes on Barcelona
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          211 50 LOWRISK ManchesterUnited tobeat Porto on the 1x2 ITTOOKamammotheffortforManUnited tobeatSunderlandonSaturday. ButitisalsoworthnotingthatManUnitedplayedaweakenedteaminthatmatch. The 2-2 draw in the first leg has put the RedDevilsinastickyposition. Porto have showed what they are capableofandthingswillgeteventougherforSir Alex Ferguson’s charges at the Estadio do Dragao. Thefact that Fergie took achance with a depletedsideinthePremiershiptokeephis key players fresh for
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          305 50 LOWRISK Chelsea tobeat Liverpool on the 1x2 THIS is a battle which Chelsea can lose and yet win the war. That 3-1 first-leg win at Anfield was worth its weight in gold and it will be nothing short of a miracle if Liverpool prevent them from progressing to
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          237 50 LOWRISK Arsenal on the 1X2 WHENEVER Arsenal are at their best, there seems to be no way of stopping them. And at this moment, they are playing at a similar level with Barcelona. Last weekend, the Gunners warmed up with a 4-1 win at Wigan while Villarreal were
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      567 54  -  IAIN MACINTOSH Liverpool YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg Liverpool SportsCOMMENT WHAT a strange game football can be. Last Wednesday, as Didier Drogba slid in for Chelsea’s third goal, it seemed impossible that Liverpool might be able to reach the semi-finals of the ChampionsLeague, andquiterightly too. You can't
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        100 55 LIVE TELECASTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Tomorrow: CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL Ch 23,2.40am Branislav Ivanovic (right) was the hero in the first leg. Will Chelsea be abletoshatter Liverpool’s Champions League dreams? BAYERN MUNICH v BARCELONA Ch 24,2.40am Thursday: PORTO v MAN UTD Ch 23,2.40am ARSENAL vVILLARREAL Ch 24,2.40am UEFACUP Friday: DYNAMO KIEV
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        21 55 MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS Today: 1ST ROUND Ch 22, 4.30pm Tomorrow: ■2ND ROUND Ch 22, 4.30pm Thursday: LAST 16 Ch 22,4.30pm
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