The New Paper, 7 May 2009

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1 16 The New Paper
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      937 2/3  -  REPORT:CRYSTAL CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg FORthelasttwodays,MissSandraMarieVincenthasatwo-bedroomsingle-storeybungalowalltoherself. Meals are delivered to her. So are newspapers. Her towelsarechangedeveryday. At night, she retires to her air-conditioned bedroom. Butthere’satwisttothisidylliclife. The 21-year-old cannot leave the bungalow. She can’tevenstepoutofthedoor. As one of three Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduates quarantined in the Aloha
      PICTURE COURTESY OF SANDRA MARIE VINCENT; TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG  -  937 words
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      Lock icon FLU UPDATES
      396 2/3  -  Ng Wan Ching GOING FROM ORANGE TO YELLOW Singapore’sDiseaseOutbreakResponseSystemAlert (Dorscon) status will be downgraded from orange to yellow over the next few days. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday at a press conference that in revising the alert for the current Influenza A(H1N1)outbreak,Singapore’sexpertshavetaken into account two likely
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      Lock icon Envelope of white powder meant for senior pastor
      670 4  -  SCDF confirms powder is not hazardous REPORT: ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg FIRST, some former Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) exco members received death threats. Now, the senior pastor of the church where six of them attend has also received something
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      604 5 Modular SIMManchester course helps her juggle both work and studies SHE would spend her mornings at a quiet spot near herworkplace–studying. In the afternoons, she would switch to work mode when she steps into the National University Hospital (NUH). That was how SIM
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      Lock icon But you can’t trade till you’re 21
      1050 6/7  -  Thosebelow21can’t open trading accounts until stock exchange rules are changed 18 21Butyoucan’ttradetillyou’reisnewagelimitforopeningsecuritiesaccount“It’snonsensical.How 21Butyoucan’ttradetillyou’reisnewagelimitforopeningsecuritiesaccount“It’snonsensical.How isnewagelimit foropening securitiesaccount REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg EIGHTEEN and keen to trade in shares? Now you can open a securities account with the Central Depository (CDP). Thecatch: Youcan’t trade. This
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      14 6/7 STREET JUSTICE Passers-by beat up man who tries to rob Singapore couple in JB
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      27 8 Bubble lifts with transparent panels have been added to apartment blocks at Owen Road as part of an HDB trial. PICTURES: ZAOBAO
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      Lock icon Don’t retrench now and pay the price later
      292 8 LABOUR CHIEF LIM SWEE SAY: THE usual practice of retrenching workers in a downturn and hiring new ones in an upturn will not work as the economy becomes more knowledge-based, said labour chief Lim Swee Say. Speaking to more than 2,000 human
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      Lock icon MM Lee: Human beings risk destroying earth by changing it
      112 8  -  Tan May Ping MANKIND must sooner or later come to terms with the fact that the earth can only sustain so much. Beyond that, they will destroy their own habitat. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew delivered this sobering message in
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      Lock icon IMF: S’pore could be Asia’s worst performing economy
      102 8 SINGAPORE’S economy, which relies heavily on trade, finance and tourism, will likely shrink the most among the region’s economies, contracting 10 per cent this year and 0.1 per cent next year, the Inter- national Monetary Fund (IMF) said. “If you look around
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      Lock icon COE prices hit 6-month high for all categories
      97 8 COE prices rose across the board to hit six-month highs yesterday. Certificate of entitlement for cars up to 1,600cc rose by 11.9 per cent to $8,489, and the premium for cars above 1,600cc inched by one per cent to reach $7,552. The
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      482 9  -  Movie magazine is weekly pullout inTheNewPaper Kerri Teo –KerriTeo,newsroomintern NOW showing and telling a first for The New Paper. Singapore’s premiere movie magazine, FiRST, has merged with The New Paper to become a weekly pullout. Thismeansthatmoviebuffswon’thaveto wait a month and pay $4.50 to get their movie
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      Lock icon Will electric cars create buzz?
      698 10  -  Government annnounces $20 million programme for‘green’ vehicles REPORT: DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg COME next year, our roads will be abuzz with the purr of electric vehicles under a new Government initiative to test their feasibility. A taskforce chaired by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the
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        474 11  - They offer real for TNP$ Netizens so keen on getting vouchers that they offer cash on forum websites Shea John Driscoll –SheaJohnDriscoll,newsroomintern THE race to collect TNP Dollars (TNP$) has just got hotter, with some netizens offering cash in exchange for TNP$ on forum websites. Forum user Yezhao, who posts
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      Lock icon Every minute with kids is precious to this MP
      612 12/13  -  She sits on so many committees, attends meet-the-people sessions but squeezes in time for family as well REPORTS: GENEVIEVE JIANG geneviev@sph.com.sg HAVINGdinnerathomeisaluxuryshecanrarelyafford.Sending her children to school every day and putting them to bed every night, are simpleactsshehardlyhastimefor. ButMemberofParliamentforBishan-Toa Payoh Josephine Teo
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      Lock icon Spend a day by the river
      170 12/13 SINGAPORE’Ssecond Family DayOut, to be held on 30 May, is to encourage Singaporeans to spend more time with their families. There will be a Family Day Out Carnival along the Singapore River from 10am to 6pm that day. Activities include a rock band family
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      Lock icon FAMILY TIES
      69 12/13 300S’poreanspolled The National Family Council conducted a poll of 300 Singaporeans last month on their perspectives of family. Mr Lim SoonHock,thecouncil’s chairman,said thepoll was donetoget an “instantpulse” on how Singaporeans feel about their families, and the findings are consistent with past national surveys. The graphics (left) shows some
      SOURCE: NATIONAL FAMILY COUNCIL TNP GRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG  -  69 words
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      60 14 Chinese women model the new diapers for active seniors at a park in Beijing on Tuesday. Chinese businesses are tailoring their products for a huge and largely unexplored niche market the elderly. The country has 143 million people aged over 60, with a combined annual income of 300
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      Lock icon 2 M’sian activists arrested ahead of showdown
      278 14 TIGHTSECURITYINIPOH AFP TWO Malaysian political activists have been arrested ahead of a parliamentary showdown between the government and the opposition over control of a northern state, officials said yesterday. The Barisan Nasional coalition has deployed tight security in Ipoh, the state capital of
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      Lock icon No ‘grand bargain’ with Iran, says US Defence Secretary
      85 14 DEFENCE Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that there is “no grand bargain” with Iran as the US tries to bolster relations with the Teheran government. Asked by reporters what kind of progress the US is hoping for with Iran, Mr
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      Lock icon Thailand to borrow $33.6b
      108 14 AFP THAILAND’S cabinet yesterday endorsed plans to borrow 800 billion baht ($33.6 billion) to fund a stimulus package of 1.4 trillion baht over the next three years, the finance minister said. The borrowing part of a so-called “Strong Thailand 2012” scheme would be used to invest
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      Lock icon Mumbai attacker pleads not guilty
      99 14 Reuters THE man accused of being the lone surviving gunman from last year’s Mumbai attack pleaded not guilty yesterday to 86 charges against him, including murder and waging war against India, lawyers said. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab was charged with being directly involved in seven cases
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      Lock icon Trio arrested for trying to send cake to PM Najib
      489 15 M’sianopposition members ‘celebrate’ murdered Mongolian’s birthday DELIVERING a birthday cake may seem like a happy event, but the 40 policemen guarding the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office building were not amused. Not only did they arrest the three men delivering the
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      452 16 AP ABUNGEE jumping, ostrich-riding British charity worker was named the winner of what has been dubbed the “Best Job in the World” a six-month contract to serve as caretaker of an Australian island. Mr Ben Southall, 34, beat nearly 35,000 applicants from around
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      Lock icon ONE WOMAN’S FACES OF COURAGE
      525 17 First US full-face transplant patient can smile talk again AP HER husband shot off most of her face with a shotgun in 2004. Ms Connie Culp had to endure 30 operations after that. Then, she persuaded doctors to let her be-comeAmerica’sfirstfull-facetransplantpatient. The 22-hour operation in
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      13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High36˚,Low28˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High29˚,Low27˚
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      327 19 MS JENNIFER CHAN PRESS SECRETARY TO MINISTER FOR EDUCATION SEXUALITY EDUCATION INRECENTweeks,theMinistryofEducation(MOE)has received feedback on the Sexuality Education Programme conducted by Aware, as well as other lessonmaterialnotinvolvingAware. MOE has done a thorough investigation and the followingaretheMinistry’sfindingsandfuturesteps. MOE and the schools do not promote alternative
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      60 19 On a suggestion to lower ERP charges during the current economic downturn: “Keepthe ERPas itis,so far,themost effective methodtomanage thetraffic jamsin Singapore.” code22xx “Abetter way isthat thetax oncars bebumped up to the level of the good old days when those who can’treally afford itwon’t buycars (ormultiple carsfor eachfamily
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      108 19 MRS A H SELVI TOUTING, it seems, is not confined only to Newton Food Centre. I guess it has reared its ugly head at the Little India Arcade. The moment the touts see any Caucasian tourist approaching, they spring into action. What
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        148 30 NST INTER TYCOON is the one to watch among five Restricted Maiden newcomers entered for the Penang Turf Club’s (PNTC) two-day meeting starting on Saturday. The three-year-old bay or brown American-bred colt by Aptitude out of My Honest Mistake ran a good second to stablemate Crafty Idea in
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        415 30 PENANG TRACKWORK NST COLOURLAND WAY geared up for a comeback win in the Egyptian Queen Handicap for Class 5 horses over 1,700m on Sunday with a smart workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Ustinov cantered one round
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        278 30 GOING: GOOD RACE1 CLASS5 1650m 1 HARRYHARRY133(12-5) BPREBBLE (5) 1 6 SERIOUSPLAY127(53-16) HWLAI (2) 2 11 CALLMECULLEN113(143-33) CWWONG (3) 3 9 DRAGONBOY120(38-14) DBEADMAN (7) 4 ?Trainer:KLMan.Margins:Nk,2.75.Time:1min41sec.EOB:$12.Forecast:$29. PlaceForecast:$11(Nos.1-6),$32(Nos.1-11),$55(Nos.6-11). Tierce:$975.Trio:$270.Quartet:$8084. RACE2 CLASS4 1650m 12 SUDDENSPLENDOR116(158-36) SKSIT (8) 1 5 CAREFREEMIDAS125(97-27) KLCHUI (4) 2 3 MEGABULLET130(21-8) MCHADWICK (7)
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        322 30 GOING: GOOD RACE1 MJPlate 1000m 5 PERSEPOLIS57(11-7) RHill (10) 1 10 WHOLEKABOODLE57(24-7) KTeetan (6) 2 8 SOVEREIGNSERVICE57(54-9) DDaniels (2) 3 2 COSTADEORO57(14-6) BLerena (5) 4 ?Trainer:VMarshall.Margins:6,hd,4.5.Time:58.1sec.EOB:$15.Forecast:$10. PlaceForecast:$4(Nos.5-8),$5(Nos.5-10),$14(Nos.8-10). Tierce: $54. Trio: $23. Quartet: $98. Course scratching: Classic Lecture, Logically, Rexcalibre. RACE2 MaidenPlate 1000m 2 MODERNEXPRESS58(8-5) RDanielson (1)
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        294 31 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOYESTERDAY’SKRANJITRACKWORK LAST-START winner Break Free showed winning form at Kranji yesterday. Brought out for a spin, the Laurie Laxon-trained charge drew notice to his chances when he reeled off 600m in 39.8sec after cantering a round on the Polytrack. The going was firm. The three-year-old
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        652 31 RACE1-1200m MS 6.30 1 Border MZaki (2) 59 2 Elite RFradd (14) 58 3 MondayNite VDuric (8) 57 4 ShenJiang SMarzuki (4) 55 5 GoodGeneral BWoodworth (10) 54 6 TriggerSuccess RMcMahon (13) 54 7 DaringTourist DBeasley (11) 53.5 8 Napoli TRBarnabas* (12) 53.5 9 Wicket
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        398 36/37 Garcia looks to change of fortune GOLF Reuters SERGIO Garcia goes into this week’s Players Championship in Florida, starting today, as the title-holder but also as one of the most out of form of theworld’s eliteplayers. The world No. 3 (right) scored a playoff victory last year
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        246 36/37 AFP MICHELLE Wie, the LPGA rookie best known for her attempts to make the cut among the men as a teen, enters the US$2.2 ($3.3m) LPGA Michelob Ultra Openin Virginiastill seekingher firstpro title. Wie (left) has six top-five finishes in LPGA Majors but
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        496 36/37  -  SHANNON REZEL npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a newsroom intern. IHAVEneverbeenthekindofpersonwhogetsemotionaleasily.Infact,I’dgosofarastosayIoccasionallyrevelintheaccidentalmishapsofothers. And I’ve never bought into the whole vol-unteer-work idea, partly because I doubted theeffectsithad. Butmuch of that changed when I headed downtoBukitBatok towatchthe childrenof Promisedland Community Service’s football teaminaction. Itwasanepiphanyofsorts,onethatatthe very least, left me smiling
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        249 36/37  -  SHANNON REZEL ANDYTan, Promisedland’sexecutive director,shares with us the traits important to any aspiring volunteer. COMMITMENT VOLUNTEERING with children is something that needs commitment– it’s not aone-off thing. If you want to see long-term results, then you need to put in the time. Time management is also important, as
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    • Sports Champions League
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        483 38/39 MANCHESTERUNITED–POST-MATCHREACTIONS Wire Services PERHAPS he was worried about his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren who were hurt in a car crash hours before the game. Or perhaps he knew that the job is not done yet despite an emphatic 3-1 Champions League semi-final second leg win over
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        394 38/39 RYAN GIGGS “The passing and the movement were brilliant all night and thatthird goal just toppedoffagreat performance.” CRISTIANO RONALDO “The shot (his first goal a 40m free-kick) was quite difficult to save because the ball moved a little bit. It was a good goal. I
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        291 38/39 ARSENAL–POST-MATCHREACTIONS Wire Services SPEECHLESS. Stunned. Hurt. Disappointed by his team’s meek performance, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger feels that the Gunners only have themselves to blame for their Champions League exit. So what is next for the Gunners, as they end up empty-hand-ed for the fourth
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        Lock icon What the Gunners say:
        416 38/39 Wire Services KOLOTOURE “I think it is really important to keep the players. I think we’re going to grow. And when you see the average age in our team, there are a lot of good young players. I think Kieran Gibbs played a fantastic game at
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        534 40  -  VIEWPOINT: FROM TWO MAN UNITED FANS David Lee 24, student SEPARATING the men from the boys, that’s what the Champions League semi-final between Manchester United and Arsenal was all about. An Arsenal banner read “Keep the faith”. Sure, but the Red Devils are the ones who keep
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        515 40  -  Mohamed Nazreen 23, student “SILLYArsene Wenger.” That seems to be the general gripe of many Arsenal/anti-Man United fans this morning after watching Fergie’s men decimate the boys from London in a most professionalmanner. Having said that, Arsenal fans, indeed all football fans, should pay tribute to
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        568 41  -  TheNewPaper’sfootball analyst TOHARIPAIJAN discussesManUnited’sgame plan with SHANNON REZEL SHANNON REZEL TOHARI SAYS: IN THE first leg, Manchester United’s three-man midfield played a crucial role and Arsene Wenger just didn’t have a response to them. It was the same in
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        Lock icon Arsenal fan hangs himself after defeat
        134 41 Reuters AN ARSENAL fan in soc-cer-mad Kenya hanged himself wearing his beloved team’s shirt after the Gunners’ defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League. Suleiman Omondi, 29, was found hanged at his home in a middle-class Nairobi estate shortly after leaving distraught from
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        409 42  -  TheNewPaper’s TOHARIPAIJAN and SHANNON REZEL discussParkJiSung’s worth TOHARIP AIJAN, SHANNON REZEL TOHARI SAYS: To me, Park is worth more than $110,000 a week. For that amount, he’s a steal. He never stops running the entire game and putsoutan immense amountof
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        324 42 PA Sport PARK Ji Sung can pack his boots for the Champions League final in Rome after being given a rousing assurance by Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United midfielder was distraught after missing out on the final against Chelsea in Moscow last season
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        632 43  -  TheNewPaper’s TOHARIPAIJAN and SHANNON REZEL are in awe of Cristiano Ronaldo’sperformance against Arsenal TOHARI PAIJAN SHANNO NREZEL TOHARI SAYS: The pace at which Ronaldo runs is amazing. He was lurking behind Djourou, but when Anderson passed him the ball,
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        Lock icon POWER, PACE, PRECISION, PASSION, PERFECTION PERFECTION
        676 44  -  Man United’s 5 Ps that silenced Arsenal Manchester United’sthirdgoal merely summed up everything that they stood for in their semi-final victory over Arsenal GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg ITWAS5.22am,minutesafterManchesterUnited demolished Arsenal at the Emir- ITWAS5.22am,minutesafterManchesterUnited atesStadium. The text messaging alert on my cellphonesounded. Asexpected,itwasfromafriend,a ManUnitedfan. He
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        Lock icon Arsenal are not that bad
        689 45  -  Champions League semi-final, second leg ARSENAL 1 (Robin van Persie 76-pen) MANCHESTER UNITED 3 (Park 8, Ronaldo 11,61) IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM THE EMIRATES AS DAWN broke on the morning after the worst night of his career, I wonder what Arsene
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      • Article
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        247 45 EXPLOSIVE WHOTRIES tocrack afree-kick insidethe nearpost fromadistance of40 metres? Only oneman. Cristiano Ronaldo’slateentry for Goal ofthe Seasonwas practicallyunstoppable and afittingway toseal aplacein the ChampionsLeague final. He’sa man ofdubious moral fibre,but my word, hecan certainlyplay football. UNLUCKY ITWOULD takeaheart ofstone not tofeelfor young KieranGibbs.Anexceptionallygifted left-back,he’ll needalot ofsupport torecover fromthatfateful
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        574 46 Another defeat, another bitter disappointment, another failure in Europe for Arsenal. We look athowArsene Wenger fails to clear the hurdle on the Champions League stage for the past six seasons Wire Services 6 Apr 2004 Quarter-final second leg: ARSENAL1 CHELSEA 2 (Agg: 2-3, First leg: Chelsea 1 Arsenal
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        164 47 LIVE TELECASTS UEFACUP (Semi-final, 2nd leg) Tomorrow: SHAKHTAR DONETSK v DYNAMO KIEV Ch 27,12.30am HAMBURG v WERDER BREMEN Ch 27, 2.45am Can the return of striker Mladen Petric (right) who has scored 20 goals this season, boost Hamburg and increase their slim 1 -0 first-leg lead? EPL Saturday: EVERTONv
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        20 47 BMW ITALIAN OPEN Today: DAY1 Ch 26, 9.30pm Tomorrow: DAY 2 Ch 26, 9.30pm PLAYERSC’SHIP Tomorrow: DAY1 Ch 26,1am
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        412 47 WHAT'S ON BLUKBS FIXTURES LOCAL EVENTS RUGBY What: Asian 5 Nations When: Saturday Where: Yio Chu Kang Stadium SINGAPORE, after losing to South Korea in their first game, will be hoping to do better in their second game against Kazakhstan on home ground. BODYBUILDING What: 47th National Bodybuilding and Fitness
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      Lock icon Where’s the common sense?
      454 48  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE DECISION to award a penalty could hardly be disputed. But a red card? Roberto Rosetti was too harsh with his decision to send off Darren Fletcher, who will now be suspended for the Champions League final in Rome on 27 May. The
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      48 1 WE KNOW MOVIES MOVIE DATE Mars and Venus collide in the movie theatre NOWEARTHISWe Spock the difference as Star Trek gets revived by JJ Abrams FIRST BITES Movie news FIRST FASHION The heavenly Ayelet Zurer on acting with Hollywood’s big names The best and worst of the red
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        974 2/3  -  JJ Abrams is in the captain’sseatheading to space, the final frontier. When he first saw Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the big screen as a teenager in 1979, he was blown away by the Starship Enterprise. Joanne Soh Fast forward 30 years, Abrams is given thekeysto theEnterprise
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        168 2/3 The 1701s that made it to the movies NCC 1701 E AS SEEN IN: First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis Sleek and strictly for action. though the longer saucer shape suggests a flying commode NCC-1701 AS SEEN IN: STAR TREK (TV series), STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE, STAR
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        159 2/3  -  Pop culture literacy requires a certain facility with Star Trek quotes– yes, evenfor disgruntled girlfriends. For the uninitiated,here’saprimeron classic Trek Speak that you can look out for in the new Star Trek movie, and use in your everyday life. May the Force be with you. Jason Johnson Attributed
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        266 4  -  How much better is the Star Trek prequel than the Star Wars prequels? Let us count the ways Jason Johnson 5 REVENGE WhileGeorge Lucasboggled ourminds and tested ourpatience with tradedisputes,economicblockades and senatehearings in The PhantomMenace, JJAbramsusesthe mosttried-and-trueplot engine instorytelling revenge tokeepStar Trek roaring along. Everyone canrelatetowanting tophoton
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    • FIRST BITES
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        109 6 It’shard toliveup toaname that essentially means No 1. Butasfar aswe’re concerned, this is a FiRST for us because it is the first time we are having a dedicated movie pullout in The New Paper. The New Paper FiRST team Whetherwe’ll beNo 1 in movie news, reviews and
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        90 6 First, it was Race To Witch Mountain. Now, Dwayne Johnson may have to go down, deep down, to 20,000 leagues. Johnson could join Terminator Salvation directorMcGin the remakeofDisney’s classic film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. Itisn’tconfirmedif Johnson isplaying Captain Nemo, as McG has
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        Lock icon AGE NO PROBLEM
        118 6 Bruce Willis (below, with his girlfriend Emma Heming) may be in his mid-50s, but unlike Jackie Chan, who is choosing drama over action becauseof“age”,Willis hasthree action filmson hisplate ifnegotiations go well. The first is Red, an action-thriller based on a comic series about an ex-CIA agent forced
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        61 6 One guy who has yet to fail us is Quentin Tarantino. So you can guess how excited we were when we saw the poster for his upcoming film Inglorious Basterds. Starring Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Maggie Cheung, this WWII actioner about a group of
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        111 6 While Wolverine conquers box offices worldwide, Hugh Jackman has turned in his claws for some ghostbusting action. The Aussie has signed on to star and produce Ghostopolis, based on the graphic novel by DougTenNapel. The movie is about a government agent whose job is to send
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        110 6 Poor Scarlett Johansson. Her first directorial effort has found its way to the cutting floor instead of the projection room. Originally part of the upcoming anthology film,New York, I Love You, Johansson’s black-and-white short film, which starred Kevin Bacon, was deemed too sombre and not a
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        55 6 Old Hugh has had quite a few looks over the years, which suggests he could easily slip into any new career should he want to... Oily boyband with exploding muscles? Kinky puritan or Heavy metal cowboy? Shy waiter? The lost member of Hi-Five? Provider of high-class piggyback rides?
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        318 8  -  More than meets the eye candy Jason Johnson THE only thing better than a robot is a giant robot,and ifthere’s onethingdirector MichaelBay’s upcoming Transformers: RevengeOfThe Fallen hasalot of,it’s giant robots. Whetheryou’re12 years oldor just12 years old at heart (a show of hands?), this is probably all you need to
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        228 8  -  Gladiator in green? Joanne Soh Russell Crowe may be playing one of Englishliterature’soldestsurviving fictional character, Robin Hood, but unlike the part made famous by Errol Flynn, man in tights he will be not. It’s notbecauseof hisphysiqueeither. Crowe, who lost about 25kg for the role, has never looked better
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        464 9  -  Small talk about big flicks JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg AFTER four months of maternity leave, Flick Chickisback cluckingabout what’sshowing onthe big screen witha difference. Nowthat I’vemy own littlechick,perhaps this column should be renamed Mother Hen At The Movies. Because, like the size of my
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        476 10  -  OurfilmcriticstakeaMarsvsVenuslookattheweek’smosttalked-abouttitleatthelocalcineplex JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg The thing that made Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek television programme from 1966 so endearing and enduring is that it perfectly balanced cheap visceral thrills with high-flown ideas and ideals. OneminuteMr Spock ponders man’s place in the universe.
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        55 10 Ifyou haven’t alreadywatched them, catch these shows before they are gone. SELLOUT! Evincing equal parts amateurishness and rare talent, Sell Out! is a weird duck of a movie. WOLVERINE Atonce epic and frenetic, Wolverinesuffers froma certainamount of over-ambition.It’s a great-lookingflick, butthere’s simplytoo muchgoing on. THEHORSEMEN Thisstoryof adetective (DennisQuaid)investigating
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        85 10  -  JJ Imagine Lost In Translation, but with Brittany Murphy scrubbing a toilet instead of Scarlett Johansson lazing around in her underwear. The Ramen Girl is a fish-out-of-water story about young American Abby (Murphy), who decides to become a ramen cook after her boyfriend dumps her in Tokyo.
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        85 10  -  JJ JapanesedirectorYojiYamada’sKabeiisnota samuraifilmintheveinofhis“Samurai Trilogy”,butitsharesthesamesenseof wisdom, empathy and quiet strength that earned his earlier efforts such high regard. Thistearjerkershowswar’scorrosive effects on those far behind the frontlines. AprofessorwhoopposesJapan’s occupation of China is jailed, leaving his wife to raise two young daughters on her own. Relatives and a special friend of the
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        105 10  -  JJ An arty little trifle focusing on the lives of ennui-laden office workers, the story unfolding backwards through the weeks and months, the dreamy cinematography daring you not to admire it, Claustrophobia has all the hallmarks of an insufferably boring filmfest flick. Why, then, is it so unusually riveting?
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        563 12 Her exotic name may be a mouthful,butyou’llsoon remember it. After all, Ayelet Zurer beat more than 100 hopefuls, including Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, for the lead female role in RonHoward’supcoming Angels Demons. The movie, which opens here on 14 May, istheprequel toHoward’s 2006 movie The Da Vinci
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        464 13  -  It’sabout space– or thelack of it. Kwok Kar Peng And according to Ekin Cheng, the life of an office-bound employee is simply tragic. The realisation comes especially clear after his portrayal of a white-collar manager in the movie Claustrophobia, premiering in local cinemas today. As he told The New
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        306 14  -  Who on earth knew that Trekkies could look so out of this world? Stars glam up the red carpet Jeanmarie Tan Zoe Saldana has been making stunning red-carpet appearances around the world to promote her new movie, Star Trek. She plays alluring communications officer Uhura, the only
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        263 15  -  Side-splitting scenes of split personality Jason Johnson MOVIE EXTRAS There was a time when heavy metal seemed scary, back when Satan bothered to put backwards messages in tracks. These days, the excesses of metal are generally taken for what they are: showmanship. Few today are alarmed by
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        95 15  -  JJ MOVIE EXTRAS With its cool colour palette, streamlined design and measured pace, The Day The Earth Stood Still is rather reserved, and that seems inappropriate for what is essentially a space-invasion movie. It tells the story of interstellar hitman Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), who
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        75 15  -  JJ MOVIE EXTRAS AdamSandlerisn’texactlyknownfor makingfamily-friendlyfare–pitythe poor children who witnessed Little Nicky –buthemakesadecentgoofhisfirst Disney comedy. He plays a handyman who dreams of taking over the hotel once owned by his father. When the colourful bedtime stories hemakesuptoamusehissister’skids start to come true in real life, he thinks he’sontheroadtorichesandbabes. Bedtime Stories
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      54 2/3 CALL AND WIN! We have 10 pairs of tickets to catch Star Trek, courtesy of United International Pictures. To win, call our Infoline at 1900 914 0801 and answer this question. Who directed Star Trek? 1. JJ Abrams 2. Chris Pine 3. Zachary Quinto Contest ends tomorrow at midnight. Each
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      275 4 3r FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE DAVINCI CODE IN t < A > V V I TOM HANKS IS ROBERT LANGDON RON HOWARD iiui ANGELS DEMONS ■■bis mi ■ISlHUB!' EWAIMiGBRI HI SUM "SIS MIS SBilllfl Mil 1RRISA IIS lllll II. "5SSBAUAR CAMERON Si Sill! Ill lit SMI 1! mm s»sm
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      49 6 GIVEAWAY WE’REgiving awayan EeePC Seashell (1008Ha)laptopinblack, worth$798, courtesyof Asus. Weighingjust 1.1kg,theEee PC Seashellfeaturesa 10-inch screen withanergonomically-designed keyboard,an intelligentenergy managementsystem and anintuitive multi-touchtouchpad. Towin a laptop, callour Infoline at 1900-914 0801and answer this simplequestion: Howheavyis theEee PC Seashell laptop? 1.1.1kg 2.10.1kg 3.100.1kg Thecontestcloses on 31May at midnight.Each call costs20 cents.
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      88 8 GIVEAWAY Inconjunction with Mother’sDay, we’re givingawayfiveMother’s Day hampers, each worth $90, courtesy of Action City. Each hamper consists of a Love Hug massager and hand warmer. There is also a pair of tickets to catch YojiYamada’s Kabei– Our Mother, afilm about a Japanese family torn apart during World War II.
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      35 9 FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE DAVlNCI CODE -WSJ T •m rJ li >h v\ t A V. V M ia^^r T TOM HANK IS ROBERT LANGDON ANGELS DEMONS (pg) Violence IwvSIHI www.SonyPictures.com.sg CDLUMBIArT] picturesLLJ 0
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      142 11 T The Birth oi a ,Rise, of a Legend. The be<ginIning= of a War, i ■< vj. v v» L A i n A Iflb H E i \i R C A I |S E O it v j V I J v 4k~ i 111"! i i IV m
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      55 13 THEfirstmovie courted controversy,and this prequellooks likelytofollow inits footsteps. Butmorethan justa headlinemagnet, Ron Howard’sAngels &Demons promisesto beaspowerful and movingas2006’s The Da VinciCode. Returningin thelead role isTom Hanks(left) witha star-studdedcastthat includesEwan McGregor, StellanSkarsgard and new IsraelihottieAyelet Zurer. Angels&Demons opens on14 May. Weare giving away80 pairsoftickets for a13 Maypreview, courtesy ofSonyPictures. TurntoPage 4
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      57 16 'Paced at warp speed with spectacular action sequence Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter exhilarating' Colin Kennedy, Empire Magazine 'an edge-of-seat thrill-ride' Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile fi Dote I j OTP? > r -Z > a 2 rm f 6? r yJk is T H E FUTURE B E G in 5
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