The New Paper, 24 May 2009

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    • 37 1 Dead baby dumped at Yishun bus stop LOVE IN THE TIME OF CANCER S’pore woman in deathbed marriage Farrah Fawcett’s deathbed docu draws 9mil viewers She says ‘I do’, then dies Exploitative, awful, brave, 11 18 2
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    • 957 2/3  -  ‘IDO’ ON DEATHBED Boyfriend of 15 years weds cancer-stricken woman in hospice as last gift to her REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg FORafewpreciousmoments,thepallidspectreofdeathwasreplacedbytheblushoftruelove.Inaplaceofpain,therewasjoy.Inthemidstofcrisis, therewascelebration. Shewasdying.Butonthatspecialdayinahospice, shewasalivewithlove. Herboyfriendof15years,retiredbusinessmanTeo Jit Sin, proposed. Two weeks later, on 26 Apr, they got married. Exactlytwoweekslater,shedied. Breast
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    • 628 4  -  Clerk loses allowance after Viet bride backs out ‘IDON’T’ON D–DAY REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg HE was all set to marry a Vietnamese girl who caught his eye during a matchmaking tour to Ho Chi Minh City early this month. Mr Joseph Pereira, mid-30s, proposed, and Miss
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    • News Neighbours Divided
      • 1257 6/7  -  Resident claims neighbour hit car with cat faeces, neighbour refutesthis REPORT: TAN MAY PING, AUDREY TAN tnp@sph.com.sg THE road that divides residents at the infamous Everitt Road is long, winding, and seems neverending. Little seems to have changed in the 16 years since
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      • 561 8 MadamTan’sversion: While cycling around the neighbourhood that night on her motorised bicycle some time before 11 pm, businesswoman Tan Bee Hua, 51, stopped in front of the Chan family house to look inside, claiming that she saw spotlights and thought there was filming going on.
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    • News S’poreans Divided
      • 457 9  - .Regardless of race, language or religion... or... REPORT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg THE cynics made little of it, calling itacatfight. But, for President S R Nathan, the Aware saga was more. In opening a new session of Parliament earlier this week, President Nathan called on Singaporeans to learn from the
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    • 661 10  -  REPORT PICTURE: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg IMAGINE spending hundreds of hours creating your very own map of Singapore, complete with street names, HDB block numbers, favourite food haunts,andevenspeedtrapsontheroad–justforfun. That’swhatMrOngCheeChung,38,hasdone,with the help of thousands of online enthusiasts who are equally mad about global positioning
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    • 568 11  -  BodyfoundatYishunbusstop REPORT:HOLIAN-YI HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg IT WAS one of the most public places to hide a heinous crime. But a Yishun Avenue 4 bus stop, opposite Naval Base Primary School, was where a dead baby was discovered yesterday. It was around
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    • 664 12  -  Reminiscingwiththe NUSclassof’59attheir 50th anniversary reunion REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg ON first receiving notice of a reunion for a class of ’59, you should be ashamed if you thinkout loud,“oh dear,surealloldies”. With particular attention to this group of “oldies”,therewere
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    • 175 12  -  TNP$ AUCTION: SERIES 2 Han Yongming newsroom intern MIDNIGHTtoday– that’s when bidding for the Star Cruises prizes will close. Up for grabs are five pairs of SuperStar Virgo packages each worth $1,020 and $840 respectively to Malacca/Kuala Lumpur and Redang Island. These packages are two-night stays for
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    • 1073 14/15  -  Overpaid, overclaimed and over there. British MPs suffered a public backlashwhentheirridiculousexpenseclaimsrecentlycametolight. Could this happen in Singapore? HO LIAN-YI talks to our MPs HO LIAN-YI WHEN the hidden perks that British MPs enjoyed at the public’s expense came to light, there was outrage. The public fury
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    • 372 14/15  -  COMMENT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg THEongoingexpose ofBritain’s MPs’ expenses– for moat cleaning,baby wipes, horse manure, tree trimming, among other suchvitals givesroom for thought:Couldit ever happen here? Obviously not, though our parliamentary system is based on the British model; we have no cause for an
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    • Article, Illustration
      378 16 IleakedMPs’expenseclaims:Ex-commando UKMPs’ C–sSillyexpenseclaimsbyBritishlawmakershaveangeredthepublicandcausedascandal.Someclaimsincludemoneyformoatcleaning,floatingduckhouses,chandelierinstallationandtoiletseatsCLAIMS£135onmaintenance£112.52ontoiletbowlrepairs£1ona Sillyexpense claimsbyBritish lawmakershave angeredthepublic andcauseda scandal.Some claimsinclude moneyformoat cleaning,floating duckhouses, chandelier installationand toiletseats A FORMER commando has come forward to say he acted as a middleman to help leak details of British lawmakers’expensestoanewspaper. Private security consultant John Wick, formerly of Britain’s famed SAS,
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    • 606 17 Oustedpoliticianscallforhungerstriketoprotestagainsttakeover TWO ousted Perak politicians are now resorting to a hunger strike in their attempt to call for a dissolution of the state assembly and force fresh elections in the state. According to several reports, former Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and
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    • 187 17 AS THE official meet between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart (above) ended, Malaysian reports over their talks seem to have painted it as a healthy one, couched in optimistic tones with promise of a more trusting and enduring ties. Bernama quoted
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    • 788 18 ’70siconFarrahFawcett’srawandbrave deathbeddocumentarydraws9millionviewers SHE was the sex symbol of the ’70s with the most famous hair in the world then. But Farrah Fawcett has lost her glorious flowing golden curls in her battle against cancer. She is now bald and dying and back on
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    • 660 19 Mariah’sdivademands create stir at Cannes Dis for Demanding. I is for Irritating, V is for Vanity and A is for Angry. Put them together and they spell diva which, if accounts of her behaviour at Cannes are to be believed, describe singer Mariah Carey. When she arrived
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    • 232 19 AMERICAN Idol also-ran Clay Aiken (left) tore into thisyear’s runner-up Adam Lambert. Hedescribed Lambert’s rendition of“Ring ofFire”as“contrived,” “awful,” and “slightly frightening”,reported AP. Aiken lost out to Ruben Studdard in 2003. Heposted hiscomments onhis subscription-onlywebsite afterbeing asked aboutitby afan. “Ihappenedto turnit(on) duringthe minutethat AdamLambert was singing “RingofFire”
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    • News Snapshot
      • 322 20 EX-SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KILLS SELF OVER CORRUPTION SCANDAL FORMER South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, who was at the centre of a multi-million dollar corruption probe, plunged to his death off a mountainside yesterday in an apparent suicide. Police said they were investigating whether Mr Roh,
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      • Article, Illustration
        59 20 AP MASS ATTACK: Journalists and police officers at the Church of the Assumption in Katmandu, Nepal, where a bomb exploded during Saturday morning mass, killing two people and wounding 15, police said. It was the first such attack on a Christian church in Nepal, where most of the
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      • 93 20 THE Ten-Year Series (TYS) will be back in July, said the Ministry of Education. Much sought after by students and parents, the series compiles questions from past O- and A-level exams. But publishers were told to hold off publishing past-year examination
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      • 86 20 A canoeing instructor drowned after his canoe capsized in MacRitchie Reservoir on Friday, according to national water agency PUB. Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at about 6.45pm. When they arrived, the victim had already been pulled onto shore
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      • 92 20 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs is expanding its capabilities to provide consular assistance to overseas Singaporeans in distress. It is also adopting a whole-of-Government approach in- volving other ministries to render help, said Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo. “As more
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      • 109 20 THE Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) is on the lookout to hire 1,500 officers in the next year or two, mainly as uniformed frontline officers at the neighbourhood police centres and land checkpoints. Home Team officers will get the chance to work in different
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    • News Exchange
      • 538 22 / 23  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg I’M not an American Idol fan, so watching the final episode last week was amazing for a different reason. There was Kris Allen, Christian, goody-two-shoes, 23 and already married, arm slung low over the waist
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      • 10 22 / 23 TNP PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: LIM SAY HENG
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      • 197 22 / 23 S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX We rate the past week’s news good and bad. +10 Singapore will refine some policies and come up with new strategies to help the country cope in a new world order, said PresidentS R Nathan.It will seek new markets, for example, and develop new capabilities in emerging
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      • 45 22 / 23 “Walau! Kelong!” Awoman commentingon American Idol favourite Adam Lambert losing to Kris Allen. “What’snext? Asongon how to wipeafterusing thetoilet?” Aman commentingon the Health PromotionBoard release of a song titled Washy Washy Clean to teach pre-schoolers how to wash their hands correctly,
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      • 65 22 / 23 1 Whenhewas young,his ambitionwas to bea taxidriver. 2 Heisamulti -instrumentalist. Heplaysthe viola, guitar,ukulele, and piano. 3 The devoutChristian hasdonemissionary workincountries likeBurma, Morocco, Mozambique,South Africa,Spain and Thailand. 4 Heisthefirst winnerof American Idolwho ismarried. Hemarried hischildhood sweetheart lastyear. 5 Krisalmost didn’t makeitto thefinals. Hewas
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  • Page 14/15 Miscellaneous
    • 69 14/15 -3v 1 MOVIE IN SINGAPORE! "Totally worth watching!" "Definitely a must watch movie of the -MohamedHafizuddin, 19, student year asjde from Transformers 2!" Yutaki James, 21, Student 'I enjoyed every second of it!" CherylThian, 17,Student ■A- "Great plot with endless action I was glued to my seat!" -Keith Kim YuHeng,
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    • 695 24 / 25  -  Trueorfalse? ZoeTay’sbosom issobig,ithad tobedigitally reduced in a publicity poster. True,admits MediaCorp. We did it because... REPORT:KWOK KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg ZOETay’sBIG.So big, in fact, that rumour has it that the Queen ofCaldecotthadtohaveher,ahem,assetsdigitally reduced on a poster for The Ultimatum, for fear of stealingthethunderfromherco-stars. So big,
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    • 189 24 / 25 MOREDODGY DIGITISING ZOEisn’tthe onlyartiste withadoctored digital image. Fann also had her head and hands “relocated”on the coverof herthirdalbum, Missing You, released in 1999. The former singer had gone to Taiwan for the photo shoot. The crew decided that they liked one pose but preferred the facial
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        • 568 26 / 27  - Light bright designs to fight cancer blues Aussie creates ‘unfussy’collection after beating illness REPORTING FROM SYDNEY YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg WHEN Jayson Brunsdon took his bow after his show at the Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, it capped a tumultuous year for him. The Australian designer, who’s in his early 40s,
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        • 207 26 / 27  -  Yeoh Wee Teck I HAD a fashion-festival overdose earlier this month. In two weeks, I attended two fashion festivals in two countries. It started in Sydney for the Rosemount Australian Fashion Festival and ended with the inaugural Audi Fashion Festival in Singapore. So what can
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        485 28 / 29  -  Magazinecelebrates25thanniversarywith meninblacktieandwomeninstylishdresses REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg YOU may have spotted them at your upscale hair stylist’s or your dentist’s minimalist waiting room. Decision makers, head honchos, movers and shakers, big kahunas, captains of industry (if you’ve coined a neologism, mail me). Found between the pages
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      • 353 30  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg MUCH as I love my vegetables and fruits, I could never renounce my life as an omnivore. Meat is just too much of a temptation for me, not to mention red meat. Of course, one could go on about the health
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      • 484 31  -  SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO JUST PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg THE fast, the tall, and the bald not your friendly neighbourhood men’s tailor, but what caught the imagination from news that made small headlines last week. Hair roostorer Man, U had to smile, if
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      • 368 31  -  (according to HDB) S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg DON’Tvandalise.Don’tlitter. Don’t urinate anywhere other than in atoiletunlessyou’relivinginthejungle. These are some of the takeaways from a guidebook called My Neighbour, My Friend, It Begins With Me. It was launched by the Housing Development Board (HDB)
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    • Enjoy Columns
      • 407 32  -  DAVID TIAN tnp@sph.com.sg WHAT’Sthebestwaytoavoidgoingouton yet anotherboring and dry date? Youknow,thekindtypifiedbystale,stiff, interview-likequestionsoneaftertheother, punctuatedbyawkwardsilences. Some men think that they can convince a girl to like them through sheer reasoning. He presents the pros and cons, and then demonstrates why the advantages of inghimasamateoutweighthedisadvantages. Tomyembarrassment,Iapproachedromancethiswayformuchofmyadultlife. My friends and I
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      • 204 32 What advice would you give a woman who wants to get to know.. a good-looking, but very shy guy? How can a lady get to know him without looking too easy? Yours, Debbie. Dear Debbie, How to seduce shy men? Great question, as there are plenty of
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      • 527 32  -  S MURALI FATHER FIGURES muralis@sph.com.sg OKAYpeople, it’s mathstime again. I know, I know. You finished school a long timeago and don’thave toworry about such things anymore. But this is important. It is about the future of our kids. It’s aboutwhat’sgoing tohappen totheir tiny little heads,
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 306 33 BRAIN WORKOUT TAN KIN LIAN Thereare fivehouses in differentcolours in a row.Each occupantplays adifferent instrument, drinksadifferent beverage, keeps adifferent pet. 1. The dalmatianowner livesin the lasthouse. 2. Francislivesin the green house. 3. The trumpetplayer keepsspaniel. Howtoplay 1.Findthecluesthat indicateafixedHouse (egGeorgelivesinfirst house)andotherrelated clues(egbluehousenext toGeorge’s).Fillthetable withtheclues. 2.Findothercluesthat canbeplacedintable. Youmayhavetofigure outafewrelatedclues together. 3.Onceyou’veworked outallthecluesandput
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 294 34 WATCH’EM PICTURE:GOLDEN VILLAGE Rogue(above) StarMovies (StarHubCh 58),9pm Someadventure-seeking touristsinnorthern Australiaget more thanthey bargained forwhen theyare strandedon a remoteisland andcross the pathofa massiveman-eating crocodile.Starring MichaelVartan,Radha Mitchell. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 12.30pm Footballer’sLives 1.00 MelindaAndMelinda 3.00 Beautyand theGeek IV: 4.00 AmericanIdol VIII 6.00 AreYouSmarter Than A 5thGrader? 7.00 LemonySnicket’s A Series OfUnfortunate Events
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    • 32 36 Saturday, 23 May 2009 First Second Third 9762 8605 7415 Starters 4641 8209 8640 0938 4795 5192 0112 9442 2294 9253 Consolation 5518 7915 6696 5740 0012 2253 8197 2637 1361 6820
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    • Sports Racing
      • 689 36 RACE 1 1st 3 Sheedy ($11-$5) 2nd 8 Talaana ($43) 3rd 6 Rollins ($14) 4th 4 Danedarra. EOB $14. Forecast $34. Place forecast $5 (3-6), $15 (3-8), $15 (6-8). Tierce $278. Trio $55. Quartet $376. Scratching: Guderian. RACE 2 1st 3 Bashful Girl ($15-$18) 2nd 5
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      • 422 36 GOING: GOOD Race1 RM(STRAIGHT)1100m 1 EMBASSY55c54(15-7) WKYan (12) 1 1 1 (506) 10 METICULOUSMIND55(15-5) BNShahrul (2) 5 3 2 (475) 3.25 14 CENTURYFLYBOY52.5c51.5(157-34) SAnandan (15) 7 7 3 (444) 0.5 8 JOINTEFFORT55(60-21) VSivan (9) 3 2 4 (503) 2.25 ?Winningowner:TWWong.Trainer:KHNg.Time:1min3sec. Forecast:$10.Tierce:$382.Quartet:$2302.MalaysianW/P:RM16,RM7,RM6,RM29. PForecast:$5(1-10),$29(10-14),$20(1-14).Trio:$105.EOB:$13. Coursescratching:13:SentosaBeauty(withdrawn) Race2 C5(STRAIGHT)1100m 3 SKYSOLDIER57(11-5)
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      • 904 37 RACE 1 (1,200m) Cool Cat (3) has rounded into form with front-running seconds at two of his past three starts and will take some catching. Forest Star (7) finished a length behind Cool Cat at his latest run but has consistently hit the frame at
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      • 923 37 RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 CRYSTAL YSTSUI THSO 133 11 2 GALACTICTACTIC CHYIP YTCHENG 129 8 3 COOLCAT DJHALL KCLEUNG 127 7 4 BELIEVEINCHANGE PO'SULLIVAN DWHYTE 126 5 5 MASTERRIO KLMAN ZPURTON 126
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      • Article, Illustration
        224 38 Danny Khoo Marc Tan RACE 11 RACE 10 RACE 9 RACE 8 RACE 7 RACE 6 RACE 5 RACE 4 RACE 3 RACE 2 RACE 1 King’s Avenue Golden Might D’Mighty Kingdom Fire General Blue Shark Triple Smile Fond Memory Captain Obvious Triple Hee Kingdom Power Teamwork 1
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      • 1123 38 RACE1 Trainer S Chua was fined $500 for presenting SHEN JIANG without a cross nose band, which was part of its approved gear. SHEN JIANG and TWELFTH AVENUE were slow to begin. TWELFTH AVENUE showed no early pace. Making the turn near the
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      • 111 38 DO not look past this first-up winner from the yard of Ipoh handler Chong Keng Leong. The three-year-old gelding by Verglas should continue his winning ways over the 1,200m trip at his home ground this afternoon. Last month, over the 1,100m straight
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      • 1442 39 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 12.45 -1600m(Turf) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 --0620 WealthSector 57 (43) YAifyc1 3 (5agPRoslan-Princess) 2 -***** Coffeentea 56.5 (42) LouHo*c2 9 (5agEBreukelen-MStable) 3 065-00 Akashi 55.5 (40) PBraem 6 (10agPRoslan-Akashi) 4 162-2- Mazenze 55.5 (40) AKumarc1
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
      • 297 40 AFP FRANCE’S Karine Icher fired a six-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the LPGA Corning Classic on Friday. SouthKorea’sHanHeeWonshotafive-under67 and is two shots back in second. “Ididgoodtodayfromthefairway,soI’mhappy aboutthat,”Ichersaid. “Ihadgoodputtsanditwasagoodround.” Icher and South Korean Park Hee Young had shared the
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      • 350 40 FILIPINO Angelo Que successfully defended the US$50,000 ($75,000) ICTSI Mt Malarayat Championship yesterday at Mt Malarayat Golf and Country Club in the Philippines. Que rolled in a pressure par-putt from six feet on the last hole to beat Thai Namchok Tantipokakul by a stroke for his third
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      • 403 40 AP RORY Sabbatini followed an unconventional par with four consecutive birdies en route to a season-best six-under 64 and a share of the second-round lead with John Mallinger at the Byron Nelson Championship. Mallinger eagled both par fives at the TPC Four Seasons and made a
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    • Sports Tennis
      • 742 41 AFP RAFAEL Nadal believes his game is almost perfect as he targets an historic fifth successive French Open title. The 22-year-old world No.1, whose incredible Roland Garros record stands at 28 wins from 28 matches, has already written off losing his 33-match claycourt
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 679 42 / 43  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT YESTERDAY,Lewis Hamilton “lied” to my colleague Brian Miller and yours truly. Never again for at least a few more races, will we trust you, Hamilton. What? You might ask, another lying scandal after how he lied to officials at the Australian
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      • 870 42 / 43 AP FORMULA One championship leader Jenson Button won pole position yesterday for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Brawn GP driver will start first on the grid for the fourth time this year after setting a fastest lap of 1 min 14.902 sec around the famous street
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      • 194 42 / 43 AP ABU DHABI Grand Prix organisers are ready to stage Formula One’sseason finaleatnight. The inaugural race, which closes the 17-race calendar, will be held at the newly built Yas Marina circuit on 1 Nov. “We have the possibility to do it,” circuit boss Philippe Gurdjian
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    • Sports Girl Power
      • 888 44 / 45  -  This week, in our series on women who push the frontiers ofsport,JOYCELIMfindsout how cycling became the new craze for rising national triathlete star Dinah Chan JOYCE LIM BELIEVE in yourself and nothing is impossible. That’s Dinah Chan’s philosophy of life. And she has proven to be
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    • Sports Champions League
      • 692 46  -  EXCLUSIVE STEVE BATES npsports@sph.com.sg ThewriteristheChiefFootballWriterofEngland'sThePeople. PARK JI SUNG has revealed that Champions League final legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given him shooting lessons in a bid to improve his finishing. Park will be a certain starter in Rome against Barcelona in the Champions League
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      • 527 46  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT IT WAS a year ago, almost exact to the date. By chance, a few Asian journalists gathered at the entrance of the media centre at the Luhzniki Stadium, Moscow. A day later, Manchester United would play Chelsea in the Champions
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    • 799 49 Match: 0304 WIGAN v PORTSMOUTH (2.00) (3.15) (3.20) (4.00) (1.18) -1.5 +1.5 D-H D-D D-D D-D D-D H-H 1-0 (6.50) 1-1 (5.50) 1-1 (5.50) 0-0 (8.00) 0-0 (8.00) 1-0 (6.50) Wigan Draw Draw Draw Draw Wigan Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth 1,2 2,3 2,3 0,2 0,2
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    • Sports PowerTable
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        662 50 THE SIGNS are ominous for the Magpies. Michael Owen is out of Newcastle’s relegation showdown against Aston Villa as Alan Shearer orders his squad to take its last chance to save the club from devastation. The England and Newcastle striker has failed to shake off a groin problem
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      • 145 51 For 370 matches (as at 19 May) 1x2 H: Home D: Draw A: Away H D A Number of times GOAL -1.5/2.5 +1.5/2.5 167 96 107 TOTAL GOALS 99 271 41 68 83 85 54 27 7 3 2 Nil 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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      • 216 51 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE STATISTICS 2008/2009 The Player With The Most Shots On Target Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 115 Shots Off Target Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 56 Shots Without Scoring Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) 70 Shots Per Goal David Bentley (Tottenham) 61 Assists Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd), Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 10 Offsides Marlon
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        762 52 GARYLIM LOWRISK ManUtdto beat HullCity on the 1x2 BACKinthe2006/07season,ManUnited incurred the wrath of many when they tookiteasyintheirfinalleaguegame. Intheend,WestHamwonthematch to escape the drop, leaving the rest fuming. Will Man Utd play a weakened side againstHullCitytonight? Chances are, Sir Alex Ferguson won’t care two hoots about what others think ofhim.
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      • 519 53  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE SPORTS FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg THIS season Newcastle have had three managers two messiahs and a raving looney. And if two messiahs can't save you, you're probably going to hell. Or the Championship. We'll never know what would have happened if messiah no 1, Kevin
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      • 636 54  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg YOU CAN feel the tension on the streets. Everywhere you look, you can see the nerves and the anxiety etchedon people’sfaces. Everyone knows the facts, but there’s no one here who can tell you what it will all mean in the end.
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        141 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: ASTON VILLA v NEWCASTLE Ch 27,11pm Can Mark Viduka (right) help Newcastle climb out of the bottom three on the final day of the season and avoid dropping into the Championship? LIVERPOOL v TOTTENHAM Ch 23,11pm HULL v MAN UNITED Ch 24,11pm ARSENAL v STOKE
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      • 17 55 MONACO GRAND PRIX Tonight: RACE DAY Ch 24,7pm RACE START Ch 24,8pm CHEQUERED FLAG Ch 24,9.45pm
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      • 13 55 BMWPGAC’SHIP Tonight: DAY 4 Ch 26,10.45pm HPBYRONNELSONC’SHIP Tomorrow: DAY 4 Ch 26,1am
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      • 15 55 FRENCH OPEN Tonight: DAY 1 Ch 21, 5pm Tomorrow: DAY 2 Ch 21, 5pm
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    • 250 56 RAFAEL Benitez has made peace with Sir Alex Ferguson in a private letter. The pair have been at loggerheads all year, but the Spanish Liverpool boss wrote to Ferguson after the Manchester United manager’s grandson was badly injured in a car crash, reported the Daily Mirror’s
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