The New Paper, 25 May 2009

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1 48 The New Paper
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    20 1 the new paper 25 May 09 mon __Ji_ A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS 3|dJ I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      58 1 O R I G I N A L the new paper TNP DOLLARS $50 the new paper ONLY ORIGINAL TNP DOLLARS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW PAPER ARE VALID PET OWNERS DUMP DOGS ON UBIN Pedigree breeds like german shepherds, a siberian husky and terriers abandoned on island, say residents PAGE
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      33 1 EPL RELEGATION BATTLE Full reports, reviews and reactions in Sports Noon Edition WOODLANDS COFFEE-SHOP DRAMA PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS Lady boss scalded, slashed with bread knife, as horrified customers look on PAGE
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      Lock icon MAN LEAVES GERMAN SHEPHERD IN SEA & speeds away from Pulau Ubin in boat
      1101 2/3  - MAN LEAVES GERMAN SHEPHERD IN SEA speeds away from Pulau Ubin in boat REPORTS:DESMONDNG DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg FROM wild hornbills to flying foxes to wild boars, Pulau Ubin has always been known for its rich biodiversity and natural landscape. But in recent years, it has also become a convenient dumping
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      523 4  -  Swedish International Liberal Centre says: REPORT:LIEW LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg NETIZENS were abuzz over a meeting between him and Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Siew Kum Hong last month. But Mr Johan Skarendal, 29, a member of the Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC), has rubbished online
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      Lock icon SHOUTS, Quarrel between coffee-shop boss and assistant SCREAMS, Assistant throws hot water on her boss SLASH Assistant almos tsevers boss’ thumb with bread knife
      583 6 FIRSTcamethesoundofquarrelling.Thencameascream,followedbyloudyells.Andbeforetheyknewit,itwasabloodymess. For customers at this 24-hour coffee shop at Block 892CWoodlandsDrive50,whatbeganasaquiet, normalSundaymorningturnedintoanythingbut. A quarrel had started between a female coffee shop assistantandherladyboss. Itescalated quicklyandledtotheassistantallegedly attackingherbossbypouringhotwateronher. Butitdidn’tendthere.
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      Lock icon He sank in water, so I tried to reach him with feet
      575 7  -  COLLEAGUE (RIGHT) IN CHANGI BEACH DROWNING: REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg EVERYTHINGwasperfect.The waves were gentle, the weather was good, and his friends were nearby, taking photos in waist-deepwater. No one saw 20-year-old Lin Zhong, a Chinese na-tional,struggleforhelpinchest-deepwaters. Nooneheardhimshouting. Infact,therewerenosignsofdistress.
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      190 4 yj Stansfield College Stansfield College is a specialist college offering only the University of London degrees and diplomas in Singapore since 1993. Students can choose from a range of 16 degrees, 3 diplomas and 70 subjects with us. The Stansfield Advantage S Producing top students every year with over 51
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      62 8 More than 1,000 audiences were at the Battle of the Year Singapore, a national breakdancing competition, on Saturday at the VivoCity Amphitheatre. Team of eight Radikal Forze beat six groups to win the competition for the forth consecutive year. They will represent Singapore in the Battle of the
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      Lock icon Students to get $67.5m amid recession
      292 8 EDUSAVE SCHEME THE Ministry of Education (MOE) will spend $67.5 million this year for all students to get access to quality education during the worsening recession. The money will go towards topping up the Edusave accounts of all Singaporean students by $80, Edusave grants
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      Lock icon Three new H1N1 flu cases investigated; all negative
      93 8 THREE new suspected cases of the Influenza A (H1N1) flu were investigated over the weekend but none came up positive. Two cases were reported on Saturday, with one more yesterday. The tally of investigated cases in Singapore for the H1N1 virus now
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      Lock icon 16 arrested for drink driving
      116 8 SIXTEEN drink drivers were arrested in a five-hour islandwide blitz carried out by the Traffic Police on Saturday night, bringing the total number of drink drivers caught so far this year to 1,141. Road blocks were set up along Buangkok East Drive, Bukit Batok Road
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      120 8 CAT food under the Nutro brand of products has been recalled by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Mars Petcare, the parent company, had earlier this week announced a voluntary recall of the products in the US, due to excessive zinc levels and under-supplements of potassium.
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      Lock icon Don’t take chicken pox lightly
      161 9  -  SM GOH: REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGHthe“battlescars”were still visible from his recent recovery from chicken pox, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tongsaidthathewasreadyforexercise. For SM Goh, who celebrated his 68th birthday on Wednesday, that meanta2.2kmwalk attheSaucony 100Plus Passion run at East Coast Park yesterday morning, and some
      PICTURE: THE STRAITS TIMES  -  161 words
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      Lock icon CHANGES TO THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
      78 9 SM Goh said changes that were going to be made to the political system in Singapore would be revealed by the Prime Minister later this week. But he listed three principles for the changes that will be made, namely, that they should be “fair to
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      Lock icon BILATERAL TIES WITH MALAYSIA
      87 9 SMGohsaidthatbilateralrelationsare“verypositive”. He said: “(PM Najib) and PM Lee Hsien Loong belong to the same generation. It is much easier for them to forge rapport. More importantly, I think he understood, and so does PM Lee, that this, in a way, is a last chance for us
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      Lock icon ECONOMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE
      71 9 SM Goh said he is not sure if this current economic crisis would require the formation of an economic review committee. He said: “Unless the US economy picksup,there’snothingmuchallofuscando...China and India may be doing well, but they are not importing goodsfromSingapore.” He suggested a committee comprising ministers and
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION
      80 9 Responding to a question on the table tennis saga, SM Goh said: “I have not applied myself to the problem, but from what I read, I don’t think it has been handled well. But how it should be handled, I do not know.”TheSingaporeTableTennisAssociationrecently came under fire
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      Lock icon Surgeon gives out handphone number
      775 11  -  He gets 10 calls daily from patients to clarify medical questions REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg HE’S a busy surgeon and father of three boys. But Associate Professor Chia Sing Joo leaves his handphone number and e-mail address with his patients and their relatives, and
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      Lock icon Living it up in Iskandar region
      545 12  -  S’poreansmakeup 90% of buyers in some developments REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg THE RECESSION may have made luxury homes here out of reach for many people. But up north, at Iskandar Development Region, it’s possible to get a resort-style bungalow from about RM1.4 million ($580,000).
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      303 9 Study in Australia Open Day 11 Sat 30th Sun 31 st May 2009,11 am 5pm Orchard Hotel, Grand Ballroom Level 3, 442 Orchard Road IDP Education is organising the STUDY IN AUSTRALIA OPEN DAY for students intending to further their studies in Australia. Applications to the institutions can be submitted
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      Lock icon M’sian team’s Sudden Attack upsets S’pore team in finals
      294 10  -  Naveen Kanagalingam newsroom intern IT WAS an adrenaline-pumping ending to The New Paper Cyber Challenge yesterday. It went right down to the wire, as Singapore underdogs Clan Otaku forced a tiebreaker against Malaysia’sESP-NAGA in SuddenAttackfinals. But in the end, the Malaysian
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      Lock icon Take a bite into Apple prizes
      371 10  -  Ten sets of iPod Nano and two MacBooks open forbidding today Han Yongming –HanYongming,newsroomintern GUARDyourcopiesofTheNewPaperwell.The much-anticipated Apple products sponsored by Epicentre the MacBook Aluminium, MacBook Pro Aluminium, and iPod Nano open for biddingtoday. Thenewshavegotmanyraringtobid. Many, like Mr Edmund Ng, 24, a polytechnic student,startedcollectingTNP$whentheauctionbegana monthagojusttobidfortheseEpicentreprizes.
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      154 10 The New Paper AUCTION SERIES 3 (From 25 May -7 June) Cut collect TNP$ from page 1 of The New Paper, and bid for what you want shown here. publication of iii MacBofik ZD GHz finllJIsI MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz iPod Nano 4GB EXCLUSIVE FOR OUR READERS! Present this ad
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      53 13 SCENEOFSINKING:Childrenplayingnearahalf-submerged ferry after it was towed by the coast guard to the shoreline of Puerto Galera resort in Batangas City in the Philippines. At least 12 people drowned when the ferry overturned and sank in rough waters on Saturday. 52 people were rescued and eight were still
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      152 13 SEARCH FOR SEDITIOUS MATERIAL AP POLICEraidedaMalaysianoppositionparty’sheadquarterstosearchfor seditiousmaterial,sparking accusationsyesterdayofa crackdownonpoliticaldissent. Thehour-longsearchonlate Saturdaymarkedthefirsttime policehadraidedtheDemocratic ActionParty’smainofficeinits 42-yearhistory,saidtheparty’s parliamentarychief,LimKitSiang. Plain-clothespolicemen enteredtheofficewithoutasearch warrantandseizedacomputerand DVDs,hesaid. The move comes amid an increasingly acrimonious battle for control of the northern Perak state, which the ruling National Front coalition wrested from a three-party
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      Lock icon China to move 330,000 people for water project
      103 13 AFP ABOUT 330,000 people in central China are to be evicted from their homes to make way for a reservoir as part of a massive water diversion project, state media said yesterday. More than two-thirds of the people in Hubei and Henan
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      Lock icon Shoot-out at Sikh temple in Vienna wounds 30
      77 13 AFP About 30 people were wounded, including nine seriously, in a shoot-out at a Sikh temple in Vienna, emergency rescue services said yesterday. According to initial reports, a group entered the temple of the Sikhs and opened fire at around 1.30 pm.
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      Lock icon Stampede at world music festival kills 11
      108 13 AFP A STAMPEDE at a world music festival in the Moroccan capital Rabat, which featured Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keyes, left at least 11 people dead, police said yesterday. Some 70,000 spectators were at the Hay Nahda stadium in south-east Rabat on Saturday
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      Lock icon SHOT DEAD after 13 hours
      607 14 Heavily-armed robber allows hostage to raise money; man then tells friend to call police FOR nearly 13 hours, the couple and their four children were hostages to a heavily armed man. Atabout 1am on Saturday, the 27-year-old Indonesian national, who was known as Harapan, stole
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      Lock icon ‘PKR tried to stop me from contesting’
      330 14 AS THE by-election for the Penang municipal seat of Penanti draws near, the opposition Parti Keadilan Raky- at (PKR) faces another headache. One of the three independent candidates running against PKR vice-chairman Dr Mansor Othman, alleged on Saturday that party leaders offered her
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      Lock icon Girl golfers for hire as‘escorts’?
      507 15 Critics say US firm portrays sportswomen assexobjects,whichis‘offensive’ THEfounderofthewebsiteclaimssheishelping women golfers get extra income and exposure to a broader audience. Butothersthink Ms Nisha Sadekar’s company is nothing more than a high-end social escortservice. Play Golf Designs (PGD) is a Las Ve-gas-basedcompanyshefounded. Forasubstantialfee,oneofthecompany’s roster of beautiful female
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      Lock icon Govt bans Facebook account of presidential candidate?
      293 15 IRANIANS CRY FOUL HIS Facebook account can be accessed from anywhere around the world except his homeland. Iranians will be unable to access reformist presidential candidate Mir HosseinMousavi’sFacebookaccountas the government there has blocked access to the site ahead of the elections in June,
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      429 16 HKman caught on video doing obscene motions in public train IN the Japanese movie Train Man, actor Takayuki Yamada plays a shy geek who comes to the rescue of a pretty woman who is harassed by a drunkard. Now Hong Kong
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      336 17 ACTOR Ben Kingsley will become the first Os-car-winner to act in a Bollywood movie. He will star with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Teen Patti (Card Game in Hindi) about a pair of maths geniuses, reported CNN. The movie marks his first return to Indian
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      Lock icon Cop allegedly paid $36,000 to kill third wife
      422 18 Wife’sdeathruledas murder after fourth wife goes missing WORRIED a pending divorce would leave him penniless, prosecutors say ex-police officer Drew Peterson offered someone $25,000 ($36,000) to kill his third wife, but then decided to do it himself. Peterson, a former police sergeant,
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      Lock icon ACCIDENT, MURDER?
      92 18 1 Mar2004 Kathleen Savio (left),Peterson’sthird wife, founddead in abathtub.Her death is originally ruled as accidental drowning. 29 Oct2007 Stacy Peterson,Peterson’s fourth wife, reported missing. 9 Nov2007 Illinois state police declare Peterson a suspect in his fourthwife’s disappearance. They launchinvestigationinto Savio’s death. 16 Nov2007 Autopsy on Savio’sexhumed body shows
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      13 13 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Cloudy High33˚,Low25˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High32˚,Low25˚ Bangkok:Cloudy High31˚,Low26˚ Manila:Hazy High32˚,Low27˚
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      62 17 s f/; Results of the National Service Resort Country Club Charity Golf 2009 Raffle Draw held on Sunday, 17 May 2009 Please produce your Raffle Draw ticket to claim your prize. Prizes are to be claimed at NSRCC's Golfing Office. Prizes not claimed within two months will be donated to
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      32 19 FROMREADER JILLIAN CHEONG ROAD HAZARD: This lorry, spotted along the PIE exit to Jurong Town Hall Road, looks dangerously overloaded. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      49 19 Comments on a teacher posting her students’poorEnglishusageintheir assignments on her Facebook account: “Aslong astheteacherdoesn’t name the students, I really feel her actionsare fine...The teacher’s actions are merely a reminder of the grossly shameful standard of spoken and written English that our students areso wellversed innow.” Milady76
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      275 19 FROM READER TODD BELTZ Transportation of foreign workers IREFERtothe report“More deaths tocome at back of other lorries?” (The New Paper, 19 May), where four foreign workers were killed when their lorry smashed into the back of a stationary trailer in Tuas. My heart
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      176 19 FROM READER LUAH CHENG HIAN I WAS issued a SingTel handphone line by my former employer. Strangely, after I resigned in November 2007,IreceivedabillfromSingTel,dated15Jul 2008, for the same line which I had returned to my former employer upon my resignation. It
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      42 19 Should there be a ban on transporting foreign workers in lorries? “Ithink it’sok.Whatalternative is there? Transporting them in lorries is probably the most cost-efficient. There’snoguaranteethat itwill be safe even if they are transported in coaches.” Ong Guo Wei, 25, property agent
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      59 19 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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      Lock icon Why so serious, Bale?
      596 20/21  -  REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES conversation’COMINGTHIS Terminator Salvation’sleading manhasnotime forlengthy answers,romantic comediesor Facebook TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg WHYsoserious?BestknownasoneoftheJoker’scatchphrasesfrom The Dark Knight, it could also be used on the man who played the Caped Crusader himself, ChristianBale. Onecouldbeforgivenforfeelingatadnervouswith Baleseatedanarm’slengthaway. Such is the effect the enigmatic 35-year-old Welsh-born English
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      232 20/21 BALE'S INFAMOUS RANT UNLESSyou’vebeenhiding under a rock, youwould bynow have heard aboutChristian Bale’s infamous rantonset. conversation’COMINGTHIS EarlierinFebruary, an audiorecording of Bale’sfour-minute profanity-laden rant leakedits way onto theInternetand made headlinesinstantly. Inthe clip, hewas heard hurling expletivesatTerminatorSalvation’s directorofphotography ShaneHurlbut, scoldinghim for ruininghis concentration duringanimportant, emotional
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      516 22  -  US record label talentspots,signsM’sian singer-songwriter REPORT:TAN TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg WHEN she received the offer to have her debut album produced by a US record company, Malaysian singer-songwriter Zee Avi was so ecstatic she literally rolled off her bed. It was a dream come
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      Lock icon No blood, no glory
      461 23 FROM the romantic Il Mare to the cute My Sassy Girl to the sexy A Man Who Was Superman, leggy Korean actress Gianna Jun has been giving it her all on the big screen. This year, she brings us the Hollywood blockbuster Blood:TheLastVampireinabidtochange her“sassy” imageandtaketheworld’sboxofficesbystorm. In
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        135 24 Moneymatters– evento stars. We cashin on the highs and lows of celebrity dough LOOKS like Carrie Underwood is the official Idol of Idols. The 26-year-old country singer, who won the fourth season of reality singing competition American Idol, earned an estimated US$14 million ($20m) last
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        116 24 IN THESE times when buying any designer label is seen as extravagant, Victoria Beckham (above, toting a handbag) has gone one up with a handbag collection worth a staggering£1.5 million ($3m). According to The Guardian, a US financial website recently tallied the amount the Spice
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        92 24 NOT even supermodels are spared from the economic downturn. Paulina Porizkova, who was one of the judges on Tyra Banks’reality seriesAmerica’sNext Top Model has been fired from the show after a year. Co-executive producer Ken Moktold Access Hollywood:“We’vehad to makesignificant cutsin every area of the production
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        Lock icon Who is watching the watchdogs?
        416 25  -  Our columnist warns of the conflict ofinterest when auditors police their paymasters LARRY HAVERKAMP mail@AskDrMoney.com YOU may recall that Bernard (Bernie) Madoff ran the US$50 billion ($75b) Madoff fund which, in hiswords,“wasonebigPonzischeme”. He never invested $1 of the US$50 billion. He simply took money from
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        184 25 AUDITING is a recession-proof business. Most firms are required to hire an auditor each year to certify there is no hanky-panky in the books. It is a worthy goal. But audits are not impartial. No auditor is appointed by an independent body. All are employed
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      181 23 For more news on Asian entertainment, get a copy ofU-Weekly, out on news-stands today. U-Weekly now gives you double the value. For only $2, you get your regular dose of celebrity news, as well as a free special pullout focusing on real-life people and their stories. Remember to ask for
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      282 26 ARGYLE SWEATER WATCH’EM TheCondemned (below) StarMovies (StarHubCh 58),9pm A manawaiting the deathpenalty ina corrupt CentralAmerican prison is “purchased”by a wealthytelevisionproducerand takento a desolate islandwhere hemust fightto thedeath against nine othercondemned killers, withfreedom goingto the solesurvivor. StarringSteve Austin,Vinnie Jones. CHANNEL5 12.30pm RachaelRay'sTasty Travels 1.00pm MySecret SportsIdentity 1.30 80’sRewind 2.00 PhuaChuKang Pte
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      31 36 Sunday, 24May 2009 First Second Third 0148 5279 4590 Starters 7456 5042 8943 2072 2468 8876 5350 7292 4857 0408 Consolation 9350 0042 6446 2809 4931 7654 1354 4510 6824 1654
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        252 36 GOING: YIELDING (RACES 1-5), SOFT (6-8) RACE1 CLASS4 1200m 5 MASTERRIO126(34-11) ZPURTON (3) 1 3 COOLCAT127(15-10) KCLEUNG (7) 2 7 FORESTSTAR125(16-5) MCHADWICK (4) 3 8 STARLEGEND125(114-29) BPREBBLE (12) 4 ?Trainer:KLMan.Margins:Nk,nk.Time:1min11.8sec.EOB:$13.Forecast:$20. PlaceForecast:$9(Nos.3-5),$5(Nos.3-7),$7(Nos.5-7). Tierce:$119.Trio:$19.Quartet:$832. RACE2 CLASS4 1200m 9 MYGOAL118(41-12) YTCHENG (8) 1 3 WINBO127(58-12) THSO (4)
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        660 36 Race1 C5(LC)1600m 9 BESTINVESTMENTS54c54.5(11-5) RBurnett (4) 3 3 1 (471) 5 RANA'SMUSIC55.5c52.5(77-24) SThaiYang* (5) 1 1 2 (494) 1 12 SPEEDHAPPY53.5c51.5(49-14) PVellaikannu (2) 5 5 3 (472) 1.25 4 MAZENZE55.5c54.5(41-16) AKumar (1) 2 2 4 (470) 2.25 ?Winningstable:DarwinLiman.Trainer:MSukri.Time:1min38sec.Forecast:$30.Tierce:$525.Quartet:$3169. MalaysianW/P:RM11,RM5,RM19,RM11.PForecast:$11(9-5),$60(5-12),$15(9-12).Trio:$215.EOB:$21. Race2 C4(LC)1600m 8 SOLOVENTURE55(21-7) VSivan (1) 6 3
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        496 37  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg GIVEN a choice, he would have preferred to be fully fit for his first tournament as a professional golfer. Despite battling a bad sore throat, newly-turned pro Quincy Quek played through the pain barrier at the ICTSI Mt Malarayat Championship
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        176 37 AFP JAPAN’S Mika Miyazato fired eight birdies and an eagle for a 10-under par 62 to match South Korea’s Kang Soo Yun for the lead after the third round of the LPGA Corning Classic. Miyazato’s bogey-free run on Saturday left her and Kang level atop
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        128 37 AFP SOUTH Africa’s Rory Sabbatini and American John Mallinger each fired five-under 65s third rounds to remain deadlocked atop the leaderboard at the PGA Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas. Both players completed 54 holes on Saturday at 13-under par 197 for a two-stroke lead over England’s
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        696 38/39 AP BRAWN GP’s Jenson Button won the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday It may have been his fifth victory in six races to extend his Formula One championship lead, but it was significant for many other reasons. As Button finished 7.6 seconds ahead of
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        310 38/39 AFP BRAWN GP boss Ross Brawn was at a loss for words at the end of the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday. Although the words “stunning” probably summed up his drivers’, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, performances after they secured a third season 1-2 at the Monaco
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        323 38/39 AFP DEFENDING drivers world champion Briton Lewis Hamilton vowed to return to Monte Carlo and win again after finishing a distant 12th in yesterday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The race was won by fellow Briton and this year’s championship leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP, ahead of
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        141 38/39 Results and standings after V Monaco Grand Prix F/jf Formt//cr I RACE RESULT (Top 3) Driver Team hr:min:sec Q Jenson Button ([je] Winner R. Barrichello |-2 +00:7.600 Q Kimi Raikkonen Q +00.13.400 [DRIVER STANDINGS! Driver Team Wins Pts 1 Jenson Button fiiq 5 51 2 R. Barrichello IE
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      382 40 TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN Wire Services IT WAS like David against Goliath as all 1.8 metres of Lleyton Hewitt took on the 2.08m Croatian Ivo Karlovic. Like David, Hewitt felled the “giant”, but ironically it was the Croat the tallest man in tennis who
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      521 40 GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Reuters VFL WOLFSBURG sealed their first Bundesliga title by demolishing Werder Bremen 5-1 on the final day of the season on Saturday. Hundreds of fans poured on to the pitch at the final whistle, cheering and hugging the players, to celebrate a remarkable
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      167 40 OLE! PA Sport SEVILLA1DEPORTIVO 0 DIEGO Perotti’s last-minute winner secured Sevilla’s placeinnextseason’sChampionsLeaguegroupstages. ATHBILBAO1 ATLMADRID 4 DIEGO Forlan scored a hat-trick to help boost Atletico Madrid’sChampionsLeaguehopes. VILLARREAL 3 VALENCIA 1 VILLARREAL overcame local rivals Valencia 3-1 thanks to Joseba Llorente’s brace, and Ruben Cani’s sec- ond-half
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        791 41 PA Sport SAMUEL Eto’o is living proof that a year is a long time in the world of sport. Eto’o will attempt to cap a record-breaking and goal-laden campaign by spearheading Barcelona’s bid to wrest the Champions League title away from Manchester United. If Barca succeed in Rome
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        480 42  -  EXCLUSIVE LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM MANCHESTER A DASH of luck might just be what separates Manchester United and Barcelona in the Champions League final, believes United goalkeeping legend Alex Stepney. Little separates the two finalists, which are laden with
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        210 42 Wire Services BARCELONA will don their familiar home colours in Rome on Wednesday, while Manchester United will play in their white strip. United have chosen to wear an all-white kit for the Champions League final after Barcelona were given the status of being the
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        697 43 PA Sport GOOD team, but not invincible. John O’Shea has seen enough Spanish football on TV to be wary of Barcelona but the Manchester United defender does not feel the Red Devils should be in awe of their Champions League final opponents. Even Sir Alex Ferguson
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        633 44  -  SHANNONREZEL agrees with Ryan Giggs that Man United and Barcelona’s similarities might just make the final a closely-contested showdown SHANNON REZEL IT HAS been touted as the “Dream Final”. A showdown between arguably the two strongest teams in world football right now. But what is expected
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        381 45 PA Sport CRISTIANO Ronaldo owes everything he is now to Sir Alex Ferguson, and he intends to repay the manager’s faith by pledging his future to Old Trafford. Describing the Manchester United manager as “my second father”, Ronaldo credits the Scot for groominghim into theworld’s bestplayer.
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      706 46  -  Your English Kaki captures the emotions of the EPL relegation battle from a pub at Tyneside IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg WITH bitter rivals Newcastle and Sunderland both fighting for their Premier League lives, I have been sent by The New Paper to the front-line,
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        116 47 LIVE TELECASTS CHAMPS LEAGUE FINAL Thursday: BARCELONA v MAN UNITED Ch 23,1am IfManUnited’s ParkJi Sung (right) is selected on Thursday, he will become the first Asian player to appear in a Champions League final. COPA LIBERTADORES Thursday: CRUZEIRO (BRA) v SAO PAULO (BRA) Ch 22, 8.45am CARACAS (VEN) v
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        21 47 CROWN PLAZA INVITATIONAL Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26,3am EUROPEAN OPEN Thursday: DAY 1 Ch26, 10pm Friday: DAY 2 Ch26, 10.15pm
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        20 47 FRENCH OPEN Today: DAY 2 Ch 22, 5pm Tomorrow: DAY 3 Ch 22,5pm Wednesday: DAY 4 Ch 22, 5pm
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        431 47 WHAT'S ON BLURB RESULTS LOCAL EVENTS BOWLING What: 42nd Singapore International Open Bowling Championships When: Tomorrow till 6 Jun Where: Superbowl Safra Mount Faber SANCTIONED by the World Tenpin Bowling Association, this tournament offers cash prizes of over $150,000 and has attracted top local and international bowlers. The step-ladder finals
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      Lock icon Newcastle, Boro go down
      142 48 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE STATUS quo at the top, Fulham clinching thelastEuropaLeagueplace,andit’sPremier League goodbye to West Bromwich, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. Those were the significant events on the last day of the English Premier League, aptly labelled“SurvivalSunday”. Manchester United had retained the title last week, and found the
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      529 48  -  LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg HE SCORED on his return to Anfield but there was no happy ending for Robbie Keane. The Tottenham Hotspur captain, who spent an unhappy spell at Liverpool before rejoining the north London club in January, could only watch in
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      37 47 NOON EDITION TODAY AND ON THURSDAY DON’Tforget to getyourcopy of ourNoon Editiontoday for thefull EPL reports, especially on the relegation and Europa League battles. The Noon Edition on Thursday will carry reports of the Champions League final.
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      41 48 IAIN MACINTOSH sums up the sweet-sour mood in north-east England /PAGE46 Checkoutour NoonEdition todayfordetails MONACO GP: It's a1-2 for Brawnas Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello take the podium again PAGE 38 PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES EXCLUSIVE:Former ManUtd starAlex StepneytalkstoTNP in Manchester. PAGE42
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