The New Paper, 3 June 2009

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      Lock icon LAWYER: THE ACCUSED CAN... BARELY REACH TOP OF HIS HEAD
      1210 2/3  -  1. 8m-tall victim claims 1. 6m-tall accused slashed him on head REPORTS: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg ITWASacaseofDavidversusGoliath.ThemaindifferenceinthisSingaporeversion:Dav-idisaccusedofbeingthebadguy. AndGoliaththevictim. Yesterday, in the Subordinate Courts, Goliath claimed that David was so strong and violent that he smashedGoliath’sweapontopieces. David’sweaponofchoice?No,notaslingshot,buta chopper. And, it seemed, the
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      29 2/3 Minister: We wanted to nab his contacts (The New Paper, 2 Jun, Page 14): The comments were made by the Malaysian Home Ministry Secretary-General and not a Minister.
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      708 4  -  Edison Chen tells CNN why he offered no personal apology to female starlets in scandal REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg EDISON Chen has finally opened up about the sex photo scandal that traumatised his lovers and threatened his career. Andhe claimshe’s avictim. The 28-year-old actor, whose
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      191 4 The IRs will hire. V< Do you have m<S what it takes? Be Amongst The FIRST To Be Employed By Singapore's Most Exciting Sector! With billions of dollars committed to building the 2 IRs, this industry is poised for tremendous growth. You will not want to miss the career opportunities
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      52 6 HOSEDDOWN:Afiretookplaceatapaperrecycling factory at Pandan Road on Monday afternoon. On reaching the scene, the Singapore Civil Defence Force found that the waste paper on fire were stacked up to 3-storeys high. They managed to get the fire under control within 30 minutes. No one was hurt. PICTURE: SHIN MIN
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output grew in May
      226 6 PICK-UP IN BUSINESS AFTER eight straight months of contraction, Singapore’s manufacturing economy finally grew in May. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) posted a reading of 51.2 last month, up 2 points over April. A reading above 50 indicates that the manufacturing economy is expanding. Manufacturers
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      Lock icon 15-year-old is 8th H1N1 case in S’pore
      115 6 A 15-YEAR-OLD Singaporean student, studying in India, is the 8th and youngest case of influenza A (H1N1) here. The boy had been in Orlando and Atlanta in the United States on a school trip from 17 to 31 May. His fever was detected
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      Lock icon PM Lee: Recession far from bottoming out
      106 6 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned that it may be too hasty to pronounce that the recession has bottomed out. Even though the US has spoken of potential green shoots in the economy, PM Lee said that what has happened is that
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      Lock icon Ng Eng Hen advises pre-U students to follow 4Cs
      100 6 CONFIDENCE, Compartments, Compassion and Company these are the four Cs that represent the values that Education Minister Ng Eng Heng hopes will steady pre-uni-versity students amid the nation’s worst economic recession in decades. During the annual Pre-University seminar yesterday, he urged
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      Lock icon POOR, TOO POOR FOR MAID
      554 8/9  -  Having a maid to look after sick woman would allow daughter to work REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg SHE’Sblind,wheelchair-boundandinabind.Herdilemma:Shewantsamaidtotake care of her and free her daughter from the choreoflookingafterher–buthasbeentold shedoesn’tqualifybecausesheistoopoor. Madam Ester Maleka Wijeratne, 51, who hasbeenblindsinceshewasateenager,has been confined to a wheelchair since being struckbybreastcancerin2004. Herfamilylivesinarentedtwo-roomflat
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      Lock icon Family has other options: Ministry
      188 8/9 THE couple should consider other options besides a maid, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). The spokesman explained that certain criteria have to be met to ensure that the basic interest of the foreign domestic worker (FDW) is not compromised. Giventhe couple’s
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      Lock icon POOR,BUT NOT POOR ENOUGH FOR ASSISTANCE
      453 8/9  - POOR, BUT NOT POOR ENOUGH FOR ASSISTANCE Jovita Chua –JovitaChua,newsroomintern HE IS half blind, suffers from blackouts and also in a bind until Caring Angels stepped in. For more than 10 years, Mr K T Ong was certified medically unfit for work because of his epilepsy, which causes occasional seizure
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      208 8/9 LAST October, Mr Malcolm Pang, 38, approached the SECDC to ask if he could contribute to a financial scheme. The IT consultant, who earns more than $5,000 a month, is a regular contributor to welfare organisations such as the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and
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      Lock icon Is traffic camera the cause?
      541 10  -  Late sighting of camera, downhill slope contribute to accidents, say residents ANOTHER CRASH AT LOYANG AVENUE Han Su-Ying –HanSu-Ying,newsroomintern SPEED and traffic light cameras are meant to reduce accidents by discouraging motorists from being too lead-footed or beating the lights. But some residents believe that
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      Lock icon Don’t resent foreign talent
      878 12/13  -  Coach of JC badminton team with China players: Han Yongming newsroom intern SINGAPOREANS should stop acting like crybabies. That is Jurong Junior College (JJC) badminton coach Haden Hee’s return shot to detractors of his school’sforeigner-dominated badminton squad. “We Singaporeans should buck up and not resentforeignplayers,”he added.
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      232 12/13  -  JJC STUDENTS SPEAK OUT FROMYOO YOO SEUNG HEE AS a Korean student from Jurong Junior College, I am disappointed to have read the article “Singapore vs China” featured in The New Paper on 27 May. The badminton match was a match between
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      189 12/13  -  FROMKHOO KHOO KIAN BOON TRUE, my school imports a lot of foreign talent for the badminton team. It is something I have noticed when I first watched their training. Why do we have to do this? It’s because the top JCs take in all the best
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      24 12/13 TOMORROW PLUS MILEY CYRUS BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE On the trail of Korean star Gianna RACHEL McADAMS BRUNO FEATURES, VIEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAYS
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      51 14 HITBYREALITY:Ademolitionmanhammersanirongateduringan eviction of residents living in a government tenement building in Manila’s Makati business district yesterday. Dozens of residents who claimed they would not be able to return to the building once it is developed into a condominium, fought against the police and the demolition team. PICTURE:
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      279 14 AGREEMENT TO BOOST INVESTMENT Wire services SOUTH Korea and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) yesterday signed an agreement to boost investment in each other, which they said completed their broader free trade pact. The agreement gives investors from South Korea, the
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      Lock icon China blocks access to Twitter, Hotmail
      88 14 Reuters ACCESS to the popular social-net-working service Twitter and Hotmail was blocked across mainland China yesterday. It comes two days before the 20th anniversary of a Tiananmen Square crackdown. Other Internet users reported not being able to access Windows Live, a service offered by
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      Lock icon Kim Jong Il names third son as successor: Report
      111 14 AP NORTH Korea’s Kim Jong Il has anointed his 26-year-old son Kim Jong Un as the next leader of the communist state, news reports said. The son, the youngest of three, is said to be competitive, pro- ficient in English and
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      Lock icon ‘Yellow Shirts’ change name to New Politics Party
      91 14 AFP THAILAND’S “Yellow Shirt” protest movement officially renamed itself yesterday as the New Politics Party, six months after leading a blockade ofBangkok’sairports. “Our policy is to support good, honest people with accountable track records who hate corruption,” said Mr Somsak Kosaisuk, who
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      Lock icon DPM calls for tolerance, good judgement
      484 16 OpinionpieceinM’siannewspaperdrawsflakforcallingnon-Malays‘immigrants’ UMNO-OWNED Utusan Malaysia has been accused of playing up racial tensions again. In its Sunday edition, an opinion piece penned by Awang Selamat asked readers if the sacrifice of Malays has been betrayed by non-Ma-lays. The column, titled “Melayu dikhianati?” (Malays betrayed?) also
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      Lock icon Roof of M’sian $124m stadium collapses
      334 16 IT WAS just a year old, but the roof of a RM300 million ($124 million) stadium in Terengganu collapsed yesterday morning. Fortunately, no one was hurt when half of the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium caved in at 9.30am. A car
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      Lock icon Ambulance crew nab teen girl gang
      733 17 CABBY Li Shuqiang had been cruising around for passengers when he picked three teenage girls at Siu Sai Wan, a residential area in Hong Kong Island. When the 50-year-old was told to head to Kwai Chung Sports Ground, in Kwai Chung in the New
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        867 18 Plane debris found over Atlantic but woman (right) prays for miracle AS SEARCH teams comb the Atlantic Ocean for clues to the missing Air France airliner, one British woman is still hoping to see her husband walkthrough the front door. Mrs
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      Lock icon From tiger to tabby cat
      646 19  -  Once comparing itself toS’pore,Irelandis now a sad shadow NEVILLE STACK tnp@sph.com.sg SOMEHOW the government of the smallish island republic on the rainy end of Europe didn’t seem to spot the warning signs on what became the Road to Ruin. Ireland–oftencomparingitselfinsanelywithSingapore was enjoying an incredible boom
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      Lock icon Politician breaks legs to gain stature
      572 20 Aussie undergoes limb lengthening procedure to become 8cm taller AFP AUSTRALIAN Hajnal Ban asked doctors to keep her conscious as they broke her legs and attached them to stretching frames because she wanted to remember it as the moment that changed her life. For
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      13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High33,Low26˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low28˚
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      58 21 Onrestrictingteens’accesstowebsitesusing mobile phones: “Howmuchcan you restrictyour kidsfrom rubbish on the Internet? Ban the use of Internet? I think the correct approach is to guide them on howto live inthis pollutedworld.” hotwoks “Psychologistswillsay that humanswilldo exactly what they are asked not to do. For example,if thereis a boardsaying
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      310 21 FROM READER LEECHIUSAN Conflict between cat lovers and town councils BY QUERYING the role of town councils in animal welfare and demanding answers from them “What do town councils know of animal welfare?” (The New Paper, 1 Jun), Lau Vun Ping seems to be
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      214 21 FROM READER CHUA HOCK THIAM I WOULD like to bring up the issue of the cleanliness of our public toilets in coffee shops and hawker centres. I think this is the appropriate time because of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, and I hope
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      25 21 DoyouthinkNTUC’spublic education campaign to return trolleys will work? “Itwillprobably beeffective for a short term but not over the long term.” MrMarkLoh, 29, financial consultant
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      873 22/23  -  The veteran actor/ host is not afraid to show off his artistic side in a new show REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg YOU can call him “chao” Ah Beng or Singapore’s favourite Beng either way, Mark Lee is loving every minute of what he does. And
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      489 24  -  Star says they have problems like anyone else, but theirs are public REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg LIFE is not a fairy tale even for a French aristocrat. Since appearing on the popular US reality series The Real Housewives Of New York City, Countess LuAnn de
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        527 25  -  Samsungofferstheextras the looks of a touchscreen phone at a lower price REPORT: EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg FULL touchscreen handphones seem to be all the rage these days, thanks in part to the popularity of the Apple iPhone. But this genre of phones tends
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        148 26  -  ELEGANTLY WASTED AT ATTICA TOO REPORT&PICTURES: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg LET’S never do this to ourselves ever again. We’ve probably told ourselves this many times before as we cringe at the recollection of the previous night the not-so-glamorous stumble out of the club, the gibberish talk when
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        596 26  -  IVAN LIM PARTY ANIMAL pjlim@sph.com.sg LAST Saturday, I had the unique experience of starting my night out free of alcohol for the first couple of hours, but filled with wonderful music rendered by a few truly world-class musicians. The T’ang Quartet had teamed up
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        388 36 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOYESTERDAY’SKRANJITRACKWORK Gallops by horses engaged on Friday: CLASS 3 1,000m: D’Original? (D Beasley) 36.8. Good Feel? (V Duric) canter/35.7. Queen’s Avenue barrier practice/37.7. Speaknoevil (E Aslam) 37.7. Master Key? canter/37.2. Royal Danske (M Zaki) 37.7. Monday: Lago Bay? (SH Low) 36.5. DaringShani? ?39.6.SoldierOf Honour? ?barrierpractice/34.9.
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        533 36 NST EXPENSIVE import Perfect Pins geared up for a hat-trick in the Dewar’s 12 Sprint for three-year-olds over 1,200m on Sunday with a sizzling trial yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old gelding by Pins beat stablemate Jeram Delight easily
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        330 36 THREE-YEAR-OLD CHALLENGE 1,200m: Powerful Ruler? (J Saimee) 37.5. Mooring? 36.7. Bionic Boy? 36.4. Best Knight? (M Gallagher) 34.9. Super Gold? ?(S Marzuki) 37.8. Zac Velocity? (J Moreira) canter/36.8. OPEN 1,400m: Capablanca? ?(J Powell) 37.6. Fantastic Owners? (E Aslam) 34.8. Luckytino canter/35.4. Ribeiro(VDuric) canter/37.1. Corragio? ?(Powell)39.7. Monday:Gust?
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        537 37 GERMAINEMAHARAJ’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SSCOTTSVILLERACES RACE 1 (1,400m) PROPICIADA (5) will prefer the extra ground here and give an improved performance. TRAVEL LIGHT (10) stayed on over 1,300m after a slow start in her first run and should also do a lot better here. SCARAMOOSH (8) has shown promise in
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        339 37  -  KRANJI NEWCOMERS FOR FRIDAY DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg D’ORIGINAL, who makes his debut at Friday’s mixed surface meeting, looks a useful addition to the Kranji ranks. Racing as The Original in Australia, the four-year-old gelding by Dehere out of Innovation Girl chalked up three wins, two second
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        220 37 Trial 1 (test): 1 Rainera (B Woodworth) 2 He’s Back (M Kellady) 3 Orient Supreme (R McMahon) 4 Noble Red (M Au) 5 Nero Grotto (M Zaki) 6 Aranda (VDuric) 7 Imperial Memory (J Saimee). Margins and time: 3/4, 4, nk, 41/4, 1/2, 1/2 (1min 02.39sec). Trial
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        526 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 6.50Race1 PMBChild&FamilyWelfareSocietyMaidenJuvenilePlate(Fillies)-1400m 1 BYCULLA DMansour(-2) (3) 57 2 CAFESUPREME WKennedy (10) 57 3 JOYFULDREAMER BLerena (5) 57 4 MAKEMYCASE DCarstens (2) 57 5 PROPICIADA KShea (9) 57 6 QUIPROSPECT ISturgeon (8) 57 7 ROSIESROMANCE BDean (6) 57 8 SCARAMOOSH KTeetan (7)
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        890 38 RACE 1 (1,000m) Perfect Athlete (6) finished a clear-cut second ahead of Fast Winner over this trip last April and just faded out of the placings at his past couple over a longer sprint. Fast Winner (5) has built on a course-and-trip third last
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        687 38  -  GOING FORECAST: GOOD COMMENTS AND TIPS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RACE1 CLASS5TURF 1000m TIME:7:15 Stakes:HK$485,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 SUPERSPECIAL DEFERRARIS BPREBBLE 133 8 2 CHAINWIN PFYIU ZPURTON 132 7 3 FOREVERSUPPORT KLMAN HWLAI
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        736 39  -  GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg TWO DAYS after seeing his soccer team get through Survival Sunday in England, Hull manager Phil Brown was in Singapore for a break. And an important event during the break was a golfing trip to Bintan; just reward for a manager who probably
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        676 40 Wire Services IT MADE a gorgeous thwack in the sun. It went screaming across the court and above the net and towards the doubles line without a hint of fear. It landed obediently maybe two inches shy of doom. The inside-out forehand Roger Federer struck at
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        192 40 AFP WORLD No. 1 Dinara Safina reached the French Open semi-finals yesterday with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Belarusian ninth seed Victoria Azarenka, who fell apart. Top seed Safina will face Slovakian 20th seed Dominika Cibulkova, who beat Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-2, in
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        36 40 MEN’SQUARTER-FINALS Robin Soderling (x23) bt Nikolay Davydenko (x10) 6-1,6-3,6-1 Fernando Gonzalez (x12) bt Andy Murray (x3) 6-3,3-6,6-0,6-4 WOMEN’SQUARTER-FINALS Dinara Safina (x1) bt Victoria Azarenka (x9) 1 -6,6-4,6-2 Dominika Cibulkova (x20) bt Maria Sharapova 6-0,6-2
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        157 40 AFP SWEDEN’S Robin Soderling marched into his first-ever Grand Slam semi-final with a superb 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 win over Russian Nikolay Davydenko at the French Open yesterday. The 24-year-old shocked the sporting world by inflicting a first ever Roland Garros defeat on four-time champion Nadal on
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        33 40 MEN’SQUARTER-FINALS Juan Martin del Potro (x5) v Tommy Robredo (x16) Gael Monfils (x11) v Roger Federer (x2) WOMEN’SQUARTER-FINALS Sorana Cirstea v Samantha Stosur (x30) Svetlana Kuznetsova (x7) v Serena Williams (x2)
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        735 42/43  -  This week, our writer talks to local race drivers about the art of drifting JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg REMEMBERthosestuntsyousawinHol-lywood films on street-racing like The FastandTheFurious–TokyoDrift? In the movies, the actors’ cars would spin out of control in full throttle, yet the drivers stillmanagedtotakecontrolof theircarsand speeddownwindingcorners. And in the
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        472 42/43  -  JOYCELIM tries her hand at making donuts, and succeeds halfway JOYCE LIM PLACE right hand at 12 o’clock postition on the steering wheel. Clutch in. Give the car some gas. Maintain it at mid-high rev (revolutions per minute). Turnsteeringwheeltothreeo’clockposition. Dump clutch. Accelerate and counter-steer. Feel the car
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        193 42/43  -  JOYCE LIM LAST year, the inaugural Formula Drift Singapore wowed more than 11,000 people at the Changi Exhibition Centre where it was held. Thirty-eight drift drivers from Singapore, US, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand came out to put their pedal to the metal in the
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        1244 44 Man United had the worst record against the Big Four teams, but their defence was the key to their success. WELL done to Manchester United for retaining their title, but with a world class squad, what else would you expect? Twenty-four clean sheets this season and an unbeaten
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        702 45  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg NINE months. And never a pregnant pause. Even when there were short breaks to take in early rounds of the FA Cup matches and the World Cup Qualifiers, punters still kept abreast with all that was happening in the
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        463 46  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg IN HINDSIGHT, everything looks so easy. Indeed, the classic remark I get from my betting buddies is this. “Why didn’t I see it? I should have played Home-Home. It was there staring right at me.” Yes,it’ssoeasyafterthe fact. Anyway, just so as to
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        420 46  -  BRIAN MILLER THIS is for the dreamers. The adventurous. The risk-takers. Those who love to gofor the “bigone”. Yes, they’re the ones who will be jumping up and down when a match ends with a “ridiculous” score like 5-2 or 4-3 or something like
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        459 47 AARON CHIEW, 32, businessman: THIS season has been a weird one. Liverpool, who caused me so many sleepless nights previously, suddenly began to win so many matches, and clearing the 1/2-Goal handicap on many occasions. But Newcastle ensured that most of my winning bets were
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        366 47 BRIAN MILLER: THE Tipsters Challenge turned out to be truly challenging. I went head-to-head with Gary right from the start of the season. Luckily for me, I had enough stamina to last out the nine months. I won’t shy from the fact that I made money
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        245 48 PA Sport IT IS the modus operandi of new Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. First purr about the player he wants and how good he is, and then go in for the strike. He has already initiated phase one, describingXabiAlonso as “thebestpasser of theball in
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        183 48 PA Sport CRUZEIRO forward Kleber has claimed Liverpool are attempting to sign him. The Brazilian striker (right) ruled out moving to Anfield on Sunday but performed a U-turn, stating negotiations were taking place and that the Redswouldpay£6million($14.1m)for his services. When he was asked if he was going
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        265 48 PA Sport DJIBRIL Cisse has confessed he would welcome the opportunity to join Tottenham this summer. The striker (right) spent last season on loan at Sunderland, but has since returned to Marseille after failing to earn a permanent deal at the Stadium of Light.
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        260 48 PA Sport AC MILAN star Kaka has reiterated that he does not want to leave San Siro, as reports suggest he is set to follow Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea. Speculation has suggested that informal talks over a £70 million ($165.5m) deal have already started
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        197 48 PA Sport ASTON Villa midfielder Gareth Barry is in talks with Manchester City. A Villa spokesman said:“AstonVillacanconfirm that Gareth Barry is in talks with Manchester City.” The 28-year-old England international was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool in the last off-season but the Reds
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        662 49  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg THIS week has been strange. Usually, you see, I spend every day hanging onto the words that the sports websites spit out at me, but they’ve been rather quiet. My diary is normally dominated by football, my digital recorder
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      483 50 Wire Services ENGLAND defender Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of the World Cup Qualifier against Kazakhstan on Saturday and Gary Cahill has received a shock call-up. Ferdinand’s calf injury, a complaint he was understood to be carrying before Manchester United’s Champions League final last
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        98 51 LIVE TELECASTS WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Saturday: KAZAKHSTAN v ENGLAND Ch 27,11pm Can Peter Crouch (right) persuade England coach Fabio Capello to give him a starting line up against Kazakhstan after he scored against Ukraine at Wembley in April? NORTH KOREA v IRAN Ch 24,3.55pm UZBEKISTAN v JAPAN Ch 24,10pm
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        18 51 CELTIC MANOR WALES OPEN Tomorrow: DAY 1 Ch 26,10.15pm THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26,3.15am
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        12 51 FRENCH OPEN Tonight: Q-FINALS2 Ch 22,8pm Tomorrow: SEMI-FINALS Ch 22, 8pm
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        441 51 LOCAL EVENTS FOOTBALL What: Super Reds v Gombak United (League Cup) When: Tomorrow, 7.45pm Where: Jalan Besar Stadium This is the first time that the League Cupcompetitionisshown “live”on cable television on Football Channel (Channel 27). Tomorrownight’s other matchpits Home United against Sengkang Punggol at Jurong East
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