The New Paper, 18 August 2009

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    • 258 1 HEART-FELT Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng (left) among 150 stars who raise $10m for Taiwan typhoon victims PAGE 12 18 Aug 09 tue Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia PAGE 2 HEARTLESSwecfhertosellflatandkeptproceeds.Whenshefellsick,nonewouldfoothospitalbillS’pore woman’s eight children forced her to sell flat and kept proceeds. When
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    • 723 2 / 3  -  AsPMurgesS’poreanstotakecareof parents, counsellors say more children are leaving parents to homes and charities REPORT:LIEW LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg THEthingshehasseenmakehimsigh.Likethechildrenwhoforcedtheirmothertosellher flat and then distributed the money among themselves. When she fell sick, not one child was willingtopayhermedicalbills. Stories like this upset Mr Lee Bock Guan, 64,
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    • 598 2 / 3  -  SOMETIMES,IT’SNOTSOSIMPLE Ervina Mohamed Jamil newsroom intern ONEvisit and $20 for pocket money ayear that’sallhe getsfromhis25-year-old son. Mr Mahmood Hassan Shaik Jan Bux, 59, accepts it. He said in a mixture of English and Malay yesterday:“What todo?My son isworkingand he’sbusy. Hecannot visit meoften.
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    • 854 4 / 5  -  Court awards woman $730,000 as leg is shorter after bike crash REPORT:LOW LOW CHING LING,BRYNA SIM tnp@sph.com.sg SHE was a high-flying executive in a car company. Her career was set to soar even further until she was floored in a motorcycle accident. That
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    • 486 4 / 5  -  REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg TOWERING up to five storeys high, tankers are behemoths of the seas. But their height did not stop three armed robbers from scaling up the side of a Singapore-registered tanker in the early hours of Saturday.
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    • News National Day Rally
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        472 6 / 7 Wearenotalone.Singapore’s key challenges, raised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech on Sunday night, are also being confronted elsewhere. Itisa“globaltide”,said PM Lee, referring specifically to rising religiosity throughout the world. But health care and greying populations, which he also dwelt on, is hot-button
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      • 718 6 / 7  -  AyoungS’porean reflectson straddlingthe faultlines COMMENTARY NG TZE YONG tzeyong@sph.com.sg I GREW up in an unusual place, a Chinatown shophouse filled from floor to ceiling with Taoist idols. It was here, amid the sandalwood and incense, where I spent my childhood, watching
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  • Local News watch
    • 129 8 EXIT OF CHARLES GOODYEAR THEsurpriseresignationofchiefexecutive-designateCharles“Chip”Goodyear (right)fromTemasekHoldingswill comeunderthespotlightwhen Parliamentsitstoday. ThreeMembersofParliament, includingMrLimBiowChuan (MarineParadeGRC),havetabled questionsonit. MrLimisaskingforthereasons forMrGoodyear’sexit,afterless thansixmonthsatthe Government-linkedinvestment agencyandifhewasgivena “goldenhandshake”byTemasek. Mr Seah Kian Peng, also from Marine Parade GRC, askedifthereisadeadlineforTemasek’ssearchfora new CEO. Hougang MP Low Thia Khiang, the opposition leader,wantstheFinanceMinistry,Temasek’sparent, toexplainthe“strategic differences”thatTemasekhad citedfortheAmerican’sexit. He also asked
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    • 102 8 DEVELOPERS sold a whopping 2,767 units of new private homes in July. This easily beat the 1,825 units sold in June, which already surpassed the level seen at the height of the boom two years ago. The July sales figure accounts for
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    • 120 8 EXXONMOBIL has clarified that its decision to invest in a second petrochemical complex on Jurong Island was made in August 2007, beforeitsboardofdirectors’visitto Singapore in March 2009. During its meeting with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on 31 Mar, ExxonMobil expressed its appreciation
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    • 93 8 SINGAPORE’Sgreenmovementgot another boost yesterday with the launch of the first electric vehicle solar charging station. Located at Singapore Polytechnic, it is an expansion of Greenlots, a itisanexpansionofGreenlots,a network of charging spots for electric vehicles launched in March. The standalone off-grid solar charging station traps
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    • 89 8 ADVENTUROUS individuals can soar above Sentosa next year with the openingoftheisland’sfirstskydiving simulator, the iFly Singapore. The first such attraction of its kind here will give people a chance to try the sport safely. Visitorswill“fly”inafive-storey(17m)talland 5m-widewindtunnel–oneofthelargestintheworld– rightoutsideSentosa’sBeachStation.Insidethetunnel, winds will blow at up to 274
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    • 575 9  -  Boy,9,performed oral sex on tuition teacher 5 times REPORT: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg FIRST,his9-year-oldstudentspoketohimaboutsexandhiscuriosityaboutmen’sprivateparts.Days later, the boy followed him into a toilet. The37-year-old tutor allowedthe boy to perform oral sexonhim. Yesterday,thetutorappearedintheHighCourtfor ahearingtoassesshismentalstate. He had pleaded guilty in April to two charges of sexually penetrating
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    • 666 10  -  They are among other customers left stranded after Filipino partner of travel agency leaves Singapore REPORT: PEARLY TAN tnp@sph.com.sg HE HAD bought the air tickets for his Filipino friends to visit Singapore. Itwas VenerableShi FaRong’swayofthanking the two female friends for helping him with
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    • 247 10  -  Pearly Tan,Vivien Chan THE Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) had arranged for Venerable Shi and Empire Travel Services to appear before the court on 4 Aug. But Venerable Shi claimed no representative from the agency turned up. Mr Chan insists he was not involved in the
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  • Global News watch
    • 658 11 As Indians protest Bollywood actor ShahRukhKhan’streatmentatUS airport, others ask... APUBLICITYstunt.That’s what some critics are calling Shah Rukh Khan’s outburst at his detention at a US airport byimmigrationofficials. Afterall,Khanrecentlyfinishedfilming“MyNameis Khan” in the United States, a movie due out next year thatfeaturesthecontentioussubjectofracialprofiling. But now, some critics are
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    • 739 12/13  -  Artistes in full force to raise funds for typhoon victims REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg IT’S not often that you see so many celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China coming together on one stage. Butthenagain,thiswasn’tanordinaryfundraiser. Last night, more than 150 celebrities joined hands to
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    • 340 12/13 REUNIONS with old classmates are usually rowdy affairs,reminiscingover the good ol’ days. But three ex-classmates in Taiwan had a morbid, unexpected reunion when they all turned up to identify the bodies of their missing relatives in the wake of Typhoon Morakot. Mr Guo Xunyi,
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    • 503 14 43 women kids die in Kuwait wedding fire because... AFP THE ex-wife of the groom at a Kuwait wedding wherearagingfirekilled43womenandchildren has confessed to starting the blaze as an act of revenge, local newspapers reported on Monday. Al-Qabas newspaper said the 23-year-old woman had
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    • 457 14 IN A major housing policy shift, the Obama administration plans to pump US$4.25 billion ($6b) of economic stimulus money to create govern-ment-subsidised rental units in US cities. The right-to-rent idea is a new lifeline to struggling home owners amid sky-rocketing
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      54 15 NOFRILLS:Mr HermanBillingtonsitswithhissonsintheirroomat Rancho Bernardo Inn, a luxury golf resort in San Diego. As part of the deal, they reserved rooms for US$19 ($27) per night with no bed, towels, air-conditioning, and only a light bulb in the bathroom. The room comes with a tent where the beds normally
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    • 285 15 KOREAN TIES AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday cautiously welcomed North Korea’s decision to lift border restrictions and restart tours to the communist state, but said the two governments must hold talks before trips can resume. The government “positively evaluates” the joint statement
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    • 98 15 Reuters INDIA’Sprime ministersaid yesterday that there was “credible information” that Pakistan-based militant groups were planning fresh attacks on India. Mr Manmohan Singh’s state- Singh’s ment was another attempt by India to pile pressure onPakistan toact againstanti-India militants. India suspended a 2004 peace
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    • 110 15 AFP AT LEAST 30,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok yesterday, seeking a royal pardon for Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Organisers say they have collect- ed at least five million signatures in support of Thaksin, who was toppled in
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    • 104 15 AFP A US crackdown on wealthy Americans accused of ferreting their money overseas to avoid paying taxes at home has spread to Hong Kong. Court documents in the US detail how Swiss banking giant UBS helped clients set up enterprises in the
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 13 15 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Cloudy High33˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High35˚,Low26˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High30˚,Low26˚
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      54 16 NORASHIKIN HJ MAWI MESSY: Our reader regularly finds a big mess outside an HDB void deck in Choa Chu Kang Ave 5. She finds tissue paper and sometimes bulky items, which could be killer litter, that are thrown out of a flat. E-mail your pictures with your name and
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    • 340 16 FROM SHALINAMD ISMAIL MRS SINGAPORE UNIVERSE 2009 MRS BEST SMILE (MRS UNIVERSE 2009) MissS’poreUniversenationalcostume THIS has reference to “Vanda Miss or Hit” (The New Paper, 12 Aug) on the national costume of Miss Singapore Universe 2009 Rachel Kum. I returned home last week after representing
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    • 56 16 Comments on how to deal with loan sharks: “Ithinkthe only way todeal with loansharks and their runners is to give them the maximum permitted number of strokes of the cane when they are caught. Only then will they remember for the rest of their lives not to
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    • 604 19  -  M’siansingerPennyTaiwantskidsby35, butshe’snotinarushtofindMrRight REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg TIME is slipping away for Malaysian singer-songwriter Penny Tai that is, when it comes to having kids. A couple of years ago, the spunky, pixie-size 31-year old opened up to the Taiwanese media, revealing her desire to “have
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      • 349 20/21  -  ...andotherdishesyoudon’t normally associate with Ramadan Kay Tan –KayTan,newsroomintern THEfastingmonthforMuslimsstartsonSaturday. Besides the traditional nasi lemak, satay and mee rebus, there is a wide variety of choices this Ramadan. But wherecanyougo?TheNewPaperchecksout a selection of non-traditional halal food fromThaitoTurkishfare. MADJACKCAFE CUISINE:Western WHERE:1 SelegieRoad Paradiz/POMO Centre #01-04 OPEN: 11.30amto11pm Sundays
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      • 119 20/21  -  David Ho –DavidHo,newsroomintern Toast Box brings back old-school flavours with a line of colonial tea cakes. The sponge cakes are filled with fresh butter cream. Flavours include raspberry vanilla, chocolate cherries, peanut butter, strawberry, kaya, brownies and apple pie flavours. Our favourite is the kaya one. The cake
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  • Sports
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      • 475 32 LAST SATURDAY RACE 1: YF Leong (PAPAKURA) was questioned regarding his ride from the 1,000m to the 800m. After hearing his explanation and after reviewing the video, the stewards informed Leong that they were not entirely satisfied with his ride during
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      • 219 32 NEW ZEALAND'S latest riding sensation James McDonald will be in action on Friday and Sunday at Kranji this week, after being granted a two-day visiting jockey’s permit by the Singapore Turf Club. The 17-year-old apprentice jockey has just captured the New Zealand
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      • 686 33 SUNDAY KS-B 1600m *****- Ricoco 59.5 (90) (5brzgPShaw-ALACrabbia) -***** Ribeiro 59.5 (89) (5agMFreedman-KatsumiYoshida) *****5 Stealth 58 (84) (7nzgRBMarsh-AJRacing) *****2 Switchblade 58 (82) (5agSBurridge-ArexevanRacing) -270-5 Gust 58 (81) (6agJMeagher-MdmSharonLoh) 70-132 Teskara 58 (80) (5agMFreedman-Mummify) *****- Subordinate 56.5 (79) (5nzgMFreedman-NorthwestRacing) *****- Holtmail 56.5 (78) (5arggPShaw-EMMA) -8-64- Ukrainian
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      • 392 33 SATURDAY C*****m DaMaCaiStakes -07-0- DeNada 57 (70) (6arggPeterLee-THNeo) *****0 Helium 57 (70) (7agJMcGillivray-RiseAgain) 0-1109 Arion 56 (68) (5agJeromeTan-TheRaffles) 83 Speedihave 56 (68) (5agBTLim-Blesswithluck) 00-88- SpeedTiger 55.5 (67) (6agMCLam-FirstHorse) 33-912 CenturyLord E1 55 (66) (4amgKCTiang-Century) -1-284 Labyrinthofwealth 55 (66) (5mgKLChong-LuckyNine) *****- MyHurricane 55 (66) (7agPeterLee-KYLeong) 033-3- BlessYear
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      • 301 34 SATURDAY C*****m *****- OurPolly 57 (35) (5nzmRRogers-Evets) 50-67- DanceWithHonour 56.5 (34) (6agKCTiang-TiangNHonour) -***** BlackSapphire 56 (33) (7nzgPeterLee-StarSapphire) 4-7641 LordJack 56 (33) (7nzgKPHoy-KPHoy) *****0 RollingHigh 56 (33) (5agKCoetzee-Eastern) -***** Abalone 55 (31) (8nzgMSukri-MSukri) 9-5205 MightyAce 55 (31) (7amCecilRobert-YFLye) 2--6-3 TripleAces 54 (29) (8nzgMThwaites-Lucky) -***** UnlimitedSpeed 54 (29)
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      • 709 34 SUNDAY C1&*****m 6---80 SmartLion 58.5 (96) (9agSCook-FooHou) 7004-2 EmitTime 57.5 (94) (7agSHTan-SHTan) 81-404 SpeedRanger 56.5 (92) (8agARahim-GoldPlus) 04-733 Mahau 55 (89) (8agKHNg-KHNg) *****1 Blesswithspeed 54.5 (88) (5agBTLim-Blesswithluck) *****8 Breckenridge 53.5 (86) (8nzgRLines-MidasTouch) *****7 JeramNews 52.5 (84) (10agARahim-GoldPlus) --90-2 AceEmperor 51.5 (82) (7agEBreukelen-Gilmon) 113-34 BeautyBeauty 50.5 (80)
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        597 35  -  GOLF purists have always hoped for an Asian breakthrough atgolf’s fourMajors. The question is when. Not many would have placed their money on South Korean golfer Yang Yong Eun creating history on Sunday. Not when the man he beat was Tiger Woods. The world No. 1 had
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 773 36  -  BRIAN MILLER npsports@sph.com.sg HIS was a name which jogged a memory. That, of a beautiful, blustery summer’s day in Shanghai. A Tiger on the prowl. A Goose running rampant. A Kiwi sticking his neck out. From that menagerie, came this Korean krait. Silent. Brooding, but highly
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    • Sports Athletics
    • Sports EPL Betting
      • 1020 38 GARYLIM Wigan to beat Wolves on all fronts WIGAN did bookmakers around the world a big favour when they upset Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park on Saturday. The shock winisahugeboosttoWigan’sconfidence, so we can expect a good early-season run from them. Wigan’snewmanagerRobertoMartinez made Swansea City a good team
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      • 28 38 BRIAN MILLER STRIKE CARD HITS 27 GARY LIM STRIKE CARD HITS 20 JAMES EASTHAM STRIKE CARD HITS 19 ERIC DING STRIKE CARD HITS 18
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      • 382 39  -  SUNDERLAND v CHELSEA The Black Cats have outspent Chelsea in thepre-season and DAVID LEE feels Sunderland do have a chance against the mighty Blues DAVID LEE SUNDERLAND and Chelsea both kicked off their season with victories, but each team got its three points in distinctively
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      • 371 39 THE KING of diamonds may not have a winning hand. Despite the victory over Hull City, the early verdict is that Carlo Ancelotti’s diamond formation is flawed. An industrious Hunt repeatedly tore Chelsea’s flanks to shreds in the first half and Steve Bruce willidentifythe wingsas theBlues’
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      • 117 39 THEY are men on a mission to prove to cynics that they still count among the best strikers in the business. Darren Bent took all of five minutes to open his Sunderland account with a fine header against Bolton. His pace and effective dovetailing
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    • Sports EPL
      • 434 40  -  Finally,thenewPremierLeagueseasonhas kickedoff.DAVIDLEEpicksoutsomenoteworthy action in this new weekly awards presentation DAVID LEE THE JEKYLL AND HYDE AWARD FOR SPLIT PERSONALITIES DIDIERDrogba’fessing up toagem of aflukewinner? Sincewhen? Four seasons ago, the Ivorian accidentally scored the clincher against Arsenal with his right shin and claimed he meant it.
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      • 335 42 / 43 After watching his strikers squander several chances, Tottenham full-back BENOIT ASSOU-EKOTTO decided to show them how it is done. He describes his wonder-strike with www. tottenhamhotspur.com IT TOOK him 64 games, but it was well worth the wait. Tottenham full-back Benoit As-sou-Ekotto admitted he was
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      • 432 42 / 43 TottenhamskipperLEDLEYKINGshareshisthoughtson beating Liverpool with www. tottenhamhotspur. com How important is this first win, Ledley? LEDLEY KING: It is great, obviously. After starting last season so bad, it was important that we got off to a good start. Liverpool are always going to be a tough
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      • 335 42 / 43 Spurs manager HARRYREDKNAPP tells www. tottenhamhotspur. com his boys deserve their win over Liverpool Your thoughts on the match-winning hero Sebastien Bassong? HARRY REDKNAPP: Bassong can score goals. He is such a fantastic header of the ball I think he is going to become a
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      • 1017 44 / 45  -  The Reds look anything but Premiership title contenders during their 2-1 loss to Spurs. GARYLIM and IAIN MACINTOSH share their thoughts on theweekend’sbiggesttalkingpoint. GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg GARY: I’m sureyou’llhavemany thingsto say about Liverpool, Iain. I watched their 2-1 defeat against
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      • 272 44 / 45  -  IN THE KNOW TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg “THESteven Gerrard-FernandoTorres combination looked way below par against Spurs. “A lot of it was down to a lack of supply to them. Without Xabi Alonso’s passing range and vision, Liverpool struggled to create openings for Gerrard and Torres. “We
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    • 532 46  -  Your English Kaki was at White Hart Lane for the Tottenham v Liverpool Sunday showdown. He blogs his experiences about the epic encounter IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg IALWAYSenjoyatriptoWhiteHartLane.Sure, it’s in the middle of the north-east London badlands, a destination made even more remote by London Transport’s fascination with
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        51 47 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: SUNDERLAND vCHELSEA Ch27, 2.40am WIGANvWOLVES Ch21, 3am Wolveshave towatchout for Wigan’sHugoRodallega (right) whowastheMan of theMatch onSaturday against Villa. Thursday: BURNLEYv MAN UTD Ch27, 2.40am BIRMINGHAMvPORTSMOUTH Ch118, 2.45am HULL vTOTTENHAM Ch119, 2.45am LIVERPOOLvSTOKE Ch21, 3am J-LEAGUE Tomorrow: ALBIREX NIIGATA v GAMBA OSAKA Ch 27,6pm PICTURE: GETTY
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      • 14 47 THE KLM OPEN Thursday: DAY 1 Ch26, 9.15pm Friday: DAY 2 Ch26, 9.15pm
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      • 20 47 WESTERN SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP MASTERS Tonight: 1ST ROUND Ch22, 7am& 11pm Tomorrow: 2NDROUND Ch22, 11pm Friday: LAST16 Ch22, midnight
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      • 473 47 LOCAL EVENTS TABLE TENNIS What: National Table Tennis Championships When: Till Sunday Where: Toa Payoh Training Hall THEMEN’Steam competition’s round of 16 and quarter-finals will be played on Saturday. The ties for the round of 16 are: Safra Red v Hwa Chong Alumni, NTU Hall 6 Alumni A
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    • 395 41 S* r w c Mat O U UEFA Champions League kicks off tonight Celtic FC vs Arsenal FC 2:45am at Channel 61 19 Aug 2009 Wednesday 2:45am Sporting Clube de Portugal vs ACF Fiorentina (Ch 62) FC Timisoara vs VfB Stuttgart (Ch 63) FC Kobenhavn vs APOEL FC FC Sheriff
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    • 24 46 BENOIT ASSOU-EKOTTO: First goal in 64 games, how does he feel about that? PAGE42 PICTURE:REUTERS EPL:Are Liverpoolin trouble? GaryLim andIain Macintoshgivetheir views. PAGE 44
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