The New Paper, 26 August 2009

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    19 1 the new paper 26 Aug 09 we A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 70 CENTS CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      285 1 NEW FACE FINALIST CHRISTINE ‘Plastic surgery’s not for me’ PAGE 29 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia WOMAN PUNCHES BUS DRIVER He catches her using senior citizen’s concession card, which she claims belonged to her dead grandma PAGE 2 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      14 1 Bullied in school ITE student, 20, tries twice to end own life PAGE 4
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      1205 2 / 3  -  Womancaughtusingdeadgrandmother’s concession card turns violent on moving bus REPORT:HEDY REPORT:HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg SHE looked to be in her 30s, but when she tapped her ez-link card after boarding the bus, it registered as a senior citizen concession card. When confronted by
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      Lock icon Bullied, almost to the edge
      701 4 / 5  -  REPORT:LIEW LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg FOR over a year, his classmate hurled insults at him. He called the 20-year-old student ugly and taunted him as a “mummy’s boy”, after bumping into the student with his mother one weekend. One of the student’s relatives believes his school
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      Lock icon Bullying cases low, measures in place
      265 4 / 5 THE number of bullying cases has remained “smalland relativelystable” over the years, an Education Ministry (MOE) spokesman said. “Thewelfare and safety ofour studentsare top prioritiesinour schools,”shesaid. The spokesman added that an educational approachtowardsbullies and victims isadopted studentsaregiven counselling and guidance but in serious cases,
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      554 6  -  Blocked gas pipe affects 3 families but is fixed in 30 minutes REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IT’S hard enough saying your final goodbyes to a loved one at a crematorium. Imagine having this pain extended because there is no gas to get the furnaces going. This
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      Lock icon FATAL ACCIDENT: A horrific sight greeted motorists in Sengkang West yesterday morning. Police had to guide traffic along the road after a collision between a lorry and a motorcyle, which occurred at 1.15am. The motorcylist and his pillion rider were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics at 1.45am. The driver of the lorry and his passenger were unhurt.
      62 8 FATAL ACCIDENT: A horrific sight greeted motorists in Sengkang West yesterday morning. Police had to guide traffic along the road after a collision between a lorry and a motorcyle, which occurred at 1.15am. The motorcylist and his pillion rider were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics at 1.45am. The
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      264 8 Temasek unveils new Charter TEMASEK Holdings unveiled a revised Charter yesterday that downplayed its links to government policy or strategic interests, as it eyes more overseas assets from banks to infrastructure. The new Charter yesterday more accurately reflects its investment objectives and relationship
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      111 8 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is reducing the bid deposit for Certificate of Entitlements (COE) by 50 per cent from $10,000 to $5,000 per bid application. This will be applicable for cars, taxis, buses and vehicles in the open category and
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      103 8 SOME 600,000 signed-up members of the People’s Association can soon use their membership cards to pay for public transport rides and purchases and gain loyalty points. The PAssion ez-link card, due for launch in November, is the first to double as
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      Lock icon Petrol up by 5 cents a litre, third rise in four weeks
      112 8 PUMP prices are up again, for the third time in four weeks, by five cents a litre across the board this time around. Yesterday’s increase, led by Caltex, pushed petrol back to the $2 level last seen before
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      696 9  -  Ex-Income CEO (right) sets up association focused on educating public on financial matters REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg CONSUMERSnowhaveanewbodytoturntoforfinancialadviceandeducation.It’scalled theFinancial Services Consumers Association (FiSCA), a non-profit organisation headed by ex-NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian. (See reportatright.) Mr Tan told reporters at the group’s
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      Lock icon Crash causes massive jam
      404 12  -  Nurul Asyikin Mohd Nasir –NurulAsyikinMohdNasir,newsroomintern ONLYthedriver’spridewashurtwhenhistipperlorry, well, tipped over and landed on its right sideaftercrashingintoaroaddivider. Butremovingthedamagedlorry–almostfourhours after the accident sparked frayed tempers as hundreds of motorists were caught in a massive jam at KeppelRoadforanhouryesterday. The tipper lorry, belonging to Hock Chuan Hong Waste Management Pte Ltd
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      713 14  -  Changi Sports Medicine Centre also treats non-athletes Hehurtsshoulderwhiletrainingto kayakaroundPhilippinesin100days REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg HE’Soffagain, this timeon akayak to traverse 3,300km of water around the Philippine archipelago in 100 days. And adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow’s partner in his gruelling physical quest has been Changi
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      573 15  -  Andy Lau seen offering incense to rumouredgirlfriendCarolChu’sdad REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg HONG Kong superstar Andy Lau has finally stopped hiding from the media. The Malaysian media reported that the 47-year-old Heavenly King was seen two days ago paying his respects at the grave of
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        556 16/17 Twists TURNS Is she to be caned, or not? In public, or not? Will she appeal, or not? As media scrutiny intensifies on the caseof M’sia’sbeer-drinking model, adevelopment has thrown the case into even more disarray TREATEDlikeafootball.That’showpart-time modelandSingapore resident Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno described her situation. Kartika was sentenced to
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        316 16/17 IN AUSTRALIA: JUST like in the famous scene in the movie LethalWeapon 2, when DannyGlover’s character gets stuck on a toilet bowl, a man found himself glued to one in a shopping mall in Cairns, Australia. While there was no explosive end to this
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      45 23 FROM ANTHONY TANG TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: This passenger on board bus service 26 on 8 Aug was spotted sitting on one seat and resting his feet on the adjacent one. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      154 23 ATTACK ONCGH STAFF FROM READER ARTHUR LIM IREFERtothearticle“Evenfriendscan’tcalm patient down” (The New Paper, 24 Aug). It is outrageous to note the extent of abuseatourhospitals. In the case of the staff being abused both verbally and physically at the Changi General Hospital, I find
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      57 23 On young Singaporeans being unappreciative of the good life they have “Theywere borninan erawhen allseems well ie after the 1970s. All they have seen is continuous upward improvement in their lives andhave noexperienceofSingapore’s turbulentearlyyears ofself-rule.” arthurl “Remindsmeofmy pastattitude. Perhapsit will take some time for people to realise
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      95 23 FROM READER ACE KINDRED CHEONG IREFERtothearticle“Evenfriendscan’t calmpatientdown”. Iwasappalledattheaggressor’s behaviour, which was absurd and inconsiderate. Every one has to abide by the rules and regulations of the hospital, including the visiting time. I am shocked and angry to read that Mr Naimneededhisgirlfriendtoshower
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      122 23 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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      704 24/25  -  Actress Cynthia Koh runs into problems getting fat for frumpy ‘auntie’role REPORT: CHARLENE CHUA cchar@sph.com.sg SAYgoodbyetothesvelteCynthiaKoh.The1.6m-talllocalactress,who weighsjust 48kg, willattempt toget fatintwoweeksforherroleas a frumpy, plump “auntie” in her latest drama, Happy Family. Soundseasy?Notso,accordingtoCynthia. SaidCynthia,35:“TobehonestI’mreallyworried. “Howmuchweightcanyougainintwoweeks?ButI willgiveitmybestshot.” Happy Family a television drama about a
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      210 24/25 HOLLYWOOD actresses seem to have no qualms about jumping on the fat-wagon for their craft. Think Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Charlize Theron (Monster), Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) and Selma Blair (Kath Kim). In Asia, where fattening up for roles is uncommon,
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        603 26  -  Indietrio’sdebut album has a mouthful of a title REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg THINK Another Sunday Afternoon is a mouthfulforaband’sname? Wait till you hear what the local indie trio has titled its debut pop-rock album, which was released early last month. It’scalledTheUncannyTreeOfFractured Hearts: Featuring The Peculiar Case
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        172 26 IN just four months, this curly-haired, bespectacled woman with the toothy smile has become the most well- loved auntie in Singapore. She has a fan club with close to 600 supporters and her Facebook account has more than 5,000 fans. She’swidely hailedasthe EighthPrincess of MediaCorp, was on the
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        518 27  -  A digital SLR camera the size of a compact REPORT: EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg NOTHING yells “Tourist!” louder than a bulky digital SLR camera hanging around your neckwhen you’rein aforeign country. Apart from possibly giving you a neckache, it makes you a prime target for those who make
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      613 28  -  Nothing wrong with it, butthere’safineline between being drunk and being obnoxious IVAN LIM PARTY ANIMAL pjlim@sph.com.sg ONE of the privileges of being a denizen of the night is that I get to meet many people. Some of them are forgettable, especially if they
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      270 28  -  NATAS TRAVEL FARE REPORT: JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg NOW is the time to plan your holidays. Singapore’slargest bi-annualconsumer travelfair, Natas Holidays 2009, is back this weekend (28-30 Aug). Expect special one-for-one deals, free city tours, low all-in fares and accommodation upgrades from travel operators and airlines.
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      419 60  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg FERNANDOTorresis anangryman. He has been furious since the start of theseason. Why is he so angry? One reason is because he’s being shoved around by defenders, and almost marked out of the game
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        502 47 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOYESTERDAY’SKRANJITRACKWORK RUNAWAYdebutwinnerBetter Than Ever should strike again, going by his eye-catchinghit-out atKranjiyesterday. With winning jockey Saimee Jumaat aboard, the strapping galloper went better than his stablemate Good Feel at the end of a 600mdash. He clocked 35sec after cantering a lap on the Polytrack, which wasratedgood.
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        290 47 COMMITTEE’S PRIZE 1,600m: Any Humour? canter/36.8. Desert Links (M Gallagher) 39.2. Mr Line? (B Vorster) 36.3. Super Gold? (V Sivan)canter/39.1. Golden Number? (S Sam) canter/42.2. KRANJI STAKES B -1,800m: Win In ?(R Fradd) 36.3. El Sordo? canter/38.2. Rooy (B Tai) 43.5. CLASS 3 1,600m:
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        147 47 Trial 1 (test): 1 Hopkins (J Saimee) 2 Hear Me (M Kellady) 3 Speculator (R Stewart) 4 Money Bee (J Moreira) 5 Senor Linear (B Vorster) 6 Icy Domain (D Beasley) 7 Golden Larkspur (VDuric). Margins and time: 11/2, 33/4, nk, 1/2, 4, 31/2 (1min00.39sec). Trial 2
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        449 48 WAI KOR geared up for a comeback win in the Darwin Turf Club Trophy over 1,100m on Saturday with a smart workout yesterday. Taken out by jockey Benny Woodworth, the five-year-old gelding by Dante’s Fury strode out fluently over 600m in 40.2sec. The going was heavy.
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        455 48 GOING FORECAST: GOOD 7.00Race1 MaidenPlate(3yearoldfillies)-1200m 1 SUPERSUNDAY KTeetan (2) 58 2 MYANMAR RHill (4) 58 3 MAKEBA ISturgeon (5) 58 4 MARKTHEMOMENT GWright(-4) (9) 58 5 NEWSHUB KGood (8) 58 6 RAISETHERENT BLerena (10) 58 7 ROMANESQUE(AUS) RDanielson (3) 58 8 SHIFTCYPHER SCormack (6)
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        535 48 GERMAINEMAHARAJ’SCOMMENTSFORTODAY’SSCOTTSVILLERACES RACE 1 (1,200m) 1 SUPER SUNDAY has done decently so far, having run a cracking second to champion juvenile filly Laverna in her second outing and then staying on over a mile in her next start. 8 SHIFT CYPHER was not disgraced behind
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        408 49 SouthKorea’snew US PGA champion, Yang Yong Eun, appearedonCNN’s Talk Asia to talk about beating Tiger Woods and his approach to golf Yang’sthoughts onthe win and Tiger Woods: I NEVER thought of winning since Tiger Woods is an amazing golfer. And although there were many people
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        211 49 THE TANGLIN Golf Course, once popular but until recently deserted, has been revitalised. Thanks to the First Tee of Singapore, an initiative from the World Golf Foundation that aims to impart life skills and values to children through the game of golf. The nine-hole, par-27
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        229 49  -  GODFREY ROBERT MARDAN Mamat and Lam Chih Bing, the top two Singapore professionals for almost five years now, will again team up for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup Qualifier–Asia this week. The duo will vie for the three World Cup spots at
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        804 50/51  -  This week, CHERYL TAYgoes behind the scenes of the STAR Sports F1 presentation show CHERYL TAY UNKNOWN to many, the preparation work for the STAR Sports F1 presentation show actually starts from Tuesday. It culminates on race day on Sunday whenabouttwodozenpeople–from editing to transmission to
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        440 50/51  -  CHERYL TAY STEVE SLATER STARSports’F1commentator STEVE Slater has been doing Formula One commentaries for STAR Sports since the 1998 Italian Grand Prix in Monza. The Englishmanisthe ultimate “F1 encyclopedia”.Hetalks about F1allthe time and even if you try to change the topic, he
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        577 52  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg HERE in the United Kingdom, summer holidays are the bane of any parents’ life. For six long weeks, their offspring bounced off the walls, bored with 96 channels of cable and frustrated by another typically dismal British summer.
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        513 52  -  LIVERPOOL 1 ASTON VILLA 3 IAIN MACINTOSH npsports@sph.com.sg I’M TOLD that when Rafa Benitez left Anfield on Monday night, he was accosted by a dismayed Liverpool fan. With two defeats in the first three fixtures, as many as the team suffered in the
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        669 53  -  Postman reader and Liverpool fan ALAN SONG was in The NewPaper’snewsroomtoshare histhoughtsonLiverpool’s shock loss to Aston Villa IN THE GRANDSTAND Shea John Driscoll newsroom intern Do you think this was a one-off result or is there a deeper problem with Liverpool? ALANSONG: There’sdefinitelyabig problem here. There’s just
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        330 54  -  DAVID LEE TheNewPaper’s football analyst, TOHARIPAIJAN: THE STEVEN Gerrard-Fernando Torres combination isLiverpool’sbiggest goalthreat. Thisisan open secret that has worked well for the Reds over the last two seasons. But for the second time in three games, the double act was disrupted by the employment of
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        110 54 ITDOESN’T bodewell for the restof the season.We might end up outside the Big Four after this. Strange substitutions,absent-mindedplayers...Iwonder if Rafa is putting too much misplaced faith in Lucas, or if Lucas is buckling under pressure. And with Stevie Gnot in form...It’sjust too muchfor afan tobear. SaraAnn K,
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        56 54 WAS IT defence, attack, or just bad luck that Liverpool lost at home to Villa, who lost their opening game to Wigan, a team trounced 5-0byUnited?It’sallof the above. Well, if they go on like this, nobody will walk with them. –Dennis Foo, CEO of St James Powerstation,
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        688 55  -  IN THE KNOW TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg ALL FIVE goals Liverpool have conceded so far, in the two games they lost, have come from set-plays. This is not an old problem, and the weakness of Rafa Benitez’spreferred zonal markingsystem was found out by Aston Villa.
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        176 55  -  JOHN BURRIDGE npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a former Manchester City goalkeeper. LIVERPOOL got murdered. They looked in disarray against Aston Villa and they look unhappy. Everybody knows that Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres have got that understanding going on. Nullify one of them and you break that
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        625 56/57  -  LIVERPOOL 1 (Torres 72) ASTON VILLA 3 (Lucas 34-og, Davies 45+2, Young 75-pen) AstonVilla’s3-1 win yesterday morning was Liverpool’ssecond loss of the new season so far, after the latter lost only two matches last season. We dissect Liverpool’s performance ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT THE ANSWER
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        218 56/57  -  ERNEST LUIS PERHAPS. In the 66th minute against Aston Villa, Andriy Voronin the “Ukrainian Ponytail”,replacedtheaimlessLucasLeiva. But by the 72nd minute, Voronin showed how the presence of an extra man up front alongside Fernando Torres could reap a result. The Ukrainian Ponytail played a key part
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        207 56/57  -  ERNEST LUIS BEGGARScan’tbechoosers. Liverpool haven’t been exactly forced into a garage sale, but their debts prevent manager Rafael Benitez from shopping as he likes. So he has to live with his decisions, and his remaining personnel. How else do you explain that he had more defenders on his
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        255 56/57  -  ERNEST LUIS ASTON Villa are one of those few teams any neutral fan would want to see break into the Big Four. A team that prides itself on using a majority of English talent unlike their bigger rivals they are led by the clever and likeableMartinO’Neill. So
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        72 56/57 The3-1 victory isAston Villa’sfirst win atAnfield since 2001, in a match that also finished 3-1 to the Villans. Thisdefeat alsoended Liverpool’s 31-match unbeatenhomeleague record that stretched back to December 2007, when Manchester United were 1 -0 winners at Anfield. This is the first time that Liverpool have lost
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        191 56/57  -  ERNESTLUIS SHOCKER STEVENGerrard knew hemade ablunder when he lunged into alatetackleon NigelReo-Coker togive awayapenaltyto Villa threeminutesafter Fernando Torres madeit2-1.Gerrard didn’teven lookto appealtothe referee.What a shockerby the Liverpoolcaptain. STUPIDEST MOVE NOPRIZES for guessingwho getsnamedin this category.LucasLeiva,22, the Brazilian who attemptedto holdthe defensivemidfieldrole for Liverpoolagainst AstonVilla, pushedStiliyan Petrov inthe back
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        Lock icon We made too many mistakes
        380 58 IN THE DUGOUT PA Sport LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez condemned his players for their error-prone performance as they slumped to their second Premier League defeat in 11 days. Beaten at Tottenham on the opening weekend, they recovered to overpower Stoke in midweek, only to slump
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        454 58 Wire Services ASTON Villa have bounced back, and in stunning fashion. After losing their opening two games this season against Wigan in the league and Rapid Vienna in the Europa League play-off their 3-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield yesterday morning gave them their first points
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        114 59 LIVE TELECASTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING PLAY-OFF (2ND LEG): Tomorrow: ARSENAL v CELTIC Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger (right) will stick with an attacking formation. The Gunners scored two away goals against Celtic in Scotland. mioTVCh 61,2.45am FIORENTINA v SPORTING LISBON mioTVCh 62,2.45am VfB STUTTGART v FC TIMISOARA mioTVCh 63,2.45am OLYMPIAKOS
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        21 59 JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP Tomorrow: DAY 1 Ch26, 10.15pm Friday: DAY 2 Ch26, 10.15pm THE BARCLAYS Friday: DAY 1 Ch 26,3.15am
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        395 59 LOCAL EVENTS SKATEBOARDING What: Singapore Xtreme Championship When: Saturday and Sunday Where: Xtreme SkatePark East Coast (East Coast Park, near carpark F1) THIS event will officially launch the Xtreme SkatePark East Coast, Singapore’sfirst international-standard skate park. In addition to participants from the region, three elite X-Games professionalathletes Takeshi
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