The New Paper, 4 October 2009

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1 56 The New Paper
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    19 1 The New Paper on sunday 4 Oct 09 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS I PUBLICATION 80 CENTS MICA (P) 194/11/2008
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      205 1 S’PORE GRAND PRIX F1 contractors spent thousands on race tickets 6 The New Paper on TONIGHT: CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL Expect the unexpected, says Your English 50 4 Oct 09 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award '09 Society of Publishers in Asia S’PORE’S FIRST TOPLESS CAR WASH THEY WORE NIPPLE TAPE
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      Lock icon No point getting JEALOUS
      896 2/3  -  Contest winner takes beau (below) to toplesscarwash.She’sshockedwhen models’bikinitopscomeoffbutsays... REPORT:TAYSHI’AN TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg HE couldn’t believe what his girlfriend was telling him. Mr Gary Yap’s first reaction was: “You mean they are going to wash my car for free? And they’ll be topless?” They decided to go,
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      Lock icon Legal? Depends if you can call event private
      353 2/3 SO was the topless car wash legal? In Singapore, a person who appears nude in a public place or in a private place that is exposed to public view will be committing an offence. Offenders can be fined up to $2,000, jailed
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      Lock icon You just pretend NO ONE is watching
      427 4  -  Car wash model shy about going topless at first REPORT: TAY SHI’AN shian@sph.com.sg SHEfeltabitshytobewearingjustabikinibottomand heels at first, but soon, became more comfortable. “BecauseIwasnotalone,thereareothergirlsdoing it.Likesometoplesscatwalk,”saidJenny,21,oneofthe fourmodelsatthetoplesscarwash. Jenny, an administrative assistant who has been modelling part-time for about half a year, said she foundoutabouttheeventthroughwordofmouth. Afriendcalledherandaskedifshewasinterested.
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      Lock icon From behind the scenes to front row
      698 6  -  SomeF1contractorstakeabreakand buythousands-worthinracetickets REPORT: CRYSTAL CHAN crystalc@sph.com.sg CONTRACTORS for the F1 race here spent thousands of dollars on tickets to support race promoter Singapore Grand Prix. Some bought grandstand passes while others splurged on hospitality suites. They then gave away the tickets to their
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      Lock icon IT’S THE FOOD THAT SHINES
      573 8/9  -  AtLoyangTuaPekKongtemple’sMid-AutumnFestivalcelebrations... REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg IT’S THE season for mooncakes, but the sweet pastry seemed overshadowed by the variety of food on offer. Makeshift booths at the Loyang Tua Pek Kong temple were dishing out local culinary delights like Hainanese chicken rice, kueh tutu and
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      Lock icon Woman denied divorce after doctor refuses to measure husband’s...
      254 10 TAIWAN A TAIWANESE woman reportedly asked for a divorce from her husband because his penis was too long. Sin Chew Daily, quoting a newspaper report from Taiwan, reported that the woman, in her second attempt to divorce her husband, said she
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      805 10  -  S’poreanPhDstudent conductedonlinestudy tofindoutifbodysize matterstomales REPORT: NG WAN CHING wanching@sph.com.sg PENIS envy is real. Men do want it bigger, especially when they are talking about it or comparing themselves with other men. How much bigger? According to a yet-unpublished study of men from over 40
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      Lock icon Devotees asked to remove ‘lucky’ roadside shrine
      768 12/13  -  Singapore Land Authority says Marsiling Crescent shrine occupies state land without permission REPORT: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg THEY come here with offerings and prayers for good fortune and lucky numbers. Despite being along a lonely stretch of Marsiling Crescent, this makeshift shrine hasattracteddevoteesfromvariousplaces– even
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      Lock icon Please take your ‘ancestors’ back
      457 14  -  Volunteerappealstopeoplewholeavestatuesof deities, ancestral tablet under Choa Chu Kang tree: REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg THAT’SapleafromMrMCSu,52.The Singaporean contractor has been caring for a collection of abandoned statues of deities, an ancestraltabletandtwophotos. Noneofthembelongstohimorhisfamily. People have been leaving such items by a durian treeinChoaChuKangforsixyears,saidMrSu. The ancestral tablet and photographs
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      Lock icon 2 dead after debris falls on passing car
      504 18 FATAL ACCIDENT IN PERAK A GREY cloud suddenly covered the windscreen of Madam Wang Meiqing’scarwhileshewasdriving. The next moment, she crashed. Madam Wang, 39, instinctively grabbed her daughter and ran out of the car as fast as she could. It was only after
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      590 19 TheseChinesemodelstoughitout likesoldierstojoinintheircountry’s 60th anniversary celebrations THEY are professional models whose job is to preen and pose on catwalks across China. But for months, Zhao Na and Zhang Xiaofei swopped their high heels for military boots. Instead of sashaying down a runway, they learnt how to stand like statues
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      Lock icon LIVING BRIDGES
      403 20/21 Indianvillagers‘train’trees togrowfor20yearsacross riverstomakebridgesthat last for hundreds of years RAIN is an integral part of the villagers living deep in the forested valleys of the north-east India’s Meghalaya state. It rains so much during the monsoons that in 1974, 2.5m of rain fell in a single day. This makes
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      Lock icon They sent cries for help from handphone
      574 22 SMSespointtosignsoflifeandlead to rescue from Indonesia quake ruins IT WAS just a short text message. But it probably saved their lives. “Please help, I’m trapped, my position isin the houseby thestairs.” Johnson Chandra sent that SMS to his father 900km away in Jakarta as
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      278 5 You can ft StarHub GET A HAPPY B 1 LJ JUST BECAUSE ITS SUNDAY OCTOBER TREAT! FREE box of DARS Chocolate, exclusively for GREEN Prepaid customers. Simply flash the StarHub logo on your mobile phone at Cheers outlets on any Sunday in October to redeem your DARS Chocolate! I Yamakawa
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      92 7 WHEN YOU SWEAT mm w x s sSSi! Mi. m 1 JIII m 5»J 100 When you lead an active lifestyle, you can lose up to 2.5 litres of flu id daily, mainly through sweat. To stay hydrated, you need more than just water. IGDPLUS j s a specially formulated
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      28 8/9 SPORTS NOON EDITION newpappaperthe NO SPORTS NOON EDITIONS NEXT WEEK Watch out for our paper tomorrow, where Your English Kaki will be at the Chelsea v Liverpool match
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      326 11 ESPLANADE PRESENTS o Q o a >5 srso* 'Vfl ~J2 m j. 1 <7 I A by Excellent Pictures Global Entertainment Network Sdn Bhd with the support of Istana Budaya, Malaysia Reconceptualised for Singapore production in directorial collaboration with Panggung Arts jheMu^ The drift began on television...The circuit roared on
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      287 12/13 When you go to the movies, we want you to send in photos of yourself giving us your instant reviews. Stand next to the poster of the movie you've just watched, strike a pose and let your fingers do the rating. One to five fingers one for really poor and
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      2 12/13 Takeyour‘ancestors’ back/NEXTPAGE
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      Lock icon Typhoons ravage the Philippines, Vietnam
      319 15 Disasters cause more damage in the region AFP AT LEAST three people died yesterday as Typhoon Parma tore roofs of houses and dumped heavy rain across the Philippines, after floods claimed 293 lives a week earlier. The typhoon stayed away from Manila, sparing millions of
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      55 15 LITTER OF ANGER: Foreign workers at Kaki Bukit Road 3 threw objects from their quarters on Friday night. They were believed to be angry over a cut in water supply. Plumbers were later called in to fix the problem and the police also arrived to control the situation.
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      Lock icon SMEs to get more help in expanding to new markets
      94 15 SMALL-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) region will get more help to venture into foreign markets, announced Minister of State for Trade and In- dustry and Manpower Lee Yi Shyan yesterday. One initiative is the Apec Business
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      Lock icon PM Lee launches Kallang River-Bishan Park project
      86 15 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Kallang River-Bishan Park project, part of the Active, Beautiful and Clean (ABC) Waters Programme yesterday. The programme is a masterplan to transform Singapore’s water catchment areas into community spaces for recreational activities. The Kallang River-Bishan Park
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      Lock icon Singapore’s Sumatra quake survivor warded at SGH
      105 15 SINGAPORE’S only victim in the earthquake in West Sumatra has returned home. Businessman John Lee, 55, was pulled out alive on Thursday from the rubble of a five-storey hotel five-storey after being trapped for 30 hours. He was subsequently hospitalised in Padang. He
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      Lock icon Aide of slain Malaysian terrorist Noordin surrenders
      105 15 AFP A CLOSE aide of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top has handed himself in to Indonesian authorities. National police spokesman Nanan Soekarna said in a text message yesterday that Aris Ma’ruf, 23, surrendered to police in the Central Java district of
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      Lock icon Let’s safeguard the Singapore brand name
      550 16/17  -  THE BUZZ COMMENT: MELVIN SINGH melvin@sph.com.sg IN the same week that the world was treated to another dazzling view of the Singapore brand, a dubious choice threatened the image. The Formula 1 SingTel Grand Prix costs millions to host. It is a showcase event
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      Lock icon S’PORE HAPPINESS INDEX
      153 16/17 Werate the past week’snews goodandbad. +20 If anything could outdo the spectacle of Singapore’s first F1 night race last year, it was the second one more buzz, more celebrities, more thrills. +10 Changi airport won five awards last month, and the number of visitor arrivals in August
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      Lock icon 5 things about the Olympic Games
      116 16/17 1 Theheartof the founderof the InternationalOlympicCommittee, Pierrede Coubertin, whodied in 1937,was buried atthe siteof Olympiainancient Greece. Therest ofhisbody was buried inLausanne, Switzerland. 2 Somehave blamedformer French PresidentJacque Chirac for France losingthe 2012 bid toLondon.Before thevote, heinsulted Britainbysaying “AfterFinland, it’s thecountry with theworst food.”Finland hadtwo
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      9 16/17 “ButisitBoomz?” –Awomanonthequestionsheasksherselfwhenassessingherownwork. “Typhoon,tsunami,nowearthquake. IthinkI’llstayinbedtomorrow.” –Amanontherecentspateofnaturaldisasters.
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      Lock icon QUICK ON THE DRAW
      22 16/17 Sports broadcasting rights: What if more companies enter the market down the road? TNP ILLUSTRATION LEE HUP KHENG
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      55 18 TaLlisLet Tca«MiS3,|| Kuch Kuch Hota hai,Kal Ho Na Ho,Kabhi Alviaa Na Kehna,Dostana Karan Johar now brings his next Ranhir Kavoor Sharma Kon n nit I WITH 12.15 hh, 3. 15,6.15,9.15 pm\ IMS ENGLISH SUBTITLES Kafc ICEffi 3.00, S>. 5 5pw V the third film from the director of THE 40-YEAR-OLD
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      259 22 R tvvc > c c-ncT a comprehensive Don't miss your copy wl th reviews, articles Week and m m °ore,Tn The New Paper every Thursday! FRUM THE PRODUCERS UF THE RESIDENT EVIL FILMS I m r n ■$r.r FEAR WflAT HAPPENS NEXT. DENNIS OUAID BEN FOSTEF PANDORU "A' ,^'VSSi ':w
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      1081 23  -  Gyms seeing more women picking up male-dominatedmixedmartialarts REPORT AND PICTURES: HEDY KHOO hedykhoo@sph.com.sg WRESTLING with a sweaty man on the floor is not exactly what most women might deem a hobby. But for customer service officer Amy Teo, 37, mixed martial arts (MMA) is
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      Lock icon Never too late to take care of skin for finals
      553 25  -  David Ho –DavidHo,newsroominternwith additionalreportingbyGermaineLim WITH the finals for The New Paper New Face 2009 looming, the 20 finalists are starting to take serious care of their skin. A good skin care routine is not new to MediaCorp artiste and beauty
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      Lock icon The return of The King
      576 26  -  Celebrityimpersonatorsintown for tribute concert REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg ONSTAGE, their uncanny impersonations of Elvis Presley and Whitney Houston draw sell-out crowds. But when the lights are turned off and the make-up is removed, no one cares about them, as a self-deprecating Doug Church and Jazmine
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      227 27  -  StarsturnoutinpairsforChristopher LeeandFannWong’sweddingdinner REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg THEstarscameouttoplayonTuesdaynightforFann Wong and Christopher Lee’s wedding of theyearatShangri-LaHotel. Andsomecouplesturneditintoaminiouting. Like Darren Lim and Evelyn Tan, Pierre Png and AndreaDeCruz,DanielOngandJaimeTeo,JackNeo andwifeIrene,andAlanTernandPrisceliaChan. Comedian Henry Thia came, not with his real wife, but his reel wife Lin Ruping from the movies MoneyNoEnough2andWhereGotGhost?. We also got
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        Lock icon Don’t dive too deep into how your man cooks your seafood
        511 30  -  Hedy Khoo hedykhoo@sph.com.sg IF YOUR girlfriend does not hunger for you, at least make her salivate over your culinary prowess. That might keep her coming back for more. Seafood tofu crabcakes are a safe bet. Strike a compromise between
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        Lock icon Excuse me, is this a compliment?
        465 32  -  SANTOKH SINGH FATHER FIGURES santokh@sph.com.sg IT may be an innocent comment from an 11 -year-old but it was telling. “You’re so lucky” claimed my niece. “Myschoolissounfair.” She was responding to my daughter who had stated that her school held a DeepaRaya concert recently. In
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        Lock icon Not sure how much hongbao to give? Don’t give!
        423 32  -  S M ONG ACT BLUR smong@sph.com.sg “DON’Ttrytomakemoneyfromyourwedding.” This was the advice from a wedding consultant in last week’s report about wedding hongbao in The Straits Times. The advice was flagrantly unheeded by Christopher Lee and Fann Wong, whose sponsored wedding was
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      45 25 The New Paper New Face 09 finals will be held on Thursday at Takashimaya Square at 7pm. The winner will be selected by a panel of six judges: Her World fashion beauty director Jeanette Ejlersen, top model Junita Simon, top hairstylist Addy Lee, brand general
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      41 25 manager of M.A.C. Cosmetics Michael Goh, executive director of Tan Chong International Glenn Tan and The New Paper columnist Sylvia Toh. You can be part of the competition by voting for your favourite New Face finalist as Miss Popularity. You may
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      44 25 also win $1,000 worth of Takashimaya vouchers. As of Thursday, the top five girls (in alphabetical order) are: Avena Seow, Gabriela Lorenz, Sherena Ng, Tan Minyi and Vanessa Vanderstraaden. Look out for details on page 28, or log on to tnp.sg/newface09 for more details.
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      81 26 Win tickets to see Pandorum rum, which stars Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet. The movie opens here on 15 Oct. We have 80 pairs of tickets for a 14 Oct preview, courtesy of ShawOrganisation. Turn to page 22 to see how youcanwin. TWO crew members of a space
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      242 28/29 s NEW FACE 2009 HI You decide with your vote, the winner of Miss Popularity at The New Paper New Face 2009 Grand Final. You could win $1,000 worth of Takashimaya vouchers while Ms Popularity wins the $2,000 cash prize! To find out more about each finalist's profile, log on
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      277 33 WATCH’EM MammaMia! HBO(StarHubCh60), 9pm Inthis filmversionof theBroadway and WestEnd musical(above),a bride-to-beon an isolatedGreek islandtries todiscern herreal father from three possiblecandidates.StarringMeryl Streep,Amanda Seyfried. LaVieEnRose OKTO,10pm ThisbiopicaboutlegendaryFrenchchanteuseEdithPiaf chronicleshowthestreetsingerwasdiscoveredbya clubowner,coachedbyamusicianwhobringsherto concerthallsandsufferedtragicloveaffairs.Starring MarionCotillard,GerardDepardieu. PICTURE:UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PICTURE:SHAW TheEye(above) StarMovies(StarHubCh58),9pm Ablindwomanwhoreceivesaneyetransplantallows hertoseeintothesupernaturalworld.StarringJessica Alba,AlessandroNivola. CHANNEL5 Noon FootballAsiaShow 2009 12.30pm Sports@SG 1.00 2009FORMULA 1SingTel SingaporeGrand Prix(The Night Race)
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      Lock icon LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE
      603 45  -  ALISON RATCLIFFE FOOTBALL FEMME npsports@sph.com.sg THERE’S more dust in the corners of English brains than at the back of an old lady’slingerie drawer. This is the 18th Champions League. No team has ever won it twice in a row. Prestige and popularity ooze from the fatted
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        Lock icon YESTERDAY’S AUSTRALIA(FLEMINGTON/BELMONT/TOOWOOMBA)RESULTS
        802 35 RACE 1 (Flemington) 1st 1 Tickets ($22-$5) 2nd 4 Bawaardi ($40) 3rd 2 Delago Bolt ($12) 4th 3 Tollesprit. EOB $12. Forecast $166. Place forecast $27 (1-2), $43 (1-4), $65 (2-4). Tierce $1261. Trio $316. Quartet No winner ($1030 jackpot carried forward to next race). RACE 2 (Flemington)
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        Lock icon YESTRDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
        429 35 GOING: GOOD Race1 C5(SC)1200m 12 SOVEREIGNACE54.5c53.5(16-6) WKYan (3) 3 3 1 (454) 8 D'MIGHTYVICTORY55(31-16) LSofhan (13) 2 2 2 (474) 2.25 14 WINNINGWARRIOR53.5(74-27) IAzhar (5) 5 5 3 (494) 1.75 1 KAKUREI57c56(38-10) HSGill* (10) 4 4 4 (506) Shd ?Winningowner:TKLiew.Trainer:OSidek.Time:1min11.3sec. Forecast:$23.Tierce:$236.Quartet:$604.MalaysianW/P:RM25,RM8,RM21,RM28. EOB:$12.PForecast:$9(12-8),$15(8-14),$13(12-14).Trio:$35. Coursescratching:15:TicToc Race2 C5(SC)1200m 3
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        Lock icon TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
        1225 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD JOCKEY TO WATCH: Kranji-based Erasmus Aslam may be worth supporting when he legs up on Bright Sprinter (Race 4) and Bright King (Race 7). RACE1 C5 12.45 -1200m(SC) Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 41-650 CrownGreg 57 (43)
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        Lock icon LAST FRIDAY’S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS’ REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
        968 37 RACE1 I Saifudin replaced R Fradd on ZHAY NAY RAHL. Fradd was fined $200 for accepting the ride on ZHAY NAY RAHL when he was unable to make the correct weight. SAMURAI POWER jumped away awkwardly. EQUIENCE, who was slow, lost
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        Lock icon TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
        600 37 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE8 C3 4.20 -1200m(SC) KelangSilverBowl Stakes:RM80,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 169-0- Genesis 57 (72) CalvinGoonc2 4 (6nzgMThwaites-Genesis) 2 *****0 LuckyBeauty 56.5 (71) BWoodworth 12 (6amMThwaites-Lucky) 3 1-21-2 SpeedyTiger 55.5 (69) IAzhar 8 (5agKCoetzee-MdmSPTan) 4 -130-2 UpToYou 55
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        Lock icon Ever King should rule supreme
        1021 38 RACE 1 (1,400m) Ever King (3) was an opening day third over the Sha Tin mile and did have excuses in a subsequent outing at the Valley. He can make amends. Dashing Thunder (2) is more risky than reliable but did storm home for a
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        Lock icon TODAY’S HONG KONG (SHA TIN) RACE CARD
        859 38 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1800m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 DASHAHEAD LHO DWHYTE 127 1 2 DASHINGTHUNDER CHYIP WMLAI 127 2 3 EVERKING JMOORE KCLEUNG 127 7 4 MARIACHI PFYIU HWLAI 127 9 5 LUCKYME CSSHUM YTCHENG 125
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    • Sports Mad about Golf
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        Lock icon Udorn rues last-hole triple-bogey
        313 39 AFP THAILAND’S Udorn Duangdecha fired a one-over-par 73 yesterday but still kept his lead at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters. Playing in gusty conditions and with a looming Typhoon Parma threatening prospects for play, the 38-year-old held onto a one-shot lead over four-time Asian Tour winner Lin
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        304 39 Reuters FORMER world No. 1 golfer Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert announced on Friday that they had separated, just 15 months after they got married in the Bahamas. The high-profile couple, who were prominent spectators at the US Open tennis tournament in
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        205 39 AFP HIGH winds have forced organisers to postpone play in the Dunhill Links Championship yesterday. The third round has now been scheduled for todayandthe final roundon Monday. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (right) took a share of the halfway lead after firing a sev-en-under-par 65 in
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        212 39 AP FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Alexis Thompson shot a three-under 69 on Friday for a share of the lead with top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and three others after the second round of the Navistar LPGA Classic. Ochoa (68), Laura Davies (65), Yani Tseng (63) and Giulia Sergas (65)
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        598 40 / 41  -  CHERYL TAYgoes behind the lenses to talk to DARREN HEATH, widely regarded as one of the best F1 photographers in the world EXCLUSIVE CHERYL TAY The writer is a freelancer AT THE Monaco Grand Prix 10 years ago, he was nearly struck by a tyre that
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        688 42 / 43 JENSONButton’shopes of wrappingup the Formula One title in Japan today suffered a setback after race stewards slapped a five-place penalty on the championship leader. The Briton (above) was one of five drivers, including Brawn team-mate and closest title rival Rubens Barrichello, to be punished for speeding in
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        1083 44  -  EXCLUSIVE GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THERE was the usual early promise that comes with the territory of a young Brazilian footballer. Top scorer in the 2004 Copa Libertadores with eight goals, he would also finish his career with Brazilian club Sao Paulo as one of its most prolific strikers.
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        832 46 PA Sport LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez expects his players to react in the right way to their midweek Champions League disappointment when they visit Chelsea tonight. The Spaniard and his staff know that a repeat performance of the 2-0 defeat by Fiorentina on Tuesday will
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        2012 48 / 49 Steven Gerrard will no doubt play a big partintonight’s showdownat StamfordBridge.In a recent interview withliverpoolfc.tv, hetalkedabouthis career; his experienceswith hisoneandonly club,Liverpool;and other issues 1 Every kid dreams about being a footballer. Didyouhonestly believeit wouldcome true? Obviously, back in the early days, no. I
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        390 53  -  BY BILLY CLARKE Special Correspondent AN VENNEGOOROF HESSELINK smashed home his first goal for Hull and Geovanni netted the other as the Tigers battled to a hard earned three points. Struggling Hull were frustrated in the first half as they looked to get back to winning
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        262 53 ROUND-UP PA Sport HASSAN YEBDA lifted some of the gloom surrounding Portsmouth by netting the only goal in 1-0 success against Wolves at Molineux. The on-loan Benfica player headed home a cross from Kevin-Prince Boateng after 20 minutestosecurehisteam’s first League win of the season. Only
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        332 50 / 51  -  CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL Tonight, 11pm, Ch 27 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg YOUR guess is as good as mine, I’mafraid. Of all the post-Roman Abramovich meetings between these two teams, this is perhaps the hardest to call. Neither side has covered
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        225 50 / 51  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOU BET. You can’t legislate for results like the one at Wigan last weekend. A soft penalty and a very harsh red card put the game beyond them, though it has to be said that they weren’t playing particularly well any- way.
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        551 52  -  ARSENAL v BLACKBURN (Tonight, 8.30pm, Ch 27) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg THE FIXTURES list couldn’t have thrown up a kinder match to mark Arsene Wenger’s first game as Arsenal's longest-serving manager. These following statistics should make happy reading for the Gooners: Arsenal romped to 4-0 victories against Blackburn
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        219 54  -  DAVID LEE MOST definitely, Peter Crouch presents options with his 1.98-metre frame. His knock-down for Niko Kranjcar to net Spurs’ first equaliser bears testament toCrouch’s supremeaerial ability. And when Harry Redknapp decided to bring on Jermain Defoe, it was Robbie Keane
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        122 55 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: ARSENAL v BLACKBURN Ch 27,8.30pm WEST HAM vFULHAM Ch 22,10pm EVERTONv STOKE Ch 21,10pm CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL Ch 27,11pm Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti hailed Fernando Torres (right) and Didier Drogba as the besttwostrikersintheworldaheadoftonight’s showdown at Stamford Bridge. Tuesday: ASTON VILLA v MAN CITY Ch 27,2.55am
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