The New Paper, 5 October 2009

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  • 20 1/48 the new paper 5 Oct 09 mon A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS 3Lj I PUBLICATION MICA (P) 193/11/2008 70 CENTS MICA
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    • 120 1/48 ARSENAL 6 Vermaelen(17), VanPersie (33),Arshavin (37), Fabregas(57), Walcott (75), Bendtner(89) IfCristiano Ronaldo isworth£80 million,what’sCesc Fabregas’value? PAGE39 BLACKBURN 2 N’Zonzi(4),Dunn(30) CHELSEA 2 LIVERPOOL 0 Who to blame after Reds fall to Drogba’s killer passes? Your English Kaki says: No crisis...yet PAGE 46 PAGE 44 Dollah Kassim in ICU after collapsing during
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  • Sports
    • 561 1/48  -  Is Steve Bruce an Alex Ferguson in the making? GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg ONE DOESN’T take lightly the words of a maestro. So, when Sir Alex Ferguson tipped his former Manchester United defender Steve Bruce to go far in his managerial career, not many would have brushed
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    • Sports Racing
      • 747 34 Going: Good $266JOLT: Apprentice Fadzlei Ismail captured the Kelang Silver Bowl for Class 3 horses over 1,200m in Kuala Lumpur yesterday aboard the Barry Brogan-trained City Star, who paid a thumping $266 for the win in Singapore. It was a chance mount for Fadzlei who replaced
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      • 417 34 Going: Good RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1800m 2 DASHINGTHUNDER127(55-15) WMLAI (2) 1 1 DASHAHEAD127(24-11) DWHYTE (1) 2 4 MARIACHI127(104-24) HWLAI (9) 3 5 LUCKYME125(16-6) YTCHENG (8) 4 ?Trainer:CHYip.Margins:0.5,shd.Time:1min48.30sec.Forecast:$43.PlaceForecast: $15 (Nos. 1-2), $30 (Nos. 1-4), $65 (Nos. 2-4). Tierce: $1778. Trio: $279. Quartet: $*****. EOB:$25. RACE2 CLASS5TURF
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    • Sports Formula One
      • 330 35 GOLF TAIWAN’S Lin Wen-tang battled gallantly against the howling winds and heavy rains to win the Mercuries Taiwan Masters yesterday. Play at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club was completed on time and it brought relief to many as it avoided facing the full wrath of
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      • 99 35 AFP MEXICO’S Lorena Ochoa has moved into sole possession of first place. She holds a three-stroke lead following the third roundoftheLPGA’sNavistarClassiconSaturday. Defending champion Ochoa shot a six-un-der-par 66 to move to 16-under 200 ahead of Germany’sSandraGalatTheSenatorCourseatCapitolHill Golf Club. Gal also fired a 66 on Saturday. “It was
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      • 602 35 AP RED BULL’S Sebastian Vettel led from start to finish towinFormulaOne’sJapanese Grand Prix yesterday, reviving his championship hopes. Vettel finished ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton at Suzuka. Driver’s Championship leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP was eighth, a place below team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Brawn
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    • 1029 36/37  -  Dollah Kassim suffers heart-attack, son says: LIM HAN MING npsports@sph.com.sg THE MOOD outside the Intensive Care Unit was sombre. About nine members of Dollah Kassim’s family kept vigil as the 60-year-old former national footballer battled for his life following a suspected
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    • Sports EPL
      • 682 38  -  Everton 1 Stoke 1 Kick-off 3pm IUK time] Everton: Osman 55 Stoke: Huth 50 Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Osman (Yakubu 76), Rodwell, Cahill, Bilyaletdinov (Jo 75), Fellaini, Saha. Subs not used: Nash, Gosling, Neill, Agard, Baxter. Booked: Fellaini. Stoke: Sorensen, Huth, Faye, Shawcross, Collins,
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      • 287 38  -  West Ham 2 Fulham 2 West Ham: Cole 15, Stanislas 90 Fulham: Murphy 47 (pen), Gera 57 Kick-off 3pm (UK time] BY ALEX LOWE Special Correspondent JUNIOR STANISLAS came off the bench to save West Ham with an equaliser two minutes into injury time against
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      • Article, Illustration
        724 39  -  If Cristiano Ronaldo is worth £80 million, what is CescFabregas’value? DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT IFBARCELONAaretrulyinterest-ed, I reckon Arsenal would be willing to do business for £100 million($225m), and that would be abargain. If you are looking at this comment with eyebrows raised, then youmostdefinitelyhavenotcaught Cesc Fabregas’ virtuoso display
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      • 74 39 AP ZHENG Zhi played his first match for Celtic against Rangers, and impressed. The China captain had a hand inhisteam’sfirst-halfgoalinthe Scottish Premier League match which Celtic lost 2-1. The 29-year-old striker, who spent three years in England with Charlton, was floored yesterday while dribbling
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      • 390 40  -  ARSENAL 6 (Vermaelen 17, Van Persie 33, Arshavin 37, Fabregas 57, Walcott 75, Bendtner 89) BLACKBURN 2 (Nzonzi 4, Dunn 30) DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT YES, WITHOUT a shadow of doubt. Defending champions Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool will all contest my proclamation but they will
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      • 365 40  -  SHANNON REZEL npsports@sph.com.sg THE SEASON may be less than 10 games old, but Arsenal are already looking a different side, according to football analyst Tohari Paijan. Leaving the problems that plagued their previous season well behind them, Arsenal have had a good few games
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      • 119 40 “Wedid not dowell in thefirst 10to15 minutes and were a bit shaky defensively. But after the goal we did well and it was a good game. “Iamhappywithallthe team’s performance. Wecando better itisjust one moregamein therace forthe title.” CescFabregas “Welookedalwaysdangerous going forward and I must say they were
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      • 207 40 BBC Online: ARSENAL produced a performance of flair and invention to hammer Blackburn. It was the perfect start for Arsene Wenger as he entered his era as the longest-servingArsenalboss–hecelebrated13yearsinchargeoftheclub in midweek. And all the hallmarks of Wenger’s influence on the Gunners were on display as they put
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      • 470 41  -  Furious Fergie tore into referee Alan Wiley following the 2-2 home draw against 10-man Sunderland. But is the United boss’accusationssubstantiated? DAVID LEE gives his view DAVID LEE “HE (WILEY)didn’t addon any time for the goal. He played four minutesandtwo seconds.” FACT. Sir Alex Ferguson is
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      • 450 41  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT TWO WEEKS ago, it was Pally Wiley. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson shared a laugh on the touchlines with referee Alan Wiley, fourth official for the Manchester Derby, as United nicked a 4-3 winner way past the original injury time
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      • The two faces of Man United
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          644 42 / 43  -  MAN UNITED 2 Berbatov (51), Ferdinand (90+2 og) SUNDERLAND 2 Bent (7), Kenwyne Jones (58) It was a mixed performance from the Red Devils as they slogged to a 2-2 home draw against Sunderland on Saturday. GARYLIM points out the good and bad of their performance GARYLIM DIMITAR
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          546 42 / 43 POOR DEFENCE QUESTIONS have been asked about Rio Ferdinand’s and Nemanja Vidic’s lacklustre form this season. It makes one wonder if it was this issue which Fergie had in mind when he recently said that Johnny Evans was on the brink of breaking up the Ferdinand-Vidic central defensive
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        • 164 42 / 43  -  GARYLIM ON FIRE ATTHEratehe isgoing, DimitarBerbatov shouldbe abletoget the criticsoffhisback sooner ratherthan later. Afterhis superbshowing againstWolfsburgin the ChampionsLeague lastweek, he putup another strongshowingagainstSunderland. Andwhat agoalhe scored! HEARTBREAK SUNDERLANDwere awhisker awayfromclinching a firstwin atOldTrafford in41 years. SteveBruce had nottasted success againsthis oldbossin12 previous attempts. Alas,Anton Ferdinand’sown goaldestroyed Sunderland’shopesofarare win
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      • 412 44 / 45  -  CHELSEA2 Anelka (60), Malouda (90) LIVERPOOL0 REPORTING FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE TIGER ANALYSIS IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg DON’Tbesosilly.Liverpool have dropped nine points now this season, but Arsenal have shed six, Manchester United five and Chelseathree. This is shaping up to be
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      • 153 44 / 45 IT PUTS them two points clear at the top and leaves them looking very well placed indeed. John Terry lashed out at the press in his programme notes, mocking them for their obsession with“doomandgloom”andhewas right to speak out. Just as Liverpool are not
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      • 165 44 / 45 WELL, it’s too soon for a definite answer, but the doctors are hopeful that he’ll make it through the night. The heroic Ivorian was struck down, first by a severe cranial trauma (translation a light tap on the head) and then, just as he made a
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      • 49 44 / 45 Rafa Benitez’s side is now six points adrift of Chelsea, having lost more times after eight games than the whole of last season when Liverpool finished second. Then the Reds completed the league double over Chelsea for the firsttime since 1989-90– whentheywon the lastof their18 championship crowns.
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      • 386 46  -  CHELSEA2 LIVERPOOL0 COMMENT GARYLIM npsports@sph.com.sg SPIRITSweresoaring.Andwhynot?Liverpool were on the back of a six-gamewinningstreakinallcompe-titions. All of a sudden, they came crashing downtoplanetearth. Somedismissedthemidweek2-0away loss to Fiorentina in the Champions Leagueasoneofthosedays.Itcanhappen toanyone,theysaid. Then, last night, the Reds suffered another 2-0 defeat this time to Chelsea
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    • SPORTS ON TV
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        129 47 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tomorrow: ASTON VILLA v MAN CITY Ch 27,2.55am The return of Emmanuel Adebayor (right) from a three-game ban will boost Manchester City when they visit Aston Villa tomorrow. EURO U-21 C’SHIPQUALIFIER Saturday: ENGLAND v MACEDONIA Ch 24, 2.40am 2010 WOLD CUP QUALIFIERS Saturday: RUSSIA v GERMANY
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      • 25 47 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKSC’SHIP Tonight: DAY 4 Ch 26,7.45pm HERO HONDA INDIAN OPEN Thursday: DAY 1 Ch 26,4.45pm MADRID MASTERS Thursday: DAY 1 Ch 26,10.15pm
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      • 18 47 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN Thursday: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 21,11am CHINA OPEN Thursday: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 22,9pm Friday: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 22,11am&7pm
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      • 460 47 LOCAL EVENTS FOOTBALL What: RHB Singapore Cup When: Today Where: Jurong East Stadium ALBIREX Niigataface Geylang United at 7.45pm in the first of this two-leg semi-final. Tickets go on sale from 6pm, and are priced at $6 for adults and $2 for students with valid passes. All fans
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  • News
    • 846 2 / 3  -  Cyclist preys on women in short skirts climbing stairs of Tampines bridge REPORT:ZAIHANMOHAMED ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg HE WAS often seen hanging around a bus stop in Tampines, as if he was waiting for a bus or a friend.
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    • 820 4 / 5  -  Money he got for splashing paint on walls also helped pay off gambling debts REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg IT WAS easy money for the teen, especially since he was in debt from soccer betting. That, plus the need for money
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    • 637 4 / 5  -  REPORT: LEDIATI TAN ledtan@sph.com.sg YOU can earn $100 for every household you harass. Too risky? How about $10 per household and all you have to do is walk around and check that the harassment has taken place? A 27-year-old ex-runner was
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    • 684 6  -  Cybercrooks use news events to hook victims to visit malicious sites You want to help them, but... REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg YOU must have seen photos of injured victims being carried out of wrecked buildings in Padang, Sumatra. Or news footage of people clinging desperately to
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    • 409 7  -  STREET TALK COMMENT:SM S M ONG smong@sph.com.sg IF YOU go to the official Miss World website, you will see no mention of Miss Singapore. And on the “Miss World 2009” Wikipedia page, you can find the names of all the 90 delegates from around
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    • 420 7  -  COMMENT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg EACH time she opens her mouth, dethroned Miss Singapore World Ris Low seems to be digging a bigger hole for herself. Funny how she still seems unrepentant– eventhough things have boomz-ed (read: exploded) in her face. Again. Again. And again.
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  • Local News watch
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      30 8 ACENTURYOLD:AttheSunset Way RC Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations on Saturday, this birthday girl, Madam Chen Yudi, had her cake and met MP Chris De Souza too. PICTURE: LIANHE WANBAO
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    • 235 8 JOBS CREDIT TO END IN DEC LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say (right) wants the Government to send a clear signal to employers that the Jobs Credit scheme is not here to stay. The $4.5-billion Jobs Credit scheme is a one-year aid programme
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    • 92 8 A 54-strong Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) medical team has started treating patients on the earth-quake-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra. The team arrived in Indonesia on Saturday night in four Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 aircraft, with medical supplies as well as tentages and
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    • 99 8 WITHIN a year, Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) hopes to perform corneal transplants using laser technology instead of by hand. It is similar to the technology used in Lasik surgery to correct short-sightedness and could be used to perform corneal transplants.
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    • 98 8 A WET market in Marsiling Lane was officially re-opened yesterday after an 11-month $4.44-million makeover, amid news of wet markets closing elsewhere. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who is also adviser to the Sembawang constituency where the market is located, said “you have to
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    • 89 8 RELIGIOUS leaders in traditionally non-English-speaking groups are reconsidering how best to reach new devotees, many of whom are young and English-speaking. The speed of conversion today has ramped up as devotees become increasingly wired and English-educated. The Taoist Federation has begun promoting
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    • 419 9  -  He surprises crowd with impromptu performance at PAP event REPORT: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Leader. And Singapore Idol too. That’s what it looked like yesterday, after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived on a bumboat at the Marina Barrage. He serenaded the crowd by taking
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      532 10/11  -  From pyrotechnics to public speaking, the finalists were a bundle of nerves REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg THE finish line is in sight, and the final push is on. Although they are in the thick of preparingforthisweek’sfinale,thetop20finalistsof this year’s The New Paper New Face hit the town last
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    • 154 10/11 THIS Thursday, one of the 20 The New Paper New Face finalists will be named the winner at the finale held at Takashimaya Square. A varied panel of judges will make that decision, and in the panel are fashion insiders such as top
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    • 439 10/11  -  Samuel Wee –SamuelWee,newsroomintern HE HAS starred opposite the likes of Asian stars Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro, as well as Hollywood actors Michael Clarke Duncan and Kristin Kreuk. But in his latest role, local actor Edmund Chen will be sharing
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous



  • Global News watch
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      24 12 VISUALFEAST:ASamaritanmanlooksathistabernaclemade ofvariousfruits,inpreparationfortheSukkot–theTabernacles Feast–inMountGerizim,nearthenorthernWestBankcityof Nablus, yesterday. The Jewish Sukkot feast commemorates the exodus of Jews from Egypt some 3,200 years ago. PICTURE: AFP
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    • 307 12 TIGHT CREDIT, CONSUMER CAUTION AFP APPROACHINGaholidayshoppingseasoncrit-ical to economic recovery, US retailers are bracing for a difficult period with credit still tightand consumercautionlingering. Manyearly projections suggest retail spending in the final two months of this year a season that accounts for a large proportion
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    • 116 12 AFP CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao held talks in North Korea yesterday at the start of a top-level visit likely to test Pyongyang’s willingness to return to nuclear disarmament talks it quit earlier this year. China has framed the visit as
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    • 127 12 AFP JAPAN’S former finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who was forced to resign over his apparently drunken behaviour at a meeting of world powers, has been found dead at his home, police said yesterday. Mr Nakagawa, 56, was lying face down on a bed at his
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    • 109 12 AFP TAIWAN’S Central Weather Bureau yesterday warned that Typhoon Parma may be approaching the island, bringing torrential rain, after battering the northern Philippines. The bureau said the weather sys- tem, packing winds of up to 119kmh and gusts of up to 155kmh, was
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    • 413 13 Padangvictim’sfatherreadsSMS,directs rescuers to find son daughter-in-law THEyoungIndonesianstillcannotbelievethatanSMSsavedhislife.Mr Johnson Chandra, 30, and his wife were trapped under the rubble of their four-storey house after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted Padang, the capitalofWestSumatra,onWednesday. At first, Mr Chandra was helpless and did not know whattodo. Indesperation,hetappedoutashortmessagetohis fatherusinghishandphone.
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    • 217 13 Bank boss saves lives cash IN TSUNAMI-HIT TONGA THISpluckywomandidnotjustsaveotherpeople’s lives. She saved their money as well. After an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Tonga on Wednesday,MsMafiLutui,anativeoftheTongan island of Niuatoputapu, told The New Zealand Herald how her survival instincts kicked in. Soon after the earthquake, a tsunami hit the South Pacific nation.
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      453 14/15 Thai man keeps 4,600 scorpions as pets to atone for years of selling them as snacks HE USED to cook and sell scorpions as food. But a Thai man is now keeping more than 4,600 scorpions as pets to atone for the years he spent cooking the arachnids
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    • 440 14/15 AS HER debts mounted, the single mother felt more pressure from the demands of caring for her son, James, 11. Finally, Jennifer Taylor could not take it any more and killed him. She then tried to take her own
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    • 667 16 Despite recession, some in US still pay thousands to learn to be stuntmen IT SEEMS people will do all sorts of crazy things to get a job. At least in the US, that is. Like flailing around with their clothes on fire,
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    • 388 16 WHEN American Idol judge Simon Cowell turned 50 on Saturday, he celebrated it in style. Nearly 400 people, including a roll call of UK pop and film stars, were invited to the £1 million ($2.3m) bash at Wrotham Park, a stately home
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      41 17 FROM READER ALVIN CHEW EYESORE: Did pedestrians mistake the railing on this bridge for a sticker book? Our reader snapped a picture of this mess near Changi General Hospital. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 29 17 On SingTel Mio securing exclusive broadcasting rights to Barclays Premier League: “There’snothingconsumerscan do. Even if the prices go upwards, people will just grumble and acceptit.” 3carquotes
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    • 199 17 FROM READER TAN SHAO KEN MOVIE STAR ZHANG ZIYI TURNED AWAY FROM SHOP HERE IREFER to the report, “Sorry Ziyi, we’re closed”(TheNewPaper,1Oct). I have mixed reactions. To me, both parties could be in the wrong. Why did Zhang Ziyi want to visit the shop
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    • 251 17 FROM READER KAM CHOO CHOO I WAS somewhat taken aback when I read that Zhang Ziyi had been turned away by a boutique at the Hilton Shopping Gallery, with the excuse that it was closed. I have passed by some
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    • 120 17 FROM READER DANIEL LEE THE store was closed, period. Is David Gan suggesting that it should admit a customer after closing hours just because she is Zhang Ziyi? Also, is he expecting everyone in Singapore to know who she is
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 13 12 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low25˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low25˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High29˚,Low26˚
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    • 59 17 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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      706 18/19  -  Actor Bobby Tonelli saysthere’snopointin hiding romance with actress Joanne Peh REPORT: KWOK KAR PENG karpengk@sph.com.sg BOBBY Tonelli has finally opened up on his relationship with local actress Joanne Peh. He admitted to The New Paper that he is interested in her and they have been dating. The 34-year-old
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    • 456 20  -  Backstreet Boys go back to poprootsfornewalbum REPORT: JULIANA JUNE RASUL julrasul@sph.com.sg AFTER16yearsinthebusiness,theBack-streetBoyshavesuddenlyfoundthem-selves. Their seventh studio album is called This Is Us, which, the Boys helpfully explained, meansthey’vegotovertheirmid-life–excuse us–identitycrisis. Theyare probablyreferringtothe identity crisis that led them down the path to boring slowrockterritorywiththeirlasttwoalbums, Never Gone
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      • 122 21 Moneymatters– evento stars. We cashin onthe highsandlowsofcelebrity dough WEREmoneymattersbehindtheendofone of the hottest young celebrity couples? couples? Last month, singer Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley an- Deryck Whibley nounced they were splitting up after 21/2yearsofmarriage. And now, there is speculation that
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      • 119 21 SAYING“I do”does notnecessarily seal thedeal. Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian tied the knot with Los Angeles Lakers basketballer Lamar Odom last weekend. Butthemarriage won’tbe legally bindinguntil the couple finalise terms of a prenuptial agreement, reported online entertainment news site TMZ.com. Kardashian, 25, and Odom,
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      • 160 21 HER movies may rake in millions at the box office. But not everyone is a fan of Jennifer Garner, as the actress recently found out. Garner, 37, signed a DVD of one of her movies to offer for on auction at her elder daughterViolet’sschool aspart
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      339 22 Despite solo careers, Ella, Hebe and Selina of Taiwan girl band S.H.E. will stay as one MANY pop groups disband within a few years. Will S.H.E. which has been around for eight years face the same fate? No, they won’t, said its record label HIM International Music. Instead,
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      • 572 23  -  INVESTING IN UNIT TRUSTS INVESTMENT-LINKED PRODUCTS LARRY HAVERKAMP mail@AskDrMoney.com IF YOU buy a slice of papaya for 60 cents, not much can go wrong. You could get a rotten papaya or it might be sliced too thin, but you can always check before buying. The worst
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      • 102 23 YOUmightthink, “Well,ifhalf the expenses are hidden, it means the other half arenot.” Dream on. The “expenseratio” isnothidden. The latest practice, however, is to disclose only part of it, called “managementfees”. If the expense ratio is 3 per cent, the management fees might be 2 per
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