The New Paper, 19 December 2009

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1 72 The New Paper
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    13 1 the new paper 19 Dec 09 st aAnother 70 CENTS MICA (P) 099/11/2009
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      69 1 ATHLETICS ROW Sports Council hits back at Loh Lin Kok PAGE 54 Teen rebel scores 9 points at N levels All because... PAGE 4 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia BUKIT PANJANG DOUBLE HIT AND RUN Another eyewitness (left) steps forward, following our reports:
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  • News Embassy Car Hit & Run
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      Lock icon ‘Driver shouted & gestured angrily’
      852 2/3  - ‘Driver shouted gestured angrily’ Another eyewitness steps forward, saying he wanted to smash windscreen to stop driver REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HEHADseenthecarhittwomenandmoveon.Determined to do something, the 38-year-old part-timebartenderranontotheroad,pointed atthedriverandwavedathimtostop. When it looked like the black Audi wasn’t going to, Davidgotangryandfrustrated. Hegrabbed astone from theground andwas going to throw it
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      Lock icon Moved by their plight,S’poreans come forward
      363 2/3  -  Vivien Chan IT IS not easy to get people to step forward as witnesses to accidents. Former police officers say this is because peoplegenerallydon’twanttogetinvolved. Former police officer Luke Lee said it is even harder to get witnesses to testify in court. Mr Lee, now
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  • News N-level Results
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      Lock icon Aunt’s death gave him new lease of life
      753 4  -  Teen rebel scores 9 points at N levels REPORTANDPICTURE:VEENA VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg IT TOOK the death of a beloved aunt to turn his life around. Tan Ping Hau, used to be known as a ‘pai kia’ (Hokkien for bad boy) in school
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      Lock icon Troublemakers compete and get better grades
      592 6  -  Turnaround‘teenterrors’getpromotedtoSec5 REPORT: LIEW HANQING hanqing@sph.com.sg THEY once had the dubious honour of being hunSecondarySchool’smostnotorioustroublemakers. According to their teachers, they played truant, got into fights, were regulars in the detention room and were on the brink of getting expelled. But childhood friends Jonathan Wong and
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      Lock icon Biker Boy giving away $5,000 worth of prizes
      175 6 IT’Salmost the end ofthe year and to celebrate, Biker Boy (left) is giving out gifts. With our generous sponsors,we’regivingaway bikeprizesworth $5,000 from race tyres and helmets to protective leather products like boots, gloves and a jacket. The prizes are all branded, the
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  • Local News watch
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      Lock icon WISH UPON A BALL:
      54 8 WISHUPONABALL:MsNatchaphonSoilueang(below) WISHUPONABALL:MsNatchaphonSoilueang(below) prepares“WishingSpheres”fortransportationontoboats. People can pen their wishes on these white balls as part of an annual year-end artistic project led by the Esplanade. 20,000 spheres will be released into the Marina Bay waters on 21 Dec to become part of a visual arts installation. TNP
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      Lock icon Employers to get another $900 million
      231 8 JOBS CREDIT SCHEME PAYOUT MORE than 100,000 employers will receive $900 million from the fourth payment of the Jobs Credit Scheme by 24 Dec. This will benefit about 1.4 million local workers. Eligible employers will get a notification letter and the amount they will
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      Lock icon Toa Payoh flats to house Resorts World workers
      101 8 TWO blocks of Housing Board flats blocks 32 and 33 along Toa Payoh Lorong 6 have been converted into worker dorms for foreign employees of integrated resort Resorts World at Sentosa. It is estimated there are more than 300 units in the
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      Lock icon GIC to keep investments in Citigroup
      111 8 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) said yesterday it will keep its stake in Citigroup in a vote of confidence for the US banking giant, whose shares tumbled this week. GIC said its holdings in Citigroup has been diluted to “approximately 4 per
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      Lock icon Prime resale landed properties hit record high
      122 8 PRICES of prime resale landed homes have risen 18.6 per cent this year to reach a new high of $1,447 per sq ft, said a report by DTZ Research yesterday. It has surpassed the previous peak levels achieved in the first quarter of
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      Lock icon Ex-employer: I had no choice but to report her
      634 10  -  MAID JUMPS TO DEATH AFTER BEING CAUGHT STEALING REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg WHEN his maid was caught stealing money from his home again, he decided he had had enough. The 34-year-old man took her back to her maid agency and filed
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      Lock icon Sick but not sick of stealing
      460 12  -  A thief for over 30years,hecan’t stop himself even in hospital REPORT:DESMOND DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg EVEN when he was sick and warded in hospital,hecouldn’tshakeoffhisthieving habits. So he stole from a fellow patient. Lim Yeow Chin, 62, was warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on 9
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      Lock icon Victim involved in $8m dispute
      345 14  -  TAIWANMAN’SKIDNAPORDEAL REPORT: GAN LING KAI ganlk@sph.com.sg WAS it a kidnapping or a business deal gone bad? Following a joint effort by the Bangkok, Taiwan and Singapore police, four Thai suspects and two Taiwanese suspects have been arrested recently. They were charged with illegally detaining a
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      Lock icon He fights for one year over treatment of cat
      491 16/17  -  It was just a stray (above) but he spent $1,000 to care for it REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg HE spent a four-figure sum to nurse a sick mother cat back to health. And he waged a one-year tussle over the stray’s
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      Lock icon I thought I’d die in the desert
      729 18  -  SoleS’poreantakeson 333km Sahara race, hallucinates due to extreme fatigue REPORT: HO LIAN-YI lianyi@sph.com.sg OUT alone in the Sahara, as freezing night winds whipped up pummelling sands, Mr Terence Chiew lay on his back hallucinating. He had miscalculated how much his body could endure.
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      139 12 SYARIAH COURT MOVING TO SERVE YOU BETTER From Monday 21 December 2009, Syariah Court will be at: Family Link Lengkok Bahru 8 Lengkok Bahru #03-01 Singapore *****2 GETTING THERE BUS BUS STOP IMRTI MRT STATION CARPARK Service 139 (Lengkok Bahru) Services 14,123,139,147,153, 196,197,198,855,961,961C (Jalan Bukit Merah) Service 63 (Hoy Fatt
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  • Global News watch
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      Lock icon ‘Accept climate deal even if it’s imperfect’
      247 20 US PRESIDENT OBAMA: US PRESIDENT Barack Obama (right) told world leaders gathered in Copenhagen yesterday that they must accept a climate change deal, even if it is imperfect, or risk opening dangerous splits in the fight against global warming. “The question is whether
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      Lock icon Pakistan denies that the army has taken over
      98 20 A SPOKESMAN for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday dismissed rumours of a coup that started after a government minister suspected of corruption was stopped from leaving the country. Political tension rose after the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down an amnesty
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      Lock icon Goa could be target of major terror attack
      87 20 INDIA’S resort state of Goa popular with foreign tourists, particularly from Britain, Israel and the United States could be the target for a major terror strike, a local minister said. “Availableintelligenceinputsindicate that a strong desire is entertained by various Pakistan-based terrorist groups
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      Lock icon British Airways wins legal bid to stop strike
      101 20 BRITISH Airways has won a court battle to stop its cabin crew from staging a 12-day walkout over Christmas and New Year holidays. The airline had argued that trade union Unite’s ballot of staff was invalid because it contained irregularities and included
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      Lock icon Survey shows Asians turn to family during recession
      114 20 A RECENT survey revealed a majority of Asians believe their families are the most important part of their lives as the global economic turmoil puts more careers in jeopardy. In the poll of more than 33,000 people across the Asia Pacific, 95
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      34 20 SURVIVOR:Amanbeing rescued from a sunken Panama ship at the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. The cargo ship he was on had capsized during stormy weather. Four bodies have been recovered. PICTURE: REUTERS
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      Lock icon Boy, 10, kills foster mum
      437 22 Child claims woman taunted him over deadparents;hefacesupto15 years’jail DON’Tyouknowthatyoudon’thaveamother or father? That was how a 10-year-old boy, who became an orphan after the Asian tsunami five years ago, wasallegedlytauntedbyhisfostermother. Theresult:Hekilledhertwomonthsago. The child has been taken into custody for murderandfacesupto15yearsinprison. Hecannotbenamedasheisaminor. The boy comes from the
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      Lock icon ‘You look like a dog in chains’
      478 24 SuspectinPhilippines’worstpoliticalmurders confronted by angry mob on way to hearing WEARING a bulletproof vest and handcuffs, Andal Ampatuan Jr was pushed by guards through an angry crowd yesterday to appear at a preliminary investigation hearing. Dozens of Filipino journalists, whose 30 colleagues were among
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    • News Tiger Woods Scandal
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        Lock icon Mistress claims to have had Tiger’s baby
        484 26 She reportedly hires lawyer to negotiate hush money deal JUST when it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for Tiger Woods, the superstar golfer has a new problem to worry about. Somewhere out there, there could be a Tiger cub. Mrs Theresa
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      467 28 WIFE TO HUSBAND OBSESSED WITH SECRETARY: SHE is holding a lucky draw because she is unlucky in love. Ms Sim Lawrence, 40, is putting up her £750,000 ($1.7m) house as a lottery prize after her surgeon husband became obsessed with his young secretary. She had
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      Lock icon Son, father, granddad shot to death–then gunman dies in fall
      520 29 A GUNMAN shot three generations of one family to death in the US city of New York. Hector Quinones who knew one of his victimsfromprison–alsowoundedawoman and terrorised another family member who found him in their third-floor walk-up apartment after the
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      Lock icon Hit by car after she flashes in public
      414 30 ANEW Zealand teen who was flashing her breasts at passing cars got one driver so distracted that he ploughed into her. The good news: The teen was not seriously hurt. The bad news: She has been found guilty of disorderly behaviour for
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      13 20 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High30˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low24˚ Bangkok:Sunny High33˚,Low22˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High28˚,Low24˚
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      234 28 The City 950,000 international University alumni including Of 12 Nobel Laureates NewYorkl Winners EVENTIS OF MANAGEMENT Executive MSc in Finance 1 Year Program (Part-Time) Listed as the Top Executive Masters of Science in Finance by Financial Times 2009 Cited as the Best Finance Program 2008/09 in Singapore by Edupoll 100%
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      39 31 FROMREADER PETER FOO NO PARKING, PLEASE: Will they tow this four-wheeler away? After all,this shoppingtrolley is ‘parked illegally’undera‘No Parking’ sign at a Bukit Batok East HDB block. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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      31 31 Wouldyoucycletoworkanddo you think more people should do so? “Iwould ifI was fit. But I don't thinkit’s practicalin Singapore as we usually do not have shower facilities in theoffice.” JonathonLee, 26,artiste
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      Lock icon Chiam earned respect of S’poreans
      171 31 FROM READER ARTHUR LIM 25 YEARS AS MP IREFER to the report, “He always has time forus”(TheNewPaperonSunday,13Dec). Serving 25 years as a member of parliament is a feat not easily achieved, and I salute Mr Chiam See Tong for his years of service to the
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      96 31 FROM READER ONGYONGKEAT IT IS disconcerting to observe how some hawkers who sell deep fried food continue to use the oil even after it has turned black. Can the Health Promotion Board advise the public on the health hazards of consuming food fried
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      Lock icon Parents pushing strollers onto MRT escalators endanger kids & commuters
      168 31 Parents pushing strollers onto MRT escalators endanger kids commuters FROM READER WILFRED TAN IT HAS become common to see baby strollers being pushed onto escalators, especially in MRT stations. All MRT stations provide lifts to cater for parents with strollers but these are hardly used. As a parent myself, I
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      54 31 “Thetitle,‘Touched by first-class care atC-classTTSH ward’,reveals theinherent classsystem implantedin our minds... Treatment of all patients should remain consistent regardless of class ward. We should do away withthe‘class’ mindsetand renamethe wardsas follows: S-category (S-Cat) for Shared room, T-Cat for Twin-sharingroom,and P-Catfor Personalroom” dailyforumreader “It’strue.The C-classpatients are (well-looked after)at
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      59 31 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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      Lock icon SHOCKER of the year
      968 32/33  -  You can always trust the stars to add a little spice to our lives when it gets a tad mundane.KWOK KAR PENG, GERMAINE LIM and JULIANA JUNE RASUL shortlist the three who got us wide-eyed and flabbergasted in 2009... KWOK KAR PENG, GERMAJNE LIM, JULIANA JUNE
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      Lock icon Time to put heat on the flames
      452 34  -  You have till end of today to ensure your favourite celebs are awarded for their infamy. JULIANA JUNE RASUL recapsthesevencategoriesfor thisyear’s FlameAwards JULIANA JUNE RASUL DUDE OF THE YEAR 1. ADRIAN PANG He’s43, but thepecs and biceps he grewfor PoloBoysmake him a“huncle” (hunky
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      Lock icon Last chance to win great prizes
      214 34 THIS is your final shot at deciding which nominee wins. You could end up a winner yourself. The more SMS votes you send in, the higher your chance of winning these: One-night hotel stay at the executive suite of Royal Plaza on Scotts, with
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      Lock icon Bring on the bling
      92 34 WOMEN, rejoice! Bling in the new year withJanuary’s birthstone inthe formofGoldheart’s diamond and red garnet white gold pendant. And what better way to doll yourself up during this holiday season than with a goodie bag from cosmetics chain Sephora. The hamper contains Ed Hardy Love Luck
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        444 35  -  MY FAVE spot SISTERACT’S PATIO‘FENGSHUI’ Samuel Wee newsroomintern SISTERS Amanda and Alicia Lye look so alike they’reoften mistakenfor twins. The bubbly song-and-dance sister act, who won Teenage Magazine’s Teenage Icon Competition 2008, are incredibly lively, punctuating their sentences with animated gestures and giggles. But the
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        Lock icon Dreaming of a green Christmas?
        208 35 buzz TREND GREEN is the newwhite this Christmas. So here are some tips to save the planet while decorating your place. Avoid the stores where possible. It’s tempting to simply buy recycled products. But keep in mind that recycled products are still processed. This means
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        582 36  -  New tyres from Metzeler boast better traction and durability ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF zaihan@sph.com.sg MANUFACTURERS have been trying to come up with the ultimate motorcycle tyre one that combines excellent grip and longevity. While some brands use multiple compounds to address this need, Metzeler has taken a
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      362 38 Two countries, one savvyNokiaphoneforNewFacewinner KEEPING in touch with your loved ones can be trickywhenthey’relivingintwocountries. Which is why Victoria Bradbury, The New Paper New Face 2009, has become such a big fan of the new Nokia Messaging application, an application integrating instant messaging (IM) and push
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        1419 47 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE1 C5 1.45 -1400m(Turf) FourCharmersHandicap Stakes:RM35,000 No. Last6runs HORSE Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex,trainer-owner) 1 *****- It'sdwing 57 (43) OChavez 10 (5agEBreukelen-It'sdwing) 2 000-32 MyMyMine 57 (43) SLLam*c4 4 (4amPPereira-Ezaro) 3 ***** OpalRun 57 (43) LouHo*c1 1 (4agRRogers-Opal) 4 00-8-- FireGeneral 56.5 (42)
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        251 48/49 YESTERDAY’S workouts by horses engaged tomorrow: RACE 1: Juwel ?(B Vorster) 40.5. King Faalcon did pace work. Slow work: Aft Burner, Super Rich (V Sivan), Fleet Foot (VDuric), Fascinator. RACE 2: Sacred Asahi ?35.9. Mary’s Success ?38.4. Slow work: He’s Great, Positive Jaws, Simple
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        208 48/49 TWO new Singaporean trainers registered with the Malayan Racing Association recently have been granted 36 stables each by the Singapore Turf Club (STC). Mok Zhan Lun (left) and Alvin Tan Hai Wang (right) will start with about 15 horses each. Mok, 35, has held
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        962 48/49 Going: Good Race1 C*****m 2 THRILLAINMANILA57.5(35-7) FBerry (2) 1 1 1 (477) 4 TRANSFORMERS56c54(146-19) KKNg (7) 2 2 2 (527) 1.5 3 WONDERGENERAL57.5(7-5) JMoreira (1) 4 3 3 (470) 1.75 1 HONEST59(66-10) BWoodworth (6) 5 5 4 (497) 1.25 6 HANAUMABAY51(40-8) ISaifudin (4) 6 6 5 (436) Nk
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        453 48/49  -  DANNY KHOO dkhoo@sph.com.sg GHOZI stepped up on his impressive debut effort to grab the $75,000 Kranji Stakes C event over 1,200m last night. Second to Australian Group 3 winner Mr Profumo last month, the Austral-ian-bred four-year-old gelding by Catbird scored by half-a-length over the
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        398 48/49 RACE 1 1 st 12 Fast Talker ($1 7-$10) 2nd 1 0 Littlemissattitude ($8) 3rd 6 Tanuja ($8) 4th 9 Gavans Gift. EOB $12. Forecast $30. Place forecast $11 (6-10), $7 (6-12), $9 (10-12). Tierce $80. Trio $37. Quartet No winner ($780 jackpot carried forward to next
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        352 48/49 NST COPPERFIELD wound up preparations for back-to-back wins in the Cool Assurance Handicap for Class 5 horses over 1,400m in Race 2 tomorrow with a two-round workout in Penang yesterday. The seven-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Favorite Trick cantered two rounds on the sand track and pulled up looking
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        961 50 RACE 1 (1,200m) Vinsanto (9) has made progress following a promising debut fifth over the straight 1,000m and will be suited by the extra 200m. Forest Star (2) finished fast to place in his first two runs this term over this trip and
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        958 50 Going forecast: Good RACE1 CLASS4TURF 1200m TIME:1:00 Stakes:HK$625,000 NO. HORSENAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 REDRULER ASchutz GMosse 133 1 2 FORESTSTAR ASCruz MChadwick 129 6 3 CONQUEROR YOWong SKSit 125 12 4 BUMBLEBEE CHYip BPrebble 127 5 5 CHAMPAGNEDAYS CWChang YTCheng 127 2 6 PROSPEROUS
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        458 51 Wire Services DESPITE the crucial exit of injured midfielder Jack Rodwell, it was a night of new records for Everton in the Europa League 1-0 defeat to Bate Borisov. Tony Hibbert set a top mark of 20 appearances while Jake Bidwell, at 16 years and
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        267 51 Reuters LIVERPOOL are to take on Romania’s Unirea Urziceni in a meeting of two sides ousted from the Champions League group phase. And English side Fulham will be facing holders Shakhtar Donetsk according the Europa League draw for the last 32 which was announced yesterday. A
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        615 52/53  -  Our swimmers scooped 14 goldsinthepoolinthisyear’s SEAGames.JOYCELIM checks out two young swimmers who could be world beaters in the near future JOYCE LIM FIRST we had Joscelin Yeo. Then came Tao Li and Quah Ting Wen. Next in line is Amanda Lim. There is no
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        782 52/53  -  JOYCE LIM npsports@sph.com.sg AT 12, JOSCELIN Yeo made her debut at the 1991 SEA Games in Manila. Although she did not win a gold medal that year, she returned with a clutch of silvers and bronzes. Till her last SEA Games in 2005, Yeo had won
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        1138 55  -  ofthe people’s money spent and what did we get? In The New Paper yesterday, Singapore Athletic Association president Loh Lin Koksaid Singapore’ssportingpowershad declared war on him and his association. Today, Singapore Sports Council chief executive OONJINTEIKtellsERNESTLUIS thereisnowarbut... SSCchiefOonJinTeikcountersathletics’bossLohLinKok: ERNEST LUIS ERNEST: Loh Lin Kok told The
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        620 56  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg THE MAN responsible for training the Singapore 4x100m relay runners who won a surprise silver on Thursday was nowhere to be seen celebrating with them in Laos. Instead, Singaporeans watched a tearful sprints coach Hamkah Afik celebrating with the quartet of
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        665 57 TOP OF THE TIPS GARYLIM LOWRISK Burnleyto beat Wolveson the 1X2 FOOTBALLhas its specialway ofmaking one lookstupid.In thisgame, formgoes outof thewindow. NevermindthatBurnley haveyet towin anawayPremiershipgamethisseason,and thiswillbetheir ninthattemptin winningon theroad. Really,whenWolves managerMick McCarthydecided tofield a reserveteam to loseagainstMan United onTuesday inorder tosave hisbest playersfor thisgame, the writingwas alreadyonthewall. Heis,in
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        677 59  -  JAMES EASTHAM Special Correspondent The writer is a freelancer. PORTSMOUTH v LIVERPOOL (Take a draw on the 1X2) IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to recommend Liverpool at a price of 1.45. They have, after all, lost eight of their last 16 games in all competitions, struggled
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        60 59 ARSENAL dropped points at Burnley in midweek but the Gunners are a more reliable proposition at home. The only side to take points off Arsenal on their own turf this season is Chelsea (0-3). Nobody else has even come close to beating Arsene Wenger’sside
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        862 60  -  FROM THE GROUND ERIC DING npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. THESEdays,theBigFourarenolong-er winning games and clearing handicapsaseasilyastheydidearlierintheseason. And the bookmakers are not giving away early Christmas gifts by setting incredibly low odds for the usual favourites thisweekend. Onceagain,LiverpoolandManchester United are overwhelming favourites on the Asian-handicap
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      486 58 CanPoolweatherstorm? FACT:Liverpoolmust traveltothe southfor thisone.That’s like 330kmin the coldof winter.The coastal citycould be inhospitableatthistime of theyear. TEAMNEWS:It’s allhands on deckfor the hometeam. Liverpool, too, didn’tpickup injuries intheir midweek match. MATCHGUIDE: Avram Grant is planninga “greatescape”from relegation. Couldsome Liverpoolbashing figure in his plans?Itwas tight both times lastseason. LAST3EPL
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        755 61  -  OOPS! EDWIN YEO npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a freelancer. BEING a Spurs fan is like being married to a schizophrenic wife. Just look at the last seven days one minute they huffed and puffed against relegation candidates Wolves, playing with the energy level of zombies.
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        399 64/65  -  DAVID LEE npsports@sph.com.sg I HEAR you, Manchester United fans who say this is exactly the type of fixture that your team needs to win in order to secure that unprecedented fourth successive Premier League. But my friends, this has been a strange season. The
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        211 64/65  -  DAVID LEE ALAKA-ZAM! Bobby Zamora, that is. It used to be chanted in the terraces, to the tunes of Dean Martin’s hit That’s Amore: “When you’re sat in Row Z and the ball hits your head, it’sZamora!” Not anymore. With nine goals in 21 matches four
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        115 64/65  -  DAVID LEE HERE’S a hint: Darren Fletcher, Ritchie de Laet, Rafael da Silva, John O’Shea, Gary Neville and Wes Brown (above). That’s right, it’s at the right-back position. All six players have, due to injuries or team rotation, auditioned for the role without being convincing
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        209 64/65  -  DAVID LEE QUITE frankly, I have not seen a United star striker moan quite as much about a lack of confidence. You would expect Luis Nani to stoop to this level but Dimitar Berbatov? I am truly flummoxed. “Every person is different in
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        579 66 Just a few things for me and Liverpool: 12-wins in a row 11 great players 10 minutes without a stupid referee call 9 more seasons for Torres' legs to last wearing this number 8 losses for Man United till the end of the season
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        272 68  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE MANAGER has thrown down the gauntlet. But will the players take it up? Rafael Benitez, with perhaps a hint of desperation in his action, challenged the Liverpool players to embark on a solid winning run after seeing them defeat
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        178 68  -  GARY LIM AT FIRST, it sounds logical. No Champions League football means less games. And that translates into more rest and fresher players who can focus on their Premiership targets, right? Wrong. Instead of the Champions League, Liverpool now have the Europa
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        170 68  -  GARY LIM IN FACT, they look almost dead and buried. All the damage was already done in the months of August and September, when they lost seven straight Premiership games. It wasn’t until October that they picked up their first points of the season. The instability has
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        544 62  -  Perhapsit’sanoverdoseofeggnog,but the world of football has gone a little wonky before Santa comes along LIM SAY HENG npsports@sph.com.sg CHRISTMAS is a time filled with hope hope that the bad times will turn good, and the good times will continue. At least Jamie Carragher’s heart
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        55 62  -  LIM SAY HENG STEVE MADANDA PRECIOUS EMUEJERAYE THESIMILARITIES arestriking both are1.86m talland areborn inthe latter partofMarch. If not for the fact that 26-year-old Emuejeraye (above right) is two years older than the French goalkeeper, one may really suspect that the Nigerian-born Singaporean is currently moonlightingin goalfor Lyon.
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      916 67  -  SARA ANN K HER BLOG npsports@sph.com.sg The writer is a RazorTV host IT’SBEEN alongyear. Interestingly enough, it is also the year where I have confirmed my theory that relationships and football always seem to be linked. Just yesterday, I was discussing with another Liverpool fan, Brandon
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        475 69  -  GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THEYcallittheluckofthedraw.Manchester United and Chelsea will be wondering if luck played any partatall. The Red Devils have every reason to feel aggrieved, after finishing top of Group B, a result that should have seen them drawn against supposedly easier opponents in the
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      563 70 ■Beckham’sACMilanmeetManchesterUnited ■Mourinho’sInter-MilanchallengeChelsea ■Benzema’sRealMadridfaceLyon Reuters DAVID Beckham can look forward to a return to Old Trafford after AC Milan were drawn against his former club Manchester United in the last-16 of the Champions League yesterday. Beckham, who is rejoining Milan on a short-term loan from LA Galaxy, had said earlier
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        206 71 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Tonight: PORTSMOUTH v LIVERPOOL StarHub TV Ch 27,8.40pm FULHAM v MAN UNITED StarHub TV Ch 27,10.55pm Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia (right) has vowed that he will keep working hard to maintain the high standards he has set in making an impressive start to his career
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        18 71 SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN Tonight: DAY 3 StarHub TV Ch 26,6.45pm Tomorrow: DAY 4 StarHub TV Ch 26,6.45pm
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        441 71 WHAT'S ON BLURBS LOCAL EVENTS CYCLING What: National Bicycle Moto-cross (BMX) Commissaires Course When: Ends tomorrow Where: Tampines Changkat Community Club COURSE fees are $60 for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents, and $200 for others. This course is open to those who are interested in being part of the BMX Level
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